How the Shadow of the Marquis Lives

Chapter 170

“What are you doing?”

The reason why the prince found himself.

Xian didn’t really know what it was.

To say he wanted to ask about the Glacier White Spirit and the missing Queen Garcia was long after the incident had taken place.

He wondered if he had come to punish himself for rebelling against the Empire in the past, but it wasn’t like that.

If he had intended to catch it in the first place, he would have done it right after he arrived in Everwhale.

“Move your seat.”

When Xian asked, Prince Isaac smiled and spoke.

With some doubts in his heart, he followed the prince into the carriage.

Carriages clatter through the city.

The place where the carriage arrived was the place where the agreement had been reached until yesterday.

It was the site of Everweil’s academy.

‘It’s been a while.’

Looking at the scenery of the academy from the carriage, I thought it had been a long time.

More than two years have passed since I left here.

If he had been attending the academy without incident, it was already time to prepare for graduation.

‘It’s surprisingly neat.’

The grounds inside the academy were well organized, unlike the one that had been closed for two years.

It must have been managed by soldiers or students from the Empire stationed during the war.

“Actually, I wanted to talk with you two from before.”

While the wagon was moving slowly through the premises, Isaac brought up the story first.

It seemed that he had already decided to get to the point.

“You mean with me?”

“okay.”

“I don’t know why the prince is showing interest in me.”

Isaac answered Xian’s words.

“Why not? You say you’re an apostle of the Demon Dragon King?”

At those words, Xian narrowed his eyes.

It’s already been explained that it’s a misunderstanding… … .

It was after all misunderstandings were resolved as Queen Elia, the only one she had been suspicious of, disappeared.

“Huh, you’re also naturally virtuous.”

Then the prince slightly raised his hand.

Right after that, a stream of water was created from his palm, and he started drawing a small whirlwind.

Xian’s eyes widened slightly.

“that… … .”

“I know, too. It is the power of the lord of Haeryung.”

surprised.

No, it was not at all unpredictable.

How did the Empire join hands with the Dark Magic Tower?

It was clear that that person would use the power of the King Haeryung, the actual ruler of the Black Magic Tower.

but.

‘I never thought he was a prince.’

I had never imagined that the person would be the prince himself.

Even the small whirlpool that rose in Isaac’s hand was small to look at, but had tremendous power.

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Just throwing it right now could make a city this big wet with a storm.

“How can you and the Princess Haeryung… … .”

“I have a little bit of a close connection with them.”

Isaac said with a strange smile.

The nuances of his words were so strange that they could be interpreted in many ways.

Because of his close connection with the Black Magic Tower, he was introduced to the contract with the King Haeryung.

Or, there is a close connection with the Haeryeonggung herself.

‘If it’s the latter.’

It is not an ordinary contractor if it is enough to attach the proviso of ‘intimate’.

That means, in other words, the apostle of the bastard.

“… … You hid it well.”

I wouldn’t know if it was within the empire, but it was unexpected that I was able to hide it even here.

In this agreement, there were many strong people around Isaac.

Queen Elia, who harbors hatred for the Dragon King and hated other demons to the same degree.

As a member of the Cheondo League, President Zerech and the Saint of the Jeonghwa Church were chasing after the Black Magic Tower.

Although not directly related to demons, Gen Aslana and General Roderick are also among the strongest on the continent.

To think that all this power was hidden among them.

Even Xian himself, who has the power of the Dragon King and Psyche, did not notice Isaac’s power until just now.

“What is this? You weren’t caught by the saintess either.”

Isaac sends a look as if he wants some kind of sympathy, but Xian just sheds tears.

I don’t know how he was hiding it, but it must be different from himself.

It was thanks to Ravi that he was not caught.

“So why did I find it?”

Anyway, I learned something important about Isaac.

But that didn’t solve Xian’s question now.

Why did he invite himself and talk secretly from inside the carriage?

“There is only one reason why I found you.”

Isaac answered Xian’s question with a narrow smile.

“Let’s hold hands. Cyan Agrid.”

Hearing that, Xian thought.

“The giants are all dead, but the power of the Princess Haeryung remains intact. If the power of the Dragon King is added to that, it will not be a task to bring glory to the empire again.”

This guy is still out of his mind.

* * *

In the beginning, the Empire raised its troops in hopes of the help of the King Haeryung and the Dragon King along with the power of the giants.

The giant’s power was able to be used well, and Prince Isaac was able to use the power of King Haeryung.

The Demon Dragon King, who had been expecting it, was silent.

It was for this reason that General Roderick came to Everweil shortly after the war began.

In order to steal the primitive magic from Everwhale and use it as bait to lure the Demon Dragon King into the game.

As a result, the primitive magic was stolen by Zerech and handed over to Xian, and Roderic’s steps became useless.

“So I was going to look for Pamela Drake in the next room.”

Isaac licked his lips and shook his head.

“In the end, she couldn’t find it. I couldn’t find out where he was hiding.”

Hearing Pamela’s name, Sian’s eyes narrowed.

can’t help but find it

Perhaps Pamela was already in Hell at that time.

‘Come to think of it, what did the Demon Dragon King do with Pamela’s corpse?’

