I Became the Wife of the Hero Who Killed Me - Chapter 143

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#Episode 143

 

When even the foreign mercenaries showed signs of wanting to withdraw, the Emperor panicked and shouted.

 

“What? Are you planning to break the contract?! Charge, charge! Kill them all!!”

 

“….”

 

But no one moved.

 

They only fought for money, and had no loyalty to die for a foreign emperor.

 

On the other hand, the Emperor’s army was entirely composed of imperial nobles, but they were absolutely outnumbered.

 

They alone were insufficient to control the enraged populace.

 

“Contract? A contract, what do you mean by that just now?”

 

“Did everyone hear that?! As expected, the Emperor planned to massacre us from the beginning by bringing in foreign troops!”

 

“I can never forgive this.”

 

“You who have been abandoned by God will not leave this place alive!!”

 

The angry crowd’s gaze focused entirely on the Emperor.

 

Without anyone taking the lead, they rushed at the Emperor like charging bulls.

 

Sensing the dangerous atmosphere, the Emperor was terrified and hastily mounted his horse. The Emperor’s army, which had been hesitating and backing away, also quickly mounted their horses to escort the Emperor.

 

“Protect His Majesty!!”

 

“Clear the path to the Imperial Palace! Hurry!”

 

“Do you think we’ll let you escape?!”

 

Countless citizens followed behind them as they fled.

 

After a long while, when the surroundings had calmed down a bit, Berry asked.

 

“Madam? Shall I put you down now?”

 

“Uh… let’s stay like this a little longer.”

 

As soon as the plaza became chaotic, Berry had lifted me high above her head and held me there for quite a while so I wouldn’t get swept up in the crowd.

 

Strangely, even the people who were charging forward blinded by anger naturally avoided Berry.

 

It was natural since no one would want to hit a rock with an egg.

 

“I want to enjoy watching the Emperor flee so disgracefully a little longer.”

 

“Ah! Then shall I lift you even higher so you can see better?”

 

“That would be great.”

 

Berry lifted me even higher, and thanks to that, I could clearly see the Emperor and his army fleeing with their tails between their legs.

 

I was resting my chin on my hand, enjoying the spectacle, when it happened.

 

An urgent cry burst out from one corner of the plaza. It was the foreign army’s commander.

 

“Release me now!”

 

“….”

 

“Duke Lombard, I heard you are gentlemanly and know the ways of knighthood. So please keep your promise! I won’t lay a hand on the citizens…”

 

“Did I say that?”

 

Edwin’s voice turned coldly quiet.

 

He tilted his head as if he had heard quite interesting nonsense.

 

“Think objectively. Would there be any knight who would let an army that invaded his country’s capital leave safely?”

 

“I, I made a contract with the Emperor! I’ll tell you everything.”

 

“….”

 

“If we stayed in the Imperial Capital all summer to suppress the civil unrest, he would allow us to legally station troops in the southern Nuabo region, and grant immunity for all crimes committed during operations! It meant to dispose of all citizens who participated in the civil unrest!”

 

The eyes of the citizens still remaining in the plaza widened as if they would burst.

 

Though they had vaguely guessed the contract’s contents, hearing it directly was shocking on a different level.

 

Moreover, Nuabo was a symbolically significant land where Leto believers from across the continent came for holy pilgrimages.

 

At the same time, it was a buffer zone bordering southern nations, so it had great geopolitical value.

 

They couldn’t believe that such important land would be handed over to foreign troops, especially as payment for massacring their own people.

 

But Edwin’s expression was indifferent.

 

“I already know.”

 

He turned his gaze to look at me intently, then gestured to Gareth with his chin.

 

Berry quickly put me down, and then Gareth and Stefan covered my eyes.

 

Not long after, the commander’s urgent cries could be heard. The screams mixed with pain continued for quite a while before weakly fading away.

 

After a brief silence, the sound of clashing weapons immediately erupted from all directions.

 

It seemed the Lombard Knights and the Royal Guards who sided with the commoners had joined forces to fight the foreign army.

 

Thanks to the overwhelming difference in skill, the battle didn’t last long.

