Imperial Guard - Chapter 64



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“···What on earth has this guy Rael been doing?”

The captain of the baggers.

Zenith couldn’t hide her bewilderment at the flood of requests.

Most of them were requests to find out information about Rael.

“I don’t know either. The first day of the party hasn’t even ended yet···.”

The first day of His Highness the Grand Duke’s return party had not even ended.

Nobles seeking information about Rael knocked on Bagus’ door.

“Is it true that you won an overwhelming victory in a duel with the Second Prince’s knight?”

“I’ve heard rumors like that. If the response is like this, I don’t think it’s a lie.”

Baggers’ number two, Caron, nodded.

I don’t know for sure, but it was clear that Rael had done something terrible.

“Tsk. Even if the requests come to us, it’s annoying for the Night Crow. We can’t stop the requests they make.”

“Yes. Judging from the fact that there aren’t many requests for the Second Princess compared to Rael, it seems like most of them were requested by the Night Crow. Rael is from a lower district, so he must have left it to us.”

The Night Crow, an information guild that dominates the upper districts of the capital.

It was also because of them that Baggers had been struggling to expand their territory recently.

The night crow, who was already a stone embedded in the ground, had no intention of accepting the rolling stone, Bagus.

“Those motherfuckers are no help at all.”

“What should I do? Should I contact Rael first?”

“···That must be the case. Tsk. Unlike Fermat, we can’t control information. If we reveal information different from that of the Night Crow, Bagger’s trust will plummet.”

Unlike the Baggers, the Night Crows are an information guild that has ruled the upper districts of the capital for decades.

With their enormous information power, it was obvious that Rael’s information would be thoroughly dug up.

“I wish I knew exactly what information they have.”

“Shall we capture those night crows?”

“It’s not easy because they’re so elusive. We can’t move around carelessly because we don’t want to get caught as informants among the beggars in the capital.”

“···Tsk. I wish a few of those night ravens would just fall from the sky.”

Zenith sighed.

It’s ridiculous, but the situation was that complicated.

There may come a time when I have to sell Rael’s information directly.

Kwaang-

At that moment, the door to the captain’s office burst open.

It was Rael who entered the room.

He was wearing knightly armor that Zenith had personally prepared.

“Rael. What’s going on? The royal family just came out of the party? Who are they?”

“It’s been a while. Open house.”

Knock-knock-knock.

Rael naturally placed five people on the floor.

Originally, the investigation of people should be left to the public.

“Please investigate these guys. They’re trying to investigate me, but I don’t know where they belong. I don’t know much about the Information Guild.”

“···uh?”

As soon as Zenith heard Rael’s words, she checked the right arm of the man in front of her.

He had a crow tattooed on his forearm.

It was the symbol of the Information Guild’s Night Raven.

“They’re the night owls···”

Zenith laughed bitterly.

It really was like those night crows fell from the sky.

*

The investigation into them was quick.

Because the night ravens were originally the ones that Bagus was watching.

“So… these guys are the best information guild in the empire.”

“Yeah. Lately, we’ve been fighting over territory with Baggers.”

Baggers, who had a formidable source of information, rose to prominence in the capital.

Even the night ravens, who had initially shown no interest in baggers, now rushed to keep them in check with their eyes burning.

“Hmm… It wasn’t that strong.”

“These guys are probably the lowest-ranking ones. The Night Raven basically has the lowest-ranking ones gathering information, and the executives moving based on that information.”

“It’s annoying to leave the troublesome things to the lower ranks.”

“Yes. The scary thing about the Night Raven is that it doesn’t care about the means and methods used in the process.”

“···Somehow. I could smell blood.”

Rael recalled the time when he had subdued the night crows.

They had no mercy in their hands compared to the strength they possessed.

He probably got used to killing people weaker than him.

“It feels really weird to meet those assholes after such a long time. Tsk.”

Rael clicked his tongue as he looked at the fallen Night Ravens on the floor.

Once these guys were caught, they started leaking information without any warning.

That means they haven’t suffered much.

“Hee, heeeek. Sorry.”

As Rael approached, the night crow’s lower body shuddered and shut its eyes tightly.

It was a reaction befitting of a guy who was subdued without even being hit a few times.

“Hey, buddy. Look at my face. I don’t look like a bad guy, do I? If you tell me honestly, I’ll spare your life. You’ll tell me properly, right?”

“Yes, yes···! I will tell you!”

“Is your target Prince Uriel? Or is it his knights?”

