Chapter 246. The 1st Baron Neck Picking Meeting
2022.06.11.
Meanwhile Devlin.
At present, the uprising of the people was in a state of lull. In the first place, the people who were thirsty for drought and starved for food shortages could not survive for long.
“Tsk. Things like worms…”
Veron, sitting on the throne, clicked his tongue in annoyance.
Even if it wasn’t, there were many things to prepare, but worthless insignificant creatures wriggled and became annoyed.
Each of his subtle movements made the aristocrats present at the state meeting visibly flinch.
It was an honor to have the qualification to attend a state meeting.
However, that honorable seat was vacant. It was none other than the seat of those who had their heads blown while protesting against Veron.
At the time, only those who were not silent were able to sit in their seats with their necks attached.
“so. If there is anything important, I was told to post it in writing, but why did you call me?”
No one answered hastily because he did not want to end up in the shoes of a close friend who left first after teasing his mouth.
As the silence grew longer because of that, Veron’s face gradually began to wrinkle.
“Are you deceiving me?”
“Could it be?”
“Then, call me and tell me your business without stupidly keeping your mouth shut, Marquis of Chevron.”
The nobles looked at the Marquis of Chevron with sympathy.
The Marquis calmly opened his mouth.
“Information came in that Ermano was preparing to attack the home country. It seems to be a strategy to take advantage of the confusion in the situation.”
“You’re doing your job. Even the Ermano guys.”
“We don’t know when they will invade, so we have to send troops to the border.”
Veron tapped the table with his index finger. After thinking for a moment, he raised an eyebrow and smiled.
“As long as they’ve already been caught trying to attack me, they lost.”
A raid is most effective when the opponent does not know. As long as the number had already been read, it was no longer a threat.
Veron nodded and gave the order.
“Anyway, you should be prepared to face it. Prepare to depart.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
The servants bowed their heads in unison. The atmosphere was more relaxed than before, and one by one they began to express their opinions in the meeting.
Eventually, the meeting on the last agenda was over, and it was time for everyone to be relieved that this hellish time was over.
The Marquis of Chevron opened his mouth.
“your majesty. How about designating a nominee to take ownership of Aidan in preparation for an unexpected situation?”
Veron’s sad blue eyes turned to the Marquis of Chevron who gave his opinion.
Only a few people knew that Aidan was the god Ades, but most of the high-ranking nobles knew that Aidan was a property passed down from generation to generation.
Of course, I also knew how Aidan’s ownership passed.
Veron had no children, so there was no heir. Also, there was no ceremony to determine who the ownership would be transferred to when he died.
So, if Baron dies like this, Aidan will run amok and eventually disappear. It was a huge loss nationally.
Aidan’s arms are too powerful to give up.
Veron asked the Marquis of Chevron.
“You mean I’m going to die?”
“Please do not misinterpret God’s loyalty. I am posting these words out of concern for the safety of Your Majesty and Devlin.”
“Worn….”
Fisik. Veron, who smiled as if the wind was blowing, raised one hand.
At that moment, the Marquis of Chevron grabbed my left breast.
“Kuk Kuk Kuk…!”
“I didn’t misinterpret it. But what about being annoying?”
dump-!
“Cuck!”
The Marquis, who collapsed on the side of the chair, groaned in agony and closed his eyes.
“Marquis Marquis-!”
“Someone call the councilor…!”
The people sitting on either side clung to each other and shook the Marquis of Chevron, but they were already dead.
Veron walked out of the meeting hall, which quickly became chaotic, without giving the dead Marquis even a glance.
‘You won’t be able to kill me anyway.’
If I kill him, Aidan won’t be safe either.
No matter how strong the divine power was, no matter how strong the knights of Ermano were, Veron was confident in breaking their will.
After all, they are only human beings. I will struggle and despair at the reality that neither I nor I can do.
Baron hummed uncharacteristically as he headed towards the lab.
It looked like something interesting was about to happen.
***
What Aidan sees most these days is people’s backs.
This is because even when walking around the imperial castle, when he saw Aidan’s hair, he pretended not to see it and quickly disappeared.
And it was the same with Aidan’s escort target, Mabel, who unintentionally watched the backs of people’s heads.
‘haha. fun!’
Instead of intervening, Mabel watched the awkward confrontation with interest.
People like Lisandro and Casey Franz, who weren’t very emotionally involved with Aidan in the first place, or who didn’t care much about who Aidan was, were less so.
Enrique was also taken aback at first, but quickly accepted the truth. However, the attitude towards Aidan did not change or anything like that.
‘Because I don’t think Lord Aserad wants that.’
But Yang, Oscar and Esteban weren’t like that.
Among them, Esteban was having a difficult day.
‘Aidan Aserad… is a god.’
Esteban recalled many days from his first meeting with Aidan to now.
2 counts of confinement and bondage.
One injection of paralyzing poison.
3 attempts to leave the country.
Threats… I don’t even remember how many times I did it. It is estimated that at least 50 cases were exceeded.
How many other things have you bumped into?
The day has come when she has to treat her daughter’s love partner, whom she regarded as a thorn in the eye, as a god.
Esteban, who did not want to admit that fact, suppressed his desire to see Mabel and avoided Aidan…!
‘I miss Mabel’s cheeks. Soft…’
Esteban had to suffer from longing even after leaving Mabel in the imperial castle.
Oscar’s case was no different.
