Chapter 99 – 09. The Kingdom of Ventorino – Towards the Second Revenge (3)
By the time Mercedes and Marie are tired of dealing with the royals of the Kingdom of Ventorino who have come to treat them in the VIP room.
Valdes was outside the castle, not inside.
It didn’t come out in the middle, so I couldn’t even get inside from the beginning. He was the only one of the envoys to be denied entry into the royal castle. Thanks to this, he was able to act freely alone.
‘It’s quite lively.’
He walked down the street and looked around.
After all, the market seemed to be lively everywhere.
The Kingdom of Ventorino has a particularly strong hostility towards the demons as the damage is the greatest in the war against the demons. The same is true for mixed demons, who are mostly innocent victims. It was Marc who intensified his hatred for them.
The second thing Mark advocated at his king’s inauguration was a hostile policy against demons and mixed races. Creating a common enemy anywhere was effective in uniting a group of allies and appropriate for drawing out their strength.
Valdes was able to enter the capital thanks to a very good guarantee, the princess of Ulstro. Basically, in the capital of Ventorino, not only demons but also mixed demons were prohibited from entering.
However, there are exceptions everywhere, so there is no such thing as mixed demons in the capital city. So, even if there was a little bit of black in his hair his, people in the capital would stare at him with hostile eyes, and wherever he went, he could feel his gaze his, making the subject uncomfortable.
Because of this, barbarians who had nothing to do with the demons also avoided coming to the capital of the Kingdom of Ventorino because of their black hair. Ordinary people did not have the insight or knowledge to distinguish between barbarians and mixed demons.
‘Well, it has nothing to do with me.’
However, Valdez was walking leisurely down the street, not paying attention to anyone.
He is both a swordsman and a competent wizard. The level of magic that lowered the concentration of attention on him and blurred his presence was simple.
Not only Valdes, but other mixed-race demons, demon spies, and spies from other countries were the same. He used magic if he could, and used magic tools if he couldn’t.
The barbarians are not familiar with magic tools and don’t like them, so they just don’t come to the capital, enduring such inconvenience. Of course, there were quite a few cases where spies went around like this not only here, but also in other countries and other regions.
He walked past the people to the outskirts of the capital and arrived at a shabby inn.
I opened the door and went inside and went up to the second floor. And there he was able to meet the two people he had sent earlier.
“Did everyone wait long?”
“No. Compared to last time, it was shorter.”
“Valdes, Valdes, Valdes!! I missed you!!”
Irena, who smiled at the sight of Yueli rushing at Valdes, frowned.
Having been recognized by the demon king, his second lover and confidant his, he is also quiet, but a woman who came to the harem a long time later behaves like that. If it wasn’t for Valdes’ ex-colleagues, he would have captured them with ink magic right away.
Ellie Yu, who hugged him tightly, sniffed his nose, smelled the scent of her beloved master, and felt his warmth in her.
“Yes, yes.”
Valdez hugged Yueli and patted her on the back a few times before approaching Irena.
“How have you been doing?”
“I don’t think I’ve been… Well. To be honest, I didn’t expect to miss you, Miss Vilma.”
“Haha.”
Irena glanced at Yuelli with a disgusted expression. Sensing her gaze at her, Ellie Yu stuck out her tongue and smiled bashfully as Valdez turned around.
“Hmm, it seems the two of you haven’t been very close.”
“… If the young master orders us to become close, I’ll try, but I don’t have the confidence.”
“I don’t mind anything as long as I have Valdes!”
It seemed that I had made a mistake more than I thought. But at that time, it was optimal to leave Vilma in the dungeon.
If Yuelli was left behind, it was clear that he would get into an accident out of boredom, and Vilma and Yuelli were unreliable to entrust to Irena. Unlike Irena, who knew most of his plans, the two of them knew very little. He probably couldn’t have done his job properly.
“I’ll think about it later. What are the things I ordered you to do?”
“I found both. The witch was in a forest located on the border between the Kingdom of Ventorino and the Empire of Dejac, and the last bloodline was in the slums of the capital.”
“Capital?”
Valdez blinked.
It was unexpected.
She thought she was living in the slums because there was nothing left on hand. In fact, it was said that they were living in the slums despite the reports they had heard before.
However, I did not live in the capital at the time. And no matter how well he moved, he never expected that he would come to the capital.
“Yes, I was a little surprised when I heard the report. Personally, I think it is to remain in the capital and seek a chance for revenge.”
“Well, the revenge target is far away and near it is on a different level.”
When you think about it that way, it makes sense.
Holding a grudge against someone is usually not difficult. So, even if we had more than one grudge, we often gave up on one and focused on the other.
Valdes, the ability to take revenge is overflowing, and even realistically, revenge is within the range possible, so you can hold a grudge for this long. However, it is not strange for ordinary people to give up for reasons practical for a long time.
It seemed that he was in the capital city, where he could see the king’s face even from afar, where he sometimes cooled down in order not to give up his revenge.
“Okay, I like it. It’ll save time and make it easier to get cooperation. Let’s go there for now.”
The witch’s forest is too far. It’s not that there is no time, but it was good to take care of the work from the nearest side. Negotiations with witches became much easier if there was a last line of blood here.
Irena came out of the inn and looked around her with fierce eyes.
“No one is following you.”
“Of course I left everything behind.”
Except for him, the other envoys entered the castle and Valdez returned to the streets. However, even though he had an assistant named Ulstro, Ventorino followed him.
Since they were spreading their spirits widely, they immediately noticed their tailing, and Valdes dropped them as they wandered around the road as if they were visiting the capital. He also used magic. There was no chance that they would have noticed the magic using the method of gradually increasing the concentration of magic.
“Leave this to me!”
