The Youngest Prince Of The English Royalty House [EN]: Chapter 193

[John I (1)]

“Your… Your Majesty, may I tell you what I heard and saw?”

Christian stuttered as he slowly began to recount everything that had happened throughout Poland.

I listened intently.

And came to a conclusion.

We were played?

“…That’s what happened.”

Christian finished his story calmly. Then, the vassals seemed to be watching my reaction to the story.

Was it because I was Richard’s brother and the Count of Champagne’s uncle?

Christian, who had finished the story, also lowered his head, waiting for my answer.

‘This guy seems to have a strange misunderstanding. Does he think I’m going to kill him to relieve stress?’ I thought.

“My brother is dead… My brother…”

I decided to accept the reality before me.

“…”

And I spoke to the vassals who were watching me.

“It is not your fault. It is my fault.”

Honestly, I feel depressed.

Now that I think about it, Richard was my mental support in many ways, as I was a reincarnator who was confused in the Middle Ages.

The Count of Champagne and I bickered, but he was still a nephew I cared about.

The elite corps I had worked so hard to prepare was annihilated by the Mongol bastards.

“Christian.”

“Your Majesty. Please speak.”

Christian still looked at me with a trembling voice. I took his surviving hand and said.

“Thank you… for surviving.”

I had no intention of blaming Christian for surviving instead of my brother and nephew.

His hand was warmer than expected.

“Your Majesty… How can you hold the hand of such a lowly person? How can you…”

This era is the Middle Ages.

Even though I treat the Third Estate [commoners] well, they are mostly nobles or illegitimate children of nobles. There was an insurmountable gap between commoners and the king.

“I am not thanking you for telling me about the tragedy of that day. I mean, thank you for overcoming that hell and surviving.”

However, the commoner, who never expected to hear such words from the king, repeatedly bowed his head and said to me, at a loss for what to do.

“But I was just lucky. It was the knights of the Holy Roman Empire who saved me, a humble man, from death just before I died.”

When Christian was left alone and running away, there were people who came to save Christian like good Samaritans.

It was the army of the Holy Roman Empire.

“It was you who endured until they came to rescue you.”

“Your Majesty…”

It was an ironic story. The most precious ones died, and the most humble one survived.

Of course, even though new crusaders were deployed in between, they were all annihilated.

I had a question, ‘How did he survive?’ but now is not the time to be surprised. It’s time to encourage him.

“You are the only surviving warrior of England.”

“Peter, give him the Sword of Honor.”

That’s why I couldn’t just stand still.

The Sword of Honor. A sword that bestows honor, not for killing people.

That is to say, it is time to treat the surviving veterans by my order.

“As God’s representative, I, John I, appoint Christian as a knight of England.”

“Sob, sob.”

Then Christian shed hot tears. Seeing those tears, I was convinced that Christian was a true surviving warrior.

Of course, I didn’t think that knighting alone could repay Christian for his suffering.

“Peter, give Chevalier [Knight] Christian a suitable reward. I would prefer it if it were in gold ducats [gold coins].”

“I will follow Your Majesty’s command.”

Yes, this man is truly blessed by God.

“Why are you giving me these benefits…?”

“Sir Christian, as a knight of Christ, weren’t you carrying the ‘wishes’ of your comrades on your shoulders? Now, go and receive your reward.”

In one Crusader movie, there was a scene where the main character knighted all the soldiers who survived to the end. So why can’t I treat the surviving hero well?

After sending Christian elsewhere like that.

I looked at the vassals and said.

“I have heard bad news, so I want to be alone for a while. Now, please leave.”

Everyone left like that. I was left alone.

The pressure my brother must have felt rushed to me. Yes, now I am England.

“Ha…”

Perhaps that’s why I sighed, which I had been holding back.

Tears did not come.

Is it because I, Safe Zone, am a reincarnator who has lived two lives? Or is it because I have spent hard times and realized that even sadness is a luxury?

After regaining my composure, I went to the backyard where my sister-in-law Sybilla was.

Familiar women were seen.

“I’m anxious… really… everything…”

“Don’t worry, Sybilla.”

I went to my sister-in-law, who was chatting with my wife, Mary.

“Your Majesty, what’s wrong?”

“Why do you have that look on your face?”

“Mary, I have something to talk about with my sister-in-law for a moment.”

“Okay.”

I faced my sister-in-law 1:1 and barely opened my mouth.

“Sister-in-law…”

It is difficult to tell my sister-in-law, who has already lost her younger brother, that her husband has also died.

“He died on the battlefield.”

However, before I could get to the point, my sister-in-law spoke directly, as if she had already expected it.

“I’m sorry, sister-in-law.”

“I… I don’t know what to say. God is so cruel. Not only my parents and the two Baldwin boys, but now Richard is taking them away. I’m not Job, and God is really too much. To me… really…”

“Sister-in-law.”

I feel sorry for even looking at my sister-in-law’s face, which has become numb to even sadness.

‘If it weren’t for the Albigensians [a heretical sect], Richard would not have died.’

Perhaps Richard was at fault because I failed to predict the threat of the Albigensians. As I felt guilty, my sister-in-law asked.

“John, I want to know how Richard ended up like that.”

“That is…”

At my sister-in-law’s words, I told her the story that Christian had told me, and my sister-in-law, who listened to my story quietly, said.

“Still, he protected his honor until the end. He… and Henri (Count of Champagne), the child he cherished so much, are all knights who died fighting for their country. And their deaths are not Your Majesty’s fault. I knew it would happen someday.”

