Even the Emperor looked puzzled as he looked at Kiaros.
But that wasn't the main concern at the moment.
Anyone with common sense would focus on Osun instead of Kiaros at this moment.
'The accused who suddenly shouts that he is going to confess should be in the spotlight.'
I watched Osun for three years and seven months.
I may not know all its secrets, but I had a rough understanding of its nature.
Considering that he had even requested a motion scroll scroll… he was completely confused.
‘War mastermind… Osun… is unsuitable.’ But he’s too good for it!
I never thought he would be the right person for this.
Like he wasn't always beneficial to the imperial family.
If you think about it, wasn't it Osun who told me to shut up when I said that six defense scrolls was too few?
It had just occurred to me that the Scroll Management Department was the perfect infiltration point for outside enemies.
The only oath that could evade the notice of the great Chiaros.
Furthermore, because he was part of the Knight Order, he also had access to security documents…
'Oh my God, this is my department...this is my boss!'
If I had not remembered the original story, whether Osun accused anyone or not would have been irrelevant to me.
I have trained well for helplessness under Osun.
'Maybe that's why I didn't appear in the original story.'
But Osun was about to admit something himself.
“I, I, really!”
As soon as he made eye contact with the Emperor, Osun fell to his knees.
“I did as I was supposed to, to, to, I was told...”
I widened my eyes and nodded vigorously.
I cheered for my boss harder than ever.
'Be patient, team leader!
As always, in your rude and cowardly manner, be quick to reveal the truth about who is behind all of this!'
It seemed that Osun was ready to confess everything.
It was then.
With a whistle, a dagger pierced Osun's heart.
It happened so suddenly that the audience understood the situation too late.
“Ahhhhh!”
“Ahh!”
I jumped up, also startled.
Osun was hit in the heart by the knife, and he fell to the ground without screaming.
'This doesn't make sense!
This is a courtroom!
Everyone here has secured identities...'
In addition, the dagger flew from the audience seats.
In such a closed space, catching the culprit was only a matter of time.
As the imperial guards rushed toward the direction from which the dagger came, the woman who had been hiding in the crowd and who had thrown the dagger at Osun shouted in a tense voice:
“For evolution!”
Amid the screaming of the crowd, the woman collapsed, vomiting blood.
She killed herself with a drug hidden in her mouth.
“Aaaaaa!”
“Ahhh!”
The attendees panicked and started screaming and running away.
It was understandable; The person next to them collapsed and began vomiting blood...
I stood there stunned in the chaos.
The knights quickly removed the bodies of Osun and the woman.
'Oh my God...'
I thought wrong.
[You don't need to go far.
Just let me out of the palace.
Okay?]
I thought Osun wanted to escape from the Imperial Knights.
But this was not the case.
He was trying to escape from the organization he belonged to.
'They must be the ones behind the war, right?'
The woman who killed Osun to prevent him from speaking, then committed suicide.
The unknown organization she and Osun belong to.
“Let's end the trial now.”
The Emperor ordered after observing the situation for a while.
“There seem to be a lot of other things to take care of.”
No one objected to his words.
Given the circumstances, everyone had to believe that the Empress had targeted Osun for investigation.
Thus the trial ended.
✧✧✧✧✧✧
After the trial ended in chaos.
The Empress was immediately free.
The first thing she did after she was acquitted was to summon me.
“I heard you made my request, Your Majesty.”
The Empress's room was very impressive.
The weapons were stuck to the beautiful, colorful wallpaper.
I had a private meeting with the Empress here.
“Namyaaaa!”
She hugged me and wrapped her arms around me.
I was so shocked that I couldn't even scream.
I felt like I was back when I was six years old.
“Thank you, thank you!”
The Empress even lifted me into the air before hugging me again.
It was so amazing, my vision was spinning.
“Luckily I didn't die that day!
If that were the case, we wouldn't have been able to catch that damned dead man!”
I barely got back to the ground coughing.
The Empress's eyes glowed frighteningly as she remembered the trial.
“When I saw that man in the courtroom today with my own eyes, I knew for sure that there was something fishy about him.”
The Empress gritted her teeth and muttered.
she asked surprised.
"Why, why?
Do you have any evidence?"
“No, just my intuition.”
The answer was not satisfactory, but the Empress was very serious.
“I have met many criminals.
I have seen those who hid their identities for a long time to harm the imperial family.
This is the intuition of my profession.”
“Oh... um...”
"I ended up becoming an empress, but I'm better suited to be a knight.
If I were not an empress but a knight, I would have cut off that man's head first."
"What?"
“Usually, in this case, it is more efficient to move your body before considering the evidence.”
She waves her arms threateningly.
I wasn't sure, but it seemed like she could lift not only me but Osun as well.
“It might sound a bit extreme, but that's what you do when you push the rats into a corner.”
The Empress laughed heartily and patted me on the shoulder.
Honestly, at first, the plan I proposed had many flaws.
From the suspicious change in tone to the weak logic, there was no way it would pass normally.
However, the Empress also found something suspicious and led the matter this far.
I had nothing to say, so I smiled shyly.
“Namiya.”
"What?"
She's been calling me by my first name casually for some time now.
“Even though I am the Empress, I was an amazing knight.
I risked my life to protect the current Crown Prince.”
A true sense of pride appeared in the Empress's eyes.
“On that day, His Highness personally came to thank me.”
“Ah…”
“The truth is that the reason I don’t participate in the duties of the Empress is… because I might be a burden to the Crown Prince.”
The Empress continued with unwavering eyes.
“If I advance unnecessarily and mess things up, it would also tarnish the honor of the imperial family, and if I do my job very well and build power, it may become a threat to the Crown Prince.”
“Threatening, how could you say such a thing...”
"I wouldn't be a threat, of course.
But Jayden is different."
Jaden, the hero of the original story and son of Fron.
Her eyes darkened when she mentioned the little prince.
“If my influence increases, someone might get close to this immature boy and instill ridiculous ambitions in him.”
“What do you mean...”
“I've spent my life by swords.
It's dangerous to even think I can be good at politics.”
“…….”
“I could be used by crafty people without me even realizing it.
In such cases, it is better for me to remain useless.
These are basic mercenary tactics.”
I couldn't say anything and just pursed my lips.
Unfortunately, she was probably well aware that she was being mocked as a useless and vulgar empress behind her back.
“The position of Empress was supposed to remain vacant anyway.
So I thought it would be better for the Imperial Family to just be destroyed.
I didn’t want to be a burden to the Crown Prince at all.
I...”
I smiled a little.
“I am still an Imperial Knight, and I am willing to do anything for the Imperial Family.”
Her strong muscles and broad shoulders looked confident.
They were more beautiful than any dress she had ever worn.
“This is why I love you, Nami.”
"What?"
“I like people who are good at their jobs.
You seem to be an excellent government employee, knowing all the laws and all the official documents.”
My heart raced.
Feeling strange, she blinked as the Empress continued.
“I swear.
Thanks to you, I was able to avoid the plans of those who wish to harm the imperial family.
As long as I can, I will definitely fulfill your wish.”