Episode 24. Rebirth of the Emperor (2)
Whatever you do is okay.
Such a comprehensive request could not be accepted.
“It is not okay to do anything. I’ll have to listen to see if I can listen or not.”
“Then you are saying that anything is possible as long as you can listen to it and listen to it?”
Her backbone was fighting in her tone. What do you want?
“…… If you listen and it’s okay.”
“Ah~ I’m not going to do anything Prause doesn’t like either. But if it’s just what Grand Duchess Todia did to Prause, it’s okay, right?”
About what Ella did to me…… ?
Do you think she wants to date her too?
If you wanted to play alone, you could listen. But if it was an expression of affection, the story was different.
If she wishes Se-Ri the same as she did with Ella, she even kisses her.
Isn’t that what you mean by becoming a flirt?
…… No, if you think about it carefully, aren’t you dating?
“No… ….”
I quickly cleared my head of rationalization.
Rationalization is a modern story.
In this place where the social status system was clear, there was no way he could touch both the princess and the princess at the same time and pass it on completely.
Todia sent me to the point where she now gave up her arranged marriage. If she knew I was straddling her legs, she would definitely fire all sorts of magic at me. Did I just tell you how to get to the 7th tier?
I scratched my head embarrassingly.
“As expected. I guess something happened.”
“…… Huh?”
“Since no one else knows, it must have happened in a secret place. The fact that a man and a woman spent time together in a secret place is probably the only one.”
“That…… ?”
I asked without knowing.
Seri glances at Tori. Is she a horse worthy of the duke’s attention?
Suddenly, he brings his mouth to my ear and covers it with his hand to prevent leakage. And her breath invades the ear canal.
“A kiss.”
I flinched.
I blinked blankly at the answer that was clear enough to make me forget the tickling sensation.
“… Why do you think so?”
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He still doesn’t take her hand away from her ear, as if he’s going to whisper it again.
“The two of you didn’t seem like close friends.”
“…… Is it?”
“Didn’t Grand Duchess Totia call Prause by ‘nim’? Doesn’t this mean that Prause has drawn the line on a relationship issue?”
“Maybe it’s because it’s easy to sing, isn’t it?”
“I feel comfortable when someone calls me that. I wonder if Prause and Todia have a special relationship like the disciples.”
“That… ….”
“And no one uses the honorific title ‘nim’ for someone they’ve become close with.”
I was defeated in logic.
I had nothing to say. When I couldn’t argue, giggles rang in my ears. It was a laugh that made fun of me.
“So why did you assume that was it?”
“I think Prause will do whatever he wants, but he has a stronger sense of responsibility than I thought. There is nothing lacking in human psychology or knowledge. Then, of course, we have no choice but to know what value virgins have to nobles.”
Virgin.
I flinched once more at the naked words.
But the tax collector didn’t stop there and said something strange, as if driving a wedge.
“She said virgins can’t live again?”
“Poop!”
In the end, I couldn’t stand it and blew it out.
The poker face didn’t collapse thanks to the facial expression management skill, but the body reacted reflexively.
“That’s why I only expected up to that point where there was no rear part. How is it? Was it correct?”
She was already convinced that her thoughts were correct.
However, she asked me in vain, the moment she said the correct answer, she meant that she would even kiss herself.
Hey, that’s meticulous. It’s not like you’re going to run into it unconditionally just because you have a yandere attribute, but if you’re smart, it’s not annoying at all.
“…… No.”
I denied it at first. There was nothing good about being positive.
“Huh~ I thought you would deny it. Because Prause couldn’t have done it first.”
Aren’t you really next to me? How do you know so well?
“Did you put any surveillance magic around me?”
“That can’t be. Just analyze why Prause acted the way he did whenever he was bored…… Anit! Not this one! Just… that…… It’s obvious, isn’t it?”
Se-Ri hurriedly rolls her eyes and spits out excuses.
“Analyze…… ?”
“That, that, that’s just like that. Ah, yes!”
Because he is flustered, he stutters badly. Her face went completely blush. Her hands, red hot up to her neck, lost their way. She’s self-destructing herself.
“Ah, anyway, that’s not the point! I’ve done well with what Prause has asked me to do. Of course, there was no great difficulty in solving the problem by giving hints……. Did you do well with things Prause didn’t ask you to do? I studied very hard.”
I feel more and more like a child being teased.
“I know.”
“Ah, if you know, the conversation is quicker.”
While saying that, he patted his upper chest. Her heart trembled slightly, and I looked there involuntarily. She had a considerable sense of volume that was not pushed by Ella.
“I think I deserve an award.”
“Thank you for all your hard work… ….”
