Playing the Perfect Fox-Eyed Villain Chapter 299

Episode 299. Yurian (2)

As the 'Black Knight' appeared, the noisy surroundings of the audience room began to become as quiet as a mouse.

Not only that, all the subjects looked up to him because of his reputation and the things that had happened in the first gate.

Some people knelt down and worshiped. The appearance of a 'hero' who appeared only in myths was enough to touch their hearts.

'… … The Black Knight!?'

In such an atmosphere, Pintel couldn't help but feel embarrassed. His whole body ached from exhaustion and wounds, but when the 'Black Knight' appeared, they began to melt away like snow.

That would be the case.

'The Black Knight… must have been Sir Yurian!?'

Pintel looked at Yurian, who was standing right next to him. Yurian was standing firm in his position. He showed no sign of panic even though the 'Black Knight' appeared before his eyes.

“Hey, the black knight has appeared!”

“It’s clear that you have appeared to execute Yurian on our behalf!”

“Black Knight!”

“Black Knight!”

Everyone chanted his name. With the cheers of the people on his back, the 'Black Knight' slowly approached Pintel.

Did they really show up to execute them? Even the word 'execution' sounded ridiculous in the first place, but Pintel clenched his fists.

“Hey, hurry up and kill the author, Black……!”

“That’s not even funny.”

A nobleman shouted. Cutting it off, the 'black knight' who had been walking quietly opened his mouth.

“What, what!?”

“What do you really want?”

The black knight who was heading towards him suddenly turned around and looked at the crowd. Pintel flinched at the sight, but soon calmed down.

“Are you looking for the culprit who caused this incident? Or are you looking for someone to turn the tables on you?”

“Th, what does that mean…!”

“Yurien, this time, soso…….”

Ahem.

The 'Black Knight' coughed briefly and then continued speaking.

“Yurien is not the culprit of this disturbance. The culprit of this disturbance is the Fourth Prince.”

As he spoke, the black knight turned his gaze and looked at the corpse of the dead demon king.

Because he had become the 'Demon King', he had many traces of a demon and it was difficult to tell him apart from being human, but the outline of his face was clearly that of the 4th Prince, 'Yulsis'.

“Yulsis… It’s Yulsis’s doing.”

The surroundings began to stir at the remarks of the 'Black Knight'. The culprit was none other than the Fourth Prince.

“Don’t talk nonsense! How could Yulsis do such a thing!”

“You, you were in cahoots with Yurian too!”

The nobles pointed at the black knight and started shouting loudly.

Then, he looked around once and shouted to the others.

“What are you guys doing! Why don’t you drag that guy out right now!”

The nobles shouted to bring down the Black Knight. However, just like before, the imperial army, knights, and subjects showed no sign of moving.

“Is that true?”

Rather, some people began to believe what the Black Knight said.

“I don’t know what kind of feelings you have for the name ‘Yurien’.”

The black knight, who had been quiet for a while, spoke again.

“All I can say is that if he hadn’t been there in this situation, the empire might have perished.”

Groan, groan.

At the Black Knight's words, the crowd's uproar began to grow louder.

“Don’t lie!”

“You guys are conspiring among yourselves and putting on a show right now……!”

The nobles who had been speaking, venting their anger, took a step back when they felt cold gazes being directed at them.

“If that’s the case with the Black Knight, then it must be so.”

“I don’t know about other people, but I can trust the words of the Black Knight.”

The ominous atmosphere began to gradually subside. The nobles, who were still disappointed that they could not deal with 'Yurien', were trembling with anger, but they also knew.

To the people, the 'Black Knight' is an inviolable sanctuary. If you refute his words head-on, you will be the one who will face the aftermath.

“Things… seem to have come to a conclusion, Sir Yulian.”

“It looks like that.”

Pintel turned his gaze to Yurian. He was still smiling with a knowing smile.

***

Although the commotion surrounding the 'Demon King' had ended, the palace still had one major problem to solve.

The death of Emperor Adratan and his son, the pinnacle of imperial power. It had to be revealed to the world and the repercussions had to be reduced in some way.

Because of that, the secretary's office seemed extremely busy.

“I see. That kind of thing happens…….”

Naturally, Chief Secretary Se-den also looks very busy. While looking through various documents and checking them, he barely adjusted his glasses and opened his mouth.

“I know very well what happened in the audience room. I also know that all of this was planned by Yulsis.”

Seden nodded and said. The guy's eyes showed signs of fatigue. Well, it makes sense that he would call people in and question them until late at night.

“You don’t look tired at all.”

“What, I’m pretty tired too, Sir Seden.”

"okay?"

Se-den took off his glasses for a moment and pressed his fingers against his eyes.

“I guess I can go back now. I haven’t heard much from you.”

“Are you okay?”

To my question, Se-den answered with both eyes pressed together.

“I don’t know if I should say this, but I know. Contrary to your reputation, you do not do anything that would harm the Empire.”

Se-den spoke with confidence. Looking at him like that, I felt slightly embarrassed.

'… Is that so?'

But, since you are looking at it in a positive light, there is no need to deny it.