 

“Clean this up. There’s nothing good for the Duchess to see.”

 

“Yes, my lord.”

 

For a while, there were sounds of busy movement around us.

 

Anyway, since the fight seemed to be over, I tried to go straight to Edwin, but Berry and the two guards still wouldn’t let me go.

 

“Madam, shall we go somewhere else?”

 

“Where would I go when Edwin is here?”

 

“How about the soft and comfortable bed at the mansion? Ah, or you could first soak in a warm bath and change into clean, comfortable pajamas. What do you think, Madam?”

 

“….”

 

Are you trying to insult me? Are you trying to tempt me with comfort!

 

But to resist, the word ‘bed’ sounded too sweet.

 

Berry knew me too well. No matter how decent the prison was, it still couldn’t compare to my own home.

 

‘Is it because the tension is releasing? I’m suddenly sleepy…’

 

A bath sounded good and everything was fine, but right now I desperately needed sleep. My stamina was at rock bottom because I hadn’t slept properly.

 

Perhaps noticing my condition, Berry began gently patting me soothingly.

 

My consciousness gradually became hazy.

 

This was my last memory of Bellenua Plaza.

 

* * *

 

The smell of blood permeated everywhere.

 

He didn’t want to show such a scene to Elisia, who had trauma from torture.

 

Berry and the two guards, who received their master’s signal, left for the Lombard Mansion with the sleeping Elisia.

 

Only after they had completely disappeared from sight did Edwin turn his head.

 

“As expected of Lombard. To defeat so many troops with so few, your skills are impressive.”

 

Vincent, who stepped on the blood-soaked stone floor without concern, twisted his lips.

 

Edwin snorted.

 

“You’re late.”

 

“Late, you say? While the Duke was comfortably staying in the Imperial Capital, I was chasing traitors through the treacherous northern mountain ranges like hunting lice.”

 

“….”

 

He felt no value in responding further.

 

At the point where Elisia was completely cleared of heresy charges, that man’s value was finished.

 

Perhaps thinking the same thing, the man who had been grumbling about being used despite knowing and moving accordingly, glared at Edwin.

 

“What do you plan to do now?”

 

“About what?”

 

“You’re surely not planning to forgive the Emperor like this.”

 

There was no hesitation felt on his face as he kicked the mercenary corpse sprawled on the ground.

 

He seemed to be saying that this much was insufficient.

 

Edwin chuckled.

 

“As if.”

 

Vittorio had crossed the last line he had allowed.

 

He had threatened Elisia, imprisoned her in jail despite her trauma, and even tried to torture her to death cruelly under the pretext of heresy trial.

 

All while bringing in mercenaries from southern Protestant nations.

 

His eyes looking up at the Imperial Palace glittered with murderous intent.

 

* * *

 

The Emperor evaded the enraged populace and barely managed to take refuge in the Imperial Palace.

 

He nearly got caught several times along the way, but managed to escape thanks to his close retainers’ sacrifices.

 

They had probably met their end by now, but such facts weren’t particularly important to Vittorio.

 

“Huff, huff…!”

 

Rage boiled through every blood vessel in his body.

 

Today, he had planned to eliminate that eyesore of a woman once and for all, and when Lombard started a war, use it as an excuse to regain the real power he had lost.

 

But instead of being branded a heretic, that woman had gained the Pope’s protection.

 

This meant that Elisia now had the protection of the entire Church.

 

Meanwhile, he himself, he himself—

 

‘His Holiness has excommunicated you from the Orthodox Church for the crime of blasphemy. With this, all of God’s grace has abandoned you.’

 

Excommunication.

 

What should he do now? Who should he set up as a scapegoat to escape this crisis?

 

The Emperor clutched his head.

 

The massive wave of people who had charged at him indiscriminately kept overlapping before his eyes. He could hear their thunderous shouts and curses.

 

He felt suffocated.

 

The Emperor turned his head.

 

Though people had always surrounded him, at this moment, no one was by his side.

 

Only a single attendant remained at his post.

 

An ominous premonition crept up his spine.

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