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Epilogue[]
"See for yourselves, everyone. This is the absolute real crown of Joseph. The gigantic explosion just now, was none other than the good deeds of Joseph. He had allied with the elves and created this kind of hellish fire.... he completely annhiliated the dual use fleet. Not only so, he also wanted you to go down with it"Facing the Gallian army, Vittorio continued his speech. Taking out Josephâs crown just now, Vittorio began to persuade the Gallian armies.
After all, isnât Josephâs crown the best proof.
Slowly, even the most stubborn Gallian soldiers, began to recall rumours of Joseph allying with elves, starting to be pursuaded bit by bit.
"But, this mad king, has already been called back by the Gods. More ironically, using the fireball explosion he created....if this is not the punishment from God, what else could it be?"
Suddenly hearing news of Josephâs death, the Gallian army expressed their disbelief towards Vittorioâs speech. To confirm the genuinity of Vittorioâs news would certainly require quite a bit of time. Not long afterwards, contact from Lutece was established, knowledge of Joseph boarding the speedboat alone obtained.
With things already at this stage, there is now little reason to fight. Their king was already dead. And he even tried to perish every single one of them along with the Romalian army.....
Not a single soldier was left loyal to Joseph.
The Gallian army finally held back their spears and surrendered to the Romalian army. Vittorioâs speech continued."Please relax. I have no desire to condemn you all, nore to treat you as fugitives. Since every one of you is part of the glorious member of the Gallian Empire, we are all friends in front of God. The âcrusadeâ was only used to describe the Joseph swallowed by that humongous fireball, not on any one of you...."
Saito found Vittorioâs words irritating.
"Who is our real enemy? Itâs the elven heretics! They were the ones supporting the incompetent king, terrorizing the whole world!"
Tiffania nervously pulled her hat lower. Saito nodded towards Tiffania. Although still wounded, it has already recovered to a degree where Saito is capable of moving around. Towards the healing magic of the royal personel, Saito could not help but express his awe.
"Itâs alright. We wonât let that guy get away with it"
"But in the end, it all went according to Romaliaâs plans"Louise mentioned coldly.
"Huh, that guy was about to change Josephâs mind with only one spell. We must be really cautious from now on"Saito said
"Is that true?"
"Mhm, I saw it with my own eyes. Joseph was in the middle of chanting âexplosionâ, just as he was about to cast it upon the âfire jewelâ..... there he stood, not moving a muscle. Iâm sure it was that moment when he casted some sort of spell"
"Welll, thanks to him, weâre all saved now"
"Although thatâs true, but everything went accordingly to how that guy planned, it kind of pisses me off."
"How troublesome. He really knows how to put up an act. This pope, perhaps he may really make this âcrusadeâ a success"Guiche muttered dreamily.
"Hey, Guiche!"Given a stern stare from Saito, Guiche turned around.
"Oh I was just joking. That giant fireball.... elven magic? What a joke! How can our founders possibly fight with people who can make things as terrifying as that!"
"If anything goes wrong in the Popeâs plan, it should be exactly this"Kirche voiced her thoughts.
"What do you mean?"
"Both Romallia and Gallia, a hundred and fifty thousand men, witnessed the power of the elves at such a close distance. No matter how charismatic the Pope is, how do you suppose he convince all of these people to dig their own graves?"
"Thereâs another factor as well"Louise suggested"To revive the true power of the void, we need all four void users. But since the Galliaâs void user and familiar died together, thereâs only the three of us left. This was we canât win against the elves"
Thatâs right! How could they have forgotten about this! The girls burst out in laughter after realisation.
.....Saito thought otherwise. Josephâs death should also be in Vittorioâs calculations, wasnât that how Julio said?"That king will never join us"
If so, there must also be a plan to continue the Crusade without his help.
It must be like that.
"Well, so thatâs that! Our crusade is over! Leave the rest for Romalia! If asked, just say, sorry, we donât have any more funds for an expedition~~! Besides the terror of the Gallian king has already ended! Letâs return home~~ return home! Enjoy ourselves with Saitoâs hard earned money, all of us!"
