The Prince Wants To Retire

19. Continental Congress

The shards torn by the warlock were swept away by sucking lava from the top of the volcano.

Although it was a huge fireball that began to shake, it did not pose any threat to Kariel, who resonated with the red energy.

“… … majesty.”

Tarion looked on anxiously, but he knew full well that the huge fireball would not harm Kariel.

Rather, it was threateningly pushing away other humans who were in the way.

Masters who would normally have resisted, but they quietly backed away at the miraculous work Kariel showed them.

When Kariel and the fragments of the Spirit King began to communicate, lava finally began to erupt from the volcano.

The curious thing was that all of the lava gathered around the huge fireball and formed a huge shape.

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Just then, a ball of fire appeared in front of Tarion and letters began to write in the air.

“I think it will take some time.”

Tarion, who was blankly looking at the letters made of fire, turned his gaze toward Kariel and nodded his head.

Then, as the letters disappeared, Kariel also disappeared into the veil of fire.

“It will take a long time.”

Akelio, who saw the letters made of fire from afar, approached Tharion and said, and everyone nodded.

“Don’t let anyone approach you until your sire is done.”

“Yes!”

The knights responded by bowing their heads in unison to Akelio’s command.

Seeing that, Akelio also moved.

As in the northwest, three masters occupied three directions, and knights thickly surrounded the summit of the volcano.

* * *

While the formation was being prepared like an iron wall, the Confederates were pushing up from below.

Then a few tried to escape for their lives, but they too were captured or killed by the southern and eastern armies of the empire waiting to lay a siege below.

Like the battle that took place in the Northwest, the warlocks resisted fiercely, but the overwhelming force made their resistance meaningless.

After all the battles, the Duke of Pires looked at the top of the volcano, looking bitterly at the Confederate forces putting things in order.

“Is it because of that?”

The earth’s axis, which shook as if it were about to explode at any moment, gradually stabilized.

In addition, the unusual flow of magical power that had been occurring at the top of the mountain disappeared.

I don’t know what the plan was, but one thing was certain: the prince must have been involved in the cause of this phenomenon.

“Is it one of the secrets of the empire?”

The empire with the longest history on the continent had many secrets.

And since the imperial family was at the center of its history, it was not at all strange that such a phenomenon could occur.

“Retire… … .”

The Duke of Pires looked up at the summit and was lost in thought.

Looking at the actions of the masters of the empire when they greeted the crown prince, the respect for the current crown prince is implicitly felt.

Not only that, but the military also had confidence in the Crown Prince in his eyes.

‘Retire under these circumstances… … . Do you have any other intentions for the Crown Prince’s retirement?’

It was just an idea that ran through my head, but when I thought about it, it made sense.

In the present Empire, the people’s support for the Crown Prince was absolute.

It was evaluated as the only candidate who could overcome the situation of the empire ravaged by the cancer forces.

Is such a person suddenly retiring?

‘I plan to grab hold of the cancer.’

When you do something you don’t understand in common sense, you need to find the reason.

After descending from the throne, he takes advantage of the situation he has become free to rule by hiding in the shadow of the empire.

It may have been that the retired Crown Prince commanded the Imperial Intelligence Service, secret organizations such as shadows, to create a huge force to keep other countries in check in the dark.

A prince who resigns himself to become the hidden sword of the empire.

‘It’s scary.’

The Duke of Pires trembled slightly, fearful that the still young Crown Prince had such feelings.

Even the slightest twist is likely to cause some countries to disappear from history.

The hidden memorization was more frightening than the revealed sword.

“It is the resurrection of an empire… … .”

I was just about to dream of flying away from the influence of the Empire.

However, when the Empire appeared to be resurrected again, the Duke of Pires was confused.

It was the same with another master of the South, Duke Kleta.

In times like these, countries other than the Empire had to work together, but Seongguk and Iron chose to attack the South together to make up for their losses.

“… … Let me tell you about this situation.”

“Yes.”

The Duke of Kleta summarized the events of Kapur Volcano and relayed it to the messenger.

It was because I hoped this information would be of some help to the Continental Congress.

But he already knew.

That this Continental Congress would be a disaster for them… … .

* * *

The capital of the Empire, which hosts the Continental Congress, a disaster predicted by the Dukes of Cleta and Pires, was in full swing.

The crown prince set the plate and even held a spoon, but not being able to eat it was a blow to the pride of the bureaucrats as well.

That is why most of the bureaucrats worked day and night, preparing to crush even a little more foreign countries who were going to attend the meeting.

The aristocrats also kept busy with political movements.

The same was true of the princes who would preside over the meeting.

Even Princess Miriel, who was still young, began to study for clothes to wear at meetings or to participate in parties.

However, in the capital city where everyone is busy, there was the only one who was leisurely.

“… … your majesty.”

The old chief chamberlain pushed out the old chamberlain and looked at the emperor with concern.

At the end of the chamberlain’s gaze, the emperor looked down at the black blood he had just vomited into his handkerchief with a bitter expression.

The more I stopped taking drugs, the worse I felt.

I couldn’t do too many drugs.

