Dungeon Defense (WN)

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“You barbaric Republicans...! ”

Luke grunts and walks down the hall. Just now, Luke and I were about to be released from Republic Intelligence. Luke seems pretty upset about the informants' vandalism. I asked Luke to speak with an unbridled voice.

“At least you didn't use violence. It's a gentleman's response. ”

“But I used the magic of truth and the medicine! This is not treating us as exiles. You're supposed to be the mole! ”

Luke slams his fist against the wall. A fortified brick fires into the depression and drops the rubble. Luke's eyes gleam in anger.

“Even if I did, Daisy, you are the only virgin Duke of Curtos. If the godfather Dantalian enters the quantum realm of Sevastoclator, you will be the heir to the imperial throne! How dare you...! ”

“It's okay.”

Luke's feelings became clear. In this interrogation, intelligence officers focused on interrogating only one of me. I came here half intentionally and treated Luke like a servant, which is why the intelligence agency has underestimated his importance to me. It was a reasonable treatment.

Our brothers and sisters were imprisoned as soon as they arrived in the capital, Munich, Republic. He was interrogated all night, and in addition to that, he was incarcerated for a day or solitary.

Maybe Hannah took some time to review my testimony. In other words, the Republic has personally identified the secret passageway to Castle Marwan. It was the Republic. It was very fast. No, I should applaud a woman named President here....

Elizabeth von Habsburg.

This powerful man, who forsakes his last name and only wants to be called Elizabeth, has been bugging me from the beginning. We grab the guard commander and take him hostage. She walks out of here dressed in her pajamas and wearing a cape.

She was a beautiful woman who stopped breathing. Silver hair that proves the blood of the Habsburg imperial family. With your back straight and chin up, Elizabeth looks straight at me.

‘The servants of Dantalian. ’

It was a voice reminiscent of the middle of winter. It was cold but alluring. I was originally going to politely walk out that way when I met her. However, the reality changed my mind. She dishonorably neglected to call him 'Dantalian.'

You mean my father is your friend? It was a bit unpleasant. I was expressionless.

My name is Daisy von Coustos, daughter of the noble Duke of Coustos. ’

Curtos? That's what Dantalian was called in his palace? ’

‘I didn't realize the President was so interested in the Duke's privacy. I'm glad I have so much to tell you. ’

Elizabeth snorts a little.

‘Well, it doesn't matter. I will call you what I wish you to be called. Princess of Curtos, why do you insist on invading the capital of our Republic at this hour of the night? ’

Looking at the tone, it was clear that the other person didn't like me at first sight.

We've only shared a few glances and a few sentences, but we've already figured out how fiercely persistent the other person is.

First, even after she died, she didn't call me 'Daughter of Dantalian' or 'Ceremony of Dantalian'. Even though I've already checked with intelligence to make sure that Daisy von Curtos and her impression are the same.

In other words, consciously or unconsciously, she did not want to admit that I was very close with him. It was proof that I didn't even know about the Empress of the Dead Kingdom and cared about my father.

He became obsessed with the woman before him more than he needed to. On the contrary, it was no surprise that the president was obsessed with his father. The problem was the difference in eye height. The other person seemed to think that he was in league with him. I had to see that my head was a little bad.

I needed to push my nose a little bit.

I set the guard commander free without a word. As my blade falls from the guard captain's neck, the guard commander flees to the other side, cowardly. When he saw that, President Elizabeth twitched her eyebrows.

"Hoho. Is it okay to release the hostages voluntarily? ’

‘I've taken hostages to see the President anyway. My primary objective has already been achieved. Holding out for a long time doesn't mean anything. ’

‘It means nothing. ’

President Elizabeth wedges her arms.

‘Princess of Curtos. Seven swordsmen are surrounding you in secret. Once the hostages have been released, our reason for stopping the attack is also gone. Isn't that a little presumptuous? ’

"Not seven, but nine. ’

‘ ……. ’

Suddenly, the air around me became turbulent.

The fighters escorting the president are relentless in their footsteps towards this direction. In addition to the seven swordsmen who were showing up, he was thoroughly hidden from the others. They realized that no matter how good I was, I was more than just a sword.

This was a chance to change the mood.

I confessed after I put the Great Sword in the sheath.

‘As heir to the Duke, I endured the most powerful Demon King Baal in all, took the Demon King Agarose captive, and died in an honorable duel with Marshal Gaspar de Tabanes, deputy general of the Frank Empire. Now I ask for asylum in my home. ’

Treat them as political exiles.

The soldiers look embarrassed. My specialty was overwhelming.

