episode_0499

After knocking for a formality, I entered Isabel’s office/bedroom.

“I heard you called me.”

Isabelle was reading the posted report.

“Are you trying to get involved in the kids’ fight?”

“I’m a new father and I’m not very good at raising children.”

A snort was heard.

“Children need to know that there is a way to release anger with their fists.”

“Rohan is not a kid who will pull his fists.”

“I will take care of the child. I called because I wanted to ask you something.”

Only then did peridot-colored eyes look at me.

“How exactly are you going to take Stefan down from the throne?”

I must dethrone Stefan Schweinsteiger.

If necessary, even by killing your child.

“I plan to find a way somehow.”

“···I don’t want to let you go.”

Green eyes reminiscent of Isabelle’s peridot are nailed to my face.

“I am the only suitable person.”

“To begin with, Heinrich is from 40 years ago. Even if you go back to your own country, do you think people will accept that you are right?”

···40 years.

It is time for the river and mountain to change three times.

There’s no way there was any evidence left to drive Stefan out.

“Stephan will voluntarily step down from the throne.”

“How?”

“They say they care about their children. I plan to threaten my child by cutting off his fingers.”

“···Will you cut off your child’s fingers? The person who has a child is cold-blooded.”

“All surgeries will be performed under anesthesia, and the amputated body will be restored with the Holy Blood.”

─I want to be confident.

When I look at Rohan, that kind of desire arises.

Isabelle was looking at me like she didn’t like something, but I couldn’t understand it.

It’s even unfair.

Because it was Juul who taught me this method.

“I just do what I was taught.”

“···That’s right. Looking back, I realized I wasn’t a good person either.”

“You’re not really taking it away, are you? There will be no pain.”

Jules is weak towards children.

And he never did anything that would put an innocent person in trouble.

“I will come forward.”

“The queen is too beautiful to do so.”

“Ha!”

This was said sincerely.

Isabel also saw it through and burst into laughter.

‘Because it stands out too much.’

If someone catches Isabelle in their eyes, they will never forget it.

Isabel was that kind of person.

People will never forget Isabelle.

“Don’t talk nonsense.”

“It’s not a joke. The queen is so beautiful.”

Isabel smiled as if she was embarrassed by my sincerity and filled her wine glass.

“Assassins must not be too handsome or ugly, and their appearance must not be distinctive.”

Tattoos, scars, unusual height.

Everything doesn’t work.

But I received Venus’ blessing.

After I wiped my face, my face returned to its original face.

Isabel’s face brightens.

“Ha! Sihyeon Lee…!”

“If I do this, not even Vengeance or Immortal will recognize me.”

Isabelle’s nostalgic eyes sweep over me.

“I like that look better.”

“Really? What is Dantalian?”

“Dantalian? Why Dantalian?”

“Isn’t that face from before the face of Dantalian?”

Isabel’s eyes lost focus and became cloudy.

At the same time, a voice rang in my head.

[Former contractor. Please protect the right of portrait.]

I laughed at the polite request.

Because the only servant who asks ‘favors’ is Dantalian.

“···That’s right.”

Only then did Isabel’s eyes return to focus.

“···Looking at that makes me think of the old days.”

“Don’t say anything weird.”

“Anyway, even if the king is toppled, evidence is needed to prove that Henry has the legitimate right to succeed to the throne.”

“What do you usually do in such cases?”

“It is common for nobles to prove their identity. The more prestigious the noble, the better.”

He is the person who can prove Henry’s right to succeed to the throne.

A person suddenly passed through my mind.

“Do you know a man named Maximilian Blackwood?”

“There is no one among the nobles who does not know Blackwood. This is a fiefdom that handles the highest quality ebony wood furniture in Pangea.”

He said he was Heinrich’s henchman.

If so, he may still be connected to the people who serve Heinrich.

“He is Heinrich’s henchman. While climbing the highest mountain to look for Heinrich, he was captured by bandits. It would be a good idea to get in touch with him first.”

He climbed the infamous mountain on the other side of the Hibi Desert to meet Heinrich.

Although a long time had passed, I only hoped that loyalty would remain.

“I will provide the contact information.”

