95 – Fetal Movement
It was the end of May.
His father was away for a meeting with the princely state as scheduled.
This time, the place my father is heading to is the western region.
The western region was the richest region, and above all, it was home to the Holy Kingdom, which was currently under the greatest suspicion of the empire.
I guess you’ll want to use this opportunity to check if there are any disturbing movements in the Holy Kingdom.
‘… You will also meet Dior’s mother.’
In the past, I would have been so nervous that I would have gritted my teeth, but now I don’t even care that much, as if it were someone else’s business.
“Um….”
The emperor’s office, where my father was not present, had a unique atmosphere.
In the Empire, red and yellow are considered auspicious because they are believed to be colors derived from the sun.
However, these colors are quite irritating to the eyes.
It’s not very suitable for an office where you have to do paperwork for long periods of time.
Still, most emperors decorated their offices in red and yellow, but my father decorated his office with an emphasis on efficiency, as was evaluated by the world.
Red and yellow were used, but not too much and only added to the point.
Cow wow.
In particular, the feel of the chair was the best.
As I was escaping reality for a moment, the Prime Minister thrust reality in front of me.
“This is an agenda item that must be dealt with before afternoon tea time, Your Highness.”
“… “You mean all of this?”
“I believe that Your Majesty can do it.”
It seems that my father is thinking of handing over the throne to me as early as next year.
Last year, he left, entrusting me with all the tasks that he did not necessarily entrust to me.
Of course, it is said that the prime minister does the final review, but I couldn’t help but feel a little stuffy as the workload suddenly increased so much.
‘Is Moore an omnipotent power?’
If the workload is this heavy, it seems like there won’t even be time to feel powerful….
Perhaps this is the reason why the emperor vacates the imperial castle for a month in the name of holding talks with the feudal lords.
I almost had that thought.
Still, Jae-sang is a man with an extraordinary work ethic.
I guess they only handed over a level of work that I could handle.
With that judgment in mind, I silently used my pen.
How much time has passed?
Knock knock.
─ Mr. Maximilian. Can I come in?
It seems Priscilla has come to visit.
“Come in.”
When I came to my senses, it felt like nearly three hours had already passed.
Because she is not a flying dragon by nature, Priscilla came into her office wearing a dress rather than the maid’s uniform she usually wore.
Perhaps because it was Priscilla’s first time visiting this office, she snooped around her as if she were a commoner from the countryside.
“Isn’t it fascinating?”
“Hmm.”
Priscilla must have realized that I was teasing her, so she cleared her throat and started making tea.
I stood up from my seat, staring at that figure, sighing and laughing.
“Whoa…” . “As expected, it’s Arvestro.”
As Priscilla sighed and sipped her tea, she looked at the desk in her office with a slightly worried expression.
“Isn’t the workload too heavy?”
“Surprisingly, these are things I can handle on my own. “I think I can finish it in the morning if I put my mind to it.”
It must be completed before afternoon tea time so that the prime minister can finish reviewing and leave work.
These days, the prime minister always gets off work around 6 o’clock, so he must have decided that he can finish this work in about three hours.
In fact, if I concentrated and did not distract myself, it was a level of work that could be completed in approximately 3 to 4 hours.
“Did you finish this amount in the morning?”
“Nothing special. “These things are quite familiar.”
I guess it means that the government management meetings I have attended so far were meaningful in their own way.
“Have you ever reported anything suspicious?”
“It’s only one day. “If something had already exploded, it would have exploded already.”
However, there was one piece of good news.
“Martin and so-and-so posted a report.”
It would be okay for Priscilla to look at the information about Soleil’s dungeon.
After deciding that, I brought the materials that I had organized separately on the desk in my office.
“This…” .”
What Priscilla was most interested in was the report written by Martin.
“It’s a tree that was planted in a strange place, but it doesn’t seem to be a plant that came from outer space.”
“They said so.”
Even plants that are said to grow well in the shade still need indirect light.
Probably the artificial sun floating in that dungeon was acting as indirect light.
Still, there are some strange things.
The only plants that grow in indirect light are plants that are small enough to grow in pots.
This means that even if you harvest less, you cannot grow a tree that grows more than 10m.
So the most likely thing is─
“I guess we can say that the original world was surrounded by something like a barrier.”
Martin’s report contained such a conclusion.
“That is highly likely, right?”
I think the cavity in the basement of the dungeon is proof of that.
It is a place where quite dangerous beings lurk, and the investigation is experiencing difficulties because the scenery is the same no matter where you look, front, back, left, or right.
If you approach it thinking of it as a barrier, you are bound to reach the end one day.
It is also a place where time passes about 5 times slower than here, so even with a small number of people (about 20 people), results will be achieved quickly.
