A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

214 – War Is a Business (4)

The reason why Vice-Chancellor Bathory Erzsebet came.

There may be various intentions, but you must first listen to what the person concerned says.

“Did the Emperor really say that?”

“Hey, the reason you brought me to the orphanage instead of the castle means you won’t welcome me?”

“They treated you with respect at the academy?”

“Because I came as Bathory Erzsebet, not Vice-Chancellor Bathory. If you are dissatisfied, can you please let me know?”

“…”

This is the first time this has happened.

No.

Rather, wouldn’t it be said to be Vice President Bathory’s true self, who is accustomed to speaking to others?

“Okay. Do whatever suits you.”

“You said it’s okay to talk?”

“How dare I talk to someone who looks much older than me?”

“…”

Vice-Chancellor Bathory licked his lips with his tongue and grinned, but his bent eyes were never smiling.

“Insolent guy. Are you really going to die like that?”

“The only time I talk to my superiors is when I am disrespectful to them. Vice-Chancellor Bathory, would you like to be in the same position as St. Gio Nostrum or Zeros Barcelona?”

“I’m stubborn. Okay. I’ll do whatever’s convenient.”

Vice President Bathory said he would do whatever was convenient, but he immediately laid down on the sofa.

“Wow, it’s comfortable. “My whole body aches after riding the carriage.”

“…Why don’t you just take off your shoes?”

“Oh, is that okay?”

“As you say, you suddenly take off your shoes, haha. That’s it.”

If this woman isn’t trying to scratch people, she’s just this type of person.

“Where is the intelligent professor who taught alchemy going?”

“…”

“Huh?”

Slurp.

“Hmm. Well, you shouldn’t talk about official matters in an overly casual manner. I didn’t come here to do academy work, I came here in relation to the Territory War.”

“Okay. So should I call you Professor Bathory or ‘Director’ Bathory?”

“Wouldn’t it be better for you to be honest?”

Bathory Erzsebet lifted the teacup in front of her.

“Bathory Erzsebet, Professor of Alchemy. Vice President of Orosol Academy. Director of the Imperial Magic Research Institute. There are many other positions, but the position that came to this position is-“

“The Emperor’s Shadow.”

“…Could you please stop interrupting people?”

“I’m sorry. This is like a habit.”

“If you make a guess like that, you’ll have to say it again to correct the differences in your thoughts.”

Bathory poured his lips.

“Anyway, he’s just like the emperor.”

“I understand. I won’t get into trouble, so just keep talking.”

“Oh, I guess you don’t like the story about your resemblance to His Majesty? It must be disappointing for those who hear it.”

“You may not be listening, but should you be like him? He’s someone you have to overcome.”

A person who goes beyond his skills and must be killed.

“Huh… If the person in question really heard it, he would have cracked a bottle by now. Don’t worry. It’s just you and me in this place, right?”

“…”

“It’s true. If necessary, you can search your body.”

“I don’t even want to touch it.”

“Hey, those are really hurtful words?”

These are words that can hurt.

It may sound like you are not attractive enough to make women not want to touch you.

“The only women I can touch are those who are my own flesh and blood and Astasia.”

“Oh, if that’s the case. …Ugh. Since I’m talking to you privately like this, it feels like the conversation keeps going astray.”

“You said you came to talk about something official earlier.”

“…That’s it. I’ll get to the point first.”

Bathory corrected his posture and knocked on the table.

“The people who are helping the marquis in this civil war are definitely the ‘ruined princes’ of the empire.”

“…”

“And that’s why the emperor indirectly says he’s sorry to you.”

“It’s okay.”

I’m used to the emperor asking me to solve problems related to Nostrum.

As was the case with Traitor Gray, the Emperor left most of the problems that occurred behind Nostrum to me.

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“They are people that not even His Majesty the Emperor can control.”

The empire is wide.

And the empire has been destroyed and annexed numerous countries so far.

“Is this the emperor’s illegitimate child, or your own illegitimate child?”

“Both?”

“Tsk.”

In the process, some of the existing powers were absorbed into the empire, but there were also those who rebelled against the empire.

After the fall of Nostrum.

Just like the revolutionary army that rose up to revive Nostrum when several nobles, including traitor Gray and Governor Carmen, sided with the Empire.

“The main characters are probably the ‘deposed crown princes’, that is, the illegitimate sons of the previous emperor. They are the remnants that His Majesty was unable to erase in the process of becoming the crown prince.”

“Is it enough to be a threat? There are only about 8 masters.”

“It could be a bit of a threat. Even if it’s not master level, it’ll be at the level of a senior knight.”

Even if the Master is hiding, Sir Mente will come back alive, but if the enemy does have a Master, he will be a bit of a problem.

“There are people like that, you can just think of it like that.”

The retired people are somewhat familiar with it.

They are the ones who want the ‘Hapsburg Empire’ to fall somehow.

‘It’s no different from the princess of a ruined country. Rather than being called princes or princesses, they are all older than the Habsburgs.’

Those who try to cause damage to the empire by intervening in the kingdom’s civil war and trying to prolong the war.

At the same time, they have the idea that ‘if only the Habsburgs disappear, they can become emperors’, and they try to avoid harm to the empire they will rule in the future.

“We are trying to somehow attract the Emperor to Nostrum and kill him in Nostrum.”

“…Did you know?”

“No. Didn’t you just say that? They’re decommissioned people. Then…Don’t they have the same thoughts as other illegitimate children?”

I lightly drew a circle with my hand above my head.

“The Habsburg emperor’s laurel wreath should have been his.”

“…”

“Or, the one who inherits that laurel wreath should be me.”

“That’s the biggest problem.”

