PART 2
“It’s good that he is not interested in governance, but he is too crooked.”
The knights left the room one by one, muttering various words.
Rudy breathed a sigh of relief.
The knights bundled up the royal family members on the list like dried fish and sent them to the dungeon of the main palace.
As soon as they walked away, I opened the window wide.
“The damn smell of alcohol. I was so dizzy I thought I was going to die.”
“Yes, yes?”
Rudy blinked and looked at me.
“Rudy. Bring me some warm honey water so I can sober up. In the meantime, I’m going to put away the bottles, so please put them outside later. I’ll sweep and clean the room too. There are wine stains everywhere.”
“Your Highness?”
Rudy made a puzzled expression as if he didn’t know anything.
“Why are you looking at me like that? Aren’t you going to bring me honey water?”
Soon he bowed his head deeply and ran out of the room.
“Yes. Your majesty.”
“Do not laugh. You should also think about the feelings of the other maids. How embarrassing it might be right now.”
“Yes. Your majesty.”
Rudy went out and came back with warm honey water and an invitation.
The expression on his face when he handed me the invitation was not very good.
It was an invitation I had never received in my previous life. Because I, along with other members of the royal family, was dragged along like a dried fish.
But I knew its contents.
“You want me to come and see them commiting suicide, right?”
That was the content of the letter.
[Out of respect for the honor of the royal family, we allow everyone to commit suicide. If you admit your crime and commit suicide, I will not hold your relatives responsible.]
“You’re still smart. It’s just as I knew her.”
“Yes?”
“What do you think is the most burdensome thing about executing a member of the royal family?”
“Isn’t it foreign? I don’t know about the concubine’s revival, but just by the non-revival, my mother’s family were a great noble.”
“So if you say you will be executed, there will be a backlash. But what if we say that self-determination is permitted?”
“On the contrary, it appears that Her Majesty was considerate.”
“That’s right. In the first place, those guys should be held accountable as well, so she will stop them by using such tactics.”
Of course, everyone will be angry inside.
However, before regressing, J. Lilith had this to say about their dissatisfaction:
‘Anger that only explodes inside is nothing. I should praise you because you’re just keeping it to yourself.’
‘Is there anyone amongst the present imperial members who has not thought about killing me at least once? No matter what you’re thinking, you’re innocent until you point the sword at me.’
That’s the kind of kid she was.
My emperor, who reigned with utmost pride and arrogance.
“Anyway, I have to go observe. The five kids who confessed first. Is it at the lunch time tomorrow?”
“Yes. I will not prepare a meal then.”
“No. Please prepare well.”
“Yes?”
“I have to go and do something big.”
“What do you mean?”
I recalled the attempted poisoning of the emperor in my past life.
It was revenge from the maid who served the young princess Yuri.
The enraged emperor salted the princess’s body and sent it to her maternal home, while they cut off the maid’s tendons and threw it somewhere in the capital’s slums.
It was an incident that turned the great nobles who were able to coexist moderately into enemies for no reason.
It must be stopped. At the same time, I have to do my best to earn her trust.
“Okay. thank you. Please pick out some clothes.”
“Yes. I’ll pick a dark color for you.”
“No. Choose something flashy. It should be as loud and shiny as possible.”
“Yes?”
Rudy distorted his face.
* * *
The carriage heading to the main palace was quiet.
I rode in the same carriage as an imperial man with a beard and two imperial women wearing black hats.
The three royal family members gave me uncomfortable looks.
I wore a fancy white uniform embroidered with vines in gold thread and had my hair pulled back in a rough and airy manner, exposing my forehead.
I whistled excitedly and looked outside the window at the roses that were in full bloom.
“Wow.”
“He has prepared himself as if he is going to some kind of event.”
“Leave him alone. I have heard that he went crazy about a month ago. I heard he bit someone and drank their blood.”
I had a very good reputation.
Everything was going as expected.
I shrugged, as if that didn’t bother me even a bit.
The royal family riding in the same carriage looked at me like I was looking at a bug.
I tried my best to whistle more excitedly.
After riding a carriage for about 30 minutes, we arrived at the main palace.
“You can come this way.”
I ignored the servant’s call and quietly headed west. After confirming that no one was around, I went down to the basement where the wine cellar was located.
“I prayed that it wouldn’t be there.”
A huge undead hunting dog lay in front of the emperor’s wine cellar.
It all started when maids and servants working in the imperial palace were caught stealing one or two bottles of high-quality wine.
This was because it was so expensive and sought after by nobles that it could be easily converted into cash.
She posted a guard in front of the wine cellar, but this also did not solve the problem.
This is because the guards, intoxicated by the scent, began to steal the wine.
In the end, she called a warlock and asked him to create an undead.
That’s how that hunting dog was created.
I slowly approached the hound.
As I approached ten steps away, it raised its head. I took a step back and the guy lowered his head.
“A flame that blooms while shaking.”
A flame like a snake’s tongue rose between my middle and index fingers.
I blew out the flames and blew them away.
Flames fell on the head of the undead hound.
Basic red magic couldn’t kill an undead of that size even if it woke up from death.
However, it was possible to momentarily incapacitate it if one made every effort to do so.
I closed my eyes tightly and breathed in my mana.
My heart tightened violently.
It felt like I was just exhaling endlessly.
I think it’s been a little over 20 minutes? There was a sizzle and a pop.
A green glow flickered in the eyes of the undead hound.
The cracked glass bead eyeball spewed out steam and regenerated.
I took advantage of that opportunity and entered the wine cellar.
In a dark and spacious room, bookcase-like stands stood closely together, and dozens of types of top-quality wine were lined up on the stands.
I hid myself in a corner where I could easily see the red wine called ‘Tears of the Wasteland.’
After waiting for about 10 minutes, I heard noises coming from outside the storage room.
“Uh? The hound isn’t moving?”
She was a maid with bluish black hair and a cool appearance.
She picked up a bottle of Wasteland Tears and uncorked it.
She poured the liquid from the small bottle into it, inserted a new cork, and sealed the bottle as if nothing had happened.
I walked out of the corner that I was hiding in.
“Do not do that.”
The black-haired maid looked at me in surprise.
I said to her in a sorrowful voice.
“Just take the new wine and go. Please.”
She shook her head with a bitter expression.
With a resigned sigh, she pulled out the dagger from her chest.
“There is only one person I serve.”
Yes, you say that again this time.
“I’m sorry.”
I understood her desire for revenge, but I couldn’t let her bloodshed spread.
I didn’t necessarily say that what you did would destroy the princess’s family.
I didn’t want to criticize her loyalty.
In the end, what I was going to do in the future was essentially the same thing.
I called out to the guards at the top of my voice and recited a spell.
“A sharp piercing flame.”
The flame advanced quickly like a featherless arrow and struck the maid’s hand.
She closed her hands and dropped the dagger.
The sound of gunfire was heard from above.
The guards were coming.
