Chapter 554
Kono Lint, who was in the allied camp, was caught by Sarkegar and taken to the outskirts of the allied army where Antirianus was waiting.
After being dragged there, it seems that they were transported to this point by mass teleport while under the hypnosis of Antirianus.
So, I didn’t know any English.
Even so, the reason why he didn’t run away must have been because he was not familiar with Antirianus. Because this guy was kidnapped by Antirianus the other day.
So, it may not be a good face, but I do have a face.
To be honest, Kono Lint can run away as long as he wants to.
But in the end, even though he was in a panic, he didn’t run away.
“So what, what do you want from me?”
I haven’t explained all the details, but Kono Lint knows that I’m trying to deal with the gate situation in my own way.
Basically, he’s a good guy.
To be honest, it’s not that I was attracted to a woman, but I can’t turn away from asking for help, so I must be willing to help.
Of course what… … . If I said there was no reason to be a woman, it would be absolutely not.
“What do I want from you?”
“My superpower?”
“Yeah, I’m trying to get into a place that’s hard to get into.”
Kono Lint is an idiot.
However, he’s not that serious of an idiot.
In this situation, I have no choice but to know that I am trying to enter a place that cannot be entered by magic, that I dared to find myself while hanging many archmages in the ecliptic.
“Temple? What are you going to do after entering the temple? … ? Is Ellen at her garrison?”
Serious fool.
not even notice
uh.
That’s not what I’m talking about.
내가 개새끼인 거 알긴 하는데!
Kono Lint tilted his head as if he didn’t even feel Olivia’s expression grow cold in an instant.
“What am I doing in the temple? I will go somewhere else.”
“Somewhere else? no way… … .”
His complexion turned white as if he had finally noticed where I was going.
“Could it be the imperial palace? I don’t know what they’re trying to do there, but they’re trying to drag me in?! What are you trying to do to me! I don’t! I will go back!”
He tried to shake off the arms of Sarkegar and Antirianus at any moment.
“Lint. We do not need your willing cooperation.”
Antirianus stares at Conor Lint and smiles.
No, I’m talking nonsense again!
“yes… … . yes?”
“If I destroy Lindt-kun’s brain and turn him into a puppet that only listens to me, he’ll be broken as a human being, but he’ll be great as a tool… … .”
“Don’t talk nonsense! I will not! I’m not doing it!”
I’m asking for help for a moment. I have no intention of using that guy for the rest of my life!
But Antirianus had no intention of stopping.
“Even if Lindt-kun gets out of our grasp, where else would we go other than the Imperial Island of Gradium and the Allied Garrison? The whole world has become a place where humans can’t set foot, and you can run away right now, but one day I’ll be able to find Mr. Lindt. ah. It would be all right to cast a tracking spell now.”
“Hee, hee… … ! Save me, Grandpa!”
“I never said he would kill me. It’s just a little bit of brain teasing… … .”
“Oh, stop! I’m going to get sick of it!”
It is true that Antirianus is evil, but he is more evil than evil in that he prefers to bully or frighten opponents rather than kill.
Kono Lint rolled his eyeballs and his complexion began to turn blue.
I had no intention of threatening, but Antirianus’ threat was unexpectedly effective.
That’s right.
Even if we could pull ourselves out right now, as long as we had limited places to go, we could always find Kono Lint if we gritted our teeth and tried to find it. Unless you live as a savage in the field, it will definitely be like that.
Even if you run away, you can catch it again, so it’s useless to jump out.
It seemed clear that it had broken Kono Lint’s will to flee.
“no… … . I didn’t mean to scare you. just gentlemanly… … . I was trying to ask for help. Don’t pay attention to what the old man says.”
“A gentlemanly asshole for tempting me with beauty!”
“I have nothing to say about that, but… … .”
I’ve never asked Sarkegar to seduce Kono Lint with a beauty world, but I’ve used something like that in the past, so I have nothing to say.
“Anyway, help me, I have something to enter the imperial palace. All you have to do is let us in and take us out again at the appointed time.”
