Note: The Secret Squad was originally written as SS, so it could mean as Super Squad, Secret Squad, or Supreme Squadron.
This squad is used to refer to the personal squad of the Prince.
After listening to Gestein’s suggestion, he and the tower Master walked toward the meeting room. Two imperial knights tried to catch up, but they stopped them by raising their hands.
The royal knights did not insist on a close escort, perhaps because the blue tower master, who rose to the level of a high-ranking wizard, was near them.
They arrived at the meeting room. Lisefield was the first to set up a mana barrier to stop the conversation from leaking out.
At this time, Raymond thought magic was really convenient.
“Are you going to organize them all into the Secret Squad?”
The voice was quite serious. When he confirmed by nodding his head instead of answering, the face of the tower owner hardened.
“I don’t know if you’ll accept Lord Gestein, but if you put all of the survivors of the Knights of the Frosted Shield in Guard, the mountaineer won’t standstill.
Mountaineer is the nickname of the betrayed Gesteine, a high-ranking knight, who abandoned the Frost Shield Knights.
Lisefield’s comments made sense, but Raymond knew what was going to happen so he was relaxed.
“The Duke will not care about this.”
“Is there any reason for you to be sure?”
Stares calmly at Lisefield asking questions.
Seeing that his expression was stiff, Raymond thought he needed to explain a little bit.
“There will be a stir in the north in the near future. The mountaineer will be headed to the northern border with all his nerves.”
The setting of the “Fallen Empire” novel would soon lead to the Heifel Empire’s border provocation, and the North would be noisy for some time.
“The Duke can’t afford to care about anything else.”
Although he is a Great Duke of the Pilias Empire, the far north Heifel Empire is too great a threat.
“I see.”
Lisefield did not ask for the source of the information. He didn’t mean to answer honestly even if he asked questions anyway.
And a few days have passed. A lot has changed in the meantime.
Survivors of the Knights of Frosted Shield, which had been verified, were organized into the Secret Squad.
Some of the imperial knights returned to the palace and the Secret Squad filled the place instead.
The list of imperial knights sent back to the imperial palace was compiled by Alex, who mainly returned those who appeared to be close to the third prince based on statements from Gestein and the Secret Squad knights.
For Raymond, it was a delightful change as the third prince’s hands and feet were taken down.
“Fifth Prince, we have a banquet today.”
Alex came and reported as soon as he woke up at dawn and returned from the tower.
It’s already the day of the feast to celebrate the great victory, so he laughed and finished changing in the bedroom thinking that time went by so quickly.
“The carriage is waiting.”
“What about the Blue tower?”
Raymond asked Alex.
“He’s officially invited to the banquet, so he’s coming on a different route.”
There was a separate door for those who are formally invited to the banquet, not the attendants.
“Then I’ll leave the escort to the Secret Squad.”
“We will serve you safely, Your Majesty the Fifth.”
Before he knew it, Gestein raised his voice. Behind him, ten knights were seen armed with light weapons. Ten people remained in the Fifth Prince’s palace and the other half followed.
“Good for you.”
“I don’t want you to forget me.”
A blonde beauty wearing a blue robe appeared behind the carriage with a clear voice.
She held the robe slightly and lifted it, lightly honoring it.
“Desia Helly, the superior wizard of the tower. I’ll join the Fifth Prince’s Secret Squad.”
‘Top wizards, high-ranking knights, and ten finest knights who defended the northern border from the Heifel Empire……. Too good to escort a scoundrel.’
But it doesn’t matter. Starting today, the stigma of a scoundrel will disappear.
It is said to be falling, but it is a feast to commemorate the Empire’s victory in the Great War.
After the invasion of the Imperial Palace, the banquet began splendidly because the purpose was to announce that the empire was alive and well.
In addition, a large number of guards were deployed around the banquet hall to prevent the recurrence of unsavory events such as the attack on the imperial palace.
The nobles, who entered before the emperor and the imperial family, gathered with their factions or had a chat with each other in a similar age group.