“His Highness Uriel is the top priority. His knight, Rael, is a sidekick!”

“Hmm. Is this why I’m being treated as a sidekick?”

I expected it to be a side story, but when I actually heard it, I felt bad.

“That’s not it···!”

Zenith shook her head as she watched Rael longing for the end of the night crow.

‘That guy should have been in the underworld, not a guard or a knight.’

If he had been active in Baghdad from the beginning, the Night Ravens and all would have already taken over the Imperial Capital.

Zenith joined the conversation with a sense of regret.

“Lael. There have been many requests for investigations into you in Baghsoo as well. Considering the differences between royalty and commoners, your treatment can be seen as unusual.”

“is it so?”

“What’s important now is how much of your information you can hide. You have to deliver your information to the nobles before the Night Ravens begin their investigation.”

“Don’t worry about my information. I’ve already taken care of the important stuff.”

“···Is that true?”

Zenith asked, inwardly surprised.

Less than two hours had passed since the royal family left the party.

In the meantime, he processed all his information and even caught those night crows.

This monster’s skills were still intact.

“Yes. Pass on everything except the special guards. And you deal with these guys yourself.”

Rael glanced at the Night Ravens and stood up.

I thought I was going to be quite busy from now on, so I had to take a rest today.

“What are you planning to do, Rael? You’re not planning to attack the Night Raven, are you?”

“Why bother doing such a thing? If you just stay still, they’ll come. By the way, those night crows… Haomen, you bastards. You were wearing the Chinese character for crow.”

“···what?”

“There is something like that. They are like rivals of openness… Tsk. They won’t give up on me anyway.”

“Of course. Many nobles want information about you.”

“Then, if I just tell you my information on Baggers, it will definitely help, right?”

“That’s true… What are you planning to do? Are you planning to cause trouble again?”

“I’m not trying to do anything weird. I just want to take care of the guys who come near me.”

Baggers is an important place to Rael.

If they were to be reborn as the best information guild in the Empire, then virtually all of the Empire’s information would be in Rael’s hands.

And, just in case, it would be good to let them know that they shouldn’t be touched.

In the underworld, such rumors spread quickly.

“Rael. I believe in your strength… but there is someone in the Night Raven Guild called Tushin.”

“···Fighting God? How good of a fighter must you be to have been given that nickname?”

It’s a name I’ve never heard before, even in the original.

Could this also be part of the butterfly effect that he created?

“No, it’s not the fighting god, it’s the stealing god.”

“···Are you not a god of fighting, but a god of stealing?”

“okay.”

“No, then you’re a thief.”

“I’m not a thief. I’m a person who can steal anything…”

“What the hell. I’m not even Lupin the Phantom Thief. I’m just a thief.”

“···Phantom Thief Lupin? What is that?”

What the fuck.

Why do you put a god on a thief?

Rael shook his head in disbelief.

“Anyway, since this is a suicide mission and all, I’m going to use this opportunity to help expand Bagger’s territory, so please take advantage of it.”

“We’re fine… but are you okay? You already have all kinds of attention on you right now. Now that the position of the second princess you support has grown so much, excessive attention could be poisonous.”

“Don’t worry. I’ll just deal with the ones that come to me. And, you know, I have this.”

Rael took out the mask from his bosom.

It’s time to return to District 4’s bounty hunter, Gaksital.

*

Carlson, Knight of the Silver Cross, was busy gambling with dice again today.

Because in this boring world, the only thing that filled his heart was gambling.

“What the heck…! I lost everything again today?!”

But the results were similar every day.

With his talent, he couldn’t beat the gamblers who had only been gambling for decades.

Because the hand is faster than the eye.

“Sir Carlson, Mr. Rael will be angry if he finds out.”

Lower priest of District 4.

Cecilia looked at Carlson with worried eyes.

I was worried because his gambling seemed to be getting worse lately.

“It’s okay. You don’t know about my close relationship with you.”

“uh···.”

Is that so?

I think Mr. Rael would be even angrier if he found out…

But Cecilia didn’t bother to say anything.

Because I’ve said the same thing several times already.

“Gaia-men! Gaia-sama! I lost again today! What the hell is going on!”

The next day, Carlson lost all the money he had taken with him.

He took up his sword in anger at losing his money.

Today was a regular training day.

Although there was no one to watch him, he was a conscientious knight and did not miss his training.

“Oh my money!”

Chook-!

Boom-!

A small training ground in the branch.

