I Can Read People's Comments - Chapter 111 - Arrival

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[Aryan_Srivastav_3324: After calming yourself try to answer previous comments no need to be in hurry to satisfy us readers.]

[Amelia_Gladhis: Theo-san, Theo-san, when will you commented back to our comments?]

[Palladhia_Asmadhi: Uncle Jeff are still way better and stronger than those First Prince+Many Other Nobles with their Armies combined. Proven by how much longer He and his volunteer armies stands against Theo and co.]

A giant flying ship made its appearance on the horizon. They were flying at high speed and started to decelerate once they noticed the natural stronghold.

The king was standing with a few of his generals, ready to start another war. There were even thousands of soldiers from the royal army inside the ship. He even brought Ansthor with him.

“That’s…” One of them, who had better eyesight, noticed what happened first. “River of blood… How many people die in that land?!”

“What?”

“Are you sure it’s blood?”

The king remained silent, but his heart felt like it was tied so tightly that he found it hard to breathe. He never thought that it would cost him this much.

When they came closer, they started to see what was currently happening. They were too late.

A lot of people had been lined up on the ground and covered with thin clothes from the stronghold.

Christina was the one commanding the group to take care of the deceased. None of the Shadow Division members survived. In other words, Ansthor was the last person in the division that Duke Jeff once created.

The king was completely furious, but he had to find out what happened from Christina directly. He also saw Theo, his daughter, and a few other kids away from the bloody area.

The king thought for a moment before saying, “Inform the soldiers not to disembark yet. And make sure no information leaves this place. We’ll meet Christina.”

His generals nodded their heads. They simply couldn’t believe this much blood had been shed on their land.

Meanwhile, Christina and the others noticed the giant flying ship with the royal crest on it. It was clear that the king had finally arrived.

Christina handed the matter to her assistant while informing the others to get ready as they were about to meet the king. The volunteers couldn’t help but fall to their knees as if greeting their king.

The king and his generals leaped off the giant ship with Ansthor. Ansthor’s condition was extremely bad. He must have been tortured for information, although the information they got was something they wouldn’t expect.

“Christina.” The king frowned.

“Your Majesty.” Christina politely bowed her head.

“What is going on?” The king asked, his tone was strict, as if he didn’t want any refusal.

Christina glanced at Ansthor first, who happened to be the one who opened his mouth.

“There was a leak in the barrier. To stop the leak, the duke sacrificed his life. And to find all the damage, he became one of them in order to gain their trust and lure them out.”

“!!!” The people couldn’t help but turn to Ansthor. He had been silent this whole time, so it was surprising for him to begin explaining. However, the king waved his hands to stop his subordinates from saying anything since he wanted to continue listening to the actual story.

“Under Duke Jeff’s command, we have identified seven important people: the first prince, Marquis Elenesta, Count Hargeon, Guardian Knight Rexion, Sword Master Ryan, Lightning King Tell, and Wonder Man Sullivan, along with a few hundred members.”

“Is that true, Christina?” The king obviously couldn’t believe that his first son would be among them. He looked shaken, but he did his best to avoid showing any grief because it wasn’t the time yet.

“In addition to those seven, there are also Seven Stars Voxtis, Hundred Strength Fortie, and Singular Mage Olivia. We don’t have the exact member, but the rough calculation is about one thousand two hundred people.” Christina confirmed and continued to fill in the missing information.

“Those people… are the backbone of this country.”

“Even the first prince?”

The generals were completely confused because they were never aware of this. Some of those people actually still talked to them within the last few days. Yet, the next thing they knew, they turned out to be affected.

“The one who struck down the first prince was me, Your Majesty. If you want to punish someone, you may punish me.” Christina lowered her head, admitting a mistake that should have been overruled by the law as not a mistake.

If it was anyone else, the king would definitely be angry and might do something just for revenge. Even if he was affected, the first prince was his son as well as one of the two people that could maintain the barrier in the future.

So, it was hard for him to accept it if any random person killed him.

However, it was different for Christina. She was the duchess and the aunt of the first prince. If she wasn’t the one who did it, there was no one else qualified to take the job.

The king took a deep breath to calm his heart down before pointing at the volunteers. “And who are they?”

“They are my—” Christina wanted to claim them to be her people so that they could avoid any punishment as they were the brave warriors that fought under her.

However, Ansthor didn’t let her do it as he stated, “They are the volunteers under Duke Jeff, who acted as a bandit so that they could be a fighting force to deal with this army.”

The king gritted his teeth. “Since when did all this happen?”

“The tree house in the back forest,” Ansthor replied.

“!!!” The king widened his eyes in shock. The tree house in the back forest was none other than the house that he and Jeff built when they were kids. They often played together in that place.

“My master had left all the details there before he was affected. That’s the last of my confessions.” Ansthor raised his hands and kneeled on the ground. “I have made the greatest sin by following the affected. Please execute me, Your Majesty.”

