episode_0098

They say that it is a palace where there is no one to trust.

Even in such a situation, there were two people who truly believed in Deila.

The one thing they have in common is that they are both dead.

One is the long-dead First Princess Aila, and the other is his guardian knight, Rayleigh.

Riley died hours ago trying to save himself, with a large gash in his chest.

A bright red line was drawn from the left side to the right shoulder. It was probably difficult to survive.

Deila thought back to when she first met him.

1. The servant of the low-ranking knight assigned to him after the death of the princess. He is not a knight, but a servant.

At first, he was not even visible to the eye. After all, he was young and was more often in charge of odd jobs than swordsmanship.

But he remained even when he had to confront the First Prince and when people disappeared from his side one by one.

As time passed, he was the only one left by my side. With the extravagant title of the princess’s escort knight.

In the end, the last person left by his side was not a knight, but a knight’s servant.

Looking at that, I sometimes lamented my miserable life, but on the other hand, I felt grateful that I stayed until the end.

Of course, now it’s all useless.

Because he’s dead.

Rattle rattle.

In the hold of the shabby carriage, she quietly shed a tear.

*

One-eyed bug.

He is a very valuable guy who is excellent at stealth and can vividly recreate the scene of an incident.

Although it is being used very usefully, it does have its drawbacks.

The problem is that mobility is somewhat lacking.

It doesn’t have wings, and all it has are a few thin legs. It’s not exactly slow, of course, but it’s still noticeably slower than the flying creatures.

And that means, the farther away it is, the longer it takes to get back.

That’s why I found out about the Third Princess’ disappearance nearly 12 hours later.

I played back the video taken by the cyclops with a serious expression.

The video was made very simply.

In the middle of the night, three assailants broke into Deila’s room while she was sleeping.

Unfortunately, the assailants’ faces could not be seen because they were wearing masks.

While trying to move Deila so carefully, Deila screams and the escort knight comes in.

Afterwards, a battle took place between the villain and the knight escort.

What surprised me here was that the escort knight’s skills seemed to have improved quite a bit.

What was your level when we met last time? Was it 29? Anyway, your skills were worse than those of a typical knight.

Judging from the movements of the villain, he clearly looked more experienced than most knights, but he was holding his ground. He had been training hard with Belita, and it seemed like his skills had improved in the meantime.

However, the only bad news for him is that he had three opponents.

Even if there was only one of them, they would be of knight level or higher, but there were three of them. In the end, the escort knight couldn’t hold out for long and had no choice but to give up his chest.

-No! Railey!!!

Deila screamed as the escort knight fell.

What caught my eye for a moment was that Deila was wearing a negligee. Her curves were clearly visible, perhaps because of the thin fabric. Among them, she was wearing black underwear, and the shape of her underwear was visible over the white negligee.

Damn, why am I suddenly seeing this in this serious situation? Even a princess has to wear something comfortable to bed.

I felt a little guilty because it seemed like I was being obsessed with something.

-Damn it, will you shut up?

-Ugh, ugh!

-Damn, I wasted so much time. There’s no time. Take her now.

Anyway, after the battle, she was kidnapped. After watching the video, I drooled.

“···um.”

It wasn’t a very good situation. Not only was the princess kidnapped a problem, but the fact that she was kidnapped at this time of the year was also a problem.

A question arose in my mind.

Why now? With only two days left until the final decision, the leader has been kidnapped.

In the first place, why did those villains suddenly kidnap the Third Princess? The answer came out quickly.

‘I guess the information was leaked.’

Among those who were meeting at that time, there was a whistleblower. He sold information to the First Prince, which led to the kidnapping.

Damn, this is why people need to be properly filtered. I was annoyed for a moment, but the situation had already happened.

Still, the good news is that it’s not all bad.

‘The prince seems a bit hasty.’

That meant that the matter regarding the Second Prince was his fault.

Even though the day of the event is approaching, kidnapping the royal family is something to be concerned about.

Of course, if it ends underwater, it won’t be a big deal for him, but what if this incident comes to the surface?

He also won’t be able to avoid taking a hit to his position.

The crimes committed against the royal family are quite serious.

Now that I think about it, it was really amazing that he tried to do this twice.

So anyway, if we just save the Third Princess, the attack turn will be ours.

