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TS Research Lab actually worked! Quite happy I guess.
One of them, I wish for your luck:
Like hell I am gonna get captured!
TL: Mado
Editor:Crash, Doom
Episode 13 Mutual Dependence
Guided by several military officers inside a dim underground tunnel, a man in his prime with respectful social status and a man in his mid-twenties caught their breath. They kept running as fast as they could.
“Please hurry your majesty, we will come out of a hut on the outskirts of the royal capital if we can escape from here. Afterward, we shall hide ourselves inside Duke Baldi’s place for a short time, then we will seek help from the empire or holy kingdom to sweep those rebels and demons out of this country.”
“I-I know. As if I would hand this country over to those kinds of demons or rebels! I will definitely take it back with my own hands.”
The man in his prime, who doesn’t have bad looks, but somehow lacks ambition, grumbled annoyingly while carrying a small box like it was something of great importance.
“Of course, father. Let’s teach them who owns this country. At any rate, more irritating than those demons are the citizens! They kept enjoying a great life under father’s rule and yet they turn sides and changed into insurgents that blame us ―Damn those ungrateful looters!”
The young man is more blunt; dazzling flames of malice burned in his eyes.
“It’s just as his highness said. Fortunately this passage is only known to a few people outside of the royal family. Also, earlier we blocked the exits and entrances to the castle, so, Your Majesty, please feel at ease.”
Hearing the words from the military officer, the man ―Amitia Kingdom’s current king, seemed to hesitate for a moment.
“…However, my sons, my daughters, and moreover my empresses remain in the royal palace.”
“There’s no other way. The public would take notice and escaping would also take time if we went together. However, as long as we have father who is the current king and myself who is the next term’s king and above all if we have the seal of state, then Amitia Kingdom will still be at peace. They are also royalty, so they already should have had the resolve to sacrifice themselves, right?”
Being told with a firm tone by the young man ―the first prince, his son who was first in line for the right to the throne, the king looked upon the small box held in his hands and sank into silence.
Then, at that moment, inside the underground tunnel where there should be no footsteps other than their own, cute clapping sounds like they were made by a small child echoed.
“―W-Who?”
Everyone present became confused and halted their advance. They drew their swords and turned toward the direction of the clapping sound ―the darkness where they were supposed to go.
Before long, within the range of the lantern’s light held in their hands, not using a candle but by means of a magical tool which by turning on the light magic made it quite bright, there appeared a little girl wearing a black luxury dress arranged with roses. Her appearance still maintained her innocence and yet her face was terribly beautiful. She was accompanied by a swordsman equipped with red armor who had the upper half of his face hidden by a devil mask.
Towards that very out-of-place intruder, momentarily the question of, ‘Was that a ghost or a spirit?’ floated in everyone’s mind, but the girl didn’t even consider their bafflement and opened her mouth with a fully bright and frank tone.
“Splendid-splendid! That’s right~ Royalty must take responsibility. Naturally they have the resolve for it, you said it yourself right?”
Saying so, she folded her arms and nodded in consent.
“Who are you? Why are you here?”
The girl sent a cold gaze toward the prince who asked the questions with a sharp light in his eyes for a moment and then she elegantly performed a curtsy.
“I am called Hiyuki, the sovereign of the demon kingdom, Imperial Crimson. It’s a pleasure to meet you for the first time. ―And, I bid you my final farewell.”
“Wh…Why are people from Imperial Crimson here…?”
Among everyone else who was speechless, the first prince could barely express his question.
“―Who knows? You won’t exist anymore so it’s useless to know, don’t you agree?”
Hearing her words, the military officers remembered their duty and readied each of their swords. They came rushing toward Hiyuki.
“Maroudo.”
The red knight drew his long sword and stood in their way, and they clashed with him.
Although this is a narrow underground tunnel, an attack from several directions would be too much, that’s how those military officers believed they had attained victory, but…
“Haze Storm.”
