Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 185
◈ 185. [Side Story] Falling Flowers)
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It's a sudden statement, but.
I hit a German suplex..
So, it's a wrestling technique where you grab the opponent's waist with both hands, lift them backwards, and stab them head-first..
I don't know what this technique is called in this world, but it happened to me anyway..
The person who gave me this skill was Princess Yun..
“Uryaaaaa!”
She lifted me up with bear-like strength and threw me down on the wooden chairs placed on the platform..
Craddangtangtang!
“Quack!”
The chairs were smashed and I was buried in the debris..
Wow, I can't feel my neck. I feel like my back is just a mess too..
Princess Yun cast healing magic on me with a bloody face..
No, give me a bottle and give me medicine. What is the princess class? Mutugaya priest.?
“No one cheats in the North. Somehow I know?”
After casting the German Suplex followed by the healing spell on me, Yoon looked down at me lying on the floor and shook his hands..
“Anyone who cheats must face this, regardless of gender or age..”
“sorry… … do…….”
After announcing his engagement today, he immediately dumped Princess Yoon and danced with another woman to show off..
There was an uproar among the Northern Kingdom's envoys. It was a very big diplomatic disrespect..
The people of the Northern Kingdom were very angry and decided to 'punish' me in their own way, and this was the result. It's such an exciting country..
“Now, I think you've calmed down a bit by this..”
Clearing the ugly atmosphere, Fernandez stepped forward. This kid has a cheerful face for some reason..
“Marrying a bastard like my younger brother would be a shame for someone with a bright future like Princess Yoon..”
“In fact, there was a lot of talk even in our imperial family. I was afraid that marriage with this troublemaker would be a nuisance to the Aryan Kingdom.…….”
Even Lark joined in. It's a little sad to be sold by my brothers at the same time..
The two princes appeased the Northern Kingdom envoys and led them out of the grand banquet hall..
Since the arranged marriage has already passed, we should strengthen our alliance in other ways..
Princess Yun glanced at me one last time and went out. I shook her hand against her back.
“Prince Ash got into an accident again.?”
“Is it like that? As expected, he is the best fucker in the empire.…….”
“So what is it? She didn't want to marry the Northern Kingdom, so she invited her old fiancée, who she normally didn't care about, and danced with her like a beggar.?”
“Was there any awareness that it was putting pressure on the imperial family??”
“Your Majesty must be really worried too.…….”
I closed my eyes while monopolizing the scars of the other nobles remaining in the party hall..
Still, thanks to the reputation I've built up as an asshole, I'm not that surprised even though everyone criticizes me..
‘In this way, a page has been added to the legend of Ash Kim.…….’
I can't believe you did something like this as soon as you decided to live as Ash. Maybe I'm quite talented at doing stupid things.?
At that time, Serenade finished her private meeting with the emperor and came out. I grinned and told her what she meant..
“Well done?”
***
“Let's break off our engagement..”
After hearing the report that the conversation between the Emperor and Serenade had gone well..
When Serenade seemed to have something more to say to me, I gave up..
“…….”
Serenade froze. I laughed bitterly..
Of course I know. The fact that this girl has feelings for me is.
But breaking off the engagement with Serenade is something I've been thinking about for a long time..
“There are many eyes watching.”
The attention of the party leader is focused on us on the platform. I took Serenade by the hand and led her towards the garden terrace..
“Let's go over there and talk..”
The serenade followed helplessly..
The garden was in full summer.
Even in the evening glow, the greenery was vivid. A refreshing summer scent filled the garden..
The spring flowers that had been hanging on the tree next to the terrace until the end were dropping their petals one by one. It was a light blue petal..
“why… … Is it?”
A wet voice was heard. I looked back.
“Why are you abandoning me again??”
Tears are flowing down my white cheeks.
Serenade was looking up at me with tears streaming down her silver eyes..
I remembered the day I first met Serenade. Even back then, she looked up at me like this and cried..
“I really don't know what's inside you. After years of being cold to me, you treated me so kindly for the past few days, but now why... … Are you asking us to break off the engagement??”
“…….”
“If you were going to abandon me anyway, why did you treat me so warmly? If you come to know warmth like this... … I can't go back…….”
“serenade.”
As I approached her sobbing, I sighed softly..
“Our relationship was wrong from the start.”
The imperial family needed money, and the merchant family needed to rise in status..
After reaching an understanding between the two, Ash and Serenade became engaged..
And the layers of misunderstandings, assumptions, and wrong actions that have accumulated over the past 10 years are mixed together... … The relationship between the two broke down..
Ash became an asshole, harassing Serenade and extorting her materially.,
Serenade needed Ash's bloodline, so she just passively clung to it..
‘Relationships between people are like Jenga puzzles.’
A wooden puzzle that builds a tower by removing the pillars in between and placing them on top..
Ash and Serenade's relationship was a precarious Jenga puzzle on the verge of collapse..
The pillar was so thin and flimsy that it seemed as if it would fall over with the slightest impact..
Although I was able to suture the wound for a while and withstand a bigger crisis, I cannot build further human relationships in this state..
Because the festering wound will one day burst. Because eventually, one day, the tower will collapse.
So - I decided to build the tower again from zero base..
‘Because I decided to live as Ash..’
Ash, I will operate on your relationship as I please..
So, serenade.
“Let's start again from the beginning.”
Serenade, who was whimpering and crying, looked up at me with red eyes. I grinned..
