Shadow King Chronicles: Building a Kingdom From Behind the Scenes
Chapter 121: Occasionally Stop by
I'm stopping by the headquarters where the VIESTA agents operate in Venz. Well, this isn't a big place like the La-Sa guild Office. this is an ordinary two-story building that you can find all over the royal capital. more precisely you will only see this building as a flats contracted by someone to a very large number of ordinary people.
that's not a lie at all, is it? have you ever heard the saying that the best place to hide a secret is in the crowd? well, I don't know if the saying is believable or not, but so far, I think its effectiveness is visible. the nobles and the royal family actually assume that the La-Sa guild trading office and its business network such as lodging, baths, restaurants and some places of production are the center of Marquis Randall's espionage activities, it's just as I expected.
as a bit of an illustration, this building contains six rooms on two floors? there was nothing. it was just an ordinary room. there was no more. The room could be filled by four people. So at least, there were 24 people living here.of course including Charles. what was quite special about this building was its basement which I built with my own magic.it consisted of two floors down, it contained various news, news, news, and the super-secret documents in it. All the plans that have been drawn up by me and the other officials are here. That's why not even all VIESTA agents come in here.
it was on the first floor.while the second floor was a floor consisting of several spaces.it was a place we used to use for meetings when I was in the capital.not only that, it was a place that we used to use for meetings, the second floor is also used for research staff.We are trying to create various tools and objects that are used to support our intelligence actions.so far there are several objects that we are developing. including among them is a device-sized device (although it is a stone anyway) that allows us to be connected remotely and can not be limited by place (definitely using magic).
if one day, it's already in operation, it'll be a huge advantage for us, but well, it looks like it's still a long time so let them keep researching it. after all, being too hasty will never bring any good.
and I'm here? well, actually I just stopped by. Lately I've been focused on something else and several times forgotten the plan I laid out to the nobles. I fiddled with the various files and read the reports one by one. A lot of things happened, and everything was interesting.
especially about my arch-enemy, Clifford. Do you remember that I sent a 'message' to his Mansion? after the messenger had 'finished his duties' well, Earl Clifford fell ill.it was a disease similar to his son, but the symptoms were milder.
that's true, too, but there's something pretty strange. Clifford's situation improved.he had even entered the academy but had not yet attended the lessons.well, I don't know what he had been through all this time, and also did not care. based on the reports I read, Clifford's cash was empty and now, they're relying on loans from his faction to sustain the lavish lives of his family.According to the direction I gave, most of the families who are hostile to Clifford are giving out loans, more precisely a lot of loans for him with high interest.
I'm sure Clifford doesn't have the capacity to repay the loan even if it's only to return the interest, which is important now, my plan has been reached and for his son, yeah despite his admission to the academy, not that he was completely healed. I've seen it myself. his face is pale and his body is thin. His eyes are also cute.he is really a sick person so he can not do anything.
conrad faction has also started to split. It seems Conrad himself has also realized then he is trying to reconcile the relations of his subordinates. even though Conrad tried to regroup his faction a hundred times, that much I would also thwart that attempt.
but there is one thing that worries me a bit. This is Earl Clifford's relationship with Sanders. They are quite close and often work together.even in previous generations, there were marriages between their families. and from the wedding was born Earl Conrad who now.it will be difficult to destroy them so I will take the frontal line only.
I put down the paper I just read and tendered myself to the chair. Everything went smoothly. Even though there were some problems, it did not stop me at all. Now I see two royal princes. looks like it's time to get rid of them, huh?