This Emperor Is Running a Marriage Scam - Chapter 102

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Chapter 102

The Imperial Knights, filled with a mixture of joy and tension, hastily gathered together and immediately prostrated themselves to show their loyalty.

“We greet Your Majesty, the great savior of the Ilpein Empire!”

Bloden nodded once with a stern face toward the Imperial Knights and gave orders to his commanders.

“Kimarise, you will come with me to eliminate the monsters inside the Gate and block the passage. Raven will command the knights from this point forward.”

This was to avoid showing his younger appearance after closing the Gate.

“I receive your command, my master.”

“I receive your command, my master.”

Bloden and Kimarise immediately entered the Gate, while Raven moved the Imperial Knights to another nearby location. This was arranged so they wouldn’t see Bloden becoming younger when he closed the Gate.

Upon entering the Gate, Camen, who had been clumped together like a mud mass turning a monster into bones, saw Bloden and stood up, bowing respectfully.

In the distance, more monsters could be seen approaching.

“Camen. Bring them all here.”

Camen, taking the magical power that rose like smoke from Bloden’s body, spread wide as if becoming the ground itself and moved quickly inward.

“Kieeeek!”

“Kyaaaaa!”

The roars grew closer, and soon all kinds of monsters with their feet stuck to the ground were placed before Bloden and Kimarise.

Kimarise moved swiftly to eliminate all the monsters, then stacked them at a spot slightly away from the Gate’s entrance to create a wall.

After the monsters were piled up so that no gaps could be seen, Camen and Kimarise stepped back.

“Now I can close the Gate.”

Bloden drew his sword and thrust it into the Gate’s floor. All that remained was to channel his magical power.

That’s when it happened.

“Your Majesty! This is terrible!”

Kimarise suddenly turned pale and reported.

“Lady Hailey is in an emergency situation! Please share your vision immediately!”

“An emergency with Nuna?”

Various scenarios flashed through Bloden’s mind.

As he had worried, it seemed someone was bothering Hailey. Or perhaps the Orphanage Director was causing trouble.

‘I’ve learned how to quickly recover magical power and established my presence as Emperor.’

Bloden decided he would soon catch the Orphanage Director’s corruption and handle matters related to the orphans as he shared Kimarise’s vision.

In an instant, a scene he had never imagined filled his sight.

At the same time, Bloden felt terror rising, and it felt as if all the blood in his body was draining away.

In the location where he shared vision with Kimarise, there was a Gate much larger than the one that had appeared in the forest near the wheat field. Kimarise’s clone and Salamander were openly revealed, fighting monsters.

And Hailey was nowhere to be seen.

Becoming urgent, Bloden immediately retrieved his sword.

“Where is Nuna? What happened here?”

Kimarise quickly answered.

“Salamander blocked the monster’s attack, and Lady Hailey ran toward the orphanage’s main gate.”

As soon as Bloden grasped the situation, he immediately called Raven and gave orders.

“Kimarise, tell the knight order to deploy immediately, and Raven, follow me right now.”

Meanwhile, Raven, who had returned to his original Death Knight form where the knights couldn’t see, summoned a skeletal warhorse.

Bloden mounted the skeletal warhorse and began racing toward the orphanage. Behind him, he could hear Kimarise conveying Bloden’s orders to the Imperial Knights.

“A Gate has opened at Snoril Orphanage! Everyone arm yourselves and deploy!”

The Imperial Knights, who had been bewildered by the Emperor’s sudden departure, were also startled and hastily mounted their horses.

‘Nuna, Nuna!’

Even while heading to the orphanage faster than anyone, Bloden felt like he was going crazy with anxiety and fear.

Although Salamander and Kimarise’s clone were blocking the monsters, the monsters he had confirmed were different from those that had emerged from the Gate in the forest next to the wheat field – they weren’t low-grade.

The monsters from the Orphanage Gate were strong enough to be difficult even for the Imperial Knight Order to handle. If their numbers increased like this, there would be limits to what Salamander and Kimarise’s clone alone could block.

‘Nuna should have quickly taken shelter.’

Any ordinary person would have done so and more.

‘But if it’s Nuna…’

There were children at the orphanage. Bloden had also seen through Kimarise’s vision sharing that one side of the orphanage building was on fire.

