I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!

Patrice, who had led a group of merchant ships, had met with officials of the Lustoire Integrated Government at the space port.

The two exchange hands.

"Dear Patrice from the Newlands Chamber of Commerce, right? I've been waiting for you."

"Welcome."

An integrated government is a gathering of many democracies.

Noble politics like the Empire is not going on.

A greater proportion rely on artificial intelligence than on empires, and there are no knights even if the army has man-made weapons.

From an integrated government, it's an anachronistic political system, such as an empire.

Such an integrated government official was waiting for Patrice's arrival.

Officials guide us to the room where we do business.

It was not just the officials of the integrated government who waited there, but the statesmen and the military.

"That's right. That's right."

When Patrice says so, the soldiers look bitter.

Marie is the one accompanying Patrice as such an escort.

(Officer class is here on the trading floor? Are you in a pretty hurry?

When Patrice got to her seat, Marie stood behind that diagonal.

The official who gave the guide divides the scene.

"We're in a hurry here, too, so let's quickly see what the deal is about. And we'll continue to do business on an ongoing basis."

"I can't guarantee that."

When Patrice turns down the ongoing deal, the face of the integrated government on this occasion kills.

I knew you were in a lot of a hurry, but you look pretty much cornered.

"- May I ask why?

"It was the Earl of Banfield who brought this item together. The Earl hates joining a faction without righteousness"

One of the military men who heard it waved his fist down.

"How dare you!

"Wait! - Excuse me. You don't understand the situation yet."

My surroundings were holding back the military men who revealed their anger.

Officials tell us how this civil unrest went.

"Among the countries that are members of an integrated government, there has been a move to launch a new interstellar state independently"

That in itself is not a rare story, and the Empire sometimes has such moves.

Soon repression will be Othi, but the integrated government will again have different circumstances.

"If a dictator were born to proclaim independence, we would also suppress it immediately. But if democracy dictates independence, we won't be able to do it easily."

If an opponent leads an army and forces it to obey, the integrated government will also crack down on it immediately.

But when a democratically elected leader declares independence, it is troubling.

Because that is the result of democracy being chosen.

Patrice listens funny.

"It's not like the Empire."

"- Yes. And the states that claim independence have come together to wage war on an integrated government"

Marie felt the piece buried as she listened behind her back.

(Has the Empire supported it? No. Someone in the empire, maybe?

"The weapon they use is disguised, but it has been investigated as belonging to the Empire."

Seeing footage projected into the air, Marie immediately assigns which weapons factory built the ship.

(Is this - the First Weapons Factory? The second weapons factory is involved, too. Isn't that a new model?)

It was a weapons factory ship on the side of the Berkley family.

Looks like the Berkeleys have been destroyed and their ships have drifted into an integrated government.

(If you can do this, there are quite a few upper-position people involved in the empire as well)

Patrice was watching the footage with interest.

"So it's the Empire that's supporting that newly independent nation, right? So you're all angry. But you'll have trouble hitting me with that. I am a merchant. Besides, my patron, Count Banfield, does not support your enemies."

Officials seem to understand, too.

"Yes, but the problem is that the luck of independence is increasing everywhere. The army of an integrated government can't move inadvertently, it can't gather what it thinks it can do with surveillance everywhere."

However, the enemy had assembled the most sophisticated weapons to take control of the perimeter by force.

Patrice asks.

"- What's the name of the person supporting the enemy?

Answer while officials have a little trouble saying, "What is most powerful as a possibility?"

"It is considered His Highness Linus of the Empire. To be precise, we have information here that the people involved are moving."

When Marie heard it, she opened her eyes wide and let them suck.

(This is what bothered Rosetta. And it's starting to get interesting)

Patrice sighs small.

"- His Highness Linus, is it? Well, let's start trading in the goods we brought in."

◇

It was the United Kingdom of Occidents that the Henfree Chamber of Commerce starship came.

As an interstellar state, it is similar to an empire, where kingdoms gather for republican politics.

Thomas had previously done business in the United Kingdom and used that legend to meet with one of the nobles.

The nobleman who blows the pipe exposes to Thomas the interior of the United Kingdom.

Of course, after Thomas paid a lot of money.

"Empire Prince Linus is providing support to several states that make up the United Kingdom. When Prince Linus became Emperor, there was a back deal to give up the disputed land to the United Kingdom."

"Back deal!?"

To my surprise, it was no surprise that there was such a story.

In the first place, the empire's territory is vast.

A little shredded, it doesn't hurt or itch for Linus.

In the first place, the territory to be conceded was also the property of the nobility and was not inherently a land where Linus was free to do so.

"The people who made the back deal within the United Kingdom are gaining momentum. There are also more domestic skirmishes, so we're gathering the supplies we need. Come to business with us, too. Will it make it cheaper?

Thomas convinced the aristocrat, who naturally tells him to sell it cheap, to split it it as an information fee replacement.

"Do you know what country I'm giving Prince Linus?

"Except for you, country and nobility. The country I serve is also working with Prince Linus, but I'm not personally."

Thomas could not be trusted.

"- Your Highness Linus is moving aggressively."

"For its part, the United Kingdom receives support and also has a disputed area. If His Royal Highness Linus were to reign in the Empire, it would be profitable."

I'm saying it like some other HR.

It's just that the nobles had their necks around them, too.

"However, until now, it has never been so rough because the Empire is interfering. There will be timing issues, but this time the skirmishes are likely to last longer."

Thomas was even more distressed by the aristocracy that said it was painful.

◇

Imperial University.

As I lecture, I look sideways at Wallace, who goes with me every day next door.

- It's bad for you to drink till morning every night.

That being said, there are excellent medicines in this world.

