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Grandpa and the North Sea blizzard (2)
Grandfather said that he came here because he wanted to see the faces of his beloved daughter and grandchildren.
Everyone was surprised to hear that it was really all there was. Except for me.
I dare say, I can truly understand him.
“Shin-guk is not the way it is.”
“Did you see it when you came?”
“okay······. It was heartbreaking to see the people here. In the midst of that, the Crown Princess’ efforts seemed to be imaginary. Before the first snow fell, it was hoped that the restoration of the flood damage would be completed.”
“·················ogue.”
“Nevertheless, the fortunes of the country are on the decline. Didn’t you feel it too?”
“·················ogue.”
His Majesty Frederick was silent.
Ga-in, the Crown Prince, and I sometimes looked at the adults and focused on our meal.
Crackle, clack. The sound of clattering dishes and raucous words echoed through the banquet hall.
The long table was lined with all kinds of beast meat and the ingredients that arrived today.
It was because of the influence of His Majesty Stanislas, who was the forerunner of the country, who came here with a freight wagon the size of a house.
It was precisely the result of his strong insistence that the evening hours of the military camp had been advanced by an hour.
It was very crowded in the hall with the commanders who had dinner after a long time.
I heard that His Majesty Aurelie tried to hire an escort, but his grandfather stubbornly refused.
Instead, the old man went on a road that was not on the map without hesitation.
He said that he hid the carriage in the forest if necessary and even infiltrated the village of Shinguk.
A long time ago, before the severance of the school was established, he said he had been to this place.
“On the way back, I saw that the black market of Shinguk had collapsed. I had no idea that a place I had only heard of could be so deep and huge.”
“Yes. We were also very surprised. His Majesty the Crown Prince and his close friends did a great job! It must have been a huge blow to the new country’s political and financial circles.”
“Still, two or three survivors are coming in every day. They are all being rescued, but it is difficult to actively engage in rescue activities. It is very dangerous because the ground is weak as it weakens.”
François said, drenching his throat with water instead of alcohol, and Duke Cecil Blanquere added the answer.
As I chewed the juicy Beast Steak, I listened to the stories of the adults.
The tall old man was sitting on the highest seat of the table, because it wasn’t what you wanted, and because an ordinary chair didn’t fit him.
It was the first time I had seen His Majesty sitting in a place other than the top.
-Dalgrak
“I ate well.”
About that time, Ga-in put down the fork.
I said it clearly, but my grandfather reacted like a ghost!
“Princess, how come you only eat a little?”
Wow. Even though Ga-in’s nickname among children is ‘Pink Princess’, when Guk-seo calls her a princess, the nuance is amazing!
Even Isabelle had a surprised expression on her face, but the person in charge was surprisingly blunt.
Surprisingly, even the Emperor and the Crown Prince did the same.
Has everyone finally gotten used to the formula of Kristel plus Princess?
The Crown Princess is also ‘princess’ in English, so it’s a good thing in the long run.
“Your Majesty, I ate about two servings…….”
“Will it make you hungry? I get agitated at night, lest I get hungry.”
“·················ogue.”
Ga-in couldn’t resist the grown-up and just kept her mouth shut.
I swipe the fruit plate to help her. whisper whisper.
“Fruits are water, so they don’t feel full.”
“Who said that?”
“It’s our brother.”
“·················ogue.”
She clenched her lips straight, nodded and began to bite the apple.
While enjoying the main character who eats well, I accidentally made eye contact with my grandfather.
He smiled embarrassedly and put the vegetable gratin in his mouth.
Even though there was no meat in it, it was so delicious thanks to the well-ripened Yerihosan cheese and breadcrumbs.
I was even more happy that the soldiers ate the same food.
hot, hot. As he rolled his tongue hard in his mouth, he spoke as if an old man were passing by.
“The princess of the palace eats better than it looks. How pretty.”
“Cool!”
Save me!
“Taste this too. I heard that our grandchildren and princesses are only looking for your ether, so wouldn’t it be natural to lose your spirit? You have to watch it from time to time.”
“Cool lug cool.”
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Oh my gosh, I’ve become a ‘baby princess’. Just one difference from Ga-in!
“Kukkuk. The princess and the princess. grandchildren and princesses. Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe…”
Directly opposite, Sir Elizabeth was crying. Lime was so amazing.
Under the table, red pandas turned over and rejoiced.
Without answering anything, I politely took the pheasant leg the old man gave me with both hands and put it on the plate.
The day after tomorrow, I’m 30 and I’m a ‘baby’, so I want to bang my head against the wall, but anyway, the meat is delicious…
“By the way, the wind blowing from the North Sea was unusual.”
