I Became a Time-Stopper at the Academy

78 – Coup

The news that the president has summoned him has reached Captain William.

He immediately got on his horse and ran to the official residence.

He was displeased all the way to the official residence.

Because I heard an order from the president, a commoner who has been the head of state for 18 years.

Originally, he was in a relationship where he couldn’t raise his head recklessly, let alone give orders to himself.

‘Because our ultimate target is that self-proclaimed commoner president.’

I have to endure it now.

William Knight Commander suppressed his emotions as much as possible.

It won’t be a big deal at all, he expected.

Perhaps it’s why they still haven’t caught the four escaped academy cadets.

Everything was as intended.

Even if you catch it quickly, it will only remain as the president’s achievement.

The plan was to bring down the approval rating by arresting people only at the very end of their anger.

I stopped in front of the official residence, which is difficult to see as the residence of the head of state.

Seeing him get off his horse, the gatekeeper gave a salute and opened the door.

“Are you here?”

The chief aide greeted Knight Commander William.

Captain William nodded his head, and the chief aide continued.

“Follow me this way. His Majesty the President is in the Oval Office.”

Your Majesty the President.

Commander William’s eyebrows moved at the not-so-funny name.

The chief aide didn’t notice it and escorted him into the office.

Tick-tock, the chief of staff knocked on the wooden door of the office.

Then, “Come in.” I heard a voice saying

William Knight Commander didn’t even like the president’s voice.

Rather than being manly, his tone is thin and high like that of a girl.

He didn’t have the dignity to be called a country’s enemy.

The chief of staff opened the door.

And he looked at Knight Commander William, telling him to go inside.

William Knight Commander frowned once and stepped into the President’s office.

“… You called.”

Commander of the Knights of William bowed his head and did not even say hello.

I just said it bluntly.

But the president showed no displeasure at that.

I just got straight to the point.

“How is the search going?”

It was an expected question.

An expression that shows a little nervousness.

The darling of middle-right politics who are hung up on the approval rating is this man right in front of his eyes, and the Knight Commander William gave a low evaluation.

“Cooperating with other knights, they are scouring the country.”

“Are you saying you don’t even know where you are?”

He nodded, and the president let out a deep sigh.

Then he made an expression as if he were looking at an incompetent human being.

I wanted to pull out the sword at my waist and kill the man called the President.

I wanted to regain the glory of the past.

But it’s still too early.

I endured it.

“One of the people you reported escaping from was Joel de Jahe. You know?”

“Of course.”

“Don’t you know who Joel de Jahe is?”

William Knight Commander was just bewildered.

The son of the Margrave of Imperial Jahe.

But he was a man of no value as an aristocrat, abandoned by his father for his incompetence.

Just looking at the clothes she was wearing on her maid, I could tell that she was vulgar and indulged in cinnamon.

As a knight candidate, his face was about to burn as a knight when it came to choosing a magic weapon or a horse gun as a weapon.

I felt it was natural to be abandoned because I didn’t have the character to have as an imperial nobleman, and a son of a Margrave.

He was pathetic for attending a seminar with an interest in capitalism.

“No matter how noble you are in the Empire, you cannot just ignore the crime of conspiring with the Demon Kingdom.”

“The Commander of the Knights!”

Tak!

The president hit the desk hard once.

And then he stood up and glared at the Commander of the Knights William.

“Do you have proof?”

“What is evidence?”

“It is proof that Joel de Jahe colluded with the Demon Kingdom.”

Every time he said kill, Commander William felt absurd.

He couldn’t understand why he was suddenly speaking as if he were trying to overrule what he had said himself.

This is why I came to think once again that commoners should not go into politics.

Because he changes his words every day.

“Fleeing from the scene can be said to be the biggest proof.”

I bared my teeth to the knight.

That alone was enough reason to kill.

But the president frowned.

And then he pointed at Knight Commander William.

“Knight Commander, how is that proof? In the first place, it is strange to suspect that he attended the institute seminar.”

“I am well aware that just being present is not evidence. However, there is no possibility. So, in order to examine it closely—”

Tak, Tak!

The president interrupted him by slapping his palm twice on the desk.

The heat bubbled up inside him.

What on earth do you want to do?

The one in front of me was a middle-aged man, but it seemed like he was dealing with a teenage girl.

“Commander of the Knights, your skills are excellent, but you seem clumsy in political judgment.”

“… ….”

You signed it too?

At the president’s intention to blame others, Knight Commander William clenched his teeth.

The more I thought about the fact that the fate of the country would be decided after receiving orders from such a person, the more I felt full of spirits.

