How to Safely Divorce An Obsessive Emperor

– Damn it. I can’t shake that thought. I thought that those damn demons would eventually try to do something like that. If Your Majesty does that, I…

If his companion disappeared before his thirtieth birthday, Lescal would be unable to control his demon blood. So what happened to Lescal? Would he become a demon? What did it mean to be a demon?

As Ryan imagined, would he try to destroy the human world? Was this an expression of anger over a sense of loss, or was it because it was the nature of demons?

-I will stop Your Majesty. Because there is only me.

That was Ryan’s fear.

If he lost Lasilia, she might have to turn her sword on Lescal. That was the reason why Ryan did not become a sword master. Ryan was strong. But she couldn’t get past the last step. She wanted to become stronger, but she also didn’t want to. Because once she got stronger, there would be no turning back. Because then she really only had herself.

The person who has to deal with Lescal.

“Lord Sigress.”

Looking into someone else’s heart meant being moved by emotions. Lasilia’s mind was just as confused and fearful as Ryan’s. And she was desperate.

-You will end up destroying humans. They will distrust, avoid, and get sick of it. Just like the beings who looked into humans did.

The words the demon in her dream said came to mind. Lasilia quietly shook her head.

‘No. It is not so.’

Lasilia knew where the anxious and dark emotions that Ryan was feeling right now came from. Ryan wanted to protect Lescal and was afraid that her strength might not be enough.

“…Yes, Her Majesty. Please speak.”

As Ryan tried to erase the rising anxiety, she answered.

“I will not lose my life because the Lord cannot protect me. I swear in the name of the Prophet.”

“Hmm… Thank you for the consolation, but as I said, if His Royal Highness the Prince of Dell’Arta wasn’t there today, no one would be able to tell.”

Lasilia’s next words silenced Ryan.

“Anyone who kills me will be a loser.”

“…? Yes, no, what?”

Ryan shook her body as if she was going to jump.

“What are you saying…! It can’t be like that!”

“That was what I saw in my last dream as a prophet.”

“No, what… This doesn’t make sense… Are you your majesty? Now, it looks like His Majesty will deprive the Empress of food and drink if she is even bitten by a mosquito!”

It was a remark that was likely to elicit a laugh, but no one laughed.

“Because not all prophecies come true. When God shows the future in advance, it means that he gives humans the option to choose a different path. A different death would be possible for me.”

“Umm… If so, that’s a relief… No, why on earth did His Majesty…”

Ryan couldn’t choose the right words for her, so she hesitated.

Lasilia continued her words.

“And in the dream, His Majesty appeared without any abnormality. There is nothing for you to worry about. Maybe it was possible because Kyung kept me safe. So you can be as strong as you want.”

“Uh, then I… No, wait. for a moment!”

Ryan looked at Lasilia with wide eyes, as if she couldn’t believe it.

“What do you mean now… Are you?”

“It means that your worries are illusions. Don’t bother your mind worrying about things that don’t exist.”

“No, that’s not it…! What am I worried about… How did you know?”

“It was visible.”

“I saw… You mean it?”

“It is the power of a companion and the power of a demon. By subjugating the blood of the demon race, some of that power was passed on to the companion.”

“OMG… then… No, then! If you lie, Her Majesty the Empress will know everything…? Do you mean that?”

“It doesn’t always happen, so you can rest assured.”

“Ugh… I see… No, I’m glad you said that not every time… still,”

Ryan, who was holding her head in trouble, glanced up at her.

“That is… Can I ask you something?”

“I allow it.”

“Well, I’m a little… So, there were times when I lied just a little bit and in a mean way… Did you know all that? Oh, if I have to make an excuse, it’s not because I’m such a bad person… that is… Um, so Her Majesty thought she was the same person as Cartagena Piellion… No, of course, it is against the rules of etiquette…”

By the time she finished speaking, which was quite long, her voice had barely reached halfway.

“I am very sorry… I am sincere, Your Majesty.”

Ryan lowered her head and muttered. There was no way she wasn’t serious. If that were the case, she would have been marked right away.

“I know that she is an honest person. Her antipathy toward me must have been no different from her love for His Majesty. You don’t have to feel sorry for me.”

“No, that’s… Aren’t you being too lenient? …Well, I also stole the Phoenix’s egg. I did this without knowing it was an egg.”

“Did something like that happen?”

“Oh, you didn’t know. I did, but it was immediately taken away by a crow… I sincerely apologize, Your Majesty.”

Ryan continued unable to raise his eyes. Her thoughts from before were not wrong. For her, seeing the human heart did not necessarily mean knowing the bottom of the human being. This was not to say that even if the bottom was exposed, humans would necessarily become disgusted.

“I also owe you a debt, so I will pay by receiving an apology.”

Ryan was momentarily confused.

“Hmm? Her Majesty the Empress owes me a debt? Is that possible?”

“If it weren’t for Sir, I would have continued to hesitate to embrace my powers. Now I know I don’t have to do that.”

