Do Heroes Need Welfare Too? - Chapter 135

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Part 2, Chapter 2

He was a person who was consistently persistent to a nauseating degree.

“You must have enjoyed yourself quite a lot until now. It’s time to put an end to it.”

Adam’s face, as he pointed his sword at him, was chillingly expressionless.

For a moment, the Emperor’s eyes wavered.

It was an expression as if he had seen a ghost.

The Emperor, who had frozen before the specter of his dead brother, belatedly checked his surroundings.

“Treason, it’s treason! Help me, right now!”

He shouted to the nobles who had been quietly watching the series of events while fleeing.

However, Adam made no move whatsoever. He didn’t step forward to explain to the nobles, nor did he silence the Emperor.

He simply watched.

Like someone taking in the Emperor’s final moments.

It was the moment the Emperor sensed something strange about Adam’s behavior.

Adam, who had been standing still and looking down at the Emperor, tilted his head slightly.

“…What are you all doing?”

As he wished, the nobles began to move one by one.

However, far from capturing and killing the traitor, the nobles leisurely passed by the Emperor and walked toward Adam.

And they all knelt in unison.

Toward Adam, not the Emperor.

“We greet the son of His Majesty the Former Emperor.”

The nobles already had eyes that showed they had weighed many things and finished making their decision.

As if they wouldn’t change their minds no matter how desperately the Emperor crawled on the floor and begged them.

Because all the stories had already been concluded.

Only the Emperor had been unaware of the truth.

“Kuh, kuhk…”

The Emperor let out a hollow laugh.

It wasn’t because he truly found this situation amusing.

Laughter leaked out in disbelief at a situation he couldn’t believe at all.

You’re trying to take away everything I have like this?

No, absolutely not!

I must prevent that at all costs.

However, there was nothing the Emperor could do.

His trembling hands were already full of wrinkles, and his body wouldn’t move as he thought.

The Emperor, unable to admit that he was frightened of Adam, only blamed his own aging.

Even in that moment, Adam approached slowly.

His leisurely behavior was as if he were slowly strangling him to death.

The Emperor crawled along the floor to escape without even thinking to pick up his fallen crown, racking his brain.

“The, the maid…!”

Then suddenly the Hero’s maid came to mind.

According to rumors, that maid who was thought to be dead was actually a saint and still alive.

He didn’t usually believe rumors well, but since it was information conveyed by his spy planted on the Hero’s side, the Emperor decided to blurt it out.

“Is, is it fine if something happens to that maid!”

A pause.

Adam, who hadn’t stopped no matter how much he screamed, immediately halted his movement when the maid was mentioned.

‘Is this it?’

However, before the Emperor could seize the advantage, Adam tilted his head slightly to the side.

“Eve, Eve, Eve. Iberis.”

Adam called Iberis’s name as if singing a song.

The Emperor looked at Adam, who was gazing into empty air and reciting the name, as if looking at a madman.

He had blurted out anything to stop him, but that maid was definitely dead.

When demons had used their power, a mere ordinary maid couldn’t have survived.

Even if she was the saint people talked about.

How could she have avoided all the demons’ attacks and escaped? It would be impossible without a transcendent ally helping her.

However, seeing Adam quietly calling her name made the Emperor feel chilled.

But Adam just kept calling Iberis’s name without moving, his back turned to the Emperor.

He didn’t think the Emperor would dare lay a hand on Iberis.

Hadn’t he been too afraid of putting her in danger to even have a proper conversation with her?

Still, calling her name in response to the Emperor’s words seemed to be just wanting to confirm once more.

Your Deity asks why you’re calling.

At that moment, having received the answer he wanted, Adam raised the corners of his mouth in a grin.

Then he kindly knelt down to meet eyes with the Emperor who was crawling on the floor.

“Fortunately, she seems to be perfectly fine.”

“…?”

The Emperor flinched, unable to understand his change.

“So you don’t need to worry about my Eve.”

Contrary to expectations, Adam’s appearance of not showing even a trace of common anger only heightened the Emperor’s anxiety.

Adam’s following words were the same.

“I know there’s a spy you planted with the Prince. You didn’t think I wouldn’t know, did you?”

Adam tilted his head.

“I was worried you might not have set up such a safety measure. I know better than anyone what an ugly face you’re hiding. Even things you don’t remember.”

Adam spoke in a monotone voice as if muttering.

The Emperor’s face contorted miserably.

This incident? Or was he talking about that incident from back then?

The Emperor thought it might be referring to something he had unconsciously ordered, since he had committed so many acts that he didn’t think he had done.

So he couldn’t even refute and kept his mouth tightly shut.

Understanding the reason for his silence, Adam let out a hollow laugh and said.

“This time, what you’ve done will finally come to light for the first time.”

Adam smiled brightly.

The victor and loser had already been clearly divided.

The Emperor gritted his teeth.

He didn’t like his sparkling appearance at all.

Enough to want to smash that face right away.

“And you…”

The Emperor raised his head, forgetting his position.

“You too, in the end, you’re also the same kind of human as me, so where do you get off pretending to be a martyr! You also wanted the crown…”

There had been countless imperial family members who stained their hands with blood to obtain the crown.

Falling for the beautiful power that the crown gave was irresistible.

Having rationalized this way, the Emperor glared at Adam who pretended to be aloof alone.

Adam, who had been quietly listening to the Emperor’s rambling, moved as he wished.

“Ah, you mean this.”

Adam leisurely picked up the crown the Emperor had dropped while fleeing.

When the crown entered his hands, the Emperor’s eyes widened.

“I don’t need something like this.”

However, Adam glanced once at the luxurious crown and threw it on the floor.

The crown that countless people had wanted and rightfully stained their hands with blood for rolled on the floor.

The golden gem embedded in the center of the crown was still shining more brilliantly than anyone else, catching the light from the chandelier.

In contrast, the Emperor’s situation was miserable.

He who had just been wearing the crown and handling nobles was now in the position of rolling on the floor with the crown.

It was an ugly sight that didn’t look like the Emperor of the Empire.

“Then now you have no cards left to propose a deal to me. Oh my, how pitiful.”

The Emperor’s eyes widened at Adam’s mocking words.

‘How dare, how dare a worthless Hero worm speak to me like that…!’

In his displeasure, the Emperor’s nails scraped against the marble with a scratching sound.

However, even if he got up right now and rushed at Adam, he wouldn’t be able to defeat him no matter how hard he tried.

The Emperor couldn’t bring himself to charge forward and could only glare at Adam with his eyes wide open.

However, Adam would wait no longer.

As if his patience had reached its limit, Adam moved first, as though saying if you won’t come to me, then I’ll come to you.

“W-wait…! Hold on, don’t you think it’s strange that the Demon King suddenly appeared? I can, I can help you-“

“It’s not necessary.”

In the end, pathetic words spilled from the Emperor’s lips, but Adam didn’t listen.

He was now just a human who was no longer needed.

The white holy sword traced a horizontal arc as it cut through the air.

At the moment Adam’s sword was about to slice through the Emperor’s neck, Judith squeezed his eyes shut as if it would be too difficult to watch.

“Now everything will return to where it belongs.”

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