Hakai no Miko

A temple in the royal palace of the King's capital Romanian.

On that altar lay the body of King Dordea, who had just died.

The body of King Dordea, surrounded by beautiful flowers and covered with a thin piece of pure white cloth to his chest, will be buried in the King's tomb, where the Romanian kings of history will sleep, after a month-long burial.

In preparation for a long national funeral, the body of King Dordea had already been embalmed by the hands of the clergy. After making small holes in the abdomen and pulling rotten guts and blood out of it, salt and lime are packed instead. In addition, a number of scented furnaces were arranged around the altar in preparation for the odours caused by the still unprotected decay.

It's not all about preparing for such corruption. The skin of King Dordea's body, which had lost its blood tone and lost its moisture, had been rubbed with perfumed oil and makeup applied to death, restoring its first color luster and blood tone. For this reason, King Dordea's body only appears to be asleep in peace. I think I can still hear a calm sleep, in such a state.

In front of the body of its king Dordea, it was Prince Gordia who stood as if he had been half mourned.

Coming to its breasts is a complicated thought of the father king Dordea.

For Gordia, King Dordea was an overly strict father. I glanced at all Gordia's words and deeds until I stood on one foot at a time, and if I moved without a finger or even the kings, I would be angry at the fire, and I would be exposed to reprimand.

I once feared and even hated such a father king. Father King Dordea was like a heavy, cold mass of iron that always weighed heavily on himself for Gordia.

But even though such a father had died, Gordia had a sense of emancipation, rather than a sense of loss that her own roots could not have completely disappeared.

A king is a being who bears all the prestige of his country. One of those mistakes involves the floating of the country, sometimes at the expense of tens of millions of people.

As I approached the figure of my father King Dordea as an assistant to the king, I began to feel the magnitude of such a king's responsibilities hissing with my skin. Nor had I come to think that the guidance of the Father King, which I thought was too rigorous, was also a manifestation of anticipation and anxiety for my son, who had to inherit the heavy responsibility he bore.

But even if you think so, there's a grudge leaking all over your chest.

"At the very least, I would have liked to have been regained consciousness and left with your will..."

Thinking of the turmoil in the country that would have happened more than this, Gordia felt darkened.

Due to the unclear succession of his father King Dordea, Gordia is only the head of multiple heirs to the throne. Moreover, Gatsen's actions at the time of the departure of the city from the former Seoul bought the General Horsemen's (Hinchuku), and now even his leading position is in jeopardy.

That alone is a headache issue, but it is the death of both the country's pillar stone, General Dalaios, and Chief of Staff Bruce.

As with Chancellor Montius, who has rewarded it, Gordia also asked, "Is this country cursed?" I mourned.

It is a well-known fact that the mansion of Chief Bruce Attorney has already been caught on fire. Unable to hide it, the death of Chief Bruce's squire was ostensibly pronounced a martyr to King Dordea by setting himself on fire to the mansion.

But just before that, his father-in-law, General Daraios, has been assassinated by some hand. Taking that into account, Goldia believed that the death of Chief Bruce's squire was also highly suspected.

In addition, the death of the assassinated General Daraios has been on the ground for some time, and the General has decided that he is sick from the heartache of King Dordea's collapse and is lying on the floor.

Because the Romanian state can be swayed by the successive deaths of a father king and a chief samurai, and by the death of an even greater general. I'm sorry for my wife and her parents, but since anticipation of the country's settling in, I was supposed to announce my death as a sickness and death.

Of course, I'm not going to miss the despicable assassins.

I have already ordered Prime Minister Montius to carry out a search for the assassins who killed both names.

However, it was not difficult to imagine that the search would be difficult because things alone could not make it public.

Let the stability of the country take precedence over avenging the two names of Chief of Staff Bruces, who has mercied himself like my son, and General Darios, who is my father-in-law and a great personal favor.

While Gordia understood that to be her best judgment as a prince, she couldn't help laughing at her own impudence.

Gordia's lips, which were floating with self-derision, are pulled together hard for a moment.

"... Eldor country"

Gordia had received inside reports that Zoan's mountain sword stood on the body of General Darios from Chancellor Montius.

But Gordia, like Chancellor Montius, doesn't think of it as the work of the Eldor nation with that alone.

Throughout the last three years of negotiations, Gordia has also grasped for the approximate benefit of the Son of Destruction.

