Lord Of Doom!Reincarnated Into a Novel as the Strongest Side Character Chapter 68: Majestic

Kenji and Sakura arrived about thirty minutes later, encountering the Imperial Guards standing in front of the inn. Nurous commoners were staring at them in awe, curious about whom these highly esteed n had co for. However, many were frightened of them, as they were considered ruthless—special thanks to the hierarchy, of course.

"Why are they here?" Sakura asked, gazing around with a confused expression.

"Aren’t they the ones who killed those two n back at the market during the Emperor’s arrival?" Kenji added, tightly gripping his blade, his face reddening with anger.

"Yes. But what are they doing here?" Sakura inquired again, staring at the guards, who stood like humanoid statues. Even the flies, the greatest of all disturbers, were unable to make these n flinch. She was unaware of Kenji’s change of mood.

Gojin appeared behind them, adding to their discussion. For a mont, they were oblivious to his arrival.

"Affirmative. I think they’re here for that Gojin fellow, the handso one, and his two Potters. Quite amusing, isn’t it?" he remarked, noticing how they were far from discovering him.

Kenji spoke calmly, inattentive to the tone of the voice that had just interrupted:

"Gojin and his Potters? You don’t an us, right?"

Sakura added with a tone of uncertainty, "Yeah. Us?"

"I think so. Isn’t that just strange? They’re going to take us to the Imperial Palace. Can you imagine the treatnt?" Gojin said, laughing inwardly.

"That little brat; he’s caused trouble again, and now it’s even worse, with the Emperor. Ahhh!" Sakura felt a sudden surge of tension, her heart thumping hard and her face turning ashen. She facepald, her eyes widening in horror as she imagined what they would soon face.

At that mont, Kenji had a quick instinct. Why was there a third voice in their discussion? One that closely resembled Gojin’s. He hurriedly turned around and saw Gojin chuckling.

"Really?"

Sakura was jolted back to reality; she also turned around and saw him. Suddenly, she began overreacting, gripping his hakama’s collar and shaking him back and forth like a mother chastising her child for being a failure. Truthfully, she considered him just that.

"What did you do? We’re all going to die now... you fool, did you scam the Emperor this ti? How much?"

Scam?

Emperor?

Why would anyone in their right mind do such a thing? That would be suicide, the worst fate imaginable. Gojin held her hand, urging her to calm down, then said:

"Stop making a fuss. I didn’t do anything; we were just suddenly invited to the Imperial Palace, and they’re here to escort us. Don’t ask why, as I’m yet to know. I was just waiting for your arrival so we can move."

"...Eh? Oh." Sakura said, laughing nervously as she realised the attention she had drawn. Many had diverted their gaze to the trio.

Kenji simply shook his head, still furious. He had already grown to despise the Emperor after the instant murder of his subjects back at the market when they first arrived in Heian-kyo about two weeks ago. Commoners here were unable to express their emotions, and this was detrintal to a ruler.

He had forgotten sothing important; this wasn’t the modern day, and here, such occurrences weren’t rare or new to the eyes. Many had been killed for even smaller offences that couldn’t even be considered cris. In the modern world, where democracy and a lack of restraint upon human life existed, such acts would be controlled imdiately by the supre law of the land. Here, the Emperor was the supre law, and he decided what happened next.

Nevertheless, he was right to feel for them and oppose this act. Even to others, it was a bad practice, and they could do nothing but accept it. One thing he was stubborn about: if he had the chance to murder the Emperor and get away with it, he would do it without a second thought. However, he realized that aiming for such a goal was foolish. Clearly, they had only one objective here: to defeat the demons, so none of this was of concern to them normally. But sothing deed bad should remain the sa, as he believed.

Well, who knew Kenji had suddenly gotten wiser? It seed he had gained so extra brain cells to replace the almost dead ones.

Gojin and Sakura, on the other hand, were currently embroiled in an argunt about who had caused more chaos since their arrival. Sincerely, Gojin shouldn’t be arguing; he was the pri master of all this.

Oh. The two had completely forgotten about the two n killed, their brains having reset since then. In fact, they never gave a damn after the third day of the incident, and many other commoners felt the sa way.

"Enough!" Kenji finally settled their incessant argunts, silencing them. The two growled at each other, then backed away in annoyance, glaring as if in a silent competition.

***

A couple of hours later, they were already travelling back to the Imperial Palace, which turned out to be unexpectedly far. They were distancing themselves from any potential invasion, rebellion, or civil war that might break out. Gojin envisioned the attackers taking hours to kill every commoner and soldier deployed in the city before reaching the Imperial Palace. By that ti, the Emperor would have already fled. The thought almost made him burst into laughter.

They were inside a carriage, with three majestic carriages following each other, each pulled by two horses. The Imperial Guards trailed behind on foot, surprisingly more nurous than expected.

The leader sat inside one of the carriages with the trio, facing them directly. The carriage bumped and shook as it moved slowly along the road.

The stern man stared at them like a security cara, hoping to catch a thief. They clasped their hands and legs together, sitting upright and staring back at him blankly.

Weird...

After a mont, a loud voice announced their arrival, followed by the grand opening of a double gate leading to the Imperial Palace, which was almost the size of a small town.

"We’ve arrived at the Imperial Palace."

As the gates were pulled open with heavy chains pulled by multiple n, assisted by large chanisms that made the task easier, a sense of awe mixed with trepidation filled the air. The grandeur of the palace lood before them.