Grandpa put pheasant wings on his grandson’s plate and said,
Since you’ve been at the table, you’ve been giving away more food to your family than you’ve ever eaten.
Just like my grandmother, every time I saw her, my heart sank.
“······Is that so. There must have been a reason why the Admiral insisted on coming up.”
“okay. There seemed to be a great chance that the pirates would pass over to the imperial territorial waters in a tailwind. Aren’t they the ones who give up plunder because of the war?”
‘ttt.’ The old man licked his tongue in the same tone as His Majesty, and then filled Sir John’s plate with large pheasant wings and steaming raclette.
He didn’t care whether he looked surprised or not.
Taesa’s face, which had been stabbed in the face, made me smile because it had been a while.
“Take care of our puppies, Taesa. It must have been a long way from being a human being.”
“······I will do my best. majesty.”
“It’s a pity that we can only serve pheasants and beasts. When spring comes, I will definitely catch you with a bigger one.”
“It’s depressing.”
Ha ha ha ha ha.
“…but it wasn’t just that.”
huh? It was like my grandmother who suddenly changed the direction of the conversation.
Ga-in and I listened intently, biting the pickle.
“The north wind had a thick smell of blood.”
······her? Suddenly, the atmosphere at the table froze.
The old man continued his speech by peeling ginkgo biloba to feed the soldiers.
“You know very well that there is no such thing in winter in the northern part of the Empire. Isn’t this the time when most beasts go to hibernate, and only beasts with relatively weak poison wander around? Even the pirates are busy moving to the sunbed, so it’s a season that I can’t even dream of.”
“I know. This time, there’s a quagmire going on on the ‘crescent’s head’ side, damn it.”
Caroline Baronback was swearing while pouring wine into her mouth.
click. The emperor put down his fork and looked at his father.
The blood-red eyes lit up with a sharp light in an instant.
“Is it a massacre?”
His voice was very frightening and heavy.
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Our mouths, which were moving slowly, finally stopped.
massacre?
“I don’t know. The air begins to freeze, and it is difficult for me now to tell whether I am old or whether it is animal blood or human blood.”
“·················ogue.”
“Do you have any guesses?”
The old man turned to everyone and asked.
I swallowed my food and exchanged glances with my friends.
Then the father opened his mouth.
“I am not sure, but there is one.”
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next day.
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Outside the window, a full-fledged winter wind began to blow.
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Occasionally, an invisible hand pounded through the window.
David put loads of firewood in our living room fireplace.
Many were broken furniture and by-products from furniture.
“Is there really a Wilhelmina human laboratory in the North?”
‘Is it a secret room? That’s it.’ Ga-in, who was sitting on the sofa waving her chopsticks, muttered abruptly.
At those words, the friends who were doing their own business became quiet as if they had poured cold water on them.
I don’t really want to think that way, but considering the conversations of the ‘saints’ I heard at the black market, it was a pretty plausible question.
Because they were still looking for experimental corpses.
‘Oh, well. There is no poverty in abundance. I thought there would be more bodies because of the war, but not at all.’
‘The situation is serious, Alica. The Statia secret room collapsed and even the salt swamp was ruined, so our superiors are not the only ones concerned.’
‘Isn’t there a ‘closed room’ in other areas?’
And the person who was the owner of the perfume shop clearly pointed out that.
Could it be that His Majesty Stanislas sensed the smell of blood there?
“Sir Elizabeth.”
While playing with Lofi with the pheasant tail he had given me as a gift, I suddenly found the commander of the neighborhood.
As she was reviewing the military service documents with the prince, she caught her eye.
Grumpy Roffy jumped into my sleeve and started throwing a cotton bat.
-Woong
“You said Alica was on the black market survivor list, right? The owner of that perfumery.”
“Yes. He is currently imprisoned in the dungeon of the Yeongjuseong Fortress.”
“Did he and the other ‘Twilight Saints’ know nothing at all? About Duke Sneijder or her schemes.”
“Ugh. We visit one by one, and there are many seriously ill, so it takes time… From what I’ve been told, Alica doesn’t know much, as she says. It’s quick on the inside of the black market, but it’s pretty dark on the ground.”
“That would have been advantageous for my own survival.”
The father added in a quiet voice. I shook my head without saying a word.
There is a saying that knowledge is power, but it probably didn’t apply to a merchant who handled even the corpses in a scary place like a black market.
It would have been safer if I didn’t know the ‘customer’.
“What about the saints? Those people must have known something from hearing the conversation.”
Ga-in asked while tickling Tite’s beard with chopsticks.
Sir Elizabeth sighed heavily.