“Why should I do that! It’s a felony! If you get caught, you’ll hang yourself! It’s treason!”
hmm.
how to say
Is this kind of reaction coming out when you ask for help in a good way?
“As expected, I can’t ask for help.”
“Yeah, I’ll keep my mouth shut no matter what, so do it yourself. i won’t help… … .”
“sun.”
I said briefly, looking at Kono Lint.
“Just do it, kid. Am I happy?”
“I thought it would come out like this in the end… … .”
Kono Lint muttered softly.
also.
Being a king is more of an order than a request.
“Do what you are told and if you get caught, against my name! I did it! He said he would kill me if I didn’t! something like this! Will you kill me?”
however… … .
If Antirianus is evil.
Aren’t I just an asshole?
* * *
In the end, Kono Lint started to follow me in silence, probably because of my coercion and Antirianus’ threat, as if he had judged that it was useless to run away.
Sarkegar and Antirianus were sent back.
After robbing the imperial mausoleum, the National Cemetery is next.
One more person was added to the party, me, Olivia, Harriet, and Cono Lint.
Thanks to Antirianus’ useless kidnapping of Kono Lint in the last pre-emptive attack on Serandia, we now have this guy’s help, so looking back, it looks like Antirianus did something this time too… … .
Of course, it’s more like coercion than help.
Harriet and Conor Lint were not very close. To be honest, he wasn’t close to me either.
But right now, Kono Lint is accompanied by three of the empire’s most important war criminals.
“Yeah, but… … . No matter how much you’re wearing a hood, walking around like this… … . are you okay?”
All three of us are known for their faces on wanted flyers.
So, he seemed to be worried that if he was caught, the entire imperial capital would be turned upside down.
“I put on cognitive impairment magic and noise canceling. Of course, there may be wizards who can see through, but don’t worry about that. There aren’t that many people who go around paying attention that much.”
“I see… … .”
The crowd itself becomes a tent.
It might seem a little strange to walk around wearing a hoodie in a national cemetery, but this place is full of people like that.
You can’t be suspicious of everyone on the street.
Kono Lint looks at Olivia, who walks silently this time.
“My sister… … . Olivia Ranze… … . Right?”
“… … do you know me?”
“It’s strange if you don’t know.”
In the temple days, it was a strange person if you didn’t know because it was the temple days, and now, if you don’t know, it’s a strange person. In fact, Olivia often went to our dorm, so she has no choice but to know Kono Lint.
We can’t help but be scared, even though we know we’re not doing the vicious things the world is known for. Even going around with them as if they were colleagues, so it can’t be helped that this guy is scared.
“By the way, what are you trying to do after entering the imperial palace? no way… … . Bertus… … .”
“Can it be?”
“Isn’t it? Because there’s no reason to do that… … . But then, what are you going to do in the imperial palace… … ?”
Should I say it or not?
Harriet had a gloomy expression, and Olivia shrugged as if telling me to take care of it.
You don’t have to tell me.
If you hear what we’re up to, you’re sure to be shocked.
And if you know you helped with that, you’ll feel guilty.
It’s strange to say, and it seems strange not to say.
I think it’s better to just use it, and I think this guy has the right to know. I do not know.
“As a result, it is helpful for the war, but it is something that many people will not understand or accept.”
I hand over the choice to Kono Lint.
“I want to live without knowing that not knowing is good. Or do you really want to know about things that are not good for you?”
At my words, Kono Lint looks at me from under the hood.
He must have guessed enough that he wasn’t trying to do an ordinary job as long as he broke into the imperial palace.
how long did it take
“I hate being used without knowing anything.”
It seems to be the same, but in the end, Kono Lint also changed during the war.
“What am I doing… … . You should know.”
is it.
then you should know
“I will go into the imperial mausoleum and revive the ashes of the war heroes there as Death Knights.”
“This crazy… … !”
“Yeah, I knew it would be like this.”
I quickly covered Kono Lint’s mouth.
