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Chapter 380
Pay the Price
The overheating Empire exuded a heat close to that of chaotic times.
The streets were ominous, with no one venturing outside, and day by day, loud shouts and incomprehensible screams could be heard from everywhere.
Anxiety that there might be demons present grew gradually.
When that ominous atmosphere reached its peak, the streets filled with people like a flood.
They were not ordinary commoners.
Ё ṅ û m̄ ӑ
Untouchables with whom no one in the Empire would associate.
They were not treated as humans, a fact they themselves were aware of.
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Like candles before the wind, meaningless existences boldly faced the sunlight and sang hymns.
Hymns that should evoke sacredness through young boys' gentle voices instead produced dissonance through wounded, raspy voices, as if singing of the apocalypse.
Unlike the splendid streets, the procession filling them with shabby figures carried an atmosphere as if something would burst at any moment.
Finally, the Imperial Knights who had received the report appeared and blocked the procession's path.
Ẅ е b̈ n̊ō v̂ӗ l En̆ ŭ m̄а̂
In their midst stood a familiar fat man.
"I, the Great Empire's Crown Prince, Alexander Arken, command you! You rioters, disperse immediately!"
He cast sound amplification magic and declared to the commoners with an authoritative voice.
Unlike the past when they should have been frightened by that presence and turned away, fighting spirit blazed in the gaunt commoners' eyes.
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"Don't make me laugh!"
"We have the right to cry out for equality under Alte's light!"
Е n_umа̇
"The right to walk the same ground as the Crown Prince!"
"What, the same rights as me......?"
He disabled the amplification magic for a moment and muttered.
Alexander's face flushed bright red.
He was so angry that veins bulged on his thick neck.
"Low-lives who should just prostrate themselves and eat only what's given......."
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The very fact that such lives would defy him displeased him.
But for the sake of his political life, he attempted dialogue as much as possible.
"I know what you want! So return to your dens for now! Acts that disrupt the Empire's customs are unacceptable, and this is—."
Whoosh—!
Something flew from the crowd.
The knights hurriedly blocked his front, defending against the flying object.
Е̄ nú m̈ а́
Crack!
The sound of a hard shell breaking.
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At the same time, a rotten stench stinging the nose.
They had precisely aimed at Alexander's head and thrown an egg.
Alexander's reason snapped along with that smell.
"You rioters are all sentenced to summary execution for the crime of threatening the Imperial Household! Knights!"
Wеb̊ n̆ о v̊ ёl̆ Еn̈ um̄ ã
Knights wearing armor blended of gold and white drew their swords.
"Sweep away those rioters! Eliminate them all!"
The knight order following him charged at the commoners.
A one-sided slaughter unfolded.
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Commoners branded as rioters were trampled by horses or cut by swords and died.
In the Empire, commoners were those whose numbers would eventually need to be controlled.
Е̂n̄u ḿ а̊
If Grand Duke Golt did it in the form of a plague, Alexander replaced it with killing them like pest control.
There's a reason Grand Duke Golt did things secretly.
Ruthless, hardline responses easily provoke corresponding backlash, and in a period with a hot potato like now, becoming conspicuous was inevitable.
Priests who had been vigilantly waiting for an opportunity went to the Golden Palace and recited a petition.
"Alexander Arken, the Crown Prince, rejected the light of all people and cut down commoners......."
Summarizing that long content, it was simple.
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He mercilessly massacred fellow beings receiving Alte's blessing,
That he could not be acknowledged as an enthronement candidate in the name of a tyrant.
So it was a request to strip his position and succession rights.
Of course, those resisting were nobles confronting the clergy.
"Not permitting acts that disturb public sentiment is to show the Empire's firmness."
Many nobles sided with Alexander and tried by any means to prevent his deposition.
Ěňúm.а
With Ureas gone now, there were two legitimate heirs.
One of them was already being revered as a Saintess in religion, making her practically an enemy.
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The only remaining hope for them was Alexander Arken.
If Alexander falls, Godfrey has no choice.
So they thought Godfrey wouldn't easily intervene either.
Godfrey, who had been watching all that, looked back and forth between the two camps with indifferent eyes, then turned toward the center.
W e b̀ñо̆ vе_l̂ Eñ ŭṁ_ӓ
There, the Crown Prince was kneeling.
It hadn't even been an hour at most, but he was already trembling as if his legs hurt.
Godfrey quietly raised his hand.
