Novel Will Be Taken Down on 17 May or Earlier Chapter 72 - It's annoying (1)

Frost was the territory of the Empire.

 

Even if Lord Sirion died, that fact didn’t change.

 

In short, everything must follow the imperial procedure.

 

Stomp.

 

Frost’s nature.

 

As soon as the sound of shoes echoed in the castle.

 

The knights saluted me.

 

If you asked which knights they were.

 

Of course, they were Knights of Lionheart.

 

“I’ve been waiting for you, Sir Hoyeol.”

 

Knight Commander of Lionheart, Harkon.

 

As soon as he saw me, he turned pleased.

 

“As expected, this kind of work is not easy for a swordsman like me.”

 

Yes, according to the imperial procedure.

 

It was Harkon who served as Frost’s acting lord.

 

Among the Arcanains summoned to reality.

 

Knight Commander of Lionheart, Haron, held the highest position in the Empire.

 

Of course, I was involved in the decision.

 

“I’m sure you’ll do well.”

 

Maximum relationship and influence.

 

The [authority] feature enabled by it.

 

Yeah, that authority function was really powerful.

 

‘Powerful enough to break Harkon’s stubbornness.’

 

If it was Lee Hoyeol, who was full of greed, the case might be different.

 

But this was Grandfel, the one who couldn’t live without formalities and procedures.

 

Frost was not an abandoned land.

 

While knowing that it was the territory of the Empire.

 

Breaking the imperial procedures and gulping down the estates?

 

‘It’s impossible for Grandfell.’

 

Of course, I couldn’t help but regret it at first.

 

Unlike Grandfel, who had pure integrity, I was an ordinary person.

 

Not only that, I should have made a lot of fuss around.

 

– What is Frost’s economic value?

 

– Japanese government, “Frost cannot yield to anyone”

 

-AAU, “International agreements should never be ignored…”

 

New update history.

 

Since Frost appeared.

 

Until now that Frost had been freed from the demon king’s clutches.

 

The media rambled on about Frost’s value.

 

Thanks to that, I also had some expectations.

 

I wondered if I could be the lord of Frost.

 

– “We have to follow the imperial procedure, but in the end, Sir Hoyeol should serve as the acting lord rather than me…”

 

Even Harkon said so.

 

But my disappointment didn’t last long.

 

Activating the [authority] feature.

 

I checked Frost’s condition and realized it.

 

[Northern City, Frost]

 

[Status: Worst]

 

…I’m glad I didn’t step up!

 

The current state of Frost was literally the worst.

 

It was worse than the Yusra Kingdom in the early days.

 

‘If the Yusra Kingdom started with zero that had nothing.’

 

Frost was actually a minus.

 

“How are the residents?”

 

“It won’t be easy, but they’re trying to accept the situation.”

 

As Harkon said, it wasn’t easy to accept.

 

Before they could overcome the aftereffects of the demon king.

 

They found out that they had fallen into another world, not the Arcana continent.

 

In that sense, it was a relief.

 

‘…If I told them someone like me was the new lord.’

 

The backlash would probably intensify.

 

Thinking that way, I couldn’t help but feel grateful.

 

‘It did a good job.’

 

I often benefited from Grandfel’s tiring personality.

 

I added to Harkon, who was worried.

 

“Get used to the position. Sir Harkon.”

 

“I am trying to do that too.”

 

“No, you have to get used to it.”

 

“…Sir Hoyeol, what’s the matter?”

 

Indeed, Harkon was quick-witted.

 

Qirnberg Machine Tower rupture.

 

The situation on the Arcana continent that I had witnessed.

 

Just like with Marcelo.

 

I had no reason not to tell Harkon either.

 

“I’ve guessed it to some degree.”

 

Harkon took a deep breath and continued.

 

“But now that my guess is confirmed, I’m getting emotional.”

 

Soon, his eyes shone determinedly.

 

“As Sir Hoyeol said. This position. I’ll get used to its weight.”

 

Yeah, Harkon had to get used to it.

 

Given the situation in the Arcana continent.

 

There was no rule stating that a situation like the Frost incident wouldn’t happen again.

 

Unless the emperor of the Empire appeared in reality.

 

The weight in Harkon’s shoulders would get heavier.

 

‘…Wow. Now that I see it, there’s nothing good about it?’

 

It might be different if it was just a game.

 

Being a lord didn’t seem like a good thing.

 

Above all, there was so much to answer for.

 

In that sense, the [authority] function was highly fraudulent.

 

‘I’m not the lord, but I have power equal to that of the lord.’

 

Of course, this powerful function couldn’t be wielded at will.

 

Wielding power for self-interest?

 

No way Grandfell’s pride could tolerate it.

 

Well, if it was being used in the right place like now, it might be different.

 

“What’s the status of recovery?”

 

“Thanks to the guilds’ help, it’s going smoothly.”

 

“Is that so? You should prioritize your work.”