* * *
Just as we were all horrified when we first heard Olivia’s proposal, Conno Lint’s first reaction was helpless.
But after he screamed once, he didn’t say anything for a while.
It wouldn’t be much different from what Harriet and I were thinking.
they’re dead anyway
These are the ones who can’t come back, and what we use are only the traces of those who have already disappeared.
If that’s the case, if you can save the people who lived with those traces, shouldn’t you do it? Is that such a bad thing?
You will be thinking like that.
But even so, just as I was determined not to make Epinhauser and Royale into Death Knights. After all, there is a contradiction.
“this… … . Do you think that’s right?”
It’s not that Kono Lint can or can’t, it seemed like there was nothing left but questions after all. Harriet didn’t say anything about this either because she couldn’t come to a conclusion.
And neither did I have anything to say.
It wasn’t hypocrisy or hypocrisy, was it just a terrible thing? I wondered if that was the case.
“Is this right.”
But Olivia answered, not me.
“It was a war that broke out in spite of wanting peace. Originally, these contradictory things are a long tradition passed down from generation to generation.”
Olivia giggled, covering her mouth as if she were laughing at something.
He’s probably laughing at the whole world.
However, since it would be Olivia herself who would make the Death Knight, she would be laughing at herself the hardest.
“I think this is right. If I go wrong later, then it’s all my fault. Let’s do something like that.”
Olivia said she would take it all over herself, but we never thought of it that way.
“I’m almost there.”
The walls of the imperial castle Emperatos were getting closer and closer.
* * *
Near the west side of Hwangseong, we entered the middle of a deserted alley.
It can’t be said that it doesn’t have a stench, but it wasn’t as bad as the place we first entered.
We don’t have the blueprints for the imperial castle, but Harriet had the structural diagram Charlotte drew.
“Charlotte, doesn’t he know how to draw?”
Olivia opened her mouth in a daze as she looked at the imperial castle map, which was too well drawn for a rough drawing.
Clearly, Charlotte seemed to be thinking negatively about painting. She had talked like that in the Spring Palace.
Of course, this has nothing to do with painting, but Charlotte drew the map exactly as if she had drawn it with a ruler.
He knows and knows how to do a lot of knowledge that he doesn’t really need to know to a decent level.
… … What is the royal family?
If you think about it, there is something fundamentally wrong with me being king.
It’s only natural that you’re not good at it!
Kono Lint was taken aback at the mention of the missing princess’s name, but it wasn’t new since everyone knew that I disappeared with the princess at the burning ceremony in the first place.
As Olivia said, it was drawn in great detail for a rough drawing.
Central Palace Tetra.
Each seasonal palace located in the north, south, east and west.
In addition, the annexes of each palace and their locations, as well as our destination, the vicinity of the imperial mausoleum, were recorded in detail on the annexes of each palace, and even the location of the royal guards barracks on the tram route.
“This… … . Was it drawn by Charlotte?”
“huh.”
“So does Charlotte know?”
“yes.”
As if trying to guess what the princess might have been thinking as she drew this map, Kono Lint lost her senses.
That’s right.
I’m going to dig up your ancestors’ graves, so I’m asking you to draw me a map.
I didn’t actually ask for it, Charlotte drew it for me.
shallot… … . How did you feel when you drew this? Harriet looks up at the winter sky visible through the alley.
“I think it would be better to move at night.”
It was getting darker and darker because the hours passed and the days were short.
“According to Charlotte, the entrance to the imperial mausoleum is always closed, and two guards are always guarding the door. Naturally, the guards guard the gate, but cannot enter the mausoleum. It’s not a place that’s always open in the first place.”
“So, once you enter, the inside is empty?”
“yes. Because no one can come in at any time. Of course, it is always closed, except for the management positions who come in and out periodically for management. Management staff changes once a week. It’s not today, it’s tomorrow.”
That’s good news.
