Do Heroes Need Welfare Too? - Chapter 129

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Chapter 129

“Where is there a hero in this place?”

However, Adam, who had been quietly listening to his words, raised the corners of his mouth and sneered at him to his face.

He knew his intention of praising him as a hero, but it didn’t feel good at all.

He was just thinking of quickly gaining power and taking revenge.

So how could he be a hero and become a protagonist?

“There is no virtuous Hero either. I am here only for revenge. Nothing else matters.”

“Yes, what interesting eyes you have.”

The Duke of Evant quietly looked into Adam.

Setting aside his resemblance to the Former Emperor, why were his eyes similar to his own, which didn’t have many days left to live?

His gaze held a slightly more intrigued expression.

“What is the reason for revealing this now? If we’re being precise, there was right after you killed the Demon King, and there were several other opportunities.”

The Duke of Evant observed Adam closely.

“Is it because of that maid?”

“…”

Adam did not answer.

To think that the Hero, who had been foolishly staying quiet and holding his breath, was finally moving just because of a maid.

The Duke of Evant, who had thought it was a ridiculous rumor, immediately realized it was true upon seeing Adam’s murderous intent.

“You were not a lion, but a hyena.”

The Duke of Evant looked at Adam with a smile.

He knew well about those who had such eyes.

In the past, he too had such eyes when he pursued his son’s whereabouts.

The Duke of Evant, who had been reminiscing about the past for a moment, changed his attitude again and this time calculated the gains and losses.

It had been a full 19 years since the Former Emperor died. The current Emperor was also not outwardly a tyrant who committed atrocities, though his inner thoughts were unknown, so if Adam suddenly rebelled, there could be backlash among the nobles.

“I heard that Corkle Youngsik made a great mistake against you during the hunting tournament.”

Tap, tap.

It was a story told by Youngsik, who had been Kyrillos’s playmate.

He was a very clever child who had deliberately participated in the hunting tournament when the Duke of Evant showed slight interest in the Hero.

He had also heard about the maid then.

Since she was bold enough to secretly torment the Emperor’s dogs and was by the Hero’s side, Adam, who had locked the castle gates, would soon begin his activities.

‘If we’re being precise, her death became a good thing. For the Hero, and for that damned grandson.’

Kyrillos was always a child who complained that the Hero was frustrating yet couldn’t leave his side.

He was a child who had strange dreams from a young age and became very interested in the Hero.

He had feared he might follow the same path as Lawrence, but fortunately a new Hero was chosen.

And that Hero handed him a clue about Lawrence that he had been unable to find his entire life.

“It would be good to eliminate this side first as an example.”

For now, Adam’s greatest enemies were the nobles who had banded together around the Emperor for profit.

They were like precarious trees that would all come crashing down if you cut the base.

Those who didn’t want to fall with them would quickly inform on them.

“Let’s bring down that ducal house first. We’ve always shown our teeth not because we couldn’t hide them, but because we didn’t need to.”

If recruitment didn’t work, there would be threats; if threats didn’t work, there would be physical persuasion.

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When Judith also promised cooperation, everything was quickly settled.

The Duke of Evant’s insight was remarkable.

It clearly showed that his not raising a banner against the Royal Family until now was only out of loyalty to the Royal Family.

Those who had schemed with the Emperor came out strongly in a brazen manner to cover their own wrongs rather than out of loyalty to him.

Such people were buried so they could never raise their heads again.

As the hardliners disappeared one by one, the Emperor faction nobles who sensed something strange began to be increasingly cautious.

Some nobles who learned it was the Hero’s doing went around slandering him, but they couldn’t dare oppose Adam.

He was taming monsters, after all.

Moreover, he had the Mercenary Queen as his close associate and the House of Evant backing him.

Now the nobles’ puzzlement was resolved.

‘Why?’

What exactly was the Hero that such big-shot figures had gathered around him?

The nobles murmured but didn’t dare ask. Even though he had received an earl title, he was essentially a commoner.

To the nobles who were thoroughly bound by aristocratic values, he appeared as a heretic. However, some people are drawn to what is different from themselves. And some people have good timing.

And Adam had the charm to draw people to him.

The nobles might have slandered him more because they didn’t want to acknowledge this.

Judith took charge of the nobles who showed passive attitudes toward the rapidly changing political situation and dealt with them one by one.

It was around then that rumors began circulating that the Hero had gone mad.

Since he had somehow drawn in the Prince and instead of the two crossing swords, they were working together to cut down the roots of the Emperor faction nobles, rumors began spreading in secret.

That the Hero was behind all the recent noble deaths!

Especially the noble who had touched his maid died quite horribly. All the family’s shameful secrets were exposed and the family was completely destroyed.

Rumors bred more rumors.

However, Adam no longer cared about such things.

The Duke of Evant said to proceed more cautiously, but Adam’s patience was only for her.

The current Emperor had already lost trust. This was because the Duke of Evant was attacking him from below the surface.

The reason for delaying the plan was partly due to the Elderly High Priest’s words, but also to slowly tighten the noose around the Emperor’s neck.

It was his arrangement to make him lose sleep at night, fearing the sword that might come flying at any moment.

But just now, all priorities had changed.

“Iberis…”

All his nerves were focused on one thing.

“We’ll have to move up the plan…”

In order to see my god.

He wanted to run to her right now. But he couldn’t.

What if he brought Iberis right now and she really died this time?

Naturally, he had to clear away all obstacles that might interfere with her future before going.

“Eve, you should have left me completely.”

Adam muttered quietly.

For a warning to someone who couldn’t hear it, the content was chilling.

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Several days had passed since the new Quest appeared.

However, Iberis continued her seemingly ordinary daily life.

Three years was by no means a short time for daily life to be disrupted by a single Quest.

She had become skilled enough to not mind Enoch loitering around in front of her while she worked hard.

Enoch, as if he had nothing to do, stopped by her herb shop from morning.

“Iberis, you’re the prettiest in the capital, right?”

“That can’t be.”

Iberis, who was separating herbs, looked at Enoch as if bewildered.

Enoch, who was happy just to be looked at by someone who had treated him like he was invisible, straightened his posture and approached her.

“Really? In my eyes, you’re the prettiest.”

“That’s not true. It’s because you haven’t seen that person.”

Iberis, recalling Adam’s unforgettable appearance, answered firmly.

If Enoch saw Adam, he would nod and clap his hands. He would say his own standards were like a frog in a well and praise Adam’s appearance.

“So if you have time, don’t play around here and go up to the capital once.”

“That’s not what I mean, what I’m saying is I li…”

“Ah, it’s time to take herbs to grandmother. Well then, I’ll be going! You should work too!”

Iberis simply took the herbs and left. Enoch, who awkwardly withdrew his outstretched arm, let out a big sigh.

“…Haah.”

Left alone, Enoch buried his face in his arms and muttered.

“It’s not that I don’t want to work, it’s because I want to be with you…”

However, Iberis, who had already disappeared, couldn’t hear Enoch’s muttering.

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