Book 8: Chapter 16


    All right, all right. Youve finished unloading, right? Get moving then. Dont block this ce up! If you block this ce up, the carts from outside cant get in!


    Those of you outside, make way! Youre blocking our patrol horse carriage!


    The Valkyries used their swords to brazenly scatter the crowd blocking up the entrance to the pce. The crowd and their horse carriages hadpletely blocked up the pce. Those aware would know that its due to the annual meeting, while those unaware would misunderstand that civilians have blocked the pce to prepare tounch a revolt here. The sharp des of the Valkyries forcibly opened a path at the entrance. The coaches with various skin colours, varying clothes andnguages rambled on and on as though they were trying to fill up the entire pce.


    Everyone, listen to me. Listen to me. Were working in the pce to sort out your gifts right now. Its pointless for you to all be here blocking the entrance up. Come one by one in order. Leave this ce for now, and return to where youre staying. Come one by one ording to the arranged order, all right?


    I shouted with all my might from atop my horse. I wasnt sure if they could understand me or not. What I knew was I was powerless even if they could understand me, because there didnt seem to be many people who could hear me. The chaos that ensued in the crowd made me look as if I was a joke. The most useful tool was the Valkyries swords.


    Ptoo


    Maybe he got sick of waiting. The coach spat on the ground and in the next instant, he had a de go from one end of his neck to the other. He looked at the young girl before him with disbelief as blotches of blood gurgled up and he dropped to the ground. The Valkyrie in front of him whipped the blood off her de, and then coldly kicked his corpse away and eximed, The Royal Pce is the Empress resting ce. How dare you disrespect it!!


    The crowd roared. Seeing their coach killed, his guards with him swiftly drew their swords, but the Valkyries were faster than them. The Valkyries had already swiftly killed a few before they could strike, and then the Valkyries in the vicinity all came over.


    Having witnessed the event, the other guards also drew their swords. The Valkyries showed no mercy. They rushed up to them and cut down all those armed without asking a word.


    Stop!! Stop!


    The entire situation got out of hand. I couldnt control the Valkyries.


    <em>From their standpoint, weapons were not permitted to be carried around the vicinity of the Empresss pce. Not only did this crowd bring weapons, they even drew their swords, which was a clear indication of treason. As Her Majestys loyal guards, they killed the guards of the vassal states without regards for the consequences.</em>


    <em>They didnt obey my orders. The order they received was to keep me safe, not obey my orders. If Nier or Shusia was here then it would be easier to control them, but they arent here. </em>


    The Valkyries didnt stop and ignored my shouting. They even waved their swords at my horse as I tried to enter the fray to force my horse to back off. Their overwhelming close-quartersbat prowess essentially turned it into a ughter at the entrance of the pce.


    Your Majesty it is dangerous here. Please do not approach.


    Stop! Tell your people to stop!


    I looked at the Valkyrie, who appeared to be the leader here, while she was tugging my horse and shouted. She tilted her head, and then coldly responded, We are killing traitorous scum who are desecrating the Royal Pce. There is no point in stopping. Your Majesty, you have no means of ordering us. We are only responsible for your safety. And right now, we must take responsibility for the safety of Her Majestys residence!


    I fired six shots into the air, but even that couldnt stop the rampaging Valkyries. The Valkyries had no intention of listening to my orders. I had no way of charging into them, so I could only hopelessly shout from behind. I watched the Valkyries cut down a person from a vassal state, turning the front of the pce into a sea of blood.


    <em>I cant harm either side. If I obstruct the Valkyries, these people will sh me to death without a second thought. Theres no way anyone can reason with this crazy bunch. Without Mommy Elizabeth here, I cant do anything about this crowd.</em>


    <em>I just hope that Freya can make it here soon Wait, why am I passing the credit onto her? </em>


    Retreat!!


    The ughtersted for an entire half an hour. By the time Freya arrived, corpses littered the ground with dead horses and overturned carriages piled up along with the corpses. Freya nkly watched the Valkyries sheath their swords and retreat with absolute shock. She looked at me with a dumbstruck look and asked, Onii-sama this group of Valkyries


    Sorry, I couldnt stop them


    <em>I honestly didnt think that something like this would happen. I honestly didnt. Lots of groups from vassal states havee here thest few days since they all wanted to offer up their tributes. It was as though they had nned beforehand toe here all at once and block up the entrance to the Royal Pce with their horse carriages and groups. Large groups of people are not permitted to enter the pce all at once, so we had to restrict it to one carriage at a time. The other carriages, however, gathered together without any order, blocking not only the entrance to the pce but even this street.</em>


    <em>It truly was as though all these groups came together at once all of a sudden. There were only one or two horse-carriages that arrived yesterday, but all of a sudden, all of them came around today. I was woken in the morning by the ruckus. I was shocked at first, since I thought there was a military revolt out for me.</em>


    <em>I initially nned to clear up the congestion. I never thought such a serious genocide case would take ce. </em>


    <em>How am I going to exin this to the vassal states? All of their tributes and guard teams were killed right in front of my eyes at the entrance of the Royal Pce. This isparable one big p to their face. How am I going to leave a good impression on them after this? My n might go down the drain before I even get to execute it at this rate.</em>


    <em>Mom will be very disappointed, wont she?</em>


    <em>This crisis seriously came on too suddenly, so suddenly that I didnt even have time to react before it all happened. Moreover, I couldnt stop it from happening. </em>


    How did this happen? The group of Valkyries did not spare anyone, did they?


    Freya quickly regained herposure. She didnt care about what the Valkyries were up to. She, instead, looked at the pile of corpses and pondered to herself. She then picked up a sword from the ground. She looked at me and asked, Onii-sama, are you afraid of pain?


    No


    Sorry then, Onii-sama.


    Freya walked up to me. I dismounted and looked at her feeling bewildered. Freya took in a deep breath, and then aggressively cut my thigh and arms. I took in a breath of cold air. But it didnt end there. Freya flipped her grip on the sword and stabbed it into my horses neck. My horse neighed as blood sprayed forth from its neck before it finally fell to the ground. It jolted a few times before it stopped moving.


    Freya then sighed and exined, All right. There are no witnesses. Now, we need to get people to spread news that this group of people waited for the chaos to breakout, and then tried to attack you. The Valkyries retaliated, and then decided to kill after determining that it was a deliberate and persistent attack. That will solve it. Onii-sama, you need to bandage your wounds, and pretend you got hurt by them Then go to the ces of all of the vassal states. We must act first to get the whip hand in this situation. We must be the ones who speak the truth, or else, we will be stuck in a passive role. Your Majesty, please bandage your wounds and then we will head out immediately.


    Ah Oh Understood.