Regina Rena – To the Unforgiven

I looked at them.

The dead and buried Kings were moving and talking as they lived. They were still King in the black land.

“Welcome, Granddaughter. You’re here.”

Among them was the fifth King of the Grascha dynasty, my great-grandfather Hiems Grascha.

“Come on, let’s all stop. My granddaughter came for a long time.”

The attack stopped at the request of the late King. I looked at him in confusion. Then, the King and the other Kings came and replied.

There were five Kings in the land.

First, the King who was called ‘A King with Many Hearts’, said.

“This is the tomb. The Kings who ruled the times, rule, and command even in their death.”

Next, ‘The King who Swallowed the First Cry’, added.

“There is peace in the tomb. This place is hell where you can’t stop longing even after you die.”

My great-great-grandfather, ‘King of Burning and Scorching’, also added.

“Yes, there’s no end to underground thirst. So we covet the ground again.”

The most ferocious ‘King of the Lions’ also roared.

“They’re all Jim’s. He was kicked out of time, but Jim has never inherited anything from you.” (Idk who is Jim)2

Lastly, the ‘Unforgiven King’ said.

“I will go back and rule over you. The living will not bear to handle the dead.”

I realized then. The reason why the dead keep crawling to the ground.

They just wanted to get it back.

The glory of the past, invaded by later generations.

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“Niheal Grascha, who then returned to the earth, established an empire and unified the continent. It was to protect the vulnerable people from the dead on the earth.” Klavis said so and glanced at the Duke of the East and his knights.

Then, the eastern knights tried hard to ignore the fierce glare of their Duke.

“The Empire has become stronger, enduring the invasion of the dead. A century after that, Her Majesty ordered you to destroy the tomb.”

As Klavis continued, Duke Arles’ eyebrows intertwined. Lena was also stunned.

“That person is so brazen.”

“I actually hate him the most.”

Duke Arles clenched his teeth. He was upset whenever that bat-like guy crushed everything and praised the Empire.

The South almost died in isolation. Moreover, the West that used to be Klavis’ territory was already devastated by the dead. However, it was surprising that he’s talking like that.

As Klavis unveiled the story, the priests fitted the altars that the East and the North had gathered to a broken stone tablet.

Originally part of that stone tablet, the altar was restored by fitting exactly to the broken part. As a result, the half-turned stone tablet regained its original shape and wide.

“This is the gate created by Her Majesty 100 years ago to block the path to the tomb,” said Klavis in front of the altar.

“I will open the gate that has been sealed for a long time in accordance with the will of the Empress.”

When Klavis beckoned, a cute-looking boy priest came out holding a silver cup.

“May everyone be ready.”

Knights of the East, South, and North silently pulled out their swords in preparation for what was to happen.

“Under the Majesty’s glory, a new horizon.”

In a signal of Klavis’ declaration, the boy priest leaned the silver cup on the altar.

Red blood poured from the pure silver cup. The knights raised their swords and watched the altar drenched with blood.

Soon after, a strange crevice began to grow on the altar as the rotten smell vibrated.

It rose across the air, like a thunderbolt coming from the sky, like a splitting thin ice, like a branching tree.

Beyond the gap was a world that had never been seen before. It was a strange and ominous world with a red sky more than the twilight and a black land more than the night.

The gap that stretched out without knowing its limits eventually opened up as large as the gates.

Duke Arles groaned, looking like a cracked on a broken window.

“I’ve devoted my whole life for that…”

The old man felt his heart collapsing.

There was such a gap at the end of the Southern territory. The South endured countless sacrifices to close that gap. But when he saw that being opened again in front of his eyes, he felt like his feet were going off.

“It’s coming.”

The Eastern Duke, Lynn, murmured low. At the same time, the sulphur smell became strong and vibrated.

Du du du du.

As if the troops were coming, there were countless ground echoes. It was similar. Beyond the cracks, the dead, who smelled the blood, were coming in black.

The knights, who identified the enemy’s appearance were ready to rush.

The Prince of the North stepped forward.

“I start.”

Ruvid took a step forward and pulled out his rapier.

“Step out of the way, kid.”

“Hey, hold on…!”

When Ruvid lifted his sword, the boy priest, who was still standing in front of the altar, screamed.

