Chapter 266
「1. Charlotte」
The Empire of the Black Sheep.
And there was an emperor who reigned over that empire.
He hated the ‘Empire’ more than anyone else, and had devoted his entire life to bringing it down with his own hands.
Saxon Imperial Palace.
Charlotte, once the daughter of the Divine Sword and head of the House of Lancaster, now reborn as the emperor’s wife, spoke.
“When you vanished that day, I finally understood my feelings.”
When Dale left alone for the Four Seas Archipelago to confront the ‘True King of Humans,’ Charlotte, left behind, finally understood.
“That I truly liked you.”
“…….”
“And you, to save us humans, defeated the army of monsters there all by yourself.”
Charlotte said.
“To defeat the wicked invaders who sought to seize this land, and to save us humans.”
It was the story the Blue Mage Tower Master, Rize, had once told the children. A story that wrapped and covered the cruel truth people couldn’t bear, like a blue veil.
Just as Dale was no longer a child, Rize was no longer a child either.
“You know that’s not the truth.”
“We all know that something like the truth doesn’t matter.”
“Still, I don’t want to lie to you anymore.”
Dale said. That’s why Dale told Charlotte the truth.
“At least to you…”
“Thank you, Dale.”
Charlotte smiled faintly. Yet, despite that, this world was filled with lies. People still didn’t know the truth, living their lives believing the history imposed upon them by the powerful to be the truth. That fact was something Charlotte simply couldn’t understand.
