The Savior of the Villainess in a Romance Novel

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Today, while I was training at the marquis’ house, Sojeon started talking to me.

“I think you should go out now.”

“What is it?”

Sojeon handed me a letter.

“This is an invitation from the imperial family. The imperial carriage and knights are waiting in front of the mansion to see if they are leaving immediately.”

“okay? I’ll get it right away.”

No, I knew that an invitation would be sent, but right away. Isn’t it too urgent to be in a hurry? Usually, you schedule and call.

My eyebrows narrowed at the imperial family’s rudeness, but what can I do? If it’s black, you have to

I put on the uniform brought by Sojeon, wiping the sweat with a towel. After that, when I went up to the mansion, Mikaris was waiting for me.

“My husband is on his way to success, so I need to see him off.”

“hahahaha, Mika too. I’ll be back soon.”

When I arrived in front of the mansion, the imperial knights were waiting for me.

“It is an honor to meet the Sword Saint. Sir Johannes.”

“Let’s do that formal greeting later. Let’s go at once.”

“Ah, yes!”

The eyes of the knight who saw me flickered. It’s like watching a celebrity… such a look.

It’s not that I don’t understand. dragon slayer If you see such a person in front of your eyes, who will be sober? When I was successful, I received these kind of eyes, and I really grew up a lot!

Just when he was admiring his own pride, the imperial carriage started moving.

…

After moving for a while, they arrived at the imperial palace. Then what came into my eyes was a procession of captured knights.

‘It’s a very strong welcome this time too.’

As I straightened my disheveled uniform and looked around, a man ran in haste from afar. It was the Grand Chancellor of the Empire, Eric Warenberg.

“Huck, huck. Forgive me for being late. Sir Johannes. Do you remember me?”

“sure. Isn’t it the Warenberg Chancellor?”

“you’re right. This time, we met with the Sword Saint. It is an honour. Come on.”

On the way to the emperor’s throne room, the Grand Chancellor kept talking to me.

“How does it feel to see a dragon in person?”

“I am really sorry about Sir Schharz’s end. however… ”

“I’ve never seen Lord Cloud’s great magic. How is it?”

Was this person originally such a talkative person? Even if it bothers me, it bothers me too much. I just want to go quietly… .

“There are too many questions to answer… .”

“Oh, sorry. The rest is so honored to meet the hero. hahahaha… ”

The Grand Chancellor smiled shyly.

“it’s okay. The Grand Chancellor may also have questions.”

“Thank you for your consideration. Ah, you have reached the audience room.”

When I arrived at the entrance of the audience room, the knights guarding the door shouted as if they had been waiting.

“your majesty! Sword Saint, Sir Johannes has arrived!”

“Send it.”

The door to the throne room opened, and I met the sun of the Empire once again. I went to the throne and got down on one knee. This time the other ministers were not present and the emperor sat alone.

“Meet the Sun of the Empire, His Majesty Henry Elowis.”

“This time, I saw it as the Sword Saint. Okay, how are you these days?”

“What can I do? It’s just training.”

“is it. okay..”

The emperor got up and walked through the audience room. Then he looked out the window and told me.

“From the subjugation of Majin to the subjugation of Gwangryong. I am grateful to you in many ways.”

“… I just did what I had to do as a Sword Saint.”

The Emperor came up to me and put a hand on my shoulder.

“I’m going to give you the prize you deserve. Various rewards such as gold and silver treasures, titles, and territories. however… ”

“Do you have any concerns?”

“Recently, the territory has been reduced due to pollution, so there is no territory to bestow on you. The cleanup work continues, but it is not easy. There are too many witches.”

The emperor sat down again and spoke to me.

“So, I want to give you a mission. Would you like to hear my offer?”

“What suggestions?”

“When you graduate from the academy, you will clean up the pollution in the South. The reward will be no less than that. Oh, and support, of course.”

What the hell are you giving me on a mission to clean up the pollution in the South? What, are you going to give me the title of grand duke? Then you should get it right away.

“I am very happy to have received the mission directly from His Majesty, but would it be all right if I ask what the reward is?”

“The whole South. And I’ll give you the grand duke title.”

A real grand ducal title? All the way to the South? you must get this however..

“Wouldn’t the original southern masters and other nobles have strong opposition?”

“Don’t worry about that. The master of the South is no more. Also, there are not many nobles who covet the territories that were consumed by pollution.”

So you’re saying I’m going to clean up and save everything from start to finish? this..

“… I will obey the orders of His Majesty the Emperor.”

“Ha ha, yes. it should be Do you know the Grand Duke of the North?”

“That famous… .”

“okay. The Grand Duke of the North, Gustav Klose.”

The Grand Duke of the North, a figure that comes to mind and is indispensable when talking about romance.

His name is Gustav Klose. Starting from a commoner like me, he is a transcendentalist who blocked the pollution of the north alone.

I have heard that the emperor personally bestowed titles and territories on high merit.

The reason I set the goal of becoming the Grand Duke is because of him. It wasn’t a big deal in the original story.

Looking at it this way, it seems that the Empire doesn’t care much about bloodlines.

The same goes for the academy’s rules, which basically don’t care too much about titles. Is it because the first emperor, Elowis, started as a commoner?

Well, anyway, high-ranking nobles go with high-ranking nobles, and low-ranking nobles go with low-ranking nobles.

“There is no guarantee that you will not become like that grand duke. I look forward to graduating.”

“It is an honor to be expected by Your Majesty.”

But when is the reward given? I wish I could tell you what the reward is.

“okay. I think our conversation is over now. The reward story has already been finished with the Grand Chancellor, so you’d better hear it yourself. It’s fine to just leave.”

