I Became a Dark Knight the Empress Is Obsessed With

20 – Council of Elders – (6)

“What? There was a raid?”

“That’s right.”

Edwin Paleid, a mature elf sitting at the table, raised his white eyebrows upon hearing the report.

Suha shrugged when he met Edwin’s intense gaze.

“What raid was it?”

“It was a sniping from the roof of the meeting room using a magically engineered blade. It was an obvious assassination attempt.”

“So, how did it go?”

“For now, the princess is safe. The guardian knight threw herself to block it.”

“Great.”

Edwin drooled and tried to calm his trembling hands. It was clearly agitated.

I slowly take off my glasses and put my back on the chair.

The light from the swaying magic lamp is softly shining down on the office.

Chief Edwin, sitting at the round desk, waved his hand.

“The council is temporarily suspended.”

“But, so.”

“No, stop. It doesn’t make any sense.”

“……All right.”

Suha lowered his head and left the office.

In the room left alone, Edwin covered his forehead with his hand.

“Are you interfering in the end?”

All of Edwin’s raids so far have been covert and unmarked. That’s why the committee was able to enforce it under the authority of the supreme chief, although there was a slight shake.

However, the current raid was conducted in broad daylight. There are many eyewitnesses. It was absolutely not Edwin’s instigation.

When this happens, it becomes public that someone is targeting Lyncia Ayrn. Doubt and certainty have different meanings.

Of course, the Senate Council will not be able to proceed as usual.

“That’s ridiculous.”

Edwin trembled and grabbed the pen nib.

It took a lot of effort to plant people in the council. He continued to wait for his chance and wait for his time. There were several times when I almost succeeded. If things didn’t go well, he could have taken the risk himself. The princess was like a rat in a poison.

I’m almost there.

Who is the uninvited guest who sprinkled ashes on the finished meal?

Think slowly.

administrator? not. guardian knight? no motive Grand Duke Krater is not here, and the bitch in the underground waterway cannot move. As for the cult, he himself negotiated.

There were no figures that came to mind. All variables were excluded and a plan was drawn up.

In the end, Edwin couldn’t come to a conclusion.

In a fit of rage, he slammed the desk.

“Who the hell are you talking about!”

“Looking for me?”

At that moment, a woman’s voice echoed through the office.

When I hurriedly looked over, a woman in black was sitting across from me, smiling warmly and waving.

“You, you!”

“Shhh.”

The woman put her index finger to her lips, but Edwin hurriedly rose from his chair and pressed against the wall.

Edwin felt his teeth chatter. Even though he had lived hundreds of years, he was afraid of the mean woman in front of him.

“……Apostle Arwen.”

Arwen, the Apostle of Corruption.

One of the five apostles of the Order and the most dangerous.

She was in front of Edwin’s eyes.

“How the hell did you get in here?”

“He opened the door and came in.”

The woman, Arwen, pointed behind her back.

There was blood on the floor.

Above it, a decapitated corpse slid down the wall.

The owner of the corpse is Su-da, who just left the room after reporting.

“I’m angry because you keep blocking me, so stop.”

“…”

“I killed him once, but he wasn’t the one I cared about, right?”

Edwin took a breath and struggled to find his composure.

Arwen is obviously a dangerous person, but as long as their interests overlap, he will not harm himself.

“There must have been layers of protective barriers around the conference hall, how did you break through?”

“Did you think I wouldn’t plant one of my people in here? There are ways.”

Was there an introvert?

Edwin realized that his thoughts were short-lived.

However, considering the hesitation here, it is third-rate. asked calmly.

“What’s the reason? I thought the conversation with you was already over.”

“yes? I’m not done yet.”

As he finished speaking, Arwen shrugged.

Edwin wrinkled his forehead.

“Why? I killed the princess and opened a new empire, and didn’t you guys decide to coexist with us?”

“Right. It certainly was.”

Edwin decided to accept, rather than oppose, the foreign religions that he should be most wary of before building a new empire. Without that, the ideal could not be realized at all.

Edwin conveyed his intention to cooperate with the church, and as a result, a temporary treaty was concluded.

He kills the last princess of the empire, and in return, the Church allows the new empire to continue. It was such a treaty.

But why the hell is the Apostle of Decay in his room? Even by killing his subordinates.

“If you found out, I’ll take care of it, so get out of there. As promised, I’ll definitely kill the princess.”

Obviously, daytime raids were the work of the church.

“Your presumptuous behavior is disrupting my plans.”

“Why? Isn’t it nice to kill?”

“There is no justification. Instead of being killed, the princess should die under the guise of an accident.”

Only then can there be a justification for the launch of a new empire.

In place of the princess who died in an unfortunate accident, the council of elders continues to lead the empire anew. A new emperor is also elected. And that is Edwin Paleid, the Elf One. And he rules for the elves.

Of course, there will be a lot of backlash. If the princess was assassinated at the council of elders, Edwin would have to be the first to be pointed out as the mastermind behind it. That’s why death disguised as an accident is comfortable.

It is easier to plan for the future only when the public sentiment is suppressed as much as possible. For that reason, explicit methods were avoided.

“……Hmm. After all, I don’t know.”

Upon hearing the story, Arwen twisted her head.

“Well, it doesn’t matter.”

I got up slowly from the chair. An unclean aura gently settled on her shoulder.

Observing each and every action, Edwin shouted.

“What, what!”

“What is it, are you trying to kill me?”

“Didn’t you make a treaty!”

“You know what? That kind of thing just bothers me.”

“Ugh!”

Edwin sighed.

No matter how quickly the church went out, I didn’t know it would come out like this.

obvious mistake.

