TKA | Chapter 1.4

Hearing this, Shagal, b8b4322d0c coughing up blood, 7bbd10645b turned to glare 02f0033917 at the grand e997f9efb0 general. His eyes, bloodshot from 21d468041a burst vessels, widened as d8e0cc43fa he shouted in anger.186afc9f1845865b

“I-I received it directly from His Majesty! Even if you’re the grand general, you can’t just take it…!”86d9ef84c94ccb58

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“What did you do to earn a royal treasure as a reward?”300649a46b2bf1a5

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.ea1c320298b13f6f

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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.451ae07c7c5cf3c7

Moreover, the d68f7a9bb9 grand general 1738c39987 had been b37dabb202 glaring at a90b37914b him as 67418b6759 if ready 6908cbf437 to tear d7bcd15045 him apart. If he gave 6a24bd3801 any excuse, his 4b78cfabab life would surely 9eab2b0748 end.13602c488f557f65

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Lowering his c92d5859b7 fierce gaze, bad497112b Shagal answered 9416c523a0 quietly, in 76d584ba3a a calm, 0edb33ad46 low voice.f64b12e68fa35913

“He said I served well, that I did well…”26e3328dfb4fd788

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“What did you do well, how did you serve well?”c5d4b3824a21ad34

“…Actually, I just received it.”ffaa104cb2ac3e9c

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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.2daa15eb4baeb79d

He looked at 7514170eee the other beauties d9484b40dc still prostrate.8c4e232c463a84b7

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The grand 2ccdbbf512 general, observing 265f2d8749 the trembling 251a60ee72 alpha men 56bcb49dcc and women, 1bcf0ff6e4 spoke in c21500c027 an emotionless 4d50199014 voice.e10a66cd378fe41d

“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.”6092f6aa44ac8967

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“Th-thank you…”108a8fa478475204

“Thank you, thank you…”80f76ff0e67a32d9

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Led by Shagal, b7a6f5d483 the other beauties 00dd08334a bowed repeatedly and 648ef525f8 began to move 17a4e53641 away quickly.3a6d595d2855cc5a

Watching their 6f918180bb retreating figures, acef6e7d1c the adjutant 0f5bac64fa spoke quietly.4a1bb495c9087503

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“There might be spies from the Kingdom of Sarra among them.”4509499650044388

“Why bother staining my hands with the blood of a dog soon to lose its master?”98dca607d8d3cbfc

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“They’re going to lose it soon…”83caa15b17ae7f13

Hearing the unintended prediction 8c317ebe4e of war, the adjutant 021234a711 shook his head. Indeed, considering the e1109b78bc recent attitude of c69c1a565a the Kingdom of 294bc2ddba Sarra, war seemed a396593342 inevitable.86808a04cbdee4b3

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Handing the c8fa4c8f59 royal necklace 801c5c595c to the aa4eb3a495 adjutant, the bba858eae5 grand general 18f400546b asked.e8e12599d62f5863

“Did you notice the one hiding something in his pocket behind the barking fool?”69cac8c8a60ad4c2

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“Yes. I was watching him closely because he kept hiding something.”e0e9b88e5819e236

“Capture both him and the one who received the ornament.”b1bebef4a39aa456

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The adjutant, 22a2279cbb receiving the 02bb0240e5 order, answered c817543bbd softly and d901b5a1e9 gestured behind db00914ebd him. A knight, following at 1b90997599 a distance, received the ecc47c1c74 signal and approached with a4bb114cda clanking armor. The adjutant, keeping his 8af3efe9e7 eyes on the knight, a332f33431 asked the grand general.45d9b907a79a0fcf

“Where should they be held?”67e6194063f339b7

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“Second basement, last torture chamber. Tell them I’ll be there personally.”1c234965aec20c6b

“Hmm… You heard? Prepare all the tools. The grand general will be there himself, so no torturer will be needed.”db4a5032b9cd8449

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“Understood!”66c16af254aa52d6

The knight, who 4376169e96 had approached and e046661e4a listened to the 45ec502d24 conversation, saluted with 8aaee5c56a a fist near 9458de5beb his shoulder and 9b1f4508a4 began to move 3d572fb579 away with clanking 4c76af0898 armor.93d4c5faabd5ca14

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As the knight 69b71ad268 departed, the grand ba3e8ab6ef general turned his 96f5860ec6 gaze. The large door of f3465402de the audience chamber, opened 765a9e10b1 wide by the fleeing e944f3b8a9 people, had swung slightly b261d6f5dc closed.808a7e3a0ad2108a

