There Was a Porter Who Would One Day Be Called a Prophet

161 – Jagangducheon

After Ian was led by Gilbert into the office.

Unusual conversations took place there.

“Isn’t it embarrassing to see my subordinates as a leader? I want them to feel a sense of responsibility.”

“I’m not an emperor like anyone else, so what for? There are already a lot of weight-bearing guys out there, but I have to be light so that the children below can breathe.”

Two men talking thorny things to each other.

Glance.

I rolled my eyes and looked around.

In front of the emperor.

The captain of the knights next to him.

‘I was curious about what the powerful people would talk about, but I didn’t want to be among them….’

It is not normally possible for a knight commander to talk to the emperor. If the same thing happens in other kingdoms, there will be an inauguration ceremony for a new knight commander right away.

But Gilbert was different.

Because he was a founding contributor who founded the empire, rolling back to back on the battlefield even before the emperor was called emperor.

“I-I don’t know if it’s okay for me to be in a place like this.”

As soon as I subtly hinted that I was uncomfortable with the desire to leave immediately, the emperor opened his mouth.

“Since when did you start paying attention. Just do it as usual.”

Are you saying that after putting people in the first row of thorn cushions?

I didn’t like the emperor’s favor until now.

“So. Why did you come to see me?”

Here, I just wanted to say something and leave quickly, so I went to the main topic.

I asked for her permission, referring to the promise Arya had proposed to me.

“I promise to drink.”

Oh. Will you still listen to my request?

Watching the emperor frolicking, I was naturally excited.

“Sorry, but that must be difficult.”

A b*tch for listening. A firm refusal returned after a short delay.

“He used to have a cough until not too long ago. Drinking alcohol while feeding him something good for his body isn’t enough. It’s unreasonable.”

It was like that at first, but after the last poisoning attempt, it seems that the love for the child has become excessive.

‘But if it comes out like that, it’s probably best to give up.’

I’m worried about my only family, so I can’t be stubborn here.

The time when I was about to say that I would come next and pull out the pillars of the empire, and that I would go back today.

“Isn’t that overprotective?

Gilbert intervened between me and the emperor.

“Boys have a drink, have a few drinks with the person next to them, and that’s how friendship gets stronger. Does it make sense to have fun while you’re young and not let your children go? How long are you going to treat me like a kid left at the water’s edge?”

Gilbert gives a long speech, saying that true friendship blossoms between fists.

When Arya tripped and fell, the Emperor hit back with a hush in a way she hadn’t seen before.

“So did he make a fuss every time he went out for a drink? There are a few bottles that can be ignored and left behind over trivial disputes. The world will laugh at the fact that such a guy became the knight commander. .”

“It was because I was young then.”

“From what I can see, you didn’t grow up there at all.”

The conversation between the two soon degenerated into a muddy fight where they cut each other down, and they naturally strayed from the initial topic.

“What about the topic that Aria didn’t know I neglected because she was doing country work?”

“I neglected him. No matter how busy he was, he always shared a meal with us.”

“So when she was young, she came to me and complained that she didn’t want to eat?”

“Do you want to try it with me now?”

Something seems to be going wrong.

“It’s a pity that Aria is kind and like my mother, otherwise you would have been living in the back room long ago.”

“Arya is more like me, so she won’t be like that.”

“Then it’s more of a problem. She killed both parents and siblings.”

“Just because blood is mixed, not all families are the same. To me, the family was only one mother, and she paid the price for letting such a mother die.”

Now I have come to the point where I even mention my family.

I had heard that kinslaughter among aristocrats was an annual event, but I never thought the emperor would do the same.

‘Is this okay for me to listen to? ?’

I was holding my breath, as if I had heard the content that hurts if I knew something, but Gilbert dared to talk to me.

“Isn’t that right? That guy is a bloodless, tearless guy who purged his entire family to become emperor.”

I didn’t want to know that.

“I picked up a guy who was doing mercenary work on the street and turned him into a person, so there’s nothing I can’t say.”

“If it wasn’t for me, he would have died at the hands of his family.”

“What would the person who was instigated to kill me say?”

I’m dizzy.

A situation in which elderly noblemen continue to argue, exposing each other’s shameful parts, not caring about my presence.

As I watched them like that, I gradually felt my illusions shattered.

‘It certainly wasn’t like this in the game….’

Kias Di Ventus Arachnen, Emperor of the Empire.

And the leader of the Knights, Gilbert the Lionheart.

These two were characters that showed that middle-aged zodiac signs are like this.

If the emperor had both military power and intellect, Gilbert was unrivaled in military power.

Even when Arya was killed by her demons and the emperor surrendered to anger, Gilbert silently followed his will.

If it hadn’t been for him, the empire would not have been able to avoid destruction without stopping at the level of damage.

