The World-Class Extra’s Walkthrough - Chapter 264

Episode 264:

Certion (4)

I handed over Zairik Morse to the Imperial Palace Guard and threw him in the dungeon.

The guy with both arms tied to the rope looked at me as if I was a ghost and was dragged away.

There will be a trial, but it won’t mean much.

Since evidence of the affair was discovered in front of everyone, it was safe to say that a defense was impossible.

The New Year’s ceremony ended in such a chaotic atmosphere.

“Wow, I don’t know what’s going on…”

“Is it possible for a person to suddenly change like that?”

“That’s right.”

The nobles glanced at me and left the Pale Dragon.

Lukashan did not make eye contact with me as he escorted Empress Mirpisha out.

Second Prince Lapishan….

‘Your eyes are very complex.’

The eyes looking at me were filled with deep confusion.

It was the look in his eyes that he saw on the battlefield of Halhendra Plain.

He seemed to think something was strange because I looked so different from the younger brother he knew.

Meanwhile, I also felt depressed.

‘Rapishan wasn’t just replaced by a homunculus, he even lost his body to Myrkrtan.’

That poor guy.

I clicked my tongue inwardly.

As the synchronization progress with Gilroshan increased, my feelings toward the imperial family gradually became clearer.

Meanwhile, there was someone who sneakily approached me.

“I have a lot to ask you.”

A middle-aged man with snake-like eyes.

Minister of Political Affairs, Count Iker Irons.

He is in charge of the empire’s counterintelligence and information warfare, and this was also the reason why I chose to picture him as a traitor at the New Year’s celebration.

I had to get this person on my side.

“Please speak. Earl of Irons.”

“thank you. How did you know that Jairic Moss was in cahoots with the enemy? “It’s presumptuous, but it’s something our Ministry of Political Affairs was completely unaware of…”

He tried to find out the source of my information.

The look in their eyes seemed as if they were wondering if I, too, had something to do with the revolutionary army.

And there was also a glimpse of distrust towards the 3rd prince.

We need to fight a bit here.

“Don’t try to know too deeply about the affairs of the earl and the royal family.”

“yes?”

“I mean, there’s no reason for me to give you my money.”

“Haha, what are you saying? I am not asking you to provide the foundation for your inferiority. It’s just that, as the head of the Ministry of Political Affairs, I have a duty to thoroughly understand the information situation of the empire…” “

Well said. Since you are the head of the Ministry of Government Affairs, shouldn’t you first find and punish traitors? Why am I doing this? “How on earth is the Ministry of Government doing its job?”

“….”

Dereliction of duty.

When I took that logic and gave him a whack, the Count was reduced to a pulp.

Even if you think about it, you won’t have anything to say in response.

“Do you have any other excuses?”

“no. “I apologize, sir.”

“If you would like to apologize, please cooperate as much as possible in catching other traitors.”

“….”

“What is Count Iron’s answer?”

“of course. Lowering.”

The Minister of Political Affairs bowed his head to me.

Now it was time to move on to the next step.

Some preparation was needed to weed out the unknown traitors.

You must definitely complete this quest and draw the fate card.

My real goal was different.

‘To take control of the empire and stop Harmun’s homunculus plan.’

I used the power of fate to turn this world back in time three years ago.

This was the result of using up all the fate cards that I had worked so hard to collect.

Now it was time to strike back.

‘Harmun, the demon god of oblivion.’

It has not yet been revealed what the ‘player’s goal’ in the Destiny Codex is.

But regardless, I had to crush him thoroughly.

If you have to become the successor to the divine blood to survive, you must win and survive.

Then we will be able to restore the status of this world.

“We will proceed immediately to find the traitor.”

“Yes sir.”

“Tomorrow morning, please come to my palace accompanied by agents from the Ministry of Political Affairs. “You should eat a hearty breakfast.”

“Why are you doing that?”

“After work, you won’t have any appetite.”

“…!”

You will definitely see some blood.

I was curious and left the Pale Dragon with a deathly expression on my face.

There was one person I needed to meet before I went to hunt down the traitor.

‘Marquis de Fox Boares.’

The Sword Master is called the ‘Shield of the Empire’.

As I entered the imperial palace, I called him to come see me.

Because there was something I needed.

It was clear that by now the Marquis de Boares would be waiting for me in the palace, chewing his lips.

* * *

Wildflower Garden.

The middle-aged man sitting in front of the tea table was staring intently at what was in front of him.

A short letter was placed next to the teacup.

The contents were as follows.

[Marquis, please come and see me as soon as possible. I would like to tell you about Griffin Farm, which you have taken great care of. If you ignore it, you may regret it.]

The sender is Third Prince Gilroshan.

At first glance, it seemed like nothing special.

However, Fox Buarez was greatly embarrassed.

‘Does the 3rd prince know about the griffins? How on earth…?’

The ‘Griffin Farm’ mentioned by the 3rd Prince was actually no ordinary farm.

A facility that trains guerrilla units that use monsters that are a mix of falcons and lions as mounts.

A training center for the so-called ‘Griffin Ranger’.

Griffin Farm was the base of an elite private army group secretly fostered by the Marquis of Buares.

The Griffin Rangers were a resistance group prepared to one day turn Certion into a sea of fire.

‘I don’t know how much Gilroshan knows.’

The Marquis grabbed his sword without saying a word.

If necessary, I might have to kill the 3rd prince to silence him.

The existence of the Griffin Ranger was a secret, but its purpose had to be kept confidential.

If Emperor Bareshan or Prince Lukashan found out about this issue, they would inevitably be attacked immediately.

