I’m the Only One Who Can Put the Tyrant To Sleep

Chapter 28 Ian introduced Marriott.“This is the maid who was wrongfully dismissed, the maid who has served the crown prince for years.”Several of the seated nobles nodded. They seemed to remember seeing her at the crown prince’s palace.Duke Spiegel urged.“So, what was your intention in bringing her here?”“That-”Marriott intervened. Her voice was trembling slightly. She didn’t know whether it was out of anger or excitement.“It’s because she has something she wants to tell you. Directly from her mouth.”“Tell me.”“The Crown Prince….”The room was quiet at the sound of a muffled voice.“The Crown Prince has a serious illness.”“What?”The Duke asked excitedly.“Is it true? An illness?”The Crown Prince is ill. There was nothing better for the aristocrats.A person who ascends to the throne must be perfect. An illness would give them the cause of officially bringing down the Crown Prince.“What kind of disease is this! Come on tell me!”Marriott smiled with satisfaction at the commotion around her.“I don’t know what kind of disease it is. But it’s very serious. There were times when he vomited blood.”“Blood…! How dared the Crown Prince to hide that fact until now! If only I could prove this fact….”“I saw it. So I can prove it! I will go and tell you wherever you need it.”Marriott shouted enthusiastically. Viscount Kraus, who had kept his mouth shut the entire time, interrupted.“But isn’t she the maid who has already been kicked out? And she might be vengeful and accuse us of framing her?”Duke Spiegel was lost in thought.‘If only I could prove the disease….’Then, suddenly, he felt that Ian was looking at him with a smile.“… You know something, don’t you?”“Didn’t I tell you earlier that the Crown Prince has ‘changed’?”Flinching, the duke’s eyebrows twitched.“So?”“If you use it, you can easily prove it. Some time later, wasn’t there a banquet for the Crown Prince’s fifteenth birthday?”The Duke glanced around quickly. The nobles sitting at the table were talking to each other.“I wonder if that ‘I must do it’ suggestion you made earlier was…”“That’s right, I’ll tell you how to prove it, and I’d like the Duke to do it for me.”Ian’s reply came out as if he had prepared it in advance.“How do you know this isn’t a trap?”“You’ll be convinced when you talk to me alone.”‘You knew this was coming all along.’The Duke knew that everything was going Ian’s way, but there was no way to resist.He finally nodded. ***** After some time passed, there were only two people left in the room. They were Duke Spiegel and Viscount Kraus.“How are you going to do it?”Viscount Kraus asked, rubbing her hands.The Duke had just delivered the plan he had heard from Ian to the Viscount.They had to admit that Ian’s plan was absolutely perfect. Ian had the intelligence, the execution, the meticulousness, and the savagery of the plan.The only problem was that his desires seemed unreasonable, and so did his family.Can the Bryden family be trusted?Even if he really intended to betray the imperial family right now, he didn’t know what troublesome problems would arise later.‘Moreover, his ambition is such that he would turn against his family. The day that ambition is turned against us…’The Duke opened his mouth.“Perhaps…”“Just tell me.”“I need to make some plans in advance.”“What kind of plan…?”“If the imperial family is to be overthrown anyway and the place becomes ours, the imperial faction will be dealt with…”“Aha.”Viscount Kraus smiled meanly.On the surface, she looked stupid and stiff, but the Viscount was quick-witted, which was why the duke was using her.“Are you saying that when the imperial faction is framed, we should also include that brilliant young master?”“That’s right. Take what you can take, and when the time comes…”After using the information Ian brings and his brain, when the work is done, bring down House Bryden.After that, it was just a matter of playing dumb.In short, they were going to use him to their advantage and then betray him.“So, do you think you’ll stick to your plan this time?”“This seems perfect. I don’t see any way out, and if anything goes wrong, it won’t be hard to blame it on him.