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Episode 242. Emperor, Cairodias
Third Princess Evangeline has been seriously ill for a long time.
The emperor tried various methods to cure the third princess’s illness, but failed every time.
Even Royal Gwyn was barely able to extend his life.
A situation where everyone has given up on a cure.
But Ethan was completely cured of the disease.
‘Of course you have no choice but to call me.’
Ethan suddenly showed up and cured the third princess of her incurable disease. He even came as Legia’s apprentice.
‘It was a risky undertaking. But I took all the risks and succeeded in curing the princess.’
Ethan smiled brightly.
Now it was definitely time to reap the rewards.
‘From now on, the palace’s gaze towards me will change greatly. No, it has already changed.’
“Ethan of the House of Wickus, listen up. His Majesty the Emperor has personally congratulated you for your efforts in curing the illness of the Third Princess Evangeline!”
Ethan bowed to the emperor’s envoy.
“These are the words of His Majesty the Emperor. Go, Ethan Wickers. His Majesty the Emperor awaits.”
Ethan followed the envoy immediately, hearing the luxurious words that the emperor was waiting.
* * *
The magnificent and grand gate opened.
A long, straight red carpet. At the end of it was a golden throne.
On the golden throne, high enough to be naturally looked up to, sat the current Emperor of the Holy Empire.
Normally, the bureaucrats who were the core of the empire would have been standing on both sides of this bright red carpet. However, today, this place was reserved solely for Ethan, so the hall was empty.
As Ethan slowly walked forward, the door closed behind him.
“You’re Ethan Wickers. You’re as young as I’ve heard. Very young.”
Kairoudias Sacred, Emperor of the Holy Empire.
As soon as he saw the Emperor, Ethan achieved his feat.
-You have achieved the achievement!
– [Audience with the Emperor] You have earned likes by completing the achievement!
– You’ve gotten ‘4’ likes!
Since it was quite difficult to enter the palace itself, there were many achievements that were achieved in this way. Of course, from Ethan’s perspective, it wasn’t a bad thing.
Kairoudias, whom I saw for the first time in a long time, did not look much different from when I met him in Mepan.
The golden clothes. The intense gaze clearly showed that he was an extraordinary person. The gaze was so intense that it was difficult to look straight at him.
As Ethan met the Emperor’s eyes, the Emperor immediately smiled.
‘It has the power to attract people. Maybe it’s super powers.’
Ethan smiled and focused all his senses on Kairodhis.
‘Let’s check. How far is the distance between the Emperor and me?’
If you can feel the strength of your opponent, you can see that it is a strength that you can catch up to.
But if he couldn’t feel anything, that meant there was a gap so large that it was hard to keep up, so Ethan focused his senses keenly to figure out the gap.
‘hmm.’
It was very subtle, but Ethan could sense something from Kairoudias.
It was too small to be considered a measure of strength, but it definitely felt like something.
Cairodias is one of the strongest on the continent. Even the strongest swordsman on the continent, the Sword Saint, was able to defeat Cairodias, so he had no rival in the Holy Empire at the time.
‘I’ve heard that even if the twelve star clans attacked at once, they wouldn’t be able to win. I don’t know if it’s really like that, but I’ve seen them fight six clans.’
Even though the six heads of the twelve constellations attacked at the same time, they were all defeated by Cairodias. It was a duel, so that was fortunate. If it hadn’t been a duel, they would have lost their lives.
‘That was also an overwhelming victory. The Emperor had plenty of strength left.’
In fact, it could be seen that the skill gap was much larger.
‘I guess I must have followed this monster to the end since I can sense something from it.’
He is the leader of the strongest on the continent. Ethan is very pleased with his current growth rate.
“His Majesty the Emperor.”
Ethan knelt down and bowed his head.
“Ethan Wickers, look up. You have done a great job. Jim has tried to cure Evangeline for a long time, but no herbal medicine has been able to cure her, and even Warden Banderas of Royal Gwyn has been able to do little more than prolong her life. But you have done it. You have done the impossible, and you deserve a reward.”
It was a voice that seemed very satisfied.
“Ethan Wickers, is there anything you want? You can be honest. I’ll give you anything if I can get it.”
The emperor was the pinnacle of power.
If Ethan wanted anything, he had the power to grant it.
‘There is no need to be unnecessarily polite.’
I had to act differently from the powerful figures I had met so far, such as the Black Star and the heads of the other twelve constellations.
‘Honestly, what you want.’
“There is someone I am looking for. She is a saint of the Holy Light Church. I would like to meet her.”
There are several ways to meet the elusive saint. Among them, the one that Ethan chose was to maximize his fame level.
‘If I were the emperor, I might be able to summon the saint.’
“Is it because of that disease? That morbidity that is clouding your brain and rotting your soul?”
Ethan was inwardly amazed.
‘As expected, it’s amazing. I could only find out about Legia after checking the inside.’
Since Ethan had become so strong in so many ways by now, it would have been difficult to tell that he had such a serious illness just by looking at him.
But Ethan nodded without showing any sign of it and said.
“Yes, I will try to live. I heard that the Holy Light Saint was able to cure this vicious disease. I met Legia at a new teacher training session and that is how we became connected, but she said it would be difficult to meet the Saint… … .”
“It’s a good attitude. But it’s a shame. Your request is one of the few things I cannot grant. The Holy Light Saint is certainly my subject, but at the same time, I am a believer in the Holy Light Church.”
The emperor shook his head.
“Besides, your illness is different from the common extinction disease.”
