129 – Epilogue: The Feboy Mage, The Knight, And The Agent – 1
The Imperial Capital Crown Hall, ‘Inside the Circle’.
Count Benston’s villa. Alias: ‘Drug Den’.
Around 10:30 PM.
“…”
Count Benston’s banquet was held on a grand scale. Under the pretext of celebrating his son’s birthday, he had invited nobles from far and wide, so the scale was twice nearly as large as before.
Count Benston, who used Crown Hall as his central stronghold, had difficulty exerting influence over the provincial nobles. There was a strange animosity between the capital nobles and the provincial nobles, and above all, the physical distance made it difficult to ‘persuade’ them .
Isn’t it natural that the distance of the body leads to the distance of the heart?
Moreover, the Count’s banquet did not have enough authority to attract the provincial nobles. Normally, they would have politely declined, saying that they had something to do.
However, this time, the timing was good.
Soon, the First Princess Elaine would return from the Eastern Front. She had recently made great achievements with her direct unit, the ‘Blue Wind Knights’, and was scheduled to return to the capital for a while to receive the Emperor’s praise.
To celebrate this, nobles from all over the country flocked to the capital. They were in a hurry to make their mark on the person who was most likely to become the next emperor.
Count Benston aimed for that niche market. Wouldn’t the nobles who came to Crown Hall to wait for the First Princess attend the Count’s banquet while they were at it?
For the Count, it was an opportunity to expand his business.
If he could spread the drug among the provincial nobles at this banquet, he would be able to exert significant influence over them. It would also help with his future plans⋯⋯ Of course, he would be able to make money as well.
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hahahahaha. Hohoho. The pretentious laughter filled the ballroom.
And there was a servant walking through the cracks. His eyes were as sharp as a needle, but he was not noticeable thanks to the hat that was pulled down low.
His name was Roderus.
The operation was simple.
Sneak into Count Benston’s room or the office of ‘Drug Fiend’ Zwide Benston and collect evidence. There must be meaningful information in there.
To do that, he needed a disguise. Fortunately for Roderus, he had the ability to change his gender. He would use that.
Wait for an opportunity -＞ Transform into a maid at the right time -＞ Knock out one of the maids cleaning the mansion and change into her clothes -＞ Infiltrate.
During the time the operation was taking place, he would use his ‘Doppelganger’ ability to provide an alibi. He would leave a magical doppelganger in the form of Roderus and finish the job as quickly as possible.
If everything went according to plan, he would be able to extract the information cleanly and avoid suspicion. It was certainly risky, but it was also worth the risk.
And all of this had to be finished before the banquet ended. Roderus estimated the expected end time to be around 2:00 AM.
There were 3 hours and 30 minutes left.
First, the first step of the operation⋯⋯ Seizing the opportunity.
The right time would be when Zwide Benston was flirting with a provincial noble. Roderus mingled with the servants, carrying wine glasses and food, and waited for an opening.
He listened carefully to the voices. He could tell by listening.
“Young lady, would you like to dance with me? No, young lady… You even came wearing a fancy cloak!”
“I think that man is a jerk. What good is being rich if he’s so arrogant?”
“hahahahaha! That’s right. I got my hands on a very precious herb, and when I put it in my mouth, I can… day and night.”
“Ahem, ahem…”
Amidst the noise of the crowd, he heard a sound of smacking lips. He concentrated. The moment the snake struck its prey, Roderus intended to move as well.”How can I get that handsome knight to look at me?”
“But aren’t there any side effects?”
“What do you mean? I’ll show you, sir. What parties and beds have in common is… they need a pretty woman. If you want, tonight──”
“Oh, I’m not used to dresses…”
Not yet. But the timing is close. If that deal goes through, and we start talking a little deeper…
“……….?”
I think I just heard a familiar voice. Roderus turned his head quietly.
Among the crowd, Kim Lulu was grumbling around in a fancy dress.
“Why is she here…”
Roderus blinked for a moment, looked at Zwidey Benston, and then looked back at Lulu. There was a moment of hesitation.
Opportunity and friend.
Roderus chose to take care of his friend. He slid through the crowd and moved next to Lulu. Soon, their eyes met.
As he was about to open his mouth to ask why she was in such a dangerous place.
At that moment, Lulu’s eyes bloomed with joy and happiness. And with her whole body expressing her emotions, she stretched out her arms and impressed.
“Odaesu!!”
Roderus put his index finger to his lips.
“Quiet.”
“……….Odaesu…!”
“I told you to be quiet, I don’t need to repeat it in a lower voice. Why are you here?”
“Well, after we met at the dessert cafe, and after the third chase, there’s this guy in the Knights of the Capital named Ronald, you know? The one with the mustache. I’ve been with him lately…”
Kim Lulu was about to explain from A to Z why she was here, but Roderus stopped her. There were too many people around.
“……….Follow me for now.”
Roderus led Lulu out of the ballroom naturally.
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Second floor of Viscount Benston’s villa, balcony B-3.
Around 10:50 p.m.
Roderus and Lulu reached the empty balcony. It was far from the noise and the moonlight was shining softly, making it a very romantic place.
There were drunk people wandering around the late-night garden below, but if they lowered their voices, they wouldn’t be heard below.
Lulu put her hand on her pounding chest and looked up at Roderus and asked.
