The Best Assassin, Incarnated into a Different World's Aristocrat

My first assassination as a Lug is perfect.

First, as requested by the royal "client," he killed it so that he could see that ”whoever sees it was murdered".

It's called a show. He wanted to show that the royalty would do this if he did what he wanted.

If there is evidence that the royal family has laid their hands on it, it will be a major problem, but nobles who can be guilty without that evidence cannot blame the royal family either.

The royalty can restrain other nobles by making them smell like they caused it. That way, I would be frightened that it was my turn next, and somewhat the nobles would also weigh themselves down.

If we do too much, on the contrary, we will let them stomp to rebellion, but the moment the royals make that move, there is a verse that thinks we should turn towahards the mastermind.

... Most importantly, if they were exposed that the crime was committed by Towahade, they would utterly say Towahade's arbitrariness without any hesitation, and punish the nobles extremely severely so as not to be suspected.

I haven't left a single piece of evidence to make sure it doesn't.

The substances created by sorcery continue to remain by default, but can be extinguished by obliterating the surgical formula. The bullet stuck in the wall, ten seconds later, is gone.

Plus, they never even identify how they killed him.

You should expect to have been tapped into high-altitude magic from close range when you see it blowing your magical head flashy.

Anyway, there is no concept of a gun per se.

Weapons are underdeveloped thanks to magic in this world.

Rather than that, there is a pretence that the ruling class is deliberately obstructing the development of weapons.

Noble societies are made up because nobles with magic but thus overwhelming power are protecting their citizens from demons and invaders with their power.

Because they are protected, the inhabitants are also irresistible in paying taxes and being ordered.

But with guns with enough firepower, even ordinary people can kill demons and nobles. Be able to protect yourself.

In that case, the aristocratic society itself could collapse.

Anyway, you don't have to rely on nobility anymore. The inhabitants will try to escape exploitation.

Because science and technology have not developed for those reasons, witchcraft using my knowledge of weapons can be a powerful weapon.

There are several other powerful weapons available besides guns.

These are great powers, but above all they are unknown to the other party.

"I hope this is how you kill brave men."

Crunch your own words as you run down the mountain path.

And I added that's not true.

If I were to die to that extent, even the goddess wouldn't have bothered to call me here.

Three days later, we will experiment with a maneuver for the vs. the brave on a deserted island that Marha has found.

Sorcery that would blow a few hundred meters radius if you let it go at all costs. We can't experiment without a deserted island.

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Sleep on a hill with a good view in order to gather your thoughts. This is my favorite place.

It has already been three months since the first assassination.

In the meantime, he was busy working out, developing magic, funding as Ilg Balor and strengthening his information network, as well as carrying out two assassinations.

It is unusual to say three times in three months.

This country is rotten from the inside out more than I thought.

Basically, nobles just have to pay a certain amount of tax and then you can do whatever you want. You can also decide on the laws in your territory.

Speaking of other obligations, if there's a war, it's enough to pay for conscription, money and food.

That's why gold and time make me extra ambitious.

There is no sense that many of the nobles serve the kingdom of Alvan, so much so that they each consider themselves kings who have seen their territories as small nations.

... Unless something radical is resolved, the same thing will be repeated. I don't know about relying on the assassination of Towahade. In fact, is serving this country in itself beneficial to Towahards? Oh, my God. That's about the corner of my head.

"Dear Lug, I beat Mr. Ronaha today! That's a win-win and a lose-lose."

He talks to me with a tart sleeping on the meadow looking in a good mood.

There was a folding spear in my hand for my birthday.

"Well, if you can beat Ronaha, you won't lose to the Knights either. Wasn't Ronaha stubborn?"

"... just for a moment. Then, here's a message for Master Lug. He wants me to put on an audition. Well, even girls like me said they'd be interested in training Master Lug to be this strong."

"I guess Ronaha, who has high pride, was so shocked to beg me to teach him. But well done."

