221. be mine
Princess 1, who was leading Kaistein’s reinforcements, had almost arrived at the Imperial Castle.
A man blocked the way in front of her army.
“Stop. His Majesty’s name!”
He is the ambassador who brought the Emperor’s orders to Cantum.
The Shinigami spoke to her in front of her 1st princess.
“This is the Imperial Castle of Kantum. Kaistein’s soldiers disarm their weapons and follow their orders.”
No matter how few soldiers, the army of another country.
It was said that only those who had disarmed could enter the Imperial Castle.
At this, the close aides of the 1st Princess objected.
“What is that… what kind of deed to the person who came to help!”
“Going into the imperial castle that has been in the midst of a war without weapons. What would you do to those who asked for help?”
Not only her aides but also the soldiers were clearly angry.
But it all went according to the plan that Princess 1 had prepared in advance for her.
It was to delay the entrance of the imperial palace as much as possible.
‘Somehow, the knights must buy time to establish themselves in the force.’
It was to take the most time until now for that.
The embarrassment of the Shinigami was evident at Kaistein’s reaction.
“What… that means just bringing in soldiers from other countries to the imperial castle!”
“At least not disarming. You should do the bare minimum.”
“Then… First, make sure there are no suspicious people…”
“Uh-huh. You want to investigate the soldiers of our allies who have sent soldiers for other countries? Not too much!”
“At least the princess-sama is her commander, but her body. She says now that she is going to search the body of such a princess, oh!”
“No, that’s not it… to ensure safety to the end…”
“Uh-huh!”
A war of words continued between the messengers and the high-ranking nobles.
The situation where the 1st princess was just watching it.
Kaistein-kun did not move even a single step and refused their investigation.
No, in fact, I had to refuse.
“Be quiet. I just can’t seem to get in.”
“Don’t worry. I don’t think I’m going to play anything here.”
Former Crown Prince Leonic.
It was because he was hiding in Kaistein’s army.
He could not yet inform the emperor, the first princess, and the second prince that he was here.
Therefore, it was difficult to find him after being searched.
“Princess 1has strongly urged you. Your appearance will come after all forces have gathered.”
“Because I know it well. Don’t worry, let’s see.”
“Okay…”
The knights who were guarding and monitoring Leonic shook their heads.
but soon. He went out for a while to stop the Imperial Army from approaching Leonic’s barracks.
That was then.
“The Crown Prince. A dwarf is coming.”
“Have you come?”
Behind the barracks, a suspicious man appeared cautiously.
Indeed, his shadow, who secretly conveyed Leonic’s correspondence.
The shadow soon relayed the information.
“The 1st Princess and the 2nd Prince are leading the army towards the Hwangseong.”
“It was late. I thought you would come sooner.”
“I think it’s because Santamo’s business didn’t go well. I was also distracted by the emerging powers.”
Leonic chuckled.
“It’s a new force. Kaistein guys are really smart.”
He was already aware of the plot of the 1st Princess and Ion.
It was because they were always checking the movements of the soldiers and knights by their side.
But he soon whispered softly to his man.
“Is the youngest guy really alive?”
“I do. He said that the power of those around him was strong. I hope it will be like that even with Sang-sama…”
“I haven’t seen him fail in a long time.”
It was one of his moves to have a statue comparable to his left arm on Santamo.
It was really like insurance in case something happened to him.
But that guy’s plan to swallow Santamo fails.
‘As expected, Ian Kaistein. It must be him.’
Where did he disappear? I’m going to Santamo.
Then his man said cautiously.
“Why don’t you tell Sang-sama about Prince Leonic’s return even now?”
“Well···”
“If you tell the boss, he will set aside ten days and run right away.”
“It is not.”
But Leonic was not willing to allow it.
There was no other reason.
“I can’t announce my return yet. He has a separate use for it.”
Leonic gave a fishy smile.
And, in fact, there was something more important than that.
“Did you hear from them?”
“yes. Promise of the return of the Crown Prince, we requested a deal.”
“is it. What did you say?”
“He asked me to tell you about the plans of the 1st and 7th princes. If possible, their weaknesses…”
“It’s not difficult.”
Leonick, who had been living quietly until now, raised the corners of his mouth.
Everything was for this time.
It was about quietly obeying their orders, and doing what they told them to do.
‘I can’t keep believing in the guy Ian who’s been watering me so many times.’
At the very least, Sang Sang next to Ian is one of his loyalists.
He knew that if not now he would never have a chance to beat him.
So Leonic was going to hold Leon’s outstretched hand.
“Let them know. I’m here. And if you give up the promised seat . . . I’ll give you everything you want.”
“number of people!”
It was time for the shadows to disappear.
Leonic said with a cold expression.
