Episode 43. Traitor(1)
imperial palace.
Hwang Tae-son, who was at the forefront of the procession carrying a coffin, knelt down on one knee and bowed his head.
“Grandpa. We’ve recovered Henderson’s body.”
“Good work.”
The old man with a long beard and white hair waved his hands and salivated.
Gustav Friedrich von Freyja.
He was the emperor who was leading the heyday of the Freyja Empire for 40 years.
Gustav looked down at the coffin for a moment.
Originally, it was the principle of the Imperial Police to never give up the body of the suspect, but it was Henderson’s body, which the Crown Prince had hard to recover through negotiations.
“Would you like to open it?”
“Okay. I don’t even want to see it.”
“Should I burn it, or cut the limbs and feed them to the wild beasts?”
“Do it yourself.”
“············”.
At Gustav’s indifferent reply, Arya pouted her lips slightly.
The corpse of the man who brutally murdered the emperor’s son.
I thought that seeing a corpse would cause a violent reaction…
Suppressing a little bit of sadness, Hwang Tae-son parted his lips.
“And here I met Schlus Heinkel.”
“Schlus Heinkel….”
Only then did Gustav’s eyes widen when a topic of interest appeared.
Schlus Heinkel.
Will he suddenly appear like a comet and enter the Imperial University as a senior, prevent a large-scale terrorist attack, or catch Henderson…?
It was the story of a commoner who did a lot of things that caught his eye.
“Tell me who you are.”
“I want to talk to you alone.”
“Come inside.”
At the approval of the emperor, the ministers began to stir.
I heard that the Crown Prince had come face to face with Schlus Heinkel.
I was very curious what Hwang Tae-son’s evaluation of him would be.
But I’m only talking to the two of us.
Is there any story that could be kept as a top secret?
The ministers had no choice but to look at the back of the emperor and the Crown Prince as they entered the room, suppressing their curiosity and going crazy.
*
“Can I stretch my legs, grandpa?”
“Unfold.”
“Can I lie down?”
“Do whatever you want.”
“aa…
Hwang Tae-son made a thick sound and lay down after confirming that the door was closed once again.
He had never been seen by anyone except his grandfather, and he had a dignified appearance.
Even so, Gustav only looked at his granddaughter with a happy expression on his chin.
Because sometimes I thought it wouldn’t hurt to just relax and relax.
“Wow. I walked a lot today, grandpa. I think I walked a hundred thousand.”
“Is that so. Good job.”
“I met the imperial policemen, I met the Great Forest ambassador….
“Rest now. Slowly talking about the commoners.”
“Okay. Ugh!”
Hwang Tae-son stretched out and organized his thoughts. what to say
In fact, there was nothing to keep secret even from the ministers.
I just didn’t want to show this frivolity.
Thinking about the top secret information and imagining the ministers who would go in vain, it seemed like it would make me laugh.
“Schlus Heinkel. He’s an asshole.”
“Tora?”
“Yeah. I knew the imperial authority very well.”
“············”.
Gustav’s expression hardened.
It wasn’t because of the vulgar language that came out of her granddaughter’s mouth.
It was because of her evaluation of the commoners, who were going to be awarded medals in person.
“The aristocrats were right. He was very cocky, with no dignity.”
“Huh….”
Gustav let out a troubled sigh.
I would have summoned them to the Imperial Palace and presented them with medals in front of a large number of people.
If he had had an accident there, the dignity of the imperial family would have been damaged.
“In a word, this is not polite.”
“No. You had all the basic manners, didn’t you?”
“what?”
“I have politeness, but it felt like there was only a minimum. When I say it badly, it doesn’t mean it’s cheap, when it says good it’s dignified.”
Gustav, who was quietly listening to the words of the Crown Prince, was deep in thought.
Come to think of it, there was no way that the granddaughter, who was famous for her outrageous personality from an early age, would have left the limbs of a commoner who was rude to her.
In other words, he never crossed the line.
Speak without going overboard and without going overboard.
According to the emperor, Schlus Heinkel seemed to do everything he had to say, without being weighed down by the imperial authority.
It was said that it was the complete opposite of the kind that Hwang Tae-son hated the most, who were busy crawling at the sound of the imperial family.
