A King is Born on the Road

ised… They’re the ones you used to take care of.”

“Even if they die, I’m responsible for it.”

Hayer reluctantly pulled back at Cadella’s words.
Then Cadella saw the two dead under the stones.
And muttered in a bewildered voice.

“Someone is dead.”

“The labyrinth is broken.”

Tamati, who was protecting Iris, murmured.

Hayer knew that there was only one person in the land of Luwan who could break through the maze.

Hayer said to Iris.

“The Royal Knights are on their way.
Let’s hurry and go to where the sacred tree is.”

Iris looked at the collapsed wall and asked Hayer in a slightly dazed voice.

“Can you break the walls?”

“Yes.”

“Then why…?”

“I was afraid something like this would happen.
I was afraid you were behind the wall.”

Hayer gestured at the collapsed wall and continued, looking at Iris again.

“If I wait, you’ll come to find me, so there’s no reason to take such a risk.”

“How do you trust me?”

Hayer laughed at her quivering voice.

“Anyone who has met you would know that you are trustworthy.”

“……”

Iris felt at a loss for words.

She remembered the time when Hayer led the Knights of Tejas and went with her to the North Gate.

“My subordinates are hard to deal with.
Everyone has their own voice.
If you thought you couldn’t find the way, you would have lied so that you couldn’t go, but for you to have gone this far, you must have seen something while guarding the throne.”

He believed in her even then.
And sacrificed himself.

She felt like she was going to cry again, but bit her lip and pressed it tightly.
Then nodded.

Then Tamati rushed to Cadella, and Iris turned around.

A traitor who had escaped the hallucinations was trying to stone Cadella.
Cadella looked up at the traitor and spoke in a voice full of loss.

“I helped you…”

In the end, however, the stone hit his head, and blood flowed from Cadella’s head.
Then the traitors shouted at the place where the maze had been breached.

“Freedom!”

Already, other traitors were staggering over the broken wall.
Thanks to Cadella’s hallucination, they all seemed unaware that such a long time had passed.

However, they seemed to be aware of Cadella’s hallucinations.

Cadella believed that since he killed the king himself to prevent his evil deeds, the other traitors would have had some good intentions for their treason.

However, society was more complicated than the idea of a boy who stopped aging at the age of eleven, and most of them were traitors who were only driven by their desires.

The traitor who attacked Cadella also ran towards the wall.

Hayer said.

“They’re all going to die.”

When Iris turned at those words, Hayer said.

“Looks like Kernin Lepos arrived ahead of schedule.”

“Ah.”

Iris understood and nodded.

Before Iris crossed the North Gate, he, who once coveted the throne, resigned and quit as leader of the Royal Knights when Iris married Sid and the eight great noble families eventually agreed to put him on the throne.

Sid would always grumble that if the war hadn’t started, he would surely have committed treason.

That’s what Iris thought too.
It was because she always heard that Kernin Lepos was preparing for treason.

Even Iris knew how greedy he was for the throne.

If encountered here, even in a situation where death has become possible, Kernin Lepos will try to punish his competitor without hesitation.

Iris thought for a moment before saying to Hayer.

“Help me if I collapse.”

“…Why would you collapse?”

“And please go through the left door.”

Instead of answering, Iris said that and immediately ran to the place where the flowers Cadella planted were.
Then, holding her breath, she tore the petals Cadella had planted, and spread them evenly in front of the two remaining doors after the walls collapsed and the other doors were in shambles.

As soon as she was about to collapse when she took a breath, Hayer ran and picked Iris up.

He said to Tamati, who held Cadella in his arms.

“It’s the role of a porter.”

“Let’s say it’s the role of a knight.”

Hayer laughed at Tamati’s reply.

The two of them each carried one of their companions in their arms and headed for the door on the left.