Chapter 39: He Was a Useless King

Chapter 39: He Was a Useless King

===Secret of a Certain King of a Certain Small Kingdom===

W-W-W-W-WHAT SHOULD I DOOOOOOO?!

A fat, middle-aged man was screaming helplessly while pacing around his throne.

He was the king of Tana Kingdom, Leonhardt the Second.

Calm down, Your Majesty. Remember, you're the top dog of this kingdom. What do you think will happen to the citizens if they know that you're panicking like this.

And the one who warned him was the young prime minister who wielded his wit to assist Leonhardt.

He was a genius who managed to win over the position of the king's right-hand man despite only being in his thirties.

Like hell can I calm down in this situation!

And yet, Leonhardt was still screaming anxiously despite that advice.

To think that the great disaster-class monster the No Life King is coming to this kingdom! There are bigger countries, right?! Why the hell is that guy coming to this small country that'll disappear with just a single flick from him?!

Leonhardt was currently racking his brain to make a plan to deal with a certain world-threat-class existence, whose appearance was confirmed in a small frontier village in his kingdom. It was the No Life King.

Unlike the Romana Kingdom which had a long history, he was wondering why that monster came to a small, insignificant kingdom like Tana.

Leonhardt was at his wit's end; he couldn't help but curse at this unfortunate event.

No, wait a minute that's right! This small kingdom barely has any charm for that undead! Now that I think about it, the origin of this news was the two adventurers who just returned from that small village! That information might be inaccurate since there's only two eyewitnesses! Yes, it must be their imagination! They're just imagining things!

Leondhardt persuaded himself, trying to run away from reality, but the young prime minister mercilessly jolted (kicked) him back to reality.

Your Majesty. Although that village is located deep in that vast forest and almost impossible to traverse by foot, geographically speaking, that village is close to Romana Kingdom. The No Life King was last seen in Romana Kingdom, but it's plausible that he suddenly appeared in our kingdom's territory.

HNGHHHHH!

Leonhardt groaned when his delusion was quickly dismissed by the prime minister.

In addition, we need to make preparations for the worst-case situation. Since the No Life King appeared, the first thing we need to do is confirm his route.

A~H, A~H, I CAN'T HEA~R YOU~!

Leonhardt covered his own ears, still trying to escape from reality.

The young prime minister heaved a sigh and then muttered in small voice.

This useless king.

Hey, WHAT DID YOU SAY JUST NOW!

No, I didn't say anything. Just asking myself, even though the two of you are kings, why are you so different from the hero king of Romana?

LET ME TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO YOU! ANYONE WILL BE TROUBLED IF THEY'RE COMPARED TO THAT MONSTER OF A KING! THERE'S EVEN A RUMOR THAT HE SINGLE-HANDEDLY CHALLENGED THE NO LIFE KING!

Naturally, no one is going to compare Your Majesty with the hero king. In the first place, this kingdom is already very lucky if you have a tenth no, a hundredth or even a thousandth of the abilities of that king.

EEEK! WEREN'T YOU JUST LOWERING THE SCORE OF YOUR OWN KING JUST NOW! I MEAN, EVEN SOMEONE LIKE ME WANTED TO BECOME A GREAT KING LIKE THAT HERO KING TOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Hiiii

Your Majesty?

The king screamed for some reason just by hearing her say No Life King.

The young man who stood beside the throne coughed lightly as if to remind the king.

U-Uhm Of course, I know about that. The great disaster-class undead who suddenly appeared in Romana

Yes. You might know about this, but that undead is suspected to have crossed the border. He might be wandering in your kingdom at this very moment.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

??!!

Limule was greatly perplexed upon seeing Leonhardt suddenly scream as if he was at his wit's end.

Just when she was wondering what happened to the king, the young man from before knocked Leohardt's head with a bulky stack of documents.

BUH?!!

Leonhardt fainted immediately upon receiving that critical hit.

Eh?

That young man then spoke with a smile toward the bewildered Limule.

My apologies. His Majesty seems to be overexerting himself with his duties as the king. If it's okay with you, do allow me to hear your story.

I-Is His Majesty really okay?

Don't worry about him. A short nap is all he needs. Rather than that, please continue with your story about the No Life King. Actually, His Majesty and I were in the middle of making a countermeasure plan against that undead a while ago. To be honest, a certain adventurer duo said that they saw that man in a certain village in our kingdom.

As expected.

According to the detailed report, that village's location was really close to the border of Romana Kingdom in the great forest.

As you already know, our kingdom is so insignificant that it'll be blown away with just a single sneeze from that undead. On top of that, we don't have a charismatic and strong king like the hero king. All he can do is wail in panic without having any sort of plan like a pi

You were about to say pig, huh.' was what Limule thought, but she decided to hold back from retorting.

The politics and governing of the kingdom weren't her problem.

Fortunately, the transmission of information in our kingdom is fairly slow. Though many of our citizens still have no idea about this matter, I'm afraid that it's only a matter of time before a great panic happens due to the spread of the rumor. Naturally, we have no war potential to subjugate the No Life King either. As you might expect, we're completely at a loss

The man was probably really worried about the kingdom.

Thus, Limule said to him.

Allow us, the Holy Knights of Saint Melt Religion to deal with that No Life King. We're also equipped with the secret weapon to purify the undead. We'll make sure to not leave even a speck of dust of that undead behind.

Naturally, she was bluffing.