Basically, the Son of Destruction has no ambition for territorial expansion. It is also only in self-defence that the Son of Destruction conquered the kingdom of Holmea. If the State of Holmea had not even shown its intent to invade, perhaps the Son of Destruction would still have drawn to the Plains of Sorbiant.

So Gordia even remembered frustration with the late King Holmea Walius that he had "done something completely extra" now.

Also, assuming that the invasion of the Romanian state is being pursued, if the son of destruction is timidly cautious, it is when the power of the Eldorian state overwhelms the Romanian state.

But now the forces of both countries are antagonistic - somewhat of a dominant place on the part of the Romanian State, given that it was a battlefield in the earlier Battle of Holmea and that it swallowed up the most devastating Holmea State and is still focusing on reconstruction.

In such a situation, it is inconceivable to assassinate General Daraios, who was his own hindsight holding back the generals clamoring for reprisals against the Eldor country.

Gordia was of the opinion that it was rather false evidence left behind to incite the Romanian and Erdoğa countries to persevere.

But that's just a guess again, too.

If the death of General Daraios and the presence of the Mountain Knife of Zoan that was left there were to be leaked, the protrusions of the generals who would necessarily cry out for retribution against the Eldor country would be even more intense. And Gordia didn't have the basis to show that it just reminded them like that.

Gordia leaked a deep sigh when she thought of the generals packing to herself.

What will happen to the Romanian country more than this?

Before his father's body, a hustle and noise broke through the quiet atmosphere of the temple into the ears of Gordia, who was thus worried about the fate of the country.

"Father!!"

It was a man wearing a coat full of traveling dust over simple armor who shouted wildly loudly. The face of the man, who does not wipe away the tears that overflow, is boneless with a face similar to that of Gordia but with a sense of wildness.

To the man's appearance, Gordia leaks pompously.

"Partis..."

The man was Partis, the second prince of the Romanian nation.

Partis is a prince, but also a general who leads the national army. It was usually Partis who was watching the movement of the Union of Eight Kings in the eastern part of the Romanian country and consolidating its borders, but even though King Dordea's condition had become unexpected, his brother, Prince Gordia, had secretly called him to the King's capital.

I wonder how hastily he came to King's Capital. Partiz, who came to the temple with his traveling costume untouched, ran by his side in a way that his brother Gordia's figure was also invisible, and his eyes began to cry early on when he reached the body of his father, the King, who had been laid asleep on the altar.

"Father! Why, why did you die! Oh! What an infidel I am! If only we'd run the horse sooner! If I'd run faster, I'd have made it to your father's death! Father! Please forgive this Partis! Ugh!

In Partis, over forty years of age, it was also an act to be described as an ugly state, but the eyes of many of the generals who were there were filled with sympathy: "Oi Miya".

Gordia secretly sighed at this.

If Partis's ugliness had been an act to get the pleasure of the generals, Gordia would have been impressed that it was "something to do well" as well.

But the words and deeds of this Partis are rarely vegetarian.

This Partis was an honest person, good or bad. If you want to cry, if you want to rejoice, if you want to laugh, if you want to laugh, and if you want to be angry, you will be angry. He's the one who puts his emotions on the table as they are.

Not unlike the royalty who stands in the midst of the number of plots swirling in the royal palace, this Partis temperament is such that his lifetime King Dordea had dared to let him go to the National Army in the east, saying, "It would be better to let him go free in the field than to be a keeper in the royal palace".

There was also a famous anecdote that tells the story of a person (one person) for this Partis.

That is the story of Partis when he made a massive bandit crusade that would raze the country because of King Dordea's life.

The bandits were not just large in numbers, they were more cunning than that. He snuck his men in everywhere, scratched the back of the crusaders, and did not let them grasp them even as they appeared.

As a result, none of the elites in the National Army were able to capture the bandits, and the Partis struggled greatly.

Look for it. There were days of recklessness without even finding the shadows of the bandits. It was one day.

It was when Partis, who gave up his exploration of the day, was camping and trying to sleep in preparation for his exploration of the next day.

A soldier who happened to be off the main unit and was lost in the road accidentally jumped into the camp to witness the robbers trying to escape far in the shade.

Partis jumped out of her bedroom when she heard this news. And then, without any hesitation, he held the spear himself and crossed (again) into his beloved horse and said, "Keep on with me!" And when he cried out, he brought forth only a few of his servants.

The generals panicked greatly at this.

It is important if Partis, who went to fetch the bandits without a guard, is returned for discussion. Even if we defeat the burglars later, the faces of the generals will be rounded. On the contrary, he is likely to be atoned with death by King Dordea.