But I don’t know if you know that everything you do is for yourself. Shouldn’t you rather reward me?
But I decided to use the old-fashioned way of calculating her number and give her her prize.
“Yes. I get it. What awards do you need? Is there anything you would like to have?”
She clenched her fists with an expression full of sense of accomplishment that she finally captured it. Seeing them arrogant makes me want to hit them tonight.
“Oh, I think we should go to my room and talk about it.”
“In your room?”
“I think it will be fine now. I go outside when the disciples and S-class people are busy training.”
“For now, I was talking to Duke Tori.”
Tori, who was sitting on the sofa across from her and watching her, reacted belatedly when he was mentioned.
“Huh?”
“Duke Tori, are you done talking with Prause?”
“Oh, well. To say that it ended because it was cut off in the middle…….”
Tori’s eyes roll sideways. Seeing the tax collector, he stopped talking.
“…… Hmm. Finished.”
“I see!”
…… What is that silence just now?
What the hell did you see?
When I turned around and looked at the tax collector, he was laughing like an idiot.
“I see, Prause.”
Her arm wraps around mine like a snake. I can’t get out. Not only her forearms, but also her chest were putting pressure on her and she couldn’t move.
“I will go. Let go.”
“You did Todia too, didn’t you?”
“…… Seri, I was worried a little while ago. Did you originally call Ella Todia?”
“Oh, not before. But now they are ‘enemies’.”
“Enemy…… ?”
“Oh, I don’t mean real enemies. It’s still a bit annoying.”
Seri said that and stood me up.
“Go now. Stop talking about other women. Got it?”
I reluctantly nodded at the voice that stood out somewhere.
* * *
“…… So, is this what the tax collector did for the past year?”
The leader of Secret Garden, Dex, was facing Lufen in the throne room. With her one knee on the carpet.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
The parchment in Lufen’s hand had the things Se-Ri had done based on Prause’s hints so far written on them.
Above the top, it is written that an effective strategy using the advantage of the terrain and estimating a hideout was written to arrest the illegal drug trafficking organization or organ trafficking organization that the nobles were struggling with, and to subdue the bandits targeting the merchant. There was.
It also played a key role in ending the conflict between the nobility, and by making it an opportunity for commercial exchange, procurement of each other’s territories and even achieving harmony. I noticed it was high.
“I heard that the food was brought up from the southern region due to the lack of food due to the sudden cold wave that came to the northern region… …. Is it Yiang Corporation?”
In addition, the food problem was also reached and solved.
Seri had accomplished several achievements enough to be recognized as a nobleman just for one.
“As you already know, it is said that the production of rice, a grain grown in the southern region, has increased significantly while attracting labor from other races in this way.”
“I heard that this method requires good water quality management.”
“It seems that among the elves, those with good sensitivity to the water attribute are selected and managed.”
‘Is it possible to use other races in that way?’
“Has this method been applied elsewhere?”
“Starting this year, other nobles seem to be doing the same.”
“Are you saying we don’t monopolize technology…? ….”
Technology monopoly.
It was a part that was talked about a lot even among the nobility.
Even if nobles share territory, there are nobles who say monopoly of technology cannot be permitted because they belong to one empire, while others buy technology with money, saying that the rights to independently developed things must be respected. There were also aristocrats who said it was right.
In the end, this matter was reported to the imperial family, but the developers of the technology were given the right to develop independently.
Even so, it made a big contribution to solving the food problem in the imperial territory by making it public rather than making money through monopoly.
Loupen had no choice but to live highly on this part.
“I didn’t expect to be involved in so many places.”
This was because I had never heard of anyone’s achievement of Lufen. Most of the work was handled by Chris, the next emperor, so it was not easy to find out if the report was missed unless he looked it up himself.
I only occasionally heard the publican’s evaluation from the nobles who happened to visit.
‘But, if I had a brain that could think of such a plan, I would have been able to do more things since I was much younger… …. Why didn’t you show off your ability…….’
Lupen was lamenting his life inwardly, but he understood a little why Prause wanted to make Se-ri the emperor.
“Director of Secret Garden, Dex…… Did you say that?”
“Yes. Your majesty.”
“Please continue to watch over me like that. The reward will not disappoint you.”
“It is an honor. Your majesty.”
“Let’s go.”
Dex bowed his head deeply and pulled himself up. He thought as he made his way out of the audience room with a controlled movement.
‘The emperor is not interested in other princes, but in his youngest daughter, who was considered incompetent. She’s having fun Is this all Prause-nim’s influence? He’s funny too.’
Dex raised the tail of his mouth, waving the money bag he had received from the knight guarding his entrance.