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Chapter 351
The Imperial Princess on the Scaffold
Olivia's blood drained out, dripping down her forearm.
Since she had properly hit a blood vessel, the blood would not clot and would continue to flow unless staunched.
However, Olivia let that blood flow.
She let the blood flow as if performing bloodletting, drawing out the bad energy that had dwelled within the blood.
Amidst the crucible of shock, Olivia shouted clearly.
Е̊n̂ūma
"We are human."
She grasped the red blood flowing across her palm.
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"Because we are human, we shed red blood."
Her finger pointed at the Wall once more.
"And beyond that Wall, in the Devil's Land, someone will be made to shed this blood. Whose blood will it be?!"
She shouted with force in her voice.
Ӗ n̊ùm̌а̇
"It is the blood of the Empire's people! Though far away, they are our neighbors and brothers who stand on the front lines with only the duty to protect us!"
The crowd was drawn into Olivia.
"Will we just watch our brothers shed blood!? Will we become pigs taking comfort within the Wall!"
Something that had not moved even with stirred patriotism is felt.
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"Will we be seized by fear, forget our ancestors' will, and stand by watching everything!"
The blood that had long slept is awakening at that voice.
W е bǹо̇.ṽе̂l En ũ ṁ а̇
Olivia raised her blood-stained fist high and shouted.
"We must drive back our enemies with our own hands! That is the will of the Empire we have lived in!!"
Olivia's vision grew increasingly hazy.
Since she was drawing blood with a frail body, anemia setting in was only natural.
"I, Olivia Arken, will head to the Far East!"
Even so, the flame contained in Olivia's voice did not die out.
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"I will not turn away from my compatriots' deaths! We will reclaim our light with our own hands! Who will join me!?"
She fans the flames within the calm wave of heat.
A fierce flame rose up as a roar.
"We will join you!!"
"May Alte's light be with the Princess!"
"May there be glory for the Empire!"
Еnum̄ а
"Alte's light will purify all!"
A wave akin to madness spread without pause.
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The ever-growing roar only grew distant in Olivia's ears.
Even the hand she had raised with all her strength had no sensation.
All five senses receded from Olivia.
Olivia felt no fear at this sensation close to death.
Е̃ n̂ ǔmа̃
Only a single word rang clearly.
'Ferd-nim.'
My god.
My love.
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My everything.
Gray hair, blue eyes.
Е̂n̆um̌а
A face that was only cold.
How nice would it have been if a warm smile had spread across that face and come to me?
But Ferd did not do so.
Until the very end, he tried not to give Olivia any opening.
That was the saddest thing among the tragedies that occurred at this World Tree.
She recalled Ferd's figure once more.
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When Gokma came, Ferd made a deal with him to save Olivia.
After that, he said this.
-I do not love you.
He roughly drove a mental dagger into her that no one had ever driven into her before.
-Probably not now, and not in the future either, can I draw a picture of loving you.
What she felt was heartbreak.
Ẁ е b ńо̊ve̊ l̊ Ѐ ǹ ũḿa
-Please, I ask you to take care of the Far East.
He smiled at the end.
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Brighter and warmer than the sun.
Ah, Ferd-nim.
You shouldn't have made that smiling face back then.
If you had stayed cold to me until the end, I would have let you go without any reason to hurt like this.
Ẽ n u̇ma_
I would have stepped back, wishing only for you to be happy with that woman.
But now I can't do that.
You don't have to love me.
If only I can see you,
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If only I can chase after your back,
I will do anything for you.
W̆ е b̄ nо̌ v̂ ѐl̀ Еnumа̊
Even if I climb this scaffold and die as a witch.
I will love you.
"You vixen who would topple this country!"
A pro-Emperor faction noble came charging, foaming at the mouth.
Whether it was loyalty toward the Emperor or a noble's recklessness could not be known.
He ignored the Sword Master's warning and charged straight in.
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As much as he had captivated everyone's souls, the Sword Masters also realized that sudden action belatedly.
Skeuk!
But he very cleanly sliced off that man's neck, proving the warning was no lie.
However, as if the heavens rewarded that noble's loyalty, an amazing thing happened.
His severed head surprisingly flew vigorously toward the scaffold.
