Chapter 253 – Chapter 253 ― Until One Hit (3)
Episode 253 ― Until I get hit (3)
Didn’t wait that long.
Behind the street where carriages come and go busily.
Not long after moving to a relatively quiet clearing, a carriage bearing the Prime Minister’s family coat of arms appeared.
The place where they settled is the place where their carriages are waiting behind the fancy shopping street where noble ladies come and go. In modern terms, is it similar to a valet parking lot in a luxury boutique alley somewhere in Gangnam?
A few people tending the wagon or tending the tethered horses glanced this way and quickly looked away.
A bunch of wizards, one knight, one aristocrat. There is nothing good when users get entangled.
“… There is a place like this.”
“Yes. If you don’t come in and out, you won’t know.”
While answering Urtellia’s question, Helen focused her attention on the carriage of the Prime Minister who had just appeared.
This is a place where nobility would come and go. So, fortunately, even if the Prime Minister’s carriage came here, no one thought it strange.
Helen, who met eyes with the coachman, concentrated her skill. A smile came back to the coachman’s face as he drove the wagon with a slightly dazed look on his face.
“… What? Why are you here?”
Roan heard a voice from inside the wagon that other people couldn’t hear. This time it was like a signal that it was Roan’s turn to move.
It was a person I had never seen before, but it was a low, gruff voice that felt like Grunent’s words. And despite the Prime Minister’s question, the moment the coachman opened the carriage, Roan checked the person inside the door.
A fat old man dressed in layers of fancy clothes. After frowning, he looked outside as if embarrassed by the sudden opening of the door.
And he immediately opened his eyes.
“Nice… Ugh… ?!”
While Roan’s ‘overwhelm’ gathered towards him, Helen and Urtellia climbed into the carriage. And when Roan got into the carriage, the driver naturally closed the door. To the extent that none of the other users standing in the distance noticed the abnormality.
“Khehe, kek… Yes, you guys, what the hell are you guys doing!”
As the carriage was about to turn around the vacant lot, the prime minister, who had finally caught his breath, shouted.
“I came to talk to you.”
“Cheeky… Dare! Do you know who I am!”
“Know well.”
The prime minister rolled his eyes for a moment at Roan’s calm reply, but he shouted again.
“What is the coachman doing! How…”
Helen has already told the coachman her destination with her ‘charisma’. Urtellia said coldly.
“Mister. I can’t even hear you screaming like that.”
“What?!”
As soon as they got into the wagon, Urtellia used her sound-blocking magic. It is the barrier magic she used to use when talking with Anmut at the tavern.
“I can’t let you keep screaming like this. I was going to talk in the carriage, but I can’t.”
“Right, master.”
“Have fun, what. It’s a bit of a waste of time.”
In the end, Urutellia put the prime minister to sleep, who was making a thumping noise. Capturing the Prime Minister, their carriage is taken to an orphanage.
Since it was put to sleep deeply by magic, it is only a matter of time to wake it up by applying magic power. I woke up the sleeping Prime Minister in a room prepared for him.
“… ? Hey, where are you…”
The old man, who opened his eyes, stared blankly for a moment, then looked around as if he had belatedly recalled the situation immediately before, and shouted. But there is a lot of fear in that scream.
“What are you guys doing! How dare you do this to me, the prime minister of this country…”
“Long time no see.”
Like a shocked clam, the prime minister closed his mouth. He couldn’t believe that the voices he heard in the dark were real.
“He was such a quiet person. Have you been well?”
“… Princess… , Majesty… ?”
“Oh my, do you remember my voice? Well, we’ve been together for dozens of years, and I would have been sad if I said that I forgot my voice after a year.”
Creeping in the dark,
Grünent approached the Chancellor.
“Uh, uh, how… This is…”
“The wizard blocked the sound and space itself. It means that no matter what happens here, you can’t know from the outside. So, can you please refrain from screaming or anything like that? It doesn’t help the conversation.”
“Huh… Omg… , Your Highness, bow… Here why…”
The prime minister began to breathe heavily. It’s hyperventilation Roan, who was watching his condition with ‘detection’, frowned at him.
“Helen.”
“Yes. Master.”
The prime minister, who was sitting in a chair tied up, was breathing even harder. When only Grünent noticed that he was not here, he began to be seized with even greater fear.
“Write ‘stable’. Conversation will be difficult at this rate.”
“All right.”
Forcibly calmed the Prime Minister’s spirit. The calmed Prime Minister took a deep breath and started talking in a completely different tone than before.
“Is the saintess here too, Your Highness? Are you the owner? Is this Evirgio?”
“No. Unfortunately, Helen and I made it all the way to Sprouse.”
The Prime Minister’s eyes widened.
Sprouse is in the center of Merde.
“Did you even escape?”
“Escape? Why? Both Evirgio and His Majesty the Emperor there are blissful to me, right?”
The prime minister, accustomed to the darkness, looked at the excited Grunent and put on a tired expression.
If you show your emotions directly, it is noble to be told that you are not educated or uneducated. And that standard is most strictly applied to members of the royal family.
It was very difficult for the Prime Minister to believe what he was going through, as he had never seen a princess show emotion so directly.
“Anyway, I wanted to ask something important.”
