Although with his 'preparations', he should be fine, Honest was indeed a bit upset. After all, he had prepared a series of 'backups' before, but now that the initial move had failed, no matter how many backups he prepared, he had no chance to use them, which made him feel very frustrated. And the biggest problem in this plan was that they had underestimated Lancer.
Under the sneak attack of an Imperial Arms user, they actually failed to kill the other party. And according to the original plan, even if they couldn't kill Lancer, they would stall him, and it would be best to make Lancer appear in the camp at a 'suitable time' and then be killed directly by Budo!
In other words, if Lancer was killed, everything would be fine, and the impersonator would be killed by Budo. If Lancer wasn't that easy to kill, they would stall him and have him killed by Budo!
Of course, the reason for designing Lancer this way was not because he had a personal grudge with the other party, but because Lancer was the 'most suitable'!
A person without any foundation in the imperial capital was the easiest to bribe, and this was the most logical situation. After all, others wouldn't be bribed so easily. If he did this, even if the emperor didn't die on the spot, Budo would manage the 'army' more strictly because of this incident. His incomprehensible family motto, 'the army is absolutely not allowed to interfere in imperial politics', would probably be implemented even more strictly, and the army system would even completely become a 'royal' puppet, and he would only need to control the next emperor to indirectly control Budo and the entire army of the empire!
But this plan actually had a problem in the very first step. Not only because Lancer strength led to the Imperial Arms user who was supposed to intercept or kill him being stuck, so not to mention controlling the time or killing him, even the 'unsolvable' poison was delayed for some unknown reason...
He had used a lot of his power for this plan.
His fanatical followers, and the 4 Imperial Arms users and several Imperial Arms users he had recruited and controlled.
If using his own things was just a heartache, then because of the mission failure, there were also many unstable factors, such as 'Dr. Stylish' and 'Bill', and what was even more troublesome was that he couldn't easily deal with these two.
Although Dr. Stylish in front of him was an Imperial Arms user, he himself did not have much combat experience. Even he could directly crush the other party's neck, but the problem was 'Bill', the man who controlled the empire's assassination squad!
He could guarantee that after learning that his plan had failed, the other party had immediately distanced himself from him. The fact that 'Lancer' had protected his subordinate Imperial Arms user had already made him feel strange. Now that he thought about it, the other party was probably trying to silence him, and what was even more crucial was that he couldn't find a reason to trouble the other party now.
I'm afraid that if he asks to meet the other party again in the future, the other party will be even more cautious, right?
"This guy..."
Although he had a smile on his face, Dr. Stylish couldn't help but shiver, because Honest had a smile on his face at this time, but he didn't have a hint of a smile. He even regretted why he came to find the other party.
"Don't worry, Dr. Stylish, there won't be any problems..."
Although he said the same thing as before, Dr. Stylish could only sit on the sofa with a dejected expression this time. He really regretted it now.
He had collaborated with the other party as if he were possessed in order to get a better experimental environment and materials. Now it seemed like that was a truly infuriatingly stupid decision!
After more than two months, the 'emperor' who had been away returned to the imperial capital. The crowd gathered on both sides of the main road to welcome him. Everything looked no different from before, but the nobles of the empire were all trembling with fear, because the emperor with a smiling face sitting in the carriage now looked no different from a demon to them.
Indeed, the other party was called a 'wise king', but the key to this word was not just 'wise', but also included 'king'. And how could a qualified king be a kind-hearted person?
They didn't know who was so bold as to attack the emperor this time, but more than a year ago, a governor and several nobles were 'dealt with' by this emperor at the first opportunity.
They could not care who planned this assassination, but they had to worry about whether this emperor would take the opportunity to act against them or their families!
Some people even maliciously speculated in private whether this was a self-directed and self-performed act by the emperor, but when they saw Budo, who was riding on a warhorse and closely following the emperor's carriage, they subconsciously lowered their heads.
If there were still people who were suspicious before, then now, seeing Budo, who was dignified without being angry and constantly scanning his surroundings, they felt that maybe the rumor was true————————The emperor was almost killed in this assassination.
If it was just 'someone might be unlucky' before, then now it was probably 'someone is really going to be unlucky'.
Even if the mastermind couldn't be found, the other party would probably find a few people he didn't like...
However, everyone's eyes were on the Great General Budo and the emperor at the very front, and they didn't notice that this team had lost quite a few people compared to when they set off.
After becoming a 'slave', Leone was in a state of anxiety for a while, but after getting along with Lancer for a while, she felt that life like this was actually not bad?
She didn't have to worry about mysteriously disappearing one day if she made a mistake;
She didn't have to cut her hair and pretend to be a boy for her safety;
She didn't have to worry about tomorrow's food...
Of course, the most crucial thing was that although she was a 'slave', she was actually doing the work of a maid. Because the kitchen work was left to 'Tiger', her work was only cleaning the room and washing Lancer clothes. Sometimes, when she saw Tiger being held in Lancer arms, she would have a strange feeling.
She felt it should be jealousy, but the food Tiger made was really delicious!
This made her feel very conflicted.
But recently, Lancer had been away on a business trip, and she had become even more bored. Besides her usual daily cleaning, she didn't even know what to do.
'I wonder when the master will be back?'
Leone, with a bag of kitchen garbage that had accumulated for a few days, staggered out of the back door.
"Ah~! Sorry~! Sorry~!"
Because her mind was full of thoughts about Lancer, Leone didn't notice that someone was bumping into her around the corner. She immediately apologized the moment she bumped into the other person.
Normally, the matter should have been resolved, but————————
"Hey! Are you, a slave, trying to leave?!"
Accompanied by a somewhat arrogant voice, a white-haired man grabbed Leone wrist, and the bag in her hand naturally fell to the ground.
Smelling the pungent smell of the garbage, the man couldn't help but frown, but when he saw Leone, a playful expression appeared on his face.
"I thought you were some trash because of your bad figure, but I didn't expect you to have a pretty face..."
Leone immediately had a bad premonition seeing the other party's slightly mocking expression...