Kill Lord – 5
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Iris, Lise, Erica and Claudia were still dumbfounded by the situation unfolding in front of them.
Where the hell is the original lord going, and his daughter, Aurora, sitting on the sofa in an antique dress, talking to the newcomer?
The fact that the landscape of the mansion could be so peaceful and warm was very unfamiliar to them, who had never had a good memory here.
Everything like the tables lined with edible refreshments, the courteous maids, the lack of that pig staring at you with displeased eyes.
Aurora smiled and opened her mouth.
“First of all, I would like to apologize for what the piglet did and thank you for working hard for our city in spite of this. The knight commanders of the Silver Dawn Knights.”
Aurora stood up from the sofa, lifted the hem of her dress with both hands, slightly bent her knees and bowed her head. The four of them looked at the front with a bewildered feeling.
Even though he clearly knew that it was rude to show no reaction while the other person was greeting him, his head couldn’t keep up with the situation, so his body naturally didn’t move either.
I was wondering what the heck are you looking at? As if fully understanding the confused feelings, Aurora smiled briefly.
“I fully understand the feelings of the knight commanders. You must be confused. Because I was like that at first too. Even I was like that, but you guys are shocked. I don’t have the slightest intention to think it’s rude, so please rest assured.”
“I, that, Aurora-sama. what the hell is this all about… … ?”
“Maybe we need to sort out the names. From now on, you can call me lord. Or Lord Aurora is fine too. Call me whatever you like.”
“… … yes?”
Claudia asked in a blank voice. The feeling of disbelief was evident on his face.
“Because the pig is dead.”
Rize missed the snack she was about to put into her mouth. Iris strained her hand so much that she ate the teacup she was holding, and Claudia opened her mouth. Erica coughed and pounded her chest, as if she had heard a tickle.
“That pig… … No, the lord is dead?”
“It’s okay to curse as much as you want, Knight Commander Rize. Whatever you call it, whatever designation you use, I don’t care. No, rather, I would recommend calling him an insulting title.”
At first, Rize tried to call her father as usual, but suddenly changed her words, perhaps because she felt that it was a bit wrong to call her father with such a word in front of her daughter, but Aurora’s reaction was different.
Rather, it was recommended to call them by more insulting titles.
“It is simply my biological father who passed on the royal lineage to me, not a human-to-human family. look at this. What am I still calling that pig?”
“Oh okay. Then, lord.”
A hearty smile appeared on Aurora’s face. It really was a good sound to hear. Yes, he should have been sitting here from the beginning.
Of course, I would never have been able to achieve this alone, and there is someone else who made this achievement possible. From a distance, her golden eyes glanced sideways at the man who was chewing on the sweets.
Seeing Aurora’s eyes scrutinize the newcomer with some kind of sticky emotion, Rize thought for a moment, then hurriedly returned to reality when she heard a voice calling her.
“Yes, tell me. Rize Knight Commander.”
“… … Ah yes. I would like to hear more about the death of the pig, is that okay?”
When a question that the rest of the knight commanders were curious about popped out of Rize’s mouth, three pairs of eyes filled with curiosity focused on Aurora.
No, it was the same for the person who asked the question, so four pairs. Aurora took the teacup to her mouth, taking her eyes off her.
“Of course I have to tell you. Now, I will explain it step by step from the beginning.”
‘Wow, I thought it was a lie, but it sounds like the real thing when I hear it like that. Did Aurora have a talent for acting?’
Aurora, as we had kissed beforehand, told the knight commanders only the superficial reasons. After that, it was left up to me to tell the truth.
The fact that I ‘accidentally’ discovered a book containing a demon after subduing a headless ironclad cavalryman.
I brought the book to the lord to secretly discuss how to deal with it, but he was blinded by greed and sent me back, secretly trying to summon the devil.
Fortunately, the demon dwelling in the book was greatly weakened, so there was no damage.
However, due to the aftermath, the lord became half-man, half-horse, and thus, according to imperial law, he was deprived of all rights, then his actions were erased, and the vacancy was filled by himself.
Aurora explained with a very confident expression and tone, and even added flesh to the parts that she thought were awkward, so the lie came out even more plausible.
“The whole story of the incident is like this, knight commanders.”
After the explanation, Aurora brought the teacup to her mouth as if she was thirsty. Horop, a voice was heard. It meant that the parlor now was quiet enough to resonate with the sound of turning the tea.
It was only after a considerable amount of time had passed that I could speak again. Iris, who was staring blankly at the ceiling and organizing her thoughts, cautiously opened her mouth.
“… … To be honest, I think it’s a really absurd story. Except for the fact that he has the personality to summon demons out of his greed, everything else feels like a dream.”
“But it’s also an event that definitely happened.”
“Yes, my lord. I know. If someone had told me the story the lord had told me, I would have urged him to swing his sword one more time in time to tell such an outrageous lie.”
“It’s an outrageous lie… … okay.”
Aurora chewed on the word and laughed. He must have felt ironic since he already knew that the explanations he had given so far were half lies.
“By the way, newcomer.”
“yes?”
Silver eyes turned to me. I was just about to touch Aurora and Barton to tell the four of our real plan.
“Listening to all of that, I have one question.”
“… … ?”
I blinked, wondering what the hell Iris was trying to say. There must have been no loopholes in Aurora’s explanation. I looked back for a while to see where the explanation might have gone wrong.
And, unexpectedly, it was easy to find out what was the problem.
“There is no way you trusted that lord more than we did. If you really stumbled upon such a book, you would have come to discuss how to dispose of it with us, not the lord.”
It was only then that Aurora made an expression of regret.
Well, considering how damned the lord’s reputation was in this city, the fact that I went to him to discuss countermeasures in the first place made no sense. Iris had caught that point exactly.
An emperor who does not know the circumstances of this place, and of mine, will be able to use the excuse of ‘I didn’t know that the lord was such a trash because I joined the Knights of the Silver Dawn not long ago’, but the excuse that he did not know the lord well would give the knight captains can you get through
“right. You got it right. Iris, as you said. If I had really stumbled upon a book like that, I would have gone to consult with you guys, not that pig.”
I readily acknowledged that. Anyway, I was thinking of revealing the real plan at this point. It’s just that the timing was slightly advanced.
“I readily admit it. If so, where is the lie and where is the truth?”
“It’s half true, half lies. First of all, it is true that the lord turned into a half-human, half-horse. And the fact that there is no damage to the surroundings is also true. Even the content that Aurora took the position is true, and everything else is false.”
“I roughly understood. Then why did you confide in us the false plan in the first place?”
“There is one person who has to use it. There’s a big difference between knowing that it’s a lie and hearing it without knowing it, right? That’s why I wanted to ask you guys what was awkward about it. And you have to cooperate to make the plan even more perfect.”
“… … The one who has to use the plan, who is that?”
“Someone who will soon come to beat that devil in the basement.”
At my ambiguous words, Iris put on a puzzled expression, but then, as if she realized something, she immediately looked at me with a white face.
“You newcomer, can’t you… … !”
“As you think, Iris.”
The faces of Rize, Erica, and Claudia standing next to her were no different. His face was white, his hands were trembling and he was looking at me with an expression that made him wonder what he had just heard.
“Your Majesty the Emperor. He is the one who should use the plan we just talked about.”