Carlson swung his sword in anger.

‘If only Brother Rael had been here, the tables would have turned…!’

I was upset that Brother Rael wasn’t there!

‘Why does our God, Gaia, abandon a little lamb like me like this?’

Why doesn’t God give me the power to earn money if I pray every day?

Carlson’s swordsmanship was burning with sorrow and anger.

And then at some point.

Carlson felt the connection between the sword and himself.

Flash-!

That day, a huge light burst out from inside the training ground.

*

“therefore···.”

Rael slowly opened his mouth with his arms crossed.

A sword made of divine power sparkled before his eyes, stealing his gaze.

“I lost all my money gambling on dice, but because of that anger, I swung my sword and was able to use the Divine Power Sword?”

“He said, ‘Forget kindness, but never forget your enemies.’ I just followed that teaching.”

“···Are you sure about Gaia-sama’s teachings? Isn’t it the opposite?”

“Huh? Now that I think about it, it seems like it was the opposite. As expected from Brother Rael!”

“···.”

Rael felt a headache as he watched Carlson break through the sect’s swordsmanship and pioneer a new path.

There is a guy who barely manages to use the sword while shouting ‘Cheonsalgeom Chapter 1, Ipcheon’ every time he fights, but that guy says he woke up after losing money while gambling with dice.

Is there such a stupid world?

“I have to go to the sect headquarters tomorrow to prove this sword. He told me to bring Father Cecilia along while I’m there.”

“Father Cecilia? Oh… you mean the archbishop exam?”

This was personally recommended by Grand Master Marco of the Knights of the Silver Cross.

They said they would send someone from the church, but it seems they were annoyed and decided to deal with it together with Carlson.

“That’s right. You’re a very talented priest, skipping the bishop and becoming an archbishop.”

“I think you have a greater talent.”

Cecilia was blessed with divine powers from birth.

But the amazing thing was that Carlson became strong for such a stupid reason.

“Haha, thank you, bro. Oh, will you come with me tomorrow too?”

“Me? Can I go?”

“What could be wrong? You are an honorary knight of the Knights of the Silver Cross.”

“Huh? Really?”

Come to think of it, I am an honorary knight of the Knights of the Silver Cross.

There should be no problem in visiting the headquarters of the religious order.

“Then shall we go and try it?”

I don’t know about Carlson, but I really wanted to see Cecilia recognized by the church.

Because the new saintess will bring great winds to the empire.

I wanted to feel the butterfly effect right there.

*

There was a girl.

She lost her parents at a young age and wandered the streets as a pickpocket. One day, she realized her talent.

Her movements were so fast that no one noticed, and she stole everything she set her mind to.

Things, fame, money, treasure.

Even the human heart.

She did not hide her presence as she wandered the streets.

Still, there was nothing she couldn’t steal.

At some point, she was called a prostitute.

“Investigate the information of a single article… Are you leaving this to me?”

Tushin stared intently at the Night Raven’s leader who had lowered his head.

She and the Night Raven had a cooperative relationship, but this was the first time she had been entrusted with such a menial task.

“This is a mission more important and urgent than anything else. This is something that only you, Your Majesty, can do···!”

The executive lowered his head to the floor.

It was that urgent.

Originally, the Night Raven’s work began with investigating the lower-level officials.

However, the subordinates in charge of Rael had disappeared, and the nobles’ demands were greater than expected.

There is no more time to delay.

‘Rumor has it that Baggers is already supplying information.’

The information guild Baggers has recently grown in power to a frightening degree.

I couldn’t be pushed around by them.

“But you’re telling me to investigate the Second Princess and her knights? It hurts your pride. I’ll investigate the Second Princess instead.”

“No. Information about the princess is rather easy to obtain. The problem is this article.”

Information about the princess can be obtained by moving informants within the imperial family.

The Night Raven, who ruled the upper sector, was harder to investigate than the one in the lower sector named Rael.

“Ha. Well, okay. You’ve prepared the money, right?”

“Yes. Yes… I will prepare it to your satisfaction.”

“I’ll start moving tomorrow. Go out.”

“Thank you, Mr. Tushin.”

The executive bowed his head several times to express his gratitude and left.

Tushin nodded after examining the impression he had left behind.

“Hmm. One man… This mission will be really easy.”

Tushin threw himself onto the bed without thinking much.

Anyway, this task won’t be difficult.

The talent she has.

As long as you have the ‘Curse of Stealing God’, there is nothing you cannot steal.