Chapter 605
My Villains Episode 605
71. swordsman teacher(8)
The manpower I can use in the royal capital is largely divided into three..
The first of these is, of course, my private soldier. This is the bodyguard unit, which is the closest corps, and a contingent organized into 24 groups and brought to the royal capital..
The soldiers in the detachment were elites selected from within the combat brigade. Because of various reasons, about ten people fell behind, so not all 450 people arrived at the capital. It's a bitter taste, but no group was left out entirely, so I guess we can say they did well at this level..
The troop movement was completed last week, and was currently in the stage of deployment inside and outside the royal capital. Could it be said that this is a time when the title ‘detachment’ becomes a bit awkward?.
However, because the plan was to maintain the 24-group organization in the future, there was no need to give it a new name. There's no need to make a cool name and advertise it somewhere..
About twenty bases were set up according to the plan that Conwy had made in advance. Most of the dogs settled a little away from the royal capital..
Near the royal capital, there are five castles and one large fortress built for defense purposes. Since all six are military facilities under the direct control of the King, public access is not possible in principle, but at some point, residents gathered around the main merchants and a castle village was formed. The size of the villages that emerged was quite large, and some could easily be called small towns..
16 detachment groups are distributed throughout the castle villages and are carrying out the mission of preserving combat power. To put it simply, they stay quietly hidden away from others, and their role is ultimately to be a reserve unit in case of an unexpected situation..
However, since it was a half-day's ride from the royal capital to each castle village, it was not up to me to directly control these troops, but to officers from the Silver Prince's Army..
The rest of the detachment, namely eight groups under Major Almain, were deployed in and around the royal capital. Only two groups followed the guards into the rabbit hole within the royal capital, and six groups are still staying in the castle town outside the royal capital. Of course, they are also scheduled to be brought into the outer castle sequentially..
The main mission of the Royal Capital's troops is to hit them hard. Even though there are only 8 groups, there are well over 100 people, so it is easy to get noticed if you move carelessly..
Because operation is burdensome, missions are bound to be limited. Their actual mission was to collect rumors floating around on the streets, including patients with Hain's disease. Of course, if absolutely necessary, I could be assigned another mission, but right now, there was nothing urgent enough to warrant taking on the risk of being discovered..
Meanwhile, the security forces are divided into two groups..
Seven people, including Fritz, are still operating around the mercenary office in the old town - that is, the first rabbit hole. The staff of the mounted patrol, which had requested a search of the Temel River a few weeks ago, must have been quite satisfied with the performance of Fritz and others, and clung very persistently to Goleman, who served as his face..
The disguised mercenaries eventually accepted the second request, and by now they were probably wandering through the royal forest beyond the Temel River. The goal, as before, is to find traces of the greenskins. At the same time, he also attached ties to the mounted patrol and the hunting office..
Cole, Steedman, and the rest of the security team are going back and forth between the two rabbit holes in the new city, doing all sorts of chores..
Because it is located in a back alley, he acts as a solver in the rabbit hole where minor problems are frequent, supervises the soldiers of the detachment, helps Iopiya watch over the awakened servant patients, and becomes acquainted with the street guards.…….
Of course, the most important thing was to follow me and explore the underworld..
The number of people who can enter the secret world varies from time to time, but when opening a portal, I keep as many subordinates by my side as possible. This is because in the underworld where magical power is virtually sealed, subordinates are more helpful than expected..
The second manpower I reach are none other than Ellen's subordinates. Wizards dispatched from the Palace of La-Palais, who used the dry goods stores in the old town as their base..
Of course, they are not my subordinates, but I can use them as much as I want through High Master Ellen. He is nominally the teacher of all wizards in the palace - no, all wizards except the Grand Master..
There are less than twenty people operating undercover at the dry goods store, but they are all skilled agents. Although existing members such as Nashal Anwei have completely disappeared and the information network has been destroyed, he is using his connections in the Merchants' Guild and making full use of his strengths as a wizard and wizard. Recently, we have been collecting information related to the Women's Association and the Servant's Disease..
The results were considerable, and three out of five patients with Hain's disease we found so far came from this area. In addition, we are currently focusing on reaching out to the delegates who are the highest-ranking wizards of the Order of Dawn..
