Chapter 28


    <strong>Trantor:</strong> Latte <strong>Editor:</strong> Sasha


    <span>“……”


    <span>It was undoubtedly the case that Caville was suspicious of the Princess and defiant of her interference.


    <span>Inside the brooch on his chest, Ifrit whispered, ‘You have a lot of doubts. Doesn’t she look like a princess to you?’


    <span>‘She seems suspicious.’


    <span>‘Stop being so stubborn! She is <i><span>not</i><span> suspicious.’


    <span>‘And how do you know that?’


    <span>‘Why you… Could you be careful with your words? I am the Spirit King! I can see when people lie or not. You dare make light of my words? I am an adult now!’


    <span>‘Shut up, you’re so noisy.’


    <span>He forced Ifrit to shut up, giving the Princess another suspicious look.


    <span>Princess Larissa nced at him, afraid of Caville’s cold gaze.


    <span>After the fall of the Empire of Dayev, she was taken by the Urta soldiers and imprisoned in the dungeon of her own pce.


    <span>“How do you feel about being trapped in the basement of the Imperial Pce where you lived your whole life? Is this your first time here?”


    <span>“By the way, you’re very pretty, aren’t ya? Hahaha! I’m sure our emperor would love to…”


    <span>They mocked andughed at Larissa.


    <span>After bringing the war to victory, the Urta soldiers dered that they would dedicate the princess to their emperor.


    <span>Princess Larissa was terrified.


    <span>“Take this.”


    <span>Momentster, the servant of her aunt turned out to be hiding among the soldiers. He handed over a small dagger and a letter to Larissa.


    <span>Her aunt was a traitor who betrayed the Empire of Dayev and swore allegiance to the Empire of Urta.


    <span>She then tried to dedicate her niece, Princess Larissa, to the Emperor of Urta.


    <span>However, her aunt also pitied her, so she sent her a dagger in case she couldn’t take it anymore.


    <span>Larissa cried as she read the letter of apology.


    <span>‘Mother, father, I’m sorry. I’ll follow you soon.’


    <span>She aimed the dagger at her neck and tried to end her own life.


    <span>But suddenly…


    <span>A beam of light shed from the thin bracelet she always wore.


    <span>‘What’s happening?’


    <span>It was a gift from her mother, so she had thought it was just an old antique.


    <span>But it was actually an ancient artifact that could only be triggered during emergencies.


    <span>After the light faded away, she saw that the artifact had opened a mysterious gate.


    <span>Unfortunately, the gate was so small that she couldn’t pass through it.


    <span>“There, it was from there!”


    <span>“Hey! What do you think you’re doing?”


    <span>Then the gate got bigger and bigger, but the pace it was increasing at was too slow.


    <span>Two soldiers who noticed the strange gate unlocked and entered her cell.


    <span>At that moment, the gate was finallypleted. Larissa threw herself over it without any hesitation.


    <span>The two soldiers seeded in following Larissa through the gate and tried to kill her.


    <span>But Caville had chanced upon them.


    <span>Larissa greeted Caville, saying she was grateful to him for saving her life. Unfortunately, Caville did not respond.


    <span>“You expect me to believe you?”


    <span>“…The Imperial Pce of Dayev is currently upied by the Urtans, but I remember the wholeyout of the Pce!”


    <span>“You say that, but do you have any proof?” Caville retorted.


    <span>He was utterly handsome, but his gaze was very cold.


    <span>However, she could see that it was filled with an endless depth of ink, sorrow, and pain.


    <span>“In two days, the Emperor of Urta will visit the Dayev Pce. He will definitelye!”


    <span>“……”


    <span>“He came to take me himself. I was forced to dedicate myself to the emperor.”


    <span>“In two days….” Caville mumbled.


    <span>After pondering for a moment, he ordered Brien, “Brien, you stay here. If there’s no news in two days, you must kill this woman.”


    <span>“Is Your Grace not modifying the n?”


    <span>“How could you easily believe this woman and tell me to revise my n?” He glowered.


    <span>“…..”


    <span>“Do you believe all her words? If she asks you to die, will you follow it as well?”


    <span>Caville red at Brien.


    <span>“I wille back soon.”


    <span>As nned, Caville crossed the canyons of the Catan Mountains with only a few of his knights.


    <span>The next morning, all the Urtan soldiers who visited the Dayev Pce were all murdered.


    <span>None of the Urtan soldiers, who were waiting in barracks outside the pce, noticed the massacre.


    <span>And two dayster, as Larissa said, the Emperor of Urta arrived at the pce.


    <span>Caville sat on the throne alone, waiting for the Emperor, Heikar II.


    <span>And the moment he appeared, Caville cut Heikar and his knights without a moment’s hesitation.


    <span>“Burn them all.”


    <span>At Caville’s order, Ifrit came out of the ancient artifact.


    <span>The red wolf, who was now the size of arge house, soon spread itsrge wings and flew.


    <span>As he soared, he left hot mes in his wake.


    <span>Caville continued to lead the Knights and advanced to the capital of the Empire of Urta.


    <span>Upon hearing the news, the Allied Forces and the Pdins quickly crossed the canyon.


