It was shog and pletely ued, and I didn't think I could e up with a good pn even if I were to suffer alone.

  Since my most trusted subordinate, Vice-Chief Agnes, was right o me, I thought I should discuss this matter with her first.

  To begin with, Vice-Chief Agnes was far more intelligent than I was. So it would be better to actively seek her help.

  "What's going on, Savage?"

  Even without that, when my expression hardened after reading the note, she seemed to immediately sehat something was wrong.

  Si wasn't something worth talking about outside, I thought it would be better to head to a quiet pce first."Employer. Let's rest alone in a quiet pce for a while. Do you agree?"

  "A, a quiet pce?"

  It was m time, so there were already quite a few people walking around.

  I put my arm around her shoulder to avoid the suspicious gazes that were slowly gathering, aured to any inn I could see nearby.

  Sihe t was firmed to be an enemy rather than an ally, there was also the possibility that there might be a hostile fa hiding in this vilge.

  "Uood… Please ha gently so that it doesn't break."

  "Don't worry."

  As the vice-captain, who ractically hugging me, answered with a blush, the vilgers who were watg us all whistled or cpped.

  It seemed like they were being misuood in some other way, but it was much better to risk the evil gazes than to arouse unnecessary suspi.

  "Let's rent a room, no… the entire floor."

  "Oh my! How bold of a young woman to be so early in the m. After all, the southern barbarians are s, huh?"

  Looking at the vice-captain’s face, which was pletely red, I thought she would never set foot in this town again ohis mission was over.

  Anyway, after successfully entering the inn room with her, I unfolded the note I was holding and poured mana into it acc to the previously agreed upohod.

  This was a kind of security system that Lord Randolph had taught me when I first met him.

  This would reveal even the hidden tent ie. There was no way that he, a capable spy, would have sent me such fragmentary tent.

  —Sseueueu…

  As expected, the hat had accepted my mana was emitting a mysterious light and revealing its hidden tent. The vice-captain looked at it with a curious look.

  “What is that, captain?”

  “It’s a spy report from the terintelligence Department.”

  I sat dowo the vice-captain on the rge bed, and slowly read the report with her, who was naturally leaning against me.

  To summarize the introdu, the leaders of the ty, including t Fersen himself, have already been pletely subjugated by Eclipse and are actively participating ireasonous acts.

  After firming this fact, I muttered with a gloomy face.

  "This is… truly a big deal. The person I thought was my stro ally has bey biggest enemy."

  In other words, the initial operational pn to cooperate with the t and gradually root out the group of traitors had pletely gone down the drain.

  However, the vice-captain seemed to have a different idea.

  "Hmm, but it seems that the situation is not pletely the worst. Look."

  [The leaders of the ty and the traitors have been regurly hosti gatherings disguised as parties retly. The purpose is presumed to be to persuade, threaten, or eliminate iial figures who have not yet been recruited]

  "The information is the result of Lord Randolph, who attehe party hosted by the t undercover st night, notig something suspicious and following him. That means…"

  When I heard her words, I also felt like I knew something.

  Even sidering the fact that he was a seasoned spy with a long history as aive officer of the terintelligence Department, he came back with such a rge amount of information after only one day of infiltration?

  This was strange.

  "Clearly, they are not in a normal situatiht now."

  "That's right. The enemy is really letting their guard dht now."

  After reading a little more, I thought I uood why the enemy was ag so boldly.

  [A person presumed to be a high-ranking member of the enemy force was caught using bck magic, or sorcery. Pay special attention to this matter]

  The leadership of the tship was already in their hands.

  "If I could trol the minds of people, I would have tried to move as quickly as possible, even if it meant pushing myself a little."

  "I agree with that."

  In that case, the enemies would have wao spread their influence as quickly and widely as possible throughout the tship.

  Sihey were protected by the t anyway, they probably thought they didn't o worry about what others thought.

  After grasping the situation to this point, I naturally frowned.

  "Damn northern trash."

  "Chief?"

  "Oh, sorry. I'm reminded of the old days."

  Did Eclipse say that they were a fored by devil worshippers and northerners?

  I could guess where the high-ranking official who was insulting people's minds was from without even having to hear it. He must be from the north.

  Among the viethods that the Northerners used during the war, the ohat were really hard to deal with were those that involved discord and brainwashing.

