That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 276

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Chapter 276

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The crumbling mouth of the demon.

Acidic liquids that no longer fell.

Red squares that no longer appeared overhead.

And the figure of Tulia Frazier disappearing while shining like a star.

Like a mermaid’s tail, a meteor leaving a long trail was drawn in the void.

That trail was slowly fading away.

Like the Milky Way growing dim at dawn.

“Ferdinand.”

In the space filled with chaos, the red-eyed Crown Prince turned around.

It was a familiar face. Pure white hair that still shone like dew despite being splattered with blood.

It was Lisian Frazier.

His blue eyes, which had clearly been different from Tulia’s, had now changed to a color so similar to hers.

A verdant light filled with the aura of the forest.

The Crown Prince, whose body was more than seventy percent composed of divine power, intuitively opened his mouth.

“Beta Crucis?”

“Yes. I have borrowed this body for a moment.”

Lisian, no, the Sacred Tree Beta Crucis asked.

“Will you follow the Successor?”

“I must catch her.”

“Even those who wake from nightmares suffer and break out in cold sweats.”

Beta Crucis shifted his gaze to the void where Tulia had evaporated.

“How likely do you think it is that the Successor will be unharmed after experiencing such an ordeal?”

“I will follow her.”

“Even if it means you die as the price?”

“Yes.”

Ferdinand took in the star fragments falling sparsely like late winter snowflakes.

“She is too precious to me.”

The girl who had offered him an old handkerchief.

The one who, at some point, began worrying about his life without knowing her place.

Those suspicious eyes where trust and concern coexisted.

Yet so confident that she always radiated her own light.

A woman like the Southern Cross in the night sky that he had secretly used as his guiding star.

Since it was natural for a ship that lost its guiding star to sink.

He too could willingly sink with her. He wanted to.

“It will be irreversible.”

The Sacred Tree Beta Crucis spoke to Ferdinand with a body shrouded in divine mist.

“You will lose your divine power forever and become just an ordinary man.”

Divine power was already slowly draining from Ferdinand’s body.

“Do you still not mind?”

Ferdinand looked at the mist surrounding his body with fresh eyes.

Now that he no longer suffered from the side effect of growing younger.

Losing this power was certainly not a good thing for him.

“I don’t mind. It seems I’ve lived enduring the side effects of this divine power for this very purpose.”

Ferdinand shifted his gaze to Benjamin and Klaus.

Deep pools of blood were forming beneath them as they had already collapsed.

Fading breath.

They weren’t dead yet, but they seemed like they would die.

No, actually Ferdinand had no intention of examining those guys’ condition too closely.

Whether they died or not.

No matter how injured they were.

But still…

Tulia must have known this would happen and told him to use his wish on those guys if one ever arose.

Ferdinand briefly muttered the word “wish” and quickly turned his head.

The Sacred Tree Beta Crucis, who had been quietly watching all of this, smiled faintly.

His smile was soft and vague like clouds settling on a forest, quickly hiding its traces.

“At last, my child’s regression has ended.”

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It was a space filled with countless stars.

This place seemed like an unknown space where no one had set foot since the beginning of time, or perhaps it was just like the night sky.

Whatever kind of place it was… it felt like the place where the Sacred Tree’s successor would have their final rest before completely disappearing.

Because.

Tulia Frazier, who had vanished before his eyes, was there.

“You did listen to my request at the end.”

The soul separated from the body was exactly like colored mist.

The relief of having caught her was brief.

Afraid she might slip away like sand in his grasp, Ferdinand embraced Tulia’s soul with all his strength.

“You said so yourself. If those guys seemed like they would die, guarantee their lives.”

To love a woman who worried about other men until the very end…

“Did you trust me? I could have prayed to save you instead of those guys.”

“I half-trusted you.”

“You really are…”

Ferdinand couldn’t tell if he was smiling or not.

“Ferdinand.”

“Yeah.”

“Did your wish come true?”

Tulia was different from usual. She felt much more similar to the Sacred Tree Beta Crucis he had seen earlier.

A distant sense of reverence as if he had dared to embrace a god.

“…Since it was your wish, of course.”

Tulia smiled.

“That’s a relief.”

It was light laughter like sitting on a loose melody.

“I just got the chance to make a wish myself.”

Ferdinand saw brilliantly shining letters above Tulia’s head.

