Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Tbe Icea Commander

"Prince Huey 'Star Seeker' Eindel, the great sinner."

When his name was called, Huey slowly raised his head.

A relaxed smile hung on his slightly sleepy face. Wrapped in chains, Huey was sitting in a chair inside the court,

Eindelgrass' court, which was hundreds of years old, was badly burned. The marble pillars and wooden beams, which had the dignity of time, were all broken and darkened.

One could see the blue sky clearly through one side of the ceiling. On the circular bench, which had barely maintained its shape, old officials sat in a circle. Huey was in the middle of them.

Standing right in front of Huey, the old Minister of Justice picked up a hammer and hit the burned desk.

"Focus, Prince Huey!"

"Yes, yes, I'm focusing~!"

Huey, who spoke cheerfully, grinned,

The Minister of Justice said with a disapproving face.

"You are the temporary commander-in-chief of the Kingdom of Eindel, and you have a duty to protect the Kingdom. Do you admit it?"

Huey nodded refreshingly.

"...I admit it."

"Three days ago, you personally planned and implemented an operation to set fire to the capital after bringing the Brunhilt army into it. Do you admit it?"

"...I admit it."

You were well aware of the damage the royal family would suffer from during this operation, but you did not even give a word to either our ministers or His Majesty, Do you admit it?"

"Yes, I admit it~"

When Huey answered playfully, blood vessels stood on the court members' foreheads.

"This punk...!"

"What is he doing in a sacred court...!"

King Turin III put his chin on his hand silently and looked down at his son.

"Prince Huey! Don't take this issue lightly! Your sins are very serious!"

Huey smirked at the Minister of Justice's cry.

"No matter how heavy it is, it will not be heavier than treason..."

"Prince Huey!"

The Minister of Justice's voice began to rage.

"You burned down the 500-year-old capital of the Kingdom of Eindel, and destroyed the facilities on which the Kingdom was based! Citizens lost their homes, believers lost their places of prayer, and even the royal palace, the heart of the Kingdom, was destroyed!"

"You have made the royal capital a ruin in the name of stopping the enemy! Do you admit this?"

"Yes, I admit it~"

Huey was now openly mocking him. The Minister of Justice, whose face was red, stormed to his feet.

"Prince Huey! Answer seriously! Your neck could cut after today's court!"

"Threatening a dead man with his life..."

Huey, who was grumbling, now crossed his legs.

"However, I stopped the enemy. Don't you admit it?"

"Don't change the subject, Prince Huey! This court was designed to bury you for burning the royal capital!"

"If we want to discuss the results, shouldn't we say the cause first? Huh?"

With a shrug, Huey looked all over the officials.

"I stopped the Brunhilt army, with its most vicious Third Corps. No, I didn't stop it, I killed them all."

"And I even captured Canis, the bravest of the seven Dragon Knights."

He grinned.

A ridiculous smile appeared on the youngest prince's lips.

"Among all you old men who are judging me, who could do something at that level?"

Bang!

One of the court members punched the table.

"You punk! Is that a reason for burning the royal capital? That little victory did us a great deal of damage!"

"Then what the hell did you want!"

Huey shouted louder.

"Ugh..."

The speechless official shut up,

"You don't want to surrender, and you don't want to make sacrifices to win? That's ridiculous. Can't you do simple arithmetic after you get old? Or is everyone here suffering from dementia?"

"Old...?"

"Dementia...?"

The court members opened their mouths wide at the abusive language.

"You have to lose something to win! You can't get anything without a price! Someone has to die to win!"

Huey, who was screaming, looked up with his bright red eyes.

Sitting in the middle of the court, he turned towards his thoughtful father.

"Yes, I burned the royal capital! It's a ruin that will never function as a capital again! Instead, I won! And I think this victory is worth more than this city."

"Aha, hahaha, ahahahaha! Hahahahaha!"

His laughter did not stop easily. When the faces of the officials started to look displeased, Huey suddenly stopped laughing,

Then he slowly opened his mouth, expressionless.

"Hey, old men. Let me ask you one thing."

"...?"

The court members exchanged views, Huey asked his question slowly.

"Do you want to be noble during the war?"

There was silence.

It was the Minister of Justice who answered. The old man closed his eyes and struggled to answer,

"...As a human being, I want to maintain the minimum dignity."

"Then there's a good way."

Huey rose with a grin and spun around in place.

"Let's bite our tongue and put a knife in our stomach. Let's cut off the neck of the person next to you."

"What..."

"Let's disappear beautifully. Rather than live by struggling against an enemy you can't beat, just give up! Let's all go to hell together."

Huey, who climbed onto his chair, shouted brightly.

"Let's kill ourselves in honor of the Ki ngdom of Eindel!"

"What are you doing? Not right now? Huh? So? What are you doing?"

Huey, who was giggling like a clown looking around the officials, shouted.

"Listen up, you morons! We don't stand a chance!"

"If you keep your principles and fight only according to them, you will have less than a chance in billions of billions of billions of billions to win!"

Huey pointed his finger to the east. His arms were tied, so he looked more desperate.

"They are monsters! Even after we managed to catch one, there are five more human weapons that can slaughter our troops by themselves! And there are six more still in their country!"

It was an eloquent and passionate speech.

"They break our gates like a storm, and they make blood shower by wielding their swords. Six! Six of them would have destroyed this capita I by themselves!"

Gulp.

The court members all swallowed dry saliva at once.

"I don't care if the soldiers are afraid of me or not! I can't even promise to protect your life! I'm will ing to drive the soldiers to death! If necessary, I'll kill them all with my own hands!"

Huey, who was still shouting, suddenly stopped talking. He calmly shook his head, let his blond hair scatter over his face and whispered in a low voice.

"But there's only one thing I can promise,"

Overwhelmed, the Minister of Justice finally asked, stuttering.

"Wh-what is it?"

"Victory."

Between disheveled blond hair strands, his sinister red eyes flashed.

"I will win."

"Even if I build a tower with allied bodies and burn all our hometowns, I win."

Huey was clearly crazy.

"And what this country needs now is a victory. Isnt it?"

But there must have been a fascinating charm in that madness.

"I'll ask you one last time."

Huey turned to his father.

Still, Turin III was expressionless.

The King looked carefully at his youngest son and the last Joker of this country with a tired gaze.

"What this country needs now... Is it an honorable defeat? Or is it a dirty victory?"

Thud.

Huey, who sat in his chair again, shook his head.

"If you choose the former, then cut my neck right here and hang my head in front of the gate."

The officials exchanged glances. Everyone looked confused.

"But if you choose the latter."

Huey's dry lips rolled up on both sides, drawing an evil smile.

"Im the ideal commander you are looking for."

Silence engulfed the court again.

The officials, who were sweating, turned to the King one by one.

Turin III looked at his son with tired eyes until the very end.

"So-."

Huey stuck out his red tongue to moisten his lips. His fangs flashed white.

Like a devil inciting a contract, insidious and dangerous.

Huey looked at his father and asked.

"So, which one do you choose?"