Some medicines heal quickly, such as hangovers, so it's okay to take them every night so you can take a bath.

In the first place, it is not a problem because it is fortified from the flesh.

Wallace's having a mental problem.

"Leave me alone. I'll be killed soon anyway. They turn on the assassin, treat him as sick and dead, and disappear - hehe, this is the end of many other royal families."

I'm too pessimistic to like.

"Don't worry, I have an escort for you, too."

"The royal family has a long and dreary history. During that long history, a number of special assassination groups have emerged. Liam is strong, but you better realize that some opponents can't win."

You're an assassination group born for unpleasant reasons.

Hmm, I'll spend more money on my own escort, too.

Consoling Wallace of pessimism, an urgent report was sent.

Upon immediate confirmation of that, it was from Thomas and Patrice working in a foreign country.

Finally, there are reports from Marie.

Reports from Thomas say there are moves involving Linus within the Occidental United Kingdom.

He's a bad guy, too.

More than that, it's the United Kingdom.

I like it when you have a nobleman to sell information on your side!

Instruct Thomas to stay connected with the aristocrats who sell his allies.

However, since Linus is an enemy, I would add that Linus supports countries that are hostile to those that are cooperating.

The report from Patrice is - there is a growing chance of independence in the Lustwar integrated government, and it seems Linus is supporting it.

This guy doesn't have a name anywhere.

As an empire, I'd like to help a nation that seems independent, but in my personal opinion Linus is an enemy, so let's help the integrated government.

I become horrified to make selfish decisions without thinking about the Empire at all.

As a bad lord, I feel a little bit more conscious.

Read Marie's report.

It said something there that didn't matter.

"What the hell is this? Who told you to report the occult story?

Marie's report says that it is inconceivable that there is, in any case, a dispute in the neighbouring countries because the Empire intervened.

We have interfered in other countries before, and we have a history of interference.

It has always been normal.

But all this time, it said something was wrong and I felt something moving behind me.

You even think about it in conspiracy theory? Ridiculous.

It's like fighting all year round.

I guess the timing just happened to mesh.

It's moving behind that - no, wait.

I came to one possibility here.

At a time when I was arguing with the princes, there was movement in the surrounding countries.

"No way!

I'm about to shout and block my mouth with my own hands.

I almost got naked by accident.

The timing is too convenient for me - there must be a guy behind this job.

Yes, the conductor!

"What's up, Liam?

Wallace looked at me with a tired face, so I gave him an extraordinary smile.

"Pleasure, Wallace. Apparently, my victory has been confirmed."

"Are you sleeping?

I pulled Wallace's head off that he didn't understand I was serious at all.

◇

"Kanpai!

It was a dim, luxurious drinker.

The dressed women are serving around Liam and pouring alcohol.

There was a figure of Wallace sobbing near Liam like that.

"Shh shh shh!

It is a sake.

"Wallace, I'm here because I'm in a fancy store, so have more fun."

"I can't enjoy it! I can't enjoy it at all!

Wallace, frightened by the assassination crisis, was distracted by alcohol.

Born as a royal family, for knowing how assassinations are sophisticated.

Well, I want you to remember here.

Where are the groups that were leaping behind the empire in the most radical of times?

There was a time when bloody strife persisted for too long, by too many royals two thousand years ago.

The group behind those times - finally, betrayed and stoned by the emperor, the employer.

From the table where Liam and the others are making noise, one woman heads to the bathroom.

When she was alone in the bathroom, the woman took the needle out of her little bag.

"- Stupid man. Do you think you can survive with only the arms of a sword? You don't need strength to kill a man."

When I say that and try to get back to Liam, a big wall stands in front of me.

The black wall was laughing.

"I agree with that opinion. It just doesn't reach that level of needle to kill him."

The big man, laughing with pleasure, was in a robe wearing a mask.

The robe sways and is blocked by hand from behind as the woman tries to speak out.

There was a woman with a similar mask behind her.

When the masked woman peeled off the woman's face, there was a different face there.

Masked man - Kukuri puts his face closer to the woman.

"The disguise is also poor. After all, he seems to be losing a lot of things. It's an incredible skill in our time."

I removed my joints and softened my body as the woman managed to get out, but I couldn't get away from the woman in the mask with her wings tightened.

The masked woman's skin doesn't suck away on her body.

And slowly the three of them get sucked into the floor.

"Mm-hmm!"

Kukri looked intrigued as he watched the woman resisting.

"You can consider it weakened, but it is also possible that you are acquiring different technologies. Hmm, let me ask you a lot. Anyway, we have 2,000 years of blanks."

As the woman tried to do something, the masked woman took away her consciousness.

"- Is this the darkness serving the emperor today?

Kukuri answers the simple question of the masked woman like she's in trouble.

"Has it lost its quality? Well, maybe he went in a different direction than we did. Take the time to check the area as well. Oh, you take his place and deal with Master Liam."

"Yes."

Stop the masked woman from sinking in, and when she changes her flesh, she turns into an earlier woman.

And grab a woman's head and use magic.

A woman shudders and starts blowing bubbles.

"- Apparently, it's the end. I don't have a lot of knowledge or technology."

Kukri unfortunately dropped his shoulder to the answer of his men, who read his memories from the woman.

"You were unexpected to send such a lower end for Master Liam's life. Well, that's good. Okay, I'll take care of it later."

When the woman and Kukuri disappear, the woman with the mask off even changes her costume in an instant.

Then I heard footsteps.

Male staff.

"Catherine, come back soon, because today's customers don't want to piss you off."

The woman replies slightly irritated to the male staff with the cat's voice.

(This guy's been replaced by a carefree woman, so the answer here is -)

"I know! Already, go that way!

"It's always stinging now."

When the male staff leaves, the woman also heads to Liam.