A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

24 – Uninvited Guest (2)

Boowoo ㅡㅡㅡ.

The magic stones installed on each wall of the banquet hall began to emit red light and make noise.

Like a soldier who discovered an enemy blowing a trumpet, the red magic stones sounded a loud trumpet sound, alarming the entire mansion.

“Hey, what’s going on!?”

“This…Is this an enemy attack?! Is this a war?”

“Enemy raid alert! Enemy raid alert!! Argh!”

The nobles instantly fell into confusion.

They forgot who was in the room where they were, and they also forgot how nobles should act in an emergency situation.

‘Correction.’

There were countless people looking at the main entrance, trying to save their lives, scared by the mere thought that their lives were in danger.

“Tsk.”

My father clicked his tongue when he saw those nobles.

I usually dislike this alarm bell that rings loudly throughout the entire mansion, but with the whispers of confused people added to it, I probably hate hearing it even more.

“Uh, mother. This is…!”

“My, the empire…!”

Noir and Lettar hug their mother, clutching the hem of her skirt.

“Rest assured. It’s okay. Still, it’s been a year…”

As the children of Gibraltar, they know very well what this ‘red alarm’ that did not sound even when the orcs appeared means.

“Count.”

“Hmm.”

Just right.

When my father snapped his fingers, the red magic stones hanging on the wall all became quiet.

“Ship, Count! What is it now?!”

“Hey, you said it was the end of the party, how can something end like this?!”

Some.

Those who are oblivious may not know that this is the real situation.

They seem to think it is just a surprise show prepared by the Count to spice up the party.

“Imperial troops are coming toward the canyon.”

“!!”

All the nobles held their breath at their father’s low voice.

“Count Bonn will now set out to intercept the imperial army, and the celebration will end here.”

The banquet ended suddenly, but no one can say anything about the end of this banquet.

Because this is a real situation.

By the way.

“Ha, hahahaha! Are we finally able to see the Margrave’s performance?!”

If people had acted immediately when such a situation occurred, the kingdom would not have been destroyed by the empire so easily.

“Count! I miss you!”

“…What?”

“The Count’s performance! The battle with the imperial army!”

Is he crazy?

My father was swearing with his eyes, but if he were a human being who would have noticed that, he wouldn’t have said something like that.

“Well, come to think of it, I heard that the count’s mansion has a projection box where you can see the canyon in real time!”

“Then we can watch it from here? Ho-oh…!”

“The battle between the Sword Master and the Imperial Army…! It’s truly spectacular…!”

They should consider themselves fortunate that their father is still a Nostrum person deep down.

If I had decided to leave now, I would have stuck my sword in that open mouth first.

“Go back.”

My father warned, unbuttoning his sleeves.

“Get on the carriage and leave Gibraltar immediately. War is not a spectacle, and we do not even know the scale of the enemy. If you are not a person who wants to fight together, please leave quietly.”

For a father, he spoke at a very long time.

“I won’t tell you twice.”

As the father threatens, the nobles look at each other and put down their glasses one by one.

But the feet are still not falling.

Do you think that if you just hold still and persuade me somehow, you can at least take a look?

“Now, now! Everyone, this isn’t the only celebration!”

Pair.

With a clap of his hands, Viscount Hex stepped forward.

“The Margrave must focus on the battle from now on, and anyone who interferes with him will become a traitor. This is not what the capital or Morgania wants.”

“!!”

At the words of Viscount Hex, the nobles slowly turn around one by one.

“Bye, Margrave. I will lead them and leave here. You can enter the battle with peace of mind. Huh?”

“Ha….”

I don’t like the fact that they put pressure on Morgania in the middle of Gibraltar.

“Please take care of me, Minister of Foreign Affairs.”

They say it takes away the bugs that tickle the back of your head and disappears, but you can turn a blind eye to that.

Rather, this moment of conversation could put a subtle dent in the relationship with Morgania.

“It’s a shame… I could have seen the Count’s sword.”

“What are you worried about when the Count steps forward? hahahaha.”

There were some people muttering as they left, but I remembered each and every one of them with my own eyes and turned my eyes to my father.

“Father.”

“Yes.”

After the nobles left the banquet hall by Viscount Hex.

“I would like you to delegate authority over the knights who will remain in the mansion.”