Poor girl..
You poor person who came all the way here to save me, standing barefoot, with your shortened hair matted, your dress torn, and your stockings torn..
we are on the same side.
There's no way I'm throwing it away.
“The circumstances of the imperial family and your family's long-cherished wishes are all good. No one else cares, just between us, let's start over.”
“…….”
“first… … Due to the relationship between the commander of the Southern Front and the merchants who would do business there. As a good business partner.”
No longer is someone dependent on someone else.,
So that we can walk equally, at the same eye level, looking at each other..
“All over again. It's a fresh start. how?”
Serenade, wiping away her tears with the back of her hand, muttered softly..
“……dance partner too.”
“huh?”
“Dance partner, will you continue??”
I burst into laughter as I watched the serenade making noises..
“of course. partner.”
The evening wind blew. The last remaining petals of spring poured down from the branches swaying above our heads..
Suddenly, a poem came to mind..
Waving a delicate hand, halong halong, one day when the petals fall…….
“…….”
Spring ends and summer comes.
We become a little more adults.
As said in the poem, a relationship can only mature if there is a breakup..
therefore…….
I smiled and said.
“Let's break up.”
Looking into my silver eyes filled with serenade tears, I spoke softly.
“Let's move forward together from the beginning. serenade.”
After the immature young spring, to the summer of maturity.
together.
“…….”
Serenade no longer cried.
Serenade roughly wiped away her tears with the back of her hand, adjusted her face, and bowed to me first..
It was a neat and beautiful move..
“It was a great time. Husband.”
It was a greeting after the dance..
I smiled and slowly bowed in front of her to show respect..
“I had fun too, Serenade.”
Shoot ahhh…….
After the greetings are over, the wind stops, and the flower rain stops.
“……excuse me. My friend… … No, His Royal Highness.”
Serenade smiled thinly after changing her name..
“I know it's really lame to say things like this after a breakup, but.”
My voice is shaking. The area around the eyes is red. She really is a woman with a lot of tears..
“Just one thing, can you grant my wish??”
“What? say it.”
“only once… … Can you give me a hug??”
It was a voice that seemed to have squeezed out all my will..
I smiled and opened my arms..
Serenade was carefully placed in my arms. I hugged her tightly..
“Harder. It's breathtaking. Tight enough to crush…….”
I gently grabbed her thin shoulders that felt like they would break if I held her any harder..
The serenade was sobbing in my arms..
This is how we broke off our engagement.
Like this, we parted ways..
***
Three days have passed.
The victory party was over, the negotiations with the guardians were over, the Wintersilver family was saved, and the independent route on the southern front was guaranteed..
It seemed like everything ended well, but that wasn't the case..
First of all, because he kicked Princess Yoon at the end of the party and made a mess of it, about half of the promised sponsors withdrew their support..
The reason was that such a light man could not be trusted..
‘It's not just because I don't feel like paying money.……?’
Still, about half of them actually came to the villa and gave donations..
I wonder where this is, but somehow everyone is my biggest fan... … Take it in. I was a little scared every time I received support..
Trying to apply spit while shaking hands is normal, asking me to sign your butt, asking me to lick your eyeballs, asking you to react, no, why are there so many crazy people?……?
Still, I was able to finish entertaining the sponsor without difficulty thanks to the skills I had built up over many years of experience as a streamer..
Those who cross the Donero line should be hit by a van..
The negotiations with the guardians seemed to have gone well, but after that, they had to be called to the imperial palace every day for additional meetings..
It was mainly about the production and inventory of magic stones and how much would be sent to the Imperial Capital..
Naturally, the imperial capital requested the full amount, and I did my best to conceal the amount I was earning and send only about half of the actual amount..
To be honest, even half of it is a waste, but if I send enough, I won't end up making human sacrifices in this scary town, right?.
If you think it will save people, you can send more than half of it. Anyway, after the middle of the game, there is a surplus of magic stones..
Envoys from the Northern Aryan Kingdom also visited me once. Surprisingly, Princess Yun had a cheerful face..
“I'm glad I didn't get married thanks to you.!”
He said he had finished preparing to return to the North and came to see me for the last time..
It seems like the alliance conclusion somehow went well. Did Fernandez use some tricks?.
I'm a bit sorry for this, it's like I'm trolling, but you shouldn't try to use other people as a tool for an arranged marriage in the first place..
“Oh, by the way, I will tell my country that I am the prince. It's okay?”
“Do whatever you want.”
That's all I'm willing to do. Just go around saying it’s very filling. He boasts that he even hit a German suplex..
“See you later, Your Royal Highness. Next time, add some more muscle. Because I think it would be my taste.”
After saying that, Yun said before leaving, Oh my! Then he suddenly lifted up his top..
I, Yoon's men, and even Alberto, who was cleaning up the teacup, were shocked. what?!
Underneath Yun's top, his abs were shining proudly..
“How about it, it's awesome?”
Then he smiled and left..
no… … It's awesome, though. What is my purpose in showing that??
I spent a few days like that..
“Wow, I'm tired..”
There are no more customers, so I sigh in relief and start getting ready to head south..
“Your Majesty, we have a new guest..”
“huh?”
Someone visited with Alberto’s guidance..
I smiled brightly at the happy face..
“Yah! I was alive!”
“…….”
A prosecutor wearing a maid’s uniform with a sword on his back.
It was Elise.
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