Episode 373
Episode 122. Coronation Ceremony (6)
After passing the imperial castle and entering the road, all the people bowed their heads in greeting.
Although the situation was disturbed by the tragedy in Rochshire and the successive deaths of nobles, the coronation was still the biggest event of the empire.
Usually once in a lifetime, at most twice.
It was an opportunity for civilians to see the Emperor of the Empire walking barefoot through Kyle Capital. The number of people who were thrilled just by watching such a great event could not be counted.
But no one made a sound. No one stood in the way of Hella, who was walking barefoot in a daze.
If he did, it wasn’t because he was put to death for blasphemy. It was just in the hope that the newly crowned woman would take good care of them.
A cool breeze blew through the scorching sun.
‘Even before returning, I had walked this road with His Majesty.’
It was not a coronation then. And we didn’t even walk together like we do now.
One year after the Yongma War began, then Empress Hella Rose walked through the capital accompanied by numerous knights and eunuchs to see the horrors of the capital.
please save me
Save me, Your Majesty….
Yuma remembered the many naked and wounded civilians bowing their heads and shouting like that.
That day, Hella suppressed her emotions to the point that blood flowed from her fists and shed tears the whole time after returning to the imperial castle.
The streets were filled with civilians wearing clean clothes that were completely different from those of those days.
Hella often smiled lightly and waved at them, but Yuma’s desperate voice from that time still seemed to ring in her ears.
Sabak Sabak…
All the roads between the crowds were covered with fine soil. It was the soil prepared by the people so that Hella would not pierce the soles of her feet with thorns or stones.
“I wonder if I deserve this treatment, Baron Drake. I don’t think I’ve done much for them yet.”
“People know that it was thanks to Your Majesty that the pro-commoners faction was able to be on one axis of the imperial castle.”
“is it?”
The barefoot tour had to walk for 12 hours. It was no different from a march, and even that was reduced during the changing times.
“You know? There is a record that the emperors of the early days of the empire walked for a week. It’s because you have to look at all the capitals. I’m thinking of cutting it down to six hours next time.”
“I don’t think you need to think about your successor anymore, low.”
There was a light conversation going on and on, but by that time Yuma had erased his sentiments and had sharpened his senses.
blue dagger.
I didn’t know when the mysterious assassination group would start their activities. However, if they suddenly appeared in such a large crowd, there would be no choice but to become victims among the civilians, even if they did not know the safety of Hella.
‘Fucking bastards… I’ll find them right after the coronation and kill them.’
The secret escort of the rose society was amazing.
Even Yuma wouldn’t have noticed at all if he hadn’t been given a pre-marked map showing where the escort was hiding in the crowd.
Natalie, disguised as a civilian, has been following Hella. She moved through the rain waves as naturally as water through a passageway.
Even Yuma was surprised to see it.
A beautiful barefoot empress and a commoner’s hero escorting her.
The people looked at it in awe. It was not easy to find those who blushed at the thought of romance.
The atmosphere was completely different from the last escort for Asuka Rose’s coronation ceremony. At that time, Duran openly revealed his energy and made it impossible for anyone to approach within a radius of 20 meters.
So, it was not unreasonable for the sentimental people to imagine romance.
For those who did not know that it was a coronation, the two people looked like a picture depicting a royal wedding in a story.
“Yuma.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“I’m thinking of appointing you as the imperial family’s guardian knight after the tour is over.”
“With all due respect, I understand that His Majesty the Imperial Family does not have a separate Guardian Knight. Because the imperial guards are there.”
“yes. But even if it’s just a pattern, I wanted to present you with a wonderful title. There will be no restrictions on your activities in particular, so just accept it.”
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
“and.”
“yes.”
Hella wiped the sweat from her brow and did not speak. Yuma waited for her to speak, and after another 10 minutes, Hella spoke.
“Haa, that’s something I can’t do.”
“Are you worried about something?”
“Yes. I want to ask you one question. May I ask?”
“It is a matter of course. I have a duty to be faithful and answer Your Majesty’s questions at any time.”
Yuma turned her head and looked at Hella for a moment, but she just looked straight ahead and walked in silence.
“It is because I am ashamed of myself. Since you say so, all the more, “
Please tell me.”
Hella opened her mouth as if she had made up her mind.
“…If I have to be the best choice or the worst woman as an empress, what should I do if I am worried about it?”
Yuma answered the question without thinking for a second.
“Your Majesty is not an ordinary woman. You always have to make a choice for the Empire, and the Empire is Your Majesty.”
“Even if it’s something that makes me and those I care about suffer?”
“That’s right.”
“You are cool.”
“It is the servant’s responsibility to share the suffering, so I will always share with you.”
Hella bit her lower lip.
She didn’t forget Yuma’s eyes, the first time she met her at Duran Jacques’ Ahmad Battle Improvement Ceremony.
The gaze of a commoner boy, who was born as a princess and was full of passion without fear, which he had never experienced since he was born as a princess.
I’ve been seeing him ever since then, but the boy who always seemed to know everything about me. Now, as the man who would succeed the King of Knights, he was in charge of her last escort.
‘You were strong and proud, and always accomplished great things.
But… you’re surprisingly insensitive to romance. I can see why Catherine Jacques was in pain.’
Hella turned her head and looked behind her for a moment.
