nightmare (2)
“… … What kind of small grain is that?”
2nd Prince, Albedo Esteban.
He wore a mask of laughter with a friendly attitude from start to finish, but he couldn’t maintain that calm look for now.
“It is as you hear.”
“Tell me. I asked what you mean by that.”
“I told you that I sent an assassin to your brother.”
“… … Was that dirty and nasty method the result you wanted?”
Albedo’s hardened question was directed at his maternal grandfather.
Albedo’s fists were trembling uncontrollably.
However, the profound voice that flowed from that arrogant mouth only made Albedo’s head more confused.
“Albedo Esteban, I won’t say you didn’t know this would happen.”
“… … .”
“How dirty and nasty? It is absurd to discuss morality and fairness now.”
“… … .”
Despite Duke William’s smirk, Albedo didn’t say anything.
In fact, he knew too. It was as if indelible filth had been smeared all over her body from the moment she stepped into the mud of the battle for the successor.
“The current guy has perfectly cemented his position. Then there is only one way left.”
“… … .”
“Don’t hang yourself over brotherly love. The order given to you was to bite your brother’s neck and take his place.”
“… … I will return.”
Albedo hurriedly turned around and tried to escape the door before he could hear an answer.
But at that moment, the Duke’s voice flew from behind.
“Unfortunately, the order to assassinate him seems to have failed.”
“… … .”
… … did you fail?
Albedo, who stood tall in her seat, slowly turned her head.
“You mean your brother is alive and well?”
“Yes, I just confirmed that he is alive. Unfortunately.”
Whoa-
Duke William licked the tip of his chin after deeply burning the cigarette in his hand.
The duke’s eyes were sunk in emptiness.
“Being as you please is the end there. Have a seat, Albedo Esteban.”
It was a very arrogant and coercive act.
Maybe that one word seemed to reveal all the arrogant side of the man.
“… … .”
But even so, the feet of the second prince did not move even one step.
He wasn’t a weak man enough to be fed up with the arrogance coiled in front of his eyes… … .
Rather, if he died soon, he would have died, but there was no way the ‘wind’ would break.
“… … Tsk, to act arrogantly.”
It was only after that that the Duke, who was sitting in the high seat, opened his mouth.
“I told you not to be vigilant, but seeing as you haven’t caused any disturbance, it looks like you couldn’t even reach a finger.”
“What about the assassins?”
“Should I be interested in what losers say?”
Chak-
The duke stretched out his chin resting on his hand and threw the briefcase in his arms to the floor.
The envelope was pushed helplessly, and soon stopped moving as it was blocked by the leg of the 2nd prince who was standing there.
Albedo, who glanced at the briefcase by lowering her gaze, spoke without moving a finger.
“What is this.”
“Today, a resolution promoted in your name. Originally, if the assassination was successful, it wouldn’t have been necessary, but it doesn’t seem to be the case now.”
… … resolution.
There was no way he would have written something so grandiose.
That meant that the man in front of her had done something.
Albedo picked it up with cold eyes.
“… … !”
And the first words I saw were ‘public opinion’ and ‘punishment’.
Did you feel something out of the ordinary… … .
At this, Albedo ripped off the tip of the paper envelope with his eyes trembling, and gritted his teeth at the part of the document that was soon revealed.
“Why?”
… … The announcement of the resolution is tomorrow.
As the name of the second prince was covered, the schedule of the meeting was faster than the usual situation.
The Duke raised a corner of his mouth and smiled in satisfaction.
“If it isn’t now, there will be no chance to return. Remember, this is your last chance.”
“… … .”
It would be ‘mine’, not you.
In the end, it wasn’t me who benefited from this fight.
At that moment when I was shaking off the disgust, the voice that had been constricting my throat, emitting dirty desire, passed through my head.
– Bear in mind.
-You’ll just have to do what I tell you to do.
Then I promise you the true freedom you’ve been looking for.
Brainwashing, like the devil’s voice, broke the established order and urged people to walk the path of evil.
There was no reason to refuse.
He was an out-of-the-ordinary failure from the start.
“… … .”
Albedo stood there, unaware that the papers in her hands were getting crumpled.
“… … This is the last time. If even this attempt fails, do not be greedy for the throne any more.”
“Okay, you’re smart.”
Tumble- Tumble-
There was no hesitation in the steps that left the room without even hearing an answer. And the duke didn’t catch it either.
It was because the business given to him had ended there.
but.
“… … Don’t be greedy for the throne anymore?”
Left alone, Duke William muttered.
Then, before long, as if answering an advisor, he spat out the correct answer into the air.
“I can’t.”
The expression of such a duke was very uplifted, and it was also dotted with deep desire.
The preparation was as perfect as the long wait.
It was regrettable that the assassination failed, but it was only one of the means.
He still had a trump card through this resolution.
… … okay. For the final plan that will be ‘next’.
