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Chapter 135: The Puppeteer Noble Faces Karma
“Damn it… Why, why did it turn like this…!”
In a corner of the battlefield, there was a figure attempting to withdraw while dragging their injured body.
It was Marquis Eiger, who once vied for the position of the kingdom’s strongest magician, now serving as the coordinator for the Queen Dowager’s faction.
Due to the intense battle, Marquis Eiger had sustained severe injuries.
He no longer had any magic power left to spare for healing.
He managed to stop the bleeding somehow, but walking was now his utmost limit, dragging his feet.
“I did everything as instructed by Her Majesty the Queen Dowager… Yet, why did I fail? Why am I… defeated…!”
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The hypnosis he received from the Empire’s magician had already worn off.
All that floated in his clear mind were endless questions.
To be defeated… It was inconceivable.
Everything Her Majesty the Queen Dowager said was correct.
He had lived his life following those right words, so why did he fail? Why was he condemned to this misfortune?
“Ugh…!”
Why… was he lying here?
Why was he crawling like a defeated dog?
Wasn’t it supposed to be those foolish enough not to follow Her Majesty’s instructions who met this fate?
“Why… why…”
“How pathetic… Aren’t you just pitiful now?”
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“Ugh…!”
He trembled as the voice made his shoulders jerk.
When he turned towards the voice… there stood a boy barely half his age.
“Why, you ask? It’s obvious. We’re stronger, and you were weaker. That’s how the outcome of battles is decided, isn’t it?”
“And who are you…”
“Wilhelm Lübase. Baron, for the time being.”
Baron. A minor noble.
He had never heard of a name like Lübase before.
Probably just one of the many minor nobles from the countryside.
“…Honestly, this outcome is a little disappointing.”
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Muttering to himself as he looked down at the fallen Marquis Eiger.
“While he fought against Rodel as the commander in chief, here I am, almost killing a grandpa who’s dodging death… Second place, just like on the plain.”
Wilhelm turned his face towards the direction of the day after tomorrow.
It was the direction of the kingdom’s army headquarters. A sudden cheer erupted from there.
Had someone, perhaps a notable general, been defeated?
“Ah, geez… He won after all. It’s such a boringly predictable outcome.”
Wilhelm puckered his lips discontentedly.
Facing Marquis Eiger, who was effectively the leader of the rebellion, his attitude was remarkably indifferent.
It was as if he had no consciousness directed towards an almost-dead bug.
“Ugh…!”
(…He’s underestimating me!)
Marquis Eiger’s brain boiled.
He was being underestimated. Disrespected… towards him, a Marquis.
Chosen as a close aide by the Queen Dowager, appointed as the leader of a faction… and now being mocked by the child of a mere baron.
(A brat like him… thinking I can no longer fight…!)
Certainly, Marquis Eiger had suffered near-fatal injuries.
But… if he used the magic power he was using to stop the bleeding, he could unleash one more spell.
(If I can’t escape anyway… then let this brat… this promising young man be my companion in death!)
To be disrespected by a child who had never even met the great Queen Dowager was unforgivable.
Gathering all the magic power left in his body… Marquis Eiger unleashed the last magic of his life.
“【Wind…”
However, he couldn’t finish saying it to the end.
Because… in the next moment, Marquis Eiger was flying through the air.
(Huh…?)
Flying like a bird.
Over the earth, the battlefield, the impudent young man. And… looking down on his own body.
(My… neck…?)
Looking down at his own body, he saw that there was no neck.
And then, the boy, who had likely been slashed apart by the final magic, swung his sword.
Just a moment ago, they had been chatting nonchalantly without even touching their swords…
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“Oh… I forgot to say,”
Lübase said. Nonchalantly.
“Thanks for doing me a favor. Not as good as him… I’ll settle for second place here.”
What’s going on…? As he wondered, Marquis Eiger fell to the ground.
His vision turned pitch black… The cunning old elder who threatened the kingdom, his consciousness vanished into an eternal darkness, never to return.