 

Sksk–

 

I picked up a feather pen right away.

 

Frost’s reconstruction.

 

I looked at the documents thoroughly and found something to revise.

 

Well, I could see the improvement.

 

Of course, this was also due to Grandfel’s setup.

 

『There was a good reason why Grandfel was chosen as the heir to the family at the age of seven.』

 

In the setting.

 

Grandfel was the heir to a great family.

 

Knowledge across territorial management?

 

Just like his talent for magic and aura.

 

He could Intuitively identify problems as soon as he saw them.

 

In other words, he was able to come up with complementary points.

 

So Harkon’s welcoming greeting toward me.

 

It was not without a reason.

 

“How terrible! I would have made a big mistake without Sir Hoyeol.”

 

“Everyone makes mistakes.”

 

“Sir Hoyeol’s humility made me feel ashamed. Doesn’t Sir Hoyeol never make a mistake?”

 

…What are you doing, answer quickly.

 

Every moment, every second is the result of the mistakes I made during my school days!

 

But, unlike how I felt.

 

I had the audacity to be silent.

 

In the end, it was Harkon who opened his mouth first.

 

“I’ve just heard bad news, but talking to Sir Hoyeol helps me breathe a little easier. Of course, I am indebted to Sir Hoyeol once again.”

 

Debt.

 

Having said that, I was the one who had nothing to say.

 

I had the force of the Knights of Lionheart.

 

Didn’t I just reuse them…!?

 

Here, with nothing to go back to.

 

If it weren’t for the Knights of Lionheart.

 

Let alone the demon king subjugation, I wouldn’t have seen the demon king.

 

But I didn’t drag it out.

 

I just put it simply.

 

“There is a give and take in everything. Don’t mind it.”

 

…Simply shameless!

 

Really, it was an answer that wasn’t like me.

 

“Haha. I’ll keep that in mind.”

 

Fortunately, Harkon had a big-hearted personality.

 

As I was in the middle of thinking.

 

Suddenly, I heard a noise outside the office window.

 

Whiing–

 

“It’s a helicopter.”

 

A helicopter was flying over Frost.

 

Harkon opened his mouth after taking a glance.

 

“According to Yesica, the residents of Frost look at the flying iron block with uneasy eyes. I think that’s understandable.”

 

I nodded.

 

It was a natural reaction.

 

Just as we were appalled at the monsters.

 

The modern culture was probably unfamiliar to the Arcanains.

 

Oddity summoned to reality.

 

They would have no choice but to adapt.

 

However.

 

Something was hanging from the helicopter.

 

Untidy and messy.

 

My response to it was also natural.

 

I said with a cold stare.

 

“It’s aesthetically intrusive.”

 

*

 

People were bound to get twisted for anything of value.

 

Even if it turned into nonsense.

 

Beep–!

 

For a moment, a creepy sound came out of the loudspeaker.

 

A rousing voice followed.

 

“The government must expel the refugees now!”

 

“Exile! Banish them!”

 

“Don’t go against the will of the people for your country!”

 

Around this time, Hokkaido was always windy.

 

“This year is tough. How obstinate.”

 

Including Jung Manseok of the Korean Daily.

 

Reporters from the Republic of Korea, who gathered in Hokkaido, Japan, trembled. It might be due to the sharp wind in Hokkaido, but the bigger reason was the protesters.

 

“It gives me goosebumps. No, how can you wish for that?”

 

“What refugees are they talking about?”

 

“They all must have watched it. What the people of Frost have been through. If you’re truly a human, you won’t do that.”

 

He didn’t even want to call it a protest.

 

Because the reporters’ eyes clearly revealed their impure purpose.

 

Steam came out of Jung Manseok’s mouth.

 

“They must have been funded by far-right groups.”

 

“The government’s tendency is that way, how can they do that?”

 

“It’s urgent. Actually, the situation in Japan makes no sense, doesn’t it?”

 

The Japanese government even broke international agreements to preoccupy Frost.

 

Al though it was a gamble for the sake of the Inazuma Guild in their home country.

 

Led by Guild Master Hisagi Kazuma, the majority of Inazuma guild members openly moved to the Yusra Kingdom.

 

It had been a mess for a while.

 

“It was practically asylum.”

 

“I don’t know what happened to Inazuma and the Japanese government. After shaking hands, now they’re throwing irrational numbers. The image of Japan is going down~”

 

“They’ll be dragging your feet until the end when they violate the agreement anyway.”

 

Whiir–

 

In the middle of the conversation.

 

They heard the sounds of helicopters coming in.

 

The reporters couldn’t even sigh and pressed the shutters.

 

“What does the banner say?”

 

“Get out. Long live Japan. It’s refined to the fullest, but that’s roughly what it is about..”

 

“Awesome. They really are.”

 

He wondered if this was necessary.

 

The international agreement wasn’t called the international agreement for no reason.