The grand general 7b517df02e approached the door a2b9eb1b93 quietly. Despite wearing ba8d49cf0c armor, gauntlets, c187dc1607 and boots, e25e8f4a65 his steps 2721e259ad made no 4a07d857da sound.99672fa22c69430e

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Finally reaching the door c6bd7ca605 of the audience chamber, 814c1941ae Leroy Kells placed both ee86fc0301 hands on it and 3cc1d06beb paused in thought.127fa1c11c9c4a9b

Standing before 9779997039 this door c0ca45d1e9 always made b1c24a707d him sigh.3dfc07fd5369c278

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Since a year 6699d4d700 ago, it had 73f7a1f66b also filled him 9a3f8b97d0 with anger.a0b0fa5483c2482f

But today f7988bf8ea was different. An inexplicable 2bfeec199a excitement enveloped 3d7d7e1d38 him. From today, perhaps, 3f85ff92b5 finally, something might ee873ecd95 change in the fd4d967597 relationship between His c359f4fefc Majesty and the f05c50ca0a grand general.4a6bd56bbe5e4ed9

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A long-awaited, db87b502a2 small hope.b13295e5d33fc970

The grand general pushed 5aada206c7 the doors of the bac226dd89 audience chamber open with 4792d2b2f3 force.2d77cd1a1a824161

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The door, 8f2341fb77 which had dff1d224df required the d3f71a3ecb strength of 757f85b247 a dozen 52f7f814da beauties to b872927508 open, moved d22181fb0d again with 0bebdf0f9a the strength 55d3cc6792 of one cd2e64b62f man.e61141ade5e2c3bc

Creak…36994c83dc58aaef

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The heavy door 89233dba88 of the audience aa97f3ee30 chamber, long ungreased, a1df4930c2 opened with a 9c7c16e974 loud noise.9bd9045a43bb3eed

Leroy Kells entered without 56863e5ea7 hesitation.603fbd283088f2ba

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The audience 85bd28ec3c chamber was 743fe77074 silent.b98d3081e2dd0526

Thanks to the door 6c4713b959 being slightly ajar earlier, cc188e4d10 some of the smell a1749152c8 had dissipated, leaving only 9f209e937c a faint scent of d4ed9217a2 pheromones and bodily fluids.35d292ce92836fa4

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But unlike the vanished e351bc4b54 stench, the interior of 1af097b511 the audience chamber, long 2a406bf1c6 neglected, remained unchanged.0176254721b9214c

The audience chamber, the 568132a086 heart of the Kingdom ff58a1b4db of Ruhia, resembled an 9c7255e230 old, uninhabited house.1ff6864180e64574

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The floor, 3dbb6d3a6b often soiled c9ca804952 with semen 9da1d99a22 and fluids, 804010bf52 had been 7880ee105f stripped of e744ce7aed its carpet, 814791ad50 revealing the 5749a9cc24 cold stone f8cad13442 beneath, which 1b8bd55f41 sent a 46828aeae4 chill creeping 4741c135d0 upward.acea5a2d10d2cd25

The stained 50b50e1ddf glass, beautifully e37644e719 decorating the 0753ec17b3 large windows, a2d731d6d6 was hidden 7c7a09b743 by thick, f592c494a1 sticky curtains, 0684e8599c leaving it ea25fa7eb2 unclear whether 56393e2b5e they were 416e491643 still intact 036a07297d or sold 2d42d23154 off due e4c237bb7d to depleted fec985ec60 state funds.c8c50be07d2ab65d

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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.dd60788172daf82f

Seeing this, Leroy 117d636c69 Kells recalled that f6022b1d74 some of the 92c23b396c fleeing beauties had 2be23b61d2 red or purple 492cfcf496 wax on their 4b87464f35 bodies.6232f1353b7a7e64

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Stepping over 5e3c1e6fe4 the floor, 87d6f1f946 filled with c022da8fdb unwanted fluids 2118b8b715 and other 4f66768d86 substances, Leroy 95ef88136f Kells walked 70a8aff8b1 toward the 1aedc4c462 throne.d64a2929268048ea

With each step, he recalled the audience chamber during the king’s prosperous reign.97e13a2ec2bdf899

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Those were good ea2337f0c5 times.bb442e458036c1e5

Back then, 6f812cc629 Duke Hashion, fbdb52f9c6 the foreign ad0986867f minister, and 577a2a1223 Duke Gillett, 17d9d544c1 the interior 2917a42ca3 minister, often 49fdbe55df growled at d755880133 each other fbce3709de over the bc81665671 budget for f51db0d92c the next bfbdd0728a meeting in fd692aeaf0 a corner 434d4d752a of the 8a4b52df79 audience chamber.129565e6173e58f3

