Chapter 287

EP.287

“I will meet head-on and crush the intentions of those trying to assassinate me. For their safety, we will first send Louise and Frederick to the imperial palace in the suburbs where His Majesty is staying. It wouldn’t be that awkward if the reason was ‘Louise wants to show off her only grandson.’ “Among the personnel in my mansion, I will immediately send out all the maids and butlers who may poison the food.”

“You’re saying you’re going to survive for a while with only trustworthy butlers and maids. Would that be enough? “If you want, I can lend you some of the Guard Knights.”

“Would it be okay to hire northerners and soldiers from the 7th Guards Division who are just about to be discharged? “I have heard people worry that they have nowhere to go after being discharged.”

His Majesty heard those words and responded.

“Don’t hire someone who will bend your back.”

**

And a week later, that night, Louise and Frederick left for the imperial palace in the suburbs where His Majesty His Majesty was staying.

Due to special circumstances, Anya, Laura, and Charlotte were sleeping in the same room as me, and I heard suspicious footsteps near the bedroom.

He is presumed to be an assassin... No, seeing as he sneaked into my house at this hour, I’m guessing he is an assassin.

Anya and Laura, who were sleeping next to me, reacted to the sound of those guys stepping on the floor of our house with their heels raised.

“Captain, I can hear footsteps outside. Above, next to the ceiling, there is the sound of people stepping down the hallway of the house, and the number seems to be quite large.”

“I think it was a great decision to send Her Highness Louise to Her Majesty. “He doesn’t know how to use a sword, so if we didn’t send him and Frederick to a safe situation near His Majesty... we might not be able to protect him.”

I listened intently to the sounds coming from around me and from the floor, and it seemed like there were about 10 of them approaching the room we were in.

This alone is too many to be mobilized to assassinate an individual, but unless they had udon sari on their minds... they

would have also considered the presence of security personnel called ‘servants’ in the houses of nobles with titles. There are at least 20 people who have infiltrated the mansion.

Damn Pietro, you bastard militarist bastards.

I don’t know what’s going on in their heads, whether it’s due to their lack of ability or a mistake they made, or they are plotting to assassinate a well-off person who has retired or been discharged from the military.

Thinking like that, I was starting to get angry, but the retired 7th Division soldiers who were staying at my house and acting as guards started ringing the bell to warn me.

“Fuck you, boss! Wake up! “The damn assassins have invaded!”

“He said it was okay to break the furniture and things like that in the house! Cut those bastards off first! “It’s 2 gold per person!”

“You bastards are trying to assassinate our leader! Kill every single one of them by breaking their limbs! “Kill any bastard that tries to run away!”

Charlotte also woke up to that sound and asked me with a puzzled look.

“Master, what should I do?”

“Hide under the bed. “They are after my head anyway, not you, Charlotte.”

Usually, if you say this, it’s often said in animations or comics, ‘I will fight together for my master, too.’ There are cases where you do that.

But to put it bluntly, Charlotte is just a maid and an ordinary person who doesn’t know how to kill people, so she can’t help me in this melee.

Not giving anything will only help.

She understood that too, so she quietly went under the bed.

The three of us, Laura, Anya, and I, pulled out our respective knives that we had hidden under our pillows for such occasions, and I walked lightly to the door leading to the hallway where the cowardly assassins were presumed to be gathered, and immediately kicked the door hard.

The wooden door shattered with a crashing sound, and some people let out loud screams as if their bones were broken in the process.

True to her personality, Laura neatly aimed at the assassin’s vital points with minimal, controlled movements, while Anya had the habit of fiercely looting in the north, so she swung her sword flashily, quickly, and loudly.

Although they were dealing with five assassins who were more than twice their size, the two even seemed relaxed, perhaps due to the difference in skill and prowess they had accumulated during the war.

“You deserve to die for trying to kill the captain! “Trying to kill the leader, the protector of the North, is not even worth a cartwheel!”

“No, we need to capture him alive and make him a prisoner, so let’s not kill him.”

“... That’s right, Laura.”

In fact, as I watch the assassins fight, it seems true that the best people from the top assassin guild have been hired at a high price.

Because Laura and Anya are so strong, they don’t seem like very talented people.

While I was blankly watching the fight, Laura and Anya completely cleared out all five assassins who had been standing and fighting just a moment ago and came towards me.

“What should we do, Captain?”

“Laura and Anya, you protect Charlotte. If that child is taken hostage, we will be at a huge disadvantage. “I won’t let those damn assassins touch my servants.”

Laura listened to my words and hugged me for a moment, wishing me a safe trip, and then left.

When Anya saw the scene, she looked at me with an expression of resentment that she had not been able to hit first, but due to the situation, she could not say anything and followed quietly.

The lighting was a bit dark, so I couldn’t see it clearly, but I think I saw the resentment on her face, so I’ll remember to comfort her later.

And I immediately went around the mansion quickly and helped the guards who were fighting hard.

In the process, I succeeded in killing or capturing nearly 6 assassins, and because the guards except me were dressed in armor, there were no deaths.

It could be said that missing a few of the assassins was a silver lining, but not only did I not lose any of my precious men, but I even captured a prisoner, so even if it wasn’t the best result, it would be the next best result.

“Move the corpses to the yard, and put ropes in the captives’ mouths so they can’t bite their tongues. “If you bite your tongue, you won’t be able to speak, so even torturing you will be useless.”

“Yes, I understand. “Captain, shall we now contact the Iman Islands (capital of the empire) security force?”

If it were a normal assassination, it would be right to contact the security forces and handle it, but in this case, it is a political case in which even current officers are involved.

Moreover, His Majesty already knows this in order to exact revenge on the assassins and those behind them.

“Report directly to the Imperial Guard and come. Then the head of the inspection department will light up his eyes and tell you what to do.”

**

And the next day, a shocking order was issued from His Majesty the Emperor.

It was so shocking that I doubted whether what the royal envoy in front of me was saying was true.

So, I received His Majesty’s order from the royal envoy and checked it again, and when I looked again, it said this.

[Emperor of the Reich Empire, Michael von Reich, hereby commands that you hire assassins and dare to kill the active-duty captain of the empire and even almost wound his wife, Louise von Reich, the 4th princess and daughter of His Majesty Fernando von Reich, the ruler of the empire. There are people who have committed sins. Since this incident is directly related to the safety of the Reich Empire, the assassins and the weightlifters behind them will be severely punished. Therefore, I entrust full authority over the investigation and prosecution of this case to the Marquis Peter von Jaeger, and in this case only, I grant the command authority to the entire inspection department to the Marquis Peter von Jaeger.]

..... Why? Fuck! It’s not even a war, so I have to interrogate and harass those guys myself?

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