The attempted assassination of Queen Rosais.

　What do you have to do with this case, Abraham?　If you ask, "Is this right and did you get involved?　If you ask me, it is a non.

　There are two reasons why Abraham wants to lift Ankhus up as the crown prince.

　One is his great-grandson's cuteness. But this is Abraham's personal reason.
　The second the real reason is for the stability of Gehenna.

　He wants to clarify Gehenna's position in the land of King Rosais before he dies.
　That is Abraham's purpose.

　In other words, any action that is hostile to King Almus is the end of the world.
　Assassination, for example, is a subterfuge in a subterfuge.

　Abraham only wanted to use political pressure to make Ankhus the crown prince.

　Who could have concocted such a childish scheme?




　You've put us in a terrible bind. How are you going to take responsibility for this?

　Abraham looked down at the man bound with a rope in front of him.
　This man was the grandson of Abraham's brother the husband of his niece-grandson.

　This is the man who is currently considered to be Abraham's successor.
　Most importantly, Abraham had no intention of letting this man succeed to his position.

　The position of a pretender is very precarious.
　This position is not a bloodline thing like royalty.

　It's something that's supported by the citizens of Gehenna and it's based on a democratic foundation.

　In order to maintain this position, he must always be diligent in winning the popularity of his citizens.

　It is difficult for an ordinary politician to maintain this position.

　As far as Abraham is concerned, the man does not have that much political acumen.
　His short-circuiting nature makes him fatally incompatible professionally as a pretender who must always look ahead, look around at the various classes of people and keep them all convinced.

　Because of his glibness, though, there might be room for great success if he were a radical politician representing a particular class of people.

　But his own self-assessment is different.
　He believes himself to be a good politician...a better politician than Abraham.

　However, regardless of what he thinks, he will never be able to succeed as long as he is deemed incompetent by Abraham.

　After his death, Abraham intended to return Gehenna's government to its original democratic form.
　The preparations for this are steadily underway.

　As Abraham loosened the lid on the pot (control of speech) little by little, criticism of Abraham has begun to increase in Gehenna.
　And after Abraham's death, some people who can lead Gehenna are beginning to emerge among the citizens.

　All that is left is Abraham's death and his will - his final decree written to return Gehenna to a democratic system.

　If elections were to be held in Gehenna my niece-grandson's husband would not be able to win.
　The citizens of Gehenna are unhappy with their longstanding presumptuous politics.

　The niece-grandson's husband will not get any votes and is in danger of being expelled from the pottery.

　Therefore, this man wants to prevent Gehenna from returning to democracy and to appoint a successor from Abraham.

　Therefore, he has a plan to assassinate Julia.

　If Julia was assassinated, the crown prince would have no choice but to choose the son of Tetra.
　Then Abraham would be happy and would name him his successor.
　Moreover, after the death of Abraham, they would be able to continue to maintain their own power against the backdrop of the power of King Rosais' kingdom.

　This is a short-sighted idea.

　Royal assassination is easy to put into words, but very difficult to pull off.
　It is more likely to fail.
　However, this man did not seem to consider the possibility of failure.

　He is so preoccupied with his immediate interests that he pretends not to see anything that is not convenient.
　He is a typical fool.

　If they were going to assassinate him in the first place, Abraham would be better than Yulia anyway.
　Killing Abraham and making up a will would be much more likely to succeed.

　It's not too difficult, and even if you die, you won't be suspected, and Abraham was removed from the list of assassination options from the beginning because he was one of the family members, and he chose Yulia, with her tight security and high level of difficulty, as the target of assassination.

　

　What should I do?

　Honesty is a virtue, but I must say that I am a bit of an abo.
　In the first place, from Abraham's point of view, he would be the one who wanted to ask what to do.

　Abraham was the first to capture this man. There was nothing else to do.
　So back to the beginning....


　Can't you fudge it somehow?
　Tell us what the plan was in the first place. That's all that matters.

　The man confessed to Abraham all the plans he had made.