Grünent pulled a small chair in front of the Prime Minister and sat down. Helen, who was standing by Roan’s side, also lightly bowed to Roan, and moved from behind the prime minister to Grunent’s side.
Shocked by Helen’s movements, the prime minister became even more astonished when he saw her Helen.
“What happened to Count Hilpe?”
The old man’s wrinkled eyes narrowed.
“You mean you came all the way to Merde to ask about that? What kind of relationship did you have with Count Hilpe, so you’re saying that you’re asking such a thing after walking all the way here?”
“The questions are mine, the answers are you.”
The prime minister kept his mouth shut for a while, putting on a dissatisfied expression, then he slowly began to open his mouth.
Although he is older, he has no major problems with his abilities as prime minister or Lee Ji-en. He had seen Grunent for a long time, and she knew she would let him go once she got what she wanted.
“… Is there anyone who does not covet his riches? The same goes for His Majesty the King. Didn’t His Majesty, even before the war, make every effort to bring in the Count?”
Of course, the majesty mentioned here is the king of humans.
“But the Count would have cut everything out, whether it was conciliation or intimidation. He is thorough He doesn’t get caught in the pod.”
Because Grunent himself advised.
“His enlisted men are some of the best in the country.”
“Everyone has weaknesses.”
“Did you threaten me with a child? Is the royal family that urgent?”
“War requires money.”
“So, did you take orders from Sprouse III?”
If this is a king’s order, things become a nuisance. It is not enough to threaten the prime minister, but brainwashing to get the count out, and the king’s order to release the imprisoned person out of prison, so the count’s situation is also in the spotlight.
However, fortunately or unfortunately, his presence through skill is ambiguous.
Silence is waiting for Grunent to misunderstand at will.
And that means
It means that with a half probability, Sprouse III did not directly give the order.
In other words, it also means that the prime minister can solve this problem.
“You may not know Grünent, but I am not elegant.”
The Prime Minister, who had heard my voice when I called Helen earlier, shrank again.
“Who, who are you?”
“It doesn’t matter. Let’s just say he’s the one who will control your life.”
And Roan recited magic words that urged him to answer.
“Will you just say it now, or will you take a hit and say it?”
“Uhhhhh…”
Fear is a very primal emotion.
A dark, unknown place.
The lord he betrayed, who he thought he had driven to death, is in front of his eyes.
A person unknown to you threatens to use violence behind your back.
It is not easy to remain sane even for a raw meat politician in this country.
“Whose order is it?”
“I-I did.”
Grünent smiled happily, and Urtellia let out a light sigh of relief from behind.
“Is there any reason to touch a count you haven’t touched before?”
“Well, war needs money… I had to keep my place.”
Hearing the Prime Minister’s answer, Roan frowned.
“Was it to get in the eyes of the king, who was only a puppet? Is the king of this country a great enough person to give your allegiance to? To the point where he stabbed the back of the princess who was on your side?”
“Either the prince or Princess Grünent cannot become the owner of Sprouse Palace after all.”
“Schlaner.”
Grünent emitted sharp eyes.
“Are you saying that that crazy wizard is the owner of the palace?”
Her voice lowered with anger.
However, the prime minister was scared to death and did not shut his mouth. After all, he is also an aristocrat who has gone through a series of battles, and he is one of the powerhouses in this country.
“His Highness exerted his power through others. Of course it was amazing. However, since that wizard made up his mind and started manipulating His Majesty, he didn’t use any hands.”
Sparks seemed to fly from Grünent’s eyes.
Helen’s fists, standing beside her, trembled.
What infuriates them more than anything else is that the Prime Minister’s words are true.
“In the end, this country is still the Merday of His Majesty Sprouse III, and such a Majesty has long since been captured by the ‘wizard guy’ you call. Your Highness and I tried to contain the mysterious wizard, but failed.”
The fat old man uttered a long word, then breathed heavily as if for a while. His appearance seems dull, but his speech is still sharp and clear, making it easy to understand.
“I am well aware of Your Highness’s cleverness, but in my eyes, having spent a long time in the palace, that mage’s days seem long. That’s all.”
With a background in politics, he noticed that the ship he was boarding was not of Merde family blood.
“If you catch the Count and put him in prison, what were you going to do with it? He is like the goose that lays the golden eggs. If he collapses, his business will be torn apart. That will be the end.”
“It is not me to take care of the aftermath, but His Majesty the King. After all, that money won’t make my stomach full.”
The count, who became the country’s richest man, had several safety measures in place. Unless he was imprisoned for a crime he committed or a clear cause, the aftermath will surely happen.
However, the Prime Minister bit the prey and did the same thing as a hunting dog dedicated to the powerful people of this country. He gains the trust of the king and the court wizard, and the hound’s master takes revenge.
Even we suspected that the king had been plotting this in secret. Most people would of course turn the blade to the king.
You are not a gentle person.
“If you don’t want to attract the attention of other nobles, you couldn’t have made a big mistake. What was the name of the crime?”
“Report on illegal business. In the end, it was supposed to be released as a ‘misunderstanding’, but the Count is a smart enough person to understand the meaning of such a threat.”
“With such a trivial thing…”
Contrary to what he said, however, Grünent was biting his lip. An expression that seems to dissipate anyone who sees it.
Through her skill, her Grünent noticed her anger and her sadness, and her Roan looked at her with her pitiful gaze.
