The Demon King’s Seal Has Been Broken

37 – Unforgivable Princess [Debt] – 6

‘Something can’t be helped.’

To be honest, I didn’t want to use such an extreme method either.

Anyway, once Lesia was the princess of the empire, her position as the princess was by no means light.

No matter how wrong she was, if I killed her, it was certain that it would become a very big problem in the future.

In the empire, I will be remembered as the hero who killed the princess, and commoners and nobles will try not to get involved with me.

Even if I somehow saved the world, I would probably be politically obliterated.

So, this problem was not as simple as I thought.

Killing the princess was something I had to take a considerable risk on.

“I’ll send it to you comfortably, Princess.”

I wasn’t unaware of that either, but that’s why I dared to kill the princess.

No matter how much I thought about it, there was no reason to keep it alive.

Even if he lived anyway, he would only get in the way, so there was no reason to keep him alive.

And honestly, I think it would be better to kill him.

In this situation, if the demon king is not defeated anyway, the world will perish.

I had to raise my chances somehow, and that was to kill the princess.

Well, I’m going to stop thinking about it and finish it quickly.

“Hee… hee…”

I raised my sword and slowly approached the princess.

Seeing me like that, the princess started to tremble as if she had intuition of her fate.

To be honest, it wasn’t that I didn’t feel sympathy for that kind of appearance, but I wasn’t the one who would be swayed by such sympathy.

I had no resentment or sympathy for the princess.

It wasn’t there from the beginning, and it isn’t there now.

So, killing itself wouldn’t be such a hard choice.

Coincidentally, the princess was easy to kill and even fainted.

I tried to strike the sword at the princess’s head one last time.

“Lag… Wait a minute…”

But at that moment

There was one person who prevented this from happening.

An old voice came from outside the door, and it was a familiar voice to the princess as well as to me.

And sure enough, the person who soon entered the princess’s office was someone the princess and I knew well.

The current emperor of the imperial palace, Wilhelm, was an emperor who had already handed over all real power to the princess.

“His Majesty Wilhelm. How are you?”

I bowed my head and greeted the emperor.

The emperor, who was holding a cane and breathing hard, looked unhealthy as expected.

Rumor has it that after I left, my health got worse and I was in bed all day…

Certainly, looking at it like this now, the emperor’s condition seemed rather serious.

“Are you trying to kill Lecia…?”

The emperor looked at me with a puzzled expression.

Looking at this situation, the emperor can only think of one thing.

The hero is trying to kill the princess.

Emperor Wilhelm demanded that he confirm that what he had thought was correct.

“Yes.”

I affirmed his words.

I had no intention of lying to the emperor, so I just said it honestly.

It was the situation as the emperor saw it, and the emperor was not wrong in thinking.

“… I beg you… please don’t kill Lesia.”

When I said that, the emperor sighed heavily and looked at me.

Then he bowed his head sadly and begged me.

Please bear with killing the princess, he begged very earnestly.

“Hmm… Your Majesty. I don’t know if you know what Princess Lesia has just done and you’re saying that, but there’s a reason why I’m doing this.”

I had no choice but to explain this situation to such an emperor.

Anyway, the emperor must have a hard time understanding the current situation.

I fully understood Emperor Wilhelm’s feelings.

‘His Majesty is lying in bed right now, so he must’ve not heard what the Empire is like…’

He obviously doesn’t know what’s going on right now.

It wasn’t like he was ignoring Emperor Wilhelm or anything like that, but he just lay in bed for a while.

So, I couldn’t help but understand this situation.

“Your Majesty. I’ll explain later.”

I will therefore fully explain the situation to him.

I will tell him why he has no choice but to kill the princess.

I thought that if I did that, Emperor Wilhelm would surely not be able to stop me from doing this.

“I know. Everyone knows…”

However, even so, the emperor stopped me.

When I saw such an emperor, at first I thought that he was saying that because I didn’t understand the situation properly because I didn’t listen to the explanation, but that wasn’t the case.

