The bad ending of an Otome game MTL - Chapter (66)
Episode 66
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It was the first night after the Debut Tangte prom, and it was dawn before dawn the next day.
The servants, exhausted from cleaning up the fancy banquet hall, disappeared to rest.
All the guests left, and the palace, which had been busy for a while, became quiet again.
“You have to deal with it.”
The queen’s voice was sharp. The makeup that started to fade away or the gorgeous dress that did not fit the time and place was enough to guess her situation.
The dress that had not yet been changed had a lot of wrinkles.
Earrings adorned with pearls and emeralds shone beneath her curled-up blonde hair.
Aside from that, the room was very cold. As much as I was worried that the queen would be cold, wearing a dress that focused on beauty rather than warmth.
But instead of being cold, the queen was staring at one side of the room with a lot of strange eyes.
Next to him, an old woman in a cloak bowed her head.
The old woman’s outfit was different from usual. Although he was wearing a cloak, he was wearing a plain dress underneath.
It was too short for those who stayed or entered the palace.
Not even the queen’s maid would wear such a dress. It was a design and fabric that commoners in the low-key street could wear.
The Queen’s limb, the Baroness Orsay, stood behind the door and watched people come and go.
It was a spiky voice like a very nervous hedgehog. The old woman nodded her head once.
“Is there any possibility?”
“Do you know how many people listened to you and picked you up in secret?”
“Grace always comes in every corner.”
“Never leave a mark. We must not be suspicious.”
The queen’s voice was chirping like a piece of glass, but there was a faint uneasiness.
As if there was something that could be shaken without even knowing the queen, who was proud of her fierce momentum like a tiger.
The old woman just nodded her head helplessly next to her.
“I know you well.”
“Do you know? you?”
The old woman stopped without realizing it. The queen laughed.
Not knowing it was hot, I jumped into the pot heated with lukewarm water. Cold eyes like a frog struggling to escape only after the pot gets hot.
“If you make a mistake, this is the end.”
As the queen chinked, three men, covered in black hooded robes like an old woman, came forward from the far end of the room.
Each of them cleverly covered their faces and bodies, so from a distance it seemed impossible to tell who was who.
Each was wearing a locket necklace that could put something inside.
“But in the end, shouldn’t the culprit be revealed?”
“Yes, of course.”
“If you do, if someone steps on your tail…….”
“So we should make a fake tail.”
The queen’s eyes brightened.
“At the time when the Knights of Glamis were stationed in the capital. no luck It would have been nice if I could have recruited Sir Laertes… … . There is no reason to be so stiff as to be a man. Anyway, you shouldn’t be caught before you get to your real goal, and you shouldn’t be stalked by Amon. If anything happens to Prince Alexis, he will have to apologize with death.”
“I will keep that in mind.”
The old woman bent her back again and bowed her head.
“Who do you think is the owner of the fake tail?”
“Tell me what are you going to do? Poor Archduke Franz. When the older brother lays down, we must overthrow the unscrupulous man who tried to take the place of his young nephew. Did you say that your hobby is hunting?”
The queen chuckled and laughed.
“You must have thought that I could only live as a hunter. You must have thought that it would be over if you only drove the beasts that came out of the forest with the hunters and killed them. Where is that bastard? Knowing that I am a prey, let’s see what kind of face I can make.”
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It was too early to start work.
No matter how much the Knights Templar started work three or four hours earlier than the others, that was the case. It was early, before the sun had risen yet.
The sky was so blue that it was almost black. But Alston politely knocked on the door.
Because there was no doubt that his boss would be in the office. Again, the answer came right back.
“come in.”
His voice was a little lower than usual.
Heck, I was just tired because I went to escort my partner to the royal palace debut dance party yesterday.
In the first place, the position of deputy commander of the Knights of Glamis was not easy.
Sir Alston Amory respected my superior Laertes Hope above all else, but was ready to run away if someone recommended him to be his successor.
When I opened the door, I saw a man with a more tired face than usual.
The man who was wearing a uniform with his shirt buttoned all the way to the end of his neck, probably tired, had his shirt top buttoned unbuttoned.
