“… … Are you going to give up your heir position?”
“I thought about it by myself at the academy, but I didn’t want to do it~. So I’m not going to do it.”
Yuni was speaking in a lively tone, but to Ian, it sounded like a clear breeze.
Ian grabbed her hair and looked at Yuni.
“Did Rudy do it?”
From the academy, I knew that Uni and Rudy had a good relationship.
Even now, Rudy was brought to the army, so Ian’s suspicions could only be focused on Rudy.
Yuni opened her mouth with a puzzled face.
“Doesn’t Rudy-senpai matter?”
The reason Yuni was about to give up the succession was because she thought Lie was more suited to the emperorship.
Having tilted her head like that, Yuni narrowed her brow.
“… … is not it? In a way, I think it has something to do with it.”
Rudy’s influence was not entirely the cause of this decision.
There are many people who are better than you, and it was a choice I made after knowing the hard work of that person.
Seeing people putting in a lot of effort every day, I decided to give up.
Examples were Lie and Rudy, so in a way it had nothing to do with Rudy.
But Ian did not know this.
I didn’t know anything about the process in the middle, only the result.
I just saw that Rudy was doing something to keep him in check.
Ian bit her molars tightly.
‘Rudy Astria… … .’
His plans to make Yuni a puppet emperor and sit at the top of the empire were shattered.
Still, it wasn’t a big hit.
Rather, it is a bigger blow to have Rudy compete for succession.
Ian’s troubles deepened.
‘If this is the case… … .’
He doesn’t know what his father will do.
Ian saw Perian’s plan.
Dozens or hundreds of mana stones condensed.
If you used magic with that mana stone, the capital of the empire would be blown away.
Ian only wants to rise to the top of the empire in a formal way.
What is the meaning of sitting on top of a crumbling empire?
In effect, it would not be an empire gained, but rather a process of building a new country on top of a collapsed empire.
That wasn’t what Ian wanted.
So, he was going to take over the empire in his own way and show it to his father.
If you take over the empire, there is no need to destroy it.
However, the plan gradually went awry.
At this rate, neither the cause nor the method to stop the father disappears.
Ian stared at Yuni.
“Then are you planning on officially announcing the renunciation of succession rights?”
“Officially?”
Yuni tilted her head.
It was Yuni who hadn’t thought about it until then.
The reason I made this remark to Ian was because Rudy wanted to join the military.
It wasn’t planned.
“Well… … . Should I? Is it something you have to do someday?”
Seeing Yuni shrugging her shoulders, Ian patted her chin.
“Just a little late.”
If you can’t make Yuni a puppet, it’s meaningless to take the lead.
If Lie, Astina, and other people joined forces, they would not fall behind Astria’s power.
So it has to be delayed.
You may change your mind later if there is no official announcement.
If you don’t change it, you can force it to change.
It was not too late to decide what to do after taking the seat of the head of state.
“After the head of Astria is decided, let’s make an official announcement.”
“Yeah, what… … . does not matter.”
Yuni nodded her head.
Even if the timing was delayed, it was something I had already told everyone around me, and even if I changed my mind and announced it, there was nothing Ian could do.
So, in front of Ian, he only agreed to some extent.
“Then the business is over, so I’ll go. Do your best to compete for successors!”
Yuni jumped up from her seat and waved her hand.
So when Yuni opened the door, two people were standing in front.
Yuni opened her eyes thinly and glared at the two of them.
“… … Isn’t that Rudy-senpai who left me?”
“What am I doing there? Did you want to fight Astina-senpai?”
In front of Yuni, Rudy and Astina were standing.
The two had finished their conversation in Astina’s room and had come to visit Ian.
Ian looked at the two of them and pressed his eyebrows together.
After hearing Yuni’s shocking remarks, she had a very tired face.
“Didn’t you come to see Astina?”
“Not only my seniors, but my brother also came here because I have a business.”
“Are you talking to me?”
Rudy entered the room slowly.
“Sit down. Let me have a cup of tea.”
“No, it is. It’s not like I’m going to talk that long.”
“Do it yourself. therefore. What’s going on?”
Rudy stood proudly in front of Ian.
“I inherited space magic from my father.”
A vein appeared on Ian’s forehead.
“Are you here to brag?”
