The Runaway Maid is Loved by the Archmage - Chapter 201

※ This book contains depictions of coercive/dubcon/noncon acts, violence, and immorality. Reader discretion is advised.

After that, a great commotion ensued. The Crown Prince was detained, and the nobles who learned of the Crown Prince’s actions were filled with fear or anger, and in that situation, Yoseph made a series of revelations.

“His Majesty the Emperor has been confined by the Crown Prince. He is in a state where it is difficult to come to his senses due to periodic d**g intake.”

As he said that, the revolutionary army collaborators brought in the Emperor. The Emperor, who had actually been rescued, only stared blankly into the air, appearing to be without reason.

The nobles who had gathered as the anti-Crown Prince faction looked at that scene and let out sighs of pity.

The Crown Prince was not a proper successor, and the Emperor seemed to need a considerable amount of time to recover his sanity. It was not a good situation for those who wanted the Emperor’s restoration.

The imperial authority, which was powerful but suddenly without an owner, would be a great poison to this country.

Yoseph nodded once at that sight and continued.

“Until His Majesty the Emperor regains his senses, we will redeploy personnel, excluding all forces that were collaborators of the Crown Prince. Until then, we, the Amasto, will temporarily be entrusted with power as representatives of the aristocratic faction. Only until everything is stabilized.”

Yoseph intended to transform the political system of this empire into a republic led by the aristocratic council. Although it did not completely align with the wishes of the revolutionary army, the revolutionary army currently had very little power and was in a difficult situation to run a country of this size. In Yoseph’s judgment, the fastest and most certain way to minimize side effects was to change to this system.

There was some opposition, but the Crown Prince’s tyranny, the justification of rescuing the Emperor, and the support of the anti-Crown Prince faction, which had been united by Yoseph, quickly led to a settlement as he had said. It would take some time, but it would probably go as Yoseph intended.

And also, Yoseph, who was well-versed in ancient magic, consulted with Roina and said this.

“As we talked about before, this ritual is only in a state of suspension. Because it is something that happens superimposed on a contract with a god, it can only be held once a year, at the New Year’s Banquet… so we’ve bought ourselves a year.”

That meant that Roina had to fully regain her power before that.

“We still don’t know how the Black Dragon, Ryuhyeon, manifests and affects the mortal realm. However, according to the literature I’ve read, the Black Dragon was a being who had the duty to protect this world but could not appear in the mortal realm. That means there’s a high probability that he could only appear specifically because of this contract.”

We’ll have to find out more details. At those words, Roina simply nodded with a dark expression.

“In the end, we don’t really know anything properly.”

At Roina’s self-deprecating words, Yoseph shook his head.

“Still, there’s quite a bit we can try. I’ll research the ancient texts a little more.”

She nodded at Yoseph’s words.

Erika, who soon regained consciousness, had a long conversation with Veronica, who had returned. The complicated circumstances between them were certainly unclear, but it seemed that their relationship would gradually recover from the rift of many years.

She tightly gripped the mirror fragment in her hand. A warm throbbing was felt. What she had brought out was the core of the completely shattered mirror. She was convinced that she could probably revive the shadow with this fragment.

The shadow, the being that had tormented many, was shattered into pieces by her hand, but it was still alive.

Roina put the pieces into her bosom for the time being. Because something more important remained for her.

“…Lutan.”

Fides, who had come running to welcome her and Lutan back to the Magic Tower, greeted them. Lutan, who looked serious, was immediately moved to the Archmage’s bed, but the golden scales covering him more and more did not stop.

When Roina took Lutan’s hand and explored his energy, she found that the energy of darkness was greatly enraged within him, taking over his body. Although his clear mana was present.

“Where are you? Lutan.”

His will was not visible there.

Roina leans her cheek on Lutan’s hand. The cold, metallic golden scales were felt on her cheek.

Roina left a seed of her golden mana within him. So that he would no longer be swallowed by the darkness.