The Hero Party Couldn’t Kill Me

Chapter 13: Blanc Magic Tower (3)

“It is said that the imperial army led by Mina defeated the demons who were targeting the demon castle.”

“… It’s less than an hour.”

Meanwhile, the princess heard about the events at the Demon King’s Castle through her confidant, Duke Perry.

Even when she first received only the report from Archduke Charles, she wondered if it was a ploy to divert attention from the external enemy, but after hearing an urgent report that a considerable number of demons were bitten near the Demon King’s Castle, the princess also felt a little uneasy. .

Especially, many of them were gathered in the castle again. So, Mina was put into the castle, but it seems that she blocked it well.

It was a natural result for Mina to show strength in one-on-one battles.

“… But that doesn’t seem to be the usual case. Her demons are reunited and are moving in an organized manner.”

“For the time being, Mina will protect the castle, so you don’t have to worry.”

“But isn’t Mina a mercenary of the Mage Tower after all? No matter how much she ransom her herself, she can’t keep using her.”

“I know. Anyway, these demon attacks are only temporary, so I don’t intend to use them for a long time.”

Originally, even before the demon king was active, demons temporarily made a fuss like this at the forefront of the empire, but it didn’t last long.

And less than a year has passed since the previous demon king died. Even if you look at the history of the Latis Empire in the past, you will have to wait at least 20 more years before the next demon king appears.

“But I am concerned about Archduke Charles’ report. According to his words, the reason why Shadow Wolf climbs the castle wall like that…….”

“So what has never happened in human history is happening now?”

“Of course I don’t think it makes sense, but… In fact, isn’t it unusually early for the previous demon king to come out? In this case, the foreshadowing phenomena seen before the appearance of the demon king may be more accurate than the precedents of the past.”

“… ….”

The princess was actually afraid too. She, of course, thought that the possibility was low, but if the demon king appeared in this situation, the empire might perish again.

Even if it’s a devil from another world…….

“Come to think of it, I haven’t been able to keep Blanc Magic Tower in check lately.”

The princess opened her mouth.

Even after Edmund’s death, the Blanc Magic Tower has completely cut off contact with the outside world. That amplified the princess’s suspicions.

Even if it wasn’t because of Edmund, Blanc Magic Tower has had many serious accidents since before. Wasn’t it Blanc’s tower that immediately summoned the previous demon king?

Of course, the current Mage Tower owner, Marion, did not receive any of the abilities of the previous Mage Tower owners, but she will not know. It can be astonishing as summoning an alien.

“I will immediately summon the royal mages and plan a strategy to enter the Blanc Tower. You… Please continue to keep an eye on the trends of the demons.”

“Okay.”

After Duke Perry left, the princess headed for the highest room in her palace for the first time in a while.

The emperor was lying there in the bedroom.

He still hasn’t come back to consciousness since he collapsed three years ago. He tried to find a way to wake him up by mobilizing all the wizards of the Mage Tower, but there was no progress.

And the emperor’s complexion, which he saw again after a long time, looked even worse than before. His skin had turned pure white, and as he lay motionless, it was as if he were looking at a corpse.

“… Ah, Her Highness the Princess. Are you here?”

Today, too, the attending physician who was looking at the emperor’s condition confirmed that the princess had come in and greeted her right away.

“How is His Majesty the Emperor?”

“It keeps getting weaker. It will probably be difficult to get past this year.”

“There is absolutely no chance of coming back to consciousness, right?”

“The Emperor’s soul is no longer felt.”

“… I get it. Just go out Because I want to talk with His Majesty the Emperor alone.”

The attending physician nodded at the princess’ order and then vacated his seat. When the two of them were left alone, the princess held the emperor’s hand tightly. His hands were as cold as ice.

“… Your Majesty the Emperor. Father. Why do hard things keep coming to me?”

The princess lowered her head and said.

When the emperor fell one after another following the death of the crown prince, the first emotion the princess felt was much more of a burden than a joy of becoming her acting emperor.

Because she got the acting job at the worst possible time.

And her ordeal continued. Even after she managed to restore her Solaum, it took two and a half years to slay her demon lord, draining the empire’s finances in the process.

After killing the demon king, the party of warriors betrayed the trusted Edmund and even threatened her position as the princess.

After punishing them one by one, Edmund became more and more afraid. So he made friends with his Saint Lucy.

I finally thought I’d sorted out all the confusion. Her little prince managed to coax her into signing her oath of allegiance, and since Archduke Charles had already lost her circle of support, she wouldn’t be much of a threat.

Now I thought that the only thing left to do was ascend to the emperor’s seat and be remembered as a Myeonggun.

But the demons, who thought it was over, start rampaging again. Even the suspicion that the next demon king will appear soon grows stronger.

It felt like the princess would go crazy after going through all of this in such a short amount of time. Was the weight of her position as emperor so heavy? No, why is it so heavy only on her?

The princess, who complained while holding the emperor’s hand, suddenly looked at the emperor’s crown next to him.

The imperial crown was kept next to the emperor in case the emperor woke up, but it was kept in a glass tube to prevent dust from accumulating.

The princess carefully opened the glass coffin and carefully lifted the emperor’s coffin.

This imperial crown is enchanted, so if someone who does not have blood in the imperial family carelessly touches it, their hands will be burned.

Of course, the hand of the princess was fine.

‘… Will I be able to bear this weight in the future?’

She thought as the princess looked around her emperor’s crown. In fact, it was the first time she had ever touched an emperor’s crown like this.

She also heard that the head size of successive emperors is different, so the emperor’s crown automatically changes according to the size of the head.

