Episode 170: The Princess’s Apology, The Darkness of the Imperial Family Revealed
Early in the morning, they busily moved to get things needed for drug production.
I tried to save as much as possible, so I organized most of the stuff in my backpack.
Then the already huge backpack looked even bigger.
I put on the robe I had prepared and was about to go outside when a knock sounded quietly through the door.
Knock- Knock-
Who would come to visit on a morning like this?
When I opened the door with a puzzled expression, the princess I had seen in the lobby the day before was standing there.
It’s a look that looks a little nervous.
She looked at Ray and opened her mouth.
“Ah… I see the Holy Son. I am this princess Celia.”
At the greeting that felt serious, Ray also took off his hood and greeted each other.
“This is Saint Ray.”
Celia hesitated for a moment, then spoke up.
“I’ve been looking for you since morning to apologize for yesterday’s incident.”
“You mean in the lobby?”
“yes. In fact… Our imperial family has had a lot of quarrels over who will take the emperor’s seat from before.”
“It seems so. From the face, the greed is very strong.”
Ray nodded in affirmation.
“Then a big incident happened. Four princes died last year.”
“Is the prince dying?”
I was a little puzzled.
It is common for people to die in the middle of a power struggle, but even so, the emperor would not have carried out an assassination or allowed an accident to happen while his eyes were open.
Celia explained that she had noticed such a subtlety.
“I only had heart symptoms, but no physical evidence.”
If so, it’s definitely something to happen. Assassination is the most perfect means of exclusion if it succeeds and remains undetected.
In the first place, there is no evidence, so how can they be questioned?
Her words continued.
“Prince Oh, who was especially close to Prince Four, was shocked by him and covets the throne of the emperor who had no interest in taking revenge.”
“You mean Prince Oh, who had been quiet, also intervened in the sovereignty dispute?”
Celia nodded at Ray’s words.
“So the fight between the two factions turned into a three-way battle.”
However, her words did not dispel her curiosity.
After thinking about the situation for a moment, he asked.
“If you want to take revenge, it would be better to support the other rival factions… Are there two people you suspect are the culprits?”
Then, Celia gave a slightly surprised expression.
“…How did you know? you’re right. It was two people.”
Under the circumstances, the culprits would probably be Prince Il and Prince Lee.
From Prince Oh’s point of view, in the worst case, there would be two people to take revenge on, so it must have been difficult to pinpoint and push someone.
That’s why they must have started fighting over the position of emperor.
Celia said with a dark face.
“Lobby’s work… It’s just what happened as a war of nerves between the three of them. In this affair, where even the princesses intervened, it seemed important which faction bowed to the saint first. In that situation, I couldn’t move quickly.”
Ray was taken aback by that.
Why are non-emperors reluctant to bow their heads because they are so good?
“Whoa… Then I was harmed by a meaningless dog fight?”
“…I have nothing to say… I will take responsibility for this along with my fault and apologize. On behalf of the members of the imperial family, I will do my best to help with whatever I can.”
Celia’s head bowed deeply.
His blood pressure jumped, and his head, which seemed to be about to cause an Earthquake at any moment, calmly subsided.
Even just by looking at her, she showed signs of remorse.
In the first place, the imperial family did not lower their heads recklessly, saying it was to maintain dignity.
I still frown when I think of what happened in the lobby, but I couldn’t help but feel angry when I saw her lowered head.
If he personally comes to me like this and honestly confesses the whole story of the incident and apologizes, he has no choice but to forgive.
Ray let out a sigh.
“Whoa… I got it. I’ll accept it.”
“thank you. Again, I’m so shameless… but I hope that His Majesty’s treatment will continue. Please be patient.”
“I was trying to do that anyway. Don’t worry about His Majesty’s problems. By the way… you’ve been living with these brothers and haven’t joined any faction?”
Celia thought for a moment before answering his question.
“Since I was young, I didn’t like fighting… Even having power is just a problem…”
Seeing the expression on his face thinking about it, I laughed out loud.
The princess was truly careless.
What is God doing? Hurry up and don’t choose the author as a saint.
Celia lowered her head again and said.
“Then I have work, so I will leave. If you ever need anything from me, please call me anytime. It’s a promise, so I’ll make sure to keep it.”
“Okay.”
At the end of her words, she gave a slight eye contact, and then disappeared somewhere.
I received the princess’s apology, but of course I plan to call her immediately if necessary.
In order to move more freely in the imperial family, this princess would be of great help.
Besides, Ray didn’t particularly forgive everyone.
The only one who accepted his apology was Celia, who came to apologize in person.
To the rest, he still has a small (?) back end.
He was a man who forgot the grace he received but never forgot where he was hit.
There was something that made me feel bad, so if I don’t give it back, isn’t it not a good balance?
Calculation is a good thing to be sure.
Ray, who was left alone, smiled sinisterly.
“Heh heh. You mean that? Who dare to participate in the dog fight? I’ll make you a very dog-pig.”
