Third Princess Evangeline had been suffering from a serious illness for a long ti.
The Emperor had tried various thods to cure the Third Princess’s illness, but failed every ti.
Even Royal Gwyn could barely extend her lifespan.
In a situation where everyone had given up on a complete cure.
But Ethan perfectly cured that disease.
‘Of course they have no choice but to call for .’
Ethan, who suddenly arrived, cured the Third Princess’s incurable disease. And he had co as Regia’s trainee.
‘It was a high-risk endeavor. But I succeeded in treating the princess by taking on all those risks.’
Ethan grinned.
Now it was ti to definitely reap the rewards.
‘From now on, the imperial palace’s view of will change greatly. No, it’s already changed.’
“Ethan of House Whiskers, listen. His Majesty the Emperor has said he will personally comnd you for your rit in curing Third Princess Evangeline’s illness!”
Ethan bowed to the Emperor’s envoy.
“Those were His Majesty’s words. Let’s go, Sir Ethan Whiskers. The Emperor is waiting.”
Ethan imdiately followed the envoy, hearing the luxurious words that the Emperor was waiting.
***
The grand and magnificent gate opened.
A long red carpet stretched out in a straight line. At its end was a golden throne.
Seated on the golden throne, high enough to naturally look up to, was the current Emperor of the Holy Empire.
Originally, officials who were the core of the empire should have been standing on both sides of this red carpet. But today, this place was solely for Ethan, so the throne room was empty.
As Ethan slowly walked forward, the door closed behind him.
“So you are Ethan Whiskers. You’re young as I’ve heard. Very much so.”
Holy Empire’s Emperor Cairodias Sacred.
As soon as he saw the Emperor, Ethan achieved an achievent.
-You have achieved an achievent!
-You have acquired likes for achieving the [Imperial Audience] achievent!
-You have gained ‘4’ likes!
Since entering the imperial palace itself was quite difficult, there were many achievents that were accomplished like this. Of course, this wasn’t a bad thing from Ethan’s perspective. ȐαɴоВÊＳ
Cairodias, whom he was seeing after a long ti, didn’t look much different from when they t in Pan.
Golden attire. His extrely intense gaze clearly proved he was no ordinary person. It was such an intense gaze that it was difficult to look at directly.
As Ethan made eye contact with the Emperor, the Emperor soon smiled.
‘He has a charm that draws people in. It might even be a superhuman ability.’
Ethan smiled back and focused all his senses on Cairodias.
‘Let’s check. How much of a gap is there between the Emperor and .’
If he could feel the other’s strength, it could be seen as a strength that could be caught up to.
But if he couldn’t feel anything, it ant there was a difference too great to catch up to, so Ethan focused his senses keenly to grasp that gap.
‘Hmm.’
It was very subtle, but Ethan could feel sothing from Cairodias.
It was too faint to be considered a asure of strength. But clearly, sothing was felt.
Cairodias is one of the strongest in the continent. Even the Sword Saint, one of the continent’s top powerhouses, yielded to Cairodias, so there was no match for him within the Holy Empire at the mont.
‘From what I’ve heard, even if all the heads of the Twelve Families attack at once, they can’t win. I don’t know if it’s really to that extent, but I’ve seen him fight six family heads.’
Even when six family heads of the Twelve Families attacked simultaneously, they all fell to Cairodias’s hands. It was fortunate it was just a sparring match; if it wasn’t, they would have lost their lives right there.
‘And it was an overwhelming victory. The Emperor still had plenty of energy left.’
In fact, the skill gap could be seen as much greater.
‘Considering I can feel sothing from this monster, I guess I’ve caught up to the tail end at least.’
The tail end of none other than the continent’s strongest. Ethan was very pleased with his current growth rate.
“I greet Your Majesty the Emperor.”
Ethan knelt and bowed his head.
“Ethan Whiskers, raise your head. You have accomplished a great deed. I have long tried to cure Evangeline’s illness, but no herbs worked, and even Royal Gwyn’s Director Vanderas could only extend her life. But you did it. You accomplished the impossible, so there should be a reward for that.”
It was a very satisfied voice.
“Ethan Whiskers, is there anything you desire? You may speak frankly. If it’s sothing I can grant, I will grant anything.”
The Emperor was at the pinnacle of power.
He had the power to grant anything Ethan wanted.
‘There’s no need to be unnecessarily polite.’
He needed to act differently from the powerful figures he had t so far, like the Sword Saint or other heads of the Twelve Families.
‘Honestly, what I want.’
“There is soone I’m looking for. The Saintess of the Holylight Order. I would like to et her.”
There are several ways to et the Saintess whose whereabouts are difficult to find. Among them, what Ethan chose was maximizing his fa value.
‘The Emperor might be able to summon the Saintess.’
“Is it because of that disease? The Extinction that’s clouding your brain and rotting your soul.”
Ethan inwardly marveled.
‘As expected, he’s amazing. Even Regia could only know after examining my insides.’
Since Ethan had beco stronger in various ways so far, it would be difficult to know just by looking that he had such a terrible disease.
But Ethan didn’t show it and nodded, saying,
“Yes, I want to live. I’ve heard that the Saintess of Holylight could cure this vicious disease. I happened to et Lord Regia at the new teacher training conference and ford a connection, but I was told I couldn’t easily et the Saintess…”
“That’s a good mindset. But unfortunately, your request is one of the few things I cannot grant. The Saintess of Holylight is certainly my subject, but at the sa ti, I am a believer of the Holylight Order.”