“Thank you.”

Isabel’s eyes turn into space.

“That’s right. That’s Sihyeon’s face from before.”

Apparently Anne was there.

“Anne? Why do you hide yourself from me?”

“Why?”

Exciting! Exciting!

─My heart was captured.

My heart palpitated due to the fluttering feeling.

Isabelle raised the corners of her mouth as if she was being amused and drank the water in her glass.

Now I see that the decanter is full of water.

‘Did you intend to do this from the beginning?’

“Bring it.”

Like a dog being led by a leash, I was dragged onto the bed by Anne with my heart held on.

Soon the door is closed and locked, a soundproof barrier is put up, and the curtains are drawn.

“You can be a good father.”

Soon, Anne appeared.

“It’s sad to lose a child, but I don’t regret having a child.”

“What do you mean?”

“You’re thinking about your child’s death, right?”

“······.”

“Someday people let go of what they love.”

“Even if our child leaves before us, just being born and seeing this beautiful world is a blessing and a blessing.”

Is that so?

Does that happen?

“So do your best. You might still regret it, but think about it. You went on a journey of asceticism, but do you regret meeting me?”

I didn’t regret it even for a moment.

Even when Shir forgot me.

Even when the head is cut off on the guillotine.

Even when scattering Jool’s bone dust.

Even when he was shot in the face, dismembered, committed seppuku, and poisoned to death.

It was a heartbreaking love, but those memories were the stick that formed and supported me.

“At the end of all love, there is separation. But it’s foolish to be afraid of breakup.”

My liberal arts teacher smiles above me.

“You will realize it in the sadness of separation. Nevertheless, it was brilliantly beautiful.”

I see

I just have to love as best as I can.

“That’s how people overcome breakups and prepare to love again.”

“No. I have no intention of losing you.”

He hugged Anne and Isabelle and buried them in his arms.

A petite and huggable body. temperature. I savored the smell and remembered it.

And he quietly declared.

“Even if I die, I will find it and keep it by my side forever.”

“What if you are born a man?”

Anne says with a sneer, as if trying to catch the eye.

“I will ask a servant to change my sex to a woman.”

“······Yes?”

“I am sincere. I was reincarnated as a bug in this life.”

Now that I think about it, I think it would be really fun.

A man becomes a woman overnight, and then some crazy person looks at him with deep eyes, saying he is the husband from his previous life?

“Keuheuk─!”

Just imagining it was so horrible and disgusting that it made me laugh.

You must try it.

I will definitely change your gender identity to that of a woman.

“These are not empty words. Even if you are born as a bug, you cannot escape.”

He hugged the two women and pulled them together.

“Lifelong.”

* * * * * *

The large intestine wall began to collapse little by little according to the scenario.

When the allies’ audit began, the nobles who were lining their pockets quickly manipulated the accounting books.

However, I quickly gathered evidence to dig up the money that went into the nobles’ pockets.

“···Are you sure of this?”

“Yes! The Habstenburg nobility are rotten!”

I handed the evidence to the Board of Audit and Inspection, pretending to be a reporter for justice.

Soon, the Board of Audit and Inspection’s complaint was made at the alliance meeting.

Thanks to this, the ledgers they manipulated became shackles, putting pressure on the nobles.

“Why are the contents of the ledger I saw at the alliance meeting different from the ledger shown as evidence?”

“Well, that’s…!”

“It means that someone is lying.”

Habstenburg was able to collect the money that had been stolen so far with a reasonable and just right from the nobles.

Soon, several attempts were made to poison Isabel, but Isabel calmly drank a poisoned drink in front of the instigators and discouraged them.

“The wine the Duke gave me has an unusually sharp taste.” He said.

And then they even shamelessly sent an official letter asking them to pay more.

However, the allies who had suffered under Harold did not fall prey to Habstenburg’s coercion.

Thanks to this, the colon wall began to collapse faster than I expected.

This was because people who predicted that the Great Wall would collapse began to escape rapidly.

“We must not allow the Great Wall to collapse like this!”

“I understand the queen’s intentions, but if the Great Wall collapses, we will be the first to die!”

The nobles poured out complaints to Isabel.

