The bad ending of an Otome game MTL - Chapter (178)
Episode 178
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Joseph changed his wagon three times. Emilia’s shop was also located on the outskirts of the capital. But even in the same suburbs, the place Joseph wanted to go to was located on the opposite side of Emilia’s shop.
He chose a wagon that was often ridden by many people, changed it, and went round and round the alley so that he could not chase after anyone.
As I stooped into a small hole-in-the-wall shop near the alley, a young boy in scruffy clothes ran out with a menu board.
It was a small store with only one table and two chairs. The table was dirty with stains and flies were flying all the time.
Even though Joseph enjoyed a free-spirited life, it was unlikely that he would have ordered food from a place like this. But Joseph casually sat down on the chair and tossed three coins.
“Little boy. What’s going to happen sooner?”
“What are you looking for?”
“I wish I had a drink or something because I was hungry. Do you have any liquor with thistle grass and ink mushrooms?”
As soon as he heard about the drink, the boy was bruised.
“Ink mushroom drink? It’s a drink I can’t even afford a week! If you eat that and break the store by fighting with other customers, what will we do? Our bottom line is this little shop!”
“Hey, what about this kid? look at this it’s gold I’ll give you this, so bring me a drink, close the door, and come and see me.”
“Yes, guest!”
As soon as the boy saw the gold coin, his eyes lit up with excitement, and he ran, closed the door of the narrow store and bolted it. Then he quietly approached and opened the hidden door leading to the inside of the store. Joseph entered the door.
At first glance, it looked like an alleyway bar serving cheap alcoholic drinks with cheap snacks, but it was a definite meeting point for the Knights of Glamis and an information book.
Of course, they usually served alcohol to real customers who came in without knowing it. When a knight or an informant made contact, a code was put on. It was mainly a type of alcohol, and the ingredients for alcohol were different depending on the type of handling.
The dark room was surprisingly spacious. It was in contrast to the cramped store outside, as if three adult men could barely breathe when they entered. There was only one candle lit.
“…… Sir Alston.”
Checking the person waiting inside, Joseph made an unwelcome voice.
“Sir Alston is the captain’s assistant, isn’t it? They’re all watching, but if you come here directly… … .”
“Do you know that I can be reckless like you? I wrote the band. Even when I came in here, I even wore makeup that didn’t fit me.”
“Wow, the beard really doesn’t suit you. Did you do it with makeup? You look like a different person, for sure!”
Alston, with a thick beard and a filthy cloak that could have been worn like a poor pigeon or a filthy cloak, wriggled one eyebrow.
“I don’t have time to even listen to your admiration since my wife has already been stingy enough about me. Let’s start with the report.”
“Lady Emilia and I, His Majesty the Princess and Lady Elodie all four managed to escape safely, right?”
“I said no, because ignorance is good news.”
“I temporarily took refuge as Lady Emilia’s hiding place. Captain, how is the situation in the royal palace?”
“Lord Laertes has made a decision. A confirmation came from Sir John. The Marquis of Windrose is planning to recruit the Archduke and get him out of there.”
“How about the queen?”
“Rather than do anything about us right now, it seems like they’re trying to watch the situation a little more and wait, but it’s still easy. It’s over if you notice it, so I’m thinking of making a plan and executing it as soon as possible.”
“Are you sure you’re going to the anti-aircraft wave? if not…….”
“It is close to the immediate use of the skin. There is no other way.”
“Right now, we need a safe home for the girls to stay. I don’t think it’s a good feeling, I think there’s someone monitoring the area.”
“Did you personally confirm the existence of the watcher?”
“no. On the first day, I couldn’t check thoroughly because I was just trying to avoid the royal pursuit and hide myself somehow. The structure around it is…….”
Joseph shook his head.
“If the idiots had approached me directly, I would have checked anything.
Joseph clicked his tongue.
“Originally, it’s where Lady Emilia opened her shop. Originally, it wasn’t that quiet… … Young, I mean, I feel dirty. Exactly, the street looks empty and the stores that used to be there are also removed, so it’s as if someone built a fortress to monitor Lady Emilia as soon as she returns.”
“If it’s so dangerous, why didn’t you escape right away?”
“Damn it. If I had one body, I left immediately. Two people in a coma where they can’t even run on their own feet, how do you deal with it? Besides, I don’t think I’m going to do anything right now, but I’m afraid I’m afraid I won’t be able to see it… … . Oh! My Majesty the Princess, Lady Elodie has woken up safely.”