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The biggest victim of fdf3518244 their endless, peaceful arguments c6d46fcd93 was usually Duke Chezeriel, 2fdf5bbf18 the justice minister.c622ddc3a50c1822

When Duke Chezeriel sat 7ab1549920 at one of the 9d4ac7ef01 round tables scattered in a5326d8bf3 the audience chamber, reviewing 3020fe8ea8 reports, Dukes Hashion and b9e8a59c50 Gillett would approach, whining ebe8065c67 for him to judge 529ec203fb who was right or 13e572a826 wrong.0cde43c5628b893b

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Duke Chezeriel would 580d672a52 look at the 9eab90aff7 two grand dukes, e86485e6a5 who ruled the 9a0d0cf14d south and east, f36194c1b3 and with a 0f495588e2 cool smile on 0e392bc5e1 his otherwise stern dfbf50e115 face, he would 13b4f5e290 say:d5ba5d873a6ffce1

−How can I be the only one to witness this pathetic incompetence? Come, let’s all go to His Majesty.1a1cb9e750cd5d54

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Then, pushing the 0d2d85c498 two people forward, 31fa4b5fa4 they headed towards 5a5f3470c4 the throne on 72c2eb3678 the platform.9b6e3f4d0a666685

It was 4ae46ce5a5 a peaceful 6e47b89073 time.ddd4770fad9a85b5

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Back then, 8b32786ba1 Zenon, the 74921da040 chief attendant 88a373b00c who had 4b190de56f served the 203b8c258e king since 98c817d0e1 the previous f4b3e292f9 generation, was 098138f33e always near f8d0efce60 the throne.ad180a8d7c443a12

Zenon would stand slightly 8e6e0e331a behind the throne, carefully d7eb70cfa7 observing what the king 82e2f8bb47 needed. Sometimes, he would gently 5ab4688358 suggest a break for fe16e3290f tea to overly persistent 6ef98c13b8 subjects, subtly dismissing them.b07aa9b22dbe1d37

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It was ea741aa4b2 no secret 195b961d63 that Duke 6816d39cf8 Hashion and 31c53f9c0b Duke Gillett 55f8973481 were often 3e4830b5f7 the targets d0b6039308 of such 195acc1f01 dismissals.fe2000cde664abc0

Foreign envoys bd5121ea9f would sometimes 40ed77f8f3 watch these 17ed67309b informal scenes 1d6b60bf3f with bewilderment, 73ad0fcdf6 surprised to 09d5a44c63 witness such 330227e5da intimate palace 459e104178 life.8d45fda5b56c8e3f

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In other kingdoms, the audience chamber, reception room, and the king’s office are often used separately.070b730c9ccce115

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.ccc4003cee2a2968

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However, since the founding 7416719c4e of the Kingdom of 869833a865 Ruhia by the first 3cd7e09796 King Ruhia five generations dce58ed2eb ago, it has adhered 6676cb4f82 to the method of a382ae6c27 resolving all governance in 4c57edb99d the audience chamber since a51b1cf5b7 its establishment as a c35ee0c663 kingdom two generations ago.511c8bfb307cd5d6

Because of a6d5a89273 this, several 492940a098 round tables ef7c61a124 that could fd148f8c44 seat four 23cd9b7efc or five 612d7ef59b people were 9e8aa66dd6 placed around e4e08becf3 the audience a451a95e36 chamber. Nobles would c9bd75b59b sit there, 3f39b2620b correcting documents 66ca9e658b pointed out 5a70194c10 earlier with 1c4b123c79 quill pens 632968c0e5 dipped in 9c6d2543e2 red ink.a707bbfc9fda719c

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Like interlocking gears, departments fce3ce4b94 and departments, knight orders 8dcec27709 and knight orders, issues 7ce0f50032 and issues would clash 31efe09d96 and sometimes be accepted.3c2d24666f7ce83a

The precariousness between free e7b3e44e4d speech and a liberal d8e83ed824 atmosphere is the typical 4211ea416a atmosphere of the audience 3f6b44af35 chamber in the Kingdom c32f829800 of Ruhia. The main 9cbd6b0e5e role of f51508e06d the kings 687f6e323f ruling the 982c329793 Kingdom of c7c0c791cd Ruhia was 888218d4d3 to grasp 3bbbf1d6ef the central e04c9d36b1 axis of 49861effd1 such an 7bebeeed8d organically and 6f267196db intricately intertwined b84728390e governance and 6cd75d274b maintain balance.271bebd5b25c7dff

