A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

225 – Only Gibraltar (5)

At that time, Orosol Academy conference room.

“Do you see, Mother? The Nostrum is being destroyed.”

“…”

Queen Carmen glanced quickly around her as her own daughter, Princess Naria, discussed the situation in the post-Barcelles seen through her crystal sphere.

“Well, princess…”

“Chairman, it is true that it is being destroyed, but…”

Everyone, including the Black Rose Knights of Morgania and the student council officers wearing academy uniforms, as well as Queen Carmen, looked taken aback by Princess Naria’s words

“It’s not wrong. The nostrum of the old era is collapsing like that.”

However, Princess Naria calmly raised her voice in her conference room where key figures from her academy gathered.

“Look at that. The Marquis’s state collapsing because it could not handle about 30 knights of Gibraltar. How do you judge it from a military perspective, Baron Constance?”

“That, I mean, that.”

Baron Constance, a middle-aged man newly invited as a professor of military studies, was taken aback by the attention people were focusing on him.

“…This is a tactic only possible in Gibraltar.”

However, he is a man who rose to this position with abilities that are different from those of his previous professor of military studies.

“It is unreasonable, destructive, and sometimes even bizarre, but when you look at the results alone, it is incredibly fast and efficient.”

“Thank you for your opinion.”

“…Not much to say.”

As Naria was one of the people ‘invited’ to this event, he honestly expressed his thoughts

“Mother. If the family that was being attacked over there was Morgania and not the Marquis de Barcel, would the process have been different?”

“No.”

Queen Carmen declared.

“Not only Morgania, but no other territory would be able to stop an attack like that.”

“Then what about Nostrum?”

“…It can’t be different. In the first place, most of the knights guarding the Marquis’ Castle over there are members of the Knights of Golden Dawn and reinforcements sent by each noble.”

It is no longer meaningful to ask how many people there are.

“One Sword Master has the strength of 10,000 Imperial troops. If you think about it, just with Lord Mente Lift, 10,000 Gibraltar troops have infiltrated the main gate of the Marquis Castle.”

“There is not just one master.”

“…I see.”

The scene seen through the magic of clairvoyance is the knight of Gibraltar blocking the main gate of the Marquis Castle.

“Robert Seville, was it? I remember that even eight years ago, he was a knight of a level worse than intermediate…”

“It’s Gibraltar. If you put your mind to it, it wouldn’t be a problem to create one or two masters.”

“If you put your mind to it, yes.”

“Yes. If you put your mind to it…It’s not impossible to overthrow Nostrum.”

A heavy silence fell on the conference room.

It was clearly a nuanced statement referring to ‘treason’, but it was not easy for everyone to say anything since the person saying such words was the princess of the kingdom.

Maybe.

This position is for her future queen, who wants to keep her biggest enemy in check-

“Gibraltar is the condemner. When Nostrum starts to go down the wrong path, they are the ones who point out the wrong direction and correct it.”

Everyone began to focus on Naria’s words.

“During the 500 years of Nostrum’s history, Gibraltar has never pulled out its sword against the Nostrum royal family. This is because the Nostrum royal family has had an amicable relationship with Gibraltar and has not caused any problems.”

That was indeed the case.

“But was that really true? None of the previous kings of Nostrum have created a situation like the current king?”

“Naria. What do you mean…?”

“It’s just a guess.”

Naria took out several coins from her arms.

“Everyone will think that when they see that scene. You must not touch Gibraltar. The moment you touch Gibraltar, Nostrum will be destroyed, no matter what the reason.”

She flicked the gold with the faces of Nostrum’s past kings engraved on her her back in her hands her her, and placed her coins in front of her, all with her face her up.

“But if there is an element that can turn the situation around in the current situation. If there is a miraculous power that can make an incident that causes Gibraltar to revolt ‘never happened’.”

Princess Naria calmly turned over a gold coin with the faces of past kings engraved on it.

“Perhaps Gibraltar may have raised its sword against Nostrum more than a dozen times until now, saying it was ‘wrong,’ but that may all turn into ‘something that never happened.'”

“…”

“Well, it’s just a joke.”

Princess Naria held up her last remaining gold, a huge gold coin with the face of Saint Geonostrum.

“If there had been such a thing, His Majesty the Great King would have somehow appeased Gibraltar before a territorial war broke out and the situation would not have reached this point.”

Tuk.

“What happened cannot be helped.” And the result is self-evident: this war is won by Gibraltar.”

A St. Geo gold coin fell sideways.

Although the face her was still facing the light, Naria’s shadow in the sunlight shining through the window obscured the gold coin of St. Geo Nostrum.

“After this war is over.”

Naria stood up from her seat and planted her sword in front of her desk.

“As …, I plan to leave ‘full authority’ to Gibraltar.”

The phrase ‘I will forgive your sins’ was engraved on the body of the sword.

“As a doctor who cuts out the rotten parts of this nostrum, and as an executioner who will execute prisoners who eat away at the nostrum.”

“Isn’t that the inspection department…?”

“I bought the inspection department, so Gibraltar will forgive me.”

Naria glared at the Knights of the Golden Dawn and the Marquis’ soldiers reflected in her crystal sphere, her beautiful eyes shining.

