159. Justia (4)

“Oh, no… … !!!”

Huh Eok-

Huh Eok-

Duke Justia opened her eyes in a flash.

He jumped to his feet and looked around with devastated eyes.

A strangely familiar place. He seemed to have been sitting in a chair a while ago.

“… … here is… … The imperial palace?”

In front of him, people lined up on both sides lay prostrate.

Everyone was wearing a veil covering their faces.

“… … something, are you uncomfortable? your majesty.”

The one closest to them raised his head and asked.

He also had his face covered, so his appearance was unrecognizable.

No, more than that, I was concerned about what I just heard.

“… … Me, Your Majesty?”

“… … Yes, Your Majesty. When you suddenly say no… … .”

When Duke Justia asked a question, the servant immediately bowed down and answered.

At his words, the duke’s brow furrowed.

“… … I’m dying… … ?”

Then, so many memories flooded in that I couldn’t understand why I had forgotten that obvious fact until now.

“… … Oh yeah. hit. I ended up becoming emperor.”

dump.

Duke Justia buried herself in the large golden throne.

“Hey, are you feeling uncomfortable about something… … .”

“No, no. For a while I had an absurd nightmare.”

“Should I call the doctor?”

“no. It’ll get better if you rest for a while, so don’t worry about it.”

He said, rubbing his throbbing head.

In his dreams, he went out to deal with the strange people who dared to target Justia, but he was treated badly.

There, I also met strange people with unbelievable powers.

Until a girl with black hair and black eyes reached out and reached out.

‘Well? black hair… … ? black eye?’

I felt like I had forgotten something important, but it was just a dream.

It will soon fade into a faint memory.

‘Yes, all of that is just a dream. I… … . You’ve done a really shameful thing to even shout at a ridiculous dream.’

He let out a chuckle and shook his head.

yes.

After a long time, he finally succeeded in swallowing the empire.

He ordered the Red Blood Corps to completely destroy Joheiden, which was like a thorn in the eye.

By devouring their fertile territory and power, he gained power comparable to that of an emperor.

And right away, he pressured the emperor to marry Iriel, who graduated from the academy, to the first prince.

The son of Iriel, who was born soon after.

His own grandson was chosen as the next emperor after the first prince.

However, Duke Justia could not be satisfied with that.

In any case, as long as the emperor and the first prince were alive, it was obvious that his grandson would become emperor after he died.

So, the shadow that Iriel planted in the Imperial Knights even before two years had passed after giving birth to the prince.

‘ji… … . Mmm, what was his name?’

Anyway, I can’t remember the name, but through that spy, the emperor, the 1st prince, the 2nd prince, and even the 3rd prince.

He assassinated all those who had the qualifications to challenge the imperial throne.

After such a purge, all that was left was his three-year-old grandson.

Everyone suspected Duke Justia of being the cause of the fierce bloody winds blowing through the imperial palace, but no one dared to speak in front of him who ate Joheiden and the power of the imperial family.

So instead of the young emperor, Duke Justia became regent and came to call himself emperor based on the power he had built up in blood.

Although the duchy of Ira in the north was stepped on, they did not react in any way even though they took over the emperor’s seat through force, as if they really intended to cut ties with the empire.

Let’s get all those things organized in our heads.

“Kuhhhhh… … .”

Suddenly, a smirk escaped from his mouth.

“hahahahaha!!”

The laughter that had leaked out in a small voice grew louder and louder and reverberated through Daejeon.

I finally got the world in my hands.

The seat of the emperor he so much envyed.

The position of an absolute ruler who reigns at the highest point of the empire.

That dream had finally come true.

Now, all that remains is to use this power to enjoy all kinds of luxuries, pleasures, and beautiful women in your arms for the rest of your life.

“yes… … . you guys… … . I am the emperor No longer Duke Justia, but His Majesty the Emperor!”

“““Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor.”””

The servants responded as if they were kissing each other.

Now, there was no one left on top of him anymore.

Everyone shudders in fear and bows their heads in front of them.

What a satisfying sight this is.

Then, suddenly, he felt strange and asked.

“By the way, why are you guys wearing veils on your faces?”

He obviously remembers all the processes he went through to become emperor, but he couldn’t figure out why they were covering their faces with cotton.

“… … Cotton, Your Majesty. that… … . What are you talking about?”

A servant who seems to be puzzled by his words.

Duke Justia frowned.

“Now, that thing you’re wearing over your face! take off the veil Everyone, show your face to the one and only Emperor!”

Then all the servants put their hands to my face as if it was strange.

However, no one seemed to notice the existence of the veil covering their faces.

Duke Justia’s face frowned even more fiercely.

Vivid veins sprouted on his forehead.

“Do you dare to play a joke with the emperor? … . Jim is the emperor. I mean, you guys aren’t the kind to play pranks… … !”