“ah. And tell the prize. I mean, you might need the head of the 7th Prince instead of the 7th Prince.”
“I will definitely tell you.”
Leon and he move on the outside, and Sang Sang grabs Ion’s lifeline from the inside.
‘Then you will be finished now. Ian Kaistein.’
Leonic smiled in the dark.
But he didn’t even look up.
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The banquet for the 7th Prince Arthur’s birth ended in an instant.
Ion quickly gathered the soldiers of the 7th Prince and started moving to the Imperial Castle.
“Advance all troops!”
At Ion’s command, a large number of soldiers moved.
It was a very quick move, as if they had planned this from the beginning.
It’s all one person’s power.
Ian smiled at the statue following him.
“How did you prepare so many soldiers? Is it good enough?”
“If I can help Prince Leonic, I can do anything.”
The award was more than I expected.
The army of Oman departed from Santamo at the order of the 7th Prince.
It was all his own power that made them elite and supplied regular armaments.
At the very least, all of them were soldiers who did not lack the soldiers of other factions.
‘Why are you raising so many soldiers secretly? It’s also useful.’
At the very least, the quality of the soldiers as well as the supply were perfect.
Even if they were fighting other forces, they had enough military to survive.
If there is one problem.
“Even though I was in a hurry last time. I was defeated because I couldn’t mobilize these soldiers…”
Sang-sang’s challenging gaze, saying that if it wasn’t for Ian, he would have captured Asus and led this army.
No matter how much he knew he was helping Leonick, he seemed to say that he had only one loyal target.
Contrary to his polite attitude, there was a bone in his words.
At that, Ian looked at him as if it was ridiculous.
“In the first place, with this kind of military force, you wouldn’t have been able to deal with even the first princess, let alone Hwangseong?”
“that..”
Ian’s eyes were cold.
He had no choice but to do so.
The current strength of Santamo led by Ion is only the arrogant soldiers.
“One princess is 200,000. She said the 2nd prince was only a shovel sim? How about Hwang-gun?”
No matter how scarecrow he was, he was an emperor.
If even the imperial army of two hundred and fifty thousand, who was directly under him, were mobilized, the soldiers of fifty thousand would be wiped out in an instant.
No matter how good the soldiers are.
Even though they were powerful soldiers, there was no business in front of numbers.
Sang bit his lip.
“If only Prince Leonic was there, he would be the Emperor…”
“Yeah, there’s nothing right now, right? All of his troops must have been absorbed by other factions?”
“····.”
“It’s impossible even if the grandparents of the Crown Prince, not the Crown Prince, come.”
Sang shook his head saying no.
“Not all forces have been absorbed yet. If I only help those I get in touch with, I can attract more soldiers.”
“How many is that? Is it enough to fight alone against those close to a million enemies?”
“that···”
“Are there no generals to lead them at all?”
It was true.
The former general of Crown Prince Leonic was defeated in the early political battle and died a lonely death.
Thanks to this, the soldiers who followed the Crown Prince had no choice but to be absorbed by other forces that were sluggish.
At Ian’s words, Sang-sang barely raised his trembling head and said.
“I am still there…”
“You’re not a general, you’re a staff member. If it were, you wouldn’t have been so easily defeated by me.”
“····.”
Sang could not refute Ian’s words.
He is a typical assistant who is good at scheming and secret realms.
If the general had been alive, he would have somehow prepared a means of counterattack, far from losing to Ian in vain.
Knowing he couldn’t win at the very least, he would have escaped immediately.
People who knew how to fight were so scared.
‘I am alsoI’ve met a lot of people like that in this life.’
Although we won this time, Duke Garcia did.
‘You are too. When you lose, even if you lose, you don’t just lose.’
1 princess.
She always found the best way for Ian, even in situations where she was at a disadvantage.
When she loses, even if she loses, she takes care of her own things, and she prepares a means of counterattack that she might not know.
Of course, so was her third prince, Louis or Leon.
‘You must never be vigilant to deal with such opponents.’
So she had to be thoroughly prepared.
Ian looked at the soldiers around him and said,
“In the first place, this army is not moving to fight.”
“then···”
“Anyway, an all-out war is unreasonable. So, I’m just trying to get the most out of my cause and at the same time show the least amount of power that I can use as a force.”
The cause of participating in the War of the Throne.
And even if you can’t fight against them, you have the power to support one side.
Thus, a tug-of-war between the two factions became possible.
For example, it was like becoming a Kingmaker.
Sang said with serious eyes.
“Yeah, it’s the same as me…”
“No, that’s not the end of it.”
A simple tug-of-war would have been enough for a prize.
However, Princess 1 and her strategy have already begun.
‘There are rumors that the knights scattered all over the place have settled down and moved their troops.’
