I Became a Mythical Knight King

Chapter 124: The Royal Capital Astria (1)

Juliet found it difficult to regain her composure.

No, she was half in a daze.

Her heart pounded as if it would burst, and her entire body was burning hot.

The moment she faced the light of Camelot, the moment she shouted Camelot’s glory along with tens of thousands of people, Juliet felt an indescribably immense sense of elation.

She already knew he was the king of humans.

She had seen the golden aura emanating from Yoo Seong several times, and had even fought alongside him but despite that, she couldn’t help but tremble.

And it was the same for the others belonging to the Western Lords Alliance.

Count Carian smiled with joy like a boy, while Baron Anjou and Baron Laval, who could hardly be more opposite in character, released their intense emotions with identical expressions and wide-open mouths.

Robin wept loudly because she was too happy and too emotional to hold back her tears.

Ruan shed tears as well.

Though he didn’t sob loudly like Robin, the reason for his tears was the same—he was too moved.

The Baltois Cavalry and the Western Lords Alliance recalled Yoo Seong’s appearances in the battles they had fought until now.

Especially on the faces of soldiers from Lothian, deeper emotions were visible than on others.

The Black Knight of Lothian who had always protected them through countless crises.

Our lord.

No, our king.

The capital’s residents were also all enthusiastic.

Tens of thousands shouting a unified chant was enough to give an incredible sense of exaltation, especially when that chant was for Camelot—a myth, a legend, and history.

When it evoked memories of the great hero everyone had admired in childhood.

Before the light of Camelot, all humans were enthusiastic.

Not only the nobles belonging to the royalist faction but also the aristocratic faction nobles had no other thoughts.

No, it would be more accurate to say they couldn’t have any other thoughts.

They all faced the light of Camelot and thought.

They shouted Camelot’s glory and acknowledged the reality before their eyes.

The king of humans has truly returned.

The king of Camelot has announced the formation of the Holy King’s Army.

The entire capital erupted in another unified shout.

Roars that seemed like they would shake not only the capital but the entire world burst forth one after another but soon, as if it were a lie, the cheering subsided because Yoo Seong—the king of humans standing in the air—raised his sword of light once again.

Everyone in the capital, as if by agreement, closed their mouths and looked at the king of humans.

More than tens of thousands of people held their breath and waited for the words to come from the king’s mouth.

It wasn’t some splendid speech but something that could make everyone’s hearts surge with just that.

“Glory to Camelot.”

Yoo Seong, the king of humans, said.

And at that moment, a dazzling golden light emanated once again from the sword of judgment raised high.

Whoosh—!

In the place where the light disappeared, the king of humans was no longer there.

The Camelot warriors he had led were also gone but while the capital’s residents were surprised, they weren’t afraid or scared because they thought the king of humans had disappeared with the light, just as he had appeared.

It was a kind of production, using the golden light to conclude the victory ceremony.

“Glory to Camelot!”

“Glory to Camelot!”

Amidst the cheers of the capital’s residents, Princess Elizabeth stepped forward as the head of the Holy King’s Army and began to lead the enthusiastic Holy King’s Army along with the residents.

The destination was beyond the square, toward the royal palace of the Silatein Kingdom.

“Huff… huff…”

In the training room inside the Yoo Seong Castle’s Swordsmanship Hall, lying flat on the floor, Yoo Seong extended his entire body and exhaled rough breaths.

Not just his forehead but his entire body was damp with sweat, and there was no color in his face.

‘I pushed too hard.’

Thought expansion—the Era of Humans.

It was still too much after all.

During the battle with the Lion King, he could unfold the Era of Humans thanks to King Arthur’s power contained in Caliburn, but that power had already been completely used up.

In other words, the Era of Humans he unfolded in the royal capital was purely done with Yoo Seong’s own strength, so it was actually a mess.

Unlike before, when he had practically erased the Lion King’s thought realm, there was no notable effect in the Era of Humans that Yoo Seong unfolded.

Of course, since it was still the light of Camelot, it had the effect of uplifting humans’ hearts, but that was it.

Currently, for Yoo Seong, the Era of Humans was an inefficient technique that instantly drained not only physical strength but also mental power, without providing any particular benefit when used in actual combat.

‘But.’

The effect of the Era of Humans was certain.

The capital’s residents shouted with one heart and one mind for the glory of Camelot.

The sight of more than tens of thousands of people speaking with one voice was enough to make one’s heart swell.

And that shout was due to Yoo Seong’s guidance, so even Yoo Seong couldn’t help but be excited.

Introducing Rene and Jillian and declaring the formation of the Holy King’s Army.

He had said everything he had aimed to say and succeeded in gaining the support of the royal capital.

‘Maybe I was too stylish.’

Yoo Seong, whose face suddenly flushed, covered his face with both hands as if hiding it, even though there was no one watching.

But what could he do?

Eventually, Yoo Seong smiled, removed his hands, and beamed brightly.

After all, it was truly a splendid, magnificent, and heart-pounding sight.

-knock.

There was a knock, and an unexpected voice came from beyond the walls of the training room.

“Successor? Are you in there?”

“Rene?”

It wasn’t a misheard sound but really Rene’s voice.

