Chapter 156

Yubel, who had nothing to do, just sat on his armrest and swayed happily.

Time passed in such a short time, but... on the day before the National Day, something had already happened, and it was even a major event that shocked the entire imperial capital.

Fleiss, the captain of the Imperial City's Magical Agents, one of the most powerful magicians in the Empire and even mankind, was found dead on the street along with one of his team members on his way home at night.

The team members were poisoned and died suddenly, but Fleiss had quite a lot of injuries and was also poisoned.

To be precise... it was the poster girl who quietly stabbed him in the back, and then the librarian suddenly manipulated the material and directly smashed the buildings on both sides of the street.

The store manager sent a hidden arrow through the window sill of the building, accurately hitting his shoulder. The priest and nun used goddess magic to temporarily cut off the sound and air.

All the weapons used by the assassination team were poisonous. Through deliberate calculation and unintentional calculation, Fleiss, who was severely injured at the beginning...the most famous combat force in the empire was killed, but all the members of the team succeeded. He escaped wholeheartedly.

"....As expected of the top assassination team selected to assassinate Celia, they are really powerful against magicians."

Ash was sitting on a bench in the park, looking at the latest information in his hand, and couldn't help but admire their outstanding abilities.

Although there is nothing he can do for a warrior and magician like him, when dealing with the fragile glass cannons of magicians, when these are actually performing tasks and hiding their aura, even Fulian cannot detect them, and they use all possible methods. Assassins...it's really not difficult to kill a magician.

Even if Fulilian and Feilun were targeted, they would still become more dangerous.

But this time once they took action, the assassination team directly became the empire's number one target, causing Ash to make a special trip to the church.

He encouraged everyone in person and gave them a large bonus, promising to ensure their life safety. At the same time, he also arranged new residences for them... and arranged them next to his stronghold so that they would not have to worry about it during this period. Go out casually.

After all, we still need to use them as bait to see if we can catch any powerful characters.

It would be best if we could fish out the brave men who might appear.

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The first day of National Day.

The kingdom's spies sent news through magic tools, and they have determined that the Holy Sword is fake, but there is no answer yet as to where the real Holy Sword has gone.

In this season that was supposed to be a joyous occasion, not only Ya Xiu was feeling heavy, but even the Imperial Capital was in a similar mood.

Although the entire imperial capital was setting off magic fireworks, there were not many people celebrating on the streets.

Guards and even the army were patrolling the city, filling the otherwise festive air with a tense atmosphere.

"On the day before National Day, the captain of the Imperial City's Magical Agents, Fleiss, was assassinated... This is definitely a slap in the face of the Empire."

On the street, Fulian looked at a tall bronze statue and muttered to herself, but her eyes occasionally turned to Ash who was standing beside him.

Fei Lun was more straightforward and asked in a low voice: "...Master Ash, couldn't you have done it?"

"Are you so worried about me? Now that things have happened, how could I do something that would irritate the empire? Is it possible that they were their assassins who finally couldn't stand the unfair treatment and turned against them?"

"...Compared to this, who is this uncle? Why do you feel like you often see this uncle here?" Zanze knew the whole thing, but he just raised his hand and pointed to the bronze statue in front of him.

"Because this is the great magician, Volame, and of course there are statues of her everywhere in the empire." Fulilian glanced at Zanze thoughtfully, but without questioning, she looked up at the sculpture again and explained with a sigh:

"As the founder of human magic, Volamei is a hero who taught magic to the empire thousands of years ago. Without her, the empire would not be as prosperous as it is now. It is even estimated that there is no empire now, so the National Day is also a celebration. Feast of the great deeds of Volame."

"....But I remember that Volame is a female...right?"

"The empire has been tending to exaggerate and deify these heroes since a long time ago. Of course, it is only limited to the deceased, so it will always 'optimize' people to a certain extent."

"Wait a minute, I heard Master Ayi Xiu say that Scar, Sailibaai is the dream of Master Ling of Volaumei, and she is even the adoptive mother who raised Volaime, right?"

"....I know what you want to say, but I don't understand politics and I can't answer your question. Besides, they are indeed white-eyed wolves. Maybe nobles are like this?"

Even though this country was almost the brainchild of her master, Fulian was ruthless in her evaluation. However, when it came to the issue of nobles, she focused on Ash again.

Normally at this time, he would give Fulian a good or bad beating to punish her for looking through the cracks in the door, but...

