The Obsessive Male Lead Is Obsessed With Me! - Chapter 79

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Episode 79

 

“We are all people of the same Empire! If we consider the Northern Region’s affairs as solely the North’s problem and turn a blind eye to it, how can we boldly ask for help when similar incidents occur in our respective territories in the future?”

 

We are one! If you turn away from the North’s crisis, you’re not even an imperial citizen!

 

The Emperor lent his support to Duke Roheim, who was making such extreme arguments.

 

Why wouldn’t he? Duke Roheim was taking the lead in doing what he needed to do—extracting money from the nobles’ pockets.

 

“Did you hear? Duke Roheim donated 10 billion.”

 

“That’s not the end of it. They say he won’t spare additional support as long as the monster wave continues.”

 

“That’s truly amazing… But what are the other nobles doing?”

 

By this time, rumors that half of the Northern Region had been devastated had already spread long ago.

 

People were in a sensitive state, thinking that the central region might also suffer monster invasions like the North if things went wrong, and their resentment toward the nobles who did nothing spread like wildfire.

 

With the Emperor and Duke Roheim pressuring from above, and the people’s sentiment pressuring from below, how could the nobles possibly hold out?

 

“Our family will also provide support funds.”

 

“We don’t have spare funds, but at least food…”

 

“Our territory will send private soldiers!”

 

The Emperor generously sent all the material and human resources gathered in this way to the Northern Region.

 

Thus, contrary to people’s concerns, the evacuation of Northern people proceeded smoothly, and a defense line was quickly established centered around the Sernan River.

 

Two days later.

 

Lionel crossed the Sernan River, leading a reconnaissance team composed of elite forces.

 

It was the beginning of the first battle of what would be evaluated in the distant future as the most successful termination of a monster wave in history.

 

* * *

 

A group of refugees was attacked by a horde of monsters right in front of the Sernan River.

 

“Kyaaaak!”

 

Their bodies froze at the threatening cry.

 

There was no time to escape. It was the moment when dozens of people all sensed death and squeezed their eyes shut.

 

“Kruheoeong!”

 

Heaven and earth trembled simultaneously at the overwhelming howl. Their entire bodies froze in instinctive fear, unable even to breathe.

 

The situation was the same for the dozens of monsters that had been attacking the people.

 

Though they could be considered predators in their own right, they just trembled with their bodies frozen like herbivores facing a carnivore.

 

The next moment, threatening footsteps that shook the ground and demonstrated their power gradually approached with thunderous sounds.

 

Then, with a heavy bursting sound—thud!—one monster flew in a parabolic arc and crashed into the ground outside.

 

Bang!

 

“Auuuuu!”

 

A giant horse that raised its head high and roared as if it were a wolf began to literally rampage wildly.

 

Though it had no sharp claws, its hooves, harder than steel hammers, mercilessly trampled and crushed the monsters’ bodies.

 

Only the monsters.

 

“Everyone! Come this way!”

 

The knights who followed began to calm the frozen refugees and evacuate them.

 

Among the monsters that were frozen and unable to do anything in the face of the giant horse’s overwhelming presence, the refugees were barely able to escape with the knights’ help.

 

“Th-those knights. What exactly is that horse?”

 

The knights reassured the refugees who were trembling as they looked at the giant horse.

 

“Don’t worry. It’s His Highness the Prince’s beloved horse. Look there, can you see the person riding the horse?”

 

“What? …Oh, there really is a person there?”

 

“That person is our commander-in-chief, His Highness the Second Prince.”

 

The giant horse’s appearance was so threatening that they hadn’t noticed, but listening carefully, that giant horse really did have a person on its back.

 

The young man who had mounted the wildly rampaging horse without even a saddle, maintaining balance solely with his thigh muscles, shot arrows without hesitation.

 

The mere fact that he was shooting arrows from such a shaking horse was amazing, but every flying arrow hit the monsters’ weak points with perfect accuracy.

 

“Kruaaak!”

 

Then, among the monsters being helplessly slaughtered, there was one that greatly inflated its body and launched a counterattack.

 

The giant cobra-shaped monster fiercely thrust its sharp fangs while simultaneously shooting its pointed tail like a projectile toward the giant horse’s back.

 

People watching from afar screamed when they saw the cobra’s tail just before it pierced the young man’s back.

 

“Your Highness, it’s dangerous!”

 

“Piiit!”

 

-Kururung, kwang!

 

At that moment, a bolt of lightning struck from overhead and fell onto the cobra’s tail.

