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66 Infiltration
The boy wearing a nicely tailored n.o.bility clothes and the blond-haired young man who was wearing a dress similarly made with a lot of high-quality cloth were being rocked within the carriage heading towards the Royal Palace with nervous expressions.
The boy was very lovely even while young and one gets an impression that he"s older than he looks. He might be elf-mixed.
The blond young man"s ears are pointed, indicating an elf"s characteristic.
The young man holds an elaborate beauty compared to the elf-mixed boy. Though they are not siblings, the atmosphere they give off seems they could be distant relatives.
Driving the carriage is a dark gray-haired butler. Perhaps his haircolor was changed with chemicals, the color of his hair does not suit his cool atmosphere.
Although he has a evenly balanced and graceful face, because his bangs are lowered, his eyes are hidden and it becomes hard to inquire him.
Beside the carriage, a red-haired adventurer with an imposing body who probably looked familiar due to his skills was keeping a watchful eye. His well-featured face has a fearless expression.
The brand new horse-drawn carriage with a complicated crest pattern was quietly moving forward in the main road and soon stopped in front of the door of the palace gate.
The guards inquire their ident.i.ty.
[The carriage over there, what do you need? That"s an unfamiliar family crest.]
A blond young man showed his face from the inside.
[It"s Ciel Houston who would be receiving the t.i.tle in a few days. I have received the King"s imperial command.]
[An elf, huh…]
The soldier exchanged words with the soldier next to him, and just when one thought thought that they will finally be smiling, they opened the gate with hypocritical courtesy.
[…Somehow, we got through smoothly.]
The black-haired youth whispers in a low voice.
[It"s fine up to here, the problem starts from now on. I will do the talking, so Rei just be quiet and don"t catch attention.]
[I know.]
The carriage advances while they"re whispering to each other, finally stepping into the Royal Palace after stretching across the designated place.
Let me explain the situation here.
With the help of Third Prince Westin, we"re trying to infiltrate the Royal Palace with the n.o.ble peerage we bought with gold, together with a butler, bodyguard, and other disguise.
Because we bought a genuine rank, there"s no need to worry about being found out as we confidently enter. Westin took responsibility for the funds. Such a generous prince.
It seems that lately, Egrald has been gathering fighting strength and fortune anyhow, and we heard that he apparently concluded that elven magic-users are war potentials.
*Poof* and he was awarded an rank and was summoned. Perhaps because the number of n.o.bles standing in the front lines are lacking, he"ll probably be ordered to partic.i.p.ate in the war.
So far, Westin"s plot has been proceeding accordingly.
We will directly meet with Egrald and try to persuade him, and if it doesn"t work then we will use force to apprehend him.
Even if it"s impossible to capture him, we must be careful not to go on a rampage and call attention..
At that same time, Westin and the revolutionary army who are hiding in various places will simultaneously revolt.
Which means that whether the plan will work or not depends on our acting abilities.
At any rate, until we meet Egrald, we must conduct ourselves so we won"t get discovered. Ciel, whose specialty is exactly that, was selected.
Since I also received the frilled clothes for n.o.bles from Ragna"s sister, Sati, I put it to practical use.
Maid? Of course I refused it with all my strength.
Aleph, whose aura of n.o.bility doesn"t disappear even when we dyed his conspicuous indigo blue hair and hid his eyes, disguised himself as a butler to take advantage of that.
Ragna is as he is. Taking out his friendly air, there"s a sense of intimidation that"s more than usual.
Just like that, please prevent other people from talking to me.
We were summoned so there will be a guide to accompany us, or so we thought but n.o.body came to greet us even after getting off the carriage.
Pa.s.sersby similarly hide their eyes and hurriedly flee. If this is our first time entering the castle, we will probably be troubled. But since we have Aleph, we know the way.
We"re approaching the audience room where Egrald is in while observing our surrounding.
As we walk while feeling the bloodthirsty atmosphere in our skin, a female"s protesting voice echoes in the corridor.
[What"s going on?]
[Is it something troublesome? Is it better to change our course?]
[Aleph, is there a different path?]
Aleph moderated each of our mouths with his hand.
[No, please wait, that voice is…]
When pitiful scream of the woman which sounded like a shriek elevated, Aleph"s face tightened and he started running.