Chapter 194 – Chapter 5: Last Memory – 2
“… “What is it?”
Why is ‘Posao’… Did you receive an invitation from the Piolo family?
He was someone I never thought of.
It is true that Posao has a status that cannot be ignored, as ‘the queen’s husband.’
But he had no power over him. Only the queen has the authority to rule this country. His job is simply to follow her queen’s side and protect her duties as her husband.
Even though I haven’t received a decent position yet, I’m currently so uninfluential that I’m no better than a servant in the royal palace…
The Piolo family invited him?
What’s more, when they treat you so hospitably that it seems suspicious?
“There is something.”
I had no choice but to understand it that way.
Robert immediately got off the carriage and headed to the royal palace.
When I thought about it, it was like that.
Until now, people have not tried to know the person called Posao Modales.
In the first place, little was known, and there was no reason to look into it in detail.
Although he is just a fat and ugly commoner man.
He was so unpopular that one nobleman despised him, calling him ‘the pig hiding in the width of the queen’s skirt.’
Robert also thought so.
When I think about how that pig, whom I feel disgusting just by looking at, snatched away that pure and kind Tia… My blood is still boiling.
But.
Is that ‘everything’ of Posao?
Is all of this really a ‘coincidence’?
When such a thought crossed his mind, his boiling blood cooled.
Maybe there is a secret we don’t know about?
Robert’s steps had already reached the palace management office.
There was Joseph, who stayed working late into the night.
“No, Lord Lobrt? “What is going on at this late hour?”
“I came because I wanted to find out something.”
“What?”
“Are you in the palace right now?”
Joseph answered his question by looking through the entry and exit records.
“No. “You left a little while ago.”
“Where did you go?”
“I briefly moved with the palace soldiers to inspect the repairs of the castle walls.”
Inspection?
It’s a lie.
Fossao did not go to see the walls, but headed straight to the Piolo family.
… If so, it means that Posao is intentionally hiding his whereabouts.
“Is this something that needs to be met urgently? “When you return from the inspection, I will send an attendant to inform you.”
“No, you don’t have to do that. Because it’s not important. Well then, have a good night.”
Robert bowed lightly and came out.
Although Joseph is also a close associate of the queen, Tia only asked him for this mission, so it seemed better for her not to open her mouth.
For the time being, I decided to investigate the relationship between the Piolo family and Posao on my own.
* * *
The next day.
Robert secretly met his old friend in a back alley.
He was working as a knight under the Piolo family.
“Has anything happened recently? No. It was so quiet.”
“Even if it’s something small, it’s okay. Has nothing really happened since the war?”
“Uhm…”
My friend, who was thinking deeply, suddenly snapped his fingers as if he remembered something.
“Ah! That’s right. A few days ago, I went to arrest a merchant and the chief royal doctor.”
“A merchant and the chief royal physician?”
“Well, they say they are the henchmen of the now exiled king. “I was dispatched because there was an order from the head of the family.”
“So did you catch it?”
“We caught the doctor safely, but the merchant noticed first and ran away.”
Robert heard this for the first time today.
In particular, the entire process of arresting traitors must be reported to the royal palace. However, it seems that the Piolo family dispatched private soldiers to deal with it in secret.
It was necessary to find out why it had to be that way.
“What kind of person was the merchant?”
“I don’t know. I just received the dispatch order and went. But Robert, why are you asking this?”
“You never know. By chance, that merchant caught my eye.”
“If you catch that bastard, hand it over to me. Then I’ll let you know.”
“Sure.”
My friend told me about ‘Merchant.’
After hearing detailed information, Robert went straight to visit the place.
Shootaaa-.
A port facing the sea. With numerous warehouses lined up in a straight line.
When I went to the place my friend told me about, I found a tightly closed warehouse.
He asked the people who lived around him who the owner of this warehouse was.
“There? A merchant who handled rare items. Geek, Geek.”
“You said your dick was eaten by a shark?”
He gave me some money, so I could hear the detailed story.
“He was a bit of a strange guy. ‘Kick kick kick…’ .’ It was his habit to laugh mischievously. Still, he was a merchant who sold really rare things. He sold not only goods but also information. Did soldier come to visit a few days ago? Sure. He trashed the warehouse. From what I heard, he said he had recently received ‘very dangerous information.’ “Maybe that’s why you were retaliated against by some noble?”
However, he said he was not aware of any talk of ‘very dangerous information.’
It seemed like Piolo tried to silence him before the information was traded.
At this point, I don’t know what it is, but one thing is clear.
There is something that the Piolo family is trying with all its might to hide.
Which… It is definitely related to Posao.
All of these suspicious activities began after Tia was crowned queen.
The next destination was the medical center.
The medical center was an organization established by a former king, but it was barely able to survive considering the fact that it contributed greatly to the development of medicine in Deseo.
Above all, it was thanks to Queen Tia’s wish to keep her medical center intact that it was able to avoid purge.
Lobrt told the doctors that he wanted to see the chief royal physician.
Then the answer came back that the person had already ‘retired.’
It was different from the story of my friend who said, ‘I was arrested.’
So, I bribed a doctor with money, and came up with a unique testimony.
“Soldiers suddenly came and took the chief royal physician away. There was no resistance. “I haven’t seen him since.”
All the other doctors left it as is.
Just one person. It is said that he only captured the chief royal doctor.
From what I heard, she has the best medical skills on this continent, and she is a very kind and honest woman. It was said that she was a person who practiced medicine to save people, having nothing to do with war or politics.
