How to Live as a Tyrant’s Spoiled Brat Chapter 360

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"you?"

I tried to shout something, but he glared at me and spat out the meat he was chewing.

“You’ll never understand. You piece of shit.”

After hearing that, I fell into a brief state of thought.

Local collaborators of the erosion sect often refused to accept the old spirit in order to blend in with the local community based on the Gwangmyeong Church.

But this was an ivory tower, and the opponent was a senior wizard's disciple.

The ivory tower wizards detested the Encroachers, viewing them as those who had completely given up on the search for truth.

'The truth that others tell you.'

'How do you verify that it's true?'

'In the end, I was just possessed by a powerful being. What's the difference between me and those guys from the Gwangmyeong Church?'

Therefore, the only time an ivory tower wizard erodes himself is when he becomes exhausted and discouraged midway through his magical journey of seeking the truth.

'Yes! I knew I could find the truth!'

Naturally, they become deeply mutated as they have hated the Encroachers so far, and soon become completely mutant Encroachers.

'This is the truth!'

In other words, an ivory tower wizard who was not biologically eroded would never become an ally of the erosion cult.

These are the people who enter the tower at the age of 5 to 7, saying they will see the end of magic, and live believing only in themselves until they die of old age.

They are the people who call me by my name and call Jaylilith the Emperor, saying that it has no meaning in the world.

There's no point in taking your family hostage and trying to kill them.

The question “Why?” lingered like a cloud for a moment.

The light in his eyes slowly faded.

"for a moment."

I tried to stop the bleeding by tearing his clothes, but it was too late.

If an ordinary person's shoulder is pierced and a large blood vessel is torn and bleeding occurs, life activities will instantly cease.

“Little brother?”

Sereraji called me.

I thought for a moment about the enemies in the hallway.

Only golems appeared, and no strange foreign objects or tentacle monsters that come to mind when thinking of eroders were seen.

Not even a single mental wave rang.

“I’m going to burn it now and purify it. It’s dangerous, so stay away from it. It might look ugly, so be careful.”

When you dig something, you have to dig knowing what you'll find inside.

There have been countless horror stories about foreign substances being discovered underground during mine development.

If you touch something you don't know well, you could end up in big trouble.

So let's cover it up for now.

I burned his body completely.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

A fierce heat rose up, erasing any trace of human life.

I said I wouldn't understand.

Yeah, I really don't understand.

“Aristas, I apologize.”

“No, Valencianus. I have caused great trouble to the imperial family through my lack of virtue. I am ashamed.”

He wrapped the ashes in a cloth and handed them over to Aristas.

“Starting disinfection procedures.”

“Discard all contaminated flasks.”

“I think it would be a good idea to blockade it for about three days.”

The wizards started to go around the 56th floor and start organizing.

Now that it seemed like there was nothing left for us to do, we headed to the elevator with Sereraji and Niar.

* * *

Wheezing!

The elevator started moving with the sound of the wind.

I looked around the elevator with just the three of us in it, just like Niar had done earlier.

“Little brother. What are you doing?”

Sereraji gave him a look of bewilderment.

I frowned and got back to the main point.

“Sister. Can you trust Aristas?”

In this situation, the first person to be suspected was, of course, the teacher.

But Niar looked insulted by this question alone, and even to Sereraji, he narrowed his eyes and bit his lower lip as if he was displeased.

I asked this question with the intention of being shocked, but the response was calmer than expected.

“Brother. If you weren’t my brother, I would have struck you down with lightning. To an ivory tower wizard, a priest is a family member and teacher in the outside world.”

Even though there was still a risk of being struck by lightning, that didn't stop me from asking questions.

“Then what about the outside world? From the outside world’s perspective, this situation could be seen as a tail-cutting.”

It's like using an assassin to kill your enemy, and then killing the assassin as well.

He moves directly, but he also reports things at the right time, allowing the police chief or the Black Iron Knights to storm the scene.

