Chapter 74 - Mea’s arrival (2/2)
「No, I kind of feel like he is being a hindrance right at this very moment…」
When baffled, I muttered that the captured Aifa himself replied instead of Yuri.
「…Don’t worry about me. Please, take Fiatora and run away.」
Being told that by Aifa, Yuri cutely tilted her head.
「It might be a little difficult. We promised to cooperate with Schwartz-sama.」
The emperor howled with laughter hearing Yuri’s reply.
「Cooperate? Fu, haha, AHAHAHHA! You seem to be a remarkable magician, but you are still a little child on the inside! Did you think you wandered into a fairy tale? Did you think you learned all about Schwartz way of kingship from his talk?」
The emperor asked, laughing in contempt. As Schwartz and Fiatora gritted their teeth Yuri blinked in bewilderment.
「Indeed, I thought it was a revolution story akin to those in heroic epics, is it not?」
When Yuri asked so in return the knights and magicians that were guarding the emperor, broke out in laughter unable to bear it.
However, the emperor, on the contrary, assumed a disinterested expression and leaned back in the chair.
「……So you were but a mere idiot. I had my hopes high since Aifa and Schwarz asked for your assistance and even resolved to take the throne from me… How boring.」
The moment the emperor said that and raised his hand, about to give some kind of order to the knights, Yuri took one step forward and raised her voice.
「Now, I wonder about that?」
Hearing that line, that was clearly implying something, the emperor raised an eyebrow and asked.
「What does that mean?」
Yuri donned a soft smile seeing that the emperor showed hints of interest.
「How is it for a person of such stature as Your Majesty is to make a judgment based purely on appearances…」
In response, one of the knights raised his voice before the emperor could reply.
「What are those insolent words…!」
I gulped seeing a knight scream at the top of his lungs while pointing the sword at us.
In the current state, we could lose our lives with one word from the Emperor. And because they knew that, Schwarz and Fiatora stood without moving, holding sword and staff in their hands.
But Yuri just calmly nodded, as if she didn’t see the situation at all.
「Aware of my impoliteness I would like to say. Your Majesty. Most likely, this is the last chance. Would you please hand over the emperor’s throne to Schwartz-sama in a peaceful manner?」
The moment she said that, angry voices erupted from the vassal knights and magicians. Among them were some knights ready to slash at us at any moment and magicians that raised their staffs in preparation.
However, the Emperor, Konigs Blau, looked at us in bewilderment, then switched his glare to Schwarz.
「…In short, you still have troops lurking in the castle? Either way, I think there is no point to them were you to be suppressed right at this spot.」
The Emperor spoke indifferently, then uttered one short order -「Seize them」.
Immediately after that, loud rumbling sound of destruction came from somewhere. Accompanied by the ground shaking impact it stopped the knights in their tracks.
Then, the door to the throne room was destroyed from the outside.
Along with the massive doors and fragments of the walls, soldiers clad in full armor were rolling on the floor of the throne room.
「…! Capture them, quickly!」
The knights rushed abiding orders of the Emperor, who was the first one to regain composure. The magicians that stood at some distance, all commenced their attack in the direction of the entrance.
As expected from the guards of the throne room. They are quick and accurate in their actions.
However, their spells were easily dispersed with a swing of an enormous arm.
A huge familiar silhouette suddenly appeared in the hall.
「We, we are saved……!」
I yelled while desperately dodging blades slashing at me.