The Emperor shook his head.
“Moreover, your disease is on a different level from ordinary Extinction.”
“Pardon?”
‘Does he know sothing?’
“That’s why, despite having such excellent dical skills to cure Evangeline’s disease, you can’t cure your own illness.”
Certainly, this Extinction was too powerful.
Even the renowned healing gods of the new world said they couldn’t cure it. Even Ethan, who learned their dical techniques and could cure the incurable extre cold atrophy syndro, couldn’t cure himself.
“Are you saying, Your Majesty, that this disease is not Extinction?”
“No, it is Extinction. I can’t mistake it. There’s no other disease that rots the soul first. My words about it being on a different level don’t an that.”
The Emperor said.
“Your Extinction is dense. Denser than any I’ve ever seen. As if it were real.”
“Real… you say?”
“Everything has an original. That attire of yours, there must have been soone who first made that form. The clothes of the person who made it first would have been called real. It’s the sa. Your Extinction is real.”
Real. The curse and disease that was created first.
“The original, the first Extinction. To my eyes, your disease looks like that.”
He had been thinking that it didn’t seem like an ordinary disease.
But Ethan didn’t show it. Nor did he despair.
He was just trying to calmly assess the current situation.
He wasn’t the type to be discouraged by this much.
“Then do you think even if I et the Saintess, she won’t be able to cure this?”
“That’s not sothing I can predict. You’ll know when you et her. I don’t know how to create miracles, but the Saintess knows how.”
In short, it ant this disease couldn’t be cured unless it was a miracle.
‘And it also ans the Saintess can create that miracle.’
Ethan nodded once.
“Given the circumstances, I should ask again what you want.”
Ethan thought for a mont. If he couldn’t et the Saintess, it seed best to go with the original plan.
“I would like to et the King of the Demon Empire.”
“I just said there were a few things I couldn’t grant, didn’t I?”
The Emperor laughed as if amused.
“That’s also included in those things. Many have made requests to so far, but you’re the first to ask for things I can’t do in succession. It’s been a while since I’ve felt powerless.”
“Then…”
Ethan currently believes in Moonforce.
The more believers in Moonforce, the more Ethan’s power increases as well.
What if he built that temple in the capital?
‘The believers of Moonforce would increase. If people know a temple was built by the Emperor’s order, that alone would gather many believers.’
“…”
The Emperor’s eyebrow twitched at the third request.
After a mont of silence, the Emperor opened his mouth.
“Ethan Whiskers.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“I’ll have a temple built for you in the capital. Yes, no one has amused as much as you have recently.”
‘It seems this was also originally not allowed. Having said he would grant anything, he couldn’t refuse everything, so it feels like he reluctantly agreed.’
This was the reward for curing Princess Evangeline’s incurable disease. It was tantamount to accomplishing the impossible, and the Emperor would have his pride too.
Ethan inwardly grinned and bowed his head.
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
***
After the imperial audience.
Ethan received a bundle of parchnts from the Emperor’s direct secretary.
“What is all this?”
“These are the rewards for this matter, Lord Ethan Whiskers.”
The parchnts contained words about rewarding Ethan, along with nurous rewards written.
A considerable amount of gold and various jewels, all sorts of artifacts.
In addition, there was an appointnt letter officially appointing Ethan Whiskers as a count and granting him a new territory.
“His Majesty said the confernt ceremony could be omitted.”
The territory granted by the Emperor was quite far from the Whiskers territory, but it was close enough to connect if desired.
“He also said he would grant vassals…”
As he beca a count, of course, he should have vassals.
“If you want, he said he would dispatch the imperial palace’s royal knights for a certain period to help manage the territory.”
The secretary gestured as if telling Ethan to continue reading the parchnts.
“And the last part of that parchnt is what His Majesty additionally cared for.”
Ethan’s eyes widened as he checked the last parchnt.
‘He said he couldn’t summon her, but…’
“If you take that to the Holylight Order, you should be able to have a private audience with the Pope.”
Even Ethan had never seen the Pope of the Holylight Order.
‘If it’s the Pope, he would definitely arrange a eting with the Saintess. At the very least, it could increase the chances of eting the Saintess later.’
“He also granted you an honorary healer position at Royal Gwyn. You can receive treatnt at Royal Gwyn anyti if you want. Your acquaintances should also be able to receive treatnt at Royal Gwyn.”
The endless rewards continued.
“And the last parchnt is an entry pass for the imperial library.”
Ethan’s eyes widened for a mont.
The imperial library was where many precious books slept.
‘It can be considered the imperial palace’s treasure vault.’
Various secret books recording weapon techniques and military strategies, magic books containing nurous spells, etc.
The imperial library was where precious books of invaluable worth were kept.
‘I heard there are also books related to the imperial palace’s swordsmanship and magic.’
Ethan had never entered the imperial library even in Pan.
Only princes, princesses, and those permitted by the Emperor could enter the imperial library.
“The imperial library is a noble place. The librarian of the imperial library will probably explain again, but you must not disclose information you encounter there to the outside.”
Ethan nodded.
“Thank you for treating Princess Evangeline.”
The Emperor’s direct secretary bowed his head.
‘He’s soone who has assisted the Emperor for many years. He has enough power to influence the selection of the imperial successor.’
Unlike in Pan, Princess Evangeline didn’t die, so this secretary was likely to support Evangeline.
‘The imperial palace will be in turmoil. I need to use all the information I know before the situation changes.’
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