83. Break Off the Engagement! Or Destruction of the Country!
“Ah… Ahh!!” Consort Yeon, who was lying on the floor, grimaced and cried as she held onto her broken arm.
“Keuah!!!”
Davey had forcefully changed the direction of the officials’ swords, so he was now holding them hostage instead.
[Telekinetic Blade] used up a huge amount of mana for every second that he was maintaining control, but he had reached the Sword of the Mind; the higher his level was, the less control it required.
He couldn’t use holy power as it was too lazy, but he could not use the cheeky elemental mana either. So, as he circulated his devil mana, which was throwing a tantrum for him to hurry up and use it as the main source, his devil mana absorbed the surrounding mana and overpowered everyone else.
At the same time, Davey released his killing intent and pressured the surroundings even more.
“Y-Your Majesty! Please help us! T-This rude…! Kyahh!!” Consort Hye fell to the ground with a pale face.
The King, with a stern expression, said, “R-Retrieve your powers at once! Consort Hye is carrying a royal child!”
“That is not what I want to hear, Your Majesty,” Davey said, then intensified his power.
Consort Hye became even paler.
“What I want is an explanation of this situation. Does it look like I’m joking around?”
Clang!!!
In an instant, the swords that were aimed at the officials’ necks soared up at once and quickly fell down.
“Keuhuk!”
“Keuh?!”
The swords were about to strike the red-uniformed officials’ necks.
“I do not know what has happened, but decisions should only be made after hearing the full story! And the child has done nothing wrong! Retrieve your powers!” The King yelled, feeling flustered.
Davey pulled back his powers instantly. Then, he said to Consort Yeon who was crying on the floor, “You will have to report everything without any lies.”
“Y-Your Majesty! Th-This person threatened me and broke…my arm!”
“...”
‘Of course.’
If she had the ability to judge the situation correctly, Consort Yeon would not have behaved in the way that she had. This applied to both possibilities of whether she had simply been carrying out someone’s orders or if she had truly misunderstood the situation.
Davey pulled out Red Ribbon mercilessly and swung it at Consort Yeon’s neck.
“Kyahh!!!” Consort Yeon screamed at the piercing pain and grabbed her neck.
Davey had only left a small cut behind. However, it would have become a larger injury if he had cut just a little deeper.
The King widened his eyes in shock and urgently approached Consort Yeon. Consort Hye, who was sitting on the floor with a pale face, also slowly approached the woman with a frightened expression.
“Consort Yeon, explain in detail. I will not forgive you if you lie to me! Why has the First Prince of the Rowane Kingdom gotten this angry?!”
Noticing the King’s cold gaze, Consort Yeon went pale and glared at Tanya. She protested, “Your Majesty… Your Majesty, why… Why are you looking at me like that?! I am just a victim! This rude man was in Princess Tanya’s palace, and he also threatened…”
Rumble… Crack!!!
“I have no choice if you will only tell the truth under extreme conditions,” Davey said. He began to release dark energy once again, changing the surrounding landscape.
The King urgently shouted at Tanya, “Princess! You tell me, Princess! What has happened?!”
“T-That is…”
“Prince, please calm down. I do not know why you are this angry, but I have heard the stories about you; you are the Saint of the merciful Goddess Freyja! You must regain your composure and think logically especially…”
“Your Majesty, it seems that you are misunderstanding something.”
“M-Misunderstanding?”
“I am perfectly logical,” Davey said calmly, then grinned. “I have come all the way here after thinking about it logically.”
‘I would have bombed this palace if I wasn’t thinking.’
Davey was extremely angry, so it wouldn’t have mattered who died and how many deaths if he chose to take action. Of course, he said none of this out loud.
“Consort Yeon, you said? I will give you ten seconds. It would be best for you to tell the truth. Ten.”
“Y-Your Majesty! Th-This person!”
“Nine.”
Davey began counting down as he completely ignored Consort Yeon.
“Eight.”
“T-This is unfair! I… I did it only because I felt sorry for Princess Tanya who was suffering alone! Please believe me!”
“Six.”
Whoosh…
A red ball of fire began to burn in Davey’s hand.
‘Well, this ability is ready to use anyway.’
Davey began his preparations.
