relief?
What liberation?!
After hearing the demon's whisper, the captain of the guard began to fantasize in accordance with that statement.
Since ascending the throne, the king has been burdened with the infamy of patricide.
Although he never said it, the head guard who always stood behind him understood.
Leonhardt was deeply troubled by that rumor.
Moreover, that rumor...
It's true.
In a sense, Leinhard II was indeed a king who ascended the throne by killing his father.
Even if it wasn't intentional, he did indeed stained his hands with the blood of his loved ones.
This matter has been tormenting the king day and night for more than a decade.
The king and queen are so loving, but why haven't they had children all these years?
Rumors circulating in the streets and alleys claimed that the former king, on his deathbed, cursed the son who had killed him to be childless, and the details were so vivid that many people secretly took it as the truth.
But those people don't consider what kind of foolish father would set such a stupid curse on his own son?
Some church members even said that King Inhart was punished by having no offspring because he angered the gods by killing his father.
This is utter nonsense!
The king was a devout believer, and his daily prayers never ceased from the time he was old enough to understand, and he never broke any of the rituals even though he was of noble birth.
Even the gods wouldn't have the heart to punish such a devout believer.
The chief guard, who grew up with the king as his best friend, knows the truth behind it all.
His Majesty is afraid.
He worried that he would pass on the fate of being forced to kill his father to his own children.
Leonhardt understood this pain, so he didn't want his children to experience the same thing.
Even though everyone was praising His Majesty's bravery and proclaiming his fearless courage, the Chief of the Guard knew the true nature of Leonhardt.
A benevolent king.
Because of his kindness, he has never been able to move on from his painful past.
He always kept in mind every comrade who died protecting him, and every choice he had to make.
Like shackles, they tormented the king day and night.
For King Leonhardt, what truly meant liberation...?
The chief guard, who had always wanted to share the burden with him, had pondered this problem for a very long time, but had never come to a truly perfect conclusion.
die.
The answer, which he had considered many times, flashed into the chief guard's mind the instant he began to think.
【die】
Once he could die completely, everything would be over, and he wouldn't have to endure the torment anymore...
No!
!
Feeling ice-cold all over, the captain of the guard felt as if the blood in his body had frozen; he didn't want to see that happen.
The captain of the guard knew where those rumors came from; having also come from the same family, he understood the nature of those greedy nobles.
Those nobles never gave up, and were like cold, venomous snakes waiting for His Majesty to reveal a weakness.
They claim to be noble, but deep down they are nothing more than a bunch of idiots who can only see profit. If the country were really handed over to them, the Kingdom of Laiyin would not be far from being destroyed.
But ever since the chief of guard decided to swear allegiance to Ennhart, he has severed ties with his family and completely broken away from them.
His past name no longer mattered; from then on, he was merely the king's chief guard.
He was the king's knight, but only a knight.
The Kingdom of Rhine has only one king now, and will always have only one king!
"No... Ugh! Ahhh!"
!
The captain of the guard tried to interrupt the demon's whispers, but his body remained frozen in place, unable to move an inch, just as it had been when he broke in.
His eyes were wide open; the only thing he could control was his own eyeballs.
What happened?!
He watched helplessly as the demon beside the king turned around and smiled at him.
!
!
His face was obscured, but one could sense the evil aura emanating from him.
no!
The captain of the guard wanted to resist, but he could do nothing and was forced to listen to the devil continue to bewitch the king:
"Don't you understand? You've all been fooled."
“You are not favored by the gods; at the very least, she has already abandoned you.”
What are you saying!
?
The captain of the guard was a devout believer himself, and he could not tolerate such blasphemous remarks from the devil, so much so that he wanted to curse him out.
nonsense!
The Kingdom of Rhine was built under the protection of the gods. If the gods did not favor us, why would they have done this?
It is utterly impossible to deceive the king with such words.
However, the head guard breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.
The captain of the guard understood better than anyone else how devout Leonhardt's faith was, even comparable to that of Bishop Charles, who had voluntarily moved to Greywater.
It should be noted that Archbishop Charles was originally qualified to compete for the position of the next Pope.
If he hadn't voluntarily withdrawn to uphold the purity of his faith, he would almost certainly have been chosen as the next pope.
His Majesty cannot be swayed by such words...
But at this moment, Lai Enhart, who had been silent all along, spoke up, causing the captain of the guard's relief to instantly crumble.
After a moment of contemplation, Lai Enhart asked:
Is everything you're saying true?
!
!
The captain of the guard tried to shout, but the king seemed not to see him.
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