Chapter 518.2

Finar’s subordinates found something that looked like a shard, almost carbonized.

It was so small that it could no longer be a.n.a.lyzed with any skill, and it barely had any symbols or anything like that on it. However, Finar seemed to have found some kind of information on it.

“Hmmm… –Hm… you there! Come over here, please.”

The Demon King Finar called out to a man who appeared to be a soldier of the Rogard Empire.

He seemed to be a captain or someone in that position, and was giving instructions to the other soldiers around him in rapid succession, but when he was called by Finar, he immediately came over to us.

“What is this?” (Finar)

The soldier looked at that shard like thing. His cheeks twitched slightly as he saw the meaning in Finar’s words.

“This… if I’m not mistaken, this is the control number that is written on all weapons in this country…”

Then Finar said with a nod, “…Yes, I think you are right. I’ll have to check the details, but I think it’s most likely an explosive device called [Magic Dust Bomb] that was supposed to have been stored in the weapons vault.”

“Magic Dust Bomb?” (Yuki)

Finar replied to my question, “Yes, it is an explosive that requires a special magic power to be mixed to be detonated. It can only be made by researchers in the military, so it is not distributed outside…”

So, that’s what they were trying to set me up for this time.

“Do you understand, Yuki? This explosive device has been planned to be used alongside the appearance of the monster.”

“…So it can be seen as a mistake by the country’s government… is that right?”

Finar nodded and said, “Yes. Those who perpetrated the attacks are obviously at fault, but if state property was stolen and used in the attacks, those who were sloppy in their management of the state property are also to be blamed. –that would mean us.”

“I see.”

The people in charge were there to take responsibility.

And the people in charge in this country today, especially in the military, included Finar and the others, and even me.

Wait, when talking about who was in charge, it would be me.

Because I am the Emperor of this country, even if only on paper.

I would like to tell people that I was not involved in any of this, but I guess the public would not agree with me on that.

“Apparently, our enemies want to humiliate us all the way to the top.” (Yuki)

“It seems so. I must say, it’s a reasonable way to drag us down. It’s a great trick. It’s just…this one is a bit too much. Maybe they wanted to crush me along as a last-minute decision, but this narrows down the list of potential enemies somewhat.” (Finar)

“Hmm, it would likely be a high-ranking official of this country who has access to military supplies?”

“Yes, I think that’s a strong possibility. We have to consider the possibility that it was simply stolen, but there are only a limited number of people who have access to the a.r.s.enal. If we can narrow it down there, the rest won’t be so difficult…”

Then, the Demon King Finar suddenly showed a pretense of thinking.

“Demon King Finar?”

“…The rest won’t be so difficult. I wonder…? Why would someone who has caused such an insidious and ma.s.sive incident leave traces that would allow him to be identified?”

Finar started to think deeply about what was going on.

“The enemy’s movements are flashy. They even used powerful monsters and military products. However, we still failed to notice and stop those so-called flashy moves. They must have planned well and used numerous disguises. So, it is too convenient for them to leave evidence at the scene that would simply lead back to them.”

The Demon King Finar, who had been mumbling for a while as if collecting his thoughts, turned his eyes back to me.

“… Anyway, let’s follow the lead we have now. Yuki-kun, I asked you to help me with something earlier, but it looks like I will need some time. I’ll ask you to do it after that. Let me gather some information for a week or two. I’m afraid we can only make a move after that.”

“Hmm, it’s okay. To be honest, I wanted to see how things were going at home for once, so this might be a good time to do it.”

I had not returned to the dungeon in a while as I’ve simply been so busy dealing with stuff here to relax at home.

I would like to see how Lefi and the others are doing, and I’d like to relax at home a little bit.