A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

Chapter 298

298 – Last Greeting (2)

Queen Carmen ate false gold, which caused an explosion in her body and brought her to the brink of death.

Is the father responsible for this?

If you ask, there is no legal responsibility.

The person who told me that she was my 12th wife because of a fantasy from the past said that when I didn’t respond in any way, she said she would draw attention to her death, so I don’t have to take responsibility for that.

But my father’s case is a little complicated.

Although Queen Carmen loved her, it was clearly her father’s choice that she ultimately betrayed that love and chose only her mother.

Even now, 20 years after that choice, she still cannot forget him and still loves him, and seeing her pursue her fantasy of making that love come true, her father she must have been struggling in his own way.

‘You have changed.’

In the past, even if Queen Carmen had collapsed because of something like that, she would have felt sorry but would not have tried to help.

She won’t even touch another woman’s body.

Above all-

Saaa.

She would not have done anything such as pushing her own magic directly into Queen Carmen’s body and revitalizing it.

It’s dangerous.

It must be dried.

Giving mana means weakening her, and her father is becoming weaker compared to the father who was already stronger than before she returned.

-In order to become strong, you must let go of personal feelings.

The emperor’s voices overlap.

The whispers of someone who turned the bodies of dead people into silver and collected their mana to become stronger come in.

He must be getting stronger even now.

Even if my father infuses Queen Carmen with mana to weaken her, he is not a great man who will try to stop it.

If you try to stop me, there’s only one person here, me.

‘Should we stop it?’

Queen Carmen shows no signs of waking up yet.

Even though the wizards treated her wounds with magic as an emergency measure, she was so traumatized that she remained in a coma.

Among those who were addicted to silver, there were those who stopped breathing due to sudden shock but lived as if their souls had gone out.

The empire called them ‘vegetative people’, and Queen Carmen is no different from that condition now.

From the beginning, it was Queen Carmen who was in love with false gold.

So, you can say that it is a good thing to be self-employed, but-

“Carmen.”

Her father holds Queen Carmen’s hand with his free hand.

“I’m sorry.”

At my father’s sincere apology, my hand that was about to reach out stopped automatically.

‘I’m out of my mind too.’

The world shown by false gold.

A world where her father and Queen Carmen became her husband and I was born from Queen Carmen and called her her mother.

Did the worlds overlap, or is it because I have seen that world that I cannot stop it?

Unlike the time when she was called a political mother just to be used, now it is difficult to see her as a complete stranger, perhaps because of the illusion.

I’m like this, but if it were a father I had a romantic relationship with in the past, I’d think even more deeply.

Even if my father becomes a little weaker by infusing his mana, he does not show any regret in his actions.

‘It might be better.’

If Queen Carmen dies or becomes a vegetative state and never wakes up, it could be detrimental if her father is shaken by it or others are adversely affected.

Above all, the country is the same for each human being.

This may be the case for all those who were killed by an incompetent king, but at least Queen Carmen is someone who should not have died like this.

Saaa.

It took a while for my father’s auror to enter Queen Carmen’s body her

“…Cough.”

Queen Carmen coughed.

Dark red blood flowed from her mouth, along with a golden, sparkling liquid that drenched her pillow.

“…Count, sir…?”

Queen Carmen called her father her her her count her her.

In her dazed state, Queen Carmen held her father’s hand with her helpless face her her her her.

“I … Had a dream. The Count would only have Charlotte as his wife, not me … And I would marry a Saint …”

“…Carmen.”

“My son Gray, whoops, is no longer my son, ah…”

“Carmen.”

“…Ah.”

Queen Carmen looked blankly at her father, and her eyes, which had been blurred, slowly began to return.

“…It was a dream.”

“…”

Queen Carmen closed her eyes.

Because of the blood in her mouth, the pain of her reality may have slowly begun to awaken, and she may be gradually coming out of her fantasy and realizing her reality.

“…I am sorry, Marquis of Gibraltar.”

And she soon regained her senses.

“I am…”

“Rest. And leave the rest to me and Gray, and get some rest. I don’t know if these words will comfort you, but…”

Her father whispered something to Queen Carmen.

When she said something with her mouth that I couldn’t hear, Queen Carmen’s eyes widened hers.

“I see… I see. In that case, you can rest in peace…”

Whisk.

Queen Carmen closed her eyes.

Her father stayed still for a long time, holding Queen Carmen’s hand hers.

“…”

I had to stand by my father’s side for a while until he got up from his seat

* * *

After a while, my father and I headed to the study at Caroline Castle.

To discuss one issue.

Queen Carmen.

“Grey.”

“Yes, father.”

Death.

“Should this be called an insult to the deceased, or an insult to the character?”

“It’s just a temporary move to appease public sentiment, father.”

I didn’t do it.

Queen Carmen woke up from her coma thanks to her father’s mana.

Of course, due to her physical problems, she fell into a deep sleep again, but at least she did not die.

She said, “We thought she was dead, so we mourned her and even held her funeral, but thanks to the miracle of the golden dragon, she came back to life. What a heroic story is this?”

“Yes. She woke up in time for her daughter’s ascension to queen?”

“Yes. And the funeral isn’t happening right now.”

We all wore black suits and black ties, but that wasn’t to mourn the death of Queen Carmen.

“Father, we are dressed like this to commemorate those who were sacrificed by Saint Geonostrum. Queen Carmen has not yet officially risen, and she has not been officially declared dead.”

“People will misunderstand. She said Carmen is dead.”

