272 – An ambitious man who covets his mandate
It’s boring. They headed to the Empire to escape this boring daily life, and the name of the New Year has the power to bring back even the prince who left for the Empire.
To be honest, the three princes who are not crown princes are fine even if they are present at New Year’s events, but what can they do? You don’t have to show off where you are, but if you don’t have it, it’s the royal family. If I hadn’t been able to attend this event, my father would have written the letter of withdrawal from the academy himself.
‘I want because there is no reason not to attend.’
The importance of the new year is a common feature of the continent. If I had stayed in the Empire during the new year, the Empire would have thought it strange. What are you, are you in a foreign country even on New Year’s Day?
In addition, due to Enen’s words to begin the year with the community, it is the New Year when families in the small scale and heads of state in the large scale gather in one place. From the position of the monarch, who has to discipline the nobles every time they forget, it is impossible to make such a New Year’s event lax.
Even the National Day of the Armenian Kingdom subtly overlaps with the New Year, so it is all the more so. If you fall into it, even if you are not a noble but a royal family, you have no choice but to notice.
‘It would be nice if I could go home after New Year’s.’
Of course, that is a ridiculous imagination. I wouldn’t know if I hadn’t returned at all, but it would be difficult to return to the empire early after returning home once. In the first place, my father would not allow me to leave the country.
“How do I last until March?”
I muttered to myself in frustration. Opening ceremony held in early March. I have to endure the next two months in this boring palace.
It’s sad. What the hell are you going to do for 2 months? If there was Later, he would have experimented with the newly developed 4-bishop play, and if Erich had, he would have tried a fantasy serve, but there is no one. Humans are animals that live together, how terrible is this.
‘I should have officially invited you.’
Suddenly, I even had that thought. If I had to return to my home country, I wondered what it would have been like to have the members officially invited to the royal palace.
But I quickly erased it from my mind. Members should also go to their home countries or be in the arms of their families in the new year. If I can’t do it, the other members won’t do the same. As much as that, the meaning of the new year in the continent is strong.
He let out a small sigh and leaned against the balcony railing. At least, being alone in the night breeze seemed to calm down my complicated head a little bit. If other nobles were attached in this situation, it would have been more troublesome.
“It’s good to have Lord Villar by your side.”
“I’m sorry to say that, my lord.”
Suddenly, he turned his gaze to Lord Villar next to him and thanked him.
It’s really fortunate that Sir Villars is here. Even in the Royal Knights, he is one of the top five Lord Villars. Since such Lord Villar is next to the prince who left to study in the empire with a hard face, all nobles are exerting their power to turn back. He probably assumed that the two of them were hiding on the balcony because they had an important conversation.
‘It’s comfortable to think like that.’
Of course, there is no important conversation. That’s what Lord Villar’s expression was like. No, maybe it’s because I’m holding her next to her.
‘I can send it now.’
I turned my gaze from Lord Villar to the banquet hall inside. After staying on the balcony for a few hours, he showed signs of wanting to be alone, so no noble would dare to approach. Occasionally, there is a case that approaches you even if you notice it like this, but that only happens when there is a reason to approach through the notice.
No matter how much I think about it, there is no aristocrat who desperately comes to me. The structure of the succession centered on the older brother, the crown prince, is also solid, so there is no need to get close to other heirs to the throne, and there is no need to meet the prince who went to an educational institution in a foreign country as soon as he became an adult. Even more so because I am friendly with knights who are not political or administrative.
“Sir. Come to think of it, I heard that Sir Perosa came as a bodyguard.”
“Yes, low. Thank you for your undeserved trust.”
When I mentioned Sir Perosa, Sir Villar’s expression slightly warmed.
A place where the royal family as well as the nobility of the kingdom gather. Being on guard duty in such a situation means that Sir Perosa’s ability has been recognized. How can I be happy as his father?
That’s why it’s enough justification to send Lord Villar, who must have suffered by my side.
“To say it’s too much, isn’t it natural to give a role that matches one’s abilities? But experience is something that cannot be solved with abilities—”
As he blurted out like that, Lord Villar’s eyes widened a little. As if he knew what I was about to say.
“How about giving advice to juniors as a senior?”
I told her to go and talk to her daughter when she was struggling with work. At those words, Lord Villars seemed to hesitate for a moment, then lowered his head.
“Yes, low. I will.”
A very short worry and a quick reply. When you think of Lord Villars, who is usually blunt and stern, his appearance is unexpected, but it is natural when you know the truth. Isn’t Lord Villar returning to his home country after almost a year? He’ll have to go back to the Empire in March, so he’ll want to be back at home with his family for a bit.
Of course, Perosa is also a member of the Empire, but living with his family in his home country is different from living in a foreign country.
I watched Sir Villars walk away at such a rapid pace, then I leaned against the railing again. Now let’s go back in moderation after he gets some air by himself.
I forgot that there are beings far from normal in Armain.
“Degradation’s chivalry is the model of the continent. No other knight will be inferior to Degradation.”
