A leading knight rummaged through a large bunch of keys hanging on his waist.
Felt showed an impatient expression
"I can't wait any longer—Reinhardt!"
"exist"
Reinhardt's slender body came to the center of the wide room
Felute didn't even look at the red-haired young man standing next to her. She just held her hands and gestured with her chin.
"Open it"
"Yes, my lord--"
Reinhardt raised his hand in the shape of a knife, cut through the air and swung it down from the air.
The metal handcuffs were neatly cut off like paper cuts.
The handcuffs, which seemed to have melted and revealed a smooth cross-section, fell to the floor, and a sharp sound was heard throughout the room.
"I'm going to... use the sword, Yuexing, can you do this too?" Subaru looked at his palm and asked Yuexing
"Using Maya, it's easy." Yuexing looked at his right hand, and for a moment, sharp air floated on his fingertips.
Subaru stared at it for a while.
"Awesome, coach, I want to learn this"
"Yes, as long as you learn to master the speed of Maya's release, I will teach you." Yuexing nodded.
Felt's words announced to the audience the birth of the master and servant of these two people.
"Is this all what you think?"
"Absolutely not, this is above all, the guidance of fate."
"Ha! Is it fate again? Are you a slave to fate?"
"No—compared to this, I am Lord Felt's knight."
"Boring guy..."
After a while of silence
"Then, Lord Felt, Knight Reinhardt, you two also have the intention to participate in the King's Selection. Is it appropriate to judge in this way?"
"Ah, that's okay."
"Yes, as my Lord wishes"
Felt, who never changed her rude attitude to the extreme, and Reinhardt, who obeyed her, the representative of the Council of Sages nodded.
"Then, even though there was a little commotion, it can be judged that everyone is ready. Finally, Felt-sama, do you have anything to say?"
Like other candidates, Felt also has the opportunity to give a speech.
The named Felute thought about it for a moment, then looked around at the faces in the field, and the red eyes radiated light.
Taking a deep breath, he spoke resolutely
"——I hate nobles"
With a hearty smile, he stretched out his hands as if showing off to the sages and said
"——I hate the kingdom"
Then he stretched out his hands, weaving words with a smile hiding his poison.
"——I hate everyone in this room, the place where I stand, and everything I hate, so I want to destroy them all at once."
"If I become the king, everything will be destroyed at once. If I knock out all the blind people who can't even see the crumbling feet now, it will become more ventilated and better."
She stated this with a clear expression, and the whole place was in an uproar.
In the past, someone would have spoken out to refute and insult the girl on stage, but with the previous precedent, they could only vent their dissatisfaction slightly in the audience.
"Your lord is really a mean man. What do you think after hearing what you just said?" The representative of the Council of Sages looked at Reinhardt
"The regeneration after destruction will also be handled by this lord. If it can be with you, there will be no other long-cherished wish."
Reinhardt answered Mike Rotford with an unwavering attitude.
Looking at the dazzling appearance of the king candidates standing side by side, the representative of the Council of Sages nodded quietly.
"This time, all the candidates have actually arrived - for this time, the five adults here are the candidates for the king's election. I would like to ask my comrades for their approval."
"——I express my approval with the authority of the Association of Wise Men."
"agree, express agreement"
Everyone in the Sage Association nodded in response to the suggestion made by the representative of the Sage Association. The representative of the Sage Association stood up from his seat after confirming this.
"——Then, now let’s propose the rules for the king’s election!"
"The candidates are Crusch Karustan, Priscilla Bariel, Anastasia Hosing, Emilia, and Felt. No matter who the above five people are, they are qualified.
A person qualified as a Dragon Miko!"
"The deadline is three years later, the covenant with the dragon is renewed, and the dragon kissing ceremony is one month ago today!"
"The selection is determined by the consciousness of the entire nation, the glory of the Dragon Balls, and the guidance of the Dragons!"
"Until the day when each one ascends the throne as king, each maintains the kingdom to the best of his ability."
"The above minimum conditions are a treaty, and I hereby declare that the king's election will begin——!"
The voice of the representative of the Association of Wise Men was surrounded by astonishing enthusiasm, and no one could suppress the cry in their hearts.
Feeling the aftermath of this enthusiasm behind his back, the representative of the Sage Association straightened his hunched waist and spoke.
"Now - the King's Selection begins!!"
Everyone in the venue started activities
"It's finally over." Yuexing stretched his body.
"Yes, I gained something different." Subaru nodded.
"Subaru, Tsukisei, you have to go to the lounge." Reinhardt came over.
"Ah?" Subaru was stunned for a moment.
"All the candidates, please stay in the hall and discuss the details of the king's election. We have to leave first."
"If you say that, I can't find my Amelia Tan now?" Subaru said in surprise
"On the surface, that's true." Reinhardt nodded helplessly.
