The Betrayed Devil No Longer Hides His Power

13 – The Fool, The Fool, The Fool 2

A figure wearing a golden mask, covering his entire body from head to toe in luxurious clothing.

Judging from his appearance, he seemed to be the head of the tax department, who is in charge of them, and said in a cold voice, pointing to the documents in his hand.

“Tell me clearly. Where did this part of the revenue go? There’s no way the captain of this place doesn’t know about this fact, right?”

-“I… I don’t know. I don’t remember anything written on it.”

“Even though the document was stamped by you?”

– “Ummm… Even so, I don’t remember every single document I’ve processed. I was just doing office work… “

“hahahaha… this is so… I tried to let it pass nicely, but I just can’t do it.”

The customs officers are showing signs of arresting Crassus at any moment.

And, Crassus seemed to be literally being robbed in front of him.

Seeing this happening right in front of his eyes, Pompey ran towards it.

‘Crassus like that asshole… No, if you’re going to get caught, you should have gotten caught on me. ‘

Although Pompey was also in her position to rob Crassus, the weight of her and the emperor’s tax officials were different.

Even if there was the same corruption, in the case of Pompeii, it was an internal affair of Kirks, and it was possible to organize the matter on the line of punishing Crassus.

However, if this was caught by the emperor’s customs officer belonging to the empire, it would not be a problem for Crassus alone.

Not only is it a huge amount of money as a fine, but in some cases, the entire Kirks may be beaten with a mace.

So Pompey came to the conclusion that he had no choice but to defend Crassus here.

I moved forward as it was.

“Excuse me for a second.”

Pompey intervenes in the situation with an urgent voice.

However, right after that, knights wearing fancy armor stood in the way of Pompeii.

“What are you? We are carrying out a sacred official duty according to the Emperor’s orders. Get out of here.”

Aside from the fancy armor, the knights give off a nasty smell in many ways, probably because they haven’t washed much in the meantime.

So Pompey felt a twist in his stomach for a moment,

She ignored this fact as much as possible and spoke in a polite voice.

“I am Pompey, an executive of Kirks. Since I came to take care of the matter here by the Master’s order, I also ask for an explanation of the situation.”

“Pompeii… Called? Are you?”

At the same time as naming it, the head of the tax office immediately starts showing interest in this direction.

In response, Pompey regarded this as an opportunity to squeeze in and spoke confidently.

“Yes, it is. I am that Pompeii. Apparently, there seems to be some misunderstanding regarding Crassus, but please give me a chance to explain… “

“It went well, I was planning to send you back to the ecliptic right away from 4 years ago, but you came all the way here in person like this. It made things very easy.”

“N…Yes?”

With those words, the knights approached us with their weapons pointed right away.

So Pompey recognized that things were going strangely, but…

It was already too late.

“Evidence has already been gathered to the point where it is full and overflowing. Dirty Kirks bastards who robbed the Emperor’s wealth. Get ready to send them out right now!”

“Huh? Uh?”

“Okay!”

“Now… for a moment… Please wait a moment! If it’s good for once, let me tell you my story… “

“What are you doing? Take it right away! I will leave right now without wasting time. Also, take the illegal contraband, the dancer or something, with you!”

Contrary to the expectation that they would still give them a chance to fulfill their calling, the knights grabbed Pompeii and dragged him straight into the prepared wagon.

Pompey and her escort knights thought for a moment that they had to resist here, but soon they had no choice but to give up.

There was a sudden and unfair part, but anyway, the opponent was the public power that was moving in the name of the emperor.

In this situation, if they clumsily rebelled, the situation only worsened as the crime of obstruction of public affairs was added.

For now, there is no other way than to shut up and follow.

So, without even being able to go inside from the entrance of the citadel, Pompey’s party was forcibly put on a wagon and sent somewhere.

“Then let’s go. We don’t have much time, so hurry up.”

The head of the tax office urges in a cold voice.

With urgency as if being chased by something,

In that way, the customs officer and his party quickly got out of the citadel area, dragging Pompey and her men.

*

Pompey and her men move while confined in a carriage.

The fact that he was taken back without even stepping into the fort after all the hardships he had suffered to get here from the Utopian Empire was in many ways absurd, but that wasn’t the point right now.

“Po… Pompey, what should I do?”

“… For now. There is no point in making a fuss here, just shut up and be quiet.”

