151 – Embers (2)
Johann Mayer was confused. Wasn’t Minister Aberto the one who told me that Enoch Levandel was a major force behind the coup?
When I first heard about it.
The reason why Johan Mayer judged that Enoch’s claim was quite realistic was that Secretary of State Aberto, who could be considered the second in line in the Prince’s royal family, always complained about the current Prince’s policy.
Although he positively evaluated military reform, he continued to express concern about putting more weight on the side of the Freedom Association rather than the side of the Imperial Alliance.
It was because it might cause a ‘war’.
Just a few years ago, the continent enjoyed unprecedented peace.
Of course, it wasn’t a peaceful peace for a weak country like the Principality of Uk ran sandwiched between them, but at least they didn’t show their fangs at each other.
But now things have changed.
The Free Democratic Republic of Fru has begun deploying troops on the borders of the Kingdom of Adalya.
Weapons from the Federal Republic of Ameria, which is making great progress alone far away, were literally sprayed on the Free Federation member states.
As if to counter it, the Imperial Alliance did not stay still.
The international situation, which had been maintained somehow, was now on the verge of breaking on one side, like a tightly stretched rubber band.
If reforms are hastily promoted in such a situation, it is expected that an all-out war with the empire may break out due to poor relations in many ways.
That was the basic gist of Secretary of State Aberto’s argument.
In a way, it makes sense.
Anyone who has even the slightest interest in the situation, or is currently serving in the cabinet, could have predicted that fact.
Even Meyer himself could not get rid of the thought that the Principality of Uk ran was now speeding toward an inevitable precipice.
However, if a straight road emerges the moment you cross that cliff.
And if there is a huge tsunami coming from behind us that will devour everything.
It was true that it was right to boldly jump toward the cliff.
As the vice-minister of the Treasury, who manages all of the country’s finances, Johan Mayer dared to say that the prince was now preparing to jump over that precipice.
It is too early to hastily judge that it will harm the principality.
That’s the role of history, not their role living in the present era.
‘But why, the Secretary of State?’
If the person who planned and carried out the coup was the Secretary of State, there is no reason he would be dragged out by the military police.
Could it be that Enoch Levandel caught the signs of a coup at an early stage and neutralized the force through close cooperation with the National Gendarmerie?
‘No, that’s not it. The coup is still ongoing.’
Johan Mayer quickly erased the sudden thought. There are quite a few seats left vacant right now.
Even though it was an emergency cabinet meeting that summoned officials at the vice-ministerial level or higher at once.
The Chief of Staff of the Army, the deputy who can exercise the military command, is nowhere to be seen.
It was never a good sign that he was nowhere to be seen in a national situation that had fallen to state of emergency.
Not only that.
The positions of Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Transportation, and Minister of Justice, which are classified as pro-Princess, are also vacant.
The position was currently being replaced by a vice minister-level person similar to himself.
Above all, where is the Duke?
Not good.
Johan Mayer was in a bad mood. As soon as he realized that a coup was underway, his concerns for his daughter Bell Meyer gradually grew.
“Kuhm, hmm… ….”
Soon, the Secretary of State, who was dragged out, will be replaced by his superior, Secretary of the Treasury, Radelph.
“Since Secretary of State Aberto has been arrested on charges of civil war, I will exercise his authority according to the rank of the head of the principality.”
“I agree.”
“I agree.”
As if they had planned it in advance, the officials in the conference hall raised their hands one by one.
At that moment, Johan Mayer felt a stare piercing him. Treasury Secretary Radelph was looking right at him.
“Does the vice minister have anything else to say?”
“…… Secretary of the Treasury, what is this?”
“What happened? We’re in the process of weeding out those who joined the forces that murdered His Excellency.”
“You mean death!?”
“Last night, His Excellency the Prince went missing. There were signs of break-in on the terrace, and there was blood on the bed.”
I couldn’t believe it.
But whether he believed it or not, La Delph went on with his words.
“The prime suspects are Lieutenant Colonel Enoch Levandell and Lieutenant Colonel Lannister Cale, head of the Central Inspection Department of the National Military Police. Lieutenant Colonel Lannister even murdered Lieutenant General Sigmund Blakovich.”
