261 – Too Obvious Event (5)
As soon as she heard that the person who tried to assassinate the princess was the third prince, Maria jumped up from her seat and tried to head straight to the interrogation room.
Then she told me that the Baron was seriously injured and that the first thing to do now was to get himself together and to rest comfortably. However, I thought that this might all be a plan by the 4th Prince, so I saw with my own eyes the assassin. I wanted to meet them in person.
So, I asked to go with my sick body to the interrogation room where the unfortunate assassins were captured, and I managed to go with them.
“Destroy that bastard!”
At the same time as he said that, a man with a strange black leather hat covered all over his face took out a red-hot iron from the furnace.
“hehehehe, it’s going to hurt a little. If you blow properly even now, you can feel more comfortable. So, who instigated it?”
The guys were covered in blood after being tortured so much in one night, and they begged and prayed.
“This is the Third Prince, the Third Prince Alexei! I told you that bastard Alexei did that! Please kill me! “Kill me!”
Usually, the assassins I know are self-disciplined people who have been trained to never open their mouths even when their lives are in danger and they are subjected to severe torture.
What kind of torture did they use to make their mouths explode…?
Ah, upon closer inspection, I saw that several of the assassins’ fingers and toes were missing.
The fingernails and toenails of the remaining fingers and toes were all pulled out.
Seeing that his entire body was covered in blood, it was clear that a baron like me, a former mercenary, had suffered unimaginably terrible torture.
The torturer wearing a black hat chuckled.
“How can I believe that?”
After saying that, the torturer picked up the iron and put it on the man’s left chest and burned it.
The slightly savory yet disgusting smell of grilling meat spread along with the smoke.
“aaah! “Save people!”
As she was watching, the knight who served Her Highness next to her shouted in a loud voice.
“This is the visit of Her Majesty Maria von Rhine-Palatinate, First Princess of the Rhine-Palatinate Empire! Everyone, show respect!”
Hearing those words, even the rough-looking torturers knelt down at once and showed respect.
Without saying anything to applaud their actions, Mary headed to where they were chained to her.
When she saw the speed at which she was trotting, she became worried that the noble princess might be using her torture device to directly interrogate the criminals over there.
The torturers touched the princess profanely with her blood-covered hands and said that they were in a position where they could not stop her, so they made a fuss with her gestures.
“Her Royal Highness, there will be blood on her body. “If you touch those lowly things carelessly.”
Anyway, Maria was grinding her teeth so hard that even I, who was quite far away, could hear it.
Then she walked without hesitation to where the sinners were, stopped, and gave each of them a very hard slap on the cheek.
“Such evil and cowardly things. “I will never let you die in peace!”
Not only the advisors, but even the guard knights could not hide their bewilderment.
“Your Highness! “How can you beat such lowly things with your own hands?”
“Her Royal Highness! Please calm down.”
“Don’t let those evil bastards harm Her Highness!”
The assassins’ hands and feet were already shackled in iron chains, so no matter what they did, they would not be able to harm the princess.
But seeing them make such a fuss, I guess it’s because they’re all on edge because of the attempted assassination of the princess that happened just yesterday.
In addition, it seems like they are deliberately showing their passionate side in an attempt to make up for their failures.
‘So, like me, you’ll do well in normal times.’
If you try to fix it after the water has already spilled, you will only get criticized, tsk tsk.
When one of the guard knights tried to bring the princess, I put my hand on his shoulder and stopped him.
“Unless you are crazy because you want to be criticized, stay back.”
The guy I had stopped swooped away, turned around, saw it was me, and was instantly cured of his anger.
And in a polite voice, no, a creeping voice.
“But Her Royal Highness, the cheek of those lowly bastards…”
I sighed at those words.
Actually, it’s not a good sight to see the princess hitting assassins in the face, so as a guard knight, I have no choice but to go and stop her…
“Her Royal Highness was in danger of being assassinated, but it wasn’t your fault, was it? But if you go out now and try to stop His Majesty, who is unleashing his anger on the assassins, you will only end up nagging him.”
In fact, it’s not just about nagging, but you can also take responsibility for failing to escort and be stripped of your escort knight position.
Because the monarch of this era can impose some degree of personal sanctions not only on commoners but also on nobles just because they are in a bad mood.
‘Besides, these guys don’t have the same pedigree compared to nobles with titles.’
