Chapter 134 - Why are you watching?!

The House of Romagna, Pope’s Saga, and Borgia’s mansion, where many memories were laid out.

It had only been about half a year since I left here, and yet everything felt strange, as if I had come back after a very long time.

His Holiness, Pope Eugenio VI, Francis de Borgia, our father.

He was in his bedroom.

As I walked beside Cesare, the women sitting around the large and beautiful bed turned this way in unison.

Lady Julia, who is full, a strange young woman who seemed to be the new mistress, and Lady Adela, mother of Cesare and Enzo.

They all looked surprised, but they didn’t say anything if Cesare had spoken in advance.

I thought something might have happened to the Pope, but I didn’t think it was like this…

Anyway, looking at the atmosphere, it seemed quite critical.

Was he poisoned?

I passed Cesare, staring at my critically ill father, and came close to the bed.

Shouldn’t we check what exactly was wrong with him?

Adela stepped aside as I approached.

The pope, who lay buried in a thick blanket, seemed to have withered in a short time.

He looked much older than when I last saw him. Was it because of the illness?

My father.

To me, a person who was a tyrant in both my past and present life.

In some ways, he used to feel like a wall that was more frightening and indestructible than Cesare, but I had never expected the day to come when he looked this weak and fragile.

Perhaps he felt my gaze, but the pope, whose eyes were closed, lifted his swollen eyelids.

Dark blue eyes that looked just like his son stared at my face for a while, and then slowly widened.

Funny enough, it was a look full of joy.

“Oh….”

“…….”

“You’re back, Carmen…”

What?

I didn’t seem to be the only one who was startled with the mention of that name.

Everyone gathered in the bedroom was suprirsed at the same time.

Even Cesare’s expressionless eyes were slightly wide open.

Lady Carmen.

A woman who was a courtesan and one of the pope’s multiple affairs.

My mother who died as soon as she gave birth to me, whose face I never saw.

I thought she was just one of the countless affairs, and everyone seemed to think the same, but what a surprise..

The hot hand that came out of the blanket wrapped around my frozen hand.

Tears welled up around his wrinkled eyes.

I couldn’t move a muscle.

“Why did you come back now… I’ve been waiting too long.”

“…….”

“I have missed you so much, my dear…. I miss you so much……. I can’t bear to….”

What’s wrong with everyone?

Why does everyone look like this?

I think it was much better when you all looked like monsters with ice hearts.

How the hell do I even understand them now?

* * *

The Longinus Knights of Britannia.

Consisting of all the outstanding Paladins, they had maintained a secure position from the founding to the present as guardians of the temple and as knights loyal to the royal family.

Therefore, their head, the captain, pushed especially more than any other Knight Commander. He had to have a special virtue in his ability to lead.

Be faithful to both sides, but know how to break one side’s trust at a critical moment.

That was the proverb and law of the Knights of Longinus.

So it was very self-evident which way Lord Barons, the current Knight Commander, chose in this critical situation, where a series of disastrous and unexplained events were taking place.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have let his beloved subordinate try to break it down because he couldn’t challenge the royal authority.

And it wasn’t just Lord Barons.

All the knights were helpless since it wasn’t the temple that had been challenged by this sorcery, and the Queen herself was at question.

“Sir Izek!”

“Stop! Stop right now!”

All the appalling desperate cries belonged to the guard.

However, even they were not enough to block the best paladin in the north.

“……Argh!”

The loud rupture of the blast rang out at the same time as a sharp scream.

It happened because Izek, who quickly shook off the guards trying to stop them, grabbed the queen to his feet and threw her on the floor.

To be exact, the queen bumped into the mirror wall.

“Ahh!”

“Lord Barons, please do something……!”

“Why are you watching?!”

Lord Barons merely responded with a bitter expression to this.

The few people lined up next to him were also exchanging bitter looks.

As for the figures of the Omertas standing opposite, this was no different.

The duke only watched with an unknown look, and the princess was as expressionless as always.

In other words, the only people who could stop the madman who stormed into the palace with that holy sword, had all let go of their hands together.

The guards were all crying.

They also had no intention of tolerating the queen’s atrocities as believers and northerners, but nevertheless, as a guard who vowed to protect the royal family, they could not leave the current situation alone.

“Izek!”

Therefore, the guards were rather relieved when the King’s voice rang out in the Palace.

Although it was too early to be relieved.

“Stop, now!”

Izek stared at his uncle for a while, his face showing no expression.

His eyes, which were half open, were also somewhat distorted.

In a similarly distant voice, he uttered.

“Get out of my way.”

“What the….”

“I said get out of my way. Why do you all not understand it?”

“…Izek. Are you willing to hurt me?”

“If you don’t get out of the way, I can’t help it. Kinslaughter is the virtue of every royal family.”

It was difficult to breathe properly because of the power he was radiating.

The colour of the king’s face faded.

Just then, an unexpected person broke into this close-knit scene.

A very small figure, a six-year-old young princess, who took a while for everyone to notice, rushed through the crowd.

At such a fast pace, before the guards were caught, the royal daughter was sobbing while hanging on to her cousin’s leg, who was already on the verge of slaughtering the royal family.

“H-Help, brother… please don’t kill her….”

It was natural that the queen, who was barely calming down, and the king, who was blocking the way, both looked shocked.

Not only them, but also those who had been watching with their hands off were surprised.

“A-Ari….”

“Spare, please spare her… It’s my fault, it’s all because of me, I was so scared that I couldn’t interfere because I was so scared…”

Izek, who was staring at the king with an expressionless face, slowly looked down.

His dull ruby eyes became irritated.

“B-Because of me, because of me, the Duchess, the Duchess’ brother… I’m the one who’s wrong, please don’t hurt my mother… Don’t kill her, I’ll die instead….”

A black blade flashed.

The king tried to move in spite of himself.

For a moment, he felt like Izek was going to throw Arien away.

But the next moment all he did did was open his mouth slowly.

“This is stupid. Why would I kill you? If I kill you, there is someone else who will be sad.”

“Uhnnn…….”

During that time, a guard, who approached in a hurry, grabbed Arien and took her away.

Someone sighed.

“Lord Izek, the princess…”

“Two people, Uncle.”

“…….”

“My wife and her brother. She sent them away in a pair. Ivan, how did you say the Gonfalonier died?”

Ivan, who was watching with rare cold eyes, slowly stepped forward.

His and Ellenia’s eyes briefly held on, before he shifted his gaze.

“I hate to say it because it’s terrible, but the blood from his whole body escaped from his eyes, nose, mouth and ears and then he passed away. Right in the private garden of the Duchess. Me, the Princess, Lady Ellenia and my sister also witnessed the scene clearly.”

It was amazing that he didn’t add, “F*ck!”

Gasps were heard here and there.

It was the sound of those who didn’t know about that part.

The queen’s face turned pale.

The same was true of King Feanol.

“Arien is…”

“Furthermore, there was Lady Furiana near him. Poor Lady Furiana was covered in blood. The princess, my sister, and I saw everything. Isn’t this a series of terror attacks on precious ladies in other people’s homes, starting with the original scene? Oh, my bad, I forgot royalty always thought their own was precious. It slipped my mind for a moment.”