Abandoned Bastard of the Royal Family Volume 4 Chapter 29 (Patreon)

Chapter 29 – The Prime Minister’s True Face

“How is this possible? Did the Demons kill the Prime Minister and replace him with a monster under their control?”

Cymbium and the other nobles couldn’t help but be bewildered by the sudden revelation.

It was obvious. After all, the prime minister they all knew, who stands at the top of the government and serves as the king’s representative, has just transformed into a Demon before their own eyes.

“𝕐𝕆𝕌 𝕊𝕋𝕀𝕃𝕃 𝔻𝕆ℕ’𝕋 𝔾𝔼𝕋 𝕀𝕋, 𝔻𝕆 𝕐𝕆𝕌, 𝔽𝕆𝕆𝕃𝕊. 𝕀 𝔸𝕄 𝕊𝕋𝕀𝕃𝕃 𝔻𝔼ℝℕ𝕆ℕ𝕆𝕊. 𝕁𝕌𝕊𝕋 𝕀ℕ 𝔸 ℕ𝔼𝕎 𝔽𝕃𝔼𝕊ℍ. (You still don’t get it, do you, Fools. I am still Dernonos. Just in a new flesh.).”

From the insect’s proboscis emanated a voice that, although horrifying, was still as audible as human speech.

“No way……to think that is possible……”

The old man exclaimed.

But while the old man from the Oscars was shocked by the events, Cymbium moved ahead and took the initiative.

“Faithful soldiers of the kingdom!”

She calls out to the new soldiers who had their spears thrust at them.

“This should have been clear. Of who are the traitors to the state, and who are the enemies of humanity! If you are really the defenders of this kingdom and its loving people, now is the time to point your spears at the true enemy!”

It was the call to arms with the charismatic Cymbium in full throttle.

And it gave an instant change of heart of the young soldiers contemplating their situation.

“Uoooooooh!!”

“Her Royal Highness is right!!”

“Defeat that Demon! That Demon who deceived us!”

“The Demon who pretends to be the Prime Minister! I will skewer you and make up for the mistake of turning my blade against the royal family!”

The soldiers attacked all at once.

The bed of spears collided with Dernonos, who has turned into a monster.

“𝕐𝕆𝕌 𝔽𝕆𝕆𝕃𝕊! (You fools!)”

But not a single spear pierced the monster beyond the insect’s shell.

All were blocked, shattered, and snapped into two.

“𝔻𝔸𝕄ℕ 𝔽𝕆𝕆𝕃𝕊 𝕎ℍ𝕆 𝕋𝕌ℝℕ 𝕋ℍ𝔼𝕀ℝ 𝔹𝕃𝔸𝔻𝔼𝕊 𝔸𝔾𝔸𝕀ℕ𝕊𝕋 𝕋ℍ𝔼 ℕ𝔼𝕎 𝕂𝕀ℕ𝔾. 𝕊𝕀ℕ𝔽𝕌𝕃! 𝔻𝔼𝔸𝕋ℍ ℙ𝔼ℕ𝔸𝕃𝕋𝕐! (Damn fools who turn their blades against the New King! Sinful! Death Penalty!)”

Among the jointed legs extending from the Prime Minister’s body was one with an accompanying blade reminiscent of a praying mantis.

By just swinging it sideways, he had several of the soldiers’ torsos and legs separated altogether.

“Kyaaaahhhh!”

Among the captured nobles, several feeble-looking ladies fainted at once.

“𝕋ℍ𝔸𝕋’𝕊 𝕎ℍ𝔸𝕋 ℍ𝔸ℙℙ𝔼ℕ𝕊 𝕎ℍ𝔼ℕ 𝕐𝕆𝕌 𝔻𝕀𝕊𝕆𝔹𝔼𝕐 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕂𝕀ℕ𝔾. (That’s what happens when you disobey the king.).”

“You are not the king!”

Without a second thought, the Oscar’s retired Patriarch swooped in.

There was totally not a trace of old age in his movements.

“Don’t underestimate this old man! Even though I’m now living idly, I still had some experience fighting insect monsters like you!”