The topics of the nobility were different, but the story of the Fifth Prince was the most talked about.
“I hear he has changed a lot lately.”
“Yes, he’s cutting back on his drinking and focusing on his mana training.”
“Thank God, this is an Imperial family celebration.”
TL corner:
The reason I haven’t updated for too long is that I was binge reading The Trash of The Count’s Family in my free time and I thought this story has the same vibe???
The conversation was more decent than he thought. Still, there were imperial knights all over the banquet hall, so it seemed to protect the minimum courtesy.
If it were a gathering of aristocrats, the word “bug” would have popped up very easily.
Although he did not swear openly, the aristocrats were busy undermining him little by little when the story of the fifth prince came out.
“The Third Prince is entering!”
The entrance seemed to be noisy, and the Third Prince entered with about 10 members of his own Secret Squad.
More than half of the Secret Squad consisted of wizards, as were the princes supported by the Red Tower and the Yellow Tower. Those who were not wizards also appeared to be knights belonging to the tower.
“The wizards of the Red Tower and the Yellow Tower.”
“As expected of the Third Crown Prince.”
“The Blue tower hasn’t joined yet.”
“They have no royal family members to support, do they? I don’t think there’s any good in dragging their feet like this.”
Although the nobles chatted small, those who openly showed such behavior were only low-ranking nobles, far from the power structure. The true nobles remained silent.
The march of the Third Prince is over. Entering deep into the banquet hall, he moved to a place where nobles who supported him gathered.
After he was the First Prince who entered immediately. His Imperial Guard, supported by the military, was composed of powerful knights.
Next came the second prince, accompanied by his own Secret Squad, whose men were all in a dark mood.
“I can’t see His Majesty the Fourth Prince.”
“He says he’s not feeling well. They say he is still recuperating.”
The nobles had a conversation. The Fourth Prince has not been feeling well since he was a child.
So he rarely showed up at official events.
“The Fifth Prince is entering!”
The servant let out a powerful voice.
“His Majesty the Fifth Prince?”
“It’s been five years.”
All of a sudden, the Fifth Prince, who hasn’t made an official appearance in five years participated in the banquet? The nobles turned their heads in the direction of the entrance, wondering if they had misheard the servant.
The door opened and the Fifth Prince entered. But it was different from five years ago
“Is the Fifth Prince that stout?”
HE trained hard enough to vomit blood for three months. It’s weird if he doesn’t lose weight.
“By the way, did the Fifth Prince have a Secret Squad?”
Someone said in a mysterious voice.
No one really wanted to follow the Fifth Prince. Therefore, there were many rumors that he had no proper subordinate as well as the Secret Squad.
“Where did he pick up those mercenaries?”
One murmured with a look of contempt.
Speaking in a voice enough for everyone around him to hear, he was a noble of the capital city and a man of the third prince.
It is possible to make insulting remarks openly because of the protection of the third prince.
On the contrary, he may be trying to undermine the Fifth prince in front of other aristocrats in order to impress the Third prince.
Most of the nearby Nobles nodded and sympathized with him because of the image.
“I didn’t know that the Fifth Prince had made a Secret Squad, but I didn’t know that he would have brought more high-quality knights than the Knights of the leading aristocracy.”
“The spirit is different, they are skilled enough to go to war.”
Unlike the aristocrats in the capital, the aristocracy in the north, which borders the Heipel Empire, recognized at a glance that the level of knights following in line behind the Fifth Prince was high.
“The woman behind the Fifth Prince is a Senior wizard.”
“I didn’t expect him to have such talent…….”
Officials at the tower also recognized Desia’s location.
Before entering the banquet hall, Desia has been faithfully following the order of the Fifth Prince not to hide Mana.
Senior wizards are such expensive human resources that they cannot operate on small estates.
In particular, Desia, who is following in the footsteps of the Fifth Prince, was young, forcing the attention of the officials of the tower to focus on her and the Fifth Prince.
