Chapter 100 – Night of Revolution

On the way to Basilica.

“Karl, pull over for a moment.”

When the vehicle stopped, Rashid asked for his understanding.

“I have something to say to Her Majesty, so please step out for a moment.”

“Yes, I will wait outside.”

When Karl went out, Rashid showed a different attitude than before.

At the very least, Rashid did not feel the value to treat her with courtesy or respect.

“I will speak comfortably. Since I think I know the reason.”

She was closing both eyes in a calm posture.

She did not particularly show a displeased sign, but just had an expression curious about what he had to say.

“Kaiser thinks he will control your power with the Elixir of Blindness. Of course, it is not an impossible story. But that is not perfect. Because an elixir can be countered with another elixir.”

It was a fully possible story for her to intentionally regain her sight.

But her will to resist was almost broken.

“I am someone who has lost the place to stand. Are you worried that I will harbor other thoughts?”

“Correct. I do not trust you completely. However, I certainly know the way to control you.”

A question floated on her complexion.

She did not ask and continued to listen.

“What you possess is practically authority, that is all. And I can stop the power of authority you have.”

“It won’t be the Evil Eye Killer, right?”

“It is not the Evil Eye Killer. Because this is a method to fundamentally blow away your power.”

“Did such a thing exist?”

“It is the Immortal Heart. You might not know, but the power you possess is based on the Immortal Heart. If that Immortal Heart no longer beats, the power you have is also finished.”

It was a fact she did not know at all.

“Do Players know even such things? I did not know.”

“The imperial family and you wouldn’t have known either. My learning of it was also a later matter. Because before then, I did not know at all.”

“Incredible. To think you knew a fact even I did not know.”

She retraced the words he spoke.

The correlation between the Immortal Heart and the authority.

She thought it might not be a completely impossible story.

“I heard it was a power inherited from His Majesty the Founder. The Immortal Heart… it might not be an impossible story. Is that why you were so obsessed with the Immortal Heart? To control me?”

“There were various other reasons besides that. At any rate, I hope you take it to heart.”

She responded as if resigned.

“It is meaningful, but it was useless.”

Even at this very moment, she was listening to the chaotic noise outside.

“The resentment is massive. Although I have lost my eyes, my ears are open. I trusted my reign. I thought I would rule like that, but in the end, it turned out this way.”

She continued speaking in a low voice.

“What you worry about probably won’t happen.”

“Then that is a relief.”

Tracing her memory, she tried to picture his face.

“More than that, a Player is truly interesting. While knowing so many different things, you even know the future.”

Lastly,

“it is also my first time seeing someone treat me in such a lowly manner.”

“Is there a complaint?”

“No. Because it is a completely new feeling I have never felt before.”

She asked in curiosity.

“Are Players such great people that they would look down even on me?”

“Rather than great, the attitude toward you will differ for each Player. At least I am not someone who views you with difficulty. This would be the same for Kaiser too.”

“He would be similar. I think I can tell just by looking at his actions.”

“Anyway, do not forget what I said. Since I stopped the car for a moment just to say that.”

She asked suggestively.

“Let me ask just one thing. Is the reason you are guarding against me to that extent because my method until now was radical?”

She also did not seem to be ignorant of the wrongs she committed.

“You know well. If you had not stepped down from that position, you would not have stopped. Perhaps you would have tried to protect that seat even by killing millions.”

Because it was an undeniable statement.

“I thought of it as a mission. Since I thought it was the reason I exist.”

“That is your business and I do not care. What is important to me is the fact that thousands of people have already died because of you.”

Even at the dagger-like words, she had no sway at all.

Meaning she did not regret her choice.

Looking at her like that, Rashid smiled bitterly.

‘As expected, indeed. Ultimately, she would have stopped only when all her limbs were broken.’

At the same time, he could be certain.

That this conversation was absolutely necessary.

“Anyway, keep it in mind. Because I will always be watching you closely around you.”

She showed a very faint smile.

One so faint that it could not be noticed unless looked at closely.

The conversation ended with that.

The vehicle moved again, passed the chaotic imperial capital, and reached Basilica.

Arrived at the headquarters of the knighthood.

The Knight Commander, the Vice Commander, and even the knights belonging to it, who had received the news in advance, were all out.

Simultaneously with the car door opening, the Knight Commander, who confirmed her, knelt and paid respects.

“Your Majesty, I am the Knight Commander of the Order.”

She traced her memory to recall the owner of the voice.

“Is that the Knight Commander?”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Getting off from the opposite side, Rashid delivered the words.

“Her Majesty drank the Elixir of Blindness in agreement with the Party Representative. This was to control the power of authority, and while she has not lost her sight, her movement may be uncomfortable for the time being.”

It was details they had already heard.

The Knight Commander assisted her with the utmost respect.

“We will serve you in our knighthood from now on. Do not worry about anything. Even the Empire’s military will not dare to target this place.”

She got off the car, supported by him.

Akard, the Vice Commander, approached Rashid’s side.

“Thank you. I have no words to say other than thank you very much.”

Rashid did not seem to think much of it.

“Is there anything for us to thank each other for? Of course we help each other.”

“I say it again, thank you very much. Do not worry about Her Majesty. Because we will take responsibility from now on.”

The Emperor was almost divine and absolute to the vampires.

For it was a destiny engraved in their blood.

Even though the situation turned out like this, the vampires would never betray her.

