I Killed the Demon King. It Was a Mistake. Chapter 114

I Killed the Demon King. It was a mistake.

Chapter 114

Caesar got off in front of the Great Ark Library.

Looking again, it was truly majestic and mysterious.

The snow piled up on the strangely hanging upside-down tree and the inexplicable buildings floating in the sky seemed to embody the Arch Duke’s dignity and mysteriousness.

Sean’s mouth gaped wide open as soon as he saw the Great Ark Library.

“Is this the Great Ark Library?! I’ve never seen such a fascinating place in my life! Oh! Shall I take a photo?”

“Yes. Take a great shot.”

“Yes!”

Caesar stood at the library’s main gate and took a photo.

The blue star mages and soldiers guarding the library were so bewildered that they didn’t even try to stop the photo-taking.

At that moment, a carriage with a triangular sail emblem stopped next to Caesar’s carriage.

“I greet Viscount Bellum.”

As Caesar greeted overly formally, Viscount Bellum laughed as if it was absurd.

“We’re past formalities. More importantly, who’s this guy I’ve never seen before?”

“He’s Harrison’s successor.”

“Looks like you’ve already found a replacement.”

Sean bowed deeply to Viscount Bellum.

“Nice to meet you! I’m Sean! I look forward to working with you!”

Viscount Bellum chuckled at Sean’s fresh and powerful greeting.

“Now I understand why you chose Sean as Harrison’s successor. That guy was too serious.”

“He’s not bad for becoming a Councilman.”

Caesar said, looking at Sean.

“Wait here.”

“Yes. Understood!”

Caesar and Viscount Bellum entered the Great Ark Library.

As soon as the gate opened, they both immediately bowed their heads.

This was because the Arch Duke was standing right in front of them.

“We greet the Arch Duke.”

“It’s good to see you both.”

The Arch Duke said to Viscount Bellum,

“I want to talk with Caesar alone. Would you mind stepping aside for a moment?”

Viscount Bellum didn’t question it and bowed his head.

“Yes. I’ll wait here.”

“No, it seems like it’ll take a while, so go inside.”

Viscount Bellum seemed to sense something, exchanged a subtle glance with the Arch Duke, and then nodded.

“Yes. Understood.”

“Then follow me.”

As soon as Caesar took a step closer to the Arch Duke, he felt the space distort.

And then he was moved to a room full of paintings.

…Seriously, he could have mentioned he was going to use spatial movement magic earlier.

He didn’t say it out loud, but he was truly surprised.

These magical races seem to get satisfaction from startling people.

Caesar looked around.

All the paintings were of faces he knew.

They were portraits of all the previous Arch Dukes.

The Arch Duke was standing beside Caesar.

He lit the fireplace with magic and sat on the sofa.

Caesar, sensing the cue, sat on the sofa opposite the Arch Duke.

“I’ll ask one question.”

“Please ask.”

“What is the doppelganger trying to do in Homigraph?”

The Arch Duke’s eyes were sharper than ever.

Caesar calmly assessed the situation.

From this question, he could deduce three facts.

First, the current Arch Duke is not the ‘present moment’ Arch Duke.

He’s at least an hour or half a day ahead.

This Arch Duke must have realized through the Akashic Record that Caesar is a ‘doppelganger’ after their meeting and is now wary of him.

Second, the current Arch Duke hasn’t seen a distant future.

If he had seen a future even a month, or at least half a year ahead, he would definitely know what Caesar is aiming for and wouldn’t ask such a useless question.

It seems using the Akashic Record to see the distant future is no longer possible.

And the third…

– Caesar is the most likely candidate for the singularity point.

– Ever since this guy came to Homigraph, everything has been changing.

– I don’t know whether this will have a positive or negative impact.

The Arch Duke doesn’t know about Caesar’s ‘psychometry’ ability.

If he knew about the psychometry ability, he wouldn’t have allowed Caesar within 3 meters.

The word ‘psychometry’ was probably one of those uninterpretable terms written in the Akashic Record.

‘Then the Caesar from the deleted past must have been telling the truth about having the psychometry ability.’

Really, why did he tell me?

Either the Caesar from the deleted past hoped that the future Caesar would go through this situation.

Or he was in a situation where he had to tell me.

I’m a bit curious about how the deleted past might have unfolded.

“I want to create a Homigraph without potions, a city of doctors called Sapientia.”

“A doppelganger like you couldn’t possibly want that. This is my last warning. Tell me what you’re aiming for. Here, I am omniscient.”

– I need to find out what this guy ultimately wants.

– The resurrection of the demon realm?

– Is he trying to revive the demon realm by causing chaos on the continent?

