Chapter 108

Episode 108:

After all the retainers had returned, the Count and I quietly looked at the princess without saying anything.

Princess Daria could not say anything else.

I just quietly looked at the note cursing her.

“….”

The count looked at the princess with a worried expression.

Contrary to his expression, he didn’t seem to have any intention of offering comfort.

Looking at them, I wondered what to do.

I wasn’t able to accurately understand the situation to provide comfort, and if I rashly stepped forward without knowing anything, it was just as bad as not stepping forward.

“It’s been since I was 8 years old.”

1The princess opened her mouth.

Since I was talking about my childhood, it seemed like the story would be quite long.

“At some point, people started targeting me.”

She reached out and grabbed the note.

“It was the Count who saved me from the royal family.”

“That’s right…”

The Count nodded.

Her hand holding the note was strained and the note was distorted.

“I received help back then, but I can’t believe I’m causing harm like this. “It’s not enough to repay the favor… I’m sorry.”

“….”

The princess bowed her head towards the count.

As a royal, it was shameful to bow down to someone other than the king, but she didn’t care at all.

The count looked down at her and stretched out his hand to help her up.

“There is no need for the princess to apologize. “Did the princess know that this would happen?”

“But…”

“This is not the princess’s fault. Rather, I am sorry. “You must protect the princess, but you have shown immaturity.”

“Oh no!”

The princess was taken aback by the count lowering his head.

The Count slowly straightened his back and continued speaking.

His eyes burned hotly.

“And this is no longer just the princess’s job.”

“yes…?”

“This is clearly disrespectful to our millennials. “You can’t stay silent and know that.”

“Ah…”

The count smiled faintly and patted the princess on the shoulder.

“Thank you.”

The princess lowered her head, covering her mouth.

It is difficult to hide your feelings.

‘This feels dirty too…’

Listening to her words, I had a rough guess as to who was responsible for this.

2 Prince.

This is what he, the second prince of the Serion Kingdom and the younger brother of the first princess, did.

His ambition was so great that he thought that if he killed all the royals except himself, he would become king.

He does things that a royal should not do.

Getting behind the scenes and attacking other royal families.

The first victim was Princess 1.

To the second prince, the first princess was as big a threat as the crown prince.

Her power to attract talented people even though she was still was felt to be greater than that of any other royal family.

Princess 1 survived dramatically each time.

With the help of talented people, with the help of Count Millennium.

“From now on, we will strictly protect the princess’s safety.”

As he said this, the Count looked at me.

Why are you looking at me when you say you will protect me?

I had an ominous feeling that it was going to be a bit of a bother.

“He will protect the princess well.”

No, there.

Are you not asking my opinion? Even though I was frowning, the Count continued to say what he had to say.

“At least he will be the third strongest among those in the count family.”

No, this is a bit like that too.

No matter how talented I was, there was a limit to who I could beat right away.

There were countless talented people in Millennium, and some of them were adults and working actively.

Wizards of Circle 6 or higher are a bit difficult to deal with.

Because the fight between a swordsman and a wizard is different.

“I never said I would do it.”

That was that and this was this.

It wasn’t a bad thing that he was kind to me, but it wasn’t worth the hassle.

“It is an order from the head of the family.”

“….”

My struggles didn’t last long.

They say it’s the head of the family’s order, but what can I do?

“I’ll do it. Instead, please give me some compensation.”

“You want to be rewarded for the honorable work of protecting the princess?”

“yes. do you have a problem? “I’m not stupid and I have no desire to work without pay.”

“Tsk. good night. If you protect the princess perfectly, I will grant you one request. “Do you want to do it?”

Do you want to do it? Needless to say, it’s nagging.

It is the wish right of an archmage. It was difficult to survive even if I paid hundreds of millions of dollars, so there was no reason to give it up.

“I’ll do it.”

The Count let out a small sigh and left the conference room.

***

The princess is attacked.

The knights’ security became more stringent.

Their atmosphere was fierce, as if they were in a state of war.

Even before the Count’s words, they had set up security even more tightly.

“How dare you, our princess!”

“Don’t make a hole that even a single rat can get in!”

“We cannot lose our only pleasure!”

The reason they do it that way.

It was because of the princess’s power to attract talented people.

In that short period of time, the knights were accepting the princess as someone as precious as their own family.

The knights were preparing for raiders who would come at any time, but the problem actually occurred elsewhere.

“Count, you’re in big trouble. “It is said that a thousand pigs died in one day!”