Yueli used the spirits she contracted to extremely lower the perception of the three people. Recognition was her specialty.
I needed to be careful because if I went to the slums, I could be followed again. Since it is well known that spies use magic tools, there are also magic tools that dispel magic.
In comparison, Yueli’s spirit her was safe. It was not for nothing that she had been able to roam undetected for long periods of time.
“By the way, Bocchan.”
“Yes?”
“How do you plan to infiltrate the castle?”
As he was heading to the slums, Irena asked him.
“Mixed demons can enter the capital only in special cases, when needed, after a week-long examination. Thanks to the delegation, they entered the capital right away…”
“Well, I said that I would be reviewed for about a week, but I’m sure it will be rejected.”
“Apart from being merely an excuse, the young master’s past is a little unclear.”
“Right.”
Valdes’ superficial past is that of an orphaned mercenary from Ulstro. A week was not a short time for him to investigate in another country, but it was possible as long as he tried to doubt it as much as the manipulation was applied.
“But it doesn’t matter.”
“Yes?”
“The screening will be rejected unconditionally. I will aim for another method.”
“Another way… Are you a queen?”
“Okay.”
A smile appeared on his face.
A method other than screening that allows mixed demons to enter the capital. It was to be certified by the Ventorino royalty. This royal family also includes the queen or queen. There was no queen now, and since it was a newly established dynasty, there were only four people who could be called royalty.
The royal family was a system created to assert their authority as special, but no mixed blood entered the royal castle through this system. There are precedents for a few judges, but the latter was not known.
Still, it didn’t matter. All you need is a day or two. You only need to be in the royal castle on the day the incident takes place.
“In that respect, the queen is quite suitable.”
“First of all, it’s because I’m a woman and I’m promiscuous.”
“Right.”
It has been a public fact for quite some time that the King and Queen of the Ventorino Palace are having an affair as a pair. It wasn’t famous, but everyone knew it.
The first to commit adultery was the king. He liked women from the beginning, and he had been touching other women for a very long time. And the queen, who noticed that, started having a crosswind. In the meantime, there was no news of an illegitimate child, as if they were using contraception well.
“I don’t know exactly how much, but if my face has enchantment magic, I’ll be able to seduce that promiscuous woman without difficulty.”
“Hmm? But wouldn’t Mark get angry if the queen openly defended her? If an assassin were sent without the queen’s knowledge…”
Eli, who was listening to the conversation from the side, asked.
It was a reasonable question. It is easy to think that it must be because of the wind when the queen enters the royal castle even after certifying a handsome mixed-race demon for the first time. A normal man couldn’t leave it alone.
“I agree with you. And even if you didn’t send an assassin, would you be able to become a teaching assistant?”
“No. Marc will never touch his wife’s cheating partner her. He is secretly afraid of her wife her. He knows very well that if he lays hands on her first her, his mistresses her will not be successful either .”
“Aha.”
“And I don’t care what her her attention her is her. Other humans can’t touch her even if they notice her. Just divert her her mark her bastard’s attention for a while. “
Seeing his evil laugh at her, Irena’s eyes twinkled.
“That girl is what they need.”
“… Huh? Girl?”
“Why is that?”
“A girl, what does that mean?”
Irena was rather embarrassed by Valdez’s embarrassed expression of her. Of course, there was only one girl to come out of here. This is the reason they go to the slums, the last line.
Hearing that, his face darkened.
“A girl… ? The last lineage?”
“Is something wrong?”
“…Hmm. Come to think of it, there was no mention of age in the report. No, but didn’t I tell you my age? I think I did? No way…”
Both women could sense that Valdez’s reaction had derailed their plans. Thanks to that, even they became nervous and anxious.
It was the Demon King’s intelligence unit that investigated the information of the last lineage, but it was the two that figured out her location based on her location. However, if things went wrong, there was a possibility that it was their fault.
If you’re looking for the wrong person, things get a little complicated unless she’s your last blood. It wasn’t to the extent that it caused a big setback, but he did what Valdez told him to do wrong.
“Ugh…!”
– Yueli, calm down.
Yu Eli said that it was her first mission her from him, and she could n’t fail like this, and she acted impatient.
“Whoa. Yes, that’s right. Everyone calm down. You won’t know until you check.”
“Ha, but…”
Fearing that she might have failed in her mission her, Irena’s voice her trembled.
“No, it could be a girl. It’s a low probability… But there’s a good chance. You’ll find out when you go.”
“…Yes.”
In such a slightly stagnant atmosphere, the three people hastened their steps toward the slums.
Although it is the capital of a country, the slums were not small. Rather, as the capital grew, the size of the slums also expanded. Wherever there are bright areas, there are also dark areas.
In particular, in the capital of Ventorino, various illegal activities occurred in the process of restoring the damages of the war. Various groups of people were living in the slums, including those who suffered damage in the process, those who were poor from the beginning, and those who came here to avoid the war but lost everything in the end.
“Here?”
“Yes, this is the house where the last bloodline lives. You’re lucky. If you were a little late, you would have gone to work.”
The place they arrived was one of the old shacks. A town where people want to live. It was a place that made me think that the word slum was not attached to it for nothing.
“Wow… I’m not kidding here.”
Yueli, who had never been to such a place, continued to look around as if she were curious.
“…Who are you?”
“Ah.”
I didn’t even knock because I heard a loud sound, but a person appeared from inside.
As Irena said, it was a girl. She was skinny and her hair short, making it hard to tell from a glance that she was a woman, but Valdez’s keen eye her convinced her that it was a girl, not a boy.
And it convinced me of other things too.
That this girl is the last bloodline of the previous dynasty of the Kingdom of Ventorino, the real Ventorino Dynasty.