At the same time the man who was called Maroudo stepped in, his figure seemed to duplicate. Simultaneously, the military officers’ eyes opened in surprise.
“Th-that skill!!”
“Yo, you are―!?”
“Don’t tell me, pri…”
All in an instant. And then, at the same time Maroudo walked out, the military officers dropped down together with spurts of blood.
“Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!”
The first prince, not even gripping his sword, screamed and escaped without shame nor concern for his reputation. Looking upon his disgraceful act, Maroudo breathed a sigh and brandished his sword.
“Lonely Moon.”
The sword’s flash cut through the darkness. Something heavy falling could be heard.
Only one person remains… the king. Rather, the reason he remains was because he already dislocated his back and was unable to move. Hiyuki swayed her head “Oh dear, oh dear” while approaching him until they faced each other.
“You see, the things you said and the things you did don’t match up. In Prince Ashyl’s case, it was just like that: accusing him of inviting foreign intervention and conspiring with our country? Then what are you guys saying just now? Isn’t ‘Seeking help from the empire or the holy kingdom’ just the same? That sort of thing is what we call double standards.”
However the king probably didn’t hear her words. He prostrated himself and presented a small box,
“Sp-spare me! I carry my seal of state. With this my country is yours. Tha-that’s why, please…”
He appealed while crying.
Hiyuki is taken aback looking on at the situation. She raised both of her hands, giving up.
“I believe the country isn’t going to turn around with only this single seal. Well, if later I gave this to Collard-kun, I wonder if I could use it for some kind of bluff? For time being I shall accept it.”
Saying so, she lightly kicked up the small box, caught it, and stored it in her back pocket.
“…H-how about it then? Just my life.”
Having said that, the king rubbed his head on the ground. Hiyuki turned her cold yet subtly bewildered gaze toward Maroudo, but he shrugged his shoulders showing that he leave the decision to her. She sighed.
“I heard that your character was a bit better, but rather than to say a disappointment …nah, that miserable look on the contrary is refreshing once in a while. ―Well, the seal of state is a very valuable thing for sure.”
Even being told that, the king’s body was trembling, he repeatedly begged for his life again and again muttering incoherently. Seeing this figure, Hiyuki sent her lukewarm gaze blended with shock and contempt, and then she shrugged her shoulders.
“I understand. It seems there is no value in taking your head at this place. I and Imperial Crimson won’t interfere with anything.”
“―O-oooooh…!!”
The king glittered with hope because of those words.
“…Therefore, I shall leave everything to the citizens of this country. After this, we are going to take you into the plaza in front of the royal palace. How will the citizens judge you, I wonder? …Well, since you are managing the country well making the people rejoice at how their great lives are, they should delight in receiving you.”
As her words were the equivalent of a consecutive death sentence, the king’s face was once again dyed in despair. He shook his head in denial backing off from that place but Maroudo seized his neck. Tears and saliva poured out, escaping from his hands like a spoiled child.
“Really unsightly. ―Tengai.”
Responding to that call, faint light particles flew out from Hiyuki’s chest and gathered beside her; it then transformed into a golden colored knight.
“―Yes. Did you call me, princess?”
Hiyuki turned toward Tengai who bowed,
“Sorry, but will you throw this out into the plaza in front of the royal palace? ―Aah, the exit is closed so breaking out wherever suitable would be no problem. Later, explain to the gathered citizens that we gave them this thing for them to clean up.”
With a relaxed tone like she was dealing with kitchen waste, Hiyuki pointed at the king who is currently struggling.
“Acknowledged.”
Tengai bowed once again, then he gripped the king’s neck, taking him from Maroudo, and casually dragged him away.
“No, nooooooooooooo. Wh-what are you going to do with meee―!!!”
“We won’t do anything. Therefore that’s the outcome isn’t it?”
Although the king couldn’t hear it anymore, Hiyuki replied to him after he disappeared across the underground tunnel. She turned toward Maroudo who stood rock still in silence.