“This will only make it more difficult. I can’t procrastinate… … We need to put an end to it quickly.”
It was like the answer that was decided from the beginning.
***
Knock-!
“Here you are.”
“Oh, that’s a big deal… … !”
In the morning after a long night, Baron Vidor entered the office making a fuss.
Then, as if sensing something strange, he stood in front of the door and began to prick his nose.
“hmm? This smell… … .”
“Don’t stand still, come in.”
“ah… … Yes, I understand.”
The baron’s face hardened at the momentarily pungent smell of blood, but when he saw George and I, he tilted his head and approached.
It seemed that he dismissed the vague scent as just an illusion.
“Oh, no… … This is not the time… … .”
The baron came to his senses and raised something and hurriedly handed it to me.
“The 2nd prince faction issued a surprise resolution. It is a written document distributed throughout the capital this morning.”
“Right.”
It’s written… … .
Now that the assassination has failed, what kind of attack can they do?
I took it with interest and checked its contents.
“… … Whoa.”
Then he raised his eyebrows slightly in admiration.
It was because it was very interesting.
“Oh, you are asking for the dismissal of the qualification to manage state affairs.”
George, who came up behind him, also stroked his chin and exclaimed.
Disqualification.
In other words, losing the name of the royal family.
What they demanded was none other than the downfall of ‘Prince 1’.
“Right.”
Putting the paper down on the desk, I shrugged.
It was an indifferent attitude, as if he were dealing with other people’s affairs.
Then the baron jumped up and began to explain the seriousness of the situation.
“I, Your Highness… … This is not something that can be passed off with the word ‘yes’! The other side has decided not to hide anymore!”
It’s about trying to openly attack my move, which was as noisy as it was unconventional.
And it started to move public opinion with a superpower called ‘removal’.
It literally meant an all-out war.
If you succeed, you will get the throne, if you fail, you will self-destruct… … such a war.
But to me, who already had this future in mind, it was just what had to happen.
“In the first place, what they could do was decided. That resolution is not something worth making a fuss about now.”
“… … majesty.”
“Well, even so, I am curious. What kind of gift did they prepare?”
What excuse did he use to ask for dismissal?
It was roughly expected, but it was interesting to see how far it came out.
For now, I stroked the tip of my chin with interest and winked at him as if to explain.
Knowing that a decision once made cannot be reversed, the baron sighed deeply and opened his mouth.
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“Whoa… … What the Two Princes faction argued was that Your Highness should not ascend to the throne like this.”
“You’re claiming that Albedo is more suited to the position of a monarch than I am.”
“That’s right.”
What the baron explained afterwards was roughly as follows.
First, the brutality of committing a brutal murder in front of a crowd.
Second, an arbitrary act that decides the affairs of the state without consultation with the servants.
Finally, thirdly, the inability to properly utilize even that opportunity.
… … Judging by those things, I decided that I was not suitable for the position.
‘It’s not even worth refuting.’
After hearing the explanation, I smiled and shrugged my shoulders.
And from behind me, I heard George’s questionable voice.
“I can roughly understand the first and second, but what about the third?”
“You understand… … Shouldn’t you understand that… … .”
“Well, whatever.”
“… … Big! In any case, it means that the results shown so far are going in the wrong direction and are instigating.”
for example… … Received the Galderd Plain, which was said to be useless, as a reward.
And after that, through discussions with the Holy Empire, he completely turned his back on the existence of the Federation Empire.
Other than that, I instigated and dismissed myself as incompetent through matters for which the results had not yet come out clearly.
Of course, if you look at the phenomenon, you will know that this is not the case, but there was no way the common people knew that.
Most of them even hid information to keep things under wraps.
In other words, it meant that the poor position of the 2nd Prince faction would be filled with the support of citizens.
‘It’s interesting.’
deceive the people… … .
It was a trick worthy of Duke William. He was famous for showing arrogance in his previous life and seeing commoners as dogs and pigs.
Because of that, when I think of my previous life, when I was swept away by Asus’ politics and lost support from the citizens, I felt very ironic that I thought of a strategy to get me down by collecting public opinion.
I had no intention of avoiding the fight I had been walking on anyway.
In the first place, it was me, not anyone else, that caused the guys to go wild.
“What happened to public opinion?”
“Among the nobility, the atmosphere is quiet, but the citizens seem to be agitated already.”
“Right.”
While the battle for the successor begins in earnest.
It was a natural reaction since he saw the first prince execute criminals with his own eyes.
‘Well, even this is calculated.’
Common sense makes no sense to determine the throne by a resolution or something like that.
The guys must have known that in the first place.
Perhaps this is a way to divert attention.
This wouldn’t be the end of the madness they prepared.
Anyway, as long as they start moving, I won’t leave them alone.
“I need to see my father.”
I muttered as I slowly got up from my seat.
Now that the smoke had risen, it was time to deal with the rats that had popped out of their hidden burrows.