“That is a misunderstanding. There has been no official announcement, either in the Kingdom or in Gibraltar, that Queen Carmen has died. She simply expressed her condolences accordingly.”

It is a mourning for the hundreds of people who sacrificed their lives by eating false gold.

And perhaps it is also a mourning for those who will die more in the future.

“Father. If there are people who attack the funeral home while mourning the solemn death, what kind of people are they?”

“They are either subhuman, or only then can they save their lives.”

My father turned his attention to the Nostrum map in the study.

“The people will storm into the territory of Gibraltar. Those who think they can survive only by asking for the false gold in their stomachs to be removed or by obeying the orders of Saint Geo Nostrum will come.”

“We just have to stop it for a week. Stun it and tie it up, or bury it in the ground.”

“And what if you really die?”

“If you die, you die. It’s okay to throw away the gold necklace and bracelet, but we can’t do anything about what went into your body.”

“…It’s impossible.”

The father looked at Caroline with a slightly tired look.

“I did it because it’s Carmen. I can’t do something like this again. Especially if it reaches tens of thousands of people.”

“So we have to wait even longer. Until Naria becomes an adult.”

“…I think we need to talk about that.”

My father looked at me with a serious face.

“Is that really enough?”

“Yes.”

“At best, it is just a ritual. This sword is also an heirloom, but it is a sword that is changed every time it gets rusty.”

“It’s not like there was any special magic.”

“It is ours that is enchanted.”

I pointed to my heart.

“Blood of Gibraltar. And blood of Nostrum. Place.”

“King Nostrum’s coronation took place in the royal capital, not in Gibraltar.”

“That was the story of the Shenyang that took place in the Peaceful Era. Isn’t the situation different now? The Gold Dragon sleeping in the canyon will also hear the ritual and immediately reap its power.”

With a slightly suspicious look, my father pointed to the golden disc placed in the center of the study.

“Are you really saying that all I have to do is hold a ceremony in the canyon to acknowledge Naria as queen? On this disc… ?”

“It’s about believing in the miracle of nostrum.”

“It’s not like you. You have to rely on uncertain situations.”

“It’s not uncertain. It’s just that, based on all the information combined and inferred, there is a 99% chance that it will turn out as expected.”

“What is an error of 1%?”

“Even though Gibraltar has a new king, Saint Geo continues to have that power simply because he has Nostrum blood.”

I took out a 100 gold coin from my pocket and crushed it lightly in my hand.

“At that time, Nostrum will be destroyed. It will not be Nostrum, but the ‘Kingdom of Naria.'”

“Not the Kingdom of Gibraltar?”

“King, are you saying it’s bothersome?”

“…”

“Ah. Is it because of Queen Carmen? If you usurp the throne and become king, you can accept Queen Carmen or something like that? If that’s the case…”

“No, it’s not like that.”

His father shook his head.

“I thought you would be king.”

“Me?”

“The Prince of Gibraltar recognized by the Empire.”

“…”

I lightly shook my head at my father’s words.

“I just want to live happily with Astasia, I’m not interested in that kind of power.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. So, let’s get ready.”

“Ready?”

“Yes.”

I flicked my black tie with my fingers.

“A stage to eliminate the culprit of all this.”

* * *

December 31, 99 Imperial Calendar, 4:57 AM.

Shoot.

Rain falls continuously from the sky.

Because it was the middle of winter, the world was dark, and the earth was busy with knights running around the land and looking for something even in the dark of dawn.

If there is light, it is something flying in the sky – the light emitted periodically by an airship.

“Whoa.”

The man in a black suit standing with an umbrella on top of the airship, Emperor Habsburg von Tersian, looked down and frowned.

“Ignorant worms who don’t know who is trying to save them, but come to beg to die because their lives are in danger.”

Ground.

Taking advantage of the darkness, something runs across the ground like a wild animal.

The emperor manipulated the airship’s equipment and illuminated the direction of the luminous magic stone as a shadow.

Pa-ah.

There were many people where the light went.

People from the royal capital of Toledo – those who appeared to be Nostrum people – covered their eyes with their hands from the sudden light, and soon knights rushed towards them on horseback.

“It is known that even the queen of the kingdom was murdered by the incompetent king. As seen in the dream world, Gibraltar was an enemy against the empire and became a guardian protecting the kingdom until the end.”

No one answered the emperor’s words to himself.

“Can those who force death on Gibraltar, but on the other hand beg for their own survival, really be called citizens?”

There were many shadows behind the emperor, but the emperor did not speak to them.

“Franz.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Naria Geo Nostrum will return to the imperial palace as soon as he is crowned the only King of Nostrum.”

The emperor quietly closed his eyes.

“No matter who becomes the emperor, we don’t need those bugs in our future. As soon as the king of bugs dies, I will wipe out all the bugs. It’s the job of a father to get rid of things that stand in the way of his children. Hehe.”＜ Br＞

“…Your Majesty. I would like to ask you a question regarding Gray Gibraltar.”

“What is it?”

“Can Gray Gibraltar kill the one who wields the miracle of Nostrum?”

“…Ha.”

The emperor laughed lightly at Franz’s question.

“My plan operates on one premise: Gray Gibraltar will kill the king of bugs.”

“…”

“If Gray fails…”

“Are you disappointed?”

“No.”

The emperor shrugged his shoulders as if asking what was obvious.

“This trashy Nostrum must have failed thanks to the Golden Dragon’s miracle. If Gray fails, it’s the same as saying that I will fail too.”