71 – Contrast (3)

It’s a request for an interview from the Dark Empire.

“I can’t believe the Dark Empire has already heard of Duke Geoffrey. It looks like they planted spies among the knights.”

—-Jim was the first to doubt that, but he confirmed that there were traces of the coordinate artifact on the side where Duke Geoffrey’s Mana Heart was.

“her.”

When using the Lichification attribute,

Reminds me of the relaxed attitude of the old man.

Clearly, there seemed to be something hidden.

“I didn’t know you could have hidden coordinate artifacts inside your body.”

It was a teleportation artifact that sent its owner to the coordinates recorded within the artifact by speaking the starter word.

There was no way that the Archmage, no, the Archmage, Duke Geoffrey, couldn’t use the teleportation magic,

That artifact would be like an insurance policy from the Sorcerer Empire.

However, to say that the Empire of Darkness moved so quickly,

It is said that he realized that the Duke had a personal problem at the same time as I broke Jeffrey’s mana heart with the black chain.

“Looks like you put tracking magic on the artifact.”

—-That’s accurate.

“You said that the Empire requested an interview with me a while ago, but did you say anything about Duke Geoffrey?”

—-There was none at all. Maybe you want to ask, but you can’t.

“Your intentions are clear.”

—-It’s so easy that it’s rather suspicious.

It’s so obvious it’s not even funny.

The Mado Empire is not stupid.

The Rothenburg Empire is not stupid either.

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Just as Emperor Richard was unaware of the Empire of Darkness’ intentions, the Empire of Darkness would also know that the Emperor of the Rothenberg Empire had the body of Duke Geoffrey.

If they were really an empire that claimed to be the suzerain of magic, they would have already guessed where the artifact stopped working.

‘The light fell on my foot.’

Two backgrounds of the Sorcery Empire’s actions.

One loses a grandmaster,

The need to find a new superman.

The other was that they had to hide the fact that their country’s superman attacked the foreign prince and future superman.

The Dark Empire lost the most important cause in politics.

Especially in the international community, that cause was even more important.

“Did the Emperor of the Darkness Empire give information about Duke Geoffrey to the diplomats?”

ㅡI would have given it. It’s cheaper to talk to you than to talk to me.

“I guess so. If we talk on a state-to-state basis, it’s certain that His Majesty, who holds the justification, will sway us here and there.”

From the point of view of the Empire of Darkness, it was a crazy and crazy situation.

From the moment you start talking to Emperor Richard, their damage increases enormously.

As time goes by, that part will grow without end.

Of course.

From the point of view of the Rothenburg Empire, it was like being struck by lightning.

A foreign superman invades the imperial castle?

Were you dating the prince?

Wasn’t that enough to try to kill Laura, the Sixth Princess?

First of all, even if Emperor Richard declared war here, there was nothing to say.

‘But did the Empire of Darkness lose its brain?’

Tried to kill me, the future grandmaster the emperor expects.

The evidence is so clear that it’s hard to stick out flippers.

The Dark Empire realized that somehow persuading me was the cheapest way to get it.

I got out of bed holding the crystal ball.

“I need to meet you first.”

ㅡAre you okay? If you are sick, you can rest comfortably until you feel better.

“Thanks to the release of the curse, the wound has healed. I am active as usual.”

—-I will send the diplomats of the Sorcery Empire to the mansion of the duke’s daughter, where you are now. If you ever get tired of talking, you can send them back.

“Well? Are you okay though?”

—-The Sorcerer Empire is in a position to beg you. to deal with comfortably.

“Thank you for your consideration.”

—-Surely, the Sorcerer Empire will give you various suggestions.

The Emperor looked straight into my eyes and said.

ㅡI will respect whatever choice you make. However, from my point of view, I do not want you to accept the proposal of the Dark Empire.

“You worry about everything. I almost died because of Duke Geoffrey, but I would be crazy if I sided with the Empire of Darkness.”

As if he liked my hot answer, a faint smile appeared on the emperor’s dry expression.

—-That’s good news.

“I will find out what their intentions are and inform Your Majesty right away. In order to do that, we must first prepare for the reception of guests.”

ㅡTake good care of yourself. Princess Catherine, take good care of Leon.

“Go in, Your Majesty.”

“Please leave it to me.”

“Ah, Your Majesty. Come to think of it, I couldn’t tell you this.”

ㅡIs there anything you want to say?

I held out my wrist toward the emperor with a smile on my lips.

“Binder, thank you for letting me go.”

ㅡ hm?

In response to my thanks, the Guards Commander quickly opened his mouth.

“Joe, something like that happened, Your Majesty. I will go back and explain.”

ㅡI know.

With those words, the communication with Emperor Richard ended.

A crystal ball that turned black. The middle-aged man next to me said with a puzzled expression, as if he had cooled down.

“No, what if I say hello now?”

“It was the knight commander who asked me to express my gratitude to His Majesty.”

“I didn’t explain the situation, but if I say it outright, it could be misunderstood.”

“Well, think of it as revenge for the captain who teased you as soon as you came in.”

“… … .”

When I smiled, the knight commander shut his mouth, perhaps at a loss for words.

Then he raises one hand and grabs his forehead, shaking his head and muttering to himself.

“… … If I knew it would be like this, I would have let you communicate while being restrained.”

Lady Catherine glaring at such a middle-aged man.

“Yeah, I told you to leave your ankles alone… … .”

However, I couldn’t help breaking out in a cold sweat from the self-talk that followed.

***

“hello.”

A drawing room on the first floor of the mansion owned by Catherine, the daughter of the Duke of Roelheim.

In the drawing room that previously hosted the mothers of Class A students,

A diplomat from the Dark Empire, wearing a robe with colorful patterns, bowed to the red-haired young man.

