Chapter 145 – Won’t You Come Even After This?
Found in the Resistance’s Shape House.
It was the location of the Marquis of Cologne’s orders and the three secret bases held by the Oz Independent Association.
Originally, three of the Resistance hiding in the Shape House seemed to be trying to get out of here at night and deliver the letter, but unfortunately they got caught by me.
Anyway, because of this incident, it was revealed that the Marquis of Cologne did not simply support the Oz Independent Association physically, but was a high-ranking person who was involved in various things in the upper echelons.
And this, of course, was bound to raise doubts.
Was he truly independent in the purest sense? Was
It is said that he worked as a monarchist in the future and gathered forces, and later acted as an executive of the Oz Independent Association.
I met him in person during the interrogation process, and he wasn’t a person full of patriotism.
Anyway, there was a lot of evidence that he was a traitor to the state, both mentally and physically, but instead of announcing this fact right away, I decided to give it a short grace period.
And the reason, of course, was to wipe out the resistance group at once.
Currently, there were two types of resistance groups active inside Oz, one was the Oz Independent Association and the other was the Oz Youth Association.
While the former was a group of aristocrats and patriots of various ages, the latter, the Oz Youth Association, was a group with a fairly radical ideology as it was mainly composed of young people.
Of course, the size of the group was large on the side of the independent association, but the Oz Youth Association was dangerous because it did all sorts of terrorist acts.
It seems that most of the young wizards who were excommunicated voluntarily belonged to the Oz Youth Association.
“Hmm…”
“What are you so worried about?”
“Huh? It’s nothing.”
I closed the letter I was reading while answering Dorothea’s question that suddenly appeared from behind.
Then Dorothea looked at me with suspicious eyes and suddenly said,
“Ozma wants to see you for a second?”
“What? When?”
“I’m outside the door now. Get out quickly.”
I nodded at Dorothea’s words, put the letter in the desk drawer, and hurriedly went out into the hallway outside the treasury room.
“…”
But no one.
Realizing I had been hooked by Dorothea, I immediately went back to my desk, but she was already mindlessly reading her letter from her desk drawer.
“Dorotea.”
When I called her name, she raised her gaze slightly, shrugged her shoulders, and held out her letter.
“It’s really nothing special. So when are you going to the party?”
Even though she saw that the name of a high-ranking person from the Oz Independent Association was written on the letter, she remained calm.
I also have something to notice, so I matched her rhythm.
“About two days later?”
“At that time, Vanessa and I both have empty schedules, so I’ll go with you specially.”
“You haven’t gotten Vanessa’s permission yet.”
“She’ll do anything you ask her to do.”
It’s really scary because it seems like that.
In a way, Vanessa is the one with the heaviest love among the women in my family.
Not too long ago, she chased after the beautiful girl mask and returned only in the morning.
“Anyway, then it’s decided with this. I’m off work now.”
All week long, she thanked Dorothea for helping with the special thanks without saying anything, then I asked if there was anything she’d like.
Then Dorothea made a worried expression, and then she smiled thinly and whispered in my ear.
“A baby that looks like you?”
… I know it’s a joke, but I’m going to be prepared for this weekend.
***
The long-awaited Friday.
It is the last day of the special audit period.
As if the week-long run was worthwhile, the government-general’s dungeon was filled with people who had been caught.
70% of the entire tabernacle is in operation, which is the first time since the establishment of the Government-General of Oz.
Most of the people imprisoned here were from the Marquis of Cologne. Some were initially arrested for contempt of the governor general, but some were later changed to state treason.
No matter what it is, they are like cancer in Oz now.
And usually, when a cancerous mass grows inside the body, it is treated by removing it before it spreads to other places.
I was thinking of doing that too.
‘Is the plan to wipe out the monarchists coming to an end soon?’
Even now, all sorts of intelligence is coming in from the informants scattered all over the city of Oz.
And the spy planted by me personally was at the center of the resistance organization.
Unless he suddenly changes his mind, this plan will always succeed.
I was so sure
‘Then how to deal with the only variable, the pretty girl mask…’
As long as her true identity is assumed to be a hero, she must be dealt with.
Seeing that he became a double master in just two years after becoming a hero, he was an unprecedented talent, so it was impossible to know how far he would rise if left alone.
If possible, it is best to appease them, and if impossible, they must be imprisoned in an abyss that no one can access.
While sitting in my office thinking about how to lure out the beautiful girl mask, I suddenly looked out the window with a headache and saw a guillotine in the south plaza that hadn’t been operated in two years.
“Five.”
A good idea came to me.
***
On this evening, a breaking news resounded in the city of Oz.
Special Forces of the Ministry of Police raid three secret resistance bases.
The resistance that was hiding in the safe house was captured in large numbers.
In this operation, there were many casualties because there were many who resisted fiercely, but the police chief’s interview that he did his best because it was to exterminate the vermin that ate the country spread throughout the city.
The Governor-General of Oz expressed resentment, saying that the demons had finally revealed their true colors in the opposite direction of the image-making of the Government-General of Oz, which was pro-popular.
However, there was a strange phrase written in this article, and the resistance that was caught this time would execute all of them on the coming Sunday in the southern plaza without a separate trial.
Then, the city of Oz was infested with another topic.
Will the beautiful girl mask accept that offer? If you want to save your family from the beginning, you must capture the beautiful girl mask and present it to the Government General! There was also an opinion.
Unlike royalist aristocrats who were active for the purpose of personal gain, there were many ordinary people who belonged to the resistance who wanted to regain the sovereignty of the country.
And their families hoped that the mask of a beautiful girl who had no face was caught instead and that their families would return.
It was selfish indeed, but it was unavoidable human nature.
Saving the lives of your own family is more important than a criminal you’ve never seen before.
And this news also reached the ears of Countess Sophia von Glorias Yeo, who was recuperating in her mansion.
**
“Master, are you planning to go?”
To the question of her old butler, Alfredo, who helps her both physically and mentally, Sophia put down her newspaper and answered.
“Does Alfredo not want me to go?”
Then Deacon Noh nodded his head.
“This is a trap. It must have been a ploy by the governor and the chief treasurer, who had a grudge over the last incident, to capture the young lady.”
“But if I don’t go, all these people will die. You can’t say they’re innocent, but those who struggled hard to regain the country’s sovereignty.”
“Master, you have no obligation to save them. They, too, would have been prepared to die from the start anyway. Being independent in this country is synonymous with suicide.”
Sophia let out a small sigh and said.
“Alfredo, I know you say things you don’t mean because you’re worried about me, but please don’t cross the line any further than I might disappoint you.”
“…Sorry.”
Sophia said, burying herself in her rocking chair.
“Obviously, like Alfredo said, I have no obligation to save them. But, if I don’t, I’ll lose my sense of self-righteousness. I’ll become a hero who only saves the people I want to save.”
Those were the eyes of a person who was already prepared to die.
“If I am captured and killed by them, it will be the will of heaven. The Goddess of Courage will choose another champion. She will be sad, but I will probably accept it calmly.”
Sophia closed her eyes as she said that.
“But if I survive, that too will be the will of the heavens. I intend to test this time. My luck and skill.”
Hearing those words, Alfredo silently bowed his head.
“I’ll take your word for it.”
“Thank you, Alfredo, for listening to my insistence.”
“As a butler, that’s what you’re supposed to do. Don’t talk like that.”
Saying that, Alfredo bowed his head and quietly closed the door in consideration for Sophia, who looked tired.
Until the day of the showdownTwo days ahead.
