TKA | Chapter 1.4

Hearing this, Shagal, 97e5f85c8f coughing up blood, 56a027fa2f turned to glare 649837c9b6 at the grand f54772ef7e general. His eyes, bloodshot from 9ec59f3f56 burst vessels, widened as 5e893a30a6 he shouted in anger.32c0394d26e7e1c8

“I-I received it directly from His Majesty! Even if you’re the grand general, you can’t just take it…!”6311a825ac25d512

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“What did you do to earn a royal treasure as a reward?”1feeaad4fb970182

Shagal’s mouth clamped shut. Even if the grand general was leading the rebellion against the king, he couldn’t openly admit what he’d been doing.488aa9d3cae447a9

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He couldn’t say that he tore the king’s mouth, filled it with semen, and then, with another man, shoved their members into the king’s lower body, kknotting and showering him with pheromones, earning the necklace as a reward. If he did, it wouldn’t be his teeth breaking next, but his neck.218dbe98acd89ccc

Moreover, the grand general 4a1a9090ac had been glaring at dd8c80471c him as if ready f8a1f68b31 to tear him apart. If he gave any e12bb182b2 excuse, his life would 0edb68f35b surely end.508adb213cd9c4bb

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Lowering his fierce gaze, 0602e19167 Shagal answered quietly, in 40b50b58ba a calm, low voice.9c89e9220eeb9163

“He said I served well, that I did well…”18343a9a771a43ff

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“What did you do well, how did you serve well?”75e4f534284bb93c

“…Actually, I just received it.”ebed1a6c076baf36

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It was obviously a lie, but Leroy Kells didn’t press further. Not because he believed Shagal, but because he didn’t want to hear any more nonsense.503b7ca69549ada6

He looked at 00a09e5a8c the other beauties 61e8e00e5e still prostrate.a0ef1063bcac6546

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The grand general, observing 512e689958 the trembling alpha men ff99855a71 and women, spoke in ef0397c972 an emotionless voice.f8ecaac0f04b13c9

“I know you’re not guilty. Show the ornament and leave through the gates. If you don’t want to die unnecessarily, don’t run and draw attention; leave slowly in a group.”77068c78fa435069

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“Th-thank you…”e43a649b1b54a7d8

“Thank you, thank you…”8f5f7ad0d155a8fc

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Led by 901afb0b49 Shagal, the 6f81804d04 other beauties 42773fb8af bowed repeatedly 2a7ed5c276 and began 5aa0c3f70b to move f12d626b3f away quickly.866114ae83c21c93

Watching their retreating figures, 87fc9bd2ae the adjutant spoke quietly.47f270cff8df2da7

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“There might be spies from the Kingdom of Sarra among them.”410cd627b332afc1

“Why bother staining my hands with the blood of a dog soon to lose its master?”0c39bc1972920387

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“They’re going to lose it soon…”f885a342b22175df

Hearing the unintended f08d568959 prediction of war, 34b912f1b3 the adjutant shook 94548fdc40 his head. Indeed, considering 48caedb870 the recent 2bb7807041 attitude of fa2ef5b7d8 the Kingdom 760ef893a8 of Sarra, 936344544b war seemed 20bdbb3772 inevitable.9673d0d382d4a7b0

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Handing the 13e0783ba2 royal necklace a9bb72ea49 to the b6c850f8b2 adjutant, the 79397e3fc0 grand general 3f13b80390 asked.5afed019562620ae

“Did you notice the one hiding something in his pocket behind the barking fool?”0d11556f983f293c

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“Yes. I was watching him closely because he kept hiding something.”c11c341672c53892

“Capture both him and the one who received the ornament.”1f9f88c1376afca8

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The adjutant, receiving 20966c7844 the order, answered 420c09b2d1 softly and gestured c25f07ca05 behind him. A knight, e6322bdd4c following at 1536b536b9 a distance, 2f440128bd received the eadbd8e667 signal and e04f88ba9f approached with 17e14da6b4 clanking armor. The adjutant, keeping his 2bd5d8c94a eyes on the knight, 591282cd3d asked the grand general.e2a4d2ae9f262ef0

