113 – Conflict of Interest (5)
“…Meet Your Majesty Claude, Lord of the Lotharing.”
Why the hell am I even here…
As his father had ordered, he had restored the faction for social purposes and was active in the center of the faction, strengthening friendship with various nobles, but soon after, the concern broke out.
His Majesty picked me up and said he would meet me.
If you don’t feel uncomfortable with the letter sent by His Majesty, why don’t you take a look? It was written in a rough tone, as if inviting, but there is no way there could be a madman in the world who would refuse His Majesty’s invitation.
“Raise your head. hahahahaha, the etiquette has not changed in a while, but you seem to have mastered it properly. I’m very happy.”
“That’s too much praise, Your Majesty.”
Besides, the etiquette was completely different from the days of the Principality, so I had to memorize everything from scratch.
Of course, it is normal that etiquette for a duke and etiquette for a king should be different. There are not one or two nobles who have been in trouble for making mistakes in etiquette within the court.
As a member of the Duke of Berman, who is on the strong side of the Rotaling Kingdom, I should never have seen something like that, so I stayed up all night for several days to memorize it. It seems to work out.
“Hmm… To say that Jim praised you was too much, doesn’t it sound like Jim’s eyes were wrong?”
No.
Oh sh*t
“I’m sorry. Your Majesty, please forgive me—”
“hahahahaha, just kidding. You don’t have to be that hard.”
“Ah… Ahahahaha…”
…I want to see my father.
In my entire life, only my father and mother had the experience of having a conversation with someone of a higher status than me, and both of them had very easy-going personalities, so I never paid attention while talking.
For that reason, I have no tolerance for twisting words, and that is why the words Your Majesty throws at you as they pass by give me goosebumps.
You’re kidding? Wasn’t it obviously a joke?
Obviously, I heard ‘this bastard will take it if it’s just a compliment, so why talk so much?’ That’s pretty much what it sounded like. If I put someone else in this position, I’m sure they would have understood the same as me.
‘There is a saying that, no matter how ridiculous it is, if the protagonist of the rumor is innocent, there will be no such rumor, but it was true.’
His Majesty has an inferiority complex by birth and likes to treat his enemies like cattle regardless of his nobility, and that he likes to beat women while ignoring the King’s warnings and Her Majesty’s sorrow. There are quite a few bad rumors about His Majesty that I have heard so far, such as that he cuts off his head immediately when he does, that he made a child with his sister, that his hobby is to inject poison into a person’s body and see how the poison works. Judging from the character of His Majesty just seen, most of those rumors are probably true.
Sweep… If you don’t concentrate, you’ll soon be hit with the evil, and you won’t even be able to find a bone. You have to speak carefully, like walking on thin ice.
‘Never give an impromptu answer, be sure to think it over before—’
“What… Aside from that, the reason why Jim called you is that if it doesn’t interfere with your studies, then I want you to manage the university’s students with your faction. There is a great banquet hall, and I’ll give it to your faction as a place.”
“Kuhup?!”
While I was making a promise about the future, His Majesty’s mouth came out with words that would nullify my promise.
“Are you all right?”
“I’m sorry, Your Majesty. I’m surprised to have received your favor so suddenly. Does your Majesty mean that I should include all the students of the University in my clique?”
“Yes.”
What is this again? The story moves so fast that it’s hard to follow.
Put all the students in the university under the clique I’m leading? This is clearly an act that benefits me and my father.
If almost all of the nobles in Rotaring become the head of the faction, the prestige of our Berman family will be skyrocketing, and the internal circumstances of each nobleman who listens to each other as the head of the faction are also very useful. It is clear that it will be used
It’s sweet. It’s so sweet that it makes my teeth rot. It was so sweet that his body rotted alive after contracting a disease in which blood and urine turned to honey.
‘I can’t eat something like this hastily.’
Nothing is free in this world. In order to obtain something other than making gold through alchemy, you must pay the corresponding price.
Right now, I want to ask His Majesty why you are making such a proposal and what you want from me.
But if you say that, then, judging from your reaction earlier, His Majesty will surely be angry while saying [Are you ignoring my favor now?], So you have to be careful.
“Hmm… You don’t have to be so vigilant. Jim wants only one thing, to use the power of the clique to thoroughly weed out students who behave in extreme ways.”
