Chapter 207-208 – Politics Is Not for Everyone
"As you instructed, we have taken control of the entire castle."
"What do you mean? You've taken control of the capital…"
The queen frowned as she was puzzled by the knight commander's words.
I also lightly patted Agnes' shoulder, as if to show off our relationship.
"Good job. You came at the right time."
"Agnes, how did this happen? Did you defect too?"
Agnes, who had been avoiding the queen's gaze, finally looked at her. Her voice was calm but restrained.
"I'm sorry. I think it's time for both the queen and me to pay for our sins."
"What do you mean…!"
"Now, we have to leave quickly. Get dressed too."
I spoke while untying the ropes that had still somewhat bound the queen's hands and feet, but her eyes remained fixed on the knight commander.
"You're repaying the favor you received from me in this way? I shouldn't have accepted trash like dark elves—yaaaaah!"
"Get dressed."
"Are you crazy? How dare you touch the queen's ass…!"
"Do you want to be fucked more?"
"Ugh…"
"Get ready to leave immediately. And be careful what you say to Agnes from now on."
The queen said nothing further and obediently picked up her clothes. Once fully dressed, she asked, "…Where are we going?"
"You should go to the castle and inform them of your sins. Use that book as proof."
As I spoke, I pointed with her chin to one wall. Through the secret door left open all night, the corner of the glass tube holding the prophetic books was visible.
"I thought so too. But do you think I'm going to let you do that?!"
"What?"
At that moment, the queen reached toward the book of prophecy. A light emanated from her hand. I tried to suppress it, but it was too late. She smiled triumphantly.
"What did you do?"
"If you're curious, why don't you go check for yourself?"
"Agnes, please see if there is anything wrong with the prophecy."
"I understand."
Agnes nodded and entered the secret space. Soon, a panicked voice shouted.
"No!"
"What's wrong?"
"The book of prophecy has disappeared!"
"What?"
"Hehe. The Goddess' Prophecy is crucial to the elves. Did you really think they would have no emergency preparations?"
She said the prophetic bookd had disappeared, but it probably hadn't vanished from the world entirely.
As she mentioned, it was an item of utmost importance. She must have used magic to move it elsewhere.
"Where did you move it?"
"Why should I answer? That's too bad. No one will believe a human without solid evidence."
The sarcastic expression on his face made me angry. I was about to slap her again, but I stopped.
When I thought about it calmly, it wasn't really a big problem. Originally, the plan was to make her confess and pay for her crimes. But the order had changed. Now, all I had to do was punish her first to elicit a confession.
"…Let's go now. Agnes, please bring this woman."
We left the queen's room with her.
The queen was walking with her wrists tied with rope. She was muttering as she looked around the quiet hallway.
"Why is there no one in the hallway…?"
"You'll find out soon."
The place we finally arrived at was the queen's throne room.
Nermedia's expression was filled with astonishment as she opened the large door and entered.
"Oh, this can't be happening…!"
The throne room had been occupied by the knights. All the elves in the castle—including servants, maids, and disarmed guards—were gathered and kneeling. Armed members watched silently.
There probably wasn't much difficulty for the knights to take control of the castle. Except for me, the twenty-two knights had the kingdom's best military power.
When they had faced the ogre before, they couldn't use their strength properly. That was because the monster had an unfamiliar and fatal ability called magic blockade. But they were able to easily suppress the castle guards.
"Oh, queen…"
"Even the queen was captured…!"
"Ah, goddess… Why this ordeal!"
The elves sighed one by one as they saw us entering the throne room. However, the queen's eyes were not on her subjects.
"Baby!"
Iril knelt, lowering her head away from the other elves. Beside her, Rize stood guard with her sword raised.
"What are you doing to Iril? She is the princess of this country!"
"Don't worry. Her limbs are fine."
"You couldn't have done something foolish to that child…!"
"No, I didn't. I just needed a little help getting into that room."
"What? I was wondering how a human got in there…!"
The queen's fierce eyes were fixed on me. She mistakenly believed I had forced the princess into the secret room to read the prophetic book.
But she didn't know the truth. The princess being held captive was staged. Not only that, but the messenger who informed the knights of the queen's sins and helped take over the castle, following my instructions, was the princess herself.
"Let's go."
I took the queen, who was still in shock, and led her to the throne.