‘That Aidan was a god…?’
Unlike Esteban, who had committed all kinds of dangerous things, he was proud of that part, but he still lacked the courage to face Aidan.
In addition, there were still a lot of things that were stabbed, and during the day, they roamed the northern forest endlessly, and when it was not Aidan’s escort time, they would go into the bedroom and take a nap.
It was a scene of regret that cannot be seen without tears.
Of course, it wasn’t that they could avoid Aidan forever.
It was because there was a plan that had to be preceded to hit Devlin, so we had to meet and hold a meeting, so the meeting was inevitable.
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two days after that.
All personnel attended the so-called < 1st Veron's Head-picking Conference >.
Mabel, who had arrived first, kindly welcomed those who entered.
“Come on! Casey. Master.”
The two greeted Mabel first and looked at Aidan after ignoring Enrique, who was guarding Mabel.
“I thought it looked unusual, but was it because the Master was a god? All questions are now answered!”
“What are you talking about? Please have a seat…!”
Franz sat down Casey, who was sweating and talking nonsense.
Next came Oscar. Oscar was taken aback when he saw Aidan, then sat down next to Mabel pretending nothing was wrong.
“I haven’t seen Oscar’s face in a long time. yes?”
“uh? uh…!”
Finally, Esteban and Lisandro entered.
Esteban’s eyes, which shone as soon as he saw Mabel, became dynamic as soon as he saw Aidan.
“…It’s been a while, Mabel.”
“huh. Dad is the worst. Sit quickly.”
Esteban pretended not to see Aidan’s presence and sat down.
Soon, a meeting to successfully decapitate Veron began.
Lisandro asked Mabel.
“By the way, Your Majesty. When are you going to tell Abelardo about this?”
“…is it okay? I can’t because I’m afraid Michael will pass out.”
At first glance, Michael acted as if he was a god-king and was free-spirited, but in fact, all his actions always followed the justification of ‘according to God’s will’.
It was like that from collecting the essence of the tree of creation to prevent the destruction of the continent with that dirty temper.
‘The reason he wanted to take me to Abelardo was because of an oracle.’
Can Michael, a huge God-follower, handle this?
‘no.’
Mabel vehemently denied it.
‘Aren’t they saying they’re kidnapping Aidan this time?’
It was possible with Michael.
I decided that it would be better to put off telling the truth later, because I didn’t know what kind of crazy accident might happen.
‘Well, I’ll keep accumulating karma on Aidan before that… but that’s none of my business!’
Thinking about Michael quite cruelly, Mabel came to a conclusion.
“Never let the God King know that Aidan is Ades. Because it looks like it would be annoying.”
“Yes, I understand.”
“Instead, I was going to ask Michael if he could give me the collected essence. I have to induce it to fall into Veron’s hands.”
Veron had absorbed much of the world’s power, but was still an imperfect god.
In order to be reborn as a true god, it was necessary to absorb more power.
“I don’t know if I’m good at it…”
Casey grumbled. It was the same for everyone in this seat who was not sure.
Except for Mabel.
“Just being able to try something is meaningful. If you do nothing, you will eventually perish, right?”
It only makes sense if you can try.
It was a statement that touched the hearts of everyone present.
Casey nodded and scratched his head. He asked Mabel again.
“So you’re saying that each of the approximately 1,000 ornaments that Emperor Veron owns has a gold bar on it?”
“huh.”
“Then, if you find it and smash it—”
“I’ve had an Aidan ban lifted before, and I almost went out of control.”
“-I can’t!”
Casey neatly backed out of the plan.
‘Of course, in order to increase the success rate, it’s good to release the ban as much as possible, but…’
The liberation of the ban also came with risks. First and foremost, there was the problem of accessing the banned accessories.
Esteban’s expression became stern.
“You can’t infiltrate Devlin again, Mabel.”
“I know. I don’t think so, so don’t worry, Dad.”
That’s what Veron said when he was caught sneaking into Devlin’s lab.
“You want to know why you can’t escape.”
“Because this is my temple, and you are a heretic who recklessly set foot in a sacred place.”
“So the power of four years is useless in this area.”
According to what he said, Devlin Imperial Castle’s laboratory had already completely become Veron’s sanctuary, so that space was Veron’s space.
So sneaking in was tantamount to suicide.
After that, the meeting ended only after exchanging heated plans with each other.
“Then I will request the Essence of Abelardo soon.”
“Please, Lisandro.”
Each of them even completed the distribution of duties, but no one left first.
With the exception of Mabel, Esteban, who had the highest status, did not stand up, so the others could not stand up either.
“Your Majesty the Situation…?”
“for a moment. wait for a sec.”
Esteban narrowed his brows and wiped his face with one hand. Mabel looked at me worriedly with a troubled expression on her face.
Before long, Esteban raised his head. His gaze was directed to Aidan behind Mabel.
“Aidan Asherad.”
“…”
Aidan stared at Esteban’s name without answering. After a while, Esteban’s question continued.
“…how do you want me to treat you?”
Esteban’s stone fastball, which had been agonizing all along-.
“Why do you ask me that? I don’t understand.”
Aidan responded casually!
The response was that I really didn’t know why I was asking.
Exciting!
At the exciting spectacle, the conference participants quietly bit into their mouths one cookie at a time.
Especially the most excited person.
‘Anyone win!!’
It was Mabel…
