The Demon King’s Seal Has Been Broken

5 – beginning of downfall, that choice

“Hmm…”

The Empire’s first princess, Lesia.

Looking at Knight Commander Bill, who was kneeling on one knee in front of her and admonishing her, she couldn’t help but think.

‘Remove the seal of the demon lord and kill the demon lord…’

Knight Commander Bill came and said to himself, please make yourself a hero.

I can’t tolerate the state where the demon king is sealed.

Give me a chance to unseal the demon king and kill him.

To sum it up, it was like this, and in fact, I don’t think the words themselves were so wrong.

There was absolutely nothing wrong with what Knight Commander Bill said.

But even so, I couldn’t help but be afraid.

To unseal the sealed demon king at best.

I couldn’t make a decision as a leader who didn’t know what would happen.

So the princess had no choice but to continue to hesitate.

“Princess. Think carefully. This is a disgrace…!”

Bill spoke once more to the princess.

It’s a shame that the princess is hesitating right now…! that it is itself

“A shame…?”

“That’s right. In the history of the empire, what kind of existence was the demon king? Although strong, he was always defeated by the hero…! It was just that much of an existence.”

Bill’s argument was this.

That’s right, the history of the empire has already begun 600 years.

There were many records about the demon king in ancient literature.

The countless demon lords that have existed since before, the empire and the warriors have always killed those demon lords.

“By the way, is there any precedent in history where the Demon King was barely sealed without being able to defeat it?”

However, there has never been a record like this, a precedent that has barely been sealed like this.

It was unprecedented in the history of the empire that had existed up to this point.

“But now, if our generation sealed the demon king and passed on, what would the people of the future think?”

But if this unprecedented thing is left unattended…

It is obvious that this will be left in the history books as it is.

If these records were to be seen by future generations and compared with previous records… the evaluation would have been too obvious.

“The emperor and the princess… the most incompetent emperor in history… I’m sure you would think so.”

The honor of the emperor and princess will fall to the ground…

Emperors of other empires have all defeated the Demon King, so why couldn’t the emperors of this generation fail? while comparing…

It was too obvious to make harsh comparisons and evaluations.

“In order to prevent that from happening, you can’t just seal the demon king. You have to unseal the demon king and kill the demon king.”

To prevent that from happening, Bill remonstrated to the princess.

As if slightly angry, he yelled at the princess in a loud voice.

“Knight Captain Bill, you are certainly right.”

Looking at Bill like that, the princess’s heart could not help but move a little.

The princess fully sympathized with what Bill said.

In fact, the princess was also a little worried about this.

The evaluation of later generations, in fact, history was what those in power feared the most.

If the demon king was left in this state, it was obvious how history would evaluate him.

“But… is there a surefire way? What if something goes wrong? The worst could happen…”

Of course, the princess wasn’t unaware of that at all.

However, the reason why the princess did not willingly agree with his words was the issue of ‘risk’ after all.

If you accidentally resurrect the demon lord and can’t kill it…

You will have to pay a very heavy price for that.

It was just terrifying.

As the leader of the empire, he was in a position to take responsibility for everything.

“So I’m asking again, can you really defeat the demon lord?”

So, the princess demanded confirmation.

Such a method that can reliably deal with the demon lord.

I couldn’t have made this decision without it…

“I can unconditionally defeat the demon lord.”

Knight Commander Bill spoke to the princess with a confident expression.

“Didn’t the princess see it then too? Three years ago, I overpowered the former hero of Rag.”

Three years ago, when the emperor first brought the boy Rag to the imperial palace.

In order to gauge his skills, he had the experience of fighting Knight Commander Bill.

When we fought then, Rag’s skills were really poor.

It showed the appearance of barely receiving the sword of the knight leader, and the appearance of hesitating without being able to attack the knight leader.

In the end, it was no exaggeration to say that the knight commander overpowered the couple.

“Certainly it is, but…”

And the princess knew that too because she was watching.

Rag three years ago, the sparring itself ended in a draw, but from anyone’s point of view, the victory by decision was on the side of the knight commander.

