Surviving With An Sss Rank Inventory

Surviving With An Sss-Rank Inventory Chapter 174

Episode 174:

Avalon Palace.

A place where the highest-ranking people on the continent reside.

Emperor Freud, whose name is the same as that of the Empire, pressed his throbbing temple.

The emperor raised his head and looked at the empire’s strongest sword kneeling before him.

“Gunther.”

“yes. your majesty.”

Gunther, who knew well why the emperor was worried, silently waited for the emperor to continue.

“If you were coming, maybe you should have said something.”

“…I apologize.”

Gunther’s original plan was to slowly join the Imperial Magic Corps waiting at the border outside the Demon Realm and teleport to the Imperial Capital.

Gunther appeases Dio and at the same time uses the artifact to deliver news to the emperor.

While escaping from the magic world, the imperial family prepared to welcome Dio and his group, and as soon as preparations were completed, the magic corps attempted to teleport them away.

No matter what Dio’s relationship with the empire is, he is the continent’s hero who defeated the Demon Lord.

However, all these plans were foiled because there was a powerful wizard who could use long-distance teleportation among Dio’s group.

Long-distance teleportation is a high-level magic that a magic ‘army’ can use by pooling their strength.

But that’s because I didn’t know there was a magician who used it alone.

“Phew – I don’t blame you. “He is a wizard who freely uses spatial movement within the Demon Realm… I should have noticed this a long time ago.”

The emperor thought of the Allied forces that had returned first from Ma Jing.

That many people moved from the demonic area to Bertio’s territory in an instant.

At that time, the Allied forces were all in a half-awake, dazed state, so they did not remember in detail how they moved.

‘No matter what, the distance between Bertio and the ecliptic must be quite a bit… Are you saying that a greater distance than that was covered in an instant?’

The emperor shook off his thoughts about the powerful wizard and focused again on what had just happened.

The reason the emperor was having trouble now was simple.

‘Solarism’ has become a hot topic among people recently.

This is because Dio and his companions, who would stand at the center of the cult, arrived in the middle of the imperial capital without warning.

You might be wondering what the problem was with Dio and his group suddenly storming into the imperial capital, but from the empire’s perspective, it wasn’t an issue that could be easily overlooked.

‘I never thought the rumor would spread so quickly.’

Currently, numerous allied forces who joined Prince Prian in suppressing the Demon Lord were stationed in the imperial capital of the empire.

They recognized Dio’s face first when they arrived at the imperial capital, and the rumor quickly spread.

It is said that the Great Master of the Solari Church has returned after carrying out the mission of the Demon Lord.

Because of this, many people from all over the continent continued to flock to the imperial capital.

There are even more people than when the Allied forces returned to the Bertio territory.

A person who wants to meet the rumored great warrior.

A person who wants to know who the hero who defeated Acrich was.

Even people who want to join the Solari Church.

The crowds who flocked for all sorts of reasons saturated even the largest ecliptic.

‘You can’t kick people out.’

This was not something that could be solved by simply kicking out the people who came here.

Everyone who came to see Dio expressed their dissatisfaction with the imperial family.

A demonic spirit that no one dared to conquer.

The hero who led the allied forces and successfully defeated the Demon Lord was none other than Dio.

It was natural for the people to be angry because the empire did not provide a proper welcome or victory ceremony for such a hero.

However, from the imperial family’s perspective, it is an unfair situation.

If they had honestly entered the imperial capital through the main gate, the emperor planned to hold a grand welcome ceremony as the people wanted.

Who knew that long-distance teleportation would be used?

‘Whoa…but it’s a shame that it was announced so quickly.’

The authority and status of the emperor are not so weak that the people dare to be dissatisfied.

Nevertheless, the reason the emperor is reluctant is because the object of comparison between the empire and the emperor is someone who is praised as a ‘hero’.

The only person who stands above empire and religion.

Because that is what is called a ‘hero’.

The emperor, who was aware of this, immediately issued a statement immediately after Dio and his party arrived, and the empire announced this to the entire continent.

This means that the Solari Church will be appointed as an official religion and that the Empire will spare no effort in supporting Solari’s revival.

Fortunately, the people’s dissatisfaction subsided due to the empire’s attitude of acknowledging Solari, the body of the hero.

And now, a day has passed since Dio and his group arrived at the imperial capital.

The imperial family was about to hold a banquet to welcome Dio.

“your majesty. “All preparations for the banquet are complete.”

One of the subjects bowed to the emperor and reported the progress of the banquet.

The emperor nodded, stood up, and left Avalon Palace with Gunther.

“Anyway, I’m looking forward to it. “I never thought I would meet someone called a warrior in my lifetime.”

The Emperor’s heart was pounding and he was surprised at his own feelings.

Even though he was old enough, he never expected to become a warrior from legends.

“What about you? Do you really think that a person named Dio is worthy of being a warrior?”

“I guarantee his strength…”

“You will know when you meet him.”

The emperor waved his hand as if he was satisfied with what Gunther had said.

The emperor also had a childhood.

Rather than a boring emperor, he admired a warrior who always went on adventures and helped people.

A forgotten fantasy of an emperor.

Maybe this moment was the moment he had dreamed of.

A picture of himself celebrating the birth of a warrior.

“His Majesty, the great Emperor of the Freudian Empire, enters!”

When the emperor and Gunther arrived in front of the banquet hall, the guards with their military discipline in full force opened the banquet hall door and shouted.

‘Finally…’

The emperor’s heart trembled when he saw Dio, whom he had only heard about in stories.

I thought that he would definitely captivate the audience with his majestic appearance.

Because that is what the emperor always imagined the warrior to be like.

