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They were two familiar-looking nobles.

"Count Dilloff? Baron Boehme?"

Gertrude was a little disappointed when she didn't see Qi, the person she had been thinking about, but she quickly stood up and asked:

"Has Qi defeated the Twin Queens and become the Emperor of Leitania?"

"He was the one who asked you to let me go, wasn't he?"

"——You guessed right, Your Highness."

Count Dilloff, who had once presided over the court for Chen Qi's treason and had now sided with Chen Qi, responded to Gertrude with a smile:

"Now, Lord Qi is already the honorable Emperor of Leitania."

"But unfortunately, you're only half right."

"Baron Boehme and I are not here to let you go, but to convey His Majesty's wishes."

"A decree?"

Gertrude was stunned when she heard this, and under her gaze, Count Dilov slowly took out a letter from his arms and read it out.

"Your Majesty's order."

"Gertrude Strollo, who colluded with the Twin Queens, plotted evil, and failed to report the crime, is suspected of treason. According to Leithanian law, she should be beheaded in public."

"I want to show some mercy to you because of your past contributions, but the law is as strong as a mountain and cannot tolerate personal feelings. I now order Gertrude to commit suicide."

After that, Dilov put the "handwritten note" into his pocket, looked at Gertrude who looked dazed, and said with a look of regret:

"Your Highness, please don't make things difficult for us. We are only following your orders."

"You have made great contributions, but His Majesty is jealous of you. This happened to His Royal Highness the Duke, and the nobles are extremely angry about it."

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, we will definitely seek justice for Your Highness until His Majesty is willing to restore your reputation."

"You, just go with peace of mind."

"——Count Dilov."

But before Count Dilov could finish his words, Gertrude had regained her usual venomous smile.

Facing these two nobles who came with "handwritten instructions", she was not afraid at all, and just asked calmly:

"Could you please let me see His Majesty's order?"

"I am an old man by your Majesty's side after all. I can recognize your Majesty's handwriting."

"As long as I'm sure it's your Majesty's handwriting, I'll kill myself on the spot, how about that?"

As Gertrude expected, as soon as she finished speaking, Dilov's face changed noticeably.

Baron Boehme, who had remained silent, also reached into his pocket.

After seeing this scene, if Gertrude still couldn't come up with an answer, then her position as the head of the Ministry of National Security would be a waste of her time.

"Sure enough, this is not a decree from His Majesty at all."

Gertrude sneered and stared at Dilov and asked:

"This is not what Qi meant at all. This is what you nobles meant, right?"

"Ever since I took charge of intelligence, you guys have been afraid of me. This time you plan to hide it from Qi and get rid of me privately, right?"

"…I'm really curious, how did you guess that?"

Seeing that his plan had failed, Dilov stopped acting and instead squinted his eyes at Gertrude, who was indifferent, and asked curiously:

"This plan was the result of discussions among the nobles. Even the Elector participated in it. Only then did we know about the drama that Your Majesty and you were performing."

"Our acting skills should be good enough, why did you see through it?"

"—Because none of you understand that man as well as I do."

Gertrude replied with disdain:

"The ones closest to Qi are the muscular woman Jian, or the old man Fremont, or at least a Golden Law Guard."

"When will it be your turn as a count to deliver his instructions?"

"Besides, he was a guy who wanted to be a doctor. How could I not know how elegant his handwriting is?"

"I sometimes can't even understand his handwriting. Can he write a handwritten note for you?"

Chen Qi wanted to kill her? If it was Gertrude who had just been deprived of her military power, she might really think so.

But soon, after Chen Qi arranged for her to go to the Ministry of State Security, Gertrude gave up the idea herself.

She knew very well that she could neither command an army nor manage a rear area.

The only reason why he could hold such a high position was that he was Chen Qi’s first Sakta (angel) investor.

He could have allowed himself to forever be a duke with no power or soldiers.

But he still chose to let her manage the intelligence work that is vital to a country.

He allowed himself, who had no power or soldiers, to control the leverage and dirty information of almost all the nobles in the empire, giving himself power over almost all the nobles!

What kind of trust is this?

How important is this?

Now, you let Gertrude believe that Qi would kill her because he was jealous of her contribution?

joke!

He still needs the information in his hands to help him eliminate these nobles. Would he be willing to kill her?