‘The good news is that he is no different from the third prince’s child.’

Even if the prince dies in an accident of unknown cause, the investigation will be relatively lax.

Fox Buarez felt some relief in the fact that this was not the second prince’s letter.

At that time, someone came trotting along.

“Marquis de Buarez.”

“…?”

The man frowned as he checked the face of the approaching boy.

It was because I was confused for a moment.

“Your Majesty the Third Prince?”

“Yes, I am.”

A boy sits down across from me.

The blood-red eyes clearly belonged to the Baltic imperial family.

Fox Buarez smiled with a bewildered expression.

“Fox, the matriarch of the Marquis de Buares, comes to see you…” “

But why are you looking like that? “Is there something on my face?”

“No, you suddenly changed so much.”

“is it so? I take that as a compliment. Thank you, Marquis.”

“….”

Not only did the face change.

His strangely cocky attitude and slow way of speaking didn’t seem like the 3rd prince from before.

It feels like I suddenly became a different person in a few days.

‘what?’

For Fox Buarez, the reason could not be guessed.

* * *

I started talking with the Marquis de Boares as we walked through the wild rose garden.

“I’m sorry to keep you waiting. “Her Majesty the Empress has told me to attend the New Year’s ceremony starting this year, so I’m stopping by there and coming back.”

“Ah, the New Year’s ceremony was today. “I didn’t know because I wasn’t invited.”

Fox Buarez smiled bitterly and lowered his head.

He was also one of the court nobles and a high-ranking figure with the title of marquis, but he could not attend the New Year’s ceremony.

I knew very well why.

It was none other than the Marquis’s origins.

‘This gentleman is a descendant of a rebellious family that was rejected by the imperial family.’

The Buarez family was a historic noble family.

It is said that they once had the title of Archduke and extensive territory, so they were probably in a similar position to the current Archduke Wyler.

However, as he fell out of favor with the previous emperors, he was accused of plotting treason and suffered the humiliation of having his title and territory taken away.

The current title was nothing more than a reward for the immunity that Fox Buares barely received when he became the Sword Master.

‘So the Marquis de Boares has a huge antipathy towards the imperial family. That’s why I created the Griffin Ranger and planned to carry out a terrorist attack on the Imperial Castle and seek refuge in another country.’

In the original version of < Shin.Ver.se >, the player could persuade Fox Buarez to stop the terrorist attack or participate in it and attack Certion.

In any case, it was a no-brainer at this stage.

The scenario quest ‘Boarez’s Rebellion’ occurred after several trigger events had accumulated.

There was another reason why I summoned this man.

‘I have something I need to receive.’

< Cloak of the Barrier >

[Clothing] A magic cloak made by a high-ranking noble with impure intentions. If you wear it and infuse it with magic, you can form a large-scale distortion barrier around it. The inside cannot be observed from the outside.

Also known as ‘resolution’.

This cloak was an artifact for concealment that Fox Buares developed while raising the Griffin Rangers.

It was much simpler and easier for me or Tyrvaen to deceive the eye than to create an illusion with magic.

‘It is a necessary item to operate comfortably in the imperial palace, which is under strict security.’

There was no way that the Marquis of Boarez would simply hand it over.

But the enemy of your enemy can also become your friend.

As a prince who was rejected by the empire and a bloodline hated by Bareshan, I planned to build a relationship with him and obtain the cloak of the barrier.

But it seemed like it would be more difficult than I thought.

“What about the Marquis’ Griffin Farm? “The weather is cold these days. Is everything going well?”

“Sorry, sir, but please just get to the point.”

“…?”

The Marquis de Boares was crooked from the beginning.

He stopped and glared straight at me.

“If you ever plan to threaten me, I earnestly ask you not to do so.”

“Threat?”

“I don’t know what your Majesty is thinking right now, but I am raising griffins solely for research purposes. There is absolutely no other intention. But if you try to forcefully seize the pod and persecute my family…”

At that moment, the Marquis’s eyes flashed with a cold light.

“I will never stay still. “I don’t know if you know, but the Buarez family hates being falsely accused more than dying.”

“….”

The survival was not revealed.

However, the will and feelings of the Marquis de Buarez were fully conveyed.

I clicked my tongue inwardly.

‘I think it’s rather difficult to persuade him because of his status as a prince…?’

In the original, if you mentioned the story of the griffin to the Marquis de Buares, you could first receive a quest to treat a sick individual.

Through this process, the player was able to build trust with the Marquis and proceed with the scenario quest ‘Boares’s Treason.’

It was the easiest way.

‘Because he was an NPC who originally liked animals, working on intimacy wasn’t difficult as long as you adjusted the timing appropriately.’

But now, the source was completely blocked.

He was telling me not to even mention Griffin.

Clearly, his eyes were full of wariness due to his antipathy toward the royal family.

In that case….

‘I’ll have to tell you a story that can never be rejected.’

After gathering my thoughts, I crossed my arms and said this.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. “I wanted to get advice on how to raise a griffin, so I asked to meet with the Marquis.”

“yes? “No, you’re going to raise a griffin…?”

The Marquis’ voice changed slightly.

I let out the lie I had been thinking about.

“I went to the imperial hunting grounds to train, and a young griffin was injured and dying, so I fed it various things to keep it alive. I’m thinking of bringing it to the palace next week.”

“Oh….”

Fox Buarez’s eyes changed completely when he was told that he would pick up the young griffin.

An expression that is a mixture of worry, curiosity, and pride.

I smiled to myself.

‘You are a perfect butler.’

Well, since I told the cat owner that I would also raise a cat, it was a situation I couldn’t just ignore.

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