I Killed the Demon King. It Was a Mistake. Chapter 110

I Killed the Demon King. It Was a Mistake.

Chapter 110

Caesar slowly sipped his soup.

“Everything tastes so good after coming back from the dead.”

Who knew ordinary mushroom soup could taste this delicious.

Although many people rushed over after hearing the news of Caesar’s awakening, he paid them no mind and scraped the bowl clean.

He was so weak that it would have been difficult to even speak a word without eating something first.

After eating his fill, burping, and wiping his mouth clean, Caesar spoke.

“Can anyone briefly summarize what happened while I was asleep?”

Finn opened his mouth with a worried expression.

“Wouldn’t it be better if you rested a bit more? Your condition still isn’t that good.”

“My back hurts from sleeping for 2 weeks. If I lie down now, I probably won’t be able to sleep properly because of my back pain, so I’d rather sit and listen to what happened.”

“You really have monster-like stamina. Master said you’d need almost a month of recovery.”

“Am I someone who dies easily? More importantly, I think I briefly heard something this morning, did you really make a medicine that treats decay sickness?”

Finn glanced at Yugar and nodded.

“Yes, that’s right. We made it more easily than expected.”

“How?”

“There happened to be a book written by vampires about how to cure decay sickness in the Valentine Magic Tower. Of course, the treatment methods differ for each race like beastkin, vampires, and orcs, but once we understood the principle, making the healing potion wasn’t that difficult, they said.”

This is why people need to read and write lots of books.

There’s always a time when it comes in handy, right?

Yugar cleared his throat and spoke.

“The medicine seems to be working. Even though I only heard over the phone, it seems the decay sickness is definitely improving.”

“That’s a relief. Did you receive the potions?”

“No, my dealings with the Royder Order are over. I officially declared my support for you.”

“If you do that, won’t you be marked by the Royder Order just like me? Will you be okay?”

“From the beginning, my family has believed in the Minuel religion, not the Royder religion. We’ve never had a good relationship with the Royder Order.”

The Hironeel region is famous for having the fewest Royder churches within the Imperial state.

This was because they strictly believed in and followed the ‘Minuel Religion’, which was like the local religion of the region, leaving no room for other religious orders to wedge in.

“But won’t your potion supply decrease?”

“That might happen if those Royder Order fellows hold a grudge. But we receive our potions from the Imperial state, so we don’t deal directly with the Royder Order.”

The Frontier margraves have the grave duty of protecting the Imperial Province from foreign invasions.

Therefore, the Frontier margraves don’t pay taxes and instead receive various supplies from the Imperial state, and among these, potions seemed to be classified as military supplies and provided to the Hironeel region.

“Anyway, I’ll handle my own problems, so there’s no need to worry.”

“Well, if you say so, I have nothing more to say.”

“By the way, about that pharmaceutical company you’re planning to establish?”

“Ah, yes.”

“I was wondering if you could build one of those factories in my region too. Would that be alright?”

Caesar tilted his head.

“Is there malaria in the Hironeel region too?”

Yugar patted Finn’s back with a thud and said.

“Ugh!”

“There’s no malaria. But I heard from this capable doctor that you’re not just going to develop malaria medicine, so I thought if you could develop and supply medicine that would be useful in the Hironeel region, that would be good.”

It seems Yugar is thinking about completely breaking away from the Royder Order.

To think he’d go beyond supporting Caesar to even wanting to build a factory.

Although Yugar’s moves seem rough and radical, from Caesar’s perspective, it’s not bad at all.

The more enemies the Royder Order makes, the more solid Caesar’s support base will become.

“I’ll send someone to look at potential factory sites. And we’ll check what medicines we could manufacture too.”

“Alright. Please consider it positively.”

Caesar looked at Harrison and spoke.

“By the way, how’s the Royder Order? They’re not challenging me to another duel, are they?”

“After hearing that Sir Caesar defeated the Frontier Count, all challengers have acknowledged their defeat.”

Caesar tilted his head.

“I won? Wasn’t it a draw?”

Yugar smiled slightly and said.

“You were standing while I was collapsed. It’s no different from my loss.”

“…Hmm. I see.” 

It’s somewhat embarrassing.

Actually, it was because of the stimulant…

Well, although they came at me with everything they had, I’m worried this might attract attention from the wrong people.

I should ask Smir to make another stimulant just in case.

“Additionally, it seems the Royer Order no longer intends to challenge you.”

Yugar handed over the newspaper that was lying on the table.

