episode_0133

“Listen to His Majesty’s command!”

The messenger’s shout tore through the streets where Count Ramirez’s family was located.

“When His Majesty heard that a treason was in progress, he hurried back to Jedo!

Accordingly, a state of emergency has been declared throughout Billingham and a curfew has been implemented.

Viscount Hermann Jorowitz will assume the position of Minister of Emergency Planning… ”

I jumped up from my seat, but my brother gently pressed my shoulder.

“Calm down.”

“Is it time to calm down?”

“According to my information, Princess Lilac is not dead.”

“Are you sure?”

It was Duke Knizia who nodded to Emily’s question.

“Not sure. If he had killed the Crown Princess, he would have used more definitive words than that.

It looks like Hermann has turned to the long game.

They plan to use His Majesty’s authority to obtain the right to investigate treason, and then use that to eliminate the opponents one by one.”

“Removing the Crown Princess will be after all the necessary preparations have been completed.”

It was easy to guess how it would proceed.

He blames Duke Knizia and me for the attack on Duke Karsic that he committed.

If Karcic protests, they attack him as being in league with weightlifters.

After creating the Public Security Administration, it was revealed that the Crown Princess also participated in the conspiracy…

“I can’t just leave it like this.”

“I didn’t say I would wait and see.”

The duke gestured to his brother.

My brother took out a map depicting the city of Jedo from his bag and laid it out on the desk.

“3 hours ago, the emperor, the princess, and the intelligence chief entered the imperial palace.

Now, both the courtiers and the army are confused… ”

“The more time you give, the more you will hear what the other side with the emperor is saying.”

Brother Alistair nodded.

“In other words, we must attack the imperial palace as quickly as possible and rescue the emperor and princess.”

“But.”

Cleo, who had been silent, objected.

“What about the Guards Regiment? Although we have dueling soldiers, there is no answer if the army comes at us.”

“Cleo is right. Even if you play a simple game, it takes more than 30 minutes to defeat one person.

Even if they block it with their bodies, it will be impossible to enter the imperial palace until the sun sets.”

“What does it matter? Just burn them all to death like those people did.”

Mina’s muttering.

The temperature in the room suddenly seemed to have dropped by 5 degrees.

The older brother looked at Mina and spoke slowly.

“Miss Mina. I know how you feel… ”

“Do you know? Do you really know?”

“Good. They say they don’t know. But just because you don’t know doesn’t mean you don’t have the right to speak up.”

“… ”

“First of all, let alone whether it is possible to burn and kill all the guards with our own strength…

What good would it do to kill the guards who were just doing their job?

This only leaves us with problems to deal with after Her Majesty the Crown Princess is rescued.”

Alistair slowly looks around.

“The same applies to the rest of the people. If you can avoid killing, don’t kill.

It will be much easier to deal with it that way.”

“Then the Director of Intelligence also-”

“The Director of Intelligence needs to be captured even more.

Only then can they be brought to trial, investigated for the crime, and formally sentenced to death.”

Actually, there is one more person I would like to ask.

What about your sister? What should my sister do?

But I moved on to the next topic as if no one cared about my concerns.

“Well, don’t worry too much. You will not have any direct conflict with the Guard Regiment.

I will take care of it.”

“Then the only ones left are the Ronin gamers hired by the Director of Intelligence.”

“We currently have a total of 6 duel toshi.”

Me, Graven, Mina, Cleo, Emily, Indira.

“This should be enough to break through.”

“There is no need to be obsessed with duels from the romantic era.

Since there are only four high-level wizards, they will easily get through some mercenaries.”

“If there is anyone who thinks you can’t do it, tell them now.”

I looked around.

Maybe it’s Mina or Indira, but Graven and Emily might be left out since they have no reason to help anymore.

But they shook their heads with stern faces.

“The warriors of the Republic do not run away leaving their comrades behind.”

“Me too. I came this far, I want to go until the end.”

So there are six people like this?

“I will go with you. Because you will need at least one person who knows the geography of the imperial palace.”

Brother Alistair stood up and patted my shoulder.

This is something like seven heroes going to rescue a princess trapped in the devil’s castle.

Lilac, wait a minute.

Because I’m going now.

We immediately kicked out the front door and turned into the alley.

The main gate of the imperial palace visible 500 meters away.

Immediately, security guards wearing curfew armbands stopped us, but-

“Duke Elk Knizia, a loyal subject of the Empire, speaks: All soldiers and security guards, listen!”

Duke Knizia’s booming voice spreads through a loudspeaker spell.

