The Only Ending for the Evil Count Pig Is Destruction

278 – Scene 278# Maxim Meikahel

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I’m sorry.

Luna, who was struggling with her refusal, ended up opening the door with her own hands. She thought she was so dirty that she kept shaking her hands and glaring at me resentfully. She even had tears in her eyes.

“Hey… Dare… How dare you let Jim touch something so dirty?!”

I never thought it would be like this, but I am not generous enough to listen to her complaints forever. However, that doesn’t mean there is no recognition.

“Wipe with this.”

She held out her handkerchief to Luna. I wondered what I could do with a kid like this, and sometimes it felt like one-sided harassment taking advantage of my position.

She had forgotten it due to the fact that her opponent was her, her her emperor her, but Tristan was the only one in this country who could treat her this way. Everyone in her life she must have bowed down to her until now, but since I didn’t do it, she probably didn’t know how to react.

So she pretended to be even more solemn and shouted at him, trying to suppress him with her authority.

There is literally no child who is not good at interpersonal relationships. They may push you around, but sometimes offering a hand of reconciliation is the role of a mature adult.

I don’t know what she thought of my favor, but Luna hesitated for a moment and said as if she was shocked.

“… Joy. They give you bottles, give you medicine, do all kinds of things. You.”

“If you don’t need it, give it to me.”

“I didn’t say it wasn’t necessary.”

Luna snatched her handkerchief and wiped it between her fingers her her her her. Did you feel that dirty when you touched the door?

Luna, who was wiping her hands, suddenly glared at me.

“… “I’ll tell you in advance, I have no intention of returning this.”

“What?”

“Isn’t it obvious that if I return this, it will at least satisfy your perverted desire to collect?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. “It’s just a gift I received.”

“This sly pervert…” ” . When I think about it, you always-“

But the next moment, Luna froze in place, as if she had been struck by lightning. Because suddenly a yelling sound came from the room when she opened her door.

“How dare you ignore my orders!”

Beyond the door, a strange landscape caught my eye. The room, with its high ceiling and marble walls in all directions, was very luxurious and was a place that only a person of noble status could use.

‘Imperial Palace… ?’

If I’m not mistaken, it was the throne room of the imperial palace.

On the marble staircase, there was a seat reserved for only one person, the highest person in the country. And Luna, looking at the face of the man sitting on her throne her, muttered with her mesmerized face her her her.

“Abama… ?”

Maxim Meikahel.

The former emperor and father of Lucy and Luna looked down upon us with a majestic look. No, not exactly us, but the man kneeling behind us.

“Answer me. Kyle. “What do you know about my orders?”

“Your majesty… “Is that possible?”

Kyle was in an audience with Emperor Maxim with his head bowed respectfully.

“I would like to carry out Your Majesty’s orders, but the situation in the North this year is not so good. Due to the bitter cold, there are no crops left, making the lives of the residents unstable. I’m not ready to follow His Majesty’s orders yet…”

“Hey! I don’t want to hear it! How many years have they been preparing for that damn thing?”

Maxim slammed his fist on the throne and shouted at Kyle without trying to hide his angry expression.

“Tell me honestly. Kyle. Are you testing my patience?”

“It’s not right…”

“Jim gave you plenty of time. But why do you keep making excuses?”

“… “I apologize.”

“It’s frustrating! I didn’t call you to say sorry! “Tell me why!”

I don’t know what the situation was, but Maxim was pouring out his anger on Kyle. He was so angry that even Luna couldn’t open her mouth.

“Hey…”

Wendy was so scared that she was trembling. She literally looks like a cornered baby animal. Perhaps, from her child’s perspective, she seemed scared because a grown man was shouting.

‘It’s stupid…’

Anyway, everything that happens before our eyes is just an afterimage of the past. If you think about it a little, you’ll realize that she doesn’t have to be afraid of this.

I tried to ignore it. But once it bothers me, it keeps bothering me.

“Tsk…”

It’s annoying, but there’s nothing you can do…

I quietly stood in front of Wendy and blocked her view.

“Ship, Count… ?”

“I can’t see clearly because you’re blocking the front.”

“Yes? Ha, but he’s shorter than that count…”

“Don’t talk back and just stay behind me.”

“Ah… That… Yes…”

Wendy, who was hesitant, hid behind me. In the meantime, she stared straight ahead, ignoring the look in her eyes that seemed to be overly overestimating me.

“I thought you brought good news because I heard you were stopping by Jedo Island to see me, but did you come to insult me?”

“… I apologize. Since I haven’t seen His Majesty for a long time, I thought it was the duty of a subject to greet him like this.”

“Dori?”

Maxim frowned at Kyle’s words.

“Is the person who ignored my orders and made me waste time talking about duty now?”

“Don’t be so mean to Sir Kyle. “Your Majesty.”

Everyone’s eyes turned to the sudden voice. There was an impressive and handsome gentleman standing there.

“Count Ruelberta…”

“Lord Kyle has also tried to carry out His Majesty’s orders in his own way.”

Aidan Ruelberta, who had probably been there the whole time, naturally got between Kyle and Maxim.

