Gilet Point of View


　It had already been about two weeks since he was slashed on his back by a knight borrowed from Vigo.

　The wound he received on his back was the result of Vigo calling the best recovery magic user in the King's capital and continuing to heal him, and although he was left with a scar, the pain had already receded.


The wound is almost completely healed. If it has healed up to this point, I don't think there will be any more pain in the future. Then I'll take my leave. If you need anything else, please call me immediately.


　The sorcerer in charge of the treatment tells me that he has finished, so I wave my hand as if to scare the dogs away and ask them to leave.

　With today's treatment complete, the maids appear and ask me to put on some clothes.

　While I was getting dressed, the scars on my back were still bothering me, so I had my maids hold a mirror and look at the scars in a matching mirror.


　This me receiving a scar on my back is .......

　It's a good idea to be able to have a good time with your friends and family.

　I'm a Knight Commander of the Kingsguard and I'm ...... this wound.


　As I looked at the wound in the mirror, I felt irritation rising in the pit of my stomach.

　The man who instructed me to create the wound then opened the door to his bedroom and saw him come in.


''I see your treatment is over for today. As expected of the best recovery magic user in King's City.''

I owe you this wound because of your failure. This wound will cost you dearly.

I know, my Lord. But I believe the only reason Master Giles is still in possession of his neck is because of that wound.


　Vigo's mood was a complete change from her old attitude, and she was giving me a challenging look.


Vigo is now talking to me.


　In fact, while I was wounded and unconscious, Vigo had talked to my father, Boris, who had hired him beforehand and made him into the assassin's Alfine, and after executing him on the same day, he had him hanged in the square of the royal capital.

　Of course, since many people know the face of Alfine, the goddess of swords, the face was smashed to prevent people from finding out that it was a fake head, and then they hanged her in the square.


"I want to talk to you in private, so please excuse me.


　At Vigo's request, I finished dressing and got the maids to leave immediately.


I did it. And what was the secret story?

It's about Lady Alfine.

"You were supposed to cut off my head for my assassination and expose it in the square to settle the matter. Isn't that what you reported to me?

Yes, sir.

So what's the problem?　It doesn't matter if Alfine is alive under Lloyd the frontier count, as the kingdom has officially executed her. Even if it was the person himself.


　He remembered that Vigo had advised him to do so before he was slashed in the back.


The first thing you need to do is to make sure that you have the right information. But ...... we have received word that King Frederick and some of the nobles are wondering about the disturbance of Lord Alfine.

"King Frederick?　What the hell is going on here!


　It's not a good idea to be suspected by the highest authorities when you have chosen to defend your own safety, even though you were injured with scars on your back and gave up trying to obtain Alfine.

　I've gone through so much trouble, so how is this possible?


　I've had a lot of trouble, how could this happen? My irritation is growing.


"There are rumors that Master Linus, who has returned to King's Landing from Ygghanotes, has been whispering in King Frederick's ear about various things.

The first thing you'll notice about Master Linus is that he's ...... the king's favorite, but he's only a lowly nobleman's sorcerer. The trust I have built in you will not be shaken by the whispers of such a man!


　When Vigo heard my words, he shook his head as if to say he was disappointed.


'Master Linus went to see his apprentice, Noelia Enestrosa, who is in the Ygghanotes territory just a few days ago. In other words, .......


　Noelia Enestrosa .......

　The Lloyd's only daughter, ...... I believe she was the girl my father was planning to marry off to me.

　I've been told that she is an aristocrat's daughter, but is also devoted to the study of magic.

　Linus's apprentice - the daughter of a frontier count!

　No way!


Vigo!　You don't mean to tell me that Master Linus has informed King Frederick of Alfine's whereabouts!

............

What do you say to that?　How else would I ever fail the king's trust?


　Vigo's reluctance to speak out in response is growing in frustration.


　I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to get my head out of my assailant's hands, but if I'm connected to Alfine, who should have been executed for trying to assassinate me, and Lloyd, the frontier count who once defeated Abyss Walker, and Linus, the king's favorite, then my own head is starting to look suspicious.

　I've tried to deceive you," he said, "but all my efforts to deceive you, to the point of being wounded, will be for naught.


I'm still skeptical of King Frederick. We've gathered up all the rumors that have been floating around, and it seems that Master Linus has told him some pretty outlandish things.

'Why is it so d*mned silly?　What's that?

Abyss Walker is back.

'Fool!　How dare you let the King blow that story to me!　What have you been doing?!


　His anger was at an all-time high, and he picked up the glass jug from the bedside and released it at Vigo.

　However, the glass jug was received by the knight who was following him as an escort before it hit Vigo.


'The bad report continues. The report from my handlers that came in just a few moments ago is that the Abyss Walkers that were stationed in the crystal mine have been knocked down by someone and the entire mine has been blown up without the daily mandated blast code being updated.


　Vigo had told me something outrageous with a nonchalant expression on his face, and I had been told that the Lachman Mine in Inverness was the most important facility of his father's.

　The Rahman Mine in Inverness is the most important facility that my father had told me about.

　The reason why I received the land in Inverness as an award for offering the Demon Dragon's Horn was also to keep the existence of the mine a secret from the lord's authority.

　Vigo had reported that the Lachman Mine had been blown up without a trace.


''Bah, bah, you fool!　Then my father will have my head before Frederick the King!　You said that not even the Royal Army could bring down the guards at Rahman's mine!　Why is it being wiped out?

Flick the Crimson Mage, the name of the mage came up from the information I had ...... gathered. We had reported that Noelia, the daughter of Lloyd the frontier count, and her daughter Noelia have been investigating the area around the Lachman Mine, but it seems that she has taken out the Abyssal Walker in the Lachman Mine ......


　The name of the man conveyed to me by Vigo was the man who was said to have worked with Lloyd and the others to beat the Abyss Walkers who had been placed in Abyss Fall.


　I had heard that he was a great adventurer: .......

　So he has defeated more than a dozen Abyss Walkers.


　I look at the creepy armor-clad knight standing next to Vigo.


　This monster, he said, won against a dozen or so .......

　It's impossible, impossible .......

　It's a good thing that you're able to get the most out of this one.


　I'm sure you'll be able to find out what's going on in the marketplace and what's going on in the world.


That ...... person is not human. ......

''I am now doing my best to wash the identity of the crimson mage Flick. Any entity that stands in the way of the Radcliffe family and our aspirations must be eliminated at all costs.

My head is on the line. "My head is on the line. Be sure to reveal the identity of the crimson mage, Flick, and eliminate his existence. Use poison, assassins, or anything else you can think of. A mere adventurer's suspicious death can be crushed as much as you want.

'Haha!　Your father has instructed me to do the same.

Then get on with it!　I will immediately go to King Frederick and begin to work to draw Master Linus away from the king.

Yes, sir. Then I'll leave King Frederick's to Master Giles. You may continue to use these two men. I can kill the King's bodyguard whenever I feel like it.


　Vigo's eyes looking at us seemed to glow mysteriously, and I felt a chill run down my spine again.


'Bah, fool!　I am to the king!　Do not speak of such things lightly!


　As if to shake off the option of assassinating King Frederick that flickered in my head, I pressed hard on Vigo.


　It's a good thing that you're able to have a good time with them.

　I'm not going to be the only one.

　I'm not going to be able to get the same thing for you.


　He grabbed Vigo by the collar as he closed in on him and glared at him one more time.


''Then do as you please.


　After saying this, Vigo brushed my hand away, dressed and left the bedroom.

　I called for my maid, changed into formal wear and went to the castle.