Regressor Of The Fallen Family [EN]: Chapter 324

“Thank you for your hard work.”

“Hard work, you say.”

Jun, the knight who was taking her back, said politely, “Thank you for your hard work.” Louisa forced a sad smile. “Hard work, you say?” she replied, the words tasting bitter in her mouth.

Her return date was set for tomorrow. Since there was no reason to stay longer, the King of McLaine wouldn’t even let her meet with important people in the kingdom.

‘He definitely knows about our magic.’

He must have known about her magic right away. But how could he prepare defenses so fast?

Could the small fight between Elder Geroin from the Tahiti Principality and McLaine’s new superhumans have led to such careful preparations?

‘Elder Geroin must have used the Tower’s Vision a little too well.’

Even if the King hadn’t seen it himself, he couldn’t have prepared so thoroughly unless he had been hurt badly. Although she didn’t have exact details, it was likely that one or two of the new superhumans were seriously injured in that battle.

‘Prince Ronian seemed okay, but… his injuries inside might have been bad. Yes, that would explain why I didn’t notice his power.’

That might be why they kept it secret. If so, it made sense that they prepared as soon as they knew about her magic.

“Hmph…”

She let out a short, unhappy laugh.

What was the point of figuring this out now? She felt like she had walked into a trap without realizing it.

If she hadn’t been a princess of the Empire, she probably would have been killed. She had only avoided punishment because of her status, and her hopes of getting influence in the organization would have to wait.

It was a truly disheartening situation.

“Any knowledge of plans to move other elders?”

“As you know, I have no authority.”

“Yes, I suppose not.”

Even if she wanted to fix things, she didn’t know the organization’s other plans.

Of course, even if she did, she wouldn’t have a reason to interfere.

‘I’m going back. I’ll go back and look for another chance.’

She had learned something from this.

It was her first failure. She had always been successful because of her status or magic.

Her magic hadn’t worked at all, and she had barely survived because of her status. When those two things didn’t help, she couldn’t do anything.

So, she knew clearly what she needed.

‘I don’t have enough people I can control myself.’

Brainwashed knights or helpers like Jun were useless.

Would things have been different if even one of the organization’s elders had been with her?

‘Of course.’

At least, she would have managed to brainwash a mage.

And that alone would have caused chaos in McLaine Castle.

The border guards of the palace, sent by the King, hadn’t even noticed the magic that hid her, which was made stronger by blocking their senses.

“I need to meet with the elders as soon as I get back.”

“Yes?”

“No, never mind. You can go. I’ll leave early tomorrow morning.”

“…Yes, I understand.”

Louisa sent Jun away and calmly thought about her plans.

‘I need to get the younger elders on my side. The ones who don’t look down on me just because I’m from the Imperial family.’

The thought made her frown.

Because the Tower didn’t like the Empire, her noble status was a reason for people in the organization to treat her badly, even though it was respected outside.

Because of that, she had also thought of the other elders as useless old people, so it would be hard to change her attitude and get them on her side.

‘But I have to do it.’

She couldn’t ignore a weakness once she knew about it.

Louisa shook off her worries with a small sigh, chose a few people she might be able to work with, and kept thinking.

It was late at night. A bad feeling, like something dangerous was about to happen, made her stop under the cold moonlight.

‘Murderous intent?’

And it felt familiar, for some reason.

‘An assassin? Now? Here?’

As soon as she thought that, Louisa felt her magic power, the Tower’s Vision, rush through her. It was like a warning signal.

The power of nature, Mana, becomes stronger, gaining the power of life, when it goes beyond its limits, becoming Mana Force.

So, a mage is stronger than a mid-level knight even in simple physical abilities. Right away, her physical abilities were activated, so she could move her body quickly at any time.

Also, she quickly cast a search spell with her mana, scanning the whole palace, but found nothing.

But the bad feeling that made her stop remained.

And as a talented mage, she trusted her feelings.

‘There’s something here. But it’s not being found. In that case…’

Then, something came to her mind.

A group she had never met, but had been warned about many times.

A group trained with the organization’s Vision, now turned into hunting dogs chasing the organization.

The special way that group hid themselves.

And luckily, the organization also had a search spell to find them.

Oom.

That was the answer.

The magic made only to find one group worked perfectly.

‘The Imperial Special Surveillance Department.’

The presence of those called ghosts by those who knew them was felt sneaking into the palace one after another.

Moving as if the security forces weren’t even there, like real ghosts.

When she realized that, Louisa’s face changed.

‘Why are the ghosts here…? Could it be that they know who I am?’

Terrible thoughts rushed through her mind.

Her secret being revealed. The Dongwang family falling. Her family being killed. And the Imperial family chasing her.

