Who taught him to restore the country like this

Chapter 197 I am the Uncrowned Third In-Chief
January is winter, and the cold wind is biting.

She opened her eyes with a shiver, the cold stone slab beneath her constantly absorbing her body heat.

"Alas……"

As if electrocuted, she sat up straight and hugged her chest to keep warm.

"What is this place?"

"Why am I here?"

She stared blankly at the wooden hut, which seemed to be simply built from a few pieces of wood.

"hiss……"

As she tried to recall, many images appeared in her throbbing head.

Her name is Setsuna Hewitt, she comes from the Star Empire, is the daughter of an imperial marquis, and is also the apprentice of the empire's chief blacksmith.

Because the teacher needed to forge a great item and required a rare material located in the Despair Forest of the Titan Kingdom, which was inconvenient to travel to, she was asked to accompany the Rose Mercenary Group, who had accepted the commission, to collect it.

Under the protection of the Rose Mercenary Group, she successfully arrived in the Titan Kingdom and collected the material.

Next, she should return to the Star Empire under the protection of the Rose Mercenary Group.

Can……

His brows furrowed instantly.

After collecting the materials, they chose to rest in a small town that night.

Having finally managed to travel far from home, she was very interested in the scenery and culture of the new place, and couldn't resist going out for a stroll that evening.

Not wanting to trouble others, she didn't ask any of the Rose Mercenary Group's mercenaries to accompany her.

The Rose Mercenary Group didn't pay much attention to her going out alone.

After all, they came under the banner of the Star Empire, and with their own reputation as the world's second-largest mercenary group, it was enough to intimidate a bunch of petty scoundrels.

No one would dare offend both of these powerful forces at the same time unless they were completely out of their mind.

Setsuna thought so too. In addition, she was quite strong herself. Even if she encountered danger in a remote place like the border of the Titan Kingdom, she could handle it on her own.

So, being careless, when a stranger presented her with rare forging materials and claimed to have found a lot of them somewhere, she didn't suspect anything and went with him.

Behind……

Thinking of this, my head suddenly started throbbing violently.

She remembers fainting after smelling something strange.

When she woke up again, she found herself in a laboratory filled with strange containers and liquids, her consciousness imprisoned...

That's... the shackles of slavery!
Recalling the shackles of slavery that had appeared around her neck, her eyes widened suddenly, and she reached out to touch her neck.

She breathed a sigh of relief when she didn't feel any cracks.

But soon, her heart, which had just settled down, was gripped with anxiety again.

She touched the agate at her throat.

Slavery and shackles!

I've actually been fitted with shackles of enslavement around my neck!?
"how so……"

Her eyes lost their light.

My body was trembling uncontrollably.

"Boss, those slave laboratories are starting to make big moves again."

A sound came from outside the wooden house.

"The world's major powers are currently focused on the Magic City, so they will naturally seize the opportunity to make their moves."

"Should we continue hunting them?"

"No one may act without Lord Alpha's order."

"Okay, I'll go keep an eye on it then..."

"Stop messing around, pack your things, we're going on a long trip together later."

"Where to go?"

"The City of Magic, the Uncrowned King has summoned us."

"Oh~, so I'll finally get to see that person?"

"When you see that person, you must not be so disrespectful. He is someone that even Lord Alpha respects very much."

"I know. Did Lord Alpha say what that person summoned us for?"

"I don't know, we'll find out when we get there."

"Just the two of us?"

"Everyone who has converted to royal blood must go there..."

The voices grew closer and closer, eventually stopping in front of the wooden house.

Soon, the simple wooden door was opened, and two young men walked in.

"Huh? She's awake."

The young man with the green seaweed hair, who was walking behind, grinned as he watched the moment the man sat up.

Those jagged fangs and that monstrous, menacing look made his smile chilling.

In an instant, he shrank back into the corner in fear.

"Don't be afraid, we are not bad people."

The black-haired boy walking ahead had a composure and calmness that belied his age.

"That's right, that's right, we saved you."

The young man with the seaweed-like hair said with a smile.

They walked toward each other as they spoke.

"Don't come here!"

Setsuna picked up the piece of wood that had been used as her pillow and used it as a weapon.

"Hehe, you can't use weapons against good people, can you?"

The young man with the seaweed-like hair said with a smile.

As soon as he finished speaking, the wooden block in his hand shattered into splinters in an instant.