 

The power of the lightning that fell from the clear sky without any dark clouds was literally tremendous. The giant cobra’s entire body was burned black by the lightning fire.

 

“Wh-what was that just now?”

 

“Where on earth did that lightning come from…?”

 

“Ah, I know! It must be magic, right?”

 

The refugees made their own deductions, but in fact, the knights were just as puzzled.

 

‘Was there a mage among us…?’

 

Then another person came up with a plausible theory.

 

“Maybe Cecilia Roheim gave His Highness a protective magical tool as a gift? You know, like the bow.”

 

“Ah, that’s quite likely.”

 

Without realizing that they had come up with a theory very close to the truth, the knights who had evacuated all the refugees to safety sat down at a distance and watched the Second Prince displaying his incredible performance.

 

“Well, we’d like to help, but…”

 

“Stop it, stop. If we interfere unnecessarily, only we’ll die.”

 

Indeed, even the monsters couldn’t dare approach Lionel.

 

Whenever even the slightest presence was felt nearby, the giant horse would first slam the ground with its hard hooves—bang!

 

Since monsters couldn’t approach in the first place, Lionel was holding a bow instead of a sword.

 

-Swish! Thud!

 

“Wow, another hit.”

 

“I heard His Highness has excellent swordsmanship skills… When did he learn archery?”

 

“Really, all I can say is that he’s amazing.”

 

In fact, even while coming to the Northern Region by imperial command, there was a faint anxiety lingering among the knights and soldiers.

 

No matter how much of a prince he was, no matter how much he had received an oracle that he would ascend to a lofty position in the future, could they survive safely under a commander-in-chief who was only sixteen years old?

 

Lionel was personally demonstrating the answer to that question.

 

Though everyone didn’t voice it aloud, they all had the same thought inside.

 

‘If only that person is with us…’

 

‘Ending the monster wave wouldn’t be just a dream.’

 

Despite the fact that what was unfolding before their eyes was clearly a cruel massacre, the knights’ morale was greatly boosted.

 

They wanted to fight alongside that person. They wanted to protect that person’s back.

 

It was the moment when Lionel’s presence took deep root in their minds not as a sixteen-year-old young prince, but as the commander-in-chief who would lead them to victory.

 

* * *

 

“Good, it’s complete!”

 

The magical tool I had worked on with all my heart was finally finished.

 

Its name: Monster Repellent! A magical tool that can drive away monsters when lit and burned, just like mosquito coils that repel mosquitoes! Moreover, it’s not single-use but a semi-permanent magical tool that can be used for a long time by continuously replacing the magic stones!

 

…It should be, probably.

 

‘Now I need to test whether this works properly.’

 

Naturally, there are no monsters in the capital. The same goes for outside the capital. To find out if this works properly, I’d have to go to the Northern Region.

 

‘If possible, I’d like to see it with my own eyes…’

 

If I said I was going to the Northern Region with this, my parents and siblings would naturally oppose it, right?

 

I was having a headache thinking about what methods there might be to go to the Northern Region without worrying my family.

 

-Knock knock knock knock knock.

 

I heard the sound of someone knocking on the window with an unusual rhythm.

 

‘Finally!’

 

I put down the magical tool I was holding and quickly ran to the window to open it.

 

“Nix!”

 

“Greetings, Lady.”

 

Nix, who entered the room in the blink of an eye, bowed her head to greet me.

 

Immediately after, I could tell what her eyes that were busily scanning the room were looking for, so I pointed to the table where the chocolate basket was.

 

“You’re going to eat chocolate, right?”

 

“If you give it to me, I’ll gratefully eat it.”

 

She doesn’t even decline anymore.

 

With both cheeks puffed up like a hamster, Nix munched on chocolate while taking out an envelope and handing it to me.

 

“This is the investigation result on Bishop Nicole that you requested before.”

 

Inside the fairly thick envelope were five or six sheets of paper folded twice.

 

I quickly checked the contents written inside. There was truly shocking information written there.

 

“…Daughter of a traitor? Is this real?”

 

“Yes.”

 

She wasn’t even just any traitor. Count Racal, who was the mastermind behind the incident of poisoning the Empress. She was the daughter of a man who had his neck on the gallows.

 

“But I heard that all the traitors’ families were sent into exile? How did she rise to the position of Bishop in the capital, and in the Temple no less?”

 

“There are very complicated circumstances behind that. Please read the next page.”

 

I hurriedly checked the next page.

 

There was content written there that was far more shocking than what I had felt earlier.

 

“…What is this? The accomplices who helped Bishop Nicole escape from exile were our parents?”

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