Children of the Holy Emperor Chapter 83

083. Bruno Green (1)

That evening. As always, I was waiting after meditating, and soon Dasha fell down onto the balcony.

This time, Seongjin sensed her presence before the Demon King could give him a hint. Since learning about her [Her Auror Concealment], her ability to detect the sense of discomfort caused by her concealed Aura has also improved.

She sighed towards Seongjin, who was looking at her with bright eyes.

“yes. yes. It’s okay. Now, I won’t expect you to be able to sneak into the palace without my knowledge. “You’re completely shattering my steadfastness.”

And Dasha began to unpack the luggage she had packed and brought into the room.

A stealth suit, several sets of camouflage uniforms, various types of daggers and suspicious vials.

Considering that he was reluctant to teach assassination techniques, it was surprising that he had prepared in earnest.

“I don’t know how much praise I received from Captain Breman.”

Dasha kept grumbling as she lined up the items.

“You made a special request like that, but how could you leave the palace immediately after breaking up with me? “Indeed, he would have been greatly astonished if His Majesty had not given him special instructions to acquiesce.”

“hmm… sorry.”

Seongjin also had no room for excuses in that regard.

“At first, I was only planning to take a quick walk, but the imperial knights didn’t notice as much as I thought. “It’s all thanks to a great teacher, right?”

“Ugh, if you can’t say anything… … .”

But their conversation did not continue any further. Suddenly, the Demon King urgently shouted to Seongjin.

[uh? Seongjin Lee. Is he coming this way?]

‘what? What are you talking about? who?’

And the next moment, a loud knocking sound was heard outside the door.

smart.

Seongjin and Dasha were startled and stopped moving. Normally, no one would disturb the prince’s rest at this late hour.

Above all, neither of them had any sense of anyone approaching!

But soon afterwards, the voice heard outside the door belonged to someone Seongjin knew well.

“Sir, are you okay?”

Seongjin blinked.

“… “Chief Bruno?”

Because he was officially suspended, he was currently staying at Jinju Palace as Seongjin’s [guest].

“Suddenly, I felt a suspicious presence in your room, so I decided to risk my rudeness at this time. Are you okay?”

While Dasha’s eyes were filled with astonishment, Seongjin quickly shouted towards the door.

“Uh, it’s okay. “A friend I know well has come to visit, so don’t worry, leader.”

Then there was a moment of silence as if assessing something, and then the leader’s voice was heard.

“Yes, sir. There were many examples. Then rest in peace.”

Tap, tap, tap.

When the sound of footsteps became distant and eventually disappeared into the distance, Seongjin and Dasha let out the breath they had been holding.

“Whoa, is that Bruno Green? Is this because I am a Dekaron Knight? “I understand that you are not an Auror user now. How do you know?”

Dasha said, unable to hide her nervousness.

Come to think of it, I heard that the assassin’s natural enemy is Dekaron Knight.

“Do you know about Director Bruno?”

“Is it all you need to know? Dekaron Knight, one of the few treasures on the continent, lost everything overnight and was kicked out of the imperial palace.”

If you think about it, it was quite a strange thing.

No matter how much he was blamed for his disrespect, he could so easily turn Dekaron Knight, whose military power of the country goes up several levels just by possessing him, into a ruin.

This was an issue in which Empress Lizabeth, who had ordered atonement, had nothing to say even if she received severe punishment.

“Such a big incident was suddenly buried without a word, and soon no one knew where Bruno Green was. But what is this? “In fact, that person was living in hiding within the imperial capital!”

“and… “Did you do that?”

“Is that all there is to it? If you look up Bruno Green’s personal information, there is no record of any disciplinary action. “It’s just that he has been [suspended] from the Knights Templar for several years.”

“That’s really interesting.”

“Is that so? Doesn’t this smell like a huge conspiracy, sir? “I don’t know, but there was a rumor going around within the intelligence department that it was probably someone with great power who buried Bruno Green.”

I’m not sure about the plot.

At least I feel like I know who the powers that be were involved in it are.

