I am the Monarch

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"Still haven't found it?"

Swift Clark frowned.

Two eyes were filled with awe.

Heinz, executive officer and Swift's aide, bows, biting his lower lip.

"I'm sorry, we're still a little lost. The Royal Knights, Royal Knights, and the Royal Guards are doing their best to search the Temple of the Tellian Church. The saints are helping."

Fast-forward reports.

"Hmm."

Swift glances around with a brief drool.

The square space was very old school.

Along the wall were long, short tables and shelves, and in the center of the room was a glass box made of cobblestone.

On the tables and shelves were antique tools, books, and jewelry.

They were all items related to Roan or the creation of the Amaranth Kingdom.

However, the glass box, which appears to have kept the most important item, was empty.

Swift's gaze led to the glass box.

"Hmm."

Once more, a deep tear came out.

He curses one at a time and then gives the command in a flying voice.

"You must find it. I have to find it......."

When the horse goes on like that.

Paaaahhhhhh!

Suddenly, a white pillar pops up next to the glass box.

"What the…?"

Swift looked surprised with his eyes wide open.

The knights and tacticians beside him instinctively surrounded the pillar of light.

Although I was embarrassed for a moment, my eyes and expression were firm without shaking.

Amaranth's Elite Knight and Elite Soldier.

Pa!

The pillar of light disappeared in an instant.

At the same time, a young man who looked like a man and a beautiful young man appeared.

"Huh, huh?!"

Swift, looking at the situation through the eyes of the boundary, knelt on one knee in surprise.

"Your Majesty!"

A resounding voice filled the room.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

Later, the knights and soldiers draw their weapons and put up their manners.

The young men who appeared with the pillars of light.

Their identities were Roan Lancefield and Calian.

Roan nods lightly and turns his head.

Empty glass box where the eye is facing.

"I knew it….."

Roan frowns.

'You were right.'

The bad feeling was never wrong.

"Commander Tao's Baton?"

Swift bows his head as Roan is buried in a low voice.

"I'm sorry. My mistake has cost me my life."

My voice trembles.

An empty glass box.

Originally, there was a commander's baton inside.

Swift's grim expression did not bring flavor to the table.

On the other hand, Roan's expression was somewhat dull and bold.

"Tell me in detail what happened."

At that, Swift takes a deep breath and opens his mouth.

"While collecting and managing your belongings and items related to the Kingdom's construction......."

He raises his head carefully.

"I've been asked by Archbishop Latio of the Church of Tellian."

"Hmm."

Roan blows a low sigh.

As expected.

Swift's words continued.

"Archbishop Latio used a small shrine on the outskirts of the city as a temple for the people of Mediacis, as well as for the nearby kingdoms. They healed the sick, they rescued the poor, they taught the illiterate, they respected the elderly, they exemplified the young."

It was a compliment.

It was always worth it because it was always Swift's assessment of rational and cold judgment of all situations.

'That's how well you wear a mask.'

Roan smiles bitterly.

Kalian shakes his head, smiling bitterly.

'Your ugly nature has been thoroughly concealed and capturing people's minds quickly.'

In the meantime, Swift's words continued.

"Once again, I had no choice but to admire you."

At the end of the sentence, Roan sighs for a short time.

Swift, I was totally wrong. '

The bitter words went up to the tip of my tongue.

"The Temple of the Tellian Church was surrounded by a strange energy unlike any other."

According to Khalian, the temple of the Latios and the Tellian Church captured the hearts of the Amaranth kingdoms at once.

If Swift had quickly helped pay for the treatment and had not taken care of the Kingdom in any other way, the foundation of the Kingdom would have been greatly shaken.

"In the meantime, Archbishop Latio has asked the children of the royal family to show them his magnificent beginnings and the magnificent construction of the kingdom. Even so, the story of the king was very popular among the children......."

Swift's words blur.

Roan nods, smiling bluntly.

"You chose symbols from the items in the palace vault and made them public to the people."

"That's right."

Swift lets out a short sigh.

"To ensure security, the Royal Knights and the Royal Knights have been monitoring the viewing rooms and neighboring areas closely, and they have also increased the number of patrols and patrols in the city of Mediah extensively."

He turns his head and looks inside the viewing room.

"The installation and disclosure of the viewing room was very successful. The children who visited the viewing room and the adults who followed them all saw the national treasures and were greatly moved and delighted. There were no security issues."

Swift's gaze led to a glass box.

"The most popular was also the commander's baton. Since the days of the Rhine Kingdom, it has been a treasure trove that controls all the forces in the kingdom, and the king has been at war with the rod of command. It was really cool to watch."

He reaches out and finds the glass box.

"That's why I specifically asked the Amaranth Technologies and Alchemy and Leno Martyrs to mix the stable stones into a magic glass box and store it. But......."

"You were stolen during the disclosure."

Roan stares at an empty glass box and reacts briefly.

Swift sighs and nods.

"That's right. It's really gone. Upon discovering the theft, I closed the viewing room and requested search and inspection of the Knights and the garrison. We went on a search together, even in the Temple of the Tellian Church, and separately announced a statement advising Archbishop Latio to turn himself in and asked the citizens of Mediacis and other kingdoms for help. Thanks to you......."

He turns his head to look out the window.

"Many of the saints went on a search with the knights and soldiers, but the complicated tangles slowed down their hands and feet."

