A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

165 – Incompetent but Competent, Competent but Crazy (5)

I returned to the County of Gibraltar with Astasia on the magic automatic ship that was a gift from the Habsburgs.

“You’re welcome.”

As soon as I arrived at Caroline Castle, her father greeted me.

“Granddaughter, please go inside the mansion. Charlotte will be waiting for you.”

“Yes, father!”

Astasia immediately bent her waist 90 degrees and turned to her mother, and her father brought me into her office her in Castle Caroline.

A design not much different from the study in the old count castle.

The difference is that instead of portraits of ancestors in the study, there are countless photos printed with imperial technology.

“Oh my god. Did you film all of this?”

“Okay then.”

My mother is half. Lettar, Ruby, Sharpie, and Marin each have 10%. The others are Nana Noir and her pregnant mother

My father has a new hobby.

It’s a photo.

“…There is one problem.”

“Problem?”

“Your father isn’t there, right?”

“Ah.”

Although the numerous photos hanging on the wall were all taken by my father, there was no picture of my father himself at all.

“I will ask you to improve the camera so that you can take pictures yourself. Or, I will ask you to hire a photography expert from the empire and send it to me.”

“That’s not possible.”

“For any special reason…?”

“You can’t just let a man choose Charlotte, and if it were a woman, she would be out of her mind choosing to choose me instead of Charlotte.”

“…”

It was such a fatherly answer that I couldn’t say anything, but I gave up on questioning it because it seemed like it would actually be true.

“Anyway, even though it’s vacation, thank you for coming. I heard about that ship. I’m not very keen on receiving a gift without notice from the Crown Prince of Habsburg, but I can’t just let it be handed over to Saint Geo this time either.”

As soon as my father arrived, he made it clear that he owned the magic automatic ship that I rode on.

“If Saint Geo is after this, tell him that it belongs to Crimson Gibraltar. Don’t even dare to think about targeting Gibraltar.”

“I think you’re angrier than I thought?”

“If I were there, I would never have handed over the magic automatic ship.”

I didn’t understand my father.

“He will think of the magic automatic ship as if he stole Charlotte. He will definitely be rubbing his lower body against the deck of the ship. “A rotten b*stard.”

“Uh, um…”

To be precise, I didn’t really understand the incompetent king.

“You can interpret it that way.”

“St.

“Is it real?”

“Almost 99% probability. I haven’t investigated, but it’s probably so. If someone asks later, I’m a person who will come out as a red-faced person, asking if my name is different, saying ‘Charlotte’ instead of ‘Charlotte’.”

“It’s not a human, it’s like something less than human.”

I thought I understood the principles of the Incompetent King’s behavior to some degree, but it seems that my father, who has dealt with him since he was young, understands it much better.

“Say thank you to the Habsburg Crown Prince.”

“Yes. There are two things I need to discuss urgently.”

Two really urgent problems.

“You may have already heard the news, but I was attacked.”

“…I was thinking about going to see you in person.”

“Who? St. Geo?”

“Grey.”

One is that my father was very angry that I was almost assassinated.

“From today, we are not a famous family for treason, but a famous family for treason.”

“No, father.”

Not treason, but treason?

“What do you think about attacking the royal capital without the help of the empire, then binding Saint Geo’s limbs and making him permanently immobile?”

“And then you bite your tongue, or what if someone gives you poison and kills you?”

“Hmm…”

My father was so angry that he even thought about extreme things.

“I don’t think it’s something to be that angry about.”

“If someone sent an assassin towards Astasia, would you leave it alone?”

“…Am I that good?”

“It’s obvious. What kind of nonsense are you talking about? No matter how much you act, what father wouldn’t be outraged that his son was almost assassinated?”

You before regression.

The words boiled in my stomach for a moment, but I couldn’t even get to the solar plexus due to the slight emotion already overflowing in my heart.

“Thank you. But it’s really okay. From now on, I won’t try to assassinate you carelessly. The one who attacked me…”

I told him the details of the situation during the attack, and my father listened with a serious expression.

“…That’s how we disposed of the body. By turning it into a vampire.”

“You didn’t get caught?”

“Yes. I just said it was done with magic. You would think it was burned to the point where not even the bones remained. The opponent was a high level knight…”

“If an assassin comes next, it will be a knight at the level of Lord Zeros.”

From noble mtl dot come

“Yes.”

Master level knight.

Lord Zeroth, the number one figure of the Golden Dawn, is also known as a master-level knight.

‘It is known.’

Since this is information after regression, I can’t say anything, but externally, he is a master.

“Shall we name Sir Mente?”

“The Rift Territory is probably busy supplying raw materials for Caroline, so how could I call someone who is busy as an escort?”

“And what about Sir Robert?”

“I can’t call Sir Robert, who is having a good time. And wouldn’t he be there so we can get this regularly? Please give it to us.”

“You seem happier about this than when I came out.”

I drank the somnus tea that my father personally brought.

“Phew. As expected, tea brewed with water from the forest is different.”

Robert is currently in charge of work related to the Elven Forest.

According to the letters from Lord Baek Geum-gye, which Pegasus sometimes flies and drops on the roof of my office, it is said that the number of elf women targeting Robert has begun to increase one by one.

“Robert…”

“He said he doesn’t loose his belt carelessly and is receiving training from Lord Platinum. If he quits being a Knight of Gibraltar, he can change jobs to become a vampire hunter.”

“I’m worried that they might be bringing several half-elves for no reason.”

Since he is aware that these women are up to ten times older than him, it doesn’t seem like he will let it go easily, but that will happen sooner or later.

“Okay. Then what is the second one?”

“It’s an empire story, and it hasn’t been confirmed yet.”