“I know that my daughter did something wrong… The demon king was resurrected? The fortress city almost fell? Everyone knew and came here…”

Even though Emperor Wilhelm knew everything, he was stopping me.

“Hmm… If Your Majesty knows that, why…?”

I couldn’t understand seeing such an emperor.

It was Emperor Wilhelm who treated ruthlessly no matter how much he cherished loyal subjects.

The Emperor Wilhelm I know is like that, so why the hell is he doing this?

He looked at Emperor Wilhelm with a curious expression…

“I’m sorry Rag. But I can’t give up on my daughter…”

Emperor Wilhelm explained why.

Also, to the emperor, the princess seems to be his own daughter before being the ruler of the empire.

A daughter who is so precious that it won’t hurt even if you put it in your eyes.

That’s why no matter how wrong the princess was, she couldn’t see her die.

So it must have come to me now.

“Please forgive me.”

The emperor looked at me and bowed his head once more.

As if to please save the princess, as if to ask for forgiveness just once.

I desperately tried to change my mind somehow, not caring about my face.

“Sigh…”

Seeing the emperor like that, a sigh came out.

Knowing everything and coming here to stop me like this, and then Emperor Wilhelm bowing down and apologizing to me.

I had just tried to kill the princess cleanly, but to be honest, I couldn’t help but worry if it came out like this.

‘What do we do?’

To be honest, I don’t care if I ignore Emperor Wilhelm’s words and kill the princess.

I thought that the emperor would know someday about killing the princess anyway, and I didn’t really want to ask him for understanding.

Even if the emperor didn’t understand me, it didn’t matter at all, and I wasn’t the type to be swayed by personal feelings about protecting my precious person.

I just didn’t care how much I was resentful and hated, and I didn’t intend not to kill the princess with those things…

Still, I was hesitating now.

“Huh… In the past, I owed a great favor to His Majesty.”

The reason was ‘debt’.

Of course, ‘debt’ did not mean that I borrowed money from the emperor.

In the past, the Emperor had given me something much more important than money.

“Even now, I am grateful to His Majesty for saving my sister.”

It was my sister’s life.

In the past, when my sister fell ill with an unknown cause, it was Emperor Wilhelm who tried to save her.

If I hadn’t had a relationship with the emperor, I wouldn’t have done anything to my sister.

He probably had no choice but to watch his younger sister die.

But I was able to save my sister by meeting the emperor.

For that reason, I couldn’t help but think positively about the emperor.

Also, in fact, the reason was great.

It would be correct to say that the reason I became a hero was actually for the most part.

I couldn’t refuse the request of my sister’s lifesaver.

I also wanted to repay to some extent, so I became a hero that I didn’t really want to do.

Because of that, I’m quite worried right now.

As for whether or not to save the princess…

“Your Majesty, are you sure you won’t regret it?”

Before making such a decision, I asked Emperor Wilhelm to confirm one thing.

“Your Majesty knows that Princess Lesia can’t rule the empire well.”

To be honest, I don’t even think that Lesia will rule the empire well.

And if the emperor were in this situation now, he would have no choice but to feel it.

She was a person who would surely make an accident, and it seems that she will do it in the future.

Even if peace comes to the empire after defeating the demon king, I can’t imagine what else he will eat because of his pride.

“Even if the empire perishes, will the emperor protect the princess?”

I wanted to confirm the emperor’s sincerity.

I asked the emperor once again if saving the princess was really true.

I asked the emperor if he really should save the empire even if it were to perish.

“Even if the empire perishes… I must protect my daughter.”

Despite my question, the emperor’s answer did not change.

To him, the princess seemed more precious than anything else.

His only daughter seemed more precious than the wide world of empire.

To the emperor, the princess was a precious being that could not be exchanged for anything in the world.

‘Aren’t I in a position to talk to others too?’

Looking at such an emperor, I understood to some extent.

If I had to choose between peace in the world and my sister, I would definitely choose my sister.

I also think that if I can protect my precious person, I don’t care what the world will be like.

In this respect, the Emperor and I feel very similar.

“…”

Anyway, it was time for me to make a decision.

I had a moment of contemplation.