“Viscount Hermann Jorowitz collected dark money and developed a dastardly new weapon.

Three days ago, he used the mob to ambush innocent nobles and attack civilians.

My close friend, Duke Boris Karsic, was caught up in that evil scheme and lost his life.”

The sound of clearing one’s throat for a moment.

“Jorowitz then kidnapped His Majesty the Emperor and the Crown Princess, and claimed that he was truly a patriot and that his opponents were rebels.

However, the traitor who will never be seen again in the history of the empire is Yorovitz, who occupied the imperial palace without permission!”

The security guards blink their eyes in confusion.

“You will ask yourself how you can believe this.

But guys! Aren’t you already feeling something strange yourself?

Beggars standing around giggling all over the imperial palace, His Majesty is nowhere to be seen, and the non-sensical orders that keep coming down!

You guys are also rusty people, so you will be able to judge!”

The window of the mansion opened with a loud bang.

Duke Knizia spread his arms wide and shouted proudly.

“We are now going to the imperial palace to condemn the traitor Hermann Jorowicz!

If you are courageous, follow me, but if you are not courageous, do not interfere!”

The security guard hesitated and opened the way.

“Hurry and run! If we drag His Majesty out from over there and make him give a speech ordering suppression, everything will be over!”

I’m running so fast that I can barely breathe.

300m, 200m, 100m to the main gate of the imperial palace…

“Water cannon!”

The stream of water extending from Emily’s hand lightly breaks the iron door.

The guards standing next to us looked at each other in confusion, but did not point their bayonets at us.

What’s stopping us is-

Five people come out after kicking down the door of the imperial palace.

Three humans, one ogre, and one orc.

As expected, what is attached to the arm is a duel toshi.

“Coleman!”

Graven briefly shouted.

“We will deal with it, so you go inside with Mr. Alistair!”

“Yes. Mr. Coleman must save the Crown Princess!”

“I understand!”

A shout that rang out all at once from the main gate of the imperial palace.

“Apply for a showdown!”

Five pairs of gamers are trapped in each translucent barrier.

Taking advantage of that opportunity, my brother and I opened the main gate of the imperial palace and entered the building.

My brother mumbles while taking a moment to catch his breath.

“It’s a good thing that duel beads weren’t mass produced.

In the end, the Director of Intelligence prepared around 15… ”

“Because time to prepare for a coup would have been tight.”

The problem is this:

The emperor and princess must be imprisoned somewhere in the imperial palace…

Let’s think about it calmly.

“I wouldn’t have locked him near the window. Because there is a risk of escape.

But that doesn’t mean that if you set up a hideout too deep, there’s nowhere to escape if something goes wrong… ”

“This is the second restaurant.”

Alistair snaps his fingers.

“When I worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I heard that there was a secret passage there.”

“Are you sure?”

“Let’s go first. Because there are no other clues.”

I spent a few minutes running down a hallway that curved this way and that.

There were times when we encountered guards and servants, but they made no attempt to stop us.

And the moment I arrived in the hallway leading to the second restaurant, I was sure that my guess was correct.

Because the last gatekeeper was looking at us.

“… Haley’s sister.”

“Coleman, Alistair.”

“Get out of the way.”

I pointed my finger at my sister, but she didn’t move.

“Even though you came this far, you still want to follow the Director of Intelligence?”

“Since we have come this far, we must follow the Director of Intelligence.”

“I’m sorry, sister.”

My brother shrugged his shoulders and said.

“How are you going to stop the two of us?

You can’t win against Coleman in a fight, and you can’t win in a romantic era.”

“You can hold on to it.”

“Well, something like that. Request a duel!”

It’s a familiar procedure that I’m now sick of.

A barrier is set, shackles are connected, and a table is created.

The price is 24 hours of fainting. My sister chose Red Horse, and I chose Phantom Thieves.

“… Unfortunately, I have to give up the honor of rescuing the Crown Princess to my brother.”

My brother nodded, carefully turned the doorknob and went inside.

and-

“It’s empty.”

Hayley’s laughter.

“Haha. There’s nothing there. Did you make a lot of mistakes?

I’m sorry, but the real secret evacuation area of the Imperial Palace is not something that the Foreign Ministry staff would know about?

Since you’ve come all the way here, talk to me as much as you want… ”

The sound of something burning.

“Oh, my. It wasn’t empty.”

“… Alistair?”

“Brother?”

“Coleman.”

“Hyung!”

“Remember what I say.”

A moment later, a huge explosion rang through the imperial palace.