“Um… hello? I dressed up a little, what do you think?”
“……….Don’t you know it’s not the time to say that?”
“Then when is it?”
“Why are you here?”
Lulu replied with a sour expression, her arms crossed in a stern mode. Roderus in this mode was very nagging.
If you want to avoid a long lecture, it’s better to answer obediently.
“Ronald says this place is very suspicious. So they’re going to investigate… If things don’t go well, there could be a fight, so I was told to infiltrate and turn things upside down if necessary.”
“Things are getting complicated… I was also planning to extract some information on my own. This is a drug den.”
“Vigilante activities?”
“Something like that. Kim Lulu, if I ask you to cooperate on this… will the Knights of the Capital accept it?”
Lulu thought for a moment and shook her head.
After many incidents, the grudge between the girl magic Pure Knight and the Knights of the Capital had deepened to an irreversible level.
This was because Roderus had caused a lot of… terrible damage in the process of shaking off the pursuit. Lulu said sullenly.”If only you hadn’t burned off Ronald’s mustache, he would have been a goatee after that last chase. ..I was so angry.”
“I shaved off that dirty beard, but I guess I can’t expect gratitude.”
The resentment of a middle-aged man who had lost his identity had been going on for a long time. It seemed that it would be difficult to cooperate in this operation.
Even if they had the same goal, an operation that was not agreed upon by both parties was likely to cause trouble. The Order of the Capital would try to catch him, and Roderus would have to resist.
That said, he didn’t have the skill to support the Order of the Capital without being seen. It was also a very uncomfortable option to completely withdraw.
Now that the number of guests had increased, it was crowded and there were gaps in the security. Now was the perfect time to crush Viscount Benston’s drug trafficking. It was such a pity to miss this opportunity.
Checking his watch, he saw that there were about 3 hours left.
It was time to start the plan. It was not too late to be leisurely, but the situation was becoming more dangerous as time went on.
As the night deepened and the nobles got drunk, fell asleep one by one, or left the ballroom, the number of Benston’s forces and those who had been absorbed by them in the mansion would increase.
Having fewer eyes watching meant that they could act more aggressively.
They had to move. He told Lulu to stop enjoying the party and proceed with the operation.
As Roderus made up his mind and was fumbling with the transformation device in his arms, the balcony door suddenly opened and a servant pushed in a cart.
“Excuse me. I wonder if you would like some refreshments.”
“……….!!”
The young servant and the noble young lady were alone on the balcony. Perhaps there could be unnecessary misunderstandings. Like a secret meeting beyond their status.
Roderus quickly straightened his posture and pretended to be a servant. As if he had left his seat for a moment to follow the noble’s orders.
“……………………………”
“Wh, what? Do I have to say it? Uh, ah. We don’t need any cookies… Huh?”
Roderus and Lulu narrowed their foreheads at the servant’s familiar face. A voluptuous body and a pink ponytail. Yellow eyes that hid a beastly ferocity.
The two of them knew her name.
“……Yuri Frostreaver?”
“Y, you, how did you get here?!”
Chuck-!
Roderus took a step forward as if to protect Kim Lulu and held the transformation device in his hand. Lulu also clenched her fists as she took the power armor caller out of her pocket.
As the tension breath, the Four Heavenly Kings of the evil organization pushed up their glasses and slowly took out their ID cards from their arms. Cha-reuk.
A magically treated seal used by the Imperial Defense Agency. She said calmly.
“Yuri Lancaster. I’m an agent of the Defense Agency here. It’s been a long time, ‘Pure Knight’.”
“……….Wh, what, an agent of the Defense Agency!!”
“They said that all the executives of the evil organization were from another world… Were we from the same world? Yuri Frostreaver.”
Kim Lulu and Roderus sharpened their blades at the of someone they had once been hostile appearance to. However, Yuri Lancaster shrugged her shoulders as if she didn’t care at all.
“It’s not something that happened in a dream. Besides, we were the ones who lost. If you can’t forget the grudge even after taking the victory… I can’t help it.”
“……………………………”
“You’re after Benston, right? So is our Defense Agency. Maybe we can find some common ground.”
She said that and held out her hand.
If it had been ‘Eternal Dark’, who had contributed to Lulu’s death, she would have hated them so much that she couldn’t compromise. But ‘Yuri Frostreaver’…
Except for the fact that she had done such and such a sinister thing to the girl magicians with her tentacles, she had never caused any casualties or attacked civilians.And if he really was an agent of the Defense Corps, this situation was an opportunity. An opportunity to blow up Benson in one shot. But, but….
“Oh, are you hesitating because of the memory of being hit by the tentacles?”
Roderus raised his voice as the seizure button was pressed.
“…Shut up! If you do anything suspicious, I’ll break your head!”
“Even if you raise your voice like that, in my position, where I know where your s*xual organs are from beginning to end──”
“I’ll kill you!!”
“Bear with it, bear with it, you big idiot!! You’re a good sister who gives me a massage every time we meet!!”
After Kim Lulu barely managed to suppress Roderus’ anger, which had put a big scratch on his boy pride, he sighed while repeatedly flipping his hair back. He was convinced.
“I can’t help it… This time, it’s a temporary alliance.”
“Don’t hold me back, magic girl.”
The remaining estimated time limit was 3 hours.
The temporary alliance was dramatically completed.