I Killed the Demon King. It Was a Mistake. Chapter 118

I Killed the Demon King. It was a mistake.

Chapter 118

Caesar’s knight gacha failed consecutively for two weeks.

“Something is definitely wrong.”

While Caesar’s standards were strict, the fact that high-level knights didn’t even glance his way for half a month indicated a problem.

Even looking at current newspapers, there were rumors of knights being fired or dismissed, entering the free agent market.

But why aren’t they coming to Caesar?

Not famous enough?

That’s not it.

Because he’s not a nobleman yet?

That might be somewhat possible, but the Arch Duke had declared he would grant Caesar a title.

Considering the Arch Duke’s reputation and prestige, it would be strange if knights weren’t applying because Caesar wasn’t a nobleman.

“Someone is interfering.”

At that moment, Sean ran into the training ground breathlessly.

“Lord Caesar! You have a visitor!”

“Who?”

“Lord Miles has arrived.”

Right.

The mastermind has finally revealed himself.

Caesar twisted his neck and rose from the stump.

“Wait here a bit.”

“Oh, yes. Understood.”

After a while, Miles approached Caesar.

“Long time no see, Lord Caesar.”

“Right. Since you came without me calling, you must have a proposal for me.”

Miles shook his head.

“It’s not a proposal. I’m providing you with information you want.”

“Information?”

“Wasn’t it difficult to gather knights recently?”

“I definitely felt like someone was hindering me.”

“As expected, you noticed.”

Miles handed Caesar a small note.

“What’s this?”

“Information brought by my informant.”

[Redfield family’s spies are secretly recruiting knights while staying in villages and cities around Homigraph.]

Caesar crumpled the note.

“Aha… So this was it.”

“The Redfield family has no plans to recruit knights. But…”

“You mean to interfere with me. But why?”

Caesar had certainly expressed through Rose his desire to work with the Redfield family.

So why are these Redfield bastards throwing sand on Caesar’s plans?

“It’s not something planned by Lord Mitchell or Lady Rose.”

“Then?”

“It’s something planned by their brothers.”

Ah.

Now I understand.

Mitchell is currently in a succession dispute.

Mitchell’s side is currently supporting Caesar.

So Mitchell’s damned brothers might see an opportunity to attack the currently successful Mitchell if Caesar collapses, that’s their simple logic for harassing Caesar.

“By the way, didn’t you tell me not to get involved in the duke family’s succession dispute? Wasn’t it you?”

Caesar used psychometry.

“That’s why I came to resolve it.”

-To appeal that he’s helping Caesar, he needs to suffer a bit.

-And it took some time to confirm the information.

-Now it’s time to show off.

Look at this guy.

So the reason Caesar was struggling for almost two weeks was that Miles deliberately left him hanging to appeal how helpful he could be?

This is why guys with thick heads are hard to use.

I need to smash his head.

Let’s hear him out first.

“How?”

Miles handed Caesar some profiles.

“Here’s a list and faces of the Redfield family’s spies.”

“You want me to smash all these guys’ heads?”

“No. Just catching them with a small flaw at the police station will solve the problem. The Redfield family won’t want their names to remain in police records.”

“Will the Redfield family’s spies really create such an opening so obediently?”

“If there’s no opening, I’ll create one.”

Caesar pretended to think while reading Miles’ thoughts.

-Now is the time to become Caesar’s definite advisor and supporter, further increasing trust.

-My head is still throbbing, but…

-I should consider this as somewhat of a payback.

Miles definitely intends to help Caesar.

After all, from Miles’ perspective, if Caesar prospers, Miles will prosper too.

His delay over the past two weeks was just a timid revenge and a strategy to appeal his own usefulness.

Well, it could be seen as a cute little rebellion, but Caesar’s mood was entirely different.

After all the mental suffering over the past two weeks.

This cannot be let go.

“No. No way.”

“Pardon?”

“I’ll move directly because these bastards are annoying.”

