◈ 310. [Side Story] Good brother (3)
Blood splattered everywhere.
Blood poured from his long neck, and Fernandez collapsed forward. The soldiers who were watching this side screamed in surprise.
“Fernandez! What are you doing!”
The flagship Lark hurriedly grabbed Fernandez’s body and held him in his arms. Immediately after, Lark’s face was stained with bewilderment.
“This… !”
With a crackling sound, Fernandez’s face contorted, and then it changed into a completely different person’s face.
His body shape also shrank and became much less attractive.
It wasn’t Fernandez who fell into Lark’s arms. It was another wizard wearing the magic corps’ robe.
“Illusion… ?!”
Only then did Lark, who recalled Fernandez’s special skill, grit his teeth.
fantasy magic.
Fernandez had a knack for deceiving and confusing opponents.
So, although he was talented in many fields of magic, he delved most deeply into the fantasy system.
It was worthy of being the leader of the dark department, but it is unlikely that he could use sophisticated illusions that even Lark himself, his older brother, would be fooled by. … !
“I mobilized all the skills and items that help with mind control, illusion magic, and disguise. I’m glad that this has been recognized for being able to fool even my older brother.”
Fernandez’s voice came from the device attached to the dead wizard’s neck. Lark growled, snapping off the device.
“Where are you Fernandez!”
“I am also a person who knows that my life is precious, older brother. I’m not big enough to stand right in front of my older brother with a sword.”
Fernandez continued with a chuckle and a low laugh.
“You asked earlier, bro? What the hell did you conspire against?”
Now Fernandez didn’t even deny the conspiracy. Larc frowned.
“Is it because of the emperor? If that’s the case, I can yield to you as much as I want.”
“No, no. older brother. I don’t care about power.”
“Then what is it? Has anyone done you a great wrong? just talk to me I will take care of everything in the name of this Lark!”
“… .”
“Aren’t we brothers by blood, Fernandez… ! Anything I can help with, help me. So stop talking about treason. please!”
After being silent for a moment, Fernandez let out a small sigh.
“Even though you really love your younger siblings. It’s a problem that you see me as a child who needs to be protected and cared for forever.”
“What?”
“I’m already grown up.”
Fernandez’s voice suddenly grew cold.
“Abama, other gods, and even the goddess who gives grace to the empire are like that. We’ve already grown enough to stand on our own.”
“What the hell are you talking about… .”
“You’ll get to know me little by little. Everything I’ve done for the Empire… … And for the sake of mankind.”
Fernandez’s voice gradually faded away from the device.
“See you next time brother. Oh sure… … If you come out of my trap alive.”
“What?”
pop. Communication was lost.
Lark, who was looking down at the communication device with a dumbfounded face, suddenly noticed something.
bubbling… … .
The river was bubbling under the bridge.
Red light scattered in the river. The flagship Lark shouted.
“Everyone bleed-” Flashes
before he even concludes with the words to evade-
!
The ‘Shutdown Protocol’ installed on the bridge over the Iris River activates, swallowing all living things and stuffing the entire area at the same time.
***
On top of a hill not far from the Iris Bridge surrounded by a round red magic circle.
An elderly woman holding a telescope to observe the activation of the shutdown protocol slowly folded the telescope.
It was Raina, the commander of the magic corps. Reina reported leisurely.
“The shutdown protocol trigger confirmation space stuffing is complete. The operation is a success.”
Reina looked around and saw Fernandez sitting in a chair.
The second prince was handling the papers in his hand with a calm face.
Reina dared to say it one more time.
“Congratulations on the victory, Your Highness.”
“Congratulations? haha.”
Fernandez’s answer came back.
“What a monster my brother is. You can’t even scratch your body with that much.”
“Instead, didn’t you annihilate the vanguard of the 1st Corps that came with you?”
Together with our subordinates who were thrown as bait- I swallowed the afterword.
Anyway, didn’t you break the brunt of the invincible army led by the undefeated knight? From Reina’s point of view, it was a pretty good criminal record from the start.
But Fernandez let out a shallow sigh.
“The same goes for the 1st Corps. Isn’t it enough to wipe out the vanguard at best? The rest of the force is marching broadly from all over the West. We will keep pushing forward.”
