The Traitorous Prince

"Long time no see, Father."

Huey walked to the throne with his own feet, and grinned.

"I've never seen you like that, you've turned into an old man?"

At that moment, Shion kicked Huey's leg from behind.

Thud!

"Ahhh!"

Huey screamed and knelt on the floor.

"It hurts! Damn it! Anyway, this is why the knights..."

"...Huey."

The King called his grumbling son.

Hugh looked up at him.

...There was a moment of gloomy gaze between the son and the father.

"Hehe."

Hugh grinned. Pointed fangs stood out and an evil smile hung over his thin face.

"I guess you were in a hurry, Father? To the point where you have to take me out and use me?"

"I won't talk long. I will give you the command of the military. Stop them."

"Huh~? But what if I plot treason again? What are you going to do?"

Swish!

In an instant, the sword that Shion pulled out touched Huey's neck. Cold sweat flowed down next to Huey's smiling mouth.

"Eh, eh! It's a joke, a joke! Shion, you're so~ You can't take seriously such a joke!

“…”

Shion pulled the sword back, but did not withdraw her cold gaze.

"Huey. You knew the Brunhilt Empire better than anyone else and dealt with it effectively."

The King slowly opened his mouth. It was a tired and old voice.

Huey looked at his father again.

"Let's forget about the past and work together for our country."

"Hmm..."

How long had it been since that old man asked him to do something?

Huey, who was enjoying a different feeling, shrugged and raised his shoulders.

"Can't we just leave everything to my handsome big brother as usual? Where did our proud crown prince go?"

“…”

There was silence.

Not only the King but also Shion and the servants became quiet as if cold water had been poured on them.

Huey looked around in embarrassment.

"Huh? What? What's wrong?"

“…”

The King replied painfully.

"Your brother... lost the battle and went missing."

“…?!”

Huey laughed despondently. What?

That unlucky bastard, who was so good, lost? And went missing?

"The Knights were destroyed, the elite army was annihilated, the crown prince disappeared, and the Commander of the Knights died... All those who could use military tactics died, Huey, you are the only possibility left in our Kingdom of Eindel."

“…”

"If you succeed in blocking them, I will pardon you for all your past sins."

Even after hearing the King's story, Huey did not answer.

“…”

As the silence prolonged, Shion urged.

"Are you going to ignore His Majesty? Answer, Huey!"

"Oh, no, I didn't mean to ignore him, But it's a bit ridiculous..."

Huey, who burst into laughter, looked around the King and his servants.

"So, I should defeat the salamanders in the north that ate up all our kingdom's troops with what's left after such annIhIlation?'

“…”

"And the price of such nonsense is only this small, tiny little thing~? Hmm, I think that's a little cheap,"

Fatigue crossed the King's hazy eyes.

Huey grinned wickedly and slowly approached the King on his knees.

"You know what I want, don't you, Father?'

"...This crown, right?'

Huey nodded fiercely.

"Yes! Yes! That's it! That and the throne. You know, right? Everything as a set!"

“…”

The King's skinny hand rose over his head and slowly took off his crown.

"Y-Your Majesty!"

"No, Your Majesty!"

The surprised servants shouted at once.

"...You've always wanted this."

Touching the crown, the King sighed for a long time.

A deep regret came out of his tired voice.

"This thing...

"Isn't it getting heavier to wear it?"

Huey, who walked on his knees to the front of the King, whispered softly.

"My brother is missing, too, so just give it to me. I'll take care of Father's worries. Hehe, huh? What do you think?'

“…”

"I'll punish them with all my might, I'll stop those dam n Brunhilt bastards and you won't have to worry about them ever again! I can do it. You know it, right?"

“…”

There was silence.

The King closed his eyes and quietly listened to his youngest son.

"Give it to me. The crown, the throne, this country! Then I'll protect you. I'll destroy everything! Yes? Please, give it to me, Hurry up!"

Huey's red eyes, looking at the crown held in the King's hand, sparkled with greed.

“…”

And then.

King Turin III slowly put the crown back on his head.

“…?!”

The King slowly rose up in front of Huey.

"I have no regrets about this crown...

