Volume 11 Chapter 4 (1/2)
The Newspaper of August 12th
Translator: Skythewood
Editor: Darkdhaos, Seir K
The next day, August 11th, noon——
Regis walked on the street in female attire like before
He wore a leather hat that resembled that of a reporter
Besides hilasses like usual
As it erous, he didn’t want Elise to follow the thisand she was to receive them
A girl shrouded in arian without any accent and h Britannian cuisines—— she probably had her own secrets
“This is the place”
Bastian pointed out
This was the mansion of Chief Chamberlain Beclard
Even in this area reserved for the residences of nobility, between rows of nitude and spear-like fencing
Two heavy arate and there were about a hundred soldiers patrolling the grounds There seemed to be soldiers inside the ht
And from the emblems on their armour, they weren’t part of the Imperial Guards or police, but the First Army—— the unit under Latreille’s direct command
Prince Latreille knew that Marquis Beclard was a pillar of his legitimacy, and also his crucial weak point It was only natural for hiuard his cornerstone
Bastian scratched his head as he overlooked the mansion
“It would be great if they would let us in after I state my name…”
“That probably won’t ith you being his political enemy And furthermore he knows you are a liberal”
“Is that so?”
“The plan reed”
Regis and Bastian approached the ate
And of course, the heavy armoured infantry pointed their spears at them
“Halt!”
Bastian smiled and showed them his empty hands
“Ahh, don’t worry We are not any suspicious characters”
Suspicious characters wouldn’t say that either
The soldiers didn’t let down their guard and held their stance
“Who are you?”
“I aaria”
Bastian, introducing hilasses,part of the First Army they knew the royal’s faces
“M-My apologies, Your Highness!”
They retracted their spears and let them pass—— Not
The soldier didn’t give way
“I beg your pardon, Sire! Our orders are to stop anyone without perate!”
“I expected asto tell ht?”
“Erm…”
If it wasn’t for Bastian’s name they wouldn’t even think about it
But they couldn’t ignore a letter from a royal after all
It would be hard to tell how they would react if they were just soarrisoned in the capital were civilized And if the guards of a noble knew etiquettes, they would treat the letters fro rude
The soldier received Bastian’s envelope
“Understood Sire, I will deliver it”
“My thanks”
The letter was sent to the mansion
Regis and Bastian waited right there under the watchful eyes of the soldiers
Regis was nervous, worried that he et exposed when Bastian suddenly whispered into his ears:
“It’s fine right?”
“P-Probably? We should have coht…”
“Hey, what are you worried about? I’ into the mansion”
“Ohh, ah well, that shouldn’t be a problem We also prepared two backup plans, but they seenore us after seeing that, he would have left the capital long ago”
“He ht be old, but he still served as the Chief Chamberlain of the Emperor?”
“ It is clear by inspecting his accomplishes of the late Ee that we should work on him first”
“Is that so?”
There were others involved in Latreille’s assassination of the Emperor It wasn’t a coincidence that they started here
Shortly after, a butler caate frouards
As they predicted——
The soldiers granted entry through the ate
The butler with his perfectly waxed hair walked over, and said politely:
“Pardon me I am Marquis Beclard’s butler You aria My Master requests for your per”
“Since he invited me in, it would be a shame to turn him down”
Even though he himself wanted to enter the mansion, made so much preparation and caantly As expected of royals
The butler glanced at Regis
“And this young lady is…?”
With his disguise on, it was only natural to get his gender wrong… But did he really look so young, Regis wondered No, even if he got addressed as ‘Mada to be happy about
Bastian shrugged
“She’sWell, it’s fine if you don’t let her in”
Regis bowed politely
He then introduced his fake persona based on his alias
“I aina Ottoman”
The butler’s eyes twitched See
“ I see… Please come in——”
They were ushered to a living rooh class furniture
Bastian sat on the leather couch
“I wasn’t bothered by this at all in the past”
“In reference to what?”
Regis’ gaze was coed on the shelves Most of them were untouched and used for decoration, but there were rare books that couldn’t be found in bookstores
“I ht now If all these things are converted into money, how uy who fled from my home teacher multiple times, I think it’s too late for me to say this”
“Prince Bastian, it is never too late to start in life”
“Hmm?”
“The huet Be itit into a habit, everyone can do it”
“Isn’t it often said that old people tend to be forgetful?”
“Leaving illness aside… This is because people gradually don’t s aswith a lot of things to remember—— for example, merchants or butlers, research tells us that their roup Instead of age, the perforest factor”
“Huh——”
“If you regret not learning so hard on it now It is never too late”
“Ahh, that’s right I heard soe if you keep the training up, even if you already passed your best years”
“E-Erm…”
“If you start training now, you should be able to wield a sword decently”
“No… For e, but a matter of individual performance…”
“What, you are giving up on yourself?”
“ If I would delve into swordsmanshi+p practice, I wouldn’t find the tiht?”
“Ohh”
The master of the mansion appeared with a knock on the door
Regis already saw hied quite a bit since then
The man lowered his head
“It’s been awhile, Prince Bastian”
“Ahh, you are alive and energetic as always, Beclard”
“The newspaper just now… The one Your Highness brought with you…”
He placed the item in his hand onto the table
It had crease lines fro crumpled, but it was undoubtedly a weekly newspaper prepared by them
Weekly Quarry Year 852 August 12th
The Emperor was assassinated!?
