Chapter 87

"Ku, ku, ku... kuhahahaha!"

Lord Glezzo, shaking his massive, fat-laden body, burst out laughing loudly.

"Foolish woman! To come before me like this! Ku, ku, ku, you want to exile me from my lordship? Try it if you can!"

"...Is that so? Even a corrupt lord should have the minimal judgment to understand his own position. I had hoped you would."

The silver-haired beauty, Elenara, spoke in a calm tone, sharply mocking her opponent.

"You speak. ...Still, you're quite a catch."

Glezzo cast a lecherous glance at Elenara, his thick lips curling as he leered at her well-proportioned figure.

"How about it? Why don't you quit being a general and become mine? I'll treat you well every night."

"It seems you've lost your mind under pressure. Do you think anyone would want to serve someone about to be exiled from the city?"

"Ku, whether you want it or not doesn't matter. If I want it, it will happen!"

Glezzo activated his Great Lord skill, <Absolute Command>.

"Strip naked and kneel before me!"

This woman is mine now! Glezzo was intensely excited at the thought of capturing the beautiful enemy general who had invaded.

After enjoying her thoroughly, he planned to send her back as an assassin. Glezzo sneered, thinking that the empire's attempt to target his territory was the end of their luck.

Elenara approached. Imagining her naked body about to be exposed before him, Glezzo's lower abdomen swelled.

But,

"You should be the one kneeling."

"…Huh?"

Immediately, Elenara's sword pierced Glezzo's crotch.

"GYAAAAAAAAAA!?"

In excruciating pain, Glezzo fell off his chair and landed on the ground.

"Ah! Ah! It hurts!?"

Though his wounds healed quickly due to a blessing, the lingering pain made Glezzo scream. Clutching his crotch and crouching, Elenara stomped on his large buttocks.

"Ugh!?"

"Can you please stop screaming? The ugly grunts of a pig are very unpleasant to hear."

Elenara, with her refined appearance and polite tone, spoke harshly.

Glezzo shouted in disbelief.

"W-Why!? Why doesn't my <Absolute Command> work on you!?"

"...On me too?"

Elenara furrowed her brow slightly before continuing,

"Do you really think we came this far without knowing that your profession is Great Lord and that you have the <Absolute Command> skill?"

"!?"

"Of course, we knew. We deliberately appeared where your command could reach, meaning we have a complete countermeasure."

"Ridiculous! Then how are you avoiding my <Absolute Command>? Ugh!?"

While Glezzo groaned, Elenara stepped on his head.

"Our Empress's profession is <Empress>."

"An, <Empress>!?"

"Yes. That is, a higher rank than <Great Lord>. With her <Mandate of Heaven> skill protecting us, your pig's <Absolute Command> has no effect."

<Mandate of Heaven> is a higher-level skill than <Absolute Command>. Since she was commanded to conquer this city, Elenara could not act against it.

"S-Such a thing..."

Unbeknownst to Elenara, Glezzo had completely lost his will to fight after his supposedly strongest skill was broken twice in one day. He meekly surrendered his lordship.

"First, we will completely abolish the class system. Then, we will take power and wealth from those who have been sitting on their professions and treating all rights as their own, and redistribute them to all citizens."

Elenara, having successfully taken control of the city with just a few dozen people, was about to implement reforms as the interim lord.

"Elenara-sama!"

One of her subordinates rushed over, looking flustered.

"What is it?"

"J-Just now, I found this inside the castle!"

He handed her a card-like object made of thick paper.

"This is... a residence permit, it seems."

It appeared to be issued to short-term visitors to the city. However, it wasn't particularly unusual. Elenara was puzzled as to why he had brought it to her in such a hurry.

"The name and profession on it..."

"!?"

Elenara's eyes widened. The card read "Aller" as the name and "Unemployed" as the profession.

"Where did you find this?"

Elenara asked her subordinate, unusually flustered.

"I-It was on the castle balcony!"

"Question the castle staff immediately!"

"Yes, ma'am!"

Her subordinate rushed off. Without even watching him go, Elenara's gaze fell back on the permit. She checked it again to make sure she wasn't mistaken.

"Unemployed Aller... No mistake! To find his trail here... I must report to the Empress immediately!"