Wortenia Senki (WN) - Volume 1 - Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Chapter 1 E 6 (Escape 2)

 

A halberd spear is being thrust toward Seria's chest .  

"Who are you! To think a teleportation magic is being used inside the palace!" <TLN: Oh I guess, this is a castle rather than fortress . > 

A strike comes towards Seria together with an angry voice filled with a thirst for blood .  

"This is an emergency! Tell that to His Majesty!" 

Disregard the guard, Seria keep seeks an audience with the emperor .  
Realize the person who performs the sudden teleportation is a junior imperial court magic user, The left and right guard who are guarding the door toward the emperor hastily pull back their halberd .  

"Aren't you Seria-sama? Please pardon me! However, why using teleportation . . . may I know the reason?" 

The guards looked suspicious asked her .  
That was natural .  
After all, if one were to use teleportation magic, even emperor's bedroom can be infiltrated . That's why, this law cannot be broken so lightly . In the worst case, the death penalty might be handed toward the one who broke the law .  
Thus, it was natural for the guards wanting to hear the circumstance . However, Seria ignored the guard question .  
(I have no time to waste answering such question right now . ) 

"Silence! I told you this is an emergency . Even one second is important! Let me pass, or I will use a brute force and broke the door!" 

"P-Please wait a moment Seria-sama . I will immediately tell His Majesty!" 

One of the guards being overwhelmed by Seria's aggressive attitude rushes to the emperor quickly .  
It took around 10 seconds .  
The door in front of Seria opened calmly .  


"What happen here! Seria Wookland! Aren't you too disrespectful!" 

An angry voice by prime minister Dornest directed toward Seria who immediately kneels before the Emperor .  
(Cih, to think the prime minister also here . . . ) 
Seria clicked her tongue inside her mind .  
The development turn unpleasant toward Seria who comes inside in a hurry .  
Prime Minister Dornest is a very loyal retainer of the Emperor; however, he's very inflexible .  
Especially when it come to laws and regulation, the man rule with an iron fist .  
However . However, this time Seria has something that justifies her being hasty .  
The Emperor is sitting down on the throne .  

"That's enough, Dornest . Seria said it was urgent thus she seeks for an audience . What happen and is there any problem?" 

"However, your majesty . . . " 

Dornest tried to protest toward the emperor, thinking that the conduct will be a bad example .  

"Enough!" 



The Emperor's sharp eyes shut down Dornest immediately .  
Even a prime minister cannot go against emperor's words .  
Looking at that, it was easy to tell that the emperor is not just an ornament .  
After all, he's the one who leads the Empire conquering the central part of the western continent with power .  

Ortomea Empire's first emperor Lionel Eisenheit, initially he was born as the third prince of the former Ortomea Kingdom situated in the mountainous region in the central part of the western continent .  
At that time, the old Ortomea Kingdom was being exhausted by the corruption of the aristocrat and civil war between royal family and was on the edge of extinction .  
Feel sad toward the present condition of his country, Leonel wants to rebuild the country .  
He survived the war of inheritance with his brothers as his opponents, and successfully purge the corrupt high ranking aristocrat family .  
In that process, Leonel himself had swung his sword on the battlefield several times .  
And after conquering neighboring kingdoms 40 years ago, the Ortomea Kingdom renamed itself as Ortomea Empire .  
Since then, he has fought for hegemony in the central part of the western continent .  
Even after turning 58 years old, The Emperor who knows the bloody battlefield can easily overwhelm your ordinary commander .  

"Pardon me . Your majesty . " 

Dornest lowers his head to the emperor .  

"It's alright . Rather than that, Seria . Is there a problem?" 

"Ha! Your majesty . I'm very sorry for being rude but, I would like to ask for permission to deploy the army . " 

Because it was too sudden, the emperor and the prime minister were at a loss for words .  

"What are you trying to say! You bastard . Do you intend to intervene with the military with your Imperial Court associate magic user! Gaies-dono, what on earth has he teach you with!" <TLN: Should I stay with her title as "Junior Imperial Court Magic-user/Magician" or should I change it to "Imperial Court associate magic user/Magician?" . . . the raw can also be read as Deputy Imperial court Magic-user/Magician . . . damn so confusing . > 

This time, it was no surprise for the Prime Minister to revealed his anger .  
Because Seria does not have any authority for that request .  
However, the word opposite from what Dornest had said come out from the mouth of the Emperor .  

"Fine . " 

"Y- Your majesty! What are you saying?" 

"I said it's fine . Dornest . " 

Contrary to Dornest anger, the Emperor said those words in a calm tone .  

"However Seria . I wish to hear the reason . Why you, an imperial court associate wants soldiers? Dornest aside, Gaies should know about this thing, no?" 

Having the reputation of the best disciple, Seria desperately her sad and irritated feeling within her .  

"Grandfather is . . . No .  Gaies Wookland has been killed . " <TLN: I decide to use Grandfather from now on, rather than the JPN term . . . > 

Seria's words give a tremendous impact to the Emperor and the Prime Minister .  
After all, Gaies is Ortomea best magic user, alongside Dornest, they handled Ortomea internal affairs, diplomacy, and military affairs .  

"I- It can't be . Gaies-dono is . . . " 



"That's not possible . That's impossible you know! Seria!" 

From their mouth comes out such words .  

"No your majesty . Prime Minister-sama . It is the truth . . .  Another worlder has killed Gaies Wookland . " 


"W-What did you say?" 

"That's impossible, Seria-dono . . . what are you talking about?" 

Such negative words come out from the mouth of the Emperor and the Prime Minister .  
Seria suppressed her feeling of sadness and vexation then began explaining the situation .  
It would take too much time if one's were to give a detailed explanation here .  