The rusted latch was touched by the head, and shattered from that small impact.
Ẇёb́ nо̃ vel Е n̊um а̇
Deureureuk!
The wooden gears moved without hesitation.
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The floor of the scaffold Olivia stood on instantly drops away.
Olivia's body goes down.
Kung!
"Kyaaak!"
Е num̆ a
Screams burst out here and there.
Those who thought Olivia had died right there squeezed their eyes shut.
Those who didn't close their eyes stared at that spot, stammering as if their breath had stopped in surprise.
"Th-that's...!"
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At that moment, the light pouring down from the cloudless sky began to weaken.
The brilliant sunlight shining on everyone gradually narrowed to one spot and darkened.
W ӗb̆ n_о.v ēl̊ Е́n̄.û ṁ.а́
That light gathered like a theater spotlight and headed toward Olivia on the scaffold.
"Good heavens..."
The noose around Olivia's neck did not pull taut.
Olivia, who was thought to fall to the floor, only descended for a moment. She still remained in that spot.
Olivia closed her eyes, wrapped in that light.
Not avoiding that light, she spread both arms wide and accepts everything.
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At that moment, Olivia's body gradually floated up into the sky.
"Th-the Princess is ascending...!"
It was a sufficient sight to appear so.
This surreal spectacle was something no one within the Empire had ever seen before.
Olivia understood this phenomenon.
The same trembling as that time when they shared breath in a cramped room.
E ṅ ü má
That trembling drew a new form of Circle and was overlaid even larger.
Olivia reverently clasped her hands.
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At that moment, the light that had gathered in Olivia's body burst out.
The light became everyone's once more, and Olivia's form returned to its original state.
And a miracle unfolds on the scaffold.
"Alte, my goodness..."
Е̇n ǔ m̄ ä . і ḋ
"Altesi-ye..."
Behind Olivia, a brilliant golden pair rose up, and above her head, a nimbus appeared.
Like the moment the woman who accused the Emperor's tyranny and faced death was chosen by god.
Everyone opened their mouths in wonder and trembled with joy.
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It was a sight all believers of Alte knew.
It was a painting they had seen tiresomely in stained glass.
Еń ùm.а . і̌ d̀
They could not doubt that it was the very manifestation of a true Saint's return.
"Aah..."
Even the bishop who had made political calculations became respectful before that overwhelming sight.
"Could it be that the Empire's Princess was truly Saint material..."
The priest naturally did not believe it.
Since a Saint's existence was something from a dimly distant era, he didn't even believe in miracles.
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He feels his pessimistically softened faith hardening solidly.
The bishop steps forward first and kneels.
Following that, the Sword Masters, the guards, and finally all the crowd kneel before her.
In a chaotic time, the Empire worshipped the Saint's birth.
* * *
The South's hot heat subsided, and the area where blue vegetation began to be stepped on.
W е̌ b̊n̈ ovѐ.l̈ Еn.ûm̀_a
A man with dark skin sat atop a large camel at the vanguard.
His name was Abdulmesid.
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He was Halim's supreme commander, a general called the Disaster of Desert Monsters.
This was the first time he had moved leading troops to a place outside the South.
Since he had strong pride as a Southerner to his bones, his antipathy toward outsiders was considerable.
His personality was to first suppress outsiders with momentum.
Wе bn̊ о̇_v.е̃ ľ Ë n̄ù m à_
Even if that opponent was a King.
'But it wasn't easy.'
Abdulmesid glanced at the man beside him.
His name was Eugene Hudret.
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He tried to kill his momentum by looking down from atop a camel so large it made a warhorse look like a pony, but Hudret's momentum didn't die at all.
Rather than rigid, it was a flexible appearance.
Е nù m̂ а
An action that made even such a contest of momentum seem ridiculous.
It was a spirit that a human who hadn't thrown themselves into countless battlefields could never produce.
Since then, Abdulmesid respected Hudret.
The grass that had been sparsely stepped on became increasingly lush.
Soon there will be a monument marking the border.
In front of that monument, the border guards who received word first will try to rain arrows.
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Knowing that, the Western and Southern armies were moving.
"Do you have a clever plan, King Hudret?"
Abdulmesid cast his gaze at Hudret.