It must have been….

“If the child was so sad, he would have tried to leave without saying a word.”

“Do you think you deserve to say that?”

However, I couldn’t find anything like that in the kkondaes in front of me.

One is an idiot and the other is a person who only thinks of hanging out.

“Anyway, no. The current Aria will need a sufficient rest.”

They managed to return to the original subject while thinking about something else for a while.

“Then let’s do this. I’ll take you there.”

“You?”

The emperor looked at Gilbert with one eyebrow raised.

“Then it’s even worse. Arya’s attempt to leave without a word this time wasn’t the result of learning from your behavior.”

“You’ve grown up like a man, but what?”

Gilbert grumbled and continued.

“He will one day take over your seat and rule the empire. How long are you going to wear it around your arms like that? Even if you don’t have to do it for the rest of your life.”

“….”

The emperor kept his mouth shut for the first time as if he couldn’t bear to refute that.

Gilbert didn’t miss the opportunity and pushed his momentum.

“There is me and this guy too, what are you worried about?”

Why am I stumbling again?

Then the emperor glanced at me.

“No matter how much it is…”

He sat down after understanding something.

“Then, if puberty comes too late, will you be able to handle it then?

The emperor’s expression visibly hardened as if that was a fatal blow.

“What are you talking about…”

“You say this, but do you really think he will take care of you later when you get older and lose strength? You’ll regret it only when you see each other only when you eat. Oh, it wasn’t like that at that time.”

“….”

The emperor’s complexion turned pale in an instant after Gilbert’s remarks drove a wedge.

Of course, I don’t think Arya would do that, but it was clear that she was embarrassed because she was stabbed.

“So, what are you going to do?”

Gilbert persistently held on to such an emperor.

“Haa…”

In the end, the emperor opened his mouth.

***

– Jerking around.

-Trumbling.

The footsteps of the two resonated in the hallway.

Gilbert obtained permission to go out from the emperor who asked her to prioritize Aria’s safety, perhaps because she did not want to be hated by her children.

He took me and headed straight for Arya.

After walking in silence for a while, she asked him.

“Hey…”

“What?”

“Why did you do this to me?”

I had only seen Gilbert’s face once before leaving for the South last time. Will he take my side? To be honest, I don’t understand. There’s no reason for that.

“Huh? Durandal didn’t tell you?”

Inversely, Gilbert hands me a question. He continued

“I wanted to talk to you personally.”

“What is that…”

Then, one thing crossed my mind.

‘Come to think of it, when you woke up after the tournament, you said you talked to Gilbert on the condition that Sonia accompany you….’

From the reaction I just received, I could guess that some sort of deal had been made while I was passing out. The target of the transaction must have been me.

‘The hero sold me….’

Softly.

Gilbert opened his mouth as he shuddered at the transaction that was carried out without the consent of the parties involved.

“Anyway, I saw you sparring with the youngest.”

The youngest? Are you talking about Sonia?

“Well, I couldn’t even touch the tip of my hair and it was over.”

No, who knew it would use a counter there.

“Okay, give me your arm.”

Gilbert suddenly asked me to stretch out his arm.

‘I’m not a dog who will give you a helping hand. It would be a mistake to think that he would obediently respond to such a request….’

Sure.

“Here.”

When I saw Gilbert’s arm go up, my body reacted first.

The opponent is a man who runs the highest level among non-humans. If you even brush against that hideous body, you won’t be able to guarantee your life.

“You bastard’s forearms are so weak.”

Flinch.

I was moved to see him provoking my forearms. I just can’t get past this.

“Can you say that even after looking at these strong muscles?”

I immediately rolled up my arms and denied Gilbert’s words.

With the determination to date a woman, it is a body that has been developed even while suffering from Hellchang.

I used to be nothing more than a contemplative person who was happy every time I looked in the mirror, but after coming here and practicing combat repeatedly, I transformed into a perfect thread pressure muscle.

“Hmm.”

Looking at my masterpiece, Gilbert pressed lightly on my bicep with his thumb and forefinger.

“aaagh!”

I let out an unsightly scream and immediately sat down and wrapped my arms around it.

Isn’t this broken?

Gilbert looked down at me and clicked his tongue.

“Why don’t you use something like this. It’s ugly to look at, so stop putting it in.”

Anyway, it doesn’t look like a muscle to this hellchang’s eyes.

“….”

I silently lowered my raised arm.

“Looks like you’re on the same side as Durandal.”

‘What does that sound like….’

While I rubbed my arms and moaned in pain. This time Gilbert rolled up his arms.

Bulky.

Unlike me, the veins on the forearm were clearly visible above the bursting muscles.

“Now look. What do you think of when you see this?”

