229. Rebellion
“Then I’ll come back.”
1 Before going to the battlefield, Prince Rahul spoke to Eleanor in a touching way, as if he were confessing his love to the woman he truly loved.
Eleanor almost broke her pretentious expression for a moment, but she waved her hand with a faint smile.
She informed him of her various strategies and direction regarding this subjugation, and she naturally developed a deeper liking for Eleanor.
“Yuck.”
Looking at the door through which Rahul left, Eleanor felt sick and gulped down the water in her water bottle.
I feel a little calm inside.
She knew that he was grateful to her for giving her advice in many ways, but she wanted him to maintain an appropriate distance.
‘When will the subjugation take place?’
I received a telegram saying that Deius Verdi was coming here.
However, because of the large monsters, they cannot cross the desert carelessly.
Originally, the situation should have been resolved in the first round of subjugation, but as the subjugation continued into the second round, Deius had no choice but to wait.
“Haaa! “I miss you!”
How long has it been since I last saw Deius?
He disappeared for a month, but reappeared this time for the Great Debate.
In fact, Eleanor had not seen Deius since the Clark Republic.
I heard that as time passes and the distance increases, she naturally cools down.
She only became more dissatisfied with Eleanor. At least she survives each day by drawing Deius and Kim Shin-woo through her canvas.
She also hoped that, if possible, her 1st prince, Rahul, would use this opportunity to subdue the large demon beast.
Rahul also knows that if he fails this time, his position will be in real danger.
Especially recently, the second prince, Rehull, was feeling quite threatened in that he was changing the minds of Zerman’s generals.
Knock knock.
At that time, a knocking sound was heard outside.
“Yes, please come in.”
After Eleanor gathered herself again, she told him to come in.
Even a tiger will come if you say so.
Second Prince Rehul comes inside with a good smile on his face.
Even though Eleanor now knows that that smile is all fake, she doesn’t bother to point it out.
From Lehul’s point of view, she can be seen as being respectful in her own way.
“I guess we can go back tomorrow?”
If the large demon is subdued today, Eleanor can return.
She said this with that meaning, but Eleanor’s expression darkened in an instant.
“… ….”
“What’s wrong?”
And 2nd Prince Rehull never misses that part. Neither of them said it explicitly, but they both knew what they wanted.
Eleanoa intentionally made a worried expression and Lehul accepted it.
Even though no one was watching, the conversation flowed like dancing in unison in a ballroom.
“Actually…… “I kind of regret telling you about Cheonnajimang.”
“… ….”
“I saw Rahul and Lerhulta practicing. But it looks a bit difficult. “It seemed like he lacked basic proficiency in magic.”
“Really?”
“If you can prepare a few days in advance, there will be no problem, but that is not the case in the desert.”
During the practice process, I performed Cheonnajimang without a bad performance.
The tools and magic circles they used to practice were still left in the royal palace’s training hall.
But the desert is a real battle.
It would take quite some time to go and set up all of those things, and it seemed unlikely that a large monster living in the desert would just sit there and watch.
“Actually, that’s why I stopped Rahul just now.”
It’s a lie.
Prince Rahul came to visit, but Eleanor instead gave advice.
But there was no way that the second prince, Lehull, who had already secretly fallen out with the first prince, would have known that.
“That’s right.”
“Lehule!”
Eleanor, slightly crying, calls out to Lehu. Is it because she is a girl with royal blood? Since Eleanor had outstanding talent in most fields, her acting was also top-notch.
“You need to stop Rahul. “If it were you, Lehule, and not me, you might take it differently!”
“… ….”
After hearing Eleanor’s earnest request, Lehul thinks for a moment.
Then, he finally exhales and gathers her resolve. She thought that the Eleanor she had seen so far would understand her.
“Do you really think I should stop you?”
“…… Yes?”
“Eleanoa, no, Princess Eleanor. My father is very old. “Now is the time for you to step down from the throne.”
For King Rahmahul, the passion and fiery spirit of his youth have long since disappeared.
Now he is just a viper sitting on the highest chair called the throne and lusting after a woman.
“If things continue like this, the next person to sit on the throne will definitely be Rahul.”
No matter how incompetent he was, being the eldest son carried a certain weight.
“… ….”
Eleanor’s mouth closes.
She nods her head as if fascinated by what he is saying now.
“Princess Eleanor. Please speak without any hesitation. “Does the brother Rahul you saw truly have the dignity of a king?”
Eleanor cannot readily answer.
As a princess from a foreign country, she could not carelessly say something to evaluate the prince who was closest to her right to succeed to the throne.
But her silence alone made Rehull think he had already heard the answer, and he said it made it easier for her to answer.