For now, surviving was the priority.

Edwin put his hand behind his back and condensed mana. He hurriedly deployed mana to create a small protective shield, but compared to the energy radiating from her, it was crude.

Arwen calmly said whether or not he knew about his behind-the-scenes work.

“Things have changed. I have a dog I planted, but it seems to be rebelling. Your plan will fail. That dog is more capable than you think.”

“……what?”

“Because it’s my favorite dog, it’s a little hard to kill it, and I think it needs training. So I’m thinking of getting rid of those who get in the way of the curriculum.”

Arwen approached Edwin step by step.

Edwin hurriedly backed away.

But what touched my back was the touch of the cold wall.

“Don’t come closer!”

Not even the seeds were eaten.

Arwen was right in front of Edwin.

“Well, I’m sorry. Don’t resent me too much.”

“…it’s a treaty violation.”

“Because it’s a treaty made by the church.”

Arwen reached out and placed a hand on Edwin’s chest.

“Our apostles have overlapping purposes, but we’re not particularly close.”

“… ugh!”

Edwin hurriedly leaned down and pointed the shield he had deployed towards Arwen.

Even if you can’t kill it, you can push it away with a shockwave. In the meantime, if you escape through the wall, you may be able to seek help.

Cagan.

However, Edwin’s blow of conversion was blocked with a single gesture from Arwen.

A gigantic monster emerged from her shadow before she knew it. It reached out its paw and grabbed Edwin’s magic.

Kwajik.

And when the monster exerted its strength, the protective shield was shattered as if the effort had been put into shame.

“eat.”

Arwen’s face contorted, as if the fact that he was resisting him was unpleasant.

The monster faces Edwin. Its huge mouth opened and swallowed him whole.

“aaagh!”

He let out a final tearing scream, but even that was silenced as the monster touched his mouth.

Before long, all I could hear in the office was the monster’s jaws moving and chugging.

Arwen sat down at the desk in the office where he was sitting and licked his chin as if he was bored.

“More than anything, I hate guys with big ears.”

*

It took some time for the monster to finish eating. Since he ate an elder of the elves that had lived for hundreds of years, he had to wait a bit to digest the power.

“Chew it thoroughly, Sepia.”

When Arwen stroked the head of the monster, Sepia, Sepia purred and acted aegyo.

“Anyway, I’m old, so it smells hoarse.”

Arwen knocked on the desk in displeasure.

After a few minutes of doing that, I lie on the backrest and shake my feet.

I glanced at the clock hanging on the wall. Dawn has already passed. It is dawn.

It must have been time.

A small lark approaches her just in time.

It was a familiar word, a magic that wizards often use to communicate their intentions.

The lark sat on the corner of the desk and chirped. At that moment, the crying changed to a low-pitched voice.

[Are you ready?]

“yes.”

[What did Edwin do?]

Arwen glanced at Sepia. Still mumbling and eating.

“I’m digesting it.”

[Huh. Is that so. It would be a big deal if the other apostles knew.]

“It’s none of your business, is it?”

[That’s right, but.]

The lark turned her head around and then continued.

[The preparations have been completed on my side as well. If the apostle draws attention first, I will also take action.]

“But are you sure? That Iscobal has defected?”

Arwen thought for a moment about Fried that night.

It was a bit of an odd atmosphere.

He didn’t even report regularly, and he also killed Slaine. He shuddered just looking at himself, but there was no sign of it.

I tried to dismiss it as a dog’s rebelliousness and move on, but the spy planted in the imperial family was boasting.

Fried, refusing the oath, completely sided with the princess.

Then she had no intention of staying still.

[I skimmed it, but I’m sure.]

“Yes. Well, if you do, then it must be so. Have you fully conveyed our intentions?”

[A hand would have been enough warning. I didn’t know that I could block the blade with my hand.]

“hahahaha. Being ignorant is like Iscobal.”

Arwen stood up from her seat.

Now it was my turn to get to work.

“By the way, how are you planning to separate the princess?”

[I’ve already done all the back work. I used the maid of honor among my aides.]

“Chief Maid? A woman who has been loyal to the imperial family for the rest of her life complies so easily?”

[There are many ways to negotiate. Just in time, she had two young daughters.]

“It’s evil.”

Arwen added with a smile.

“But I like it.”

The lark bowed its head in courtesy.

[By the way, what do you plan to do with Fried Iscobal?]

“yes?”

[Wasn’t it the church’s way not to let traitors live?]

Arwen’s face hardened.

“I have no intention of killing him. Iscobal is mine.”

Among Arwen’s dogs, the one he especially cherished was Fried.

It was one of Arwen’s few hobbies to train a dog that resisted fiercely as if it were about to bite at any moment.

“great. Shall we try?”

After putting the familiar aside, Arwen left the office.

Perhaps thanks to the suspension of the council meeting, the corridor was quiet.

How can I cause a commotion? I pondered for a while.

Will it cause an explosion? Or should I grab someone and tear them to pieces?

While thinking about this and that, Arwen felt a presence.

Sureureung.

Immediately after that, the sound of a sword being drawn.

“Who are you?”

“……Five.”

Before I knew it, a female knight with long golden hair was approaching.

The knight, who lowered her body with her sword pointed, was ready to run towards Arwen at any moment.

I could tell just by looking at his posture. It was an article of considerable skill. It’s perfect for warming up.

“It’s just the right timing. I’ll have to do it with you.”

“I ask again. Please identify yourself.”

“Well… … .”

Arwen pondered for a moment before speaking.

“assassin?”

Before he could finish his words, the blonde female knight rushed in.