On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 164

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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 164

Festival Eve End (1)

Amos and Kundel’s knight orders decided to stay at Siren Mansion.

Conversely, Daren hurried to Kirene’s Night Inn with his knights.

“Oh, Daren Rihart Family Head!”

“Olton Sopen Family Head. It’s been a while.”

Olton, whom he met there.

This was exactly Olton’s role in this operation.

Tremendous financial power!

With that, he had emptied Kirene’s Night Inn in one go.

Even voluntarily offering triple compensation to the guests who had been staying there.

Of course, it wasn’t impossible to push through with authority, but sometimes there are things that can be cleanly resolved with money.

Sopen was precisely the family that could mobilize such cash without any trouble in this capital.

But unfortunately, the situation was too urgent to praise Olton.

“Family Head.”

Then a Rihart knight approached.

“What happened?”

“When we entered, it was already…”

Daren sighed.

It was true.

“Ha, really…”

When he headed inside the inn, all the assassins were dead.

“How could this happen… Weren’t you all waiting nearby?”

“We apologize, Family Head. Shamefully, we didn’t even notice someone had entered.”

“Ha…”

Daren didn’t blame the knights.

These were carefully selected talents from the knight order.

The fact that they hadn’t noticed even while all these assassins were being killed meant their opponent was that skilled.

‘How could someone come in, kill all these assassins, and leave without us knowing? Or maybe they committed group suicide?’

No, perhaps this seems more plausible.

Since they’re assassins.

Rather than someone coming to kill them, it’s better to assume they committed suicide themselves….

“Family Head. But these assassins don’t have a single wound.”

As expected.

That must be it.

“We can assume they committed suicide. That bastard Remal, to destroy the evidence….”

Absurd situations sometimes lead to unintended conclusions.

This was one of those times.

Of course, the truth would never be revealed.

One of the people who knew that truth was Ziel, and the other was Remal.

‘This is going to be troublesome.’

Amos and Daren naturally discussed the future handling of the assassins as well.

They had planned to take care of some of them separately.

Black Sky.

A group possessing the finest assassins.

Perhaps it could have been an important opportunity to uncover the secret of their strength, and they could have applied those methods to the Knight Order.

“It’s ruined. They’re only useful as evidence now.”

Daren clicked his tongue regretfully.

‘Wait.’

A thought suddenly crossed his mind.

‘Then that bastard Remal too… did he just give up when the situation reached this point?’

Now things seemed to make sense.

With nearly 100 knights from various families and the Imperial Family invading the mansion, it was certainly possible.

“He was a coward to the very end.”

Daren gave instructions to the knights.

“Preserve the field site. These corpses will be important evidence.”

“Understood, Family Head.”

And Daren headed back to Siren’s mansion.

“Daren, you’re back?”

“Yeah. I found out something incredible, Amos.”

“What is it?”

“Can I just tell you with my bare mouth?”

“Stop talking nonsense and just tell me what it is.”

“….”

Anyway, this bastard Amos really gets on my nerves.

“Ahem. It seems like… the assassins committed suicide.”

“Suicide?”

“Yeah. When I went to look, there were no traces of intrusion, no traces of the assassins being attacked, but they were all collapsed. It’s obvious. That bastard Remal noticed the situation when we came and made all the assassins commit suicide.”

“….”

“How about it, doesn’t that sound plausible? And that bastard Remal also drank medicine or whatever afterward and ended up like that.”

Amos shook his head.

“No, I don’t know about the first part, but it doesn’t seem like Remal did that to himself.”

“Huh?”

“There’s no reason for him to do that. Of course, even if the situation seemed urgent to him, would a guy who mobilized assassins to kill us suddenly do it himself now?”

“Ah.”

“He didn’t even ‘end’ his own life, and now he’s in a state where he won’t answer questions and just drools.”

Amos’s judgment was clear.

“When you think about it that way, the assassins didn’t commit suicide either.”

“Then….”

“Someone who infiltrated this mansion created this situation.”

“…!”

Only then did That Man mentioned by the Prince come to mind again!

“It’s That Man.”

“Yeah. That bastard of unknown identity. I hate to admit it, but… that bastard who manipulated us from behind the scenes and led us to this situation.”