Kiella was sitting on the throne to my left, and to my right, the queen knelt with Agnes holding a sword to her neck.
"Kiella. I should have noticed earlier that you were distracted like a snake…!"
Kiella did not respond to the resentful queen. She just stared straight ahead.
After a while, I shouted to the elves looking up at the throne.
"You all probably don't understand the situation! Why is the castle occupied, and why are the queen and princess captured? Let me explain!"
"…"
"This woman has committed a sin no queen should commit! She has betrayed not only the elves here but the entire kingdom!"
A heavy silence fell over the throne room, but I shouted regardless.
"Queen Nermedia disobeyed the prophecy of the elf goddess, Louis Noir, for her own self-interest!"
"What?"
"Nonsense, Queen…?"
The elves, who had begun to grow noisy, fell silent again at the orders of those around them.
"It was written in the goddess' book of prophecy! Once the demon king targeting this land is defeated, Sword Harmoniere will fully belong to the hero, and the hero will become the leader of Elora!"
"The hero will become the leader?"
"The hero who defeated the demon lord??"
"What has the Queen done?"
"But the queen, afraid to step down from her position as leader, disobeyed the goddess' words and murdered the hero!"
"Well, that can't be possible!"
"The queen killed the hero…?!"
"How could she disobey the goddess' words!"
The confused elves' voices filled the throne room. The sounds were growing louder than the knight members could control.
What calmed the panic, even if only briefly, was the queen's voice.
"Everyone, calm down! Everything he says is a lie!"
"Queen…!"
"Just as I announced five years ago, the hero threw himself into the fiery pit along with the Demon King to protect Elora! This was also in accordance with the goddess' prophecy!"
Even in this situation, lies were being told. Politics was rarely straightforward.
I was curious how far the nonsense would go, so I listened in silence.
"It makes no sense for me, who should lead my elf sisters according to the goddess' words, to disobey the prophecy! This is a lie from someone who wants to take over the kingdom and fulfill his own desires!"
As expected, it played out this way.
I decided it wasn't worth listening to any more excuses that were so predictable.
"Then show the goddess' prophecy to everyone here. Let it prove that the queen is wronged."
"Ha! You call that a trap?"
"What?"
"You stole the book of prophecy! You even threatened the powerless Iril!"
"Stealing the goddess' book of prophecy—such blasphemy!"
"Ah, poor princess…"
The elves were shocked when the princess' name was mentioned. This gave the queen's voice even more power.
"You took the book of prophecy to hide your lies, and now you ask me to prove it? Are you insisting that what I say is a lie because you can't prove it? If what you claim is true, then bring the book of prophecy and prove it!"
Even though it was a hasty idea, it was a solid one.
If the queen tried to kill a player like that without knowing where she had hidden the book of prophecy, I would have no way to prove her lie.
And in a situation where there was no evidence, it was obvious that the words of the queen, who had been together for a long time, would matter more to the castle elves than to me, a human.
"Yes, the queen wouldn't do that."
"It's a pity that the princess is being used by this human…"
"The queen has been captured, so why aren't the royal wizards coming…?"
As expected, public opinion leaned toward the queen. The eyes of the elves on me were filled with hostility, as if they were facing a villain. But…
'Doesn't matter. No, I rather like it.'
"I do not have the prophecy. It is the queen who hid it. However, since there is no way to prove this, I and her knights will take over the castle until the truth is revealed. So…"
Feeling all eyes in the throne room on her, she took a breath and continued.
"The Queen's personal affairs will be managed by me and the knights, and Chief Justice Kiella here will lead the kingdom as Acting Secretary of State. If everyone here does not reveal this to the outside world and cooperates with state affairs, we will guarantee the same quality of life and safety as before. I will ensure it!"
The gathered elves murmured among themselves.
Some criticized me, saying my goal was to obtain the kingdom. But this atmosphere suited me perfectly.
This was a battle between me, trying to get a confession, and the queen, trying to hold out until the end. When I win, the stronger the elves' faith in their queen, the greater their sense of betrayal will be.
Am I confident I can get that poisonous queen's confession? Of course. Up until now, I had won every battle.
I would surely corrupt her, reduce her to her lowest level, and make her lose everything she had.
"Try as much as you can. I will never lose to a human blinded by greed."
Meanwhile, the queen recited her lines, conscious of her subjects' gaze. She answered with a confident smile. I was also curious to see how long her mask would hold.
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