Riding and slashing the stars of empire civilization

After Arthur joined Queen Gaia, although he was provided with good food and drink, he was also in a state of house arrest in disguise.

Not only were they not allowed to leave the palace, they were also prohibited from having too much contact with other people even inside the palace.

Regarding this situation, Arthur, who was born in the Battanian royal family, was not very surprised.

After only a few contacts with Queen Gaia, Arthur has understood that his identity is a tool man.

A tool used to throw things out at the right time and become the focus of the topic.

What too many people knew before it was thrown out was that it had lost its value as a tool.

Similarly, this situation also made it difficult for Arthur to pass on the information obtained from the palace to Milin.

At first, Arthur didn't care about this kind of thing, and she couldn't get much valuable information while under disguised house arrest.

For this little valuable information, it's not worth exposing the connection between himself and Milin.

Until one day, she "accidentally" discovered that there were many more imperial crossbowmen in the palace.

As a Battanian, Arthur is still very familiar with this kind of military unit that is only available in the empire.

Although this kind of imperial crossbowmen cannot compete head-on with Batania's signature longbowmen in terms of speed of fire, range and destructive power.

But because it can be mass-produced as long as the technology is sufficient, and the training time is much shorter than other archer units, it is still one of the empire's trump cards that can defeat other surrounding countries.

Basically, every imperial general has some crossbowmen in his troops. In the heyday of the empire, there were even specialized crossbowmen units.

But the problem is that this kind of military unit that can appear on any battlefield in the empire should not appear in a place like the palace.

Anyone who is a Badanian will tell jokes about some idiot crossbowmen from the empire accidentally injuring their companions and even their superiors because they failed to control their weapons well.

This can't be considered a joke, because there once was an emperor in the empire who died of fever after being hit by one of his own crossbow arrows.

As to whether it was out of control or intentional, no one knows.

Arthur believed that Queen Gaia, who would wear a suit of inner armor even when eating, could not have known this allusion.

Then there must be a reason why Her Majesty the Queen suddenly sent so many crossbowmen to the palace.

Arthur, who wanted to know the reason, carefully observed the crossbowmen entering the palace, but did not see anything special about these crossbowmen.

Until one time when Arthur was taking a walk after eating, he saw several crossbowmen shooting rabbits in the palace courtyard through the corridor window.

Suddenly, he remembered the comments his father, the former High King of Batania, made about the Imperial Crossbowman during a hunting trip.

The evaluation content is that hunting with a crossbow is more economical and convenient than hunting with a bow and arrow.

Because whether it is a heavy crossbow or a light crossbow, after stringing the string, you no longer have to waste energy on pulling the bow, and you can focus more on chasing the prey.

Arthur remembered that when his father evaluated the Imperial crossbowmen in this way, his original intention was to laugh at those old farmers who could be picked from the fields as Imperial crossbowmen.

But it is undeniable that weapons like crossbows are indeed very suitable for hunting.

There are no animals worth hunting in the palace, so what does Her Majesty the Queen plan to hunt with these crossbowmen?

Arthur thought of the upcoming banquet, and then also thought of the main guests of this banquet.

Just as the various armies of the empire are ridiculed by foreigners like Batania, the various palace struggles in the empire are also the talk of other ethnic groups in other countries.

Arthur naturally speculated that Queen Gaia mobilized so many crossbowmen to the palace to deal with Milin.

Whether it was for assassination or coercion, Arthur wanted to pass on what he knew to Milin at the first opportunity.

Unfortunately, Arthur, who was under house arrest in the palace, could never find a suitable opportunity to convey the news.

As a result of the anxiety, Arthur's appetite increased a bit. He didn't want to serve Arthur, a foreigner who had a special meal, as a palace servant, so he simply brought Arthur into the kitchen and let her eat her own food. question.

Arthur, who was born into a noble family, was not that demanding in his pursuit of food. In other words, even if he was once pampered, he would go through the garbage countless times in order to fill his stomach while wandering.

Two pieces of dry and cold bread, sandwiched with a piece of cooked meat and a few lettuce leaves, is enough. If you can add a piece of cheese, it will be even more perfect.

"Don't you need to heat it up?" a cook in servant uniform asked Arthur.

"Don't bother." Arthur said as he crunched the "hardcore sandwich" in his hand as if chewing bones.

"My master said that eating like this is not good for your teeth." The cook continued.

"It's better to have a bad tooth than something to do with hunger... huh?" As he said this, Arthur suddenly felt something was wrong and quickly raised his head to look at the cook who took the initiative to talk to him.

What caught his eye was a pair of red pupils and white hair that couldn't be completely hidden by the chef's hat.

"??" Arthur, who almost choked, quickly moved his eyes to the entrance of the kitchen.

Because she was under house arrest, someone was always with her to prevent Arthur from revealing his identity.

However, the soldiers and servants waiting at the kitchen door seemed not to have seen Attila, and they still stood there with the presence of the old god.

"Don't worry, those are our people." Attila said to Arthur.

"Your people??" Arthur, who was almost choked just now, but was really choked this time, quickly picked up a bowl of water from the nearby water tank and poured it into his mouth.

"You will get sick if you drink raw water." Attila said to Arthur expressionlessly.

Unlike his mood swings in front of Milin, Attila imitated Gray Feng's paralyzed face from beginning to end in front of others.

"I just need to be quiet." Arthur patted his chest and looked at Attila with surprised eyes.

Those palace servants who said they were taking care of her daily life, but were actually monitoring her, were actually Mirin's people?

My every move in the palace has been known to Milin for a long time?

Is this the power of an assassin?

Arthur suddenly felt that his idea of ​​​​taking the initiative to be a spy was so stupid. There was no need for her to be a spy.

Looking at Arthur's reaction, Attila, who knew what the other person was thinking, remained indifferent.

He did not remind the other party that those servants and guards were just paid to do things, not spies who were put into the palace by Milin.

"So, that adult already knows that Queen Gaia has a plan against him?" Arthur, who had calmed down, suddenly remembered what he had guessed.

"Those crossbowmen?" Attila didn't explain much, but continued to say indifferently: "You don't have to worry about that."

Looking at Attila's appearance, Arthur felt that maybe there were already Milin's men among the crossbowmen.

In this case, if Queen Gaia really plans to use these crossbowmen to break the cup at the banquet, then there is no telling who will be shot into a hedgehog.

"Then, what do you need me to do?" Arthur asked, who felt in his heart that betting on Milin was the right thing to do.

Arthur just wants to take the initiative to do something now to prove his worth.

"Where is your holy spear?" Attila asked.

"My gun?" Arthur looked stunned and said hesitantly: "I put it in the room."

"Bring it here, my master is of use." Attila ordered Arthur in a declarative tone.

"...Well, if my gun suddenly disappears from my side, something will be noticed." Arthur said with a tangled expression, who did not refuse directly.

"That's your business." Attila said coldly.

"...Approximately how long will it take?" Arthur asked after thinking about it for a while and then resigned to his fate.

As for whether Milin would take away her family heirloom gun, Arthur didn't think so. After all, if Milin really wanted the gun, he would not have given it back to her before.

"I don't know" Attila said with an attitude of having no comment.