How to Survive as a Genius Spy in the Game

“The enemies are still coming.”

Emmet looked at Carlyn’s back. He had openly turned his back to him. Emmet’s hand gripped his sword tightly.

A traitor, one who had tried to kill the lord he served and killed the lord’s mother. His feelings were complicated.

He was aware of the strange points about that incident, such as the fact that there was no reason for Carlyn to have staged the event on that particular day.

But people can’t think only rationally. Moreover, Emmet, loyal to the imperial family, simply believed the facts announced by the imperial court.

Since that day, his anger towards Carlyn had hardly subsided. The sense of betrayal hit hard, especially since he had opened his heart to him and given him his trust.

However, Emmet was also a skilled expert. Though the recent explosion was confusing, he too understood how things were unfolding.

‘Schurtafen stopped the explosion. Once again. Like before.’

Emmet, who had lunged towards the princess the moment he saw signs of the explosion, could understand it even better. He felt the winds enveloping the princess.

This discrepancy was difficult for Emmet. But in this urgent moment, he decided to focus on what was right in front of him.

He had learned it painfully on the battlefield. You have to trust what’s in front of you. Now was such a time.

‘Schurtafen is not an enemy. For now at least.’

Emmet made up his mind. The assassins were approaching. There were twelve of them.

They must have broken through the Imperial Intelligence Agency or been hiding among the crowd. Carlyn took a step forward.

“Please take care of Her Highness.”

Emmet protects the princess right next to him. And Carlyn blocks the outside forces. It was the rhythm they had maintained until Carlyn left.

Emmet nodded.

“Don’t approach, form ranks!”

The knights who had been rolling on the ground in panic due to the explosion quickly took their positions. It was possible because they hadn’t been harmed thanks to Carlyn.

Though they were watching Carlyn with caution, their lord and Emmet had acknowledged him.

The knights protected the princess, keeping some distance around her. It was a formation they had agreed upon beforehand.

As they saw earlier, there could be traitors among the knights too. Fortunately, there were no betrayers among those remaining.

However, among the rapidly approaching assassins, a few suddenly rose up.

They were devil worshippers who had been pretending to be knocked unconscious by the shock. About twenty in total. Carlyn quickly stomped on the ground.

At the same time, he threw short swords. Five short swords cut through the air. The ones rushing at high speed came first.

The short swords, aided by winds, charged at an unimaginable speed.

“Ugh!”

Only two assassins barely managed to block the short swords, but three fell with their bodies pierced.

The gap created by slowing them down with the short swords.

Carlyn squeezed into that space. He sliced the throat of an assassin who was drawing a dagger while getting up.

‘On the other side…’

Carlyn couldn’t block all directions, but there were five skilled knights guarding the surroundings.

There wasn’t a big problem.

Anyway, from the moment the bomb was stopped, the assassins’ charge was tantamount to rushing to their deaths.

Moonlight drew a crescent between the dust and black smoke emitted by burning buildings. Three minutes, that’s how long it took to deal with the assassins.

As if orders had come belatedly, those who had been fighting with imperial agents on the outskirts began to retreat.

Of course, only those whose bodies were intact. The injured ones stabbed their own necks without hesitation.

And so, the situation was coming to an end. Carlyn’s winds sensed new presences approaching. They were people from the empire.

‘I can’t stay here any longer.’

He had no thoughts of using this incident as an excuse to restore his honor or return to the imperial palace. No matter how the situation turned out, he had killed the empress.

Considering the emperor’s personality, Carlyn judged that the empire wouldn’t reveal that the empress was a traitor.

Also, even if he tried to return, Carlyn himself would undergo intense interrogation. It would be close to torture.

There weren’t many advantages he could gain by returning to the empire.

At this point, he was much freer operating outside. What was important to Carlyn was how Erendil viewed him.

After all, to oppose the devil worshippers, goodwill with the princess was essential. That had been resolved.

‘Fortunately.’

With just an exchange of glances, Carlyn saw that Erendil didn’t harbor much ill feelings towards him.

It wouldn’t be completely absent. There was a small tremor. Nevertheless, the princess was guessing his situation and understanding his actions.

And now, it was time to leave again. The imperial personnel were getting closer.

The princess, Emmet, and the knights were looking at Carlyn. Carlyn met the princess’s eyes. No words were needed this time either.

-I’ll be going.

-Do so.

A silent conversation through the eyes. Emmet beside them moved his lips as if to say something, but that was all.

Carlyn turned around. Denif had already slipped away.

Stride by stride. The back figure that entered the alley in three steps disappeared like the wind. The princess looked at that alley for a long time.

***

The princess’s coming of age ceremony.

There was a terrorist attack, but from my perspective, it passed safely. Of course, from the empire’s standpoint, it was absolutely not safe, but.

An enormous amount of bombs exploded on the capital’s largest avenue. Targeting the princess, no less. This was an attack on the empire’s pride.

Moreover, it wasn’t just the princess who was targeted. The separate bomb was, as I expected, aimed at the 2nd prince in the back.

Although the amount of bombs itself was different from Erendil’s side, there were actually more casualties on that side. Because I didn’t protect them with winds.

Of course, the 2nd prince didn’t die.

‘It’s a bit regrettable, but.’

I heard he was seriously injured. He’s currently receiving treatment in the imperial palace. His life isn’t in danger. It’s not like an arm or leg was cut off either.

I heard that Rudehrn rushed there immediately, but there were no additional assassination attempts.

The amount of bombs itself was small, and it didn’t seem to directly target the 2nd prince. Maybe something went wrong with the order.

In fact, they might have intended to detonate the bomb on the 2nd prince’s side first to send Rudehrn there.