Radelph grinned as he looked straight at him.
“Secretary Johan Meyer.”
At those words that came down coldly, Johan Mayer felt his heart go cold.
“I know that your daughter has a very close relationship with Lieutenant Colonel Enoch Levandell.”
“Minister…… !!”
“Is there any information you have heard? Originally, she should have arrested you as well by the state military police, but isn’t she close to me as her elder brother or younger brother? If you provide information, I will ensure that your daughter and you are as safe.”
Only then did Johann Mayer understand why the coup forces had left him alone.
They are intimidating.
In order to give himself a sense of helplessness by having Secretary of State Aberto arrested right in front of him!
Awesome.
Johann Mayer grinds his teeth.
“Where is my daughter now?”
“Ugh, I didn’t ask that. She is currently in custody at the headquarters of the National Military Police.”
“Please release me now! There are no charges against you!!”
“Ha ha ha…… How can you conclude that there is no charge? Right now, you are full of allegations.”
The military police who blocked the entrance immediately point their guns at them.
“Think carefully, Deputy Minister John. Do you want your whole family to be hanged in the street as traitors?”
Out of the box.
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t see a hole through which I could escape.
However, I was not in a position to tell them anything.
He only heard that a coup was planned for his daughter, but he hadn’t heard what Enoch Levandel was planning.
“…… I do not know.”
“Are you really going to do this?”
“I really don’t know! I haven’t heard anything! I was only told that it would happen to her daughter!!”
“Aha, then you will find out when you investigate your daughter.”
“…… !!!”
Johann Mayer’s heart sank.
“Thank you for your cooperation. But restraint is inevitable. Ah. Don’t worry too much, it just needs to be at home with your family.”
Treasurer Radelph tapped his fingers on the desk.
“Except for your second daughter, Bell Meyer.”
“This, this…… !! Bastard!!”
“Gendarmerie, arrest me.”
The reason why he called himself alone was because he wondered if there was any information he could dig up.
All preparations for a coup d’état were wrong from the beginning. The Secretary of State was not the instigator, but the Secretary of the Treasury, Radelph.
Radelph was a cunning man.
Although he knows that he is greedy and good at money logic, while he is preoccupied with the title of Secretary of State, he does not think to check him.
“You wrathful rebels!! God will throw you all into Hellfire!!”
John resisted, but was quickly caught by the military police and pinned to the ground. The moment when his hand is filled with a restraining sphere made of steel.
Boom!!
Another military policeman ran into the meeting room.
“Secretary Radelph!! I think you should come out of the palace right away!!”
“What is it?”
“Citizens, citizens are flocking to the streets. I won’t even listen to the control of the military police!!”
“What!?”
“Looks like someone distributed newspapers in advance during dawn!! There is an article in print that the Petrobuna Palace is currently occupied by coup forces!”
Wilson Times Uk ran Reporter.
Enoch Levandel’s epilogue, which had been silent throughout, finally flew into the sky.
***
Bell Meyer opened her eyes on the cold floor. As soon as she regained consciousness, her whole body ached.
I could feel the scourging marks left on my tattered prison uniform and the burning pain on my torn skin.
I remember…… There was no
She couldn’t remember her own name, what she had been doing, how long she had been here, or where she was.
“Lieutenant Colonel. Lieutenant Colonel.”
The only thing I remember was that word. He couldn’t remember her name, her face, or her voice, but she knew for sure that she was more important to her than anyone else.
But even that.
She couldn’t save Bell Meyer now.
“Ughhhhh…… Ugh…….”
“Save me, save me…… !! I didn’t do anything wrong!!”
This place was hell. The groans of people and the screams of those being tortured could be heard everywhere.
Its appearance was terrifyingly similar to the terrible place where Bell Mayer was once imprisoned.
When I was young, I really didn’t know anything.
The memory of her who completely ruined her life is playing again.
The place of her happiness, which had been consumed by her oblivion, was once again filled with fragments of the past.
“aaa!!”
She cried.
Chick-chunk-chunk!! Every time Belle struggled, the chains that held her wrists and ankles snapped sharply.
