A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

Chapter 187

187 – When You Think It’s Too Late, It’s Too Late (3)

It’s not a good idea to use what I learned from the emperor, but if there’s anything I learned from his actions his his politically his-

“Cover an issue with an issue.”

The best thing to divert public opinion’s attention is a new issue.

“With the development of newspapers, people came to want to receive information immediately, and in fact, a newspaper company was created in the Kingdom of Nostrum. Under the name of Kingdom Ilbo.”

I held out a newspaper of a different type from the Imperial Newspaper.

“A company invested in Morgania acquired a magic rotary press and professional personnel from the empire to create a newspaper company.”

“Hmm… “

The Duke of Winchester sighed.

“This is not Queen Carmen’s style. It is especially not the Archduke of Winchester’s style, who would not even look at anything belonging to the Empire.”

“…”

“If only he was the archduke five years ago.”

“Hmm.”

Even though he was an old man, he always felt embarrassed, as if his grandson had discovered that he had fallen in love with a new woman.

“The media is power. There is nothing more effective than this in controlling information toward the public.”

“What do you want to say?”

“I know there has been a lot of talk about Noir Gibraltar’s partner recently.”

Currently, there are no major issues, but the relationship between men and women within Orosol Academy is an important issue that all nobles are paying close attention to.

“Not only the nobles who have immediate interests, but also the commoners are interested in Noir’s lover.”

“She must be a kingdom woman, so Gibraltar will remain balanced.”

“I don’t want to take away Noir’s freedom for such political reasons.”

“…Hmm?”

President Winchester raised an eyebrow.

“Why. Did she say Noir would also do ‘Gibraltar’?”

“…”

“You can fool others, but you can’t fool me.” I am the one who suffered the most when your father went to Gibraltar.”

“For that, let me apologize once again on your behalf.”

“It’s okay. I was just joking. Hehe.”

It’s a joke that sends shivers down my spine every time I hear it, but the fact that President Winchester jokes about it means that he has relaxed a lot.

In the past, when I said something like this, I kept it so deep in my heart that I would be openly sarcastic instead of laughing.

“Has Noir decided who he likes?”

“It depends on how she feels, but it’s 99% confirmed.”

“But you’re saying it’s not yet official enough to be featured in the newspaper like you did?”

“Yes.”

“Then other ladies will want to challenge you.”

“Yes.”

Noir officially has no lover.

In the eyes of others, Wednesday was just a ‘servant’ sent from Gibraltar.

“The fact that you talk like this clearly means that you are a woman who has many factors that can be seen as a relative weakness by other ladies.”

“I didn’t say anything.”

“Let’s see, there’s only one person near Noir… That maid?”

“Once again, I didn’t say anything?”

“A clever guy.”

In other words, people see her as a ‘servant’ who is just a woman and not the opposite s*x.

“If that’s the case, I’ll make the mistake of thinking I’m the maid. Well, that’s dangerous.”

“I’ll just tell you based on who I think of. Noir’s girl has a lot of flaws from the perspective of a kingdom traditionalist.”

“I guess so. She has white hair, her status is a worker, and she’s pretty.”

Being from an empire is also a weakness, but since she has continued to show herself as a servant, many ladies can’t help but be jealous.

“That’s the part that you have to be most wary of in the social world. Men’s hurt feelings can be resolved as adults, whether it’s through confrontation or drinking, but women’s feelings being hurt last longer than you think. Especially when it comes to heartbreak. , Jealousy, etc.”

“…”

“It’s not the story of Queen Carmen.”

It stung for a moment, but I guess it’s a universal story.

“Carmen is an exception because she still has her heart.”

“It was a story about other ladies, not Queen Carmen.”

“Yes. Women who loved your father, but are now someone else’s wives.”

The Duke of Winchester frowned.

“Parents don’t want their children to fail. They especially don’t want them to repeat their own failures.”

“In fact, I heard that some of the wives, even though they couldn’t become Crimson Gibraltar’s wife, are desperate to have her as their in-law her her her her.”

“To put it bluntly, you yourself were defeated, but would you want to see your children defeated as well?”

“Yes, but given a situation in which they can understand, at least they won’t turn it into a static relationship even if their feelings are hurt.”

“In other words, let’s create a situation where anyone can admit it? If you love someone that much, it’s acknowledged, right?”

The Duke of Winchester flirtatiously pointed at me.

“Like the crazy guy who kissed the king and all to commemorate winning?”

“…You have to give people that much of a shock. And the right place for that is Lembury.”

“Are you trying to create a public confession time for Noir Gibraltar using the environment of the academy’s regular curriculum?”

“…It’s not like that.”

Noir is not me.

If you make something like that, he’ll go even crazier than me, so you shouldn’t make something like that.

“Grandpa.”

“If you call me that, it means you’ve come up with some serious, ridiculous prank.”

“…”

“That prank, I will have to speak honestly this time so that I can understand.” I will create a light dragon field and expose to the world that our Nostrum’s current air power is trash, even if it means doing so. Don’t say anything like you are going to use strange gambles. .”

“…”

I shouldn’t say that I’m having a little fun by secretly opening a private gambling house.

“I’ll tell you the truth. At this time, I will also clean up the trash that is the biggest nuisance to our family.”

“Balzac Lembourg Gunther?”

“Yes. And the traitors around him, including him.”

I raised the blade of my hand and lightly slit my throat.

“In the future, when Naria ascends to the throne, a ‘justice for purge’ will be prepared in advance.”

“I don’t think it can be done retroactively.”

“Even if it is not retroactive, it creates a shocking situation that will remain in everyone’s memory.”

I spread a blank piece of paper on the Duke of Winchester’s table and drew an area.