“However, as Sir Kyle said, the North does not have the resources to prepare for battle right now. Farming is not going well due to the successful cold waves, so food is not available. Sir Kyle would be grateful if His Majesty would be generous and understanding.”

“… Huh.”

Emperor Maxim reluctantly gave up his anger at Aidan’s words his. Even at this time, the influence of the Ruelberta family must have been powerful, so it would have been difficult for even the emperor to shout out to him.

Even so, Aidan was a completely different person than I expected.

He who built a bridge of mediation between the emperor and Kyle was close to an affable and polite gentleman.

I thought that the head of the Ruelberta family would be evil and have an enmity with the emperor, but looking at it this way, Tristan’s grandfather Aidan even seemed like a loyalist who spoke the truth to the emperor, let alone an enmity.

Not only that, Aidan was making eye contact with Kyle. It was as if he wanted everything to be left to him. It looks like he is trying to repay his son’s benefactor.

How on earth did people with personality breakdowns like Milliam and Tristan come from such a personality-driven grandfather? . I started thinking seriously.

‘No. More than that…’

Among the things Aidan mentioned was something strange. And it seemed I wasn’t the only one who noticed it.

“… A battle? When did His Majesty give such an order?”

Ariel immediately questioned that fact.

Looking at the situation, it appears that the emperor ordered Kyle to engage in’a certain battle’, but looking at his reaction, it seems that even his wife his Ariel, did not know this. Luna also has an expression that says she is seeing this for the first time.

That would mean that this was a secret conversation between Maxim, Kyle, and Aidan.

“So you didn’t refuse the tribute?”

“Yes. But even taking that into account, the situation in the north this year is not good.”

“Umm…”

“Don’t worry too much. Isn’t this Sir Kyle, who brought Northern Garden from a wasteland to this level? Even if this year is difficult, next year may bring good news.”

“I know what you mean. Aidan. But what I don’t understand is, the more so, shouldn’t we drive out the demons as soon as possible and stabilize the lives of the people?”

Maxim looked down at Kyle, who had her head down the whole time.

“Lord Kyle. I am confident that you have outstanding martial arts and skills that are among the best in this country. If you put your mind to it, it wouldn’t be a task to wipe out the demons in the Demon Forest.”

“Your majesty…”

“But why aren’t you doing anything? The burden is unbearable. “I can’t bear to think that such parasites are still nesting in my country.”

Maksim’s tone of voice revealed deep-rooted disgust.

This is something I just learned from watching, but the previous emperor, Maxim, seemed like an extreme demon hater.

The average perception of demons within the empire is closer to fear. They are much stronger than humans and are dangerous beings that can easily harm humans.

However, there are some people who show extreme hostility towards demons. Extremists who do not acknowledge that there are beings superior to humans and who want to wipe out all the demons in this world. They are the so-called demon haters.

Even in the original work, they are considered troublemakers who cause various problems. But Maxim was one of them…

Of course, we cannot say that Maxim’s claim is 100% wrong. From the empire’s perspective, the northern demons are a potential risk factor. However, it inevitably clashes directly with Kyle’s thoughts his, which are close to moderates.

Thanks to this, Luna and Ariel’s feelings as they watched the conflict between the two seemed quite complicated.

Maxim tried to persuade Kyle, the margrave, but Kyle expressed reluctance, citing the difficult situation in the North.

And then in the end…

“Even Jim has face!”

“Your majesty. Please calm down.”

Maxim, unable to bear it any longer, exploded. Despite Aidan’s dissuasion, he shouted at Kyle.

“He said he would even provide food support to the North. What’s the problem?”

“I’m sorry, but… Our northern army is not yet ready to fight the demons. The number of people to defend the castle is also limited. If you send soldiers outside the castle, there is a risk that the castle may be taken over. Also, the number of demons is not known, so if you give us a little more time…”

“Uh-huh! I gave you so much time, but are you taking my time again? “Isn’t it a shame that you, who protect the border, are so unreliable?”

“Your majesty. Just calm down first…”

“You fell out! Aidan! Aren’t Jim and Kyle talking!”

“Your Majesty.”

“!”

It was then.

Everyone flinched as they felt a strange chill as if the temperature around them had dropped for an instant. I looked at Aidan, who was starting to give off an unusual vibe.

‘That face again…’

Aidan spoke to Maxim in a very polite manner without changing his expression.

“Didn’t I tell you to calm down?”

“Umm…”

However, what was different from before was the’sense of pressure’hidden on his face. That eerie feeling that seemed to grab the viewer’s heart was a very familiar feeling to me, even if other people didn’t know it.

“I hate saying the same thing twice. “Wouldn’t it seem like I’m nagging Your Majesty like this?”

“Yeah, I see. Jim was a little careless…”

Maxim, overwhelmed by that feeling, immediately curled his tail. When I saw that, I was convinced. What is the identity of that emotion that I feel from Aidan?

I described the most evil personality that has been passed down in the Ruelberta family for generations.

“Anger…”

Aidan also had it.

‘Rage’, a powerful but unique personality that inevitably leads to the user’s destruction.

As expected, that man is dangerous.

Forgetting that it was an afterimage of the past, I glared at Aidan, a gentleman whose true intentions were unknown.

That’s why I didn’t notice that Wendy was looking at me with a very anxious look on her face.