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by adminEpisode 227 – Princess, Ariana Crowfield 40 –
When Ariana appeared at the venue, he greeted her calmly.
To be honest, I didn’t expect it.
But reality is improbable.
An incident like this could happen suddenly.
Before blaming God for creating this situation, I decided to deal with it first.
“It appears suddenly. I’m embarrassed. Anyway, nice to meet you. It’s been a while since I actually saw your face.”
“Aren’t we supposed to say hello to each other? Especially in situations like this.”
“Honestly, it is that kind of situation. If you look at what I did just now, you might want to kill me, even reporting Kang-soo to the Seonghwangcheong Office. Of course, the causality was reversed.”
Even if Ariana hadn’t filed a complaint with the Holy Office, I wouldn’t have come here.
When I mentioned it as a metaphor, Ariana snorted and showed hostility.
“As expected. You shouldn’t exist in this world. A person like you who does not have the dignity or honor befitting a high position. Being loved by everyone. It is against the will of the Heavenly God.”
Did you believe in heaven?
Then why did you do that?
The information in my hand is something you shouldn’t do if you truly believe in heavenly gods.
Even so, the Pope is chosen by cardinals, not by God.
I was curious how adults would explain it.
“Haha. Let’s leave that aside and move on. But there’s something I don’t understand.”
However, judging from her reaction, Ariana does not know the contents of this document.
You may know the existence of the document itself, but there is no need to announce that this is the document.
To change the subject, I brought up another topic.
“If an attack occurs, it would be normal to be protected by security. How on earth did you know this?
The place you’re staying and your office are far away, so you probably didn’t come here after seeing the explosion, right? Thanks to you, I got a kick out of it. Haha.”
Aside from trying to change the topic, this was one of the things I was really curious about.
This is because it meant that the fundamentals of the operation were wrong.
Ariana hates peacocks.
That’s why he lives far away from the duke’s office.
The only troops we can send are Igrasil.
So Ygrasil’s strategy was to have the Duke deal with him and then come here before Ariana noticed.
It’s obvious that Ariana will be very bothered if she finds out who was behind the attack.
Among the relics of Seonghwangcheong, there are some that can discern truth and lies.
“The timing is strange. No one comes in here without permission. It’s not even an attack. And if you’re going to raid, it’s better to do it from outside. There is absolutely no reason to do it here.
Especially if they seem to know internal information and took advantage of the weakened security forces to invade, they would be even more aware of our external schedule. I was just thinking about that.”
“The duke didn’t seem to know that fact?”
“That person is like that. What we pursue is different from yours, but we are the same human being. The point is that humans themselves are idiots.”
Even so, it’s too much for him to be a dad.
Oh right. I sold my parents.
That’s something I’m not qualified to say.
“In the end, what we are aiming for is here. Where could it be? It’s probably only the office. That’s why I came. Because it just reminded me of you. Abraxas.”
hmm. No matter how much I think about it, I think he went to the office and got hit by chance just because of his paranoid personality.
And if you were going to come, you should have come earlier.
I said while fluttering the paper in my hand.
“If this is revealed anyway, it will be the end for you. Will Seonghwangcheong miss the information written here? The reason the duke was able to avoid the saint was because they hid their purpose or had important facilities located in a place where the saint’s stigmata could not reach.
If this is revealed, it will be investigated and everyone will eventually be found out. Since the Pope is treated as a semi-state guest, he cannot avoid anger just because he is a duke. Even if you survive, in the end ”
“Then you wouldn’t be fine either, right? In the end, you are the one behind the attack. What would happen if I took that and doggedly bitten you? You must have at least prepared a means to avoid the saint’s stigmata.
Still, your motive for the attack, an alibi that cannot exist for you, and finally. The corruption of Duke Crowfield appeared at that very coincidental time. If you combine these three things, you won’t be suspected.”
“And as a witness, you will be found to be a lie by the Seonghwangcheong?”
“Yes. I know. So I hope it doesn’t get released. I hate you though. At least I’m not a person without any enemies.”
“They didn’t tell me to put it down?”
“Then you’ll never listen, right? The truth remains that you attacked, but if there is any evidence against us here, I will hear it. If you disclose, we disclose too. Wouldn’t it be better to go with mutually assured destruction?”
Even though Ariana showed great hostility towards me, she gave me the most reasonable response.
thank god.
It could have been more dangerous if I had known Alice was here.
It was a good thing I had Alice hidden behind me.
‘At least it helps maintain the empire’s power. Even if they hated me, we had a relationship where we could cooperate politically. I just left it alone. Why did it suddenly do that?’
