Chapter 263. This is our finale!
2022.08.09.
Michael was finally convinced by Aidan’s subtle change, which was different from before.
“You’ve got your memories back.”
Aidan ordered his followers.
“Only you know.”
“As God commanded.”
Since there is no believer who can disobey the word of God, Michael willingly followed the order.
‘I heard Bribri was caught by a really terrible god.’
Even a Mabel like that wouldn’t be defeated, so they’d be a perfect pair.
He looked at his god in the form of a young man. If Veron was sealed now, he could have regained his former status, but Aidan did not.
“Do you have any plans to regain your status?”
“till now.”
After enjoying life together with the human Mabel, I will follow the spirit of Mabel, who will be born anew when it comes to an end one day.
‘If I’m with Mabel, I’ll be able to repeat endless reincarnations.’
That was God’s only wish.
***
The horn sounded long.
Wow-!
Accordingly, the high shouts of those gathered in the plaza seemed to pierce the sky.
The widest plaza in the capital as well as the outskirts were filled with crowds of people.
The people of the empire gathered to celebrate the victory of the great war.
Above the podium erected in the plaza, the imperial flag of Ermano fluttered at the highest point.
Before long, the emperor of Ermano, the protagonist of the victory, went up to the podium. The Empire’s Shinsoo was also with them.
At the sight of Mabel’s growth, the people of the empire who were close to him spat out exclamations in succession.
The splendid and dignified clothes befitting the status of an emperor and the red sash across the shoulders harmonized well.
As he put the crown on his head and held the scepter in his hand, the emperor’s dignity shone even more brilliantly.
After the coming-of-age ceremony, the emperor was extremely lovable and beautiful, but that wasn’t all.
Mabel was just an emperor himself.
No one doubted the Emperor’s ability anymore. Didn’t he prove his abilities enough while ascending to the throne at the age of 1 and ruling the empire?
It has achieved an unprecedented golden age of empire, and has even reached the point where it has occupied Devlin, an old enemy!
Under the fluttering flag of Ermano’s proud Empire, Mabel looked at her people.
This land that everyone worked together to protect, this is where we will continue to live.
my people.
Mabel looked at them and calmed her heavy heart.
Gustaf, who was in charge of the improvement ceremony, stood in front of the voice amplifying magic tool.
“We will have a time to honor those who died a glorious death.”
The orchestra started playing the requiem. Mabel prayed that the departed would be at ease.
I wanted to end the war without sacrificing someone’s family, but in the end I couldn’t.
For Mabel, all she could do was reduce the number of victims as much as possible.
Soon after the requiem ended, Gustav shouted the next order.
“His Majesty awards rewards to those who contributed to the war. Those whose names are called, please come downstairs.”
One after another, the protagonists of this victory came up from the podium and bowed their heads. Mabel gave them a big prize as he had arranged beforehand.
“Enrique Javier, please come up and receive your reward.”
At Gustav’s words, Enrique stood in front of Mabel.
Enrique was taller than Mabel on the podium, so Mabel could only look up slightly.
Realizing that fact, Enrique knelt down in front of her.
“Enrique Javier, the faithful knight of Jim. You threw yourself and saved my life.”
“I just did what I had to do.”
Enrique replied with a light smile. It couldn’t have been an answer worthy of Enrique.
“For your merit and loyalty, I give you a medal, a marquess, and the fief that accompanies it.”
Enrique opened his eyes wide in surprise. It was because I never imagined that I would be given a title.
“Am I too weak for the price of the emperor’s life?”
Enrique hurriedly shook his head at Mabel’s joke.
“Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty.”
Mabel handcrafted a medal on Enrique’s chest. Enrique looked down at the medal for a long time.
“Wizard Casey, please come up and receive your reward.”
Next up was Casey. Dressed more formally and smarter than usual, he stood in front of Mabel with a playful face.
“Casey, the master of the Evil League and the wizard. You provided munitions at your own expense for the victory of your country and made a revolutionary achievement.”
“That’s right.”
Casey readily acknowledged his achievements without humility. Then laughter erupted from everywhere.
Casey also suppressed a laugh and lowered his head.
“Therefore, I give you the earldom and the fiefs that accompany it.”
Countess!
Casey’s eyes widened. Casey also didn’t think he would be titled. Enrique was an aristocrat, but he was a commoner.
“Can I… accept such an undeserved reward?”
“Then won’t you?”
“You will receive it! Don’t take it!”
A commoner wizard from a back alley, he was smart and talented, but couldn’t do anything just because he didn’t have money.
It was Aidan and Mabel who recognized his worth.
If there was one thing I did best in my life, wouldn’t it be joining the Evil Guild?
‘As expected, I caught one line well…!’
Casey stepped off the podium with brisk steps.
Now there is only one left.
“Aidan Aserad, please come up and receive your reward.”
Aidan stood in front of Mabel at Gustav’s name. Likewise, Aidan was tall, so Mabel looked up.
“Aidan Aserad, my knight and Countess of Aserad. You and I did a great job in capturing Devlin.”
“yes.”
“I give you the title of grand duke along with the Devlin territories subjugated by this war.”
There has never been a greater award than this one.
Giving all the occupied lands of Devlin to Aidan was the prize Mabel gave after much thought.
‘Now I’ll become the Grand Duke of Aserad, not Devlin.’