“It was my mistake to trust you.”

The president swiped his signature on the parchment with a pen.

And I handed it over to William Knight Commander.

“First of all, this is about withdrawing Joel de Jahe’s wanted list.”

“Why are you doing this all of a sudden!”

Despite his shouting, the president didn’t even move.

I just signed the second parchment.

“This is about removing you from your position.”

“… What did you say?”

“As of today, you are no longer the knight commander. We will convene a disciplinary committee later to make a formal decision on the disposition, so please stay calm at home.”

Captain William felt his blood gushing backwards.

He has come this far, enduring the humiliation of working for a commoner, but all that goes for nothing?

No, regardless of status, the president in front of me was just a person who shouldn’t exist.

A knight must always carry his weapon.

It was no exception when meeting the head of state alone.

He grabbed the sword at his waist with his hand.

Seeing that, the president immediately tried to press the emergency pager under his desk.

“President, you better regret it in hell for testing the limits of my patience.”

Suddenly—.

Just before pressing the emergency pager.

As Knight Commander William swung his sword once, the president’s neck fell to the floor of the office.

He immediately kicked the office door with his foot.

The chief aide in front of the office was startled to see his blood-soaked sword body.

“What is it?”

“A demon has come.”

“Evils?! Wherever?!”

“It is right in front of my eyes.”

“Yes… ?”

Pu-wook—.

The tip of his sword pierced the chief aide’s heart.

He screamed as he descended the stairs.

“A demon has appeared! His Majesty the President and his chief of staff were beaten by demons!!”

What has already been done cannot be undone.

It’s a bit early, but it can’t be helped.

Now is the turn to turn the Republic into a Kingdom.

When we return to those glorious days.

“We need to find the demons! We must catch that demon and condemn it! It should still be around here!!”

It was the same during the Revolution.

The side that captures the country’s major institutions wins.

So, what I had to do from now on was simple and clear.

Receive major institutions of the Republic.

To make a country without a king into a country with a king.

***

Radically, on the fourth day, the knight’s pursuit slowed down.

Could it be that Bene de Tana or Ellie Anne helped her?

It was really unfortunate that there were all kinds of magic tools in this world, but there was no phone.

Anyway, without knowing the details, we had to put safety first.

Thanks to the lack of tracking of the knight, I was able to use the portal to the vicinity of Elvington.

As a result, exactly as Caitlin said, they arrived in Elvington, the only royal family—where Isabel was kidnapped—in exactly 15 days.

“Where can I go from here?”

The coachman, whom I had become close to for 15 days, asked me directly.

Actually, from here on out, I didn’t memorize the exact location.

No, because it didn’t appear in the game in the first place.

It’s just described as somewhere in Elvington….

Still, I remembered the clue.

“It will be in an abandoned mine.”

Sueup, the coachman tilted his head and asked again.

“This is a town that was famous as a mining town until 100 years ago. Not just one or two entrances….”

“I can’t help it. Have to find them one by one. You won’t have to go in.”

Caitlyn responded with a “Really?”

“From the point of view of the cricketers, Isabel’s mere existence is important. Then will he not manage very, very strictly?”

“Sure. Ah! There will be someone guarding the entrance like a gatekeeper, so you don’t have to enter the entrance.”

“Yes.”

Of course, you can save time by knowing exactly where the many entrances to the mines are.

So, I put on my robe and entered the village.

I contacted an old man who seemed to be the village chief and obtained a map with the location of the entrance to the old coal mine.

Louisa looked at the map and said.

“There are 15 locations in total.”

“That’s a lot.”

“Yes, quite a few….”

Since I came this far, I had no choice but to search everything.

Still, I’ll find it within a week.

There shouldn’t be as many knights coming in droves after being caught by the villagers during that week….

She discussed which entrance to look for first.

With the mindset to just leave it to the luck of the warrior, I looked at Rando and told him to shoot anywhere.

“How about here?”

The entrance Lando pointed to was to the southwest of the old mine.

It was a place where carriages couldn’t enter anyway, so the coachman left it in the village and the four of us walked.

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After walking for about 30 minutes, the entrance that Lando had chosen came into sight.

And again, should I call it the hero’s luck or the main character’s correction?

Anyway, Lando’s choice hit the spot.

“Who the hell is that woman, why are we here?”

“I don’t know, I’m so f*cking bored.”

Two knights were standing in front of the entrance.

In other words, if you enter this entrance, there is a high probability that Isabel will be there.

I immediately grabbed the horse gun for direct supply of magic potions.

And then, aiming at the left gatekeeper, he pulled the trigger.