Ah.

I think I understand exactly what the Arch Duke is aiming for.

From the Arch Duke’s perspective, demon stones are absolutely necessary.

To create the ark, an enormous amount of ‘demon stones’ is required.

If another demon realm war breaks out, the supply of demon stones will inevitably be cut off.

Then the completion of the ark will be impossible until the ‘demon flood’, and the 200-year project of the Arch Duke’s family will be in vain.

So what answer could reassure the Arch Duke?

“I want to smash the heads of all orcs and beastmen.”

The Arch Duke furrowed his eyebrows, seemingly completely unexpected by this answer.

“What are you talking about?”

“Because they sold out my compatriots.”

The Arch Duke’s suppressed exclamation came.

– Now I understand.

– The reason for the demon race attack last year and the riots by demon races in Sodom.

– The reason Caesar was in both Sodom and the border.

– It was to rescue the demon races.

– So there’s plenty of reason to hate orcs and beastmen.

– They handed over doppelgangers, night demons, and vampires to us in exchange for a ceasefire.

– No, I can’t completely trust this.

The Arch Duke stroked his dry beard.

“What do you think about us?”

“I hate you. But not as much as the green skins and beastmen.”

“Why?”

“The conflict between humans and demon races is so old that I can overlook it. But betrayal is unacceptable.”

This is not a lie.

To be honest, Caesar has little emotion towards humans.

But beastmen and green skins are different.

They are those who betrayed their own compatriots.

The heads of traitors should all be crushed.

“If you’re a doppelganger, you must have been a spy in this demon realm war.”

“Yes, that’s correct.”

“Approaching as a friend of humans, stealing information or assassinating key figures, and yet you say you can’t tolerate betrayal? It’s hard to believe.”

His intention to deliberately provoke Caesar’s emotions is obvious.

Then I’ll show him.

Boom!

Caesar slammed the desk, and it shattered.

And he looked at the Arch Duke with murderous intent.

“Do you want to play word games with me right now? Or do you want to die? What’s the reason for insulting me?”

Even with Caesar’s thick murderous intent, the Arch Duke didn’t even twitch an eyebrow and observed Caesar.

“We doppelgangers have sworn to perform the most difficult missions in the most dangerous places. You call that dirty? Isn’t spying something you also do during war?”

“Then why are you causing chaos in the imperial province? Why are you trying to undermine and destroy the Royder Order? That doesn’t match your actions at all.”

“Stuck in this narrow library, your brain must have hardened. Stop just reading books and go meet some people, Arch Duke.”

“What did you say?”

Caesar abruptly broke his neck.

Would you like me to continue if there’s more text?

“I’m trying to create my own power. Even if someone reveals my identity, others won’t believe it.”

Caesar crossed his legs as he sat in the chair.

“Let’s say you, the Arch Duke, have publicly announced that I’m a doppelganger. Who would believe that? I’m a savior who rescued homigraph from the mafia, a devil slayer who harvested the heads of devils, and a federal marshal recognized by His Imperial Majesty.”

“Unless you have clear evidence that I’m a doppelganger, people won’t believe it. Rather, they’ll ask you, ‘Why would I be a doppelganger?'”

The Arch Duke glared at Caesar.

“Don’t you think I have definitive evidence?”

“If you did, you would have used that evidence to blackmail me from the start. Would you have remained silent until being insulted like this?”

“Didn’t you think I considered the timing wasn’t right? You’re starting to make me angry.”

– Unless the Akashic Record is revealed, I can’t prove that he is a doppelganger.

– It’s almost impossible to obtain a living doppelganger or the corpse of a dead doppelganger.

– So, I can only bluff.

Caesar judged that pushing the Arch Duke further would not be a good choice.

After all, a cornered rat will bite.

He didn’t know what the Duke might do when psychologically pressured by the fact that he had no evidence whatsoever.

“And even if you had evidence, you can’t reveal my identity.”

“Why not?”

“Because you want something from me.”

Caesar took out a cigar and put it in his mouth.

“I looked at the current demon world front map from Miles, and it looks quite precarious. The area that Margrave Friedrich needs to defend is wide, but he doesn’t have enough support troops.”

“They’re forcibly deploying regular soldiers to the front line to hold it, but the soldiers’ morale is rock bottom. They thought everything would end once the war was over, but they can’t return home even after a year.”

The Arch Duke waved his wand and blew away Caesar’s lit cigar.

“Don’t smoke a cigarette in front of me so presumptuously.”

“I was fond of it.”

The Arch Duke seemed angry that his inner thoughts had been read, and his eyelids slightly trembled.