“…Looks like the first prince and the king didn’t even notice you up to their last moment. Even though their subordinates did.”
“Whether I should feel sad or delighted is a complicated thing, but this result is everything.”
Looking around, the corpses of the military officers and the first prince that lied down inside the underground passage, Maroudo replied to her remark with an indifferent tone. He swung the long sword held in his hand once, erasing the splash of blood and returned it to the scabbard.
“Now then, I am going to give this seal to Collard-kun. ―Well, I think he is going to hate it for sure.”
Hiyuki, suppressing her giggles, imagined the scene.
“In that case, I will finish some minor business in the meantime.”
“Hmmm. Oh well, we have finished 90 percent of our business here anyway so you can take it easy.”
Maroudo silently nodded. He proceeded to walk straight in the direction of the royal palace. Seeing him off, Hiyuki turned her body and started to go back the way she came from.
Author Notes
I have been thinking, will the king afterward get executed? Or will he be accepted?
It’s unrelated to original story so I left that out.
Well, he probably got lynched.
kreyto said:
The king is dead for sure. Damn shitty nobles piss me off. There’s a reason the concept of rule by nobility has fallen out of use in modern times.
But Hiyuki is cute and awesome as usual. I can feel her overflowing charisma haha. I wonder whats next for Imperial Crimson?
Thanks for the chapter!
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triopsate said:
In theory monarchies aren’t terrible, the same way communism and capitalism aren’t terrible. After all, if your king was intelligent, impartial and would never fall into corruption then in return for losing some civil rights, the general population would have a good life. That being said, to get a ruler like that, it would probably need to be an AI.
But yeah,
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Inbetweenaction said:
we have actually had quite a few of those rulers through history. they are of course vastly outnumbered by the murderous f**khead rulers, but that’ humanity for you.
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kreyto said:
The main problem with monarchies is hereditary rule. There’s no way no ensure the most qualified person is king. Sure democratic govs arent perfect either, but you get at least some measure of control, even if its small.
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Dragrath said:
Indeed hereditary rule has lead to multiple times(see basically every hereditary monarchy ever) a really really weak ruler taking over for a very effective ruler who had managed is territory quite effectively in some cases completely undoing their predecessors work. Looking through the kingdoms and empires in the history books the relatively short longevity of monarchies tends to be do to an incompetent descendant for example the Mughal empire, France’s fall to revolution. The longer lasting empires usually only survive because the mounting corruption gets dealt with by a powerful ruler how comes to power and sorts that out.
Basically the flaw of hereditary monarchies is that they are very very vulnerable to corruption as you can always seduce the successors to your side and “remove” ones that aren’t and there are no checks and balances to prevent the previous rules from being overturned.
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Owl said:
Ah, but do you really control your democratic government? If you knew that person was an absolute sh-thead, do you have any way of removing him from power save by that of the point of a gun? And so devolve back into rule by force?
In fact, I do know of one case where a democratic government ruled so badly that it had to be removed by a monarchy, Australia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Australian_constitutional_crisis
And not to mention that there is a nasty tendency for democracies to vote in dictators in times of crisis. For example, Hitler and Khomeini were both democratically voted into power though they were called dictators despite people ignoring the fact.
One thing I like about really, really old anime is that the good ones cover this topic. “Legend of the Galactic Heroes” did this really well, especially when there was a scenario where “He may be a dictator now, but if there was an election now, the people would have voted for him in a minute.” Makes you think doesn’t it. Sometimes democracies *love* dictators as people who get things done.
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goo21 said:
Hereditary rule is only a part of a larger problem. The problem is negligent upbringing. Majority of people, kings included, don’t bring up their children properly. They are either too strict and domineering, or too lax and don’t care. There is only like 1% people who were lucky to have their parents in right mind. Even the same parents who were prudent in bringing up their first child may turn negligent when second child is born. Or in reverse they neglect their first child after second is born.