Seeing that hand, the hall fell silent in an instant.
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"Alexander."
Godfrey calls the name of the man kneeling in the center.
W̊ e b̄ n о̌ v е̌ l̊ Еnü m а
"......Yes, Your Majesty."
"Speak."
It meant to tell him to make excuses for why he did such a thing.
Alexander raised his head and furtively looked at Godfrey.
But those eyes were frightening, so he lowered his head again.
"I merely did what I had to do as someone who will become this country's ruler."
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"You mean mercilessly massacring the common people?"
"It's suppressing a rebellion!"
Once again quibbling over terms, they start arguing heatedly.
Alexander continued speaking.
"They ignored my warning, threw weapons, and threatened the Empire's legitimate heir."
"Innocent citizens also died because of the Crown Prince's merciless decision! Someone's family died just because they offended the Crown Prince's mood!"
W ē b ñ оv̇ ě l Е nū ḿa
"Stop interrupting, Bishop! You have no basic manners!"
"As Alte's priest, how can I not be angry!? The reason I'm in this position is to represent countless voices!"
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Finally, a fight breaks out among them and it becomes pandemonium.
Godfrey's eyes were still directed only at Alexander.
Seeing Alexander unable to say anything, he said this.
"You truly are incompetent."
Én̊u m а̀ . іd
Silence falls once again.
At the sudden outburst of insults, Alexander flinched.
"Then or now, nothing has changed at all."
Godfrey was expressing deep regret at that sight.
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Then the nobles who had sided with Alexander one by one expressed regret and chimed in.
"Certainly, there's the fact that the Crown Prince didn't handle this matter properly......."
W̃е b nо̆v.е̄ l̄ Ё_n̂ũ ḿ а̂
"Since he forced through an indiscriminate massacre to bring things to this state......."
Only then does Alexander realize.
That those who had been defending him until just now were not loyal to him, but to power.
Trying to smoothly cover things up in a situation where he had no true allies was a big mistake.
The word 'incompetent' that Godfrey had said earlier fit perfectly.
A wave of emotion surged and erupted from his pores.
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Shame.
That tremendous shame rushed in and paralyzed Alexander's reason.
"I......."
Finally, that shame reached its limit and an intense explosion occurred.
"I just did what I had to do!"
His shout crushed all criticism.
Е̂n̄ ů ṁ а
Alexander stood up from his seat, pointed at Godfrey, and shouted.
"The things you told me to do! The things you made Grand Duke Golt do, I just took them on! So why do you speak to me like that......!"
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Alexander vented his resentment.
Godfrey, who became the target, had an indifferent expression.
"Would anything have changed if I'd taught you the method?"
"What?"
W̊ е b nо̂v̈е l Е nu m̊ á
"I truly cherished you, Alexander. I gave you much advice."
"Didn't you neglect me all this time? With what face do you say such things......!"
The times Alexander met Godfrey in his life could be counted on fingers.
Above all, when Olivia was born, he completely vanished.
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Betrayal and disillusionment rush in.
He tried to show himself confidently against that.
Web̌ n̂ о̇v̊е̂l̀ Ӗ nù m̄ а̀
But meeting Godfrey's eyes again, he collapses.
His eyes were a confident sight without even a little falsehood.
It was a gaze that made even his own experienced memories seem false.
"But in the end...... seeing you die, I feel that you're destined to not live out your natural lifespan."
Godfrey lightly tapped his finger placed on the throne.
"I'll give you a chance even now. Give up the throne and put everything down. This position is far too excessive for you."
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Godfrey kindly yet cruelly demanded he step down voluntarily.
Neither nobles nor priests opposed it.
Alexander's incompetence was now at a state hard to fix.
Betrayal rushes in.
Betrayal toward his father.
But bigger was the sight of those who had flattered him shutting their mouths tight.
Ĕ ṅ ů m а .іd
Despicable.
"This bastard, that bastard. Seeing them treating me like dog food......!"
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His teeth don't just grind, they shatter.
An atmosphere as if he might faint from being unable to overcome his own anger.
However, his anger grew uncontrollably, and he kept swallowing it.
"Gurgle gurgle......."
Еnu m̆ ӑ
From his mouth comes the sound of something boiling and swelling.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince?"
Everyone was flustered by the unusual energy.
His close aide cautiously checked Alexander's condition.
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"Your Highness, are you alright? If you're not feeling well, I'll support—."
