novelraw Chapter 1155: His Wife is a Member of the Cult
Chapter 1155: His Wife is a Member of the Cult
After checking the two places, I brought everyone back to the Imperial palace again.
"Thanks, Roy. Now it’s time for you to go to the only surviving city. Well, with how the Stampede happened, there must be some things destroyed. But you said that there are a lot of survivors, right? While the others are fighting, your job will be to get his wife and son back here safely," Lynn said.
"I’ll go. Just Roy and I alone is enough," Celestine said.
That’s right. With her earth magic, she can fight a lot of people at once. Especially since the destination is a desert.
Not only that. She can also protect the civilians at the same time. I just need to find the Fake Emperor’s family and bring them here before I kill the others.
When I watched that city before, there were quite a number of master level mages. But they won’t cause too much trouble for Celestine. Even if the numbers are doubled, Celestine alone is enough.
The only problem would be to determine if the civilians are innocent or not. They have been taught the teachings of the cult for a while. So I don’t know if they have joined the cult or not.
If we decide to put them together in one place, even if there’s just one member of the cult there, it will cause us trouble if he’s taking innocent civilians as hostages. We have to be quick before they noticed that my goal is to kidnap their lord’s family.
The Fake Emperor claimed to be the lord after all. So if the cult members somehow feel that the pawn they used, the Fake Emperor, is doing something dangerous, they will take the Fake Emperor’s family as hostages.
"Hey, Fake Emperor. What have you heard about the cult?" I asked the Fake Emperor.
He and the four men he has with him must have heard about the cult from Lynn or Claudia when I was searching for the cities before. So I want to know if they think that they are the real evil or not.
"...I don’t know if what they have told me is the truth or not. But if they are the truth, then I believe that they are the worst kind of people in the world," the Fake Emperor said.
I look at the corner. There’s a centaur over there whom I brought here before. He just nodded slightly telling me that the Fake Emperor is telling the truth.
"I see. Then you should know that when you left the city before, it’s likely that your wife and son would be used as hostages in case you brought reinforcement back to the city. Do you know that?" I asked.
He’s shivering in fear. I guess he really cares about his family. Well, that should be the normal way.
"...My wife. She was someone who told me that the Empress exiled her there after I was exiled. There’s a chance that she’s already a member of the cult even in the past," the Fake Emperor said.
I look at Lynn and she nodded. I guess she has interrogated the Fake Emperor before and gained this information.
"That’s highly likely. We have all the reports of people who got exiled there. It consists of everyone we have exiled. And the only one with the power to exile people there and transport them there was me. She was not on the list. So she’s either a traveler or a member of the cult," Lynn said.
There’s no way a traveler would go there and live in a place like that. Why would someone do that? So she was already a member of the cult.
"Victoria, play time," I said.
Then Victoria left me and transformed into her human form. Then I tried to remember the appearance of a woman that I saw in that city and transformed Victoria into her.
"Is this your wife?" I asked the Fake Emperor.
"...No. She’s just a farmer wife," the Fake Emperor said.
I see. He even knows the people in that city. But it means that it’s troublesome.
In that city before, I saw two women who have a son at a similar age as the one the Fake Emperor mentioned. If it’s not this one, then it’s the other one.
"So is this her?" I tried to remember the other woman’s appearance. And the Fake Emperor quickly nodded.
"Yes. She’s my wife," he said.
"...Oh my God. She’s pretty. Damn," Lynn said.
Yeah. Damn.
Being pretty meant nothing. But we know that when your magic level increases, you will be prettier. It’s also common sense. Unless they become master level mage when they were already so old.
And yes, the girl that Victoria is copying her appearance of is a master level mage. It means that it’s as I expected.
"This woman is a master level mage. And she must be a member of the cult," I said.
Maybe she’s even the main leader of that city. Not the Fake Emperor.
"What?! She’s a master level mage?!" the Fake Emperor shouted.
"You know what it means, right? It means that your wife might be at the same age as your grandma," I said.
"That’s not it! Well, that might be true. But that’s not the important part! It’s that his wife is manipulating him to be the lord. And she’s also a member of the cult," Lynn said.
"...She’s a grandma?" the Fake Emperor is confused.
That’s what you’re confused about?! Isn’t it fine as long as she’s pretty?
"In any case, I still need to take her alive. I think I should bring some more people with me instead of just with Celestine. Lynn, bring me several more master level soldiers. When it’s time to get that woman, it will be Celestine’s turn to stop her in case she’s resisting," I said.
"Your Majesty, that’s a good idea. Because we don’t know if they are still loyal to the cult or not. If she’s similar to Celestine, then we might even be able to get her to join us," Lynn said.
"I see. Then the soldiers will fight everyone without killing them while Roy and Celestine will capture her and her son. We will interrogate her once you bring her here," Lynn said.
That’s the plan. Because Celestine is also a former member of the cult, Celestine might be able to convince her to betray the cult.
Now, we wait until it’s night time.
Everyone has left except for Lynn, Claudia, Celestine, the soldiers who will come with me, and the five people including the Fake Emperor.
"Right. It has been years since she came. So it’s possible that she has stopped believing in the Evil God after that long. She also never went to the church. And..."
The Fake Emperor is trying to convince himself that his wife is not an enemy. I don’t know. But I’m pretty sure that his son is not with the cult. Even if he is, it’s not like he will be a danger to us. And with a bit of teaching, I hope he will forget all the cult’s teachings.
"Lynn, why aren’t you just find yourself a man and get married? Then the issue of the next heir won’t be a problem anymore," I asked the Empress.
"I might look like this, but I’m a romantic. It’s not like it will be easy to find a man," Lynn said.
And will there be a man romantic enough for her? They will kneel down knowing she’s the Empress.
Well, it’s not a problem to me whether she wants to get married or not. Once we got the Fake Emperor’s son out of there, the issue of the next heir won’t be a problem.
And once the cult is destroyed and I married Celestine and all of my girls, Celestine will be able to have a kid at least. She wants a lot so there might be more.
...I just hope that my seed is working. I have never known about it.
I think it will be fine. There’s no one healthier than me.
It has started to get dark. I think it’s a good time for us to move.
"Everyone, let’s move. I’ll go first to make sure it’s safe. Wait for a while before I open a portal again to enter," I said.
So I ride Ray in the audience room and entered a portal. I checked the surrounding and it’s safe just like this afternoon. So I opened the portal again and let Celestine and the others enter.
"So that’s the city. Everyone, I’ll be counting on you," Lynn said.
"Alright. I’ll locate the targets first."
I hide my presence as much as possible and get closer to the city. I had to ride Ray who is walking on the air to make sure that there won’t be any earth mages noticing us. Because it seems like the master level mages here are all earth mages.
Once I found the location, I reported it to the others and we think of a plan. Though it’s not really a plan. It’s mostly a direct confrontation.
Well, as long as it works.