This ru from the very start Many of the Emperor’s maids and servants had been dis And every single one of them is still uncontactable which is quite unusual
And the only infor His Majesty’s chamber was the news of the suicide of Imperial Consort Johaprecia supposedly in order to not leave his side even in death, given by Prince Latreille’s physician Not even her own physician was allowed to investigate her cause of death and was denied entrance to the chamber
This horrendous act of disrespect led to the deterioration of relations with the Estaburg Kingdom, the home nation of the Imperial consort Despite this catastrophic diplon Affairs Ministry, Military Affairs Ministry and the Cereive us a comment on this
So the only accounts about that incident were given by the courts and if you choose to believe them, His Majesty had already passed on when Prince Latreille entered his chamber
To get a second account of the incident, we conducted an independent interview, and finally obtained a testimony from someone with a neutral position within the courts
According to Chief Chamberlain Marquis Beclard’s testimony——
When he entered His Majesty’s cha in a pool of blood with his sword drawn
What really happened in there, what exactly is the truth then!?
August 13th will be Prince Latreille’s coronation, the time is near
We hope that until then, those in the courts could clarify the circu rumor before the new Emperor takes the throne in order to put the citizens at ease
With the blessing of God, we hope that a just Emperor will be crowned
“What’s theof this?”
Beclard’s voice was treh his clenched teeth
Bastian shrugged as if this had nothing to do with him
“It’s nothing ht be interested since this is the newspaper that will be published tomorrow”
“How is this possible! These are just fictitious lies!”
He even omitted his honorifics, and his words turned crude
Everything was going according to plan
Regis nodded:
“ Pardon me”
“What the hell are you even doing here!? Is this the time for a woman to speak up!?”
“ I aina Ottoman… A reporter from Weekly Quarry This is my employee pass”
Although this was
Beclard’s white hair was a mess as he roared:
“So you are a part of that trashy third rate newspaper!? Don’t think there won’t be consequences for doing this!”
“ Personally, I am more worried about Marquis Beclard’s perilous position”
“What!?”
“ People who read this article will think you provided the information, Marquis”
“Impossible Why would I leak this info!?”
“ You think Prince Latreille will believe you? Really?”
“Of course!”
Beclard said that so intensely that his face became twisted
Bastian sneered:
“Are you serious? You took so ive you money You think he would trust you one bit?”
“Ugh… T-There’re no bribes…”
“You are still insisting on this now? I know plenty of people you had solicited bribes froh?”
They got this info through Fanrine and Carol’s intelligence network
There were plenty of people who gave bribes, however that wasn’t about trust at all, but about gaining his favor
Regis did his best to say in a calm tone:
“ Prince Latreille has an aggressive personality He definitely won’t spare any traitors”
“I am not a traitor!”
“The one ill decide about that isn’t you, but Prince Latreille”
“H-How could it co!”
“That may be true Just like the fact that your actions so far inevitably resulted in no one believing you anymore”
“Ugh!?”
The need to use such a itimate his claim to the throne was Prince Latreille’s weakness
He was too hasty in forcing a checkmate
Using chess as a h tiht now
Regis wouldn’t let this chance slip away
The irrational order for Altina’s unit to attack a fort, and the atteis—— Their opponents didn’t pull their punches at all, it didn’t make sense for them to show any mercy when they were so close
Regis said firmly:
“Prince Latreille will dispose of you He will send you to some place far away under the pretense of retire the way… How ot killed by this plan?”
Beclard’s face turned green
As if a sas held against his throat, he kept tre
“I-It can’t be helped If I refuse, I will be killed too B-Believe me, Prince Bastian! I served your father for 40 years! Faithfully!”
“Youauthority for 40 years? I will be direct—— If you are a just man, then the Empire wouldn’t be in such a messy situation”
“How could that be!?”
“Honestly speaking, I’m not interested about ill happen to you Well, I will leave the rest to Regina If you don’t want to be murdered by bro, then listen to what she says”
Beclard looked at Regis with pleading eyes
Regis didn’t like soreed either… But it would be terrible if Beclard got killed by Latreille
“If this goes on, the E war path To avoid that, I hope you can help us”
“C-Can you guarantee… the safety of my life and fortune!?”
—— Fortune?
He is still worried about his fortune at a time like this?
“I made preparations for you to leave the capital… But we can’t bring too e Wouldn’t it be better to leave them here and survive?”
“U-Ughh… Guu…”
Beclard groaned
Afterto himself for some time
“I understand… I will help you I will forfeit… a part of my fortune then”
“ I can guarantee your personal safety A carriage will arrive in 30 minutes, please have the preparation to leave done by then”
“W-Wait! Carriage!? That’s impossible!”
“Why?”
He looked outside thegrudgingly
“The soldiers aren’t just here to protect ”
“That’s true”
“You got another idea right!? Soy of some sorts!”
“Don’t worry, I ements”
However, Beclard still covered his face with both hands
“Ahhh… It’s no good after all!”
“Hah…”
What was it now?
“I have a granddaughter… living in another house I can’t abandon her and flee by myself…”
“We did investigate that side too You didn’t bring it up earlier, I ondering if you are concerned about her at all”
“I don’t want that child to be implicated”
“ Well, in that case—— instead of wealth, you should increase the number of comrades you can trust”
“Ughhh… There are also soldiers sealing that house off Do you really have a plan?”