    <span>However, when they arrived, the Empire of Urta in the eastern continent had turned to ashes.


    <span>And standing in the center was Caville Cernoir, along with his red wolf.


    <span>“Oh, dear Lord…”


    <span>The priest who witnessed the scene stared at him in wonder. In their eyes, the appearance of Caville was like the incarnation of Tvekra, the God of War, himself.


    <span>The war, which had been sluggish throughout the year because of the internal dispute, ended in a sea of ??fire.


    <span>However, Handar’s army still remained.


    <span>Caville ordered Ifrit to track them down.


    <span>* * *


    <span>But not everything worked out so easily. Ifrit had failed to track Handar’s retreating army.


    <span>Caville clearly remembered the story of Ifrit.


    <i><span>“What? Are you looking down on me? You’ll be surprised to know how sensitive my nose is. I can track everything even if they were at the ends of the earth!”</i>


    <span>He did, but now…


    <span>“What can you actually do?”


    <span>“……”


    <span>Handar, the retreating warlord of the Empire of Urta, and Zendikar, the son of the emperor.


    <span>Ifrit had tracked them for days but to no avail.


    <span>Caville red at Ifrit.


    <span>“I can only track those whose faces I remember…”


    <span>“….Is that an excuse?”


    <span>Ifrit replied, “Don’t worry because I remember your wife’s face. Oh, it was when she was young though, does she look different now?”


    <span>“Different?”


    <span>Caville creased his eyebrows.


    <span>“Well, of course, she’ll look different. You have changed too, right? Even so, you were pretty cute as a child.”


    <span>“……”


    <span>Caville suddenly grew anxious.


    <span>‘I’m different from when I was young? I certainly changed. I got taller and my physical appearance changed too.’


    <span>His face had many traces of his childhood, but he was no longer a timid child.


    <span>He was now a hero who led the war to victory.


    <span>“…What if I’m so ugly that my wife hates me?”


    <span>“Well, that’s more likely to happen, seeing as how she hasn’t sent you even a single letter.” Ifrit said, earning a re from Caville.


    <span>Ifrit was afraid of being kicked, so he hurriedly hid into the artifact.


    <span>* * *


    <span>The emperor was greatly pleased to hear that Caville Cernoir made the Empire of Urta into a sea of ??fire. The Temple had also weed the news of the victory.


    <span>A few days ago, priests and messengers of the emperor came to Caville’s barracks, but Caville wasn’t happy with them at all.


    <span>“Your Grace.”


    <span>Caville heard Brien’s voice outside the barracks and ordered him toe in.


    <span>“More priests are looking for Your Grace. What should I do with them?”


    <span>“Send them away.”


    <span>“…I understand. Oh, and Princess Larissa of the Dayev Empire painted a sketch of General Handar.”


    <span>“Really? Then I’ll be able to find him soon.”


    <span>“Yes, the warlord will soon be caught. However, Prince Zendikar of the Empire of Urta seems to have fled toward the North Sea of ? Lavlensia, so it will be difficult to find him.”


    <span>“You take care of that. My role is to catch the warlord. Once I catch him, I’ll go home right away.”


    <span>“Understood.”


    <span>Brien bowed and went out.


    <span>Caville did not like the Temple and the Imperial Government. They fought over everything, and now they were pestering Caville.


    <span>The temple spread a story about Caville. It was said that Caville used the power of the Spirit King of Fire, just like the first Duke of Cernoir.


    <span>“The Duke of Cernoir’s faith was deep, thus the Tvekra God gave him strength.”


    <span>“Caville Cernoir is a child of God.”


    <span>“Caville Cernoir is the hero of the Great War of Thysser.”


    <span>The rumors were outrageous.


    <span>It was also said that Larissa’s artifact used to belong to the Temple.


    <span>The bracelet was one of the relics of the Temple in the past when it suddenly went missing.


    <span>Princess Larissa decided to donate the bracelet, a memento of her parents, to the Temple.


    <span>“It would be safer to store it in the Temple. Please keep my parents’ belongings.”


    <span>The temple began to praise her as if they were moved by her words.


    <span>“They have chosen to side with the Princess who recovered the relic of the Temple.”


    <span>‘The kind princess who had the power to open gates with her powerful artifact.’


    <span>They twisted the truth.


    <span>Still, Caville had no interest in them. Whether people praised the princess or not, all he cared about was to take down the enemy with the information he got.


    <span>However, the temple didn’t stop there. They began to pair the princess and Caville together.


    <span>“The Child of God and the Princess led the war to victory.”


    <span>They kept spreading nonsense.


    <span>There was also news that the princess was actually the emperor’s niece amid the war.


    <span>‘How much longer are they going to spout bullshit?’


    <span>The Princess acted as if she had be a bridge that harmonized the Temple and the Imperial Government.


    <span>It got to her head and she began to speak to Caville without any restraint.


    <span>Caville was running out of patience.


    <span>He wanted to throw everything away as soon as possible and return back to Elody.


    <span>Fortunately, in two months, General Handar was caught and he was executed on the spot.


    <span>With his death, the seven-year war had ended.


    <span>‘It’s finally over.’


    <span>Finally.


    <span>It was time to go home.


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