Someone said, “What can you do even when you have good men? The Fifth Prince has no faction. It will be a lonely feast, obviously, they are from the Emperor.”
‘I’m sorry, but that didn’t happen.’
He smiled and moved on.
His bad reputation now was less than it used to be. It was all due to his brilliant minions and his changed appearance.
However, there were many eyes with contempt, perhaps because of the perception that he was still a scoundrel.
‘I am not a scoundrel anymore, I am the Fifth Prince of the Empire.’
His steps were full of confidence, and the following minions also walked with their hearts straightened.
It seemed as if we were saying, “We follow the Fifth Prince no matter what look we get at.”
And when they passed the center of the banquet hall, there was someone who showed up in front of them.
The nobles recognized his face and were astonished.
“Isn’t that the Blue tower Master?”
“Lisefield Dior, Blue Tower? Why did he go to the Fifth Prince…….”
Everyone couldn’t adapt to the sudden changes.
When the other two towers stood behind the Third Prince, the only force that declared neutrality was the Blue Tower.
But now they’re approaching the Fifth Crown Prince?
“He must be having a bad relationship with the Fifth Prince.”
“Yes! I think it’s a public disgrace.”
This was what the lower aristocrats expected. The nobles shook their heads. They were different from the lower aristocrats.
“There seems to be something we don’t know.”
“There’s no way that a prudent tower would move without thinking.”
“It seems that he has decided to stand behind the Fifth Prince.”
They were right. Unlike low-ranking aristocrats who only like to talk to others meaninglessly, high-ranking officials analyzed the current situation in a cool manner.
“The power of the tower is never light…….”
“Well, that’s interesting.”
If we consider the power of the MATAP alliance, the red tower is the first and the Blue tower is the second.
And it can be said that the Yellow tower is in third place.
If the second-largest force among them, the Blue Tower, decided to stand behind the fifth prince, the battle of succession to the throne would be even fierier.
With everyone’s attention focused, the Blue tower Master opened his mouth.
“Fifth Prince, may I take you to the table we’ve arranged for you?”
The banquet hall became quiet. This is because everyone knows the meaning of what the Blue tower Master said.
In a formal speech, that means they want to stand behind him.
Now all that remains is the answer of the Fifth prince. Everyone’s eyes were on the Fifth Prince again.
“I accept the favor of the tower.”
Again, the banquet hall is in an uproar.
It is at this moment that it was made official that the Blue Tower stood behind the Fifth Prince.
* * *
The elders of the Blue tower were gathered in the place where Lisefield guided, but Philip was nowhere to be seen.
As they approached the place, the elders stepped back, respectfully and courteous. Naturally, a place was created between them.
“Fifth Prince, how does it feel to have the attention of the nobility in one place?”
Raymond’s mouth smirked at the playful question from the Blue Tower Elders.
“That’s not bad.”
Nodding his head, he spoke in a calm voice. The attention that had been cut off for five years was being concentrated again.
Right now, he could feel the eyes of the nobles.
He pretended to be talking to the blue tower Master and quickly looked around from his side view.
He was not looking at the high-class, but the middle-class aristocrats who didn’t support anyone are coming up close and looking for an opportunity.
“There are no other talented people.”
It’s not that they didn’t support other royal families, but they were nobles who weren’t accepted due to lack of capability.
It couldn’t have been much help. He looked over just in case, but the results were the same.
‘Are you saying I still have to move on my own?’
He stopped looking through.
They didn’t move first. Probably waiting for the conversation to take place in a visible position first.
‘I guess that’s it for now.’
Nobles showed interest, but that’s it. They haven’t shown enough expectations yet.
“But after today, a lot will be different.’
As soon as the Emperor appears today it would be midnight, Raymond knows that there will be an event that will change the history of the empire.
“Do you remember last time you asked me why I was rushing to form a Secret Squad?”
Raymond looked at Lisefield and asked.
“Yes, I remember.”
“I’ll tell you why now.”
He spread out three fingers.
“In the next three hours, the banquet hall will be attacked.”