Bathory sighed heavily.

“As I said before, it’s because we fought too much. Both the Emperor and the Habsburg Emperor.”

“…”

“At least the Habsburg emperor saw the woman’s ‘ability’ and sowed the seed, right? But the former emperor had nothing like that.”

“If you value lineage…”

“It might be a bit cruel.”

Bathory tilted his tea cup and quenched his thirst.

It seems a little uncomfortable for me to say something like this.

“The Emperor touched the princesses and nobles of the merged kingdom, and even the king’s wives.”

“…”

“One of the children born that way was the Habsburg emperor. If you look at his lineage his alone, he was the child furthest from the throne.”

“That.”

I have so much to say.

“Why are you talking about it as if you saw it yourself…?”

Ppajik.

“Ah. That teacup is expensive.”

“…I didn’t see it myself, but I also learned it from the records of the Imperial Intelligence Department.”

Bathory calmly put down the teacup, holding it with both hands.

“Anyway, I’ve come to make this one thing clear. The people of the empire who are currently involved in the territory war… In fact, the civil war, are not a test given by the Habsburg Emperor, nor is it his intention.”

“I understand.”

“In what way?”

“It is human instinct for a child who has escaped parental attention to try anything to receive parental attention.”

I have no choice but to understand.

“Either take the emperor’s place or take the crown prince’s place. If you win the civil war, even the Habsburgs will recognize it.”

* * *

At that time, the office of the Marquis of Barcelona.

“…Did you go?”

Saint Geo Nostrum, a blond-haired, red-eyed man who crept out of the panic room, quickly looked around.

“Yes, he went. Rather, it is correct to say that we were unable to pursue him.”

The military blue-haired butler answered as if he were lamenting.

“Well, what is it? The reason I disappeared is…”

“Well done, Your Majesty. The person who came as an envoy might have suddenly tried to assassinate the king.”

“Huh, right? Haha. Mente… That girl, I never imagined she would be like that, unlike at the Academy. Write.”

St. Geo Nostrum chewed his appetite as if he was disappointed.

“It was a bit hard to touch it because it was so childish, but if I had known it would grow like that… No, hehe, next time…”

“Shouldn’t we capture him first?”

“Huh? …Ah, ah. Yes, we have to capture him. Even if he is a Master, that doesn’t mean he isn’t human.”

St. Geo Nostrum flopped back down on his sofa, waving his hands lightly.

“Hey. Drite.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Are you sure you can defeat the Knights of Gibraltar, including Sir Mente?”

“Yes.”

The butler, called Drite, raised his glasses and answered.

“We must win no matter what. For us, if I win, when I regain my position later, won’t Your Majesty be able to run the government comfortably?”

“Is it possible to win?”

“Of course. There are 13 members of the old royal family gathered here.”

Drite smiled bitterly and pointed behind himself.

“And although they are not here, we also have two masters. Yes, like the one behind you right now.”

“…”

Saint Geo Nostrum’s expression hardened.

There was no one behind him, but Dri Te nodded his head slightly towards the back of St. Geonostrum.

“In any case, I will make sure not to go that far. Zeros Barcel.”

“…”

After Deacon Drite left the office.

“Tsk.”

“…Shall I kill you?”

Behind Saint Geo, a man wearing a black robe appeared.

“No. That’s enough. More than that, have you figured out their purpose?”

“Yes.”

The man took off his hood.

“If they defeat Gray Gibraltar, the Habsburg Emperor will recognize them. That was the biggest goal.”

Zeros Barcel, with blonde hair and golden eyes.

“They are just trying to use the nostrum.”

“Good.”

Saint Geo Nostrum clapped his hands and laughed.

“Let’s use it too. We can just lie down, drink, and rent the place.”

“…”

“War and all, just leave it all to the abandoned royals of the empire. Hehe.”

* * *

“If you defeat Gray Gibraltar, the Emperor will appoint you Crown Prince?”

“There is that, but from the perspective of the Habsburg emperor, it goes further than that.”

Until then, everyone’s thoughts.

Habsberg’s thinking must go one step further.

“How?”

“We won Gibraltar. The result is important, but the process is more important than the result… ‘Who did you win with’?”

“Ah.”

If.

“Defeat Gibraltar with Saint Geo Nostrum and other idiots?”

“…”

“Then you have to be emperor.”

If you can take incompetent allies and win against the County of Gibraltar, which has several masters, you are fully qualified to lead this continent.

“Of course, I have no intention of doing that. But I’m here at the right time. The technician is here, so I need to get help.”

“Help?”

“Yes.”

I walked straight ahead and grabbed Bathory’s shoulders as he sat.

“Hey, what?”

“Let’s go.”

“Where?”

“Introduction.”

I pointed out the window.

“To my father, to introduce the ‘alchemy advisor’ of our territory.”

“Hey, I don’t plan on going that far-“

“What would happen if you added alchemy to the Knights of Gibraltar?”

“…!!”

A slight tremor flows from my shoulder to my hand.

“The only thing I can think of is the Knights of Gibraltar riding on magic bikes and advancing towards the enemy lines.”

“Ah, ah…”

“If Advisor Bathory gives technical advice to our knights, wouldn’t we be able to show a more sophisticated and wonderful revolution in magical engineering?”

“To the Knights…My alchemy?”

Gulp.

“Using the Knights of Gibraltar?”

“Yes. This is an opportunity.”

Bathory’s eyes, looking at me, began to fill with joy.

“The Empire’s magical engineering has never been officially used in ‘war’ yet.”

“…”

“Why don’t you try out your skills here?”

I whispered into Bathory’s ear

“Towards Nostrum.”