Interlude 2! From King Aival’s perspective!
■ Aival Wel Dehauvalz’s Perspective
“Honestly… he’s utterly useless.”
Having dismissed my Chamberlain and everyone else, I pressed my temples and shook my head alone in the throne room. The cause of this headache is Wilfred, the incompetent (—) who was defeated by Harold, the Third Prince.
And that’s despite me giving him five legendary weapons from the age of myths.
Meanwhile, Harold, for some reason, only had a shabby, commonplace shield.
Yet, that shield managed to block all the attacks from the legendary weapons, without even a scratch.
I never heard of such a shield existing from that man… “Ulisse.”
“But… this is different from what I was told (—).”
Of course, I would never doubt “Ulisse.”
Everything, including my reign as the King of Dehauvalz, is thanks to that man.
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I met “Ulisse” on the battlefield against the Capetien Kingdom, during the time when my six brothers, including myself, were vying for the throne.
At the time, I was in the delicate position of Fourth Prince. While the First, Second, and Third Princes were secretly competing for the seat of the next king, I had no power and was always frustrated.
There was no doubt that I was clearly superior to the other five brothers.
The only thing lacking… was someone to support me.
Sadly, unlike the First Queen, who was from the Royalty of another country, and the Second Queen, whose family was the Marshall family, a noble house second only to the Chevalier family, my mother, the Third Queen, was just the daughter of a minor viscount, who had only managed to become a Queen out of pity.
My mother was always desperately trying to secure her place in the Royal Palace, obsequiously flattering the First and Second Queens.
Perhaps because of that, the people in the Royal Palace were harsh towards me, and I was the one being driven out.
But… a turning point came in those depressing days.
In the battle against the Capetien Kingdom, which I had lost count of how many times it had occurred, I, who was fifteen at the time, also went to the battlefield as a commander.
The First, Second, and Third Princes were in the midst of the Succession Dispute, and none of them could leave the Royal Palace, so none of them participated in the war.
Looking back now, I can only be grateful that those fools made such a choice, as it is thanks to them that I am here now.
And then.
“I will surely lead you to victory and make you the King of Dehauvalz,”
“Ulisse,” a boy of about the same age who told me with a carefree smile, carried a wonderful weapon that I had never seen in the kingdom and gave it to me.
Since then, I have won battle after battle on the battlefield.
Of course. The weapon that “Ulisse” brought to me is a legendary weapon that appears in myths.
However, war cannot be won by individual strength alone.
Even if I alone win, it is meaningless if others are defeated.
Moreover, in the Capetien Kingdom, the king fell ill and his successor, Crown Prince Salomon Lambert Salomon de Capetien, was a tricky character.
He deliberately avoided the troops led by me and concentrated his attacks on other troops, winning one victory after another by mixing solid tactics with unconventional strategies.
In this case, continuing the war aimlessly is what incompetent people do.
I unilaterally concluded a ceasefire agreement with the Crown Prince… no, Salomon, who had ascended the throne as king, and hurriedly returned to Dehauvalz.
I told the soldiers, “This defeat is due to the incompetent king and the useless princes who are obsessed with power struggles.”
And… I plunged the king and the Royalty into darkness.
My own mother, my brothers, everything.
It was easy.
After all, I have the legendary weapon given to me by “Ulisse”… the ‘Netherworld Cauldron Dagda.’
All I have to do is use this to knock all the unnecessary people into the Netherworld.
“Ahaha, wasn’t it easy?”
At this time, I must have had an ugly face.
However… it must have been clearly better (–) than the devilish smile of “Ulisse” himself.
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“Please don’t say that. Even I didn’t expect (—) Harold-kun.”
“………………….”
I send a glaring look at “Ulisse,” who suddenly appeared in front of me.
He must have been spying on me somewhere, including the mutterings I just made. Truly, “Ulisse” must be the one who embodies the term “unfathomable.”
After all, this man hasn’t changed at all from that day (—) twenty years ago.
“So… can you really achieve your goal (–) in a year?”
“Leave it to me. All the preparations for that are complete.”
“Hmm…”
The secret agreement I made with “Ulisse.”
By elevating Wilfred to ‘the king who rules this world,’ I will receive the reward.
That is.
“Fuhahahaha… I’m looking forward to the time when I reach God (Placeholder).”
I looked up at the ceiling… at the heavens (–) beyond, and raised the corners of my mouth.
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