“no. There is something my father said after passing it on to me.”
“Father?”
Rudy opened her mouth to Ian’s question.
“He told me to learn space magic from my brother. So I want you to teach me.”
“… … under.”
Ian looked at Rudy with a puzzled face.
It was a shameless face.
Did you come here thinking you would tell me?
It wasn’t funny.
Space magic is the spirit of Astria and the pillars of Astria.
The good use of that magic proved the legitimacy of the successor, and at the same time, it was a criterion that could be compared with other generations of headmasters.
Who can teach a competitor something so important?
Ian lost his composure and tried to say no with a single blow, but fell into trouble for a moment.
If you refuse here, you will provide an excuse for Rudy to be educated in another way.
Since the Empire had told us to compete for an equal succession, it was clear that if it was judged unfair, an objection would be raised.
“I don’t teach often because I’m currently sitting in the commander’s position.”
So I came up with another way.
“Once a month, let me visit the mansion.”
Teach Rudy once a month.
However, I had no intention of teaching it properly.
Although it is said that his father passed on space magic, Rudy would not be able to use space magic.
Space magic wasn’t even that easy, and if you don’t get proper education, you can’t even learn the basics even if you pass it on.
The transfer of Astria’s magic is not the transfer of any knowledge, but the basic condition for using magic.
Just as permission to use a sword does not make it possible to properly handle it, space magic could not be used without proper education.
Also, the reason for the once-a-month condition was to monitor Rudy.
In any case, there is a miraculous chance that Rudy can wield space magic.
In order to deal with the situation when it arises, Ian put forward the condition that he would visit him once a month.
Rudy frowned at Ian’s words.
I couldn’t object to that.
It wasn’t that he wouldn’t come, and it didn’t make sense to ask a competitor sitting in the commander’s position to further educate him.
“All right. Can I get some books on space magic instead?”
“Books related to space magic do not exist and should not be made.”
“… … yes?”
“Space magic is passed on to the user by word of mouth and never leaves a record.”
Rudy looked at Ian with a puzzled face.
“Then what if all users are dead? Does space magic just disappear?”
Ian did not respond to that, and stood up.
“I can’t stay with you because I have work.”
After saying that, Ian walked towards the door.
“Then let’s hear it again next week or so. In the meantime, think about a lot of things on your own.”
“… … All right.”
Rudy looked at Ian with a dissatisfied face.
***
Uni and Rudy return.
A loud commotion broke out among the soldiers.
It was only natural that the duke’s son and the princess suddenly visited the military.
Astina was on her way back to her room after putting the commotion to as much as possible.
“Deputy Commander!’
A soldier ran to Astina.
He was a soldier who was in charge of entering and leaving the army.
“What’s going on?”
“that… … A gift has arrived for the deputy commander.”
“… … gift?”
“This is a gift from Confucius Astria who came today.”
Astina tilted her head.
“Then send me to my room, why did you come to me?”
“… … Not just one or two.”
Astina walked towards the entrance with a bewildered feeling.
At the entrance, two wagons were waiting for Astina.
“What is this?”
“that… … These are the items sent by Confucius Astria… … .”
“What do you mean by that?”
“Some furniture and a pool. There are also disposable items such as rocking chairs, sansevierias and candles. Here is the statement, would you like to take a look?”
The coachman answered Astina with all his heart and handed him a statement of the goods.
Astina read the statement slowly.
“Why… … .”
“And he told me to hand this over to you… … .”
The coach pulled out a nicely folded note from his pocket.
It was a really small note, but it was carefully stored in an envelope.
[The room was cramped. I’ve sent you a few things you might need. I sent it as a reward for solving my problems, so please accept it.]
It was a short letter.
When Astina saw the letter, the corners of her lips went up.
With a very happy smile, I read the note several times.
After reading that short letter several times, I realized where I was.
Astina coughed a few times and looked at the soldiers in front of her.
“Take the luggage to my room. Don’t tell me how you’re going to set it up.”
“… … Oh, I see!”
The soldiers who saw Astina, who always showed a bloody appearance, responded with a bewildered face.
“Move it carefully.”
“yep! All right!”
As the soldiers began to move their luggage, Astina looked at the letter again.
Then he smiled pleasantly to himself.