A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

296 – Bloody Engagement Ceremony (7)

Make decisions quickly.

Action comes first.

“Wizard—!!”

While shouting loudly, I pressed Astasia’s shoulder and ran in front of her.

Three steps.

Explosions occur one after another.

A small golden explosion occurs deep within the bodies of those who come to watch.

The light bursting from within the body seemed to flow through the skin and clothes.

Two steps.

Like Queen Carmen, she vomits blood from her mouth.

It bleeds as if the internal organs have been twisted, or as if the internal organs have been ruptured by extreme poison.

How?

Why?

Before I could think of that, I created an Auror blade with my outstretched hand.

Haha! This is it-“

He bursts into laughter at the sky and makes eye contact with Saint Geo Nostrum, who lowers his head.

“Huh?”

One step.

I arrived three steps in front of Saint Geo and swung my Auror Blade.

Fuhwa–Ah!!

A fountain of golden blood bursts from the neck, where red blood should have been splattered.

Just as golden slaves made of false gold die, blood leaked out from the body of Saint Geo Nostrum as his head was cut and soared toward the sky.

Momentary silence.

Before anyone could scream, I cut down Saint Geo Nostrum.

Someone among those who realized the situation-

“aaahhh!!”

I screamed as if I was going to be torn apart.

There is a lot of commotion, and the soldiers become embarrassed and their expressions harden.

“I command those gathered here—-! Everyone, increase the distance—-!”

I shouted with all the mana in my throat.

Quickly glance behind you.

There is no one around Astasia.

Naria approaches Queen Carmen and supports her, while the Grand Duke of Winchester quickly looks up at the sky and shouts at the magic watch wrapped around his wrist.

A wizard on an airship can be seen looking down urgently.

‘There’s still time.’

The kingdom’s medical technology is underdeveloped, so we can only hope that the magician’s healing magic will show its true potential.

Among these, the one who bothers me the most is Emperor Habsburg von Tersian-

Grinning.

Before I knew it, she was standing behind Astasia and smiled at me for a brief moment.

As if he was going to watch how I move.

It seems like I am already satisfied with having blown off St. Geo Nostrum’s head.

‘Thank you for protecting Astasia.’

It’s definitely a good thing that you don’t have to worry about Astasia in a dangerous situation.

But this is not something done to please the Habsburg Emperor.

Suddenly.

Swing the sword once more.

So that everyone can see more clearly, cut Saint Geo Nostrum’s body diagonally.

Sigh.

Golden blood spurts out and scatters from the cut cross section.

The body quickly falls apart and flows down with golden liquid.

“People of Nostrum! Disperse!”

I shouted to the people of Nostrum, who were still staring at me in bewilderment.

“Stay away from those around you! Saint Geo Nostrum has the ability to explode the gold in your stomach!”

It is a hypothesis.

I’m not sure, but it’s just a guess.

I don’t know if it’s real or not, and I could be wrong.

If you’re wrong, something embarrassing may happen later, but if my guess is correct, you shouldn’t stick together now.

“Everyone, increase your distance!”

Haha!!”

Light explodes.

The head that flew off when he was decapitated still maintained its shape, and Saint Geo Nostrum began to laugh maniacally with his head cut off.

“I told you!! Congratulations! I will explode the celebratory gun with my own hands! As king, I command you to explode!”

The moment when Saint Geo shouted.

Kwa-eu-ang!

An explosion occurred in the neck of one of the soldiers who was suppressing the people.

The explosion was so strong that it seemed as if the head was ejected from the top of the helmet.

“…!”

Red blood splatters.

At the same time, gold splatters through the blood.

Puhwaaak.

A fountain of blood spurted out from the soldier’s ruptured neck, and the soldier fell backwards.

This time on Thursday.

You can’t see it in detail because of the explosion traces, but it looks as if the explosion occurred along the necklace-

Necklace?

“Everyone, throw away the gold–! Come on! The crazy king is trying to kill us by exploding the gold–!”

The knights who were trying to climb up to the podium stopped in shock at my shout.

Some people hastily threw away the accessories inside their armor, while others put their hands in their mouths as if trying to spit out something.

“Young master!!”

Sir Robert, dressed in gray armor, pointed urgently to the sky.

“…!”

Golden.

The most gold is shining in the sky.

“Holy shit…!”

Haha! You’re so foolish that you’re only realizing it now! It’s the king’s order! Explode!”

Saint Geo’s head turned towards the sky and shouted loudly.

If the 50m golden airship floating in the sky explodes, all of the explosion will be directed towards the banquet hall-

“…”

There was no explosion.

No, it happened, but the airship didn’t explode.

Whisk.

An explosion occurred on the Imperial airship.

An explosion occurred in the chest of a soldier guarding the railing on the deck, and the soldier fell behind the railing and fell to the ground.

Ahhh!!

A person fell from the sky.

It was as if he had died instantly even before he fell, but as he fell, the building on the plaza was colored red and scattered into pieces.

“Damn Nostrum.”

In an instant, I got annoyed.

What explodes is false gold.

The reason why explosions occur in the stomach is because the people who absorbed the false gold had some of that gold seeing into their stomachs, and the people whose bodies exploded all over probably made that false gold into accessories and carried it around on their bodies in the past few months.＜ Br＞

Scene.

Unspecified number.

Can you identify each person who has gold?

Not possible.

If so.

Haha! That cheeky-“

Suddenly.

Swing the sword once more and cut off Saint Geo’s head.

To prevent him from saying anything more, they cut his head in half along the bridge of his nose.

Rumbling.

Saint Geo Nostrum’s head melts into gold.

