My Wife the Empress is Becoming Frightening

7. Goong Goong

Episode 7

It goes without saying that the empire is the best, and Diarose, the largest entertainment and gambling facility that is always ranked among the top five on the continent, has closed its doors.

All of a sudden, without any warning. After that, under the decree of the empress, officials related to Diarose were woven one after another and stood in front of the imperial court.

People thought that the empress had finally pulled out the sword, but contrary to their expectations, they couldn’t weave the reality of Abrarum.

It was because the information connecting Diarose and Abrarum had been thoroughly blocked. For several days after the Diarose closed, unidentified corpses increased in the back alleys of the slums, but no one paid any attention.

Since Abrarum was originally an unidentified organization, most people understood that there was nothing they could do about it, and they moved on to their next concern.

The concern was who dared to touch Diarose, one of Abrarum’s main sources of funds.

The official announcement was that the Jedo Guards raided Diarose, a battle broke out in the process, and that evidence was found after the victory, but no one believed it.

Newspapers and magazines were running out of time, so they printed and published at random. However, there is no way that a mere media can find out the information that the imperial government is blocking.

As a result, all kinds of novels under the name of speculation were in the process of being played. Is it because of that? After a few days, interest in Diarose quickly cooled.

“It is a natural phenomenon. No one is telling the truth, and each person is writing their own delusion, but who will see it?”

Gilbert, who was standing in the bar at Hound Headquarters reading a magazine Boros had brought, tossed it into the trash. Derrigan, who was drinking milk, also nodded in agreement.

“It’s a good thing for us. If anything about the Hound leaked out, we would be the first to die.”

There was no subject as to who would kill them, but there was no need to ask. Who else besides the imperial government?

Saying that there is such an organization is completely different from stating that there is such an organization.

The reason why the empress, who quickly purged political opponents after the rebellion, overturned the political situation, and even caused a civil war, was so supported by the people of the empire, was thanks to the propaganda of the common people at the time.

At the time of the previous emperor’s evil reign, the empire itself might have been in good health, but the people’s sentiments, especially among the people of the empire, were literally rotting.

Therefore, when the Empress herself climbed the execution platform and actively used the performance of beheading corrupt nobles and those in power, the majority of the people of the empire, who had suffered from them for a long time, gave enthusiastic support.

Of course, to the extent that the identity of the Hound is known, there will be no rebellion or the foundation of the empress will be shaken. However, you will have to accept some blows and the seeds of doubt that will continue in the future.

To put up with that, from the point of view of the empress and the imperial government, it was enough to just get rid of it for a while. Who knows if I make a new one after it’s been quiet.

After all, they were cards that could be used whenever needed and discarded at any time. So no glory, no honor.

“I have money instead. Hey, yesterday, after a long time, I cheered up my family. I never knew my wife’s eyes could get that big. I thought I was going to die while trying to explain to him that he was scratching at something he didn’t normally scratch, asking if he had done something dangerous.”

Derrigan smiled at Gilbert, who chuckled happily. Even in the long history of the hound, it was a rare case of Gilbert starting a family after becoming a hound.

Even Gilbert’s wife knew of the Hound’s existence. The reason the two met in the first place was because of Hound’s work, so it can’t be helped.

When I think of that time, there was someone who suddenly passed through Derrigan’s mind, thinking that it was a really great miracle that they lived together like that and even had a child.

“Come to think of it, the captain is nowhere to be seen. I even remember going into the captain’s office after handing out the bounty money to us. Weren’t you staying at headquarters?”

“Oh, boss? I went out in the morning.”

“Where?”

“Where is it?”

Gilbert looked at Gilbert as if he had to ask for it, and Derrigan belatedly remembered what their captain really liked.

“Who are you this time?”

“According to Haria, who followed me as always, swearing and cursing, she said she was a lady of some kind of company?”

At Gilbert’s explanation, Derrigan looked at the milk pouring into her cup and was lost in thought.

As a result of Haria’s explanation added to what they saw with their own eyes in Diarose that day, no one doubted the captain’s skill in the Hound.

‘but… … ‘I still don’t know what you’re thinking.’

don’t worry i won’t die This was what the captain said at Diarose.

There was no room for disagreement that he had reassured them by accurately penetrating their trauma and deliberately demonstrating his skills.

‘But why? ‘Why does someone with that level of skill care about us who have just met?’

It was difficult to understand what they were aiming for. After the Diarose incident, they investigated all the women the captain had met, out of curiosity.

In fact, meeting a woman was a camouflage, and I wondered if each action had a meaning. But all I could tell was that the captain really liked women very much and that he had great energy.

“hey. don’t think too hard We just have to do what we are told to do, just like we have always done.”

Gilbert, who speaks with a pat on the shoulder, actually had the same concerns as Derrigan. And that’s not all. All the Hounds had the same concerns.

However, his conclusion was that nothing would change after thinking about it. That was right. Because there was another owner holding the leash anyway.

“The empress and the imperial government are more troublesome than us. It seems that they didn’t know the captain’s strength at all.”

“So it is. It’s a pity that I couldn’t see those proud faces hugging their heads.”

The two seasoned hounds looked at each other and grinned.

