There is no evidence. But this was by no means a shortage. That thought was fleeting, but the stadium, which had been in a festive mood, quickly became a scene of chaos.
The joy of victory momentarily calmed my startled heart and the 'fast deer' came running at full speed.
"Your Majesty the Emperor! Are you alright?"
"are you okay."
'Brave Wolf' and 'Roaring Thunder' also began to clean up the messy stadium.
"Escort His Majesty the Emperor!"
"Yes, sir!"
The guardsmen of the Royal Guard stood guard around me, guarding me like an iron wall.
"There may be more assassins here. No one here right now should be allowed to leave the stadium."
"The trainee warriors are divided into tribes and thoroughly examined!"
Regular soldiers began to separate and inspect the people inside the stadium. Meanwhile, the 'Swift Deer', who was looking at the corpse that had attacked me, frowned and glared at the 'Stubborn Bear'.
"What if you kill them like this? Shouldn't you have adjusted your power a bit to save at least one person? I need to find evidence, but I can't ask who instigated it."
Even the 'Honest Bear' realized his mistake belatedly and scratched the back of his head while looking at me.
"I… didn't realize it, but my eyes… rolled back. I… felt sorry."
When the 'Honest Bear' showed a truly apologetic expression, the 'Swift Deer' said nothing more.
"Okay. What can I do now?"
The 'fast deer' who examined the body approached me and reported.
"Both of them are Iri Tribe trainee warriors."
"I see."
I knew that too.
"Can you guess who ordered it?"
Even the 'swift deer' must have gathered his thoughts in that moment as he cautiously expressed his opinion.
"I can only think of two tribes right now."
When I looked at him with a curious expression, the 'fast deer' answered right away.
"Based on the facts revealed so far, the Iri tribe seems the most likely. However, if we look at the other side of the story, the story is a little different. I thought long and hard about which tribe would benefit if the Iri tribe and our 'Sun in the Sky' turned hostile."
"Iroquois Confederacy?"
"Yes. They probably did it."
The 'fast-footed deer' had been the head of the Intelligence Service for quite some time, so he knew quite a bit about the situation around him.
"There's still no evidence that they did it."
"So, from now on, the Intelligence Service will have to search for that evidence like crazy."
Perhaps anticipating his busy future, the 'fast-footed deer' made a troubled expression and immediately handed me an apple.
"I apologize, Your Majesty! The Intelligence and Inspection Department should have been aware of their suspicious activities in advance."
"It's okay. The Intelligence Service can't monitor every tribe."
I also quietly reproached myself while offering words of comfort to the 'fast-footed deer' who had lost some of his morale.
'I should have personally checked on each and every trainee warrior who entered the training camp.'
As nothing had happened up until now, this time around, when they were about to leave the training camp, they planned to carefully check the trainees and assign them to their respective units according to their aptitude.
But that was a mistake. I never expected that a trainee warrior would assassinate me. Of course, no one will be able to kill me.
However, pride is a no-no. It's always right to be careful. As soon as the report of the 'fast deer' was finished, the 'brave wolf' approached.
"We plan to test every single person inside the stadium."
"It'll take some time."
"Yes. First, I will invite His Majesty the Emperor to the government office."
"No. I am in charge here myself."
Even though there was an assassination attempt, the 'brave wolf' nodded at my very calm appearance.
"All right."
I checked the map window again, but there was no one with a red dot. However, as he did a little while ago, he could completely hide his identity and turn into an assassin at any time to attack me.
So I plan to personally check on people one by one with my own eyes. At that moment, 'The Moon Rises' ran towards me with a tearful expression, breaking through the guard warriors.
"A very big two thousand days! Are you hurt?"
"It's okay. I'm not hurt."
I held 'The Moon Rises' in my arms, who was looking at my body with worried eyes, and calmed her startled heart. After a while, he sent her away and began to examine the people with his eyes in earnest.
First, the common people.
* * *
It's been quite a while since the sun set. In the dark night, torches from all directions brightly illuminated the inside of the stadium.
Most of those who attended the stadium returned home after completing their tests. Now only the last line remains. The junior warriors were controlling and inspecting the remaining twenty or so of them.
"Thank you for waiting for such a long time."
"You can just line up in order."
Two junior warriors searched the body of the man in front, checking for any daggers or sharp weapons.
"Next person, please come out."
I also stood far away and examined them closely with my own eyes.
'There's nothing particularly suspicious.'
After a while, the screening of the general public in the stadium was completed. And this time, they started examining the trainee warriors who had entered the training camp.
First, the Iri Tribe's trainee warriors stand there with an anxious look on their faces, as if they have committed a crime.
The expressions on the faces of the warriors inspecting them are unusual.
"Get in line!"
"If you turn yourself in before the examination, I will spare your life."
Using threats and intimidation, the guardsmen began to thoroughly inspect the Iri tribesmen themselves.
-Tendency: Pure.
