The Prince Wants To Retire

9. Secret of the Imperial Palace

While Kariel was called the Blood Prince and beat the imperial aristocrats, the two princes also began to move busily.

First of all, the 2nd prince controlled all the magic towers and the empire’s magic-related institutions, and started investigating the warlocks and priests.

And soon after, the 3rd Prince used his military power to search out spies and moved to find the nobles who helped the raiders.

He started searching for spies by simultaneously operating both the Empire’s special intelligence agency, which is said to be the strongest of the Empire, and Duke David’s intelligence agency.

Perhaps because of that, the atmosphere of the empire became more ferocious than ever.

The strange thing is that the atmosphere has become ferocious, but on the contrary, security has become more stable.

“Don’t move hastily. If you get it wrong, you die.”

“I’ll have to look for a day job for a while.”

“Hu, then should I run as a mercenary?”

Criminal organizations in each area have all ceased activity and started looking for other jobs.

It was because if he got caught wrongly, his throat would be cut off right away, so he had to do something else until the situation calmed down.

Kariel, the culprit behind the organization members finding normal jobs to survive, was still destroying one of the secret strongholds of the imperial faction.

“There are many.”

Kariel muttered that and let out a sigh.

Even when most of the strongholds in the capital were destroyed, I thought it would end soon.

But that was arrogance.

The power of the imperial faction, which had been practiced for three generations, was enormous.

When you destroy one, it pops out from another place, and when you find it and destroy it, another pops out.

In the end, I was scouring the entire central area to see if I could win or not.

“Sir, are you comfortable?”

At the question of Tarion who came back after sweating hard today, Kariel smiled satisfied.

“Good.”

“Is that so?”

When Tarion asked with a dissatisfied expression on his face, Kariel looked at him with a sullen expression on his face.

“Are you dissatisfied with me taking a break?”

Seeing Tarion’s rotten expression, Kariel pursed his lips.

Then the geeks who followed also looked at Kariel with rotten expressions.

Kariel clicked her tongue when she saw the geeks making dissatisfied faces while Kariel wasn’t looking.

“Twice! To complain about doing that… … .”

While Kariel said that, she continued to comfort the geeks.

“The direct movement ends today.”

At his words, the eyes of Tarion and the geeks opened wide.

“Is that true?”

“Then shall I lie about this?”

Kariel answered Tarion’s question with a puzzled look and looked around.

As he was about to destroy the mansion, he found a secret base and saw all the wealth in it being removed.

In the meantime, while walking around the central area and destroying all the strongholds of the imperial faction, at least in the vicinity of the capital, even common criminals could not be seen.

“You got everything you got right away.”

At Kariel’s words, Tarion looked at him with full of wonder.

Then he looked as if he was asking why he and the geeks suffered so far.

The Inspection Department and the Security Forces moved alternately, and even the Imperial Palace Knights escorting Kariel changed once every few days.

On the other hand, Tharion and the geeks were with Kariel day and night.

In addition, they also directly harassed the imperial faction.

In other words, the ones who suffered the most in the process of robbing the imperial faction’s secret stronghold were the so-called Red Guards.

“It’s not that you worked hard, so let go of your expressions.”

Saying that, Kariel solved the curiosity of the SS who were full of doubts.

In fact, while robbing the capital’s secret stronghold, he obtained all the evidence of the corruption of high-ranking aristocrats belonging to the imperial faction.

But why did you rob the whole central area?

It was to see their reaction.

“It was to filter out the bastards who were attached to other countries or those who were related to organizations under the surface.”

Kariel clicked her tongue in regret as she said that.

It was because the chancellor, whom he saw as the most likely candidate, was not caught.

“As expected, among the imperial family nobles, those stuck with other countries secretly tried to leave the country.”

“… … Yes?”

Tarion looked back at the attendants with an expression of ‘Why didn’t I know?’

“I won’t see you like that. Because I told you not to report it.”

At Kariel’s words, Tarion tilted his head.

To him, Kariel sighed and said.

“You said you were wearing it.”

“this… … You mean?”

“uh. They say I’m focusing on killing the nobles by using the guards, but if you, the key player, disappear, they won’t be suspicious.”

“ah… … .”

Tarion nodded in agreement with Kariel’s words.

“But let me know in advance… … .”

“You can’t do facial expressions.”

“When it comes to acting, my convictions… … .”

“Ah, okay. Anyway, the job is over, so now all we have to do is go to the capital and catch them. Fortunately, some of the imperial nobles are linked to a temple related to warlocks.”

Saying that, Kariel showed Tarion the hot note he received today.

“The imperial faction is over.”

Only one person was caught, but there were many who took bribes from him. It was difficult to find a person among the emperor’s aristocrats who did not receive a bribe from him.

“Your Majesty has found a justification enough that you can no longer mess around with it, so you have to clean it up.”

‘And retirement!’

Swallowing the last words into herself, Kariel smiled brightly and returned to the imperial palace with the bodyguards.

***

the road to the imperial palace.

Kariel, who was excited at the fact that the moment of retirement was approaching with a purpose, saw a strange sight.

They tried to catch some thieves on their way to the imperial palace, but there was not a single thief in sight.

“Wasn’t thieves like this before?”