“… .”
“Lord Reina was once a member of the 1st Legion, right? Don’t you know how thorough the army is?”
“No, that’s what I’m saying.”
Reina smirked.
“How is it that you won a game against those monsters?”
The Magic Corps originally belonged to the 1st Corps.
However, 15 years ago, during the operation to occupy the kingdom of Camilla, Jupiter, the commander of the 2nd division, rebelled, leaving a stain on the command of the emperor, who admitted to committing war crimes.
The magic corps was disgracefully expelled from the 1st Corps, drifted here and there without having any change of affiliation, and went to the brink of dissolution–they were
barely saved by the hands of the 2nd Prince Fernandez.
Afterwards, he changed his affiliation to a direct subordinate to the imperial family, but in fact became a private soldier of Fernandez and maintained the unit to this day.
She was once a member of the 1st Corps, so Reina knew it well.
How powerful are the knights who belong there. And how strong are the soldiers?
Soldiers who dedicated their lives only for the well-being of the empire.
And now, in the name of being for the empire, we have to kill them.
I was shivering and shivering. Although Reina was overflowing with experience in shooting or executing allies from behind on orders from her superiors, the 1st Corps was of a different level.
‘It’s exciting Friendly Fire time. It’s crazy and crazy.’
It was difficult to keep an expression on his face when he thought about killing each of his once-comrades.
However, it had been decided since I held Fernandez’s hand 15 years ago.
It is already a life sold to the devil. What more to hesitate… … .
“Anyway, my brother is not the kind of person to stop like this. They will join the follow-up troops and continue to advance to the ecliptic.”
Reina asked back at Fernandez’s words.
“What if I come?”
“We still need time. We have to play a delay game. We have to take the time we can.”
Fernandez spoke calmly and stood up.
“Didn’t we also ‘use’ only a ‘part’ of the Imperial Defense Force? Put all the rest in successively.”
“… .”
“Somehow I buy more time, even if it’s a day, an hour, or even a second. Please delay your arrival to the ecliptic.”
“A lot will die.”
“Isn’t that what you were determined to do from the start? For a greater cause, such a sacrifice is small and shallow.”
“I understand, Your Highness.”
Reina silently lowered her head.
“And I feel sorry for my sister-in-law… .”
Fernandez clicked his tongue as he remembered L’Arch’s wife and three children.
“I want you to be my hostage. You are a terrible pathetic wife.”
“The troops are already on standby. Shall I order the capture?”
“I would like to bring them back as humanely as possible. I am also my dear sister-in-law and nieces and nephews.”
Rayna hesitated for a moment, then asked cautiously.
“After being caught… What if things go wrong by chance?”
“How will it be?”
Fernandez was indifferently brainwashed.
“Is there a need to save a horse that has lost its value?”
“… All right. I will order the capture immediately.”
It wasn’t a very proud word to say, but kidnapping a key factor was the dark department’s specialty.
Reina was sure that Lark’s wife and children would soon be taken hostage.
Although nothing can be sure what their fate will be after that… … .
***
Lark’s wife and three children were staying at a mansion on the outskirts of the ecliptic.
It was because her parents were there. When she was lonely because she missed her husband who had left for the battlefield, the wife would visit her parents’ house with her children.
This winter, too, the wife decided to live here at her parents’ house.
In preparation for New Terra’s cold winter, the mansion invited merchants a few days ago to install thick carpets and thick curtains.
She was a frugal wife who usually had only a few servants, but this year was different.
Perhaps it was to keep the young royal grandsons living in a warm environment.
The Aegis task force had obtained all information in advance. From the beginning, the family of Prince L’Arc was the subject of careful surveillance.
And the time has come for that long watch to finally shine.
“Check inside.”
“Shadows move in the parlor and kitchen windows. Everyone should be in the house since there was no entry all night.”
“Okay. Front Door?”
“No problem.”
“The back door and the side door?”
“As expected, there is nothing wrong.”
“Okay. rush in Bring all of them without missing a single one.”
Team 7 of the Aegis Task Force, which specializes in kidnapping key figures, surrounded the mansion widely and exchanged hand signals with each other before storming into the mansion at the same time.
