NOVEL NEXT Chapter 42
2 hours ago.
“Hey. Let’s go drink now.”
[Really?]
“Yes.”
[Ohhh! You’re the best Otto.]
Kairos was thrilled when Otto allowed him to take control of his body (?).
Although his expression is a bit off, like when you have some erotic thoughts.
[Hehehe! Finally, the kid keeps his promise! Hehehehe! Am! Of course! If you owe someone, you have to repay the favor!]
[Come on! Hurry up! Give me your body!]
“Yes.”
Otto willingly lets Kairos take control of his body.
It wasn’t difficult to give up his body.
When Otto allowed it inside his mind, Kairos’ soul naturally took control of the body, and Otto’s soul clung to the mace.
[Oh my. How did you survive here for hundreds of years?]
The inside of the mace was a space of emptiness.
Nothing existed, and nothing could be seen.
there was only a soul existing in the void-like space…
“Hehehe… Do you understand now? How much I suffered?”
[Hmm! I kinda can.]
“If you understand, stay quiet until I finish drinking to my hearts content.”
[Whatever.]
As soon as Kairos took control of Otto’s body, he left the room.
“Young master, where are you going?”
Then the captain of the guard blocked Kairos’ path.
“I’m going to drink.”
“Yes…?”
“Did you stick mushrooms in your ears? I said I’m going to drink.”
“If it’s alcohol, you can tell the attendants, and they’ll bring it to you.”
“What?” Kairos glared.
“Are you suggesting that I drink alone in this shabby room, cooped up like a prisoner?”
“That, that’s not what I meant, but…”
“Guide me to the lively streets right now! You have to drink until you’re satisfied in a lively atmosphere to truly taste the flavor of alcohol!”
“Young master, it’s dangerous right now. The outside is bit…”
“Damn it!”
Kairos exclaimed.
“How can those guys protect me? No one in this world can protect me but myself!”
“……”
“Can’t you even guide me properly?”
The captain of the guard was very confused by the sudden change in Otto’s attitude.
‘What’s going on? Why did his tone change suddenly?’
At that moment,
“Captain of the Imperial Guards.”
Camille whispered to the captain.
“There is a reason for this, please don’t be alarmed and just go along with it.”
“What do you mean?”
“I’ll explain the reasons later.”
“Um… but there are many who have their sights on the young master….”
“It’s not a situation where we can talk about it now. Please endure just for tonight. I beg you.”
“If the Knight Camille says… then I will do it.”
In the end, the captain of the Imperial Guards led Kairos to the city center of Koutachi Kingdom.
To the place where the crowd was most gathered…
***
Going out into the city, Kairos took a seat at an outdoor bar and ordered over ten different dishes, while drinking the strongest alcohol by the bottle and making a raucous scene.
“Yeeaaahh!!! This is great!!!”
After hundreds of years of solitude in the timeless void thanks to being trapped in the mace.
Kairos was so happy to taste delicious food and drink again.
On the other hand, Otto was anxious.
[Hey, you crazy bastard!]
Otto cursed at Kairos.
[Slow down a bit! You’re already on your fifth bottle!]
“Noisy! You don’t know anything about drinking! In my heyday, I’d sit and drink for three days and nights straight, downing more than a hundred bottles!”
[Are you crazy to say that! That’s my body you’re talking about!]
“But we made a promise! I’ll return it to you after enjoying, so don’t bother me!”
Regardless of what Otto said, Kairos enjoyed the food and drink to his heart’s content.
“I’ll cover the bill for everyone’s drinks tonight! Eat and drink to your heart’s content, my friends!”
He was in such a good mood that he even treated the other customers in the store.
Even though he was broke.
“Hey! Don’t just stand there stiffly, come over here and let’s have a drink! Did you say your name was Camille? You’ve been working hard! How tired must you be from chasing that rascal around? Hahaha!”
Kairos even brought in the guards and Camille to join in the drinking.
‘Damn! Wow, he’s a total social animal.’
Otto clicked his tongue at Kairos’ behavior.
Kairos was a typical atmosphere maker at a drinking party, easily mingling with people he had just met and passionately drinking.
Seeing Kairos like that, Otto couldn’t help but be in awe.
‘No wonder he rose to the position of emperor with that kind of charisma. He must have had many followers.’
As the festive atmosphere of the drinking party grew livelier,
A middle-aged man and a group of swordsmen appeared and stirred up a commotion.
“I’m sorry, but you can’t meet Master Otto right now. Please leave.”
“What?”
Kujo glared at the captain of the royal guards.
“You dare to block my way?”
“It is by the command of His Highness the Grand Duke.”
“Hah!”
Kujo looked incredulous.
“Do you think I would openly try to kill that guy?”
“Of course, you wouldn’t, but meeting like this goes against proper etiquette. So please leave for now and meet formally in a more appropriate setting…”
-Slap!
Kujo slapped the captain of the royal guards across the cheek.
“…!”
“…!”
“…!”
The once pleasant atmosphere froze in an instant.
Kujo was known as the next king of the Koutachi Kingdom.
(TL: One info I forgot to mention that ‘KOUTACHI’ is a principality (or princedom) monarchical feudatory or a sovereign state, ruled by ‘KOUTACHI’ generation to current generation ‘Conrad’.)
Now, he had just slapped the cheek of the captain of the royal guards, which meant big trouble was sure to follow.
“…Do you even realize what you’ve just done?”
A sinister smile appeared in the corner of the captain’s mouth.
