To see the best ending in the John route in <Redemption>, Charlotte had to become the winner of the Athena Island hunting competition.
Charlotte, a commoner, needed to have a reputation of over 500 to become the Crown Princess, and to do so, she had to win this competition and have her face cast on the silver coin. This meant that all the people of the empire would know the face of the winner, Charlotte.
And when they were doing that episode, this conversation came up.
< During last year's hunting competition, His Majesty the Emperor was attacked by an assassin while encouraging the participants, so the competition was interrupted.
Unfortunately, two major disasters occurred in the forest, and all S-class Transcendents went to suppress them.
He missed the assassin that day. That's why he won't be inspecting the hunting competition this year and will be staying at the summer palace the whole time. >
That year, Charlotte brought the eggs of a small, cute water bird as prey to appease the Emperor, and the Emperor was so moved that he selected Charlotte as the winner.
Charlotte, who received the laurel wreath, wrote the following in her wish list,
< My wish is for His Majesty the Emperor to remain in good health forever. >
The Emperor was even more moved by her courageous heart. This story spread widely and he made her the Crown Princess.
That episode taught her what game would definitely win this year's hunting competition.
'I must catch those four assassins. Only then can I claim the laurels of victory.'
Of course, it's not her turn. This time, the winner has to be Karl.
'Even if I become the winner, it's easy for my father to be suspicious or deceived. It's not time for me to be revealed yet.'
Laurel wreath, honor. She doesn't need those things. What she needs is the 'Wish Ticket' which she plans to use to turn Karl into a slave in her service.
And another goal is... the ‘prize’ of this year’s hunting competition.
“Here!”
The slope of the mountain gradually became steeper. Karl was probably just now arriving at the agreed location.
Earlier, when Odette met Karl again after seeing Sion's tricks, he was surprisingly free of his intimidation. Odette was quite surprised, but she had other important things to do, so she urged Karl to be careful.
“Karl, meet me at the cliffs of Tartarus. There you will fight the Emperor’s assassins. Kill the assassins and gain his favor.”
When the Emperor screams in the forest, the startled assassins take him to the cliffs of Tartarus.
'But I have to get there before Karl.'
She had told that bastard Karl to stay still when he met the Emperor, but... there was a chance that that bastard would act strangely after meeting the Emperor.
'Just like when he decided he was going to commit suicide, I changed my plans on my own.'
Because he might suddenly change his plan to kill the Emperor.
Now it was almost the cliffs of Tartarus.
'Karl's disgust is also confirmed.'
[ 'Karl' does not exist within the 20-quest range. ]
[ Dislike level cannot be checked. ]
'That's fortunate.'
Anyway, she wasn't shouting out to check the disgust level because she was curious about Karl's disgust level.
It was to check whether it was within the 20-quest range or not.
As Odette approached the cliff, she felt relieved to see the disgusting window without any other notifications.
'Thank goodness. I guess I got there first.'
But the sight that appeared on the cliff as soon as Odette arrived was beyond her expectations.
[ 'Karl' has entered the 20 quest range. ]
[ Check the disgust level. ]
[ Dislike level: 0 ]
'Fuck.'
The Emperor was struck by a poisoned arrow and lost consciousness from loss of blood.
The four masked assassins's neck and body had already separated Karl's neck and body with his bare hands.
This is so good-
The problem was that Karl was standing on the edge of a cliff, holding the unconscious Emperor by the collar in one hand.
'Karl, he dares disobey my orders again.'
Odette couldn't help but be angry.
“...”
Odette was worried that Karl would ignore her and let go of the Emperor's collar, but fortunately, he looked in her direction with his hands still strong.
She couldn't speak properly because of her anger. She could guess what motivated that kid to do such a thing.
'Because the Emperor is the one who demoted the Fenrir clan to third-class citizens.'
The Emperor also knows that he is the target of Karl's revenge. Even if the Emperor dies first, there will be no problem in destroying the Empire.
'That's why I warned you last time! Don't disobey my orders again!'
Odette asked in a low voice.
“...What were my orders, Karl?”
“The mission was to kill all of the Emperor’s assassins and gain the Emperor’s favor.”
“Yes... You understood my orders very precisely.”
But Karl still held the Emperor by the collar. The Emperor was lying there, bleeding profusely, in a grotesque state.
“I am not killing him. I have no intention of letting him go. I am just leaving him here so that the Emperor’s blood can drain quickly.”
It was a calm tone, like saying that the laundry needs to dry quickly.
“So, I have never once disobeyed my master’s orders.”
“Then I give you a separate order. Save the Emperor, Karl.”
Karl's red eyes stared at me.
“Master.”
But in the end, he obeyed her words and laid the Emperor on the floor. Odette fed the Emperor some herbs while he lay down and asked him something important.
“Does the Emperor know that you did this?”
“He’ll only remember when I saved him. He lost consciousness right after I killed all four assassins.”
Odette suppressed her anger. The first priority was for the Emperor to breathe again.
‘...I never thought you would disobey me.’