“Thank you for thinking so.”

After briefly thanking Seden, I left the secretary's office.

As the night-time scenery of the Imperial Palace greeted me, I felt a new sense of emotion. I have seen the 'Imperial Palace' many times at this time, but this was the first time I saw such a scorched-earth landscape.

'It's happened many times in the game, though.'

As expected, it seems that it is bound to be new once it becomes reality.

“Sir Yurian!”

As we came out, Pintel, who had been waiting, came out to greet us. It seemed that Rim Hassar, the 'land spider', was also waiting.

“Are you okay? Just in case, I don’t do anything irreverent in the secretary’s office…….”

“Are you okay, Sir Pintel?”

“Yes? Oh yes……!”

“Lord Rim Hasar?”

I looked at the 'land spiders' who were waiting behind with Rim Hassar. They had some wounds, but they didn't seem to have any trouble moving around.

“You’ve worked hard today. You must all be tired, so it seems like it would be best for you to go home.”

“We will escort you to the mansion!”

Pintel said he would escort him, but he had more wounds than the other Ground Spider members.

I said, watching him stagger.

“You spiders, please escort Sir Pintel. I will return alone.”

I may have been cruel to Pintel and the spiders who have waited for me until now, but I feel like I want to gather my thoughts.

On the way back, I thought as the cold night air hit my body.

'What should I do next?'

The Demon King was killed, and the 'Horn of the Demon God' was destroyed with Milena's help.

Since the remains of 'Mashin Barbatos' still remain, demons will not disappear, but they will not appear in large numbers like before.

It means that the continent of Rosenda has become peaceful, that is.

'That means there's no need for blacksmithing.'

As expected, when the 'Demon King' lost his power, the 'Sword Saint' trait also disappeared. This means that this world no longer needs the 'Sword Saint'.

That thought left a slightly bitter taste on the tip of my tongue, because it sounded like it was saying that the reason I came into this world and that I myself had become useless.

'I don't think it will go that far.'

After talking to 'Milena', I felt that I had to face this world properly. That must be why I became so obsessed with the name 'Geomseong'.

'What's wrong with being overly immersed?'

I was refuting the thought that I had in my head. Just as I was about to stick out my tongue in amazement, I began to sense a presence nearby.

The sound fell from the sky.

“The Black Knight has appeared again.”

The black knight, who had landed on the ground, slowly raised his body. After that, he slowly began to take off the mask he was wearing.

“Even though you know my identity, why do you have to call me that?”

When the mask was removed, Urhar's face appeared.

“What are you talking about? Weren’t you the ‘black knight’ more than anyone else in front of the audience room?”

“Ahem.”

Urhar coughed in vain.

The identity of the 'Black Knight' who appeared in the audience room was, of course, not me. I had asked Urhar to take on the role of the 'Black Knight'.

The reason, of course, is to prepare for 'unforeseen circumstances'.

'The reason I stormed into the palace in the first place was to kill Yulsis.'

Even though Yulsis committed irreversible evil deeds when he became the 'Demon King', the royal family is the royal family. There were numerous laws protecting him, so I also had to find a way to protect myself.

That's right, the 'Black Knight'.

There will surely be a crowd of subjects inside the palace. If the 'Black Knight' defends me while receiving the attention of those subjects, even if he is a member of the imperial family, he will not be able to easily execute me.

“Surely you expected that and prepared this kind of acting.”

I laughed at Urhar's words.

“After all, it was a matter of going to kill the prince. It was better to keep the worst in mind.”

"……surely."

Cut off the prince's neck.

When Urhar heard those words, a mixture of emotions crossed his face.

“Why did I become a Royal Knight?”

“If you have that many doubts, why don’t you look for another job?”

“……No, I tried to resign a while ago, but I thought it would be a good idea to quit the Royal Knights.”

Why?

When asked like that, Urhar gave a half-hearted smile.

“Because the pay isn’t bad.”

“For some vulgar reason.”

Let's laugh and scratch our heads, Urhar.

“It’s just my guess, but I realized something when I was asked to do this.”

He opened his mouth with a very serious expression.

“Black Knight.”

Are you trying to say that you have figured out the identity of the 'Black Knight'?

Even if I knew, I wouldn't have thought of denying it. I guess it would be okay for someone like Urhar to know the truth.

“……The Black Knight is in such critical condition that he can’t move on his own?”

What is this?

***

Although the full story of the chaotic events that took place in the system is unknown, it is gradually beginning to surface that the mastermind behind it all was 'Fourth Prince Yulsis'.

There were many imperial officials who were taken aback by this fact. It must have been shocking to them that the seemingly weak-minded fourth prince was plotting such a scheme.

Since the founding of the empire, it would not be an exaggeration to say that every department in the palace was operating 24 hours a day to handle business due to unusual events.

That was the case for the 'Closed Eyes' as well as Odwin Baladir, the leader of the 'Closed Eyes'.

“……In that situation, what is this?”

She looked up at Yurian with dark circles in her eyes.

Yulian smiled as usual.

“Can’t you see it? It’s a resignation letter.”