Chapter 237
Episode 237
: Prince!
In the current situation where competition was taking place, it took a lot of courage to call oneself the crown prince.
Being first in line meant being everyone’s target.
In that sense, X was impressed.
‘It looks like you can’t control your confidence?’
A magnificent carriage!
The carriage decorated with gold was dazzling. It seemed like he could make his presence known to assassins even in the middle of the night.
Numerous soldiers and warriors were seen following the carriage.
Before you know it, Cheol-hoo and Cheol-jung-hwan, who have come to meet you, bow their heads.
X and his companions followed suit and bowed their heads.
“Hehe, it really has an exotic smell.”
The crown prince appeared in a carriage!
“!”
As soon as I saw his face, one thing came into my mind: food.
Dumplings, too, king dumplings.
The crown prince had a very good appearance. A stomach like Namsan was standard, and the two- or three-fold folded chin and white skin were impressive.
Crown Prince Hwaryuhyeon!
He gave a friendly greeting to X.
“Hello, did you say your name was X?”
“That’s right. “It’s an honor, Your Majesty the Crown Prince!”
“I heard that people in the western region are very liberal when it comes to etiquette, but looking at your polite attitude… I don’t think it’s anything like that. “Oh, I missed out on a fun experience.”
So you were expecting at least an informal conversation at first meeting?
X, who had expected a very authoritarian attitude since he was the crown prince, could not help but be a little taken aback.
At the same time, he did not forget to roll his eyes and look at the prince’s army.
‘…I can’t sense any signs of other beings?’
Of course, there could be no doubt. Even with the white mask, he could tell that he was heading to the East Continent.
Hwaryu-hyeon exchanged greetings with everyone, including X.
“Did you sleep on the boat? “This must have been a lot for everyone.”
“I’m sorry I didn’t have enough time to sleep, my lord.”
“There are no seats. That’s a really boring joke. So what is your magnificent mansion about? “There must be hundreds of attached rooms alone.”
“That…”
Moreover, he has a personality that does not care about pretense or pretense.
Cheol Jung-hwan, who had become mute after eating honey, smiled next to Cheol Jung-hwan.
The smile was directed at X and contained the meaning of asking how the lord he served was like.
Asus suddenly stabbed me in the side.
“You don’t seem like a bad person?”
“Thanks to that, I have more things to worry about.”
I will destroy them all!
It occurred to X that he might have to retract his decision.
That’s because the crown prince’s appearance was so different from what was expected.
Those who formed a circle and took their seats!
Hwaryuhyeon was sitting on the dirt floor, not caring that her gorgeous silk clothes were getting dirty.
Since the crown prince is practicing it himself, can others be able to eat without sitting down?
“haha. The soldiers and everyone else, including you, must have suffered, so we cannot just eat and drink for our superiors. “Hey, unpack the bundle you brought with you!”
The more we talked and the more we watched, the more Hwaryu-hyeon was a generous man.
You can see why the strong-willed King Cheol-hu chose him as his lord.
Tiroling!
[Your heavenly taste buds have discovered the hidden flavor of ‘boiled chicken leg’!]
[Maximum stamina increases by 50 points!]
[Strength increases by 2 points!]
Mumbling. X, who was squeezing the chicken leg, was thinking.
‘Is winning the battle for the throne really the solution?’
So X changed his mind. From the beginning, I wondered what would be the meaning of winning in a game created by someone else.
Rather, it would be playing out according to the intentions of another being.
Tiroling!
[Heavenly taste has discovered the hidden taste of ‘thick makgeolli’!]
[Maximum mana increases by 100 points!]
[Intelligence increases by 3 points!]
No more worries.
X wiped his mouth and opened his mouth.
“What does Your Majesty the Crown Prince think of the contest?”
“scramble?”
“I have briefly explained the current situation on the continent.”
Cheol Jung-hwan quickly added an explanation to Hwaryu-hyeon, who asked.
Then he gave X a look of resentment. What I meant was that you shouldn’t scratch and make a mess.
But X looked at Hwaryuhyeon even more clearly.
‘The direction of future progress will depend on his answer.’
In a word, it is a turning point in the quest!
If Hwaryuhyeon shows a positive stance in the battle, he will become an enemy that must be defeated.
Judging by the fact that he rushed all the way here after hearing that the top of the West Station had arrived, his ambition and judgment were at a considerable level.
It was not for nothing that he called himself the crown prince, as he would undoubtedly be an enemy blocking the princess’s path forward.
Hwaryuhyeon opened his mouth as if blaming himself.
“Yes, it seems to you that there is no such thing as a wasteland. It’s like brothers killing each other. Would you feel at ease if it were me? But…”
Hwaryuhyeon’s words had a strange intonation.
“That too is an order from the ‘Emperor.’”
“I understand.”
X gave a short answer and emptied the remaining glass.
That was the end of the large-scale banquet held outdoors.
Since the people led by Hwaryuhyeon were in charge of cleaning up after the place, X and his companions had nothing to do.
A crescent moon beautifully decorates the night sky.
On the ship, Dallas asked X cautiously.
“In the end, I guess we have no choice but to be in conflict with that crown prince, right?”
Since this is the emperor’s order, a fight to kill each other is inevitable.
To Dallas, Hwaryuhyeon’s answer certainly sounded like that. I guess I’ll have to prepare for the death penalty. I also had a sad thought.
However, X raised the corners of his mouth with a grin.
“no? “I don’t think there’s any need to fight.”
“yes?”
“Didn’t you say it was clearly an order from the ‘Emperor’?”
During the conversation, X did not miss the subtle differences.
