Chapter 36

In front of Adrian Imperial Castle,

a massive crowd gathered, craning their necks.

Today was the day the Crown Prince’s fate would be decided.

Concept Post) Frederick Crown Prince’s Execution Ceremony

(Thumbs up farmer meme)

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– Finally, my dopamine!

– Hey, Jooddak, sell some popcorn!

– Are you serious? Really, no popcorn? Hahaha

– Can I at least have some chicken today?

– If you’re from Adrian, then sure!

– One whole chicken, please~

– You’ve held out well, you could handle two!

On the wooden platform stood Lloyd, who had somehow become the representative of Adrian.

In front of him was Frederick, bound tightly with ropes, holding his head high.

“I will now commence the execution of the criminal.”

“Ahhhh!”

– Oh lol, I guess it’s starting!

– Ugh, trash.

– Raise your butt and wave your hands!!!

Cheers erupted from the gallery and the entirety of reality.

Frederick glared at the onlookers with venomous eyes, cursing them.

“Traitors to the royal family, aligning with foreign powers, you are worse than leeches! You will all starve to death!”

His particular ire was directed at Jooddak.

“I curse you, Jooddak! I will wait eagerly for the day you die after I’m gone!!”

– Haha, he really is going off~

– This dude just won’t quit…

– Sigh… I guess he hasn’t seen my true personality yet.

– Oh dear!! How terrifying!

– You’re going to hell, how can you wait for that? Haha

– Jooddak’s going to heaven! Don’t wait for him!

– Why do you get to decide that?

– Because I saved my mom, of course that’s heaven for me, right?

– Haha, I have to admit, that’s true.

– Hahaha, the humans are really hyped up!

– Feels like this is already the third execution they’ve seen live.

Yet, Frederick, the Crown Prince, lacked the same dignity as before.

Lloyd gestured to the soldiers below the platform, and they dragged Frederick away somewhere.

But the direction felt a bit strange.

“That’s not the way to the guillotine, is it?”

“What? They’re not killing him?”

It appeared as if they were just punishing the criminal rather than executing him.

As the public sentiment of Adrian buzzed with confusion, Lloyd raised his voice.

“The criminal is guilty of 56 offenses, including corruption, misjudgment, and burning all our food supplies at the time the Empire was in crisis.”

If he had just failed to perform politically, that would be one thing.

How many such people can there possibly be?

But while the world was in ruins, he trolled around and set fire to the Empire’s food storages when they were cornered.

This guy was trying to starve his own people!

“If it weren’t for Jooddak, it could have led to mass starvation.”

Lloyd then calmly averted his gaze from the paper and said,

“Thus, we deem the guillotine insufficient as a punishment and decide on exile.”

The crowd buzzed once more.

“What? Exile?”

“Is that all for a guy like him?”

Just as the atmosphere was about to become serious, people began to realize.

That being exiled was a much worse fate than having their heads chopped off on the guillotine.

“…What the hell, this can’t be happening.”

Frederick uttered a curse.

What stood before him was a rift.

A pathway leading to the land of monsters.

Though the inside may be censored with a black screen, it was the pathway Jooddak had proven through experience.

“Just kill me! Kill me now!”

Frederick shouted, drenched in cold sweat.

But the soldiers showed no mercy, and soon Frederick was thrown beyond the rift.

“AAAHHH!! Jooddak, I curse you! I…!”

Before he could finish his sentence, Frederick completely vanished beyond the rift.

“…Was that it?”

– Human punishment is far more horrific than I thought.

– So that’s why they cut it?

A stunned crowd fell silent in the wake of the unexpected punishment. Lloyd slowly turned his back.

And with a determined expression, he wrote something in the gallery.

Tap… Tap…

Title: Now We’re Moving

Author: Lloyd

(Meme of Frederick being thrown into the rift)

(Go! Beyond! Shouting knight meme)

As previously announced, we are planning to leave Adrian and establish a new home in the Kelton Kingdom.

Anyone who volunteered or wishes to join now is welcome to join the procession.

Departure: In 30 minutes.

Destination: (Former) Kelton Kingdom

Alright, everyone, let’s get moving!

In an instant, as the crowd readied themselves to see the new post, their eyes widened!

“Let’s head to the Kelton Kingdom!”

Lloyd shouted, raising his hand to the sky.

“Wooaah!!”

“Let’s go to the land of freedom!”

At that moment, as the remnants of Adrian were cast out, the empire split in two.

Half stayed behind to rebuild, while the other half set off for a new beginning in the Kelton Kingdom.

“This place is coming over? This is rather nice.”

Of course, it was good news for me.

*

The Kelton Kingdom no longer exists.

But it lives on in our hearts!

Yes, the people of Adrian were setting out to establish a new dynasty atop the ruins of the kingdom.

This new dynasty was named the Kellierhton Kingdom.

Signifying both the legacy of the Kelton Kingdom and the establishment of a new kingdom.

And in the meantime, I thought…

“I should probably help them out.”

I was thinking of lending my hand in this founding process.

After all, how much peril had I faced up until now?

The murder orchestrated by Frederick.

The suicide attempts by the Rabbit Beastfolk.

And the constant threats from the monsters lurking about.

“This is a bit too much.”

Three evils together are a real evil.

I personally considered fortifying the warehouses, but I also needed additional protection.

A sturdy Kellierhton Kingdom, rather than ruins, was part of that plan.

“And I trust them.”

After all, the leader Lloyd was the kind-hearted knight who had poured milk on wounds.

The very reason he was recognized as a leader among the people was that I frequently called him forth in the gallery.