“No, brother, you must not sit on the throne. “My father may be a bit debauched now, but he was truly a great leader in his younger days.”
But what about Rahul?
“My brother has already become obsessed with womanizers and greed. He enjoys showing off. Do you know that a different woman enters the bedroom every night?”
“… ….”
Of course I know.
1 The prince came to see Eleanor every day, and the smell of feminine perfume on her body changed every day.
“Even in this subjugation, women went to war with us! “You may be telling Princess Eleanor that you love him, but he only sees you as a concubine!”
“… ….”
Eleanoa’s expression hardens.
She didn’t love him, and she never gave him her heart.
He acts as if he was shocked.
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Actually, Eleanor was thinking about only one thing right now.
‘I want to see Deius.’
It’s much more productive to talk about magical girls with Deius than to talk to idiots like these.
Well, anyway.
The story continues.
“I hope you fail. And I hope you don’t lend me your brilliant wisdom.”
“… ….”
“Starting with Royal Warlock Coltman, you also said that this operation would fail. “Anyway, my brother will fail and at the same time prove his incompetence and fall away from the throne.”
In the end, the second subjugation also fails.
In that case, I will come back to Eleanor and ask for her wisdom.
Because the girl was intelligent beyond her age.
For 2nd Prince Rehull, the variable that could have been unexpected was her.
The first subjugation failed, and the command of the second subjugation was originally supposed to be passed to the second prince, but wasn’t it Eleanor who gave it back to the first prince?
But Eleanor’s expression became contemplative.
“…… “The subjugation will not fail.”
“Yes?”
Lehul’s heart sank at those words. Eleanor’s statement. It had a strange weight to it.
“To be exact, it will be put on hold. “I told you that if it takes a long time while preparing for Cheonnajimang in the desert, don’t hesitate and come back.”
“…… Ah!”
Return without damage?
It was certainly not honorable, but it was not enough to shake the first prince’s strong position.
Rather, it could be said to be a wise response that quickly assessed the power and situation.
“Prince 1 also knows. “If she fails in this subjugation, her position will be in danger.”
“So, that’s why you advised me like that!”
“…… Yes.”
In the end, the most important thing for the first prince is maintaining the status quo.
If nothing happens, the first prince can naturally sit on the throne.
Rehul felt the hair on her head stand up. My back is tingling and the plan I thought was perfect until just now.
Again.
I was distorted because of the girl in front of me.
‘Did we have to recruit Princess Eleanor from the beginning?’
While Lehul was regretting, Eleanor closed her mouth for a moment and spoke with an embarrassed expression.
“Prince 1…… I know that my behavior is not good. “But he whispers his love for me every day and is so kind that I feel a little lost.”
For a moment, Eleanor hated herself for saying these words.
She felt like throwing up, but she had no choice but to hold back for the greater good.
“But after hearing Prince 2’s words, my heart is very shaken.”
“…… Princess Eleanor, let’s be honest.”
Rehul thought that now was her chance. Did this intelligent woman really fall in love with a bastard like the first prince?
She thought it couldn’t be so.
“If Brother Rahul sits on the throne and you become his partner, aren’t you helping because you will be able to be greatly involved in the German Kingdom?”
“…… “I won’t deny it.”
“Huh.”
Lehul sighed and extended her hand towards Eleanor.
“Leave your brother and come to me.”
“… ….”
“I truly adore you. “Unlike my other brothers, I truly felt love for you, not for your looks, but for your abilities.”
Wise woman.
But he is still young.
“Unlike brother Rahul, I don’t have any woman as my lover. “I only find those who truly love.”
This was largely due to his position as the second prince.
She was already far from the right to succeed to the throne, and she had no intention of tarnishing her own image as a prince steeped in luxury and pleasure, like her father and eldest son.
But in the end, the second prince, Rehull, also has the same blood flowing through him.
He hid his identity every night and spent time with a woman.
However, since Eleanor could not know that, Rehul was pouring out the lies she had heard.
“For the peace of the Kingdom of German and the Kingdom of Griffin, our marriage will definitely be important. So lend me your wisdom.”
Eleanor, who was looking at Lehul’s hand, closes her eyes for a moment. She was pretending to be thinking about something, but in reality, she had already decided what to say.
“There is a way.”
Eleanor mixes her hot breath with her voice as if she is trying to squeeze it out with great difficulty.
“It’s a kind of royal coup.”
It was a statement so dangerous that it was difficult to say.
A coup d’état.
A coup d’état is usually associated with a rebellion, but a coup d’état is slightly different.
It was a coup d’etat carried out by the royal family or empire to further strengthen the existing power.