He turned his head to the nearest servant.

“You bastard! Come here!”

As if feeling frustrated with the vassal approaching in an awkward posture, Duke Justia jumped up from the throne and strode toward the vassal.

“… … uh, uh uh.”

Whoop!

With his own hands, he removed the veil covering the servant’s face.

Contrary to the fact that it didn’t seem to come off with their hands, when Duke Justia touched it, the cotton thread came off the face so easily.

“Look at this… … ! Shake off your face… … .”

Duke Justia sighed.

A face with the cotton thread removed.

There was a face he knew all too well.

A face that should never be shown here.

“brother… … .”

With the cotton thread removed, the face rapidly decayed and became a mummy-like form with moisture evaporated.

A hideous appearance, as if flesh were half-adhered to the bones.

Took. Degur-.

The eyeballs that were just barely hanging over the eyelids tumbled to the floor and rolled at the peacock’s feet.

wide open mouth. From there, it came out as a dry, barren voice that was hardly human.

“Why did you do that? I said I wasn’t interested in Justia. But why did you do that? Why did you even kill Yuli?”

He stretched out his hands toward Duke Justia’s neck.

“Keuk!”

Duke Justia, who was dazed at the sudden appearance of her younger brother, was grabbed by the neck without a chance to escape.

He grabbed the hand that was strangling his throat.

Power went into his trembling hands.

“Why did you do that? I said I wasn’t interested in Justia. But why did you do that? Why did you even kill Yuli?”

“profit… … .”

Then he saw the main sword at his brother’s waist.

Swoop.

squeak-.

Duke Justia stretched out his arm, took the sword, and decapitated his brother.

Huh Eok. Huh Eok.

His sword blows off his brother’s throat. His head fell to the floor, but he still repeated the same words.

“Why did you do that? I said I wasn’t interested in Justia. But why did you do that? Why did you even kill Yuli?”

aaa!!!

The screams of the lady-in-waiting who had been assisting him from behind echoed.

““ “Your Majesty, what is this… … !”””

The faces of all the servants turned to Duke Justia.

Their faces were covered with cotton, but you could tell they were shocked.

Duke Justia bit his lip and picked up the hair from the head that had fallen to the ground.

drip. Blood dripped from the severed neck.

“… … Come on, look!!! look at this! Aren’t you my brother!! It’s someone’s trick to take my place!”

“… … .”

The servants looked at each other and looked at the emperor, avoiding their gaze.

In response, Duke Justia raised her eyes even fiercer.

“You guys! You guys are all wearing cotton yarn!! Aren’t you wearing a cotton thread!!”

“Lung, Your Majesty!!”

“Everyone, show your face! I mean show your face!! Who the hell are you guys!!”

“Please contact me!!!”

Duke Justia felt his head heat up with rage.

It felt like they were all ignoring me as a group.

Duke Justia strode down to the floor with a mad face and a blood dripping sword in one hand.

He stood in front of the maid who had been screaming earlier.

“You, what the hell are you hiding under that veil!”

“Lungs, Your Majesty. Yo, please forgive me.”

“Forgiveness? You guys are deceiving me, so why should I forgive you?”

Whoop!

“Is not having a son such a great sin!? Iriel is not your toy!”

Whoop!

“Oh my gosh! Your Excellency Duke! Duchess Justia!!”

Whoop!

“How could His Excellency do this to me… … !”

After that, Duke Justia wandered among his subjects and took off his veil as he pleased.

Each time, the faces of the people he had already killed in the past popped out from within the cotton thread and sprang up against him, spitting out resentment and hatred.

Every time Duke Justia’s sword moved.

squeak.

squeak.

squeak.

A civil war that killed dozens of people and became a sea of blood.

A silence fell.

Huh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh-

In the middle of it, Duke Justia, who was covered in red blood like her own head, let out a rough breath.

His face was contorted like a demon.

Those who had been screaming now shut their mouths and trembled.

“Cotton yarn… … . Take off the veil! Who the hell are you guys!!! dare… … . Those who are already dead step into my holy empire!”

Neither high power, nor pleasure, nor women, nor anything mattered to him anymore.

Only the blindness to bring death to those he had previously killed remained.

“Khehehehe. That… … yes. yes. these guys These losers… … . yes! You must want to take revenge on me! You must be unhappy that I became emperor and not want to admit it! However, this body has now become the emperor!! Became emperor!! Are you unlikely to be caught by the likes of you!!”

He couldn’t believe anything anymore.

“come!! Children who can’t even be spoiled!! Come!!!”

He swung his sword wildly in all directions with the corners of his mouth raised like a madman.

“hehehehe, I’m fine. It’s okay… … . No matter how hard you guys try to bring me down, the fact that I am the emperor is an unchanging truth!!!!!”