The Crown I Will Take From You - Chapter 210

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Part 2, Chapter 57

Perdickas II’s entire body was now red with rage, his eyes nearly bulging out.

“Even if he was a villain, he was still a meritorious subject of the Empire. Such a man died on foreign soil at the hands of his own imperial family! Do you even know what your arbitrary actions have given our enemies, those Valdina bastards!”

The Emperor tore the parchment report that had come to him into shreds and flung it at his son.

Among those pieces was even a drawing of Jared’s corpse wrapped in the tattered Kazen flag.

“Thanks to you, those bastards are now trying to sit right on top of my head! Chezare, all because of you!”

“Surely no one would dare covet the Late Emperor’s authority. Please put aside your worries, Father.”

Chezare’s response was so excessively reverent and loyal that it sounded sarcastic instead. And he succeeded in pushing the Emperor’s anger to its peak.

“You, you bastard. Are you mocking me? Do you take me for a fool—!”

“Please calm yourself, Your Majesty!”

The Head Servant caught the gasping Emperor.

Perdickas II, clutching his heart, barely managed to grip the armrest of the Imperial Throne as he struggled to breathe.

And he glared at his eldest son as if he would kill him.

“Why on earth, hah, why…”

Between his ragged breaths flowed deep suspicion, as if trying to gauge Chezare’s intentions.

This really wasn’t like his eldest son.

‘What the hell is this bastard thinking?’

Noticing his father’s gleaming black pupils sizing him up, Chezare smiled brightly.

“He coveted my death, so even if not now, he would have disappeared eventually. I don’t forget kindness, but I forget grudges even less.”

“…”

“Don’t you know that better than anyone, Father?”

The twelve imperial observers who had been slaughtered by his son. That was also Perdickas II’s reverse scale.

“You bastaaaard—!”

The Emperor’s patience snapped.

“Lock that bastard in the ‘Abyss’! Don’t let him out until he realizes what he did wrong and begs!”

The Abyss was literally an underground prison located in the deepest part of the Empire’s Imperial Palace.

It could only be reached by descending hundreds of stone steps leading deep underground, and it was a space of complete darkness where not a single ray of light entered.

Dense humidity and cold incomparable to the surface, narrow spaces that caused physical paralysis.

The pitch-black small rooms that made even one’s sense of time disappear would quickly drive even notorious criminals insane when confined there.

“Father, you know such things have no meaning for me.”

Chezare shrugged and stood up from his seat. The red rope that had bound his hands fell limply at his feet.

“I’ll stay for a while. For Father’s dignity.”

And he turned toward Jason.

“Brother, since we plotted together, we should go together.”

Jason was shocked. He couldn’t understand being caught at the scene and dragged all the way to the Empire, but now he had to endure the Abyss too?

“What are you saying, Chezare. The one who killed him was—”

Jason tried to shake off his arm, but couldn’t escape the firmly gripping hand. Chezare leaned slightly and whispered in his ear.

“Well, then I’ll take Raju instead. Your subordinate, I mean.”

“…What?”

“Any other excuse would be fine. But since the one who instigated Jared happens to be your man, I wonder what Father will think.”

Chezare grinned. The end of his smile was somehow sharp.

The suspicious Perdickas II would think he had been betrayed if he learned that his own subordinate had instigated Jared, and would immediately dispose of him.

Jason’s face contorted.

“You bastard…”

‘How much does he know? Does he even know I joined hands with the dark mages?’

However, Jason couldn’t read anything from those clear golden eyes.

Those chilling pupils that shone like a beast’s eyes gave him a kind of helplessness.

He even had a premonition that no matter how much he struggled, he might never be able to surpass this man.

“Well then, Father, farewell until we meet again.”

“You, insolent…!”

Leaving the fuming Perdickas II behind, Jason, caught in Chezare’s grip, had no choice but to be helplessly dragged away.

“…Agema is… with the Emperor… blocking the trade route—!”

“There’s a disruption in supply…”

On the way to the Abyss, a knight hurriedly passed by them.

“What’s happening?”