Being the king’s former retinue in his younger days, Elovairo fought many battles against the Demon Race. Therefore, it could be said that he is the representation of a true veteran, both in age and skill.

He knew that although the shell covering the insectoid monster’s entire body was tough, there are crevices that are soft enough to allow a blade to pass through.

He also knew the vital points that could probably kill it through piercing the gaps.

So, after approaching a sufficient distance, he raised the cane he was using as a walking stick and unsheathed the lower end of it – the hidden sword part in his cane.

The cane sword arrived at one of the “soft spots” of the enemy,

CLING!

only to be snapped at its blade.

“What!?”

“𝔽𝕆𝕆𝕃! (Fool)!”

It was one of the sickle-jointed legs that blocked it, and without delay, the other legs also came to counterattack.

But the Oscar’s former patriarch dodged and parried them with his cane sword’s remaining blade and moved out of range.

Elovairo stares at his broken weapon with a shudder.

“Impossible……The blade in this cane is tempered mithril. Nothing comes close to it except for the royal family’s Hihi’irokane!”

The blade should have pierced perfectly through the insect prime minister’s soft shell gap.

And yet the blade did not pass through.

“𝕂𝕀ℍ𝕀ℍ𝕀ℍ𝕀ℍ𝕀ℍ𝕀ℍ𝕀ℍ𝕀ℍ𝕀ℍ𝕀ℍ𝕀ℍ𝕀ℍ𝕀 ……! 𝕐𝕆𝕌 𝕃𝕆𝕆𝕂 𝕃𝕀𝕂𝔼 𝕐𝕆𝕌 𝔻𝕆ℕ’𝕋 𝕂ℕ𝕆𝕎 𝕎ℍ𝔸𝕋’𝕊 𝔾𝕆𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝕆ℕ, 𝔻𝕆 𝕐𝕆𝕌? ℍ𝕆𝕎 𝔻𝕆𝔼𝕊 𝕀𝕋 𝔽𝔼𝔼𝕃 𝕋𝕆 𝕂ℕ𝕆𝕎 𝕋ℍ𝔸𝕋 𝕐𝕆𝕌’ℝ𝔼 𝔸𝕋 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝔽𝕆𝕆𝕃’𝕊 𝕊𝕀𝔻𝔼 ℕ𝕆𝕎, 𝔸𝔽𝕋𝔼ℝ 𝕄𝔸𝕂𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝔽𝕌ℕ 𝕆𝔽 𝕄𝔼 𝕊𝕆 𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕐 𝕋𝕀𝕄𝔼𝕊? (Kihihihihihihi……! You look like you don’t know what’s going on, do you? How does it feel to know that you’re at the fool’s side now, after making fun of me so many times?)”

The insect monster spoke in a triumphant tone.

But his expression was too “insectified” to read any emotion.

“𝔹𝕌𝕋 ℕ𝕆 𝕄𝔸𝕋𝕋𝔼ℝ. 𝕃𝔼𝕋’𝕊 𝕋𝔸𝕂𝔼 ℙ𝕀𝕋𝕐 𝕆ℕ 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕀𝔻𝕀𝕆𝕋𝕊 𝔸ℕ𝔻 𝔼𝕏ℙ𝕃𝔸𝕀ℕ 𝕀𝕋 𝕋𝕆 𝕋ℍ𝔼𝕄. 𝕋ℍ𝔼 ℝ𝔼𝔸𝕊𝕆ℕ 𝔽𝕆ℝ 𝕄𝕐 𝕀ℕ𝕍𝕀ℕℂ𝕀𝔹𝕀𝕃𝕀𝕋𝕐. (But no matter. Let’s take pity on the idiots and explain it to them. The reason for my invincibility.)”

“The reason……for your invincibility?