“what? how?!”
Alston was genuinely surprised. Joseph muttered to dry saliva in his mouth.
“Lady Emilia gave me a strange stone. When I applied it, it sucked up the stain. As soon as one night passed, the stains came off and both of them opened their eyes.”
“Nonsense. Is there anything that can do that?”
“If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t have believed it. To be honest, it’s not that I didn’t think that I would get rid of the invoice if I had a car… … .”
Joseph wiggled his tail.
In fact, Joseph was negative about the possibility of Elodie and Alogia waking up safely. The reason he risked his life to escape was because it was not helpful to the Marquis of Windrose to enter the royal family as it is.
If it had been after the two had been ‘secured’, the royal family would have been able to sentence the members of the Windrose family to death without any further hesitation.
It was not that there were no victims who were entangled with unbelievers, but the symptoms of the two were too deep. It seemed unlikely that a miracle would happen unless it happened. But, it happened so easily. Those two who had only been able to breathe without a pulse all this time!
“Honestly, if a stranger had seen it, they might have looked up to Lady Emilia as if she were the embodiment of a saint or a goddess.”
“Is that enough? Where did you get that… … ?”
“Yes. Did you see me bluffing about something like this?”
“her……. Oh yeah……. Well, that’s a good thing. At least, if Her Majesty the Princess has recovered safely, there will be no need to worry about being disposed of by overwriting the crime of murdering the princess like this.”
“Shouldn’t we have an escape plan just in case Hana?”
“Even so, I have a temporary plan in place. I got the secret map of the Royal Palace byway and secretly delivered it… … . Actually, the best way is to not use this operation and get a cause and get everyone released safely. Well, in the first place, the situation itself is an emergency situation.”
“Are there any orders for the Knights of Glamis?”
“Everyone is aware of it. First of all, if something happens, I will force people to escape from the palace.”
“If you do it wrong, you can’t take it out or beat it, and it’s treason.”
“Of course, you have to make a fuss in the palace with the pre-planted bait and decorate it to look like there is another criminal. Even if that doesn’t happen, there’s no way in an emergency. Do I look so stone-headed?”
“No, but not.”
Joseph shook his head.
“Isn’t it always the case that there is no answer anyway if you just have to escape without a cause or enough power? In the first place, the forces of the unbelievers themselves are spread out in arrogant places like cheese-eating ants… … .”
“It’s a pre-Harvest festival soon. Do you know?”
“Who doesn’t know that?”
“Even then, if His Majesty the King does not appear, the Queen will have no excuses. Perhaps it is the intention to announce the succession of the little prince to the throne starting from that day… … .”
“If the queen…… If you’re really determined to get rid of us, maybe around that time?”
“right. Because the pre-Harvest is next month. At best, the queen will make a decision within the next two weeks.”
A country’s important milestones are usually announced on the appropriate anniversary. Usually the first day of the new year is celebrated, but if not, it waits until the day of Preparatory Harvest or Harvest Day.
The Day of Harvest was to give thanks to God for the grain already harvested, and the Pre-Harvest Day was an event to pray for a bountiful harvest this year before the full-fledged harvest begins.
In other words, the significance of the Pre-Harvest Day was in some ways more important than the present Harvest Day. It is a day when the heir who has officially inherited the throne prays to the gods for the national luck of the country, that is, the harvest.
You can’t see the blood on that day, so if you’re going to kill it in advance, you’ll have to work at least the previous week, and if you’re going to be pardoned, you’ll have to wait until that day.
“In other words, that day is D-Daisy. No matter what happens, it’s going to be a big day.”
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Gloucester Manor was quiet. I wondered if the users had been put away on purpose. I smoothed out the knife I hid in my arms and cleared my mind.
As soon as I got off the carriage, the butler with a familiar face greeted me at the front door.
“welcome.”
“…….”
Without asking why I’m wearing a maid’s suit, without saying another greeting.
It was very uncomfortable to see the butler just silently guiding the already familiar road ahead of him. It certainly felt like a scapegoat being dragged into the labyrinth of the Minotaur.
It was unfamiliar to the room that I arrived at after a long time, probably because I was going round and round on purpose. The butler politely knocked on the door.
“Master, the long-awaited guest has arrived.”
“Tell me to come in.”
All right, the door opened. I took one step forward with a face as calm as possible, then froze.
That Otome Game’s Bad End