“Anyway, today, the entire imperial palace was very buzzing with the news about him. “The unfortunate commoner knight commander has returned.”

The unfortunate commoner knight commander.

A man who was an unrivaled genius who rose from humble status to become a knight commander, but lost everything due to a moment of bad luck. He is a man who served Delcross and the Holy Emperor with all his heart, but was not repaid and was abandoned and forgotten. That was Bruno Green, known to the public.

Well, the image of Director Bruno himself that Seongjin met was a little different from what I heard about him.

“I heard you also suffered from the gray plague? “How on earth did you come back to life okay?”

“Father healed me.”

You could say it’s an all-purpose cheat.

“That was treatable. It is known that the Gray Plague has no relief no matter how much divine power is poured into it. As expected, the representative of the main lord, you will be crowned with great success.”

“Um, so… … .”

Seongjin vaguely avoided answering.

Was Katrina like that? The power of the Holy Emperor is said to be different from the normal divine power.

But can this be explained simply by saying that the arks are different? After witnessing the process of Seonghwang treating the leader, I wasn’t even sure if it was a power that could be described as divine power.

-From now on, this interest will belong entirely to your cause and effect.

The moment he declared that.

Along with an explosion of white light, Seongjin felt something like an unknown force gathering towards him and Director Bruno. The abnormal phenomenon became more and more intense as time went by, to the point where I was worried that something was going wrong.

And there a true miracle occurred.

The director’s discolored skin regained its original color, and his weakened breathing began to gradually stabilize. He was clearly being revived.

However, even though Seongjin was watching the phenomenon unfold before his eyes, he could not help but have doubts as to whether it was really a [healing] process.

This is not the first time to see Seonghwang displaying his divine power. Not long ago, when he was brought to the main palace due to an accident with a wooden sword exploding, Seongjin personally experienced the miracle that he created.

However, if what I felt at that time was the feeling of extreme vitality pouring out, what was happening to Director Bruno now had something strange about it.

Something was disassembled and reassembled. Here and there in the body, the axis of time is twisted and misaligned, splitting apart, and then coming together again.

The process was carried out simultaneously and in such a small scale that it was tempting to believe that Manager Bruno was being dismantled cell by cell.

The strange thing is that among all those people, Seongjin was the only one who felt such a sense of discomfort.

While everyone was mesmerized by the feast of divine light, only Seongjin was anxiously observing the changes in Director Bruno.

No, there was one more guy who felt strange.

[this… There is no way something like this is possible for humans… Holy crazy! Hey!]

After that, the demon king who let out a strange scream stayed in Seongjin’s mind and remained silent for a while.

And after a while, in front of everyone, Director Bruno stood up looking fine.

Even the weak auror activity gradually increased, and it appears that the auror layer that was said to have been destroyed has begun to recover.

As soon as he came to his senses and confirmed the appearance of the Holy Emperor, he prostrated himself on the spot and shed hot tears in silence, as if he had guessed the general situation.

It was truly the perfect return of the genius knight commander.

okay. In the end, it was a good thing.

[…] I don’t know how to explain this. So, to put it simply, your father has changed the definition of divine power several times to fit it into places where divine power does not work. It was an extremely dangerous and scary act that shook the very foundation of the original world of Delcross.]

After a long time, the demon king regained his strength and explained it while trembling.

Well, I’m not sure, but at least it wasn’t something that could be easily done to treat one person. This is why I understand why such an inconvenient [condition] is necessary.

‘And now the result is entirely my responsibility, right?’

Although this was all done to save people, perhaps we should have been a little more careful.

Seongjin later felt such regret.

“ruler! “Let’s leave that matter aside for now.”

Dasha tapped her palms to get Seongjin’s attention.

“First of all, there is something you must quickly learn. “I originally planned to teach you slowly later, but I’m anxious because I think you might sneak out of the palace again at any time.”

“It’s not like that anymore.”

“I know this isn’t what you said, so please focus. There is something else that those who learn the art of assassination learn first. “It is the secret hand signal of the faction that was passed down to us.”

