A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

313 – To the Canyon (3)

About 1 hour ago.

Bu-eu-euung!

The bike’s magic engine runs on the road, emitting magical power.

“There, stop!”

A platoon of imperial troops blocking the road set up a barricade to catch me, but I lifted the front of the Mado Bike and launched the bike.

Pa-ang!

The body of the Madobike rises, and mana bursts out from the exhaust pipe extending behind the rear wheel.

Basically, the magic engine is based on wind stone.

The exhaust port is literally a place where the wind from the wind is gathered in one place and blown out.

Therefore, if the magic engine-wind stone emits wind strong enough to lift the magic bike and one person riding on it.

Bu-euung!

“Wow?! What, the head?!”

Jumping over not only the barricades but also the heads of imperial soldiers is not an easy task.

Let’s go!

When landing, there is some strain on the vehicle body due to the collision, but it is not yet broken.

At least before the body of the car is damaged, this mado bike will use its full power.

‘I have no mana.’

My mana is slowly depleting.

There is mana consumed while suppressing Saint Geo Nostrum, and there is also mana consumed while escaping from the emperor.

The momentary increase in power output to jump over the barricade is also my magical power infused into the magic engine of the magic bike, so unless I grind the magic stone somewhere or blow it into it in liquid form, the magic engine has no choice but to stop.

“Stop!!”

Once again, other imperial soldiers catch up from behind.

Not only is the magic car running on four-wheel drive, but imperial soldiers on magic bikes are catching up just as I am running.

“Damn, if it were Nostrum, the drake would be flying in the sky!”

Instead of magic cars, wizards would have chased after them while flying in the sky.

Rather than imperial soldiers holding muskets riding bikes shooting at me, it would have been dragoons riding dragons shooting arrows.

Ta-a-ang!

It touches my shoulder.

Instinctively, I lowered my body and let mana flow onto my shoulders.

“Use… “

My shoulder feels numb.

No matter how much you protect your body with mana, the blow will still be fully transmitted.

Even if it is a simple magic missile, the impact can be felt, but since you are hit by a bullet while your mana is slowly decreasing, the pain is no joke.

“Damn, that monster! You’re still okay after being hit by a magic bullet?!”

There is a sense of injustice in the voice of the imperial soldier.

Normally, if you were hit by something like a magic bullet, your body would be pierced, but the Sword Master is a monster in human form.

“Be careful! Be careful not to suddenly turn and attack!”

An imperial soldier riding a bike shouts to other soldiers.

I slow down and am careful not to swing the pipe in my hand, but I don’t stop pulling the trigger of the musket while closing the distance as much as possible.

Those who are willing to die.

And at the same time, those who try to stop me somehow.

“Stop him from returning to Nostrum! This is the general’s order!”

I don’t know what kind of general he is, but his goal is probably to prevent me from returning to Gibraltar.

Of course.

The emperor has lost me, but in his inner thoughts, he must be thinking, ‘Gray Gibraltar should not be sent off in a nice manner.’

‘I don’t know who it was, but it must have been tolerated.’

I will chase Gray Gibraltar.

The emperor doesn’t answer, and the general sees that as tacit consent and chases after me.

‘You won’t get caught, but it’ll be difficult if you don’t go quickly.’

A red indicator began to flash on the Mado Bike’s instrument panel.

It wasn’t a familiar sign, but it was a sign that something was running out so that anyone could see it.

Lack of fuel to run the magic engine.

It means that the mana stored in the bike’s magic stone container is insufficient.

“Oh my.”

To get to Gibraltar, you just have to go a little further.

As I was running along the railroad, I realized that I had already reached the Marquess of Claydoll through the signs of the various cities I saw as I passed by.

And at the same time-

“Ha.”

The speed of the Mado Bike gradually slows down.

The noisy magic engine slowly began to die down, and the imperial troops following behind began to get closer.

“Stop! You…”

Goo goo goo.

Above the sky.

A wide shadow is cast.

At the same time, something suddenly began to appear in the sky, and I got goosebumps for a moment.

“Invisibility magic…?”

Suddenly, an airship appeared.

It was medium-sized, not large – it was close to an ‘aircraft’ in Future’s classification, but an airship appeared without any warning.

Truly magical.

“That is…”

Flap.

Something shining fell from the sky.

Rope.

It is not common to see a flying ship looking down at you, but when I saw this person looking down at me from the deck of the ship, I immediately picked up my bike again.

Pa—-ang!

Squeeze out all the remaining mana and launch the bike.

The magic engine’s mana decreases, the light on the dashboard disappears, and the bike, which was floating in the air, falls down in a parabolic curve.

Wow.

I held on to the rope.

If the rope breaks like this, I will fall from a height of about three stories and roll on the floor without being able to get back on the bike.

But the rope did not break, and in fact, as soon as I grabbed it, my body began to be pulled upward.

Like pulling up a dropped anchor.

The magic device’s unique sense is caught at the end of the rope, and the imperial soldiers chasing me below look up at me with vain faces.

Only some.

Everyone else turns their eyes to the Mado Bike falling down.

Kwa-eu-ang!

The Mado Bike falls to the ground and shatters.

At the same time, I flew toward the airship, relying on the rope to be pulled faster and faster, and soon flew up to the deck of the airship and landed.

“Hello, was it just a needless meddling?”

“Not at all.”

Familiar faces and voices, but unfamiliar clothes.

“What brings you here?”

“I found this while flying to Gibraltar in a hurry.”

The person who most probably shouldn’t be here – Empress Erwin, lightly waved her hand at me.