I could see Viscount Hex flinching as he was leaving the main gate of the mansion for the last time at my words.

Grinning.

I pointed out to him with a smile, and Viscount Hex suddenly turned and pushed the nobles’ backs.

“Now, now! Let’s go quickly! If you stay here for no reason, the Count might look at you with hate!”

“But it’s not dangerous here-“

“Come on! Uh-huh. Should the Minister of Foreign Affairs give you an emergency order?!”

“Ha, really. Why are you making such a fuss so seriously… I understand, I understand. It’s because I’m dirty, Won.”

Those who went in front of him then quickly left in their own carriage.

On the way, I left behind sounds that scratched people’s nerves, but their faces and names also quietly remained on the list in my heart.

“Why the knights?”

“They may not be dangerous, but could we be dangerous?”

“…….”

“Isn’t that why your father kicked them out?”

Although my mother and younger siblings are next to me-

“A lot of foreigners came into the mansion, so we don’t know what kind of bugs might have come in during that time.”

That’s why we need to talk more clearly.

“As it is a wartime situation, we never know who may suddenly assassinate us.”

“Ah, assassination…?!”

Noir screams and is startled.

“Grey.”

“Yes, father.”

“While I am away from the mansion, the acting count in the current situation is… Your mother.”

The father turned his gaze to his mother.

“Madam. As an adult, please take the children to the safe room.”

It’s a shame.

After all, at the age of 10, is it too much to borrow authority?

“Instead, when it comes to using power within the mansion, please listen carefully to Gray’s words. Think of Gray’s judgment as my judgment.”

“Yes, Count. I will keep that in mind.”

“Gray. Gibraltar is….”

“I’ll show you.”

I bowed and greeted my father.

“With action.”

Power comes only when you prove that you are not just a man with flashy words.

“Please come back, father.”

* * *

The nobles left.

My mother immediately instructed her servants to clean up the banquet hall and then sent me and my younger siblings to the safe room in the mansion – my father’s study.

“Young masters and young lady. You must be here.”

“Don’t worry, Sir Robert.”

Some knights and maids, including Sir Robert, entered the study.

Not only is it to protect us, but it is also planned to be an exhibition situation room where we can inspect the battlefield.

“But surprisingly, Sir Robert. Isn’t this a good situation to establish a major?”

“Yes?”

“Even if the imperial army were to come, it would only be a show of force. If I go with my father now, that will be my major.”

The father took some of the family’s knights and soldiers and left for the castle walls.

“It’s not too late. How about we go together?”

If you run alone at your best, you will arrive quickly, but as you run as a unit, you have not yet reached the canyon.

“We must protect you and your family!”

“What is Kyeong’s track record?”

“Protecting the mansion is also the job of a knight!”

“That’s why you can’t get promoted and your salary doesn’t increase.”

“Ugh….”

Robert is truly a kind person.

Because he is a good loyalist, he cannot look out for his own interests.

‘But this time I held the line well.’

Depending on his performance, Robert may be able to achieve greater achievements than anyone else.

“Sir. In case something happens, 0th priority is to protect your mother, next is Lettar, and next is Noir.”

“…Yes?”

“It’s an order.”

Although he does not have formal authority, Sir Robert nodded at my words with a complicated face.

“If that’s what you’re saying, Master… I understand.”

Protect your mother and her younger siblings first.

Although he is simple, he is not so foolish that he does not know what I mean.

“Then, shall we wait a little while until my mother returns?”

I sat down on the sofa and closed my eyes for a moment.

The two younger brothers across from me are very scared, but the situation in front of me is not good enough to say warm words to them.

The light from the projection stone installed by Deacon Malcolm illuminates the white wall, and soon the battlefield beyond the canyon is projected.

The scene where I greeted 3,000 orcs before must have unfolded here.

Now, there is no one above the first gateway, and only the defensive magic installed on the castle wall can be seen shining.

‘I’m sure I’ll miss you.’

There is also a facility in the hall where you can see the battlefield when the projection box is illuminated.

It is said that an ancestor who loved action built the equipment, and at the time, nobles were invited to the hall to watch battles.

The nobles would have expected that, but my father is not that type of person.

‘It’s different from the cold weapons era when muskets were not even developed.’

