198. Contrast (1)
“… … Zeke, so what?”
First of all, the situation was a situation, so I just skipped it until a little while ago, but there were a few things I couldn’t just skip.
First of all.
3 The prince was killed by Zeke on the spot.
Of course, it was something other than the 3rd prince
Can Licht with half his head blown off be considered Licht?
Even so, killing him, the direct descendant of the emperor, was difficult to overlook even with empty words.
There were princesses from Joheiden, Princess Justia, and even a princess from the duchy of Ira in the north, but this was a crime of treason that couldn’t be left out.
I don’t know if the 3rd prince claimed that he was possessed by a strange monster from before, but since he disappeared, I couldn’t think of any sharp way to prove it.
Second.
After killing the 3rd prince, when everyone thought it was the end, a monster called ‘The Master’s Bard’ calmly revived with half its head blown off.
For some reason, he seemed to know Zeke well from before. In particular, its sticky and ominous magic power was at a level different from the Ark.
It was a shame because Zeke was there, and he was at a loss as to how he would have dealt with him without him.
And finally the third.
All eyes turned to Lily.
“you… … . The head, the eyes… … .”
“why… … .”
“Comrade, what happened?”
“… … .”
Only Soi, who knew her true form from before, remained silent.
She had black hair, which was unusual like Zeke’s, but since she was from the north and was a princess of the duchy of Ira, I didn’t have any doubts about it, but her golden hair was shining with an unknown halo. In addition, her golden eyes were enough to fascinate the viewer as if she was young to the point of vertigo.
Lily gulped as her gaze focused on herself.
‘… … I should have renewed my magic beforehand! Yesterday, the kids were having a suspicious meeting… … . I stopped by the house saying he was tailing him and came out right away… … . Originally, this wouldn’t have happened if I had secretly gone back at dawn today… … !’
Various excuses floated in my head.
Then Lily hardened her expression.
“… … Zeke, I need to see how Rosnante is doing. Please move me to your room.”
In the end, what she chose was blatant.
Zeke also nodded his head, thinking that if Rosnante was left to die like this, there would be no reason for letting the bard go.
“Yes, I understand.”
“… … .”
That’s how Zeke and Lily go inside the mansion and throw it away.
Lillie, who brazenly jumped out, was silent.
Serena and the children who couldn’t solve any questions.
The curiosity remained, but the current state of the mansion was a mess.
The corpses of the Imperial Knights were scattered all over the place, and the half-head of the 3rd prince was also rolling around.
The floor was a mess, dented and overturned by the rough fight.
Serena, who was looking around the messy flower garden, ordered the remaining guards and butler to clean up the situation.
So that today’s work never leaks out. I also forgot to shut down.
“… … Today’s work should never leak out. Of course, since that happened, it’s only a matter of time before we get caught. But, you have to buy at least a day or two. Everyone, did you pay attention to what I said?”
“… … yep!!!”
Whoa-.
Serena rubbed her forehead and let out a long sigh.
So many events happened in one day that it was complicated in my head.
Once the situation was sorted out, the children flocked to Serena’s side.
“… … I know you’re tired, but we have to come up with measures first. There is no time.”
Originally, Yuri had never been the first to speak up, but she said as if she thought she couldn’t stay still this time.
“Okay, let’s go to the drawing room. It will be easier to talk there.”
*
Everyone except Zeke and Lily, who are looking at Rosnante’s condition, gathered together.
“… … ,”
When no one was able to open their mouth first, Yuri said.
“So, I guess what to do.”
“I have to write a letter to Papa first.”
“Yeah, I’ll tell my father right away.”
When Iriel and Serena were like this, the first thing that came to their mind was their own duke family.
In the current situation where the 3rd prince is dead, it would be easiest for the duke’s giant to move his gaze to buy time.
“Hey, what happened? They tried to kill them first, and it wasn’t the 3rd prince that they thought was the 3rd prince… … . I couldn’t help it, but since I just killed him, how can I… … .”
Iriel complained as if he was tired.
“Um, maybe… … . Couldn’t the instructor have made a choice that couldn’t be helped?”
Soi, who had been listening quietly, spoke cautiously.
Everyone’s eyes turned to Soyi.
“… … An inevitable choice?”
“Eh, I don’t know, but I think Rosnante was attacked by the 3rd prince last night, and Instructor Zeke found out about it and went to stop it.”
“exactly… … . Then, after Rosnante was attacked by the third prince for the first time. I succeeded in running away and came to the Joheiden mansion to inform the fact… … . And, let the first raid fail. This time, I summoned it to finish it off, but I couldn’t achieve that goal because of the instructor… … ?”