“That’s embarrassing.”
“hahahaha, you’re even humble.”
A non-mainstream group that doesn’t care about notices, a minority group that wants to expand its influence by contacting anyone, a group that is a monster in the political world in many ways, the Fifth Empire. I forgot about these for a while.
The Count of Gadero approached shortly after Sir Villar disappeared. He is clearly remembered as one of the Fifth Reich personnel who acted like an action commander. Each and every member showed an unrivaled amount of activity even within the noisy Fifth Reich.
For such a person to approach, today’s luck is the worst.
“In Kfelofen, there will be no knights who can surpass the deterioration.”
I almost burst into laughter at those words. Those who claim that Kfelopen does not have the qualifications of an empire and that Armin should become a true empire put Kfelofen as the best. They must be aware of Kfelofen’s potential.
If you know, I hope you stay quiet. The Kpelofen Empire didn’t lose its mandate like Apels did in the past, and although it went through various crises and challenges, it overcame it in the end. There is no justification or practical reason to fight with such a country over the Mandate of Heaven. Only those who are blinded by the name of the Empire claim it unilaterally.
‘Annoying.’
Anyway, it’s hard to properly answer someone who is talking one-sidedly. No matter how the Fifth Empire is known in the political world as non-mainstream people who have no sense of reality, they are still a noble and a member of the kingdom. Treating her roughly just because it’s annoying can call into question the tolerance and generosity of the royal family.
Of course, other aristocrats know that the Fifth Reich is troublesome, but gossip doesn’t arise from arguing about such things. Rejecting the Fifth Reich is a factional fight, but the royal family ignoring certain nobles is oppression. Wouldn’t that subtle difference be important?
That’s why I endured with the thought that if I had an accident here, a letter of withdrawal from the academy might be written—
“Isn’t it true that a strong leader can lead you on the right path?”
Speech that crossed the line began to appear.
Hospitality Looking at the Count with a smile, the Count continued his conversation. All kinds of rhetoric and indirect remarks were attached to it, but the inside was blatant.
Armain must move before the empire recovers the power consumed by the war against nomads and internal purges. And that I should stand in the forefront, not my father and older brother, who are moderate.
‘I don’t even know the subject.’
It bothers me. Ignorance that does not objectively grasp the potential of other countries, arrogance that dares to use the royal family as their own chess piece.
On the outside, they say that taking the lead, as I am well versed in the circumstances of the empire, would be advantageous in persuading other nobles, but no matter how I look at it, they are trying to use me as a shield to assert their point. If things go well, I’ll push out my moderate brother and make me the crown prince.
‘Is it time to empty?’
I quietly organized my thoughts. The reason why nobles recognize the Fifth Empire as a faction, and why the royal family recognizes the Fifth Empire as nobles as well. It’s not just being tolerated because of the gaze. It’s useful, so keep it.
There are many tendencies in the political world, and extremism is included among those tendencies. The Fifth Reich is a radical and extreme mad dog, but at the same time it is also a mad dog camp.
If the Fifth Reich had not existed, the mad dogs would have been scattered and barking. But there is a cozy-looking cradle where their compatriots gather? Then, even if no one forces them, they will gather on their own.
‘I wish it had been stuck forever.’
A kind of rabid detention center, or trash can.
But when a mad dog breaks out of the camp and tries to bite people, and trash bins overflow and stink, you have to act. His father also told him to report immediately if the 5th Reich showed signs of being strange, so he would be happy to act.
What would be a good justification? You dared to push your country into an unreasonable war, and you showed your willingness to intervene in the royal succession plot…
***
“Moomins, insults to the royal family, denial of the heavenly mandate… I attached everything that could be attached. Coincidentally, when the eyes of the aristocrats were tied to the New Year’s party, the three princes swung their swords abruptly. “
“…I see.”
Even if they stick together, they have to share their neck and goodbye kiss. If I went all-in like a comprehensive set, it means that I was really determined and danced.
Awesome, what the hell just happened…
‘It’s a royal family.’
And it was surprising that Ryutis led such a surprise purge.
Armain has a solid position as a crown prince and has a good family relationship, so checks on other princes are not strong. Still, I didn’t know that the 3 princes would get the right to slit the heads of nobles.
Of course, it would be possible with the king’s permission, but isn’t the fact that he gave permission in the first place and entrusted the purge to proof of Ryutis’ ability?
‘Ability?’
Instinctively, I thought of Ryutis I saw at the academy. A destructive snout, a look that is inversely proportional to the talk…
What is it? Are the Lutiss in the academy and Lutiss in Armain two separate people? In fact, wouldn’t Ryutis have a twin brother?
‘…How is it?’
Even if I thought about it alone, I decided to get rid of meaningless thoughts and think positively.
So, do you know if Ryutis is a twin, a double personality, or a strong person? The important thing is that Ryutis took care of what I had to do instead.
Thank you… They say even a broken watch is right twice a day, and a troller helps once a year…