It was the information power that Santamo was capable of as a relay city.
It is because we have already confirmed the information that new powerful people are emerging from many regions and powers through the mouths of merchants across Cantum.
Ian said with a bright smile.
“The true royal road is to win before you even fight. In that sense, you are a staff member.”
Ian certainly learned from his past life.
So, before he fights, he has the perfect means to win.
They would collapse inside before they could even fight.
‘This is the best way to deal with Leon, who has a power behind the continent.’
It was also to return the method he had used in reverse.
And that was important to Leonic as well.
Because he didn’t trust Leonic as much as he didn’t trust him.
‘I made preparations for him to play in vain. Rather, we should use Noh’s plan against it.’
So Ian asked something else.
“Did you get all the information from the guys you caught this time?”
“Yes. Each of them had different information. Putting it all together, we got some pretty good information.”
Ian smiled at the words of the top.
“After all, you look like a staff member.”
“…”
Sang showed the strengths of generals and other staff-type talents.
Generals paint the big picture, but staffs are good at gathering and processing information in moderation.
In addition, Sang was exceptionally good at dealing with spies.
‘Not all generals are perfect.’
But Sang is the one who will make such a general perfect.
It was only natural that Ian was aiming.
In any case, thanks to this, he was able to predict the enemy’s forces and their path.
‘Of course, the composition of the troops and the commander could also be known.’
Even the information through the knights that were infiltrated in advance and the newly created forces and spies.
It had to be different from the award that didn’t have it all.
But it seemed that Sang had a plan of his own.
“Actually, I was going to get the attention of the enemy as the 7th Prince and die with them.”
For that, he had prepared a bunch of bombs and explosives for self-destruction.
Hearing the plan, he wasn’t bad.
‘Give the 7th Prince’s neck as a gift, gather the enemies in one place, and fight fiercely…’
Enemies would not have thought that they would destroy themselves.
That carelessnessHe was planning to use it to kill his successors and somehow bring Leonic back.
But Ian shook his head.
“That’s only possible when the enemies are them. There really are other enemies.”
“What is that?”
Ian whispered to Sang Sang who was surprised.
“They are just puppets being manipulated. The real thing is the guy behind it.”
“It’s a doll. Is there anyone who can use the princes of the Great Cantum Empire as a single deck?”
Ian told Sang the details without deceiving him.
Except for the fact that Leon is the Crown Prince of Kaistein. It was enough for him to sneak a peek at the organization behind it.
At those words, his face went red.
“Are you saying that there were… these guys? You’re trying to make Cantum’s blood bleed?”
“okay. That is the only way to properly revive the Seven Great Master Musicians.”
“…”
Sang-san dyed his face red in anger.
“Are you going to war… just for that reason!”
It wasn’t as cold as it used to be.
A truly angry expression.
Ian guessed in his heart.
‘Maybe it’s because I’m a victim of a war in the past… it’s radical.’
The prize was like the family of the Dukes of Adria, which had once been destroyed.
The eldest son of a family that was destroyed by the eunuchs who quarreled with the emperor.
He met Leo Nick while living a life of revenge, and he was promised revenge against the eunuchs and became a subordinate.
Ian whispered to Sang.
“In the first place, it is highly likely that the eunuchs were also their dukes.”
“What is that…”
“It is a force that has been coordinated behind the scenes to shake Cantum arbitrarily. Didn’t such a force reach out as an eunuch?”
“!”
Sang-sang couldn’t even speak properly because it was a shock.
But it was true.
What Ion had already confirmed through his spy and Ceres.
“To be precise, he was going to use eunuchs to beat his loyalists and use Prince Leonic’s ambitions to wage war with Kaistein.”
But when Leonic is defeated by Ian.
The next step was that he had only brought out 2 princes and 1 princess.
“After all… killing two people doesn’t end this damn war? And the Crown Prince is also related?”
“okay.”
“····.”
His eyes were red and bloodshot.
It was red as if she were shedding tears of blood.
“I gave everything for the promise I made with the Crown Prince, but the truth is that everything was a lie from the beginning…”
A streak of blood flowed out of the shirt’s mouth.
It was as if he was holding the hand of the enemy who had killed his own family.
Toward such an award, Ion covered his face with his cloak.
“Others are watching. Hide your feelings.”
“However···”
“And it’s not over yet.”
“yes?”
Sang looked at Ion as if puzzled.
At him, Ian raised the corners of his cheeks.
“The promise the prince made. This time I will protect you.”
“!”
“I will avenge your family and restore your family’s honor.”
Sang asked with his trembling mouth.
“Then what can I do?”
Ion shot a strong gaze at him.
“Be mine. award. And let’s give those damn bastards a shot.”
“!”
His eyes fluttered wildly.
End