Note: The Secret Squad was originally written as SS, so it could mean as Super Squad, Secret Squad, or Supreme Squadron.
This squad is used to refer to the personal squad of the Prince.
After listening to Gestein’s suggestion, he and the tower Master walked toward the meeting room. Two imperial knights tried to catch up, but they stopped them by raising their hands.
The royal knights did not insist on a close escort, perhaps because the blue tower master, who rose to the level of a high-ranking wizard, was near them.
They arrived at the meeting room. Lisefield was the first to set up a mana barrier to stop the conversation from leaking out.
At this time, Raymond thought magic was really convenient.
“Are you going to organize them all into the Secret Squad?”
The voice was quite serious. When he confirmed by nodding his head instead of answering, the face of the tower owner hardened.
“I don’t know if you’ll accept Lord Gestein, but if you put all of the survivors of the Knights of the Frosted Shield in Guard, the mountaineer won’t standstill.
Mountaineer is the nickname of the betrayed Gesteine, a high-ranking knight, who abandoned the Frost Shield Knights.
Lisefield’s comments made sense, but Raymond knew what was going to happen so he was relaxed.
“The Duke will not care about this.”
“Is there any reason for you to be sure?”
Stares calmly at Lisefield asking questions.
Seeing that his expression was stiff, Raymond thought he needed to explain a little bit.
“There will be a stir in the north in the near future. The mountaineer will be headed to the northern border with all his nerves.”
The setting of the “Fallen Empire” novel would soon lead to the Heifel Empire’s border provocation, and the North would be noisy for some time.
“The Duke can’t afford to care about anything else.”
Although he is a Great Duke of the Pilias Empire, the far north Heifel Empire is too great a threat.
“I see.”
Lisefield did not ask for the source of the information. He didn’t mean to answer honestly even if he asked questions anyway.
And a few days have passed. A lot has changed in the meantime.
Survivors of the Knights of Frosted Shield, which had been verified, were organized into the Secret Squad.
Some of the imperial knights returned to the palace and the Secret Squad filled the place instead.
The list of imperial knights sent back to the imperial palace was compiled by Alex, who mainly returned those who appeared to be close to the third prince based on statements from Gestein and the Secret Squad knights.
For Raymond, it was a delightful change as the third prince’s hands and feet were taken down.
“Fifth Prince, we have a banquet today.”
Alex came and reported as soon as he woke up at dawn and returned from the tower.
It’s already the day of the feast to celebrate the great victory, so he laughed and finished changing in the bedroom thinking that time went by so quickly.
“The carriage is waiting.”
“What about the Blue tower?”
Raymond asked Alex.
“He’s officially invited to the banquet, so he’s coming on a different route.”
There was a separate door for those who are formally invited to the banquet, not the attendants.
“Then I’ll leave the escort to the Secret Squad.”
“We will serve you safely, Your Majesty the Fifth.”
Before he knew it, Gestein raised his voice. Behind him, ten knights were seen armed with light weapons. Ten people remained in the Fifth Prince’s palace and the other half followed.
“Good for you.”
“I don’t want you to forget me.”
A blonde beauty wearing a blue robe appeared behind the carriage with a clear voice.
She held the robe slightly and lifted it, lightly honoring it.
“Desia Helly, the superior wizard of the tower. I’ll join the Fifth Prince’s Secret Squad.”
‘Top wizards, high-ranking knights, and ten finest knights who defended the northern border from the Heifel Empire……. Too good to escort a scoundrel.’
But it doesn’t matter. Starting today, the stigma of a scoundrel will disappear.
It is said to be falling, but it is a feast to commemorate the Empire’s victory in the Great War.
After the invasion of the Imperial Palace, the banquet began splendidly because the purpose was to announce that the empire was alive and well.
In addition, a large number of guards were deployed around the banquet hall to prevent the recurrence of unsavory events such as the attack on the imperial palace.
The nobles, who entered before the emperor and the imperial family, gathered with their factions or had a chat with each other in a similar age group.