Dogs are disgusting.

He didn’t care about my expression saying he saw something he couldn’t see, and he continued his explanation.

“Durandal. Excluding that guy from Chaas, he’s the only guy I can relate to with the real me. With that flimsy body. Do you think that’s normal?”

Uh… Realistically, isn’t it?

“No.”

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“That’s right. And that guy is actually…”

Gilbert stops talking.

“Woman?”

Because the hero learned under Gilbert. You must also know the gender.

“Did you know? Then you talk fast. Like you said, she’s a woman. The skeleton is at a disadvantage in generating strength. In addition to her natural limitations, she has a constitution where muscles don’t stick together.”

Definitely. Even though the hero trains every day, he doesn’t have much muscle.

Then I had a question.

“What about Sonia?”

“Isn’t it a mutation?”

“….”

Gilbert giggles at what’s so funny when I’m at a loss for words.

“Surprisingly, it’s true. We also found out about it a little through wizards because it was strange. The youngest had a higher muscle density than others. It’s something he was born with. It’s a trait mostly elves, but sometimes it manifests itself in humans as well. There is.”

Somehow. The last time you put your leg on me while sleeping, it was a bit heavy.

“Anyway, why can’t Durandal compete with me?”

After thinking it through, he opened his mouth.

“Because you’re a warrior?”

“Yes. His authority as a warrior made that possible. Durandal is capable of generating power beyond the limits of his body. And from my point of view, you are one of those types.”

Gilbert easily pointed out that I was blessed by the goddess.

I see. Is the sharp eye good?

“Okay, here we are.”

Gilbert stops as if he has reached the room where Arya is locked up before he knows it.

– Smart smart.

He immediately knocked on the door without hesitation.

***

– Crunchy.

The sound of writing something with a pen resonated throughout the room.

On the paper where the pen passed, support for the underprivileged and measures to allay the dissatisfaction of those who did not fall within that scope were written in detail.

Sure.

The man who was reaching for the next document sighed deeply when he realized that it was the last one.

“Haa…”

Muttered a man who swept his golden bangs that were split in half without any error.

“There’s nothing left to do…”

A man of misfortune who yearned for a moment of freedom, but was caught by his servants and ended up in confinement. It was Arya, the Crown Prince of the Empire.

“I feel like having a drink…”

When he felt frustrated, he relieved his stress by hiding his true identity and going to a bar.

It was his pleasure to see and hear the people’s joys and sorrows there and check the direction he wanted to go.

Right now, I desperately needed a drink in a free atmosphere.

‘Come to think of it, I made an appointment with him.’

She remembered her new friend, the porter of the warrior’s party.

The longest I’ve known was the hero, but no matter how comfortable it was, the hero was biologically the opposite s*x.

Influenced by the emperor who was a lover, even the warrior could not be an exception to him who was strict in treating women, so he could not be with anyone who could openly talk about everything.

Having grown up watching the emperor and Gilbert since he was a child, he hoped to have a friend like that too,

He gave up halfway after he realized that the people who approached him had inferiority and greed toward him.

Until I met Ian.

When we first met, despite hearing verbal abuse from her, the moment she was betrayed by her servant and her life was at stake, the figure of him who appeared and ran with her on her back to the end was Aria’s true friend of her dreams.

Of course, compared to Gilbert, her powers were almost insignificant, but Arya rather appreciated that. She risks it and how could she not trust the one who saved her.

-Did you really want to die?! Why are you crawling into it!

Besides, he didn’t use that as an excuse to ask for something, but rather started with bitter words.

‘If it wasn’t for this situation, I would have gone to see it right away.’

– Smart smart.

Just when he was lost in regret, someone knocked on the door.

‘Are they servants?’

I asked to bring more since I ran out of work.

“Who are you?”

Then, a dignified yet harsh answer came from the other side.

-It’s me, you bastard.

There was only one person in the empire who could say such a thing to himself, the crown prince.

His teacher and father’s best friend. Knight Commander Gilbert.

– Knocked up.

He forgot his identity and quickly ran to open the door.

“Why are you here…”

Then Gilbert laughed and replied in a playful tone.

“I am released.”

Even at Gilbert’s words, Arya showed signs of hesitation.

“But my father told me to stay here.

“You don’t trust me?”

“…I trusted you and got scolded more than once or twice.”

It was true. After Gilbert seduced Aria and had fun, he was always called by the emperor and had a hole in his soul.

Of course, Gilbert had never been there.

“Don’t worry. This time I’ve said it clearly.”

“…Really?”

Aria still asks with a suspicious face.

“Sure. He’s the witness.”

– Jerking around.

Someone walked out from behind Gilbert.

“You…”

Ian tilted her hand and opened her mouth.

“How should I get a drink?”