“𝕄𝕐 𝔹𝕆𝔻𝕐 𝕀𝕊 ℕ𝕆𝕋 𝕆ℕ𝕃𝕐 𝕄𝕆ℕ𝕊𝕋ℝ𝕆𝕌𝕊, 𝔹𝕌𝕋 𝔸𝕃𝕊𝕆 ℍ𝔸𝕊 𝔸ℕ𝕆𝕋ℍ𝔼ℝ 𝕊ℙ𝔼ℂ𝕀𝔸𝕃 𝔼𝔽𝔽𝔼ℂ𝕋 𝕆ℕ 𝕄𝔼. 𝔸 𝕊ℙ𝔼ℂ𝕀𝔸𝕃……ℂ𝕌ℝ𝕊𝔼, 𝕋ℍ𝔸𝕋 𝕀𝕊. (My body is not only monstrous, but also has another special effect on me. A special……curse, that is.)”

“A curse?”

“𝔸𝕃𝕋ℍ𝕆𝕌𝔾ℍ ℕ𝕆𝕎 𝕃𝔸ℝ𝔾𝔼𝕃𝕐 𝔻𝔼𝔽𝕌ℕℂ𝕋 𝔸ℕ𝔻 𝕊𝔼𝕍𝔼ℝ𝔼𝔻, 𝕀𝕋 𝕀𝕊 𝕊𝔸𝕀𝔻 𝕋ℍ𝔸𝕋 𝕋ℍ𝔼 ℝ𝕆𝕐𝔸𝕃 𝔽𝔸𝕄𝕀𝕃𝕀𝔼𝕊 𝕆𝔽 𝕋ℍ𝕀𝕊 ℂ𝕆𝕌ℕ𝕋ℝ𝕐 ℍ𝔸𝔻 𝕍𝔸ℝ𝕀𝕆𝕌𝕊 𝕊𝕌ℙ𝔼ℝℕ𝔸𝕋𝕌ℝ𝔸𝕃 ℙ𝕆𝕎𝔼ℝ𝕊 𝕀ℕ 𝕋ℍ𝔼𝕀ℝ 𝔹𝕃𝕆𝕆𝔻𝕃𝕀ℕ𝔼𝕊 𝕀ℕ 𝕋ℍ𝔼 ℙ𝔸𝕊𝕋. ℕ𝕆𝕎, 𝕀𝕋 𝕊𝔼𝔼𝕄𝕊 𝕋ℍ𝔸𝕋 𝕆ℕ𝕃𝕐 𝕋ℍ𝔼 “𝕄𝔸𝕁𝔼𝕊𝕋𝕐 𝕆𝔽 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕃𝕀𝕆ℕ” ℍ𝔸𝕊 𝔹𝔼𝔼ℕ ℙ𝔸𝕊𝕊𝔼𝔻 𝔻𝕆𝕎ℕ. (Although now largely defunct and severed, it is said that the royal families of this country had various supernatural hexes in their bloodlines in the past. Now, it seems that only the “Majesty of the Lion” has been passed down.)”

Numerous supernatural powers that were only allowed to kings.

“𝕆ℕ𝔼 𝕆𝔽 𝕋ℍ𝔼𝕄 𝕎𝔸𝕊 𝕋ℍ𝔼 ℍ𝔼𝕏 𝕆𝔽 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝔾𝕃𝔸𝔻𝕀𝔸𝕋𝕆ℝ. (One of them was the Hex of the Gladiator.)”

“Hex of the Gladiator?”