“You seem to like it very much.”
“Uh. How did you know?”
“I can tell just by looking at your top plate.”
Hwang Tae-son was smiling the entire time he was talking about Schlus Heinkel.
She could see clearly because of her personality, which showed her emotions clearly in her expression.
She is looking forward to reuniting with Schlus Heinkel.
“So, what title did you decide to give him?”
“When I asked you to tell me anything, he asked for a duke.”
“Go, duke!”
Gustav coughed.
It’s the duke’s place.
It would not be strange if a civil war broke out if such a thing was changed carelessly.
······· Already on the verge of a civil war, though.
“No! That!”
“I said the same thing. Then they asked for something else.”
“What do you mean by something else?”
“The warehouse under the imperial palace. They say you’ll see and choose from among the treasures in it.”
“That’s right….”
Gustav rubbed his beard and made a serious expression.
underground warehouse. There was no use there, but it was a place where expensive treasures were kept.
But only one of them. There is one precious thing that cannot be exchanged for anything…
“I said I’d give you whatever you choose. It’ll be okay, right?”
“Uh, maybe.”
I hope you choose it
It is not something that commoners can appreciate in the first place.
Besides, it’s buried deep inside, so while passing through the warehouse, you’ll be caught up in the dazzling treasures and won’t even go there.
He never asks for it.
Gustav was so sure he answered dryly.
But for some reason, I kept feeling insecure.
“Your Majesty! Breaking news!”
“······································································!
At that moment, a loud shout was heard from outside the door.
Hwang Tae-son’s eyes became the size of a king’s bell, and in an instant he got up and knelt down.
When the door swung open, she was already in the shape of giving a report to the emperor in a somewhat dignified position.
“It’s rude. Are you coming in without permission?”
“Forgive me for my disloyalty. I have one thing to tell you in a hurry…”
“Tell me.”
“There has been a riot in the south led by prisoners. It is said that a castle is in danger of being taken away.”
“Huh. The beasts are finally crazy.”
The emperor’s brow furrowed.
How was the situation not serious?
It was really about to start a civil war.
***
“Mr. Heinkel. Here.”
“···········?”
When I came back from class, Emilia handed me an envelope with both hands.
It was an envelope adorned with glittering gold.
Even without looking at it, it was obvious where it came from.
“Are you from the imperial family?”
“Yes. Someone who looked like a court wizard delivered it.”
It was the moment when I roughly ripped the seal off the envelope and took out the letter.
“············”.
“············”.
The one who made eye contact with Emilia with the letter knife.
Feeling a little embarrassed, I coughed heavily and handed the ripped open envelope to Emilia.
Then the letter was read from the top down.
– Schlus Heinkel. On the Day of Magic, the merits of preventing human casualties in advance and excluding the threat to the Empire. And the imperial family has given you high praise for intercepting the imperial enemy, the crow Henderson.
I thought I was going to yawn, so I shed it halfway through.
I mean, I’ll give you a medal because you did a good job.
I wonder why they stretched out something that could only be one sentence…
Anyway, the last line was the most important.
Seo-hoon’s date and time.
“under.”
“Why?”
“Seo-Hoon is going to be at the Imperial Palace tomorrow.”
“Tomorrow… it’s very soon.”
Emilia was also slightly surprised, no, she flinched as she acted in surprise.
I mean, I just announced the schedule a day in advance. It was quite rude.
There is no way that Ariana Emperor could have been so modest.
It is highly likely that the notification officer deliberately delivered the letter late.
Then I’ll have to go tomorrow and drop the damn glow.
I need to make it clear that I’m not the kind of person you can just deal with.
“Then I’ll clean up the mansion while you’re out tomorrow.”
“No. You will come with me.”
“Yes? Is it the Imperial Palace?”
“Yes. It’s the Imperial Palace. Emilia-san knows etiquette better than I do. Please watch over me so I don’t make a mistake.”
“Ah, if that’s the case… I get it. I’ll do as I ordered.”
Emilia nodded her head slightly and answered.
Five. When I hear this line, I feel like I’m actually calling a maid.
It’s actually a watcher who can kill me at any time.
“Is it better to buy new clothes?”