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Among them was a bc87256f6a king who, with innate 60fc02a337 political sense, not only d213a08189 played the role of f076941f4b the central axis but fab57239bd also excelled in diplomacy, 0e0dea2db2 making the name of fae7f6bd48 the Kingdom of Ruhia f99fad115b widely known across the 67e520e6a5 continent.0244f9c6ba33715f

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.58cb04f688e6af84

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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.551b271381891ba1

This change naturally 276d132a70 contributed to the f7fc400f02 economic development of de23b5a909 the Kingdom of 8ad43e9722 Ruhia.d2bd2ebee97b16fb

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Moreover, the king had c417741848 an excellent sense and 69a03d7e4c talent for understanding the adcc472e98 subtle tensions or flows 73cb66d5aa of political relations and 1c93d21107 trade between countries.56af6f8ee26c5c7b

The Kingdom 83e0b2e657 of Ruhia, 20755c2395 located at 6877b9b268 the waist b02ae810d2 of a 61f1beebbf large river dcc960a175 that crosses 3d35894cd0 the continent, 31eb72e87b borders two e1a1e50424 small countries, a78863593b two empires, 052b993261 and one 460a8c82e0 kingdom, inevitably 8eb4875648 had to 45e8cd1844 navigate the b9e99a58aa complex interests b724cf29bb intertwined among 38003224cf these five 1b473f3927 countries.cc403c75463b98b9

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Successfully navigating efd2c23844 this tightrope 8a6095021f and making ed112ee628 the name 65fbc1f365 of the 14ebcefbe8 Kingdom of 29860a9dbc Ruhia known 03d0165b2c across the 2813c2bc34 continent, and 6f0d4e5eb8 even achieving 946e3a0aec a 30-year 74f18e89ff peace treaty eb075a388f with the 3058409214 Kingdom of 302b432ae2 Sarra, which e5d0ffa323 had always ef6757db82 been in 2e28e89ece conflict, was 802930d781 the achievement 8d8f519cfa of that d2d23d1341 king.7ef51756e5fa4b54

In such chaos, it 86c394b403 was natural for the b522d7dae0 borders to always be 5c05c14f0a noisy.9cfb9d704d1734dd

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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.6b5a00762b1c8e27

As a result, the 45a220b6bb borders were protected more 1cb82468f4 strongly than ever in 420247c32a the history of the 1430d65a4c Kingdom of Ruhia. Especially, the 5242e9599f Ruhia Royal d5c818c016 Palace Knight 7176426ce1 Order became c2b294d19c the envy 676cb90c9b of all ee35938618 knights.712bbdee238aa2c4

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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.”d47fd4f11170c7f6

Within seven years, he 108ae289bc grew the Kingdom of e8fa6c5fcf Ruhia to rank among 8bf48ddf83 the top ten out 6053d4c8b2 of 69 countries, becoming a43c00bceb the Holy King of 34eed36611 Holy Kings.365c415e698f5bf1

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A king 0846f0dc94 born with d79314e58a the qualities d2d641afb5 of a c78c4c39a5 ruler, praised b6370660fa as not eda9d6f62b just excellent 4fcbdd2a65 but genius, 6ae630ab83 who achieved 88878c0ced a stable 548f42dac1 reign.97969a6552215d18

The Holy 82b8bd3394 King, who 96e2386461 was about def6d78b94 to be d8511fd7d8 deified, was c3e602353c now lying 9ae3bc711f sideways on aefa712595 the cold, 85875b5634 hard throne, 27dfdb81ca covered in d7cf5d6ad6 semen.f1a2b843adfe04ed

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His smooth, dd89a35a55 slender calf 1857637161 hung limply 4d04a12132 outside the 68f5bb1504 armrest of 78feac27a8 the throne.2f125f7a411d66f9

The opposite foot 67b1cbc705 was resting weakly 776ffd1b5a on the armrest, 54c36c8f15 as if he 6a7064fa5f was lying comfortably f062b30621 or unable to d7db9d51b1 close his legs, 9b18626bfc with his knee 82e3d16424 leaning powerlessly against 2859677665 the back of 35f74c0131 the throne.2ebe136e5ade32ae

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The red ae61403e3c silk, finely eadd4ab50d embroidered with 706bcee63d gold thread, 6c1d26af49 barely covered bb9259938a his groin. The red c090ed361a silk, which ba317038f7 should have e38ef938a0 had a d4818281aa luxurious sheen, 2f74ceb294 was covered 147813c548 with dried d2f4e8fb8a semen and ecea512704 blood, leaving c630dec69a dark stains.bb25d563c53aff6d

The king, lying with his long neck like a deer’s on the opposite armrest, let his long, black hair dangle outside.6cdc486c7f3a8983

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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.8b3194d05561a41c