Now that I think about it, my father commanded me to endure the Demon Kings was also a condolence for the future. He sometimes planned to make me emperor of the Habsburg Empire.

If I, the goddaughter of the Demon King, ascend to Emperor, the people will protest violently, not only in the surrounding countries. No matter how human, we cannot accept the Demon King's feast as emperor.

Then my specialty shines. Humans who slaughtered the Demon King in the first place and the Demon King in the second place. Showcasing this largely reduces repulsion significantly. Rather, it might give the impression that the emperor is a fair emperor on both sides…….

Sometimes he described himself as a spider. That was a really accurate analogy.

By scattering spider silk all over the place, all is well. We have all the possibilities in place so that the future can respond in any way... … Everyone other than your father is just a game of helplessness caught in a spider web.

You are no exception, Elizabeth von Habsburg. Pay your respects to your father. I looked him straight in the eye.

After a while, the president opened his lips.

"The Republic accepts people without asking where they are from. If you truly wish to seek asylum, the Foreign Office is happy to welcome you. But you know the procedure is necessary. ’

‘Absolutely.'

‘Sir, a very precious guest has arrived. Treat them with all your heart.’

President Elizabeth commands his men.

And what followed was an interrogation without limit.

There are hundreds of questions surrounded by intelligence agents. Everyone was an extremely skilled specialist. Rumor has it the Habsburg Republic has the most highly intelligent network on the continent. However, the more thorough the dictatorship, the more flexible the place was like an intelligence agency.

I don't know if it was meant to pour out questions like a waterfall and distract me. I'm sorry, it didn't work out for me. One day, my father used to torture me all day long through training. Even then, I remained sane.

‘Are you sure you betrayed Dantalian? ’

‘At this time, Dantalian refers to the Demon King, the 71st place. Is it true you betrayed him? ’

Intelligence agents have come up with their own logic and deduced it. Compared to his dreadful "class," this was just a childish prank.

I was a little bored, so I used the questions backwards from this side. As a result, Barbatos has been placed under my jurisdiction for as long as he is under surveillance by the intelligence services. By now, the president's dogs will be praising themselves that they've done what they do best.

Elizabeth has truly treated me with all her heart. So I cooked for her men with all my heart. I didn't do anything wrong.

Perhaps President Elizabeth will doubt me to the end, but once I passed the intelligence services' test, my goal was primarily achieved. That's why, unlike Luke, I'm not in a bad mood.

“Put it like this and put it in a shabby corner. I'm gonna make a scene. ”

Luke grunts and opens a visit at the end of the hall. It was set up in the basement of an intelligence building. We can't leave here without permission from now on.

The room was quite spacious. In the center, Barbato was tied to a half-witchcraft chain and was stunned by a very powerful anesthetic. Apart from that, it was a palatial luxury room.

“... Not bad, not bad. ”

Luke frowns. I felt reluctant to let her go.

I betrayed my father and was imprisoned by foreign intelligence, but even in this situation, Luke was at peace. Are they bold or have they no ideas? No matter how friendly I was as a sister, Luke was closer to the latter.

I walked towards the bed. Luke said behind my back.

“Huh? Trying to go straight to bed? ”

“The president will call back in a few hours. Until then, keep your eyes open. ”

I lay in bed digging like a hedgehog. Two days of intelligence would have forced my body to tire out. Whenever I had this opportunity, I had to work hard to relieve my fatigue.

I slowly fell asleep. I could fall asleep anytime, anywhere. This was also because of your father's class. He put down a task that he had to endure troublefully, such as, "Do not sleep for a full night," or, "I will not allow you to sleep for more than 10 minutes."

Those exercises have piled up and I'm here now.

Even if he wasn't there right now, he was clearly imprinted on me.

That was enough.

I had a vision in my head. It was the day my father kissed me. I remember the number of his eyebrows, the softness and temperature of his lips, and everything vividly. I gently touched my lips.

“ ……. ”

It was a little difficult.

Imagining my father's kiss made me feel a little hot.

But I had to be patient. Not only is there Luke here, but there are memory artifacts everywhere. If you beat the prank out of here, the report will go directly to President Elizabeth.

…… patient.

I consciously tried not to think of him. But every time I went to sleep, I had to fight desperately against my own habits, because it had become a long habit to comfort my father by thinking about him.

After all, I fell asleep three hours later. In the meantime, Luke falls asleep on the other side of the bed and snores excitedly.

…… Perhaps in the next interrogation we should ask President Elizabeth for a one-man room. A room with no memory artifacts.