"Emilia is still angry because you broke the promise and came here privately. She is also worried about Wang Xuan. Wouldn't you just add fuel to the fire by going to her like this?" Yuexing said to
Subaru said
"You came here privately, so what qualifications do you have to criticize me?" Subaru retorted.
"That's because he was not exposed to any candidate's sight during the whole process. Naturally, Emilia will not notice his arrival. I guess you are the kind of person who will be discovered as soon as you come in." Youmeng said from the stage
Walked down and stood next to Yuexing
"The clothes on your Lord's body... I see, Yuexing, you and this Lord are familiar with each other, right?" Reinhardt suddenly realized.
"In a sense, this venue is already under my control..." Yuexing said calmly.
"That's really... appalling. Let's go. Don't stay here for too long."
Then the three of them followed Reinhardt out of the hall and into the lounge.
…
"It's as luxurious as ever." Yuexing glanced at the decoration of the lounge.
"Isn't royal luxury common sense?" Subaru sat down on the sofa in the lounge.
"Yohoo——Subaru, Tsukisei." When Phyllis came in from the door, she turned around and saw Subaru and Tsukisei.
"Phyllis, are you so free?" Yuexing glanced at Felice who was wearing a knight uniform.
"I've finished my business with the Knights. I wanted to come and see you during this period. I was a little surprised when I saw you." Phyllis raised a finger and tilted her head.
At that time, I was referring to the King's Selection venue, right?
"How are your health, Yuexing and Subaru?"
"It's okay, I don't have any discomfort, but just to be on the safe side, I'd like you to help me with the treatment," Yuexing stood up and said.
"Okay, okay." Phyllis came to Subaru and Yuexing's side, and placed his hands on Subaru and Yuexing respectively. His white jade hands exuded blue light.
"Hmm...for some reason I feel like the fatigue in my shoulders, elbows, and waist has all disappeared..."
"Why is this the form of pain caused by aging, nya, Subaru's body?"
"This is your advantage... So, I heard that you are a very powerful user of water magic," Subaru said.
"Awesome, this method of expression is too underestimated. As a magician of the water system, Phyllis can be said to be the best in the continent, just because he is the youngest, but he will not be given the peak of the symbolic attribute [Blue]
"The title of "Reinhardt said from the side
"Well, little Fili who was given such an exaggerated second name has many supporters."
Phyllis puffed up her chest without any humility in response to Reinhardt's praise.
"If Rem and you learn magic, can Phyllis agree to my request? Of course, the reward will not be small," Yuexing suddenly said.
"Rem? Is that the blue-haired maid from Emilia's house, nya?" Phyllis recalled.
Yuexing nodded
"That's it, meow. If little Phyllis has time, she can go back and guide Rem's meow. As long as she doesn't have any objections, meow."
"Compared with this, I'm more curious about the reward Yuexing proposed, nya." Felice's cat-like eyes flashed with full curiosity.
"What good things can this guy give?" Youmeng lay lazily on the sofa and yawned.
"Since when has this master been here, meow?" Phyllis said in surprise.
"I've been here for a long time. Also, please stop calling me, sir. I'm very tired from acting." Youmeng sat up and leaned on the sofa.
"Acting? What do you mean..." It was Reinhardt's turn to be surprised.
"Except those opinions are my personal opinions, all the actions I took were basically suggested by this guy." Youmeng looked at Yuexing, who smiled guiltily.
The three people looked at Yuexing a little differently.
"Okay, brother, you've been hiding this from me for so long." Subaru rushed towards Yuexing.
"Calm down, calm down, this is nothing." Yuexing immediately retreated to Youmeng's side.
"In this case, Yuexing, if you instruct this person to support anyone, then the king's position will be recognized immediately, because this person represents the dragon," Reinhardt said seriously
"That's why I didn't tell you, especially this guy. If this guy made a big fuss and asked Youmu to support Emilia, then Emilia would be in a strange situation. After all, I am too.
I regard you as friends." Yuexing shrugged.
"Is that so? By the way, is the name Yuexing just mentioned the full name of this person?" Phyllis looked at Youmeng.
Just as Yuexing was about to introduce, Youmeng waved her hand.
"Forget it, let me speak for myself."
"Sir, my name is Tokisaki Yumu, half-dragon, 200 years old. Just call me Youmu." Youmu stood up and said.
"Youmu Tokisaki...the one on Dragon Island?" Phyllis asked in surprise
"That's right." Youmeng nodded.
"Phyllis, I can reveal a little bit of information to you about the reward I just mentioned, but you can't tell your adults yet because it's not the right time yet," Yuexing said to Phyllis.
"Yuexing, please speak." Phyllis came to Yuexing's side.
After Yuexing finished speaking in a very small voice, Phyllis showed a serious expression.
Subaru was curious to know what Yuexing said, but Yuexing didn't seem to want to tell him about it.