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magv said:
that’s why it’s terrible.
whole country depends on whims of few selected people that stay in power for whole life. instead of 4 years.
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Anonymous said:
You realise that Hiyuki would be classified as a noble as well? She is the monarch of Imperial Crimson.
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kreyto said:
You’re missing the point lol. Read what I said. The problem with monarchies is hereditary rule. With Hiyuki you have an immortal benevolent ruler that everyoned loves so that’s moot. Plus when I said shitty nobles I specifically meant the shitty nobles ruling the kingdom. I didnt say all nobles where shitty.
I’m a little confused why so many people are jumping to the defense of an out dated mode of government though.
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odyssey said:
nobility is supposed to keep royalty in check against corruption and vice versa but when both the royalty and nobility are corrupt that’s when you have issues.
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Owl said:
“I’m a little confused why so many people are jumping to the defense of an out dated mode of government though.”
Because it was never the “mode” of government that is wrong. It’s the people that makes up a government that screws it up. Look at some of the African “democracies” or even the Philippines. Hell, if Communism actually did what it stated on the can, it would have been the best government. Unfortunately, humans don’t do the “selfless” thing too well.
Never the system. Always the people.
And pray that Hiyuki doesn’t hit her head against a low door or something and wake up psychotic. Immortal Psycho isn’t a good idea for eternal ruler.
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kotarou inugami said:
A good mode of government is supposed to reduce the people’s ability to screw it up.
Hereditary rule tries to ensure people with good genes and good upbringing rule. But inbreeding and rulers getting disconnected from the populace screw it up.
Communism was supposed to put rule into the hands of the workers, but the rule ended up in the hands of the Party, which faced the same problems as hereditary rule. Stalin’s purges accelerated these problems tenfold, and by Brezhnev’s rule Soviet Union was already failing.
Democracy is supposed to give the people ability to choose a better ruler if the current one sucks. But it depends on the populace being clever enough (something uneducated African democracies don’t have), and better rulers being available (something ex-USSR doesn’t have, most people of influence being from USSR).
Electing extreme and crazy people (and even keeping them in power) when things go extreme and crazy enough is another well-known problem.
Will we live to see something better proposed? Or is some form of anarchy really the best form of government?
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magv said:
immortal benevolent ruler my ass
hiyuki only go with flow and never has her own stance.
imperial crimson isnoble rule with puppet empress. hiyuki never do administrations in novel, country is self-government.
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prongs2mesum said:
Hiyuki Is NOT NOBLES SHE IS ROYAL FAMILY.. NOBLES AND ROYAL FAMILY IS DIFFERENT…..
plus she’s cute.. and CUTE IS JUSTICE!!
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Whynn said:
That was amusing, though the usual hiding the identity til the end is the norm now it seems. Was Hiyuki ever going to resurrect his sister that adored her? I think the prince is going back to the palace to give his regards to the remainder of his family whether it’s just a greeting or killing, i have no idea. thanks for the chapter, wonder how people will see the Imperial Crimson now and how Collard will deal with the seal while possibly wetting himself from it’s sudden appearance or just fainting on the spot. Good luck Collard-kun, you’re probably gonna need it. Hopefully he won’t be accused of stealing it upon presentation to other people though.
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madospicy said:
Have no idea? The hint is some last paragraph in the last interlude or interlude 2.
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Whynn said:
I probably need to reread again then, usually i just read it for the moment and enjoy it, but then forgetting it afterwards with other things that fill up the following wordpress list. I swear, the one that has been having me on edge awaiting the next releases lately is this and Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku. Thanks for all the effort you put into this for bring it to us. Now it’s, probably time i go and reread again.
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contention said:
” I think the prince is going back to the palace to give his regards to the remainder of his family whether it’s just a greeting or killing, i have no idea.”
The prince died. He ran off, and……… ““Lonely Moon.”
The sword’s flash cut through the darkness. Something heavy falling could be heard.”