* * *
I left the imperial palace wearing a robe and carrying a backpack over my shoulder.
The guards did not accompany them.
If something bothers you, it happens, but it’s never comfortable.
In addition, it was time for the Holy Knights to take enough rest.
He must have been exhausted from the forced march to the Empire for nine days.
That’s why I didn’t give a separate order or do anything.
As I left the castle and walked along the road leading to the imperial road, I began to see lively markets one by one.
Unlike Seongguk or other kingdoms, there were many high-end grocery stores and magic artifact shops, where weapons were sold like a blacksmith’s shop.
It looks like a magic sword or protective gear.
Since magic was supplied to ordinary people like this, it was indeed an empire.
Entering the middle of the market, Ray looked around.
“First of all… blueberries.”
Blueberries were very easy to find.
All I had to do was buy it from the fruit stand.
If there was anything that could be said to be a problem, it was chamomile.
No matter which flower shop you go to, you often shake your head, so it became a little difficult to find.
If you want to find it yourself, you don’t know where it blooms, and you buy it, so there is no sale.
He had no choice but to wander around the market recklessly.
After going to and from numerous flower shops for four hours, I was finally able to airlift chamomile.
Now, dry them into powder, add moisture, and harden them like pills.
If so, even the emperor would be able to consume it easily.
The combination is blueberry 0.7 chamomile 0.3, so that the sum is 1.
Although these ingredients are said to be powerful anti-inflammatory agents that will relieve muscle tension, there is a risk that another problem may arise if you make and take drugs without carefully examining each other’s ingredients.
In the future, the emperor would have to take the medicines he had made and then proceed with physical therapy.
I don’t know if the Emperor’s consciousness has returned yet, but the shock symptoms should be much better now that the internal bleeding has been resolved.
In other words, as soon as I woke up, I could proceed with treatment almost immediately.
Ray, who was able to obtain the ingredients to make the drug more easily than expected, headed for the Hwangseong with a pleasant smile.
* * *
The old man lying on the bed slowly opened his closed eyes.
I don’t know why, but even moving my eyelids, let alone my body, was quite difficult.
In addition, sensation in the abdomen and elbows were completely gone.
So it was impossible to get out of bed and stand up.
All he could do was lie still and blink his eyes.
I had been lying down all this time, and my whole body was being crushed and it hurt.
However, what made him suffer more than that was the unbelievable behavior of his son.
He remembered what happened a few days ago.
‘…what the hell did you do that for? Luke…’
Two days ago, this prince, Luke, visited his bedroom.
The emperor, unable to move his body, only greeted him by moving his eyes.
Luke, who had been walking with a heavy expression, suddenly knelt down in front of him and shed tears.
With his mouth, he kept repeating ‘I’m sorry, father’ and begging him never to forgive himself.
What does that mean? I wanted to ask if something bad had happened, but I felt more frustrated because I had no choice but to lie down moaning.
Meanwhile, Luke raised his fist with a tear-stained face.
Then he loaded up on Mana and immediately took down his abdomen and elbows.
I thought I was dead from the shock applied to my body, but it was close to a miracle that I was able to wake up.
He didn’t know what Luke was trying to kill him for.
Had he coveted the position of emperor, he would not have shed tears of guilt.
Besides, even if he dies, there is a high possibility that the first prince, Jared, will become the emperor.
It was incomprehensible.
Then the door opened and someone walked in.
Could it be Luke again?
The emperor confidently turned his eyes to look at the visitor.
Then there was a person I had never seen before.
Blue eyes in white hair.
It’s a mysterious look, but seeing the bright expression on the face, I don’t know why, but a corner of my heart feels comfortable.
Ray opened his mouth.
“Are you awake?”
It’s like you knew it would happen.
As soon as Ray returned to the imperial family, he sorted one blueberry and one chamomile each.
One side was dried using dry magic, and the other side was squeezed out and boiled over low heat to make a concentrate.
Afterwards, the dried ones were ground into powder, moistened with the concentrate, and shaped into fine pills.
In doing so, the antioxidants contained in blueberries are more concentrated and made similar to medicines.
Since it was once boiled and mixed, some of the minerals were lost, but a large amount of vitamin C remained, so the emperor’s cortisol level would also be reduced.
Ray slightly bowed his head to the emperor and took a bow.
“This is Saint Ray, who came upon a request from the Holy Land to the Lessian Empire.”
His words made the emperor’s eyes widen a little.
Could it be that he invited a saint to save himself?
A saint who is not a saint?
The saint in front of him is the person he, the emperor, wants the most.
Eliminate the Bone Dragon and protect the kingdom from the Necromancer, so no one stronger than him will exist on the continent.
‘If we could only earn interest, it would be like we, Lesian, gained thousands of troops and horses.’
Even while lying in bed, the emperor’s mind did not rest, earnestly calculating the interests of the empire.