He couldn’t dare to read them. Too many letters were densely inscribed and moving.

They were all the system window letters that Tulia had encountered while living until this day, this moment.

“What wish will you make?”

Countless fragments began moving and being reborn as Tulia’s Kim Ddong Star.

The Sacred Tree’s successor, who had gained a star once again, whispered mischievously.

“To reverse everything that Coriko destroyed.”

Vision that instantly became bright.

Stars burst like fireworks as a pale green star rose above her head.

[System] Main Quest has been completed!

[System] Congratulations!

[System] This is your victory!

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What happened in the Great Temple spread throughout the entire continent.

There was no need to make an effort to spread the news. The same things had happened outside the Great Temple as well—Coriko’s brainwashing spear had worked effectively.

In that chaos, quite a few people died or were injured.

So this incident was not something that could be covered up by one or two people in power stepping forward.

Neither the Emperor nor the Grand Duke was of any use.

After all, once this incident occurred, all power on the continent was concentrated in a single person.

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‘Hehe. That person is me.’

The Supreme Court of the Briyang Imperial Palace.

A place that only opened its doors when judging the crimes of Imperial Family members, the last time this Supreme Court had convened was over a hundred years ago.

“Grand Duchess.”

“It is your turn to enter.”

Tulia—no, I—was attended by the Chief Justice of the Briyang Imperial Family and representatives of the continental delegation nobles as I moved to the highest position in the Supreme Court.

“Grand Duchess enters!”

With the Court Attendant’s announcement, all the seated nobles, foreign royalty, and influential commoners rose to their feet.

I felt an indescribable thrill as I sat in the highest seat of the Supreme Court.

“Everyone, please take your seats!”

I first turned my gaze to the left. Grandfather and Father, who were seated there, nodded their heads lightly.

I smiled inwardly and looked down below again.

Below, a woman stood in the position of a criminal.

“Empress Carmi.”

“….”

When she didn’t respond, the judge beside her shouted sternly.

“Empress, answer!”

“…Yes.”

Only then did Empress Carmi lift her head to look at me. No matter how much she raised her chin, there was too much difference in height between our positions.

I was looking down at her, and no matter what she did, she was in a position where she could only look up at me.

Carmi’s eyes filled with humiliation, but I didn’t particularly care. I merely gestured with my chin to the judge.

“Read it.”

“Yes, Successor.”

What the judge was holding were the charges against Empress Carmi. Who wrote them?

Naturally, it was me.

“The most direct causes of this Great Temple disaster are two people. One is Empress Carmi. Because of Empress Carmi, the late Empress Olivia, who was carrying the Crown Prince at the time, tried to save him by gathering the continent’s divine power….”

“This is unjust!”

Carmi shouted with reddened eyes. The Chief Justice immediately raised his hand.

“What is unjust?”

“That was the late Empress Olivia’s unilateral action, so how can it become my crime?”

“Because of that, His Highness the Crown Prince suffered from divine power side effects, which allowed the High Priests to easily send His Highness the Crown Prince to the summer continent as a sacrifice to create that ogre monster, so how can you say it’s not the Empress’s crime!”

I nodded slowly while leaning my chin leisurely.

The Chief Justice, who had been glancing at me, quickly raised his voice.

“Moreover! Adultery cannot be committed alone! Emperor Alessandro!”

Under the sharp escort of knights, Emperor Alessandro walked out.

Though he wasn’t in as wretched a state as Carmi, his eyes were similarly bloodshot.

“Emperor Alessandro, who committed adultery with Empress Carmi, who also abandoned his paternal duties and neglected the Crown Prince! He too must be punished as one responsible for this disaster, according to the Successor’s judgment!”

The power that had poured onto me was enough to overwhelm even a nation’s emperor.

Emperor Alessandro looked up at me with bloodshot eyes and asked.

“What punishment will be imposed on me?”

I fluttered my eyelashes and said.

“Abdication.”

“…!”

Emperor Alessandro’s fists clenched with force. He must have expected it, but hearing it in reality seemed even more outrageous.

Regardless, I glared at both the Emperor and Empress side by side.

“If the Emperor had properly cared for the Crown Prince, the High Priests wouldn’t have even thought of spiriting him away to the summer continent.”

“….”

“Emperor Alessandro and Empress Carmi, as criminals who caused the loss of countless lives, will have all their titles stripped from this moment forward.”

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