“yes?”
‘Do you know something?’
“That’s why, even though he has excellent medical skills that can cure Evangeline’s illness, he can’t cure his own illness.”
Certainly this extinction was very powerful.
Even the famous gods of medicine in the new world said that they could not cure it. Even Ethan, who learned their medicine and was able to cure the incurable disease of extreme coldness, could not cure it himself.
“Is your Majesty saying that this disease is not an endemic disease?”
“No, that’s extinction. There’s no way I wouldn’t know. There’s no other disease that rots the soul. That’s not what Jim meant when he said things went the wrong way.”
The emperor said.
“Your extinction is dark. Darker than anything I’ve ever seen. It’s as real as if it were real.”
“Like really… … you mean?”
“Everything has an original. Your clothes, that form, there must have been someone who made it first. The clothes of the first person who made it would have been called the real thing. It’s the same. Your extinction is real.”
Really. The first curse and disease ever created.
“The first extinction disease that can be called the original. That’s how your illness looks to Jim.”
I had a feeling that it wasn’t a common illness.
But Ethan didn’t give in. He didn’t despair.
I’m just trying to calmly assess the current situation.
I don’t have the heart to be broken to this extent.
“Then do you think that even if you meet the saint, this cannot be cured?”
“That’s not something Jim could have expected. You have to meet her to know. Jim doesn’t know how to make miracles happen, but the saint knows how.”
In short, this meant that this disease could not be cured without a miracle.
‘And it is said that the saint can perform miracles.’
Ethan nodded once.
“Given the circumstances, I guess I’ll have to ask you again what you want.”
Ethan thought for a moment. If he couldn’t meet the saint, it seemed like it would be better to go with the original plan.
“I want to meet the King of the Magic Empire.”
“Didn’t Jim just say there were a few things he couldn’t do?”
The emperor laughed as if he found it amusing.
“That’s included in that. There have been many people who have asked me for favors, but you’re the first one to ask me to do something I can’t do. It’s been a long time since I’ve felt so helpless.”
“then…….”
Ethan currently believes in Moon Force.
As the number of believers in Moon Force increases, Ethan’s power also increases.
What if we build that temple in the capital?
‘The number of believers in Moon Force will increase. If they know that the temple was built by the Emperor’s order, many believers will gather just because of that.’
“… … .”
At the third request, one of the emperor’s eyebrows twitched.
The emperor, who had been silent for a moment, opened his mouth.
“Ethan Wickes.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“I’ll have a temple built in the capital. Yes, no one has made things more fun for me as of late.”
‘Looking at it, it seems like this wasn’t supposed to happen. You said you’d listen to anything, but you can’t refuse everything, so I feel like I reluctantly listened to it.’
This was a reward for curing Princess Evangeline’s incurable disease. It was no different from accomplishing the impossible, and the Emperor’s pride must have been high.
Ethan smiled to himself and bowed his head.
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
* * *
After the audience with the emperor was over.
Ethan received a bundle of parchment from the Emperor’s personal secretary.
“What is all this?”
“This is your compensation for this incident, Ethan Wickers.”
The parchment contained numerous rewards, along with the words that Ethan would be rewarded.
A considerable amount of gold, various jewels, and various artifacts.
In addition, there was a letter of appointment formally ennobling Ethan Wickers with the title of Earl and awarding him new lands.
“His Majesty has decided that the award ceremony can be omitted.”
The territory granted by the Emperor was quite far from the Wickus territory, but it was close enough that they could easily be connected if they wanted to.
“He also said that he would send down the new gods… … .”
Since he was a count, he naturally had to have vassals.
“If you wish, I will send the Royal Knights of the Imperial Palace to help manage the territory for a certain period of time.”
The secretary gestured as if to tell him to continue reading the parchment.
“And the last part of the parchment is the part that Your Majesty has taken extra care to take care of.”
Ethan opened his eyes wide as he checked the last piece of parchment.
‘He said he couldn’t call me.’
“If you take that to the Holy Light Church, you will be able to have a private meeting with the Pope.”
The Pope of the Holy Light Church was a man Ethan had never seen before.
‘If it were the Pope, he would certainly arrange a meeting with the saint. If not, he would at least be able to increase the chances of meeting her later.’
“I have also been granted the honorary position of Royal Gwynne. You may receive treatment at Royal Gwynne as much as you wish. Ethan’s acquaintances will also be able to receive treatment at Royal Gwynne.”
The endless rewards continued.
“And the last parchment is the entry card to the palace archives.”
In an instant, Ethan’s eyes opened wide.
The palace library was a place where many precious books were kept.
‘You could think of it as the palace’s treasure trove.’
A book of secrets and military strategies containing various martial arts, a book of magic containing numerous magic spells, etc.
The palace library was where precious books whose value could not be converted into money were stored.
‘I heard there are also books related to swordsmanship and magic in the palace.’
I had never been to the palace library even in Mepan.
Because only the prince, princess, and those with permission from the emperor could enter the palace library.
“The Palace Library is a noble place. Perhaps the Palace Library’s librarian will explain it to you again, but you must not disclose any information you encounter there to anyone outside.”
Ethan nodded.
“Thank you for treating Princess Evangeline.”
The Emperor’s direct secretary bowed his head.
‘He has served the Emperor for a long time. He has the power to influence the selection of the successor to the palace.’
Unlike Mephan, Princess Evangeline did not die, so this secretary was likely to push Evangeline.
‘The palace is going to be in dire straits. I need to use all the information I have before the situation changes.’
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