“It’s a family story, but you’re saying it’s more important than your assassination?”

“Yes.”

I’m not dead, but they’re dead.

“The emperor of the Thersian Empire has passed away.”

“…”

“Officially, he is still alive, but he is already dead. I think the emperor will change soon.”

“Yes. He…”

My father looked vaguely outside with a look of regret on his face.

“He was a strong enemy.”

“…Yes?”

“There was a time when he brought three masters across the first gate without anyone knowing, so I personally went and kicked them out.”

“…”

This is my first time hearing this.

“You look like you’re seeing this for the first time.”

“Isn’t it obvious? When on earth?”

“I think it was when you were one year old. You heard that a baby was born in Gibraltar, and you tried to secretly cross the gate at night. It was quite a struggle.”

“Huh… “

This is the first story I heard before and even after the regression.

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

“Why are you telling me? If I had told you that four masters tried to cross the canyon, I would have had to stay and stay on guard at the top of the gate for half a year.”

“Oh.”

“And after that, the Empire didn’t even think about crossing the canyon, so it’s a good thing.”

“…”

It seems that my father has dealt with several unknown events in history.

Would it have made a difference if we had been informed?

Well.

Rather, as someone urged his father to fulfill his duty as a ‘guardian’, a dark demon targeting his mother who was alone may have arrived early on.

“Well done. Anyway, the emperor has died, and I believe the reason for his death was a political problem caused by an affair.”

“Adultery…?”

“Yes. Crown Princess Isabella will be ousted, and President Erwin Ipheria will become Crown Princess. She is Astasia’s biological mother, and she will either become Crown Princess or rise straight to Empress.”

“He died because of an affair?”

“I couldn’t figure out the exact reason, but… “

“Yes. If you had an affair, you should die.”

“…”

There was one word that rose up in my throat through the overwhelming emotion in my heart, but I could barely hold it in.

“What is it? That expression. If you want to say something, say it.”

“No.”

My mother, I held back because I felt like if I said that, I would be immediately dragged into the training hall.

“I just feel sorry for making my father have an affair.”

“There is nothing that can be called an affair. Of course, not only did he get permission from Charlotte, but even if he took several people after that, they would be ‘second wives’, so it is not an affair.”

“…”

“Oh, yes. If you were thinking about your mother’s business.”

For a moment, a chill went down my spine.

“What. River…”

My father tried to talk as if it was no big deal-

“…I was forcibly molested, not because I wanted to, but because it was done carelessly by a human named Saint Geo Nostrum. What can I do? I am a helpless woman. That’s enough. Let’s stop talking about this.”

I quickly finished speaking and stood up.

“It’s been a while since we last met, so I need to check if my sword is rusty. Gray. Take out your sword.”

“Suddenly?”

“If it was vacation, did you plan to just go on dates and have fun with Astacia? That’s not possible. I also spent my vacation away from Charlotte.”

“Father.”

“I know that I am not the kind of unreasonable person who complains about not being able to be with the person I love during vacation when I was young and that I feel unfair to my son.”

“Isn’t that what anyone sees?”

“It can’t be.”

My father flicked the sword on his waist lightly with his hand

“I want to check your skills so you don’t get assassinated, so don’t worry. This study has been set up with magic so that no one outside will know even if two masters clash swords.”

“The person you are dealing with is me. Please call Baekgeum-kyung, Baekgeum-kyung.”

“Baek Geum-gyeong said that since his disciple was superior to him, he could fight with his sword against him.”

“What nonsense… !”

Kaaa!

Before I could finish speaking, I instinctively pulled out my knife.

“The response is good. That’s right. If I ever have to deal with a Crimson Gibraltar-class assassin, I have to do this.”

“Where in the world is there an assassin like my father?”

It is unreasonable.

It’s Noir’s fault to suffer like this, not me.

“Let’s see.” That’s what happened last time… This time we’ll just hold out for an hour.”

“Father! Against Noir, you have to hold out for one minute!”

“Do you want to be treated the same way as Noir?”

“Ugh…!!”

I had no choice but to put aura into the blade I was swinging.

“Even if he commits immorality, I don’t know?”

“Welcome sea. If that happens, I will probably become the Gray Margrave of Gibraltar.”

“Ugh…”

“The seven-year plan will be destroyed, but the family as guardians will shine brighter than ever. As the margrave of the new era, who defeated the strongest Sword Master and proudly took the throne.”

“…”

The more my father talks, the more I wonder why my motivation decreases.

Ka-euang.

“The blade has become dull, Gray.”

“I don’t want to have to live trapped here after I accidentally kill my father.”

“Hmm. Cheeky guy. Good. Then…”

Kaaa!

“If you defeat me within an hour, I will let you play freely with Astasia throughout the vacation.”

“…”

I widened the distance for a moment and then took a stance.

“Aiperia type.”

“Let’s see the eldest son of Gibraltar proudly reciting stories about someone else’s house.”

“A split second cut.”

A strike full of power.

“I admit it. Baekgeum-gyeong’s sword is strong, and you are also sharp. However.”

Will I be eaten by my father?

Such questions are useless.

If you want to win, you have to attack even a ravine that doesn’t collapse.

“If there’s one thing I don’t agree with, it’s the Baekjin Sutra.”

In response to the slash that flew like a flash, my father raised his sword with a calm expression.

“Technical names don’t mean much to people like us.”

“…!”

“I’ll make you realize.”

My father’s sword falls towards my blade.

“Slash down.”

It was heavy, as if a distant canyon was falling towards me.

* * *

“So how long did you last?”

“59 minutes 57 seconds.”

“Well, didn’t your father just set the time on purpose at the end?”

“If only I could have blocked that blow… Sigh.”