With his bent back straight, the King looked down at his youngest son, who was still kneeling in front of him.

"I can't give it to you."

"What...?"

"You're not the one to be king. You... don't have the qualities required for it."

It was the same as what he had heard three years ago.

Huey clenched his teeth. Hate flashed like fire in his bright red eyes.

"If you become King, Eindel will fall. It would be better to be destroyed by an external enemy than that,"

"Hah... is that so?"

Huey turned away from the King and sat down.

"Then I don't want to help either. It's none of my business whether this country is destroyed or not."

"Sigh!"

Shion pulled out her sword again and put it on Huey's neck. However, Huey had a different attitude than before.

"What! What! Kill me, Shion! Don't be scared, just kill me!"

Rather, he pushed his neck against Shion's sword, and shouted.

"Just as you betrayed me 3 years ago, hit me without mercy!"

Shion's shoulders flinched.

“…”

“…”

Silence fell. Blood dripped down from Huey's neck as the blade touched it.

"Sigh."

The king let out a dry breath and sat back down on the throne.

"...Don't you know, Huey? It seems that our army is still resisting at the Ice Fortress."

Huey growled, annoyed.

"But what does this have to do with me?'

"Luna is there now."

"?!"

At the name of Luna, Huey's eyes widened.

"What, what, what, what, what?!"

"...Our army is still resisting at the Ice Fortress, and Luna is there.

"No, but! Why is my sister in such a place?"

"She sent a letter... The enemy attacked suddenly. She couldn't avoid it and got isolated.

Huey had an expression as if the sky had fallen.

Princess Luna was the second of the three siblings of the Eindel royal family.

Huey hated all humans on the planet, but he loved his sister deeply. And the King was well aware of that.

"Hehe..."

Huey closed his eyes tightly.

•Huey!'

Luna's bright smile flashed before his eyes.

'Sister...!'

Hugh bit his lower lip hard. His dry lips were bleeding.

"You don't have to be in charge of the army, Huey. If someone doesn't go to rescue her, your sister will be captured there."

"Damn it, that old man...!

Huey grinded his teeth.

The King was using his sister to take advantage of him.

"...Damn it!"

He knew it, but he could not help it.

"Okay, I'll do it, The army or whatever, just give it to me! I'll slaughter all the invaders!

Huey got up, stood in front of the King and shouted fiercely.

"But keep that in mind, old man! I’m not stopping them for you or for this country! It's only for my sister!"

This time, Huey looked around the servants and stared fiercely at them.

"Okay, you bastards! Right?!"

"Gasp..."

The servants shrank their shoulders at once. The King shook his head.

"...You already have the command of the army. Go and stop them."

"Tch!

Huey stepped out of the throne room.

"...Please excuse me, Your Majesty."

Shion saluted the King hurriedly and ran outside to follow him.

"Sigh..."

The King sighed tired and buried himself in the throne. The servants began to whisper again.

"Your Majesty, no matter how urgent the situation is, wasn't it too hasty? Giving the command of the army to that damn prince..."

One of the servants approached and asked. The king swept his tired eyes with his hands.

"Huey lacks the qualities of a king, but his qualities as a soldier are those of a genius. I mean..."

The king's eyes, which opened again, were trembling faintly.

The emotion in those eyes was unmistakably fear.

"...He's demonic."

The servants all swallowed dry saliva.

They were well aware of the terrifying achievements when Huey was the Commander of the Northern Front.

They also knew the fact that three years ago, when he rebelled, he was almost successful.

"If he doesn't do it anyway, the Kingdom of Eindel will end here,"

The King stared through the door where Huey left.

"Old people have no choice but to watch..."

* * *

"Let me explain the situation."

Going out again from the inner palace, Shion calmly opened her mouth.

"Six of the seven Dragon Knights of the Brunhilt Empire participate in the war, and under their command, the imperial army is divided into six branches and invading various places. One of them is the corps attacking the royal capital."

“…”

"Although resistance continues from all over the Kingdom, as you know, they are extremely mobile small corps. We are unable to keep up with the speed of the enemy's hit and run."

“…”

"To prevent them, we split up the Knights and the troops and placed them in small groups in various places, but this turned badly and they got defeated and dispersed. The royal capital was attacked without any time to deal with the scattered troops..."