“I am sorry. your majesty.”

I came out of the audience room under the guidance of the Grand Chancellor. So I went to the Grand Chancellor’s office,

“First of all, it is a reward story. Sir Johannes will now be counted, not viscount. and… ”

“Wait, Countess?”

“That’s right. Sir Johannes is now a count. And permission to enter the imperial treasury. You can come out with anything you want from the treasury, and gold coins will also be given to you by His Majesty’s order.”

Wow, slaying a dragon overflows with rewards. well, it’s worth it I went through so much trouble catching a dragon.

“Your Majesty has been very merciful.”

“no! You’re both a dragon slayer and a swordsman, so it’s a natural reward. Rather, His Majesty lamented that he regretted not being able to give us the territory.”

“Oh, I see… .”

territory It should be nice to receive it, but now that I think about it, it just seems like a nuisance. Maybe it’s because I’ve seen the Marquis of Dean Wright get busy with work.

“The paperwork is over. All you have to do is sign here.”

“Can I go right into the treasure chest?”

“yes. As soon as the paperwork is completed, right away.”

Hmm, what should I take from the treasure chest? You won’t find a better sword than Aetherna. Should I look for a Mikaris gift?

“Can I be escorted to the treasure room right away?”

“Yes, I will guide you.”

The Grand Chancellor started guiding them to the treasure room. In the meantime, I saw an unwelcome face.

“Sir Johannes. Nice to meet you.”

“Meet the Little Sun of the Empire, Crown Prince Adan Elowis.”

“There is no such formal greeting between us. Aren’t they academy motives?”

what’s between us academy motive? don’t pretend to be friendly

“hahahaha, that’s right too.”

The prince smiled and asked for a handshake. To be honest, I hate receiving it. There was a time when I almost died because of this bastard, so I can shake hands with a smile.

What should I do? I held out my hand and accepted a handshake.

“Yes, the road seems busy, but I’m sorry I stopped you. See you.”

“Then excuse me.”

I want to bite my tongue right now. because I was in a bad mood.

Continue moving with the great chancellor with a furrowed brow,

“Here it is. The imperial treasury.”

“The door is very grand.”

We arrived at a huge door with a lion pattern, the symbol of the empire. Even armed knights guarding the surroundings. Just looking at it exudes admiration.

“Here is a document with His Majesty’s seal on it.”

“Has confirmed.”

When the Grand Chancellor showed the seal, the door to the treasury opened. Then what caught my eye…

It was a mountain made of gold coins enough to think of it as a dragon’s nest, and artifacts and various weapons stored in a fancy cabinet.

“This is great.”

“Because it is where the history of the empire is stored. You can come out with one of them, so choose slowly.”

The Grand Chancellor closed the door of the treasury and left.

“Now, what would be good?”

I started looking around the treasure house step by step. There’s a subspace pocket, so you can sneak out one or two, but…

‘It would be better not to.’

I opened my eyes shallowly. It was to check the material of the object as an insight. After looking around for a while…

What I picked up was a sword. Someone has Eterna, why? I can also ask

Eterna has one fatal weakness. It was that I had the nature of pure white light, so I couldn’t put on my main attribute, the dark attribute.

So what I chose was the sword. Judging from the insight eye, it could contain a lot of magic power and aura, and judging from the material, it had performance that was not lacking compared to Eterna.

A golden jewel attached to the tip of a red sword blade and a black hilt.

I really liked it because it went well with my black uniform.

When I left the treasure room with a hearty smile, the Dae Chancellor’s eyes widened.

“Wait, that sword… !”

“What’s wrong?”

“It’s a magic sword! This sword must be sealed in an underground warehouse, but how… .”

“It doesn’t look like a demonic sword to my eyes, but… .”

The Grand Chancellor corrected his glasses.

“This sword is a blood-drinking sword. The blade becomes stronger the more it cuts, but it consumes the owner’s life force. This stuff is too dangerous! Doing it with a different weapon… ”

“No, I like this.”

The more it cuts, the stronger the blade becomes and consumes the owner’s life force. When I looked at it with my insight eye, I didn’t see that feeling at all. Rather, it was because he was shining by asking me to choose myself.

“Is that so… . Since it’s the Sword Saint’s choice, there’s nothing I can say about it. Then I will report that you chose that demonic sword.”

“yes. Probably no problem. One eye I see is no joke.”

So I became Count Johannes, and came out with a demonic sword from the imperial treasury.

While I was hurrying out of the imperial palace with the intention of returning to the marquis family and boasting to Mikaris, a mysterious woman spoke to me.

“Is Viscount Johannes right?”

“I am Count Johannes now.”

“Oh, is that so? My name is Ariel.”

Golden bun hair, long eyelashes, and a sharp impression.

who was it I’m familiar with something

“Hoho, don’t you know Ariel Royce of Count Royce?”

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Count Lois? Ah, that crazy b*tch! This person is the real villain among the villains, no, just a crazy person!

how crazy you are,

In the original work, she threatens Seri Verdia, feeds her livestock filth, and complains about everything, and bullying is basic.

Later, even assassination and kidnapping. It wasn’t even a simple kidnapping, he tried to throw it to the thieves, so this person is just a crazy person.

The reason was simple. It is one of the reasons why he goes with his favorite St. Richmond.

The impression was crumpled due to psychological rejection.

“I have something I want to suggest to you, would you like to hear it?”

“hahahaha, what are you trying to suggest… .”

“How about breaking your engagement with Lady Merian and coming to me? Can our family provide all the support?”

What is this nonsense again?