But her soldiers suddenly ‘retired’ her. The current situation was that her position was vacant.
“She was taken by force, so why are you saying she retired? Was there any external pressure?”
“Really… Are you keeping it a secret? “Driver?”
“Under oath. I will protect it.”
The doctor, who was watching, spoke in an anxious voice.
“The Queen came to the medical center two days after the chief doctor disappeared. Before that, we were ordered not to say anything in front of the queen. She asked the queen where the chief royal doctor was and that she really wanted to see him, but the archduke who came with her answered for her. She has already retired, and her whereabouts are unknown…”
You took care of it in advance.
That’s what Robert concluded.
I don’t know the exact reason, but Archduke Piolo did not allow the ‘Queen’ and the ‘Chief Royal Physician’ to meet.
Why did it have to be done that way?
Is there something the queen shouldn’t know?
But why does she secretly meet Gukseo Posao, the closest person to the queen?
Isn’t she digging her own grave?
Posao would tell Tia everything anyway.
The moment you reach that point.
Robert opened his eyes wide.
“… No.”
Tia still didn’t know anything. So she entrusted her mission to herself in secret.
That means.
It is said that Posao did not tell Tia.
There is a truth that Posao wants to hide from Tia.
“Then… Are Archduke Piolo and Fossao in collusion? Posao uses the Grand Duke’s military force to hide his secret, and the Grand Duke uses Posao to take over the queen’s power?”
That was the only conclusion that came to mind.
Tatak!
Robert hurriedly ran out.
You must report it right away before it is too late.
We haven’t reached the complete truth yet.
The fact that Archduke Piolo had been secretly doing this outside of the Queen’s eyes was an inexcusable challenge to royal authority.
I arrived at the palace at once with a feeling of urgency.
As he entered the hallway leading to the queen’s living quarters, a servant blocked his path.
Robert said in an urgent voice.
“Get out of the way. “I have something urgent to say to the queen.”
“Not now.”
“Tell the Queen right away. “If I tell you that Knight Robert has arrived, the queen will also call me.”
“I can’t do that.”
There was no time to argue with the servant.
He just pushed the attendant and knocked him down. And he ran down the hallway without any hesitation.
“Stop it!”
Two guards guarding the middle gate ran over and immediately grabbed his body.
Boom!
The huge sound of metal hitting armor echoed loudly in the corridor.
However, Robert, whose body was tangled, did not lose and continued to push.
With the strength of an ox, he held on to the guard with both shoulders.
Forward, moving forward.
“Ugh- what kind of power… !”
Due to the tremendous force, the guard’s heel was slowly pushed away and caught in his middle door.
Boom!
Lobrt pushed the guards aside and opened his main door with all his force.
“Heo-eok- heo-eok-.”
He raised his head.
The queen’s bedroom was visible about twenty steps away.
“Stop!”
The guards drew their swords.
Know. You can’t advance any further. From now on, if you move without permission, you will become an assassin who dared to assassinate the queen.
But. If I raise my voice and shout here, it will definitely reach Tia’s ears in the bedroom.
Robert raised his voice, intending to shout, ‘Her Majesty!’
That moment.
Crash!
Suddenly, the queen’s bedroom opened.
“W-what’s going on?”
“… !”
Robert sensed his mistake.
The person who opened the door and came out… Posaorani.
The guards responded by pointing their swords at Lobrt.
“Lord Robart said he wanted to meet your Majesty urgently…”
“Ah. Hehe-. “Yeah?”
Posao looked back at Lobrt.
Those black eyes that are sticky, unpleasant, and incomprehensible.
He felt like he was going to vomit if he looked at Po Sao’s face, so he immediately turned his head away.
“Ah, unfortunately, not now. Our Tia, Tia needs to wash her body. Hehe-.”
“…”
He said things that were no different from telling us what he and the queen had just done, and without even the slightest hint of authority. The guy laughed with his teeth showing.
Then he spoke to Robert as if he were being kind.
“If you have anything you want to talk about, tell me. “I will tell it to Tia.”
“I’m sorry, ma’am. “I would like to have an audience with His Majesty and personally convey this to you.”
“Ah. “Am I not allowed to know?”
It was a question as if there was something that this body, the queen’s husband, should not dare to know.
A strange way of speaking that hides a knife in the words.
Robert did not answer and remained silent.
“All right. Bye, guard. It’s okay, let it go, let it go.”
“Yes!”
“Ruler. Bye, Sir Lobrdt. Hey, wake up.”
Posao held out his fat hand to Lobrt, who was released.
He didn’t really want to hold that hand, but he couldn’t refuse his wife’s favor with everyone watching.
I had no choice but to hold those dirty, wet hands.
Chin.
Then Posao closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
“Huuuuuk-.”
He frowns as if he is in pain somewhere, and then opens his eyes again with an unpleasant expression.
There was a moment of silence.
Posao said with a grin.
“Lord, Sir Robart looks very tired.”
“… Yes?”
“Because the face is, uh, dark. Hehe. Are you tired these days? “I’ll talk to Tia and suggest a vacation.”
“No. I’m fine.”
“No, no-.”
Posao took a step towards him and spoke darkly in a voice that only he could hear.
“Now, I think it would be better to stop and get some rest. Hehe-.”
“… !”
It was completely different.
There was no pig that had been stuttering stupidly just now.
In a completely different mood, Fossao was glaring at Robert.
Stop it now.
It was a clear warning.
Robert felt the hairs on the back of his head stand up.
Lie.
Why…
Posao ‘knows’, right?