"We're getting close now."
Hudret stroked his beard and asked.
"Was the answer the same after that?"
Ѐ nu ḿ ӑ
"From what I hear, so it is."
"Hmm. Then pushing in wouldn't be a bad method either, would it?"
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"You mean fight the Imperial Army?"
"If necessary, shouldn't we?"
Abdulmesid was startled by that statement.
'That Hudret, notorious as a cunning old fox, is saying he'll take a risk?'
Е̃ ṅü m̌ а.і d́
Hudret doesn't move without profit.
Whenever he moved, he always withdrew after taking profit.
'Just what profit did he decide to take in this war?'
He thought perhaps Ferd had promised to give more.
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If so, the alliance between the Far East and the South might become something to think about a bit more.
While Abdulmesid held such thoughts, the border monument began to come into view.
Ẁ e̊ b̈ǹо v ѐ.l̇ Е n̈ u m_а
The border guards were waiting ahead, and they had finished preparations to fight at any time.
Numbers were naturally superior on this side, where the South and West were united.
But looking at the future, becoming disadvantaged was a matter of course.
That's why Hudret and Abdulmesid moved first and approached the border guards.
The commander there also brought out his horse as if responding.
"Hear me! I am Margrave Desmond. You have now set foot in His Majesty the Great Emperor's domain without permission. This constitutes a clear act of invasion."
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Hudret clicked his tongue and said.
"Good grief, didn't we say we're going to subjugate the monsters in the Devil's Land? Just open the way and it's done. We don't want a clash with you either."
"I won't say it again, King Hudret."
"Hmm... This is truly troubling... I prefer someone I can talk to."
Hudret let out a breath.
Abdulmesid felt killing intent in that voice.
Е̌ń ũ mа
'Is he thinking of taking Count Desmond's head?'
Count Desmond didn't seem to know that fact.
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Proof that he had no war experience.
Soon he would face death and battle would begin.
"Halt!"
At that moment, someone intruded.
Ê n úḿа̃
Imperial armor, but its emblem was not the Empire's.
'Alte.'
Abdulmesid expressed learned disgust.
The root of antipathy toward the Empire lay in that emblem.
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Are Alte's knights joining the border guards?
"As a servant of Alte, I received orders and came here. Cease the border immediately, Margrave Desmond."
Е ṅŭ m ӓ.їd
But the one giving the warning was Margrave Desmond.
"What do you mean? Let them cross the border just like that?"
"That is so. These are those who have come to protect the Devil's Land, and this is guaranteed by our Home Country's Archbishop."
Margrave Desmond laughed "Ha!" as if dumbfounded.
"Don't make me laugh. We stand here by His Majesty the Emperor's imperial edict."
"We have come here following the Empire's ideology. We have come upholding the Empire's will that our ancestors established."
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"What if we don't step back?"
"House Desmond will be branded with the Mark of Heresy in Alte's name."
Margrave Desmond flinched at those words.
The Mark of Heresy is the strongest punishment the Order can impose.
Even with the Emperor's order, threatening to brand the Mark of Heresy meant there was that much to believe in.
Enough to shake legitimacy and justification.
E n̆ ǔ m̈а . i d
"I will report this to His Majesty the Emperor. If a problem arises, the Order will have to bear all the sins."
"If we didn't have that resolve, we wouldn't have come."
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Margrave Desmond pulled back his horse.
The soldiers who had entered battle readiness withdrew following the commander's movement.
"Are you King Hudret and the South's hero, Abdulmesid?"
"I have no name to introduce to Alte's servant."
Е n̈ um а
"Coincidentally, I have one, so speak."
"I came by the Saintess's command. I will escort you on your way to the Far East."
"Saintess..."
There is no Saintess in the Alte Order.
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But there was exactly one Candidate Saintess.
'Olivia Arken.'
Ѐ n̈u̇mā .і̄ ď.
The woman called the Empire's Flower.
He thought she must have forced her way in as a Candidate Saintess.
But becoming a true Saintess was a different matter.
Since it could shake the Order's foundation, she cannot become a Saintess unless legitimacy is established.
"It seems the Regent Ferd has heaven's luck following him."
Hudret laughed deeply.
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