The very bastard who sent a letter to make them recognize the urgency of the situation, and finally made them establish an unprecedented operation.

That bastard whose purpose couldn’t even be known had come here one step ahead before the Knight Order attacked the mansion, dealt with Remal, and dealt with the assassins too.

But how and why it happened was completely impossible to know.

“And unconscious house staff were found throughout the mansion. They weren’t injured, but they all passed out without knowing why. It’s evidence of infiltration.”

“Huh….”

“He’s an incredible fellow. And someone we’ll need to keep an eye on from now on.”

Amos was honestly a little, no, very worried.

‘If we’ve gained this much benefit… I can’t even imagine what he might demand in the future.’

Though nothing was concluded yet, this incident had given Kundel and Rihart tremendous political gains.

Simply weakening the mages’ power would be a huge benefit to both families, but they had caught the perpetrator of the Prince’s attempted assassination!

Now the two great families would grow even stronger, while conversely, Siren would be weakened.

“Excuse me, Family Heads. His Imperial Highness has arrived.”

At the knight’s report, both men rose to their feet.

Finally, Prince Dietrich Valdrain had made his appearance.

“We greet His Imperial Highness.”

Dietrich nodded at their respectful greeting and expressed his gratitude.

“Thanks to you both, everything has been resolved well.”

“You are too kind, Your Highness.”

At Amos’s quick response, Daren inwardly burst with frustration.

‘Damn, I was too slow.’

“I’m truly relieved that no one shed blood. Isn’t that right, Sir Relio?”

“Indeed, Your Highness. This operation was truly concluded perfectly.”

“Mm.”

Dietrich looked around his surroundings.

Now he finally felt somewhat at ease.

As he said, it had ended perfectly, but until just moments ago it had been a perilous operation where he could never feel secure!

And it was finally finished.

But from now on, there would be mountains of work to do.

“I heard in the report that Remal Siren has become completely mindless.”

“That is correct, Your Highness. What on earth could have happened to him….”

Whether it’s temporary or permanent is unknown.

“If he has to live like that for the rest of his life… it’s a fitting punishment. He always manipulated someone and deprived them of their free will.”

However, it’s not an ending that pleases everyone.

‘Remal should have been put on trial.’

Amos thought so.

To think that the one who should have been made to speak about all this and admit his crimes has become like that.

Somehow restoring him to his original state would be urgent, but the problem is that it doesn’t look easy.

“I speculate that it might be the work of that man Your Highness mentioned.”

“Hmm. The death of the assassins would be the same.”

That very person who guided all these situations to be created.

‘Just who could it be?’

His head was complicated because of that person whose identity couldn’t be known even by the smallest clue.

However, one thing was certain: thanks to that man, all these things could be planned and succeed.

“We received help again.”

“When you say help…”

“If that person hadn’t dealt with Remal and the assassins, blood would surely have been shed.”

“Ah.”

That’s right.

Being manipulated behind the scenes was unpleasant, but if it weren’t for that person, the situation would have flowed differently.

Perhaps they might have lost part of their justification.

“Remal Siren will be escorted to the Imperial Palace. Whether they treat him there, execute him, or make him live in prison for life.”

With this, Remal Siren was finished.

“It feels like walking through a dream, Eimus Kundel, Head of House, Daren Rihart Family Head.”

The two agreed with Dietrich’s words.

And Amos also expressed his concerns.

“I’m worried that this matter might block Your Highness’s path in the future.”

“You mean that person will come again and demand payment for this matter?”

“That’s correct.”

“Hmm.”

Dietrich thought for a moment, then shook his head.

“No. When that person saved me at The Iron Keep, he said this. That investigating Siren would be a way to repay him.”

“Repay… you say?”

This is repayment?

Even demanding an enormous price wouldn’t be enough.

“I don’t know why, but since that person said so, I think we can believe it.”

“Huh…”

“Actually, the price should be paid by me to that person. Whether this could truly be repayment, you see. Having my life saved…”

Now his position will definitely change as well.

Moreover, through cooperation with Kundel and Rihart, he had established connections with those Family Heads.

He had become the person who gained the greatest benefit.

‘This isn’t a pleasant situation.’