The team leader of Team 7 was watching the situation from the roof of the building next to it overlooking the entire mansion. It was something I had been doing every single day as if I were eating.
Even if the opponent was from the imperial family, as long as he was careful with a few escort knights, it was no different from usual.
but.
「I will give you a report!」
The report sent by the subordinates who entered the building was embarrassing.
“no one… No.」
“What?!”
“It is as you said. There is no one inside the building… … !”
“What nonsense! Then what is the shadow moving by the window?!”
“The clothes hanging on the hanger were moved back and forth with the device! It’s all like that!」
The problem was that I couldn’t see through the window properly because of the thick curtains.
The 7th team leader’s spine went cold.
You mean they knew they were being targeted? So you’ve been planning to get out of here from the start?
Since when?
“It was definitely there until yesterday!”
“Yes yes! I checked their faces until yesterday evening!”
“Then you wouldn’t have gone far! track it down! right now!”
The team leader, who put down the communication device roughly as if to break it, gnashed his teeth.
“Which of the guys stole the player by stealing it… ?!”
***
same time. There was a procession of wagons passing through the southern gate of the imperial capital.
It was at the top of Wintersilver.
Because it was so large and had a lot of trading volume, it was usually receiving preferential treatment at checkpoints, but these days it was almost like a free pass.
“Yah! You are having a hard time today, Captain of the Guard!”
It was thanks to Alberto, who was the chief chamberlain of the imperial palace, being inaugurated as an advisor to the corps.
Even though Alberto was overflowing with personal connections throughout the imperial capital, he was particularly close with the guards.
It was because when Ash, who had an accident, went missing, he begged the guards to search for them together.
They had toil together to raise the crazy prince.
The captain of the guard greeted Alberto with a bright smile.
“No, is Alberto going personally today?”
“haha. Because it’s a little important deal. It would be reassuring for this old man to go in person.”
“This is a lot of trouble.”
Alberto, who was having a friendly conversation with the captain of the guard, took out a wrapped gift from his bosom with a natural motion and handed it to him.
The captain of the guard rejected it with disapproval, but eventually accepted it, embarrassed by Alberto’s bizarre logic that ‘it’s okay because it’s not a money item, it’s a gift from a close friend’.
“Look, Alberto!”
“Yeah! Let’s have a drink later!”
Alberto, who had been waving to the captain of the guard who was seeing him off, hardened his expression and stepped into the carriage.
“Passed.”
“… Fortunately, the. I was worried about what would happen if I had to use force.”
The swordsman in the maid uniform who was sitting next to him let out a sigh of relief and returned the sword to the swordsman.
It was Elise, Serenade’s direct subordinate. She had been drafted for this mission and had been waiting in the ecliptic for a long time.
“… So the ecliptic escaped.”
The woman in the seat in front of him pulled the blanket over and pulled her face out.
“Where should I go now?”
Then, three children’s faces came out from under the blanket.
Lark’s wife and three children.
At Ash’s command, Alberto and Elise were tasked with rescuing them.
“The area will soon be swept away by civil war and turned into a sea of fire.”
Alberto replied, brushing his handsome mustache.
“We will split up to support each other and fight. It is not safe anywhere.”
“Anywhere in the Empire?”
“That’s right. It would be ideal if we could get through to the Western Front, where His Highness Lark is… … .”
Alberto was speechless.
The situation where the 1st Corps and the Imperial Defense Army are already in conflict.
Exiting west became too risky an option.
“Then where should I avoid… .”
Elysee hesitated for a moment before opening her mouth to Larc’s muttering wife.
“There are places that are politically safe. instead… .”
“instead?”
“A monster is coming.”
Then Larc’s wife laughed bitterly.
“If you’re afraid of monsters, are you afraid of people?”
“It will be quite a long way.”
“are you okay. If I can not be a burden to my husband, it is a long way.”
Lark’s wife said resolutely. Even the three little ones! It made a sound.
Alberto and Elise’s eyes met. The two nodded slowly.
“Then let’s go.”
Alberto, who pulled himself out of the carriage, shouted at the driver’s seat.
“To the crossroads!”
