After Starting a Thread as a Reincarnated in an Unknown Otome Game, I Got Caught in a Battlefield of Beauties - Chapter 42: Hey, Don’t Mess with Me

Chapter 42: Hey, Don’t Mess with Me

After capturing the old butler named Ludrich, I made him spill everything he knew.

I let him talk for over ten minutes, and just as he finished, I told him:

“That was too long. Summarize it in twenty seconds.”

“Wha…!? Then why did you make me say everything!?”

He was ranting, but obviously, I made him do it because I was annoyed after having such a hard time finding him. 

And to top it off, he tried to stab me in the throat with a dagger. 

If I hadn’t been wearing the Mantle of the Dark God, I would have been dead.

Of course, I also wanted to get back at him for what he did to Leticia. 

If I’m going to kill him anyway, I might as well humiliate him as much as possible first.

Thinking about it, maybe killing that maid instantly was a mistake…

As I was slightly regretting that in my mind, the old man spoke again.

“…Our mission is to gather information to give us an advantage in the invasion of the kingdom next month.”

“You’ve been undercover for a long time for just that. Why?”

“We were originally supposed to brainwash the first prince and use his power to host the Spirit King as a trump card during the invasion. However, it was decided that someone else would brainwash him instead. So, Mae and I were assigned to the Freezing family. Others were also infiltrating different duke families at different times to brainwash their sons and daughters.”

Is that it?

Are you telling me that the reason I ended up fighting the prince and Senondor the other day was because of spies from your empire?

“Hey, was that fight I had set up by your empire?”

“…Yes. The most important objective at that time was to assess your power, the irregular who made a pact with the Spirit God—gah!”

I grabbed the old man’s neck, lifted him, and punched him in the stomach just enough to not kill him. 

He coughed up blood, but I didn’t care and hit him again.

“Gah, cough! Wait—”

“—Change of plans. I won’t kill you yet. Instead—”

I let go of his neck and used magic to bind and lift him into the air.

“—You will betray your empire.”

Killing him quickly was out of the question. 

Sure, I wanted to kill him right away, but doing so might let other spies escape.

I needed him to reveal the locations of the other spies.

“But your will is no longer needed—[Mind Corruption].”

“What… what is this… stop—aaaarghhhhhh!?”

When I placed my hand on the old man’s head and activated the spell, pitch-black magic flowed into his eyes, mouth, nose, and ears, breaking down his will.

This spell makes the victim experience pain worse than death as their will collapses, which suits this old bastard perfectly.

“…”

For a while, his screams echoed around us, but now he just stared blankly into space, saying nothing. 

However, he still obeyed my commands, so there was no problem.

Sorry, but anyone who harms Leticia or me even a little will not escape. 

I will find every single one of them and…

“Alright, [Search].”

—and eliminate them all.

“Hey, don’t mess with me. How many is this now? Seven? No, no, no… this is way too many…”

I looked down at the man who had just died in front of me and sighed deeply.

This makes the seventh one.

Initially, I thought it was just the duke’s family, but that wasn’t the case.

The upper echelons of the country, including the Aerial and Freezing families, as well as the marquis families I hadn’t met yet, were all infiltrated by spies. 

Only the Freezing family had two spies, and they knew about them because they were being threatened.

The others were blissfully unaware.

Hey, Your Majesty, this is way too careless.

How many have infiltrated the country? 

If I hadn’t been killing these spies, things would have been disastrous during the invasion planned for next month.

Well, I don’t know if the invasion will still happen after I’ve killed so many spies.

“Guess, it’s about time my magic starts to wear off…”

To be honest, I had been feeling a bit off for a while now.

It wouldn’t be as bad as the first time I used it, but it seemed like it was reaching its limit.

“Hey, is the next one the last?”

“…”

The old man nodded silently and pointed to the royal palace.

“Well, since the prince was being controlled, it makes sense.”

I was past anger and just felt exhausted. But still…

“—I’m still going to kill them.”

I finally ended it by cutting the old man’s neck and quickly killing him. I kept his head as a precaution and made his body disappear.

That makes eight. 

The last one is someone in the royal palace, but with Hecate around, they won’t escape.

“Sigh… why am I the one cleaning up the kingdom’s mess…?”

It was supposed to be a personal vendetta at first.

Feeling somewhat dissatisfied with the situation, I rushed towards the royal palace.

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I fell asleep just like that.

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