Caesar drew out an axe.

“They’re secret agents, right? So I’ll kill them without knowing they’re Redfield family people. That’ll be the end of it, right?”

“B-but these people haven’t committed any crimes. And if you move directly, they’ll start tracing how you obtained such high-level information…!”

“You want to get screwed?”

Caesar’s eerie smile made Miles’ spine crawl.

“Do you know what’s most dangerous on the battlefield? Succubus magic? Orc axes? No, it’s the damn betrayals from allies.”

“Right now you’re just hindering recruitment, but what if these bastards interfere when I enter the demon war in two months? One wrong move and my knights and I could die.”

Miles was visibly panicking in real-time.

-I misjudged.

-Caesar is thinking this won’t end here but will extend to the demon war front.

-I unnecessarily revealed information.

-I should have resolved this myself and then informed him.

Caesar fastened Thunder to his waist.

“There are only two ways to prevent such situations in advance. Either make those bastards scared or recruit definite allies they can’t touch. For now, I think using the first method would be good. What do you think?”

Miles calmed his parched throat with a dry swallow and spoke.

“No matter how powerful the Redfield family is, if they backstab Lord Caesar on the demon war front, they’ll face severe backlash. Isn’t it nonsensical that they would touch Lord Caesar even on the war front?”

“The world is full of nonsensical things, and the most nonsensical things happen on battlefields.”

Caesar began walking out of the training ground with big strides. Miles quickly followed behind.

“There are narrow-minded bastards who shell their own advancing allies’ camps and cut off supplies heading to the front because of trivial arguments. Just because Mitchell doesn’t know, doesn’t mean his brothers won’t do the same?”

Miles bit his lip hard.

-At this rate, we might reach an irreversible situation with the Redfield family.

-I must stop this.

Miles blocked Caesar’s path.

“What are you doing?”

“Give me one more chance, Lord Caesar.”

“A chance?”

“I’ll definitely handle it so that Lord Caesar suffers no damage due to the Redfield Duke family’s succession fight. I’ll monitor 24/7 to ensure no worries on the demon war front.”

Caesar glared at Miles.

“You clearly promised me. That you’d ensure I wouldn’t suffer from the Redfield Duke family’s succession fight. But you broke your promise to me. How can I trust you again?”

“I’ll definitely intervene in the knight recruitment issue. I’ll actively support Lord Caesar in forming the knight order you desire. And on the demon war front, I’ll personally deliver necessary talents and supplies so you can focus entirely on combat.”

Miles bowed to Caesar.

“So please trust me just one more time.”

Caesar spoke while putting a cigar in his mouth.

“This is the last time. Don’t disappoint me.”

“Understood.”

Caesar deeply inhaled the strong cigar into his lungs.

Now he seems to be finally getting domesticated.

***

As soon as Miles left Caesar’s house, he headed to Sapientia. Upon entering a spacious mansion in Sapientia with a great view of the riverbank, a woman was waiting for Miles.

“He met Lady Rose.”

Lady Rose smiled beautifully and spoke.

“Welcome, Lord Miles.”

Lady Rose was sitting in an armchair by the wide living room window, gazing at the leisurely flowing Eilin River.

“After staying here for a few days, I quite like the view. How much would you sell it for?”

Sell the land of Sapientia, which was currently skyrocketing in value? 

That was nonsense.

“I’m sorry, but I cannot sell it yet.”

“Is that so? What a pity.”

Lady Rose put a cigarette in her mouth and spoke.

“Since you came to me right after meeting Lord Caesar, I assume you have something to ask of me?”

A monstrous woman.

He didn’t even realize he had been followed.

Miles swallowed his displeasure and opened his mouth.

“This is not a request.”

“Oh, not a request… Then what is it?”

“A warning.”

Miles laid down the profile of a Redfield family spy in front of Rose.

“Do not interfere with Lord Caesar’s affairs.”