“I finally woke up.”
And then there was someone watching her through her bars.
“Hee, hee…….”
“Hello, lady. We should have more fun today.”
A voice that makes you feel uncomfortable just by listening to it. A man as dark, gooey, and ominous as the subterranean space opened the prison door and entered.
“Lieutenant Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel!! Please!!”
A familiar pattern appears before Bell’s eyes as he sadly calls out that title.
On her wrist was a vivid skull tattoo. Strigoi. Those who sacrifice their lives to bring about death.
“Kyaaa!!!”
As soon as Belle Meyer saw that, she let out a sharp scream and she fainted again.
“Hey sh*t. What else did you do!! The people on this side of the f*ck told me not to touch them.”
“Yes? I didn’t do anything!! I was just saying hello!”
A voice scolded him from behind. The man in the military police clicked his tongue and handed him the paper.
“Okay, today is that b*tch. I heard that he was Enoch Levandel’s closest friend. The head of the Military Police Command wants you to quickly extract your memories and bring them back.”
“Oh, is that so?”
“Don’t do useless things. You know that if you make fun of the lower part, you will fall behind, right?”
“Yes, yes, of course, Mr. Military Police.”
“It’s crazy that there’s a riot outside right now. You can’t check them individually, so take care of yourself. After you finish extracting your memories, upload them yourself.”
The military police said that and disappeared.
The man looked at the military policeman with disapproving eyes and raised his middle finger.
Actually, I wanted to change that irritating face that boasted of being a usurper and a military policeman to the same criminal, but.
What can I do? As he said, it was the military police who were holding his lifeline.
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“If you ask me to save you, I will.” … Well, it’s better than just being hanged and left in the street.”
A sweet proposal came to him, who was waiting for the day he would die in detention.
Since a coup was planned, it was an order to contaminate the spirits of the captured mages and turn them into their own limbs.
As a member of the Strigoi, that was his original job, so the man accepted right away without saying anything.
“The cubs of the Magic Brigade are all mentally strong, so it’s hard to intervene…….”
He clicked his tongue and released Bell Meyer, who had passed out.
Memory extraction and brainwashing are quite cumbersome tasks, so they had to be carried out in a specially decorated room.
“Still, is he going to be a bit easy?”
Suddenly, the man’s gaze turned to Bell Mayer’s body.
A face with a pretty nice body. Had it not been for this situation, I would have coveted it several times a day already. I must have shook my back until I was really sick of it.
“I guess that bastard named Enoch Levandel has eyes to see…” … Did you f*cking eat it?”
He spat out his vulgar words casually, checking his back carefully.
“Umm. Hmm. Is anyone there?”
There was no answer. Well, if there was a riot, I wouldn’t put the lack of manpower here.
In other words, it meant that it didn’t matter if he did as he pleased.
He tried to rape a smooth-looking female officer yesterday, but failed due to the military police’s restraint, so his desire was on the verge of bursting.
“Since the military police officer is busy, I should take a break too.”
The moment he lowered his pants with a disgusted expression, rejoicing that he finally had a chance.
Pu-wook!
The sharp ice pick precisely pierced the defenseless groin.
“Uh, uh…… !!”
Awesome!!
No sooner had he let out a scream of pain than Bell Meyer, whose restraints had been released, rushed in and broke the man’s neck.
“Whoa, whoa…… ! Whoa!!”
The woman who turned the man into a corpse in an instant let out a heavy breath.
Aim for the moment the enemy is caught off guard.
I don’t know who informed me, but I pulled out the vague memories and moved them.
He still can’t remember his own name. He couldn’t even remember what he had been up to, nor who the lieutenant colonel was, who lingered in his head over and over again.
“Lieutenant Colonel…”
But Bell Meyer was sure that the lieutenant colonel would come to his rescue. So he can’t just wait.
If now, when all the military police are gone, this is an opportunity.
She rummaged through the arms of the man she had just killed and pulled out a set of keys that controlled the prison door.
“You have to get out first.”
The black-haired girl who was helplessly crying in fear.
I became an adult before I knew it.