“Yes? Will you wear plain clothes?”
“Is there any problem?”
“Obviously there is a problem. I’m following as a monk. I have no choice but to wear maid clothes.”
“okay.”
uh. I didn’t expect this.
Then Emilia in maid clothes will be walking around the streets behind me.
This seems a bit off-putting.
People on the street don’t even think about it.
“I’ll be busy tomorrow morning.”
“Is it makeup? It must be difficult for women.”
“Not me. A monk can’t decorate too much.”
“No, then maybe-“
“Yes. Heinkel, you need to put on makeup.”
“I don’t like it.”
flatly refused.
·······No, I thought I refused.
“What a meeting with the Emperor. Shouldn’t it be decorated in the best way?”
“No. I’m fine….”
“Don’t worry. I can’t even do men’s makeup perfectly!”
“············”.
Emilia didn’t even listen to me and had already started to burn her enthusiasm.
No matter what I said, the will to put on makeup was evident.
“··········Yes. Please.”
“Fufu. I’ll do my best to do it!”
If you can’t avoid it anyway, enjoy it.
If not now, when will I try makeup again?
I decided to stop giving up.
*
There have been no reports of Henderson and me in the media yet.
I’m going to unravel all the information with Seo Hoon.
Even now, the attention that is pouring on me is burdensome, and I am afraid of what will happen after the article is published.
The more I thought about it, the more I sighed.
So I stopped by a cafe to change my mood…
“What is this again?”
Why was the condition of the cafe strange?
The window was cracked and the door was ragged, so it looked like it had been attacked.
Could it be that Eric was caught by the counterintelligence agency because security failed?
“Our store is open normally. You are welcome to come in.”
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Just as I was thinking, Eric walked out and led me inside.
Upon entering, the inside was fine.
Except one side of the cupboard is completely empty.
It seems that there was a riot and the wreckage had been cleaned up.
“Did something happen?”
“hahahahaha. Drunk people made a fuss for a while. Don’t worry. We’ll never come back.”
“············”.
be a drunkard
Such a guy wouldn’t have even come in the first place.
Eric must have easily subdued him and threw him outside before he even started a riot.
Even if he is old, he has enough skills to subdue ordinary people.
Then what the hell happened?
‘No crazy.’
I think you know who
It was clear that it was none other than an agent of the Kingdom’s Intelligence Bureau who caused the riot.
A traitor who tried to splurge with information from the intelligence agency. The timing was a little earlier than the original, but he was definitely there.
‘I was distracted.’
In the meantime, I was so focused on what was going on within the Imperial University that I had completely forgotten about the events in the shadows.
It is an event that the fate of the spy agency is at stake.
Because the traitor’s data contains little bit of personal information about the agents dispatched to the Empire.
Even though it was such an important event, if I had to explain in my own way why I forgot…
There is nothing to say except that it was not a very important event in the original.
It was a short episode that passed without any sense of crisis.
In the original story, he was caught by a Hurt Locker before he even got the material and was blown away.
But how the hell was this guy able to jump with the data…?
‘ah.’
It’s because of me.
The Hurt Locker revealed his face to me.
So, I wouldn’t have been able to come to this cafe I frequent. Even if it comes, it will be early in the morning or late at night sometimes.
As a result, unlike in the original, Hurt Locker could not be in the cafe the moment the traitor bounced with the material…
I’ll turn this
If you let him run away, the spy agency will be destroyed.
Most of the agents will either be caught and killed or run away to the outskirts.
That makes it difficult
To reach the ending, the Hurt Locker and the intelligence service are also clearly needed.
After making my decision, I jumped up.
“The order is…”
“I’m not in the mood for a drink today because it’s cluttered. I’ll be back next time.”
“Ah, yes….. But next time, it might be after the business is closed.”
“Ah, I can’t believe it. I assure you. Master will do business here forever.”
“········Thank you for your kind words.”
I got out of the cafe and walked briskly.
If you miss him by any chance, a catastrophe will happen.
The Hurt Lockers and the spies will also be looking for traitors in their own way, but it will be difficult to find someone who is determined and hidden.
“Looking back. You bastard.”
So I’ll block the escape route from the start.