Hearing Guicheâs suggestions, all the Water Spirit Ondine Knights laughed brightly. Saito was also clapped on the back, shaking his head in chuckles. Vittorioâs plans is still yet to end, is still yet to be uncovered, they must not let down their guard.
Plus, Saitoâs power was hardly useful. Castlemont already especially warned him "be careful" previously.... but he got carried away and completely forgot about the existance of Josephâs spell.
If it werenât for the Popeâs "void", perhaps he would have perished along with the a hundred and fifty thousand men, turned to nothing but ashes.
Thereâs a lot more even powerful people ahead....
But then Saito rememberedI have my friendsn/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
and.... Louise.
Saito put his hands on Louiseâs shoulders."Now we never have to worry about that guyâs intentions anymore"
"so true"
"Leave it to me. If he dare come near us again, I will definitely stop him. Next time I wonât be so careless. oh and also, we should go buy a house, the comfortable kind"
Malicorne poured them tea"Donât about lemon gardens"
Louise blushed red immediately.
"Hey hey, lemon gardens, no thanks"Just as Saito was finished with his sentence, Louise kicked relentlessly towards his butt.
"Ow! I am a patient, you know!"
"Who told you to make decisions on your own!"
"Are you going to keep arguing that with me"
Towards the already heated couple, Malicorne fuelled them even more."Stop! we must all be at peace~~!"
"Go peace yourself! Iâm serious about it!"Bellowed Louise furiously. Malicorne pointed out attentively"Eh? Why didnât you kick him in between the legs, but on his butt? A word of the wise from the wisps of the wind, if itâs between the legs, there wonât be anymore lemon-chan, no?"
Taking a deep breath, Louise swung her leg between Saitoâs. Hit right in the spot, Saito rolled on the floor"You... stop kicking other people"
"Iâve already spared you from even worse!"After bellowing again, Louiseâs face turned redder. So thatâs why, although she did kick him, it didnât actually hurt much.
Their mates couldnât breathe from the continuous laughter.
Lying on the floor, Saito thought, with the help of these mates..... even if itâs another one of Romaliaâs plans, they may be able to stop it. Definitely.
"Great! Anyway, letâs drink for a continuous 3 nights!"Saito raised his arm. Cheers flew everywhere.
But soon, this atmosphere was soon shattered by Kircheâs words"But, what about Tabitha? Is she really going to become Galliaâs Queen? From the looks of her just now, it doesnât seems like she have much choice anymore....."
In an instant, everyone exchanged looks.
Oh right.
And then thereâs that question.
Why did Tabitha suddenly decide to accept the coronation?
"Donât tell me she really wanted to become a puppet of Romalia?"Reinard muttered. Everyone began to worry.
After Pope Vittorioâs speech, Tabithaâs interrupted coronation was continued. The crown of Joseph displayed just now, was immediately used in the coronation.
In the tents behind the stage, Tabitha held her hands tightly. She was thinking the words Saito said just now
"Make your decision, Tabitha. Whichever it is, I will always respect your choice"
Would a teen who is able to say things like this, encourage Tabitha to wear the crown?
"Impossible"The calm part of Tabithaâs mind told her so.
Which means, the Saito who has been running around these two days..... was not the real Saito. It was only part of Romaliaâs conspiracy just to make Tabitha wear the crown.
Itâs some sort of magic..... no, the intelligent Tabitha already knew
"skirni"
Using it herself before, itâs an ancient puppet spell. Through blood, it creates a dummy the same as the real person.
Tabitha was enraged. Like her nickname "Snowstorm", anyone in close vicinity could completely feel the icy anger in with.
"Those guys, made use of my.....first"
Julio marched into the tent."The preperation is ready, Princess Charlotte. This is the last time Iâll be able to call you a âPrincessâ"
Nodding, Tabitha stood up"Iâll perform for you now"
Just like what you wished for......
Tabitha savoured the title she had once.
Knight of the North Parterre.
"Iâll tell you who you are conspirating against next"
Slowly, Tabitha walked towards the sunlight and cheers of joy.