The Prince Wants To Retire

Chapter 20

8. The prince’s bodyguard?

The Daejeon meeting that everyone was watching.

The meeting, which started with half-expectation and half-anxiety, ended much more seriously than expected.

The emperor faction, which everyone focused on, was no longer a problem.

「The corruption of the temple! Shall I cover it again?”

“A letter of protest from the Holy Land? It’s a red flag!」

“A secret relationship between the imperial faction and the Holy Kingdom?”

“Shock! What is the relationship between the temple and the black magician?」

The corruption of the temple alone was shocking, but the black magician’s arms came out of the temple’s secret storage that the prince himself revealed.

This issue was not something to be covered up.

Even the believers who tried to cover the cover were astonished to hear that the weapons of the black magician came out.

Of course, there were those who raised evidence fabrication, claiming that the crown prince and the aristocrats were conspiring against each other.

However, even these people kept their mouth shut when they heard that the crown prince had put up his position and asked the emperor.

As news from the imperial palace spread, there was nothing to be rough about as long as he gained the absolute support of the people of the empire.

“Move.”

“Yes!”

The Inspector General, who received Kariel’s order, moved immediately.

Neutralists moved to seal the borders.

He moved the aristocrats and started investigating temples scattered throughout the empire.

At the same time, he used the power of the emperor to move the security forces and the military.

“Tell them that we must catch them all before they flee to another country.”

A letter from Kariel addressed directly to the Marshal of the Empire.

Tharion’s steps moved faster than ever, perhaps feeling his will to get rid of the garbage that corrodes the empire.

They imprisoned spies who were trying to escape to other countries within the empire.

They used the priesthood to catch priests who tried to flee to the Holy Land.

And they started to catch the nobles who joined hands with them one by one.

“For the sake of the Empire, the nobles and the neutrals joined hands! Is the Crown Prince at the center of it?”

“A rotten empire. But there is hope!”

「Movement that changes centering on the Crown Prince」

The empire began to move.

Cariel, who had a cause and a weapon, had nothing to be rough about.

He was tough enough to be called a tyrant, but no one blamed Kariel.

This is because the cause made of double and triple offset everything.

“I, I am not! I am not!”

“Please go to the Inspection Department to make excuses.”

A nobleman tried to rebel, saying it was not him, but he was eventually arrested and taken away.

Normally, he would try to persevere by talking about his title and his back, but even the same aristocratic group turned away.

The money he earned while walking the tightrope between the Emperors and the Nobles was of no help.

This is because it is not something that can be mitigated through bribes.

Fortunately, the nobles were in better shape.

“If you resist, you can kill me.”

“Yes!”

Watching the criminal organization resisting the security forces, the knights pulled out their swords.

In the case of criminal organizations, they tried to run away, violently rebelling against the thought that they might die if they were caught this time, but the military moved.

They were also elite knights of the empire, not knights who only took up positions with connections.

“Sah, save me!”

As magic formed on the swords of the knights and began to emit light, the members of the organization hurriedly threw away their weapons and raised their hands.

Among them, there were those who secretly grabbed weapons and tried to escape.

Such people had their wrists blown off or their legs cut off without mercy.

“Don’t move, next time I’ll cut your throat.”

At the cold words of the knights, the faces of the criminals hardened.

They weren’t even knights who lacked real combat experience through connections.

Even in sudden situations, he maintained his composure and swung his sword without mercy, so no one would have dreamed of running away.

This situation did not only happen in the capital.

As the elite knights began to move directly throughout the empire centered on the central region, the criminal organizations that could not escape continued to turn themselves in to the security guard.

“… … Is it really over?”

The Prime Minister looked at the sky through the window of the Prime Minister’s building.

It was on a different level from the current emperor’s temperament of going over moderately and slowly.

Originally, everyone who would have moved slowly and escaped would have escaped, but not this time, and that meant evidence that the high-ranking nobles of the imperial faction were involved.

“That’s it.”

In the end, the chancellor had no choice but to admit it.

Even though he was pointed out as a treacherous vassal who ruined the empire, he eventually rose to the position of chancellor, but this time there was no way he could escape.

“Would the results have been different if I had been wary of the crown prince?”

The chancellor tried to mutter that, but it was only a conclusion.

There was no way he could have thought that a sickly young prince would have such a capacity.

Still, it was clear that if she had known about the crown prince at all, she wouldn’t have come this far.

“… … Too bad.”

The chancellor smiled bitterly as he felt his end approaching.

Looking at the hands that are getting tighter, someone trembles in fear and looks ugly to avoid it, but it wasn’t the chancellor.

In the first place, he was the one who put the family that almost disappeared in the fight of numerous nobles into the marquess family.

He had no regrets because he was the one who had fought against the venerable families while serving as prime minister.

“… … The change in the empire will begin with bringing me down.”

As the chancellor muttered, he calmly waited for the inspection department to arrive someday.

A prime minister who walks out of his office.

Hearing the news that he had given up on his revival, the imperial faction half-renounced his vigor.

Because the emperor abandoned it, and even one room using another country was blocked, the imperial faction was almost over.

Although the emperor was devastated, the situation was not good for the other nobles.

This is because the aristocrats and neutrals had to give up what they had to give because they did not commit corruption alone for a long time.

