Holy Emperor’s Grandson is a Necromancer - Chapter 105
Episode 105 〈Clue〉
It was a dark night.
As the dark clouds swallowed up the moonlight, the assassins of the Kingdom of Rom moved.
Their goal is only one.
‘Barus Victoria.’
It was to assassinate the first prince.
This was an order given by the second prince, Derian.
-Kill your brother. However, you must never hurt the prince of the Holy Emperor. They can’t handle it!
An armistice agreement is in progress.
A power outage when we are so close to victory?
As Derian, he couldn’t help but feel nervous.
If the Holy Emperor’s Bureau begins an investigation into the Kingdom of Rom, there is a risk that the king’s assassin and his work will also be discovered.
It was a situation in which conditions that were even slightly advantageous to the rebels should not be given.
I had to kill Varus somehow before establishing a truce.
If only Varus disappears, the civil war will end.
-Don’t leave any evidence.
If the Holy Emperor’s Kingdom reprimanded and put pressure on him for this incident, Derian, who became king, would just have to let it go, even if it meant hitting his head on the floor.
I was even willing to give up part of my territory if I wanted.
For Derian, the Holy Empire has now become a force he does not want to be associated with.
The assassins moved quickly.
I passed through the village where everyone was sleeping and headed to the sewers near the castle.
They carefully cut out the iron bars of the sewer with a dagger infused with mana.
They entered the disgusting sewers wearing masks.
The soldiers who were looking around with torches and braziers turned their gaze when they sensed the presence of people.
“…?”
The soldiers relaxed their necks after confirming that there was nothing wrong with the sewer.
Is it an illusion?
The security at the fortress in Venice town was tight, but as it was a small fortress located on the outskirts, it had many loopholes.
Skilled assassins entered the castle.
They went up to the toilet connected to the sewer and changed their clothes.
Servant and maid outfit.
I sprayed perfume to remove the smell.
Now they have 5 minutes left. All you have to do is kill Varus within that time and escape.
They walked down the hallway.
Soldiers walking down the hallway waved at the assassin dressed as a servant.
“To suffer.”
“Yes, thank you for your hard work.”
The assassins smiled and spoke lightly.
The soldiers nodded and were about to pass by, but they tilted their heads and looked back at the terrible stench.
“Wait a minute, what are you smelling…”
The soldier’s mouth was covered and a dagger was stuck in his throat.
They lead the limp soldier into the room and put him in the closet and under the bed.
The assassins took their steps again.
I sprayed perfume, but it wasn’t easy to hide the smell.
They took out a map depicting the structure of the castle.
‘We search all VIP rooms.’
They glanced around the corner into the VIP room.
A girl in white armor stands guard with her hand on the sword handle.
The assassins tilted their heads at that sight.
‘what?’
It’s much easier than you think. Even if the security was lax, I never thought it would be this lax.
The assassins faced each other.
I even wonder if it might be a trap.
But the anger is too quiet to say that.
Was he relieved because of the armistice agreement?
Or is there something you believe in?
The assassins looked at the girl.
‘You’re young.’
‘Any information about that girl?’
They looked through the materials prepared for the assassination, but found no information about the girl.
‘Don’t let your guard down.’
There is only one opponent.
Because the security is so lax, it’s over in no time.
The assassins drew daggers.
He quickly came out of the corner and ran towards the girl.
The sharp dagger was quickly and quickly thrust into the girl’s neck.
For a moment, Charlotte’s eyes turned.
I didn’t draw my sword.
He clenched his fist holding the gauntlet and swung it towards the assassin.
**
In the office provided by Varus, numerous piles of documents piled up like a hill.
It was information about the nobles of the revolutionary army and the secrets planted by Varus of the Kingdom of Rom.
I stayed in my room all week just looking through this.
Varus looked at the documents with a tired face without resting because his fate was at stake.
“I don’t see anyone suspicious. It’s been over 5 years since Raiden retired. There were nobles who approached him, but there were no people willing to cooperate.”
Raiden Behemoth.
All you have to do is find those who are related to him.
The task was not as easy as I thought.
I sighed at Varus’ words.
Is this all in vain ? I’m
sorry, brother, but he deserves the death penalty. I couldn’t get it right before.
I did my best.
Just rest in peace.
I said jokingly and looked through another document.
Actually, there is a person I haven’t researched yet.
A person who is close to Raiden like Varus.
The second prince. Lian Victoria.
I had to investigate that too.
Then there was a knock on the door and Charlotte came in.
She wiped the bloody gauntlet and made the four men and the woman kneel.
“Whoa…”
I looked at them and then said Charlotte. He looked at me like, ‘What is this?’
“I’m an assassin.”
It’s good because it’s simple.
