Chapter 100
Chapter 100
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 99
Chapter Title: The Snake's Shedding
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Meanwhile, cutting back to Opfir and Ari,
they decided to discuss their plans going forward.
"From now on, I'll be commanding the field, Head Maid Ari."
His words carried layers of meaning.
It meant that during the conquest of the Holy Kingdom, he would treat Ari not as a queen consort but as a soldier.
It also meant they would continue carrying out Rex's conquest orders(?).
"Understood, Lord Duke. What should we do with those two?"
Ari's gaze turned toward the two Holy Kings, who had entered eternal slumber with their foreheads pressed together in prayer.
"Did His Majesty say anything about how to dispose of them?"
Rex's voice, now reconnected, echoed through Duke's mind.
"We'll dig new graves."
Opfir replied, recalling the Emperor's corpse stuffed away in his subspace like so much luggage.
Since the Seraphim revival ritual—when he'd tossed it into his subspace and pretended to resurrect—the Emperor's body had been adrift amid the junk.
Poor treatment, perhaps, but no sympathy stirred.
The Holy King fathers had their reasons, at least. The Emperor? An irredeemable human scum incapable of washing clean.
He'd assassinated his father to seize the golden throne.
Fearing prophecy, he'd sparked civil wars across the Empire.
Any hint of a sprout, and he'd slaughter his own children—a paranoid lunatic.
That was the final Emperor.
Thus, Duke felt no pangs of conscience handling such a man's corpse.
In contrast, Rex seemed to feel a prick of guilt.
Handling the Emperor's corpse at will was fine even for Rex.
But falsifying history? Impossible to brush off lightly.
Duke persuaded him.
"Sometimes a lie serves better than the truth. What people need isn't truth—it's His Majesty's sincerity."
Rex recalled Duke's black history and hastily backpedaled.
But Duke shook his head.
"I don't deny my past. It's merely the past I must confront and bear responsibility for."
Silence settled between the two for a moment.
Rex broke it.