Considering that Erendil’s side was the main attack, it’s quite a plausible hypothesis. However, there was also a point that bothered me.

They had been preparing for today for a long time. Most of the plans were in place before I came here.

‘Only bringing in the bombs was done.’

But they made such a major mistake? Something felt fishy. Of course, people make mistakes. This could be one of those times.

But my intuition tells me to think a bit more. If it was really a plan to divert attention, it would have been thoroughly calculated.

‘Or perhaps…’

A thought flashed through my mind. They might have tried to instigate discord between the 1st prince and the 2nd prince.

It’s certain that the 3rd prince has joined hands with them. But not the 1st and 2nd princes.

If they just deal with Erendil, the 1st and 2nd princes remain. An incident like this would ignite conflict between the two.

Of course, even without this, the 1st and 2nd princes are in a competitive relationship, but…

Having one’s life threatened is a different matter. It’s not just competition for support, it could lead to rash actions.

Considering the trashy personalities of the princes, the possibility is high. If the angered 2nd prince makes a sudden move, the empire’s internal affairs would become even more chaotic.

‘In the meantime, the 3rd prince, the most incompetent among the trash, might get a chance.’

From the start, their aim wasn’t to make the 3rd prince emperor, but to overthrow the empire.

Well, whichever it is, the reason doesn’t matter anymore. We just need to predict the results that will occur.

When the 2nd prince recovers, he will throw a fit in one way or another. Naturally, the arrow will point towards the 1st prince.

And no matter how much fuss those two make, there’s no problem anyway since I saved Erendil.

“Again today.”

“What?”

“Again today, there’s no mention of us. These guys, who should they really be grateful to.”

Denif grumbled as he entered the lodging with a newspaper. Right. There had been no mention of me at all since the terrorist incident.

The gist was that a terrorist attack targeting the princess and prince occurred, and the empire thwarted it.

In fact, just the fact that such an incident happened in the imperial capital is a huge blow, but the empire was rather saying that they successfully foiled the plot of the villains.

The prince was injured, but his life isn’t in danger and his body is all intact, so.

‘I expected this to some extent.’

They can’t say that the Empress’ Slayer protected the princess. There would have been almost no witnesses.

Except for those who fainted after the explosion, everyone scattered in panic.

Even if they saw me, it would have been only the knights guarding Erendil and the imperial agents.

After inquiring for the past few days, I could confirm that the empire was properly silencing people.

-So is that true?

-What?

-That Carl Schurtafen appeared and saved the princess.

-…Who said that?

-No, senior, I was also on the roof at that time. I was blown away by the explosion, but before that, I saw the guy in front of me flying away in the wind.

-…

-Senior, you can tell me, right? After all the years we’ve spent together. Is Sir Schurtafen actually on our side? A double agent? Then, trying to kill the princess too…

-Omen.

-Yes.

-You must have been told not to utter what you saw if you don’t want to die.

-Uh…

-I’m letting you off because it’s me. Don’t talk about it anywhere. You could really die.

-I’ll keep that in mind.

It was a conversation between mid-level agents, and they were thoroughly controlling the information.

In fact, it’s not good for my name to come out. The empire’s authority would fall and confusion would increase.

Still, I see it as positive. No matter how much they control, it was a big incident, so words will circulate among the agents.

If they start thinking I was a double agent like that, it might be beneficial someday.

“Did you do what I asked properly?”

“Yeah.”

Denif was on his way back after contacting Haisen. Haisen would know that we intervened.

No matter how thorough the empire’s surveillance is, they would have sent people. Mingling among the citizens.

Since they would be curious about our side, I told them through Denif that we happened to come across the plan and stopped it.

Haisen’s side must have felt their hearts drop too. If Erendil had died, it would have been a disaster for them as well.

Duke Brusek, upon hearing the news, would have sighed in relief and smiled with satisfaction.

Thinking that it was good he allowed me to move separately in the empire.

“Ah, and yours came too.”

“Mine?”

“Yeah. You sent a letter to that Archmage last time, right?”

Huh? I immediately turned my head. Finally, a response came. It was something I had been expecting.

There had been no reply for a while after I sent the contact last time.

I understand. A year has passed since I brought it up, and given Shahri’s trait, she probably didn’t even check her letters every time she visited a city.

Denif handed me the letter he took out from his bosom.

Since it was a letter composed in code, it took some time to decipher. It wasn’t very long. There wasn’t much content.

I had conveyed that I was sorry for making her wait so long, and that I would soon start preparing to attack the prince.

-Confirmed. Departing from the south. About a month and a half to the imperial capital.

The reply was simple. A month and a half, huh.

Not bad. Even if she came right away because she was nearby, it’s not easy to start something now.

Since an enormous amount of bombs exploded in the capital, surveillance will be strict throughout the empire’s territory.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Hmm. I should start thinking of excuses from now.

Considering the date the reply came, Shahri must have sent it before the terrorist attack occurred.

‘She’ll be suspicious about why I didn’t call her for the terrorist attack targeting the princess.’

To her, I am a devil worshipper.

And it will also seem strange to stage such a massive terrorist attack and then attack the prince soon after.

But I’m not too worried. Originally, it was my idea to call Shahri after the coming of age ceremony.

Whether the other side becomes suspicious or has already clashed with the devil worshippers, it’s not a big problem now.

‘Regardless of the truth, she’ll come looking for me anyway.’

The devil worshippers must be furious because of this incident too. It means it’s time to bring out the magic tool that searches for Devil’s Blood.

Enraged guys and Archmage Shahri.

It will be a sufficient stage to test the glowstone brought from the desert ruins, which is actually an enormous bomb.

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