“Are you telling me to rebel now?”
Rehul could have been disappointed. A suggestion not worth listening to. Doing something like that in a situation where nothing was prepared would not help at all.
However, Eleanor shakes her head.
“No, the rebellion was not started by the second prince.”
“…… ?”
“Prince 1 is the one who caused it.”
Rehul still didn’t understand what she was saying, but he felt something about her sparkle in his head.
Mysterious trick.
A trick was truly coming out of Eleanor’s mouth.
“Prince 1 will return without proceeding with the subjugation itself. He will definitely feel that the dream of Cheonra in the royal court is different from the dream of Cheonra in the desert.”
“Then.”
“Yes, it means that the troops will return in full. And so far, only me and the second prince know the reason.”
Rehull finally felt like he could see the path. Eleanor gradually becomes aware of the intentions of her words.
“I heard that the Second Prince has recently developed a close relationship with generals and wizards within the military. 1The prince was worried.”
“… ….”
“You just need to say one word. “Seeing the 1st Prince return with his entire army.”
Most influential.
All that needs to be done is the second prince, Rehul, who has public trust, says a word.
It is a rebellion!
They are trying to take over the royal family by using the soldiers sent in to subdue the demon beasts!
Whether it is true or false is not important.
It doesn’t matter if the generals or soldiers realize in the middle that it is not a mutiny.
Anyway, they are better than the first prince, who is rumored to be in love with a foreign woman like the Griffin princess.
Because their hearts will go out to the second prince who has listened to their story and understood their difficulties.
“Ha.”
A faint smile appeared on Lehul’s lips.
We know that he has already accepted her strategy, but Eleanor continues her remarks which make her even more convincing.
“The 1st Prince’s soldiers are not really trying to rebel in the first place, so they will be easily suppressed. In fact, they will immediately surrender, saying it is unfair.”
Persuasive.
It is quite possible.
In fact, Lehul, who was listening to her story, had been thinking only about what benefit Eleanor would gain rather than whether or not she had potential.
No.
First Prince Rehull will be executed or exiled for rebellion.
The Kingdom of German suffered no loss of troops, and the slaying of the large monster was only postponed for a moment.
“hahahaha!”
In the end, Lehul had no choice but to let out an elastic laugh.
I can already imagine a future in which Prince Rahul will have to pay a very painful price for returning with his soldiers.
This will work.
Such confidence took root.
* * *
The rest went exactly as Princess Eleanor said.
He led the army out in the morning, but 1st Prince Rahul returned to the royal family in the late morning.
Looking at that scene, Lehul let out an exclamation.
“Foolish brother!”
Lehul had already delivered the plan to his closest associates.
They said it was to suppress the rebellion, so all they had to do was quickly kill the first prince, Rahul.
If that happens, his soldiers naturally become rebels.
“Ha, that’s funny.”
2 Prince Rahul was dumbfounded as he watched Prince Rahul and his soldiers entering the palace to report.
There wasn’t even a trace of sand on him, and the corners of his eyes were full of life.
It meant that I didn’t have to go out and suffer much.
“I guess I really had fun.”
“Did you have any intention of subjugating?”
The generals who are close to Lehul also say this is absurd and help out one by one.
It’s coming soon.
Information was not allowed to leak outside the city, so if all the soldiers entered the royal palace’s large garden, all they had to do was lock the gate and shout a mutiny.
2 The moment Prince Lehul couldn’t hide his pounding heart and slowly raised the corners of his mouth.
Chrrr!
A huge net unfolds covering the sky.
A huge net spreads out covering the land.
Absorbs the mana of everyone in the net except for a few, and also places great restrictions on the body.
Tactics for eradicating large-scale beasts.
“Huh?”
Cheonnajimang spread out in the early morning sky.
I wondered what kind of situation this was.
I had seen him practicing at the royal court several times, so I knew right away that this was Cheonnajimang.
“What is this…?” … ?”
2Nd Prince Rehull was perplexed, but for some reason, the conversation they had had several times suddenly passed by.
Coltman Bellick, the warlock of the German Kingdom, said this.
– This method requires a lot of preparation in the first place. How are you going to unfold this in the desert?
Princess Eleanor also said so.
– If you can prepare a few days in advance, there will be no problem, but that is not the case in the desert.
In fact, they performed Cheonnajimang without any problems during the practice process.
There are still magic circles and tools left in the royal family…….
“Ah…… ?”
Now, Second Prince Rehull could understand what was unfolding.
I saw the 1st Prince Rahul German, who led the army and retreated at the forefront, drawing his sword.
2Prince Rehu cried out in urgency.
“Jeez, this is a real rebellion!”