Having accidentally become close friends with a knight serving in the military? I couldn’t resist that.

– Ah damn, this is hilarious!

– I should just hole up in my room and sleep…

– But then, how can I stay hidden after hearing such uplifting words?

– For real, we can’t have another dictator popping up.

– Adrian collapsed ages ago, the only answer is Kellierhton… right?

“At least it seems like they’re on their way…”

Lloyd’s party was hustling their way towards Kelton.

They had their fair share of strengths to fend off most monsters, but there was another issue.

– So, who’s going to be the king?

– It would be great if Lloyd became king as a knight…

– But he lacks the legitimacy, right?

No legitimacy.

While the Kelton Kingdom had become ruins, there were still many survivors and buildings left.

Naturally, it’d be decided to inherit the Kelton Kingdom, but Lloyd was born in Adrian.

This posed a problem for his legitimacy.

“What? I’m sure he has a plan.”

But I didn’t worry too much.

He wouldn’t just blurt out that he would establish a kingdom without thinking about it.

Besides, Lloyd alone had over a hundred thousand supporters.

It was impossible that none of them followed him without thinking.

– Oh damn, you’re right.

– So what does that make us?

– An invading group of outsiders in the ruins of a foreign land?

– Are there no Kelton people in our party?

– Well, I’m a ten-year veteran of household security in Kelton, is that okay?

– Would that even matter? Haha

– We really messed up, didn’t we?

But then again, we weren’t panicking just yet.

The movement in the gallery became one of confusion.

– What do we do now?

– Lloyd) Ah crap, I didn’t think of that. Haha

– Ah damn! Hahaha

– A legendary mess…

– It’s just that the world feels completely out of whack.

The real problem was that Lloyd was caught up in it as well.

“Is it really right for them to come here?”

A wave of unease washed over me, asking if I could safely assist the Kellierhton Kingdom.

But he’s a good kid.

At least I didn’t think he would stab me in the back after helping him out.

Even if he did, I couldn’t imagine him getting through my fortified 21st-century warehouse and killing me.

I appeared just in time in the gallery.

Concept Post) Lloyd, come here!

Author: Jooddak☆

Hmm, hmm.

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– Lloyd) Ah, did you summon this lowly one!!!!

– Jooddak☆) Hmm, indeed, indeed.

– Lloyd) I’m eternally grateful for your grace!!!!!

– Hahaha, why is this dude acting like that?

– Damn, if we’re on the street begging, what are we going to do? Hahaha

– I’ve trusted you, Jooddak!

– Jooddak, you’ve come to save us!

Maybe he helped me a few times earlier?

As soon as I wrote the post, Lloyd appeared with an incredible number of recommendations flooding in.

Of course, I wasn’t the one with any brilliant strategies.

“Just someone who isn’t crazy and reasonably decent will do.”

As long as they weren’t a weirdo, I didn’t care.

In that regard, there was one high-ranking noble from the Kelton Kingdom I knew of.

A good person, incapable of doing bad deeds.

– Jooddak☆) Seems like there’s no one here, can I get some recommendations?

– Lloyd) As Jooddak says…

– Haha, we need Kellierhton to receive care…

– Oh dear, if it wasn’t for you, the founding would fail…

– Jooddak☆) Okay then, listen well.

I took a moment to catch my breath and wrote down the name.

– Jooddak☆) Fallen Nobility Young Lady deserves a ton of recommendations!

She was the one I had exchanged a bed and a tuna can with, and I had a crush on her (for real).

*

Evelyn Ophelia.

The only young lady of the Dukedom within the Kelton Kingdom.

She had lost track of how long she had been cooped up in her room.

Yet again today, she was passing the time by counting the patterns on the floor and ceiling.

– Jooddak☆) Fallen Nobility Young Lady deserves tons of recommendations!

“Pffft!”

Her life-saving benefactor was stirring up disruption.

“Jooddak, what on earth are you talking about…?”

After months of being shut away and only spending time in the gallery, she had become a full recluse.

If there was an upside, it was that despite only eating tuna cans, she had developed a fondness for food without being picky.

And being suddenly told to become queen?

“I don’t even know if my father is still alive…”

What a sudden turn of events!

– Fallen Nobility Young Lady) Um, Jooddak…?

– Fallen Nobility Young Lady) I really appreciate you saving me, but queen? What do you mean? ㅇ︿ㅇ

– Fallen Nobility Young Lady) And what about my opinion…? ㅠㄱㅠ

Evelyn didn’t harbor any sense of superiority as a noble nor did she have a fighting spirit for higher power.

She would simply chuckle while rummaging through the gallery, enjoying something funny, and savoring tuna flesh.

“I don’t have any ambitions like that…”

She timidly tried to rebel, but the gallery was cold.

– Jooddak☆) Oh haha, it’s already been decided.

– What? The subject isn’t even involved!

– This is a crucial discussion about the establishment of the nation, and you can’t just come barging in!

– For real, how rude! Just obediently become the queen of the Kellierhton Kingdom!

– Full-Peel Elf★) Humans’ politics are always so chaotic…

Before she knew it, Evelyn had become the queen.

– Jooddak☆) Besides, I’ve already sent someone. Haha

– Fallen Nobility Young Lady) Huh? Huh?

– Jooddak☆) You’re now the queen!

Knock, knock, knock.

“Mom!”

At that moment, a knocking sound echoed.

Startled, Evelyn flinched, and a voice rang from beyond the door.

“Ah, I’ve come to deliver some good news.”

“Shall I open the door for the next human queen?”

“Yikes…”

Evelyn felt a greater fear than when she encountered monsters.