Chapter 391 Kira's Decision
Just when the topic was about to end, a voice suddenly sounded behind them.
"No need to wait until later, I can promise you on their behalf now!"
Everyone was surprised when they heard the sound. When they turned around, they saw Kira brushing off the dust on his body and walking slowly towards them with an expression that said "this seems very interesting" on his face.
"Kira?!" Jellal looked at Kira in a daze, not knowing why he did this.
To Kira, that expression meant "Your Majesty, why are you surrendering first when we are ready to fight to the death?"
"Is your battle over?"
"Yeah, the orcs ran away halfway through the fight. I was wondering, it turned out that you guys were the ones who took care of that guy," Kira glanced at the fallen Finance Minister, "Although it feels like my head was stolen, the other party is not a difficult character anyway, so I won't bother with you this time..."
"Shall we talk about the royal forces?"
Half an hour later, several people boarded Kira's magic airship and set out on the journey back to the Kingdom of Fiore, leaving behind ruins, broken mechanical soldiers, bewildered orcs, and the unconscious Minister of Finance.
Kira took away the black magic book without any hesitation. As for the transformed orcs, he was powerless to do anything and simply ignored them. It was not his fault anyway.
On the airship, Princess Emerald still looked in the direction of departure with doubt in her heart: "Is it okay for us to leave like this?"
Kira knew that she was worried about the finance minister, so he replied, "Don't worry! Now that the black magic book has been taken away by me, the finance minister can no longer use the power in it, and his power to control the orcs will be greatly reduced. Even if he is not attacked by the orc army, he will be punished by his brother the king!"
"Liquidation?"
"You don't think the king doesn't know that the finance minister wants to rebel?" Kira glanced at the princess. "The mechanical soldiers that appeared there are the king's things. That is to say, from the very beginning, the other party's plan to steal power and plot against the country was exposed to the king. Maybe he is now in that orc town to collect the body of his brother!"
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In the orc town, the finance minister opened his eyes with great effort, and what came into his sight was a most familiar face.
"Why...are you here?"
"Ask me why I'm here? At this point, you can still smell such a question, my stupid brother!"
His elder brother, the King of Bosk, was surrounded by a group of mechanical soldiers. He looked down at him with a pair of cold eyes. "Everything is going according to my plan. You have failed!"
"you……?!"
"What's wrong? Are you surprised? Do you think I would be unaware of your attempt to usurp the throne? You know, the entire palace is monitored by my machines, and even here I have my robot soldiers. In other words , your every move is already under my control!"
"What did you say?!"
"Now that things have come to this, I will mercifully tell you!" The king, like a true villain, appeared in the last scene and showed off his plan to his pawns, "From the beginning, I had no intention of invading other countries. The purpose of doing so was just to attract the wizards of Fiore to enter the country and use their power to help me get rid of you."
"Although the people they sent were somewhat unexpected to me, the whole plan went smoothly. I think even the princess and the two Saints may not have noticed this."
The finance minister was horrified: "You rashly brought in people from the Kingdom of Fiore, including two of the 'Saint Ten', and you're not afraid..."
The king interrupted him again: "Why should I be afraid? This was planned by the King of Fiore and I! From now on, my throne will be safe and sound, and the peace between the two countries will continue."
"...So, including the matter of the intelligent beastmen..."
"Yes, I knew it a long time ago!"
"Why?!" the Finance Minister roared unwillingly, "Since you already knew about the existence of intelligent orcs, why did you give up on them and choose machine soldiers?!"
"Because that is black magic! The people you captured and transformed are citizens of my kingdom!"
"Hahahaha... You relied on them to win the throne. When did you become so soft-hearted?"
" Since ."
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On the airship, after listening to Kira's speculation, Emerald remained silent, as if she had realized something - IQ +1 +1...
In Kira's opinion, this mission copy ended a little hastily, but the content of his commission was only to protect the Emerald Princess and investigate the reasons for the changes in the kingdom. The coup d'état was none of his business. Anyway, it would not affect him much who won in the end. Even if a national war broke out, the Fiore royal family should have the headache.
"Let's not talk about them anymore. Let's talk about Jellal and his team's whitewashing... oh, should I say exoneration? There is one thing I want to ask you first. Do we have to become a royal unit to be exonerated?"
"Eh?" Jade was stunned.
Kira smiled warmly, rubbing his hands as he laughed: "That is to say, is there a possibility that you can directly forgive their sins?"
Anyone with a normal IQ would be able to understand what Kira meant: he wanted to get the golden ticket of immunity for free!
This question stumped Emerald. She had never seen anyone like Kira who took advantage of others with such a clear expression on his face. However, the good upbringing she had received since childhood made her resist the urge to complain. So she thought about it and repeated what she had said before.
Seeing that the other party's words did not change, Kira understood what she meant: No! Either they become the royal troops and I will absolve them of their crimes; or I will remember the favor and reward them later.
"Oh~ I understand!" Kira sighed helplessly, turned to Jellal and others and asked, "What do you mean?"
Several people looked at each other and replied half sincerely: "We listen to you!"
"Really? Then go!" Kira clapped his hands and made the decision for them. "You can be exempted from punishment and have a job in the kingdom. It's much better than following a boss like me who doesn't know how to do business!"
"Eh??!" After hearing Kira's decision, everyone fell silent.
After a moment, Eric suddenly shouted in dissatisfaction: "What are you talking about? Kira! You said you would lead us to true freedom. Do you want to just give up now?"
"Ah? Are you so reluctant to leave the boss? I didn't know I had such a high reputation among you!"
"Don't be ridiculous, Kira! Eric is right. Even though we don't think you can really expand your trade business to a scale spanning three continents, we have never thought of leaving the organization from the beginning to the end."
Kira muttered quietly: "Uh... Although I think I should be more moved at this moment, I have to admit that it hurts a little..."
“Listen to me!” Urrutia rolled his eyes. “Although this organization has only been established for a few months, and you haven’t fulfilled many of the responsibilities that a leader should have, we have indeed lived a free and fulfilling life during this period. Do you really want to abandon this team?”
"Freedom and fulfillment... This is the first time I've heard someone talk about wanton indulgence in eating, drinking and having fun so seriously. I think you're fat... Hey! Put down the crystal ball! Don't fight. Let's talk it out nicely!"
"That's enough, you bastard! Can you please talk properly? Melty, don't pull me, let me beat him to death!" Kira was halfway through his complaints when Ultia rolled up his sleeves and was about to take action.
"Urrutia, calm down! Calm down!"
"Well done, Melty! ... Ahem, the boss announced the bankruptcy and sale of the company before the three-month probation period was over. It would be hard for anyone to feel this way. I can understand your feelings because I have experienced this myself!"
Kira began his passionate speech, "But this time the situation is different. I am thinking about everyone's future. As a friend, I can't hinder you from moving towards a better future, right?"
Sorono said, "Pah!" and said, "That sounds just like a heartless scumbag! Right, Melty?"
Melty was stunned for a moment, blushing and lowering her head: "Ah? Um... this... is..."
"Wait a minute! What are you talking about to a kid?! Melty, forget what you just said! That's a devil's curse, an evil curse that will make people wet the bed at night! Forget it!!"
Amid the noise, Jellal walked up to Kira and said sternly, "Kira, for those of us who have lived in darkness for the first half of our lives, freedom is the most important thing in the future! And fighting against Zeref and the forces of darkness is a life goal second only to freedom!"
"I know you're doing this for our own good, but that's actually putting the cart before the horse."
