The Prince Wants To Retire

16. Punish the traitor!

Despite the need to build a defense line, the military government deliberately opened the way for the monsters.

Of course, not all military districts in the Northwest were applicable.

If that was the case, the entire Northwest Army should have been mobilized to kill Kariel.

In other words, the traitor was part of the military, and the traitor who was in the path of Kariel’s movement opened the defense line.

– Haven’t you heard from them yet?

-exactly.

– I don’t think it’s there yet.

Those who betrayed the Empire waited anxiously for a call from the Warlocks.

However, even though the appointment time has passed, there has been no call from them.

-If you haven’t contacted me yet… … .

– Now, I think you should be mindful of failure.

-After all, each of us must find a way to live.

In the end, when the situation where we had to worry about failure approached, sighs came out of everyone’s mouth.

In case the warlock failed, they each opened their own way, so from now on, they had to do their best to prepare to meet the prince.

Each of them had to separate and find a way to live.

From the beginning, this gathering was nothing more than a meager improvised by a warlock, so there was no loyalty to help.

– Let’s all live.

With those words, the traitors disappeared one by one from the Black Crystal Orb.

As everyone disappeared from the contact crystal ball that the warlock had secretly handed over, the man who was quietly looking at the crystal ball sighed and stood up.

As long as there is a high probability that the Crown Prince will come back alive, he had to find a way to live on his own, but the man couldn’t even think of that.

“… … I will only die.”

The person who actually opened the way to the monster was the only man left until the very end, so there was a high possibility that he would die from poisoning himself.

Until the end, he hoped that the black magician would be successful, but even he himself thought the possibility was not high.

“I thought I was going to die, but… … .”

Why did the traitors, including himself, team up with the warlock?

It was because their preparations were so meticulous, and the rewards they could get when they succeeded were great.

At first, he refused because of his loyalty to the empire, which remained as small as a rat tail, but eventually passed on to them who whispered sweet words, and came this far.

‘Still, I have to find a way to live.’

There was a high possibility of death, but I started looking for a way to find a way to live even as small as the eye of a needle.

Because if you live, you will have another chance.

With that in mind, the man who left the secret base and secretly returned to his room changed his clothes.

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Just then, he heard a knock on his door.

“Who are you?”

“It’s urgent.”

He opened the door, acting as if he had just woken up at the urgent voice of his subordinate.

“Is this an attack from a monster?”

“no.”

“then?”

“It is said that the Crown Prince was attacked by a warlock.”

With a surprised expression on his subordinate’s report, he hurriedly headed to the command center.

‘It failed in the end.’

The warlocks frowned at their failure.

Still, there wasn’t a chance.

It was because there was a way to kill the Crown Prince and carry on with the original plan once again if this crisis was over.

‘If you pass this time, you can live.’

I headed to the command center, thinking to myself that I could live.

“Are you here?”

A young man sitting in the center.

And next to him stood the commander of the corps who was in command of the defense line.

As soon as he saw it, he could immediately guess who was sitting there.

“Meet Your Highness!”

Kariel smiled and said to the man who hadtily knelt and bowed his head.

“You are late.”

“So, I’m sorry.”

The man who bowed his head at Kariel’s words answered with a cold sweat.

The corps commander spoke to him in a cold voice.

“You are the last.”

“Yes?”

The corps commander, who always spoke warmly to himself even when he was hard, spoke in a voice full of coldness, and the man gulped down his saliva.

The moment he intuitively felt that something was wrong, Prince Kariel opened his mouth.

“Where did you go like that? You look very busy?”

“That, that… … .”

“Was it to hear the news that I was dead?”

Looking at Kariel, who smiled and said, the man realized at once that this place was a limb.

‘It’s over.’

The corps commander said to the man who thought so, closing his eyes tightly.

“Captain Marchen.”

“… … Yes.”

“I felt sorry for you, who was pushed out of the promotion despite having the ability. Isn’t that what it is though?”

At the words of the corps commander, Lieutenant General Märchen lowered his head.

A man who, despite completing an academy at the top of the ranks and taking an elite course, was eventually pushed out of his personal connections and couldn’t rise any further from the position of vice-captain.

He was Marhen.

Unlike the other officers, this position had barely climbed up from the bottom.

“Betraying the Empire… … .”

“… … I apologize.”

Kariel stopped the corps commander from shouting at Märchen.

Kariel stood up from her seat as she looked at Märchen, who lowered her head without raising her face properly.

“According to what I experienced in the capital, there were quite a lot of trash who betrayed the empire.”

Marhen’s expression hardened at Kariel’s words.

“Isn’t it unfair?”

“… … .”

“I think it would be unfair for you to poison yourself and die… … .”

At Kariel’s words, Merhen’s expression began to tremble.

In fact, that thought was still in the back of my mind.

As if using mind reading, Kariel accurately tells Merhen’s inner thoughts instead.

Nevertheless, Marchen’s mouth did not open easily.

The fact that he wanted to kill Kariel because betraying the Empire was not enough meant that he had no choice but to die no matter what.

