LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 269
I gently pushed Euges away and stepped out of his embrace. “You didn’t really come here just because I was here, did you?”
“That reason was a decisive factor, though.” Euges handed me a piece of paper rolled up and tied with a ribbon to prevent it from unrolling.
“What is this?”
“Read it.”
He didn’t seem inclined to tell me the contents until I checked it myself. So I obediently pulled the ribbon and unrolled the paper.
“This is… a document amending the imperial regulations?”
“Yes. I changed a few provisions.”
The changes mostly concerned the duties of the prospective empress.
“I tailored them all to your favor. What do you think? Anything else to revise?”
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘All In On Euges’ has sponsored 1,000,000 coins.]
[Euges, you crazy guy
ㅠ
. Did you come to propose early in the morning?]
I couldn’t express my mixed feelings and fiddled with the document.
“Do you know how busy I’ve been preparing this document to propose to you?”
Euges seemed to understand my state perfectly, holding the hand that clutched the document.
“I’m just proposing an engagement. That way, it can prevent unknown people from approaching you.”
It felt like he had someone specific in mind.
“I’ve told you before, I have no intention of meeting anyone.”
“Really? Even the Marquis Vallensia?”
His voice sharpened as he mentioned Ozworld. Had he heard rumors about Ozworld and me in Valhalla?
“Not at all. I have nothing to do with him.”
Euges turned his head, clearly not believing my strong denial. “Then why is that man here to see you?”
“What?”
I followed Euges’ gaze and groaned softly. Ozworld was standing near the stairs leading to the first floor, watching us.
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Dopamine Addiction’ has sponsored 1,000,000 coins.]
[Another dopamine rush from the morning.]
With a smiling face, Ozworld greeted us. “Ozworld Vallensia greets Your Majesty the Emperor.” There was nothing wrong with his manners, but his overly relaxed attitude was annoying.
I refrained from asking why he was here. I didn’t expect a good answer anyway.
The two men exchanged glances over me, seemingly assessing each other. Euges sneered in disbelief.
“Marquis Vallensia? A family I’ve never heard of.” He pointed towards the stairs and told Ozworld, “Could you leave? As you can see, I’m in the middle of a proposal.”
Ozworld shrugged. “That might be difficult. It just so happens my business is similar.”
Crazy b*stard. I cursed inwardly and gathered my mana in preparation for the impending situation.
“Do you dare to defy the imperial order?”
Euges’s eyes were blazing with rage, gathering his mana. If this turned into a fight, Euges would be killed. I had to prevent a confrontation at all costs.
I stepped forward to protect Euges and warned sharply, “I believe I already refused you, Professor.”
I called him ‘professor’ to emphasize that we had no special connection. But Ozworld was not one to feel humiliated by such things. Instead, he smiled brightly, further irritating Euges.
“Your Majesty was also rejected, wasn’t you?”
“You must really want to die.”
Euges finally used his magic against Ozworld. Fortunately, I had prepared a counter-spell to nullify his attack.
Euges’s furious gaze turned to me, as did Ozworld’s.
“I was about to punish the one who deceived me. Why did you stop me?”
“You can’t act without a trial. It will cause bad public opinion.”
Euges immediately saw through my excuse. Grabbing my arm, he demanded in a cold voice, “It’s not about public opinion, is it?”
This was no time for an argument. Sensing the unusual atmosphere, the imperial knights were approaching. Ozworld, watching the farce, could attack at any moment. I was anxious, fearing that madman would harm Euges.
“I’ll escort you to the imperial palace.”
I wanted to take Euges away from here. But my urgency seemed to provoke Euges’s competitive spirit. He laughed bitterly, looking between me and Ozworld.
“There’s something more I don’t know.”
“Your Majesty.”
“There is no Marquis Vallensia in the empire. Yet suddenly, one appears in this life. And most importantly…”
“Your Majesty, please return to the imperial palace…!”
“He’s not human.”
My face turned white at his words, and Ozworld smiled.
“You have sharp eyes.”
Euges continued, “I couldn’t tell before, but today, I can clearly see that you don’t belong in this dimension.”
Ding!
[The Constellation’ Sommelier’ has sponsored 1,000,000 coins.]
[What is this plot twist…? Suddenly, Euges realizes Ozworld is an entity from another dimension? This is a really ominous revelation.]
Euges’s eyes were special, but they shouldn’t be able to detect high-ranking angels or demons. How did he sense the otherness of Ozworld, who was a much higher being?
Feeling a foreboding sense, I grabbed Euges. I planned to use teleportation magic to escape. But Ozworld was faster.
