Civilization Game

After being in the Red Keep, the MasterKnight Protection returned to the capital for a while was difficult to adapt to the sudden shifting atmosphere of arcs and swindlers. Everyone gathered for a formal meeting, but no one was paying attention.

“Argh! Why are you so dazed? What happened at the Underheim? ”

Despite the question of Protect, his nearest and youngest friend, Arc only smiled with a slight face.

“Sorry, I'll talk to you later. ”

Arc has left from the beginning of the meeting. As the organizer left, the meeting chairman's atmosphere became cluttered. The awkward protection went to Lily, who was usually closest to the arc.

“Lilly Military. What's wrong with Arc...”

“Ah! Lord Protect! I was looking for you!”

Lily shouts as if she has something to do first.

“When you were in Arc and Red Keep, did he ever go downtown? ”

“…… Well, I don't know. He's so rude, he would have gone if he wanted to. ”

The guard frowned and replied. She looks serious and turns her back and leaves the conference room.

“Oh, man. ”

He scratches his head. The most important king and soldier have already left the conference room without a word.

And on the table across the street, Guinevere was watching as if she were suing him. She was disciplined for attacking Lily, taking both military and power away from her, and assuming only her supply duties. Of course, this was only a temporary measure, and the trial would resume once the exhibition was resolved.

“Guinevere. ”

“Oh, Lord Protect. What business does Master Knight have with sinners? ”

The protective head bows in reverence for the king's fiancée.

“I heard you were with the king in the Underhaim. Do you have any idea what he's doing...? ”

Guinevere smiles unknowingly.

“Well, I don't know. Why don't you stop putting Lord Protector down, too? ”

“…… Yes? ”

She said she slits her throat lightly with wine.

“I feel better now. I didn't know when I was on the inside, but I took a step back and looked at it, and it felt like a new vision was opening up. Ah, why did I try so hard in this complicated basket? It was meaningless, but pathetic. ”

‘…… What are you talking about? ’

Protect had no idea what she was talking about. Guinevere has also changed a lot in this war.

Protect broke up with her and moved on. Then I saw a boy with a familiar red eye.

“Ah! Long time no see. Percy... ”

“Heh heh. Heh. Heheheh heh. My judgment is rubbish! Rubbish!”

“ ……. ”

However, the person who changed the most was Percival. A boy who was accident-prone but energetic and enthusiastic was almost obstructed after the war. While drooling, the guard gave me a sad look.

I don't even see Gawain here. Because she betrayed Casar.

‘...... What the hell happened at the Underheim? ’

All of a sudden, the protection of my colleagues was just embarrassing.

*

It's been a few days since I returned to Empire. Arc realized that the situation in the country was not the same as before.

First, a reduction in the support rate due to water penalty was first noted. Even though Arc's words were absolutely supportive, Arc felt that he was not as popular as before when he returned to the land.

Some noble families raised their voices of criticism, saying the king had left the capital too easily because of the disgrace that had caused the great Casar's kingdom to be taken from foreign lands. However, the water penalty was inevitable in the main temple system. The same is true for the opponent, Rod, who has a low support rate.

The second was that the absolute image that was being used as a symbol of absolute victory was being corrupted as Arc went through the first defeat. ‘Not even Arc for Rod Paulentia.’ ‘Arc was just a man.’ Rumors of disappointment about the king floated among the soldiers.

The third was influenced by the Revolutionary League sown by Abyss. During the Abyss reign, the revolutionaries produced bad rumors that disdained the image of the arc, and occasionally those who were obsessed with the idea of the revolution appeared.

And finally, the entire country became disorderly as news spread of Gawain, the knight of the glacier, the legend of the upper cassar.

Arc is faced with a difficult situation, both inside and out. He sent invitations to the royal banquet to the nobles of the prominent family.

The war against Abyss isn't over yet. What banquet? The nobles felt something strange, but they could not resist the king's command. Especially the nobles who call themselves the Old Testament knew that it would be difficult to escape death if they hated Arc here again.

‘Arc is testing our loyalty again. ’

Where have you been once or twice? If you want to live, go. ’

The nobles have handed over their gifts to Arc and handed him over to Empire.

The banquet proceeded more normally than I expected. The royal housewives, such as Lilyna, Aaron, and Bedivere, were also enjoying the banquet together. The old knight nobles who were nervous were finally relieved of their vigilance.

Then Arc entered the banquet hall. Everyone stood up.

“Thank you for being here today. ”

Arc voiced concern about holding a banquet during the war, but he emphasized that it was only possible for the knight families to cooperate to win the war by uniting their forces. After a brief keynote address, he clapped his hands, and the servants came in and filled the glasses of the nobles with wine.