“Ah, Your Highness the First Prince. Duke is here too. This is terrible. Valdina has occupied the Central Trade Route and is blocking supplies coming into Kazen.”

The knight explained with an urgent face that especially Kazen was supposed to import large quantities of iron in alliance with small kingdoms recently, but that had been blocked.

“So I must urgently report to His Majesty. Time is of the essence, so I ask for Your Highnesses’ understanding.”

Jason turned pale with a miserable expression.

“Wait, the Central Trade Route? Is Valdina really declaring war on us? Tell me what you know—”

He tried to question the knight about the detailed situation, but was soon caught in Chezare’s grip.

“Go on. Father will be even more furious, so prepare yourself mentally.”

When the tense knight left at Chezare’s words, Chezare’s lips curved up.

It seemed the rumor that Valdina’s Emperor cherished his only sister like his life wasn’t false.

Normally, that fact wouldn’t have been as pleasant as it was now.

But for the time being while he was confined to the Abyss, the existence of a powerful shield to protect her in his place reassured him.

“Father will be even more furious. Don’t you think so, Brother?”

“…”

Jason could only glare at him without saying anything.

They reached the entrance to the Abyss.

“Your Highness the First Prince, Your Highness the Duke. We received word, we’ll escort you.”

The fierce-looking guard of the Abyss came out and bowed.

Perhaps because he had dealt with too many notorious prisoners, or perhaps he too had been tainted by going back and forth to the Abyss.

Instead of reverence for royalty, a bizarre mixture of disgust and politeness had taken root in the guard.

“We’ll escort Your Highnesses to separate Abyss cells. Please follow me.”

Jason’s expression contorted as he looked down at the black stairs that seemed endless like a bottomless pit.

“Chezare, why the hell are you doing this to me?”

He couldn’t understand it at all.

“It’s obvious.”

Even when he gave that light answer.

“What’s obvious—”

“You were going to leave me stuck here and go to that woman?”

Chezare said leisurely.

The pitch-black prison with not a ray of light visible didn’t seem threatening to him at all.

“Wake up, dear Brother.”

Even in the darkness, his golden eyes were as vivid as burning flames.

“I can’t stand to watch someone steal away the achievement I created by sacrificing this body.”

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The Princess’s Palace.

Three people were making gloomy expressions around Medeia’s bed.

“I said I’m fine.”

Medeia tried to smile, but with white bandages wrapped tightly around both hands and her neck, she wasn’t convincing at all.

“It’s my oversight. I missed it. I have nothing to say.”

Kensington hung her head.

Only now could she understand why Neryl had worn such an anguished expression.

‘If I had found out about that bastard Jared’s whereabouts earlier…’

She couldn’t shake the thought that if she had been a little more outstanding, if she had tried just a little harder, she could have kept her lord safe.

“Unexpected situations always happen. It’s not like I didn’t anticipate the possibility of such incidents. Stop blaming yourself and continue your report. What did Peleus do now?”

Medeia pressed her forehead. Right now, her brother Peleus had completely exceeded her expectations.

When she had returned to the palace and collapsed unconscious, and woke up again, news that Peleus had already reached the Central Trade Route was waiting for her.

‘To think he would move this quickly.’

If even a day or two had passed, public opinion would have been swayed.

Having gone through war where situations change by the moment, Medeia too was impressed by her brother’s judgment and its swiftness.

 “What news from Kazen?”

“If you’re asking about the First Prince’s punishment, the Imperial Palace’s security has been strengthened so we’re still gathering accurate information, but he’s currently under detention.”

Kensington continued his explanation in a calm voice.

“The Third Prince Faction led by the Queen Mother and the Crown Prince’s Faction are fiercely opposing each other over the First Prince’s punishment, but the Emperor has stripped him of his private army mobilization rights and disbanded his forces.”

The private soldiers mobilized from his various territories were renowned for both their numbers and skill. Yet they had been scattered.

Perdickas II couldn’t miss the opportunity to weaken his son’s power.

The person in question couldn’t be unaware of this either.

Medeia paused for a moment.

In her mind flashed the man’s large hand that had caressed her cheek and his affectionate touch.

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