The Only Ending for the Evil Count Pig Is Destruction

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“Wow… !”

Inside the carriage heading to the imperial palace, Beth opened her mouth in admiration as she looked at the scenery seen through the car window. It wasn’t because it was her first outing after regaining consciousness.

“Excuse me! Imperial palace! “I can see the imperial palace!”

“Beth. You were in a carriage. It’s dangerous, so sit down. Besides, the master is also in front of me, so is it okay to look like that?”

“S-sorry.”

Beth flinched at Cynthia’s harsh criticism of her. It seems that young Beth was unable to hide her childlike excitement over the fact that she was going to the imperial palace for the first time in her life.

“It doesn’t matter if you just sit and watch.”

“Really?!”

“Okay.”

“Thank you. Master!”

Once she gave me permission, Beth sat down in her seat and started looking out the window.

Cynthia had a look on her face as if she didn’t deserve it, but she didn’t say anything because she was in front of me. Considering Beth’s age her, she could be a little less strict.

It was not Lian who accompanied the imperial palace as escorts, but Cynthia and Beth from Annihilation Maid.

There was also a fear that Lian would fall out of control, and there was also concern that the emperor or his entourage might recognize Lian’s face her.

Above all, the words that Director Wiley added to the letter, ‘Be careful when giving blood’ were important. Considering her mental state of her, she couldn’t bear to take her because something unthinkable could happen to her.

If I had time, I would have given blood to check, but right now, responding to the emperor’s call is the priority.

I left Rian in the care of the remaining maids in the mansion, Myuri and Rika.

I hope that two positive and energetic people might be able to satisfy Rihanna’s low self-esteem her to some extent.

“Young master. “To be honest, I’m a little concerned.”

But Cynthia expressed concern to me.

“What do you mean?”

“For accepting that demon into her mansion.”

Cynthia said, adjusting her glasses.

Okay. Her strict personality made me wonder why she wouldn’t let me go. In young Tristan’s memories, Cynthia was in the role of a nag.

Cynthia spoke to me with a stern teacher’s face, as if she were back in those days.

“Even if you admit it, she is still a demon. People with demonic blood have been people who cannot and should not interact with humans since ancient times.”

“Know. But Rian is different from other demons.”

“He sure looked like that. But she can’t trust Mine. She may be obedient now, but you never know what she will be like later. Don’t you know, Master? How much demons have tormented humans. History proves it. The demons are the enemies of humans.”

Although it may sound like nagging, Cynthia had a point. In this world, the hostile history between humans and demons is long and deep-rooted. Just as a demon king and a warrior cannot reconcile, demons and humans are in a relationship like water and oil that can never be mixed.

Because of this worldview, there are people who cannot accept Rian even among Aslan, a group loyal to me.

In the mansion, there are people who don’t care like Helga, while there are also people who can’t understand it like Cynthia.

I thought for a moment and then opened my mouth.

“Cynthia. Do you trust me?”

“Yes? That’s right… I believe in you, but…”

“Then can you trust me who believes in Rian?”

“… !”

Cynthia’s eyes shook.

Even if I give orders to those below me, I will not be able to change their perception.

It will take time, but as Rihanna shows that she is doing well, we have no choice but to change the perception of those around her little by little. And it is up to me, the one who took her in, to trust and help Rian.

“Lian will definitely be helpful to me and her family. If you trust me, just watch her a little longer. You will not be disappointed.”

“… Could it be because I don’t trust you, Master?”

Fortunately, Cynthia seems to have been convinced.

“Honestly, I thought you would just give me orders. But seeing that you are asking me to trust you, I can see how sincere you are. In that case, all I can do is completely trust and follow.”

“Hmm.”

“I will speak well to the people at the mansion as well.”

Even though she is strict, Cynthia not only understands what I want, but she also knows what to do next. Of all the people currently in her mansion, there is probably no one better suited to be the exclusive maid than Cynthia.