Yoo Seong, who had reflexively stood up, first looked straight ahead.

He thought that perhaps he had summoned Rene as a sparring partner but that wasn’t the case.

The only one in the training room was Yoo Seong himself.

“Successor?”

“Oh, Rene. Um. Is that you?”

“Yes! I’m here. The door seems to be locked, is that right?”

It really was Rene.

Yoo Seong approached the wall of the training room, following the voice.

Then he could discover a hidden door he hadn’t recognized until now.

‘Wait, there was a door here?’

“Successor?”

“Oh, I’ll open it now.”

“Yes!”

Yoo Seong smiled at the energetic response as always and opened the hidden door of the training room.

Then he saw Rene’s brightly smiling face and Jillian’s face, which was blushing red with a dazed expression.

“Lady Jillian too?”

“I brought her. Can we come in first?”

“Oh, yes. Of course. Come in.”

As Yoo Seong stepped aside, Rene entered the training room, pulling Jillian’s hand.

“What’s going on?”

Yoo Seong’s coming to the training room wasn’t actually part of the production.

It was closer to an urgent retreat because he could no longer maintain the Era of Humans.

Of course, he didn’t just leave without sending a signal to Rene, but he never expected to meet Rene in the training room.

To Yoo Seong’s question, Rene smiled brightly and said,

“The training room is in Yoo Seong Castle, and my study in the magic tower is also in Yoo Seong Castle, so I thought I might be able to visit.”

It was a hypothesis that Yoo Seong himself had considered once before but at that time, there was no way to get out of the training room, so he just thought it wouldn’t work, but it seems it was possible.

“Then Lady Jillian?”

“As soon as you went to the training room, you told my sister to go to the temple, and then I brought her.”

If Yoo Seong had the training room, and Rene had the study in the magic tower, then Jillian had the prayer room in the temple.

It was a newly opened function of the temple as the overall tier of Yoo Seong Castle rose, and it seemed that when Jillian prayed in the prayer room, the accumulation rate of holy power in the temple accelerated.

“I thought too much attention would be drawn if Lady Jillian and I remained while you disappeared, so we moved first. I was also worried about you.”

It was Rene who had figured out that the reason Yoo Seong had hurriedly retreated to the training room was because of the excessive use of his thought realm.

As worry filled Rene’s eyes, Yoo Seong said with an awkward smile,

“Don’t worry about me. I did sweat a lot, but I’m fine now.”

After saying that, Yoo Seong stepped back slightly to increase the distance from Rene.

It was because he was worried that there might be a sweat smell.

Whether Rene knew Yoo Seong’s thoughts or not, she stepped closer to Yoo Seong and grabbed his hand.

She was startled for a moment by the hot hand, but soon nodded and exhaled in relief.

It seemed she had done some sort of magical examination.

“No problems, right?”

“Yes, but I think you should rest well.”

“I should.”

After saying that, Yoo Seong suddenly began to chuckle.

When Rene looked up at him, tilting her head as if asking why, Yoo Seong laughed again and said,

“No, Rene’s face is so red.”

Although Rene was usually shy, so this wasn’t the first time seeing her red face, today was a bit different.

It was a face that was red not from embarrassment but from being too exalted.

At Yoo Seong’s words, Rene flinched for a moment and quickly covered her cheeks with both hands, but that only made her look cuter without actually calming her face.

“B-but I couldn’t help it. And do you know that your face is red now too, Successor?”

“Is that so? My face is red too? But isn’t Rene’s face redder?”

“No, your face is redder, Successor.”

“Then shall we compare with a mirror?”

It was a conversation that would immediately earn disapproving looks if anyone saw, but fortunately, Jillian, the only third person in this place, couldn’t pay attention to the embarrassing conversation between the two.

“Haah…”

Jillian’s appearance, smiling dreamily as if immersed in afterglow and looking into the distance.

Being such a beauty, even her dazed and blank appearance was very beautiful, but Yoo Seong and Rene had already developed immunity to Jillian’s beauty.

“Why is Lady Jillian like that? Actually, I think I know.”

“Hehe.”

At Yoo Seong’s words, Rene followed with a laugh and then somewhat playfully waved her hand in front of Jillian’s eyes.

“There’s still no response.”

“Let’s just let her enjoy it.”

Rene nodded and approached Yoo Seong again.

“But Rene.”

“Yes, Successor.”

“If all of us—me, you, and Lady Jillian—are here, who’s managing the victory ceremony?”

“Um…probably Princess Elizabeth?”

“…Just to make sure, you didn’t give any hint that we were coming here, right?”

“Um…no.”

While Yoo Seong’s group was at the front, Princess Elizabeth was in the center of the victory procession.

“Then Rene, from Princess Elizabeth’s perspective, at the moment the victory ceremony reached its climax, the king of humans, the king’s magician, and the king’s saint suddenly disappeared without a word, and she has to conclude the ceremony and manage the situation as if nothing happened in front of tens of thousands of enthusiastic people… is that the situation?”

“…I guess so?”

Rene was sweating profusely, and so was Yoo Seong…and about two hours later.

“I see. So you just threw everything at me and left. That’s what happened.”

Before the princess who was smiling a deathly white smile, Yoo Seong and Rene bowed their heads.