HataMaou Volume 4

All in One

Emeralda Etuva could feel her already short height decreasing because of all the stress.

Not only is she the Holy Court Magician of the Saint Aire Empire, she is also widely known as the companion to the Hero, and is currently one of the most influential people in the Western Continent.

The Court Magician, a scholar, always gives others the impression of a consultant, and before the invasion of the Demon King's army, Emeralda had no reason to interfere in politics and foreign affairs. However, her accumulated knowledge as a result of travelling around the various lands as the Hero's companion attracted the attention of the Five Continent Knight Alliance, the people in charge of restoring the land.

Ever since she was able to give her opinions as one of the important members of the Knight Alliance, the amount of responsibility which Emeralda had to carry is now a lot more compared to before they challenged the Demon King's army.

Not only did she incite the feelings of jealousy amongst the important people in Saint Aire, she is also seen as an enemy because of Olba's incident, which caused a major uproar in the church.

"After the restoration of the Central Continent, I really want to escape~~"

The stress Emeralda is under is so serious that she started to complain very seriously to Albertio, her travelling companion in the past.

The only thing to be thankful about is that after she was summoned to the Five Continent Knight Alliance, she ended up commanding the section in charge of the wiping out of the demons.

Of course, unless the demon is a really strong opponent, Emeralda would not need to handle it personally.

Even then, seeing the fighters from various countries banding together to get rid of the demons in the Central Continent to carry out the pure justice of protecting the weak, she can still feel that these lands are still filled with hope.

But there is something which only Emeralda knows.

The battle between the Hero and the Demon King is still going on in a faraway foreign world.

However, people do not know about this. Not even two years after the defeat of the Demon King's army, most people have already forgotten Hero Emilia, treating her as a 'Legend'.

Emeralda and Albertio had worked hard, hoping that Emilia will regain back the fame and reputation she had lost because of Olba.

However, the world right now did not need the name of Hero Emilia.

Alive or dead, to most of the people living in this world, Emilia Justina is only "The Hero who Exists Somewhere in this World".

Based on what Emeralda knows, there are only a few people who can see this name as a reality.

In order to restore Emilia's name, the unrighteous actions of the church, who seek to seal Emilia up as a legend, would have to be exposed, causing them to lose their authority.

However, if the rulers decide to carry out their justice in outrage, sometimes it would hurt the citizens in the end. If the two great powers in the Western Continent, Saint Aire and the Church, decide to go against one another, the whole continent will be split into two, thus weakening the nation as a whole.

Emeralda felt perplexed.

Since the other four major continents are focusing on the restoration, naturally she would try to avoid the situation where only the Western Continent is wasting their effort on internal conflict.

Compared to her friend's reputation, as a politician, Emeralda Etuva chose the nation's future.

This did not mean that Emeralda is cold. Something happened which caused her to make up her mind.