The Demon King’s Seal Has Been Broken

35 – Unforgivable Princess [Pride] – 4

Rag, a former warrior, came to the princess’s office abruptly.

Seeing Rag like that, the princess tried to get angry.

Rag was always a former warrior, a person who was dishonorably deprived of the rank of warrior.

It was very distasteful that such a person had come to her without daring to ask permission from herself, the princess who is now the de facto ruler of the empire.

I was thinking of scolding him for coming and sending him back just like that.

The princess thought so just a moment ago, and was about to act.

‘what…? Is this the Rag hero I know?’

But I couldn’t.

From the moment Lag entered this place, from the first time I saw him, I was speechless.

Instead of words, only cold sweat continued to break out.

I was just so scared.

The moment he first saw the hero, Rag, his mind was engulfed in fear.

No matter how benign the expression, the terrifying life in it was so bloody that any creature could feel it.

It was the first time I felt a murder from Rag, and I couldn’t help but feel that way even more since a person who seemed like he would never do that.

‘Why the hell did you come to me?’

Looking at Rag like that, the princess waited, wondering what she was going to say.

I waited for his action, thinking that maybe he was trying to harm himself.

He desperately thought about why the hell he had come to see him.

“Since the princess’s case is an issue, please forgive me for committing rudeness.”

In the meantime, as if to tell the princess not to be afraid, Lag greeted the princess again and bowed.

As if he knew very well that it was not polite to attack like this, he bowed his head to the princess asking for her understanding.

From the outside, he seemed to be asking for forgiveness for his rudeness, but…

Even so, the bloody aura did not disappear.

Rag exudes an aura that could kill him at any moment.

I could find courtesy in him, but I never dreamed of being on an equal footing with him.

“…”

The princess just watched Rag in silence.

In the meantime, Rag’s questions began.

“I’m asking straight forward, why did you break the seal of the demon lord?”

“Because Hero Bill said he could defeat the Demon King…”

“Didn’t you expect that this would happen if you broke the seal of the Demon King?”

“Mo… I couldn’t.”

“Why couldn’t you?”

“Because the demon king looked weak…because I thought Bill was strong…”

“Is that why you released it without consulting me?”

“…”

“Do you know what the princess did just now?”

“…”

“That demon king is not an ordinary demon king. He is a very dangerous demon king. The situation in the empire is serious right now. Are you aware of that?”

“… no…”

Rag’s question continues.

As the princess listened to Rag’s words, she quietly nodded and told her answer.

Because in this situation, there was no option in her head not to answer.

‘Ah… is this serious?’

And in those questions and answers, the princess could vaguely feel the seriousness of the situation.

Actually, Rag said it in the form of a question, but in a way, this was close to what Rag was explaining, so I had no choice but to understand.

At first I was skeptical, but now I’m sure. Rag was talking about a fairly serious situation right now.

‘The Demon King is an incredibly strong being?’

The princess’s hair wasn’t that stupid.

She also has her own way of noticing, and knows how to calculate.

Of course, she doesn’t know what Rag means right now.

‘The Demon King is an incredibly strong and dangerous being, why did you wake him up without consulting him?’

‘Right now, Princess, the empire is in danger because of your judgment.’

‘Why did you do such a useless thing and make it into this situation?’

I didn’t bother to say it directly, but what Rag wanted to say would be similar to the above.

As she listened to Rag, who seemed slightly angry at first glance, the princess came to understand why Rag was doing this to her.

Now I know how serious the resurrected situation of the demon king is.

‘Then, does that mean Rag is also very strong?’

And there were things I didn’t have to say, but I could tell.

The fact that Lag, who sealed such a demon king, is much stronger than Bill.

It might even be much stronger than Bill.

Since he understood the seriousness of the demon king from the beginning, and it was Rag who sealed the demon king, this analogy would be natural.

Rag couldn’t lie. No, right now, at this moment, I couldn’t even think of lying.

Lag is probably stronger than he thinks.

‘Did I… do something wrong…?’

Then the answer was so simple.

It was only now that the princess was able to intuit that the things she had assumed were wrong.