-My father said that the thing he hates the most is when a man is skinny. The reason I have such a big belly is because of my father?
“Is it really only then that the title was changed to ‘Emperor’?”
If it weren’t for X, this conversation would have just passed by.
Dallas, who was once again impressed, asked again.
“But what does that have to do with fighting the crown prince…?”
“Now I know why that guy called me.”
“That gentleman? “Who is that again?”
Who is this, the king of gourmet food?
At first, I was resentful of the Gourmet King, but after hearing the whole story from Seo Ji-ha, I wondered what was going on.
If you make the princess the emperor of the Fire Empire, the first place will be yours. Wealth and fame in the Eastern Continent could be said to have been an isolated event.
At that time, I thought he was still thinking about his successor.
However, after talking with Hwaryuhyeon, X revised his evaluation of the Gourmet King again.
The Gourmet King is still a vicious guy who is full of doubts and only likes to manipulate people!
X warned Dallas.
“I guess I have to be prepared to become a real traitor.”
“omg. “Are you a traitor?”
By passing the turning point, the goal of the expedition to the East Continent changed.
From winning the battle for the throne to assassinating the ‘fake emperor’!
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The real emperor of the Hua Empire, i.e. the father of the princes, has long since disappeared.
The one currently posing as the emperor was a worshiper of another being!
It seemed that only the eldest son, He Liuxian, who was closest to the emperor, knew of this fact.
‘There is no chance of knowing about other beings.’
If everything he said was true, the pain Hwaryu-hyeon must be experiencing internally would be enormous.
Not only did he not know where his real father had gone, but the brothers who had been completely fooled ended up killing each other.
Swoosh!
“In one word, it means becoming the Dark Knight.”
There is nothing as lonely as a good deed without anyone acknowledging it!
X was in the midst of swinging from the mast of the ship.
Considering the Gourmet King’s actions so far, I was convinced that assassinating the fake emperor would be the true solution.
So now it was a matter of timing.
‘I need to have a conversation with the princess to confirm. It would be nice to be able to meet other princes and princesses, but that would be realistically difficult…’ As long as he was
sure that Hwaryuhyeon’s words were true and that the current emperor was a fake emperor, there was nothing to be harsh about.
It’s already a disconnected continent. Arvada is the god of fate. There’s a lot to do. The sooner the family situation on the Eastern Continent was sorted out, the better.
“Yes, there is also something about the level of drama.”
Swoosh!
That time when X couldn’t let go of his distracting thoughts and swung his sword.
Shashak!
I saw shadows moving quickly in the darkness. Two shadows were approaching towards the ship.
Even though his face was covered with a mask, I could immediately tell who it was.
chuck.
“The crown prince has arrived. “Did anything happen?”
Seo Ji-ha, breathing heavily, said hello to X. Next to her was a man wearing a mask.
Although his face was completely covered by a mask, his body shape was vaguely familiar.
X opened his mouth in wonder.
“…Master?”
“Haha, I thought you would recognize it right away.”
“teacher? “Are you two related to priests?”
Sioras!
When he lowered his mask, his face full of wrinkles appeared for the first time in a while.
Seojiha seemed surprised.
Sioras slyly told a story about him.
“As you can see, my student’s interpersonal relationships are not that extensive. Isn’t everyone there who knows something? “We met through the relationship of the Gourmet King.”
After listening to the story, it seemed like Sioras had encountered the Gourmet King on the Eastern Continent.
I’m already curious about what the two had to talk about after reuniting for the first time in a long time. There were also plenty of things to ask.
But X’s eyes were fixed on one place.
Sioras’ flaccid right sleeve.
“You couldn’t fix your arm?”
“I was struck by an alien force. “I couldn’t help it.”
Sioras had completely lost his right arm.
It was the fearsomeness of another being that even the magic of a great sage who had reached the highest level could not control.
However, Sioras did not show much.
“Well, I don’t have any reason to engage in hand-to-hand combat at this age, so it won’t be a big deal… but I guess it will be a little uncomfortable when I eat the food you prepare!”
“You felt the joke even though I couldn’t see it.”
“You’ve become more manly in the time I’ve been away.”
The two shook hands and burst into laughter. X immediately explained what had happened with Hwaryuhyeon and the decision he had made.
The current emperor of the Hua Empire is a fake emperor, and assassinating him is the best decision to get the Hua Empire out of chaos.
“I thought you would be able to figure it out.”
Sioras nodded, but Seojiha did not seem to easily believe it.
“The current Emperor Hua is a fake? No, that can’t be true. “The face and voice are so similar that it’s impossible to imagine that they are different people!”
“Changing one’s appearance is not that difficult for worshipers.”
“Then we were swayed by a fake and we pointed our swords at each other…?”
Sioras said, calming her down.
“It’s natural not to know. By the way, I didn’t know that Hwaryuhyeon guessed the truth. “The emperor didn’t get close to him for no reason.”
Soon, Seo Ji-ha left to collect his thoughts for a moment.
Sioras declared that he would join X.
X had a lot of things he wanted to ask. But you can’t mess around on the deck of a ship forever in the middle of the night.
Finally, X asked.
“Master, have you met the King of Gourmet on the Eastern Continent?”
“Yes, I got help from him. Oh, the Gourmet King said he had something he wanted to tell you. Let’s see, I’ll write it down and keep it safe…”
Is this what you want to say?
For a moment, I felt a sense of anticipation. They made me suffer like this and created a situation where I had no choice but to become a traitor.
It would be profitable to write down at least a few of your recipes and hand them over.
However, when Sioras opened his mouth, X could not help but tremble.
“Is this really too much, you guy?”
Munchkin that I eat all by myself