The Crown I Will Take From You - Chapter 324
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Part 2, Chapter 171
“How the hell did this thing get in here!”
For the Imperial hunting competition, all dangerous beasts had been completely eliminated.
And it wasn’t even just a beast but a monster—could this really be a coincidence?
Was someone trying to assassinate the Emperor!
“Damn it, a Giant Bear is a top-tier monster…!”
It was a creature that could single-handedly annihilate an entire mid-to-high-level knight order.
Moreover, the Emperor had recklessly rushed out to catch a white deer, distancing himself from his existing guards.
The Imperial knights’ morale sharpened dangerously with anxiety and vigilance.
“Protect His Majesty!”
If the Emperor were to die to that beast, they too would have to abandon any thought of leaving alive.
However, not everyone was concerned about this sudden situation.
‘The time has come. This is my chance to shine. Ah, heaven has not abandoned me after all!’
Juan, who had never safely left the Capital City without the Queen Mother’s protection, couldn’t possibly know the danger of a Giant Bear.
So he actually welcomed this unexpected situation.
How much he had hoped for such a dramatic opportunity to melt his father’s frozen heart!
“Father! I will protect you!”
Juan ran toward the Emperor, raising his bow high.
The bowstring aimed at the Giant Bear’s heart was drawn taut.
Whoosh-!
However, the arrow he shot failed to pierce the monster’s thick hide and bounced off helplessly.
“Graaaaar!”
No, it seemed to have made it even angrier.
The Giant Bear became even more ferocious.
“Your, Your Majesty must be rescued first, gah, gaaah-!”
The beast leaped out like thunder and tore the nearest guard in half.
Then it charged savagely toward Juan.
Terrible screams rang out as people were injured and horses’ flanks were ripped open.
“Hah, haah…”
Before long, the corpses of Imperial knights killed by the black bear were scattered all over the ground.
Juan was drenched in the blood of a knight who had died right in front of him.
The Giant Bear turned its head toward Perdickas II, who had fallen to the ground, as if looking for its next prey.
His face turned pale.
“Grrrrr…”
“Is there no one! His Majesty is in danger! Quickly!”
Juan frantically pulled out a red smoke flare from the dead knight’s chest and set it off.
It was a way to contact the rescue team during the hunting competition.
“Graaaah-!”
However, the beast before him allowed Juan no such leisure or hope.
Its front paw came flying again.
“Juan…”
When all the guards died in an instant, only Juan and the Emperor remained.
Moreover, the Emperor had broken his ankle when he fell from his horse earlier and couldn’t move.
“Ah, aaaaah!”
At that moment, Juan’s face and mind went completely blank.
The Imperial Throne, his father, power—everything was erased from his mind, leaving only the survival instinct to live.
“Waaaah!”
He threw down his quiver and ran away screaming loud enough to shake the forest.
“That, that…!”
Perdickas II, who had to witness this scene right before his eyes, received a tremendous shock as if struck in the back of the head with a rock.
The Emperor was a selfish person who could betray others but couldn’t tolerate being betrayed by others.
The years felt meaningless, and humiliation set in.
Being abandoned by his child in front of a cruel monster and cowering like a cornered mouse left deep wounds on his pride.
Graaaah!
Instead of chasing the fleeing prey, the monster decided to eat Perdickas II, who lay before it.
The beast raised its front paw again.
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When Chezare and Medeia discovered the Emperor’s party, the scene they witnessed was Juan fleeing in front of a massive Giant Bear, abandoning his father.
“Waaaah! I’m sorry, Father!”
At the moment the 3rd Prince fled screaming, Chezare witnessed firsthand the shame and despair that settled on his father’s face.
He did not immediately rush to rescue the Emperor.
“A Giant Bear?”
Chezare muttered quietly.
However, his voice only carried a hint of surprise,
showing no urgency or worry despite the carnage before his eyes.
Medeia also hesitated.
‘Why a monster? What I put in was hallucinogenic herb powder and Siren magic stone dust.’
It was an herb that caused hallucinations with components opposite to the madness treatment medicine the Emperor took.
At the same time, the Siren’s magic stone left very faint sound waves that allowed them to track the Emperor’s party’s location, enabling them to find their way here.
The hallucinogenic herb was meant to make Perdickas II believe he was in danger when the hunt was at its peak.
The moment he came to believe that even the 3rd Prince beside him was trying to harm him, if Chezare was the one who saved him.
‘That salvation would be imprinted like rain after a drought.’
The Emperor’s perception of the 3rd Prince, whom he had believed to be on his side, and the 1st Prince, whom he had persecuted as an enemy, would also be reversed.
But it seemed she wasn’t the only one who had made a move at today’s hunting competition.
‘The appearance of a monster at the Imperial Hunting Grounds means… who exactly is targeting the Emperor?’
Before pondering the mastermind behind this, saving the Emperor came first.
“Ah, aaaaah!”
“Waaaah!”
Life-and-death screams echoed through the forest.
The black bear now turned its head to focus on the Emperor.
However, no movement could be felt from beside Medeia.
“Chezare.”
Medeia looked up at him.
His failure to immediately rush to save his father was probably the result of Chezare’s heart being completely dried up by Perdickas II’s humiliation and cold treatment.
Medeia could see the strength entering Chezare’s hands as he gripped the reins. He seemed to be deliberating.
Whether to let the Emperor die like this, or to save him.
‘I can’t let him die.’
To disguise this as an accidental death, there were too many people at today’s hunting grounds.
If things went wrong, they might be suspected as the ones behind placing that monster.
Medeia decided to save the Emperor. But Chezare still showed no movement.
His appearance was closer to an observer, or rather a bystander.
She quickly pulled on Silva’s reins.
The white horse shot forward like a gliding arrow.
Medeia blocked the path in front of the fallen Emperor.
And the moment the Giant Bear swung its front paw, light flashed.
Chezare’s sword pierced through the Giant Bear’s heart.
Chezare protected Medeia by embracing her in his arms.
To Perdickas II, who had been cowering in terror, it appeared that Chezare had thrown himself forward to save his father.
Then, the Giant Bear fell to the ground with a thud.
Chezare clutched his shoulder.
The beast’s sharp claws left torn flesh and streaming blood where they had grazed.
“Chezare!”
“You saved your father.”
Emotion welled up in Perdickas II’s eyes.
Instead of maintaining the formal “Zim” he had always used to assert his authority, he called himself “Father.”
The Emperor grasped Chezare’s hand. And squeezed it tightly.
“This father will never forget what happened today.”
“…”
“I will not forget.”
“…”
Chezare gave no response.
Perhaps because his life had been saved and his prejudices stripped away, even his son’s silence seemed genuine to him.
“Your Majesty! Are you all right!”
Meanwhile, the Imperial Knights who had rushed over upon seeing the smoke signal arrived.
They turned pale at the sight of the Giant Bear split in half.
Prince Juan was found unconscious not far away.
Two knights loaded him onto a stretcher and carried him out of the forest.
His blood-soaked clothes and the drool leaking from his gaping mouth told the story of his condition.
“This foolish and pathetic wretch!”
Perdickas II poured contempt upon him.
“To save his own skin, he pushed his father into mortal danger—no, does he even truly think of me as his father! Ptui!”
The more he thought about that moment, the more his teeth ground together.
Perdickas II raged furiously.
Angelique quietly watched as her father spat on the unconscious Third Prince’s body.
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