132 – Do you want to save the emperor?
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There are many people controlling the current Emperor EA III.
The emperor’s closest high-ranking servant who conveys the emperor’s words.
Head of the healing priests who manages the emperor’s health.
2Nd prince and 2nd princess, great nobles, etc.
They are manipulating the emperor for power and money.
The emperor suffers from severe mental illness. How easy would it be to control? The first prince, who is supposed to stop this, has no power, so it is even more polarizing.
At least there are the emperor’s loyalists, and the empire is barely able to run.
‘It was so famous that I heard it a lot when I came down the mountain.’
The reason Evan knows the inside story is because of his past life experience. In his previous life, the death of the emperor and the civil war were the biggest disasters of the empire, so people around him talked a lot about it.
“…… That’s right. “There are too many people controlling Abamama.”
Cornelia said with a frown on her face as if she was pulling out a tooth that hurts. I don’t know how the benefactor found out about the royal family’s affairs, but it is true.
“If you want, I can remove it.”
Currently, Evan can assassinate most important officials in the empire. His skills are already at the top level of Master.
But Cornelia refused.
“No… Just eliminating one or two benefactors won’t eradicate them…… “There are already many people who have died while controlling Abamama.”
In fact, the emperor’s surroundings have already changed several times. Especially the high-ranking acolytes and head priests. These guys tried to manipulate the emperor every time he changed, so the high-ranking servant and head priest were executed five times.
No matter how trustworthy the loyal subjects were, the second prince’s wizard brainwashed them. At this point, even the loyalists thought they would do the same as long as they did not cross the line.
If you do something wrong, you will end up fighting with the second prince. Fighting with the 2nd prince… Loyalists were excluded.
‘I’m not the type of person to be taken advantage of like this…’ ….’
Abama is a person to be respected.
Cornelia felt sad. Because of her position as emperor, her brothers try to control Abamama.
“Do you want to save His Majesty the Emperor?”
“……… Yes.”
Cornelia had difficulty opening her mouth to Evan’s question.
The only one who truly cared about the emperor was Cornelia. Emperor EA III is the father, as is his family. Why do Cornelia’s brothers ignore her family affection…….
Looking at Cornelia in her sadness, Evan opened her mouth.
“I will also participate in increasing power.”
Evan can no longer be free from politics.
At least there must be a force to protect Evan. Evan decided to help Cornelia in order to increase his own power.
“First, sort out those who need to be sorted out.”
First, assassinate.
But wouldn’t it be okay to kill the harsh people around the emperor?
Cornelia pondered with her serious face, but then she nodded her head.
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Near the capital.
Clothing store ‘Coufflé’ is a famous luxury store in the capital. It is also a store run by a large merchant, ‘Chateau’. Maya, wearing a hood, came pacing into this place, which was mainly operated by reservation.
Maya disguised as an ordinary brown-haired girl.
“Did you make a reservation?”
A middle-aged woman with a warm look glanced at Maya from the counter. She was a middle-aged woman and she wondered if Maya was a nobleman’s messenger.
Servant Often, Maya approached the middle-aged woman, or her matron, without answering.
Maya is currently carrying out Master’s orders. She doesn’t have to respond to what her boss says.
The female boss blinks her eyes.
After getting to the front of the counter, Maya looked up at the female manager. She measures the level of magical power of the female leader.
-Is this Couplé?
“Yes, that’s right. What a cute errand boy. Are you here to make a reservation?
-Giving cloth as a gift to the imperial palace?
“Um…… ? Silk and velvet are regularly paid as taxes…….”
Maya ignores the lady’s words and just asks.
Maya was sure. This lady is a mental wizard. She mainly deals with brainwashing magic. In other words, she is the second prince’s spy. Although she appears to be the owner of a clothing store on the outside, she has a disguised identity.
Tsutsutsu… ….
Maya blocked the mouth of her headmistress with her magic. At the same time she telekinetically compressed her heart.