If we were to apply it to today's case, it would be that Aristas helped the erosion sect through his disciples, and used me and Sereraji as security guards.

Sereraji, who heard what I said, made an expression as if he didn't even want to imagine it for a moment.

I thought I would understand even if she denied reality.

Isn't your hometown more precious than anything else?

But instead of closing her eyes, she let out a deep sigh and her unusual eyes sparkled.

“Niar. It may be a ridiculous question for me to ask, but is our ivory tower still free?”

Niar still looked confused.

To her, suspecting the elders would be like accusing me of stealing money from her own wallet.

But she nodded to the words of her respected senior.

I felt like I knew anew how much that wary, snowy wizard liked Serenade.

“Yes, senior. As for research, it’s always the same. You have to attend an internal academic conference once every five years, but that’s it.”

There is no need to tell anyone around you what experiment you did.

Anything is allowed to reach the truth.

If all the wizards in the ivory tower weren't magic-crazy, it would have been the perfect environment for them to rot and decay.

Sereraji, who knew all about it, spoke calmly and heavily.

“Yeah. Then I guess I’ll have to come and go often.”

His voice, which was always light, had a solid sense of responsibility.

Niar's creamy eyes, red and shining, trembled.

“Senior. Are you saying you’re going to be monitoring the ivory tower right now?”

In the thousand-year history of Soletara, no emperor had ever succeeded in doing so.

Such beings were the spiritual descendants of the heroes who stole magic from the elves and passed it on to humans.

However, the royal family member who was born as a wizard looked down at his junior with a cold smile.

For a moment, deep shadows appeared on the distinct facial features.

Sereraji's blue hair flowed down in waves, tickling Niar's pale face.

“Junior. So you’re not going to help me?”

Niar's cheeks turned the same color as the tips of her hair.

There was no need to hear the answer.

* * *

Tentia got a vacation.

'The escort knight is on vacation? That's ridiculous.'

Of course, she didn't think she worked hard enough to deserve a vacation.

Valencianus' main job was to do various tasks and process paperwork, while Tentia just had to stand around beside him.

And yet, with a huge salary every month and luxurious meals every day, I felt guilty about working like this and earning this much.

For her, a knight among knights, fighting all sorts of foreign objects and invaders was rather a welcome thing.

'The fish people were really good opponents.'

Recently, we fought against the fish people in the south.

The thrilling sensation of breaking the armor of the Nongge Musa still lingered in my hand.

Thinking back on that feeling and the elation of that moment, even the desolate early winter streets with nothing to see felt beautiful, and Tentia found herself humming a tune without realizing it.

'Yeah. While I'm out here, I should take a look around the new city.'

She now headed outside the 30m wall, which was now the inner wall.

The line waiting to be checked was long, but there were no guards to stop the dashing knight in red shorts.

“Loyalty!”

“Eternal glory to the royal family!”

Instead, he just saluted Tentia.

Everyone knew.

The fact that she is the vanguard of the Grand Duke of Mangnani, a top sword expert, and a renowned red knight.

Although Tentia was righteous, he did not shy away from enjoying the privileges of being a knight.

“Thank you for your hard work!”

She continued humming as she headed toward the new city.

“Get out, you little sh*ts!”

“Throw it into the sewer!”

“Kill all the Bomil gang members!”

And she doubted her eyes.

'How many years ago did I come into the slums?'

Hundreds upon hundreds of men were fighting, tangled together in an empty lot.

It wasn't just a fist fight between energetic young people.

It was a battlefield where daggers flashed, sharp axes were swung, and nailed wooden clubs smashed people's heads.

There was actually a guy who came out wearing a Gambison and a helmet.

“Take care of that guy too!”

“Who are you!”

“Take off that cloak and go!”

Several men rushed towards Tentia.

They were holding daggers dripping with blood.

Tentia pulled out her red cloak, a gift from the Holy Emperor, and drew her longsword, Hwahan.

His chiseled face was filled with sympathy for his incomparable opponents.

