I Became the Younger Brother of the Female Protagonist in the Novel

For the assassins, it must have meant eliminating witnesses.

Fortunately, because of the commotion Jade caused, the three professors were gathered at checkpoint 11, close to room 51.

Ardeal’s story gave Kayneth a small relief.

“… … Thank you very much.”

“Yes, thanks to Jade, I was able to get help quickly from the professors.”

“however… … What happened to that assassin?”

“It seems that he committed suicide immediately after being unable to fight due to the attacks of the professors.”

“… … okay.”

Kayneth felt a little sorry for Ardeal’s answer.

“Whoa… … . It’s fine now, so don’t worry.”

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Keynes made eye contact with the two anxious girls and tried to reassure them, then patted Ardeal on the shoulder.

“Sorry, I had a dangerous experience because of me. They must have been looking for my life.”

“Who the hell is that… … .”

“Well, I don’t know the details of their identities, but I can roughly guess who the client is. Of course, since there is no evidence, it will be difficult to find out for sure.”

“I thought there would be an idiot who assassinated the professor in the evaluation exam administered by the academy, and who was aiming for your life, the third son of the Spey One family and the head of the Arden family… … I hadn’t even thought of that.”

Kayneth nodded as if agreeing with Ardeal’s remarks.

“Yeah, I agree. but… … The world is big, and there are an unbelievable number of idiots.”

One of the assassins couldn’t even identify the body.

However, in the case of the other assassins defeated by Keynes and the assassins whom the professors subdued, their faces could be identified.

After that, the professors moved busily, handing over the remarks to Keynes that they would start an investigation immediately.

Since an assassination incident occurred in an exam administered by the academy, the professors must be in great trouble.

Meanwhile, Julius, who was examining the belongings of the assassins, took out a communication tool from his chest.

And the moment I tried to report the incident to the academy,

“What do you mean?!”

I heard shocking news from the academy.

-The dead and missing people are appearing one after another in the Heartron Dungeon. Currently, with the cooperation of the imperial family, we have dispatched an investigation team from the academy, including 1,000 imperial soldiers, so hurry up and return to the system with your students! Practical evaluation is stopped!

At the urgent voice of the vice-chancellor, Julius nodded in amazement.

“Ah, I see.”

Following the vice-president’s instructions, he immediately contacted the professors waiting inside the dungeon.

The students also rushed out of the dungeon through the emergency communication port.

While checking the number of students, the professors checked to see if there was anyone who could not get out of the dungeon.

And the professors who had finished figuring out the number of students boarded the wagon.

“… … What the hell is this?”

“I don’t know either. It’s just an emergency… … .”

“How is the test going?”

“Are you really going back to the system?”

Confused students.

They had no choice but to return to the system while whispering.

The number of deaths that occurred in Hell’s Dungeon was only one. It was only Professor Asiat. Most of the other injured were those who were injured in the battle with the Witchbeast.

On the other hand, in the group that moved to the Heartron Dungeon, nine deaths and three missing persons occurred. To be precise, two professors and seven students died, and three students went missing.

Since there were no clear witnesses, the investigation had to face difficulties in many ways, but due to the assassins appearing in the dungeon of Hell, the academy had strong doubts whether the murders and disappearances in Heartron Dungeon were also related to assassins.

and the next day after the incident.

Jedo reported the incident and spread tens of millions of newspapers throughout the empire.

As the institution in charge of the practical evaluation was the academy and the victims were aristocrats, the newspaper dealt with the case with a high degree of weight.

[An assassination case that occurred during the practical evaluation conducted by the Academy?! The affected families were Ferond, Drell, and Spay One… … .]

[10 dead, 3 missing! Among the missing is the third daughter of the Spey One family… … .]

[Kenneth L Arden, who defeated the S-rank assassin!]

[The Genius of the 4th Circle, Defeats Two S-Rank Assassins!]

Newspapers revealed the victim’s family name, praised Kayneth’s talent, and then announced the seriousness of the incident throughout the empire.

* * *

On the other hand, on the day of the first practical evaluation of freshmen and sophomores.

That is, the day before the newspaper is published.

Delt was indignant at the news that Keynes, the target of the assassination, had safely returned to the Islands.

“aaagh-!”

Quaang! Courage!

He slammed his fist on the desk, let out a roar of rage, and then overturned the chair.

“These worthless children… … ! More than that, why did Sophia suddenly disappear!”

“That, that… … I also go into detail… … .”