Arc himself took the wine from his servant and raised the glass. Then all the nobles at the banquet hall followed and lifted up the cup.

“Here we go, everybody. Cheers. Glory to Casar and the Knights! ”

“Glory!"

Then the banquet hall all drank wine. Arc also put down his empty glass and smiled satisfactorily.

“Very well. Now I will seek your cooperation. ”

As soon as Arc says so, some nobles begin to shake their heads. Suddenly, I fell asleep as my mind became dazed. The nobles fall on the table without restraint, and the food falls and the table breaks.

“... Hehe! ”

“All of a sudden! ”

Everyone drank the same wine, and some fell, and some were fine.

“Hehe.”

Lily smiles meaningfully and swallows the pill in her mouth.

It was already a situation. Lily and the pagans who were given orders by Arc contacted the nobles of the New Knight family before the toast and gave them the sleeping antidote. The nobles who had already taken the antidote were safe.

“Your Majesty! ”

“Why!”

All those who crawled the floor drunk on sleeping pills were the nobles of the Old Testament family. They see the situation later and cry out.

“Disruptors for the protagonists, step back. ”

Lily tells you that all the nobles who are still standing still have left the banquet hall. The soldiers draw their swords and rush towards the banquet hall.

“Your Majesty!"

“What the hell! ”

“Please explain! Your Majesty!"

Arc smiles bitterly.

“Defeat the traitors. ”

The banquet hall was suddenly stained with blood.

*

“Hey, arc! ”

The next day, the shield slammed the door in the arc's office! I came in with an open voice.

“What were you thinking? Why are you so stumped? ”

Arc looks at the shield with his expressionless face.

“…… Several of the Old Testaments went to Abyss after Gawain betrayed them. ”

The protection was obstructed because it was absurd. Is that what this is about?

“Did you kill all the old knights left? And you didn't say a word to me! ”

“They were potential traitors. ”

In arc's reply, the guard gives out a burst of anger.

“Even the Old Testament differed slightly from ours, they were all loyal to this country! ”

“Yeah, that's what I thought. But, Mr. Protect, that innocent Gawain betrayed his country. What about all the other old knights in the backyard? Do they have half as much faith in her? I just got rid of him before he became an enemy. ”

I didn't think I could communicate at all. The protector blushes his lips, turning his back and leaving the office.

Arc's pathological symptoms are getting worse.

‘There must be a traitor inside. ’

Arc instinctively notices that an insider is leaking information. Such suspicions grew not only because they knew all the escape routes and supply routes on the road perfectly, but also knew and dealt with the strategy of securing highly classified Valtracen drinking water. It was difficult to explain all of these cases just by spreading the spy.

Arc couldn't help but sit still because his back water was murky. No matter what you try, the traitor inside seems to be leaking information or playing tricks on you.

Arc concludes. We can't move forward like this.

‘Slow and steady, I have to clean the house first. ’

The killing of the old knights was just the beginning. Arc has issued Empire's "Revolutionary Squad Extraction Orders." The goalkeeper reaffirmed the identities of all of Empire's territories, much like the military reform Arc used to expand to the entire size of the territory. However, the punishment and the charges were even greater.

Anyone whose identity was not clear at all was released to the outside world. In the blink of an eye, the colonists read the living quarters and were thrown out of the castle. The outcasts were fortunate. Suspected spies were executed immediately.

On the first day of the Enforcement Decree, Arc himself went out to execution.

During the night, the colonists who were facing execution were lined up in front of the execution with their hands tied, surrounded by revolutionaries, spies and traitors. In the middle lies a huge guillotine.

“Your Majesty! ”

“Oh my, Your Majesty! ”

The sinners shout when they see Arc entering.

“The Mark is not some kind of Abyss spy! It's not even a revolution! Help me, please! ”

“What does this have to do with someone who's lived in Empire for 60 years! It's unfair!”

“Help me! Help my father! ”

The death row was filled with those who called for injustice. But Arc said calmly.

“Execute your brother. ”

Arc continued his search plan despite the colonial revolt.

The atmosphere of Empire itself was overwhelming. Despite the mysterious poison episode followed by a revolutionary attempt at gathering and the lack of resources caused by Lord's hijacking of the city's warehouses, Arc focused on finding traitors rather than caring for civilians.

“How many people have died already? ”

“What will happen to this country……. ”

“They're coming back from the Abyss soon. ”

Empire, the most populous city in the north, has plunged deeper into the swamp of chaos than ever before.

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The problem is, it's 15, but I have to send the amount to be added to Thanksgiving next Monday.

So Thanksgiving?) I'm going to put up a few pieces of the diaphragm. I like the fun life of my friends in the Abyss.

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