“That is······. They’re thorns. Hearing it, it seems that he is making a statement with a mixture of truth and lies.”
“Yes? Does that happen? If you mobilize the oracles of the priests…”
Eva tilted her head. The lieutenant colonel put down his quill and shrugged his shoulders.
“Aside from the fact that it is mostly short-lived, so little is known, it has been infused with a mix of false and real information from the very beginning. It is difficult to completely indoctrinate each person, so it seems that such a method was used. Just in case, after hearing their testimony, I dug all over the Yeri Lake… Nothing came out. I’ve been fooled several times.”
“Oh my God, then…”
“Yes. We have no choice but to test the testimonies that appear one by one or ignore all of them. The latter is a safe choice, as there may be pitfalls.”
Then Canael, who was sewing, groaned quietly.
The former could be an operation that endured even the sacrifice of the imperial army, and the latter was bittersweet.
These are Duke Sneijder’s knapweeds that he had already captured, but it was so regrettable that they couldn’t use them properly.
They seem to have quite a few followers across the country, looking at their fearless experimentation, but it’s rare for them to fall into our hands…
“uh?”
Wait, no. no.
‘Too many’ numbers can be a weakness!
“Prince, Sir Elizabeth.”
I jumped up from my seat and walked over to their desk.
Ga-in, who felt an unusual feeling, joined the group.
The prince looked up at me and narrowed his eyes.
“You’re doing ‘that look’ again.”
“real. And ‘that ether’.”
“Then why don’t we just ask them about the North?”
“Only north?”
Sir Elizabeth blinked. I cleared my neck heavily.
Suddenly, all eyes in the living room were focused on me.
I may be thinking too simplistically, but it’s still helpful to have an opinion.
You did it every time. Better than doing nothing!
“There will be countless Sneijder’s minions hidden in the New Kingdom. Perhaps even if they were gathered together, we could build a country of some sort.”
“So, you must be coveting the place of God.”
The father was told I tapped the air with my index finger as if waiting.
“That’s it. Since there are too many numbers, it is impossible to meticulously manage the ends, so as you said, I mixed real and fake and injected them at random. So is it really all ‘random’?”
“·················ogue.”
“······Five?”
“Anyway, are there any ‘rules’ for that injection? What if, for example, you opened a dense dictionary or a novel and picked out a few words or sentences and used them? To be honest, as a senior, it would have been quick and easy. Once you decide, once you make a key, you can use it over and over again.”
“Huh…!”
Ga-in opened her mouth and looked at me.
No, I’m by no means great. This is a method that often appears in investigations!
“indeed. I never thought of it that way.”
At that moment, Bakari-kun, who was reading a book on the sofa, slowly took off his glasses.
As an example, he listened to ＜100 Wizards Who Brightened the Empire> and immediately turned the page.
“According to the Lord’s words, after hearing the question, ‘Where else is Sneider’s secret room?’ ‘It was hiding at the bottom of the well on the west side of the city,’ you could say. This is a sentence from this book. It’s a plausible trick.”
“That’s it!”
I smiled broadly and looked at everyone. However, there were also loopholes in this reasoning.
“Of course, there is no single person in charge of brainwashing the saints. And if they all looked at other sources, their answers would of course be different. However······.”
“Oh my God.”
Finally, Sir Elizabeth exclaimed. There was a faint smile on her lips.
“Yes, my lord. Obviously there were others who uttered similar bullshit to the same question. I remember reading it in the report! I thought these guys were crazy because they hurt their heads…”
“Yes, then the hypothesis is roughly correct!”
Endorphins soared to the top of my head.
I pulled out a quill from the prince’s left hand and scribbled scribbles on the paper. Shhh!
‘Keyword.’
So, keywords!
“If you look for the key words infused into your subordinates, you will find rules in them, and maybe even find loopholes. It’s even more advantageous because I’ve already done what they said and made a mistake. Just knowing what the ‘fake’ key word is and sorting it out will be a good thing. Next time, a more efficient newspaper will be possible.”
“ha ha ha······.”
“And His Majesty Stanislas said the winds from the North Sea were dubious. ‘North Sea’, ‘North’, ‘North’. How would you react if you focused on such a word? Wouldn’t that be better than not doing it?”
“That’s right, it’s unique.”
Whoops! We looked around the door in surprise.
And no matter who came first, they bowed in anger. Grandpa!
“… Aurelie’s mouth was worn out, praising you. There must have been a reason.”
“Go, thank you.”
I had a sore throat and barely made a voice.
Then the old man who was stuck in the doorway laughed loudly.
“The three children look like a landscape painting. When are you going to have dinner?”
······Yes? Yes?