Chapter 190
190Fire Dragonian Empire
the floor was damp.
It is not common for modern people to feel the moist stone floor and the moss in the crevices with their skin..
"Ugh······."
I don't know how long I've been on the floor, I feel chills all over my body..
[──Riya.]
"It's cold... Someone give me a blanket······."
[Hariya!]
"Wow! Oh, I don't sleep.!"
It's been a while since I graduated from school, so it's a reflexive answer. Hari sighed in relief when he realized that he was not in a classroom or a workplace..
"No, this is not the time! This is a prison!"
[Do you know that now??]
Damp stone floor covered in moss and rusty bars. Hari asked what happened and turned his attention to the incarnation of God Poma..
[Karina. Didn't that kid overpower you?.]
"What, Karina? Karina? Your Majesty Leon's daughter.?!"
[okay.]
Why is Leon's daughter herself? No, if you think about it, she was natural..
From another person's point of view, you are an intruder who fell beneath the imperial palace. The natural course would be to subdue them and throw them in prison..
"Ugh, I need to clear up the misunderstanding.!"
Etch! ecchi!
Hari keeps coughing. Poma God shrugged the elongated turtle's neck..
[There's nothing I can do because I'm lying on my stomach.]
"Ugh... I couldn't imagine falling asleep on the prison floor.······."
It's because of my clothing preference, which is always pointed out, but I have no intention of changing it. God Poma thought his maiden was very desirable..
[It's really desirable for our Hari to go around with her armpits, side breasts, belly button, and thighs exposed..]
"Sounds like a perverted old man again······."
[I miss you~ In his prime, the master of the sea enjoyed fortunes and fortunes with many virgins..]
Indeed, the god of the sea. In response to people saying that if a woman was on a boat, it was an adulterous ride, she was a manly god who ordered that a nude goddess statue be placed on the head of the ship..
"Still lighting up women, lecherous god. Even these days, they hang a mysterious priestess on the statue of a player.?"
Hari's eyes turn to the voice echoing in the prison..
A place where a little light flows from a dark prison. A woman as black as ebony was coming down from the entrance of the hallway..
[Ahaerogo still doesn't know how to respect God. Your father serves God more than anyone else.]
God Poma clicked his tongue and spoke to the woman behind the bars..
"Because I had a father like that.."
A woman who casually asks a question. Hari carefully raised her head and asked.
"Me... Karina, Grand Duke of Dragonia?"
"It's been a while since I've been called by that name. Lastly, did Del Bosque sing it when he was dying?."
The woman, Karina Dragonia, remembered her true name, which she had not been called by for a long time, and was lost in memories..
Hari thought it looked exactly like Leon, who was lost in thought one day..
"I, Your Excellency the Grand Duke."
"It's ruined now. It may not be true here, but if it were within the palace, it would be a serious crime for which I would decapitate you. Didn't he learn such manners while he was with the lion King Sim??"
"Lung, lung ehaaa······."
Hari kneels down. From Hari's experience while dealing with Leon, the powerful people of Lionheart are not a joke, they are the real powerful people..
Because they were questioning etiquette, it was not an extension of social life like on Earth, but an order that came from real class differences..
"stir, your majesty?"
"Tell me, goddess of the sea. Hmm... that's strange. I sense another divinity in you."
Karina felt puzzled and entered the prison. The heavy bars were meaningless against the Dragonian Emperor's grip strength..
"lung, majesty?"
"Try to stay still.."
Karina looked closely at Hari from the top of his head, and felt something starting from his face, feeling the touch..
"Your Majesty! Well, a little bit there.!"
"You look like a young girl, but why are you showing off your belly button? Didn't you learn that if you expose your belly button on the cold floor, you'll get sick??"
"L, it's fashion.!"
How much did he gnaw at Hari like that? Karina said in surprise.
"Is it the sacred power of the god Petos? Could it be that the god of the sea would think of embracing a flame that is the polar opposite of himself?."
[To be exact, I hit what he chose..]
"joy. Even Lord Vulcan can barely handle it, but he is also greedy.."
[That's right.]
Karina came out of the prison door and turned towards Hari..
"Come out. The crime of trespassing into the imperial palace will be dismissed to this extent.."
"Ugh, I didn't mean to.······."
Hari followed behind, using a clumsy historical tone just like he did with Leon. And every time she passes by, the imperial palace soldiers and maids bow down..