“Then don’t you know that I’m much stronger than Rag? I didn’t become a hero because of His Majesty’s orders, but I didn’t lose.”

Referring to that incident, the knight commander confidently said as if a hero like Rag was no big deal.

He said that there was no way he, who had defeated Rag, would lose to the Demon King whom Rag had sealed away.

He said that since he was stronger than the former warrior Rag, there was no need to worry.

“And I don’t intend to fight the demon lord leisurely. I intend to take my companions with me.”

“colleague…?”

“Yes. That’s right. The former warrior Rag didn’t take my colleagues, I’m thinking of taking them.”

And soon after, he tried to convince the princess more and more.

Rag, a former warrior who went alone without having a party. Rag went to fight the demons alone and defeat the demon king alone.

But he said he wasn’t like Rag.

He said he was going to take his teammates and try to get a clear numerical advantage…

“And the moment I unseal the demon king, I intend to kill him right away. Perhaps the demon king will not be able to resist and die right away from such a concentrated attack.”

“Hmm…”

Also, there was an operation to win.

As soon as he unlocks the seal of the demon king, he and his colleagues conduct a shop for the secrets and magic that he has prepared.

If you aim for the most lethal time for the demon king, right after the seal is broken, you will surely have no choice but to win.

He persuaded the princess, saying that there was no choice but to be highly likely that this would work.

“exactly…”

And besides that, the knight commander’s persuasion continued.

In the end, the princess had no choice but to be persuaded.

The knight commander who is much stronger than the former warrior Rag.

In fact, if it wasn’t for the emperor’s arbitrariness, he would have become a hero.

His skills were also guaranteed, and there were no problems with his qualities.

If he becomes a hero and fights against the demon lord, even if something goes wrong, he will be able to seal it at least as the former hero Rag did.

‘Looks like you can really defeat the Demon King…’

In addition to the strategy of gathering allies.

Even the plan to launch an all-out attack as soon as the demon king’s seal is released…

The knight commander had persuaded the princess this far, and it was only natural that the princess’ heart would turn.

‘Because it’s true that the fact that the demon king is alive is a burden for me as well.’

If it goes well, he will leave a record of defeating the demon king.

Again, deep down, the princess was quite uncomfortable with the fact that the demon king was still alive.

So making Bill a hero now would be helpful to him, not helpless.

So, in the end, the princess accepted Bill’s offer.

“Okay. If you say that, Bill, Knight Commander. I’ll appoint you as a hero. We’ll hold an appointment ceremony later.”

“Thank you, Princess…!”

In the end, Bill was promised to become a warrior by the princess.

If he was appointed at the warrior appointing ceremony that could be held at the princess’s command, Bill would no longer be a knight commander, but a warrior.

Bill bowed his head greatly at the princess’s choice, thanked him, and left his seat.

‘As expected… Being a hero is a position only for noble blood.’

Watching Bill leave, the princess smiled happily.

Until just now, the princess’ expression had been full of worries… but that expression had completely relaxed.

After all, I thought that he was of noble blood.

‘Becoming a hero with low blood was itself a problem.’

The princess has always hated lowly blood.

Because lowly blood has no sense of responsibility and no pride.

Those who do not diligently handle their duties and think that they do not need pride or self-respect to live.

The low bloods she hated were such beings.

The former hero, Rag, was just that kind of person.

Even though he was a hero, he not only couldn’t kill the demon king, but he was barely sealed.

The shamelessness that came to the imperial palace on such a subject.

I hated it all so much.

‘As expected, the leader of the knights is from an aristocratic background, so it is inevitable that he will be different from those of low blood who have no sense of responsibility or pride…’

However, the knight commander was different.

Being united with an elite mindset, they have a greater sense of responsibility than anyone else and have strong pride.

The princess thought that a person like this should become a hero.

noble blood.

A person of high blood, with a sense of responsibility and pride.

‘Whoa whoop…’

I was worried at first, but after a while, I realized that I made a good decision.

Leaders are the ones who have to make decisions.

Obviously, because of this decision, he will be remembered as a sage in future generations.

For some reason, I had the feeling that things had already been solved.

The choice to unseal the demon king, the princess felt that this choice was very good.