“But Naria Geonostrum does not forgive.”

“…”

“Let me make this clear to everyone.”

Naria sat down leisurely and continued her words.

“It is the nostrum of St. Geo that is condemned, not ‘us.'”

* * *

[Golden Castle of the Marquis of Barcelona, the Marquis’ office on the top floor.]

“Damn you, you crazy b*stards!!”

A foul language comes out of Drite’s mouth.

“aaa!!”

Dri Te threw her glasses on the floor and started stomping on them with her feet.

The dozens of knights gathered in the office were so nervous and angry that they just looked at each other and said nothing.

Because they were equally embarrassed.

They felt the same way because Drite suddenly started swearing and yelling at them.

“Crazy Gibraltar!”

The ship runs on the ground and then jumps over the castle wall? Well, that can happen.

In an empire, ships don’t just travel on land or sea.

“Crazy Nostrum!”

Only 30 knights of Gibraltar show overwhelming killing power? That can happen too.

According to Gibraltar’s legendary human slaughter machine, the formula ‘1 cardian = 10,000 elite soldiers’ was established more than a century ago.

“It’s full of crazy people! That’s right! No matter what crazy things happened, I tried to react calmly! The fact that the ship fell was unexpected, but that was no different from being attacked by a flying dragon! Up to this point, it was within expectations!!”

But.

“Where has Saint Geonostrum gone!”

“Yes, it’s gone!”

“This crazy…!”

I could forgive other things, but at least I couldn’t get over this.

“Before we arrived, you were talking so loudly from the side, but as soon as Gibraltar attacked, you immediately disappeared?! This b*stard is also the king!”

In the marquis’ office, there is no one who should be there.

“Where have the king’s guardian knights gone? The Golden Dawn?!”

“I remain! I think the king is still here!”

“Then who is the closest?!”

“It appears that the two of them ran away alone, taking the king with them… “

“Fuck!!”

A very vulgar swear word came out of Drite’s mouth.

“Does that guy have master-level skills to run away?! Even if this was Nostrum’s stronghold, would he run away like that? Argh!”

The king has disappeared.

“Is it even possible for the king to jump out first!!”

The reason for the nobles gathered at this marquis castle to send reinforcements has disappeared.

“If they find out that Saint Geo Nostrum is gone, all the reinforcements sent by the other nobles will lay down their weapons and surrender! The reason they sent reinforcements to the Marquis of Barcels is not because they support the Marquis of Barcels, but because the troops there Saint Geo Nostrum – I came in the name of protecting the king!”

When it comes to war, justification is important, and as this justification changes in the blink of an eye, allies can quickly become enemies.

“Why did we come to help the Marquis of Barcelle? Isn’t it because the King decided to stay here? Look again, again!”

“B-but…!”

“If you look for it, look for it! Even after hearing the news that they were coming, the man who said ‘I don’t care’ and drank alcohol disappeared as soon as the knights of Gibraltar crossed the castle walls, as if he had used a teleportation spell–“

Drite’s angry words stop.

That may be part of the reason why St. Geo Nostrum suddenly evaporated –

Jeopuk, Jeopuk.

Drite swallowed his saliva when he heard the leisurely yet heavy footsteps coming from beyond the office, at the end of the hallway.

“…All power, ready for battle. With full power. White, dose.”

When Drite raised his hand, the knights in black armor in the room immediately started making noises like biting something.

Gooo.

Soon, red lights began to shine from their eyes hidden by the helmets, and demonic energy began to flow out from between the helmets.

“…I must win here, even if it means losing an arm.”

Squeak.

The door opens.

A strong smell of blood wafts into the room, and a black shadow falls into the office.

Degurrr.

Severed head.

The cross section was cut so cleanly that those in the office could not tell for a moment whether it had been cut during battle or had been decapitated by a guillotine as an execution.

That head is clearly Marquis Zeros Barcel.

What was.

With a very frightened face that was clearly different from the original Marquis Zeros Barcelle, only his neck remained and the floor of his office was soaked in red.

“Really…”

Jeopuk.

“I think today is the day we killed too many people.”

Entrance to the office.

“This is why I hate war. I hate war…”

A young man, his whole body soaked in blood, draped one of his spears sloppily over his shoulder and pushed back his bangs with his blood-soaked hands.

“When cleaning up trash, it’s natural to get dirty. Don’t you think so?”

“This is crazy…”

“Where is Saint Geo Nostrum? No matter how hard I searched, I couldn’t find it.”

Grinning.

“Ah. I can tell just by looking at it. He ran away, leaving you alone. Really, I wonder if anyone is Saint Geo Nostrum.”

“His Majesty the King…”

“If you think about it, isn’t this a crazy king? A crazy king who is too shameful to serve.”

“…”

Drite thought.

“I think so too.”

There is only one reason why Gibraltar is like this.

“You guys. Let’s say that in the shadow of the empire, a member of the royal family or noble family that was destroyed by the empire, tried to instigate the king of Nostrum to start a civil war, and that kind of thing is possible. Well, let’s make a hundred concessions and say that the opponent called Gibraltar was bad. Let’s put all that aside, there is only one cause of your death.”

Gray Gibraltar shook his head.

“So why did you hold Saint Geo Nostrum’s hand?”