The bad ending of an Otome game MTL - Chapter (171)
Episode 171
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“Marquis of Windrose, it is very sad to see.”
“…….”
The Marquis shut his mouth. The Marquis Lady was in the next room. I heard that all of the Marquis’ users and those involved were imprisoned in a dungeon.
There have been no public executions yet, but there is no reassurance.
The only thing the Marquis had in the palace was one of the king’s servants. Internally and externally, it seemed that the servant chief, who was the king’s concubine, was left as it was, fearing that the painting would look bad if the sick queen replaced it at will. However, it was said that the real power was transferred to the queen’s handmaiden.
In any case, one of the guards guarding the front of the Marquis’ chamber was the man who had been assisted by the chieftain.
Thanks to this, the Marquis secretly received information once in a while. But today’s meeting was not heard.
There is no way the Queen would like the meeting between the Marquis of Windrose and Archduke Franz. The Archduke came in by means of a shove. The Archduke shrugged his shoulders.
“That’s why you held my hand from the beginning. It’s like being neutral and gullible by the royal family in the back of the head.”
“…….”
The Marquis took care of his facial expressions. The Archduke had previously invited the Marquis to be on his side. The Marquis turned it down favorably, but there were limits.
“Actually, no matter how much I resemble my dead daughter, I was so possessed by only one woman…….”
“Are you confident that you can defeat the Knights Guard?”
“what?”
The archduke frowned at the absurd remark. It was at that moment when I thought that maybe I was trying to raise my ransom until the very end, or that the silent Marquis of Windrose was annoyed.
As if the person had suddenly changed, the words from the Marquis were surprising.
“The side that occupies the present capital is the Knights Guard. The Knights of Glamis are under strict vigilance and have even been ordered to disarm. Do you have the confidence to take over the palace?”
“…… That’s amazing, Marquis. Are you saying that if there is a sure way, you will be on my side?”
“It will not be your Majesty the King, but your Majesty the Queen and the Little Prince who will be removed. If there is evidence that the queen was trying to attract the duchy, wouldn’t the trend be reversed?”
“Hey, is there such a thing?”
“If you tell the Grand Duke what number he is hiding, I will show my insides.”
The Grand Duke clicked the tip of his tongue.
“indeed……. After all, Marquis of Windrose, you are a tycoon. Even begging for my life would be in vain, didn’t you think that I would be angry for being so proud of myself?”
“I don’t think anyone who is about to take the next throne would be upset by just hitting that much.”
“haha! What a wonderful thing, this man!”
The Marquis of Windrose is seldom flattering. How could such a person use the phrase ‘before the next throne’!
The Grand Duke, who was genuinely in a good mood, laughed. Surely, he had a proud face like a gambler who boasted his hand in a card game.
“…… The father-in-law is moving.”
“…….”
“Oh, of course, this is not enough. If the Queen brings the Duchy… … The Guard Knights in the capital, and the army of the Principality outside. It would be like being attacked from the inside out. There is evidence that the prince is not the king’s father.”
“When do you plan to publish it?”
“I have no intention of saying this out of my mouth. There are other people who are suitable.”
“Who is it?”
“Sir Edmund Gloucester.”
“…….”
The Marquis Windrose remained silent one after another.
“Well, you must have guessed that too, didn’t you?”
“I was aware of the fact that the Gloucester family was being watched by the royal family.”
“The princess is missing, and the prince is not the parent. Even just announcing this… … .”
“However, if that happens, the throne of the future generations will be…….”
“Sir Edmund will hand it over to me later.”
“How do you believe?”
The Archduke was silent for a moment. It was his eyes that were looking around at something.
“Well, that’s why I have something to ask Marquis Windrose.”
“Say it.”
“You said you two were really hiding in the Marquis of Windrose?”
“…….”
The Marquis shut his mouth.
“Why didn’t you think of going ahead and accusing me? Is it because a young girl who is not even a real daughter is so precious?”
“no.”
The Marquis calmly replied.
The prince’s eyes changed strangely.
“No? Isn’t she the kind of girl that the Marquis’s wife cherishes as much as her life?”