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“Wouldn’t it be right for me to step down from the Hound Captain’s position?”

Silence reigned in the meeting room at the words of a high-ranking minister. This meeting was not an ordinary meeting held every day to take care of state affairs.

center of the empire. To be precise, it was a meeting that only the closest aides to Empress Marianne King Blatta and the heads of the factions that enshrined her could attend.

In this meeting, confidential and dangerous information that cannot be easily disclosed at a government meeting is constantly coming and going. Same goes for today’s meeting.

They are very few people who know of the Hound’s existence. Ordinary nobles of the empire do not know exactly the existence of hounds.

In any era, when a nobleman made a mistake, the fact was communicated to the emperor’s closest aides. Then, the Emperor and his aides ordered the Hound to eliminate the cause of the error and receive the price.

Now, that role had collapsed, and it was only passed from the power of the purged emperor to Marianne and her closest aides.

The topic of today’s meeting was, of course, about Isaac. Interest in Diarose is fading faster than expected, but there was no law saying that what happened once could not happen twice.

So, we were discussing Isaac’s treatment, but unexpectedly, opinions were quite mixed.

“Stop talking nonsense! He literally annihilated the finest combatants of the Diarose that even the Imperial Knights hadn’t tampered with! Let’s kick it out when it’s not enough even if we use it right away!”

“We’re not trying to kick you out of the empire, are you? And there is no evidence that he really killed them!”

As a result of an investigation by the late arrivals of the Imperial Guard, it was hard to believe that a large group of former A-rankers and first-class criminals had reported that they had been attacked by one person.

They couldn’t guess who it was because they didn’t know the identity of the Hound, but those gathered here could hear that it was Isaac, of course, because they had received the Hound’s report.

After that, opinions were largely divided into two. The opinion was to appoint him as a knight immediately to strengthen the power of the forces, and the opinion to send him away with a suitable reason for having unexpected power.

“It’s clear that the Hounds are plotting and using him as a shield!”

“What are they doing? Besides, do you think it’s possible to take on one of Abrarum’s best forces with the Hounds alone?”

There was no intention of persuasion, and each other was frustrated with each other, so it was not over. Marianne, who would have normally intervened with her dignified charisma, just stared at him with her chin resting on her chair.

As a result, the meeting showed no signs of calming down. Among them were some vassals who were sincerely loyal to Marianne, to be exact, to her original family, but most of them were not.

It was just a group of people who did not belong to the mainstream power class during the time of the emperor, who Marianne took over and made her side, and then gained power after her victory.

‘Still, during the rebellion, we fought with one mind… … Is it already like this?’

In my heart, I wanted to kill everyone except for my real aides, but I can’t easily get rid of the public servant. It was when Marianne was about to step out, holding back a sigh.

“Stop calming down. What you are talking about is His Majesty’s consort.”

Marianne’s mind’s eye narrowed in doubt. The name of the person who immediately drew the attention of the conference room to himself was Fabian Jericho.

He was the current head of the Duke of Jericho family, who was said to have taken the lead in building an empire following the first emperor.

He was originally one of the backbones of the King Seonhwang’s forces, but he was the one who maintained his power by quickly changing ships after noticing signs of rebellion like a ghost.

Although he had no choice but to hold hands for victory, he was also the person who occupied number 1 on Marianne’s ‘list of people to surely kill someday’.

Fabian, who confirmed that he had drawn attention, continued.

“It’s clear that Isaac is a being with unexpected powers, but he’s just an individual. It’s hard to imagine he’d be a huge threat.”

Fabian’s words clearly pointed out their anxiety. After all, that was the anxiety of those who raised their voices now.

What to do if someone called the wife of the empress threatens their power. Fabian’s story continued.

“Also, the role of the hound’s captain is originally to block the arrows that are directed at us. If we are good at military power, we will be able to maintain that role for a long time, so it is a good thing for us.”

“Certainly what Duke Jericho said has some truth… … What if he does this again?”

At those words, Fabian laughed. After asking the question, he thought he was laughing at him and tried to get angry, but Fabian was quicker this time too.

“What’s wrong? The Hound is a secret organization, so there’s no way their identity will be revealed. Besides, Abrarum was something we had to get rid of, but we couldn’t touch it easily for various reasons. I didn’t even ask for it, but I touched it myself, so isn’t it a good thing for us?”

Others, including the high minister who was about to get angry, began to agree with Fabian’s opinion. On the face of it, that was correct.

No matter how strong it is, it is an individual force and the Hound is a secret organization, so it is impossible to move on the surface of the water. And since we’ve already touched Abrarum, they won’t stand still.

If they fought each other and Isaac got rid of Abrarum, it would be good or bad, but they would be able to reduce their power like this time, so in any way they looked at it, it was a structure that benefited them.

If you only look at the outside, that is.

“What is it?”

“The Duke is right.”

“Looks like we got too sensitive.”

Once opinions were consolidated, the meeting quickly settled down. After he finished speaking, Fabian quietly returned to his position as a bystander, so he didn’t care about the others, but the empress and her retainers were different.

‘What’s this son of a b*tch up to?’

After that, Fabian did not speak again until the meeting was over.