That was the same for the vampires who belonged to the Order.

Rashid stood still, watching the Emperor and the Knight Commander receding.

‘The military would want to target the exiled Emperor, but it is practically impossible.’

Her political asylum

was practically close to success.

‘I will continue to watch you, Yennifer Crimsonrose.’

* * *

Waahhhhh!

“Execute the Emperor!”

“Revolution in our hearts!”

The plaza in front of the imperial palace.

The angry masses were looking for someone with the momentum to start a riot.

An existence that was once the master of the country, but now had become solely the object of hatred.

For she was the first female Emperor and the last Emperor.

Their resentment covered the entire imperial capital, showing the momentum that it would end only when her neck was hung on the guillotine.

“Bring the Emperor!”

“Chop off the Emperor’s neck!”

Standing at a distance, there were those silently watching that sight.

It was Commander Leon Stout, who had taken over the imperial capital leading the Imperial Army, and his adjutants.

When news spread that the defense troops of the imperial palace had collapsed, they embarked on procedures to take control of the entire imperial capital without delay.

First, they distributed food and supplies imported from the Guild Federation onto the streets, and mobilized armed soldiers and knights to silence the chaotic imperial capital by force.

Except for this plaza where the Emperor’s neck would be hung, that is.

“They are coming!”

“The revolution has succeeded!”

When the firmly closed gates of the imperial palace opened, people crowding out were visible.

It was the representative of the Golden Age Party and the crowd following him.

The citizens, who could not contain their excitement, cried out for the Emperor’s execution and eagerly looked forward to the Emperor’s neck being hung on the guillotine as soon as possible, but regrettably, the Emperor they desired did not join them.

Instead, what the representative of the Golden Age Party brought was an unidentified piece of paper.

A magic megaphone device was hung on his neck, and soon after, Kaiser’s voice struck the angry masses.

“Tonight! We have executed the Emperor!”

Executing her when there was no dead Emperor?

The citizens, losing their wits, began to look around.

Searching for the Emperor’s neck severed on the guillotine without their knowledge.

However, the executed Emperor was nowhere to be found, and only his words remained in the place.

“And we have won!”

A murmur began.

“Show the evidence! Bring the Emperor’s neck!”

“Where on earth is the Emperor!”

“Is it true that you killed the Emperor?”

The buzzing was about to turn into a riot, but

his magic-like words stopped it.

“Executing her has this meaning. The Emperor of the past is no more! The Emperor of absolute power whom we remembered has now vanished into history! Instead, only a new Emperor remains, who possesses equal qualifications as us—that is, who can never be free before the law!”

“This is what the Emperor promised herself! This is the Great Charter approved by the Emperor!”

Everyone’s gaze fell upon the Great Charter he spread open.

“From now on, the Emperor will kneel before the law just like us, and will no longer be able to reign as in the past!”

Under normal circumstances,

it was a statement hard to accept.

Because what they wanted was the Emperor’s neck, not some memorandum of the Emperor being placed under the law.

However, there was absolutely no way to resist.

Something binding them like magic

made them unable to resist agreeing to his words.

“Kaiser! Kaiser! Kaiser!”

Propaganda Chief Brandon raised his voice, strongly inciting the buzzing masses.

Even in a situation hard to accept,

the ignorant and uneducated,

as well as the masses who could not resist authority,

were gradually agreeing to his words.

Kaiser’s sharp outcry struck the masses.

“My declaration that follows from now is the declaration of the Empire and the declaration of the citizens of the Empire!”

“Tonight! We, who achieved a great victory,”

“have once again regained a pride that is second to none!”

“It is a great achievement of a scale that makes us forget even the scars of the past shameful war!”

“We worked tirelessly for this victory,”

“we accomplished this victory through the defeat of the Emperor, and”

“we ultimately brought about this victory!”

“What a grand achievement this is!”

At Kaiser’s speech, which sublimated highly excited emotions with gestures, everyone watched blankly, then eventually responded with cheers.

Waahhhhh!

“For the past several years, myself, various revolutionary comrades, and all of us who have yearned for a revolution and a new era, have proven this!”

“We have all won!”

The masses dominated by authority strongly supported him, starting to cry out his name.

“Kaiser!”

“Kaiser!”

Subsequently, a person who regarded him as an idol

cried out for him at the top of his lungs.

Ave Kaiser!

The response of the excited masses

had already reached the Imperial Army arrayed behind them before long.

“Kaiser… Kaiser…”

Calling his name in low voices,

some shaken soldiers and adjutants were also visible, but

the Commander, who had set up a sound barrier against the words he did not want to hear, had an expression sunken low.

“Keeping the Emperor alive. He did a useless thing.”

Likewise, the adjutants protected by the sound barrier showed a similar attitude to the Commander.

“She might still remain in the imperial palace. If we hurry, we will be able to target the Emperor taking advantage of this chaos.”

As the consenting Commander nodded his head,

some of the adjutants began to move swiftly.

The Commander began to strongly guard against Kaiser, who had captured the angry masses like a lie.

If it was that level of incitement power,

it was truly a level to worry about.

‘The Emperor must die. Because it is troublesome if she lives.’

But things had gotten tangled.

To think he would stab them in the back with something like the Great Charter.

Although he was angry, aside from that, the momentum of the masses supporting him was very grand.

‘He is certainly a dangerous fellow.’