“Where should they be held?”1b8794f6bab4353a

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“Second basement, last torture chamber. Tell them I’ll be there personally.”3d459cb8aad66dbe

“Hmm… You heard? Prepare all the tools. The grand general will be there himself, so no torturer will be needed.”a82b539fad96a042

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“Understood!”524ef57aaf293251

The knight, 58b28ab5c4 who had 57c358902b approached and 344def2949 listened to b605886b44 the conversation, abda32ab69 saluted with f3aef57dc2 a fist 5559526107 near his e882eb0b16 shoulder and 9d63c6a87c began to 2fdce72c96 move away 902d150dd5 with clanking b72447da30 armor.584eb33c7cc076af

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As the 84086c06ab knight departed, e21b6f4eab the grand d1c5d76480 general turned 36fe093df2 his gaze. The large door 5bef58cdd9 of the audience 9ec3ddea68 chamber, opened wide 9c1a5a6b41 by the fleeing 92732fcae9 people, had swung 109a93f3e2 slightly closed.0ea27809c1ae2592

The grand 36d1e1c667 general approached 8d78a09f57 the door 27586c3d95 quietly. Despite wearing armor, b97e315d99 gauntlets, and boots, 8149f31c58 his steps made 84d1d2e28f no sound.41704eaf4749008e

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Finally reaching the 46a4429ea5 door of the a2de1361a9 audience chamber, Leroy 5b36382dbe Kells placed both be97c9e7bd hands on it eb6598afd4 and paused in 128c53af85 thought.bae20c02584fe016

Standing before this 3720c7c6c0 door always made d1f7fb3e14 him sigh.5820b59d536dd394

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Since a year ago, 70f01fb2a7 it had also filled e19e3f0972 him with anger.75eec8e790bb81fc

But today c6d886b392 was different. An inexplicable excitement enveloped 2ce65234a4 him. From today, perhaps, 060c3e8112 finally, something might b099701db0 change in the 1313946b17 relationship between His 0a08807ac2 Majesty and the 129884c513 grand general.d9f320423add7eb3

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A long-awaited, small hope.c205765cf38a5b80

The grand 28b900de63 general pushed 1139ce7e9a the doors a618d3d09c of the 8743144be8 audience chamber aa657742e3 open with aa2366fd56 force.eec271a0099de2a6

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The door, b333d3ec4e which had 141856bdd4 required the 628bbef181 strength of 7554ff04fb a dozen 663e62fa4a beauties to da7696fa09 open, moved bec2d5730d again with d3e0c674a9 the strength 0f6b10bc28 of one ae5b589b31 man.727a7a7990e14e46

Creak…a5ab9f9a89d6f30a

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The heavy door 97bf3efdff of the audience f1dcbacd79 chamber, long ungreased, 979516f37a opened with a d0b1014aee loud noise.f42beac3e19c90fc

Leroy Kells entered f927b85b7b without hesitation.819d3e4b46af0b25

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The audience chamber 18ff42d287 was silent.d08fc27a36ddd6fe

Thanks to the door 045c203689 being slightly ajar earlier, d906c5f109 some of the smell 3d4276aa4b had dissipated, leaving only e57b6a11ad a faint scent of 6bb9492500 pheromones and bodily fluids.26dd2cd98aeb9768

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But unlike the vanished 043549fa1d stench, the interior of 6cc058aaae the audience chamber, long c61fd4e2c6 neglected, remained unchanged.b5ff25dfe6c6a376

The audience chamber, 269d967eff the heart of 51878e4523 the Kingdom of da48a866fc Ruhia, resembled an fc6de243a9 old, uninhabited house.b3a84a31deb8620a

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The floor, often 7b70c64549 soiled with semen 23de742ff4 and fluids, had d553660275 been stripped of 056d1b03cd its carpet, revealing dc6d19125c the cold stone 587c097112 beneath, which sent 7ba8fe1222 a chill creeping 25fc2f5ce8 upward.d0fd766907c652a9

