Chapter 127
Anna introduced a young girl.
‘She’s so young.’
Her youthful appearance made Bahamut think she was more like a child than a girl, as she looked even younger than Yuna.
The girl, shorter than Yuna, stood with someone who seemed to be a maid.
Despite her trembling hands and legs, she walked confidently and calmly into the room, approaching Bahamut, who was seated.
She managed to maintain a composed and relaxed facade, forcing herself to sit in the chair opposite Bahamut and meet his gaze.
“Are you… the one called God Bahamut?”
‘She’s young. Truly young. If Anna introduced her personally, I wouldn’t have taken it seriously. But since it’s an introduction from the U.S.…’
Although she tried to speak with a strong voice, everyone in the room could feel that her voice was trembling.
It was the sight of a child doing her best to imitate an adult, leaving an impression of cuteness.
‘But since she was introduced by Anna, a U.S. agent, there must be something special about her.’
Bahamut thought there must be something significant, as she was introduced by Anna.
Moreover, in this apocalypse, age was not a determining factor for awakeners.
After all, even Yuna, who was not yet an adult, was the leader of a faction, and someone even younger, Seolhwa, served as a navy admiral.
From Bahamut’s perspective, dismissing someone just because they were young wasn’t an option.
‘The problem is, she doesn’t have the aura of an awakener. The chances are high that she’s not one.’
Bahamut’s sensory abilities were practically shouting that the girl before him was not an awakener.
He couldn’t shake the thought that she was an ordinary person.
If she were an awakener, it would mean she had the ability to fool even Bahamut’s senses.
Bahamut discreetly glanced at Anna.
Noticing her expression, he decided to reassure the nervous girl with a gentle smile.
“Yes. People call me God Bahamut. Although I never intended to call myself a god, it seems I’ve somehow become one.”
He declared that he was indeed the God Bahamut she was asking about.
Of course, Bahamut added with a bitter smile that he never intended to become a god, as a subtle form of protest.
In truth, the fact that people revered him as a god, and that this was becoming reality, secretly made him uneasy.
“What matters to me is whether you are God Bahamut or not. If you are the famous God Bahamut… can you grant my wish?”
“Hmm?”
However, for the girl, such details were irrelevant.
What mattered was whether the man before her was truly the famous God Bahamut, and if so, whether he could grant her wish as the rumors claimed.
Bahamut looked perplexed by her sudden mention of a wish.
“Are you saying you have a wish you’d like to fulfill through Lord Bahamut?”
Instead of Bahamut, it was Choi Yuna, the Priestess of the Dragon, who reacted strongly to the girl’s words.
After all, Yuna, once an ordinary healer, had met Bahamut and, through their contract, gained the opportunity to fulfill the wish she had held in her heart.
From her perspective, the girl before her was…
‘A potential junior…! And a golden opportunity to spread the name of the Balhut Cult abroad!’
Yes, it was the perfect chance to promote the Balhut Cult internationally.
While the Balhut Cult was thriving as a government entity, its religious influence had not expanded.
Yuna had been looking for an opportunity to advocate the Balhut Cult’s teachings abroad.
But now, even before she took any action, someone was voluntarily asking to become Bahamut’s Priestess?
‘A true believer!’
Feeling as though her efforts were finally being rewarded, Yuna nearly shed tears of emotion.
Though the girl’s intentions were entirely different from what Yuna imagined, she interpreted it that way, and for now, that was enough.
“Who are you?”
“I am Choi Yuna, Lord Bahamut’s contractor and the Priestess of the Dragon. Before that, reveal your identity. This is the court of God. Show proper respect.”
‘There’s no need to call it the court of God.’
Still, some things had to be done, and there were limits to what even a potential junior could be allowed to do.
Choi Yuna proudly introduced herself as the Priestess of the Dragon, declared the place to be Bahamut’s court, and demanded that proper etiquette be observed.
“Ugh.”
The girl, slightly intimidated, lowered her head and fidgeted with her fingers, speaking in a small, hesitant voice.
“…It seems I was too hasty. I apologize to everyone.”
‘She apologized so easily!?’
“I am… Hic!”
Bahamut thought there was no need for her to apologize, but the girl seemed to genuinely believe she had been too rude.
She began to introduce herself with a trembling voice, only to stop midway when she realized she was falling apart emotionally.
Taking a deep breath, she tried to steady herself.
After calming her body with a deep breath, the girl gripped her trembling hands and introduced herself with a resolute expression.
“I am… the queen of this country.”
“A queen? Ah, I’ve heard of you. The new queen who ascended to the throne after the apocalypse. Your name must be…”
“Alicia. Alicia Elizabeth Diana. Before ascending the throne, I was known as Her Royal Highness Princess Alicia of Wales.”
The girl standing before Bahamut was none other than the newly crowned Queen of England in this apocalypse.
In other words, she was the ruler of this nation.
“Wait, what!? So… the queen of this country!? She’s way too young!”
Choi Yuna was stunned to realize that the head of state of an entire country was younger than herself.
