How to Survive as a Trash Extra Villain

Chapter 169

“Be prepared…. Because of you, a stupid mutt who can’t tell right from wrong, things have gone awry, so now the only remaining task for Deminiyan is your destruction…!”

“I am the Princess' Black Knight, and the Guardian of the World Tree. Can you handle it? Duke Frohadin.”

“The authority of the Emperor is just a part of power! The Emperor is on the verge of dying from illness, and the still young prince and princess are no match for me! The World Tree? Ha! That mere tree! It’s nothing more than a foolish idealist who believes in and protects humans!”

“Oh dear… you shouldn’t have said that.”

And at the same time, the door between the terrace and the banquet hall shattered, and arrows lodged themselves in Frohadin’s back.

“Keok?!”

The constantly active protective magic circle shattered… and at the same time, the arrows began to grow. They soon turned into tree trunks and began to bind Frohadin’s body.

“What, is this?!”

“Using soundproof magic and threatening… isn’t that a bit old-fashioned?”

In the Time Chaos Dungeon, the Elf Queen realized that she herself was a relic of the past.

On Fog Island, she had watched from her seat as Martin fought Martin of the Apocalypse in the sanctuary of Ulvhadin.

“How dare you… to the Guardian and the Mother of Life…!”

Beyond the terrace, inside the banquet hall, the murderous elven royal guards and the enraged Elf Queen were striding this way.

The kneeling Frohadin looked up at me with astonished, dumbfounded eyes. Ah, I like it. Very impressive. This eye level.

“Duke Frohadin. No matter how much of a Platinum Knight-level magician you are, did you not underestimate the insight of the elves that pierces through truth?”

Why, they say you can even curse the king behind his back… but well. Maybe a king, but to make the mistake of cursing the World Tree in this world where magic and miracles breathe, at close range to the Elf Queen.

“N-no way. My magic boasts absolute soundproofing abilities…. I didn't feel any sound leaking or the magic being broken…!”

“The World Tree’s kin were also inside the barrier you set up.”

“What?”

Frohadin rolled his eyes and what he discovered were the ornamental plants placed one by one on the terrace.

“D-don't tell me? W-with just those plants….”

“You think it’s impossible, don't you? It’s been over 100 years since our exchange with the elf race was cut off, so you must not have known, huh?”

“….”

As he blankly looked at the plant on the terrace, it began to squirm and show movements that couldn't be seen in an ordinary plant. It grew in an instant, reaching a size comparable to a giant ancient tree.

Only then did he realize that things had gone wrong, seriously wrong.

If the diplomatic rights were a painful loss, this… though just words, was equivalent to treason. The treason of the family head leads to the annihilation of all family members.

“E-Elf Queen, that remark just now was…, Keoheok!”

The ornamental flower that had grown into an ancient tree swung its body and struck Frohadin. Frohadin, who was flung into the banquet hall, rolled pathetically on the floor and ended up in front of the Elf Queen.

“….”

“….”

The banquet hall was filled with silence. To think that Duke Frohadin of Deminiyan, who had ruled with eternal power, would be bound and kneeling on the floor in an instant.

“Spit it out again.”

Frohadin tried to lift his head immediately, but the heel of the Elf Queen’s shoe stomped on his head and he failed.

“…Please…!”

“If you can’t, I’ll let you hear it again.”

At the Elf Queen’s words, all the plants in the banquet hall began to speak in unison.

[The authority of the Emperor is just a part of power! The Emperor is on the verge of dying from illness, and the still young prince and princess are no match for me! The World Tree? Ha! That mere tree! It’s nothing more than a foolish idealist who believes in and protects humans!]

It was as if a recording file was being played, the voices were identical.

Frohadin began to tremble. Cold sweat flowed, making him damp. It beaded and stayed at the tip of his nose, then fell to the floor.

“…!”

Murmuring? There was no such thing. Everyone in the banquet hall held their breath and watched the Emperor's reaction.

“…Duke Deminiyan.”

Thud! The light of the sun pressed down on him. It was the most brilliant golden light that no subject of the Imperium Empire could refuse.

“P-please give your command…!”

Also, the light of anger.

“…Return to your residence, and be confined.”

But it wasn't as if he could execute a person who was one of the empire's only four dukes and held the position of a Platinum Knight on the spot.

“I will obey your command….”

The Elf Queen snorted and gestured. The bonds made of plant stems were released… and Frohadin fled the banquet hall as if running away.

‘Ridiculous.’

To think that Duke Frohadin, who had toyed with the noble society, would fall this far just by misspeaking once. It could only be seen as karma for his usual behavior.

A cold wind blew through the banquet hall. Numerous prominent figures stood there, unable to do this or that, just watching the situation.

“Deminiyan….”

That is, until the Elf Queen opened her mouth.

“A clan of magicians who followed the circulation of mana, realized the principles of rain and clouds, and reached a high state by walking the path of magic.”

This was a story about the Deminiyan clan before the Imperium Empire was even established.

“They were wise, so their wisdom and knowledge were comparable to our elf race. They were as thoughtful as a welcome rain on a drought-stricken field, and as just as the whip of rain that sweeps away evil….”

The Elf Queen turned her head and looked at the Emperor.

“But not anymore, Emperor.”

“…Queen, you immortals must understand. A long time has passed since the distant past, so mortals, humans, are bound to change.”

The golden light emitted by the Emperor was warming the cold air, even if only a little.

“We mortals also did our best. We tried to inherit the spirit of our noble ancestors in the name of tradition and culture. But the people of this generation turn their heads away from the will and intent and use it for their own power struggles as they please…. I too cannot hide my lamentation.”

“So, Emperor.”

But the Elf Queen’s wrath showed no signs of abating.

