My Wife the Empress is Becoming Frightening

15. Where are you going?

Episode 15

When Marianne heard the news that a fire-wielding magician and those wearing hound masks were fighting in the eastern part of the islands, Marianne ordered the Imperial Knights.

“Cooperate with the wizards of the Magic Society to create a barrier in the battle area. Prevent the damage from spreading and let the knights rush inside if the masked ones are defeated.”

The knights who received Marianne’s instructions moved in perfect order and headed outside. After seeing the knights leave, the Empress listened to the constantly updated information and organized her thoughts.

‘According to the report of the Jedo Guards, the wizard who caused the explosion was that guy from 3 years ago. Then, is the one fighting him a hound named Gilbert?’

They said that there was a battle, not that there was a battle. That meant it wasn’t Isaac who was fighting on the spot.

She did not yet know exactly how much power her legal husband had.

However, he knew that it made no sense that a monster capable of destroying Diarose alone could not help a wizard who was subjugated three years ago.

‘Then where is he?’

Judging from the feeling of talking to her directly and the contents of the report she was receiving from Haria, she was by no means someone who would leave dangerous tasks to her subordinates and run away.

In other words, Marianne’s guess was that Isaac was currently stranded somewhere else.

‘Where’s the background? What is the enemy’s purpose?’

The thoughts continued endlessly, biting tail after tail. The enemies in the Blata Empire were numerous. The number of people who want to kill not only the Empire but also the Empress herself can’t be counted.

It was a time when the names of clans and organizations with strong power like Sica, including human nations such as the Holy Runtas Kingdom, Elios Alliance, and Galbaldi Republic, appeared and disappeared repeatedly.

“!”

Marianne tore her skirt and drew her weapon from the holster strapped to her inner thigh and leaped forward.

At that moment, the heads of the knights who protected the empress and the imperial officials who had been gathering and reporting information to her left and right flew off at once.

Marianne asked the shadow, feeling with her whole body that she would have met the same fate if her breath was delayed.

“… Where are you from?”

[This is great. I thought I had completely hidden it, but did I sense a life so deeply hidden?]

It was a knight in black armor who appeared while trampling on the cut corpse. His face was completely covered by a helmet, and I don’t know if it was magically altered, but his voice also didn’t seem to be his own.

[It is said that the Empress of the Empire had both strength and wisdom, but was it true? It’s scary, it’s scary.]

Marianne calculated the distance to the entrance without taking her eyes off the black knight who was making fun of herself.

As much as she was confident in her skills, Marianne was not overconfident in her own strength. The true identity was unknown, but the black knight in front of me was at least a heroic level.

I could never win on my own.

[Also clever. Seeing him roll his head to live right away when he realizes he can’t win.]

Marianne bit her lip at the black knight’s words. I was mocking myself. Even the spot she was standing in was already within range of the sword.

[I think it’s a waste to kill myself, but it’s an order, so I can’t help it. I hope you understand.]

The sword was swung.

“What?!”

Considering the power of the black knight, who can’t feel the end, it must have been a light swing. Nevertheless, Marianne’s defense, which had exerted all of its strength, was shattered at once with her sword.

[…] … stop this?]

As if he hadn’t thought that his attack would be blocked, the black knight also said that it was unexpected.

However, that is only about it. It didn’t matter that I was a little surprised.

[If you block this one, I will step down today.]

That statement may not be true, but it was unreasonable in the first place. As long as she lost her sword, Marianne had no other means of defense.

‘Like this, it ends like this… ?’

Even though he barely achieved revenge, he was killed by a ridiculous monster that suddenly appeared in a place where no one was watching, and that his death alone was his end.

Marianne couldn’t admit it. Didn’t admit it. will not admit

never.

– Chaeeng.

The sound of swords colliding with swords echoed. It was someone’s back that appeared along with a somewhat clear sound, even though it was the sound of a clash of weapons intended to kill a person.

“Whoa. It’s barely too late.”

It was a voice that had disturbed him in many ways recently. Marianne had been resisting death until just now, but now she was just staring blankly at his back.

Heat flowed from his back. Sweat turned into steam and rose from his body. Just looking at it left enough to guess how hasty he was.

“… … Isaac?”

“Oh, this is the first time I’ve been called by my first name.”

Marianne was confused by Isaac’s usual light-hearted remarks, still looking forward.

why?

how?

why?

—

I was cold At a little too late, my legal wife’s neck was about to part with her beautiful body. Let me be grateful for my own quick judgment in preserving the treasures of mankind.

[How did you come? How did you know that our goal was the Empress?]

“It was too obvious.”

It was the grudge of the murdered wizard that Selemin summoned with the Tears of the Dead. To be precise, did you say that the form was added to the residual emotion left at the scene?