—Davey!
Hearing her surprised cry, Davey stared at Perserque coldly.
‘Don’t stop me.’
—Who said I was going to? Burn this place down!
‘Is she telling me to let it happen and not regret it?’
Hearing Perserque’s somewhat disappointing encouragement, Davey pulled out the Transcendence’s Demise and lightly tapped it on the floor.
Feeling the staff’s overwhelming power, the people around Davey went pale and held their breaths. They wondered what crazy envoy would go to another country and prepare a terrorist attack right in the middle of the palace…
Voong!!
At the same time, a huge magic circle spread from Davey’s feet and eventually surrounded part of the palace’s huge field.
Whoosh…
“Your Majesty! Please believe me!”
“Five.”
“Y-Your Highness…”
“Four.” Davey continued to count down with a cold expression. “Three… Two…”
“Th-That is… I made a mistake!! Sob!”
Consort Yeon waved the white flag in the end. After all, she could feel the intense power from the white ball of fire Davey was making in his hand. She lowered her head and had tears rolling down her face. She shouted, “I… Sob… I did it. I frightened and threatened Princess Tanya! I went to Princess Tanya’s palace, called her crude, slapped her, and told her to fawn over the Chancellor of Peace who will visit from the Ming… Sob…”
Slap!!!
Consort Hye approached Consort Yeon immediately and slapped her. She looked more disgusted and cold than angry.
“Kyah!!” Consort Yeon screamed with wide eyes. She felt the sting on her cheek. “C-Consort Hye… Why…?”
“What a humiliation of the Hyeon Kingdom. You should be ashamed of yourself,” Consort Hye said coldly.
Consort Yeon’s jaw dropped to the floor.
“Let the royal guards take Yeon. Hear the situation in detail and lock her in her palace until my command to release her!” The King ordered sternly.
Davey smiled. “Keeping her in her palace…”
“Look, Prince. She is a royal of a country who has not even committed high treason! There is no reason to lock a consort in jail!”
Davey smiled. “What is high treason, Your Majesty?”
“...”
“Shaking the roots of a country and trying to harm the King is high treason.”
‘Then Yeon has committed high treason; an act that will destroy three generations of her family.’
“What Consort Yeon has done could have destroyed not only Your Majesty, but also this entire country…” Davey trailed off with a smile. Looking at the King’s frown, he asked, “Is it not?”
‘Because I am contemplating whether to blow this country into bits right now or not.’
Davey waved his hand; it seemed like the King did not realize how serious this exact situation was.
Boom!!!!!
There was a sudden large explosion from a nearby area of the palace.
Rinne had the power to make this place into a sea of fire whenever Davey wanted, and she also had her subordinates.
“Keugh… You’re going to kill innocent people, too?!” The King shouted angrily.
Davey pulled out Red Ribbon from his waist.
Shwing…
Soon, a red light flashed.
Crack!!
When the tip of Red Ribbon stopped in the air, a huge claw mark appeared in the middle of the field as if a beast had ripped through it.
“No one has died yet. However, I can’t guarantee what will happen next.”
Davey planted Red Ribbon into the ground and raised his hands. To be vulgar, he did not give a shit about anything right now. Even if the King did not know about this situation, it was Consort Yeon who had caused this because of her jealousy toward Tanya, who was going to be the Queen Consort.
“Lock…Consort Yeon…in jail!” The King stared at Davey with a pale face.
“Your Majesty!! Your Majesty!! You cannot do this! Your Majesty! Please do not abandon me!!” Consort Yeon struggled as she was being dragged out of the palace.
“You still haven’t answered my question, Your Majesty,” Davey said with a smile.
‘You keep trying to gloss over this, but I am speaking with the intent to blow this country into bits.’
“You have to explain. What caused this situation?” Davey said, the fire in his hand burning even stronger now.
One would be forgiven if they repent their sins and wrongdoings; all living beings could be embraced by God as long as they sincerely repent their sins. This was also the teaching of the benevolent Goddess Freyja’s order, but there was one thing Saintess Daphne had made clear to Davey while teaching him. Although, it had been an answer to a question that he had asked out of doubt. He had wondered if the woman was truly a faithful Saintess or not.