"It is a fact . . . Your majesty . I've confirmed it with my own eyes . " 

Silence strike the Emperor .  
It's the Emperor who broke the silence after ten seconds has passed .  

'Why?" 

A very low voice .  
The emperor is desperately suppressing his fury .  
The Emperor's hand grip strongly on the throne .  

"I do not know what exactly had happened . There's no evidence nor a witness . However, looking at the situation, I can understand who's the criminal . " 

"Who is it?" 

"Today, Gaies-sama was planning to do summoning ceremony . Considering the murder scene is at the place of the summoning ritual took place, and all the escort soldiers also have been killed, the criminals is a person from another world . " 

"I-It can't be . I cannot believe it . . . " 

Words come out from Dornest mouth which has been keeping his mouth shut up to now .  

"I'm also able to understand that the person is currently pretending to be a soldier of the imperial guard . For now, Imperial Guard leader Rolph-sama and I, Imperial court magic user third seat . As soon as we receive your Majesty's permission, we like to began our pursuit . " 

The Emperor who heard Seria's words immediately make his decision .  

"I'll permit it! Since issuing the decree will take time, use my sword as a proof from me!" 

Like that, the Emperor removed the sword from his waist then throw the sword toward Seria <TLN: So crude, Emperor!> 

"Seria yo . Gaies is my trusted retainer; he has been my companion for more than 40 years . He's also the pillar of this nation . " 

"Yes . " 

"And now, that Gaies have been killed . This is treason toward Ortomea Empire! Be sure you find and detain the criminal by all means! If that's impossible, then you may kill the criminal!" 



Seria lower her head expressing her respect and gratitude, then she immediately disappears using teleportation .  

After the emperor sighed deeply, he spoke toward the curtain behind the throne .  

"Shardina . Did you hear the conversation just now?" 

"Yes . Your majesty . " 

From the shadow of the curtain, a blonde haired woman in the early of 20s appear .  
She's tall with a good proportion body; furthermore, her blue eyes make her look impressive .  
She's a bit resembles the emperor somewhere .  

"Just now I've checked the information from the shadows . It seems like the death of Gaies-dono is the truth . Also at the same time, there's a fire outbreak at the medical room, from that, a single soldier went missing . And Seria seems to think that this disappeared soldier is the otherworld person . " 

"I see . . . Shardina yo . What do you think?" 

"I assume the guess about who's the criminal is correct . An assassination by another country seems to be impossible at least . It's just . . . " 

The Emperor turned his eyes toward Shardina .  

"It's just? what?" 

"With all due respect, I cannot help but say that the possibility of the criminal being caught is very small . "

"What! Shardina-sama thinks that it would be impossible for Seria-dono!?" 

Dornest raises a surprise voice .  

"Dronest-dono . This is not due to Seria-dono capability . Probably it would end up the same with anyone . " 

"What did you say!?" 

"How one search for another world person that no one knows of the face, gender, their body form?" 

"What do you mean?" 

The Emperor raised his voice .  
He did not consider that Seria did not grasp the face of the criminal at all .  

"What do you mean by that?" 

"All the soldiers that present at the time Gaies-dono doing the summoning ceremony are dead . She seems to not have checked the soldier face that pretends as an injured person and bringing him to the medical room . Soldiers and the doctor who present at the medical office are also being killed . As a result, no one knows the face of the criminal . " 

"Such thingー . . . then, how does Seria going to find the criminal?" 

"It's a gamble . Your majesty . If a different world person were to wear a soldier clothes, then that's good . And even if the criminal changed clothes near the castle, the castle guard will question the criminal in disguise at the time the criminal try to pass the castle gate hurriedly . Even if it's impossible to catch, there's a possibility that some kind of information can be obtained . " 

"I see . If it's like that, then it will be possible, no?" 

"Yes . However . . . " 

The emperor is unable to hide his irritation .  

"Good! Shardina, If you understand that much, then you and the shadows should go and search!" 

"Y-Your Majesty? Is it alright? Letting Imperial princess Shardina to leave like that . " 

Tension mixed in Dornest voice .  
After all, Shardina is the last fortress protecting the Emperor, and such figure never separated from him even once in the past .  

"You're noisy! Ortomea Empire first imperial princess the leader of Succubus chivalric order the Succubus Knights! Collaborate with Seria to search for the criminal!" <TLN: The name of the knight order is soo weird . . . I guess it is full women intelligence service, gathering information(spy work), in bed?> 

"Understood . Your majesty . I will do my utmost with all my strength . " 

Shardina dropped his head and went away from the emperor .  
At this time, is the moment where Ortomea Empire regarding Ryouma as an enemy .  

Finally, only the Emperor and the Prime Minister left .  

"Dornest yo . It has turned into something serious huh?" 

"Indeed . Your majesty . You must do something to the neighboring countries before this problem leaks out . " 

"Umu . . . Finally, I'm able to gain total control of the central part, though it finally comes the time to conquer the eastern territory . " 

"Yes . It is regrettable . " 

The Emperor shook his head .  

"There's nothing we can do . Dornest yo . I need to immediately appoint the chief of the imperial court magic user . Call the ministers . " 

"Certainly . As expected, is it Seria-dono?" 

Anxiety is mixed within Dornest voice .  

"I do not mind even if the other party is a young one . " 

"Certainly . " 

After Dornest had left, the Emperor sank deeply into the throne .  

"Damn that stupid Gaies . Even though finally I'm going to gain total supremacy . . . " 

Water droplets fall on the crimson carpet .  

The Emperor express his feeling regarding a friend that have survived years of war together .