“……… !!!”
The female boss is in pain with her eyes wide open. Maya lifted her hands and slowly clenched them into fists. Flap flutter! The female boss is struggling.
As her heart was about to explode, Maya cast a mental spell on her boss. Even Maya can perform simple brainwashing magic.
Tsutsutsu!
“Ah……….”
A female boss whose spirit is subdued by Maya. The lady’s eyes became glassy. Maya put her hands on her waist and asked what she wanted to ask.
-Bad spy! Are you a spy for the second prince?
“…… You’re right.”
-Did you put a brainwashing spell on the truth item?
“Yes… I applied a brainwashing spell to the silk and delivered it to the imperial palace.”
-Silk or velvet… If I touch this fabric, will I be subject to a brainwashing spell?
“Yes…” In that way, he controlled those who touched the fabric.”
-Wow… So it’s hard to catch a spy, a bad spy!
“I’m sorry…” ….”
-Reflect! And what is the size of the 2nd Prince’s spirit wizard? Inside the imperial palace?
“That…” … ….”
Maya asked what she wanted to ask the lady boss.
The second prince’s spies were more numerous in the capital than expected. There are 21 brainwashed people in the imperial palace alone, and there are 12 mental wizards hiding in the capital.
Maya was able to learn a lot from her female boss.
Tallang~
Evan was opening a clothing store. Evan was on his way back from organizing other spies in Couplé.
-Sabu!
Maya rushed to Evan and told him what she had found out. Maya speaks with her eyes sparkling. Maya wanted Master to praise her.
“Well done, Maya. “Now that you know how to use brainwashing magic, things have become easier.”
Evan rested his hand on Maya’s hooded hat. hehehe smiling Maya. Even though Maya has grown, her love of praise has not changed. As Evan looked at her crush Maya, she felt a familiar feeling.
-Buuu.
Maya clinging to Evan’s side, puffing out her cheeks.
Perhaps because Maya’s body has grown, her cheeks are not as big as before. Evan patted Maya’s thin back and looked at the brainwashed female boss.
“Can you compile a list of the 2nd Prince’s spirit wizards?”
“Yes…… It’s possible.”
“Okay, get it sorted out right now.”
Evan had the female director prepare a list of spies.
The door of the clothing store Coufflé is tightly closed.
The ‘open’ sign on the door of Couplé changed to a ‘closed’ sign.
The list of spies prepared in Couplé was immediately delivered to Cornelia. 3 In the princess’s palace office, Cornelia is surprised as she receives her documents.
“Benefactor… How do I get this list?”
“I was lucky.”
Evan grumbled appropriately. I was pursuing it based on what I heard in my past life. This will reduce the influence of the 2nd prince.
In his past life, the second prince was the one who manipulated the emperor the most.
“If you have this… “Can we hunt down the traitors who control Abamama!”
Cornelia was excited. She had numerous spies in the imperial palace, but the worst among them was the second prince.
Evan warned Cornelia.
“Act cautiously. If you step forward hastily, the 2nd prince will be wary of you. “Take care of her spies without knowing who did it.”
“Ah… Okay. Thank you, benefactor.”
Cornelia is grateful for Evan’s advice. She is embarrassed to be excited.
It was difficult for Evan to sympathize with Cornelia. Would she really like helping the emperor? She has no real benefit to Cornelia. Even if Evan’s father Richard were manipulated by someone, Evan would not be very impressed. Richard and Evan disowned each other…….
‘It’s difficult.’
Evan lowered his gaze.
The Western Imperial Army is intensifying the war against the Heresy Kingdom.
An intelligence agent reported in cold sweat to 2nd Prince Charlie’s barracks tent. The informants (spirit wizards) deployed to the capital were not contacted. Charlie, hearing her report, was nervous. I’m already on edge because of the battle with the Heresy Kingdom, so what are you talking about out of the blue?
