Episode(28): Anger(2)
SOVEREIGN OF DEATH~(28)
Didn't the hero know the current situation? The human race already lacked experts so acting like this he was only making the fighting force that they painstakingly built up smaller! Even if it was by one, the difference between a normal soldier and a hero was at least a thousand!
What's more, she was an advanced mage that could help advance the current structure of magic while gaining strength to fight the demon king! Instead of working hard to stay alive why is that bastard working so hard to make the population denser?
'If you're that horny, why don't you wait until the damn war is over before you go breeding like animals!'
Maria thought furiously and churned over multiple thoughts in her mind but nothing! Nothing was feasible!
[Ahhhh! You bastard!]
Maria screamed aloud.
'If you're gonna do it do it with someone that's not important wont you?!'
[Please calm down your majesty]
Karian hurriedly said. She understood. As the princess's personal assistant and friend how could she not see the stress her friend was under ever since the hero, Renji had come to this world.
One issue after the other. Since the moment her was revealed to the public as the hero it had been one meaningless hassle after the other and Maria had to be the one to clean up each and every issue that occurred.
It'd be strange if it didn't take a toll on her psyche by now.
Even so, they needed to calmly evaluate the issue and solve it with tact worthy of ruler of a nation. If they made the hero upset and he decided to leave bringing a large number of heroes with them the nation would be finished!
They would even become a laughing stock of the entire continent!
Maria knew this as well, thus she calmed down heaving heavily still with rage burning silently inside her.
[Ahh...I'm calm, I'm calm...]
Although she said so, her smiling face was filled with obvious anger. Nonetheless she knew what she had to do.
As the princess and the temporary ruler of the nation Maria had to keep a stable mind and attack problems at their weakest points so no loopholes could be targeted by others. Especially in the current situation.
'Right, the hero is out of hand but he's also human'
All she needed to do was think of some suitable conditions and he would definitely agree. Knowing what a vain person he was there was no way her plan wouldn't succeed.
'Now that you mention it…Karian did say he got two women pregnant. If his childhood friend was the first, then who was the other?'
Maria hoped in her heart for it not to be another high class power or another hero. She would really spit blood and die if their war power were lessened any further.
[Tell me who is the next pregnant 'wife' he mentioned]
'When did he even get married?'
Maria raised an eyebrow in doubt as she never heard of this so called marriage. In the end she shrugged, it wasn't much of her business so long as it didn't affect the war.
[Please don't be angry your majesty]
Karian said. Her expression was even more hesitant than before and her complexion was even slightly pale.
Maria raised a brow in doubt. Why would she be angry that the hero was an idiot that only thought with his member instead of using his brain? That would be like telling her a bird fell from the sky. What use was it to her?
As long as the hero could accomplish his job in the end and kill the demon king then even if she didn't want to she would naturally bear with the trouble. The noble's also complained from time to time but since it was an undeniable fact that they needed the heroes' power they also had no choice but to keep quiet so long as she didn't give them a chance to kick up a fuss.
Right now she was the temporary ruler and for the sake of all her subjects this was a trial she was willing to face.
So how much worse could it get?
[Just say it already]
Maria urged Karian with a sigh. At this point she didn't think there was something that could surprise her at all.
However the same couldn't be said with Karian. Even with Maria's assurance what she was about to say would certainly make her majesty flip out.
'What's with Karian?'
Karian's reluctance to speak slightly made Maria annoyed and she frowned.
Why was she hesitating? It couldn't be any worse that what he'd already done could it?
'Just who did the bastard mess with this time?'
Maria had a premonition that it was going to be a bigger issue than just messing with another hero.
She wondered if it was the daughter of a high ranking noble, or it could even be worse it was a candidate for a high ranking position at the church.
She hoped in her heart that the latter wasn't the case. If it was a high ranking noble she could appease them with benefits but the church didn't take benefits. They were a bunch of high nosed squirrels that thought of themselves as a higher species, but in reality they were just a bunch of old dogs and hags pretending to be noble.
Thanks to this they wouldn't listen to anything if you couldn't give them a proper explanation.
Maria prayed she didn't have to deal with such an issue. They would definitely look down on her as a temp ruler of the nation not to mention her age.
She braced herself with a sigh waiting for the news.
Seeing that Maria prepared herself. Karian could only sigh. She looked solemnly at the princess and spoke in a serious tone.
[The other wife mentioned in the report is…..the second princess, your sister Elaine your majesty]
Maria nodded her head. However a moment later her mind went blank.
Huh?
What?
Wut?!
Who am I? Where am I? What am I?
She was speechless. Perhaps she had heard it wrong, Maria opened her eyes wide in shock trying to fool herself.
She asked wryly again just to be sure.
[Y-You mean Elaine? My sister who is a year younger than me, but is way more intelligent that I am, the genius who even made her instructors feel dumber than bricks?]
Her throat was dry as she spoke. She didn't want to believe in the report she had just heard at all!
[Y-Yes, your majesty]
Karian shut her eyes and nodded hesitantly.
'It's a lie…'
It had to be a lie. Maria couldn't see her sister that genius that looked down on idiots and compared them to monkey's being with that guy.
She asked again.
[The same girl who said she won't marry unless the man has a mind worthy of the throne?]
Maria wanted to hear Karian say it was all a lie. However all her hopes were dashed in an instant.
[Yes, your majesty]
Maria listlessly laid back in the chair. Her eyes were empty and she seemed so lifeless.
'Ah, I see…I was too lenient before but, that hero should die shouldn't he?'
Maria slowly walked towards the sword with her lifeless eyes and the moment she grabbed it all the rage inside her burst out and she prepared to storm out of the room. Karian who saw this hurriedly intervened as though she was expecting this.
[P-Please calm down your majesty!]
She was really afraid that the princess would go find the hero and kill him right this instant.
[Hahahaha! Let me go! I'll go chop off that bastard's d*ck and hang him in the square for daring to touch my little sister!]
Maria felt like Renji was just slapping her in the face. It was like he was saying if he can't have her then he'll just have to take her sister. That wasn't what made her mad, she had no impression of Renji aside from a narcissistic guy with some power to make women fall for him so she wouldn't care if he really thought he was getting back at her in this way.
However she loved her little sister and for the guy to actually lay his filthy hands on her made Maria burst with immense killing intent. So what if he was the hero? Heroes died as well didn't they?
Well, it would just be another hero in the long line of history today!
[I-I know you are angry your majesty but even if you go you will only make the situation worse]
To Karian, confronting the hero and bringing harm to him was like saying you were an enemy of mankind. Just threatening the hero, any amount of charges regardless of the truth could be slapped onto a person's record.
If she as the princess were to actually beat up the hero, even if she didn't kill him not only her but the entire nation would suffer due to her impulsiveness.
Still-
[E-Even so! I must have his head, I shall not let that lecherous demon go! Kill him, I have to kill him]
Who could stand by while their loved one was being poisoned by another?
But Karian's next words were like a bucket of cold water was doused over her head.
[If you do that then who will kill the demon king?]
Maria paused. Her body trembled with anger.