A few days ago, even the power was greatly strengthened. Following Aktufir, who arrived first, two more grandmasters joined..
There are three grand masters of the palace..
With this much power, it would be able to melt down a few hundred armies in the blink of an eye. Of course, I don't know if those old monsters will obediently obey me - no, Ellen..
The last is 'Bank', a secret society that is an offshoot of the Three Swords Association and is led by a group of people as branch sword lords. To be precise, it is the royal branch of the bank..
In fact, their combat power is much lower than that of my private soldiers or the palace wizards. Although this was true, the group's review was much harsher..
The royal capital branch has almost a hundred members as it is a base, but only about a dozen are useful as assassins. The rest are all oily money dealers, brokers, safe keepers, tax collectors, etc..
Although he personally strengthened the discipline of the organization, Mungchi still despises the branch members. I don't like the atmosphere where I can't tell if it's a secret society or a merchant association. It seems that the trouble that was caused by almost no control before coming to the royal capital remains as a legacy..
However, in my view, the Royal Capital branch of the bank was a very useful organization..
Mongchi is very cold-hearted towards others, especially his subordinates. Even the ‘masked shadows’ raised by Kshan were not treated as human beings at first. If you are evaluated as worthy of use by such a group, it means that you are considered top-notch in that group. Even ten assassins are definitely not a small number..
And the rest of the branch members who have 'a lot of gas in their bellies' also have endless ways to use it. A money swindler, a swindler, a safe keeper, a tax collector? Isn’t this the perfect job to be an informant or operative??
In fact, as a result of entrusting several chores to the group, the Royal Capital branch showed that they were much more capable than expected. In terms of intelligence, it was incomparable to not only my private soldiers but also the magicians in the palace..
However, it was a bit difficult to use an organization in earnest that was not trusted even by the leader, Mungchi..
The managers of the banks spread throughout Milan knew from the start that the new ruler was the ‘Black Woman.’ And it is widely known that the Black Woman is one of the ‘Red Knight’s fiancées.’.
Unless each leader is an idiot, they would have realized that the orders sent from Eisbovald over the past two years were for the Red Knights..
There is only so much information that can be granted to them. Among the dozens of governors, only Kshan, Mungchi's closest associate, is aware of the fact that I am here, and I plan to keep it that way going forward..
In the end, just like I did with Eisbowald, I had to be satisfied with just handing over the information they were collecting..
That was enough to be useful. This is because we have been able to share all kinds of information and detailed trends about the numerous people, families, companies, and organizations that the bank is paying attention to..
The information I received in that way included what I expected. Information about Princess Yuril..
Nine years ago, Princess Yuril entered a convent following the ‘recommendation’ of her father, Lionel III. Since she began monastic life at the age of only ten, there was no way she would have had any political influence until now. That was normal..
However, Princess Yuril's presence was greater than expected. Strictly speaking, Prince Ulkar's presence hovering behind her must be significant..
Many lords, knights, and people still remember the brave and just Silver Prince. Moreover, there is even an army left behind by Prince Silver lurking beyond the western border. As long as all eyes are on Princess Yuril, her presence will not fade..
It was no wonder that Princess Yuril was included in the bank's list of key figures..
However, even taking that into account, the report on her was quite thick, and that was actually because of me. The group I asked for has been asking for information about Princess Yuril for two years..
“First of all, there is no doubt that the princess is in the convent of St. Thomas.?”
As I muttered the words while looking at the documents bound with red string, the bundle sitting on the desk nodded calmly..
“I haven't met any of my subordinates in person, but I have over 30 testimonies. Everyone here knows this.”
There are three cathedrals in the royal capital: Faralan, Volgoron, and Matiariot. Of these, the last one related to Princess Yuril is the Matiariot Cathedral..
The Matiariot Cathedral, which stands tall in the middle of the Avenue of Glory, has two small auxiliary facilities. One is the Monastery of St. Adeion, and the other is the Convent of St. Thomasia, where Princess Iril is imprisoned..
“……Looks like you still can't attend mass at the cathedral..”
“yes. The last time was the Spring Equinox, two years ago. I haven't been to mass since then..”
It was the spring equinox the year before last..
Was it around that time that he declared that he would save Princess Yuril in front of the various lords, knights, and soldiers who followed Prince Ulkar?.
“Most of the sources of information are noble ladies.?”
