Spreading its Wings – 4
The royal family should be the king’s most powerful ally and reign over the nobles. Even a single royal family is desperately needed in order for a handful of royal families to rule a country. But I am in a foreign country, not by the king’s side.
For the sin of not being born later, and for the sin of not being born earlier, I had to leave the country as if running away. It is tantamount to failing to fulfill one’s duties as a member of the royal family, but there is nothing we can do about it. If I did my duty, the royal family, and furthermore, the motherland could be in jeopardy.
Royals have to be competent. In order for a handful of royalty to stand tall above countless nobles, authority is also authority, but shouldn’t they also have commensurate abilities?
Fortunately, I was on the side of the ability that Enen protected.
“I’m sorry, but there’s nothing more I can teach you.”
The problem was that his ability was excessive.
“You are a royal bokbok. It is a gift from heaven.”
“Indeed, an archmage who will go down in history will be born.”
It was not groundless confidence or arrogance. He had the ability to be acknowledged by everyone.
“Maybe it’s worse than the Crown Prince—”
Yes, everyone thought so.
In the eyes of everyone, my ability was outstanding, and I was superior to my older brother, the Crown Prince.
The problem was that it was not the opinion of some, but that it was so in the eyes of the father and elder brother.
“That’s great. Keep working hard in the future.”
The look in my father’s eyes looking at me was unusual. There was a slight sadness in the father’s eyes as he looked at his older brother. For the magical powerhouse Juven United Kingdom, being talented in magic was a powerful advantage.
Looking at it from the side, I noticed it too, but how can my older brother not know? The meaning in those eyes was enough to drive his older brother crazy. It’s a matter of the throne, not anything else, so it’s natural.
It is not simply a matter of pride if the succession to the throne is achieved after passing on the eldest brother. A problem that even jeopardized his brother’s life.
“Excellent, Later.”
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Nevertheless, my older brother desperately suppressed it. Rather than venting his anger and hatred toward me, he welcomed the appearance of his brilliant brother. If the age difference between me and my older brother had been significant, the royal family would have been peaceful.
But it didn’t. The difference in age was enough to allow the crown prince to be replaced if the father insisted a little.
The father’s worries deepen, and the moment he tries to mix emotions other than friendship in his older brother’s eyes.
“I will enter the Imperial Academy.”
At the age of 17, I suddenly announced my admission to the Imperial Academy.
It’s an unreasonable move. It is absurd that royalty, who are not nobles, go to educational institutions in other countries. Even more so when the prince has just become an adult and he is starting to engage in active social activities.
That’s why I chose to go to the Empire. There is no aristocrat to support a prince who has been studying at an educational institution in a foreign country for three years. While I am away from my home country, my older brother’s foundation will be stronger.
“Later, think again. You don’t have to go far.”
The older brother who stopped me was mixed with worries and regrets about his younger brother, happiness at the loss of a competitor, and a sense of shame at himself for being happy about it.
If my brother had been a wicked man, he would have seriously aimed for the throne. How can I destroy a brother like that? He’s worried about his brother, who can take everything from him.
“It’s okay. I wanted to try a variety of experiences.”
Various experiences. There is no throne in that experience.
That’s how I left behind the people around me and entered the Imperial Academy. My position in my home country will rapidly decline. The desired sea. I must be infinitely distant from the throne. Because it is for the stability of the royal family and the prosperity of the motherland.
You probably won’t get a very good look in the empire. You would wonder what would happen if a prince from another country suddenly came.
‘I never thought there would be two guys like me.’
When I remembered what happened then, I laughed out loud. Surprisingly, the prince of Armin and the next saint also entered the school.
I wondered what the hell this was all about. Perhaps Armin also thought that there was a problem with succession to the throne, or that a new saint candidate had appeared in the Holy Church. Although neither.
Anyway, that happened. Memories of the past came to mind thanks to the stupid falcon that fell without being able to fly.
‘I can’t go back.’
This is the path he took for the royal family and his country at the risk of weakening his position and losing his reputation. No matter how much my father proposed, I can’t go back.
And—
“Chess isn’t played to win. It’s played to upset you, so you can’t win.”
“Wait. Make one more knight.”
“Where’s the chess player?”
A voice that still lingers in my ears. Unknowingly, my fists tightened.
‘If I go back now, I will lose.’
I can never go back. I have never won against Ryutis, so where do I go back?
If I had lost normally, I would have simply thought that he was better than me. However, my pride was played with 5 knights that I had never heard of anywhere.
So we must win. No matter how long it takes, Ryutis, I’ll stick the queen in his face.
‘By the time I win, Louise will have some results.’
You have to be at the academy until graduation to see it.
