A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

196 – Extreme Experience Lemberi (5)

Although such a disease does not exist in the Kingdom, a disease called ‘mental illness’ exists in the Empire.

Literally, mental illness.

When a person goes crazy due to mental stress, he falls into symptoms of depression, or, in serious cases, experiences delirium.

There were relatively few people suffering from mental illness in the kingdom.

In most cases, it was either a duel or an attempt to kill them if they were provoked, or a solution that was somewhat barbaric and hot(?) From the imperial people’s perspective was the priority.

Nostrum as a whole is male-centered, or to use imperial terms, it has a somewhat ‘macho’ tendency, so those who are considered weak are weeded out and not let out.

The main program of Lemberi Camp is based on such manliness.

“Those who cannot keep up with training are excluded. If you want to lag behind others, give up.”

“Can’t he do this much? Is it okay for a man to only be able to do this much?”

“The students studying abroad in the empire over there are better. The students studying abroad in the empire don’t even have trouble breathing, so what are the pride of the kingdom doing now?”

Knights filled with the poison of masculinity are driving students at every training ground.

“Is it difficult?”

“””No!!”””

The students’ voices are full of energy, perhaps because they worked so hard for several hours in the morning.

“…Hey, Gray.”

And then, as I came out to look at the students, Astasia carefully stabbed me with her finger in the back.

“I really can’t tell, right?”

“Of course, ‘Ellie’.”

Currently.

I am on site as the ‘chairman’ holding a cane.

And next to me, Astasia, who has changed into the maid uniform prepared in advance in the special seat of the train, is standing behind me with a different look.

Astasia’s disguise?

The reason I did it was because, of course, I was worried about her too.

While we are training and rolling around on the dirt floor, the princess is somewhere out there laughing with Gray Gibraltar.

That is correct.

In fact, Astasia is also trying to handle it.

Still, if you appear in front of them, you will hear those comments even if you don’t like them, so it is better not to appear as Astasia in front of your eyes.

No one knows Astasia’s disguise.

Even if you know, even if you notice, you should not notice.

People who usually notice something called ‘notice’.

“Isn’t this Lord Gray Gibraltar?”

An article approaches, speaking sarcastically.

“Who are you?”

“My name is Hernández Barcel.”

“Ah. A knight of the Golden Dawn?”

Barcelona.

He is Zeros Barcel’s younger cousin, but is given the surname Barcel.

A surname is a symbol of ‘our family’, and among nobles, there are cases where a surname is given to a person to be incorporated more deeply into the family.

In the case of men, as adopted sons.

In the case of women, it is marriage.

“Who are you?”

“…Hernández Barcel, the general manager of the Golden Dawn, who was dispatched from the Knights of the Golden Dawn to the Orosol Academy military training Lemberi Camp.”

“I see.”

I know, but I asked on purpose.

Since they came first to stimulate us, is there any chance of a good response?

“Are you out to take a look?”

“That’s right. Students who performed excellently at this camp will receive an award called ‘Honorary Canyon Scholarship.'”

“Is that so? It’s a shame.”

Knight Hernández chuckles as if he is truly disappointed.

“If you had entered the school as a student, you would have been trained there together, wouldn’t you say?”

“Is that so? I don’t get trained by anyone weaker than me.”

“…Yes?”

“What did I hear wrong, why are you making such an expression? Of all the people here in the camp, the only one who can teach me is the Duke of Winchester.”

“Ha, haha…”

My smile cracks.

Marquis Zeros Barcel, who is behind him, may have given instructions to provoke me, but knights are easier to deal with than aging politicians.

“Or what, are you going to teach me separately ‘at night’?”

“You should sleep at night. Deeply, right?”

“This is true. If anyone hears it, they’ll think you’re saying something about what you’re going to do while you’re sleeping.”

“No way. Saying such scary words in a place with so many people.”

“That’s right. This isn’t 200 years ago, and it’s not a barbaric era where assassins are sent to kill you if you mess up.”

“…”

This man.

According to my information, the knight who came to kill me – Lionel Barcel –

“Do you know the name Lionel?”

“This is my first time hearing it.”

“This is my younger brother.”

“…Is that so?”

He is my older brother.

“Lord Gibraltar also has a younger brother, so you know that. Those called younger brothers really need a lot of work, but they are still younger brothers.”

“Where is your brother now? Did he come to camp with you this time?”

Crack.

“Haha. Are you talking about Lionel…?”

“Didn’t you just say that he was my younger brother?”

The sound of teeth grinding can be heard up to here.

You may think that you have adjusted it in your own way, but the master’s ears can hear each and every sound clearly.

“…Unfortunately, I am currently on a long business trip.”

“A long-term business trip in Golden Dawn? Maybe we’ll be attending His Majesty the King?”

“Is it His Majesty the Great King? Haha. Not His Majesty His?”

“Like the Knights of the Golden Dawn, I am a conservative who does not think that the Kingdom of Nostrum is a ‘real empire.'”

“…”

“If I were a student training together at the campsite over there, you, the instructor, would have been manipulating me with personal feelings by now, right?”

“Ha, haha…”

Knight Hernández’s expression was becoming complicated in many ways, but I lightly shrugged my shoulders.

“Or I rolled Noir instead.”

“Where is Noir Gibraltar?”

“Did you come to ask that?”

“The granddaughter of Astacia-“

“I am a princess.”