[The Imperial Family plans to promote malaria medicine production in conjunction with Valentine Magic Tower.]

[Imperial Family: Malaria medicine is definitely a reliable treatment.]

[Duke Redfield’s family revealed to have invested in Caesar Pharmaceutical Company long ago.]

[Planning to build a factory in Redfield province as well.]

“Is pressure starting to be applied to the Royder Order?”

“I guess they’re starting to question why they’re blocking the production of malaria medicine when they’re not even properly supplying potions.”

Yugar said while turning to the next page of the newspaper.

[Royer Order does not completely rule out the effectiveness of malaria medicine.]

“And the Royder Order retreated more readily than expected.”

They could have been more stubborn if they wanted to, but they retreated so easily…

Did they make some kind of strange deal?

Caesar yawned widely.

“Well, I think I’ve heard most of what I needed to. Is there anything else I should know?”

“There is one thing.”

Yugar handed Caesar a necklace with a wolf drawing on it.

“If you need to ask me for anything, hand this over. Then, even if you turn your back on the world, I will stand up for you.”

Yugar’s oath is never light.

Caesar knew this very well, so he accepted the necklace with a satisfied smile.

“Yes. I understand.”

***

Yugar left the very next day.

In fact, it had been unreasonable for Yugar to wait until Caesar woke up.

When he returns to the mainland, I think he’ll probably be buried under a mountain of paperwork.

And in Homigraph, news of Caesar’s awakening spread quietly.

Of course, it wasn’t officially announced, and Caesar only informed certain people through Harrison.

Among them, someone Caesar wanted to meet arrived.

“Sir Caesar. Sir Hudson has come to visit.”

“Open the door.”

When the bedroom door opened, Hudson and three Dawn Knights walked in.

Caesar folded the newspaper he was reading and said.

“It’s been a while, Sir Hudson.”

“It has been a while for me too. How are you feeling?”

“After resting well yesterday, I can manage a walk.”

Caesar got up from the bed, sat in a chair, and pointed to the opposite chair.

“Would you like some black tea?”

“That would be nice.”

Harrison poured the tea and stepped back slightly.

“You seem to have gotten used to that prosthetic arm.”

“Ah, you mean this?”

Hudson tapped his prosthetic arm while speaking.

“It feels a bit strange not having any sense of touch, but it’s much better than not having one.”

“That’s good.”

By the way, Hudson, when are you planning to leave the Dawn Knights?

I could seriously give you a fortune…

“By the way, I was very surprised. To think you won against the famous Wolf King, Margrave Yugar Hironeel… Did you have some kind of secret technique?”

Caesar used psychometry.

-Considering the fight with Vigilante, Caesar wasn’t at a level to beat Yugar.

-I heard he took some strange medicine before the duel…

-I wonder if that’s true?

As expected, everyone seems curious about this.

“I do.”

But I can’t tell you easily.

“However, it’s a secret.”

I’ll tell you the day you leave the Dawn Knights.

You’re not my person yet, after all.

Hudson nodded as if he had expected this.

“It’s right that everyone should keep at least one hidden blade. I understand.”

Seeing how you say that, Hudson, it seems like you’re hiding something too…

I’m getting curious.

Let’s hear about that later and finish the work first.

“By the way, I didn’t expect His Majesty the Emperor to support me this strongly. I hadn’t hoped for this level of support.”

“Actually, that’s why I came here. So…”

Hudson sat down and gestured toward Harrison.

“I’d prefer if everyone else could leave the room.”

“Is it because of the Cardinal Hyginus matter?”

Hudson’s expression became strange.

“Who told you?”

“No one. I just thought about why the Royer Order suddenly started being so cooperative, and that was the only explanation.”

Caesar pointed to Harrison and said.

“Harrison is like my hands and feet. Unless it’s something I need to resolve with force, he’ll find out eventually, so just speak here.”

At Caesar’s words, Hudson looked at Harrison briefly before nodding.

“Very well then.”

I can see Harrison’s shoulders perking up even without looking.

It’s slightly annoying to see, but since he’ll have more and increasingly important tasks soon…

It’s right to help him establish some dignity.

It’s not like he can just keep being my secretary forever.

“Then what do I need to do?”

“Do you know the details about Cardinal Hyginus’ scandal?”

Know it? 

I’ve seen it directly and have the original photos and film of Hyginus’ murder.

“I know it well.”

“The Imperial Family wishes the scandal about Cardinal Hyginus doesn’t spread. If the Royder er Order collapses like this, it would affect the empire’s peace.”