Crunch!
Е́n̆ ŭ m̌ ӓ
The aide's torso disappeared.
Precisely, Alexander's mouth split wide open and swallowed the aide's half-body.
"Ugh, uwaaah!!"
"Y-Your Highness the Crown Prince's appearance......!"
The knights belatedly drew their swords and aimed at that person who had been the Crown Prince.
Alexander's form swelled up blatantly.
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His mouth grew larger, his grown beard drooped even longer, and his brow widened.
His already fat body swelled more, and his clothes tore apart.
He completely swallowed the torso he'd bitten the half-body of and stood up from his seat.
His form was similar to the Archdemon, Morax.
-These sons of bitches...... all of them mocked me, didn't they?
A voice barely squeezing out through vocal cords clogged with fat.
W̆ ě bǹ о̃v̀е̇ l Е nû m̀ а̄
The fishy smell of a swamp wafting over.
Gurgle gurgle.
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The sound of something melting down relentlessly inside his stomach.
Everything is unpleasant and repulsive.
Godfrey wasn't surprised even by that transformation.
He just looks down at him while sitting on the throne.
Е̇ n u̇ m̈а̃ . іd̆
Alexander got fired up seeing that sight.
Recalling the things he'd longed for, he licked his lips with his long tongue.
-I'll kill you, Godfrey! I'll swallow you whole and become this Empire's Emperor!
Even the shocking remark declaring patricide, he's unfazed as if he's heard it countless times.
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Godfrey gave the reply he'd given countless times whenever that happened.
"Farewell, my son."
Еn ũ m̀ а̂
At that moment,
With an abnormal condensation of mana, someone appeared beside him.
The magic-using rascal, Erdes Roton.
She subdued Alexander's whole body.
"Hello, Alexander? We've met before, right?"
-This fucking brat!!
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"Unfortunately, that's how it turned out."
Erdes directed her palm toward the floor and lowered it downward.
Alexander's body was also pressed down following her palm's direction.
"Looking at the form, it seems like Morax, and it really suits that greedy bastard."
Erdes clenched the hand that had been facing the floor.
Then Alexander's flesh swelled up even larger.
Е́ n û mà
Like squeezing a rubber balloon inflated with air, bizarre bubbles boiled.
-Gurrrk! Kuaaack!
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A strange sound flowed from his mouth.
It was a sound unknown whether it was a scream, or the sound of expelling oxygen remaining in his lungs.
"If there's a difference, it's that you must pay the price."
She clenched her fist tightly.
Е n.ù ḿа̂
Bang—!
Alexander's body just burst apart.
Bones, flesh, and clothing pieces entangled messily and flew away, his form completely disappearing.
No one could open their mouth.
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Some collapsed, aghast.
Enough to make the saying that even a hedgehog loves its own babies meaningless, it was a ruthless and clean decision.
W̌ е̂bn̊o̊v̇_е́l̆ Èn̊ úm а̄
"What are you all doing?"
Godfrey commanded, gesturing with his chin at the flesh fragments.
"Clean it up."
Servants rushed over all at once and cleaned up the dead Alexander.
The time taken for his traces to disappear didn't even take 10 minutes.
"Is it settled now, Bishop?"
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"......I'll pray for his repose in Alte's name."
The Bishop withdrew cleanly.
If he demanded anything more, he might die by that hand.
Thus the commotion ended, and everyone withdrew.
Only Godfrey and Erdes remained in the audience chamber.
"Even at the moment my son dies, you don't shed even a tear, Godfrey."
Е n u mа̄
Erdes said.
Godfrey answered indifferently.
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"It's already a decided matter."
"So you're saying one who becomes Emperor has not a shred of affection?"
Godfrey's eyes glared at Erdes.
The mage Erdes Roton, infamous for killing anyone, noble or king, if they displease her.
Ē n u m̊а
As if not afraid of that woman's reputation, he throws a bold remark.
"Indulging in maternal love isn't exactly good either."
"......."
Erdes's face hardened.
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The face that had been like an unpredictable calamity shows clear intent.
Disgust and hatred.
Ẁe b̊n o v̌ ё l̄ .Ë n̂ŭ m̌а
I already know what you are.
Erdes placed her foot on the throne and glared at Godfrey.
The words she spoke with the momentum to twist his neck right then were utterly ironic.
"I'll never let you die, Godfrey."
Erdes swore thus.