When the boy ran away, Ruvid’s eyes were already shining blue. He swung the rapier, which was thin and beautiful, so it only seen for decoration.1

There were sounds of pinging and breaking in the air. At the same time, the knights felt a light breeze.

Soon after, the throats of the dead, who were still far away, fell with a crash.

‘That’s the Northern attack.’

Lena was impressed with Ruvid’s blow. Empress Niheal shared her marvellous powers with the Dukes of the North and South. Among them, what the North took was devastating. It was the power to cut the land and the sea.

‘That’s what split the champagne lake at the ballroom.’

Shortly after Ruvid came out, the champagne lake was split into several branches. It wasn’t just broken, it was cut very sharply.

Lena couldn’t believe he used that kind of power just to vent his anger. Lena shook her head with admiration. The Prince of the North had too much power for being human.

Lena thought so and looked at Ruvid, and just in time, Ruvid turned to Lena. The Prince made eye contact with Lena, who was surprised because of the wind.

When Lena looked at him with astonished eyes, Ruvid, somehow full of energy, snorted and turned his head again.

‘….What?’

While Lena was dumbfounded, other dead came from behind the beheaded dead.

“Block it, so they can’t get out of the gate.”

The knights responded to the Cardinal’s easy-going order. The appearances of the coming dead were all different.

There were some ran on four feet like a wild beast, had scrawny limb, covered with scales, and spread its wings. It had all kinds of ugly shapes, but nonetheless they all had human faces.

The dead, who ran on all fours, reached and crossed the gate the fastest. Immediately afterwards, several swords were placed on the body. They were the swords that the knights from the North swung at once.

They began to strike the dead who came out, skilfully poking through with restrained movements.

On the other hand, knights of the East were lazy and insincere. Their main task wasn’t to cut the dead, but to hit them hard and pass them on to the North.

Lena couldn’t believe they’re kidding in the midst of this. She was dumbfounded and asked Duke Arles, “Is the East always like that?”

“Oh, my, my, my…!”

Duke Arles also vented his anger in the scheme of the East. However, it wasn’t the time to meddle in other people’s affairs.

“Assemble!”

“Eager!”

“Attack!”

Southern knights screamed left and right. Unlike the East or North regions that responded leisurely, they were flustered without countermeasures.

At that time, a huge shadow came out from the crack. It was a dead man with the same form as a dragon. It flew over the heads of the Northern knights and descended to where the Southern knights were.

BOOM!

When the dead fell with a roar, someone shouted fleetingly.

“Att….!”

The desperate cry was cut off the moment the dead spread its wings and wielded it.

The dead blew away all the knights around it with its wings, and the flying knights couldn’t move due to the impact of the wing bones.

In the meantime, the dead rushed again with mouth wide open.

There was Duke Arles.

“Argh!”

Duke Arles opened his eyes. He, who had already lost his strength, had no strength left to confront the dead.

Every moment slowed down as the dead’s black and deep throat shone on his retina. He senses death, and a sudden roar rang out.

BOOM!

The dead’s mouth, which had opened with an unexpected sound, was closed back.

The Southern Duke looked up with a hope in his eyes. A young man in the uniform darker than the dead stood on its head.

After receiving help at the crisis moment, Duke Arles groaned when he realized that he was the Eastern Duke, Lignan Eitner.

“Why are you…”

“How about ‘thank you’?”

Lynn recited without expression. Thanks to this, the face of Duke Arles, which had been innocent for a while, was distorted again.

Lynn turned away before Duke Arles burst out. And Lena, who was next to the Duke, smiled quietly at Lynn’s secret greeting. (they made secret eye-contact)4

There was countless dead, but not a single one had fled across the cracks.

It was thanks to Ruvid’s attack to the half of the crowd, and the knights of the North that filled the gap with precision.

The situation was soon cleared up.

When all the dead who came to the scene died and disappeared, only the red-tipped cracks remained.

“The gate is open.”

Klavis said in front of the red crack.

“This road will be monitored in turn until the conquest is over. It won’t happen, but it will be difficult if the Kings of the dead come out.”

What he said with a smile was actually an ominous hypothesis to cool his spine.

The South suffered for a long time because of the gap at the end of its territory.