A dangerous era has arrived to enjoy entertainment.

Why did the live broadcast from the hall stop?

Why was a separate safe room provided inside the mansion?

‘Because it’s not safe here either.’

Past.

The sword master fighting on the battlefield defeated his enemy, but one of his family members who was watching his performance was poisoned while drinking champagne.

‘I said that Seongdonggyeokseo is a basic tactic.’

Attracts attention from the front and stabs from behind.

The basis of the Empire’s tactics is to undermine and destroy the opponent until an all-out war that can lead to an overwhelming victory.

Because that’s how it became an empire.

At the front, they mobilized soldiers as if they were going to fight an all-out war, and at the back, they used spies, assassins, and terrorism.

This was the method by which they occupied the surrounding weak countries and annexed the existing empire, and in fact achieved great results and became an empire.

‘The kingdom has already suffered several times.’

Until now, the empire has periodically staged military demonstrations against the kingdom.

Send a spy.

Mobilize assassins to kill the general.

They also use black magic to spread curses.

Externally, it was known that the Empire’s actions were ‘nothing at all,’ but after the Empire won the war, the full story was revealed in many ways.

-When I looked into it, the empire was behind it.

The word was widely circulated within the future colonized kingdom.

And when you hear that, you are bound to develop antipathy towards the empire –

-Good kill! Rotten bastards.

The empire was clever and thoroughly selected those who were secretly eliminated.

Only the nobles who were squeezing the blood of the people of the territory were killed to attract support from the people of the territory.

Corrupt officials were executed in front of the royal soldiers to encourage them to convert.

Administrators who had learned and grown up at the empire’s academy began to fill the vacant positions one by one, and the empire’s rule was solidified.

Until that happens, the empire is trying to avoid all-out war as much as possible.

“The imperial army has arrived.”

Paradoxically, even though a huge number of soldiers had appeared in the canyon right now.

“I think there are more than 3,000 orcs.”

What this means is that although they periodically send troops to the border to provoke, they rarely actually cross the border.

‘It’s not like they’re going to attack you, but as soon as you let your guard down, they’ll push in the troops.’

Instead, they tried to cause local provocation by irritating the kingdom.

‘Either go around the southern coast.’

The empire’s warships are placed close to trade ships sailing the sea.

‘They are trying to conquer the northern part of the canyon, the territory of monsters.’

Trying to clear a path by conquering a contaminated area infested with demonic beasts.

‘They are trying to build a road between the southern part of the canyon and the coast, in Elven territory.’

They are trying to create a detour that does not go through the canyon by clearing the forest where the elves are located.

All those methods did not work in the end, so the margrave was tried to appease.

With the advancement of technology, there is no need to use the monster’s territory by land route.

Under the rule of the kingdom, the elves naturally surrendered to the empire and became an autonomous territory.

And all the warships that sailed the ocean-

[Yaaa!!]

“Oh my.”

A shout so loud that it tears the eardrums comes through the projection box.

“The old man has a nice voice.”

A white-bearded general wearing heavy armor approached the front gate riding an armored horse and shouted.

[Crimson, you damn bastard!]

Is it a simple provocation?

To say that, there is anger mixed in his voice.

‘The Empire is a very scary place.’

Approximately 5,000 soldiers are visible.

The general who led the soldiers to the gate was one of the eight generals, the sword master Marquis Claydoll.

[If you have a conscience, come out right away!!]

But what is scarier than all that is the ‘justice’ they gave for dragging the soldiers into this canyon.

“Tongue, bro…? Um, over there.”

“Do you have any questions?”

“Uh, yes….”

Chat Noir, who was very frightened, asked cautiously.

“Why did they come? Nothing happened for a year.”

“Noir. You should know this well. Empires do not go to war with the justification of losing.”

“What…?”

“The reason is that the Empire is a very weak bunch.”

The reason I came to start a dispute is because at first glance, even the people of the kingdom would think it was reasonable.

“Noir. Why are you holding this party?”

“To celebrate my father’s subjugation of the orcs…”

“Then question.”

I pointed to the red ground where the soldiers were standing.

“Where did all the orc corpses go?”

The wind in the canyon is.

[The demon trash you killed, you should clean it up yourself—!!]

It flows from the kingdom to the empire.