My cousin, Ronaha, is highly trained with a magic hand in the name of Towahade, albeit a division.

Even two years ago, he had an unscrupulous strength with the young knights, but he had raised his arms even more in the past two years.

I thought that he and Tart had close prowess, so I was ordering them to try a mock fight.

There's too much difference in strength between me and Tart to be a serious battle.

The first was defeated, the second was a hard win, and the third was won quite sparingly as far as the current tart is concerned.

Tart is sure to grow.

"I am Master Lug's dedicated servant and assistant. I have to do this much!... That's Maya."

Maya is a servant.

The servant was running all the way here.

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I hear Maya told her father to call me.

Let's panic, it's no big deal.

I smelled blood when I entered the mansion. It seemed to have been swept away, but traces remain.

Seeing no signs of contention, there would have been a seriously injured visitor.

Whatever you think, it's going to be a lot of things.

Enter the study as usual. He is a faceless father when in work mode, but he has a hard look on his face in circles today.

"Lug, I just got a job request."

"Is that in the back?

"Absolutely. You can refuse this request. Better not take it. It's a request. But I dare say this. It's up to Lug to decide whether he wants to take it or not. … the request concerns the assassination of Dia Vicone, Countess of neighboring Suoigel"

It's like getting hit in the head with a blunt instrument, the shock runs.

Dia, make me my master of magic, my friend. And who I like.

You want me to kill that?

No way, did my father put me and her together to kill Dia one day?

"Father, I have two questions. One, isn't it a bad idea to interfere with your neighbors? Two, it is our belief that Towahade will only carry out assassinations in the national interest. I don't think killing Dia would be in the national interest."

"This assassination is not on the right track as a towaharde. It's due to personal feelings. That's why Lug can decide whether to take it or not. This is not in the national interest of the Kingdom of Alvan, but it will be an international problem in case of our involvement"

Exactly. If the murder of nobles in other countries becomes public, it can even develop into war.

"... tell us what's going on. Why do I have to kill Dia? Perhaps I can imagine it was due to the civil unrest in Suoigel. Dia's father, Count Vicone, came to the royal side and lost. However, the Vicones should have completed the post-war process, including the payment of compensation."

I know there's civil unrest going on in Suoigel.

We have the information network of the Valor Chamber of Commerce. There's no way I don't know such a big case.

Suoigel also has the same problems as the Kingdom of Alvan and nobility continues to have ambition and power.

And Suoigel doesn't have a towaharde.

As a result, the aristocracy continued to grow, claiming the royal family incompetent and lazy, and that we were the ones who deserved the rulers of Suoigel, a number of aristocrats united to rebel...... victorious.

Immediately after hearing that civil unrest had broken out and that the Vicone Count family had arrived on the royal side and were defeated, he ran to Dia to make sure he was safe, using his powers as Ilg Barroll and telling her that he was ready to allow each family to exile.

Dia will be fine then. And he told me not to come until the noise calmed down.

"Well, do you know that much? Then can we just talk about it? Count Vicone was defeated and let go of much of his wealth and territory as he was told.... but that didn't end. Dia got her eyes on me. Beautiful daughter. It also has powerful magic and can be expected when succession is born with excellent magic.... A greedy nobleman would want to get it, wouldn't he?

If I had finished paying compensation, it would not have been safe or anything. I had seen too much human greed sweetly.

There was something wrong with Dia then.

No way, did you know then this would happen?

If so, I...

"Count Vicone was just going to obey the adult. Dia also wanted it to keep her from bleeding excessively. But the ministers couldn't forgive it. More so, he slaughtered and killed the messenger who came to pick up Dia. At the same time, all the ministers poked their resignations and declared that they would move of their own free will, and furthermore prostitutes had gathered from the people to form an army, to stand in the castle, and to shut down the Lord, Count Vicone and Dia. On the face of it, the Count Vicone family is supposed to have caused civil unrest. The army has already been turned over and the battle has begun"

Lose the word.