“𝕋𝕆 𝕋ℍ𝕆𝕊𝔼 𝕎𝔸ℝℝ𝕀𝕆ℝ𝕊 𝕎ℍ𝕆 𝕊𝕎𝔼𝔸ℝ 𝔸𝔹𝕊𝕆𝕃𝕌𝕋𝔼 𝕃𝕆𝕐𝔸𝕃𝕋𝕐 𝕋𝕆 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕂𝕀ℕ𝔾, 𝕀ℕ 𝔼𝕏ℂℍ𝔸ℕ𝔾𝔼 𝔽𝕆ℝ 𝕋ℍ𝔼𝕀ℝ 𝕃𝕆𝕐𝔸𝕃𝕋𝕐, 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕂𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝔾ℝ𝔸ℕ𝕋𝕊 𝕋ℍ𝔼𝕄 𝕋ℍ𝔼𝕊𝔼 ℍ𝔼𝕏𝔼𝕊. 𝔸ℕ𝔻 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕎𝔸ℝℝ𝕀𝕆ℝ 𝕎ℍ𝕆 𝕆𝔹𝕋𝔸𝕀ℕ𝕊 𝕋ℍ𝕀𝕊 ℍ𝔼𝕏 ℂ𝔸ℕ ℕ𝔼𝕍𝔼ℝ 𝔻𝕀𝔼 𝕆ℝ 𝔹𝔼 𝔻𝔼𝔽𝔼𝔸𝕋𝔼𝔻. ℍ𝔼 𝕎𝕀𝕃𝕃 ℕ𝔼𝕍𝔼ℝ 𝔹𝔼 ℍ𝔸ℝ𝕄𝔼𝔻 𝔹𝕐 𝔸ℕ𝕐 𝕊𝕎𝕆ℝ𝔻, 𝔸ℕ𝔻 𝕀ℕ 𝔼𝕏ℂℍ𝔸ℕ𝔾𝔼, ℍ𝔼 𝕎𝕀𝕃𝕃 𝕂𝕀𝕃𝕃 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕂𝕀ℕ𝔾’𝕊 𝔼ℕ𝔼𝕄𝕀𝔼𝕊 𝕎𝕀𝕋ℍ 𝔸𝕃𝕃 ℍ𝕀𝕊 𝕄𝕀𝔾ℍ𝕋. (To those warriors who swear absolute loyalty to the king, in exchange for their loyalty, the king grants them these hexes. And the warrior who obtains this hex can never die or be defeated. He will never be harmed by any sword, and in exchange, he will kill the king’s enemies with all his might.)”

And the monstrous prime minister declared that he had received this hex.

“𝕋ℍ𝔼ℝ𝔼𝔽𝕆ℝ𝔼, 𝕀 𝕎𝕀𝕃𝕃 ℕ𝕆𝕋 𝔹𝔼 ℍ𝔸ℝ𝕄𝔼𝔻 𝔹𝕐 𝔸ℕ𝕐𝕆ℕ𝔼. 𝕀 𝕎𝕀𝕃𝕃 𝕂𝕀𝕃𝕃 𝔸𝕃𝕃 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝔼ℕ𝔼𝕄𝕀𝔼𝕊 𝕆𝔽 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕂𝕀ℕ𝔾. 𝕀𝔽 𝔸ℕ𝕐𝕆ℕ𝔼 ℂ𝔸ℕ ℍ𝕌ℝ𝕋 𝕄𝔼, 𝕀𝕋 𝕀𝕊 𝕆ℕ𝕃𝕐 𝕋ℍ𝔼 ℝ𝕆𝕐𝔸𝕃𝕋𝕐 𝕋ℍ𝔼𝕄𝕊𝔼𝕃𝕍𝔼𝕊 𝕎ℍ𝕆 𝔾𝔸𝕍𝔼 𝕄𝔼 𝕋ℍ𝔼 ℂ𝕌ℝ𝕊𝔼! (Therefore, I will not be harmed by anyone. I will kill all the enemies of the king. If anyone can hurt me, it is only the royalty themselves who gave me the curse!)”

“If there is such a hex……why are you……no way!”

A curse given by the king to his subjects.

And the identity of the person under confinement by Prime Minister Dernonos, who declared him seriously ill……

“Is that why you put my father under confinement!?”

Cymbium, the king’s daughter, bellowed.

“And the people, or rather, the beings backing you up behind this……they are the Demons, is it? Wait. Don’t tell me that the reason for my father’s confinement is to study and use the various powers in the royal bloodline!?”