Red eyes filled with shock and anger were staring at me, but they soon dissipated into gold.

And-

Grinning.

At the last moment, I thought St. Geo Nostrum was smiling at me.

I jumped right back.

I distanced myself from her podium and held her tightly in my arms to protect her Astasia.

“Grey?!”

“Astacia.”

From noble mtl dot come

I buried Astasia’s face in my arms and covered her and her and her ears.

“This is not your fault.”

“What is that?”

Pa-euang.

The explosion occurs once more.

As if one explosion wasn’t enough, chain explosions occur.

The one who had false gold.

A person whose golden accessories were, of course, false gold.

And then, experiencing the dream with false gold, you become intoxicated with the sweetness of the dream and end up absorbing part of it into your body.

Explosions occurred one after another from an unspecified number of Nostrum people.

* * *

December 24, 99, Imperial Calendar.

In the midst of the engagement ceremony between Gray Gibraltar and Astasia von Tersian, King St. Geo Nostrum appeared.

He sent something resembling an alter ego made of gold and, using some unknown power, exploded the gold at the engagement ceremony.

The gold burst like an explosion magic.

Death occurred due to a direct explosion in the stomach.

He died because he had golden accessories.

Or you may be injured by the aftereffects of an explosion.

There have been numerous crises in the kingdom’s history, but there has never been a crisis that unfolded in this way.

St. Geo Nostrum.

The incompetent king has finally gone crazy.

The king, who was afraid of losing his throne, became a madman and began trying to kill his people using the protection and power bestowed on the royal family by the ancient dragon.

Casualties were approximately 1,000.

Although many people were injured, approximately 300 people died in the explosion.

And the explosion that started it all-

* * *

[23:50, December 24, 99 Imperial Calendar. Orosol Academy Foundation Chairman’s Office Bedroom.]

“…”

Although the scene was cluttered, complicated, and confusing, I escaped the chaos of the scene for a moment and entered the bedroom of the director’s office.

There were many people in the room.

There were many key figures who participated in the engagement ceremony, including Naria and Astasia.

If there are any heterogeneous people, it would be the wizards who have been receiving large salaries as part of Morgania.

“Well, Excellency the Governor of Barcelona.”

The wizards look at me and bow their heads.

His face was sweating profusely and he looked like he was going to collapse at any moment.

“Raise your head.”

After I approached the wizards.

“You’ve worked hard. Don’t think about anything else, go in and rest.”

“Ah… “

“Let the knights escort the wizards so they can rest in the lounge.”

“Yes, Your Excellency.”

After personally hugging them one by one and patting their backs, he handed over the wizards who were about to collapse to the soldiers.

There was a bit of guilt on the wizards’ faces, but they didn’t have the anxiety that comes with committing a mortal sin.

Anxiety that one’s head will be cut off.

In other words, anxiety that the anger will be directed at oneself when magical treatment fails.

The absence of that means that the treatment was initially successful.

“…”

Bed in the bedroom.

A woman with black hair is lying on the bed where I used to sleep.

Her skin is pale and she’s barely breathing, but she’s not dead yet.

“…”

The Duke of Winchester, who was sitting next to Queen Carmen and holding her hands tightly, could not raise his head her her her her.

The treatment was achieved to some extent, but Queen Carmen knew how she ended up in this situation.

“…Grey.”

The Duke of Winchester said, suppressing his boiling voice.

“I cannot possibly understand this situation, even with all my life experience.”

“…”

“When gold rose from the earth, I neglected them. Because when I killed them, they became gold. When those who ate the gold saw their new selves in a dream, I was silent. Because I thought it was different from reality. I was the dreamer. Because he was already dead in the world.”

In a dream.

In the world shown by False Gold, the Duke of Winchester had already died nine years ago.

“Whenever Carmen wished herself in her dreams at night with false gold, I acquiesced. When she woke up, she told me about her dream of living with the one she loved, and Carmen seemed happier than ever..”

“…”

“She married the man she loved, and her daughter was born as she is, and she even said that Gray was born as her son and called her mother her. Even though she knew it was a dream, she said the dream was so sweet that she couldn’t let it go.”

“…”

“If I had known this would happen, I would have never stopped myself from falling in love with my dreams.”

It’s the same for everyone.

If those who were wary of false gold knew this would happen, they wouldn’t have done this from the beginning.

“So, let me ask you, the one who understands this situation best, at whom should I aim my spear?”

“Saint Geo Nostrum.”

Others are shocked by my words.

“And.”

I went to the window and pulled back the curtain.

“Those who pledged their lives and became the king’s slaves.”

As soon as you open the window, you can hear people screaming.

Please save me. Please save me. Please die.

Saint Geonostrum commanded. If you kill Gray Gibraltar, I will explode it with gold so that it doesn’t die.

“Because he has an explosive magic stone in his stomach, he has no choice but to follow the king’s orders… In order to save those who must kill Gibraltar, he must find Saint Geo Nostrum. Or…”

I closed the window and turned to Naria.

“Either take away the king’s authority to handle so much gold and become the only king of Nostrum.”

“…”

“A week.”

It was midnight on December 25, 99, imperial calendar.

“One week later, I will dethrone Saint Geo Nostrum and hold the coronation ceremony for Naria Geo Nostrum. With my own hands. The location will be…”

I pointed to the sky.

“Gibraltar Gorge.”

Outside is surrounded by the people.

“Let’s all get on the airship and go to the canyon.”

However, I am not the hero who will save them.

In trying to find a way to survive during the crisis of the people, they only act like traitors.

“Well, I’ll tell you how to endure it for a week.”