“Miss Cynthia must be having a hard time.”
“It can’t be helped. “Isn’t it better than going to the dungeon yourself?”
The magic tool containing Cynthia’s moon mana has been completed.
However, for most magic tools, the mana disperses into the air over time.
This is a big reason why Priscilla and I’s magic tools only last about 3 hours.
So Cynthia has to hang out with so-and-so periodically even after the magic tool was created.
Since she has to hang out with that so-and-so guy, I think she’s going through quite a bit of trouble.
But it won’t take that long.
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As she was thinking such things, Priscilla seemed a little lost in her thoughts.
“What’s going on, Priscilla?”
“Something is just me… “I feel like there’s nothing to do.”
Priscilla said that and lowered her head with a slightly embarrassed expression.
“You drew a picture, right?”
As I said that, I thought of the work called ‘Hill Where Sunflowers Bloom’ that Priscilla gave me as a gift.
“It was pretty great. “Isn’t this someone worthy of being called Gigi by the imperial family, Priscilla?”
“… “It’s just a picture?”
Even as she said that, the corners of her mouth were slightly twitching, as if she was feeling quite good.
“If it weren’t for you, I would have died a long time ago.”
I said that and held up the bracelet on her left hand.
Priscilla nodded her head with a slightly frustrated expression.
“The islands have not been invaded by anyone for hundreds of years. However, it has the largest number of soldiers and knights on the entire continent. “You can’t say they don’t do anything.”
“Hmm.”
Priscilla tilted her head with a slightly disapproving expression.
I opened my mouth with a very small sigh.
“It means that just having you by my side gives me strength.”
“Maximilian….”
Priscilla looked at me with a rather heated expression.
As I looked into those eyes, I suddenly remembered what her father had said.
─ Don’t get carried away by women and pass everything on to Robert.
… As his father said, he may really be captivated by Priscilla and hand over all of her work to her chancellor.
Priscilla was such a strange person that you might think so.
“Okay, I finished my tea. “Go out now.”
“Yes? Only 10 minutes now….”
“Shouldn’t we finish it quickly so we can rest a little more during lunch time?”
With that said, I gave Priscilla the order to congratulate her.
Priscilla looked a little disappointed, but she soon got up and sat down next to me.
Then he started groping my arm with a movement that I am now quite familiar with.
“Let me begin.”
After saying that, Priscilla sat sideways on my lap as if it was natural and closed her eyes.
It seemed like he came out aggressively first and then gave up the last step to me.
Although she had already been proven to be a lustful and flirtatious woman, she was a woman with complex sensibilities who wanted to remain a chaste woman until the end.
If anything, that’s probably why it feels more lovely.
With that in mind, I gently wrapped my arms around Priscilla’s waist and slowly took action to replenish the mana in her bracelet.
“Ha, huh…” .”
The hair on my entire body stood on end from the exhilarating sensation that started with our tongues intertwining.
My ears are deafened by the sound of my hot breath and the slightly dirty sound of water.
“Ha….”
I felt like my brain was melting.
Almost instinctively, I reached out to Priscilla’s front lip.
It was that moment.
Knock knock.
─ Your Majesty. Can I come in?
Priscilla and I jumped up from our seats as if a spring had bounced.
“Yes, yes.”
I quickly made sure Priscilla sat down on her sofa and then called her chancellor.
But after opening the door and coming in, the Prime Minister adjusted his glasses with a slightly subtle expression.
“Hmm.”
Then, he cleared his throat as if nothing had happened, put the documents on the desk in his office, and headed back to the door.
“Your Highness.”
“… “What is it?”
“The office is a space for working.”
After saying that, the Prime Minister quietly closed the door and left.
“….”
“….”
Heat rose to her face.
Judging from the fact that a burning sensation can be felt even in the ears, it is likely that the entire body is turning red.
Just like Priscilla, who was trembling in front of me with her head down and her mouth covered.
“Well, I’m done…” I’ll go….”
Priscilla left her office sobbing with her shoulders slumped.
I’m going to whine more than necessary tonight.
I hope night comes quickly.
With that thought in mind, it was the moment I sat down at the desk in my office again.
‘This is…’ .’
It was a report posted by a scout who knew how to write.
[Report on M1’s activity radius]
It was a report that Miles showed different movements than before.
‘Yes, it should come out like this.’
Did he intend to move the moment the emperor left his position?
Miles was previously found to be wandering around the warehouse where the drugs were found.
I had to see that there was something to this.
‘Something will start soon.’
According to the princely kingdom’s meeting schedule, my father will head to the Holy Kingdom in one week.
Wouldn’t something happen then?
Warning the worst that could happen, I decided to check the island’s security one last time with Count Abarka.