He got killed by Maroudo
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Whynn said:
oh not him, i was referring to Maroudo since he was a former prince that was resurrected.
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Kaiflame said:
Wasn’t there a 30 minute time limit on revivals or something?
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Whynn said:
I think that was only for the AoE, remember how she revived the newbie earlier during the previous battle?
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darkamethyst said:
I believe Joey also revived within 30 minutes
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Whynn said:
Well, we’ll see how much the limitations stay as is and if any of them are unrestricted. I don’t exactly want to give anymore false information due to my bad memory.
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Morbid Eel said:
What about the bird that got revived by the AoE?
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madospicy said:
Maroudo wasn’t resurected, he was vampirised. 30% chances and lower day per day passed since death and +- from original body physique.
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Whynn said:
ah, thanks for clearing that up, now i really need to reread, seems i’m remembering wrong things for some of this.
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madospicy said:
Sure mate, good luck.
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odyssey said:
no all rez abilities had a 30min window. When Hiyuki learned of the princess death it was too late for a “holy” revival and for the “unholy” revival the success rate is low since it depends on the person themselves. The princess by not really have any lingering regrets whereas the Prince……oh he was pissed enough to come back
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Neko MK2 said:
I think AoE resurrect and one resurrect have same limitation, only affected 30 min after dead, except Hiyuki sneaked to her tomb before time limit past
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frolamiz said:
Huh, so they defeated the guys that attacked her, found her, got back to the capital, did the ceremony and buried her in less than 30 min?
We may see her again in the future, but it’s very unlikely that she got resurrected normally. Hiyuki may have already tried to vampirise her and failed, or may try another way we don’t know about. She may even come later as an enemy, or never.
Actually, even if I found her adorable, with the way the author made a fluffy atmosphere to better slap us in the face with her sudden death, I have some hope that he will stay away from overused cliché.
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Neko MK2 said:
as far i concerned i thought that impossible to about Hiyuki sneak to her tomb for resurrection since the burial process might be long enough for res time limit. but i can’t think any other possibility than that thought except the author give other plausible explanation if she ever resurrected by Hiyuki
as for theory she become future enemy kinda forced thought except some plot like Overlord in those world before Hiyuki awake there other player and left behind resurrect item or she become zombie by necromancy
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gianoria7 said:
I think Maroudo is just going to meet his best friend. You know, the guy that killed him and his sister.
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Whynn said:
Can’t say for sure, they might even be out on the battlefield for glory and the one that tucks tail first and flees.
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ricecal said:
Thank you very much 🙂
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libraryrocker said:
I am 100% convinced the king got lynched! Yay! Thanks so much for all your hard work!!!!!
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ZaX said:
Mobbed to death by his loving citizens. Thanks for the chapter
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Nguyen Gia Thai said:
“He *swung* the long sword held in his hand once, erasing the splash of blood and returned it to the scabbard.”
should be *flick*. It is a specific action of swinging the blade, then reverse the direction, to flick off the liquid sticked on the blade. Not one-direction swinging.
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Neko MK2 said:
Poor king even the author don’t care about you :V, well so the only thing that left is how Maroudo will handle his former family and former best friend ? And poor collard he going get headache again
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worldofshars said:
you know you are nothing when even the author couldn’t be bothered to say what happened to you lol.
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ioriangel said:
At least it wasn’t like in my country when we commoners used the guillotine to kill Marie-Antoinette, Louis the king and all the royal family. (Yeah, I’m French) damn, Hiyuki sama was so dashing and cool, I want to worship her.
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manegomez said:
Wonder how maroudo will deal with his “best friend”…
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Albedo's Ahoge said:
He will give him a hug?
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manegomez said:
You mean like ainz? XD
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Akatsubaki Rine said:
hiyuki-hime use “ara-ara skill” her cuteness raise over 300%…. can’t hold it….. m-medic!! i-i receiving critical damage!!