“𝕍𝔼ℝ𝕐 ℙ𝔼ℝℂ𝔼ℙ𝕋𝕀𝕍𝔼, 𝕐𝕆𝕌ℝ ℍ𝕀𝔾ℍℕ𝔼𝕊𝕊. 𝕋ℍ𝔸𝕋 𝕎𝔸𝕊 𝕀ℕ𝔻𝔼𝔼𝔻 𝕎ℍ𝔸𝕋 𝕀 ℍ𝔸𝔻 𝔻𝕆ℕ𝔼. 𝔸ℕ𝔻 ℕ𝕆𝕎, 𝕀ℕ 𝔼𝕏ℂℍ𝔸ℕ𝔾𝔼 𝔽𝕆ℝ 𝕋ℍ𝔸𝕋 𝔻𝔼𝔸𝕃, 𝕀 𝕎𝕀𝕃𝕃 𝕌𝕊𝔼 𝕄𝕐 ℙ𝕆𝕊𝕀𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ 𝔸𝕊 ℙℝ𝕀𝕄𝔼 𝕄𝕀ℕ𝕀𝕊𝕋𝔼ℝ 𝔸ℕ𝔻 𝕋ℍ𝕀𝕊 ℕ𝔼𝕎𝕃𝕐-𝔽𝕆𝕌ℕ𝔻 ℙ𝕆𝕎𝔼ℝ 𝕋𝕆 ℍ𝔸ℕ𝔻 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕂𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝕆𝕍𝔼ℝ 𝕋𝕆 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝔻𝔼𝕄𝕆ℕ𝕊. 𝔸ℕ𝔻 ℕ𝕆 𝕆ℕ𝔼 𝕀ℕ 𝕐𝕆𝕌 𝕎𝕀𝕃𝕃 𝔹𝔼 𝔸𝔹𝕃𝔼 𝕋𝕆 𝕊𝕋𝕆ℙ 𝕄𝔼 𝕀ℕ 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕎𝔸𝕐! ℕ𝕆𝕋 𝕀ℕ 𝕋ℍ𝕀𝕊 𝔹𝕆𝔻𝕐 𝕋ℍ𝔸𝕋 ℕ𝕆 𝕆ℕ𝔼 ℂ𝔸ℕ ℍ𝕌ℝ𝕋! (Very perceptive, Your Highness. That was indeed what I had done. And now, in exchange for that deal, I will use my position as Prime Minister and this newly-found power to hand the king over to the Demons. And no one in you will be able to stop me in the way! Not in this body that no one can hurt!)”

The giant insect stood proud of his victory.

If his explanation is true, no one would be able to get even a scratch on him. Because of this, even the remaining uninjured soldiers cowered with their spears at the ready.

“Even though we’re no peerless nor a warrior…… doesn’t that still mean you are not invincible against the royalty who are the masters of the hex!?”

“𝕐𝕆𝕌 𝔸ℝ𝔼 ℂ𝕆ℝℝ𝔼ℂ𝕋 𝔸𝔾𝔸𝕀ℕ, 𝕐𝕆𝕌ℝ ℍ𝕀𝔾ℍℕ𝔼𝕊𝕊. 𝕄𝕐 𝕀ℕ𝕍𝕀ℕℂ𝕀𝔹𝕃𝔼 𝔹𝕆𝔻𝕐 ℂ𝔸ℕ 𝕀ℕ𝔻𝔼𝔼𝔻 𝔹𝔼 𝔻𝔸𝕄𝔸𝔾𝔼𝔻 𝕃𝕀𝕂𝔼 ℕ𝕆ℝ𝕄𝔸𝕃 𝔹𝕐 ℝ𝕆𝕐𝔸𝕃𝕋𝕐. 𝔹𝕌𝕋 𝕎ℍ𝔸𝕋 𝔻𝕆𝔼𝕊 𝕀𝕋 𝕄𝔸𝕋𝕋𝔼ℝ 𝕋𝕆 𝕐𝕆𝕌 𝕋𝕆 𝕂ℕ𝕆𝕎 𝕋ℍ𝔸𝕋? 𝕋ℍ𝕀𝕊 𝔹𝕆𝔻𝕐 𝔸𝕃𝕆ℕ𝔼, 𝕄𝕀ℕ𝕌𝕊 𝕋ℍ𝔼 “ℍ𝔼𝕏 𝕆𝔽 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝔾𝕃𝔸𝔻𝕀𝔸𝕋𝕆ℝ,” ℍ𝔸𝕊 𝕋ℍ𝕀𝕊 𝕄𝕀𝔾ℍ𝕋𝕐 ℂ𝔸ℝ𝔸ℙ𝔸ℂ𝔼 𝔸ℕ𝔻 𝕋ℍ𝔼𝕊𝔼 𝕁𝕆𝕀ℕ𝕋𝔼𝔻 𝕃𝔼𝔾𝕊!! (You are correct again, Your Highness. My invincible body can indeed be damaged like normal by royalty. But what does it matter to you to know that? This body alone, minus the “Hex of the Gladiator” has this mighty carapace and these jointed legs!!)”

