CH ss - 35

[Gile: Back Injury]

※Gile’s POV

“Good grief, King Frederick is unexpectedly persistent. Even though I’ve repeatedly said that Alfine is ill.”

So far, King Frederick has summoned me about Alfine’s matter so many times that I don’t want to count it anymore. I, who was summoned about the matter again today, sit down on the sofa.

I was called over and over again to explain Alfine’s condition, and each time he casted a suspicious look at me.

Perhaps it will be difficult to continue to gloss over it as medical treatment for illness.

If Alfine’s matter is exposed and I lose the trust of the king, my position as the commander of the Royal Guard Knight would be jeopardized. If that happens, it will hinder father’s matter. He might disinherit me…

Perhaps because I’m irritated, I can’t stop biting my thumb nail.

At that time, the door is knocked, and Vigo rushes in without waiting for my permission to enter the room.

“Vigo! I don’t remember giving you the permission to enter the room!”

“Pardon me. However, there are reports that must be informed to Gile-sama immediately. I will appreciate it if you could read this.”

Without feeling pain nor itch after being scolded, Vigo come in front of me sitting on the sofa and presents a piece of paper.

My eyes run through the letters written on the handed paper.

After I follow the content with my eyes, I become frustrated and couldn’t stop my hands from trembling.

“You moron! Don’t give me such report!”

I crumple the handed paper and throw it at Vigo.

“However, your esteemed father has left this matter to Gile-sama. So, I thought it is a good idea to report to Gile-sama…”

Vigo picks up the crumpled paper and presents it to me again.

“Someone is investigating the existence of the Inbahanes crystal mine, the Frontier Count has found the underground facility in Abyss Hole, and the war horse I was looking forward to has escaped again! There’s no way such a ridiculous story is true!”

“It is the truth as everything was reported by my subordinates. The situation seems to be going in a very bad direction… We can’t afford to search for Alfine-sama.”

Vigo keep presenting the paper in front of me without changing his expression.

“Idiot! That’s your top priority! You know how many times I had been called by King Frederick, right!”

“But information regarding her is cut off at Youg Hannotes. There is also the possibility that Frontier Count Lloyd is already hiding Alfine-sama…”

“What did you say…? The Frontier Count hid her?”

At Vigo’s report that said that the two who I didn’t to be connected the most might have been connected, I felt a lot of sweat flowing down my spine.

“It seems that the Frontier Count’s surveillance of those dispatched to Youg Hannotes was becoming stricter… If we take it as the conversations of the knights escorting Gile-sama had been overheard, it is better if we assume that Alfine-sama has already come under the protection of Frontier Count Llo—”

“I don’t want to hear such a report!”

“No, I withdrew it last time, but I would like to propose it to Gile-sama again. Making Alfine-sama be killed as a traitor is the best way to deal with this dangerous situation.”

Vigo reiterate what he had previously proposed to me.

If Alfine died in this situation, my position would be even more difficult.

Does Vigo want me to lose my job?

“There’s no way… I can do such a thing…”

“No, if you don’t, it will be tough for Gile-sama to keep his position. If Frontier Count Lloyd speak up, it is certain that even King Frederick will be unsparing toward Gile-sama. If it comes to that, your esteemed father will cast you away and put the responsibilities of the various situations on Gile-sama.”

Vigo’s whispered words quickly become a truth in my mind.

Father cuts his connection with me…

I can’t deny that possibility.

My father, who is the prime minister of the kingdom and the one who manages the country, has great ambitions, and he also used me to fulfill those ambitions.

“Father will cut his connection with me you say!? But I should have erased the evidences that I’m involved with the crystal mine, underground facility and the likes! I should have instructed you to do that! And there is no proof that Alfine was sheltered by the Frontier Count either, right!”

“Actually, the other party should not have gotten any proof of our existence yet… And the plan is to cut the thread before he can get the source. However, the situation requires Alfine-sama to die. If Alfine-sama is dead, no matter how much of a ruckus the Frontier Count makes, we should be able to crush it with your father’s power.”

If Alfine is dead, I will be able to protect myself – that’s what he meant, huh.

Is that means that the situation rapidly begins to threaten my position?

I begin to weigh Alfine and my position within my mind.

However, the answer comes out immediately.

“Alright. Kill Alfine’s body double. Charge her with the guilt of attempting to assassinate the commander of the Royal Guard Knight and exposes her at the castle gate of the Royal Capital. If we go that far, even if the Frontier Count sheltered her, he wouldn’t be able to speak up.”

“Thank you for your understanding. Now then, let us execute it. Make a sword wound on Gile-sama’s back to the degree of almost killing him.”

When Vigo says so, the knight in full-body armor, who had been with me as my escort, pulls out his sword; then, there is a burning pain on my back.

“Higiiiiiiii!! What does this mean, Vigo!? Blood, blooood! I’m dying! What the heck are you doing!?”

“Please be assured, as we will treat you properly. There is no way you could have fought Sword Master Alfine and came out unharmed after all.”

Vigo says that with expressionless face, then he has the knight carry me.

There, I lose my consciousness.