“The lock works with magic, not with a key. It seems that the wizard with the position of overseeing the mausoleum knows the opening magic. First, I’ll try the method of dispelling the magic on the door. We need to figure out if that is impossible or not.”
“What if it’s impossible?”
“It got a little complicated after that. If you want to go quietly, you need to find out the opening magic from the mausoleum manager, or sneak in together when the mausoleum opens tomorrow. You’re going to do the job twice. Of course, even this time is not without risk.”
Even if they succeeded in entering the imperial palace, it was not easy to enter the mausoleum.
“Of course, the protective magic on the mausoleum itself wouldn’t be that strong. Not necessarily a door, but a window or ceiling. Reinhardt. There is also a coercive way for you to break through with the aura blade. I’m going to turn off the alarm and I’m going to use noise canceling as well. It’ll be easier to get it off than the lock on the door. So there is no need to wait until tomorrow.”
It’s to take advantage of the night and there’s no coming back, so it’s okay to play that kind of game.
Harriet made good sense when she said it was easier to break the alarm on the building itself than it was to unlock the door.
Of course, it’s a bit annoying that it’s easier to break through a wall or window than to open a door and enter.
But when I think about it, I wonder if every house is like that.
If it is impossible to enter quietly, they enter noisily even if they leave some traces.
Harriet looks at Kono Lint, who now has the most important role, but in some ways the easiest role.
“Lint, all you have to do is get the three of us over that wall. Then I will use all the magic related to stealth and camouflage as much as possible. Inside the imperial palace, all magic related to space movement is blocked. I don’t know how long it will take to work inside… … .”
“Wait, wait.”
Harriet continued to explain something, but Kono Lint cut Harriet off.
“I am… … . Anyway, you mean we can just let you guys in and get you out?”
“huh.”
“no… … . I heard… … . I want you guys to… … . If you let them into the graveyard… … . Aren’t you comfortable?”
“… … .”
“… … .”
“It doesn’t.”
Harriet and I fell silent at Kono Lint’s puzzled story, and Olivia nodded.
That’s right.
Things would be much simpler and easier if Kono Lint helped us from beginning to end, rather than just getting us into the imperial palace.
“That’s true, but putting too much pressure on you, Lindt… … . And it will never be a pretty sight.”
It can’t be helped that Harriet can’t help but say that with a look of hesitation.
Kono Lint is an outsider, and he was forcibly brought here through coercion and intimidation.
However, if you ask him to help invade the mausoleum, he will become the core rather than an accomplice. He even had to see the resurrection of the Death Knights.
From one to ten, Kono Lint will do almost everything.
Although it is laughable to try not to intervene more than enough in a subject that has been forcibly dragged on. If Kono Lint saw with his own eyes the heroes of the past becoming Death Knights, he might be traumatized.
Originally, he only wanted to ask us to let us in and get us out.
However, the boy shakes his head.
“As long as we decided to do it anyway, there is no difference between doing more and doing less.”
“… … .”
“I don’t know if this is the right thing to do.”
the guy sees me
“But regardless of whether this is right or not… … . If I’m going to play a part in this, I’m not trying to help. It’s okay that we did it together anyway.”
Kono Lint can’t completely deny this, just as he can’t fully affirm it.
That’s why, if I was going to play a role, I seemed to be trying to keep an eye on everything rather than clumsily helping out and later saying I didn’t know.
Connor Lint sees Harriet.
“Don’t make me a coward.”
“… … Sorry. Excuse me.”
Harriet apologized, perhaps thinking that it was rather rude to consider leaving him out of important matters.
“Oh, no. Not necessarily… … . what… … .”
The guy stuttered as if he didn’t know Harriet would apologize.
He robs the royal tomb and revives the remains of heroes as Death Knights.
“As you say, you know that this is a serious crime that will go down in history, right?”
At my words, Kono Lint smiled.
“For that to happen, history would have to continue to exist.”
“… … It doesn’t.”
Everyone grows up.
It is clear that it is not by one’s own will but by others’ will and circumstances.
In the end, I couldn’t help but laugh bitterly.
