85 – Grand Duke Aka – 85
The next day, when we woke up, we realized that there was a lot of noise outside Baekeun Palace.
“Gregory-sama, it looks like you found it?”
Rosé looks at the garden of Baekeun Palace through the window while stretching herself.
I slowly approached and looked out the window where Rosé was looking, and saw many people raising their heads and looking at the rooftop of Baekeun Palace.
“That would be natural. Because you went through that hardship yesterday.”
Last night, we ended up tying them to the flag on the roof of Baekeun Palace as planned.
And the result was the people out there.
As I was looking at the garden scenery through the window, I heard someone urgently knocking outside the room.
“Princess! Princess!”
A voice you’ve never heard before.
I slowly approached the front door and opened it to see Silvea knocking hard on Priscilla’s door.
“Good morning.”
“yes? ah… … ! It just went well. What the hell is that?”
“hmm? I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
After answering with a shrug, Silvea pointed to the ceiling as if frustrated.
“Those hanging from the rooftops over there!”
“… … rooftop? I know absolutely nothing. Did something happen on the roof?”
“No, you couldn’t have known—”
“Who are you this morning?”
Then, the door to Priscilla’s room opened and Raphael came out.
Judging by the way he rubbed his eyes, it seemed that it hadn’t been long since he had woken up.
“Oh, Raphael! It’s not different, what the hell happened yesterday?”
“yesterday? What happened?”
“… … yes?”
“Yesterday, Priscilla and I were tired after the emperor went and fell asleep right away? Right Gregory?”
“Yes, we went right in and went to sleep. By the way, seeing that Silvea has been visiting us since morning, it seems that something happened on the roof.”
“okay? So Silvea, what the hell is going on?”
As the two of us talked as if we really didn’t know, Silvea’s eyes started to tremble.
“You really don’t know?”
“Yeah, I don’t know.”
“Yeah, you really don’t know?”
“… … okay. As for the current situation, a servant passing by has confirmed that an Assassin-type summoned beast is currently tied to the roof of Silver Palace.”
“okay? That’s scary~ Assassin-type summoned beast.”
“… … you’re right. But if you two don’t know, who the hell would do such a thing?”
“It seems that there is an apostle of justice within the imperial family. It doesn’t seem to have anything to do with me, so I’ll just go in.”
“… … All right.”
When I naturally closed the door and went inside, I saw Rosé looking at me with eyes full of anticipation.
“How was it? Did you succeed?”
“Yes, first of all, Raphael and I are in a situation where we are freed.”
“after… … . Now the first button is sewn.”
It was as Rose said.
Capture the assassins and tie them to the rooftop. And, we pretend we didn’t do it.
Silvea would have already known that we subdued and tied them up, but that wasn’t the point.
It’s just how rumors spread.
“Gregory is really great. What do you think?”
What I was aiming for was simple.
Assassins were subdued by a third party. to spread rumors.
As the assassins were tied up where everyone could see them, rumors would quickly spread throughout the imperial family through servants.
If so, why did we do this?
It was to instill suspicion in the group that sent the assassin.
Suspicion that there may be another organization that supports Priscilla, not ours.
Even if there were doubts rather than certainties, this plan was virtually successful.
“They will be very careful in their actions from now on. And, a lot will change.”
Behavior becoming cautious meant the fact that behavior was different from usual.
And, we planned to use that gap to collect information and estimate the culprits.
“Today, Priscilla says she is going to meet people who were on her side in the past… … . We were in charge of collecting information, right?”
Fortunately, Rosé didn’t seem to have forgotten what we talked about yesterday.
“Yes, it is a situation where the emperor was favored by yesterday’s incident. In addition, the situation of a guest entering the imperial family with the princess. There must be a lot of people who are curious about us.”
Then the story got easier.
It was judged that if we just wandered around the imperial family, those who were curious about us would naturally be attracted.
“It’s like a dream to go for a walk in the imperial family alone with Gregory-nim.”
“is it.”
Certainly, it reminded me that I hadn’t spent time alone with Rosé lately.
“Then, let’s go have breakfast first. You cannot go for a walk on an empty stomach.”
“So good! Oh, I’ll wash up soon!”
Realizing that Rosé, who was rolling her feet, hadn’t even washed her face yet, she rushed into the bathroom.
“So be it.”
I decided to sit on the sofa and wait for that rosé.