The topics of the nobility were different, but the story of the Fifth Prince was the most talked about.
“I hear he has changed a lot lately.”
“Yes, he’s cutting back on his drinking and focusing on his mana training.”
“Thank God, this is an Imperial family celebration.”
TL corner:
The reason I haven’t updated for too long is that I was binge reading The Trash of The Count’s Family in my free time and I thought this story has the same vibe???
The conversation was more decent than he thought. Still, there were imperial knights all over the banquet hall, so it seemed to protect the minimum courtesy.
If it were a gathering of aristocrats, the word “bug” would have popped up very easily.
Although he did not swear openly, the aristocrats were busy undermining him little by little when the story of the fifth prince came out.
“The Third Prince is entering!”
The entrance seemed to be noisy, and the Third Prince entered with about 10 members of his own Secret Squad.
More than half of the Secret Squad consisted of wizards, as were the princes supported by the Red Tower and the Yellow Tower. Those who were not wizards also appeared to be knights belonging to the tower.
“The wizards of the Red Tower and the Yellow Tower.”
“As expected of the Third Crown Prince.”
“The Blue tower hasn’t joined yet.”
“They have no royal family members to support, do they? I don’t think there’s any good in dragging their feet like this.”
Although the nobles chatted small, those who openly showed such behavior were only low-ranking nobles, far from the power structure. The true nobles remained silent.
The march of the Third Prince is over. Entering deep into the banquet hall, he moved to a place where nobles who supported him gathered.
After he was the First Prince who entered immediately. His Imperial Guard, supported by the military, was composed of powerful knights.
Next came the second prince, accompanied by his own Secret Squad, whose men were all in a dark mood.
“I can’t see His Majesty the Fourth Prince.”
“He says he’s not feeling well. They say he is still recuperating.”
The nobles had a conversation. The Fourth Prince has not been feeling well since he was a child.
So he rarely showed up at official events.
“The Fifth Prince is entering!”
The servant let out a powerful voice.
“His Majesty the Fifth Prince?”
“It’s been five years.”
All of a sudden, the Fifth Prince, who hasn’t made an official appearance in five years participated in the banquet? The nobles turned their heads in the direction of the entrance, wondering if they had misheard the servant.
The door opened and the Fifth Prince entered. But it was different from five years ago
“Is the Fifth Prince that stout?”
HE trained hard enough to vomit blood for three months. It’s weird if he doesn’t lose weight.
“By the way, did the Fifth Prince have a Secret Squad?”
Someone said in a mysterious voice.
No one really wanted to follow the Fifth Prince. Therefore, there were many rumors that he had no proper subordinate as well as the Secret Squad.
“Where did he pick up those mercenaries?”
One murmured with a look of contempt.
Speaking in a voice enough for everyone around him to hear, he was a noble of the capital city and a man of the third prince.
It is possible to make insulting remarks openly because of the protection of the third prince.
On the contrary, he may be trying to undermine the Fifth prince in front of other aristocrats in order to impress the Third prince.
Most of the nearby Nobles nodded and sympathized with him because of the image.
“I didn’t know that the Fifth Prince had made a Secret Squad, but I didn’t know that he would have brought more high-quality knights than the Knights of the leading aristocracy.”
“The spirit is different, they are skilled enough to go to war.”
Unlike the aristocrats in the capital, the aristocracy in the north, which borders the Heipel Empire, recognized at a glance that the level of knights following in line behind the Fifth Prince was high.
“The woman behind the Fifth Prince is a Senior wizard.”
“I didn’t expect him to have such talent…….”
Officials at the tower also recognized Desia’s location.
Before entering the banquet hall, Desia has been faithfully following the order of the Fifth Prince not to hide Mana.
Senior wizards are such expensive human resources that they cannot operate on small estates.
In particular, Desia, who is following in the footsteps of the Fifth Prince, was young, forcing the attention of the officials of the tower to focus on her and the Fifth Prince.