“A week-long group outdoor experiential learning program. It was originally intended for noble students, so the facilities must be plentiful and the materials must be of high quality.”

“That’s right.”

“We will divide the area into an area for imperial students, an area for commoners, and an area for kingdom nobles.”

“…To make it a diplomatic issue?”

The Duke of Winchester pressed his hands to his temples and split the area I had drawn with a brush pen into several sections.

“To students studying abroad in the empire, we give things that are defective, to commoners, we give things that are on the verge of rotting, to noble students who don’t need to worry, we give them things to save face, and to nobles from powerful families who are afraid of the end.”

“Yes.”

“I think we’ll start talking even before we go?”

“So, I’d like to try a few pranks.”

“…You’re so blatantly saying it’s a joke. So, what is it?”

“Change the roster?”

I raised my hands.

“We form a group of four to create something like an outdoor camp, but we need to make up a list in advance. It’s complicated if we do it in advance.”

“That’s right.”

“That list will be turned over on the spot.”

“…Let’s mix it all up?”

“Yes.”

“But… That’s okay. Well, I’ll take the blame, but I’m the president.”

President Winchester touched his beard and smiled wryly.

“It’s worth seeing the facial expressions.”

“And if possible, I would like to make this field experience a more extreme situation.”

“Extreme situation?”

“Yes. It’s literally an extreme situation. This won’t escalate into a diplomatic issue if we ask the empire’s intentions, but how about something like this?”

Perhaps President Winchester will be pleased as soon as he hears this.

“Military-style operation.”

“…!!”

“For one week, we plan to program students’ field experience learning as if they were training in the military.”

“Hoo…”

Winchester Morgania is the leader and master of the Drake Knights, before being the archduke, chancellor, and chancellor – he is fundamentally a knight and a ‘soldier.’

“Let’s frame the situation a little more tightly. How should we respond to prepare for the catastrophe that will befall Nostrum?”

“Wouldn’t that be too meaningful? I think someone going on a cruise on a magic automatic ship is going to have a seizure.”

“Then…Let’s change direction. Experience a ‘war situation’ that students will not be able to experience in the future.”

“They may be blindfolded, but I don’t think the empire knows what’s going on.”

“Isn’t this also up to interpretation?”

We operate a curriculum that resembles military training.

“Are you trying to turn students into soldiers? No. Since war will not occur in the future, we are just giving them experience.”

“You’re telling me not to overindulge. I have no intention of starting a war, so I’m telling you not to think strange thoughts.”

“That’s right.”

“Then… What is the dramatic situation?”

“Assassin.”

At my words, President Winchester twitched his hand for a moment.

“…For a moment.”

Then he spread mana in his hand and swung it towards the surroundings.

“Luckily, there was no one there.”

“Isn’t it too late to check now?”

“It wasn’t there before, but I checked it one more time. It’s an important story.”

President Winchester stood up.

“Who are you trying to purge by sending assassins?”

“No one.”

“No one?”

“We are not purging. If we are, it is the assassins they sent.”

“…Indeed.”

President Winchester was lost in thought as he walked through the president’s office with his back to him.

“I will send a guard knight named Assassin to protect those who are threatened with assassination.”

“In addition, I plan to create some dramatic situations for Noir.”

I lightly pretended to stab myself with my hand.

“…Are you going to do it yourself?”

“They might notice me, so I should get professional help or something.”

“…?”

“I can’t tell you about this, because it’s not certain.”

The emperor still has many enemies that have not been revealed.

And among them, there are those who do not even know the true nature of the emperor, but judge him only based on his external appearance and act carelessly.

“But since you are anxious, let me tell you that even though the emperor appears to have full authority in the empire, there may be loyal soldiers who are overly loyal.”

“…Show loyalty to the empire by assassinating Noir Gibraltar, who will be the guardian of Nostrum?”

“It is a suspicion that such people may exist, but it does not mean that they will actually come.”

This is just a real possibility, and the most likely one, Crown Princess Isabella, is already dead.

“I just want to be prepared for every situation, but I don’t necessarily want to do that.”

“…Okay. Running training programs, preparing for assassins. We can prepare well for those things, so let’s address the biggest problem.”

President Winchester took a moment to catch his breath and turned his eyes to me.

“…Do you think Viscount Gunther of Lembourg will commit corruption?”

If this is a social experiment, there is one factor we cannot control.

“This is all a plan based on the assumption that they are ‘committing corruption.’ Otherwise, it is just a confessional for Noir Gibraltar.”

“If you want to do that, you can do it at the academy as well.”

“It is a plan involving such a large number of people, but in order for it to be ‘efficient’, they must commit corruption. What are you going to do?”

“That’s right.”

It’s part of the premise, but the answer is there from the beginning.

“Nothing.”

“Nothing…?”

“Your Excellency the Grand Duke.”

I held out a document from my arms.

“Have you seen drug addicts quitting their drugs?”

“…!”

“They have been spending their money as if they were squandering their assets. They have recently lost a lot of money for some reason, and they urgently need a place to get the money. And it just so happens that there is a place where a large amount of blind money will come in.”

Drug purchase details of certain nobles.

A photo of nobles entering a gambling house.

“They are the ones who will take care of things even if you leave them alone. In the name of ‘patriotism.'”

A list already prepared for division.

“And.”

About budget, empty payment box.

“Who has the authority to audit budget execution?”

The guillotine is already ready.

I just didn’t cut the rope.

“If you let them do corruption, they will rather restrain themselves. If you just let them do it, they will do it better.”

“…You’re talking as if you’ve committed some corruption.”

“Swordsmanship, riding, and politics. More than anything else, this is the field I am most confident in.”