Anyway, I was going to chase the criminal with it, but the grudge pointed to the place that Selemin roughly guessed was outside the system. It’s also incredibly far away.

“If it’s that far away, it’s worth doubting. I wonder if this is luring me out.”

If so, what is the reason for attracting?, while thinking, an explosion occurred somewhere in the system.

“The timing was too good. Of course, thanks to making me realize that it was a diversionary operation, I came to think that there might be a different purpose in reverse.”

[…] … … .]

In normal cases, the traces for the chase are fake, so I had to think that I had to go to the place where the explosion occurred, or on the contrary, I had no choice but to think that the explosion was a bait and I had to go to the place where the culprit was.

“If it was an ordinary incident, I would have used a method of forcing a choice between the two, but the scale of the explosion was too large for that.”

I found out thanks to you. I thought it would be dangerous if I did something so fancy, and the most unusual goal in the empire was my legal wife.

If the guess was wrong, it would have been a good thing, but the bad feeling had hit the mark.

[excellent. Admit it. It’s not enough that you made an accurate decision in a short time. You slaughtered my men and came here much faster than expected. As a bonus, it arouses my interest, even talking and breathing… … It’s flawless, yes.]

Oh, I heard you were breathing. Right before I arrived here, I saw the men he said were blocking the road.

It seemed like it would take up a bit of time if I dealt with him as usual, so he seemed to be overdoing it a bit by cutting it while running.

[I’ve been culling people who I think are useful, but they couldn’t even earn time.]

The aura that exploded from the grumbling black knight shook the imperial palace. My skin tingled and a chill spread throughout my body.

It’s a feeling I haven’t felt in a long time. Exciting.

As I exploded the aura without sparing it, the vibration got stronger. The glass in the windows burst and the chandeliers from the ceiling fell.

The moment I was drawing countless trajectories in my head on how to share the first move with joy that even I couldn’t control myself.

[hmm. It won’t be today.]

“what?”

Suddenly, the black knight withdrew his aura. No, what is he doing?

“are you kidding?”

[Not like that. I also have a chimney-like desire to share the sword with you until I die, but unfortunately, the order I received today did not give me permission to fight until the end of my life.]

So what do you mean? I don’t think he heard me say that and said, ‘Ah, is that so? It’s very unfortunate. Then see you next time.’ Do you think he’ll let you go?

“Do you really think so? are you going to send it? The one who came to kill my wife?”

[no. So I prepared something like this.]

Suddenly, something fell under his feet.

Is that a magic tool? I was watching each and every action, but it didn’t move, but something was set in advance… !

The moment I saw that, I turned around and ran to Marianne, and the black knight spoke from behind.

[If we meet again next time, let’s stick together without a circle.]

As soon as the words were finished, there was an explosion that I do not know how many times I have heard today. I grabbed Marianne in my arms before it was too late, and with my other hand, I shot the sword with an aura.

There were some offsets like that, and the damage wasn’t that great, probably because the explosive itself wasn’t very powerful.

Of course, it was after the black knight disappeared. Seeing as he didn’t even leave a trace of his aura, the chase must have been flawed.

“are you okay?”

I questioned Marianne, who was holding me in my arms, and I lowered my head and met her gaze as she was looking up at me.

Marianne’s eyes were full of confusion. not a crowd The imperial palace, which was an absolute space, was attacked, and the attacker was so strong that he almost died from that monster.

Rather, it can be said that she is amazing because she is holding back her emotions simply by being confused.

“Ah, it looks like the Imperial Knights have just managed to get out of the way.”

None of the people running here had a strange feeling. With the withdrawal of the Black Knight, it seemed that all those who had invaded the palace had retreated.

“I’ll go out for a while and then come back.”

“… … … .”

If it was Gilbert, he’d probably be fine, but he couldn’t help but be worried. So, I was going to go to the scene where the fighting was still taking place, but Marianne grabbed my collar and wouldn’t let go.

It seems that there was considerable shock and confusion. It was something she would never have imagined.

“don’t worry. I’ll be back soon.”

“… … .”

I grabbed the hand that was holding my clothes and gently pulled it off. There was weak resistance, but not enough to call it a refusal.

This is similar to selemine.

After looking at Marianne for a while, I ran towards the broken part of the imperial palace and leaped.

—

‘Where.’

“your majesty!”

“Your Majesty, are you all right!”

The imperial knights and high-ranking vassals shouted in haste, but the Empress did not hear.

‘Where.’

The ladies-in-waiting made a fuss at the messed up appearance of the empress, but the empress did not move.

‘Where.’

Everyone trembled with anger at the broken imperial palace, but the empress just stood still and looked in a certain direction.