The academy life is really thrilling.
***
I could feel my dying faith wriggling. Could it be that my wish has reached the sky? Did Ennen feel sorry for me?
“All hawks, you mean?”
– Yes.
I wanted to bite my tongue when the information manager suddenly called me. The doves of the five pillars are in a situation where they have been displaced. In such a situation, if the head of the intelligence department directly contacted him, wouldn’t it mean that something very urgent had happened? Usually that was a bad thing.
And that normal probability was pierced.
– It’s a situation where he collapsed after moving too much.
‘Crazy bastards.’
The more I listen to the information manager, the more I am amazed. It is, of course, a negative exclamation.
It is true that the hawks drove out the doves and seized the initiative. But he drove it out to the end, not completely eliminated the doves themselves. Inside the Five Pillars, the doves were still alive with both eyes open.
Then, wouldn’t it be normal for the next course of action to completely eliminate the doves or to recruit them as comrades?
‘It’s not normal.’
The eight-cylinder man who never looked back The hawk didn’t dwell on such trivial matters. Even if all of them were hawks, ‘Are you crazy?’ The project was carried out in a situation where the doves were alive.
How the royal family was killed. To be honest, I expected to do it, but I didn’t know that I would really do it. I’m always ‘like this if it’s a romance.’ I expected it at the level, so if someone asks me why I would do such an irrational thing, I have nothing to say. I don’t know either
Anyway, the pigeons, who were grinding their teeth after being thrashed by the hawks, rushed to the royal family as soon as they realized the splendid self-destruction of the hawks.
‘It’s a pigeon.’
Given that it is almost the same speed as a pigeon, pigeons are correct. Well named
After that, it was a breeze. The royal family of the United Kingdom of Juven was flagship in the case of an attempted assassination of the royal family out of the blue, and the pigeons quickly lost money in case they were caught in the self-destruction of hawkish idiots.
To be honest, I was beaten like a dog by a hawk before I even lost my hand, so no one thought that the dove was an accomplice. Is this the bird?
– So the hawks completely collapsed. All middle-class and above were executed, and those below that level either converted or left the political world.
“That’s amazing.”
– It’s amazing.
I am sincere. It’s amazing that these things happened one after another in less than a month.
The fall of the Doves, a mainstream faction of the Five Pillars for decades? It’s annoying from the Empire’s point of view, but it can be. Originally, the political world does not know what will happen tomorrow.
Is that why hawks replaced doves? It could be. If the doves were defeated, it means that there was an air current flowing inside the Five Pillars that wanted a new policy, and the hawks could do what the doves couldn’t.
But you probably didn’t know that what you didn’t do was the murder of the royal family. It’s not a dovish thing, it’s just a human being.
‘Has no head…?’
There is a certain level of recklessness. I thought that at least the five pillars would be completely controlled and shoveled, but I didn’t expect them to explode this fast. Was the hawk a beast lacking in intelligence?
I seem to have a sudden drop in liking for hawks. Every single one of these is nonsense.
– Thanks to that, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also busy, but it’s not a bad result.
He nodded at that. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was looking for a time to contact the hawks, might want something like this, but it’s not a bad thing since the doves are back in power.
Anyway, wouldn’t it be more comfortable to hang out with a weakling you used to know than to make new friends with a madman?
‘It ended well.’
And it’s not a bad result from my point of view either. The possibility of the Five Pillars destroying the academy disappeared with this. Now, only two of the three groups remain.
I hope the rest will self-destruct themselves. I want to be comfortable too.
-Anyway, since the royal family the hawks were targeting was Prince Later, I thought it was right for the inspector general to know.
“Ah, yes. Thank you for your consideration.”
– Then I’ll hang up first. I have a lot to do.
As always, the head of the intelligence department cut off contact, showing off his overwork.
I’m glad I didn’t live like that.
‘I have to retire before I end up like that.’
My will to retire weakened as the days went by, but I was able to rekindle that will every time I saw the head of the intelligence department.
Thank you very much, Director of Information…
When I checked the club class the next day, Laterr looked the same as usual. He didn’t even look agitated or anxious.
It’s fortunate that it doesn’t look like much, but in fact, the United Kingdom of Juven expected to issue a recall order to Later. I don’t think it’s okay to see that.
‘The little pigeons.’
Shouldn’t we take this opportunity to strongly insist that the royal family in a foreign country be safely returned to their home country? If you beat the hawk and come back, you should put in that much effort.
I think it’s true that pigeons are incompetent.
Of course, the hawk is cute, so it’s okay. Come to think of it, the symbol of the Varenti family is hawks. Then, it’s right to be cuter than a pigeon.