“You won’t see them around the capital for a while.”

In response to Kariel’s question, Tarion, riding in the carriage with him, answered with an expression of ‘You got them all!’

“Hmm, I’m bored.”

“Safety comes first. If you’re bored, stop for a while and exercise… … .”

“… … Let’s go.”

Saying that, Kariel looked out the window.

Tarion, who laughed at that appearance, summarized only the important points among the periodic reports from the attendants and conveyed them to Kariel.

Kariel entered the capital after going through such a boring return road.

“Waaa!”

As soon as he saw Kariel’s carriage, he made a puzzled expression while watching the cheering people.

“Why are you here? A festival or something?”

“It is to see and cheer Your Highness.”

At Tarion’s words, Kariel made a puzzled expression.

“When do you say blood prince?”

“Isn’t that a good meaning?”

“The blood prince? They say they kill nobles at random?”

“Hmmmm! And that’s all in a good way… … .”

Cariel threw his hand at Tarion, who was about to wrap it up, and put his chin on the window sill.

The people looking out the window seemed more lively than expected.

They were laughing so brightly that they couldn’t think of them as those who cursed at them in their previous life, so a part of their heart tickled, but they tried to ignore it.

‘I am no longer a ruler.’

It was not the mindset that one should have to retire.

But I kept frowning at the feeling that a corner of my heart was tickling.

– It seems to like you.

Appearing translucently so only Kariel could see, Surt looked at the children outside the window and said,

Then, Kariel also looked at the children Surt was looking at.

Kariel gave a small sigh as she waved for a moment to the children who were cheering for her even though she had a sad expression on her face.

This is because, for a moment, a child who cried out to him in his previous life and a child smiling brightly appeared overlapping each other.

“… … Please go a little faster.”

“Yes.”

Tarion looked at him worriedly for a moment, seeing his unusual appearance, but soon gave the order to speed up out of the window.

***

The coachman, who received the order, crossed the square at high speed and entered the palace of the Crown Prince inside the Imperial Palace.

Then, hearing the news that Kariel had returned, the people inside the palace began to tremble.

It was because the moment he had hoped for so long had arrived.

“… … Is it over?”

The Prime Minister, who was sitting in the Prime Minister’s office, had a calm expression upon hearing the news of Kariel’s return.

In fact, from the time all the secret bases of the capital were robbed, the imperial faction was in a state of disrepair.

But Kariel didn’t stop there.

They dug all the traps and caught even those who were trying to escape to other countries, and in the end, they even grasped the main bases in the provinces.

As if concentrating on the central area, he deceived the attention of the nobles belonging to the imperial faction and grasped their destination.

After deliberately letting them escape from the capital, they went to the area they were heading to and found a secret base.

As a result, the imperial faction would be destroyed without even leaving a remnant.

“Are you here?”

The Chancellor opened the door and looked at Inspector General Podolsky entering.

Watching the chancellor stand up as if he had been waiting, Podolski wordlessly handed over the arrest warrant to the adjutant behind him.

“Evidence has been found linking the prime minister to the crime.”

“Do you need a long talk? let’s go I am going to pay for my sins.”

Podolski, who stopped the inspectors who were approaching the calmly speaking chancellor with his hand, stepped aside and guided him.

Then, the chancellor put on a puzzled expression.

“It’s His Highness’s name.”

“Come to Your Highness?”

“The last way, he said he would protect his honor.”

After stopping for a moment at Podolski’s words, the prime minister, who had a puzzled expression on his face, began to laugh like crazy.

“👑👌👌👌 This is so, I was beaten again by Your Majesty.”

The Prime Minister understood why Kariel said this at once, and after laughing for a long time, he said to Podolski.

“Now that we have come and watched the honor, what will we do? … . Unfortunately, I don’t think I’ll be able to accomplish what you intended.”

At the words of the Prime Minister, Podolski’s brow furrowed.

Then the minister said as if not to be misunderstood.

“It’s not the same pride.”

At the words of the Prime Minister, Podolski tilted his head with a puzzled expression.

“Let me tell you that I have a secret of someone so important that I do not dare open my mouth.”

Podolski’s eyes, who had tilted his head for a moment at the words of the Prime Minister, opened wide.

“no way!”

“If you understand, go ahead.”

With those words, the prime minister entrusted his arms to the inspectorate and was taken away.

Seeing this, Podolski bit his lip and hurriedly sent a letter through his subordinate to the Imperial Palace.

***

A long time after hearing that the Prime Minister had been taken to the Inspection Department, a letter from Podolski was placed in Kariel’s hands.

“Because you are important… … . Does it have anything to do with your Majesty?”

As Kariel said that, his expression hardened.

In an instant, the worst assumptions passed through his head.

He tried to deny it, but reason pressed him saying that what he thought was right.

“Tarion!”

“Yes.”

At Kariel’s urgent call, Tarion hurriedly opened the door and entered.

“Try digging up some more chancellors.”

“What part… … .”

“I need to know how it relates to His Majesty.”

Kariel’s words stiffened Tarion’s body.

He showed him a letter from Podolski.

“Investigate in as much detail as possible. That way we can decide whether we should cover it or not.”

“… … Yes.”