Maria is not as narrow-minded as Otto, so she may just nag a little…
“Just let me go.”
Looking at her objectively, Maria has quite a bit of favor towards me now.
So, if I tell you, they will listen to almost anything.
Meanwhile, Maria didn’t just swear at them, she was spewing out words that made the listener’s stomach tremble.
“You dared to assassinate me, so you will pay a very heavy price. Don’t even expect to die comfortably. “Every bone in your body will be broken, from your toes to your shoulders, and when you die, I will rip out your internal organs and show you one by one to make you regret your mistakes.”
In Korea, the death penalty, which kills instantly like hanging, cannot be carried out carelessly due to the human rights issue of death row prisoners, but in this world, it is as if there is no such thing as human rights.
Moreover, trying to kill a member of the royal family, or even a person who would become the next emperor, is a serious crime that cannot even be compared…
Honestly, even if he was killed like that, no one would really object.
“And your family…”
It is completely understandable that she is angry like that since she was almost assassinated, but speaking any further will only damage the princess’s dignity.
“Her Majesty Maria, please calm down.”
Hearing those words, the princess turned to me.
Her eyes were filled with tears, her mouth was tightly closed, but her lips were trembling with anger.
“Your Highness, you need to calm down. “Getting more angry than necessary at assassins only lowers your dignity.”
“But, they are the ones who almost killed Sir.”
I know very well that they are the ones who almost killed me, and I am also angry to the end because of them.
Tears fell from Mary’s eyes.
“These are the people who shot an arrow at Kyeong, who ran away with me in a near-death crisis, fatally wounding him.”
I am very grateful that you are angry like this on my behalf, but there is no problem that can be solved by getting angry like this now.
“Your Highness Maria, thank you so much for caring so much about me, a humble person. “But right now, isn’t catching the criminal who tried to assassinate Your Highness the most important thing?”
Maria nodded her head at those words.
Then he answered while sighing.
“That is correct. You were the one who almost died, but I got excited for no reason. “I’m sorry for showing you a bad image.”
“No. However, could you leave it to me to interrogate them?”
“Are you talking to Sir?”
“Yes, I will definitely make them open their mouths.”
Maria thought for a moment and then nodded her head.
“I have a lot of work left to do, so I’ll just leave. And if I stay here, I don’t think I’ll be able to maintain my composure while looking at them trying to kill the person who risked his life to protect me.”
“It’s a wise decision.”
After the princess left, I asked those who were chained to her.
“You can’t survive anyway. But there is no guarantee that your family will be safe if you keep your mouth shut.”
If you watch some dramas, there is a scene where if there is an assassin who fails in an assassination, their entire family is killed as well, but that is something that only one person knows and the other does not know.
Because if you do something like that, the assassins’ motivation to work will be greatly reduced, so why would they do something like that?
“The dead have no words. So, if you die here, we won’t even be able to figure out whether you leaked information or not.”
“……”
They were the ones who tried to kill me, but now I had to pretend to be kind to them before they would open their mouths, so I tried to control my anger.
“Just speak comfortably. Then I will let you die comfortably like this.”
When I said this, they told the truth in a voice that gave up everything.
It is said that the third prince instigated the assassination, giving each of them 100 gold coins as an advance payment and ordering them to assassinate Maria.
They said they would receive an additional 200 gold coins as a reward if the assassination was successful, so they accepted the mission without hesitation.
In addition, it is said that although they are assassins, some of them were knights who were famous in their own way.
“You were very determined to kill Your Highness. Third Prince, this crazy person…”
That’s what I thought.
What will benefit Maria, and what will benefit Otto?
“This is the end of today’s interrogation. Have the guards give them a proper meal. “That way, we will disseminate the correct information.”
Once we have secured the information, we plan to take revenge very cruelly.
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And when I returned to my room after finishing this, a maid brought iron pots, dishes, and utensils.
“……Who sent this?”
“Her Highness the Princess made it herself. “The Baron was injured while protecting himself, so he said he would cook me a late dinner…”
Those words brought a smile to my face.
Not only was the stew in the pot overly seasoned, but the steak that was grilled was quite tough and had a burnt smell.
But I could fully feel the princess’s sincerity contained within it.
As I ate with a happy heart, the scale needle in my heart began to tilt little by little.
It was a complicated day.
………
Oh my, princess