It was a standard divided by human standards, but even if Aidan had all of that, it was not enough.
Because everything belonged to Aidan in the first place.
“You don’t like it?”
At Mabel’s question, Aidan smiled lightly and shook his head.
“Anything from His Majesty is fine.”
There may be something not good.
Up until now, he hadn’t disliked anything that Mabel had given him.
The people of the empire cheered in unison at the birth of the new grand duke.
“His Excellency, Grand Duke Aserad!”
“Long live the Grand Duke!”
Amid cheers, Aidan descended. Mabel was given a voice amplification magic tool by Gustav.
The wind blew through Mabel’s long hair.
“Ermano won the victory only in the long feud with Devlin in history.”
“Wow!”
“It has become the strongest country on the continent in name and reality, so you can be proud.”
never forget in the future So that the name Ermano could be the pride of the people of the empire.
“I swear.”
Mabel raised her scepter.
“Above all, I will make it a happy empire!”
happiness.
Some might think it was a simple value for an emperor to speak of, but that was Mabel’s sincerity.
May everyone be happy as you have captured happiness.
“Long live Ermano!”
A new history was written that day.
***
Victory banquet.
Casey, who was drunk, smiled and raised her glass.
“Yes, that’s right. My name is Casey Troisel, who became Count this time. ha ha ha!”
“Awesome!”
“envious!”
“Haha, is that so?”
Because there was no one who did not know that he was the emperor’s henchman, there was no end to people around Casey.
And Casey reveled in the attention.
‘Crown species.’
I looked away from Casey and looked down at the little sheep lying on my lap.
Someday it was revealed that Aidan was Ades, but the two were still estranged.
Of course, the sheep unilaterally avoided it.
“Are you still not on good terms with Aidan?”
[It’s not bad, it’s just awkward!]
“Why. Go call me Daddy!”
[Don’t be creepy!]
Then a low voice came from behind.
“It creeps me out too.”
It was Aidan. I tilted my head and looked at Yangyang and Aidan alternately.
“Aidan. How did the sheep understand? I didn’t even make it big.”
“…”
Aidan averted his gaze without answering. I looked at Aidan tenaciously and called his name.
“Aidan?”
“I just heard.”
“wow. Are your memories coming back?”
“no.”
“okay? It is not.”
Either that or not, the sheep in my arms just looked at Aidan and buried his face in my arms.
Yang still seemed to be ready to accept the truth.
“Now, what is the Grand Duke of the North planning to do?”
Aidan stared blankly at my question.
“First of all…”
“Yeah.”
“I’m not going to do anything.”
Doing nothing. It wasn’t Aidan-like, but it was Aidan-like.
“Not a bad idea.”
Then my grandfather with a glass came up to me.
“your majesty.”
“grandfather!”
“I was so relieved that he returned home in good health. Grandmother had no doubt that His Majesty would win.”
“It’s thanks to my grandfather’s hard work here.”
“Oops. It’s so touching to see you pass the ball to me.”
As the grandfather began to cry, he could see the aristocrats who were glancing from afar in astonishment.
To save my grandfather’s face in society, I quickly stepped down from the throne and patted him on the shoulder.
“This old lady has no regrets even if she dies!”
“Don’t talk like that.”
After calming down for a while, the grandfather calmed down. It was at that moment that I remembered my mother’s voice, which had been fed up.
Grandpa held out his hand with a face still lingering in emotion.
“Hmm. If so, may this old woman ask Your Majesty for her first dance?”
“water-.”
There was no reason to refuse, so of course I wanted to accept it, but I couldn’t.
“The Marquis of Gardenia’s dancing skills are useless, Your Majesty. Rather, my dancing skills are much better.”
Suddenly, Mrs. Deverill came over and intercepted the dance request.
And that was the beginning…
“Mabel. Of course, I have to do my first dance with my dad.”
after dad.
“It’s been a while since you danced with me.”
Oscar.
“I think it would be fun to dance with His Majesty.”
Emily.
“I am too, Your Majesty.”
Enrique.
“Can I step in too?”
Franz.
“The baby’s first dance? I will also participate in the competition.”
Lisandro.
“Then, shall I ask for the first dance?”
Michael.
“Dancing? I dance too!”
Casey stumbles and runs.
“….”
Aidan and Aidan reached out their hands silently.
“Give me a chance.”
…even the unlikely Duke Donovan!
So many people asked me to dance with a competitive spirit. I took turns looking at them as they looked at me, then took a backward step.
“Aww! Everyone is like this! I won’t dance!”
Among the options I couldn’t choose, I chose to run away.
People laughed when they saw me like that.
The night of the riotous banquet was ripe.
***
Restoration of continental damage did not take that long.
As Veron was sealed in the land of Devlin, the balance of power that had been tilted to one side began to balance.
The essence and life force of the world that Veron had monopolized were scattered all over the continent.
The shadow of the disaster that had been cast over the continent had disappeared.
The land that had been parched by drought gradually recovered, and earthquakes and tsunamis also decreased in frequency.
When the land that people could not live in was restored, those who fled began to return to their hometowns one by one.
With the top of the Evil as the focal point, relief activities for the victims and affected areas across the continent took place.
Time flies like that….
Spring has come to sprout again.
It was the first sprout on the ground parched by the drought.