Srrrrrr!

Within the capital, no one was permitted to carry a sword except soldiers on duty or those with authorization.

So, carrying a sword while wearing plain clothes meant that he was at least a nobleman or a knight.

The red jewel and the mirror-like blade shone coolly.

“Huh, huh?”

"wait for a sec!"

“Eww!”

Tentia laughed sadly and kicked the ground.

It seemed like I would have to give up my vacation.

* * *

“Your Majesty Valencian! There is chaos in the city center.”

Tentia fairly defeated the hundreds of people who were brawling on the spot and then returned to the palace.

Valencian drank his coffee in one gulp and listened to his dear knight's report.

“Hmm. It’s more serious than I thought.”

“Are you saying that you expected this to happen?”

The knight's red eyebrows arched upward, and the archduke's red lips murmured as if making excuses.

“It wasn’t something I expected, it was something that was planned. The city area has grown by almost four or five times, and the population is increasing by the minute. But the sense of security is still the same.”

“Do you have a plan? People who have been given new lives are destroying each other’s lives.”

“Of course. There’s a very easy way. Just recruit more police officers.”

“Then why aren’t you picking it out?”

Valencian did not answer.

Instead, he got up from his seat, went out to the terrace in front of the main palace, and pointed to the training grounds of the Platinum Knights visible below.

“Take down all those black lumps of filth! Their hearts are as black as their armor!”

“Smash those brass lumps of junk! They’re pretending they’re gold when they’re not!”

“Defend the honor of the Imperial Army!”

“We are the ones who protected this city!”

Tentia opened her mouth wide.

The brass knights and the black iron knights were fighting.

bang!

Just then, the Black Iron Knight Commander Barbatos swung his huge war hammer and struck the Brass Knight Commander's helmet, and Helena, the flower of the Brass Knights, kicked Barbatos in the groin.

Woohoo!

There were also many who pulled out the Mana Blade.

Tentia asked in shock.

“Why on earth do they do that?”

Valencianus pointed down the terrace this time.

“Listen carefully.”

Inside the training grounds, knights tested their strength, while outside the main palace, administrators belonging to the order competed with logic.

“We must prioritize security and increase personnel!”

“There are several large-scale incidents occurring every day.”

“If they unite by region and form gangs, blood will flow every day in the new city! Do you plan on destroying the city you just built?”

For Barbatos, the Black Iron Knights, and the police chiefs, the thugs were a sore spot.

They were enemies that needed to be suppressed by increasing the number of police chiefs as soon as possible.

For them, recruiting manpower was a matter of honor.

But the Brass Knights still had a lot to say.

As an officer in a country that had just finished its war of conquest, he was on hiatus, but with the appearance of Helena, he began to receive attention and budget for the first time in a long while.

For them, securing manpower was a matter of survival.

“We are preparing for war!”

“A holy war will break out soon. Of course the royal family must support it!”

“Based on precedent, we have the right of first refusal!”

Tentia sighed deeply at the sight.

“They’re not the ones with weak security. The Brass Knights also want elite soldiers. Are they short on manpower?”

Valencian smiled slyly.

“Yes. To be exact, there is a shortage of high-quality personnel. All the cadet gangsters at the academy have already found jobs.”

Behind that smile, Tentia saw the exhaustion that seemed like she was about to faint.

“In fact, it is possible for the Empire to use elite or sword user level soldiers as regular soldiers.”

“Yes. If you go to a foreign country, you will be able to hear His Majesty the Duke’s voice.”

“But that doesn’t mean I can lower my standards.”

“We’ve already done that. The training and patrol areas were created assuming that each individual is an elite or sword user.”

“Even if you are a Soletaras, you can’t train that level of skilled people in a short period of time. It’s difficult. Do you have an answer?”

Valencian shook his head.

“There is no such thing as an answer. There is only a solution.”

Tentia felt uneasy reflexively.

The Grand Duke of Mangnani laughed as usual.