Roan nods slowly.

Everything became clear.

"I see what's going on."

The theft of the baton.

No, to be precise, the theft of Tempestas was undoubtedly organized by Latio.

'It must have been Tempestas that brought the king to Mediacis because he accepted my will in the first place.'

All of the expressions and attitudes that were humble and polite were false.

'But.......'

Roan smiles blurrily.

'He didn't know that the commander's baton was fake.'

Whether it was a coincidence or a necessity to live three lives, Khalian pulled out the commander's baton and let go of the fake one he had made.

It was in case the palace of Amaranth turned upside down and caused unnecessary commotion.

The unknown Swift exhibited a fake commander's baton in the viewing room, and the unknown Latio stole the fake commander's baton.

Roan smiles bitterly and looks at Swift.

"What about Archbishop Latio and the temple people?"

"I'm searching them all. The king has been searching the neighbouring area for some time."

Swift replied with a satisfied expression.

With a short sigh, Roan looks at Calian.

"As expected."

It's awkward.

Kalian lowers his head, smiling.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

It was also an awkward honor.

For a while, I kissed her to hide her true identity.

The two gaze into each other's eyes and mute silently.

[Is there tracking magic on the fake baton?]

[Of course.]

Kalian smiles and bows once more.

Roan takes a deep breath and looks at Swift.

"Swift. Stop the search and get back to business."

"Yes? But Commander Tai's baton......."

Swift shakes his head in shock.

"I'll find it. I don't know about the others, but the baton has tracking magic."

It was a reasonable lie.

"Ah......."

But the knights, the Swifts, the soldiers couldn't have known that.

They bow their heads with low elasticity.

"Then I'll stop the search."

It was also Swift's swift judgment and decision.

Nevertheless, the search, inspection, and boundary operations of the commander's baton paralyzed the work of the officers, knights, and guards.

Furthermore, the economy of the kingdom was frozen because of the people and kingdoms who abandoned their daily lives and were dedicated to the search.

'It is in many ways beneficial to leave the commander's baton with the king.'

Swift made a quick decision considering a lot of short time.

Roan takes a step toward Swift and whispers in a small voice.

"A lot of amazing things are going to happen in the future."

"Yes?"

Swift asked me again with a look on his face.

Roan spoke behind his back with a bold expression and voice.

"I'll tell you the details when everyone's here."

Aelee and her various commanders, generals and nobles were all gathered to reveal the truth.

"Do your best until then."

I heard a strange voice digging into my ears.

"Yes, I'll keep that in mind."

Swift bows his head with a firm look.

Roan smiles graciously and retreats back to Calian.

Roan and Calian's eyes meet.

At the same time.

Paaaahhhh!

Once more, the white pillar rises.

It was teleport magic.

* * *

The time spent in Tempestas' memories was long.

'The time inside and outside was different.'

As Roan reads Tempestas' fragmented memories, he feels that at most half the day has passed.

But it was 20 days after I came back to the real world, beyond my memory.

"I had no choice. But I couldn't do it without seeing Tempestas' memories."

Kalyan taps Roan on the back.

Roan nods, smiling bitterly.

It was inevitable, as Kalian said.

He kneels down on one knee and removes the small stones.

As the large and small stones vanish, the broken baton appears beneath them.

"I see you broke it."

Roan sighs for a moment.

Kalian nods, smiling and smiling.

"If he did, he'd know right after he stole it. The commander's baton he stole was a fake......."

A fragment of the commander's staff that Roan is holding.

It was the baton of a false commander that Latio expected to steal.

"Phew."

Roan rises from his seat, tearing away the pieces of the baton.

"Is there any other way to track him down?"

Low voice.

Kalian shakes his head.

"Nothing. I would've been there already."

At that, Roan smiles blurrily.

"There's no point in looking. Dragons......."

My eyes sparkled and glowed.

"You can't kill priests."

Kalian nods.

"Yes. It's one of the laws of dragons. Shit."

He lets out a blasphemy.

Roan smiles bitterly.

"The law nearly destroyed the middleman."

I spit it out like a bruise.

"I know. But a dragon that does not keep the law will vanish immediately."

It was different from human law and human promises.

Defend or perish.

That was the law of the dragon.

Calian looks at Roan, tasting again.

"Roan, don't you have any ideas? Latio, where did that madman go......."

At that point, Roan looks east.

"I think he went to the Islas Union. I originally started designing things there......."

"Hmm."

Kalian frowns.

He hesitates for a moment and cautiously asks.

"But does he know you're back in the past?"

It was important.

Roan shakes his head, looking directly into Calian's eyes.

"I don't know about that. But what I've done so far......."

I had a blurry smile on my mouth.

"I don't think we know yet. If they knew that, they wouldn't have shown up."

"Yes, yes."

Kalian nods, his lips puckering.

Then, I made a strange face.

"Hey, so..."

I had a bright smile on my mouth.

"What happened to you and Latio? Tell me in detail. I've looked at Tempestas' memories, but they're all stored up and scrambled….."

When the horse goes on like that.

"Very well."

Roan nods.

"Let me tell you a story about me and Latio. You should know what's going to happen."

He sighed briefly.

I have an unseen expectation in Calian's face.

"Where do I start…… hmm. I knew it….."

Roan's voice is small, but powerful.

"I'd better start with the first life."

That's how the story began.

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