Blood splatters everywhere.
The nobles glared at the emperor with resentful eyes.
“Lungs, Your Majesty! what is this… !”
“I thought it would be alright… heck… .”
A sword wielded by royal knights.
There were some talented people among the nobles, but at least not among those here.
Trash who only gains weight like a pig, and only covets power.
There was no way they would conduct personal military training.
They had their own escort knights, but they couldn’t do anything because an assassin rushed outside and a guard knight attacked them inside.
In the meantime, Countess Ermeri also moved herself.
-Fury!
– Pooh!
A blazing flame engulfed a nobleman with her beckoning gesture.
Marquis Braham said with a puzzled expression.
“Pear, Countess! What are you doing!”
A blue light was emanating from his necklace.
The artifact kept him from the flames.
Like a marquis-class noble, he possessed at least one powerful artifact.
Red aura emanated from Countess Ermery’s eyes.
“What is this? Ask because you don’t know that?”
“What the hell… .”
Marquis Braham’s mouth fell shut as he spoke.
He, too, would slowly notice.
‘… no way!?’
Countess Hermery and he are little related nobles.
When the former count was alive, there was some friction with the Ermeri family, but that disappeared as the business field completely changed when the count died.
But now that she’s suddenly alive, she’s aiming at him.
Even in this situation of an assassin’s attack.
“… Did you find out about the case… ?”
“Then did you think the secret would last forever?”
“no… That was a few years ago, but now… .”
Marquis Braham’s expression darkened.
Like the Marquis Braham, who has been on the political scene for a long time, he was able to quickly guess.
“… I can see why His Majesty had a hunting contest or something with us, who were not on good terms. I was thinking of getting your revenge and dealing with His Majesty’s silence all at once.”
It was a mistake to suddenly grab his hand without even suspecting that the emperor would bend his pride and extend his hand.
‘I should have thought about my intentions a little more… .’
To Marquis Braham, Countess Hermery once again extended her hand.
– Kwaaang!
A huge column of flame shot up from the ground into the sky and engulfed him.
No matter how great the artifact was, it couldn’t stop the 5th class mage’s heartfelt attacks several times.
“die! die!”
She fired her extension magic at the targets of revenge in front of her eyes.
“Pear, Countess! why… Noah!”
“Save me! Please save me!”
“Seo, could it be because of that incident in the past? If so, I objected! I mean, I had no choice but to be together because of the others… !”
The Royal Guard knights only blocked the nobles’ escort knights according to the emperor’s instructions.
Almost all direct attacks on the nobility were carried out by Countess Hermery alone.
It is said that the most painful of all human suffering is the pain of burning.
The nobles screamed as they were burned alive by Countess Hermery’s flames.
“Quaaagh!”
“uuu!”
Those who constantly make excuses that they did nothing wrong.
Those who keep asking for forgiveness or trying to run away.
There were various categories, but Countess Ermeri did not take care of any of them.
They perpetrated the massacre until they were all burned to death.
After a while.
-chin.
“Stop it now. It’s finished.”
Leo put his hand on her shoulder.
The aristocrats, who were the targets of revenge, were all burned to death before they knew it.
Then, the blood that had been pouring out of her eyes faded.
“Sigh… .”
A satisfied sigh escaped her lips.
“Revenge is… It is really sweet.”
Some say revenge is futile, but not to her.
From the point of view of doing it myself, I couldn’t be so relieved and exhilarated.
She smiled.
“Thank you, poor Leo. I will repay this favor step by step in my life from now on.”
Countess Hermery.
It was the moment when the future red witch became a perfect ally.
* * *
An incident in which the emperor and high-ranking nobles were attacked.
The entire empire was shocked by this colossal event.
“A lot of the marquis-class nobles and the count-class nobles are dead… ?”
“Oh my gosh… How could this happen… .”
“I’m really glad that His Majesty is safe.”
Not even the lower nobles, but the nobles who had pivotal power in the empire died.
The imperial family immediately launched an investigation.
Soon after, the circumstances of the incident were announced.
[The casein guild is behind these assassins.]
A pan-continental criminal group that was also well known. Casein’s guild was pointed out as a beast.
The people of the empire were furious.
“How dare those criminal offenders go after you?”
“This is a declaration of war on the Empire! Those who only hide underground are doing this!”
“You have to show the example!”
the largest and most powerful country.
The leader of humans, the mighty empire that suppresses the Abyss.
The pride of the people of the empire was sky-high.
In particular, the current emperor was a person with soft charisma, and was greatly supported by the nobles and the people of the empire.
It was natural for him to be angry because he was almost beaten by a group of criminals.
At that moment, the entire capital city, which had been soaked in the atmosphere of a banquet, fell into rage.
The emperor and Leo were having a private meeting in the secret room of the imperial palace.
“Is she okay?”
“Yes.”
“Please tell me that you express your deepest condolences. I didn’t know that the former Countess Ermeri would have been killed by such scumbags’ schemes.”
said the emperor bitterly.
