Episode 3
Episode 122. Coronation (4)
Yuma went straight to Hella’s room and told her about the blue dagger.
I didn’t report on Heisle Zach’s nonsense. If that happened, the problem would only grow, so it was better to solve it on his own terms.
“That can’t be, Baron Drake.”
Hella firmly rejected Yuma’s offer. It was an expected reaction.
“You have to postpone it.”
“You, Baron Drake, know the nature of ‘power’ better than anyone I’ve ever seen.”
Yuma didn’t answer and just shrugged. The two of them, standing in a place where no one was watching, were more like friends than a princess and a servant.
“Then how could you ask to postpone the date of the coronation? A blue dagger? I’m afraid of those bastards, the ambassador of the empire, and the date of the coronation ceremony! If this fact is known, will the authority of this land stand? The country is already in a mess!”
Hella shook her head in frustration. It was the first time she had reacted so strongly to Yuma.
In fact, Hella was right. That is, under normal circumstances. As she said, it was laughable by a passing dog that the coronation of the world’s most powerful country was delayed because of a group of assassins.
However, Yuma never regarded the appearance of the blue dagger as an ‘ordinary’ incident. There was a high probability that they were related to the demons, and it was an issue that depended on the existence of the Zach family.
She couldn’t understand Yuma because she didn’t know that if something happened, the Zach family would suffer serious damage because of Heizel.
“You are not wrong.
If you find out that you delayed the coronation ceremony because you were afraid of bastards, you would be ridiculed.”
“exactly!”
Hella turned her head away as if pouting. Yuma let out a small sigh and asked for a pipe. The sunlight coming through the windows mixed with the pipe smoke.
“But, sir, I think they are related to the demons.
It must be in the background…
“So it’s even worse!
If I postpone the coronation out of fear of being a bastard, it will only end up being ridiculed.”
Hella took the pipe from Yuma and sat down. She paused, thought for a moment, then raised her head and inhaled the smoke.
“But if we postpone it out of fear of the demons, if we, the world’s most powerful nation, show fear of the demons, then everyone will fear them.
The empire is scary, but would other countries think of fighting back?”
It was also a story that made sense.
The recent Rochshire incident was an unprecedented tragedy that all Western countries are now aware of.
The Empire announced the fact that it was a disaster caused by the invasion of demons called ‘Halun’, and secretly proposed an alliance to all Western countries.
“Even that is not the end. What about the people who are already suffering from fear? You know best, but the people are not fools.
If we postpone the coronation, you will find out within a few days what caused the delay.”
If that happened, the prestige of the empire would fall to the ground in an instant.
It was only natural that the people would not be loyal to the state if the state, which was supposed to protect the people, hesitated.
In some ways, it can be interpreted as a leap, but the stories Hella told were sufficiently ‘could happen’.
“Did you really ask me to move the coronation because you didn’t know these things?”
Hella narrowed her eyes and met Yuma’s eyes. Her soon-to-be empress eyes were shaking.
It was impossible for Yuma, who had lived as a eunuch for decades, to know what young Hella knew.
It wasn’t that Yuma hadn’t thought about them either. As soon as we came to the conclusion of ‘let’s delay the coronation’, these were the problems that came to our mind intuitively.
“Hey, I also have something I want to ask you.”
“Tell me.”
“Did you think I would have told you to delay the coronation because I really hadn’t thought of the matter?”
It was a soft talk. However, Hella flinched as if she had been stabbed by something sharp.
‘Yeah, you couldn’t have known. Did I complain?’
From her days as a eunuch, Yuma was well aware of Hella’s personality. Like most people, she also had a habit of whining at the person she depended on when she was confused and burdened.
Even then, the object Hella relied on the most was Yuma. Yuma let go of his stiff expression and put down the pipe.
“As you said, there must be a reason for saying it even though you knew it all.”
This was Yuma’s honest heart.
‘I don’t feel good.’
The sudden appearance of a blue dagger and the blue poison they use. Judging by the description in the report, it was hardly a human thing.
Above all, the biggest problem was that I couldn’t predict who was behind them. And why are they trying to stage a coronation terror using Heizel?
Speaking of general assassination techniques, he was confident that he could stop poisoning or raiding. No matter how many opponents you have, no matter how great your skills are.
However, it was an unpredictable matter if it was a terrorism using the power of the demon tribe that Yuma did not know about.
While Yuma was organizing her thoughts, Hella shook her head as if she had made up her mind.
“But Baron Drake. Even so… I can’t postpone the coronation.”
“Lowering.”
“I believe in you. If I could choose between you and Sir Duran as my last escort, I would choose you.”
At that point, Yuma could no longer convince Hella.
“So no matter what happens that day, you will protect me. I don’t want to show the people that I’m weak from the start.”
* * * It was fortunate that Heisl’s recruit was immediately secured.
He was chained and imprisoned in the basement of the ‘Morning Star’. Right after Mano vomited out the whole story of the assassination plot with Bape Sirin, the Rose Society was able to catch him leaving the capital gate by a short car.