Such a foolish act was not something that the emperor, whom Gertrude respected, would do.

"...It seems that you and His Majesty are truly in love."

After being silent for a while, Dilov, who had never expected that he would make a mistake here, no longer concealed his ferocious smile.

"But this cannot change your fate, Your Highness."

"Our new emperor really doesn't like us."

"He actually had the audacity to say in the Twin Towers that 'Lethania is no longer a loose aristocratic feudal state.'"

"And you are the spy chief trained by the new emperor."

"We have all our leverage in your hands. In the future, you will be the biggest helper for His Majesty the Emperor to overthrow us."

"So, we, as well as several Elector Lords, all hope that you can die."

As they spoke, Dilov and Bohme both took out a staff from their pockets and pointed it at Gertrude with a sneer:

"And now is our best chance."

"ridiculous."

Faced with such a desperate situation, Gertrude herself was surprised that she did not feel the slightest fear.

She just wanted to laugh out loud.

Laugh at the stupidity of these nobles and at the fact that they were about to suffer the same fate as himself.

"Do you think that if you kill me, Qi will let you go?"

"You think that if I die, he won't have any other way to kill you?"

"Diloff, Boehme, and all you nobles and electors!"

"I'll be waiting for you in hell."

After saying that, Gertrude straightened her clothes, looked towards the two people who raised their staffs, and slowly closed her eyes.

She raised her right hand high, as if her beloved emperor was right before her:

"For victory!"

The next second, Gertrude closed her eyes and felt a strong wind coming towards her!

Soon, some slightly warm liquid hit her face.

Is it blood? Is it her own blood?

The pain and powerlessness she had imagined did not come for a long time. After a long while, Gertrude finally realized what was happening and opened her eyes.

However, what Gertrude saw was the figures of Dilloff and Boehme still standing before her, with their staffs raised towards her.

The only difference is that their heads have disappeared.

The gushing blood dyed Gertrude's clothes and cheeks red, but she could still see clearly the two figures standing behind the two headless corpses.

That was the last image that appeared in her mind before she died.

"Looks like we've caught up."

He silently put away his sword, pushed down the two headless corpses, and said to Chen Qi beside him with a slight smile:

"I didn't understand why we rushed to save her."

"But now it seems that you have conquered this woman while I was away."

"——I can't help it. I don't want to hold a memorial service for my few loyal subjects."

Chen Qi put away the sword at his waist and looked at Gertrude, who was stunned, and smiled easily.

And this smile was the true emotion that he had only shown to Jian and Viviana before.

"Gertrude, I'm sorry for causing you any harm."

"--His Majesty!"

The moment she saw Chen Qi appear, Gertrude, who had been able to face death calmly before, had tears in her eyes almost instantly.

Even Gertrude herself couldn't figure out why her chest suddenly surged with emotion after seeing Chen Qi.

Is it because of the suspension bridge effect?

She can no longer tell the difference.

She only knew that all the fear and unwillingness that she had suppressed with courage suddenly flooded into her heart the moment the man appeared in front of her.

This belated fear made her feel that she had been wronged.

This kind of grievance made her hug the man in front of her as soon as she left the prison cell.

This was something she would never dare to do and would never do before.

"Okay, okay, don't cry, don't cry."

Even Chen Qi, who was hugged by Gertrude, did not expect that Gertrude would have such a strong reaction.

This was completely different from her previous character of disguising herself.

But Chen Qi soon realized that this was a good thing for him.

Gertrude reveals her true self to herself, which shows that she has opened up to herself.

This finally made him believe that Gertrude's life trajectory had undergone a significant change because of his existence.

I finally have someone I can trust.

"Okay, stop crying. How can you still look like a duke like this? Wouldn't it make people laugh to death if they saw you like this?"

"——It wasn't you who almost died, so of course you're not afraid!"

Gertrude almost gritted her teeth and said to Chen Qi viciously:

"I was so scared! I thought I was going to die! I thought you were really going to give up on me!"

"—I will never give up on you, Gertrude, not at any time."

However, facing the inner fear expressed by Gertrude, Chen Qi's expression gradually became serious.

And the moment he finished speaking, Gertrude's expression was obviously stunned.

It was just a simple sentence, not even a promise.

But, the grievances in her heart had somehow faded away...

"I'm here to give you my word, Gertrude."

Chen Qi said to Gertrude solemnly: