The reincarnated god of war destroys the empire
I’m going to steal the country (1)
A day has passed since the Mike Principality delegation was forced to return home.
In particular, this diplomatic schedule could not but be a humiliation for Prince Engi.
I came to congratulate someone on a good thing, but then got slapped in the face by the landlord and kicked out.
If he returned to his country like this, his position as crown prince would probably be greatly shaken.
That’s why.
‘… … Even if I chew on that Andrew, I still won’t feel satisfied, so I have to kill him.’
Mother Mother emphasized this again and again.
The root of the problem must be cut off.
Prince Engi followed his teachings and spent all his money to secretly contact the best assassins in the area.
The past empire once eradicated the savage gangs on the continent, but where is the law without crime?
Since ancient times, the more you try to block things like prostitution, slave trade, etc., the more they tend to operate in the shadows.
So, among that active group, we selected the best without sparing any money… … .
‘… … I feel uneasy.’
There has been no contact from the killers yet.
Even though the promised deadline has long passed.
‘Surely it wasn’t a failure?’
Prince Engi bit my fingernails.
He had been holding his hand to his mouth so many times that the tip was tattered.
Duke Beder approached him.
“Your Highness, is there anything that is bothering you?”
“Oh, no.”
Duke Beder tilted his head as he watched his opponent stutter.
‘It seems like something is definitely going on… … .’
Duke Beder’s doubts were quickly resolved.
“Stop!”
“… … ?”
Suddenly a loud shout was heard from the front.
As if that weren’t enough, a knight suddenly comes running towards us.
“Sorry, sorry. Some suspicious guys are blocking the road… … .”
“… …Blocking the road?”
Duke Beder asked in a tone of absurdity.
It was only a day’s journey from here to the capital.
Moreover, wasn’t this the occasion where dignitaries from various countries were invited?
“There’s no way the Heart Kingdom would manage public security in such a mess… … .”
Duke Beder frowned and then strode forward.
Soon, it came into his sight clearly.
“her?”
A really suspicious sight of two masked men blocking the road.
***
Two masked men.
That is, Duke Serin suddenly let out a small sigh behind the mask he had put on.
-What on earth are you trying to do now?
-The one who insisted on following me was the Duke. He also refused my request to hide for a while.
-I want to see this wonderful sight from a good spot.
-Then why don’t you hide in a tree and watch?
-Where is the tree here?
The irritated voice came back immediately.
As the saying goes, this area was all flat and empty land.
“… … These guys are no ordinary guys.”
At that moment, a new voice was heard from the front.
Should I really call him a master?
Even though his face was covered, Duke Beder immediately recognized their power.
“One child and one full-grown adult. And the adult one is… … .”
In that moment, the eyes of Duke Beder, who had been speaking, opened wide.
“… … Could it be that you… … ?”
“They’re just some thieves passing by.”
“… … !”
It was the same as my answer.
The emotion on Duke Beder’s face changed from doubt to certainty.
A feeling of discomfort rose in the eyes of Duke Serin, whose eyes were completely pierced.
“… … Thief… … ?”
Duke Beder muttered along with me as if he found my words absurd.
Well, I didn’t change my voice at all.
I had no intention of hiding my identity from the beginning.
“Hahahahaha! I see. You’re a thief.”
“Your Highness the Crown Prince… … !”
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Duke Beder looked back, his body trembling.
Because Prince Engi, who should have been in a safe place, appeared in front.
At the same time.
Spot!
“Die, you thief!”
A strange crowd came rushing towards us.
The tingling sensation on your skin is a bonus.
There was no hesitation in his actions, as if he had received orders in advance.
‘With this level of skill, he must be one of the prince’s closest confidants.’
Even the slightest movement can reveal a lot.
I immediately figured out my opponent’s skills.
Probably the strongest man here, except for Duke Beder.
Damn it.
I took a step forward towards Ma-ja.
It was clear what he was after.
It’s none other than my neck.
Swish.
He quietly places his hand on the scabbard while his gaze follows two points in the air.
To connect the shortest distance between me and the knight who just entered my street.
Crunch!
“… … !”
Without another word, the eyes of the knight who had been swinging his sword viciously opened wide.
It was just after that that eerie sound of flesh and bone being torn apart rang out.
In the air, his hand holding the sword was floating.
“Ugh… … !”
However, perhaps because he had some pride in his appearance, he gritted his teeth but did not scream.
While he was trying to stop the bleeding from his severed wrist, he just sent me a gaze full of hostility.
“A mere thief… … but his skills are also outstanding.”
Even though one of his arms was blown off, the knight laughed at me.
As if he knew I would turn out like this.
-What are you going to do now?
Duke Serin, who had been taking a step back, quietly conveyed his will.
This was also a completely different reaction from before.
If it had been Duke Serin just a few days ago, he would have shouted, ‘You should have cut off his head there!’
okay.
He was changing little by little like this.
“hmm…….”
Duke Serin glanced back, his eyes brimming with a strange sense of anticipation.
Of course, I had no intention of ever living up to those expectations.
“You tried to kill me again without saying anything.”
“……also……?”
Duke Beder, who had been unable to react to the incident that had occurred so unexpectedly, flinched.
“You have attempted to take my life twice, but I will endure it with one arm this time. I will have to take something bigger later.”
“What the heck is that… … ?”
“Are you trying to pretend not to know? Didn’t you send assassins to me last night?”