“Thanks to me? I don’t remember doing anything.”

“I just did it for you.”

Ryan still had a puzzled face, but she soon nodded her head.

“It’s hard to believe that I played such a huge role, but… Anyway, it is an honor, Your Majesty.”

Ryan, who seemed to be a little embarrassed, suddenly got a straight face and said this.

“I will become stronger, Your Majesty. So, I will prevent Her Majesty’s death.”

“That… If you were to protect me from Your Majesty, it would be against the duty of the Imperial Guard.”

“I know that it will ultimately serve your Majesty. And even if that is not the case, it is true that from now on, the power I gain will belong to Her Majesty the Empress. The chivalry with which I pledged my sword says so.”

Ryan got down on one knee in front of Lasilia.

“When I gain an Auror, please become its master. Since His Majesty has my sword, it is only right that his companion become the master of the Aurors.”

“…”

She couldn’t refuse an oath made with eyes like that. And maybe, she didn’t know that she needed Ryan. Even if it’s just to avoid the prophesied death.

“Then.”

Lasilia placed her hand on her hand that Ryan had placed on her knee.

“I leave my life in your hands.”

“It is an honor, Your Majesty.”

“So there’s something you need to know.”

Did she feel that her voice, which was lower than usual, was different? Ryan’s expression changed.

“Are… Are you afraid?”

“Another demon approached me.”

“Yes? If it’s another demon… Did you keep that a secret?”

“It wasn’t like the real thing appeared. It was an afterimage that floated on the surface of the water and soon disappeared. I think he was trying to tell me.”

Ryan swallowed her dry saliva nervously.

“Please speak, Your Majesty.”

“It did that to me. Your Majesty will bring about my end.”

“Well, that…? …Then, Her Majesty’s dream…?”

Ryan could not bear to continue her conversation.

“Perhaps.”

No one knew why another demon appeared. What was he trying to do in the human world, and why was he targeting her so persistently? But looking back at the dream, she felt like she could see one thing he intended.

“Maybe my dream foreshadowed what the demon was going to do.”

“So that Her Majesty could kill Her Majesty the Empress herself… Are you saying you’re going to make it like that?”

“Okay.”

“…Then it’s simple.”

Ryan, who had opened her mouth in shock at first, changed her gaze and nodded.

“We can catch and kill him before he does something like that. Those crazy demons.”

As if there were no more intrusions, the Duke became as quiet as usual. Instead, the knights remained alert and watched the darkness with sharp eyes. But no one knew.

The real reason why a strange creature appeared in the Duke’s residence where Lasilia was. And that they were not living beings but summoned beings. So there was no concept of death. As long as the summoned body did not disappear, they existed forever. Even if it’s just the half-torn body that Ryan left behind to reveal her identity.

* * *

“Oh, what is it? Did something like that happen?”

Hasdeja blinked his eyes into the air.

He felt very good now. This was because he succeeded in summoning low-level monsters through the bodies of the Malik Knights.

If you draw a summoning circle somewhere on the body of the Malik Knights and send it to the desired location, the body becomes a door and can summon monsters.

Today, as a test, he sent her to where she was, and it seemed like she scared her enough. Of course, there was no way the human body used as the entrance to the demon world would remain intact, but that was none of my business. In any case, there were too many humans, and that wasn’t enough, they were beings that reproduced endlessly.

Even if he kills hundreds of people by using the gate, the next day there will be more people than the dead. Humans were so foolish that they jumped like moths at the power they saw right before their eyes. Even though all that power is realized using human life force as firewood. Well, anyway, that’s why he really like the human world. Even without having to take Bahamut to the Demon World, it seemed like a good idea to become a god of the human world and rule over humans. But one way or another, he needed the magic power of Bahamut.

In order to obtain the magical power of Bahamut, the magical power subordinated to humans had to be brought into the original body, and in order to do so, the magical power of dependence had to be eliminated.

“It’s not much of a headache, tsk. It would have been easier if it ended with me killing him.”

Still, there was progress today. The lesser monster happened to overhear his secret. Even though those idiots were clearly seeing her monster with their own eyes, it seemed like they had no idea what it was.

“I had a dream about Bahamut killing me… Hmm, it’s true that I tried to do that, but how did I know?”

Although she was irritated, it seemed like the woman had quite a bit of strength. She was fortunate that she wasn’t even half aware of it yet.

“No, let alone what I know. Did she stick around and say it was okay even though she had a dream like that? Do you know what happened to her hair?”

Even though she was stupid, she couldn’t be that stupid.

Hasdeya, whose expression was twisted, remembered something and smiled.

“Oh, I can make you dream too. Because her strength has returned.”

It wasn’t like she was letting the woman dream. It would have been exasperating to her, but she was already capable of fighting back.

“Well then, let’s wait and see.”

Hasdeya, wearing the face of Saint Malik, gave a neat smile.

 

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