There is still quite a bit left until breakfast time.
Well, just drink a few cups of tea in moderation.
* * *
“and… … It’s really so beautiful. Who the hell made you build a garden like this?”
Among the many gardens located in the imperial family, the ‘Red Rose Garden’ is famous for its beautiful red roses.
There, Rose and I were enjoying a walk together.
“They said they were Rogar and Heinbern, emperors of the Holy Heinbern Empire. He knows that his queen loves roses so much that he made them for her.”
“yes? Did you know that… … . You are amazing.”
“It’s Gregory.”
To be exact, I remember reading about it in the game.
The ‘Red Rose Garden’ he created for the queen he loved more than anyone else
This place was one of the places directly covered in the game, but there was a separate reason why I came all the way here.
“It’s on the left here.”
“Ah yes!”
A garden of enormous size and intricate shape.
It was a place open to all nobles within the imperial family, so it could be called a hot place within the imperial family, but… … There was a secret hidden in this garden.
“Right here.”
“yes!”
It was the fact that there was a secret space at the center of this large garden.
A secret place that only a very small number of players know about.
It is the only place where you can get an item called ‘Rose of Enchantment’, which blooms only once in hundreds of years, and the closer you get to the center, the fewer people you see around you.
“I started seeing people less and less.”
“This garden is designed so that the more you enter the center, the more you go out. You can’t even get near the center unless you know the way perfectly. Oh, it’s straight ahead here.”
The effect of the item ‘Rose of Enchantment’ was very simple.
[Completely immune to charm effects when possessed]
[Charm Correction]
In other words, no matter how beautiful you look at it, you never fall for it, and the effect was that it looks a little more beautiful.
I was on my way to find it because it seemed like it would be helpful to a child like Rosé who follows a single snack.
“By the way, Gregory, didn’t you say that the rose blooms only once in hundreds of years? What if someone else has already taken it?”
“It probably won’t happen.”
“yes? why?”
“Yeah… … .”
It was because the road to get here was really damn right.
Left, left, left, left, go straight, where is the person who enters this room while memorizing left, left, left, and left?
That’s just to say that he will get a flower that is only immune to ‘charm’.
Truly an item that looks like sh*t.
It was the ‘Rose of Enchantment’ that the effort was so great to acquire and the effect would be useful to give up.
… … Even if I explained it properly, I wouldn’t understand.
In this case, it was good to explain it in a way that was understandable by roughly mixing lies.
“Because I hid it well in the past.”
“yes? is it the past? Gregory-sama, have you been to the imperial family in the past?”
“Yes, I have been here a few times. I hid the rose separately then.”
To be precise, I was in the game, and all I came for was a quest or to get a gift that would increase my character’s favorability.
“You are amazing too… … ! uh? Gregory. The garden is over.”
Finally, the rose vines covering the sides disappeared, revealing a small space of about 5 pyeong.
And, in the middle of it, a red rose growing noble in the sunlight alone.
“That… … Rose of Enchantment.”
As if possessed by something, Rose slowly approached the rose.
“It is so beautiful… … .”
After saying that, Rose kneels in front of him and carefully digs out the ground.
I passed by such a rosé and indifferently broke the rose’s neck.
“Eh?”
“Come on, let’s go back. With this, business in the center is over.”
“Oh, you cut it! too much! The flower is dead!”
Oh, haven’t you explained that yet?
“This flower has the characteristic of monopolizing nutrients from surrounding plants. As long as this flower existed, the flowers around it would have slowly died.”
Judging from the size of this space now, it seems that no one has been inside since the disaster was sealed.
He’ll grow up again in a few hundred years anyway, so I didn’t feel sorry for him.
Well, even if it’s just flowers, it’s effective.
“Then let’s go back.”
“yes? Wait!”
Rosé caught me as I turned around and tried to go outside the garden where I was originally.
“… … We can’t go on like this.”
“hmm?”
Did something go wrong?
“I’ve come to a space so remote, I’ll just smoke a cigarette! yes? Please wait a minute! Oh, what did you say the order of coming here is? Up down up down up up up down?”
“… … It’s completely different.”
“yes? is that so? hmm… … what was it Was it left right left left left… … .”
I guess… … .
The fact that he found his own smoking room in the imperial family seemed happy.
“… … I can’t stop.”
“yes?”
“… … It is nothing.”