“… … !”
Duke Beder opened his eyes.
His expression was as if he was hearing it for the first time.
Soon the head turned around with a ‘whoosh!’
“Damn it! What are you doing? Didn’t I say with my own mouth that they’re thieves? Just kill them quickly!”
“… … .”
Immediately afterwards, Duke Beder bit his lip.
Because what Prince Engi said just now was no different from confessing the truth.
“… … After that, Your Highness. From now on, please trust me completely and leave everything to me.”
“Duke! Do you think I’m funny? I told you to kill them! This is an order! Get those guys out of my sight right now!”
Duke Beder raised his voice loudly as he glanced at Prince Engi who was having a seizure.
“From now on, anyone who moves without my orders will be executed immediately!”
“… … !”
Prince Engi opened his eyes wide at this unbelievable reality.
“Prince, oh my! How dare you disobey my orders now… …!”
“When it comes to escort, my words take precedence over His Highness the Crown Prince’s orders.”
“What… …!?”
In an instant, Prince Engi’s face turned red and blue.
“… … Please, just for now, Your Highness, please follow my instructions.”
Duke Beder’s sunken gaze was directed squarely at Duke Serin.
“So, what do you mean by ‘I’ll take something bigger’? Your Majesty the Thief.”
“I want to become a great swordsman, and I have already been indebted to you twice for my life… … Wouldn’t it be more economical to steal the most precious thing from the opponent?”
“I wonder what that most precious thing is.”
A faint smile appeared on my lips.
“Go back to the palace and tell them that sooner or later a thief will come and steal from the country.”
“… … !”
At the same time, everyone’s eyes, including Duke Beder’s, opened wide.
“This crazy… … .”
The same goes for Duke Serin, who had remained silent until now.
***
I made a bold declaration and was on my way back home.
“I was quite excited because you said you’d show me something different… … Are you out of your mind?”
“What is it?”
“Why didn’t you just kill them all? If you do this, they’ll probably try to take your life even more sinisterly and viciously in the future.”
Duke Serin continued to voice his sincere incomprehension.
“In such a situation, the prince declared war so boldly and foolishly, saying that it was good for something.”
Soon, the mask that Duke Serin was wearing was thrown to the floor.
“… … It seems that the prince is still a child. I was mistaken for a moment. If that was the case, then why did you wear this mask inside out?”
Only then did my mouth slowly open.
“First of all, the mask part… … Am I not a noble of this country anymore?”
“What does that mean?”
“If I were to reveal my face and come out officially, it could escalate into a diplomatic issue between the two countries. After all the effort I put into obtaining the title, as a noble of the Heart Kingdom, I can’t do something that would damage the national prestige, right?”
“Would someone who knew that well have said that without changing his voice? After all, there was no one there who believed that the prince was a real thief.”
“Isn’t that just a suspicion? On the contrary, the fact that they sent assassins is also just a suspicion.”
This was a much more important issue than I thought.
Politics and war are, in the end, a fight over justification.
Even if the parties know the identity of the perpetrator, they cannot take any action without evidence.
If you persecute others based only on circumstantial evidence, you will only be providing them with an excuse.
Of course, I had no intention of just sending it back, so that’s why I came here.
“More than anything, it is also a country that I will have to steal in the future.”
It is a method of ‘seizing power without killing’, differentiating it from the Duke of Serin.
“If the national prestige of the Principality of Mike falls too much, wouldn’t it be difficult for me? I’ve already had the experience of being completely robbed by a child in front of foreigners.”
Duke Serin sneered coldly.
“Unlike me, you will die before you can even possess that country. If the Duke of Beder had just now dismissed you as a thief and tried to kill you… … .”
“That’s impossible. Wasn’t Duke Serin by my side?”
“… … !”
Duke Serin’s cynicism grew even deeper.
“… … So you’re using me?”
“I repeat, it was you, Duke, who said you would follow me.”
“……under…….”
Duke Serin, who had been glaring at me for a long time, soon let out a sigh.
“… … Anyway, you will definitely regret what happened today.”
Then, as if he didn’t want to talk anymore, he suddenly turned away.
“Isn’t Duke Serin feeling regretful?”
“… … !”
“If you kill everyone you see as they get angry like that, you will eventually be the only one left. Like the Duke now.”
Duke Serin opens his halibut eyes and glares at me again.
“Aren’t you lonely?”
“… … .”
Before long, the corners of his mouth twisted upward.
“Wouldn’t it be better to be lonely than to die?”
“… … !”
For a moment my eyes opened wide.
This time too, the reaction was unexpected.
I didn’t know he would admit so readily that he was ‘lonely.’
A bright smile naturally appeared on my lips.
“I won’t die. As you can see, there are many guardians who protect my lifeline. Including Duke Serin this time.”
“Your delusion is too great. I am now fed up with the prince. I have no interest in fools, so from now on, I will… … .”
I immediately cut off Duke Serin from speaking.
“I’m not that kind of person. By the way, I have three benefits to gain from this action of letting them live.”
“What are you saying now… … ?”
Thud, thud, thud.
At the same time, Duke Serin flinched.
As luck would have it, I sensed a presence across the dark road.
“That’s where the first reason comes from.”
A sly smile appeared on my lips.
Soon a new voice was heard.
“Can I talk to you for a moment?”
It was none other than the Master of the Principality of Mike, the Duke of Beder.