“My informants cannot be traced. Who would doubt the clothing store Coufflé? Even if you are suspicious, you will be suspicious of the inside of the imperial palace. “Go to the capital and check it yourself!”
Second Prince Charlie dismissed the intelligence agent’s words as nonsense.
The mental wizards controlling Abamama acted secretly. I thought there was no way I would ever get caught.
The intelligence agent who was reporting had no choice but to step down. Charlie was currently so preoccupied with the war that she had no time to calmly think about the situation in the capital.
“Heresy country bastards…… !”
Charlie gritted his teeth.
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Evan’s second task is to create a force.
Evan went to the eastern border checkpoint. A border checkpoint that divides the land between the dragon and the empire and prevents foreigners from passing through.
There are useful people there.
Evan saw the high border wall with Maya and Michael. It is a wall made of stone with dense magic applied to make it resistant to dragon attacks.
The road was well paved and easy to walk on.
“Sir Evan! Welcome!”
The Eastern Empire soldiers working at the checkpoint had come out to meet Evan and his group in advance.
Everything, including the checkpoint leader.
Evan is a hero of the Eastern Empire Army. The protagonist who virtually ended the war against dragons! The soldiers were full of goodwill.
“What about the dragons?”
“It’s outside!”
The checkpoint director personally guides Evan’s questions.
Evan came to recruit the baby dragons, the dragons that Musumahe had kidnapped. All of the kidnapped dragons were illegal immigrants from the empire, and after Evan returned, they were caught at the border checkpoint. Because a dragon without permission to operate cannot be in the empire.
We will give them permission to operate and recruit them as soldiers.
Clap!
A steel lattice door was hung on the ceiling, and the group passed the checkpoint and walked along the outer border wall.
After a while, the checkpoint leader pointed to a place on the wall.
“That place.”
A crude house made of shabby boards and leaves.
A baby dragon with an anxious face can be seen through a gap in the house. A five-colored dragon that resembles Maya. There was no dragon of seven colors like Maya.
Maya recognized the baby dragon. Aren’t these the fainting compatriots I saw in the nest on the day they were kidnapped?
“Maya.”
Evan’s voice calling Maya. Evan spoke to Maya in advance before going to the baby dragons.
“I will tell you in advance, I am not going to find a disciple. I’m going to rescue a soldier. As it were… “I want to create a guard for my territory.”
Making those baby dragons into soldiers.
Evan made his purpose clear to Maya.
Michael said, [Sir, if you are going to welcome the baby dragons as soldiers, please tell your disciple girl in advance. The young lady might be jealous. The young lady’s heart is still tender. He said, “If I don’t speak well, he might feel like I’m losing my family.”
Advice from Michael, who sticks with Maya the most, except for Evan. Evan thought he had a point.
‘Maya is her family. There’s no need to make yourself feel deprived.’
Evan somehow seems to be learning how to act like his father.
Maya’s eyes sparkled.
-Do you need soldiers in your territory?
“Yes.”
Michael is currently in charge of all security in Ninar territory, so it is not enough. If a civil war breaks out in the future, there should be a minimum number of troops.
There must be a lot of idiots invading Ninar.
Evan plans to fill the soldiers he already has with powerful ones.
“Not only dragons, but also humans will gradually be brought in as soldiers.”
-Then…… Soldiers are not family, right?
Maya seems to be paying attention.
Has Maya noticed anything? Evan thought what Michael said was correct. Maya is anxious, wondering if the new arrivals are family.
“Okay. “I’m just trying to hire you.”
-hehehe, I understand!
Maya’s face noticeably brightens.
“Even if you have an employer-employee relationship, do not discriminate.”
Evan did not forget to give caution.
-hehehe, yes!
When Evan came to the shack made by the baby dragons, anxious gazes gathered around him.
They were all five-colored baby dragons.
The number is five in total, these are the dragons that Mushumahé kidnapped.