Serena’s head spun quickly.
“Yeah, and the 3rd prince thought at that time. No, seeing as he came right away, that might have been what was expected. The biggest obstacle to dealing with the static called Rosnante is the instructor… … .”
Soi nodded and nodded.
“So, I tried to tie Instructor Zeke behind the attack on Rosnante… … .”
“And what I thought was the 3rd prince was actually not the 3rd prince. He was a black man who wanted to become an emperor and rule the entire empire. After confirming that, the instructor seems to have thought that it would be better to deal with him now.”
“!”
Serena opened her mouth in shock at Soyi’s words, but deliberately and seriously hardened her face.
“Stop, please… … . like that, no. But can it… … ? No, that would make sense… … .”
“What’s wrong with the flower field? Did you notice anything?”
At Iriel’s words, Serena raised her head and asked again.
“Does anyone know about your northern duchy?”
Everyone shook their heads at Serena’s question.
“… … Come to think of it, the instructor is also from the north. and Iriel. Didn’t Instructor actually say that he was raised as a secret mercenary in your mansion a long time ago?”
“Yeah, because we used to play together when we were little.”
Iriel nodded.
“In fact… … . Maybe, Instructor… … . Wasn’t he from the Duke of Ira from the start?”
“What!?”
“Because this is a home. just listen… … . The Duke of Ira had known for a very long time that the root of the evil of the master bard was hidden in the imperial family. That’s why, early on, I cut ties with the imperial family and stopped interacting with the system. He was carrying in his arms an illegitimate child named Lily with golden hair… … .”
Serena’s words were hypothetical, but everyone in the seat felt the thrill rise.
Serena’s words added more persuasiveness to the car that thought that it made no sense that Lily, a princess of the north, was born with gold.
“Now, wait a minute, the flower field. So you’re saying the North was contemplating treason? If the rebellion succeeds, to make Lily empress… … ?”
“No, it’s too early to see it that way. It’s not treason, it’s assassination. And Lily was probably a backup in case the assassination failed, in case you rebelled as you said.”
Serena shook her head.
“assassination?”
“Yes, the Duke of Ira knew the whole situation from the beginning. So, I trained Instructor Zeke, who had been exceptionally strong since he was very young… … . He was deliberately put into the Duke of Justia… … .”
“That, like that… … .”
Iriel opened his mouth with a shocked face.
“It’s simple if you think about why he was the duke of Justia. It must have been burdensome because it was too conspicuous to put directly into the imperial family. But the Duke of Joheiden isn’t very good at gathering information behind the scenes.”
“Well, looking at it… … . I recently heard something from Papa… … . Originally, he was going to put Zeke into the Imperial Knights… … !”
Just how big of a picture had the Duke of Ira been drawing for how long?
Instead of directly entering the Imperial Knights from the Duke of Ira, it is impossible to identify the person behind the assassination by entering the Imperial Knights through the Duke of Justia.
Actually, it was a completely different story from the inside story, but let’s sort it out.
It felt like everything was connected.
“then… … . Was your brother a double spy from the start?”
Yuri, who was thinking hard, asked.
“Yes, but something went wrong along the way.”
“Problem?”
“Yes, the instructor has amnesia. That’s why I didn’t even join the Imperial Knights, I just quit and became an academy instructor.”
“So, the Duke of Ira, who couldn’t see this, sent Lily… … .”
Yuri nodded, saying he understood.
“Well, then! My real childhood friend is not me… … . Lily is… … ?”
Iriel, who was listening from the side, made an expression that the world was collapsing.
He knew that Zeke Kleiman cared about him equally with the other kids, but he was proud that he once shared a childhood.
However, even those childhood memories were stolen by a female cat who suddenly appeared.
“then… … . Did Zeke find his memories now?”
Iriel asked Serena in disbelief.
“Yeah, maybe. I think the fact that the instructor’s tone has changed is proof of that.”
“By the way… to Lily Ira rather than me. Even putting her hand on her face…”
Serena’s throat burned because she said so much.
A strange consensus developed among those who accepted the seriousness of the situation.
“… … Brother Zeke can’t be taken away like this. Junior, you protected me for no reason.”
“School, Instructor was ours… … .”
“… … I can’t give away Zeke like this. I can’t just let them go without hard work.”
Even though we have to confront the imperial family right now, the situation is better than the situation right in front of us.
It was the women who were more concerned about the relationship between Zeke Kleiman and Lily.
Thus, the association of ‘Thad Lili Ira’ was formed.