“Because men cannot enter the convent. All of Zacharis' subordinates are women..”
Of the hundreds of thousands of people in the royal capital, only about 5,000 can cross the inner wall and enter the Avenue of Glory..
Only half of them can attend mass at the Basilica of Mattiario, and among them only a very small number of women, who have received the bishop's approval, can enter the convent of St. Thomasia. The place where Princess Yuril was kept was truly a forbidden place..
Thanks to this, the testimonies confirming her existence had crossed at least three or four bridges. For example,
“therefore… … A noble lady visiting her sister who was recuperating at the convent of St. Thomas saw Princess Yuril, and the lady told her husband, and the husband told his lieutenant? And the lieutenant's mistress was your informant.?”
“yes.”
“……It's going to turn. You can really trust this?”
As I sighed deeply, Mungchi quickly added,.
“There is testimony from someone who saw it in person. There, the last chapter..”
The last page I opened according to his words contained some surprising content..
“……Even the clergy were included.?”
“Yes, but it's the end..”
“end? Ah, it's a secondary ceremony..”
It is a characteristic of the Gwangmyeong Church, regardless of denomination, that clergy from the capital form a kind of cartel. In El Ganor too, priests ordained in the royal capital occupy more than 80% of the church's major clergy and bishops' seats..
Thanks to this, the clergy of the royal capital had a power comparable to that of the nobles. A religious order is the single most powerful force after the royal family, and a small elite group controls the religious order. Wouldn't it be strange if you weren't a privileged class?.
It was certainly a great achievement to recruit members of such a group. If you are a subdeacon, you are lower in rank than a deacon, let alone a full priest, but at least you will not be in a position where you will have trouble entering the cathedral..
Of course, if Ian-Baptiste was still sitting on the bishop's throne at the Cathedral of Matiario, he wouldn't have even paid attention to that subdeacon. However, the old man had fallen out of favor with the Patriarch and had been demoted to theological college for a long time, and most of his threats—no, even requests for cooperation—had been ignored recently..
“……So you should be grateful for this much..”
The report also detailed how Vice President Cha became an informant for the bank. But I was not interested in how a young priest gambled with a woman and came to the bank with a large amount of debt..
“He goes out to the garden every evening…….”
Princess Yuril was being treated just like an ordinary nun - no, worse than that. Other nuns can go out once every quarter or half a year, but for the princess, even that is prohibited, so it is virtually like being a prisoner..
The only hobby she had was tending to her flower beds. It is said that her only resting place is a small flower garden located in a corner of the convent's backyard, under the shadow of a fence over 3 meters high..
The princess's flower bed is a complete blind spot, so it cannot be seen from the outside, but the road leading there is clearly visible from a certain point beyond the convent wall. It's a pretty famous point among young or young clergy - especially those who are particularly interested in the opposite sex..
Princess Yuril was one of the main targets of Guanyin, not the Guanyin..
No, it seems he is actually the main character. She was called the most beautiful woman in the capital before she even became an adult, so it was natural for her to attract the attention of impure brats..
“flower bed. It’s a flower bed… … . I think this is the only corner worth digging into right now..”
Mungchi readily agreed to the quiet muttering, but looked at me with a slightly downcast expression..
“I can't overcome the barrier yet. Me and the kids.”
No matter how many units there were, it was difficult to overcome the inner wall protected by numerous elite soldiers and powerful spells. Zara - I mean, the bank also had almost no line beyond the inner wall..
I was fully aware of that situation. I laughed and ruffled the guy’s hair..
“There's nothing to be sullen about. Because I figured out where to dig. Try taking a different approach, whatever..”
“Another direction?”
“huh. I don't know about the convent, but how can I get through to the cathedral... … . Ah, I have to go soon..”
When I got up and gathered up my documents, Mungchi got off the desk with his eyes wide open..
“Uh, are you going? why? There is no lecture today.”
“There are no lectures.”
“sure?”
I sighed softly..
“There's something else. What kind of research group is this?.”
“What is a research group??”
“hmm. It’s similar to a club.…….”
“club? What is that??”
“……Yes, it's annoying.”
“It’s annoying, why do you go??”
“That's right…….”
I was speechless and could only laugh. After soothing the crying bundle, I went down the rabbit hole..
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