Instead of wearing the dress I saw every time there was an event, I was wearing a riding outfit that suited me very well.

“I’ll take you to Gibraltar.”

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“Aren’t you going with me?”

“Let’s go into exile?”

“Is there a reason you want to remain in the Empire?”

“Well, a lot.”

Empress Erwin smiled bitterly and looked in the direction of the empire.

“I feel like I want to go over the canyon like this, but there are still a lot of my psychological family members in the empire.”

“…Are you talking about the employees of the company?”

“Their families are also the ones I must take responsibility for and feed. If I give up being empress and leave my position, not only will everyone become unemployed, but they will immediately be sent into battle with guns instead of pens. Don’t worry. At least the empire will survive because of the emperor. I don’t mean to stay.”

“It will be dangerous.”

“Hmm, I guess so.”

Empress Erwin turned her back and looked up at the sky.

“A war occurred in the world shown by False Gold, but I was not in the world after that war.”

“…”

“What do you think? Will the emperor try to purge me?”

“Yes.”

This is not about carelessly dissolving information before regression.

“The funds to start the war will all come from Ipheria Industries, whether in the form of taxes or seizures.”

“Will they try to kill me?”

“They won’t kill you. If they try to kill you, threaten them.”

“How?”

“I will not even consider treating a father-in-law who kills his mother-in-law as a father-in-law.”

For a moment, a faint smile began to appear on Empress Erwin’s serious expression

“…Ahahaha!”

At the same time, Empress Erwin held her stomach and burst into laughter.

“That must be a really scary threat! Hey, I’ll definitely use it.”

“It will definitely work. The emperor didn’t even catch me right now, right?”

“I guess so. Well, you’re not just trying to kill me, right?”

“Yes.”

Goo goo goo.

An airship flies through the sky of Marquis Claydoll and heads toward the canyon.

“The only people the Habsburg Emperor wants to kill are those who are unreasonable. Or those who become obstacles in the process of achieving his goal.”

“So do you have to become a collaborator of the empire to survive?”

“If you want to save Ipheria Industries as it is, please cooperate temporarily. No matter what it looks like, as long as it is alive, we can help.”

These are words that a princess from a ruined country once said to me, but they are not words that are only used in certain situations.

“If you die, that’s the end, but if you’re alive, anything becomes a possibility.”

“…”

“Please live. Shouldn’t you at least see the faces of your grandchildren and see them get married and have children?”

“…That’s right. Yes, that’s right.”

Empress Erwin smiled slightly and snapped her fingers toward the inside of her deck.

“I will leave Astasia to you. I will do my best to restrain the Empire from drawing too many troops, so please do the best you can.”

“Of course. War…”

“I don’t like making money by shedding human blood like in war specials. Even if there is an uproar over gold, I hate blood-stained gold.”

Click.

Parts of the deck opened to the left and right, and something soon emerged from below.

“I don’t know if we’ll ever meet again, but this is a wedding present. Congratulations, son-in-law.”

Empress Erwin narrows one of her eyes at me and climbs onto her silver magic bike.

“I’ve made it so that you can just go straight to the canyon without having to steer separately, so you can take a deep breath. Unfortunately, I think I’ll have to turn back soon.”

“Shouldn’t we anchor on some land?”

“Anchoring?”

Empress Erwin put her feet on the pedals of her magic bike and took out her black glasses from her arms.

“It’s okay. Just jump before you fall.”

“Over there… “

“I’m not saying we’ll break it. If we unleash the power of the windstone as far down as possible before falling, wouldn’t we be able to land very slowly?”

“…”

That’s right.

“Have you ever shown anything like that to Astasia?”

“No. Is this your first time?”

“Over there… “

“It’s okay, it’s okay.”

There was no time for me to stop him.

“Until you give your kids names, they won’t die.”

Empress Erwin rode her bike and ran across her deck.

How many meters in the air?

It looks like it’s at least a few hundred meters, but she just jumped on her bike.

“…”

No one will die.

Even if she kicks the bike and jumps right before she falls, even if she lands wrongly, it will only end up with a slightly sprained ankle.

The problem is that Empress Erwin lands in her empire and goes to the empire.

“…We have put in place a safety device, so you won’t die.”

The Emperor will not kill Empress Erwin.

At least it doesn’t kill me.

“…”

In a moment.

Slowly, the canyon began to appear.

The elite soldiers of the imperial army, already waving flags, were guarding the gate, and above the first gate, the knights of Gibraltar, led by my father and Robert, were blocking the ravine.

“As expected.”

I was so good at planting it in Robert’s mind from a long time ago that his ears were bleeding.

Even if it wasn’t Sir Robert, my father would have somehow prevented it before the first gateway was breached.

* * *

A silver bike slowly descending from the sky.

Imperial officers approach the bike, aiming their muskets.

“What are you doing, Empress?”

“What are you doing? Ah, what can I do?”

Rattling.

Empress Erwin got off the bike, which landed with a very slow blow of wind, and raised both hands.

“Gibraltar hasn’t been decided as an enemy yet.”

“Empress.”

“Don’t you think it’s shameful? Gray Gibraltar didn’t just come, he provided great help to the empire.”

“…Even so, an airship.”

“What. Are you going to get arrested?”

As Empress Erwin stretched out her hands, the Marquis of Claydol sighed deeply.

“I won’t tie you with a rope, but follow me. I will leave the disposition to your Majesty.”

“…”

Empress Erwin lowered her hands and looked towards the tightly closed canyon.

The canyon was tightly closed.

A place where countless supplies have been transported and kingdoms and empires have been exchanged countless times over the past few years.