“Natalie, she’s hiding somewhere out there watching over me.”
“Yes, Your Majesty. Don’t worry. No matter what happens today, Natalie and I will stand by you.”
“I will be the worst woman today.”
Yuma and Hela’s eyes met.
“After the coronation ceremony today. I propose to you in front of all the people…
“Aaaah!”
While Hella was speaking, a scream rang out from somewhere in the crowd.
As soon as Yuma screamed, he drew Ascalon and wrapped it around Hela.
“Hold on, Your Majesty!”
Sword eyes were already formed in Yuma’s eyes. However, there were too many people, so proper information could not come in even in the field of vision made of symbols.
‘The bastards!’
It was an instant for the crowds that were connected like a road to become a chaos.
Unknown blood gushed from all over the place, and Yuma, tensed up, tried to figure out the threat coming to Hela.
The blue dagger is also the beginning of their movement.
And Yuma realized right away. That they
‘re not ‘bad guys’ at all.
When I raised my senses and looked at it at a glance, it was not only Yangmin who was dying. The Rose Society’s secret escorts were mixed in.
Or rather, they were concentrating on killing secret escorts.
They are clearly recognizing them disguised as good citizens.
In addition, roads were blocked in the middle to prevent the gathered crowd from dispersing.
“Natalie! your left!”
Yuma spotted a member of the blue dagger and shouted. Natalie immediately gave instructions to her subordinates and stabbed the blue dagger Yuma had mentioned to her neck.
At that moment, Yuma’s pupils widened.
:This…!’
A swipe of black blood stood out in the midst of the fresh blood.
It was the blood that gushed out of the man who had just been stabbed in the neck by members of the Rose Society.
“It’s a possessor! Let the good people leave quickly! I will open a road to the right and to the left!”
Yuma shouted with energy.
In the meantime, about three blue daggers rushed at me, but all of them were cut to pieces with one knife and rolled on the floor.
“I should have listened to you…
” No, Your Majesty! Don’t tell me, I’ll protect you.”
Yuma answered like that and stuck closer to Hela. It was rather dangerous to take her out through the crowds, so it was better to stay where she was.
As Heisl and Bape testified, they came out of a place where people couldn’t hide.
Yuma saw them rising one by one from the ground like smoke rising.
Yuma fired Aura Blades at those who could aim, and shouted at those who could not aim to inform the Rose Society.
‘But there’s something strange about these guys. If I had tried to assassinate His Majesty, there would be no benefit to me from being so violent. If I could jump out like that, I’d have been better off aiming for His Majesty’s back.’
Besides, there is only one guy with quite strong aura. This level was not enough to deal with himself. The blue dagger probably didn’t know that.
Yuma rallied all his nerves to chase the man’s energy that kept trying to fade.
His aura continued to turn towards Natalie. In the first place, the target seems to be Natalie, not Hella.
It wasn’t long before Yuma was able to clearly grasp the guy’s aura. He was definitely aiming for Natalie, not Hela.
“Natalie! They’re targeting you!”
Chiririt!
A black chainsword fell to the nape of Natalie’s neck. Natalie responded by rotating her body, and the two chainswords got tangled together, making it look like they were wrestling with each other.
The guy who was aiming at Natalie couldn’t see his face because he was covered by a dark aura. But Natalie put on a bitter look on her face as if she knew who he was.
“markka…!”
He didn’t answer and suddenly raised one hand high. It was a signal to focus on attacking Hela.
In the midst of sudden crowds, on top of buildings and even on the ground. Hundreds of daggers flew towards Hela. Even Yuma hadn’t calculated that so many daggers would fly.
Who could have predicted that there would be hundreds of assassins?
Normally, I could lightly release energy to block it with a sword like this. If he did that now, he would be swept away by the energy and even Hella’s life would be in danger.
no i will die for sure If you are properly exposed to Yuma’s energy on an uninhabited island that has been trained to a certain extent, it’s fatal.
In the end, Yuma had no choice but to block the dagger with his sword and body. Aura was widely wrapped around the sword, and the quicksword was used to hit it, and what was missed was the shape of the armor.
However, it was impossible for even Yuma to defend Hella by blocking hundreds of daggers flying from all directions. It was the same story for Duran or Hugo.
What Yuma missed was about 30 sacks. And they were blocked by Natalie’s throw.
“cook!”
She cut off most of them with the dagger in her bosom, but the root of the problem was that she blocked them unsteadily while floating in the air. Two of them stabbed Natalie in the thighs and back.
And surprisingly, the assassins who threw hundreds of daggers fell down. They were not real people, but illusions created by black magic.
The same goes for the person Natalie called Marca.
When there was a gap, Yuma killed him with a single blow, but gray smoke rose instead of blood. And he disappeared without a form, leaving only the black clothes he was wearing.
* * * Assassins with blue daggers also appeared in the imperial castle at the same time. There were no civilians gathered there, and even unmanned people such as Duran, Randel Juan, Milli, and Garou were holding out, so most of them were killed as soon as they appeared.
However, at that moment, Asuka Roze, who was soaked in flashbacks, was looking at the central hall alone with Duran bitten.
The throne full of glory that she had been seated to rule all her life.
“your majesty!”
“Your Majesty…!”
Tekken Asuka Rose.
She was sitting on a throne with her head bowed as she slept. A blue dagger stuck to her chest.
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