I was stunned for a moment.

"Get out, don't cause any more trouble."

The veins on the black-haired boy's smiling face bulged slightly.

A sudden gust of wind swept the seaweed-haired youth away and threw him outside.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Feng, and I am the Uncrowned Administrator stationed in the Bruwerman Empire."

The black-haired youth introduced himself.

"Uncrowned..."

A look of confusion appeared on his face in an instant.

She was arrested more than a month ago, when Wumian was still relatively unknown.

"Did you capture me?"

She asked cautiously.

"The people who captured you are from the Bruwerman Empire. They are using enslavement shackles to conduct war slave experiments. We rescued you from the laboratory."

"The wind answered."

"Why...why did you save me?"

He asked in an instant.

"Because we are the same kind of people."

The wind ripped open my collar.

His expression froze for a moment.

It was clear that the other person also had enslavement shackles around their throat.

“We should have died within months, but the Uncrowned King gave us a new life.”

"The wind said."

Upon hearing this, he instantly recalled the accusations made by the Kingdom of Orantia against the Bruveman Empire not long ago, which involved experiments on war slaves.

I never imagined that something like this would happen to me.

"Thank you for saving me."

Her hazy memories of becoming a war slave made her believe what the person in front of her said.

She slowly got off the bed and bowed politely to express her gratitude.

"No need to thank me, after all, you are now one of the uncrowned members."

Feng smiled and replied.

He was stunned for a moment upon hearing this.

"No, I can't join you. I need to take the materials back with me..."

She shook her head.

"Heh, naive. Do you think you can ever go back to where you are now?"

The seaweed-haired youth returned to the wooden house and sneered.

"I……"

She opened her mouth for a moment, wanting to explain, but the sensation in her throat made her swallow back what she wanted to say.

Yes.

With this shackle of enslavement still in place, can she ever go back?
Even if this wasn't her own choice, the empire would never trust her again.

He might even be imprisoned permanently.

"Can you help me break free from these shackles of slavery?"

Lost in thought for a moment, she looked at the wind with hopeful eyes.

"That's ridiculous. If you thought it could be removed, would we still be carrying this thing around?"

The seaweed-headed man laughed, as if he were watching someone make a fool of themselves.

"Damn it, shut up."

The wind glanced at the grass.

Cao Tan shrugged and turned his back.

"I'm sorry, we can't do that right now. But it's not impossible in the future."

Feng said calmly.

"future……"

His eyes went blank for a moment.

"Yes, this requires our joint efforts."

"The wind said."

"...I understand, I am willing to join the Uncrowned."

After a long silence, he said in a solemn voice, "Welcome to the team."

The wind reaches out its hand.

He hesitated for a moment, then reached out his hand.

"You should get ready too, we'll be going to the Magic City together later."

After shaking hands, Feng said.

"Although you're quite silly, you're really lucky to be able to see that person right after you woke up."

"That's what Cao said."

That adult?

Just as I was resigned to accepting reality, a spark of curiosity arose in my heart.

……

The Bruveman Empire and the battlefield of the Fourth War of the Gods are separated by the sea. The Magic City can be reached in two or three days via the teleportation arrays on both sides of the sea.

"Are we really going in?"

Before the city of magic, Setsuna asked anxiously.

She had learned about the changes in the magic capital these days through the newspaper.

The king of the Kingdom of Lach has forcibly detained the people of the three major papal courts, as well as everyone in the magic capital, for reasons unknown.

But ultimately, it boils down to two possibilities.

They either want to sacrifice the people of the Magic City, or they want to use the people of the Magic City as hostages in their war against the three major papal courts.

Either way, it is extremely dangerous.

They're going in now, and there's a good chance they won't be able to get out.

"This is Lord Alpha's order. Under no circumstances should you disobey it."

As the wind spoke, it entered the magical city.

"Trust your leaders."

The grass passed by Setsuna and followed the wind into the magical city.

The other two also entered the magic city without any hesitation.

She pursed her lips and forced herself to follow the group.

As soon as I entered the magic city, a thin gray line shot towards my forehead.

She hurriedly dodged in a flash, but was still tied to her body by the silk thread.

The thread of cause and effect.

It was mentioned in the newspaper.

Her face paled slightly; she was already on the verge of death.

She looked at the others in the Uncrowned Clan, who didn't seem to react much to the causal threads grafted onto their bodies.

A sigh of helplessness.

