How to Survive as a Genius Spy in the Game-Chapter 205: The Imperial Palace (6)

“Now? Is there anyone now?”

Denif, walking beside me, urged. He had been asking if there were people around for a while now.

I sighed and nodded.

“No. There’s no one now.”

“Damn! We did it! We actually did it!”

In an alley near our lodgings, where we had moved stealthily to avoid others’ eyes, Denif let out a quiet cheer as soon as I finished speaking.

Then he hugged me tightly and patted my back.

“Wow, this is insane. I can’t believe we actually pulled this off.”

“Is it that big of a deal?”

“Of course it is. The princess was in the north, the emperor was dead, and that prince bastard had taken control of the capital. I thought it was all over then.”

Well, there didn’t seem to be a solution through normal means. If I hadn’t built up what I did by Erendil’s side, it would have been difficult for me to resolve as well.

Even so, I felt a slight sense of disconnect. Denif’s joy was different from mine.

Denif was happy about the success of the mission to make Erendil, who was connected to Haisen, the emperor.

Making Erendil emperor had been a long-standing goal of the Haisen intelligence agency, after all.

“You worked hard.”

“Hard work? What hard work did I do? You’re the one who worked hard.”

“At least you know that.”

I smiled wryly, and Denif clicked his tongue with a regretful look.

“I should have disguised myself as a knight instead of a soldier. Those guys from earlier, you said they were devilized, right?”

“Yeah.”

“I wanted to fight them once.”

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“If we had fought there, it would have been harder to explain.”

Sure, Erendil said she would restore my honor, but if another mysterious knight had appeared, that would have been a problem too.

Denif pouted.

“I just wanted to, you know? Hey, I behaved well and didn’t cause trouble like you said, right? Right?”

He wasn’t wrong. I nodded and praised him.

“That’s right. Your timing in opening the palace gates was good too.”

“See? This is my ability.”

Seeing him so confidently showing off like that, I felt an inexplicable sense of defiance.

When talking with Denif, I felt like my mental age dropped by about 10 years as well.

“Hey, you got the sand thanks to me, and I gave you advice about Sanviden’s furnace too, so what do you mean your ability?”

“Anyway, I opened the castle gate, so isn’t it my ability?”

“…”

“Right? You can’t refute that, can you? Admit it, this big brother’s ability.”

Tsk. He wasn’t wrong. It was Denif’s ability. The sand was Denif’s mystic in the original game too.

I shrugged and changed the subject.

“Anyway, good job. How should we contact Haisen?”

“I’ll handle that. You should rest a bit. You’ve been running from the north, and with your already poor stamina, you even got injured earlier.”

“I can manage.”

“Manage? You look like you’re about to collapse any second. You’re always on the brink of death, how much worse must it be now? Go wash up and sleep. I’ll make contact with Haisen later.”

His words were gruff but considerate. After saying that, Denif fumbled in his pocket and took something out. It was a potion.

“What’s this?”

“A wound healing potion. It’s precious. I brought it from Haisen.”

I didn’t ask because I didn’t know what it was. I had used it before too. It’s a wound healing potion made with all sorts of high-grade ingredients.

It doesn’t restore HP or heal wounds in real-time like in the game, but it does speed up recovery several times over. A wound that would take 10 days to heal normally would heal in about 3 days.

“This is the last one, but I’m strong so I don’t need to use it. You should use it since you’re injured.”

Denif shrugged and handed me the potion. I laughed at his blunt yet tsundere-like words.

“Thanks.”

“Don’t worry about the kids either, I’ll go ahead and look after them.”

Denif said that and suddenly ran ahead towards the lodgings. I expanded my winds.

As soon as he opened the door, Aron and Jofor’s curious and excited questions poured out.

Denif shouted that they had succeeded, then took the kids to another room saying Carlyn needed to rest. Rina, Namir, and even Osten followed.

Though he might seem like a thoughtless troublemaker at first glance, Denif was quite a decent guy.

Thanks to him, I was able to enter the lodgings quietly. When I entered my room, even the little tension that remained dissipated.

I succeeded. I made Erendil the emperor.

An immense sense of exhaustion and fatigue hit me. Denif’s words that I looked like I was about to collapse any second might have been accurate.

I desperately need rest right now. Of course, washing up comes first.

***

“Have you heard?”

“Did you bring some more interesting news?”

“When Her Majesty the Emperor was advancing on the palace, didn’t they say creatures in the form of devils appeared?”

“Yeah, I heard about that.”

“They say some knight threw himself to protect the Princess, no, Her Majesty the Emperor.”

“Really? I didn’t hear about that.”

“Have you ever heard me say strange things?”

“Who was that knight? If he survived, wouldn’t he gain tremendous honor?”

“I don’t know. They say he didn’t remove his helmet until Her Majesty the Emperor called for him separately.”

“Huh? He didn’t remove his helmet?”

“Why?”

“Didn’t we hear that Carl Schurtafen was a knight who didn’t remove his helmet when he was in Haisen?”

“Come on, surely not… Isn’t that guy a wicked traitor who dared to betray Her Majesty the Emperor and flee?”

I can hear people’s voices from outside the window. It’s been 3 days since Erendil became emperor.

Until yesterday, there was no mention at all, but suddenly from today, talk about me started to spread.

This is abnormal. Even though it’s been 3 days, this happened inside the palace. For it to be on the lips of ordinary people.

And with my name being mentioned accurately.

‘They’re intentionally spreading it.’

Erendil said she would restore my fallen honor. Still, the empress assassination incident was a tremendous matter.

It’s not a good choice to resolve it with a single announcement.

I thought they might throw out bait like this little by little, and then reveal the truth saying “Actually, it’s like this.”