Peace…

They should at least lie moderately.

It’s not that, but rather the Imperial Family wants to hold and shake the Royder Order’s weakness by themselves.

Caesar used psychometry to confirm.

-His Majesty the Emperor made an agreement with the Cardinals of the Royder Order.

-The condition is to stop criticizing the malaria medicine in exchange for erasing Cardinal Hyginus scandal.

‘As expected, they made a deal.’

Anyone who read the newspaper would understand this roughly, so it’s not important.

What’s more important is what I’ll get out of this.

“Then why come to me instead of pressuring the newspaper companies?”

“The Royder Order has already directly incinerated all materials the newspaper companies had. However, His Excellency the Prime Minister thinks things could be different if Lord Caesar moves.”

Hudson leaned forward and said.

“Do you happen to have definitive evidence of the Cardinal Hyginus scandal?”

-It’s already known that Caesar has the original photos. There are rumors that Caesar distributed the photos to the newspapers.

-And the paparazzi who photographed Cardinal Hyginus corpse hasn’t been caught.

-In other words, the scandal about Cardinal Hyginus could spread at any time.

-If it’s going to break, it should be Caesar who breaks it.

-Let’s start prodding at Caesar’s rebellious nature.

Wow… They’re not trying to burn the evidence I have, but rather poking me to release it.

Hudson is impressive, but… Your Majesty, you’re more of a street thug than I expected.

They’re saying they want someone who’s clearly at odds with the Royder Order to break the news that will break anyway.

Then, the Imperial Family will be like ‘Ah, We tried to hide it but it leaked? Sorry. Haha’ while taking all the credit.

This way, the Imperial Family gets the double benefit of reducing the Royder Order’s influence and producing malaria medicine.

‘They’re saying the rift between me and the Royder Order has already widened as much as it can.’

Then I guess I have no choice.

Time to spill the beans.

“I don’t have any.”

“Really none?”

“Yes, none. Why would I have such grotesque things?”

What could I achieve by spilling it?

Do you think I’d fall for such a measly trap?

“I know that Sir Caesar pressured the Homigraph newspaper companies. Asking them not to spread Cardinal Hyginus scandal.”

“That was because the Royder Order was pressuring the newspaper company presidents so much, I told them to stay quiet since I alone would take the arrows of criticism aimed at the Royder Order. If anything, I saved them.”

Caesar smirked and continued.

“And I’m not stupid, if I had the original photos of Cardinal Hyginus corpse, I would have scattered them all over the dueling grounds when everyone was gathered. Don’t you think?”

Hudson was at a loss for words.

There was nothing wrong with Caesar’s logic.

But Hudson’s intuition told him.

Caesar was definitely lying.

“If we just find the original photos, would you consider revenge?”

“Why bother? I’ve already gotten everything I wanted. The malaria medicine factory is being built and will start production this April. We already have a truckload of customers desperate to buy it.”

Caesar thought it would be nice to smoke a cigar at this moment but held back.

Since his body hasn’t recovered yet, it wouldn’t be good to put harmful things into it.

“Of course, things might be different if the Royder Order attacks me again. But why would I stir things up again when the Royder Order has lowered their tail? I’m too tired and bothered to do it now.”

Hudson stared intently at Caesar.

-As expected, things aren’t going as planned.

-Still, we’ve done what we needed to do.

-At least we know Caesar won’t mess with the Royder Order right away.

-The Royder Order judges that attacking Caesar more now would backfire, so they plan to stay quiet.

-Soon, it would be right to proceed by pressuring the Royder Order to provoke Caesar once more.

It’s both pitiful and impressive how hard they’re trying to restore the Imperial Family’s fallen pride.

How nice would it be if someone like this were my person?

Looking at it now, breaking Hudson’s loyalty to the Emperor might be harder than the Emperor dismissing Hudson.

“But there’s one thing I’m curious about.”

“…What is it?”

Caesar pointed to the newspaper and said.

“His Majesty said he would produce malaria medicine too, are you planning to purchase the license through Caesar Pharmaceutical Company? Or through Smir?”

Hudson stood up and said.

“That’s not something I can speak about carelessly.”

-I heard His Excellency the Prime Minister will purchase the recipe and license from Smir.

‘They’ll contract directly with Smir without going through me?’

Would that work easily?

They won’t be able to make contracts freely because I wrote in the contract that malaria medicine license contracts can’t be made for the next 5 years.

They’ll probably come looking for me again.

When that happens, how much should I ask for?

I’m absolutely thrilled at the thought of raking in money.

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