“Yes?”

When I asked back, my sister-in-law smiled bitterly and said.

“A man going to the battlefield has death in front of him, so he doesn’t know when he will die. But I want to ask this question.”

My sister-in-law, who hesitated for a moment, said.

“Will you avenge the Holy Mongol Empire?”

At that moment.

My sister-in-law’s eyes were so cold and sharp. Enmity towards the Mongols, who broke the peace of Europe and even took my brother away, was in her eyes.

“Even if my life ends, I will avenge my brother and die.”

Whether she felt something from my words. My sister-in-law smiled and said.

“I hope so. You are Safe John, but you are also Dangerous John.”

And some time later.

The leader of the white flag delegation of the Holy Mongol Empire, who came to negotiate, came to England and proposed a deal.

“Our Holy Mongol Empire requests a trade with the monarch of England.”

It was whether to buy the heads of my brother and nephew and the ‘ears’ of English soldiers.

“I understand.”

Even if someone thinks of me as a pushover. Of course, I had no choice but to accept the deal.

That is the responsibility of a brother and a future monarch.

‘I wish we were co-rulers.’

Even though the yoke of being the co-king of England was lifted, I was not happy at all.

* * *

Time passed, and the Mongols brought the bodies as agreed. The people who brought the bodies were all Slavs who had surrendered to the Mongols.

I want to cut off the necks of those Slavic bastards right away, but I endured with superhuman patience and engaged in the transaction.

“Here are the prepared gold ducats.”

“Thank you for the good deal.”

That way, after several months, they were able to return to their country, even if only in part.

What I checked first was, of course, the heads of my brother and nephew.

Looking at the heads that showed no signs of rot or decay, as if they had used some preservation technique, I said.

“Richard… Henri… Please don’t forgive this incompetent person…”

Looking at the severed heads that looked as if they were alive, I shed tears.

The next day, a large funeral mass was held.

The owners of this funeral mass were not only my brother and nephew, but also all the English warriors who returned with their ‘ears.’

After the funeral mass, I said.

“Do not forget Poland.”

My anger was cooling down.

* * *

-1207 Europe-

All the news in the world spread to Europe.

First of all, it is the death of heroes.

The Polish monarch. He was a monarch who ruled the Slavs on the outskirts. So the death of Casimir II was not so shocking. Because the Slavs were just an outskirt to Europeans.

However, the leaders of Western Europe, such as Count Philip II of Habsburg and Richard I, died on the battlefield, and Poland was literally destroyed.

For a while, Europeans did not know the cause of this.

However, thanks to the testimony of the sole survivor, Christian, and the sharing of information from the Holy Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire, everyone was able to know.

And some time later, due to Safe John’s funeral mass, which paid a large amount of gold to the Mongols and recovered the bodies, people were angry at the fact that the Mongols even sold the bodies for money.

And that anger spread to the heretics who betrayed Europe along with the Mongols.

Albigensians. Outdated heretics who existed in the 12th century reappeared.

Of course, the Albigensians were people who had survived by being used by lords who suited their interests and using the lords themselves.

The inherent power they possessed was not strong.

People who were angry at their atrocities began to take action one by one.

“The Albigensians are also targets of the Crusades! They are red dragons that must be burned forever!”

An angry Pope Innocent III cried out.

“The Albigensians are neither. They are just demons tempted by Satan. Christian brothers, if we leave these evil people alone, we are not disciples of Jesus!”

World Patriarch Leo III also declared to the world.

[Holy Roman Empire]

The Holy Roman Emperor, who realized that not going on a personal expedition due to an uneasy sense of déjà vu had saved his life, was furious.

“There are still minions of Heinrich left!”

“There are also Albigensians.”

“Same kind. The Albigensians eventually joined hands with former Crown Prince Heinrich.”

Otto IV, who vented his anger like that, thought.

‘If I had gone on a personal expedition….’

I almost fell victim to the unseen Albigensian or Heinrich faction.

So, the emperor was planning to invest all manpower and budget to eradicate the heretics attached to the Mongols.

“Thoroughly. Investigate and catch them thoroughly. Before the minions of the Albigensians ruin everything.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“I heard that my French friends are very angry?”

“That’s because he is a son who lost his parents in an absurd way.”

“Yes, I know that feeling better than anyone else.”

Otto IV sympathized with France’s brutal punishment, recalling the dead Lionheart Heinrich.

[Kingdom of France]

Louis VIII, who was crowned at Reims Cathedral and became the new King of France.

“Checking England is a matter for later. First, burn all the heretics in France. Those evil Albigensian ‘witches’ killed our father.”

He declared revenge on those who betrayed the same Europeans.

In particular, the Albigensians were never to be forgiven.

“Burn them!”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Kkyaaaaaaak!”

The ‘burning at the stake,’ which had been stopped because it was too cruel, reappeared, showing the size of his hatred.

[Eastern Roman Empire]

Constantinople, called the capital of the world.

“Ha…”

Alexios II sighed.

A heresy that appeared in Western Europe a long time ago.

But he knew that these Albigensians were not just a ‘heresy.’

“It’s been quite a while since I became emperor… I didn’t know that such an axis of evil was hiding.”

Even though there are many words here and there, the most powerful country in Europe is the Eastern Roman Empire. The Albigensians were hiding in their shadow.

Because the remaining forces of Bulgaria are related to these Albigensians.

“Find and kill all the evil Satan Albigensians and the remaining forces of Bulgaria hiding in the tunnels!”

That’s how all of Europe began hunting for traitors.

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