I checked their characteristics through [Mind’s Eye].
‘Assassination, stealth, heavy mouth, conviction.’
And their firm thoughts.
[I will not reveal the secret even if it means dying.]
“It is definitely not a vampire.”
They are simple human assassins.
And they are quite loud-mouthed.
“But why are these guys doing this?”
The face was fine. There seemed to be no injuries.
However, there was blood on Charlotte’s gauntlet and the assassins were panting because they couldn’t die.
“That…”
Charlotte said with an awkward expression.
“Interrogation…. “I tried it.”
“…”
I looked at Charlotte clearly.
She was embarrassed and clenched her fist. Then she pretended to gently hold it out.
“I just… hit her slightly.”
It was probably torture rather than an interrogation. She
must have been beaten with the force of an invincible warrior.
However, as she was not used to torture, she would not have been able to control her strength and she would have been beaten and treated until just before she died.
I clicked my tongue and looked down at the assassins.
” But was it an assassination during this period?”
The Armistice Treaty of the Kingdom of Rom is in progress.
The 2nd Prince Derian announced his intention to cooperate with the ceasefire for the safety of the Kingdom of Rom in 3 days.
Now only the 1st Prince Varus needs to sign the document.
Immediately, the Kingdom of Rom is in a temporary ceasefire. It
‘s obviously something that someone who didn’t want to do it wanted to stop it.
Naturally, there are several people who are presumed to be the culprit.
It’s either Raiden Rose or the second prince, Derian.
He probably wasn’t trying to assassinate me.
If it’s Raiden and Rose, this is it. There is no way they would send an assassin of that level.
The culprit is Derian.
Also, no matter how powerful the Rom Kingdom is, they would not have the guts to kill the prince.
The target is most likely Varus.
If there is no evidence, they will be able to get away with it somehow. He must have committed it because he said so.
He is truly a man with no plan.
“Am I right?”
I said what I was thinking.
The assassins just gasped and looked down.
They didn’t answer.
“I questioned you, but you didn’t say anything.”
Charlotte repeatedly opened and closed her hands as if she was disappointed.
Every time they heard the metal sound of the gauntlet, the assassins flinched.
“If I had known this would happen, I would have brought the Red Cross.”
For these people, torture with holy water doesn’t work.
I looked down at the assassins. I
saw the mouths that Charlotte had closed to prevent suicide.
People who wouldn’t open their mouths even if they died.
“…They open their mouths when they die.”
The assassins were startled by my words and looked at me.
I took out the Necromancer book I had taken from Aslan’s tomb.
‘Nemonism’ is used in ancient necromancy.
There is a technique to bind and restrain souls and torture them
. It was a skill that could curse someone to weaken them and cause them to be possessed.
“I should try using that.”
I glanced at the assassins and took out my musket. I
aimed it at the assassin’s chest.
The assassins’ eyes widened.
“If you have a heavy mouth.”
It’s a good thing he’s not a vampire.
At least he’s a human.
“You just have to make him open.”
Because I can use necromancy.
**
-This is what Prince Derian told me to do.
-The target is Prince Varus.
-I said I don’t have the guts to kill my master. I must never hurt him.
Translucent souls said as they flew in the air.
‘Master’ seemed to be referring to me.
I looked at the souls of the assassins with a surprised face.
Formed with holy power, they did not seem to be ‘tortured’ as in ancient books, but rather seemed like free spirits. A
purified soul talking to it. ‘I can do here what I couldn’t do at Ronia Estate.
‘
I remembered the incident with Witch Morgan.
I wanted to interrogate her when she became undead, but due to technical inadequacies, I couldn’t communicate with spirits.
It’s quite a useful skill.
At least if I had this, it would be easy to interrogate only humans.
But.
“You’re insolent . .”
I frowned.
The Holy Emperor, not anyone else, directly intervened to conclude a ‘truce’.
However, Derian, the second prince of the Kingdom of Rom, ignored the order and tried to assassinate Varus.
No matter how blind he was to the throne, he was a god. It can be seen as an act of disrespecting the empire.
Was the intention that there was no evidence so they could just get away with it?
This was clearly an act of disdain for the royal family.
“You can even talk to purified souls.”
Varus looked at the transparent soul.
It is visible to ordinary people.
Normally, it would be an ‘evil spirit’, but in this case, what should I say?
‘Holy Spirit’?
I stretched out my hand and grabbed the Holy Spirit.
At that moment, I felt a strange feeling.
[ A low-proficiency stealth skill is temporarily added.]
[A low-proficiency assassination skill is temporarily added.]
A faint voice about adding a skill was heard in my head.
When I let go, even that disappeared.
This… . It might be surprisingly useful?
I looked at Varus.