“sh*t!”

bang!

Delt is furious at not being able to kill Kayneth, blaming the assassins for their incompetence.

The news of Sophia’s disappearance hadn’t bothered him. The main culprit who expelled Celine was Kayneth, not Sophia.

Because of this, Delt, who had more ill feelings towards Kaynes than Sofia, immediately sent a letter of protest to the Assassination Guild. A letter of protest with strong criticism.

However, the Assassination Guild, which received Delt’s letter of protest, was also embarrassed.

“… … Didn’t you send S-rank assassins for this request?”

“Yes, that’s right. Among them, I have sent Shadow and Ghost, who are excellent in skill, and I have accompanied one more A-rank Assassin just in case. however… … It seems that all three of them died in the Hell’s Dungeon.”

“You knocked them all down? whoever?”

“According to confirmation, the A-rank assassin, Seven, was beaten by the professors at the academy.”

Seven, an A-rank assassin who was hit back by professors while chasing a witness.

Everyone could understand that part.

The part I don’t understand right now is the death of the S-rank assassins.

“In the case of Shadow and Ghost… … He said he was attacked by the target, Viscount Kayneth L. Arden.”

At the reply of his subordinate, Zeke, the master of the assassination guild of the system, frowned in disbelief. Then I put my elbows on the table and rested my chin on it.

“Certainly Viscount Ardennes wasn’t a 13-year-old kid?”

“Certainly he is young, but he is said to be a powerful member of the 4th Circle. and… … I also received information that practical experience is also considerable.”

Zeke twitched his eyebrows and twisted his face.

“A 13-year-old has to experience real combat to know how much he’s done… … .”

“It has not been confirmed as a fact yet, but he says that he has several experiences of subjugating groups of demons. Didn’t he participate in the demon subjugation with the Ardennes Mercenary Corps…? … We are currently investigating.”

Did something come to mind with that story?

Zeke raised his head and opened his mouth slightly.

“Ah, come to think of it, there was an Ardennes mercenary, right? Those guys who were promoted to B-rank mercenaries very quickly.”

“The Ardennes Mercenary Corps consists of three A-rank mercenaries, five B-rank mercenaries, and thirty C-rank mercenaries… … . A large-scale mercenary group with over 200 mercenaries below D rank. If Viscount Ardennes had really organized a mercenary corps, he would certainly have plenty of experience in subjugating demons. Besides, in the case of the Ardennes mercenaries, they had the experience of subjugating bandits, so there was no hesitation about killing them.”

Information about Arden was already secured by the Assassination Guild.

Nevertheless, Shadow and Ghost failed to assassinate. If I had to point out one of the reasons for the failure of this assassination, it would be that Viscount Ardennes was 13 years old.

It means that he was caught off guard after being careless as a mere child.

At that subordinate’s explanation, Zeke laughed and tapped the beer glass on the table with his fingers.

“… … Are you really turning 13?”

“That part is for sure.”

A voice full of confidence.

Zeke closed his eyes and let out a small sigh.

“Haa, anyway, the person who commissioned the assassination of such a bizarre kid… … .”

“I have been confirmed as the second son of the SpayWon family, Delt H SPAYWON.”

“I heard Viscount Ardenne has already become independent from the Spey One family, but he didn’t bother to have a younger brother… … . No, come to think of it, did I mention that the eldest daughter of the Spey One family was expelled from the academy this time? And I heard that the engagement with the crown prince will also be broken off… … .”

“The person who expelled Serene H Spaywon is Viscount Kayneth L Arden. The punishment of expulsion was given according to the evidence he possessed. Also, they said that Youngsik Delt and Lady Seline were quite close as they were siblings. Conversely, Viscount Ardennes and Lady Sophia were treated in many ways by the Spaywon family because they were the children of a concubine… … .”

When the explanation seemed to be lengthy, Zeke raised his right hand to stop the subordinate.

“I already know that part. In the land of the empire, if you don’t know the incompetent son of the Spey One family, you must be a spy.”

“… … Then, what will you do with Delt Youngsik’s complaint?”

“How much did you get as an advance payment?”

“Three platinum coins.”

“Ouch, I received a lot.”

Zeke claps exaggeratedly.

Seeing that, the subordinate let out a small sigh and added his words.

“I was supposed to receive 4 more platinum coins as the balance when I complete the quest.”