"...I am not a noble, after all; I have always believed that the people around me are more important than the country. By the way, in my eyes, you are all more important than the kingdom."

Unexpectedly, he only had a gentle smile, and while speaking, he brushed his fingers over the heads of the three girls like plucking strings.

This move made Fulilian frown: "How many times have I told you not to touch my hair? By the way...you can actually say such disgusting words. Sure enough, I was defrauded of my private money and you have something to do with it." relation?"

"....Are you still thinking about your private money after all this time? Were you cheated again yesterday?"

"....I just bought the potion yesterday. I wanted to study it this morning, but it has lost its effect, but it cost me...a gold coin!"

"I'm curious, how much private money do you have left?"

"...I want you to take care of it!"

Just thinking about being defrauded of the last large amount of currency, Fulilian unconsciously pursed her lips and almost cried. Now she just turned away and ignored the guy who didn't open the pot.

"It looks miserable..." He was already accustomed to this and didn't care. He just patted her on the head.

Feilun was shocked when he saw this scene: "Master Ash..."

"What?"

"...You don't even take schadenfreude."

"So, who do you people think I am?" He was so surprised that he couldn't help but raise his hand to pinch Fei Lun's soft face: "I am a gentle and kind-hearted good person, how could I laugh at my companions? ?”

"But normally you would say 'you deserve it' or something like that."

"Don't talk nonsense. How could I say such heart-wrenching words to my dearest friend?"

He let go of the girl's face and just rubbed it.

Feilun didn't pay attention to these actions. He just stared into his eyes as if he was exploring something, and revealed mercilessly: "But last time Ms. Fulilian bought the pot, you said Fulilian Master Lian deserves it, right?”

"That's why I suddenly realized my conscience and became kind-hearted."

"....What happened?"

"Why do you say that?"

"I don't know, I just feel like you're a little strange...so I'm a little uneasy too."

"What is this?" He shook his head and laughed, but then gently rubbed her head, running his fingers through her long purple hair: "It's okay, nothing in this world can kill me, I promise you."

"...Sure enough, something happened, right?"

"..."

What's going on? Why is this child, who is usually quite dull, suddenly so sharp now? ——Ash was silent and looked away slightly.

This made Philan directly stretch out his cold hands and press it on his face: "What were you said? Things you don't want to say will be like this... Avoid my sight, please tell me honestly, What happened?"

"It's okay, everything is still under control."

"What exactly??"

"...There's no big problem, it's just that the holy sword was pulled out."

Although he didn't want to say anything, under Fearon's expressionless questioning, he still revealed with a distressed expression the only thing that worried him recently.

At first, Fei Lun nodded subconsciously and didn't feel there was any problem. He just thought about it deeply but frowned again. Even Fulilian, who was still sad at first, straightened his face at this moment and glanced sideways in surprise:

"Holy Sword... is it true?? That thing that has never been pulled out has actually been pulled out? Why?"

"You ask me, who should I ask?"

"....Is an unprecedented world-destroying crisis about to occur? Are you in a world-destroying crisis?"

"I don't think so." This was the only thing he denied completely. At least he never thought about destroying the world or exterminating mankind.

"Then you are hated by the goddess?"

"You know what you are asking, why do you think that when the holy sword is pulled out, it must be used against me? Do I look like a bad guy??"

He directly flicked Fulilian's head with his fingers, causing her to scream in pain, then she covered her head and said angrily: "——What are you doing?? Am I not helping you think of a solution?"

"Actually, it's not a big problem. As long as we find the brave man before the empire, and then use the king's order to kill him... Well, I mean, just take him under his banner."

"Huh? It seems possible?" As soon as the idea came up, Fulian unconsciously tapped her palms, and suddenly realized: "And from the Village of Swords to here, you must pass through the Kingdom without taking a detour."

"If a brave man refuses or rebels against the kingdom, he will no longer be a brave man, and he should not even be qualified to use the holy sword." Zan Ze, who had been depressed these days, couldn't help but his eyes shone when he heard this idea and refused to nod. He agreed: "And if you refuse the king's order, you will become a complete criminal."

Although no one knows how to authenticate the holy sword, if you are truly brave, you should not refuse the king's order... no matter how absurd it is.

At least most of the stories, as well as the rules of this world, are basically like this.

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Although the plan proposed by Yaxiu does sound good, Zanze also thinks it is the safest way.

After all, the country has never failed when it comes to suppressing the brave. It doesn't even need a king, even if the nobles always have a stable pressure.