This is because the black magician disappeared from the capital and there was no way to get the existing drugs.

And when I did drugs, my consciousness became hazy and my heart was shaken.

Even now, he was still suspicious of the prince.

“Make even a child struggling to retire suspicious… … .”

The emperor’s expression hardened as he looked at the bag containing the drug.

Thinking of the warlock who tried to control even his own emotions and thoughts, his teeth were sharpened.

Would it have been different if it wasn’t for the Warlock’s drugs?

Now that I have come to regret it, I have no choice but to shake my head.

The only drugs the warlocks made were to inflate the suspicious disease hidden in their hearts.

In the first place, he was such a person.

An incompetent emperor who had no intention of relinquishing his seat to his capable younger brother, but sat in the emperor’s seat and engaged in strife.

That was himself.

“As death approaches, I can barely see it.”

His incompetence, which had been hidden for so long, began to be clearly visible.

“your majesty.”

“If it wasn’t for that, I would have doubted him again.”

Suspicious disease began to rise again.

Do you know yourself like that?

In the letter that Kariel sent to him, he said that he would like to live in a secluded place after retirement, and that he wants only one country estate since he does not need any power.

Starting with those words, I wrote down my personal thoughts on how to use my retirement ceremony to pressure other countries and the path the empire should take after retirement.

“… … Your brother deserves a rebellion.”

The emperor, who evaluated himself with his barely clear hair, shed a self-contained laugh.

He was jealous of the prince who had nicknames such as the flying wings of the empire, the imperial demise, and the golden pillar of the empire, and he was determined to contain his son who was about to retire.

However, the still young son noticed his father’s heart and hit the player.

He tried to imprison himself in a local estate, suggesting a retirement ceremony quickly as if he was trying to cut off the shoots before the suspicious disease got bigger.

‘He’s a son who doesn’t even believe in his father.’

“It’s a dead end.”

The emperor looked at the last part of Kariel’s letter while mocking himself.

“Now is the time to step aside for the sake of our talented younger siblings. Please do not delay any longer.”

“I’m making concessions for the sake of my talented younger siblings… … .”

Seeing his son do what he couldn’t do so easily, envy grew in the emperor’s heart.

When jealousy began to sprout again, the emperor burst out laughing.

After the suspicious disease, jealousy arose, and I began to feel embarrassed about myself, who was like garbage.

“How much is left?”

“… … Three years at the most.”

“That means you’re likely to die within two years.”

At the Emperor’s words, the new chief servant, who had just appeared, bowed his back.

This old servant who appeared before him was capable.

He had too much experience and various talents to be a servant, so he was suspicious at first, but put it aside.

It was because he remembered the secrets of the empire he had heard from the Emperor.

‘The fact that those who keep secrets appeared before me means that they still need me.’

The Emperor thought so and finally realized what he was going to do.

“As soon as Duke Dave returns, gather all the martyrs.”

“I will tell you that. But the changes are… … .”

“Tell them that it’s related to the crown prince. It will be my final decision for the future of the Empire.”

The old chamberlain, who widened his eyes at the emperor’s words, ‘final decision’, bent down and went outside.

His own son made a decision that was tantamount to confining himself.

Then he had to make a decision himself.

The thickest of the Empire’s rotten roots remained.

However, since the roots had not fully grown yet, even rotten roots had to be given time to grow.

“Is this the duty I have left?”

To buy time for the pillars that will carry the future to grow without getting in the way.

For that reason, those who keep the secrets of the empire must have appeared to them.

Effortlessly suppressing the jealousy that was still rising even now, the emperor envisioned an empire that would shine again in his head.

He clenched his fists, thinking that he wanted to remain as a foothold in the empire that would rise again.

“… … Jim is the emperor.”

The emperor tried to drive away the impure thoughts that were starting to moth again as he expounded himself.

* * *

While the emperor started his own fight and was buried in the emperor’s palace, the emperor’s letter was delivered to all the martyrs by the chieftain.

And the heads of major countries scheduled to participate in the Continental Congress were preparing to move to the Empire.

“Are you saying that the Holy Spirit is personally going?”

“It is dangerous! I do not know what danger the wrathful Empire will bring upon you!”

“Think again!”

Pope who wants to participate directly in the Continental Congress of the Empire.

To stop him, the cardinals knelt in front of him.

The Pope said to them with a kind expression.

“I must go. This is the only way to get through this crisis.”

The Pope sighed as he said that.

Temples disappearing one by one within the empire.

As a result, the aftermath was being transmitted to other countries as well.

Aside from the fact that the Holy Nation’s position would fall into the abyss if it went on like this, the belief in God itself, which had been firmly established in the Western Continent, was about to disappear.

That is why the pope himself had to take the risk and go to the empire.

“We must spread the word of God to the empire again. If we do not catch their wavering hearts, the history of the kingdom will end like this.”

As the pope said that, he thought of the young prince.

The person who brought the situation to this point.

I needed to see if he really created this situation or if there was someone behind it.

As the news of the pope’s direct visit to the capital of the empire spread across the continent, the leaders of major countries also sent letters to the imperial palace stating that they would participate in the continental conference.