A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

243 – Barcelona Terror (3)

Regarding the terrorist attack on the Gray Gibraltar Governor of Barcelona, the people of Gibraltar are more worried about me than I thought.

All kinds of terrorist attacks and assassination attempts occur once every three days.

There was a time when poison was mixed into the bread crumbs eaten at the Governor-General’s office.

A person who was previously supplying flour to the Marquis of Barcel was caught for exchanging flour out of revenge for being fired.

The man died by inhaling bread crumbs mixed with poison right before his death.

Because he did not know that flour was scooped out of the bag with a wide silver ladle before kneading bread, he was executed with the poisonous silver ladle stuffing the flour into his stomach.

At one time, there was a fire at the Government General building.

One of the mistresses of the Knights of Golden Dawn who was murdered during the Territory War entered the Governor-General and set it on fire out of revenge for the death of her lover (who had an affair).

The fire was quickly extinguished, but because of the way she sneaked into the Government House, the fire spread in other directions.

All of the existing Marquis Gasols who worked at the Government General were dismissed.

In order to temporarily run the Government-General, I gave opportunities to those who worked at Marquis who wanted to continue working at the Government-General, and some of them were in a relationship with the mistress of an attempted arsonist, so I allowed them to join the Government-General.

The stable keeper who brought in the arsonist said he had no idea, but I executed the stable keeper along with his mistress and cut off all the ‘old marquis’ people who worked at the Government General.

A justification was needed, and a situation was created for the justification to occur.

When killing, he showed ‘coercion through fear’ by killing with certainty, making it so that no one dared to raise their head towards the Governor of Barcelona.

Isn’t this the way of the hated emperor?

I don’t hate this.

What I don’t like is ‘what Astasia hates’, and if Astasia says that a somewhat coercive atmosphere is needed, I can go up to the execution site with a sword myself.

Astasia clearly said that she ‘dislikes’ the current situation.

A situation where I am in danger.

It has already been revealed to some extent that he is the Master, that he rules over the Barcelona Government General, that he survived despite numerous threats, and that it is widely known that no method of terrorism, whether poison or magic, works.＜ Br＞

At this point, you may be thinking, ‘Isn’t it time to realize that assassination doesn’t work?’

‘Nostrum wouldn’t be like this if everyone thought that way.’

People who think like that don’t attempt assassination.

To put it the other way, those who try to commit assassination are all people who have the idea that ‘assassination works.’

The assassin reasoning works is because they think I will be easily defeated by them.

In other words, they are looking down on me.

He has already shown some level of master’s ability, is of Gibraltar’s blood, has been given the earldom, and has become the land of Gibraltar, but in the past it was the land of the marquess, and although he is running it much better than before-

‘Because I’m 19.’

I am being ignored because I am still a minor and have not yet become an adult.

‘Compared to their own children, there are still people who see me as a child.’

The way the world views 19-year-olds is very subtle.

Although he will become an adult in a year, people tend to judge him as ‘still young’ just because he is 19 years old.

And the basis for that judgment is your own 19-year-old, or the 19-year-olds around you – your family or children.

When comparing my 19-year-old son, who did not enter Orosol Academy, with the human called Gray Gibraltar, there is still a strong perception that Gray Gibraltar is simply ‘a young b*stard who was born in Gibraltar, caught the Emperor’s eye and was lucky enough to become a master’.

This is a problem that will be resolved with time.

The more it spreads that Gray Gibraltar is impervious to assassinations, the less willing it will be to attempt half-baked assassinations.

If you catch and execute those who mix poison in food, they will hesitate to use poison in food, and if you catch those who cause aerial terrorism with drakes in the middle of the night, and have drakes patrolling at night, surprise attacks using drakes will be eliminated as an option. It is bound to happen.

As the classic assassination methods and creative terrorist methods aimed at Gray Gibraltar by the numerous loyal soldiers of Nostrum are erased one by one, the assassination attempts are eventually refined to some extent.

‘It’s a very familiar situation.’

Everything will be resolved with time.

And I am happy about these assassinations and terrorist attacks.

For me, the current assassination attempts are nothing more than a boost of energy in my daily life that makes each day more enjoyable.

One.

‘Thanks to those who come to die, we are able to supply raw materials for silver.’

After examining the body of the dead for about a month, if it is determined that it can be disposed of without any problems, it is made of white silver and recycled.

A crematorium was built to make it look like burning the body through cremation, but what burns in the crater is only the remains of the person who became a vampire before death, excluding the neck.

The vampire’s bone powder was transported to Gibraltar’s home, and she was reborn as Caroline, contributing to the budgets of Gibraltar and Barcelona.

Two.

‘It will be easier later if we kill Nostrum’s loyal soldiers now.’

If the trash is going to come anyway, it’s better to reduce the number in advance.

Astasia must officially attend Orosol Academy until she graduates, and I need time to prepare a place for us to live comfortably together at the Government General.

Kill the emperor.

And I kill not only the emperor, but also the countless assassins who come to kill me.

That way, when there are no more people coming to kill me, Astasia and I can finally travel and rest comfortably together.

If assassins appear wherever you go, it will be easier to reduce them now before they show up at your travel destination.

It’s certainly annoying to see them appear so many times, but they’re just leisurely enjoying watching their prey get their heads caught in a trap and die.

