A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

295 – Bloody Engagement Ceremony (6)

I feel strange.

I am walking the streets I once walked as the chairman of the foundation of Orosol Academy with a completely new identity.

The road that students are supposed to take is empty.

The street where four carriages can walk in a row is empty, and there are soldiers standing to the left and right.

I feel a little sorry.

If a person who works for the country is mobilized for someone’s engagement ceremony, it is inevitable that he will feel unpleasant.

But, well, you would understand if that person were the eldest son of Gibraltar and the princess of the empire.

Even if you understand, it will be annoying.

“Waaa!!”

There are people shouting beyond the soldiers.

It looks like they are cheering towards me, but in reality, they are cheering to confuse me.

The reason the soldiers were so nervous was not because of those enthusiastic people.

Clap clap clap.

People watching me closely as I quietly clap my hands and walk through the square.

Those wearing academy student uniforms and looking at me with complicated eyes.

Before the spread of false gold, they saw me as a stooge of the empire, but after experiencing the world of dreams, they see me as a more serious traitor.

What do you mean?

It’s simple.

‘I’ve seen the life of a protector of the nostrum, but the reality is different, so I’ll feel like a traitor all over again.’

In the dream world, Gray Gibraltar was the hero who protected them.

As the last defender of Nostrum, he was a general of the country who fought for the kingdom while turning his back on the canyon against the Empire.

It’s not enough for me to take the lead in preaching the empire’s culture, and now I’m going to get engaged to the princess of the empire.

Above all-

“This engagement, huh-“

There are cases where women suddenly appear among the soldiers, as if it were an engagement party or something.

Per-eok.

They were immediately stopped by the soldiers, fainted, and quietly dragged to another location.

Someone disappeared due to violence.

This is definitely not a good thing, and it creates an atmosphere of fear.

But, strangely enough, those who came to the engagement ceremony just laughed bitterly and watched quietly.

Everyone knows it.

Why did the woman who was dragged away a little while ago suddenly started running wild?

“Is this a woman who can’t distinguish between dreams and reality and is causing trouble again?”

“Last time, he declared that he was going to jump off the roof.”

While preparing for the engagement ceremony, there were various accidents.

“It’s not like Gray Gibraltar has been whispering love to this woman for a long time, but she said she was Gray Gibraltar’s wife.” Tsk tsk.”

There were people who harmed themselves, claiming that she was my wife in the dream world.

Honestly, this part made my heart sink a little.

Before regression.

It was true that she seduced several women according to her father’s orders.

It was also true that she had met women on the banquet hall terrace to obtain military information about various families.

If you were questioning me because of those memories, I would calmly put my finger on it, but those who were now calling themselves my wives were talking about a world in a dream.

Not the traitor Gray.

She said to be the wife of the great hero Gray.

She said, “She’s gone crazy. Or so she thinks, and she’s trying to become the heir to the empire’s concubine.”

“Aren’t you embarrassed?”

“If they had thought like that, would they have gone on a rampage like that?”

“That’s right. It seems like they’re going on a rampage even worse than the golden heroes.”

If it weren’t for those rampaging people, this engagement ceremony would proceed normally.

The podium set up in the central square of Orosol Academy.

Along the exact center of the path I am walking on, there is a stage stretching out ahead where others must look up.

Jeopuk, Jeopuk.

Climb the stairs slowly and walk to the front of the stage.

There is no cane.

To those who thought I had a bad leg, when I saw that I was walking without any discomfort, some of them frowned in confusion.

The cane was just a decoration.

We have already come too far to hide our skills.

It was possible to use a cane until the end, but I don’t feel like doing that today.

Front.

In front of her stage, she is already waiting.

She is waiting for me in a dress with a white veil, clutching her bouquet with both hands.

It is not a Nostrum wedding, nor is it a common engagement ceremony in the Empire.

To put it bluntly, this is-

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“From now on, we will begin the engagement ceremony between Gray Gibraltar, Governor of Barcelona, and Princess Astasia von Tersian.”

This is because it is a very special stage prepared by Queen Naria, who stands in uniform on a wide circular stage between me and Astasia.

“This engagement ceremony is a ceremony where two people promise to get married, and it is a place where everyone who comes here becomes a witness and where the two people promise to become a couple.”

Flap.

At the gesture of Nah Ria, the royal honor guard swings her spear sharply.

The flag of Gibraltar, the flag of Nostrum, and the flag of the Empire on the other side blend in harmoniously.

No one’s flag is more, it’s all waving at an exact 1:1:1 ratio.

“For peace on the continent.”

Not only the clothes I am wearing, but everything at the engagement ceremony has a political intention.

It’s the same with Astasia and I meeting on opposite sides.

It is also the case that Queen Naria is standing in the exact center of the stage created in the middle, as if connecting the two people.

The Grand Duke of Winchester and Queen Carmen are standing around it.

On the other side, the Habsburg emperor stands with some ministers brought from the empire.

There are airships flying in the sky, gliding as if they are protecting us.

The Morganian Drake Knights are slowly flying around and watching the surroundings closely.

This podium rises quite high from the ground, making it somewhat safer from golden slaves that may emerge from the ground.

I can see those political messages at a glance, but I decided not to pay attention.

“Astacia.”

I stood in front of Astasia.

“Really…I don’t know what to say.”

“Why? Are you so beautiful that you are mesmerized?”