“…”

“You should address the title issue properly, as if you were Your Highness and not Your Majesty. Isn’t that right?”

The more he spoke, the redder Hernández’s face became, but he smiled and lowered his head.

“Excuse me. Now that I think about it, where is Her Highness Princess Astacia now?”

“It must be somewhere.”

“…”

“Why? Are you trying to cause international trouble? That would be fun.”

I pointed in the direction of the station where the train was staying.

“If Princess Astasia were killed while she was with Gray Gibraltar, do you think a war would break out between Gibraltar and the Empire?”

“…”

“If there is someone who wants to send an assassin with that idea, tell them to stop immediately because it is an absurd idea.”

“Ha, haha. “What kind of harsh words are you saying?”

Hernández closed his eyes for a moment and then lowered his head.

“Anyway, I hope there is a student you like. Then.”

Hernández left.

They approached me to spy on me and get information, but they didn’t get much results.

‘That’s my opinion.’

Did that human actually notice Astasia?

Or would you think that Astacia is next to me as a maid named Ellie, that the princess is serving Gray Gibraltar in her maid uniform?

“Chairman. That man looks suspicious.”

Astasia spoke softly.

“He gave me one look, but he kept glaring at the chairman.”

“It’s not normal.”

Astasia is wearing a maid uniform, and she doesn’t even look at her like a man would?

“It’s one of two things. The hatred towards me is too strong.”

The one who killed her own brother.

Or someone who has clues about her sister’s disappearance.

He is already dead and scattered in the garden behind Orosol Academy, but he cannot do anything because he does not even know such things.

“Normally, I would at least be interested in who Ellie is.”

“Then what are the other possibilities…?”

“Actually, it could be both.”

When other possibilities come together with his hatred of me, he becomes extremely dangerous.

“If you are a person who is not interested in women.”

“…Yes?”

Astasia’s face turns red.

“Uh, over there. Is that Gray?”

“It’s out of here.”

“No, are you kidding?”

Astasia was so embarrassed that she forgot her performance for a moment-although it didn’t really matter.

“So…You’re saying you’re not interested in the opposite s*x?”

“I’m not interested in the opposite s*x.”

“…”

“Okay. Don’t keep poking me in the back with your finger like that.”

I clung to Astasia and stretched my fingers down her back.

“Princess Naria will disband the entire Knights of the Golden Dawn after she becomes king. That’s because her military base is in Morgania…The Knights of the Black Rose, but she can never accept the Knights of the Golden Dawn. Because there is one.”

“No way.”

“The Knights of the Golden Dawn are the knights that were with the kingdom from the beginning, but there’s one problem. They don’t hire women.”

“…”

Astasia’s expression she gradually began to turn pale

“In the past, women were chosen, but there were only a few, and problems arose.”

“That’s… “

“It is said that in order to prevent such problems from occurring, they covered it up internally and only selected men, but it has been passed down as a tradition and has become a culture.”

And the other side.

Behind the knights shining brightly in golden light.

“There are many problems that arise when men gather together. The Knights of the Golden Dawn are a group that should not be approached.”

Naria has a reason for wanting to become an ‘adult’.

“That… “

Astasia cautiously opens her mouth.

“In the empire, homos*xuality is not a legal area… No, I don’t know all the kingdom’s laws…”

“…?”

“Yes?”

“…Ha.”

I pulled Astasia by the waist and lightly kissed her ear without her people noticing.

“That’s not it.”

“…Yes?”

“It just meant that men play dirty with each other, and they don’t often play like that.”

“…Ah.”

If I hadn’t said this, the misunderstanding could have deepened.

But that’s not it.

“There may be one or two people like that in a personal relationship, but the Knights of the Golden Dawn are just a corrupt and rotten group. The most representative example is Marquis Zeroth Barcel having three concubines.”

Golden Dawn’s tendencies are similar to Saint Geo Nostrum.

In the first place, those who remain in the 1st Royal Knights’ Order are the only ones who can tolerate Saint Geo’s actions.

“From the Golden Dawn’s point of view, people like Gibraltar are incomprehensible. How can a man embrace only one woman? It is natural for a man to have multiple women.”

“Somehow, I feel like I’ve seen the great darkness of the Knights…”

“It’s the other side of a corrupt and rotten kingdom that can’t be talked about freely anywhere.”

Alcohol.

Smoking.

White silver.

Caroline.

Others, etc.

“Well, I’ve already finished dealing with everything.”

“Culture?”

“It doesn’t matter if you just eat Caroline, but you know what happens if you also eat silver, right?”

“…!”

If the Knights of the Golden Dawn continue to live a corrupt life, perhaps something golden will ooze from their bodies.

“Let’s keep an eye on it. There hasn’t been anyone like that yet, but at least one might show up.”

That won’t happen right away.

“Sir Carlos, whom I met not long ago, said that the Knights of the Golden Dawn are staying in a separate villa prepared by Viscount Balzac.”

But.

“Some of Lembury Camp’s budget went into that accommodation, so maybe it’s not just the men there.”

The very fact that there is a possibility of being caught by something like that means that they are still engaging in such behavior.

“…”

“Ellie.”

I took out one item that was prepared on the train.

“From now on, we will prepare ‘bullet’ for Naria.”

“Oh, that… “

“Do you know what? Neither the empire nor the kingdom has any relevant laws yet.”

A familiar object to Astasia.

“A projector magic tool for filming. There is no sound.”