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chapter: 212
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Marius's story
「Marius ......!」
I stood up involuntarily. I was frankly surprised to see him here, even if he was not in a position to stay for a long time, even if he was not busy, even if he was the ruler of this city.
「What the hell is going on?」
I don't hide my surprise. Marius gives his usual grin.
「I thought I'd share what I know over here.」
「That's it. ......」
「I don't want to cause Eizo any discomfort in the future, Above all, Eizo is my friend.」
Marius is blatant about it. I guess the reason he let me know was more or less to reassure me.
Many people do not believe in pure acts. This is especially true in the aristocratic world in which Marius is now.
「I appreciate the sentiment.」
「I'd be happy to do so.」
I was honestly grateful for Marius' goodwill. Then Marius urges me to sit down again.
「Well, this is as far as I've been able to get from my own information.」
Marius also sat down across from us and started talking.
「The point is the empire I mean, the emperor knew about the revolution.」
「Did they know before that it was going to happen?」
「ah! They knew it was going to happen and took advantage of it. It's like a show-and-tell. It's possible they've already subdued it.」
「Then why did they held Helen in captivity?」
「They didn't want people to know that they knew. If they knew then someone found out she wasn’t alive and It's the same reason why they didn't let the fact that she had been caught leak out. 」
Helen said she hadn't heard the details, but the people she ran into were from the imperial side who had information about the revolution.
As she said herself, they don't know how much information was leaked.
However, if they carelessly put out a dead body there is a possibility to recognize from there so, I wonder if they kept her alive for a while. No, wait, that would be ......
「So Helen would have survived anyway even if we hadn't rescued her?」
「No, I don't think so.」
Marius shook his head at my words.
「Certainly, once the revolution happened it no longer mattered what happened to Helen. Whether being alive or dead. 」
The people of Eizo Workshop, myself included, gasped. Marius moistens his mouth a little with the tea that been served and speaks again.
「The empire would want to make sure that no one would find out later that they knew. Then they could have killed her at the time of the revolution. In the heat of the moment, we'll never know why she died.」
「Would you rather have she had been rescued just in time?」
「Yes.」
「So we can't say she’s fine anymore.」
「I don't see why not. We might as well keep it like today for a while.」
Marius shakes his head, this time in a big way.
In this world today, there will be no such thing as a judicial autopsy, Dead men tell no tales. Even if there is magic, it is basically the nobles who can use it. It is highly doubtful that the results are correct.
In addition, it would be as if a bone stuck in the throat for the emperor. To have one alive who know that they knew about the revolution before. They must want to resolve it in any way possible.
There is no reason or need on our part to solve your problems.
I look over at Helen and she is looking down. You didn't have to worry about it. As I was thinking this, Diana put her hand on Helen's shoulder and began whispering something to her.
I'll leave that to Diana and ask Marius.
「They knew there was going to be a revolution, doesn't that mean that the Marquis is in danger when he's going to carve up some territory, isn't that the perfect place to lay an ambush?」
「That's the thing. ......」
Marius sighs loudly. That old man is doing something again.
「They've got a deal going on behind the scenes, too.」
「About what ?」
Marius's words did not hide my surprise for the umpteenth time since I got here.
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