If this is the case, then it might be possible for him to kill the Count with his own hands before she can even set up the board.
“Haven’t you ever thought that if the Emperor dies like this, you could be accused of being a murderer? A runaway slave was found on this island. You have a motive.”
“It doesn’t matter. As long as I can get revenge for Fenrir. I will put the will of the Fenrir clan before my life.”
At those words, the anger that had been boiling over cooled down.
'This is the last straw. If nothing changes this time, Karl will be abandoned.'
Now it was time to make a decision.
Three times was enough. Getting hit in the back of the head by a chess piece or something.
As he watched the Emperor's breath return, Karl felt regret. There were orders from his master to save the Emperor and gain his favor, but there was no order to save the Emperor.
He had to take advantage of that gap to kill the Emperor.
'I should have moved a little faster.'
It was then that Odette grabbed his cheeks with both hands and pulled him towards her.
“You don’t understand the intent of my order, do you? It clearly contained the implication that you were to save the Emperor.”
Odette's turquoise eyes looked at him.
'Again.'
Odette treats him indifferently, even though his mother and father are uncomfortable with him.
Even the Fenrir clan felt uncomfortable and fearful of Karl.
'Even the children who are together in the detention facility.'
Karl didn't really feel bad about their reluctance, but he did think that Odette was a strange being.
She carelessly cupped Karl's cheek, hugged him, and consoled him as if he were no different from other people.
Karl was comfortable being alone. It wasn't like he was always understood unilaterally anyway.
Karl, too, could not understand other people. Beings who were weak, slow, and dull, and whose perspective was different from his.
“You clearly understood the purpose of my order, yet you took advantage of a loophole in it?”
So, it always felt strange and absurd for Karl to see a woman looking at him like this.
'This human is so weak, isn't she afraid of me?'
Indeed, he can't use the brute force of the Fenrir clan because of the imprint. But even if he could only use the strength of a normal human, killing a woman wouldn't be a big deal.
At first glance, this woman seems very weak, thin, and-.
'Have my fear centers been damaged?'
It was then that she noticed that Karl was not concentrating.
“Concentrate.”
The woman said as she pulled Karl closer to her face.
The woman spoke in a determined voice.
“Karl, you think that your revenge on the Kingdom of Fenrir will end just by killing the Emperor? No, you won’t. What you want is the complete destruction of the Empire, right?”
Karl's red eyes opened wide.
Charlotte, a commoner, needed to have a reputation of over 500 to become the Crown Princess, and to do so, she had to win this competition and have her face cast on the silver coin. This meant that all the people of the empire would know the face of the winner, Charlotte.
And when they were doing that episode, this conversation came up.
< During last year's hunting competition, His Majesty the Emperor was attacked by an assassin while encouraging the participants, so the competition was interrupted.
Unfortunately, two major disasters occurred in the forest, and all S-class Transcendents went to suppress them.
He missed the assassin that day. That's why he won't be inspecting the hunting competition this year and will be staying at the summer palace the whole time. >
That year, Charlotte brought the eggs of a small, cute water bird as prey to appease the Emperor, and the Emperor was so moved that he selected Charlotte as the winner.
Charlotte, who received the laurel wreath, wrote the following in her wish list,
< My wish is for His Majesty the Emperor to remain in good health forever. >
The Emperor was even more moved by her courageous heart. This story spread widely and he made her the Crown Princess.
That episode taught her what game would definitely win this year's hunting competition.
'I must catch those four assassins. Only then can I claim the laurels of victory.'
Of course, it's not her turn. This time, the winner has to be Karl.
'Even if I become the winner, it's easy for my father to be suspicious or deceived. It's not time for me to be revealed yet.'
Laurel wreath, honor. She doesn't need those things. What she needs is the 'Wish Ticket' which she plans to use to turn Karl into a slave in her service.
And another goal is... the ‘prize’ of this year’s hunting competition.
“Here!”
The slope of the mountain gradually became steeper. Karl was probably just now arriving at the agreed location.
Earlier, when Odette met Karl again after seeing Sion's tricks, he was surprisingly free of his intimidation. Odette was quite surprised, but she had other important things to do, so she urged Karl to be careful.
“Karl, meet me at the cliffs of Tartarus. There you will fight the Emperor’s assassins. Kill the assassins and gain his favor.”
When the Emperor screams in the forest, the startled assassins take him to the cliffs of Tartarus.
'But I have to get there before Karl.'
She had told that bastard Karl to stay still when he met the Emperor, but... there was a chance that that bastard would act strangely after meeting the Emperor.
'Just like when he decided he was going to commit suicide, I changed my plans on my own.'
Because he might suddenly change his plan to kill the Emperor.
Now it was almost the cliffs of Tartarus.
'Karl's disgust is also confirmed.'
[ 'Karl' does not exist within the 20-quest range. ]
[ Dislike level cannot be checked. ]
'That's fortunate.'
Anyway, she wasn't shouting out to check the disgust level because she was curious about Karl's disgust level.
