The Max Level Hero Strikes Back!

young child then rang from behind the closed doors.
“Let… Let him enter.”

Thud!!!

“Please enter.”

“…” Davey glanced at the eunuch who retreated with his head bowed low, then entered the great hall silently.

There was a large table inside the great hall.
There was one person sitting at the head of the table, with two people sitting on their left and right.

“I am Davey O’Rowane, the First Prince of the Rowane Kingdom.
It’s an honor to meet the Emperor of the Ming Empire,” Davey said, kneeling down on one knee and looking up at the source of the childish voice from earlier on.

“You… You’ve arrived at the perfect time, Prince Davey.”

Hearing the nervousness in that childish voice, Davey looked surprised.
He quickly regained his composure and thought to himself.

‘A child?’

—It seems like he is the Ming Empire’s Son of Heaven.
But I did not expect him to be a child who looks incapable of handling the state of affairs yet.

Even Perserque was very surprised by this revelation.

The child who sat at the head of the table looked so young and delicate that even Davey had a hard time distinguishing their gender at first glance.
They looked to be around twelve or thirteen years old, the rough age of an elementary school child in modern day earth’s standards.

No matter how fast the world was progressing, or how early the child started their education, the Emperor who was sitting in front of Davey was too young to lead a country.

“Oho! How dare you, Prince Davey! How dare you look directly into the eyes of His Majesty!!!”

Davey turned to look at the man who suddenly started berating him from next to the Emperor.

“S… Stop that, Great General!!!”

The man called the Great General, who was sporting a grave and serious expression on his face, bowed his head at the Emperor’s flustered cry.
He protested, “But, Your Majesty!”

“This… This is an order!”

“Yes, Your Majesty…”

The man called the Great General still did not hide his displeasure towards Davey despite backing down.

“Come… Come quickly, Prince Davey.
This Emperor wanted to meet with you, so I called for you without prior contact.
Did… Did you like my gift?”

“I am thankful for the present that Your Majesty has given me.
I will not forget the grace that you have granted me,” Davey said calmly as he sat in one of the empty seats on the table and looked at the people present in the great hall one after the other.

The one sitting to the left of the Ming Emperor was the Hyeon King, who sat there silently with a complex look on his face.
And sitting directly to the right of the Son of Heaven at the head of the table was a young woman and an old man.

“Oh my.
I have heard a lot about this gentleman.
From what I heard, he’s the one who turned the entire continent upside down.
I did not expect that he would be such a wonderful young man.
Don’t you think so too, Chancellor?”

“Hoho.
You’re absolutely right, Your Majesty Empress Dowager,” the old man said with a chuckle.
He had a gentle smile adorning his face.

“It seems like it’s a treasure with a great power hidden inside.
Are you sure that it’s alright for me to take it?” Davey asked.

When the Emperor looked at her in surprise, the Empress Dowager said, “Goodness.
It’s really amazing that you were able to notice that.
That’s right, Prince Davey.
That is one of the Ming Empire ’s treasures, a treasure that can help the wearer feel comfortable.”

Davey grinned widely, then said, “It truly does make one feel comfortable… It’s definitely a great item.”

The Empress Dowager smiled at Davey, looking very pleased.
She said, “Actually, the Emperor really wanted to meet you, Prince Davey.”

“Me?”

“Yes, because you are very famous in the entire continent.
The Emperor actually wants to hear your story very much.
Hohohoho.”

Davey answered with a smile of his own.
“They’re not particularly great, but that won’t be a problem.”

“Oh my.
Then, that’s a relief.”

Seeing the Empress Dowager’s smile, Davey thought that he should not drag things around anymore.
He said, “However, there is something that I want to resolve before that.”

The Empress Dowager’s eyes narrowed.
She muttered, “If there’s something that needs to be resolved, then…”

“The Ming Empire has sent plenty of interesting things to the Rowane Kingdom with regards to the Divine Tree,” Davey said while flicking the letter that he had taken out of his Pocket Plane.

The contents of the letter were written in complex language, but to put things simply, this was how it went:

[As the Son of Heaven commands, immediately withdraw the pressure that you are putting on the Divine Tree’s Sacred Land and return their diplomatic rights.]

“May I ask what this letter means?”

“What…is this?” The Emperor murmured in confusion.
They appeared to be flustered and clueless.

“It seems like you don’t know?”

“Ye… Yes.
Mo… Mother, what is this?”

The Empress Dowager squinted.
“I see.
This is definitely a letter that came from the Ming Empire…”

Davey narrowed his eyes immediately, because the Empress Dowager also seemed to have not seen the letter before.

“This… This Emperor has never sent such a letter to the Rowane Kingdom.”

“Then, the seal is fake?” Davey asked.

He wondered if the Ming Empire thought that they could joke around with him.

As the air around them turned frigid, the Great General clasped the hilt of his sword on instinct.

“Some… Someone has falsified this! This Emperor… This Emperor has never sent such a letter to the Rowane Kingdom and Prince Davey!” The Emperor protested loudly and desperately, as if wanting to prove that they have done nothing wrong.

Just like how someone had come between Davey and the Hyeon Kingdom, someone had also played a trick with the letters that came from the Ming Empire.
The question was…what did they want? Then, a thought flashed in Davey’s head.

“It seems like you’re quite fearless.
You’re very brave to lure me out here,” Davey murmured.

The entire hall fell silent, with a shocking pressure weighing down on everyone present.
Davey did not actually mind being lured out here, but he was extremely annoyed that they had dared to make him follow their whims.

The Emperor looked like he truly did not know.
What about the Empress Dowager?

“Do you know about this, Your Majesty Empress Dowager?”

“I don’t know… However, the seal that’s stamped here was obviously from the jade seal.
However, we have never sent such a letter…” the Empress Dowager said.

If that was the case, then Davey had no choice but to ask that guy over there.
Davey quietly stood up and bowed to the people of the Ming Empire.
“I’m sorry but I’m going to be a bit rude.”

“Rude?”

Davey ignored the Emperor’s quizzical look as he quietly reached out toward the empty space.

Crack, crack, crack!!!

The space by Davey’s fingertips distorted until they cracked, revealing Red Ribbon who glowed a dark red light.

“The… The sword appeared in the air!”

“Goodness!!!” The Ming Empire’s Great General cried out in shock and hurriedly pulled out his spear to aim it at Davey.

‘Ah, who cares.
I’ll deal with this first!’

Davey moved swiftly, his actions were faster than the Great General.
He swung Red Ribbon, a red afterimage flashing towards the Son of Heaven.

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