Karius took his dizzy feet one step at a time.
　He passed by Leonardo and then came to his former friend who was lying in the coffin.

''Ha ha ha........''

　Karius falls to his knees on the spot and drops down to his section. There are no longer tears on his face, only a smile of despair spilling out of his face.

"Kristoff you, why are you sleeping? ...huh?　Wake up?

Profane, right?　Put it on.

　Leonardo slowly turns towards the terming Karius and then speaks with malice.
　He now has dark eyes, similar to those of one tainted with evil.

　Then he slowly approaches Karius and looks down at the same deceased Kristoff's face.

''The ... blood has been cut off. This is a venerable situation.

　Karius reacted to the words and slowly turned around.
　Then there was the sharp look of one filled with anger in his eyes.

'That's it? Christoph is dead, and that's all you, the Golden Knight, have any words to say to him?

...what?

Don't "what" me!　You killed him, didn't you?　Assassination...you mean it was supposed to happen?!

Hmm?　What are you talking about?

Don't play dumb with me!　I'm all trapped!　And here's Kristoff!　He's dead!　That's the best ... proof of ... something.

　A distraught Karius. And Leonardo, who easily dismisses the conversation despite his doubts.

"I don't have time for your nonsense. Did you think that the castle could be taken down by those who gathered just on a spur of the moment basis?　You are mistaken ... a foolish prince and a foolish companion.

You.....

This is the end of your quest for power. I am a sinner for failing to save the prince. But peace I'm not going to let you destroy the only peace we've had for so long.

　It doesn't sound like he's talking to Karius. That would be a word to convince himself. Leonardo was clearly not calm.
　But even if he wasn't calm, Leonardo's sword had already touched Karius' throat.

''Guh........''

'Disrespect it's a mortal sin to trespass. Even for people like you, the King recognized and protected his people.　A fool who can only repay his debt is not qualified to live in this country. Die and pay for it....

　At those words, Karius still smiled bitterly, and was about to mutter something.
　But at that point, a great deal of blood had already spurted out of his throat.

　--And then he was dead.

　Then, interrupted by the words and without knowing the truth of the matter, Karius collapsed next to the coffin.
　After the merciless blow, Leonardo took a handkerchief from his chest and carefully wiped the blood from his sword.

　Just then, the doors of the hall open and several golden knights appear.

''Master Leonardo!　We have finished dealing with those who have entered the castle, and those who have entered the grounds - probably in the hundreds, according to visual inspection - are now in the courtyard and in front of the grand staircase. What can we do for you?

Burn it.

What? .....

You heard me.　I told you to kill them all.

Well, that's not... but they are a nation.

Kill me. Don't make me ask you twice.　Are you going to let Kristoff die with his name on your head?　For all the good that's done them all they don't need to be in this country. Kill them. And burn it all to the ground so that no evidence is left behind not for Master Schneizel to see. Someone has to ... someone has to do it.

　But Leonardo's unusual appearance and his orders confused the knights, and they were hesitant to act.
　Then Leonardo shows irritation at their appearance.

'Don't tell me you guys are going to defy this country too?

No, no I didn't mean it.

Twenty years. Twenty years to rebuild the country that was taken from us, and twenty years to regain the peace that we've finally regained.　And you're going to turn that into mud for all of this?　That can't be right!

　His expression changed as if some kind of switch had been flipped, and when he did, Leonardo's angry voice echoed through the hall.

'Do you understand the situation?　You allowed the intrusion to happen because so many knights were out, and then what?　You think Master Schneizel murdered Christoph?　No way!

Okay, okay!　Then we will prepare for the execution at once!

No need to prepare. Kill them on the spot...

　The Golden Knight of the battle did not reply to the last words Leonardo had released.
　But I guess he understood. He turned his back to Leonardo and left the square.
　Then the surrounding gold knights followed and left the hall. It begins the execution........the execution.

　And left alone in the throne room, with half of his face illuminated by the moonlight spilling from the window, Leonardo mutters.

'Nito it's your fault. You killed Master Kristoff....

　Dead eyes and a blank expression. It's the face of someone who has learned despair.

　For example, like Sierra, the "established justice" is terribly fragile and fragile.
　It's not strictly justice that Leonardo had in him, but the responsibility of being the "Golden Knight Chief".
　It wouldn't be a misnomer to describe him as representing the country. It is the responsibility of the head of the Golden Knights to unite them - the role of protecting the royal family.
　And Leonardo was the best at it.
　The face and role as the gold knight chief. The result is that Leonardo, possessed by them, was unable to protect Prince Christophe.
　That's the reason for this breakdown.

　If he was still an Albrecht Human, he could have taken this situation seriously.
　But Leonardo is young. He was brilliant, but he was probably too young to take on the responsibility of being a chief.
　His spirit was broken, he perverted the word "responsibility" and now Leonardo's expression was bitterly sad.



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　The closed main gate. Gaterals bleeding and falling all over the grand staircase.
　In other words, this had all been set up from the beginning.