Because not to mention the brave men who drew the holy sword but had no achievements, even if Fulian and the others had successfully defeated a corrupt sage and sealed the corrupt sage before, they would soon have to deal with the real brave men of the Demon King. It is not the same in the north. Forced by the nobles to help him find the lost family sword first? If he can't be found, he will go to jail.

Even when I had no clue, I was forced to search for a long time.

If it were the king's order, could the brave man refuse? Definitely not, unless you want to become a criminal.

And in this world's system, does Ash, who holds the kingdom in his hands, still need to worry about the heroes? ....That is what a serious demon king needs to worry about. He is not a demon king, but the controller of the human kingdom.

Of course, this theory does not sound problematic at first glance, and in fact it is indeed very feasible.

But after thinking about it more deeply, Zanze felt that it was not so safe. No one really knew what the actual status of the holy sword was, what its limitations were, and what capabilities it had.

Someone who uses the Holy Sword? Is he really a brave man? What if it's a villain? After all, even if two-thirds of humanity was wiped out by demons, the Holy Sword remained untouched... None of those brave men who constantly saved the world and fought against the demons had ever pulled out the Holy Sword.

After thinking about this historical experience, Philan also felt that things would not be that simple.

But during this festival time, she didn't say much more. She just lay on the guardrail of the observation deck, overlooking the street view and fireworks below, and whispered softly:

"...The holy sword that has never been pulled out for so many years is suddenly pulled out...will it really be solved so smoothly?"

"Wait a minute, Philon."

"Master Ash...?" Feilun felt the warm touch of a big hand on his head, but his face was full of confusion.

However, Ash's expression was quite serious. He couldn't help but look around. After stopping at one position for a while, he was basically sure that there was no one else on the observation deck, and he directly scolded the three girls:

"——Did you miss an important point?"

"...What's the matter?" His sudden seriousness made Zanze tilt his little head, and question marks seemed to appear on his head.

Fulilian also said with an expressionless expression: "We helped you think of ideas, but you are still alive - it hurts!?"

"That's the problem!" Before Fulilian could finish her words, he flicked her forehead with his finger again, looked at the girl who was covering her head coldly, and said seriously:

"Obviously I haven't done anything yet, why do you all start each topic with the premise that I will be the target of the Holy Sword? Make it seem like the Holy Sword can only deal with me? When did I become the Demon King? Or? What did I do to threaten the mainland with genocide?”

"This, this..."

"Indeed, it seems not...?"

"...."

When Fulilian and Feilun heard this, they really couldn't explain it. Zanze habitually fell silent when he didn't know how to answer.

Am I really that bad in the eyes of these people? Or are my goals that big? ——Looking at the three guilty people, Ya Xiu felt mixed emotions in his heart, and he didn’t know how to say good things to them.

Although, the previous words were just comfort, at least he actually felt that the effect might not be very good.

After all, if the goddess is really targeting him, then the hero's qualifications will not be easily canceled... and the hero will not be solved so easily.

But will the goddess really target him? ....Actually, he wasn't too sure either.

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After the depressing topic is over for now.

Feilun, who looked like a young mother, pretended that nothing happened, silently took out the blanket she had prepared earlier, and invited them to sit on the bench on the observation deck.

Because this observation deck is located on the middle floor of the Imperial City, you don't need to be at the guardrail. Just sitting on a chair, you can clearly see the street view of the Lower City and the rising magic fireworks.

Fulian sat next to Feilun very cooperatively, and gradually relaxed in the warmth. She leaned her whole body lazily, and her head naturally rested on Feilun's shoulder.

The two of them cuddled tightly under the same blanket. This scene inexplicably revealed a kind of mother-daughter warmth and harmony... It made Ash want to complain when he saw it.

Frilian closed her eyes unconsciously, immersed in the haze of falling asleep, while Fearon gently lifted a corner of the blanket and called softly: "Master Ash? Why don't you come with us?"

"I'll forget it and go ahead with Zanze."

Ash sat silently, keeping a certain distance from everyone, his hands resting leisurely on the back of the bench, staring deeply at the gloomy sky.

In the distance, fireworks continue to bloom, colorful and dazzling like a kaleidoscope, making people unconsciously intoxicated.

But at this time, Zan Ze tilted his head slightly. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly blocked Ash's sight. He opened his lips lightly and said with a little hesitation: "Master Ash, I..."

"Huh? Well...it's a bit crowded here. It's a bit inconvenient for four people to sit together. If you don't mind, you can sit here with me."