If there were children who hadn’t managed to escape, Hailey would be struggling to rescue them.

Even knowing this clearly, Bloden desperately hoped that Hailey would absolutely not do such a thing.

‘What if a monster I failed to stop hurt Nuna? What if when I arrive, it’s already too late to turn back?’

Even when seeing the horde of monsters pouring out from the Northern Main Gate, he had never felt such terror.

Only frightening thoughts kept coming.

His heart, pressed down by the pressure, felt terribly heavy, making it difficult even to breathe.

His breathing finally eased only after he barely caught Hailey falling from the ladder and held her in his arms.

Hailey, with her eyes tightly shut, was burned and injured in various places.

Seeing her like that, anger suddenly flared up.

‘If monsters appeared, you should have run away! Acting foolishly trying to save the children!’

Hailey’s actions didn’t deviate even an inch from his expectations, so he wanted to scold her harshly.

But the moment he saw Hailey looking up at him while crying profusely with a face clearly showing relief, he was compelled as if enchanted to kiss the corner of her eyes.

His anger melted away like snow under summer sun.

‘Nuna is originally that kind of person.’

So it couldn’t be helped.

Anyway, Hailey had become someone he could never let go of in Bloden’s life. If so, wouldn’t he have no choice but to protect her forever?

“It’s okay now. Don’t cry.”

After that, he had Raven handle the monsters and called Camen to extinguish the fire. He absolutely didn’t move directly himself.

The reason was absurd when he thought back on it, but in another way, it was natural.

It was because he didn’t want to let go of Hailey who had nestled into his arms.

When rescuing the kidnapped children and getting them off the ship, there was a time when Kimarise caught Hailey when she mistepped and fell.

Now holding Hailey in his arms, Bloden was feeling exactly the same sensation that Kimarise had experienced then.

No, now it was even more intense.

Hailey was warm and cozy.

‘Damn. This is driving me crazy.’

She was truly maddeningly lovable.

Since he felt like he was breathing properly for the first time, perhaps Hailey alone was his breath.

When Nelloa interrupted midway, his irritation flared, but Bloden had Raven evacuate Hailey first.

Soon after all the Imperial Knights were also withdrawn, he assessed the scale of the Gate.

The Orphanage’s derivative Gate was much larger than expected. It was strange enough since this had never happened before.

“This is truly incomprehensible.”

At Bloden’s sigh, Raven also spoke with a serious expression.

“There have been no reports of derivative Gates occurring in this manner. It seems intensive investigation is needed.”

Nodding, Bloden poured all his available magical power into the Gate with its passage blocked. The more magical power he poured, the stronger the vibrations became, and Bloden’s appearance gradually became younger.

When he returned to Baron’s appearance, Bloden finally released the summoning of all commanders to reduce magical power consumption.

The Gate continued to devour magical power endlessly after that. Raven, who was keeping watch beside him, let out a strong sigh when Bloden’s appearance looked to be about four years old.

“Your Majesty, how about waiting for the next opportunity? If you become any younger here, you won’t be able to protect yourself.”

But Bloden shook his head.

If he stopped here, all the magical power he had filled up until now would scatter into thin air. It would be a worse choice than not doing anything.

Moreover, the feeling transmitted through the sword was already taut as if about to burst. It seemed like just a little more would do it.

“It seems almost done. Raven, I’ll leave the rest to you.”

Soon, with tremendous vibrations, the orphanage building completely collapsed, and the Gate closed. Raven, who had been kneeling on one knee, returned to human form. He held Bloden in his arms and wrapped him in his cloak to protect him from the shockwave.

And when the vibrations completely subsided, one of the Imperial Knights ran over and reported loudly.

“A derivative Gate has also been discovered at the port! The discovered monsters are Vampire Slimes!”

Raven gave orders without getting up from his position.

“From this time until further orders, I will convey His Majesty’s commands. Half the forces go to the port to respond to the derivative Gate, and the rest stand by.”

“Understood!”

After the Imperial Knight left, Raven stood up and looked at the child sitting in front of him covered in oversized clothes, smiling bitterly.

“Your Majesty. I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve seen you like this.”

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