Queen Sword's

Eps 73 Place beside the Emperor

The night after the atmosphere in the residence began to quiet Ferderick away without the knowledge of others, he rode his horse quickly and stopped in front of the palace, he walked into the Emperor's residence, he walked into the Emperor's residence, as he reached the front of the Emperor's room he passed Axel who had just come out from inside there, their eyes both fixed on each other.

Axel glanced towards the surroundings, a few guards and two witches were still standing guard there "Master Count, can you take a moment to chat with me?"

"I'm sorry, but I'm a little rushed so.."

Axel approached and whispered in his ear "Must I say it here?" Ferderick started to look at the people around him who kept watching them. "Please follow me" Ferderick followed him, sitting opposite each other in the quiet living room.

"Tell me what you want to say" said Ferderick.

"What's the job as a busy Count? Until you look very hasty? It's also strange to talk formally to someone who usually works as my fiance's bodyguard"

"You can talk more casually"

"Well, if you ask for it, what happens, why hasn't His Majesty opened his eyes yet? Shouldn't you stay by His Majesty's side? You said you could treat His Majesty but why did you leave him today? Is it because you got what you wanted from His Majesty and you intend to ignore him?"

"I have no such self-destructive thoughts Lord commander-in-chief of the knight army, I left him because I was now an attack leader of the territory then I did that after consulting with the Great Witch Lord, I left him, He said His Majesty will wake up soon after recovering his depleted energy"

"It turns out that you are also close to the Great Witch Master huh, sometimes I don't understand what I should be like with you, your presence makes me feel claustrophobic, sometimes, I thought that once you reach your goal and reclaim your territory you'd be out of your life soon, Sire, but what is this? You seem to know more about His Majesty than I know his future partner"

"What exactly do you want to know?" ferderick's face frowned.

"You want a place next to His Majesty?"

Ferderick looked at him coldly "What do you mean? Do you consider His Majesty as low as that until you think as if His Majesty would approve and accept gladly only if I wanted a place beside him?"

"Not Your Majesty, but you, I asked about you"

"True, I want to be beside Your Majesty, regardless of my wishes but that will never happen, you do not have to worry because when the time comes I will really leave Your Majesty, that place is only yours, you are the best partner for Your Majesty, please stop burdening your mind with my presence, and remember one thing, when the time comes I will truly leave Your Majesty, at that time you must always be beside him, support him and give strength to him"

"What are you saying now? You seem to want to die, I'm not that cruel to tell you to die" he said with a confused face and feeling guilty.

"Is it done?"

"What does the rumor that says that His Majesty's curse has been activated and that his symptoms turned into a murderous demon be true?" he said he doubted.

"Why do you ask? Would you be hesitant to be his companion if it turns out that what you think is true?"

"Not at all, are you underestimating me?"

"No, I just asked out of curiosity"

"Ck ck, you can go, and keep your word about you leaving when the time comes"

"May I be proud of myself because you already think of me as a strong rival" and Ferderick got up from his seat and left.

"Basic.." he muttered as he looked at Ferderick.He regretted that he had unwittingly lowered his own pride.

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Ferderick opened the door to Rubia's room, and she saw Rubia, who was still blindfolded, but now her face was better than when she left it this morning. He sat down beside Rubia and grabbed and held her hand tightly.

"What do I need to do so that you will wake up soon, Sire? I miss you, I have not thanked you for what you did to me and my sister" he murmured.

All night Ferderick kept awake beside him, he did not take his hands off him or close his eyes, until the morning finally arrived, then he let go of the hand, he went to do his work again. Ferderick walked out of the palace to where his horse was, he rode his horse back, the horse drove at full speed, the atmosphere along the still quiet road made his horse run unhindered, he said, then he stopped in front of the Black Shadow Guild.

"Tok tok tok" Ferderick tapped on the glass table where Joseph slept, Joseph immediately got up while rubbing his lips.

"Welcome, how can I help you?" he said while standing. Then he saw Ferderick's face in front of him. "You surprised me, boy, but seeing how you look now is perfect for you, Mr. Count" he smiled as he stared head to toe at Ferderick.Kini Ferderick always wore classy clothes commonly worn by nobles, very different from his appearance as a mercenary.

"Please act like you usually are Mr ahemmm" He felt a little embarrassed, then he looked around "Why is it so quiet where else?"

"People are still sleeping, I just came but overslept hehe, sit down what do you want to drink?"

"No need, than that how are you?You're really not exposed to black magic, are you?"

"I'm fine, I'm gone right after reading the letter you wrote before I got to the black magician's place, I heard bad news about His Majesty, how is he?"

Ferderick shook his head "It hasn't improved yet"

"That's bad news, he's very young but he's been through a lot" he murmured.

"How is Mr Stev?"

"She's healthy, but her memory still has problems"

"Say to him Sir, there is no need to force himself to remember things that he does not remember, because now that the castle of the magic tower is taking over the investigation, the Great Witch Lord is directly leading the investigation"

"Thank God, witches have to deal with witches too"

"really"

"Are you here just to stop by?"

"Ahhh, actually I want to ask you for help"

"Whatis that? say"

"Castle Count is in need of a knight army, is there any interest in working as an official knight in my residence?"

"Well, it's a very good opportunity, I'll tell them"

"All right"

"How many people do you need?"

"About thirty people"

"Of course I can gather them as soon as possible, Well now you really look like the boss"

"You could have, well I have to go now, I look forward to the arrival of a friend's friend"

"Alright" Joseph drove Ferderick's departure to the front of the building.

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