You can use two cards at the same time: the kidnapping of the 3rd princess and the murder of the 1st prince.

‘But how do I get it?’

Of course there were problems.

I only know that the princess was kidnapped, but I don’t know where she was kidnapped.

.

Another problem with the Cyclops was that, while it was great that it had recording capabilities, it didn’t have tracking capabilities either.

Damn, if that’s the case I should’ve just added some more bugs.

I felt a little regretful, but it was too late.

So I decided to try another, different method.

“···For now.”

I muttered.

“Let’s start by looking at the bedroom.”

There might be some traces left behind.

*

When I entered the princess’s bedroom, surprisingly, there was a guest there.

It was Belita. The girl I had rescued in the past, and now a trainee knight learning from the Third Princess.

She was standing by the bedside, looking quite tired, and there was a man lying on the princess’ bed. It was Rayleigh.

When I saw that, I couldn’t help but be surprised.

‘What? Wasn’t he dead?’

It was clear that his upper body had been cut wide. It was clearly a fatal wound, and one that could have resulted in death from excessive bleeding if left untreated.

The moment I thought about that, I saw that Riley’s upper body was wrapped tightly in bandages. Next to him, Belita was busy changing the towel.

‘Did you work hard to treat me all night?’

Let’s see, the general picture of yesterday has been drawn.

The villains, who did not want to cause a commotion, were unable to finish off Railey, and Belita, who arrived late, found him collapsed on the floor.

And after treating and nursing him all night, we have reached this point.

“Ah, it’s been a while···.”

Belita, who found me, was startled for a moment, but then greeted me with relief.

Even though it’s ominous because of the curse, she seems to regard me as an ally.

That alone was so touching, I almost shed tears.

I asked her.

“What happened?”

“···Raily, this stupid guy tried to protect the princess by himself and got seriously injured.”

She looked at the guy lying on the bed with a very pissed off face.

“If it was going to be like this, I shouldn’t have gone out for training last night···. No, if only the place I sleep and the princess’s residence were closer, I would have definitely been able to save her···.”

As she muttered like that, I could sense a strong sense of self-reproach.

Instead of comforting him, I took out a bottle of potion from the subspace and threw it at him.

“Use it on him. It’s not a high-level one, but it’ll help him recover quite a bit.”

“Oh, thank you.”

She didn’t refuse, but took it straight away and fed it to Riley.

Still, I was glad that the guy was alive. He wasn’t a very close friend of mine, but I had some personal affection for him.

After giving her the potion, I looked around the princess’s quarters.

I injected mana into the blood sprinkled on the floor to check the reaction. There was no particular reaction.

‘As expected, all traces have been erased.’

Well, if you’re going to kidnap a member of the royal family, you can’t help but clean up after yourself to that extent. Even though you couldn’t get rid of Riley, you at least cleaned up any traces of him.

As I was exploring the room, I suddenly became curious and asked Belita.

“···By the way, who is the servant?”

Even though she is a third princess who doesn’t have anyone of her own, she still has to live. Since she is a member of the royal family, there’s no way she can cook or do laundry on her own. That’s why she has no choice but to have one or two servants.

And what they usually did in the morning was to tidy up and clean the princess’s bedroom.

But there has been no word so far? I was curious and asked Belita again.

“But where are all the employees here? I can’t see them.”

When I asked her this, she laughed and said,

“I don’t know. I haven’t seen you since this morning. Oh, and you still get paid···.”

“···um.”

I nodded. Something still felt off.

From the very day the princess was kidnapped, even her servants disappeared. It was obvious why they disappeared. The servants were also bribed by the First Prince. The First Prince could do most things with just money and threats.

I thought of Deila for a moment with a sad heart.

‘You really don’t have anyone on your side either···.’

I felt a sense of kinship with her and felt sorry for her.

So, where should we start to solve this problem?

The situation was extremely bleak. I didn’t know the face of the assailant, and I had no idea where the princess had been kidnapped. To make matters worse, there was no trace of where they had gone.

But I wasn’t worried. Fortunately, I had quite a bit of ability when it came to tracking and investigating.

Loyalty and a puppet. If you have these two things, it’s not impossible to find her. If that’s not enough, you can call in Adel, who is good at tracking.

‘Let’s start by looking for employees.’

I thought so and took a step forward.