Chapter 123 (1/2)

I hate how they've interfered with my plans.

And to have the woman I had chosen as my wife taken away from me is a shame far worse than death.

Once Monica and I were married, I was going to make sure her body knew its place in the hierarchy.

I planned to stain her innocent face, smother it and dye it in my color down to the marrow of her bones.

Manyu Brigade, this will be the last time you stand in my way.

You made Monica break her engagement to me.

I won't forgive you, Toru. I will kill you.

I bite my thumbnail as we travel back to the capital.

”Zig, your face is scary! Guess you couldn't stand it when she broke off your engagement!☆”

”............”

”Hey, Aide, what do you think?”

”....I'm not interested.”

”You're not very nice. You don't shine enough ☆”

”Mm...”

Well, I'm sure once I've defeated the evil dragon, Marquis Birfrell and Monica will have second thoughts.

They'll realize how foolish it was to break off our engagement.

I'm going to stomp on yours and your daughter's faces once our positions are reversed.

”One of the Evil Dragon's subordinates has been defeated.”

The words the Queen said really bothered me.

”It can't be... Who did it?”

”The Manyu Brigade. Damn, I didn't think that human had that much power. You know where I'm going with this. We can't let a human kill the Dragon. He'll ruin my reputation for recommending you.”

”I'm aware of that.”

From the way the Queen mentioned them, I guess they have come here. They're like rats, scurrying everywhere.

But there's nothing to worry about, not yet. He's only killed 1 of the 3 subordinates.

As I was thinking that, a knight burst into the room.

”Pardon my intrusion! Your Majesty, the Dragon's second subordinate has been defeated!”

”What!?”

”It was a party of adventurers called the Manyu Brigade that slew him!”

That's ridiculous. Impossible.

In such a short period of time, he defeated the second subordinate.

What's wrong with those people? Ever since we met at that village, they haven't stopped interfering with me. First Monica, and now this?!

A second knight bursts into the room.

”The Dragon's third subordinate has been defeated!”

”What!?”

”He was killed by the Manyu Brigade.”

”Zig! Hurry up and head towards the Evil Dragon!”

”At once!”

I could feel the Queen's impatience.

If the humans defeat the Dragon, it will be a huge failure for me as a hero and for the royal family with the queen at its head.

I will lose all my honor... Not only me, but all the elves of this country.

We absolutely must avoid being the laughing stock of other nations.

But how could a mere human defeat three of the Dragon's strongest subordinates?

Perhaps they must have used cowardly methods.

Humans are greedy and cunning.

I wouldn't put it past him to have slaughtered them in a way that an innocent elf would never have thought of.

Another knight appeared in the audience chamber.

”The evil dragon has been defeated by the Manyu Brigade!”

What?

It couldn't be.

The whole place was bustling.

He was defeated by the humans.

We were able to retake the sacred land, but now the image of our country is completely ruined.

Our nation, which proclaims that elves are the best and strongest of all races, has no place here anymore.

Anger permeated my mind.

I had never been humiliated like this.

My clenched fists trembled slightly.

”Damn you, Manyu Brigade!”

”You're angrier than usual ☆ But aren't you glad we took back the sacred land?”