“Ha… but… “

“They were determined to catch us anyway. I have no choice but to return to the Empire for now and then take the opportunity to tell the Master this news… “

“Ummm… “

A bad situation in many ways,

However, Pompey’s position in this regard was that something bothersome happened, and he did not feel a sense of crisis.

No matter how much he is a customs officer, he is just a puppet that follows the will of the emperor.

If you tell the story to the emperor through the master, you will be able to pass this as well without any problems.

‘Honestly, I don’t really like it… I can’t help it. I have no choice but to pass this case this way, and from next time on, I will be more thorough in prevention.’

With the conclusion that they have no choice but to accept the immediate blow, Pompeii begins to think about what’s next.

At that time, the escort driver who was watching the situation from the side asked in a cautious voice.

“Hey… Well, Pompeii. If that happens, what will happen to Crassus-sama?”

“Somehow, of course you will end up hanging on the gallows.”

“Yes? Nine… Are you not going to save me? Even so, he’s been serving the Master for quite some time… “

“Because of that bastard, things became difficult. Should be held responsible You have to throw away what you throw away, even if it means minimizing the damage to Kirks.”

“Ummm… “

“Ah.. I see… It is.”

The knights had no choice but to keep their mouths shut at Pompey’s resolute attitude.

They also tried to have a little bit of luck, as they ate little by little from Crassus, but in this situation, it didn’t seem to work.

So, now that this has happened, I hope that Crassus will not do anything strange before he dies and go quietly. They bowed their heads heavily.

*

“This… this… It really works…”

A carriage running fast.

Inside, Hella, who is wearing handcuffs for the sake of appearance, sits opposite…

Looking at the demon king, Arcadia, wearing the customs chief’s clothes made with illusion magic, I said with admiration.

Me and Plutos, who used illusion magic and pretended to be the customs officers.

As the original player, the illusion created by squeezing out the memories of the time was almost the same as the original, and the illusion magic used here was also very powerful.

Unless you are a great wizard or high priest who can break it, you will never notice it.

The ‘customs officials who directly represent the will of the emperor’ created in this way were not beings that could easily be defied no matter how much Pompey was.

It is only in modern times that civil petitioners have a difference between one and the other, but civil servants

In this world, public officials were powerful people with powers that could lead to summary execution in the worst case.

No matter how long the tongue of Pompeii is, if you push with authority, there is no answer.

In addition, in front of her at the time were various documents we brought from inside the castle…

It was a situation where evidence of the so-called ‘Kirks corruption’ created by Crassus was piled up.

At this point, even if Pompey is not directly involved, she, as her high-ranking official, has no choice but to take responsibility.

As a result of being thoroughly defeated in such a fight for power and cause,

Pompey and her party had no choice but to enter the citadel and be taken away without even seeing it.

“By nature, humans are easily swayed by what they see. Especially in a situation like the one before when we were caught with justification and weakness.”

If he was thoughtless, he might have ignorantly attacked in such a situation.

However, as Crassus said, Pompey was by no means an idiot.

Actually, in the previous situation… She used her good brain and made her judgment coldly.

Now that all the corruption has been revealed, clumsy resistance only makes the situation worse.

In the end, according to that idea, she and her subordinates were bound in a very natural way.

“In a way, it can be said that this is all thanks to Crassus’ fun-filled corruption. To the extent that even indirect evidence can tie up that Pompeii or something.”

– “Ummm… go… thank you.”

Now he became the undead Plutus and was loyal to me, but in his human days, Crassus was really filthy.

In the process of selling off the demons, the back money and ‘smuggled goods’ extorted in all kinds of ways.

As for the scale, if it were to be revealed, let alone being dragged to the place of execution.

It was enough to inflict a fatal blow on the entire Kirks.

Of course, only under the condition that his irregularities are clearly revealed.

‘If a guy like this can stretch his legs out and sleep, then surely this world is rotten… “

Anyway, the important thing is that thanks to that, Pompeii, who was practically a bomb, could be prevented from entering the fortress.

As much as what could have been called the biggest hurdle has been safely resolved,

For now, we can catch our breath…

But that doesn’t mean everything is over yet.

“Then let’s proceed to the next step. Crassus to be sure to handle it”

-“Leave it to me, my lord.”

At this point, it is almost impossible for her to return to the fort.

That said, since it’s of course impossible for us, who are only disguised with illusion magic, to enter the empire like this, it’s time for the next move.

“Put up the wagon. Let’s take a ‘rest’ for a while.”