I had an intuition that I was quite wrong, to the point where I didn’t know where I was wrong.

Because of this, the princess’s head was quite confused.

“Princess. Let me ask you one last question. What do you plan to do from now on?”

Looking at the princess like that, Rag continued to ask questions without revealing his emotions.

The last question, Rag asked in the same manner as he had been asking the others.

As if he was really curious, Rag asked the princess.

‘What do we do…?’

However, the pressure felt was different from the other questions.

The question that may be the most important in some way.

Feeling the need to speak carefully about Rag’s question, the princess thought deeply for a moment.

‘What am I supposed to answer in this situation?’

How should I answer?

She was seriously troubled.

If what Rag said is true, the Empire is now in considerable danger.

Assuming that Rag’s words were true, it was no exaggeration to say that the empire really stood on the crossroads of destruction.

It might have been because of his own foolish judgment.

Now that the seal of the demon king has been lifted and he has started to act again, she was very worried about what answer she should give to Rag.

‘Should I apologize…?’

But I couldn’t think of a proper answer either.

If Rag’s words are true, everything has already become out of his hands.

There was nothing he could do in this situation.

If there was anything he could do, it would be Rag, who was the hero in front of him.

Then there was only one thing he had to do.

Apologizing to Rag.

and to seek help from him.

That would have been the best decision.

‘Yes… Let’s apologize…’

Lag probably has a countermeasure?

If left to him, the empire might be able to maintain its existence for 700 years.

The princess came to that conclusion after thinking for a long time, and was about to apologize to Rag…

‘Wait… can I… apologize?’

I had to stop for a moment.

As time passed and the fear that had crept into her head slowly faded, she was able to think rationally.

And when you think about it with your rational mind, this situation is obviously too strange.

If you think about it, is it right for the princess herself to apologize?

Is it right for the head of a country and the owner of an empire to apologize?

No matter how much I thought about it, it was never the right thing to do.

Because she was a princess.

‘Besides, to such a lowly blood?’

And, even if you apologize, the class should be right.

It was too difficult for her to apologize to the lowly-blooded champion she had so despised and insignificant.

I wonder if he was a child of the Duke Choi family. Even the son of such a duchy would have been very heavy on the princess’s apology.

But should I… do the heavy head of the princess to the warrior?

Should I throw away all my pride, as the princess, and as the owner of the empire, and apologize to the warrior?

No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t. It was absolutely impossible to apologize to a hero of low blood.

‘Did I do that wrong?’

Also, when I thought about it, I even thought that I was so wrong.

Come to think of it, she couldn’t understand what she had done wrong.

‘I did this for the sake of the empire.’

It was he who moved for the empire more than anyone else.

He always worked hard for the development of the empire, and everything he did was the right thing.

No matter how much you think about it, you can be confident that there is nothing wrong with your choice.

‘Does such a lowly blood dare to discipline the princess with that?’

When I thought about that, I felt like I was about to get angry.

Now that I think about it, isn’t that a really ridiculous situation?

Rag was a disgraced former warrior who had been stripped of his rank as a champion. Naturally, all of them were stripped of their honor as former warriors.

But now, it wasn’t enough that she had invaded on her own, so she dared to preach a sermon to herself, the princess, on the subject of ‘low blood’.

This was the death penalty under the law of the empire.

I didn’t recognize it because of fear, but now that I think about it, it was this situation that made no sense.

“How dare you… Where are you going to teach me now?”

Because of this, the princess had no choice but to raise her head and argue while looking at Rag.

“It’s all your fault in the first place.”

It’s not your fault.

Still, if there is a fault, it must be Lag’s fault.

“It’s because a low blooded person like you couldn’t handle a demon lord properly.”

Didn’t this happen because the hero couldn’t defeat the demon lord with low blood in the first place?

Isn’t it wrong to seal something in the middle?

No, isn’t it wrong that such a lowly blood became a hero in the first place?

No matter how much I thought about it, it wasn’t my fault.

If there was anything wrong, it would have been Lag.

“All… you’re wrong, Lag.”

The princess expressed her thoughts to Rag without regret.