My Wife the Empress is Becoming Frightening

11 – 11. No matter how I am, this is a little bit

Episode 11

Sika.

It is one of the best assassination squads on the continent, which means that if you are shot once, you will die before three days pass.

Among them, Shika, which is made up of blood relatives, is particularly vertical among assassins. Due to the nature of the assassination team, most of the organizations were clear from top to bottom, but it was nothing compared to Shika.

Even if they were of the same bloodline, if they were lower in rank, they had to unconditionally obey those who were higher than themselves. That’s why the lower ranks, even Shika, are in fact treated as close to slaves.

Even within Shika, the council of elders has the strongest influence. Even the head of the time was elected by the Senate, so their will could be said to be the will of Shika.

“Then let’s start the meeting.”

A mansion somewhere whose location is unknown to anyone other than the top assassins, including the head. Those who sat around the long square table were the council of elders that could be called Shika itself.

Although it was the head of the Assassins, the Council of Elders didn’t get together very often. Of course, there is a regular meeting once a month, but quite a few things are handled in line with the head.

Besides, today wasn’t even a regular meeting day. Nevertheless, the seriousness of the work could be seen from the fact that they gathered.

“As everyone knows, it has already been a week since we lost contact with the investigation team sent to the system.”

“That means… .”

“Ugh. It’s very likely that he was killed.”

Silence fell in the middle. I didn’t even think about the possibility of betrayal or something twisted.

It was rather an unrealistic story that the top assassins in Sica betrayed at once without any warning, and if it was simply an unpredictable situation, there would be no loss of contact.

Therefore, it was most natural to think that the investigation team was massacred.

“As you know, the investigation team was a unit under the direct control of our Council of Elders. The person who led them was one of the candidates for the next leader.”

In other words, the possibility that the information has leaked out is almost non-existent. If the information was leaked, it was said that it was someone from the senior council, but that was even more unrealistic than saying that the investigation team betrayed it all at once.

Unfounded suspicions only lead to a division of the Council of Elders. So, the conclusion was one.

“Was Isaac Mayer this kind of man?”

The husband of the Empress, who was the purpose of the investigation team. The only conclusion they could draw was that Isaac Mayer had annihilated their own unit.

It’s an impossible assumption, but even if the Empress had been aware of Sika’s movements, it would have been impossible for her to annihilate the survey team without anyone knowing with her power alone.

If they had fought openly by mobilizing imperial knights, they would have been able to understand that the investigation team was wiped out, but it would not be as quiet as it is now.

“So the only possibility left is that Isaac Mayer, the empress’s husband, killed the entire investigation team.”

“We misjudged. If you have hero-level powers, you shouldn’t have approached them with force.”

There was no specific indicator of heroic power.

That’s also true, because those who possess absurd powers that cannot be measured with common sense or adventurer ranks are the ones called heroes.

Among the human nations of the present age, there will be less than five people with hero-level powers. Of course, there are those who hide their power in any era, but there are probably only one or two at most.

The Council of Shika decided to add the name of Isaac Mayer to the names of such persons.

“In the first place, there is too little information about the Mayer Kingdom.”

“It is unavoidable. It is an alien demonic place that even us assassins of Shika cannot enter without permission.”

Perhaps because wars and battles were a daily occurrence, even ordinary people in Meyer Kingdom were extremely sensitive to the smell of blood.

Even if he changed his costume and acted, it was no different from just revealing his identity when he became Shika’s assassin.

Additionally, because it is located at the end of the human nation, it is extremely far away, so information about the Kingdom of Mayer has always been lacking.

“… … Come to think of it, didn’t you say that Isaac Mayer came in place of his third brother who ran away?”

“It did. That means that the third one is not currently in the Mayer Kingdom.”

Except for the Kingdom of Mayer, there was no place on the continent untouched by Shika. No matter where you hide, you won’t be able to escape their eyes.

“good. So let’s head that way and find out more.”

To know Isaac Mayer, you must know the Mayer kingdom. So, find the person you know best and ask.

It was a direction that was not particularly strange.

directionality.

—

The Hounds were terrified.

They didn’t even blink at a few things and took care of all kinds of dirty work, so they sometimes acted like they were emotionally worn out, but they were also stern people.

When they see something scary, they naturally feel scared.

For example, if you see a co-worker specializing in assassination, who normally just spit out cynically with an expressionless face, humming a song while cleaning the headquarters… … .

“afraid.”

“I am afraid.”

“I think I’m going to vomit.”

… … It wouldn’t be unreasonable to show a reaction like that. However, the scariest scene is yet to come.

“I’m here.”

“Ah, are you here?”

Haria greeted their captain after returning from a brief visit to the imperial palace for work. If you look at his slightly blunt tone, you might wonder what’s different from usual.