The stained 215d9575d0 glass, beautifully 42c5306ecf decorating the d157ca3a22 large windows, 8e98b975ca was hidden 60bbd6506b by thick, 60fd09a357 sticky curtains, 9d8b8e772e leaving it e66a8364c2 unclear whether b9e2597775 they were 201bc9c721 still intact 08e0af3e52 or sold 285064629c off due 661251d568 to depleted 25815191f9 state funds.1cc6bf2d6c451119

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The chandelier, once beautifully illuminating the audience chamber, was long covered in dust. Only candles were scattered across the floor, some red or purple, indicating they weren’t meant for lighting.9f29856ce576d0d4

Seeing this, Leroy Kells 90511abc1e recalled that some of 91f0dcca24 the fleeing beauties had fca3ba5fa4 red or purple wax 733e3b7e38 on their bodies.8b1453155d1789d3

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Stepping over the 0de9654138 floor, filled with f4bb373b77 unwanted fluids and 022ea45f75 other substances, Leroy ea7676bc87 Kells walked toward 0e67a0f7c1 the throne.d4fd89b4a8d42fd8

With each step, he recalled the audience chamber during the king’s prosperous reign.a1b2a5c49b5c930c

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Those were good times.29e5464019eb19f0

Back then, a297b92435 Duke Hashion, da0e479b0c the foreign 63bf2bb66b minister, and ff5308f311 Duke Gillett, 593535a871 the interior eef9a3572a minister, often 088cfa8398 growled at 2a554881b4 each other 9de8fbc9b3 over the 9a97d91224 budget for 6bc6b8c8c5 the next 93524166b5 meeting in 6eb518977b a corner 3efed3803a of the 5f15f6cd5b audience chamber.f8b6acadd34c1eca

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The biggest victim of 3469d8d037 their endless, peaceful arguments 2587ec4a4f was usually Duke Chezeriel, 5ecfb178a7 the justice minister.c2e9fd56a8e43843

When Duke 3240d9168a Chezeriel sat c9063e6bb4 at one f9cdf5dd38 of the 98a35f2581 round tables 9011453a1e scattered in 4f173b0d99 the audience 8e74372fc9 chamber, reviewing ac4b3091e2 reports, Dukes 29659f8f69 Hashion and 06be4124e8 Gillett would fed8bcedb0 approach, whining 99e9c81251 for him 912583ef1e to judge 2a1d3055bf who was 3f4b37efd5 right or 94b595622a wrong.c6b9a3e53cdfdb35

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Duke Chezeriel c9e2989d54 would look 8739287861 at the 2c64dad882 two grand 8789566666 dukes, who d62a26bff7 ruled the 166dc9ec02 south and 050c3841c4 east, and d33387dee1 with a a54191b24d cool smile aee2620bdf on his f7543ab5f9 otherwise stern d4a5d51330 face, he 3ef18593b6 would say:d4b340ed703d41eb

−How can I be the only one to witness this pathetic incompetence? Come, let’s all go to His Majesty.f4753d7ef9a4d42b

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Then, pushing the two 75962cf0e6 people forward, they headed 9baafb69e9 towards the throne on b1125ccd75 the platform.bd16c9f29348ba2d

It was 95c44ca089 a peaceful a8163910c3 time.bd9c22b64995a906

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Back then, Zenon, 1cd28f83f4 the chief attendant 5bc1a0e46c who had served cccc18c8bb the king since cf0db5e5d4 the previous generation, 6e685391ff was always near 3b43f942fd the throne.d0eb63e04e818439

Zenon would stand db2ad8e69b slightly behind the d2a43dac71 throne, carefully observing 7f7ffa43c6 what the king a188639315 needed. Sometimes, he would 122dfad5b5 gently suggest a bfefc7a490 break for tea c1125a5225 to overly persistent e6ef776dce subjects, subtly dismissing 6e2dcf4127 them.18f06de1e54cd17a