“Action to the extreme… You mean political factions.”
“Not just political factions, but also students who still duel in secret.”
Fortunately, His Majesty first explains what the price I will pay.
So, Your Majesty’s intention is that it is not feasible for various reasons to directly touch extreme students, so I will punish them on behalf of Your Majesty. It should be in the form of using that sect faction to pressure extreme students.
The gains and losses are clear.
As I said before, the benefits will pass, and if you accept His Majesty’s proposal, you will receive the hatred of the students excluded from the faction. The fact that His Majesty gave me these instructions must, of course, be thoroughly concealed, so from the standpoint of the excluded students, it is obvious that they will think that I am persecuting them for no reason.
Even though His Majesty’s decree remained, judging from the fact that they still fight duels or remain in political factions, there is a high probability that those students will have bad personalities. .
“If by any chance those who have been excluded express any dissatisfaction with you, explain that this is so because I have ordered that the extremists not be accepted into the faction. If you repent of your sins and change your mind, of course you should accept them into the faction.”
“…I will, Your Majesty.”
However, even if the benefits and losses are clear, it is impossible to weigh them individually. Because His Majesty recommended it.
How could I refuse when that wicked majesty invited me? I didn’t have a choice in the first place. Just have to follow
…………
Hey, the character is nice.
Your manners are great, your features are like swords, you’re tall, you understand words well, and even your personality is good, right?
‘To be able to do everything I ask of you.’
I was trying to create a social circle to keep the disreputable aristocrats in check, but this would have been very difficult without the cooperation of the son of the Berman family, which has the largest cult faction.
Can’t I create my own cult faction? What is that… To put it roughly, it feels like a friendly club run by the chairman himself, and there’s no way any student would want to come to a place like this.
So I was nervous that I might refuse, but the son of the Verman family fortunately accepted my proposal without any sign of thinking about it. There will be a lot of enemies, so in return, I’ll have to throw a lot of beans later.
[Leclerc, creatures called nobles risk their lives for honor… Right?]
[Yes. There are differences among individuals, but in many cases, not only their own lives but also the fate of their families are risked for the sake of honor.]
Such a bastard can’t stand being an outcast in a social world where everyone else is.
When I asked Leclerc in advance what this type of punishment would be like, the answer came back that it was the most severe punishment for nobles who had disrespected His Majesty. Has become a form
The reason why subcontracting is used is because it cuts the tail like this and reduces the risk burden drastically, um.
“—-That’s why it happened like this.”
“I see…”
“Ughhh…”
After work, while resting in Ines’s room, I told Ines everything that had happened in the audience room and what I had intended.
Sleeping in Ines’s arms, Liliane sees her wrinkled skin as she was born disappearing into a plump baby.
The lips and cheeks are so smooth that they look like water droplets. Cute. Oh, and of course Claudia is also very cute. If you compare the two, you can’t tell the difference.
“Seobang, isn’t the punishment weak?”
“Huh?”
I was observing Liliane happily after explaining everything that had happened to Ines, but then suddenly Ines said so.
The punishment is weak? You said it was the biggest punishment with Leclerc Fiscal?
“The punishment is weak? Why?”
“Yes, the most insulting punishment is right, but I don’t think the punishment ends with just insults.”
Ah, what else am I saying?
Ines is right. If it’s a punishment, it should be a real damage, so it’s not a little bit to end it with insults.
“It’s okay. You can ask the head of the family for the crimes committed by the children.”
“That’s…”
“Wouldn’t it be better to have the family head punish them instead of punishing me myself?”
In a word, [Even if you hit me, I hit you.] It’s like this.
Obviously something would come out if I punished the violent students myself, but nothing would come out if their guardians punished them. Punishing a child as a guardian is a very just discipline.
Ah, of course, I will give guidelines on how the training should be done, but it is important that I am not the person who directly implements it.
Eh… I wanted to personally punish the ignorant bastards who don’t listen to me, but it’s a pity that I couldn’t because I had to take care of the nobles. Someday, I will have to wipe out all the feudal nobles, but most of the feudal nobles who have survived so far are absolutely loyal to me, so there is no good reason to cut them off.
Umm… Well, even if you’re loyal to me, even if you dare to use a knife, it looks bad. For now, let’s see.