“My wife was out of social circles for a long time after her daughter died. Don’t you know?”
“Yes, yes.”
“Even so, I regretted it. My wife also regretted it a lot after we suffered such humiliation.”
The Marquis said as if making excuses.
“The reason we took the two of us from our family is because we did not think that our disposition would be different even if we denied it now, as they had kept us as guardians to the end.”
“If you do, you have no intention of protecting Lady Elodie?”
“The king’s name is dignified, but how can we deal with him who is not a family member now?”
“Do you know where those two hid?”
“There is not.”
“great. If that’s the case, tell me straight up.”
The Archduke clapped and clapped.
“Sir Edmund Gloucester wants her.”
“…….”
“So, I’m just going to give it to you. No matter how much the queen made up her orders, she was the one who was blamed for the catastrophe at the hunting competition.”
The Archduke said stroking my chin.
“Already born illegitimate, I barely ascended the throne with my help, but having such an ominous woman by my side would be a huge weakness.”
“You mean you want to make a trade-off and a weakness?”
“I understand, too.”
“You don’t know where they are?”
“Still, it must be a mouse in a poison. Sir Casio said he would find it, so it will be.”
“…… You mean Sir Casio?”
The marquise’s voice changed subtly. The Archduke did not notice the change and groaned.
“okay. From the queen’s side, it seems that Sir Casio is on my side, so they seem to believe in it. It’s funny! Sir Casio was the one who connected me with Sir Gloucester.”
“…….”
“It is only a matter of time before the little prince is killed. It doesn’t matter once it’s decided that he’s not the king’s parent anyway, but it’d be better to just let him die anyway. I am concerned that the queen may make the last move.”
“I think the same way.”
“Well?”
“There is no force to check the Guard Knights. If the Principality of Aldice dispatches an army, even if we take over the capital with the army of the marginalized, there is a high probability that it will be like a rat in a dock.”
“That is the problem. But let’s split the army in two… … .”
“There is a possibility that it will not be enough.”
“So what? Are you saying that there are even hidden privates?”
The marquis smiled bitterly at the question lurking in the archduke’s voice. If you say that you have a private soldier, there is a high possibility that you would use it all upright at the time, and then remove it as the first priority when its utility is exhausted.
Even though I myself dream of treason, it is distasteful that the person holding my hand was secretly increasing her power.
“Is that possible? I am only saying that we need a justification that will enable us to ‘legitimately’ regroup the Knights of Glamis.”
“Legal?”
The Archduke frowned as if to say what he meant.
“Are you talking about assassination of His Majesty the King even now and a coronation ceremony? The Knights of Glamis would rather protest?”
“The Knights of Glamis listen only to the king’s orders, and in the absence of the king, they receive orders from the first heir to the throne.”
“right.”
“If you are going to deal with His Majesty the Prince, it is better to announce at the same time that His Majesty has already passed away.”
Both knew that the current king’s condition was not normal. Even so, the Marquis, who resolutely spoke of the death of the king and prince, saw the Archduke as unexpected.
“Of course, Sir Edmund Gloucester, Grand Duke, also has the succession to the throne with a lower rank, but in this case, the first heir to the throne will be His Majesty the Princess.”
The Archduke narrowed his eyes as if he hadn’t even thought of it. She is a princess who has always been unable to speak her own voice and has been hidden by her mother’s shadow, and even now, life or death is unknown.
“But life or death is unknown, isn’t it?”
“Isn’t Lady Elodie uncertain?”
“…… It wouldn’t be a problem if he hadn’t died. Indeed, it is. justification. That would be a legitimate reason for the Knights of Glamis to regroup.”
The Marquis remembered the note Laertes had sent him.
It was said that unbelievers were mixed on both the side of the prince and the side of the queen. The queen has attracted foreign powers, and the frontier is advancing into the capital.
Whichever one you choose, no matter who wins, the limit is clear.
The Grand Duke wants to keep his ambitions even by removing the army guarding the border, and the Queen tries to protect the throne by attracting foreign powers.
No matter which side the Marquis Windrose takes and sells his share, at some point in the future, he will surely be ripped off.
So I had to look for another hand.
That Otome Game’s Bad End