　When Karius and the others were running up the grand staircase, this main gate was still open.
　It's strange that the main gate is open at night in the first place.......in other words, it must be Leonardo's doing.
　He had planned to lure them in and kill them from the beginning.
　Any talk of Karius and the others attacking the castle had been cracked long ago.

　In front of the main gate. There was a certain crowd of people seen there - the townspeople from the vicinity.
　The commotion at the royal castle would have been well-received on a quiet night. The townspeople were whispering to each other with torches in hand, looking at the grand staircase.
　"What in the world has happened?" . That's about it.

　And at the same time, the execution of the captured gaterals in the gardens of the royal castle was about to begin -- a one-sided execution.
　-- it's a one-sided execution.

　They had entered the king's castle without permission and committed violence against the guards. Probably an act that would be equivalent to the death penalty in most countries. But what about Schneizel?
　Feng Wang would have converted him instead of killing him. But now, the execution was about to be carried out.

　The number of gaterals gathered is so vast that it hides the flowers blooming in the vast garden. How in the world does he intend to execute this number of people?
　A large number of guards and the gold knights left in the castle were all gathered and surrounded by them.

　The number of Christophe's friends, which used to be more than a thousand, is now in the hundreds.
　But they knew what they were doing. They are just citizens, but they cannot be an enemy of the country's knights, even the gold knight of the rich country.

　And one of the gold knights, who had just received a direct order from Leonardo, swallowed his emotions with spit and stepped forward to tell them in front of him.

''Infiltration and treason ... for those charges, you have been sentenced to death ... by Master Leonardo, Chief Golden Knight ... by Master Leonardo.

...What?

　Then one of those at the front let out a voice.

'Wait ... what did you just say?　The death penalty?　The Golden Knight Commander sentenced you to death?　Huh?　It's crazy!　This guy doesn't have the authority to do that!　At least it should have been after the Inquisition!

　Perhaps that was the extent of their calculations.
　They naturally knew that their actions were unforgivable.
　Of course, they knew that they could not escape execution depending on the outcome, and they were even prepared for that.
　But there was no way they would be sentenced to death without an inquisition. It is clearly outrageous and illegal.

　Then, as a result of that person's words, yajis begin to fly around all at once.
　The garden echoed with words of abuse to the country, including the surrounding knights, which would have reached the townspeople gathered in front of the main gate.

''Shut up!''

　Then the golden knight who was in charge of the pronouncement suddenly changed his eyes and shouted, "You're not the only one!
　With those words, the garden gradually regains its quietness.
　And then the golden knight slowly begins to speak.

''Today ... you guys didn't attack.''

"....you're not talking about...

"The royal castle is not under attack. There are no intruders anywhere which means that nothing is being done here.

'Wait ... what are you talking about?

I don't need to understand. I can't overrule a decision. All of these decisions have been made by Master Leonardo, the Golden Knight.

　"Leonardo, the Golden Knight-in-Chief - the knight who has clearly repeated that many times before.
　In other words, in conclusion, he doesn't want this to happen either.
　It's all Leonardo's decision.

'Take a stand!'

　Then the command echoed through the garden, and the golden knights, including the surrounding guards, deployed a magic circle.
　The colors associated with each of their attributes were lit up in the magic circle and the garden was illuminated in bright colors.
　But it would turn into a sea of blood.
　The flowers that someone watered and nurtured every day would be splattered with their blood, and everything - everything - would be in vain.
　All the peace that had been built up will be in vain.
　Today, Dames Aldan would perish.

　But it was time.

'Huh?'

　-- With a sound like broken glass, those magic circles that had been unfolding suddenly shattered.

''It's unpleasant. All my plans have gone awry.

　A voice was heard, and then a single red-black feather drifted and fell in the garden.
　When it reached the ground, it turned to ashes and disappeared, swept away by the wind.

　--Ankh Amadeus.

　From above, that one looked down at the spreading scene.
　A wide spread red-black shadow drifted out, flapping its jet-black wings and stagnating in the sky above.
　Then Amadeus slowly swooped down into the garden.

　Its white form and, above all, the mask that seemed to resemble a human skull and the countless fangs that could be seen from the mouth that was torn against it. Two twisted horns that flowed backwards from its forehead.
　-- the bizarre appearance caused all those present to stop speaking once.

''Compulsory execution is a drastic decision. Did I tell you that it was Leonardo who made that decision as well?　Hahahahahaha!　It's dark!　It's too dark!

　Amadeus spreads his hands out and smiles broadly.

'I didn't expect it to turn out this well I didn't expect it to turn out this well at all. It makes me laugh at my own shallowness. I guess I didn't know people yet.......how dark people can be.

　Amadeus continues to mumble and mutter to himself. In his own way, he seems to have learned something from this scene.
　And where they appeared from, I noticed that there were four white figures beside me.
　They were probably Rana and the three dwarfs.

'But now we know that this country is just a dictatorship covered with the lie of peace, don't we?　Just as I suspected. There are no good people.

　Amadeus glared at Gateral, all the humans there, including the surrounding guards and the Golden Knight, with his red eyes.

'Wearing a lie, good humans...'