This is also thanks to the magic cast by the wizard who created it. Curious about the principle, the princess looked inside the emperor’s crown.

‘Huh?’

Then, suddenly, she checked the writing on the inside of her.

The letters written so faintly that you couldn’t even see them unless you looked closely were the words of the now-destroyed Latis Empire. The princess could read these words as she had been educated in Latin.

No, before that, this word was a name that was inevitable in the history of the empire.

Leviathanis.

The possessive case of Leviathan.

‘Why is Leviathan’s name here?’

The princess also knew who Leviathan was.

A contributor to the founding of the Solus Empire. The creator of the Blanc Magic Tower. He is also the most favored mage of the ancestor of the princess who founded the Solus Empire.

And he is also the creator of this imperial crown.

So she writes her own name inside her imperial coffin? Something was offended

Doesn’t this make her look like she is above her emperor? No, more than that. All in all, why is she possessive? Was it as if the emperor wanted to say that the emperor was hers?

I felt strange. Of course, she heard that Leviathan was a contributing factor to the founding of the country, but she was a person with a lot of problems, but I never thought she would have committed such atrocities.

‘There must have been something like this behind the Blanc Magic Tower’s long straying.’

Perhaps some of the previous emperors were aware of these atrocities.

Nevertheless, it was their founder who left the Crippled Science Blanc Magic Tower undisturbed, and it must have been because the contribution to the development of the empire was too great for them to understand the magic tower.

But the princess has a different idea. As such, those who risked challenging the emperor’s authority had to be suppressed.

It is the emperor who rules the empire, not the mage of the tower.

Resolutely resolute, the princess put her emperor’s crown back in her place. And she contacted the head of the imperial mages with a crystal ball.

“I will summon the imperial mages right now. Tonight, make sure to attack the Blanc Magic Tower.”

***

Meanwhile, Raphaella looked at Marion with her worried eyes.

She was rummaging through the books of the Mage Tower to find a way to hand over her only lordship, but the more she tried, the worse her condition got.

“Mr. Marion. Taking a break right now….”

“No! Cool cool! If I die like this… The authority of the owner of the Mage Tower may disappear!”

“But… ….”

“Actually, there is one sure way.”

Marion, who was coughing again for her breath to stop, said in a calm voice.

“Knowledge transmission magic. Since I have to leave a successor, this is the first magic I learned after becoming the owner of the Mage Tower. Originally, the Blanc Magic Tower passed on authority and knowledge to the former Master of the Magic Tower in this way.”

Marion, who had said this far, continued her words with a laugh as if she was absurd even thinking about it.

“Of course, I’m not in a position to pass on knowledge to Rafaela, but you still know a few magics that Raphaella doesn’t know, right? It won’t help at all.”

“… ….”

“… Yeah, I guess that’s the only way for now. Let’s start the ceremony before it’s too late.”

Marion coughed again. Her blood was pouring from the corners of her mouth, but she took a chalk and started drawing her magic circle on the floor as written in her spell book.

Rafaela looked at the magic circle being completed for a while and felt her crystal ball vibrate violently.

She apologized to Marion for a while, then came out of her room and received a call from Edmund.

“Ella, are you all right now?”

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“Yes! What happen?”

“From now on, listen carefully to what I have to say. Pesima is in Marion’s body. To be precise, she is parasitic.”

Upon hearing the truth, Raphaella was startled and almost dropped her crystal ball.

Why were you so stupid? I got it now Why was Marion’s health so bad?

“Well, then what should I do?”

“Now we will enter the Blanc Magic Tower. But as you know, to enter the Mage Tower, you need to break the barrier. Please release that barrier in advance.”

Rafaela immediately went to the entrance of Blanc Magic Tower and canceled her barrier. But at that moment.

“Rafaela!! Where did you go Now we are ready!”

It was a disaster. If Marion went out like this, the plan could be exposed.

“I unlocked it now. I’ll take my time, so please come.”

Rafaela left nothing but quick words to say, and she quickly went to where Marion was. She’ll come by teleport, so she won’t be too long anyway.

“Yes! Song!”

She quickly headed for Marion’s room. Before she entered, she slightly magically drew a sign in front of the room so that Edmund would find it.

Upon entering her room, Marion breathed heavily and looked at her magic circle with satisfaction. Marion said as Raphaella entered.

“Poetry… I’m running out of time. Let’s start the knowledge transfer magic. Come on, sit down in the middle of the magic circle.”

Marion, who seemed to be out of breath at any moment, urged. Raphaella already knew the truth about her, so she stopped and looked at the magic circle.

As expected, there were many things she didn’t know about this magic circle. However, the soul symbol that Mina told her before was also present in the magic circle.

Based on that, I quickly inferred the identity of this magic circle.

In an instant, goose bumps all over my body.

“Is this really a knowledge transfer magic circle?”

“Right. Is something wrong?”

“This is… It’s soul transfer magic.”

She realized the terrifying secret of the Blanc Magic Tower.

Marion, who noticed that, was also taken aback.

“Yes? That’s really…….”

But before she could finish her sentence, Marion sat down like a marionette whose strings had snapped.

Did he just die? I thought. But in the next moment, Raphaella felt a creepy feeling all over her body.

Instinctively, a signal to let her know that she is in danger. She knew very well that she had to run away, but she couldn’t.

Her body didn’t move at all.

Marion is. No, Pesima took over Marion’s body.

No. Leviathan, who occupied Marion’s body, rose from his seat.

She looked straight at Rafaela and said.

“This is why I hate the guys I learned at the academy.”