To be honest, this probably wasn’t something the duke wanted to do.
I had some questions, but I didn’t think there would be any more answers.
I can’t believe you responded so sincerely to something I said just to change the subject.
He is truly an unknown human being.
“Unfortunately, I feel like I only know one and not the other.”
“Huh. What on earth could that be? The end is Donggwi Yeojin. Even if you don’t like it, I’m not someone who will change the family even if it causes ruin. Isn’t your self-consciousness too big?”
“If that had been the case in the first place, we wouldn’t have risked the fight head-on. If something had gone wrong, the family would have been fatally injured by the princess or Her Majesty. Do you think you have the right to say that?”
“In the end, I change my mind. The more solid the logic, the more likely it is to attack the messenger. Regardless of whether I’m qualified to say that, tell me what’s wrong with my argument.
Now we are in the same boat. Also on a sinking ship. They hold each other tightly so they can’t escape. If you hold out until the end, both will eventually sink. If we both give in, we can both escape. Am I wrong?”
No, why did this person suddenly awaken?
My specialty was making logical errors and talking nonsense.
‘There really aren’t many answers.’
Thanks to the strength of the saint, it is easy to get buried.
The intelligence power of the Imperial Intelligence Department is at a level similar to that of modern forensic investigation.
At least with various factors including an alibi.
The culprit can be identified through factors that are taken into consideration as a suspect in the case.
No physical evidence?
Through the relic that can distinguish between lies and truth, we will obtain physical evidence by synthesizing Ariana’s remarks and my remarks.
Then that’s it.
As Ariana said, it was like falling into a trap.
‘What should I do?’
What can I do to get out of this situation?
‘Is there no way?’
I looked at Ariana to see if there was a way.
His expression was as expressionless as before.
A deadpan expression, as if he didn’t think about me at all.
Seeing the expression on his face that seemed to show no hesitation, I wondered if I should find another way.
however.
‘uh?’
One strange thing that caught my eye.
‘I’m shaking… ?’
It was discovered that Ariana’s body was shaking.
‘for a moment… ‘
And a strange sense of déjà vu.
I thought it was strange before, but I felt it.
‘Why do I act more rationally than I thought? A person who even thought about storming into Seonghwangcheong?’
I received some degree of trust from the emperor.
It is literally undesirable for me to be hostile like that.
But she did.
it could be. You can hate me that much.
But looking at the current situation, you can see that it doesn’t make sense.
How can you maintain your senses when you hate me so much?
Although you made a bet on your family, are you choosing to live together instead of falling together?
“… ”
I put the paper I was holding behind me and turned my head.
A confidential archive that was still open came into view.
I look at the related data one more time among the scattered documents.
I check once more to see if I missed anything.
“Wait… What are you doing… !”
My actions were faster than her restraints.
I held in my hand a document I found along the way and read it.
“… Was this person crazier than I thought?”
And my judgment after seeing it was simple.
It would have been the same no matter what anyone said.
When I thought about it, it was strange.
Considering the possibility of sudden death, the duke created ‘insurance’ in the form of Ariana’s younger brother.
Although it is twisted, his thoughts on dignity, honor, and family are sincere.
Would such a person not have thought about the possibility of his sudden death?
If he suddenly dies without providing the information, this confidential archive will be forgotten forever. Couldn’t he have passed it on to Arianna?
‘No way.’
Of course not.
Ariana knew of the existence of this place.
However, there was a lot of information here that could be used effectively.
Let’s start with Seonghwangcheong’s weaknesses. There were so many things that could be used politically.
however. She didn’t use it one bit to press me.
As if Seonghwangcheong was the only exit, I went all in there.
If it was just a political attack.
If you attacked my family for a political cause.
It would have been even more difficult to find a loophole like in this case.
She devised a plan that was only possible through a change of heart among the personnel within Seonghwangcheong.
And the material in my hand.
It was telling me why she made this choice.
“You just didn’t want to come here? I wasn’t trying to get away from the duke’s office. I was just trying to get away from the office.”
“… Shut up.”
This material I am holding.
Inside was information that Ariana never wanted to face.
[Dignity education.]
In this small piece of material consisting of just four letters.
Various records were written down.
Including photos of Ariana being horribly mangled to the point where her insides and outs were turned upside down.
Various torture materials.
“It’s amazing. They say they educate dignity… Do you do this?”
What was written there.
That’s it… There was information about the ‘dignity education’ Ariana had received.
“Shut up!!!!!!”
It was at that moment that she rushed in.
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