And unlike the other traitors, he had no family.

So, although Marchen was worried for a while, she bit her lip again and overcame Kariel’s sweet temptation.

‘… … He is single with no family. it’s okay to die alone I have no regrets.’

As Marchen thought like this, Kariel said.

“I came from a hidden illegitimate child of a noble family, so even if I had the ability, there was a limit to my career path. I was tormented by that reality and did not even create a family.”

“… … .”

“You didn’t even get married in order not to make your children suffer like you.”

At Kariel’s words, Marchen’s eyes began to tremble.

When he heard from Kariel’s mouth the exact reason why he did not even get married even though he reached middle age, his firm determination began to crack again.

“Yeah, I have no regrets. Because if you die alone, you’ll think it’s over. by the way… … .”

Kariel muffled her words, raised her hand and lifted the head of Marchen, who had bowed her head.

Cariel said while making eye contact.

“Don’t you want to take revenge on those who made you like this?”

At Kariel’s question, Marchen’s eyes began to tremble relentlessly.

“I found out that your hometown is quite trash. There are many illegitimate children like you, and using them to maintain power… … . What is most disgusting is that, while doing all sorts of dirty things, he has passed on all the crimes committed by his immediate family to his illegitimate children.”

“… … .”

“Because you know that too, you must have cut the ties early and have been living on your own. However, even an illegitimate child was not easily severed from blood ties, and in the end, they were used unknowingly and unknowingly, and their career path was limited.”

Kariel asked Marchen again.

“Don’t you want revenge?”

“… … Is it possible?”

“It is difficult to save your life. But it is possible to destroy them.”

Merhen’s eyes, which were trembling at Kariel’s words, began to calm down little by little.

what you most wanted.

It wasn’t success as the warlocks had whispered.

Success only serves as a weapon for one’s true purpose.

“Can you really avenge me?”

Märchen asks again, as if not believing.

Kariel nodded as if she understood such Märchen.

It was only natural that he still had doubts that he would only use and abandon him, from his point of view, who lived as an illegitimate child and had been manipulated countless times.

Kariel said to him.

“I made a promise to a suspicious prime minister like you. You will die and your family will be destroyed, but I will open a way for your family to live. And I actually did.”

At Kariel’s words, the doubts in Marchen’s eyes gradually disappeared.

“I cannot promise to save your life. But I will definitely destroy the family you seek revenge on.”

At Kariel’s words, Marchen bowed her head as even a handful of doubts in her eyes disappeared.

“Please ask. Everything I know belongs to Your Majesty from now on.”

At Marchen’s words, Kariel smiled and lifted Marchen up.

“I’m hungry. Shall we talk slowly while eating something?”

Kariel, who got off her luck with a friendly expression, started talking to Märchen.

The story that started at dawn continued through the morning until noon.

The first was information about the black magician.

Märchen didn’t know much about this either.

The black magicians approached him unilaterally and asked to join hands, so he didn’t know much about it.

Still, there was useful information.

“It’s fun. They said they messed with the volcano… … .”

While saying that, Kariel listened to Merhen’s next story.

The second was a story about Märchen’s family.

Unfortunately, his hometown had no direct connection with Belfur.

It was because even Belfurs was reluctant to join hands with them, as they were a family that did a lot of garbage to the extent that they were notorious even in the west.

In addition, since Märchen itself almost cut off ties a long time ago, he did not know much information.

However, it could help capture Belfurs.

It was because he was associated with a black trader and a criminal organization, so he could help trace Belfurs’ money line hidden in the darkness of the West.

Finally, it was about the traitors.

“… … after. I have to apologize to you for this part. sorry.”

Kariel slightly bowed her head to Marhen.

Then, Tarion, the corps commander, and Achelio, who were next to him, made a surprised expression.

The party, Marchen, also made a puzzled expression.

“I, my lord… … .”

“I betrayed the Empire, but I have to apologize for this part. It all happened because the center of the empire was rotten.”

Saying that, Kariel looked at Marchen.

“It is the imperial family’s fault for neglecting the issue and not focusing on it. Because of that, people like you were created and this three months has passed.”

“… … .”

Tears fell from Marchen’s eyes at Kariel’s apology.

“But it will be different in the future. It’s still a bit far-fetched, but the rotten part in the center has been cut out quite a bit, and the fat will slowly change as well.”

No matter which of the two princes becomes the next crown prince, he could be assured that this part would be achieved.

It was because the flow within the empire was already flowing that way.

The first thing to do ahead of a war with other countries is to build up internal stability.

There was also the cause of being a black magician, so it would progress much faster than Kariel expected.

“I’ll clean up the west side myself before I retire.”

“… … I will cheer for Your Highness, even from the underworld.”

At Merhen’s words, Kariel looked at him and smiled.

“It will be done before you are executed, so see it before you die and go a long way.”

At Kariel’s words, Märchen lowered her head.

“thank… … thank you.”

Cariel, who patted Marchen’s shoulder in tears as she gave thanks again and again, got up from her seat.

And after a while, a large-scale purge of the commander-level personnel in the Northwest began.