-Tendency: Selfish.
-Tendency: Cautious.
-Tendency: Full of confidence.
…
…
For a while, I checked the Iri Tribe's trainee warriors with my mind's eye more than three times, but there was no one I particularly suspected.
'Is there nothing more?'
The status window of the dead could not be checked in the depths of the mind. But as the map window says, it can change from blue to red at any time.
I stood there for a moment, lost in thought.
'Not the Mohegan tribe.'
There has been no recent information that the Iroquois confederacy and the Mohegan tribes have met. So, that means you met in person and made a deal… .
In any case, it was necessary to thoroughly monitor the trainees who had entered the training camp this time through the Information and Inspection Department.
* * *
Government office conference room. The conference room where the main characters of 'The Sun in the Sky' were gathered was taking this assassination incident very seriously.
If the tribe that instigated the assassination was revealed, it seemed as if war would break out at any moment. The head of the Ministry of National Defense, the 'Brave Wolf', lost his usual composure and expressed his anger.
"His Majesty the Emperor, who represents the sun in the sky, was almost assassinated. I do not believe this incident can be taken lightly. If it is revealed which tribe instigated the assassination, as the head of the Ministry of National Defense, I will mobilize all my warriors to subdue that tribe."
Everyone in the meeting seemed to agree with that opinion, and everyone expressed their anger as if they were making a resolution.
The problem is that we don't know which tribe instigated it. After calming down the angry 'Brave Wolf' and the chieftains for a moment, they began to seriously discuss the matter.
"I do not believe at all that the Iri tribe instigated the assassination. I personally suspect the Iroquois confederacy."
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' "vast land" countered the opinion of the "fast-footed deer" who is the head of the Intelligence Service.
"Nobody knows. There are very few tribes that are currently hostile to us, but I think we should keep all possibilities open. And it's very cautious to talk about it, but it could be an internal problem rather than an external one."
Not outside, but inside… . It's quite possible. Not all tribes trust and follow me completely. There must be someone somewhere who is full of complaints about me.
but….
You're getting too far ahead of yourself. At that time, the chief of staff and head of the administration, 'Splendid Sunset', raised an objection to the last statement of 'Wide Land' as if representing my thoughts.
"I understand the feelings of the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who is concerned about the country, but I think this is too forward-thinking. Of course, we need to reexamine our internal discipline. However, I don't think we need to suspect and fight among ourselves right now. Rather, isn't it the tribe that created this incident that wants us to fight among ourselves?"
As everyone nodded to her words, 'Splendid Sunset' continued to speak calmly.
"Right now, the priority is to find evidence. If the tribe that instigated the assassination is discovered later, I think it won't be too late to punish them then."
The meeting progressed quickly as everyone, including me, seemed to agree with her.
"The Department of Foreign Affairs will poke at the Iroquois Confederacy and the Cherokee Nation to see what they will do."
"The Intelligence and Inspection Department will investigate internally as quickly as possible and submit a report."
"The Ministry of National Defense will continue to monitor the trainees who have entered the training camp after consulting with the head of the training camp."
After a while, I once again reminded the people in the meeting.
"We must never allow this issue to cause internal strife among us. And until we have solid evidence, we must act as usual and never reveal to the outside what we discussed in the meeting."
"Understood, Your Majesty the Emperor!"
"I will never reveal what we discussed today."
The lengthy meeting ended only after confirming confidentiality.
* * *
The capital of the 'sun in the sky', a 'very big' city. While working in the government office, I would write books to be placed in the library whenever I had free time.
I've only written two books so far. Language and society. There was still a mountain of academic writing to be done. Geography, education, military, mathematics, architecture, chemistry, medicine, herbal medicine, shipbuilding, etc.
Today is astronomy. The movements of the sun and moon were calculated in detail and written down in a book.
"Now, can I just put in the positions of the constellations?"
After a short break, I started to draw the constellation positions in great detail. Based on the 13 signs of the zodiac, let's start with Aries.
I would have liked to have had people write the book for me, but this was a task that only I had the knowledge to do, so no one else could do it.
Anyway, once the first book is finished, the rest can be mass-produced with metal type. And these books were absolutely necessary for the geniuses who would become the cornerstone of the nation.
After a while, after drawing Aries, it was already night.
"It's almost time to go home. That's it for today."
After sitting on a chair for a long time, my back started to hurt. I got up from my seat and did some light stretching to loosen up my stiff muscles.
At that moment, I heard a noise from outside and entered the office with the image of a 'splendid sunset' still vivid in my mind.
"Your Majesty the Emperor! The Ministry of Construction has completed the metal type printing."
Metal type… . It was now possible to mass produce the textbooks needed for schools.
"Go to the workshop right now."
"yes."
As the emperor, he felt it necessary to congratulate the workers of the Ministry of Construction who had worked hard to create metal type.
And more than anything, I wanted to see the finished metal type with my own eyes.