'A little... different.'
I saw many people bowing down to show respect to the king. Even in the narrow tent of the Lionheart Kingdom, the soldiers and people did their best to show respect to Leon..
But what it contains is trust and respect. It is a feeling that comes from the heart. but······.
'Fear...fear. Not as much as what I saw from the serfs.······.'
I feel a feeling closer to submission rather than loyalty from them..
It was strange.
Karina, whom Hari met, said that the Grand Duke of Dragonia, who left for the north with 30,000 soldiers to seek revenge, had soldiers who risked their lives to follow him..
There was no feeling of coercion or subservience from them, they just followed the Archduke as they should have..
"Chamberlain."
"Yes, yes! your majesty!"
The old chamberlain bowed his head deeply in front of Karina..
"Prepare a guest room."
The chamberlain did not glance at Hari or ask who was to prepare. just obey.
"Oh, your majesty."
"What is it?"
Hari thought there was something he must say before heading to the chamberlain's room to prepare. Why doesn't Karina ask herself about that person?.
"About Your Majesty... Leon──"
Karina raises her hand to stop Hari. Her expression was infinitely close to nothingness, but the air she gave off was fierce..
"It will come soon. There's no need for you to argue."
"Still, His Majesty Leon······."
""······!!""
The surrounding eyes turn to Hari. They immediately bowed as if they wouldn't dare to be rude by looking at the emperor, but even Hari could feel how shocked they were..
In that gaze. Hari lowered his head under unspoken pressure, but in the meantime, he inadvertently noticed.
Karina's eyes, which were as blue as Leon's, had turned ominously red..
"He will take care of it. It's none of your business.."
"Yes, yes······."
Karina puts her hand on Hari's shoulder, avoiding eye contact. she grinned.
"Anyway, it's a shame that you have the body of a woman. You would have been a pretty good candidate.."
"yes? what is that······."
"I plan to watch for a while. The things ‘beyond the gate’ that invaded my empire. Unless you're a devil, you have the patience to watch over it.."
"???!"
Hari takes a deep breath. Her chamberlain hurriedly led her away, as if to prevent her from further acting out..
"Come with me, distinguished guest.."
"Ah, yes······."
Hari was led by the chamberlain's hand and headed to the inner palace. The room we arrived at was so luxurious that it seemed tiresome, so it felt like it was overwhelming the guests rather than entertaining them..
"So, if you need anything, please call me anytime.."
"Yes······."
Anyway, it was a proper rest after half a day of arriving here. Hari hugged the turtle, the incarnation of the god Poma, and flopped onto the bed..
"Sigh... It's my second time seeing you, but somehow... I'm overwhelmed by the atmosphere.."
[······.]
"Mr. Poma?"
Hari lifted up Poma, who received no response. The turtle's protruding face is somehow lost in thought..
[This is true... My lighthouse is open to hardships in many ways..]
"What are you saying...?"
[It's vague, but it's a family affair. But you'll find out soon enough.]
Hari pouted at Poma Shin's ambiguous tone. Gods... can't you talk about them more clearly and in a way that's easier to understand?.
[But Hari. Let's check out that quest..]
"Oh, that's right. It was here inside the gate. It was such a normal world that I forgot to check.."
I've seen many gates so far, but this one was a little different from the others..
If the existing gates were like fragments of a destroyed world, then this place is something... Should I say it is truly a different world??
"It's not just a reenactment of the past like it was with Lord Geobrick, right? Anyway, the quest······."
A privilege given to hunters who awakened on Earth. Hari's golden eyes opened wide as he checked the system message floating in the air..
"uh? Uh oh?!"
What the hell is this??!
* * * *
This world was invaded by the devil..
300Several years ago, numerous countries collapsed under the devil's invasion, and the world seemed to collapse at the hands of the violent devil Grand Duke Meltimopol..
But at some point, the invasion of demons began to lose momentum..
Their infinite lives remained the same, but their numbers themselves decreased... Most of the most notorious demons of greed, Grand Prince Meltimopol and his archdemons, did not appear again..
Since the world was so close to destruction, historians wondered about the gap during this period..
When the encroachment of demons subsided for over a hundred years, they came back..
Grand Duke Kangnyok Meltimopol is the return of the world's nightmare..