With that in mind, as soon as he entered the banquet hall, the hero’s voice reached the emperor’s ears.

“everyone! With the Solari, there is nothing to fear.”

The highest podium installed inside the banquet hall.

The emperor could see Dio shouting from the podium.

However, it was very different from what I expected.

“Who do you think is thanks to us that we are alive and breathing now?”

“Money and fame are not important! “Photosynthesis is what humans need to live.”

“The sun gives energy to life. “Without this energy, we would all die.”

“The energy that makes up our bodies! “It is the sun that gives us this energy.”

Dio majestically says complicated words.

However, Dio did not care about the comments and raised his voice even louder.

“There are more than one force currently slandering Solari. “Are you going to just let me take away the warm sunlight from you all?”

“You can’t do that!”

“That’s right!”

“everyone! With Solari, there is nothing to fear. Let us believe in the sun together!”

“Solari! Solari!”

People endlessly shouting for Solari in response to Dio’s speech.

Even the nobles who owned large estates among them were shouting passionately.

“As of today, Solari is the official religion of our territory!”

“From now on, any hostility towards the Solari will be considered hostility towards me!”

When the emperor saw the group of people going crazy as if they were hypnotized, he took his eyes off this absurd sight and looked at Gunther.

He made an expression as if he were wondering if that person like the cult leader was really a person called a hero.

“Well…they said they wouldn’t attend the banquet unless permission was given to carry out missionary work…”

Gunter had no idea that Dio would evangelize so openly.

Gunther couldn’t help but trail off his words and look at Dio with resentful eyes.

* * *

Evelyn was thrilled when she got to experience the imperial family’s huge banquet that she had heard about through rumors.

A chandelier that shines so extravagantly that you can’t even look at it.

All kinds of delicacies were lined up on the table spread out below.

“Wow – what is this?”

Evelyn didn’t pay the slightest attention to Dio’s speech that deceived people.

Evelyn had seen Dio talking incomprehensibly numerous times during his journey.

So Evelyn was able to realize.

That it would be easier for me not to be interested in D.O. in that state.

Right now, it was better for Evelyn to focus on the feast in front of her rather than Dio’s speech.

“Mmm!”

The foods that dazzled Evelyn were desserts full of sweet fragrance.

A cake covered in strawberry cream.

A contradictory pudding that is soft yet elastic.

Even cookies filled with chocolate with just the right amount of sweetness.

“So sweet!”

I put a piece of cake in my mouth and muttered happily to myself.

“You should take everything you can.”

Evelyn tasted the food once and made a promise.

Dio’s intention was to take something that suited his taste and put it in a bag called subspace.

But I was worried because there were so many delicious things.

“This and this…”

Evelyn, not at all mindful that storing food can be quite a tricky task, created her own list.

Various cookies that can be stored easily began to be swept into his sleeve pocket.

“Wow, there’s ice cream too. Should I freeze this?”

Evelyn, who was walking around all kinds of tables, stopped in front of various ice creams placed on antique silver cups.

“It’s so delicious! Wow, there are so many different colors!”

Evelyn held a spoon in front of the green ice cream and scooped up a large scoop and put it in her mouth.

“Yuck! Tsk tsk tsk! what’s this!”

Evelyn expected the sweetness of ice cream, but the spicy, refreshing mint flavor filled her mouth and she spat it out.

The attendant who was delivering food saw Evelyn like that and spoke kindly to her.

“This is mint chocolate ice cream, which is popular these days.”

“You put mint in chocolate? “Why do you do that?”

“At the request of nobles who love mint, it was specially presented at today’s banquet.”

“You like this?”

Evelin finished her explanation and looked at the back of the waiter, who was politely leaving, with a dumbfounded expression.

“There are a lot of things in the world that I don’t understand.”

Evelin took note in her memory.

Just because it’s imperial food doesn’t mean it’s necessarily delicious.

* * *

While Evelyn was wandering around in dire straits, Roberto was in the most awkward situation among Dio’s group.

“My name is Fran, the eldest daughter of Count Amuller.”

“Oh yeah.”

“It is an honor to meet Roberto like this. “As rumored, he is very handsome.”

“Oh my… how happy I am…”

“Our Premier Viscount also joined us on the eastern expedition, do you remember? My brother told me a story about Roberto…”

“Hey. “I’m talking first, right?”

“What do you mean? “You were the one who intervened late?”

“….”

Roberto simply answered.

However, Roberto could not help but feel burdened by the war of nerves among the daughters of prestigious noble families gathered around him.

Roberto, who remembered the nightmare that happened in Oaks Village again, just sipped champagne, ignoring the ladies.

When I approached Evelyn, I was reluctant to be seen as part of her group due to her ugly behavior.

However, Roberto’s actions made the ladies exclaim in admiration.

“How…it looks like a painting.”

“Please tell me the story of defeating the demonic beasts.”

“Can you visit my family sometime?”

“I have the intention of abandoning my entire family and running away for love…”

At the renewed interest from the ladies, Roberto sighed and looked at Dio in the distance.

Roberto did not want to participate in the banquet, but was forced to attend due to Dio’s orders.

It was to let people know the faces of the party since they plan to join the great power of the empire in the future.

Of course, Dio’s idea was effective.

At least all the ladies who participated in the banquet expressed interest in Roberto.

Anyway, since Dio said something, Roberto forces himself to hang out with the ladies, thinking it’s work.

Dio, whether aware of Roberto’s hardships or not, was still continuing his pseudo-missionary activities toward people.

“For the Solari!”

“for!”

“Long live the sun!”

“hurray!”

Along with Dio’s shout, Solari’s praise rang loudly in the banquet hall again.

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