But.

‘When I was a traitor, it was about once a week, but once every three days is a bit excessive.’

Perhaps because he is old and what he has shown so far has not spread widely, assassination attempts continue frequently.

I thought about going to Gibraltar Castle or the Orosol Academy Scholarship Foundation building to prevent an assassination, but…

‘It’s better to stay here.’

Three.

If a bombing is going to happen and people will die anyway, Barcelona is better than Gibraltar, my home base.

‘Even if they get caught up in a terrorist attack, the people of Barcelona get caught up in it, and even that happens less often. Residents of Barcelona will simply cooperate with terrorists, but residents of Gibraltar may be killed if they try to report it.’

In order to kill me, they would kill the residents of Gibraltar to establish a base or take academy students hostage and kill them, so Barcelona, where it would be relatively easy to take such damage, is much better.

For this reason, I am enjoying the approaching assassination.

Since I have already explained this reason to Astasia, Astasia is spending her winter vacation at the relatively safer Orosol Academy.

Assassination attempts against the Academy have decreased.

Now, all assassinations and terrorist attacks that occur within Nostrum are concentrated in Barcelona.

As the number of assassinations increases, the amount of legal white silver we can secure increases.

So, for me, I am very happy with the current situation where I can hunt automatically –

“[Your mother and sisters are very worried.]”

Thanks to the content of the letter his father sent, my thoughts became a little more complicated.

Aside from being looked down on or something like that, I feel anxiety from the fact that my life is constantly being threatened.

Even on the back of my father’s letterhead, there are several handwritings that seem to have been written at random.

[Eldest brother, you must not die!]

[Are you dying?]

[Don’t get hurt!]

“We’re in trouble.”

Honestly, it got a little more difficult.

‘This is my first time doing something like this, so I don’t know what to do.’

Although there were many cases where my family worried about me, I never caused them to worry.

‘If you change your perspective and think about it, you’re saying that I’m in the same situation as Noir or Lettar before my return.’

Of course, the cause is completely different, but the fact that he is receiving assassination threats from all over is no different from Noir or Lettar.

In fact, traitor Gray allowed the Golden Dawn parasites around him to play around with women in order to protect Noir.

I thought that if the parasites were together, at least one of them would be able to recognize the assassin.

There were cases where it actually helped, so I tolerated Noir’s friends.

In the case of Letard, he was given a family knight until Ethan César, and after Ethan appeared, I was relieved to see Letard put a leash around Ethan’s neck and lead him around.

At least even if I was killed by Ethan, I didn’t think that I would be assassinated by someone else than Ethan.

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But I was still worried back then, so I feel more awkward now.

‘I mean Noir and Lettar. That’s ridiculous.’

Of course, this is not the story now.

This is the story before regression.

Even so-

Knock knock.

The knocking sound I heard for the first time today.

Each person’s knock has its own characteristics, and this ringing is not the knock of someone working in the office.

“Director Bathory?”

“You found out before you even opened the door.”

Director Bathory, wearing a white gown and dark glasses, opened the door and entered the office.

“Whew, that’s a good thing. I thought I was going to be stabbed right away, thinking I was an assassin for coming here unannounced.”

“I came here to assassinate you, so I cut you. If you had just come, I would have sent you away.”

“Be scared.”

Ten days ago, there was actually someone like that.

“Isn’t it time for research? You came all the way to Barcelona like this. Is there a problem with mining?”

“There is no problem with mining. The excavators brought in by train from the empire are without any problems, and gold is pouring in in such large quantities that the people at the central bank of the empire have meetings every day.”

Director Bathory sat down on her sofa, and I handed her a generous cup of Somnus tea for her.

“Ugh, is there anything else besides Somnus?”

“Wake up from your dream.”

“Ha. If I keep this up, I’ll at least make wine with somnus later.”

“Let me consider it.”

“…It’s a joke, but you don’t really mean it, do you?”

Although Director Bathory revealed her strange hostility to Somnus tea, I sat down in front of her with a slight shrug of her shoulders.

“So why did you come?”

“I want to tell you a story about the assassination.”

“Which side of the story is it? The Canyon or the Empire?”

“Didn’t Marquis Crimson send a letter directly to the canyon?”

“These are the words of His Majesty the Emperor. What else did he intend to say by entrusting Major General Bathory with the role of messenger?”

“You said you would create awareness among people.”

Director Bathory raised her index finger and tapped her own temple.

“Whoever attempts to assassinate Gray Gibraltar will risk the lives of his family.”

“…”

“You said you would quit if you didn’t like it. What are you going to do?”

“So… “

“His Majesty the Emperor said.”

Director Bathory shook his head as if he was sick of her.

“He said he would take care of everything so that Gray Gibraltar wouldn’t get a drop of water on his hands.”

“…Not a drop of blood?”

“Yes.”

“…”

If so.

“Then I’ll just lie back and wait for those guys who risk their families to come and assassinate me.”

There is no reason to refuse.

* * *

The rumor spread.

There is a rumor that a messenger comes to visit anyone who attempts to assassinate or commit terrorism against Gray Gibraltar.

The rumor spread publicly that the reality of the messenger was the shadow of the empire, and that the emperor stood behind it.