NOVEL NEXT chapter 120
120 – Tomb of the First Emperor (1)
“Finally, Windsor has withdrawn from the Islands. It looks like he won’t be back during the academy break.”
A regular meeting of sins.
Chiron went straight to the point.
“To realize the plan, now is the time.”
“Keuhehehe, it’s nice to hear that.”
Ivan, who was given the position of ‘pride’ this time, let out an unpleasant laugh.
Chiron said without hesitation.
“I received the information from the last time well. Thanks to you, wasn’t it the splendid feat of safely infiltrating lust into the north?”
The sin of lust, Lilith.
Her specialty is illusion.
She specializes in handling human emotions, and possesses power so powerful that even the Archmage doesn’t notice.
She has now safely infiltrated the northern part.
The North is a land not permitted by warlocks.
The severe cold is fatal to wizards with weak bodies, so they have no choice but to use magic.
Her problem is that the ‘Queen of the North’ cannot fail to notice the currents of dark magic in her own domain.
That’s why Lilith bet on one of the ‘academy students’ the ‘secret art of the soul’. After obliterating her soul, she put her own soul into her empty body.
This esoteric has many limitations. Instead of worrying about being caught, the target’s mental power must be quite weak, but the amount of magic must be large enough to handle the powerful black magician’s soul.
“They said they really liked the shell. It’s not uncommon for a person to have a high amount of innate magical power, but not have enough skills. Besides, the shell seemed to have had some familiarity with Windsor. Thanks to that, she was called up north. I’m really lucky this time. It’s as if ‘that person’ is watching over us and protecting us.”
“Hmm, that means… Does that mean that no one can stop us even if we make a fuss?”
“Ha, but if you do something like that, the emperor will call Windsor.”
“Windsor is unjust.”
Anger sneered.
“They are tolerant of things that don’t happen before their eyes. Even if the empire perishes, Windsor will not move. Selfish things!”
“Kuh, don’t be like that too much. Thanks to… Couldn’t we make a big profit? It’s Chiron. Do you have any plans?”
Chiron nodded her head slowly.
“Retrieve one of the three sacred relics, the ‘crown of the first emperor’. At the same time, it creates a feud between the royal family and Windsor, creating a cornerstone for Lilith to retrieve the ‘goblet of magic’.”
Chiron got up from his seat.
It was made with a grave face.
“So kill as many as you can. No shortage of food for his resurrection.”
**
‘Phew, I’m tired of playing as a child.’
Victoria was extremely rare in expressing emotions. But now he was smiling brightly. It was the result of Louise’s efforts.
Thanks to that, Ruid’s ‘annoyance limit’ went up without knowing how high it was.
“By the way, son.”
“Huh?”
Victoria stood out and caressed Louise’s heart.
“Your mana has gone up.”
“My mana?”
“I think it went up by about 10%… I’ll have to measure it to know the details. Huh. It definitely went up.”
‘I can climb further from here.’
Ruid was genuinely surprised by the unexpected fact.
The horse is 10%, but in the first place, the magical power of ‘lazy Ruid’ is as wide as the sea.
It was never an amount to be ignored.
“Did you have an epiphany? Otherwise, it would be impossible for such a large amount of mana to rise.”
“Enlightenment… should I say I have an assistant. A very capable assistant.”
“Assistant?”
“Thanks to that assistant, I can use the 4th magic. Maybe that’s the cause.”
Victoria stroked Louis’ hair and praised him.
“Good job. I want to see that assistant, too.”
When the story of Ella came up, Ruid said she proudly.
“I’m going to bring you after I graduate from the academy. Ella is a genius. She will definitely be a great addition to our house.”
Victoria’s eyes lit up.
Northern home education places great importance on self-reliance.
So, there was a rule that you had to decide directly from servants to escorts and aides.
In other words, what Louis said was the same as saying that she had decided on an exclusive employee for herself.
Irene and Amelia haven’t even decided on their exclusive lady-in-waiting yet.
This would be the first time among her own children to appoint someone, but she didn’t know that it would be Louis.
“This is surprising. Do you care about other people?”
“He’s really smart.”
Victoria patted her Louis with a quiet smile.
“It doesn’t matter if you’re not smart. Take whatever Louie wants.”
Ruid was dissatisfied because it felt like he was being treated like a child.
‘It’s meaningless even if I say it a hundred times. You have to see Ella’s incredible talent.’
I felt a sense of duty to let Ella know how great she is.
“I can’t. Mom… no, mama Let’s go to the first line of defense.”
“Huh?”
“There is an assistant I mentioned on the first line of defense. I need to show her talent.”
Victoria’s face turned red.
‘It’s been a while… I can spend intimate time with her son.’
It was rare for Ruid and I to do anything together because we were busy with work.
Especially going out like this was one of the things I always wanted to do but couldn’t.
Irene agreed to do her own work for today, so she seemed to be fine.
Victoria put on a pleased expression.
‘He knows how to be considerate of me, how can he be so considerate?’
“Yes, on the first line of defense… ….”
Victoria gladly accepted, but her pupils widened.
“Did you just say that maids are on the first line of defense?”
“Not a lady-in-waiting, but an assistant. And I came here not for vacation, but as an academy professor.”
“Professor?”
“?”
Ruid was embarrassed.
It was because she had a face that Victoria didn’t know at all.
“No way… didn’t you know Academy students have been sent to the first line of defense for training.”
“What, what?”
Victoria was rarely taken aback.
She quickly realized the situation and she twitched her eyebrows.
“Irene… this year.”
“Ugh, huh?”
Victoria erased her angry expression in an instant.
She didn’t want to see her angry in front of her son.
“I knew Louie was coming, but she never heard anything else. It seems that the report was probably submitted as a document, but this important agenda…… “
Victoria stopped her words.