When the volunteers saw Ansthor’s action, they also raised their hands like him and lowered their heads, asking for the same punishment.

The king clenched his fists before shouting, “You imbeciles!”

All the people were startled. Even the generals rarely saw the king as emotionally disturbed as this.

The king didn’t say anything for a moment as he moved toward one of the corpses, which had been separated from the rest. He took off the cloth hiding their face, which turned out to be the first prince.

He placed his finger on his forehead. As soon as he felt two conflicting power traces in his body, the king made a pained expression as he confirmed that he was indeed infected by madness.

“May you rest in peace, my boy.” He then stood up and asked Christina out loud, “Who are they, Christina?!”

Christina was startled at first but soon figured out the answer the king wished to hear. Without hesitation, she overruled Ansthor’s answer by stating, “They are a part of my army!”
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The people were shocked as they couldn’t understand what was happening. They were already prepared to lay down their lives after everything was over.

The king reinforced this decision by glaring at his generals.

The most experienced among them immediately stepped forward and declared out loud, “We have just jumped off the ship and haven’t heard anything. We only know that they are the Duchess’s Christina army who have valiantly fought evil!”

They were stunned. If the story became like that, the people would definitely be spared. This might be the reason why the king had stopped the royal army from disembarking, fully aware that if they knew the truth, it would become even harder to hide it.

The king continued, “If you, Duchess Christina’s army, still think that you have made a mistake, it’s not my jurisdiction. Duchess Christina will be the one to deliver the punishment.”

With those words, the king indirectly implied that he had enough of the wanton killing. This land had shed too much blood today, so it was better to stop the river of blood from flowing.

Ansthor gritted his teeth and raised his head. “Your—”

He looked like he wanted to object to the decision, but the king delivered his sentence. “With my authority as the king, I declare that traitor Ansthor is punished with a life sentence. He shall be exiled to the land of Dreinwood for the rest of his life. Shall he step outside of the land, he shall be executed directly.”

“!!!” Ansthor’s heart sank. The land of Dreinwood was none other than Jeff’s territory.

“You shall be the living witness of the Duke Jeff Faewillow. See through it to the very end and witness the thing…no, the person you’ve been fighting for.” The king looked emotionless, but those words actually meant everything to Ansthor.

By exiling him to Jeff’s territory, he could actually help maintain the territory. At the same time, Aurora would continue to grow up and sooner or later, she would return to this world and probably take over the job of maintaining the barrier.

With her attachment to Jeff and this accident, it wouldn’t be weird for Aurora to inherit Jeff’s territory. In other words, the king had given him the opportunity to make sure that the land was as perfect as possible for Aurora to inherit. That was his ‘punishment.’

Ansthor gnashed his teeth, not because of anger, but because of regret. He was grateful to the king, but he didn’t know if he could do it or not.

As the captain of the Shadow Division, he obviously knew the duke’s affection for Aurora. He treated her like she was his own daughter. That was why he had to do it.

Ansthor placed his head on the ground to show his gratitude.

The king turned to Aurora. His expression mellowed a bit as he asked, “Where is he?”

Christina pointed at the back, showing the general direction toward his daughter.

Without hesitation, the king rushed to the entrance of the stronghold where he found Jeff lying on the floor. He had been put inside a coffin per Aurora’s request.

Before visiting his daughter, he paid respect to Jeff first. He looked at his brother’s condition as the image of the entire time they spent together flashed in their minds. They played together, and he became the king while he accepted the duke title. He remembered the time his brother changed as well as his return. More importantly, he could still clearly feel the care he had always shown to Aurora.

“Rest in peace, Brother. Aurora will grow up to become an excellent person like you.” The king closed his eyes for a moment.

When he opened his eyes again, he saw Aurora running toward him.

The king spread his arms as they hugged each other. Aurora was crying again as she kept saying the same thing. “Father… Because of me, Uncle Jeff… Uncle Jeff…”

Her father stroked her hair gently. Instead of Aurora, the fault should be put on him. As a king, he didn’t realize that all this had been going on.

While it was true that Jeff had been in charge of their information network and espionage, it didn’t change the fact that the clues were already there.

The king turned to Theo and said, “I apologize, Mr. Theo. I was supposed to meet you before all this happened. And even though we finally met, unfortunately, the moment is not appropriate.”

“Please pay no mind to it. I fully know that you have a lot of things to do.” Theo glanced to the side, indirectly implying the corpses and the aftermath of the battle. He continued, “I can take care of my students here.”

Even though the king wanted to invite Theo to the royal palace, it wasn’t appropriate. After all, they had just suffered a massive loss, especially Jeff and the first prince. If they invited Theo, there would be a banquet, which would make him look apathetic.

The king nodded his head. “Thank you. I truly appreciate it. If there is another opportunity, I hope that I can invite you to the royal palace.”

“If such an opportunity arrives, then I’ll be glad to accept it.”