In her mind, she had imagined the queen to be an elderly lady with white hair.
This assumption stemmed from the fact that the previous queen had reigned for 70 years, so most people thought of the Queen of England as an old woman.
Even though a new queen had ascended the throne, Yuna had assumed she would be someone of her own age or an adult—never someone younger.
‘No, but Yuna isn’t really one to talk about this.’
Of course, Yuna wasn’t exactly in a position to say such things.
After all, she herself wasn’t an adult yet but was already the leader of a faction.
However, the fact that the queen herself had come to request a private meeting with Bahamut raised questions.
“It seems we’ve received an even more important figure than I expected. The queen of this country. Is it really alright for her to secretly meet representatives from another nation?”
“Private meetings are wrong. But this apocalypse isn’t the time to argue about right and wrong, is it?”
‘That’s a solid point! She’s not wrong!’
Queen Alicia acknowledged that it was technically improper but asserted that now wasn’t the time to debate morality in this apocalypse.
Despite her youth, she displayed some political acumen, and Bahamut realized that the young girl before him was no pushover.
Though her inexperience was still apparent, the child before him was undoubtedly the queen of an entire nation.
Her qualifications as a queen were, in some ways, fulfilled.
“Haha. That’s true enough. But still…”
But…
“She’s younger than I expected. I thought a ‘young queen’ might be someone around Yuna’s age or an adult, but… Seeing how young she is, it makes sense why the Lord Protector had enough justification to declare himself a regent.”
Wasn’t she too young to be a monarch?
Bahamut admitted that he had assumed she would be at least Yuna’s age or an adult and remarked that the Lord Protector’s claim to act as regent now made sense.
Her appearance, which suggested she was barely over ten years old, meant that, no matter how regal she tried to appear, she lacked the charisma to captivate the public.
“And she’s not even an awakener.”
“You already knew?”
“It slipped out unconsciously.”
Moreover, in this apocalypse, being an awakener was considered essential for survival, yet she had not undergone an awakening.
This meant that even the argument that age didn’t matter for awakeners couldn’t apply to her.
In effect, the apocalypse had rendered her politically vulnerable.
“Until I come of age… if the Lord Protector hadn’t been aiming for the throne, his justification would have been perfect.”
The queen seemed aware of this, as she answered with a dark expression that, had the Lord Protector not sought the throne, his justification would have been flawless.
In other words, the Lord Protector’s ambitions for the throne had rendered his justification meaningless.
If the Lord Protector truly sought the throne, the young queen had no choice but to regard him as her greatest enemy.
“In a time like this, imagining a bright future seems impossible. But as the one who ascended the throne, you can’t afford to overlook things, can you?”
“No, I can’t. This is a matter of life and death for me…”
Frankly, before the apocalypse, the Lord Protector’s actions would have been close to treason.
Treason carried penalties as severe as life imprisonment or execution, and the young girl who had inherited the throne couldn’t easily overlook the Lord Protector’s actions.
If things went wrong, her own head could end up in his hands.
Either the Lord Protector would die, or the royal family would perish.
Eventually, only one of those two futures would remain.
“I’ve heard that this nation’s royal family is steeped in history and authority. It has the support of the citizens. Do you still believe the Lord Protector would try to seize the throne?”
“He has already done things people believed he wouldn’t do. I can no longer trust him.”
‘That’s absolutely right! She’s spot on!’
Since he had already blatantly declared his intent to usurp power—something people believed he wouldn’t do—it was nearly impossible for the queen to trust him.
Moreover, in this apocalypse, it was hard to claim that the royal family had done anything wrong.
Asking such a young queen to take responsibility for everything was…
‘Isn’t that too cruel?’
Bahamut couldn’t help but feel a pang of sympathy.
He began to understand why so many citizens had reacted so strongly against the Lord Protector’s declaration.
If even Bahamut, as an outsider, felt this much sympathy, how shocked must the citizens of London have been when they witnessed this?
“So. Have you come to me for help to survive?”
“Yes. I’ve heard rumors that you grant wishes in exchange for something. I don’t know what the price might be, but… if it’s still possible…”
Alicia, with a somewhat anxious expression, looked at Bahamut and began to speak.
“Can you grant my wish?”
Bahamut glanced around briefly.
The girl who introduced herself as Alicia seemed far too frail to be the queen of a nation.
Though her words were firm and resolute, her constantly trembling body suggested that she was forcing herself into an unfamiliar role.
“This is… difficult.”
It was an incredibly difficult situation.
Even now, Bahamut was already being swayed by Yuna and Seolhwa.
Adding another contractor at this point…
Especially since this contract would tie him not to the Korean Peninsula, where he resided, but to faraway London.
From Bahamut’s perspective, this would be a completely unexpected contract.
“Ugh.”
“But… the contract itself is possible.”
“What?”
However, Bahamut showed interest in this particular contract.
Though it was undoubtedly troublesome, the opportunity to form a contract with a queen was too tempting to pass up.
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