Such gaps opened in the Imperial Palace, not elsewhere. The Duke was well aware of how dangerous this was.

However, the Cardinal seemed to be happy without any worries.

“The first trip is in ten days. Go take the crown and show your loyalty. Her Majesty will pay you back with greater rewards.”

The figure of Klavis speaking with his back against the red light was pious as if he was an angel in the twilight. However, no one was deceived.

The essence of the smile that pushes people into hell was certainly more of a devil than an angel.

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It was when each camp was scattered after the schedule at Duham Palace was over.

Someone shouted Lignan Eitner’s back.

“Stop, you dog.”

While the knights were swallowing their breaths, Lynn stopped and looked back.

It was none other than Prince Ruvid of the North who called Lynn.

“You have to get your head fixed before I take it out,” said Ruvid, smiling coldly.

It was for Lynn who had stepped on the Northern altar.

At that hackneyed provocation, Lynn whispered to Deca, who was beside him.

“Do you really mean that?” Deca asked back in surprise. Lynn nodded calmly, and Ruvid, who was watching frowned slightly.

When Ruvid wondered, Deca said reluctantly, “His Highness says he won’t talk to a gardenia.” (I can’t understand what it means, because i’ll try a lot of translator machine, they will translate it to gardenia)

“Gardenia?”

“It means stupid, stupid.”

Lynn answered directly for Ruvid, who was cursed but didn’t know if it was a curse. Ruvid’s eyes, which had been puzzled, turned fierce.

“Bark like a dog, don’t talk in the Imperial language.”

“You don’t understand it even if it’s your native language.”

Lynn’s calm ridicule made Ruvid speechless. But for a moment, Ruvid, who chewed on his lips, smiled again, showing his teeth.

“Did you forget how to bark? If that’s the case, I’ll show you mercy. It would be helpful to catch your uncivilized people and make them bark.”

This, too, was a hackneyed provocation. But this time it worked. When the his people’s story came out, Lynn’s expression hardened.

Ruvid was more excited when he knew that Lynn was reacting.

“Choose, whether you bark on your own or with other dogs.”

Lynn shut his mouth tight and glared at Ruvid.

He’s a nuisance. He’s smart, but he’s good at poking at other people’s weakness. A Northern rascal who had no manners and no sense of propriety.

Lynn looked over Ruvid’s shoulder with thin eyes. Everyone was watching interestingly.

Probably the Dukes would be happy. It’s a pleasure to see Lynn got confronted and humiliated like this. As usual, there’s no one who sided with the East.

Lynn took a deep breath to endure the bitter hostility. Then, he took a step closer to Ruvid and said softly, “Then you get bitten.”

“Try it, you mutt.”

Lynn and Ruvid stared at each other without concessions.

It was then. There was an unimaginable voice between the two.

“So here is Duke Eitner of the South.”2

With a gentle voice, a woman came to the side of the Eastern Duke.

“It’s my first time greeting you. I am Lena Rubel of the South.”

It was Lena Rubel, the representative of the South.

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Comments:

· Looks like Lena’s brother, the boy priest. Wasn’t that supposed to be a sign of treason if he (the Marquis) put him under the Cardinal?

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· Come to think of it, Lena has a younger brother who will be the successor of Rubel family, so that’s why Lena was sent to the villa(?) Maybe he’s a little older than Yuni (11 years old)? So it might be that boy priest. But since he was a successor, I think he might be on Rubel’s mansion. No, it’s possible since Klavis was a Cardinal so he deliberately made the child a priest.

I’d be embarrassed if he was just an extra, a boy priest…..

· I’m so concerned about the five kings in the tomb. The kings who ruled the times, I suppose, made the Grascha kingdom into an empire. I don’t know what’s going on with Niheal Grascha. I think the kings’ departure has something to do with what they’ve done… It seems that Hiems, Niheal’s great grandfather, is known to mean winter, but it seems to have caused the ashes of the fire to fall like snow, and the introduction of the novel that Lena came back as a lion, so I wonder if it’s related to that. I don’t know about the Cardinal or Niheal Grascha, but I don’t think the tomb Kings are going to come out in detail, so I’m curious. I’m always enjoying reading it. Leave a comment~~

· It’s ridiculous how Ruvid looked at Lena like that. Ruvid, you look like a kid.