Stab!
In the blink of an eye, Ozworld appeared in front of Euges and impaled him. It was the same method he used to attack Chehope. I held the collapsing Euges without even a chance to scream and desperately shouted.
“Move!”
But what good would it do? Escaping Ozworld was impossible. Even as I coldly acknowledged this reality, I repeated the teleportation spell multiple times. However, I couldn’t keep doing this indefinitely.
Euges’s painful groans brought me back to my senses. I propped him up and checked his wounds. His clothes were burnt and charred, and his body was crumbling like dried clay. There was no blood, but it didn’t make it any less gruesome. It would have been better if it were a normal injury. None of the potions worked on this wound.
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Sunfish Emperor Euges’ has sponsored 1,000,000 coins.]
[Ozworld is really insane. Why is he trying to kill Euges?]
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Let’s Watch Broadcast Just as Broadcast’ has sponsored 1,000,000 coins.]
[He was caught. Would he really leave someone who discovered his true identity alive? Ozworld is also a male lead here. Of course, he’d eliminate a competitor who gets in the way of the broadcast.]
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Sunfish Emperor Euges’ has sponsored 1,000,000 coins.]
[Ozworld wasn’t even an official character in < God’s Play>, so why is he acting up?]
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Let’s Watch Broadcast Just as Broadcast’ has sponsored 1,000,000 coins.]
[Stupidity has no cure. Do you think the broadcast would exactly follow the original game scenario? It’s only natural for the original to be adapted for the broadcast.]
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Sunfish Emperor Euges’ has sponsored 1,000,000 coins.]
[Hey, where do you live? Let’s meet up
ㅋㅋ
.]
Euges, pale with cold sweat, stopped my futile efforts. “Enough. Stop it. I’ll just regress anyway.”
“Don’t give up. I’ll save you. There must be a way.”
I tried to identify the nature of the horrible power turning Euges into dust. Could I use the power Gufel had given me? But I didn’t know how to use it.
“No. No. Please, no.”
Euges looked at me desperately and then held my face. He smiled faintly, inappropriate for the situation, and spoke slowly despite his labored breathing. “Now I know how much my God loves me.”
I stared at him with wide eyes. “What are you talking about…”
My words trailed off in confusion as I stammered, but Euges replied nonchalantly. “It just seems that way.”
“…Stop talking. It only makes your body break down faster.”
“I used to wonder what kind of god would make me suffer so much. Seeing her so pretty, I’m not even angry.”
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Our Yushin’ has sponsored 1,000,000 coins.]
[Please, save Euges
ㅠㅠㅠ
.]
“I told you to stop talking.”
I poured my mana into him, barely managing to stop his body from disintegrating further.
This mana consumption is too severe.
At this rate, I would soon be drained of mana. I needed to find another way in the meantime.
Could I stop Euges’s regressing at the right moment like last time?
If I escaped when Euges was restored, it might be okay.
But if Ozworld isn’t affected by the regression, he won’t let Euges, who knows the truth, alive.
What should I do? How can I handle this situation?
Pop!
At that moment, the magic I was pouring out took shape and summoned a Squire butterfly. The butterfly transformed into a black mass and summoned someone to the scene.
“
Uh
? Sister?”
It was Libby.
“Where is this… Did His Majesty get hurt?”
Libby quickly assessed the situation and approached me with a serious expression. Startled by the unexpected sight, I realized Libby was the key to solving this.
“Help me, Libby!”
Without hesitation, Libby clasped my hands. Then, a mysterious silvery-white aura reminiscent of a fairy’s robe blossomed from her, filling the air.
A violet-colored regression clock, similar to the one seen in the dungeon, appeared under my palm. The smaller clock began to turn its hands backward.
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Our Yushin’ has sponsored 1,000,000 coins.]
[His wound is healing! It looks like Euges’s body is rewinding in time.]
“…
Haa
.”
The wound on Euges’s abdomen disappeared completely.
Libby, relieved, knelt beside me and asked seriously, “What happened? Does this have anything to do with you not coming to school?”
Since when did she become so quick to notice?
“It’s hard to explain now. I’ll teleport you and His Majesty to the imperial palace, so keep an eye out.”
“What about you?”
“I’m fine.”
Ozworld, as the channel manager, couldn’t kill me, the BJ.
So I should be okay.
I gave a reassuring smile and sent the two of them to the palace. Once they were gone, Ozworld appeared, as expected.
“There are more occurrences outside the original settings, and they are quite troublesome.”
Ozworld approached leisurely. Unable to contain my anger, I threw the ruby ring at him.
“Just die, you b*stard.”