The prime minister showed more of his huge body that was transformed into an ugly insect.

“𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕆ℕ𝕃𝕐 ℝ𝕆𝕐𝔸𝕃𝕋𝕐 ℍ𝔼ℝ𝔼 𝔸ℝ𝔼 ℂ𝕐𝕄𝔹𝕀𝕌𝕄 𝔸ℕ𝔻 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕊𝔼ℝ𝔼ℕ𝔼𝔸, 𝔹𝕆𝕋ℍ 𝕆𝔽 𝕎ℍ𝕆𝕄 𝔸ℝ𝔼 𝔽ℝ𝔸𝕀𝕃 𝕃𝕀𝕋𝕋𝕃𝔼 𝔾𝕀ℝ𝕃𝕊, (The only royalty here are Cymbium and the Serenea, both of whom are frail little girls,)” he added. “𝔻𝕆 𝕐𝕆𝕌 𝕋ℍ𝕀ℕ𝕂 𝕐𝕆𝕌 ℂ𝔸ℕ 𝔻𝔼𝔽𝔼𝔸𝕋 𝕄𝔼 𝔹𝕐 𝔾𝕀𝕍𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝔸 𝕊𝕎𝕆ℝ𝔻 𝕋𝕆 𝕊𝕌ℂℍ 𝔽ℝ𝔸𝕀𝕃 𝔻𝕆𝕃𝕃 ℍ𝔸ℕ𝔻𝕊 𝕆𝔽 𝕐𝕆𝕌ℝ𝕊? 𝕀𝕋’𝕊 𝕀𝕄ℙ𝕆𝕊𝕊𝕀𝔹𝕃𝔼, 𝕀𝕄ℙ𝕆𝕊𝕊𝕀𝔹𝕃𝔼, 𝕀 𝕋𝔼𝕃𝕃 𝕐𝕆𝕌! (Do you think you can defeat me by giving a sword to such frail doll hands of yours? It’s impossible, impossible, I tell you!)”

This means that there is no longer such existence that can defeat this monster.

“𝕎𝕀𝕋ℍ 𝕋ℍ𝕀𝕊 𝔹𝕆𝔻𝕐, 𝕀 𝕎𝕀𝕃𝕃 𝔹𝔼 𝕋ℍ𝔼 ℕ𝔼𝕎 𝕂𝕀ℕ𝔾! 𝕀 𝕎𝕀𝕃𝕃 𝔹𝔼ℂ𝕆𝕄𝔼 𝕋ℍ𝔼 ℕ𝔼𝕎 ℝ𝕌𝕃𝔼ℝ 𝕆𝔽 𝕋ℍ𝕀𝕊 ℂ𝕆𝕌ℕ𝕋ℝ𝕐! 𝔸ℕ𝔻 ℝ𝔸𝕀𝕊𝔼 𝕋ℍ𝔼 ℂ𝕆𝕄𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝕆𝔽 𝔸 ℕ𝔼𝕎 𝔸𝔾𝔼! 𝔽𝕆ℝ 𝕋ℍ𝔼ℝ𝔼 𝕎𝕀𝕃𝕃 𝔹𝔼 ℕ𝕆 𝕆ℕ𝔼 𝕎ℍ𝕆 ℂ𝔸ℕ 𝔻𝔼𝔽𝔼𝔸𝕋 𝕄𝔼! 𝔼𝕍𝔼ℝ! (With this body, I will be the new king! I will become the new ruler of this country! You will raise the coming of a new age! For there will be no one who can defeat me! Ever!)”

The Prime Minister is elated with the certainty of victory.

However, it was precisely at such a moment that the decisive action against the scoundrel came.

“Well, let me give it a try then.”

Suddenly, a sword with a blade made from the Hihi’irokane metal was swung down toward the insect.

It was from the newest challenger that had just arrived in this scene of carnage.

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