"The kingdoms had not yet recovered their strength from the demonic invasion. Not only that, but now that the devils have retreated, he sees it as an opportunity to devour the weakened neighboring countries.."
"That's stupid."
"Yes, it was stupid.."
The old historian mocked himself by looking back on past history that was older than his own life. He continued to explain the history of the empire to this precious person who came to visit him..
"But that day, it wasn't just demons that appeared in this world.."
Carina Dragonia.
She appeared in this world with tens of thousands of troops..
"They were strong. So much so that even the devils are afraid of it."
At a time when the world despaired of the reappearance of demons, this otherworldly army began slaughtering demons..
They defended the city on behalf of the army that collapsed due to the appearance of demons, and marched non-stop even in the winter... literally hunting demons like vengeful spirits..
"Dragon Legion. It was truly a myth. Without numerous cross-verifications, it would be hard to believe."
Also, because there was living evidence, the old historian recognized that it was real history and not a false myth or legend..
"However, humans were foolish. The kingdoms of this land feared the dragon legions."
At first, they treated the legion and its commander, Carina Dragonia, kindly. Each set out to secure her legions, to recruit her knights and warriors under her command..
But they were not deceived by any offer and just slaughtered the demons in silence..
That's so.
It's so superhuman that I can't accept it..
The generalists interpreted the intention differently..
After they hunt all the demons, who will be next??
It is a disgusting incident that occurred due to such suspicion..
At that time, the allied forces of the seven kingdoms raided the victorious Dragon Legion after a long bloody battle with Grand Duke Kangyok..
On this day, most of the dragon legions, exhausted from the fight against the demons, died.──
"It was an incident in which 850,000 allied soldiers from the seven kingdoms were slaughtered.."
In normal wars, casualties of more than 20% are rare, no matter how crushing the defeat..
Especially if it is a pre-modern war involving cold weapons..
However, on this day, most of the kingdom alliance army that attacked the dragon legion did not survive..
As if he didn't even think of running away... he was just slaughtered on the spot..
After that, the massacre continued..
The leaders of the treacherous kingdom. Those who sympathized with this.
The surviving 1,400 dragon legions and all of them died at the hands of the Dragonian Duke..
"The seven foolish kingdoms were destroyed and a new empire was established over them.."
Dragonian Empire.
The most powerful empire in history that worships the absolute power of Karina Dragonia like a god..
Thus began the 200-year-long reign of the Dragonian Emperor..
"Is that so?······."
Leon felt sorry that she had repeated the same arduous history of fighting as he had..
And I was relieved.
The child is still alive and well despite being neglected by his father for a long time..
That's what Leon was most thankful for and relieved about..
"Karina... Where should I go to meet the Dragonia Emperor??"
"Oh my, don't say that. If you visit the imperial palace carelessly, you could die.."
"What does that mean?."
"Your Majesty the Emperor... no, where on earth do you come from that you don't even know this??"
"Just understand that you came from afar, commoner. Jim's time is not wasted to satisfy your curiosity.."
"······."
From the moment the flower shop owner brought him to him, he knew that he was not of noble status, but the old historian had a hunch that this man was the real deal..
That's why I gave up my curiosity about Leon because I thought it was dangerous to ask questions about the circumstances of a high-ranking person..
"His Majesty the Emperor does not usually come out of the Imperial Palace. The easiest way to see him... well, that's the best these days.."
"what is that?"
Here, Leon did not think of the undignified act of storming into the imperial palace..
Although it is a different world, Karina is clearly an emperor. Then he had to give her the courtesy of her emperor..
If you suddenly knock on the door of the imperial palace as a father, the loyal guards will start a fight, and if a commoner starts a fight with the king, Leon has no choice but to punish his rudeness even by beating him..
Then, since you have beaten the emperor's guard, Karina's side will not be able to stand up..
[If you look closely, my articles tend to be more old-fashioned than mine..]
'A person who is a lion-hearted king must be an example to others..'
[Yeah yeah.]
The Lionheart King maintained his physical strength due to the goddess's sarcasm, but according to the old historian's words, he was unable to maintain even his noble physical strength..
"How about participating in His Majesty's courtship duel? Thanks to that, the whole empire is in an uproar.."
"What is it──?!"
[Quest: National Soul.]
Clear conditions: Successfully marry the Emperor of the Dragonia Empire, ‘Carina Dragonia’..
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