“Why do you think I’m worried about the demon world front?”

“It’s not the demon world front, but the currently developing magical stone mines. I heard from Senator WalterWood that when negotiating with Miles, you demanded that the quantity and price of the highest-grade magical stones supplied to the Arch family be absolutely maintained. The quantity was enormous… I can’t imagine where you’re going to use so many magical stones, but they must be absolutely necessary.”

Caesar slowly read the Arch Duke’s thoughts.

– The conversation structure is unfavorable.

– He knows a lot about me, but I don’t know much about him.

– If I had known earlier that he was a doppelganger, I wouldn’t be in this situation.

– I didn’t expect the most powerful singularity candidate to be a doppelganger.

– No one knows what future we’ll encounter if I kill him.

– He’s a key figure deeply involved in the Imperial Kingdom and the demon world.

The Arch Duke had no intention of killing or imprisoning Caesar.

He was secretly convinced that Caesar was a singularity and was hesitant to kill him, unsure of what future would be written in the Akashic Record.

It’s a human trait to prefer an uncertain future filled with hope over a predetermined one.

That’s why people gamble.

The dopamine rushes.

Caesar adjusted his posture.

“So, let’s make a deal, Your Grace.”

Suddenly using formal language made the Arch Duke’s expression strange.

“A deal?”

“Please tell me what you want, Your Grace. If it’s something I can solve, whether as Caesar Sylvatil or a doppelganger, I’ll listen. But there are two things I need to be resolved completely in return.”

“I’ll listen to what those things are and then decide.”

Caesar spread out his fingers.

“First, help me properly take revenge on the Orcs and beastmen.”

The Arch Duke stroked his beard.

– Anyway, to ensure a stable supply of magical stones, we need to pressure the Orcs and beastmen. It’s a necessary measure.

– Not a bad condition.

Caesar spread out his second finger.

“Second, magical stone transactions from the demon world will be done through the demon race.”

The Arch Duke’s eyes widened.

“What are you talking about? Conduct magical stone transactions through the demon race?”

“How long do you think the demon world front will be maintained, Your Grace?”

“What are you trying to say?”

“The biggest reason for maintaining the current demon world front is to protect the magical stone mines. But the front is unstable.”

“Get to the point.”

“Bluntly put, mine magical stones within the autonomous territories managed by doppelgangers, succubi, and vampires. And pay us the appropriate compensation.”

“Why would I want to deal with the demon race?”

“Insurance. Insurance. If the demon world front collapses and the demon world ultimately falls back into the hands of the demon race, will you just lose the magical stone mining business?”

The Arch Duke’s expression didn’t change, but psychometrically, his insides were burning black.

“…So, you want me to buy the magical stone mining rights from you?”

“Not from me, but from the king managing the autonomous territory.”

“Isn’t that you?”

Caesar smiled slyly.

“It could be, and it could not be.”

Of course, the answer is NO.

Why would Caesar want to manage the autonomous territory painfully?

He gave an ambiguous answer because he didn’t want to lose the initiative he had seized.

“And in my personal opinion, I don’t really like the idea of going to war with humans again. So I’ll accept that you’re coming to the Demon World to develop mines and do mining. But please stop treating doppelgangers, succubi, and vampires as heretics and X-gods.”

“Are you saying to treat the demon race as a single humanity? Is that even possible?”

“If it’s impossible, how are you going to buy the magical stone mining rights from us?”

“Do you want this to be an official contract, not a secret one?”

“Of course. Why would we hide this?”

“It won’t be easy.”

“If it were easy, I wouldn’t have made this request.”

“…”

“Still, I’ve set the stage, so it might be easier than you think to turn people’s opinions around.”

“What do you mean?”

Caesar broke his finger while speaking.

“Wasn’t the Royder Order the ones who made the most noise about defining the demon race as heretics? While the Dre Order and other two orders also sympathized, they weren’t as actively hostile as the Royder Order.”

The Arch Duke finally realized what Caesar was aiming for.

“Could it be that the reason for being at odds with the Royder Order is…”

“Correct. That’s the third condition. I want the destruction of the Royder Order.”

Caesar broke his neck.

“The Royder Order is nothing without potions. As the authority of potions declines, the status of the Royder Order will also decline. When the Royder Order is destroyed, all of their claims will lose their power…”

“Meaning you want me to bite onto their claim of treating the demon race as heretics.”

“Exactly.”

Caesar approached the Arch Duke and extended his hand.

“So, please firmly support this business so that I can trust you. Then my companions and I will definitely help with the magical stone business you desire.”

The Arch Duke stared blankly at Caesar’s hand.

“So, shall we do this together?”

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