Traces of overwork could be seen from the disheveled black hair that covered his forehead and the darkened eyelids.
However, Alston coughed once and handed out the documents in his bag.
“It’s a missing case, Vice-Captain.”
“…… A disappearance case?”
Laertes took the paperwork without delay and handed it over. There was not much content in the paper, which fluttered flutteringly.
“Isn’t it just yesterday that the royal palace debut tangte ball? That’s why even among the common people, imitating the royal ball… … There was something like a bustling festival. I was told to be more careful than usual because I just wanted to pay attention to security, but basically, security in the capital is the responsibility of the Guards and Guards Knights.”
The headquarters of the Knights of Glamis is in the capital, but it does not always stay in the capital.
Rather, they used to stay more often in the castles located at the northern and southern borders of the country.
An available force that should be ready to leave anytime, anywhere. That was the current position of the Knights of Glamis.
Naturally, security and borders in the capital are always the responsibility of the Guard Knights and security guards stationed inside the palace.
In fact, there was no reason for Laertes to be reported in this case as well. But this was an occupational disease, so to speak.
“There was a small festival in the square where everyone got along and danced to the music……. There are a few girls who went missing without going home after the dance.”
“The possibility of a simple illusion or an overnight stay?”
“It is highly likely. Maybe it’s that young men and women who met each other had an accident and didn’t enter the house… … .”
Alston scratched my cheek.
“Initially, it was just the result of a little flower seller testifying, just in case some people interrogated it. You know the youngest, Sir Blackwood?”
It was a name Laertes knew.
The Knights of Glamis do not often recruit new recruits.
Since it is a thorough skill system, commoners who want to join the Knights of Glamis lined up, but there are not many people who achieve that dream.
Although the youngest, Sir Blackwood Penn has already joined the club last year.
“My home is the capital city, and the girl I have a crush on must have gone to the festival yesterday. So anyway, I guess I’ll be off work that day anyway, so I sneaked into the festival… … . It looks like the night was burnt down, but the little flower seller who came out in the early morning was arranging them all over the place.”
Up to this point, it was a story that had nothing to win.
Once the Knights of Glamis went to work, they rolled harder than anyone else.
Thanks to that, I didn’t care too much about where I was and what I did while on vacation, as long as it wasn’t against chivalry or committing a crime.
“I have an older sister who sells flowers with me, but she didn’t come out today. Well, I wondered how many customers would buy flowers from dawn on a day like today, so I thought it was no big deal at the time.”
“Is there anything special about it?”
“No matter what happened, I didn’t see a few people who showed up for work every day.”
“There is no clear case yet.”
“Yes, but the Vice-Captain is always. It’s late after work, isn’t this your motto?”
“The investigation has been good. If anything happens in the future, we’ll find out right away.”
“But what…… To be honest, I don’t think it’s a big deal either. Even if you’re not the type of person to spend the night with a man you don’t know, isn’t it supposed to be something special when people meet? Even if something happens in the first place, the jurisdiction and command of the investigation are ambiguous, and it is not our responsibility… … .”
“Isn’t it important to get the job done before there are more victims? Whoever sets the ball is a secondary matter.”
Alston chewed and swallowed the objection that filled his throat.
Sir Laertes’ charisma and reputation are high. No one knows about it.
Everyone who knows that the honor and skill of the Knights of Glamis is one level higher than that of the Knights Guards, everyone knows.
However, for that reason, the Knights Guard had a strange jealousy and inferiority complex towards the Knights of Glamis.
They are responsible for the safety of the royal family and protect the capital and the royal palace all year round.
Unlike the Knights of Glamis, which accepts them without regard to commoners as long as they have the skills, only nobles who have thoroughly verified their status can enlist in the Knights Guard.
As a result, they left the pride of being the true Royal Guards who protect the royal family.
The Knights of Glamis, like wild boars that have been paid in advance, may have twisted their stomachs as they roamed all over the place when things came up.
To sum it up in one line, it is the story that the Knights Guard acted very dirty as long as the Knights of Glamis were stationed in the capital.
That Otome Game’s Bad End