“I respected you, who succeeded the first gold, the hero Hamerd. It is the utmost sincerity I have shown because you call yourself the ruler of the continent and wear the name card of the leader of humanity. I caught the sinner, a descendant of the fallen Deminiyan who dared to insult the World Tree and threaten the Guardian, and let him go without even being able to ask for a proper price for his crime.”

That wrath came to the continent so suddenly. As all the plants of the continent wept and raged. Crops withered and fruits rotted.

“So answer. Is this the end of his treatment?”

Thorns climbed up the imperial castle, and poisonous spores that would burst and spread at the Elf Queen’s word bloomed everywhere.

“Does humanity, wish for a war with the World Tree?”

“Absolutely not.”

The Emperor, in the end, not only rose from his throne but also descended from the dais. And he slowly walked and stood before the Elf Queen.

“Queen, as you say, the crime of the sinner Frohadin is grave. Do you wish for even his descendants to be destroyed?”

The Elf Queen was about to answer something, but she turned her head and looked at me. I shook my head.

“I do not wish for that. One sinner is enough to pay the price for the crime. I will believe that a little bit of the right spirit still remains in the Deminiyan clan.”

“I am deeply grateful for your trust.”

The Emperor once again emitted a golden light.

“I declare this in a place where the kings and nobles of the entire continent have gathered.”

The landscape of the empire, the landscape of the continent, changes rapidly.

“In the name of the Emperor. I decide this as a representative of humanity. Frohadin von Eti Deminiyan. I revoke the name of Deminiyan given to Frohadin, the current head of the Deminiyan ducal family. Also, I order him to serve as a common soldier in the army conquering the Time Chaos Dungeon at the border. The term is until his death for the country.”

The nobles covered their mouths in shock. The Emperor himself had revoked the duke’s name! And even as a common soldier!

On top of that, if he had to serve until his death for the country, it was just telling him to fight and die.

“This is to protect the trust with the World Tree. I also order that the Deminiyan ducal family be demoted to a marquisate, and that 99.9% of its territory, commercial rights, and interests be returned to the state.”

Someone collapsed. When I turned my head… it was Frohadin’s son, and the father of Mary and Shuga.

The return of all property except for 1%. That is, it meant that 99.9% of the 100% of property had to be returned. To a commoner, even that would be a lot of property, but to the Deminiyan family, that was…. In effect, no different from stripping them of their dukedom.

“Is this not enough?”

At the Emperor’s question, the Elf Queen once again turned her head and looked at me. Naturally, the gazes of everyone turned to me.

‘…Well, this should be enough.’

Only when I nodded did the Elf Queen’s wrath also subside.

“Know that this is the forgiveness of the Guardian and the mercy of the Mother of Life.”

“Thank you. Humanity has kept its faith with the World Tree.”

“I have seen it clearly and will take it to heart.”

The incident was thus settled… but after such an event, there was no one who would move rashly.

But only one person.

“Excuse me.”

One person approached me.

“You are….”

“What should I call you? Super Rookie? Black Knight? Guardian?”

“…Sir Martin is sufficient.”

“It’s been a while. Let me reintroduce myself. I am Heijin, the Chairman of the Southern Sea Peace Conference.”

The person who had awarded Gilbert the plaque and medal at the banquet immediately after the Fog Island conquest.

The Southern Sea Peace Conference. An organization that oversees the southern part of the continent, which was once as wealthy as the central part.

As Fog Island was swallowed by the Time Chaos Dungeon, the fishing and trade in the southern part of the continent were blocked, and it turned into a military organization… but its prestige was still there.

“Whenever you like, if you have a chance to visit the southern part of the continent, come find me, Sir Martin. I am willing to provide you with the scenery of the southern part of the continent, which was once called the best resort, without any price or restriction. The grace I have received from you is no small thing.”

“Yes, thank you.”

And then Chairman Heijin walked up to the Elf Queen. Then he knelt and bowed his head.

“Glory to the Mother of Life. Greetings, Your Majesty.”

“The Mother of Life blesses your future. Few people know this greeting…. Ah, I see. You are the descendant of the snot-nosed kid who faced the previous queen who acted as a proxy for the Mother of Life about a hundred years ago.”

“Yes. I heard that when my great-grandfather and grandfather saw the queen at that time, the World Tree gave them a blessing.”

“So it was unexpected. Your family has received the grace of the World Tree for generations and distributed it to the continent. I heard that in this generation, you have given up the right to diplomatic rights.”

The diplomatic rights that Deminiyan and Elidore fought over. Part of the cause was with Chairman Heijin.

“As a tragedy befell Fog Island, the sea in the southern part of the continent was also completely eroded. Not only were fishing and trade suspended, but monsters swarmed from the sea, making even survival a struggle. Now, we don't even have the capacity to supply the goods of Fog Island to the continent, so we had to give up.”

“…Excellent. Glory that is beyond one’s strength will only harm oneself.”

The Elf Queen quietly raised her hand and placed it on Heijin’s head.

“You are excellently inheriting the old spirit.”

“You praise me too highly.”

“I have left a part of the grace of Fog Island for an old collaborator.”

“What?!”

“I will entrust it to you. I will not accept any questions. It is a fitting reward for showing courtesy to the Guardian.”

The elderly Chairman Heijin shed tears of emotion and prostrated himself before the Elf Queen.

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With this, the banquet gradually began to regain a warm atmosphere.

Wild Instinct (Master) warns not to forget the last piece of the puzzle.

‘It’s not, over yet?’

Before the clash between Frohadin and Elidore, what was I worried about?

‘The suspicious group that Duke Frohadin brought in!’

Thud! The door of the banquet hall opened.

“Hahahaha!”

“Haha! Hahahaha!”

There were figures who appeared, laughing madly.