It seems Count Vicone and Dia are so popular.

Traditionally, a people doesn't care who the nobility that governs them is. We think it has nothing to do with our lives, whoever the ruler is.

In fact, in the territory of the nobles I have assassinated, nobles have been sent to become royal puppets in lieu of the nobles I have murdered, and there has been no disruption whatsoever to the inhabitants, even if the rulers have changed.

Yet the inhabitants of Vicone challenged the battle from themselves. To protect Dia.

"So are you going to say expose Dia and her father's neck to early crackdown on that civil unrest and make the Vicone Nationals lose their will......? Who the hell asked for that? After all, I don't think we should be asked to do towahards."

"The client is Count Vicone himself. His loyalists swung away his enemies and allies and came this far to convey the word."

"Why?"

"Listen to me till the end, the request is for you to grab me after disguising Dia's assassination. Suppose they just send reinforcements as soon as they win the current battle. Where I won the immediate battle, it makes no sense, and this is the only hand I have to save Dia. And the only thing that can do that is towaharde"

I was finally convinced.

The death of those who rebelled will no longer be spared, and neither Count Vicone nor Dia will be helped, no matter how grateful they may be.

Then we have to decide to kill him and let him escape somewhere else.

"I understand the circumstances. I just don't know how my father got that assignment. I don't think my father would bend Toahade's beliefs."

"That's too much to buy. I have bent my faith once. Count Vicone owes me a debt of gratitude.... I know you're embarrassed, but Esri is Vicone's maid. And Dia will be your cousin. I owe Count Vicone. If he wants Dia alone to save him, he wants to. That's all I owe you."

"If I say no,"

"I can't do anything. I will go myself but not on my feet in time. It's all over by the time we get there. It has to be Lug. This is a personal affair that deviates from Towaharde's beliefs and is just a favor. So I said no."

The battle has already begun that the minister who came to tell the story was seriously injured.

Neighbouring countries, but roughly three hundred and twenty kilometres to Vicone territory, we have to cross two large mountains.

Although magic holding can run faster than a horse by strengthening it with magic, magic runs out by the time you reach it if it's normal magic.

If it's my father, I'll probably spend two days scissoring my break.

But I'll do it in half a day. It should be three days before Vicone's minister gets here.

If we get there in half a day, we'll still make it.

... you shouldn't be taking this request.

There is no great name for it, it is the blade of the Kingdom of Alvan, but it carries the risk of undermining the national interests of the Kingdom of Alvan.

I laugh.

Didn't you decide, I need to repeat my first failure.

I'm not just a tool, as a single person, if you choose.

Then you can ask my heart.

"Father,... this assassination, I undertake"

"Let's hear why. Unlike me, I owe Count Vicone a reason why Lug would take this request."

"There are three reasons. One thing, Dia owes me for teaching witchcraft. Two, I'm in love with Dia. Three, I promised Dia myself. When she rushes for salvation. I'm sure Dia's calling me."

Grab the foul stone necklace Dia gave me as she left Tower Harde.

When I got this, Dia said.

'And then you promised me you'd listen to everything you said back then, and now I beg you. If, when I really wanted to see Lug, I would definitely rush!

I'm sure Dia's calling me. It is now time to deliver on our promises.

I follow my heart and go to the dead for my sake.

"Right.... only once in my lifetime. I have bent my belief in waving the blade of Towahade just for the sake of the Kingdom of Alvan. You know what that was for?

"No. I can't imagine your father doing that."

"It's for Esri. I didn't expect my son to make the same choice. I thought you grew up unlike me, but you seem to have all the weird similarities...... good luck"

Nodding. And my heart got hot.

Right, did my father bend his beliefs for my mother, too? Really similar. That made me feel like a family bond.

And then I left the room, and I heard from a guy being treated in the next room, and I left.

From now on, we fight every minute of every second.

Assassination to keep Dia alive. Be sure to do it.