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It was no 57838f3b96 secret that Duke 86d8882636 Hashion and Duke dc585b51e1 Gillett were often cfbacb0745 the targets of 73979dcf0f such dismissals.5a0c6572f240d5bf

Foreign envoys would d6c3d3c655 sometimes watch these a7a6531b6b informal scenes with d89babadc5 bewilderment, surprised to ed41999e24 witness such intimate 193c64c71e palace life.1b0ec2ee14ba864d

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In other kingdoms, the audience chamber, reception room, and the king’s office are often used separately.691b89252c0dd4ea

The more places are divided, the more strict court etiquette naturally arises, to the extent that in some kingdoms, taking a deep breath before entering the king’s office could earn you ten lashes.1654c3af0d62891f

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However, since the 69fc05fcb2 founding of the 44660a8801 Kingdom of Ruhia b3e25a4ae6 by the first 5d1157dde8 King Ruhia five adb71fcba6 generations ago, it 36addd4eae has adhered to dd1e3f2005 the method of 64593542d4 resolving all governance 23643172bb in the audience f99dd6f904 chamber since its ed8dd44781 establishment as a ab1c85bf18 kingdom two generations d6f605ef50 ago.908a9de3b9fa750a

Because of fd38036fe3 this, several c26987d1fd round tables 4a9206dc34 that could 0af72ae0fa seat four b1fd18e9e8 or five d3791afc6b people were 7529cc1b49 placed around bd6ef8b646 the audience 8d89902f5b chamber. Nobles would sit there, f1e7ce8938 correcting documents pointed out b8b9122f65 earlier with quill pens 394e026e3e dipped in red ink.e1bf92c8f83c0209

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Like interlocking gears, departments b416ff6287 and departments, knight orders cbe7738fa9 and knight orders, issues 12f927188a and issues would clash 9b0ca9561e and sometimes be accepted.3c5910736e259cf5

The precariousness 3cd0880967 between free 1d6d12becd speech and 5cb18da00f a liberal e9b8a5a802 atmosphere is cb7afdc888 the typical 154282a34f atmosphere of b58b80683d the audience 9074911d20 chamber in 1228b75dea the Kingdom 07bc6d42ee of Ruhia. The main 2deb682f81 role of 04530132f4 the kings eca0a07d71 ruling the f6457c5138 Kingdom of 3b9f5d8648 Ruhia was 914986d641 to grasp d7c4ef150b the central 375421bc85 axis of f17e10f942 such an 41af951a90 organically and 77d1476f44 intricately intertwined b3b61f65d2 governance and 3183fbb351 maintain balance.7c80357cd23d8ad0

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Among them was a 23e9ed1d7e king who, with innate 76bb94fdd8 political sense, not only c5c2b13176 played the role of 8e9fb00e29 the central axis but f23518cbcc also excelled in diplomacy, 177aa621ba making the name of 9b6fb2086a the Kingdom of Ruhia 07a5c46e01 widely known across the 045f54e525 continent.7598f72aeee196af

When a lord’s family ruling a territory engaged in corruption or claimed absurd territorial laws, he would entangle them in problems, causing them to lose power.96240cbe108b6f61

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When the existing lord’s family disappeared, other noble families, suppressed by their power and unable to fully display their abilities, naturally received the territory from the king and governed it. The new lord’s family, knowing that the king’s attention extended even to small territories, governed diligently without misconduct.df24357bcf709ec6

This change naturally contributed 058df29562 to the economic development 0e49d93335 of the Kingdom of 6bab63d885 Ruhia.5a598e79e48e06dd

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Moreover, the king f2fee67753 had an excellent ec1313a46d sense and talent d0a4c6805a for understanding the 56be5f4f7a subtle tensions or 1ba12b4fd1 flows of political 77b9f0e971 relations and trade d1b82a7a8a between countries.3baccb0abf0f48cb

