34. The Wild Young Man from the Rosia Empire, Bone Ash Yanov

The restructuring of the Great Ying Empire’s parliament is nearing the end of the first round of secret voting. If Louis IV truly wants to firmly control the results and candidates of the parliamentary restructuring, she will definitely eliminate a dissenting voice that would be “influential” to her at this critical moment.

Looking at it this way, Louis XXV, who has fully exhibited the characteristics of a villain, has been opposing and despising Louis IV solely relying on his royal identity, and indeed, he would become a big fish for Louis IV to target.

After all, with the recent news coming from various small nobles who had ballots being “disqualified from parliament due to contact with Oujilide,” a significant number of ballots must have already flowed into Louis XXV’s hands, which not only gave him confidence but also made he arrogantly unaware that: Oujilide was a trap from the start.

Tonight, at this moment, Louis XXV even called most of his vassals to “share votes” and occupy the parliament, which was clearly the moment for Louis IV to reel in her net!

The location was set slightly away from the noble district within the royal city, outside the walls, where a luxurious estate belonged to Louis the Twenty-Fifth. Choosing this place for his distribution meeting was likely an attempt to keep things under wraps, but little did he know… he thought he could play the lead role, but in reality, he was just a venue provider, destined to be a sacrificial pawn.

Louis the Fourteenth is not someone of your caliber to handle, my friend.

Outside the manor, in my line of sight, the vassal guests invited by Louis the Twenty-Fifth were entering one after another, and the moment Kephiel appeared, Louis the Twenty-Fifth’s gaze zeroed in on her like a fly.

The time had come.

“Darling, let’s go~”

Kephiel affectionately linked her arm with mine, and as for how serious or feigned this gesture was… well, I might as well stop reading the script.

After all, I had no time for that now.

The moment Louis the Twenty-Fifth laid eyes on Kephiel, his expression was as lecherous as ever, but it was quickly interrupted by my side’s “performance.”

“What are you staring at? Never seen a Rosian before!?”

“Shh~”

Kephiel playfully threw a light punch at my chest, then turned to Louis the Twenty-Fifth with a forced smile.

“Sorry, my boyfriend is Rosian, and he has a bit of a temper. I hope you won’t take the previous incident to heart.”

“Ha…hahaha… II don’t mind… please, come in.”

With a red face and a pale one, Louis the Twenty-Fifth could only force a laugh. He had no time to ponder whether I was the “Ogilid” from the recent wanted posters or to care about our purpose for being here. After all , this guy had only one thought in mind.

【Louis the Twenty-Fifth wanted to kill Ogilid.】

Hmph~ If one isn’t ruthless, one can’t stand firm. Roaming the vast lands, what can you do to me, you proud one?

Even if it’s a case of a fox borrowing a tiger’s might, Kephiel was right next to me, so why should I panic?

I even had my arm around Kephiel’s waist.

“Next time you lay a hand on my woman, I’ll take care of you, Breton.”

The wild hairstyle combined with my arrogant tone left Louis the Twenty-Fifth speechless, and then, with Kephiel by my side, we made a grand entrance into the manor under the complex gazes of those around us.

No one would think of me and Kephiel as troublemakers; they simply assumed this Rosian was here to show off his wife, which was already a successful first step.

Inside the manor, there were already quite a few people. Compared to the “kill me” scripts that might appear, I was more concerned about Louis the Twenty-Fifth. This guy… seemed to be much more formidable than your average extra . Should I say he was at least a member of the royal family, being Louis the Twenty-Fifth? Just the number of vassal nobles and closely connected upper-class individuals was already considerable.

“These are all Louis the Twenty-Fifth’s vassals.”

Leaning on my shoulder, Kephiel seemed to have forgotten we were acting, comfortably nestled against me and unwilling to part, walking alongside me.

“To be precise, they’re all from Louis the Twenty-Fifth’s faction. The number… is even more than I estimated before. This kind of scene is quite abnormal; the queen wouldn’t just sit back and do nothing; she will definitely make an appearance.”

You don’t need to worry about that, Kephiel. After all, the script has already indicated: 【Louis the Fourteenth is taking action.】

This meant the queen had been waiting for this event.

“The queen won’t make a direct move; that would leave no evidence. Now, Ogilid’s reputation has been inflated to the level of a public enemy of the Great Yeng Empire. If the queen wants to take the opportunity to shift blame and eliminate her rivals, she will definitely gather ‘evidence’ of Louis the Twenty-Fifth’s contact with Ogilid, and then, with external forces, ‘remove’ him seamlessly.”

This is what is known as “public opinion.” When comparing a lazy, greedy, and lecherous royal family with an astute and capable national idol queen, it’s clear who the public would choose to believe without a second thought.

So, the time was almost right.

“Ke Fei’er, let’s part ways here. You’re too conspicuous. Just try to stir up some conversation here or something, and of course, if anyone tries to get fresh with you, just give them a good beating.”

After a pause, to prevent Ke Fei’er from hesitating like before, I added another sentence.

“Otherwise, I’ll feel really uncomfortable.”

In fact, I was genuinely annoyed, but this phrase had an almost magical effect on Ke Fei’er, her expression suddenly turning serious.

“I understand.”

【Ke Fei’er decided to cripple anyone who acts lewdly.】

Well, it seems this time she really meant it, and she was incredibly ruthless…

“I’ll go somewhere else to gather information and see if there are any of the Queen’s people mixed in. After all, with my appearance, Professor Moriarty might not even recognize me.”

“…Okay.”

Under Ke Fei’er’s somewhat worried gaze, I quietly parted ways with her.

The most important thing in this operation was to find the “imposter Euclid,” who was undoubtedly one of the Queen’s people, but I was taking the risk of “falling” and not bringing Ke Fei’er along for another reason.

Ke Fei’er’s crisis wasn’t over yet; for instance, this time, it came with a script like 【Ke Fei’er’s reputation damaged】.

I couldn’t understand how someone as exceptional as Ke Fei’er could possibly have her “reputation damaged,” but I couldn’t let her take risks. On the contrary, Euclid was already a thoroughly wicked villain, and I could move around without worry since I had nothing to lose.

Queen Louise IV had definitely already taken action.

Because as I searched, the script became increasingly clear.

【The imposter Euclid has appeared at Louis XXV’s estate!】

This was clearly someone sent by the Queen to “cast a net and fish”! As long as I found them and obtained evidence, I would have the leverage to threaten the Queen to stop framing me and threatening Ke Fei’er!

So, who could it be? A regular member of the patrol team, or Professor Moriarty, or… someone else entirely?

I utilized the script, concealing my presence, and quietly slipped away.