In truth, Amos didn’t want to take sides with either the First Prince or the 2nd Prince.

The moment of choice would come someday, but he thought it wasn’t now, at least.

However, Siren’s threat had changed the situation.

‘Given how things have turned out, should I lean toward supporting the 2nd Prince?’

Daren was equally troubled.

Of course, Dietrich had read their intentions to some extent.

“I won’t demand anything from you two right away. Just for now… it would be good to focus on sorting out this situation.”

“Understood, Your Highness.”

“We shall obey your command.”

He mustn’t burden them.

They are heads of Major Families, after all.

‘I must first become a person worthy of them.’

Though he had luckily made connections through this incident, the difference in their influence was still like heaven and earth.

The real thing starts now.

The competition with Elder Brother.

“We greet His Imperial Highness.”

Then one person appeared.

Emil Siren.

He was the person who got what he wanted in exchange for cooperating in this matter.

“So you are Emil.”

“Yes, Your Imperial Highness.”

“Thanks to you stepping forward at the right moment, we resolved this without major problems. Thank you.”

“You honor me with your words. This matter… I have received great grace.”

Emil expressed deep gratitude to the Prince.

“From now on, Siren will pledge to devote our loyalty to the Imperial Family and Your Highness.”

“Mm.”

With Remal in that state, Emil had now become Siren’s only heir.

In this situation, he was someone who benefited no less than Dietrich.

Not only did he prevent his family’s destruction, but he would also surpass his brother to become the Head of Siren Family.

Of course, what would happen in the future remained to be seen.

‘The key will be whether he can properly absorb Remal Siren’s support base.’

Also, they would need to watch whether other forces besides Siren would try to rise as the center of the Mages during this gap.

“I also express my gratitude to both Family Heads.”

Emil then bowed his head to Amos and Daren as well.

“Though it may be difficult right now, I swear on my name and mana that I will someday repay both families.”

“Mm.”

The two were slightly surprised.

They had heard that a Mana Oath was an absolute declaration for Mages.

Though it didn’t involve any direct action, it wasn’t something one could say without that level of resolve.

“Then I shall become the guarantor of that oath.”

Dietrich smiled from the side.

Siren’s promise of cooperation!

Perhaps this could become an opportunity to reestablish the relationship between Knights and Mages in the future.

“By the way, where did Locus go?”

“That Personnel Director?”

“Yeah. He’s been missing since earlier.”

The Prince also tilted his head at the conversation between Amos and Daren.

“Come to think of it….”

Academy Personnel Director Locus.

Another force that joined as Emil Siren’s sponsor.

“He was definitely here until earlier.”

“Hmm. He seemed to want something… maybe he went to find it.”

The one whose participation motive was most ambiguous in this operation.

“Let’s look for him on our side. I don’t think he’ll cause more problems at this point.”

Anyway, with this….

“Right. Phew… the eve festival is finally over.”

The night that seemed like it would last forever was also coming to an end.

A long night where each gained what they wanted or lost it forever.

The events of this night weren’t known yet, but the impact when they became known was hard to imagine.

“There’ll be a lot to do starting tomorrow.”

“Tomorrow? Starting today. Don’t we have to go to the Academy Festa?”

“Ah, that’s right.”

Amos nodded as if he just remembered.

“That’s right. We have to go to the children’s Festa. They said they prepared something amazing and insisted we come….”

“Our daughter said the same thing. Did she prepare a performance?”

The two family heads momentarily regained their original expressions as the topic shifted.

Dietrich watched the two family heads’ parental sides with some fascination, then pondered the word Festa.

‘Festa… if Teacher Ziel is there too, it might be worth visiting once.’

Amidst all this, there were still unresolved questions.

‘By the way, That Man… just who could he be?’

Is this what desire for something you cannot have feels like?

Dietrich struggled to suppress that feeling and sent deep gratitude inwardly.

‘Thank you.’

Dietrich gained the position he desired.

Kundel and Rihart obtained future cooperation and the children’s safety.

Emil secured his position as heir to the family.

Locus gained something from this place that only Emil knew about.

However, only three people—Dietrich, Amos, and Daren.

These three alone did not obtain what they truly desired.

It was Ziel.

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