If there was only one place to laugh in the Empire, it was the Imperial Palace.

“There is no movement of the Prime Minister?”

“That’s right.”

At Tarion’s answer, Kariel put on a surprised expression.

“He said he calmly waits for his end.”

At his words, Kariel gave a small nod.

He was called a rare vassal, but he couldn’t be brave enough to rise from a lower noble to a chancellor.

“If the empire was normal… … .”

Kariel tried to mutter that, but she knew best that family had no meaning.

It was because the word ‘if’ was what he had said many times in his previous life.

What if my body was normal?

What if I had a normal faction?

What if the former emperor became an ordinary monarch?

With this assumption, he was pessimistic about his own reality.

‘It meant nothing.’

Kariel smiled bitterly and looked at Tharion.

“I’ve given up on even the prime minister, so I can speed up now.”

“… … It seems so.”

“There must be a lot of people who want to go abroad among the Emperors. Call them all. Especially the priests, never miss it.”

“Yes!”

At his command, Tharion moved immediately.

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Just a day after Kariel gave the order, a massive movement took place.

Having captured the criminal gangs and spies, all that is left is to capture the garbage nobles.

“great. Let’s just go like this.”

“A massive sweep! The Empire is getting cleaner!」

Kariel smiled contentedly while reading the article in the morning newspaper.

The reaction to the people of the empire who were worried was not bad.

Trash-like aristocrats were captured while tracking the slush funds they had accumulated, and as a result, of course, the temple had no choice but to become a problem.

Then, even priests began to be arrested from all over the empire, and eventually even high-ranking priests were arrested by the Inspection Department.

“Your Highness, another letter of protest from the Holy Land… … .”

“Take that and post it in the plaza.”

Kariel publicly posted a letter of protest from the Holy Land in the plaza.

Then the people of the Empire were angry.

The situation grew out of control as people began to invade the temple and burn it or destroy the building.

Although he believed in God, his pride as an imperial nation was greater, so his anger at Seongguk who dared to commit a crime and sent a letter of protest rose to the sky.

Of course, some of the devout devotees told them to restrain themselves, but in the end they were forced to withdraw from the word warlock.

“I’m done with my work.”

Kariel smiled and looked at the newspaper containing the reactions of the people of the Empire.

Kariel smiles at the thought that YOLO life is really coming to an end now.

Tarion sighed and approached him.

“Sir, this is not the time for you to play.”

“You’re playing! You’re looking at government affairs!”

Kariel was furious at Tarion’s words.

But all he did was read the newspaper.

He coughed at Tarion’s cold stare and quietly got up from his seat and prepared to start exercising.

“majesty.”

“You are ready now. Don’t look.”

“I see you. All this to tell… … No, not this. There are people who want to see your Majesty.”

At Tarion’s words, Kariel showed a puzzled expression.

“Are they dukes?”

“no.”

Tarion shook his head.

“These are the ones I commanded before.”

“ah! Did they come to the capital?”

“Yeah, just… … .”

“but?”

When Tharion blurted out the end of his words with a hesitant expression, Kariel asked again with a puzzled expression.

“As rumored, they are geeks… … .”

“I do not care.”

“It could be very rude.”

“You geeks, you have to understand.”

Kariel nodded his head as if he didn’t really care and told him to bring him home.

“I have to meet them, so today’s exercise is a rest… … .”

“I will see you in the evening.”

At Kariel’s words, Tarion spoke as if he had no idea and then backed away.

Kariel sighed and left the room.

“majesty!”

Cariel’s expression wrinkled as he saw Toto running towards him with a bright smile.

“Your Majesty, if you make such a face, I feel sorry for you. I always cut down on my training time to prepare for a workout for my majesty… … .”

Toto twists his body as if he’s upset.

But seeing the muscular Toto do that would only cause anger.

“Then be quick! You get worn out every time!”

“It will make you more comfortable in the future when you exercise like that.”

Toto spoke firmly and headed to the gym with Kariel.

“I need to get rid of this bastard’s base scab quickly!”

His momentum has doubled to control the firearms that are rapidly increasing these days.

Basic rigid body technique has limitations in controlling firearms, so it is covered by increasing the amount of training.

In the end, Kariel, who had been rolled until she was exhausted today, returned to the room stumbling around. There, people he had never seen before were waiting for him.

“Your Highness, the geek I told you about… … No, experts are coming.”

Tarion sighed, corrected his words, and introduced the oddballs.

Contrary to the evaluation that she was crazy about fire, a woman who looked calm, and a woman who looked firm, unlike rumors that she was crazy about battle.

“This is as rumored.”

Kariel looked at Brion, the monster surgeon.

As rumored, he looked like an eccentric, as he was shaped like Toto and carried bizarre gadgets all over his body.

“Nice to meet you. My name is Arsuna, the sorceress.”

“This is mercenary Iris.”

“This is therapist Brion.”

Kariel, who was greeted in turn, tilted her head while looking at Brion.

A therapist and a doctor are different.

Unlike the division into internal medicine and surgery in Earth, here, those who correspond to internal medicine are called therapists.

In other words, the surgeon suddenly switched to internal medicine.

“A therapist?”

“… … I recently changed my occupation. Everyone runs away when they see me… … .”