It was to check whether it was within the 20-quest range or not.
As Odette approached the cliff, she felt relieved to see the disgusting window without any other notifications.
'Thank goodness. I guess I got there first.'
But the sight that appeared on the cliff as soon as Odette arrived was beyond her expectations.
[ 'Karl' has entered the 20 quest range. ]
[ Check the disgust level. ]
[ Dislike level: 0 ]
'Fuck.'
The Emperor was struck by a poisoned arrow and lost consciousness from loss of blood.
The four masked assassins's neck and body had already separated Karl's neck and body with his bare hands.
This is so good-
The problem was that Karl was standing on the edge of a cliff, holding the unconscious Emperor by the collar in one hand.
'Karl, he dares disobey my orders again.'
Odette couldn't help but be angry.
Are you going to disobey me again? I've already let you off twice, and now?
Odette just grabbed the shotgun, aimed it at Karl's side, and fired.
Taang!
Then, Karl, who was holding the Emperor, stopped his actions.
Odette just grabbed the shotgun, aimed it at Karl's side, and fired.
Taang!
Then, Karl, who was holding the Emperor, stopped his actions.
“...”
Odette was worried that Karl would ignore her and let go of the Emperor's collar, but fortunately, he looked in her direction with his hands still strong.
She couldn't speak properly because of her anger. She could guess what motivated that kid to do such a thing.
'Because the Emperor is the one who demoted the Fenrir clan to third-class citizens.'
The Emperor also knows that he is the target of Karl's revenge. Even if the Emperor dies first, there will be no problem in destroying the Empire.
'That's why I warned you last time! Don't disobey my orders again!'
Odette asked in a low voice.
“...What were my orders, Karl?”
“The mission was to kill all of the Emperor’s assassins and gain the Emperor’s favor.”
“Yes... You understood my orders very precisely.”
But Karl still held the Emperor by the collar. The Emperor was lying there, bleeding profusely, in a grotesque state.
“I am not killing him. I have no intention of letting him go. I am just leaving him here so that the Emperor’s blood can drain quickly.”
It was a calm tone, like saying that the laundry needs to dry quickly.
“So, I have never once disobeyed my master’s orders.”
“Then I give you a separate order. Save the Emperor, Karl.”
Karl's red eyes stared at me.
“Master.”
But in the end, he obeyed her words and laid the Emperor on the floor. Odette fed the Emperor some herbs while he lay down and asked him something important.
“Does the Emperor know that you did this?”
“He’ll only remember when I saved him. He lost consciousness right after I killed all four assassins.”
Odette suppressed her anger. The first priority was for the Emperor to breathe again.
‘...I never thought you would disobey me.’
If this is the case, then it might be possible for him to kill the Count with his own hands before she can even set up the board.
“Haven’t you ever thought that if the Emperor dies like this, you could be accused of being a murderer? A runaway slave was found on this island. You have a motive.”
“It doesn’t matter. As long as I can get revenge for Fenrir. I will put the will of the Fenrir clan before my life.”
At those words, the anger that had been boiling over cooled down.
'This is the last straw. If nothing changes this time, Karl will be abandoned.'
Now it was time to make a decision.
Three times was enough. Getting hit in the back of the head by a chess piece or something.
***
As he watched the Emperor's breath return, Karl felt regret. There were orders from his master to save the Emperor and gain his favor, but there was no order to save the Emperor.
He had to take advantage of that gap to kill the Emperor.
'I should have moved a little faster.'
It was then that Odette grabbed his cheeks with both hands and pulled him towards her.
“You don’t understand the intent of my order, do you? It clearly contained the implication that you were to save the Emperor.”
Odette's turquoise eyes looked at him.
'Again.'
Odette treats him indifferently, even though his mother and father are uncomfortable with him.
Even the Fenrir clan felt uncomfortable and fearful of Karl.
'Even the children who are together in the detention facility.'
Karl didn't really feel bad about their reluctance, but he did think that Odette was a strange being.
She carelessly cupped Karl's cheek, hugged him, and consoled him as if he were no different from other people.
Karl was comfortable being alone. It wasn't like he was always understood unilaterally anyway.
Karl, too, could not understand other people. Beings who were weak, slow, and dull, and whose perspective was different from his.
“You clearly understood the purpose of my order, yet you took advantage of a loophole in it?”
So, it always felt strange and absurd for Karl to see a woman looking at him like this.
'This human is so weak, isn't she afraid of me?'
Indeed, he can't use the brute force of the Fenrir clan because of the imprint. But even if he could only use the strength of a normal human, killing a woman wouldn't be a big deal.
At first glance, this woman seems very weak, thin, and-.
'Have my fear centers been damaged?'
It was then that she noticed that Karl was not concentrating.
“Concentrate.”
The woman said as she pulled Karl closer to her face.
The woman spoke in a determined voice.
“Karl, you think that your revenge on the Kingdom of Fenrir will end just by killing the Emperor? No, you won’t. What you want is the complete destruction of the Empire, right?”
Karl's red eyes opened wide.
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