  Active use of asymmetric power.

  It was one of the reasons why the war dragged on for so loe the overwhelming differen national power between the Empire and the North.

  [The meeting is in three days. Proposal of aional pn. Direfiltration. The enemy forces’ full-scale war capabilities are inferior to ours. Signifit results expected if infiltration is successful.]

  That was the end of the message that Lord Randolph sent.

  It was filled with only the highest-level information, making it hard to believe that it was achieved in just one day. It was truly the excellent work of aive officer of the terintelligence Department.

  “Infiltration, infiltration… What should I do? Secretly infiltrate a party hosted by the t. I ’t think of a way.”

  I rubbed my and thought for a moment.

  If we could infiltrate the pce where the enemy leaders were gathered and wipe them out, that would be great, but how oh would we do that?

  The other party members would be able to ehe castle without difficulty. It wouldn’t be difficult for schors and merts to attend the party as guests.

  However, the fact that the Bck Lion Knights, who were in charge of the military, were a merary group prised of southern barbarians was holding us back again.

  Let alone infiltrating the party, it was difficult for me and my subordio eveer the ter of the ty.

  However, the vice-captain looked at my face as if he had something in mind and smiled brightly.

  “Do we really o infiltrate secretly? The enemies are already moving around openly anyway.”

  “What?”

  “Captain. Will you marry me?”

  For a moment, I couldn’t help but doubt my ears and stare at the vice-captain’s face with a surprised expression.

  I already khat her personality was quite bold, and I had noticed her showing a rational i in me a long time ago.

  But marriage all of a sudden? No matter what, isn’t this too ued?

  “You, what oh do you mean?”

  “It’s exactly as it is. If you marry me under false pretenses, all your problems will be solved in an instant.”

  ht. So you were talking about false pretenses.

  I felt embarrassed for no reason as she tinued her expnation with a serious attitude.

  I listened carefully to her story.

  “My false pretenses are the you daughter of the Sherwood family, and I am clearly a citizen of the tral Empire. And I am wealthy. A husband like that would easily be able to ehe castle even if he is a barbarian.”

  “Hmm… Let’s leave that aside. Then what are you going to do about the rest of your subordinates?”

  "Don't southern barbarians say that if they are from the same tribe, they are all brothers? Since I've found a good wife and am ending my life as a merary, my younger siblings want to settle down in the Persen ty."

  At first g may sound absurd, but it's not like it was airely unfeasible pn.

  The vice-captain asked for my opinion with her light green eyes sparkling.

  "What do you think?"

  "Give me some time to think about it."

  In my experie's hard to predict the oute of something like this before you actually try it.

  heless, I decided to accept her opinion for now.

  Because it wasn't like anythier would e to mind if I just sat there.

  "I'll agree for now. But let's wait until everyone es back. Maybe we e up with a different opinion."

  "Uood!"

  Looking at the vice-captain's smiling expression as she looked at me, I realized that it was a good idea to discuss this matter with her.

  If I were alone, how oh would I have e up with su eous pn?

  Of course, there was the barrier of practicality, but if it succeeded, all the problems would really be solved at once.

  "Vice-Captain Agnes, you are truly amazing. As expected, you never disappoint me."

  "I, I see..."

  When I praised you sincerely, she blushed and looked at me with a meaningful gaze.

  But, what is this?

  —Kook, Kook

  "Captain. Then, by any ce... This time, please i me with mana..."

  She again pced her hand on my lower abdomen, desperately begging for that damn mana iion.

  It seemed like I had developed a bad habit. She kept asking for this whenever she had the ce.

  What good could there be in this embarrassing act?

  "Okay, I uand. If you want."

  Of course, there was nothing I couldn't do si wouldn't harm her body...

  "Hae-eung...?"

  Every time the vice-captain moans while accepting my mana, I suspect that she might be feeling sexually aroused.

  In the past, when I received mana iions from the master, I didn't feel aroused, but rather, it just hurt so bad. Does a woman's body work differently?

  Or did something g when I calmed the vice-captain's mana rampage?

  I think I o properly look into this after the mission is over.

  —Kkwak!

  "Chief... Chief Wolfgang...!"

  The sight of her sobbing in a pitiful voice as she was held tightly in my arms was so provocative.

  If this kind of strahi happening, I thought that one day my patience would reach its limit.

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