[Mercy? That’s hilarious. Do you think you are a faithful believer of God? You don’t actually think you are someone who is going to be able to live benevolently, do you? Kek. Listen up, Davey, there’s no way you can become a Saint. A priest? Are you being serious right now? What I am requiring from you is not to be merciful, but to not use violence meaninglessly.]
Altruism was also like natural-born talent in a way.
* * *
“S-Stop it. Big Brother!”
As expected, Tanya was the one who stopped Davey.
“Big Brother! You don’t have to do this for me! If the Hyeon Kingdom and the Rowane Kingdom get into a dispute just because of me…”
“It doesn’t matter.” Speaking calmly, Davey stroked the tearful Tanya’s head. He asked gently, “Are you worried?”
“That is…”
Tanya did not know about the Rowane Kingdom’s current circumstances. Also, she did not know how much of a lunatic Davey was. She was afraid because she didn’t want the Rowane Kingdom and Davey to suffer damages due to her situation. She also didn’t want Davey to overdo matters just to protect her. Furthermore, Tanya did not want this kind of horrendous conflict.
However, Davey did want such conflict.
‘Apparently, a Saint on Earth once said that if someone slaps you on your left cheek, beat the person’s right cheek into pulp.’[1]
“Are you not going to explain?”
“Prince Davey!”
“Then I have no choice.”
‘This one is going to be incomparably stronger than the explosion before. I am not taking any responsibility for the casualties as you chose this, Your Highness.’
Voosh!!!
The white ball of fire turned into the shape of a donut and began rotating with great speed. This same technique had not resulted in mass casualties because of the World Tree, a transcendental being, and the great barrier she had put up. However, this would greatly impact the Hyeon Kingdom.
Everyone looking at the white flaming ring that was floating up to the sky could feel the inevitable outcome.
“S-Stop! Alright! I acknowledge that I am to blame! It is my fault for not understanding Princess Tanya’s situation! However! Shouldn’t this be dealt with between you and I?”
“Does the humiliation my sister has suffered disappear just because you say you’ve made a mistake?”
“Th-That is… No, it does not.”
“Then why did you cause this situation? Is the Rowane Kingdom a joke to you? Should I give you an answer about the Hyeon’s declaration of war on the Rowane Kingdom in place of His Majesty?”
‘I assure you, I will blow up this royal palace once the Hyeon goes to war with the Rowane. Does it look like I’m lying?’
Something too unrealistic had happened here because of Davey, whose words could no longer be dismissed as petty lies.
The entire continent frowned upon starting wars, but the current situation was major enough to be seen as a violation of the agreement between the countries. It could be seen as a declaration of war on the Rowane Kingdom by the Hyeon. In this situation, the Hyeon would be criticized by the other countries and not the Rowane for having caused such a mess.
Royalty was the face of the kingdom itself. That was why royalty had that much power and duty.
As Tanya wasn’t officially married, she was technically the Rowane Kingdom’s First Princess; as such, the Rowane Kingdom was at an advantage if they were looking for justifications.
“I feel sorry for this situation.”
“Does feeling sorry end the agreement between countries?”
“N-No!”
“Is that all you can say?”
“That is… I… I am sorry! Prince! Please calm your anger!”
“Does a war end when you say sorry? Apologize to Tanya, not me.”
“P-Princess… I am sorry. I was lacking and did not take care of you well. Please forgive me.”
“N-No! Your Majesty…”
The kind-hearted Tanya was going to say that it was fine, but…
[Silence.]
“Hup!”
Of course, Davey was not going to sit back and watch.
“It seems my sister is extremely stressed out by this situation. She even fainted because of it.”
The King looked at Davey like he was being ridiculous.
‘You don’t believe me? Look.’
[Stun.]
Thud!
Davey smiled as he caught Tanya, who suddenly became unconscious.
Crack!!
At the same time, Red Ribbon floated into the air and moved as violently as Davey’s emotions. She left another claw mark on the floor of the palace. Part of the palace’s ceiling also collapsed from Red Ribbon cutting through it like jello.
Everyone shared one sentiment as they watched Davey do these unbelievable things.
‘We messed with the wrong person.’
1. A twist on Matthew 5:39, “...But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.” ☜
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