CH 84

[Confession of a Beastman Latter Part]

“Frick-sama—”

Noelia who turned to me seems to come to the same conclusion after listening to the information from Marco.

“Ahh, it is the worst imaginable situation. It looks like Gile is moving the people of the mines and making some evil plans.”

“Someone in the position with a heavy responsibility such as the leader of the Royal Guard Knight Order is doing something like that…”

“Incidentally, while we are at it, it wasn’t until Gile-sama became the lord of Inbahanes that people were sent from the mine to the underground facility in Abyss Hole. Other than that, I also heard that pulling the kingdom’s army from the garrison and making the people of the Vigilante Corps commit independence from the kingdom of Inbahanes was all the work of someone close to Gile-sama.”

With Marco’s testimony, the line that seemed to be connected but was not connected is steadily connected.

Gile presented the horns of the demonic dragon Gaebriggs that Alfine and I had subjugated to the kingdom, and in the land of Inbahanes that he got as a reward, it seems that he is quietly proceeding to prepare to raise in revolt against the kingdom by bringing over the native, which is the beastmen, to his side.

“That noble rich kid is doing such an outrageous thing…”

The impression I got from meeting him several times was that he was a man who seemed to be the condensation of all the bad points of the younger generation of the great nobles, but I still couldn’t think of him as a man who was so gutsy that he planned a rebellion.

“Or perhaps, Gile-dono is just an accomplice, and his father – the Prime Minister Boris is the real mastermind.”

The name of Gile’s father comes out from Suzana, who is listening to the talk.

Boris is the kingdom’s prime minister, a man that could be said to be the right-hand man of the king who has been managing the kingdom since the difficult period after the Great Invasion.

“The Prime Minister, huh… even I who isn’t familiar about the nobles have heard a lot of rumors about him.”

I heard things like he was behind the assassination of a noble who was his political enemy, that he took a large amount of bribe from a mercantile house and gave them conveniences, and that recently, he’s been dabbing his hands in the succession for the throne.

My evaluation of the Prime Minister Boris is that even though he is a hotshot, that is the prime minister, he is hated by both the citizens and the noble.

“I also heard from my father that he, who was a mid-class court noble at the time, got the recognition of the king as the head in charge of the Great Invasion countermeasure, and was immediately promoted to become the Prime Minister after the invasion.”

“That is right. However, that Prime Minister Boris rebuilt the kingdom that was hurt by the Great Invasion with methods that could be said to be overbearing. That is why various bad rumors are always following around him.”

“So, there is a possibility that he was instructed by his father… If that is the case, that means the Radcliffe family themselves are preparing to raise in revolt against the kingdom…”

“I think that is not impossible. King Frederick is already old, so if he is hated by the next king, he will inevitably fall. I heard that recently, he seems to be desperately getting involved with the talk about the succession to the throne. He maybe impatient because all the successors dislike him.”

If that is the case, that means he chose—rebellion, huh.

Moreover, he even joined hands with a force from outside the kingdom, seduced the beastmen who are rebellious against the kingdom, and even used the new type of Abyss Walkers.

Touching a part of the truth that is revealed thanks to Marco’s confession, cold sweat flows down my back.

“I also do not know who the mastermind is, but they are definitely connected to Gile-sama. If you capture the people of the mine, I am sure you will find the evidence.”

“I see, thank you for telling us. I got the general circumstance after listening to Marco-dono’s story. Since this seems to be too much for us, I think we should wait for the people dispatched by the Frontier Count-sama to exchange information, then carefully consider it, but is that okay?”

“Yes, I think that is okay. Given that all beastmen who were brought there were killed except me…”

Maybe he remembers his friends who were murdered cruelly; I see flame of hatred dwells in Marco’s one eye again.

I feel that the hatred dwelling in his eye was the reason he stubbornly lived and managed to return to this place in such a dying state.

“Leave this matter to us. Marco-dono’s injuries haven’t healed yet, so I’d appreciate it if you could rest as much as possible.”

“Understood. Then, I will eat the meal you have kindly prepared.”

After that, I ate the meal together with Marco, sent him to the house that was just prepared by the villagers, told him to rest for a week, and bid him farewell.

Then I called Noelia and Suzana again, discussing about the future course of actions, but since it turned out that the opponent was a great noble, we decided that we could not handle it by ourselves, and in order to borrow the power of the Frontier Count, we agreed to wait for the people he dispatched.

However, the next day, when I went to Marco’s place to check the condition of his injuries, he wasn’t there, and only a note was placed on the table.

‘I might be wasting the life that Frick-dono saved, but please let me avenge my companions and my daughter Maribel,’ was written on the letter.