Dasha is affiliated with a faction called [Oberon’s Hand], which is said to be quite famous in the industry. All of the Monkey Watchtower’s informants are from there.

And she taught Seongjin some complicated hand signals. He advised that if you happen to encounter someone showing this hand signal while sneaking, you must respond with an appropriate signal.

“What happens if I can’t show it?”

“You will be chased until you die by [Oberon’s Hand] members from all over the continent. “It is a rule in this industry that thieves who steal technology are silenced by death.”

Wow, that’s scary.

“Consider yourself lucky yesterday. What if you had encountered a low-level informant who didn’t know you very well? eww… “It’s scary to even imagine.”

It means that he probably tried to kill Seongjin all at once.

Of course, he wouldn’t have died obediently to a low-level assassin, but Seongjin nodded without much response.

“So, my name. If you want to go undercover from now on, please make sure to have me accompany you as much as possible. No one knows what unexpected accidents may occur. “I am also not very happy about the strengthening of the imperial palace perimeter as a result.”

Well, how about that.

To be honest, for an imperial palace security, it was too lax.

“Wouldn’t it be better to strengthen it a bit?”

“You’re saying that because you don’t know. The imperial palace’s security system is not easy. There is also a separate assassination team that moves for security purposes. The place you entered yesterday is just a hole that has been tacitly accepted. Even that would have been closely monitored by [Arenja].”

“Arenja?”

“Yes, it is a secret agency directly under His Majesty, and the details are not known. I heard that it is a spiritual surveillance network that monitors the entire ecliptic from underwater. “The intelligence department suspects that it is probably an elite organization made up of high-ranking clergy.”

Then something occurred to Seongjin as well.

The moment he crossed the imperial palace wall, the soul bead that suddenly appeared and argued with the demon lord for a while!

‘Hey, devil. ‘Were they priests?’

[huh? well? Although it was a somewhat unusual soul, I did not particularly feel any divine power.]

These are the words of a demon king who reacts sensitively to priests. I think the intelligence department is probably getting it wrong.

“Has Dasha ever actually seen how he [Arenja] stands guard?”

Then she looked at Seongjin with a strange expression.

“How do I view that when I’m not even a priest? Speaking of a spiritual surveillance network, isn’t there something like an angel or ghost wandering around the imperial palace? “That’s all that’s known.”

I see.

At least for the Holy Emperor who can see the soul, it is an organ that can be controlled secretly and easily.

“It makes me feel uncomfortable to think that something like that is moving around everywhere.”

“It’s a bit like that, isn’t it? I don’t know if that’s why, but sometimes I get an eerie feeling when I pass by a deserted place.”

Seongjin nodded and left before asking her another question.

“Ah, but Dasha. “Do you know anything about oracles?”

Then she seemed lost in thought for a moment and then shook her head.

“hmm… well? I feel like I’ve heard of it somewhere, but honestly, I’m not sure. “Shall we investigate?”

“Uh, no, that’s enough. “It’s not that important.”

Anyway, hearing about [Arenja] from Dasha was an unexpected benefit.

In fact, Seongjin also only heard about it from the Demon King, so it was difficult for him to ask anyone outright what those soul beads roaming around the palace were.

‘Anyway, we’ll need to find out about that spiritual surveillance network sooner or later.’

If you think about it, isn’t it strange that when Director Bruno and Kalmen were in crisis, they immediately dragged Seongjin in there?

I don’t know who the people who make up Arranger are, but I thought there was a high possibility that they were people who knew relatively much about Seongjin and the Demon King.

‘Well, even if I think about it now, there’s no way. Later, when it’s time for an audience, I’ll ask the Emperor.’

Seongjin thought so and brushed it off.

But someone with more detailed information about him was closer than we thought.

A few days have passed since then.

Manager Bruno, who was slowly warming up in the training hall, said this to Seongjin.

“yes. Actually, not long ago, I received an offer from an organization asking if we would like to work together. Do you know anything about [Arenja], sir?”

… what?

fantasy,