The Demon King’s Seal Has Been Broken

Chapter 12

12 – Scheduled Despair [Festival] – 1

The hero party was formed by the new hero Bill, who succeeded Lag.

Warrior, Bill.

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Master of the Magic Tower, Drek.

Saint, Clara.

Elf, Diane.

Bill recruited the lord of the magic tower, recruited a saint, and even recruited Diane, the daughter of the chief of the elves.

The warrior party that was completed like that, they prepared each other while waiting for the date to depart.

Today was the day of departure.

“Oohhh!!!”

A party of warriors who will defeat the sealed demon king and bring perfect peace to the world.

Such a party of warriors deserved to be welcomed and blessed by the people of the empire.

Because of this, now that the parade was held for them, all the people of the Empire were welcoming them.

During the parade, people waved to the warrior party, and all members of the warrior party smiled and waved at them.

The cheering imperial people, countless people here sincerely blessed the warrior party that would bring them safety and peace.

Because they were their heroes.

“Hmm…”

However, there was only one person, one person who couldn’t look them in the eye.

The real power of the empire, 1st Princess Lesia, couldn’t do that.

She frowned as she watched the warrior party leave as they paraded.

“Tsk… they just put on a parade…”

In fact, the princess was against holding a parade.

Originally, it was impossible for the hero to hold a parade to defeat the demon king.

If the Demon King’s army gets to hear about this just by holding a parade for no reason, it would be like providing information to the enemy.

Historically, neither conventionally nor strategically, parades are not held.

So, the princess tried not to hold a parade or something.

Just like what his father, Emperor Wilhelm, said, he was afraid that he would inadvertently amplify Bill’s political stance.

They tried not to allow the parade, citing past precedents.

“Everybody’s on Bill’s side…”

However, the servants supported Bill.

Now that the Demon King is sealed, there is no information to enter anyway, but it doesn’t matter.

He supported Bill, saying that holding a festival on such a happy day boosts his morale, and he refuted the princess’s opinion.

Of course, such a refutation could have been suppressed by a princess with a lot of authority…

Unfortunately, I couldn’t.

Because there were a lot of such servants.

A situation where countless servants have already welcomed Bill to the parade.

And logically, there is nothing wrong with their words, and in this situation, you can’t help but be stubborn.

Because of this, the princess had no choice but to allow it.

“Why do I keep getting concerned…?”

And now this situation was unpleasant for her.

Certainly, his servants, who unconditionally followed his words, are starting to take Bill’s side for some reason.

The response of such servants, to be honest, made the princess a little uneasy.

“If what my father said is true…”

Normally, I would have thought that it wouldn’t be a big deal, but the words of Emperor Wilhelm that I had spoken a while ago.

The question asked what would happen if the hero Bill rebelled.

He was the one who was angry with the emperor for that question, but he was also the one who couldn’t give the right answer.

It was true that it caused some anxiety.

“I don’t think… I won’t.”

However, the princess shook her head from side to side and tried to shake off that anxiety.

She decided to believe it anyway.

Bill, a noble blood, has no intention of rebellion…

He decided to believe that he was leaving for the Devil Castle purely for the peace of the world and the prosperity of the empire.

No, I had no choice but to believe it now.

Because there was nothing I could do but believe.

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Of course, contrary to the wish of the princess, Bill was full of thoughts of rebellion.

‘Things are going really well.’

Bill couldn’t help but smile as he watched the people of the empire cheering at him.

Already receiving the trust of the people of the empire and enjoying popularity.

It was really a situation where everything was going according to his will.

‘This is the reputation of a warrior.’

In the first place, Bill’s parade was to gain public sympathy by informing him of his position as a warrior.

For him, who knew how important public sentiment would be in the event of a rebellion later on, this kind of preliminary work was inevitably very important.

Because of this, it was Bill who had planned to hold a parade when the warrior party departed from the beginning.

‘Strangely, the princess seems to have noticed something, but…’

Of course, the princess strangely interrupted herself in the process.

It was said that holding a parade was originally forbidden, and that there had never been a festival like this when all the heroes in history went to defeat the demon lord.

I tried to stop Bill’s parade by citing past customs.

Seeing this, Bill couldn’t help but feel embarrassed for a moment.

He also wondered if he had noticed the change in the attitude of the princess, who usually supported him, or his plans.

Or that the snarky emperor paid attention to the princess… In many ways, it was a situation where they were filmed for no reason.

‘Because the servants are already putting a line on me.’

However, even if you noticed now, it didn’t matter at all.

The subjects who supported Bill despite the princess’s words were already the majority.

There were of course some servants who supported the princess, but they were very few.

Because of this, the princess had no choice but to bend her will.

It was because he could not bend his claim even while ignoring the majority’s opinion.

‘Is it really the reputation of the lord of the magic tower and the saintess?’

Seeing this, Bill smiled.

In fact, Bill had already grown so politically that the princess could not use her hands.

The reason why it grew so much was, of course, that Bill had enlisted the lord of the mage tower and the saintess.

Although the tower lord and the saintess did not express their support for Bill or help him politically.

Just the fact that Bill had recruited them into the party meant that his subordinates intuitively noticed who was the main trend.

Since they were the servants who had risen to that position with a single notice, they were very quick to judge who should be lined up.

‘Whoa whoop…’

Even if things worked out so well, there were not enough words.

Really now Bill thought he was only one step away from becoming emperor.

It was such a situation that it was really not long before he became emperor.

‘No one can stop me now.’

There really was no more crisis for Bill.

Even if the first princess noticed,

They say that the 2nd princess will unpack what she prepared.

They say that the old emperor will return again.

Now it is of no use.

The seat of emperor was smiling at Bill more than anyone else.

‘Now, if I kill the real demon king, I will become the emperor.’

So, the last step you need to do to reign as emperor.

As long as he kills the sealed demon king, he will surely be able to become emperor.

Bill laughed and left for the Devil Castle.

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“Brother. You know what? There’s a parade going on in the Empire.”

“parade…?”

“yes.”

One day, as usual, I was spending time watching my sister’s swordsmanship.

I got some really unexpected news from my sister.

The story of a festival called a parade in the empire.

The news was quite unexpected to me.

“Parade…? What parade?”

I knew all about imperial anniversaries.

After being active as a hero for three years, I was the one who attended every festival like that.

Of course, it wasn’t very welcome, but it wasn’t something I didn’t know about.

For me, the sudden parade was a little surprising.

It’s not the anniversary of the founding of the country, it’s not even the birthday of the imperial family, and there’s nothing particularly special about it, but it was a sudden parade.

I tilted my head and asked Lily for more details.

“Umm… Do you want to read the newspaper here? A deal to open a festival saying that the hero is going to unseal the demon king and defeat it.”

“Uh… Um…? What?????”

Lili took a newspaper out of her bag and read it to me.

I couldn’t help but be so surprised to hear that sound.

‘Did I hear wrong?’

For a moment, I felt like I wanted to hear something.

‘A festival is held to say that the hero is going to unseal the demon king and defeat it.’

No matter how much I thought about it, it was completely incomprehensible.

Of course, it wasn’t that I didn’t understand the meaning itself, but I just didn’t understand.

No matter how many times I thought about it, I couldn’t really understand it, and I felt like I had to see it with my own eyes.

“Lily. Would you like to give me the newspaper?”