I've Already Become a Demon God, Yet You Want Me to Be a Villain — Chapter 26

Crescent Royal City was enormous, divided into an inner city and an outer city.

The knight orders brought by the nobles could only remain in the outer city, and even when entering the inner city, they could only bring a small number of attendants.

There was little need to worry about safety. In the royal city, not many people dared to cause trouble.

This was the core of the entire Crescent Kingdom.

More than one Holy Domain was stationed here.

Soon, the carriage entered the inner city and headed toward the Royal Palace.

Inside the carriage, Su Mo was browsing the Villain Forum.

The Villains had already begun forming alliances.

Over the past few days, many Villains had discovered that the Protagonists were growing far too quickly.

Some Protagonists also had certain identities. As long as they kept a low profile, they really were not easy to kill.

Take Billy, who possessed the Pay-to-Win System. If he kept hiding in the Magic Academy, the Villain who had found him would have no good way of dealing with him.

No one wanted to become a stepping stone.

Thus, many Villains began posting information on the forum about troublesome Protagonists they could not handle, including their identities and locations.

The Protagonists were not idiots either. Over the past two days, the efficiency with which Su Mo's Dark Web found Protagonists had dropped considerably.

This showed that many Protagonists had become even more cautious.

"Two more."

As they neared the Royal Palace, another Protagonist alert appeared on Su Mo's Villain Panel.

This meant that a Protagonist was within twenty-five kilometers of Su Mo.

That range was not small. It was equivalent to a circle centered on Su Mo with a radius of twenty-five kilometers.

It seemed that quite a few Protagonists were hiding in the royal city.

Compared to hiding outside, staying in the royal city was indeed the best choice for those Protagonists who lacked much of an early advantage.

There were too many powerful people here, and the divine light was at its strongest. Even Su Mo could not reveal even the slightest trace of a Demon God's Power here unless he openly revealed himself.

No matter how high-ranking the other Villains were, they could not act however they pleased.

These guys were quite clever.

Su Mo did not pay it much mind. For now, he did not feel much urgency.

Of course, he would not let down his guard either.

After all, there were quite a few Protagonists in total.

At last, they arrived at the Royal Palace.

"Count, please change into the carriage prepared for you by the Queen," the female official said.

Outside carriages were not permitted to enter the Royal Palace.

Su Mo boarded another exquisite carriage.

About ten minutes later, the carriage arrived before an incomparably exquisite Palace.

"Count, this way."

The female official and several maids had also laid a clean red carpet on the ground.

Su Mo stepped down from the carriage.

Led by the female official, he walked toward the Palace gates.

Before he even reached them, Su Mo saw the Queen of the Crescent Kingdom standing there to welcome him, a crown upon her head and delicate features on her face.

She had come out personally to receive him.

Even if a duke had arrived, the Queen of the Crescent Kingdom would not have personally come out to welcome him.

In fact, she had another identity.

She was the Saintess of the Goddess of the Crescent.

Originally, the Queen of the Crescent Kingdom had not been a queen, but a full-time Saintess.

However, during an inspection tour, her father and the younger brother who had originally been meant to inherit the throne were ambushed and killed by a Holy Domain assassin from an enemy nation.

Other than her younger brother, her father had not had time to produce any other heirs.

Thus, she had no choice but to serve concurrently as the Queen of the Crescent Kingdom.

Given her status, the fact that she had personally come out to welcome Su Mo was enough to show how much importance she placed on him.

As Su Mo approached, Queen of the Crescent Kingdom's face was already wreathed in a radiant smile.

More than once, she had wanted to step over the threshold, but an older Female Official beside her had stopped her each time.

Because if she stepped out... she would be seriously overstepping propriety.

However, when Su Mo was about to reach her, Queen of the Crescent Kingdom finally ignored the Female Official's attempts to stop her and stepped out of the doors.

She came before Su Mo.

"You're here."

Queen of the Crescent Kingdom spoke, but her voice no longer carried even a trace of the majesty she had displayed in court.

Instead, she looked somewhat like... a fangirl from before Su Mo's transmigration meeting the celebrity she idolized~

It was not only her voice. Queen of the Crescent Kingdom's expression was the same.

Seeing Queen of the Crescent Kingdom turn into a fangirl the instant she faced Su Mo, the Female Officials behind her all widened their eyes in disbelief.

The Queen's Thoughts!

Inside the Palace hall, Queen of the Crescent Kingdom had a maid present a plate of food before Su Mo.

Though she dearly wanted to sit across from Su Mo, as a queen—and the Goddess's Saintess—she was bound by far too many constraints.

Su Mo looked at the snow-white coral the maid had brought over. Though it was called coral, it was actually an extremely concentrated energy crystal.

It was an exceptionally precious delicacy.

Among the surrounding kingdoms, ordinarily only kings were qualified to taste it.

Others might not be able to buy it even if they had money.

Across from him, Queen of the Crescent Kingdom looked at Su Mo expectantly.

Su Mo took a bite.

"How is it? It tastes great, right?"

Like a child who had shared her favorite food, Queen of the Crescent Kingdom eagerly awaited Su Mo's appraisal.

"Mm."

Su Mo nodded.

Queen of the Crescent Kingdom's face immediately bloomed with a smile.

"The last time, you helped me avenge myself, and I still haven't thanked you. I heard that when King Horton learned the truth, he was so furious he nearly vomited blood~"

Queen of the Crescent Kingdom excitedly began talking about it.

That had happened several months ago.

At the time, Queen of the Crescent Kingdom had only recently ascended the throne. Although she had the Holy See's full support, there were still many restless elements within the kingdom.

Most of those restless elements came from Horton Kingdom's infiltration.

Horton Kingdom had also taken the opportunity to cause trouble, hoping to pull Queen of the Crescent Kingdom from the throne and secretly install their own proxy in her place.

It was then that Su Mo seized the opportunity. He helped Queen of the Crescent Kingdom devise quite a few strategies, thwarting Horton Kingdom's various schemes and swiftly stabilizing her rule.

Su Mo's series of actions at the time had also made Queen of the Crescent Kingdom view him in a new light.

What truly made Queen of the Crescent Kingdom fall for Su Mo was when he later drove a wedge between Horton Kingdom and its allied kingdom, provoking a war between several Holy Domains from the two countries.

Queen of the Crescent Kingdom then seized the chance and sent a Holy Domain to kill the Holy Domain who had assassinated her father and younger brother.

He had avenged both her father and her brother.

From that moment onward, Su Mo had left an indelible mark in Queen of the Crescent Kingdom's heart.

More than that, in Queen of the Crescent Kingdom's eyes, Su Mo was completely different from ordinary nobles.

Su Mo carried an utterly captivating aura—tall, valiant, and with a mysterious background. To Queen of the Crescent Kingdom, it was a fatal attraction.