He was Conrad’s most trusted subordinate, a faithful servant among faithful servants.
Kujo’s actions were nothing less than a blatant disrespect towards Conrad, the king.
“Uh, that’s….”
Finally coming to his senses, Kujo realized the seriousness of the situation.
He had lost his composure due to the thought of losing his position as the heir to the throne to Otto, and it was a grave mistake.
Despite avoiding getting caught up in such situations for years….
‘Damn it…. It’s all because of him. I lose my cool.’
At that moment,
“How dare you… ruin the atmosphere of my long-awaited drinking party like this…?”
Kairos stood up and approached Kujo with firm steps.
***
“Kneel down,” Kairos commanded Kujo.
“If you ask for forgiveness, I will generously overlook this incident.”
“What…?” Kujo was bewildered.
“How dare this clueless b**tard… speak to the next head of the family like that…”
That was as far as he got.
– Crack!
Kairos grabbed Kujo’s face in his hand.
“Arkk!”
“I don’t repeat myself.”
“K…kuh…”
“You’ve seriously dampened my moods. Unforgivable sin”
With those words, Kairos grabbed Kujo’s hair, slammed his face into the ground, and…
-Crack!
The sickening sound of flesh hitting the floor echoed through the room, as blood spilled out.
“My lord!”
“How dare you!”
Kujo’s guards and swordsmen tried to intervene, but Conrad’s personal guards prevented them from saving Kujo.
“This is a matter between the Koutachi family’s direct descendants. No one is to interfere.”
Meanwhile…
“You have nerve to…”
“Aggh!”
“Interrupt my fun time?”
“Kreuk!”
“NOBODY! NOBODY EVER HAVE RIGHT TO DO THAT.”
Kairos mercilessly beat Kujo.
Kujo tried to counterattack Kairos, drawing his sword in the midst of it all, but it was futile.
Kairos was an absolute tyrant who had dominated a past era.
Even though he was currently borrowing Otto’s body, his class hadn’t changed.
“What? Are you rebelling?”
“Grr!”
“I warned you.”
Kairos grabbed Kujo by the hair and growled.
“Don’t whimper in front of me again.”
At that moment,
“Ugh, hee-heeeee?!”
Kujo, who locked eyes with Kairos, saw a certain illusion.
That illusion was like hell.
A battlefield after the war ended.
Crows were flying in flocks against the setting sun in the red sky.
Piles of corpses and spilled blood formed a sea.
In the middle of that carnage, there was a demon with a spiked mace in his hand, grinning at Kujo like a Demon King.
As if saying, “Your turn is next….”
“This is your last warning. If you dare to disturb my fun time once more… I will rip off your arms and legs with my bare hands and throw them away to dogs. Do you understand?”
“Yes, I understand! I understand! Aaack… Aaaahhh!”
“Coward.”
Kairos chuckled and threw Kujo away as if he were an object.
“Clean up.”
Then he turned back to his position, spitting out words to Kujo’s escort swordsmen.
“Did you all enjoy the show?”
Kairos shouted at the frozen people.
“If you had a good show, then let’s continue binge drinking! We’re drinking all night tonight! Drink until your nose bends! Hahahaha!”
“Ooooooh!”
“One shot!”
After downing the alcohol in one gulp, Kairos shook an incredibly large empty glass above his head, upside down.
Camille watched Kairos and tightly closed his eyes, trembling and shaking his head.
‘… This is the worst it could be.’
Just dealing with Otto alone was difficult enough, but the thought of having to deal with Kairos’ recklessness from now on made Camille want to quit his job.
***
The next afternoon,
“Ugh…ugh…my head…ughhh…I’m gonna die…uuughhhh….”
As soon as he woke up, Otto was in tremendous pain.
Thanks to Kairos’ all-night drinking spree, Otto was the only one with a hangover.
“Oh, the alcohol is still…*Blarghhhh!*”
To the point where he vomited on the floor as soon as he woke up.
“Are you okay?”
Camille asked as he handed Otto a glass of water.
“Do I look okay? Ugh…even the water tastes like alcohol….”
“….”
“Ughhhh!”
Meanwhile, as Otto was suffering from a hangover.
-Bang!
Conrad smashed open the door and barged into the room, as if he was going to break it down.
“Otto, you b**tard! where are you?”
Conrad looked for Otto while screaming with a flushed face.
“This b**tard won’t come out! Otto!”
“I, I’m…here…*Blarghhhh!*”
“….”
*Blarghhhh*
Otto was in a pitiful state in front of Conrad.
“I’m, I’m sorry…ughhh….”
“….”
“I drank too hard yesterday….”
“You fool, Otto.”
Conrad glared at Otto with a frightening look.
“Is it true that you beat up Kujo last night?”
“Uh… well, that… ”
Auto couldn’t answer properly, feeling frustrated.
‘Thanks to this madman causing an accident, my score has dropped like this. Ugh.’
At that moment.
“Don’t dodge the question! Did you beat Kujo last night or not? Answer now!”
“I-I think so… but… I drank too much alcohol, so I don’t remember well…”
Otto answered, closing his eyes, expecting to be scolded.
Otto replied with his eyes tightly closed, anticipating a reprimand.
Because it was a sensitive time due to the successor problem, it was not good to stir up trouble unnecessarily….
But.
“Well done.”
“yes…?”
“You did very well!”
“….?”
“Hahaha! You’re truly my grandson! You took care of Kujo! Well done! You did great! Hahaha~!!!”
What? Why is he happy?