“… … .”

As he stares intently without answering, the diplomat stretches his back again and extends his hand with a business smile.

“My name is Kelton, a diplomat of the Dark Empire.”

“It’s an honor to meet you like this, while I’ve always heard of Sir Leon’s reputation.”

“It’s really nice to see you.”

“I am not very happy.”

“… … Is that so?”

“Because I almost died thanks to the Grand Master of the Empire of Darkness. If I had been a little weaker, I wouldn’t have been able to have a proper conversation like this.”

Leon’s words with bones.

‘To show off this much… … It must mean that he is quite angry.’

The diplomat shook his head vigorously, feeling cold sweat running down his back.

“It seems there was a misunderstanding.”

“misunderstanding?”

“Yes. First of all, I would like to make it clear that we, the Empire of Darkness, never planned to instruct Sir Leon to murder.”

“… … .”

The diplomat paid no attention to the young man’s indifferent gaze.

Seeing him show that the Empire of Darkness was not involved, Leon raised his hand and pointed to the other side.

“Let’s sit down and talk.”

“Thank you for your consideration.”

two people seated.

The red-haired young man continued.

“Well, I roughly expected it to come out like that.”

“It will turn out like that… … May I ask what you mean?”

“With common sense, there is no way that His Majesty, the Emperor of the Empire of Darkness, would not know that the grandmaster over there is moving.”

“Huh. Not at all.”

The man with the slimy look of a rat shook his head.

“You may think so, but this incident is solely the work of His Excellency Duke Geoffrey. His Majesty the Emperor really does not know.”

“okay?”

“Yes. We consider this to be a huge conspiracy by certain foreign countries to drive the two empires apart.”

“… … ?”

‘What bullshit are you talking about?’

Leon asked with an expression that he did not understand.

“What kind of small grain is that?”

Then, as if to explain further, the diplomat of the Dark Empire spoke again.

“Did you fight directly with His Excellency, Duke Geoffrey last night?”

A man who casually asks questions.

It seemed that there was an intention to infer the situation from the young man’s words.

‘I’d better intentionally lie here.’

“At first I fought myself, but later I managed to survive with the help of His Excellency Duke Kaisel.”

“Sir Kaisel’s help at that timing. Then, you are saying that it was Lord Kaisel who defeated Duke Geoffrey.”

“Yes. I’m still only an intermediate sword master.”

“How does a sword master win against a grand master?”

“Honestly, it was hard to hold on.”

‘Well, Duke Kaisel must have been close to the emperor.’

“You have suffered greatly. If it were me, I wouldn’t be able to do anything in that situation, but it’s a talent worthy of leading the empire.”

“You’re exaggerating.”

“no. Sir Leon deserves more praise than this. It’s just a pity that I can’t do more because I don’t have enough vocabulary.”

With a speech that makes Leon fierce, he brings out information about last night.

Since absolute B of the situation was the Sorcerer Empire,

A man who speaks casually.

The young man deeply admired and listened to the man’s next words.

“Whoa… … . If this is the case, it seems that the judgment of our Sorcery Empire is correct.”

The middle-aged man nodded as if he understood.

“Perhaps Prince Geoffrey was being manipulated by someone at the time, or he was driven insane by secretly injected drugs.”

“… … control? drug? Do you really think so in the Dark Empire?”

“Yes. If not, it makes no sense. I don’t know what kind of judgment the Rothenburg Empire made, but our empire judges that way.”

“… … .”

“Our Majesty expressed deep regret over the accident that Sir Leon suffered. It was to the point where he personally ordered me to prepare a reward that would please Sir Leon.”

“Hmm… … .”

“So, first of all, I would like to meet with His Excellency, Duke Geoffrey. If we listen to His Excellency, we will be able to accurately judge the situation.”

To summarize:

this is all wrong We had no such intention. But I’m sorry, so I’ll make up for it.

And since I know you all have Duke Geoffrey, let me meet you… … degree.

“Do you think Duke Geoffrey is still alive?”

“haha. Yes, of course. I don’t think what the Rothenberg Empire would have done to the superhumans of the Sorcery Empire.”

An attitude that seemed to believe in the value of the name of the Sorcerer Empire.

“So please help me to meet Duke Geoffrey.”

“Why should I?”

“That side will be of great help in maintaining the relationship between the two empires.”

“No, it is not.”

“With this incident as an opportunity, we may be able to develop a strong relationship unlike before, when we were indifferent.”

At first glance, that sounds good.

However, Leon noticed the hidden intention in the diplomat’s words, ‘Even an empire would not be able to take such a risk’.

The young man put his arm on the desk and pondered.

“If you help, His Majesty the Emperor of the Dark Empire will be very grateful to Sir Leon.”

The middle-aged man still smiled and bowed his head.

“… … .”

Leon, who finally organized his thoughts,

He smiled and opened his mouth.

“I wanted to believe something because you said nonsense that didn’t even sound like words.”

“…?”

“I don’t know anything else, but it’s clear that the Emperor of the Sorcery Empire is a crazy bastard who wants to die.”

“… … Sir Leon?”

“I don’t know what kind of confidence you are. You don’t have a grandmaster anymore, do you?”

“Why are you suddenly saying such harsh things… … .”

“You’ve been talking nonsense since before, but you don’t seem to be saying anything harsh?”

The man’s eyes were stained with blood.

“I don’t understand why people who would be unable to do anything if Sir Kaisel and I secretly invaded and destroyed the entire palace, why are they stretching out like that?”

“Uh, uh… … .”

The middle-aged man’s face turned white as he met Leon’s angry gaze.

“Really f*ck, do you think you’ll come to your senses if you look around?”

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