“Then the birthday banquet is coming soon… That will be the day of the Crown Prince’s death.”The two looked at each other and smiled meanly. A candle was burning in the dark room. **** A few days after attending the banquet, the five maids of the Crown Prince’s palace, including myself, sat around a large table.It was for the 15th birthday banquet of the Crown Prince.Papers piled up like a mountain on the table. Mamid, who sat at the top of the table, opened her mouth.“Me and Hannah will check the guest list against the invitations, so let Evelyn, Devit, and Erinne seal the confirmed invitation.”“Yes.”The work was assigned quickly. When Mamid and Hannah handed over the confirmed invitations to me, I stamped the imperial seal on the inside and outside of the invitation and the outside of the envelope.Devit, who received it, was in charge of folding the invitation and putting it in the envelope, and finally Erinne was in charge of sealing the envelope with wax.Perhaps because of our young age, Devit and I had the lowest level of difficulty. Because of our young age, our jobs were the least challenging. This allowed me to work mechanically while my mind wandered.‘Who is that man? He looks incredibly handsome, he must have something… Oh, by the way, I have to find the empress’s spy.’Taking the stamp quickly, I glanced around.I’ve been busy with other things lately, but I haven’t given up on finding the empress’s spy yet.Four maids except me. Mamid, Hannah, Erinne, and Devit.Among them, the most suspicious was Erinne, no matter what.She doesn’t look very old, but Erinne was very good at everything. If it weren’t for her age and experience, she could have overtaken Mamid and she could have become the head maid.‘When I told the story of theft, she was well aware of the history of the imperial family. but…’Regarding Erinne, there was a point to the other side. If I’m right, she’s probably not the empress’s spy.‘I’m not sure yet.’I secretly swallowed a sigh. Neither finding the empress’s spy nor revealing Erinne’s identity was easy.‘By the way, it’s surprising.’It’s been several months since I came to the Crown Prince’s Palace as a maid. I’ve found that Caesar is treated better than I expected.‘It’s funny when you say he’s treated better, but….’To be precise, as I imagined, there was no openly hatred or dislike of him by everyone in the palace.Sure, the atmosphere wasn’t as friendly as it was in Floria’s palace, but I wouldn’t say he was abused or neglected.The abuse seemed to be something Marriott did on her own terms. The others were treating Caesar with a distance that was just right.‘So the banquet can be quite splendid.’With that thought in mind, I was quickly stamping, Erinne raised her hand and said,“Mamid, there is not enough wax.”“Yes?”Indeed, there was almost no wax next to Erinne. Mamid sighed deeply and looked at Devit.“Devit, didn’t I tell you to bring the wax in advance?”“Ah, that’s…”“Go and get it right now.”“Yes…”At Mamid’s cold words, Devit got up from her seat sullenly. Then Erinne also got up from her seat and said,“I will go with you. There is nothing I can do without wax anyway.”“Okay.”Erinne and Devit are going together? I jumped out of my seat to follow her.“I’ll come with them!”“What? Why would you…….”“Because I thought the wax would be heavy, and I’ve done my part anyway!”I finished my stamp and showed her my empty desk. Then I hurriedly followed Erinne out of the room before Mamid could stop me. ***** So Devit, I, and Erinne walked down the hallway side by side.The reason I followed them, of course, was to find out a little more about them. Especially about Erinne.As much as she loves to talk about other people, Devit is also good at telling me stories. Thanks to her, I knew a little bit about her, but Erinne was different.I hadn’t had many personal conversations with her yet.“You’re really good at what you do, Erinne.”At my sudden compliment, Erinne stared at me.“Is that so?”“Yeah, I think you’re my age, but you’re very good at your job.”“……”I said, but Erinne didn’t answer and quickened her pace.‘Hmm…. I think this is not enough.’I thought it would be better to go with that method. There were just the right number of people there.I made sure Devit was right next to me and spoke in a low voice.“By the way,” I said in a low voice, making sure she was beside me, “the theft at the Crown Prince’s palace.”