It was because there was a fact that came to mind.
-Oh, and I have something to report.
-Are you in a hurry?
-No.
-If that’s the case, we’ll sort out the minor reports later, and first investigate the movements of the monsters in detail…….
Victoria groaned and clutched her forehead.
It seems that I was too focused on the movements of the monsters in the 4th line of defense.
This was her own mistake.
“Isn’t it okay if I find out a little late? The first line of defense passed the wave. You are safe.”
Ruid said positively.
Victoria shook her head.
“I didn’t call Irene for nothing. It would be okay if nothing happened even if the first line of defense was emptied, but something happened.”
Victoria stood up with Louise in her arms. She
She left the room and headed for her office.
“Recently, quite dangerous ruins were discovered.”
“Ruins?”
“We haven’t found out what era it was from or what kind of ruins it was. Because I’m still investigating. However, given that it is very dangerous and the scale is quite large, it is highly likely that it is the ‘tomb of the first emperor’.”
Louis asked with her puzzled eyes.
“Didn’t Mama already know that?”
“Huh? Oh, there are rumors like that. Did you believe Louis too?”
Victoria seems to have regained her composure, and she smiles softly.
“It is to deceive the grave robbers.”
“A grave robber?”
“Since you’ve been to the Ruido Islands, you understand, right? More than a thousand years have passed since the death of the first emperor, but the legacy still continues. Since he is the first emperor of mankind, there are many oral traditions and legends.”
Even Ruid knows about that legend. That’s right, she read about 1000 novels and was fed up with anything about the first emperor.
Thousands of sacred spirits are sleeping, or the all-powerful secret wish to grant any wish is asleep.
Even when she fell asleep in Academy Square, she heard many stories about him.
“Of course, there are many people who are aiming for it. That’s why rumors spread that only the Duke of Windsor knew the location of the first emperor’s tomb. If you want to know its location, the only way is to find me.”
“Ah.”
“Because of the first emperor’s will, there is a saying, ‘Eternally enshrine your luggage in the northern snowfield’. If it wasn’t discovered, what opinions would the greedy nobles of the empire suggest? It is a lie that our ancestors told to prevent that.”
Ruid understood perfectly.
But at the same time, I had this thought.
‘I’m curious too?’
Even in the original novel, the tomb of the first emperor does not appear.
The tomb of a mythical being.
Even in my previous life, I thought that I wanted to see the tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang or the tomb of King Arthur on the screen.
The first emperor was a great man who achieved the greatest achievements of this era.
It was natural human psychology to want to see it.
More than anything, this makes the man’s blood boil.
Ruid’s eyes twinkled.
Victoria saw that her son was quite interested and she laughed as if she was adorable.
“You look like you want to see it.”
Louise nodded her head five times.
“It doesn’t matter what Louie sees. You are my beloved son, the one and only Prince of Windsor. However, the others will not.”
Victoria stopped her steps.
The background had changed before I knew it.
This is the 1st and 9th lines of defense.
This is where the gates that lead to a total of 9 defense lines are gathered.
In addition to the gates, crystal balls were placed one by one in this mysterious space so that the situation could be known.
All eight crystal spheres are colored green, which means that they are in a stable state.
However, there is only one crystal ball of a different color.
The 4th line of defense. Only there it was orange. It means “A bit dangerous”.
Seeing that, Victoria’s expression hardened. But it was only for a moment.
Victoria put Louis on her floor. She crouched down to make eye level.
She looked right into Louis’ eyes, she said.
“It is a secret that the unidentified ruins could be the tomb of the first emperor. Even externally, I am supposed to know the location of the tomb of the first emperor.”
“Mama, but wouldn’t that be fine? You wouldn’t know by looking at the ruins anyway.”
Victoria’s eyes sank as Louis questioned her.
“Louis is right. However, she gave one order to the Knight of Windsor who ordered to investigate the ruins. If someone other than Yeong Ji-min discovers the ruins investigation site, shoot them.”
Louise let out a sigh of relief.
“That’s fine. Because Amelia is leading.”
She thought it was good that she had left Amelia alone.
But Victoria’s expression on her face was still frozen.
“Louis. Do you trust Amelia?”
“… ….”
‘Sorry sister.’
Louis couldn’t bear to refute Victoria’s words.
“Of course, Amelia is a very, very nice girl… The ability to deal with monsters is not lacking at all as a Knight of Windsor- but the experience of leading people is still lacking. Moreover, if it is a student, unexpected actions will happen.”
Ung-
At that time, the color of the crystal ball changed once more.
Victoria turned her head.
The 4th line of defense.
The crystal ball there was dyed red.
“…… I would like to go with you if possible. It looks like something happened.”
Ruid asked a question.
“Do you believe me?”
Victoria smiled softly.
“Of course. Louie is smart.”
… Although Amelia feels a bit pitiful for some reason.
Ruid had something to say.
“Irene noona too?”
“…… Louie, then Amelia would be so pitiful.”
‘I knew… !’
That was more too.
Anyway.
“Then let’s go together.”
“Huh?”
“You trust Irene noona, right? He will take care of it. Irene noona is strong.”
‘I want to show that Ame noona has grown too. I want to show you my assistant too.’
Ruid wanted Victoria to go with him.
First, I felt sorry for Amelia because she was too cold.
The second is Ella Brag.
Fortunately, she knew how to get what she wanted.
Louise hugged Victoria’s arm.
She looked up at the most confident angle, she said.
“I want to be with Mama more… no?”
“… !”
Victoria squeezed her heart.
Just now, she thought her heart stopped.
No, it may have already stopped.
Aegyo!
How cute is that blunt kid?
‘I’ll have to save today as an anniversary and designate it as an official holiday.’
Victoria was determined.