With Hanut Campbell on their side, things seemed likely to progress more smoothly than I imagined.

For the past 3 days, Erendil has been focusing on stabilizing the capital. She organized the broken streets and restructured the military.

The reaction within Chenarus was quite good.

Haisen had spread fact-based bad rumors about the prince, and Erendil’s support was originally good.

Of course, it was also because of this incident.

‘Even though the prince had already taken control of the capital, she entered with relatively few troops and won.’

It was enough to capture the hearts of the imperial people who consider victory in war a natural virtue.

On top of that, as Erendil passed through the city gates and advanced towards the palace, drawing in soldiers, the Teme’s Spear was also seen, so the effect was even greater.

There are people who don’t welcome a female emperor, but they are such a small minority that it would be strange to pay attention to them.

And during the 3 days Erendil was reorganizing the capital, I devoted myself to recovery.

From the north to the capital, physical fatigue had accumulated tremendously, and I was also injured in the process of blocking the devilized creatures.

It wasn’t an injury that would leave aftereffects, but it wasn’t a light injury either.

‘It’s uncomfortable, I must say.’

Nearly ten tentacles had wrapped around my body. In the process of the armor corroding and crumbling, the armor had also torn into my flesh.

There were black burn marks like ropes on my arms and body from the devil’s power that had penetrated the armor. Pain rose with every movement.

Still, this much was handling it well. If I hadn’t blocked with my winds, it would have completely torn through the flesh and reached my internal organs.

Due to physical discomfort, I opened the newspaper with my winds. There was news of an attack in the north.

‘They vented their anger.’

It wasn’t an attack on Rudehrn. It was closer to causing a ruckus. After pretending to retreat, they attacked another city.

The imperial army moved immediately to respond.

But Rudehrn ceased their offensive and withdrew as soon as Rudehrn moved. This was the news of the past 3 days.

I saw it as simple venting of anger. Their plan had failed, after all.

Well, I think they might have wanted to show the image of a city being attacked due to the princess who should have been in the north not being there.

‘It doesn’t mean much.’

In fact, they don’t want a direct war right now either. Although it’s a time of confusion for the empire, they still can’t defeat the empire yet.

The difference in military strength is considerable. It’s not a level that can be challenged with a strong minority.

Two devils were summoned, but with three Sword Masters plus the current troops, the empire would win.

Of course, that was partly thanks to me. It’s a fact even when viewed objectively.

‘I’ve changed so much, after all.’

Originally, following the war with the west and this expedition, more than half of the empire’s troops would have died by now.

Also, the devil worshippers would have dominated the western region, and there would have been far more traitors within the empire than now.

But now it’s different. The west and southwest are intact, and there aren’t many traitors within the empire.

Well, I didn’t have high expectations for the north and east to begin with.

‘When I think about when I first entered this world, I’ve made tremendous changes.’

This is something I should rightfully praise myself for. Now we just need to gather strength around Erendil.

There’s no need to worry about our rear in the empire, so we can reorganize, borrow the strength of the west and south, and head north.

Of course, the devil worshippers will also use this time diligently. The summoning of the Great Devil is their hope, after all.

We have to stop that.

I can’t be certain. It’s not easy to prevent them from obtaining Devil’s Blood and sacrifices.

They will bring sacrifices from the east, and we don’t know how much Devil’s Blood there is or where it is.

‘Still, we have to try.’

Erendil has allowed me to move freely. I intend to make full use of that.

Now I don’t have to worry about Erendil either. A Sword Master is protecting her. She’s safer than anyone else on the continent.

I’ve thought of several ways to interfere with the devil worshippers. I also have a tool to find Devil’s Blood.

Once the empire stabilizes, it will be possible to set traps using the Imperial Intelligence Agency.

‘Or I could find Devil’s Blood first.’

I’m not sure yet whether I should kill them or not. There’s no right answer either way.

Even if we keep them alive and protect them in the palace, if that somehow gets breached, it would be a catastrophe.

That means there’s quite a big risk. But killing them all isn’t really the right thing to do either.

To begin with, I’m also Devil’s Blood. The devil worshippers might discover other Devil’s Blood besides the people we’ve found.

Well, it’s difficult to decide now.

Let’s talk to Erendil first. In fact, even if I advise, things will probably proceed as Erendil wants.

“Carlyn.”

Suddenly, Denif entered the room. He said he was going out this morning, but his expression was quite serious.

I could guess who he had met.

“Phiri said she wants to meet once?”

Phiri. It’s been a while. I hadn’t met her much even after coming to the capital. At that time, I was quite cautious.

Of course, the capital still had a sharp atmosphere now. A new emperor had appeared, after all.

However, the situation is different. It wouldn’t matter if we met now. The question is what kind of conversation will come up.

In the current situation, Phiri wouldn’t have asked to meet independently.

‘I guess Duke Brusek said something.’

It won’t be a request about the princess. I don’t think Duke Brusek is that stupid.

Right now, Haisen probably doesn’t have much to ask of Erendil.

She’s just become emperor. Internal reorganization is urgent, but giving special treatment to Haisen?

It’s not a good choice in a situation where there’s already a connection. Gathering the support of the nobles is the priority now.

‘The duke wouldn’t be unaware of that.’

Either he has a separate task for me, or he wants to praise me for this incident. It’s probably the former since it’s unlikely to be praise.

I’m glad to see Phiri, but not so much about the task. I’m not sure what they’re thinking.

Still, I thought I might be able to persuade them. Making Erendil emperor was entirely my achievement. I’m essentially a meritorious subject.

Well, I’ll have to talk to them first.

I was planning to head north with Denif in a week, so I need to persuade them somehow.

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