Chapter 61 - Chapter 9: Exception #3 (1/2)
Chapter 61 - Chapter 9: Exception #3
If the first court gathering had caused waves, the second one was shocking.
The demon king had directly ordered a new mission at the court gathering.
This was unprecedented.
As soon as the demon king left the room, In-gong almost fled to the waiting room and covered his face with both hands. He sat down in a waiting room chair and breathed out a long sigh.
'What is the demon king thinking?’
Demon King Mitra.
He was the strongest among the sura that was known as the best combat species.
He was paying attention to In-gong and it wasn’t just an accident.
He had noticed something about In-gong. The demon king had given In-gong a new mission... This wasn’t common for the court gatherings. The development from the first court gathering hadn’t exploded and leaked.
In-gong had once again realized the existence of the demon king from the first court gathering, something he hadn’t paid attention to when he played Knight Saga. Although the demon king had showed up at the court gatherings, he had simply watched without speaking and never gave out any missions or commands.
The existence of the demon king was the final boss on the Day of Massacre.
However, people called the demon king the ‘fake final boss’. The reason was that the condition of the demon king, Mitra, wasn’t normal.
The demon king was suffering from a disease.
He didn’t know exactly when, but it was likely that he had been ill the whole time in Knight Saga.
The demon king had hidden the disease, so hardly anyone in the Demon World had known about it. Even Zephyr, the main character of the Demon World, hadn’t known about the demon king’s disease until there was a direct confrontation.
If he had known about the demon king’s illness, the Day of Massacre would have occurred much earlier.
For Zephyr, the children of the demon king had simply been ‘enemies’. He had never once been afraid of Chris and the others who had strength.
However, the demon king had been different. Zephyr feared his power. He had aimed to surpass the demon king’s strength and once he judged that he had accomplished it, the Day of Massacre occurred.
From In-gong’s point of view, as someone who was trying to stop the Day of Massacre, it was good that Zephyr didn’t know about the demon king’s illness. Just like the secret of Caitlin’s birth, he was going to keep the secret of the demon king.
‘I don’t know what the demon king is thinking. Is it good that he has an eye on me? Does he want to raise me to become Zephyr’s rival?’
If he was the same as the demon king in Knight Saga, he wasn’t crazy like Zephyr, but he was the demon king for a reason. He respected the law of the strong in the Demon World and took for granted that the strongest of his children would become the next king.
Even at the moment when Zephyr stabbed his chest, the demon king was pleased that Zephyr was able to surpass him, despite being angry at the deaths of the queens and other royal children.
‘I don't know. I can’t decide if this is good or bad.’
Looking back, it almost seemed like the demon king was trying to raise In-gong. The demon king might be giving support because he knew that In-gong had no background with the death of his mother.
He recalled the eyes of 4th Princess Anastasia when she looked at him. 3rd Prince Victor, who was standing beside her, had a shadowed gaze.
And Zephyr, when In-gong glanced to the side, his face had been blank.
His face had been very stiff. It had only been for a few seconds, but In-gong remembered it clearly.
He hadn’t been able to read any anger or wrath from Zephyr. Rather, it seemed like he felt somewhat pleased. It was just like the demon king at the first court gathering.
“Shutra, Shutra, Shutra.”
Felicia flopped down next to In-gong and cried out. She almost seemed like Caitlin.
However, Felicia had a pale face instead of Caitlin’s shining eyes.
She grabbed In-gong’s arm and asked,
”That... He... Is Abamama painting a target on you? Isn’t this going to cause you a lot of pain?”
In-gong opened his eyes. It could be interpreted in this way.
'Come to think of it, doesn’t this seem right?’
Anastasia would almost certainly try to keep him in check now. In addition to Zephyr, the draconians were expected to make movements. The captains and other people in power would determine their attitude toward In-gong according to their factions.
It was likely that the demon king truly was making a target out of In-gong.
Maybe this was his method of nurturing In-gong.
In-gong cut off these thoughts for now. The information about the intentions of the demon king was too lacking. The situation was already like this, so he needed to face it.
“It seems like I won’t be able to rest properly under Prince.”
Carack complained. In fact, it wasn’t wrong to say that there had been no period of rest since the day that In-gong had first arrived.
Felicia leaned back in her chair. Like In-gong, she sighed deeply and said with folded arms,
”Anyway, it is really extraordinary. Not only did Abamama give a mission but the mission was given to Shutra.”
Her voice was quite serious. In-gong looked hastily at Felicia.
”What does that mean?”
Had there already been a person for the mission?
Felicia frowned slightly before saying,
”Didn’t you hear that a general had already failed the mission? The mission was almost certain to go to Zephyr orabeoni. (Orabeoni= more formal way to refer to an older brother.) The general that failed is a draconian. Zephyr, who is a draconian, should be the one to resolve it.”
So, that was it. The shock was bigger than the last court gathering when his name had been called.
No one had expected the 9th Prince to be in charge of the 2nd Prince’s task. It wasn’t like In-gong had suddenly taken over Zephyr’s task, but there was a precedence in this world. Felicia and everyone at the court gathering had thought that Zephyr would take on this mission.
In-gong remembered Zephyr’s gaze.
He had a white face like a statue and dark red hair.
Zephyr resembled the demon king, thoroughly hiding what he was thinking.
Carack, who was still listening, raised his hand and asked,
”If a general failed the mission, then isn’t it a very difficult task? What type of general is he?”
”General Kashubal is a intermediate level general below Vandal’s rank.”
Delia was the one who answered the question.
The independent structure of the Demon King’s Palace was quite simple.