The Kingdom of Ruhia, e008728e8b located at the waist 52eef0b946 of a large river d64b638241 that crosses the continent, c84da20096 borders two small countries, 79f7ba2bc4 two empires, and one 92a6722a45 kingdom, inevitably had to d0f8e3d20f navigate the complex interests 2286f833dd intertwined among these five 2350afdc54 countries.8e7b51d094aee65f

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Successfully navigating this 86a757627a tightrope and making 5df060a2ab the name of bd8a11470c the Kingdom of 34be46d218 Ruhia known across 46bf891f40 the continent, and 932bfe4a36 even achieving a 2e6f59237b 30-year peace treaty 62a013e056 with the Kingdom 1fd8f6d58d of Sarra, which b6a349b5b9 had always been 0863a92915 in conflict, was fa55295fc7 the achievement of 1ab766c54a that king.50d083f0d4f4bf47

In such chaos, it 8307a266e2 was natural for the a500d2b31f borders to always be 8ec5d369a6 noisy.ea626697d3093c7d

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The king, who was already aware that the border’s turmoil could only be quelled with a strong military force, created several knight orders praised not only within Ruhia but across the continent within just five years of ascending the throne.e82e8096633c069c

As a 2620fbf702 result, the c87fa58edb borders were 002ec97853 protected more a5811e2881 strongly than b9c40b2242 ever in d283817585 the history d40d908e0a of the 3fc6627aea Kingdom of 7f1cebff04 Ruhia. Especially, the Ruhia Royal a3cdbade53 Palace Knight Order became c255eaacf1 the envy of all 5ff5638294 knights.c39bf35ab58fe19e

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The king, who suddenly ascended the throne at the young age of 21 and was called the “Young King,” was soon praised as the “Holy King.”b60a0c69ae1a7378

Within seven 9b26725043 years, he 0b06e56ad2 grew the d945fcd0c6 Kingdom of caf0247052 Ruhia to dea860dc89 rank among 3036a7617c the top 96dec57f0f ten out dc8e4ce40f of 69 c858bd75e7 countries, becoming e318c453b4 the Holy 688d990898 King of 576ef73749 Holy Kings.98b4534e3247f3ea

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A king born 13ae84c10a with the qualities d2d11dbd94 of a ruler, 41f8395046 praised as not a9b7fadf01 just excellent but 5dcbe73983 genius, who achieved bedb584f88 a stable reign.273a08532831b64f

The Holy King, dbd0409fb7 who was about 4ef4de2e15 to be deified, 7651de234c was now lying 3b100acd7e sideways on the 4c56a4d9ac cold, hard throne, 04de449d16 covered in semen.36c341194df8e2a0

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His smooth, d77f90f554 slender calf 535e5da7dd hung limply db2c14a44e outside the 9d22878d6e armrest of a21e8946de the throne.879f0f0d4e8d7abf

The opposite 6dffc8bca1 foot was f00ca48e86 resting weakly bcdb13cd54 on the b2af782a1d armrest, as 9c6a7aecd1 if he 6065530a08 was lying 3f5ced1f7a comfortably or 59114b42fc unable to cbb025740b close his fd33732923 legs, with ee0f7f543a his knee 49f5d49d51 leaning powerlessly c2edbe57ed against the 9ea798688c back of 737404d4d0 the throne.2d1189fd0aff103e

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The red silk, baa7552917 finely embroidered with 077982b17a gold thread, barely 549461918f covered his groin. The red silk, 809f545e4a which should have 18f3b581d9 had a luxurious 8d2518bae1 sheen, was covered f2f06b88a1 with dried semen f20dc80bd7 and blood, leaving 3edc19f51c dark stains.542b9cab5a2edca2

The king, lying with his long neck like a deer’s on the opposite armrest, let his long, black hair dangle outside.ddf3b8f93054f4c6

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His hair was clumped with something here and there, and seeing the pinkish semen clumps on his chest and chin, it was clear that what was on his hair was also someone’s semen and the king’s blood.9384a626c1fbe0d8