She had told King Logan that she could be thrown away at any time, but without the Dongwang family, her position in the organization would be much weaker.

The dream she wanted, the dream of continuing what her mother had started – the very thing she needed to make that dream come true would disappear.

Ba-dump! Ba-dump!

Her heart started beating fast with a bad feeling, and that fast heartbeat made the bad feeling even stronger.

But soon, after counting the number of ghosts coming towards her, that bad feeling quickly went away.

‘Only three?’

That was a small number.

These were ghosts who had already been hurt badly in the recent chase.

They should know by now that the organization has magic that can find them.

If their hiding was broken, even a Class 1 Ghost would only be as good as a top-tier knight.

For three top-tier knights to try to fight a mage, especially one who knew their tricks, was like suicide.

If there were only three of them, there were only two possibilities.

‘Either one of the Dark Blades or Commanders secretly followed to catch me off guard.’

Or they didn’t know that she was a mage from the Cassel Tower.

The first would be the worst, but she felt it was the second.

If a Commander-level person had really come, the palace would have contacted her already.

Her father, Dongik King, Gerard von Asserian, was more connected to the Imperial family than the Tower was.

But if she thought that way, another question came up.

‘Then what are these guys?’

While she was thinking, the three had already reached her bedroom.

She couldn’t just sit there without knowing why.

Oom.

Soon, an invisible, clear mana filled her bedroom.

‘What is this?’

Number 1, the leader of this mission, stopped without meaning to because of the bad feeling he had.

A Class 1 agent of the Imperial Special Surveillance Department, and the leader of them, wasn’t chosen by luck. He trusted his feelings.

‘Stop.’

Number 1 told his comrades what he wanted through the Vision, a way of talking only the agents knew, using Ki waves.

But the two comrades didn’t seem to get the signal, and were already running towards the target from their positions.

‘Tch.’

The timing was bad.

It must be because his signal didn’t go through properly because the target was right in front of them.

That was the only problem with the organization’s great hiding technique.

But Number 1 wasn’t too worried.

He had sent the signal because of a feeling, but the target of this mission was a princess, someone who had been protected all her life.

Also, the place wasn’t the Imperial family or the palace of the Empire, but the palace of a small country. It was a place where they didn’t even have good magic to protect against them.

Even if things went wrong, there would only be small problems.

He could fix that.

Thinking that, Number 1 ran towards the target a little late.

But then, he saw something he didn’t understand.

Thunk.

Squelch.

He saw comrade Number 2 stabbing the wrong bed right in front of the target, and Number 3 stabbing Number 2 in the heart from behind.

Ignoring Number 2’s mistake, he was shocked by what Number 3 had done.

‘Betrayal!’

Something that should never happen in the Imperial Special Surveillance Department. Something that should never happen.

As he had been trained, his eyes burned with anger.

But the mission was the most important thing.

Number 1 let out his anger towards the target.

He would stab the target and punish the traitor.

But then.

Clang!

There was a clear barrier blocking his gray sword.

Before he could panic, he saw the target smiling inside it.

“You seem to have good resistance. But…”

Along with the target’s cold smile, he felt a huge force squeezing his whole body.

He couldn’t even move a finger.

And next to him, comrade Number 3’s sword was coming closer.

Squelch.

“Gack!?”

Screaming was a mistake that even a Class 3 agent wouldn’t make, but Number 1 broke that rule because of the situation.

And when he saw the scared eyes through Number 3’s mask, a memory came to him.

The comrade looked like he was acting against his will.

– Our reason for living is to protect the Imperial family. Our goal is to chase and kill enemies who threaten the Imperial family.

– There have been many forces that have threatened the Imperial family, but the most dangerous one is…

He had heard about the main enemy many times since he started training.

Demons who control people’s minds and the world.

And the people they had been fighting against recently.

‘It’s them!’

If he had known, he wouldn’t have been defeated so easily.

It didn’t matter how the Imperial princess was using their tricks.

The Cassel Tower was the biggest enemy of the Imperial Special Surveillance Department.

Number 1, knowing he couldn’t fight because he had been stabbed in a deadly place, used his last option.

‘Let’s die together!’

He moved the Force and made the mana in his suit explode.

Then, he felt a huge force growing inside him.

But then.

“Oh, no, you don’t. Did you think a trick that came from us would work?”

With a wave from the princess, the energy started to go away.

The worst thing that could happen.

“Ah, no…”

The worst thing was being captured during a mission, even worse than failing to kill the enemy.

Feeling that he couldn’t even kill himself, Number 1 screamed.

“Don’t worry. I can’t let you be taken alive.”

Louisa, with a slightly different expression, glared.

And that night.

– Princess Louisa was attacked by assassins at McLaine Palace.

The unbelievable news quickly turned into rumors and spread throughout the kingdom.