“As a fee, the guild receives 70 gold coins, Shadow and Ghost each receive 280 gold coins, and the remaining 70 coins are distributed to Seven. But the request failed… … . Whoa, give me back the advance payment first. Even though we do dirty things like assassination, trust with customers is important.”

“then… … .”

“Okay, write an apology anonymously and return the advance payment.”

“Yes, I will.”

The subordinate lowered his head and immediately left his seat.

And Zeke picked up a beer mug while expressing his condolences for the deaths of the three assassins.

A yellowish liquid and white bubbles bubbling over it. Zeke gulped down his glass, letting the beer down his throat.

By the time he was absorbed in the taste of beer, he smacked the table with his beer glass, frowning.

bang!

“Kha-! Making the taste of beer dirty after a long time… … . What the hell are you doing?”

Zeke emptied a 1L beer glass at once.

He smiled as he wiped the foam from his mouth with his sleeve.

* * *

“Okay, then we’ll end today’s interview here. It must be heartbreaking, but thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking your precious time. Viscount Arden.”

“Yes, thank you for your hard work.”

Returning to Jedo, I became acquainted with reporters from newspapers for several days.

And we conducted an interview about the assassination case, and the reporters showed a really cautious attitude while conducting the interview.

The fact that I am an aristocrat may have played a part, but it seemed that the reporters were concerned that I would be offended by the disappearance of Sister Sophia.

‘… … I’m sure my sister will be all right.’

With the news that he was missing rather than dead, I felt intuition that it was going according to the original story.

By now, you should be heading to the secret room in the basement of Heartron Dungeon. No, it must be. If it wasn’t for that, there’s no way I would have sent my sister to the Heartron Dungeon!

‘please… … .’

Despite knowing the development of the original story, I couldn’t easily hide my worry.

If you ask ‘why?’, there is only one reason.

This is because the original story I remember and the current situation are greatly twisted.

The deaths in Heartron Dungeon must have been all three of them with my sister.

But what about the other missing and dead?

‘… … my sister will be fine Because the current sister will be much stronger than Sofia in the original story. So let’s calmly wait for him to return to the academy.’

Anyway, it was not possible for my sister to return anytime soon.

After escaping Heartron Dungeon, Sister travels like a wanderer for a while and meets new colleagues.

And then, hiding his identity, he starts digging into the church’s back.

“Until my sister comes back, I have to prepare myself.”

I recalled the plans I had conceived in advance, and as soon as I returned to the mansion, I contacted Albert.

Gradually, the scale of the Ardennes Company should be drastically expanded.

Arden Trading was a large-scale trading company that was similar to a group with numerous subsidiaries.

Including food, daily necessities, cosmetics, and clothing, as well as lodging businesses such as hotels and catering businesses such as restaurants.

Even after obtaining the manor, I started a new business called construction.

“At this point, go ahead with the redevelopment that I talked about the other day.”

-Then the slum area… … .

“Okay, let’s clean up the area and then implement the poverty alleviation policy.”

I am an inn-style building. No, it was decided to construct a building in the form of a villa, which is common in Korea, on a site in a slum.

And after creating a living space for the poor, I was thinking of supplying the building to people with less than a specified income per household.

The monthly rent to be collected from the tenants was decided at two silver coins. It wouldn’t be a bad story for them if they could live in a new 25-pyeong villa at a cost of 200,000 won.

– Certainly, if things go on like this, the number of poor people will drastically decrease. However, those who have reached a precarious level of income per household currently stipulated may have small grievances.

Albert raised the problem of the currently regulated tenant selection criteria.

Income, dependents, length of residence, etc. All of the selection criteria stipulated this time were made for the poor.

“You have to take that level of dissatisfaction into account. You can’t please everyone, can you? Or how about playing a lottery? 80% is supplied according to the standard, and the other 20% is a lottery for the general public.”

At my suggestion, Albert nodded once, then continued by stroking his chin.

-It’s a lottery… … . That’s a good way. Then tonight, the Ardennes mercenaries… … No, I will send the Knights of Ardennes to the slums to clean up.

“okay. And if the additional budget required for the project is determined, send a person to the system. The budget will support you no matter what.”

-Then I will send someone within this month.

“Anyway. Anyway, please suffer for a while.”

-… … Take care of yourself, too.

Seeing Albert’s worried eyes, I smiled bitterly and nodded once.

There was a hint of caution in his tone.

The assassination case that happened to me was like that, but it must have been that he cared about my feelings because of my sister’s disappearance.

I let out a small sigh and cut off the flow of mana I was injecting into the communication sphere.

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