Someone said, “What can you do even when you have good men? The Fifth Prince has no faction. It will be a lonely feast, obviously, they are from the Emperor.”
‘I’m sorry, but that didn’t happen.’
He smiled and moved on.
His bad reputation now was less than it used to be. It was all due to his brilliant minions and his changed appearance.
However, there were many eyes with contempt, perhaps because of the perception that he was still a scoundrel.
‘I am not a scoundrel anymore, I am the Fifth Prince of the Empire.’
His steps were full of confidence, and the following minions also walked with their hearts straightened.
It seemed as if we were saying, “We follow the Fifth Prince no matter what look we get at.”
And when they passed the center of the banquet hall, there was someone who showed up in front of them.
The nobles recognized his face and were astonished.
“Isn’t that the Blue tower Master?”
“Lisefield Dior, Blue Tower? Why did he go to the Fifth Prince…….”
Everyone couldn’t adapt to the sudden changes.
When the other two towers stood behind the Third Prince, the only force that declared neutrality was the Blue Tower.
But now they’re approaching the Fifth Crown Prince?
“He must be having a bad relationship with the Fifth Prince.”
“Yes! I think it’s a public disgrace.”
This was what the lower aristocrats expected. The nobles shook their heads. They were different from the lower aristocrats.
“There seems to be something we don’t know.”
“There’s no way that a prudent tower would move without thinking.”
“It seems that he has decided to stand behind the Fifth Prince.”
They were right. Unlike low-ranking aristocrats who only like to talk to others meaninglessly, high-ranking officials analyzed the current situation in a cool manner.
“The power of the tower is never light…….”
“Well, that’s interesting.”
If we consider the power of the MATAP alliance, the red tower is the first and the Blue tower is the second.
And it can be said that the Yellow tower is in third place.
If the second-largest force among them, the Blue Tower, decided to stand behind the fifth prince, the battle of succession to the throne would be even fierier.
With everyone’s attention focused, the Blue tower Master opened his mouth.
“Fifth Prince, may I take you to the table we’ve arranged for you?”
The banquet hall became quiet. This is because everyone knows the meaning of what the Blue tower Master said.
In a formal speech, that means they want to stand behind him.
Now all that remains is the answer of the Fifth prince. Everyone’s eyes were on the Fifth Prince again.
“I accept the favor of the tower.”
Again, the banquet hall is in an uproar.
It is at this moment that it was made official that the Blue Tower stood behind the Fifth Prince.
* * *
The elders of the Blue tower were gathered in the place where Lisefield guided, but Philip was nowhere to be seen.
As they approached the place, the elders stepped back, respectfully and courteous. Naturally, a place was created between them.
“Fifth Prince, how does it feel to have the attention of the nobility in one place?”
Raymond’s mouth smirked at the playful question from the Blue Tower Elders.
“That’s not bad.”
Nodding his head, he spoke in a calm voice. The attention that had been cut off for five years was being concentrated again.
Right now, he could feel the eyes of the nobles.
He pretended to be talking to the blue tower Master and quickly looked around from his side view.
He was not looking at the high-class, but the middle-class aristocrats who didn’t support anyone are coming up close and looking for an opportunity.
“There are no other talented people.”
It’s not that they didn’t support other royal families, but they were nobles who weren’t accepted due to lack of capability.
It couldn’t have been much help. He looked over just in case, but the results were the same.
‘Are you saying I still have to move on my own?’
He stopped looking through.
They didn’t move first. Probably waiting for the conversation to take place in a visible position first.
‘I guess that’s it for now.’
Nobles showed interest, but that’s it. They haven’t shown enough expectations yet.
“But after today, a lot will be different.’
As soon as the Emperor appears today it would be midnight, Raymond knows that there will be an event that will change the history of the empire.
“Do you remember last time you asked me why I was rushing to form a Secret Squad?”
Raymond looked at Lisefield and asked.
“Yes, I remember.”
“I’ll tell you why now.”
He spread out three fingers.
“In the next three hours, the banquet hall will be attacked.”