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worldofshars said:
*camera flashes to the medic, also having a seizure* damn that was too cute man! damnit! HIYUKI-SAMAAAA
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sherrynity said:
Hiyuki, after being reborn into this world, has almost completely given up
hisher humanity.….and we do love her current self, right? 😀
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gianoria7 said:
More importantly, she gave up long ago on her virility.
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Juan Miguel Leanardo Soler said:
You mean his HOLY UNUSED STILL IN THE SHEATH PROOF OF MANLINESS YOUR TYPICAL AVERAGE HOLY SINCE ITS UNUSED EXCALIBUR THAT IS UNDER OUR BELLY COVERING IT WITH OUR PANTS?
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y4kuu said:
who cares about the king? ●︿● i want to know about the princess…
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Rainwalker said:
Hime so cool, so cute XD, thank you so much for the chapter.
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gianoria7 said:
Hyiuki was merciful. Giving the King to the revolutionaries like that. Nothing wrong will happen to him now. *Look at the French Revolution* Nothing wrong at all.
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I wonder if any member of the royal family will survive this revolution…
Thanks for the chapter 😀
I am now awaiting the reunion between the two BFF.
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Juan Miguel Leanardo Soler said:
BFF= BEST FRIEND FIGHT/ BEST FIGHT FOREVER/ BEST FIEND FRIEND
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Reaper Phoenix said:
Thanks 4 the chapter!
I wonder what will happen to the remaining royalties.
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Irina_Akashira said:
thanks for the update
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drealicious123 said:
Thanks for the chapter!
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visunoriva said:
dang – i just tought to take that WN – btw thanks for the chapter
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Loco15 said:
Thanks for the chapter!
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blackrose156 said:
Thank you for the chapter. Great work!
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kirindas said:
Thanks for the chapter! Hiyuki sure loves to push things on Collard.
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Zed Kurneckz said:
I’m reading Hiyuki’s line while imagining her way of talking is same as Shalltear Bloodfallen in anime. I wonder why? ٩(๑`^´๑)۶
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madospicy said:
At underground tunnel, lift the hem of skirt, I know what you feel
At least, Hiyuki can’t change her appearance into gruesome creature. eh, maybe?
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Zed Kurneckz said:
That video answers the question
(´-﹏-`;)
No wonder I got this deja vu feeling
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Truth said:
I think everyone forgot one big issue with Collard-kun though, namely his “girlfriend.” There is no way that it will end well if the new regent’s girlfriend is impure or, in her case, a whore. This becomes worse if he takes her seriously in a pursuit of love, but if everyone is lucky, she will be smart enough to cut her losses while she can. There is a big difference between fooling around with a guild leader and a king. Moreover, it is not going to be a big secret about what happened to the failure of a king, and with the eyes of the subjects and the bloodthirsty revolutionists watching her every move, she doesn’t have to be rocket scientist to realize that she can’t fool around if she stay with him and that her past and true nature will be quickly uncovered once they do some digging. After all, the kingdom belongs to Imperial Crimson in the end. As such, the goddess Hiyuki-sama can easily replace if the need arises (according to her reasoning).
Hopefully, she would be capable of controlling her greed and be smart enough to gently break it off with Collard-kun. Heck, she could even try to bluff it with a long-distance relationship or saying that they should take a “break” away from each other until everything comes down.
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Sylvia Moriah Le Titania De La Waldgrave said:
Reblogged this on Moriah Clan Headquarters and commented:
hehehehe, a beautiful young face, clapping and a dark hidden tunnel :3
makes for the perfect setting for various dark methods xD
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sdeligar said:
Thank you
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hapeiron said:
Thank for the chapter.
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Chance Thompson said:
I still wise the princess didn’t die she was so cute
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nope said:
Link to distracted translations is dead, no archive for this one
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mimisan said:
Hiyuki seems to really be enjoying herself. She seems to have fully adapted to her role and position here. Reading the raw she even uses “watakushi” and royal speech when speaking to the king in a very sarcastic manner.
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