Everyone. He ate bubbles and chased Partis.

When he finally caught up with him, Partis had already slashed into the bandits with a few of his squires, waving his spear endlessly. Moreover, the bandits were also in havoc in this unexpected ambush.

The generals, who saw this as a good opportunity, also stormed His Highness Partis, and seized and captive many of the bandits.

Then when I looked it up, it was exactly where the burglars were about to fly high in the shade of the night. If Partis hadn't assaulted him, he might have let him go.

But not to mention the fact that the princess slashes into the enemy with only a few gestures, no matter how sudden it took. The generals, who tried to flaunt their arrogance, were surprised to see Partis again.

How dare Partis stay asleep?

It was only natural for the generals to admire Partis, who slashed him into a bandit without even wearing armor.

Then Partis finally wandered his body with his hands and then said:

"Shit! I totally forgot to put on my armor".

What a little prince.

However, this Partis was extremely popular with the generals and lords of the National Army.

It is a time when the warriors and the generals, if they are to fight, sometimes have to come forward and slash their enemies as commanders of their troops. Those who put their lives under the blade in such battlefields are not trusted by those who give precise instructions far rearward. Even idiots are the ones who risk it with me.

And the temperament of Partis, who honestly expresses his emotions, made the measure cowardly and was preferred by the samurai honored to open up the battlefield with their own martial arts. The speed of Partis' actions, which can be described as awkward speed, can also be described as the qualities of a warlord who is required to make summary executions in a state of war in which moments and moments move.

For this reason, many generals and marquises loved Partis, and loved him to the point where he was little.

Gordia was so proud of her brother.

The aspirations of Partis are something that for Gordia you don't want or get. The honesty of my brother, who just mourns the death of the Father King from the bottom of his heart, compared to himself, who is all about the fate of the country as early as possible, was even blind to Gordia.

As Gordia stared at him with that thought, Chancellor Montius, his father-in-law, came to Partiz in a way he didn't see the mourning. Chancellor Montius speaks out to encourage him, then lends his shoulders to Partis, who cannot even stand properly, to stand up.

It was Gordia, who was watching the sight at all costs, but his eyes met unexpectedly with Chancellor Montius, who would still take the crying Partis outside the temple.

Then Chancellor Montius turns away with a frightening expression.

And Gordia snapped her neck.

Chancellor Montius is a companion who, together with his strength, has been turning the affairs of the Romanian nation since the Father King became a Personnel Insufficient. Whatever the difference between the position of prince and subordinate, it is no exaggeration to call it a mindful friendship.

I never thought I could turn away like that scared me.

But soon, Gordia is convinced that there's no choice.

With the collapse of his father, King Dordea, a dispute over the throne would begin between himself and his brother Partis more than this. At that time Chancellor Montius must join Partis as his stepfather. You must be guilty of that in front of yourself, who held hands with each other until yesterday to turn government.

With that in mind, Gordia took a deep sigh of thought and thought of the forthcoming confusion of the Romanian nation.

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On this day the fall of King Dordea was officially announced by the Royal Palace of the Romanian Nation.

The news of the death of King Dordea, regarded as this old wolf, instantly passes all over Romania or neighbouring countries, and all over the West Side.

And, naturally, it was also delivered to the young king of Eldor in the neighbouring country.

"You said King Dordea died?

The young, dark-haired king, rare in this western realm, raised his voice of surprise. Then he immediately returns to me and speaks to Zoan's daughter, who refrains beside him.

"Hurry up and gather everyone. We have to think of something soon."

"Okay. Let's get everyone together right away!

To put it that way, Zoan's daughter - King Faggul Garguz Shemr - ran out with four legs to gather them all together.

He was a young king who was watching the rear of his own king who ran away, but when he couldn't see him, he turned his gaze to the east sky.

"... I have a bad feeling"

At this time, a little wind blew through, and entertained the young king's forehead.

engraved on the forehead of the young king thus revealed was also a creepy engraving that seemed to overlap the eight and ∞ of the numbers, as if two snakes intertwined their bodies, devoured each other's tails, and also wandered

It is the engraving of Aura, goddess of death and destruction.

And there is only one person in this continent of Cerdeas with the inscription of Aura.

"Will it be another fight...?

At this time, the weak crown is twenty-four years old. A new battle was about to begin between Aoima Kizaki, who became king of the Eldor Nation.