But where did the hounds see each other a day or two? They are the ones who can sense the mood of a colleague by their side even when they don’t want to know.

As soon as the captain’s footsteps were heard, the corner of Haria’s mouth started to rise, and there was no way to miss the way it trembled with strength as if to stop it.

Also, as soon as I saw the captain’s face, my cheeks turned slightly red and I tried to speak bluntly, but my voice ended up shaking a little.

It was to the point where I was a little worried when I saw the footwork that seemed like it would jump out and be hugged at any moment as a final blow.

“They say it’s time to die when a person suddenly changes.”

“If you’re Haria now, you’ll be able to beat the Grim Reaper, right?”

“I can’t argue.”

Others agreed with Gilbert’s words that even the Shinigami would not be able to do anything about Haria now.

Everyone was feeling once again that the power of love is great. After talking with Haria, Isaac approached and handed Gilbert the document he had taken from his bosom.

“ruler.”

“yes?”

Gilbert received it with a puzzled face when he offered it without saying anything. I looked at Isaac with a face that said something, but there was no explanation.

Gilbert’s hand, which had no choice but to pull out and read it, soon began to tremble. At the moment, everyone was wondering what the hell was that document about and why the oldest Hound was reacting so violently.

Isaac said as if making an announcement to everyone.

“I applied for it a long time ago, but it was not processed because the former captain died, and I came to replace it today. The evil wizard who put the system in great danger three years ago… … what name was it? In any case, in recognition of his contribution to defeating the wizard, Gilbert retires from the Hound as of today, and is free. Now, everyone applaud.”

Isaac’s applause, which resonated throughout the headquarters in a very brief silence, was soon drowned out by the cheers, applause, and whistles of the entire Hound.

—

It’s not unexpected, but it’s very noisy.

There was such a commotion that I wondered if the old headquarters was collapsing. Still, it was worthwhile to come on purpose in the evening.

This is the time when all the hounds are gathered. I watched for a moment as my men shared their joy and celebration.

Even Coyle, who was at odds with Gilbert, sincerely congratulated him, and the gigantic Damus shed tears, while Derrigan, who was more blunt than Haria, smiled brightly.

The other hounds celebrated Gilbert in their own way. Well, it must be all the more so since it is said that there are almost no hounds who have retired alive and well.

In the meantime, Haria sneaked up to me and asked in a small whisper.

“Captain. Was this what you were doing today?”

“huh.”

Haria, who was slightly pouting when he said that he would go to the imperial palace alone today because he tried to follow him wherever he went recently, was also happy and congratulated Gilbert on his retirement.

After seeing that the atmosphere had calmed down moderately, I continued to explain further.

“Imperial mages will come here tomorrow to remove the obedience stamp. I’ll be there too, so don’t worry. And speaking of that, is there anyone else who hopes to retire?”

Retiring the applicants was something I had been thinking about since I took over as Hound’s captain. My opinion when dealing with subordinates is that even if they are talented and excellent, if they are not motivated and forced to do so, they are worse than nothing.

For that reason, while I was retiring Gilbert, I tried to accept anyone else who wanted to retire, but surprisingly, there was no one else who wanted to retire.

“I think it will be difficult to do anything else now.”

“First of all, unlike Gilbert, we don’t have anything to return to or protect yet.”

I think it’s still good to be free, but it would be foolish to forcefully kick out those who want to do it.

The retirement commemorative farewell party was supposed to be held tomorrow after I officially erased the imprint, so I went up to my room.

After a while.

-Knock knock.

I turned my head to the sound of knocking on the window that I could hear again today, and Haria was hanging there.

When I opened the window, he ran into the room and fell into my arms. But the window wasn’t locked.

“You just have to come in through the door. Why do you come through the window every time?”

“I’m embarrassed when other colleagues see me.”

It’s cute to see her rubbing her face against my chest with a reddened face, but honestly, I’m not sure about Haria’s standards for shyness.

In bed, every time I make demands that sometimes surprise me.

“That and this are different.”

“hmm. Then, how about the recent remodeling of my room with a lot of money?”

Before I knew it, Haria had converted my room in the Hound Headquarters into a room fully equipped with the latest soundproof magic tools.

Not only that, but because they had brought this and that every day, it was gradually becoming more cozy than the imperial palace room.

“It is a necessary act. Also, there is no problem with money because I can receive necessary expenses from His Majesty anyway.”

“My legal wife gave permission for my room to be soundproofed?”

“… … Well, the details written on the request for expenses are slightly different.”

So, in other words, from a superficial perspective, it means that the adulterous woman with whom I am having an affair has created an environment for the affair with the money obtained by deceiving my wife.

… … No matter what country this is.

“So, are you not going to test the equipment today?”

“no. You should do that.”

The latest soundproof magic tools were very good.