It was decisive that Mars’ direct subordinates carried out thorough inspections regardless of Heisl’s status. If they couldn’t bear it, they would have missed the guy who was screaming at me, saying why I, a great aristocrat, had to be interrogated.
“Now, with all these gold coins…
where were they trying to go? Our Great Noble Master.”
“Release! Dirty bitch!”
Heisl looked like an angry beast, showing no sign of fear even after enduring the various tortures of the Society of Roses.
It wasn’t just a person who had lived his whole life as a great aristocrat believing in his background and being reckless. He even tried to beat his head against the wall and bite his tongue because he couldn’t control his anger.
Natalie was sitting in front of him, shaking her head and reading a document. It was a list of ‘personality classifications’ of great aristocrats that had been collected by the Jangmihoe since the time of Haseoguk.
“Haisle Zach Heisle Zach…
Ah, here you are. Stupid, cowardly, and tyrannical toward the weak. A typical bastard’s personality. Judging from the personality written here, the young master should be terrified with his heart pounding right now.”
“Sew!”
Before Heisl’s spit reached Natalie, another member blocked it with the palm of her hand. The moment the member reflexively tried to beat Heizel, Natalie raised her hand to stop it.
“Leave it. You’re going to drool anyway, so you have to spit out as you please. Anyway, our young master, it’s strange no matter how you think about it. I’m not the bold and courageous type. You know how to open your eyes in this situation.”
There was no way that the personality of the person that the Rose Society analyzed while conducting spying activities was written incorrectly.
In the first place, the character Heisle Zak was a non-existent character to the point of being described so briefly. However, it was only classified because it was a great aristocrat.
“Now tell me where you were going. Then die without torture. If you don’t talk, you’ll be in a position where you can’t even die until you talk.”
“I think I might be afraid of that, you lowly girl, do whatever you want!”
“Look at this. It’s poisoned as if it was used for something. Or is the blue dagger scarier than me?”
“Kuhhhh…
Natalie studied Hazel, who was laughing like a madman.
He didn’t smell anything unique to a weak young boy. Rather, it was enough to show the tenacity of a madman who had gone through a lot of chaos.
Only his name was Jacques, he was not a military man, and he was not in charge of the family, and his eyes were not the kind of eyes that could be seen by a person close to an insectivore.
Such eyes and momentum can never be obtained spontaneously.
“Then it must be used for something.”
After saying that, Natalie opened her eyes wide as if she had suddenly remembered something.
There are all kinds of ‘medicines’ in the world.
Of course, it is the role of drugs to change people in an instant.
However, among thousands of drugs, there is no one that turns a weak human into a savage madman who can even ignore torture in a short time.
Except for one thing.
“Inherit the Chen children.”
“Yes, Lord.”
Chen bit the members. The reason Natalie bit the member was because of a top secret that no one other than Chen should ever hear about.
“You go and get that.”
While Chen went to follow Natalie’s order, Katherine, who had put the flue in beforehand, arrived. I deliberately did not inform Duran. Also because he might run out of time.
“Natalie! That bastard Heizl really did… Ha!”
Katherine, who watched Heisl for a while without being able to speak, soon reacted similarly to Natalie.
“What is this cowardly bastard doing? Are you crazy? Hazel! Assassination?
It’s not something a bastard like you would do. who made it Who’s behind me…
“What would it take you four years to find out who’s behind me, Catherine? Would you like to tell Dad? huh? Proud of our family! Duran Jacques to the dog!
no! Please forgive me!
Ha ha ha!”
Catherine was so stupid that she couldn’t even think of what to do with him. He didn’t feel like Heisle Zach, he felt like a completely different person.
This bizarre degree of madness and venom… At that time, Catherine also looked at Natalie as if she had sensed something.
“It looks a bit like the old Zishka lower house. Natalie Is this my illusion?”
“I want to check that too.”
What Chen brought was fermented horse urine. The only liquid in the world that can determine if a ‘rose’ is poisoned.
Originally, the most terrible drug in the world could only be manufactured by Natalie herself, the owner of rose hoe. Even that had now been completely scrapped by Yuma’s order.
That meant Heisl shouldn’t be addicted to it.
“Feed it.”
Chen grabbed Heisl by the snout and fed him fermented horse urine. It was a pretty disgusting scene, but Heisl, who had been resisting fiercely, quickly calmed down.
“Heh heck! no!”
And as if all the madness up until now had been a lie, Heisl trembled, unable to raise her head properly.
Because he remembers everything he did and how he behaved when he was brought here.
“Catherine. must be wrong that wasn’t me ugh iced coffee.”
Seeing this, Natalie, forgetting that Heisl was in front of her, put her hand on her forehead and let out a deep sigh.
“Haa…. what the hell is going on. Why are you addicted to that!”
“Explain what Natalie means so I can understand. Is it the same situation as when Zishka fell? huh?”
said Catherine, holding Natalie by the shoulder.
“Right, lady. Things have become very dirty… I’ve seen the entire disposal with my own eyes. Recruit all members except for Chen’s coronation secret escort. right now. We will ban all freedom until the truth is ascertained.”
“All right.”
Katherine just watched Heizel, who was crying, with a complicated mind.
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