“We found that the well was poisoned! Fortunately, we discovered it in advance and there were no major problems, but it will likely take a long time to detoxify the water in the well!”

“There is a plague in the city. The sick are all red…”

In less than a week, the city was filled with events big and small.

From something as small as a building collapsing for no reason to something as big as harming a person’s life.

“Summon the wizards in the magic tower, some will tell you the truth of the matter, others will tell you the poison of the well. Lastly, take charge of the antidote to the plague!”

Because of that, the magic tower also became busy.

Hundreds of incidents occurred every day, and high-ranking wizards were busy going to and from the city to get to the bottom of the situation.

Even though countless wizards and high-ranking wizards came forward, no trace of the culprit could be found.

That wasn’t the only problem.

“It is said that these notes were left where the livestock died.”

“There was this writing written at the bottom of the poisoned well.”

“While treating a plague, I discovered writing on a person’s body!”

There were notes and letters written wherever things happened.

Everything in that note.

[A curse on Princess Daria.]

[Princess Daria is a cursed being and will live under a curse for the rest of her life.]

[Wherever Princess Daria is, death will also be there.]

It was full of content cursing Princess Daria.

Almost not.

The entire note was written about Princess Daria.

Because of her presence, the people of the territory are cursed and suffer.

Although it was completely absurd, it was different from the perspective of the residents of the territory who were suffering the damage.

“Send Princess Daria back immediately!”

“What are you doing now, Count? Why are you carrying her?!”

“Our lives have been ruined since Princess Daria came!”

The people of the territory who had initially shown favor to Princess Daria turned their backs on her one by one.

This is because their own safety is being harmed.

However, I couldn’t criticize them for being selfish.

Unlike us, who do not suffer any harm from these things, they have a hard time surviving even to eat for a day.

“Do you think it makes sense that these 6th Circle wizards haven’t found any evidence yet!”

“sorry! “You really have no shame!”

The wizards bowed their heads in front of the angry count.

Although they worked in the field, they lacked experience in this kind of serious work.

The royal family was trying so hard to hide the information, but there was no way they could find it.

At least for them.

‘William, he must have some understanding of this situation.’

I remember that it had settled down in the city to some extent.

Moreover, since they were in a slum, they could easily obtain information without interference from others.

‘Plus, I’ve reached into the shadows of the city.’

As soon as William entered the city, he immediately jumped into the city’s shadow.

He went around the underworld, created a branch organization, and brought the forces there to his side one by one.

The action was very secretive and quiet, but surprisingly, the speed was faster than a ship moving in the sun.

Now, almost a month later, we would have been able to obtain enough information.

Without hesitation, I went straight to William.

“Ah, Raymond!”

“Are you here! “The boss is inside here.”

Organization members who knew me kindly guided me to where William was.

Their faces brightened greatly as they worked comfortably in a mansion after always working in places like bars and watching the guards.

“Please sit over here.”

William sat me down without being embarrassed by my sudden behavior.

Then he took out a pile of documents from the desk and brought them to the front.

I think I’ve been researching the North and the royal family, but that wasn’t what I needed right now.

Now I need information about what is happening in the territory.

“Now that Ahar’s matter is over, in the territory…”

“I know.”

“…?”

William said, shuffling through documents as if he had been expecting it.

“You might be wondering what’s happening in your city right now. And who the culprits are. “We’ll need proof, too.”

“….”

right.

But how did they already do it when they clearly didn’t tell them to do it?

William must have seen my embarrassed face and said as if it was no big deal.

“I thought there was no way Raymond wouldn’t look for these things happening in the estate. “I thought he would come and ask at least once, so I did some research in advance.”

I was slightly impressed by his words.

I was satisfied that he had predicted my actions in advance.

“But this incident. “I don’t think we should ever take this lightly.”

William’s mouth opened and I stopped admiring him and focused on his words.

“Why did you think that?”

“No matter how much I searched, I couldn’t find out any information about them.”

What I heard next was different from what I expected.

Still, it wasn’t too embarrassing.

I never thought that even William would be able to find something that even the family wizards couldn’t find in such a short period of time.

The reason I came to see him in the first place was to start investigating, and he was doing his part well.

“It may be that their background is amazing, but more than anything, the method they use is the problem.”

“….”

“Something similar to this happened in the Empire. “This happened when a nobleman saw a talented person in another territory and took a liking to him.”

As his words continued, the wrinkles between my eyebrows increased.