 

No matter how hard they tried, nothing would change.

 

No matter what the Japanese government did, they couldn’t make an influence in Frost.

 

Despite knowing that fact, they tried to take a stab because they felt it was unfair…

 

However, by this point, it had exceeded the level of stabbing.

 

To think they even put up a banner like that in the sky.

 

“There’s no intention. That’s just pure malice.”

 

Malice.

 

Yeah, if people got twisted for things of value.

 

Where people got twisted, ‘demons’ would appear.

 

Especially where there was a lot of negative energy like now.

 

“They’re doing great.”

 

The guidelines were full of protesters and journalists.

 

The man who was watching the scene, Maeda Kenji, trembled.

 

Because of the cold? No.

 

Because he got goosebumps? No, it wasn’t that either.

 

Maeda trembled with a sense of exhilaration.

 

“Yes, this is it.”

 

Maeda was no longer a cabinet member of the government.

 

‘Well, though it might still look that way on the outside.’

 

He was possessed by a demon.

 

Maeda’s pupils blackened.

 

“It’s silly. It’s all stupid.”

 

Human beings were foolish.

 

Did they call this guy Maeda Kenji?

 

What’s so great about this insignificant guy?

 

This guy’s words made him look dirty.

 

Of course, as he said, it wasn’t just humans who were stupid.

 

“My lord. You were very foolish, too.”

 

The demon king, Decarabia.

 

Yes, even the demon king, who was once his master, was foolish.

 

The Demon King’s Centurion.

 

The guy who recalled his past laughed nastily.

 

“Demons always have to be demons.”

 

Despicable and vicious.

 

That was how demons should live.

 

Knowing that fact.

 

He didn’t give his life for his foolish master.

 

He deserted from the demon army and took over a human body like this.

 

What were the results?

 

Whiir–

 

Even if the foolish demon king was dead.

 

He was living and breathing like this, growing stronger.

 

Maeda, drunk with that ecstasy, came to his senses.

 

“These are the reporters.”

 

He started playing Maeda Kenji.

 

It wasn’t difficult.

 

No, it was rather enjoyable.

 

“Isn’t it a democratic country? Opinions may vary, but there are no such things as wrong opinions, right? Since when did the protest have to be conditional? Don’t you think so? By the way, what’s your nationality? What, Korea?! Yes, you deserve to know their inner thoughts!!!”

 

At every word he said.

 

Negative emotions of humans fluctuated.

 

He didn’t care about cleaning up the mess.

 

Maeda Kenji.

 

If his body was useless, he could just throw it away.

 

Of course, by then, he would be a much stronger demon than he was now.

 

‘Even so, I have no intention of dying foolishly like the demon king.’

 

He had no intention of claiming to be king.

 

Just despicable, vicious, and devilish.

 

He would live by possessing humans.

 

In that sense, he was aiming for his prey.

 

‘The one who knocked down the demon king.’

 

He definitely heard his name was Lee Hoyeol.

 

Lee Hoyeol, if he could possess that body, that would be the best.

 

As seen with Maeda’s body, which had nothing special about it.

 

He could wield a human.

 

If he took over the body of Lee Hoyeol who toppled the demon king….

 

‘…I can become more than just a demon king.’

 

Yeah, that’s why he visited Frost.

 

Confidence to take over Lee Hoyeol’s body?

 

He had plenty.

 

‘I am not stupid.’

 

Unlike the demon king, he had no intention of boasting that he was a demon.

 

Even if that man had knocked down the demon king.

 

He probably wouldn’t be able to recognize the demon possessing Maeda’s body.

 

It was just a matter of aiming for a moment of carelessness.

 

In that sense, you could see it as fishing.

 

‘I threw the bait.’

 

The protesters and helicopters were the bait.

 

‘Lee Hoyeol, as long as he takes the bait…!’

 

While Maeda was thinking like that.

 

Whiir–

 

The helicopter turned back.

 

Well, it came back with the sound of an urgent propeller.

 

The reporters shouted.

 

“W-Wait a minute. Is that on fire? No way?”

 

“Is the helicopter broken?”

 

“No, that’s not it, the banner is on fire!?”

 

“…!”

 

Soon, Maeda’s lips turned up nastily.

 

‘As expected, humans are stupid!’

 

Lee Hoyeol, that guy took the bait.

 

Maeda spoke to reporters as if he had been waiting for it.

 

“This is obviously an act of hostility. I can’t sit back and watch anymore. I’ll go into Frost right now and settle it myself!”

 

Of course, Maeda’s illusion didn’t last long.

 

The moment he stepped on Frost.

 

He realized it unconsciously.

 

‘…W-What is it? This gaze?”

 

The fear of prey encountered by a natural enemy!

 

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Is it because my level went up?

 

I realized that my body’s senses had become more sensitive.

 

For example, like now.

 

[Skill ‘Natural Enemy Relationship’ is activated.]