I Captured the Enemy Who Tried to Kill Me - Chapter 55
[Congratulations!
You have approached the main story.]
My face could rot away for all the system cared, as it smoothly changed the text.
[The Holy Kingdom, Luseid, is the last remaining piece of truth in this world.
They have a great interest in the correlation between magic and Gates.
You must respect their history of consistent discussion and effort for the harmony of these two powers.
However, unbeknownst to them, a veil of misfortune hangs over them.
Root out those hidden among them who have strayed from the rules and stop their intentions.
Do you accept this quest?
Success: Absorption of ???? fragment, acquisition of large soul stabilization points, stabilization of Grand Magician abilities
Failure: Death of the soul]
What is this?
What kind of choice is this? Why not just say I’ll die if I don’t do it?
“Duke?”
The Emperor raised his eyebrow as if my silence was strange, but I kept sighing inwardly.
Yes, if I were a typical transmigrator who had read the original story, I would probably smile broadly and shout with joy when receiving such a quest.
I am a transmigrator too, but.
I never had a genius memory that could recall the original story in detail, and now I’m even suffering from amnesia to the point of forgetting my own name.
‘So I don’t remember who the leader of the villains is…’
Is this a symptom of gradually forgetting about my past life?
Or is it because I just skimmed through the original story and can’t remember it well? I’m starting to not be able to tell the difference.
Am I really okay?
When I realized I had forgotten my name, I think I was even more shocked than this.
‘Sigh, what choice do I have? If I don’t want to die, I have to do it.’
I pressed the selection button firmly. But I momentarily concentrated so much that I forgot about the person in front of me.
That is, Kaisis was staring at me strangely as I made gestures as if waving at something in the air.
Cold sweat ran down in the chilling silence.
C-can’t you pretend you didn’t see that?
“……”
“……”
“……”
“…There was a bug.”
Seeing the Emperor’s lips moving as if about to say something, I brazenly raised my chin.
“I will prepare for the delegation’s reception along with the duel and demonstration preparations. If your business is finished, will you return now?”
“No.”
What the hell, man?
He answered so naturally that I had already half-risen from my seat, thinking he was going to leave.
As I glared coldly with my lips tightly shut, the shameless and irritating Kaisis sneered and said.
“You seem eager to send me away, but unfortunately, there is one more matter. This could be considered the most important one.”
I sat back down in the chair irritably, just blinking my eyes.
“From two days from now. I’ve cleared all schedules for several days.”
For a moment, my brain stopped working.
I couldn’t understand whose schedule he had cleared.
Surely he wasn’t giving me a vacation.
“Wait. What you just said.”
Surely he’s not saying he’s taking a vacation himself?
The Emperor of a nation, and the world’s strongest SSS-rank Awakened One at that, in a world where no one can predict when crazy Gates might pour down from the sky?
Unable to hide my disbelieving expression, I asked.
“You mean you won’t be entering Gates?”
“That’s right.”
Horrified, I shouted without filtering my words.
“Are you insane!”
The man, who seemed to have expected such a reaction, smiled coldly and looked at me calmly as he asked.
“I keep telling you to fix that way of speaking. Am I your friend?”
“Is that what matters right now? If Your Majesty doesn’t enter the Gates, during that time others will have difficulty handling—”
“Duke, you will rest too.”
“…Pardon?”
“It means that along with my vacation, you will also be taking a break.”
I have no intention of resting, so who exactly is making me rest?
“This is the Emperor’s order.”
With a coldly frozen expression, I finally realized that the male protagonist from the original story had gone mad.
Yes, everything had been twisted and tangled from the start, and it was maddening that I had become that crazy man’s half-Guide.
After that traffic accident-like first guiding, I ended up spending the first night with that man, and became a half-Imprint!
But the man, unaware that my soul was half gone, kept jabbing at me with his coldly sparkling blue eyes.
“Why on earth should I do that?”
“I’m thinking of enjoying some hunting.”
What kind of hunting?
Monster hunting?
“I mean the typical aristocratic hunting activities.”
I decided not to respond to the Emperor’s nonsense anymore.
I even thought he might be trying to trick me by throwing out such absurd statements that differed from his usual behavior, to discover that I wasn’t Duke Ariel.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t act like this.
The Emperor I knew, the Kaisis from “The Tyrant Emperor,” was a workaholic.
The Empire’s guardian, who knew nothing of luxury and pleasure, was dedicated enough to enter Gates constantly, but with a terribly nasty temperament.
“Where exactly?”
“On your estate.”
I feel like this man has been hitting the back of my head hard with his words all this time.
There was no need to act like Duke Ariel, glaring at the Emperor as if wanting to kill him.
The veins in my neck bulged.
“I have never invited Your Majesty to my estate.”
“You can do so now.”
Hillaria from the original story, I understand you.
If you had such an infuriating man as your political rival and suffered from work to the point of dying from overexertion, it would be more than reasonable to run away early. Right?
“My estate is not Your Majesty’s hunting ground!”
Besides, I don’t even know where my estate is located on the map!
“A day should be enough to release some beasts and prepare.”
You son of a b***h.
Curses rose to my throat.
The man narrowed his eyes and gently stroked his lips while tilting his head slightly.
“I think you just cursed at me.”
“Would you prefer I praise you instead?”
Fierce gazes collided.
The atmosphere was terrible.
As I ran my fingers through my hair, unable to contain my anger, I felt someone’s frozen stare.
‘Ah.’
My pale assistant was standing there.
Sorry, you were standing so much like a backdrop that I didn’t notice you.
No sooner had I gestured with my chin for him to leave than he quickly closed the door and left.
The Emperor also cast a glance at his knights, and they too quickly vacated the space, following behind my assistant.
And then only the Emperor and I remained in the room.
“Now let’s have a proper conversation.”
Is that man hoping that news of him moving to my estate will spread naturally?
‘So that’s why he didn’t dismiss people from the beginning. But why?’
I sighed.
“What are you plotting? Stop deflecting with jokes and speak plainly. My time is valuable.”
The man chuckled and said.
“Those who escaped that time.”
As I watched quietly, ice flowers bloomed with a crackling sound at the fingertips of the man who raised his hand.
Wow, how pretty.
I widened my eyes in momentary admiration, forgetting the situation, but quickly corrected my expression.
“Why are you mentioning that?”
“This is your territory. And right next to it is the Karilis mountain range.”
Again, I don’t know the geography of the Empire.
In situations like this, it was best to keep my mouth shut and cross my arms as if I understood the atmosphere.
“The drug that causes Awakened Ones to go berserk. The people selling those items fled all the way here and disappeared. Coincidentally, around your territory.”
So he was planning to hunt people under the guise of hunting animals.
But near my territory?
“Of course, it’s a coincidence, but I thought if their base is close to your territory, it would be good to lure them out as bait.”
“……”
“You must know too. That the series of incidents that occurred in the imperial palace was targeting you and me.”
More precisely, they were trying to damage the relationship between magicians and Awakened Ones even worse than it already was.
“If they are truly people who can move Gates, the situation becomes serious. If such people are even targeting our lives when we appear on your estate.”
Crack, the ice branch shattered.
“Don’t you think they will surely reveal themselves?”