Countess Ermeri had always been a member of the royal family, and it was regrettable and sorry that the previous head of the family had died because of a ruse.
“Thanks to Your Majesty, I was able to take revenge, so the Countess will be satisfied.”
“yes. Good luck then.”
The emperor nodded.
“Then, it’s our turn to make a deal now, right?”
The Countess’s revenge was the Emperor’s personal heart, but he wanted to help without any conditions, but apart from that, from the point of view of leading the huge empire, something had to come.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“yes. As promised, I’ll rob the Cassane Guild. It seems to be true that you planted a spy in the Casein Guild.”
Leo told the Emperor that he could move parts of the Catsane Guild.
From Leo’s point of view, he couldn’t say that he would move the Casein Guild through Countess Ermeri, so he said he had a third spy.
Based on that, this operation was designed.
Going hunting with the nobles you don’t like, leaking the data to the Cassane Guild to make an assassination attempt.
Since the information was prepared in advance, of course, all assassins were dealt with, and with that opportunity, even the nobles were sorted out.
They were corrupt nobles, so there was no need to worry about noise after processing them.
Thanks to the name of the assassination attempt by the Casein Guild, the emperor’s approval rating rose tremendously, and in the gap, the emperor ordered his aides to kill and engulfed the power and businesses of the corrupt aristocrats.
‘I’m only 12 now. To put a spy in the Cassane Guild at that age. He’s a scary guy.’
The Emperor looked at Leo with new eyes.
It was wary, but at the same time it looked like a trustworthy person.
‘still… In order to eradicate the Casein Guild, it’s better for someone like that to act according to my will.’
It’s better to be a decent guy who doesn’t know how he’s inside than a good guy with no skills.
Prince Leo was just such a style.
the emperor continued.
“Now I will announce that I was able to defeat the Assassins of the Casein Guild thanks to you. that instills fame. And with the support of the imperial nobility, they will attack the Casein Guild. I would like you to take the lead there.”
After killing the Assassins of the Casein Guild, Leo intentionally left a mark on them with ice magic.
It was to leave evidence that Leo had stopped them.
“Please leave it to me as much as you like.”
Leo lowered his head.
Attacking the Casein Guild was also a welcome thing.
‘Because they were the ones who had to be robbed at least once.’
If left alone, it will drive the continent into chaos.
Due to the nature of such a criminal group, it was difficult to completely eradicate it, but it was necessary to loosen up once.
The emperor deliberately intended to announce that it was Leo who prevented this assassination.
Since many of the nobles died, they needed someone who could dispel the shock.
A genius mage of the kingdom recognized by the Duke of Bahelm and welcomed by the emperor.
If it was his heroic story, it was because he wanted to cover this case well.
‘It’s not bad for me either.’
This wasn’t too bad, as Leo would gain fame in the Empire as well.
Of course, the Cassane guild will look at Leo and gnash their teeth… .
‘Because I always had to run into them anyway.’
It was better to use this opportunity to carry the emperor on his back and use his sword properly.
* * *
The executives of the Casein Guild, who planned the emperor’s assassination, were at a loss whether to rejoice or hate it.
“I failed to assassinate the emperor, but I managed to get rid of several high-ranking nobles of the empire.”
“But it’s hard to see it as a good thing. Because of this incident, the empire has come together and started to oppose us.”
“The emperor’s power seems to be on the rise. By consuming the power of dead nobles.”
“How did you know they were the assassins we sent in the first place? Those guys aren’t the ones who will talk about torture.”
The officers of the Casein Guild felt that the situation was not so good.
“Any contact from Countess Ermeri?”
“none. It would be burdensome to contact us in these circumstances. It seems that he has gone to sleep.”
“but. Now is the time to be careful.”
It was uncomfortable because the executive in charge of the empire was silent.
“According to the announcement from the imperial family, it was thanks to Prince Leo that this incident was prevented.”
“I’m 12 years old, so I said I was a mage, right? It is understandable that the assassination would fail if there were such variables.”
“Thanks to that, we have become complete trash in the Empire, and Prince Leo is treated as a hero.”
A prince from another country who protected the emperor.
It was a story that both nobles and the people of the empire would like.
“No matter what the circumstances, I can’t leave him alone.”
“If it is the variable that caused our plan to fail… You should get paid for it properly.”
In the dark their eyes flashed.
* * *
For a while, Leo was being called all over the place.
Since the emperor was deliberately empowering them, their already high reputation pierced the sky.
Leo also actively took advantage of this situation to make the most of it in his favor.
– All right, all right.
Today too, Leo was returning to his inn after having a meeting with a few marquis-class nobles until late at night.
In the meantime.
“… … .”
“… … .”
Masked men appeared in front of Leo’s wagon.
Soon the streets were quiet.
The knights escorting Leo nervously placed their hands on the scabbard.
The assassins looked at the knights silently, as if they were not afraid at all.
at that time.
– Kik.
The carriage door opened and Leo appeared.
He was rather smiling as he looked at the suspicious people blocking his eyes.
“Are you here now?”
It was a smile that seemed to have been waiting.