He said he would take him to his sister, Shamilla, but he didn’t say how long.

Could it be that when Shamilla dies and is buried in a grave, she will be buried next to her?

In any case, he seemed to know what Isaac was trying to say.

So now.

“Are you saying the reason the empire lost was because the demon dragon king didn’t help?”

Isaac is not admitting defeat.

The invasion has already failed, the troops have been bitten, and the end of the war agreement has just finished.

Still he had no intention of ending the war.

“The tone is a bit like that. I don’t mean to put the blame on the Demon Dragon King. I just want to say that if he is there, the next war will be a surefire victory.”

That’s why I called Xian.

The saintess didn’t notice, but as an apostle of the lord Haeryung, he caught the dragon king’s aura in Xi’an.

At first, I wasn’t sure because it was long.

However, he was convinced when he saw the Fairy Queen shouting at Xian that he was an apostle of the Dragon King.

Shian is an apostle who hides power like himself.

“This continent is largely divided into four areas. The Somer Empire, the Glacial White Spirit, Jakarta, and the Grave of the Giants.”

“Yes.”

“You know? Only one of them belongs to us humans.”

“Aren’t you stupid if you don’t know?”

Glacier Baengnyeong is a country of half fairies, and Jakarta is a kingdom of beastmen. The Grave of Giants is an uninhabitable land full of scams.

Almost all humans living on the continent lived in the Somer Empire.

“Don’t you think it’s too narrow?”

“… … .”

“The population of the empire is several times that of Glacier Baengnyeong or Jakarta. Take the two together and multiply them by five, so that’s probably equal to the population of our empire? But the land they occupy is the same.”

At Isaac’s words, Xian shut his mouth.

“The population of the empire continues to grow, although it is still being accommodated. Even after 5 years like this, it will be cramped, and after 10 years, it will be suffocating. After 15 years, even feeding all the people of the empire might be daunting.”

“… … You are looking far away.”

I wanted to say without knowing the immediate outcome of the war, but I held back.

But did Xian notice what he was holding back, or was he thinking about it as usual?

Isaac said with a wry smile.

“The defeat of the war is my mistake. Admit it. But, shouldn’t people make the same mistakes over and over again?”

“So you’re going to bring in the Demon Dragon King through me? Do you have any thoughts about not going to war?”

“I told you. The land of the empire is getting more and more cramped. Territorial expansion is inevitable.”

Sian kept his mouth shut.

He didn’t agree with Isaac at all.

In the first place, he had never been in a position to feel that the land of the empire was cramped.

Because to him in the past, one villa was the whole world.

but.

‘Return to the Empire.’

Only one of them touched my heart.

It’s not because I want to go back to my hometown or anything like that.

‘The Marquis of Agrid.’

Verfed Agrid.

Because he thought he couldn’t get his name back without a deal with him in the end.

It would be impossible to avoid him forever and run away from the land of the empire.

“I’m not interested in the prince’s future plans at all, but I’m thinking about going back to the empire.”

Xian told the truth without adding or subtracting.

However, it sounded completely different to Isaac, who knew him as an apostle of the Dragon King.

“Yes, I need time to think, is this? I get it. Expect a positive answer.”

From Isaac’s point of view, Xian’s appearance has only been shown as ‘becoming prudent because of his proposal’.

Xian noticed that he was mistaken, but didn’t bother to correct it.

Because it was better for me to be misunderstood.

“The ecliptic is scheduled to depart in four days. Let’s go home together then. I don’t know if something happened in your family that caused you to run away, but if you want, we can arrange a place for you in the imperial capital.”

“Thank you.”

Isaac holding out his hand. Holding her hand, Xian responded appropriately.

While Isaac was still burning with the fire of ambition that had not yet been extinguished, Xian’s head was filled with completely different thoughts.

‘marquis.’

It was only the thought of the Marquis Agrid and a set of resolutions.

* * *

Time passed and the day to leave for the Empire arrived, and Xian said goodbye to familiar faces.

After exchanging greetings with Gen, Ran, and Shan, he came to see Zerech.

“I’m going back.”

“yes. Is the president here?”

“of course. It will still take some time, but I’m thinking of starting the academy again.”

he spoke in a determined voice. And the next moment, I looked at Xian with slightly softened eyes.

“When that time comes, you too will come back to learn. You haven’t forgotten that you haven’t received your diploma yet, have you?”

At that, Xian laughed.

He was already past the point of taking classes at the academy, but he was grateful for Zerech’s proposal nonetheless.

“Let me think about it.”

Xi’an’s voice, when he said that, was full of a much more positive feeling than the one he had given to the prince before.

As a child, his world consisted of a villa in Agrid’s estate.

And the first place I saw after coming out of there was this place, Everwhale Academy.

This place was also a place with a lot of connections for him.

That’s how he broke up with Zerech and embarked on a journey to the imperial kingdom with Isaac.

Several wagons and knights on horseback. And the way the infantry with spears marched in groups.

It was the first time Xian had moved with such a large number of people.

Time passed like that.

Eventually, the party arrived at the city called the heart of the empire, Russkaya, the imperial capital.