Chapter 530.2

Chapter 530.2

Because I usually lived in a dungeon, I almost forgot… In this world, the value of life was much lighter than in my previous life.
People die easily, and the concept of human rights in this world was vague, and basically, if you didn’t do something to save yourself, then you would simply die in a ditch somewhere.
In such a world, the life and death of others who have nothing to do with you had little meaning, and moreover so, when it came to those who control the country, to them, the lives of others had no more meaning beyond “numbers”.
In this world of aristocracy, no matter how many people died, the power of Imperials and nobles remained unchallenged.
The most notable rulers of this world tend to be very intelligent people like the Demon King, King Reid of Allysia Kingdom, and former Emperor Shen, and their perception of family had been dulled because of their duty…
So, to be honest, when I first heard that the Imperial Family was involved in the recent terrorist attack, I thought to myself, “Ah, did they finally make their appearance?”
I just didn’t want people like that to exist in this country.
…I was still the Emperor, albeit just a figurehead.
Then, while I’m at it, I should follow the way of this world and use force to get rid of enemies who oppose me.
“Don’t let anyone think that this kind of foolishness is going to make this country any better. We can’t let this great country, which values reason, sink because of some idiot. –Let’s do it. It’s time to clean up the trash.”
At my words, the members of the Imperial Guard shouted, “Oh!” in a loud voice.
…
While the King of Allysia Kingdom was drawing the attention of the Imperial Family at the palace, the operation began.
The first thing that was prepared was smoke.
A good amount of smoke was spread out in the Senate Building of Rogard Empire, enough to cover the entire facility.
It had no effect other than making it somewhat suffocating, but that was enough for a country and its citizens who had experienced two terrorist attacks to panic.
“What, another terrorist attack?!” (Senate Member ???)
“Oh, no, another one here!” (Senate Member ???)
“Get out of here! Everybody get out of here!” (Senate Member ???)
“Wait, where are the important documents?” (Senate President)
“What do you care so much about those documents?” (Senate Member ???)
The Senate workers began to run away in a panic with screams, and the place was enveloped in chaos.
Everyone misunderstood that this was where the next terrorist attack would take place.
Then, the Imperial Guards who were on guard duty rushed to the scene.
“First squad, second squad, perimeter alert! You never know what might come out, so be careful! The rest of you, evacuate together! Follow our instructions and start evacuating quickly! Stay calm and follow our guidance!”
With the words of Helger, the Commander of the Imperial Guard, who raised his voice, a certain order was created there, and the evacuation of the council members began.
One man among them… With a dubious expression on his face, he followed the Imperial Guard’s guidance and moved to evacuate.
“–Oh, I’m sorry, but I’m going to have to ask you to come this way.” (Helger)
“What…!” (Senate President)
Suddenly, the senate members were seized, and they were forcefully taken into the shadows.
The other party’s physical pain was not considered at all, and with a quick but forceful action, Senate members were suddenly immobilized in the blink of an eye.
No one noticed this due to the poor visibility of the smoke.
Helger, who should have been directing the evacuation earlier, said, “Do not do anything unnecessary. Unlike the members of the Imperial family, we can simply pretend that we didn’t find you here during our rescue… It is easy for us to do so, you know – Senate President.”
They separated one man among the members of the Senate, the Senate President – Cyrus Aegir.
He was our target, the one responsible for all the terrorism that happened so far… our primary target…
The evidence was fabricated to make it look like this attack was carried out by a member of the Imperial Family.
It was beyond the gray zone and into the black zone, but since no one but this guy would be killed or injured, I hope the people of this empire would forgive me for that.
…
In essence, our plan was to make it look like a member of the Imperial Family and the Senate President were responsible for terrorist attacks.
The plot goes like this:
After we caught the Senate President, who had been causing incidents directly, he would “plead” that he only did it because of the orders of the Imperial Family, and say “They plan to get rid of me because they no longer need me, with a final terrorist attack that occurred at the Senate Building!”.
This attack would bring to light evidence that a series of incidents had been carried out under the guidance of the Imperial Family.
Oh, the treacherous Imperial Family, we must all do something about them.
Shen and the Demon King predicted that the original mastermind was the Senate President, and that the Imperial family was used by him.
Also, because Senator Alveiro, who had been their prime suspect in the previous attacks, was already in custody, the blame for the next attack would weaken the suspicion against him.