episode_0128

“Well well..”

“Wow~ This is delicious. It melts in your mouth.”

“As expected, it’s a popular restaurant in the city. It’s a little pricey, but it’s worth it, right?”

Erin, Bella, and Rania chatting while eating.

Along with them, Katlena was also eating the meat dish that was served in front of her, but honestly, at this moment, she was barely paying attention to whether the food was going into her mouth or her nose.

‘What would have happened? No matter what, it wouldn’t have been a big problem since they moved..”

Sisters Freya and Frigg, magic teachers at the Academy.

Even Katlena, who had never seen them in person, had a rough idea of their fighting power.

Although they look like they are in their 20s, they are actually first-generation witches who have lived for hundreds of years.

According to stories of his exploits in past great wars, he has a record of single-handedly annihilating hundreds of enemies.

Moreover, there was no room for doubt about their abilities, as their officially recognized skills were at a level where they could compete on equal terms with the current Helios.

And now, at this moment.

They took advantage of the mealtime to head to the problematic location nearby.

A place where children are being captured from all over the empire and duchy and subjected to biological experiments.

The place where unidentified people are plotting something related to Melissa’s work this time.

Although Katlena didn’t know the details, when she told them that story, the two sisters were for some reason very happy and at the same time showed a rather murderous spirit and asked Katlena to do her request.

To be exact, I decided to accept the proposal Zeros had made, locate the place, and begin ‘dealing with it’.

The way I found out the place was simple.

If we had Melissa here, they would definitely come here on their own to retrieve her, and if that failed because of Princess Maeb, they would definitely return to their base and think of various methods before taking action.

And.. in connection with the series of processes that will lead to that.

Freya and Frigg work to spread out their magic circles to monitor their movements and locate their enemy’s strongholds.

It was an impossible task to find them among so many people, but once they succeeded in identifying their target, there was absolutely no reason for Freya and Frigg to miss their movements from then on.

So, having captured the location that was presumed to be the research facility in question, they set about taking action according to their own travel schedule.

‘Well, I don’t know the details, but the fact that those two are so proactive must be because it’s related to the children’s work, right?… They’re teachers, so even if they don’t know about anything else, they’re the type of people who won’t tolerate situations where children suffer.’

Katlena finishes the meal in front of her while making her own judgment.

at that time..

“Hoo..”

“I’m back.”

“Ah, teacher.”

The two people who arrived had expressions that clearly showed a sense of relief.

Katlena sighed in relief at the fact that things had ended without incident, thinking that it was likely that the two people, who had no mercy, would return after inflicting some rather fiery punishment.

‘Well… I think this matter has come to a good conclusion, but somehow I feel like the one who benefited the most in the end was Princess Maeb.’

Originally, the beginning of this incident was when Katlena’s sweet time with Zeros was ruined by Melissa’s appearance.

As a result, Katlena ended up not being able to come here and have a relationship with Zeros, and she also missed that opportunity because she was busy taking care of Melissa’s business.

Meanwhile, in the process of cooperating with this work, Princess Maeb acquired a maid named Melissa.

Besides, if tomorrow’s schedule goes as planned, Zeros will probably have to stay by the princess’ side all day.

Katlena could roughly guess what would happen during that process.

‘Haa… If this is how it is, then the highlight of this trip for me will be completely ruined… What is this… I was really looking forward to this trip.’

Katlena thinks she got caught up in something so strange and ended up losing money.

however..

She didn’t know.

The fact is that the person who benefited the most from this incident was neither Katlena herself nor Princess Maev.

The biggest beneficiary of this trip.

That is… her older sister who succeeded in shortening the time by a whole 6 years compared to the original without lifting a finger.

The fact that it is Ellios Northhelat Dragona

And at the same time,

The person who is the biggest victim of this incident and the one who is experiencing the greatest despair because of this incident.

That person is…

*

“… Just now… What did you say?”

“..That..That..”

“Speak straight! What…what happened?”

“That’s… The lab was suddenly attacked and the whole thing… ”

“Does that make sense! Didn’t you say that you would secure successful results from the experiment just two days ago? How… how could something like that happen in such a short period of time!”

“Ah.. I guess.. It seems like the information was leaked in some way. And judging by the fact that they were all slaughtered without leaving a single person behind, it’s clear that they were attacked by someone with considerable power..”

“Ah… ”

The master lets out a sigh of anger at the servant’s words.

He felt himself becoming more and more mentally unstable as the series of circumstances became more and more complicated.

“Why… why does this keep happening… the spirit… has God abandoned our empire?”

“..Master..”

The servant lowered his head and expressed his sorrow as he watched his master looking up at the sky in a daze while sighing.

‘Princess Maev, who was supposed to be the rival of Princess Elios as a member of the royal family, has been wasting her time as a teacher at the academy controlled by that woman for some reason. In the meantime, Duke Radu of the Duchy of Dragona is even considering the timing of handing over the throne to that woman, Rosebetta. And on top of that… this time, even the research that I had the highest expectations for ended up like this right before the results were seen… How could this happen?’

A desperate situation where nothing you plan or prepare for goes well.

A character with the power and fame to become an ally has gone to the wrong place and become unusable.

The man who had been a steadfast support for so long was preparing to retire and hand over everything to the man who could effectively become the Empire’s worst enemy.

Moreover, the research that was hoping to overcome all these pending difficulties ended up being futilely destroyed by unknown individuals.

Considering that there is not much time left, this is a very fatal blow.

So that person…

A loyal subject who loses sleep at night worrying about the future of this country.

Imperial Prime Minister Saladin was desperately trying to find a way out of the thick darkness.

‘Now that it’s come to this… is there really nothing I can do? I was holding off on using it because I didn’t want to use it if possible… but that method…’

Even if we use this, it is clear that overcoming the current crisis will not be easy.

But at least through this the Empire could potentially buy some time, and even significantly mitigate the danger that lay ahead.

Since the academy has just delivered some good news, the chances of success are also quite high.

However, this was a method that Saladin had been refraining from using due to personal feelings, and it was clear that tears of sorrow would flow from his eyes no matter what the conclusion.

Nevertheless, with the Empire and the royal family in crisis, he steeled himself and decided that he should no longer be swayed by personal feelings.

Saladin pledged to give his life and everything he had for his country.

For him, if it meant sacrificing something to protect the country, he would be willing to give it up.

Even if that..

Even if it is the life of his most precious blood relative…