I Don’t Want This Bad Ending

The palace was busy as a new monarch will be taking the place of the former king.

The tension still lingers in the air and the knights that were loyal to the King immediately sided with Edickart after they learned about what happened to the King.

The lady's in waiting, as well as the attendants in the palace keep murmuring about what the others have said during what happened in the rebellion.

Of course, there are some things that the witness can't say. The rumors then became exaggerated as some people added their imagination to the story.

The people who really witnessed the scene with their own eyes can only divulge the reality to themselves and zip their mouth whenever someone asked for further explanation.

Crown Prince Edickart then gave his speech for the loyal knights that sided with him.

"Those who sided with justice knew what happened that day! It is my greatest disappointment that we needed to take greater measure and to hold the sharp blade with our own hands against the King…!"

The knights that were left in the throne room as they defended and helped the Duke of Emsworth and the General of the Bahalkii, Gabriel, defeat the royal knights that were under the rule of King Charles, kneeled in front of the new King.

"For our Kingdom to prosper, we need to take the rotten roots out and begin to plant new seeds that will give our Kingdom the nourishment that it needs… I don't care if you call me a traitor or a tyrant! But this Kingdom needs a change…!"

The knights began to give sincere admiration to Edickart.

"... The lives of our citizens are becoming more helpless as time passes by and I cannot turn a blind eye to them."

When Edickart saw that the knights were motivated and the morale was high, that was when he struck what Evelyn told him at the beginning of the plan.

"And the Temple of Light who are taking advantage of our beloved citizens by blinding them with sugar coated words and cursing them to be blindly faithful to them while they corrupt their minds and soul… I cannot forgive them anymore!"

Gasp!

The knights were shocked at the sudden revelation of their new king, as well as he revealed the dark parts of the Temple of Light that they hid from the people of Levingstone Kingdom.

"That is why I have taken the first step and decided to rebel against the former King because he ignored the problem that was starting to take over the lives of the people and the Temple of Light that was making our citizens and our beloved Kingdom, rotten to its core!"

The knights began to roar as they were overwhelmed as well as the fire inside them lit up as the morale in them started to overtake their whole being.

"The loyal knights of the Levingstone Kingdom…! You can take my head if you can't forgive what I've done today but first… let's clean up our land and take the trash that makes our kingdom rot!"

"... spread the words! Don't leave a single word out and only tell the truth however, I have a favor for everyone. Don't ever tell anyone about what happened in the throne room."

The knights begin to murmur with each other.

"... I don't want the citizens to be alerted and make them panic. It's enough that they will face this new change… let us, the people who started this, be the one to face this enemy."

"Waaa!! Long live the new King!

"Long Live King Edickart!"

The knights were happy that the new King seems to prioritize the citizens and the kingdom before their greed and fear. 

The now acting King, Edickart, told the knights that they can talk about what happened to the king and the reason behind it however he gave a gag order not to tell what happened inside the throne room.

"Be loyal to this Kingdom! Be with me as we make this new change!" Edickart charmingly said.

All the knights who witness it kneel and nod their head in agreement, it was the sign of their loyalty to the new regent.

As they think about it, the knights present that day begin to have flashbacks of what happened that day.

The Knights who witnessed Allan and Crown Prince Edickart slowly enter the throne room with light footsteps that rung inside the room.

As they looked back and saw the two, what gained their attention was the thing that was in the hands of Allan.

It was swinging back and forth following Allan's hands. 

As he entered inside, the ball-like thing that was hanging in his hands was thrown like trash. 

Thud!

Allan tossed the thing that was in his hand and it rolled like a ball.

However, the knights that were in the scene immediately distinguished what it was.

Gasp!

Shocked, the head that just rolled was the person that they swear their loyalty to.

It was the head of the King… no, it's now the former King.

All eyes then looked at Allan who just wiped the blood that spilled in his face. 

The cold looked in his eyes made them think he didn't have an ounce of feeling as he killed the King.

Though the knights that were in their side and all the people that have seen the Emsworth family knew that they tend to be nonchalant about things and their expression tends to change once in a blue moon.

Clap…! Clap…! Clap…!

Suddenly, they heard slow claps that came from the back of the throne.

All eyes were now at the person that was clapping on the other side.

"This is really unexpected…"

The low tone that came from the man that was slowly revealing himself became the center of attention.

Slowly, he descended from the throne and arrived at where the decapitated head of the King was.

"Tsk… tsk… what a mess"

The man said as he rolled the head of the King over revealing his face while he used his left foot to do it.

Allan, Gab, Duke Emsworth, the knights and lastly, Crown Prince Edickart was stunned at what he did.

"He was a good puppet though…" 

The man mumbled as he stepped on the head of the dead former King.

"What are you doing here?" Allan asked while his sunset eyes were glued to the man who was stepping on the former king's head.

"What am I doing here? Of course, I'm here to congratulate the new King."

Then the man proceeds to bow like a loyal servant towards Edickart.

Edickart was somewhat puzzled at the man's action.

"How did you know…" Edickart asked, however was interrupted because the man intervened.

"How did I know that you're here to kill the King?"

"Just answer the question! How did you know?!" Allan was getting agitated.

In the first place, this man in front of them was the one he felt uncomfortable with whenever they encountered each other in the Palace.

Like he has something unpleasant in his aura that Allan always thought was just nothing. 

But right now, Allan can't dismiss it as nothing. Because the aura of the man was dangerous and made the hair in his back stand.

"Young Master Allan really… you're so impatient."

"Why are you here?! How did you get inside?!"

The man looked straight to the eyes of the Crown Prince.

"You want to know why? It's because one of the links to my puppet was severed… so I knew that something was up. Really… who would have thought that I'll see him with just a head. You're too cruel, your highness."

"... or should I say, your majesty, the king?" The man continued.

Edickart as well as Allan was left confused at what he was saying.

"Stop saying nonsense! What's your connection with the former King?!"

As if the man had enough with the questioning, he sighed.

"You foolish humans really focus on something that is so trivial… you're not asking the correct question."

'Humans…?!'

Allan repeated what he said in his mind. There was something odd with what he called them. It's like he's saying that he is not in the same category.

"You should be asking something else, right?"

As if he was encouraging them, the man said nonchalantly.

Edickart began to scowl and asked in a low voice.

"You're Ishid… right?"

Ishid smiled with his dark crimson eyes that reflected the depths of the abyss. He smiled genuinely when he heard the question.

"I am him at the same time not… Ha-hahaha!"

Edickart, Allan, Duke Keene as well as Gab begin to take their stance as Ishid let out a dark aura that was somewhat heavy and disturbing.

"Oops~ I'm sorry about that… you see I'm just so happy, I really thought that no one would notice me so I started to think that if I waited more then I'll really get bored and kill all the people in this kingdom."

"What did you say?!" Duke Keene said as he felt his presence to be somewhat familiar.

Allan also felt his body tremble as Ishid's mana leaked out.

He then noticed his hands that were shaking a little.

"What is this…" Allan mumbled.

'Don't tell me... I'm afraid of him?' He thought.

Ishid then smiled as he thought that the first page of the story finally started to begin.

"How exciting..."