　First of all, he would order his protégé merchants to lend money to the militant grand family of the As clan.
　At the same time, he would stimulate their political ambitions.
　Then he writes a letter to the militant clansmen himself, telling them that he will support them with regard to the crown prince of Anx.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　The rest of the time, with economic pressure and political backing, he drives them to assassinate Julia.

　That's all.

　''Hmmm, let me ask you something. Are your protégé merchants the former slaves you freed?
　'Yes, yes...'

　It's common for freed slaves to get loans from their masters to do business.
　Although he is a freed slave, he is a former slave. Their connection to their masters is not severed.

　It is a rule in Cilicia and the Adelunian Peninsula that freed slaves obey their former masters' orders as much as possible.

　My sympathies are with the freed slaves. I'm not going to be swayed by a foolish ex-master like you. However, the Athenian Australians who accept your advances are also fools...

　You had a lot of options.
　Abraham sighs.

　The reason why this incident happened is that all the planners and executors were fools.
　Fortunately, because they were all fools, the attempt was not completed due to poor information management.

　If it had been carried out, King Rosais' country would have been split up, leading to a major war that would have involved the entire South Adelian Peninsula.

　"....you'll have to be prepared to pay for your life. I can't protect you.

　Abraham dismissed the man coldly and then muttered.

　'Maybe this is as far as my life goes.







　Hmmm ... no resistance at all so far.

　During the march to the capital of Gehenna, there was no resistance from the city-states that were subordinate to Gehenna.
　Well, I guess we don't owe Gehenna enough to fight an unwinnable battle for her.

　In the meantime, I invited Gehenna to turn on Gehenna and become a vassal state with the autonomous city treatment, and I got some good responses in several countries.

　'The question is how Gehenna will come out, but well, there won't be a war.
　'Well that would be impossible given the man's character.

　Bartolo agreed with me.
　Of course, Gehenna has a chance to win if we fight a siege, but....

　Before that, Abraham's head will be blown off.
　By the citizens of Gehenna.

　That's not a wise choice.

　"What do you want me to do with Abraham's head?
　I'm in trouble.

　If Abraham is the mastermind behind this plan, then he will need to be beheaded.
　........But Abraham is Tetra's grandfather.

　Tetra's parents were killed when he was very young.
　Abraham is the only blood relative I have besides Anx.

　Well I don't know how much Tetra himself likes Abraham, but I don't know.

　If it means I don't have to kill him, so much the better.

　Besides, in a crooked way, killing your grandfather is an abomination.
　I'd rather he didn't have to kill me.

　We'll just hear what happened first, okay?







　As I advanced my men to where I could see Gehenna, a single four-horse carriage came from Gehenna.
　I ordered the carriage to be captured by the cavalry.

　Five men emerged from the carriage, including Abraham.
　Abraham and a man tied with a strange rope.
　One person who appeared to be a slave.
　And two soldiers with swords.

　After confiscating the weapons from the soldiers, I stood in front of them.

　Abraham-dono, you have no explanation. You will have to explain yourself. If you give me a poor excuse, you will get your head.

　I draw my sword and tell them one way or another.

　I don't want to kill Abraham.
　But my mood is still unsettled.

　He tried to kill my wife.
　I'm not a man of large capacities," he says, "and I can't just smile at that.

　"Those idiots have already been investigated. So if you tell a lie, you'll know. Is that clear?
　'Yes, Your Majesty. Your Majesty.

　Abraham didn't change his expression at all and began to tell the situation in a matter-of-fact manner.

　After Abraham finished talking, he shifted his gaze to Raimondo.
　Raimondo quietly shook his head.

　.........Is there a contradiction?

　'We have already caught the fool. You can boil or roast him, or do as you please. .........By the way, before my head falls off, I need to talk to you about Gehenna.......
　I have some things I need to do first.

　I drew my sword and stepped closer.
　Abraham meditated quietly.

　I cut off the head of the man who was tied up beside Abraham.
　The green meadow turns bright red.

　'Abraham, you are to come to Rosais. I will discuss the future of Gehenna with the citizens of Gehenna, not you.
　Oh, okay, I see.

　This was the moment when Gehenna's pretender fell to a mere old man.