“Me, interfering with Lord Caesar’s affairs? Why?”

“That, I cannot know. But it’s certain that the Redfield family’s spies would not move without Lady Rose’s knowledge.”

Rose stared at Miles intently.

An agitated expression and tone.

And a threat.

This was not Miles’ usual method.

What could have transpired between him and Caesar to make him so excited?

“You received instructions from the young lords?”

Rose said, putting out her cigarette.

“That’s right. It was a plan devised by our somewhat inadequate brothers, and I assisted. That’s all.”

“Hand over all the spies.”

“It sounds like you’re giving orders, isn’t it?”

“A suggestion. Otherwise, the Parker family will kill all of Lady Rose’s spies.”

Rose put a new cigarette in her mouth.

“It sounds like you’re declaring war with the Redfield family?”

“Do you know the difference between me and Lady Rose?”

Miles took a step closer to Rose.

“I can use all of the Parker family’s power, but the methods Lady Rose can use are extremely limited. That’s why I wear this ring.”

“The other two are the same. You think you’re wielding the power of the Redfield family, but that’s not true. You’re all just borrowing a part of the Duke’s power.”

Rose took the cigarette out of her mouth.

No matter how she looked at it, Miles seemed serious about killing Rose’s spies.

“Why are you so excited?”

“It seems you don’t know how crucial this Magic stone project is. If something happens in the Demon Realm, all Magic stone supply will be blocked. That’s why we’re trying to send Lord Caesar to the Demon Realm.”

Miles took another step closer to Rose.

“But the succession struggle of the Redfield duke family is causing the Magic stone project to waver. Lord Caesar must absolutely form a knight order and head to the Demon Realm to stabilize the Magic stone supply, and ironically, those hindering this are the Redfield family, who have poured in significant funds.”

Miles took the cigarette from Rose’s hand.

“What would the ailing Duke say if he were to know this fact?”

Rose stood up and glared at Miles.

“You can’t be calling this a threat, can you?”

“Yes. It’s a threat. The Redfield family doesn’t seem to be moving in unison, and with this, we can’t do business together.”

Miles lit the cigarette.

“Tell the two young lords to not touch Lord Caesar for the time being. In two months, Lord Caesar will officially receive an imperial rescript and support the Demon Realm front. If any situations are detected of tampering with supplies, damaging the knights, or attempting to persuade them…”

Miles precisely pointed to Rose’s red eyes.

“The Parker family will do everything to push Lord Mitchell.”

Miles left the mansion after saying those words.

***

Rose sat in the armchair and thought.

‘I didn’t expect this.’

The reason Rose had granted her two somewhat lacking brothers’ request was to create a weakness for Caesar. Caesar was rising without knowing any limits and had almost no weaknesses. With Caesar running wild, and now being able to operate a knight order in addition to his title, the Redfield family would have almost no means to pressure Caesar – that was her judgment.

Within the Redfield family itself, this issue had been pointed out, and they were currently working to insert several knights with the Redfield family’s influence into Caesar’s knight order…

“I didn’t expect Sir Miles to come out like this.”

She knew that Caesar was holding Miles’ weakness properly.

So she thought Miles would instead prepare to counterattack by grabbing Caesar’s weakness.

That’s why she thought he hadn’t reported to Caesar despite Rose working on this for two weeks.

But Miles had begun actively protecting and standing up for Caesar, even if it meant turning Rose and her three brothers into enemies.

“I should consider Miles completely Caesar’s man now.”

She had thought the relationship between Caesar and Miles was either equal or Miles was slightly above, but seeing Miles today, her assessment was being completely reset.

Caesar was properly manipulating Miles.

Rose put a new cigarette in her mouth and gave instructions to her secretary.

“Withdraw all agents.”

“Yes, understood.”

It seems it will be difficult to catch Caesar’s weakness this way.

“He’s so different from Yan, and that makes him attractive.”

Rose stared intently at Caesar’s house visible beyond the riverbank.