Astasia smiles softly.

She was always beautiful, but seeing her dressed up in the most beautiful way in the world for her engagement made me excited once again.

“It was dazzling when I saw it from afar, but now when I look at it up close, I can’t see anything else but Astasia.”

“What should I do? Shouldn’t I watch something else?”

“It was like that originally.”

An engagement ceremony is a declaration to the world, but it is not simply an oath declaring that we will get married.

“Saint Geo Nostrum. The reception was going to be about dragging him out and capturing him.”

Hiding among the soldiers, the Welcome Knights of Gibraltar and the shadows of the empire are hiding among the guests who have come to celebrate the engagement, and are nervous about the possible appearance of a loyalist.

The wizards on the airship are preparing long-range magic as if they were trying to shoot down the light dragons at the light dragon field, and on some airships, imperial guards are holding muskets and aiming outside.

The dragon knights flying in the sky also keep gliding to deal with strange beings that might fly in the sky.

Everything goes beyond common sense, to prevent the terror of Saint Geo Nostrum.

“But if the incompetent king doesn’t cause terrorism, shouldn’t we just enjoy the engagement?”

“Where are you going after the engagement ceremony?”

“Well, shall we take the airship over there and then take you to Gibraltar and stay in the castle together until the year passes?”

“That wouldn’t be bad…I think it would actually be good.”

“Hmm.”

Naria, who was standing next to her, cleared her throat and came out and stood next to Astasia.

“It’s okay for the two of us to whisper, but I’m right next to you and I’m listening.”

Naria smiled bitterly at being turned into a folding screen for a moment, but then she shook her head.

“Well, I hope it works out as you two said. I hope it goes by without any problems…”

Her smile, which was about to deepen, hardened, and Naria turned her gaze to one side.

Astasia and I both looked at the direction Naria was looking at at the same time, and everyone turned their eyes towards that place at the same time.

Clap, clap, clap.

Gold rising from the ground.

The golden seal clapped its hands and climbed onto the podium, and soon began to take shape.

“Hey, congratulations on your engagement. As expected of you, the great hero and protector of the kingdom, the Gray Duke of Gibraltar.”

The one who appeared, speaking sarcastically-

“His Majesty Saint Geo Nostrum.”

Surprisingly, the incompetent king.

“Are you calling me Your Highness? That’s ridiculous.”

His body, which had been shining like golden slime, slowly began to take on the appearance of a human, and he continued to smile at me with his sparkling red eyes.

“Gray Gibraltar, Gray Gibraltar. I tried to forgive you three times, no matter what you did. Why? Because thanks to you, I was able to get a new opportunity.”

Although he was speaking incomprehensibly, no one was able to point a sword or spear at the king right away.

“In the dream world, you were a more loyal subject than anyone else.”

“…”

Because he is the king.

There is still a week left until Naria becomes an adult.

And I don’t know what strange things he might do, and I don’t even know if the thing possessed by that golden magic that has just appeared is the real king.

“Aren’t you curious about the story of the world in dreams that you talk about? Perhaps those who received the golden blessing are curious to some degree? Why did Gray Gibraltar take 12 wives? “What kind of world is the world shown by the golden blessing?”

“Are you trying to ruin someone else’s engagement by saying something strange?”

Before I stepped forward, Naria stepped forward first.

“Your Majesty.”

“Preach…”

“The story of the world in dreams is not reality. Although I am your daughter now, in my dreams I am Gibraltar’s child.”

Hehe…”

Saint Geo Nostrum laughs darkly at Naria’s words

“That’s right. In her dream of her, Queen Carmen was the Countess of Gibraltar, not the queen.”

Queen Carmen bites her lower lip hard at St. Geonostrum’s mockery.

The Duke of Winchester, who was next to her, hurriedly wrapped his arms around Queen Carmen’s shoulders and released her magic, but Queen Carmen’s trembling did not stop.

“That is definitely a dream. For some, it may be an undesirable utopia, but for others, it may be a hellish world that should never exist.”

In the former case, they are devouring false gold and still immersed in illusions as if addicted to drugs.

In the latter case, everyone is living in reality as if they had woken up from a dream and come to this engagement ceremony in a sober manner.

“By the way.”

The incompetent king stretched out his hand to his side.

“Why do I still think it’s not a dream?”

The gold that flows from the hand of the Incompetent King begins to take the shape of a huge staff.

At the tip of the golden staff, a decoration was formed that looked like a dragon wrapping around the staff.

“It’s an engagement. Yes, it’s a happy dream. Now that we’ve confirmed that Gray Gibraltar’s eyes turn when he sees a woman named Astasia von Tersian, the ‘next’ will be different.”

“What… “

“Well, here’s the story. Anyway, you won’t understand even if it takes your whole life.”

Saint Geo Nostrum shrugged his shoulders and twisted the corner of his mouth.

“The reason I came here is to congratulate everyone. You said it was an engagement party, right? If that’s the case, congratulatory guns should not be left out.”

Saint Geonostrum raises his empty hands high to the sky.

“I’ll congratulate you grandly.”

He snapped his fingers.

The moment when the dragon’s eyes decorated on the tip of the wand sparkle.

Pa—-ang.

An explosion occurred.

A golden explosion.

“…Huh?”

Juruk.

“…”

Red blood flowed out of Queen Carmen’s mouth.