"...Hey, by the way."

"What?"

"Aren't you going to remove these?"

Huey gestured toward the chains that were still wrapped around his upper body. Because of them, he could not move his arms.

Shion immediately shook her head.

"You're still a traitor, whether you're temporarily leading the army or not. You'll stay a sinner until you are forgiven."

"So you're not going to untie them?"

"Yes.

"Really?1

“…”

Huey stared at her with absurd eyes, but Shion's cold face did not move.

"Do you have any complaints?'

"No, I don't. All right...

They had almost reached the outer castle. The sound of the battle was quieter than before, as if it had gone into a lull for a while.

Huey tilted his head in front of the stairs leading up to the outer wall.

"Anyway, why are you struggling II ke this to fightjust one corps? Those bastards are few in number, and they are strong when fighting in the plains. I don't think they would do well on a siege."

"...The problem is the knight who leads this corps."

"Really? Who is it?"

The moment Huey asked.

Booom-l

Something penetrated the giant gate, which had never been cracked in the past hundred years and had been built by collecting the essence of the Eindel Kingdom's architectural technology.

The entrance collapsed along with the gate, and bricks exploded like firecrackers everywhere. The soldiers nearby could not even scream before dying.

It was neither siege projectile nor bombs nor magic that smashed the entrance of the outer castle and dug inside.

"Arghhhaha!"

A man with his whole body wrapped in sleek black armor, wearing a helmet carved with a wolf head, and carrying a sword about the size of his body on his back... It was a young silver-haired knight.

The breastplate of the knight's armor was opened and hot steam was blown out.

The appearance of the knight swaying in foggy steam looked like a myth.

“…”

Next to Huey, who opened his mouth and looked at the knight, Shion pointed to the knight with her hand.

The knight cracked his neck muscles and shook off the stone debris from his body.

"Oh man~ It's not something I should do often."

The monster among the monsters beyond human standards, the Seven Dragon Knights of the Brunhilt Empire.

And among them, he was by far the strongest in pure force.

Huey unknowingly said the knight's name.

"The 'Silver Wolf', Canis...?!"

"Huh?"

When he heard his name, the face of the knight Canis, who looked back, was bright.

"No, who is this? It's been a really long time~ The Traitorous Prince! Has it been 3 years?'

"Hehe, you're right. It's been a while."

Huey unknowingly smiled and responded.

Flash!

At the next moment, Canis, who approached at an invisible speed, swung his sword sideways.

"Huh?"

Huey did not react, but Shion did.

Crumble-!

Shion grabbed Huey's waist and rolled on the floor, and the attack that cut through the air smashed the outer wall that was still standing.

Boom -!

"Cough...?!"

Huey, who rolled on the floor with a suffocating sound, made a crying sound.

"Hey, Shion! Can't you hug me a little more gently? It hurts!"

"Just shut up, please."

Shion calmly pulled out her sword and held it in front of her.

She knew that he was an opponent who could not be defeated even if he was attacked by ten people at once, but she could not help but drew her sword.

"Do you know how bored I was when you disappeared from the front line, Huey?"

With his back against the shattered outer wall, Canis smiled and lightly raised his sword over his shoulder.

"How much I enjoyed the days when I shared my life and death with your army. You had fun, too, right?'

Huey was caught in a cold sweat.

"No, not at all... It wasn't fun at al I...

"The war was so boring without you. I only yawned every day. But finally 1 An enemy worth fighting with has appeared."

"Can you at least pretend to listen to me? Huh?"

Canis held his sword and slowly put it forward. The black blade gleamed in a blue color.

"Let's have fun like 3 years ago!"

“…”

Huey calmly got up from his seat and looked at Shion with a serious look like never before.

"Hey, Shion,"

Shion also looked at Huey with a nervous face.

"Yes.

"Should we just surrender?"

“…”

“…”

Swish!

Canis rushed again, wielding his sword.

"Ahhhhhh! Help meeeeeee!

Holding the screaming Huey to her side, Shion desperately began to run.

And she thought to herself.

'This war is already over, and we have been defeated.'