“You haven’t signed the armistice document yet, have you?”
Varus nodded with a puzzled expression.
“Yes, that’s right. It’s not something I can decide alone. If we have a meeting with the nobles, it will take about a week more…”
“Then let’s go.”
Varus tilted his head.
“You’re leaving?”
“Where is your younger brother? Anyway, if we investigate here, we won’t find anything more. “It would be better to sign an armistice and receive cooperation from the second prince, Derian.”
Varus’ eyes widened.
You must have been surprised.
It’s like going into the middle of enemy territory.
But it’s actually better.
There is no problem if you watch the two people right in front of you.
I guess I’ll have to meet Luan and see if she found out anything.
“Neither you nor Derian are allies to me. It’s just a means of finding Rose. “Know that.”
I said that to Varus and then to Charlotte.
“Let’s get ready to leave. We also need to put some pressure on Derian, who ignored the Holy Empire. “So that you don’t have to do any more troublesome work.”
Charlotte nodded.
After the carriage was ready, Charlotte Varus and I headed to Romania, the capital of the Rom Kingdom, where the second prince, Derian, was located.
**
Derian felt nervous.
He stamps his feet in his office.
I bit my nails until they bled.
‘Why isn’t there any news?’
Three weeks have passed since the assassin was sent.
They were exceptional assassins trained from a young age.
Those who will not reveal their secrets even if they die.
There was no harm in assassinating a big-time figure like now, even if he failed.
But, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.
If he had died, the rebels would have been in chaos; if he had lived, there would have been talk of an armistice.
But it was so quiet.
It’s ridiculous, but I even imagined that the assassins might have taken the money and ran away.
At that time, there was a customer who came to him while he was waiting for news.
smart-.
Derian glanced at the office door.
Who is it?
No, don’t worry. What’s urgent right now is…
thump thump!
The sound became harsh.
Derian looked at the door in surprise.
bang-!
I felt someone kicking me.
Derian’s heart almost dropped.
There was a commotion outside.
But no one could stop the person kicking down the door.
Eventually the door broke.
Derian was startled and looked ahead.
This is Ruan Allpols, the first prince of the Holy Emperor Kingdom.
The prince, who used to look red whenever he saw a woman, was now blushing.
“Darian Victoria!”
He took a step forward with a devil-like face.
Derian was startled by the heavy sound and took a step back.
“Why are you doing this? “Prince.”
Luan roughly grabbed Derian’s collar.
A face covered in blood was visible right in front of me.
I could feel Luan’s anger.
“What have you done?”
Derian was shocked and closed his mouth.
Could it be that the assassination was discovered?
No, but that doesn’t mean the prince of the Holy Emperor in front of him would be so angry that his eyes would roll over.
If Varus dies, the rebels will be divided, and eventually the Kingdom of Rom will become one. It will be stable.
If that happens, there will be no setbacks in the investigation by the Holy Emperor.
But why is there so much anger?
‘No way…?’
Derian’s face turned pale.
He thought of the worst case scenario.
The assassins hurt the 7th Prince or killed him by mistake.
This became the justification for war.
“Is it true that you sent an assassin?”
“No, that’s…!”
“If you were thinking of killing my younger brother, I will tear you to pieces. How dare you ignore us? Are you looking down on the Holy Imperial Family? Will the entire kingdom burn before you can be relieved?”
This is the characteristic of Luan’s [tyrant].
He was furious and lifted up Derian.
Derian’s face turned pale.
This was not something to just ignore.
Now, he had to deny it somehow.
It was when Derian was about to open his mouth.
” That’s about it.”
Derian was startled by the unfamiliar voice and looked at the entrance to the office.
There was a boy standing there.
“Allen.”
Luan relaxes her arms.
Derian coughed and fell to the floor.
He turned his gaze to look at the boy named Allen.
Is that boy Allen? Allen Allfaults?
He is the 7th prince of the Holy Kingdom.
I knew you were with Brother Varus.
Why is someone like that here?
What are the soldiers doing? Why don’t they tell us he’s here!
Derian cursed under his breath.
But the 7th prince’s gaze is strange.
He was clearly looking at Derian with an interesting gaze.
His [mind’s eye] was checking Derian’s condition.
[Name: Derian Victoria
Age: 19
Characteristics: Savage temperament, treachery, instigation, arrogance and conceit, impulsive, selfish tendencies, tyrant tendencies.
+ 2 As long as I use the Crown Princess and the vampires, I have nothing to be afraid of!]
A trait imbued with the strong ‘thought’ that follows the status window.
When I came to him for cooperation, I had no idea that the second prince would be such a good collaborator.
The corner of Allen’s mouth curled up.
“found.”
Those cold words sent shivers down Derian’s spine.