A nobleman worried about security complained, but Isabel did not even pretend to listen.

Thanks to this, there were rumors that the nobles were plotting treason, but there was no way that was possible.

I was hoping they would rebel again.

Isabel is a demigod who can fend off tens of thousands of armies on her own.

Maximilian immediately supported Henry’s reinstatement.

Although Stefan does not have the qualities to be a king, he has grown younger and is eating away at Doomheim.

I met with people like Heinrich who support lotteries.

All of them were similar to Heinrich.

“Maxi?!”

“I told you not to call me that!”

Maximilian was Henry’s friend.

In the south, bamboo logging was taking place.

Thanks to this, it seems like a lot of buildings are being built.

It was a job that required a lot of iron.

Golden Road, which moved its headquarters to a neutral country, carried out peddling and provided necessary supplies to the South.

In particular, iron purchased from the North is traded to Habstenburg and some of it is secretly sold to the South.

The ledger manipulation was possible because the heads of Unity and Habstenburg were allies.

A month ago, Hwajeong, who had been requested by a servant, began to arrive in Elvenheim.

Hwajeong was sold to Golden Road, and Golden Road sold Hwajeong to Yunaira.

The South, which could not burn wood, had the opportunity to forge steel.

Yunaira, possessed of steel, began to prosper at a tremendous rate.

The harsh southern subhumans have the power to conquer the entire Pangea.

Moreover, they also realized that the army of Daehangbyeok was getting weaker day by day.

[Now there is a limit to what I can suppress.]

“I will finish this work and come by soon.”

[You must provide a satisfactory answer within 2 months.]

“It’s enough.”

That’s why he was anxious to go to war.

Ship construction went smoothly.

Following Seth’s recommendation, they began building a ship destined for the Inner Demon World in the neutral Ain Earth of the Dark Ocean.

It seems that the Karizabeans do not go out to the ocean because they are afraid of windless areas.

“Originally…a smarter person…the more timid…♡!”

“When you become an expert, you gain confidence in your major.”

“Become more timid…! Oh, I only know what I know…?! How did I become a fool─♡?!”

We needed some reasonably stupid sailors.

Edeline, like Heinrich, designed a steam engine propeller.

In addition, Edeline was an expert in many fields.

“To prevent corrosion of the boat, you must paint the exterior of the boat at least three times with red leaf paint.”

“Why is there a need for that?”

“Short voyages are not a problem for crew members to clean below the waterline, but long voyages are different. The adhesive fluid secreted by the Dark Ocean’s black-eyed barnacle breaks down the fibers. In addition, there are many organisms that like fiber, such as sea snail shrimp and sea rhinoceros, which may cause holes in the stomach. Also, to prevent iron from rusting in the salt of the sea────”

Enough to surpass Seth.

The remaining time was used for Rohan.

Rohan grew up more than twice as fast as other children, but he did not show it.

Rohan is a gifted child.

But I loved Rohan in my own way.

Rohan didn’t hate it either.

As Edeline said, Rohan grew up properly.

The children who had been teasing Rohan due to his excessive growth got scared and started crawling on their own.

Children grow quickly.

Nevertheless, there is nothing more daunting to children than their size.

─And finally today.

I was given a false identity and name, and created an alibi.

“Do you really need to send something this expensive?”

Silk was piled up neatly in the luggage compartment of the carriage to be taken.

‘I can’t believe I sent a hundred pieces of silk as a birthday present.’

A piece of silk costs ten gold coins, so silk worth a thousand gold coins is sent as a gift.

“Because I don’t want to arouse suspicion.”

Well, this is the last gift I will receive.

It would be reasonable to give this much.

“Ah! The Centennial Knight introduced me to someone who will join you.”

Who wants to join me?

I’m going to kidnap the prince of an enemy country and threaten the king. Who’s going to join me?

“Are you a trustworthy person?”

“Of course. Our people are also riding. Eat as much as you want.”

If Isabel is a trustworthy person, it is true that she is a trustworthy person.

“Yes. Please take care of Rohan while I am away.”

“Please take care of yourselves.”

I took the luggage that Isabelle had brought me and got into the carriage.