Following the wind, the group circled the Third Ring Road area. After their visibility decreased, they arrived at a potion shop called Ting'en Pharmacy.

"Welcome. May I ask how many guests you are and what you need?"

Behind the counter of the pharmacy, a young girl asked with a smile.

"Do you sell soft drinks today?"

Feng stepped forward and asked.

"Yes, please come with me."

The shop assistant opened the door leading to the counter and guided the group to the back of the pharmacy.

After leading the person there, she bowed and returned to the front desk.

The five people stood at the entrance of the alchemy room waiting.

Sounds could be heard from time to time in the alchemy room.

"Dean Mavis, could I borrow some more of your blood samples?"

"Wow, Dean Mavis, this feeling is amazing!"

"More, more..."

He looked toward the alchemy room with a moment of confusion.

Is that the person inside the one mentioned in the news?
This voice sounds... kind of unreliable?

Just as she was about to ask who was inside, a figure appeared in front of them without them noticing.

"You are here."

The person was wearing a mask and a scarf around their neck; they were a woman.

"Master Alpha."

The wind and grass bowed in greeting.

The other two members who had never seen Alpha before also immediately bowed in greeting.

A moment later, Alpha was a beat slower than she could react; by the time she bowed, Alpha had already continued speaking.

"Feng, you may be staying in the Magic Capital for a while this time. Have you made any arrangements with the Bruveman Empire?"

"Alpha asked."

"Please rest assured, Lord Alpha, everything has been arranged."

The wind returned.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Alpha nodded.

"This is what I should do."

"The wind said."

"Come over here and have your bloodlines tested."

Alpha turned around and led the group deeper into the corridor.

Just as he was about to catch up.

"You stay."

Alpha turned around and said something to her.

He froze on the spot for a moment.

Did I perform terribly and leave a bad impression on Lord Alpha?
Why was I the only one left alone?
Seeing my colleagues queuing at the end of the corridor, I felt a little resentful for a moment.

"Oh, are you a new member of the Uncrowned Clan?"

Just then, the door to the alchemy room opened, and a girl in a white coat, about the same age as her, stretched and walked out.

"Ah."

Unsure of the other party's status within the Uncrowned Kings, he instantly tensed and replied respectfully.

"Hello, my name is Beta."

Beta closed the door and activated the soundproof barrier.

"My name is Setsuna."

He replied in an instant.

“Setsuna,” Beta nodded appreciatively, and asked, “What are you doing here?”

"Lord Alpha told me to stay here."

She answered in an instant.

After hearing this, Beta turned to look at the end of the corridor and said with a smile, "It's okay, all newcomers have to go through a probationary period. I was the same way back then."

It turned out to be like this...

Upon hearing this, my tense body relaxed slightly.

“Beta…sir.”

"Just call me Beta."

"Beta, is that Lord Alpha the uncrowned king?"

She asked cautiously.

"That is Lord Alpha, Lord Kong is the uncrowned king."

Beta replied.

Lord Alpha... Lord Kong... and Lord Feng, there are too many leaders, my head is a little messed up for a moment.

"The uncrowned king is Lord Kong, and who is below Lord Kong?"

she asked.

To avoid making a further breach of etiquette, she needed to find out who the uncrowned leaders were.

"Master Alpha."

Beta answered without hesitation.

This is beyond doubt.

"Who is below Lord Alpha?"

"I can only ask this question now," she continued.

"Below Lord Alpha, there are no obvious distinctions..."

Beta paused.

She glanced around, then coughed twice and said in a low voice, "Below Lord Alpha, I am the next in rank."

"you?"

Setsuna stared at Beta in surprise.

"Yes, in the entire Uncrowned Kingdom, apart from Lord Alpha, I am the only one whose name was personally bestowed by Lord Kong."

Beta patted his chest with his little hand, speaking with a somewhat proud air.

Compared to Lord Alpha, she only lacks a scarf.

However, she believes that her own scarf is not far away.

Only after Beta reminded her did she realize that Beta's code name was two characters, unlike the single-character code names of the other uncrowned members.

The fact that the uncrowned king personally bestowed the code name is indeed quite special.

So the uncrowned third-in-command was right in front of me.

"Don't be fooled by her."

A voice suddenly appeared between the two.

"Alas!"

Beta's proud expression vanished instantly, replaced by panic.

"Night, when did you arrive?"

(End of this chapter)