Of course, if Wendy hears this, she will be upset…

On the other hand, Beth, who was similar in age to Wendy, was still looking at the imperial palace with fascination.

It must be amazing to see the imperial palace so close, something you’ve only seen in fairy tales.

“Wow… Young master! “The princess lives there, right?”

“No. “It can’t be like that.”

“Yes?”

For a moment, I thought it was a mistake when I saw Beth’s expression her her darken her.

“Then princess… “No?”

Beth asks me while crying.

When they said she was a princess, I unconsciously looked at them with a straight face.

I corrected Beth in as gentle a voice as possible.

“There is no princess, but there is a queen with a mean spirit.”

*

“I will tell you in advance, but I am not afraid of you.”

Those were the first words Luna, the evil-hearted emperor I encountered in the throne room, spoke to me.

“Jim has been very busy. Even ten bodies were not enough to prepare for the northern expedition. It’s not that I didn’t call you because I was afraid of you.”

She listened closely and saw that Luna was making an excuse for the bet she had been putting off.

She also emphasizes that she is never afraid of me.

She must have been quite upset after hearing me ask her twice if she was afraid.

It seemed like he didn’t know, but the more he emphasized it, the more he was admitting that he was afraid of me.

“Do you understand?”

“Who said what?”

“I thought you were going to talk nonsense, so Jim told me in advance. Be moved by Jim’s warm consideration. Count.”

Luna was looking down at me with an expression asking how she was.

That appearance seemed laughable even without the use of ‘pride’.

“That’s interesting. Are you ordering me to be moved now?”

“Heh… It’s not an order. “It was ‘permission’ for me to reveal my heartfelt sincerity to Jim.”

I almost laughed as I remembered the conversation I had with Cynthia in the carriage earlier.

Since she took her hand in the northern expedition, Luna has not shown as much hostility as she used to.

Anyway, the fact that we have a cooperative relationship on the surface may be a big deal. There were still thorns in her words, but it feels like those thorns have become dull.

I decided to try stimulating the spiteful hedgehog once.

“Then I guess I have no choice but to allow it. You can be afraid of me.”

“Didn’t you say you weren’t afraid?”

As soon as she finished speaking, Luna raised her thorns.

They react right away when they are told they are afraid.

“Who is afraid of you?”

“Why are you angry?”

“What?”

“I never forced fear on anyone. I just ‘allowed’ fear.”

I shamelessly smiled and returned the quote she said.

Then Luna made a shocked expression.

“Crazy guy. “You’re probably the only one who could say something like that to Jim.”

“I’ve felt it before, but I’m not good at giving compliments.”

“This is not a compliment! “You crazy count!”

I decided to stop teasing her because I felt like I was really going to hit her like this.

“Enough chatting, I’m busy too, so let’s start the game I prepared.”

“Bouncer… Look over there.”

Luna clicked her tongue and pointed to her darkened window.

As I approached, I saw a long stretch of imperial garden below.

The garden, built on flat land, had torches lit here and there, making it look like a small runway. And there I saw an object that I felt like I had seen before.

“…Target?”

“The game we will play today is archery.”

Shoot an arrow…

To be honest, it was a sport I wasn’t confident in.

Maybe it’s swordsmanship, but I’ve never tried archery before, let alone in real life. Truly a beginner among beginners.

Whatever it is, I’ll have to listen to the rules first. The moment I looked back at her with those thoughts, I couldn’t help but freeze in place.

“… “What are you doing?”

“Don’t move. Count”

At some point, Luna was holding a bow and was aiming an arrow at me.

Thanks to her, her ‘pride’ and ‘patience’ her, I asked her slyly, without changing her expression at all.

“Has the game already started?”

“Joy… “Do you think I’m asking you to play a game?”

The sharp tip of the arrow was emitting a sad glow in the moonlight. It’s not a fake, it’s a real arrowhead.

This crazy emperor, no… It seems that the evil-minded emperor has decided to shoot me to death.

Luna asked me with a smile of her conversion.

“Answer me once. Count. Are you afraid of your luggage now?”