Chapter 144

EP.144

Early in the morning, Victoria opened her eyes.

“....”

Victoria’s face was wet with cold sweat.

It was my first sleep in a long time due to frequent waves, but it was not comfortable.

I had a nightmare.

It is a dream in which Luid, his only son and the most precious being, is eaten by the devil.

“house owner.”

I looked up and saw Rosalie next to the door, leaning against the wall with her arms crossed.

“woke up.”

Victoria stood up.

I tied up my loose gown and asked about the situation.

“What is the current situation?”

“As expected, the apocalypse is beginning. “Starting here from the 9th defense line.”

“I don’t think the time Irene promised has passed yet.”

Irene went alone into the depths of the North and made a promise from the mighty Mine.

It is to postpone the catastrophe a little. The promised deadline has not yet passed. It’s too early.

“Because it’s Mine. Mine generally enjoys lying.”

Victoria felt strange, but dismissed the sense of déjà vu.

In the end, it doesn’t change that you have to fight.

“Right. “Let’s go right now.”

“It’s still okay. “Thanks to the tens of thousands of monsters we killed yesterday, it will be quiet for a while.”

“is it.”

Victoria glanced at the moonlight outside the window.

Then he asked Rosalie, whose expression was obscured in the dark.

“Then why did you wake me up?”

“It’s because of other important agenda items. “Someone who is not a monster wants to covet the North.”

Rosalie took a few steps closer and held out the scroll to Victoria.

It was a message imbued with the dazzling scent of the imperial family. This means Hwangmyeong.

Victoria turned on the small light next to the bed and unfolded the paper.

“Windsor accept the imperial command.”

Rosalie didn’t bother to recite the imperial command with her mouth.

Even in the dark, her red eyes shined brightly.

“In return for Windsor’s dedication to the empire for 1,000 years, the imperial family long ago freed itself from the [private soldier quota system for nobles]. “You can raise knights to your heart’s content and strengthen your troops.”

Victoria’s eyebrows twitched.

“But that was only allowed to protect the empire from monsters. It is not intended to brutally murder knights of the glorious empire with that sharply forged sword.”

Victoria closed the correspondence.

I already fully understood its contents.

“Windsor, who murdered Sophia Queensberry and brutally murdered the knights for her. Disband all troops immediately and kneel down to apologize to the empire. If you disobey this, the Prime Empire will no longer recognize the Duke of Windsor as its jurisdiction.”

In other words, it meant the same thing as depriving him of his title as Duke.

Victoria closed her eyes for a moment.

Rosalie asked coldly.

“house owner. “Order.”

“Irene is the only troop that can be called out.”

“It is impossible to deal with the empire with just Irene. “Windsor has a more certain card...”

“stop.”

This situation cannot exist.

The current Emperor Lucius may be a bit indecisive, but he was not a foolish emperor.

But issuing this order means one thing. Someone made a move and took control of this situation.

And there was a high possibility that that someone was from Windsor, not from the Empire.

The escape route would have been completely blocked, leaving only extreme options.

in short-

“Irene has moved.”

Victoria was sure.

Rosalie, who found out what was going on, tried to remain calm.

This is because I trusted Victoria’s insight.

“Rosalie. “You keep expressing opinions that go against my will.”

Victoria thought of Luid.

There was a subtle anger in his voice.

“Is it because you are on Irene’s side?”

Rosalie didn’t answer. That was enough of an answer.

“understood.”

Victoria looked somewhere.

Sometimes I had accidents and behaved like a child.

In this way, it is no different from my previous life.

He is just a pathetic unemployed person.

‘Maybe I was afraid of this power.’

Ruid stretched out his small hand into the air and squeezed it.

No matter how unambitious it may be.

Living like you do now with this power is...

yes, to borrow Irene’s words, it is a ‘waste’.

Even if you sleep, it is better to sleep and conquer the world.

At least let’s leave a much bigger footprint than the ‘first emperor’ who was viewed as pitiful.

That’s what Ruid decided.

“Louis. I’m here.”

At that time, Irene came in.

Ruid looked happy, but then shouted in embarrassment.

“Noona, put some clothes on!”

**

Irene was sitting on her knees in a calm posture in front of the mirror, blinking.

Whiiing-

Ruid stretched out his hands and was blowing warm air towards Irene.

Since it was the Middle Ages and there were no hair dryers, I usually dried things naturally, but it was so frustrating to see Irene wiping herself with a towel all day.

‘By the way, you look like Amelia because you have your hair down.’

Irene always braids her hair. So it felt calm, but now it looked kind of cute.

“That’s a good feature. “Louis.”

“...I am not an artifact.”

“My hair is drying quickly.”

Irene looked amazing.

‘Now that I think about it, sister Irene doesn’t have any servants?’

“Do you always dry your hair by yourself?”

“huh. generally.”

“...what about the maid?”

“doesn’t exist.”

Irene said, raising the corners of her mouth.

“Because everyone is scared.”

I’m sorry, but Ruid sympathized.

Irene’s unique atmosphere is difficult to approach unless you are family.

“Because I don’t want to see that.”

“It must be lonely.”

“are you okay. “Because Louis is there.”

Ruid stopped the wind. It was because Irene’s hair was completely dry.

Irene brought the back of her hair forward and slowly began braiding it.

He seemed very skilled, perhaps because he did it every day. My hands were slow, but my hair was braided in no time.

Irene brushed her braids back and stood up.

Ruid glanced at Irene. Now this is Irene as usual.

‘But somehow Irene seems like a modern person.’

I had that feeling.

There is nothing strange about her style of clothing being brought into the 21st century.

A white blouse and straight black pants. A slightly long tie. It’s just an ordinary suit.

Irene put on a black coat and checked her outfit one last time.

“Louis. “You should wear a coat.”

“huh.”

“And a scarf.”

Irene took care of various things for Ruid.

“Up to that point...”

“I have a cold.”

Irene spoke firmly and wrapped me in a scarf.

Not only that, he said it looked cold so he put on a thick robe underneath his coat.

Ruid’s words that it was okay because there was temperature control magic didn’t make any sense.

Ruid, who was almost forced to put on several layers of clothes, opened his eyes and checked his appearance in the mirror.

‘This is a penguin.’

“Louis, let’s go.”

Irene held out her hand to Ruid.

Ruid sighed softly and held Irene’s hand.

“To destroy the empire.”