117 – Scene 117# Audience Room
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“your majesty! Are you going to leave Count Ruelberta alone?”
Upon hearing the news of Count Ruelberta’s surprise visit, the ministers remaining in the palace flocked to the audience room.
Most of them, who were pro-imperial factions, were those who were hostile to the Ruelberta family.
“It wasn’t enough to visit the imperial palace with armed soldiers, they even attacked the castle! What is this but a rebellion!”
“That’s right! Accusing us of treason gives us a cause!”
“You must take this opportunity to punish Count Ruelberta!”
“Look. Are they saying that now?”
It was Odell who was furious at the words of the ministers.
“The count is attending the imperial palace by order of His Majesty the Emperor. If we try to get rid of him like that, the authority of the imperial family will fall to the point where it can never be recovered.”
“I know what Sir Odell is talking about, but isn’t the intention obvious from the fact that he brought the soldiers in the first place?”
“It was unexpected that he even brought a soldier, but I heard that he entered the palace with only two escorts. In addition, if the castle gate was only slightly broken and no one was injured, it would mean that the count had no intention of attacking. He did not come to fight us.”
Odell was struggling to refute the objections of the officials.
The fact that the hero appeared is still a top secret that only the emperor and members of Chilsung know about.
It was not easy to convince the ministers who did not know that fact why they had to cooperate with the Ruelberta family.
“More than anything else, do you think the count will stay still after being framed like that? If something happened to him, the Ruelberta family might do something. If that happens, will the Lords stop the Ruelberta family?”
“Kuhm… .”
The ministers who knew the power of the Ruelberta family had no choice but to turn their heads away, clearing their throats in embarrassment.
However, some ministers still did not reap their enmity towards Ruelberta.
And their hostility was now directed at Chancellor Odell.
“no. Sir Odell. Are you covering up the Count now that he has become a member of the same Chilsung?”
“Don’t blur the point. As the prime minister of this country, I mean to tell a realistic story. If the Count intends to have a conversation, he should listen.”
“Conversation? If I had been able to talk to that Count Ruelberta, I would have done it a long time ago! And if this isn’t a realistic story, what is? Now, a person who threatens the authority of the imperial family has appeared fearlessly in the imperial palace. This is an opportunity that will never come again!”
The minister who was arguing with Odell shouted at the screen.
“your majesty! Count Ruelberta must be imprisoned immediately for treason! We have Sir Marco, the captain of the guards, so it won’t be difficult! And if you contact Lord Leon and have the Imperial Army defending the capital hit the Count’s privates right now-.”
“They are pitiful.”
“Yes?”
The emperor, who had been silently listening to the ministers’ conversation until then, opened his mouth.
“Don’t make a fuss. Only one servant is coming. That is an arrogant and arrogant man who has never shown his face to the imperial family.”
Beyond the screen, the emperor’s silhouette was motionless. But there was deep anger in her voice.
“Did you say rebellion? That’s pretty good. If it’s a real rebellion, it’s enough to suppress it. A rebellion by a mere aristocrat is not something I fear.”
“Ha-ha-ona… .”
“Shut up. From now on, those who object will be decapitated.”
“… … .”
Even though she was the youngest among those present, Lucy Meikahel was known as the most cruel of all emperors.
Everyone who knew that had to keep their mouths shut.
Because no one wanted their necks to run off.
“Whatever it is, it is not too late to look at his shameless face and think about it. Sirs, open your eyes and look up.”
Lucy Meikahel’s silhouette slowly crossed her legs.
A bewitching but extremely dangerous emperor.
she opened her mouth
“Who has the upper hand.”
smart.
Along with the sound of knocking, I heard the voice of Marco, the commander of the guards.
“your majesty. I brought Count Ruelberta with me.”
“Come in.”
The door to the audience room opened.
The first to appear was the captain of the bodyguard in red armor.
And the one who appeared behind him was a black-haired nobleman.
“Is that… Count Ruelberta?”
Upon seeing Tristan’s appearance, the ministers held their breath.
The rumored Earl of Ruelberta was a young man who seemed to have just come of age.
Because of her wavy hair, long eyelashes, and beautiful features, some even mistakenly thought she was a woman.
In addition, the two escort knights following the count were also unusual.
A woman wearing an army coat was a beauty with a taciturn air.
In addition to that, the legs wrapped in torn stockings over the boots were sensational.
The woman wearing a mask next to him also had no small presence.
It made me believe in the groundless fact that perhaps she, too, was hiding a face as beautiful as any other woman’s under a mask.
But they weren’t just beautiful escort knights.
Some hard-nosed ministers and SS knights knew right away. No, I had to notice.
It was because the two of them had a smell of martial arts that was difficult to approach.
Both of them were looking at one person, Count Ruelberta. And it was the same for those in the audience room.
From the moment Tristan entered, the atmosphere in the audience room seemed to be swallowed up by his presence.
To the point where I forgot to express my hostility to his beautiful figure.
Some ministers were puzzled. That figure was by no means worthy of being called the Mad Pig Count.
“However, it hasn’t changed too much… .”
“Didn’t you read the newspaper that came out a while ago? When will you lose weight?”
“I only heard about it. I actually saw it for the first time… . You mean he was like that?”
The ministers whispered in a voice that was barely audible.
Count Tristan, the most arrogant man in the Empire.
Known not to be afraid of even the emperor, he was the owner of a look that caught people’s attention.
“You are Count Ruelberta… . It’s Tristan.”
The first to speak in silence was the emperor.
“Yes.”
“I can’t even remember when I saw it. Even if Jim sends a telegram, he listens and doesn’t stop. Why didn’t you reply to anything?”
“Because it was a waste of time.”
Upon hearing the words from Tristan’s mouth, the ministers’ eyes widened in astonishment.
And it took some time for her to open her mouth again, as if even the emperor hadn’t expected it.
“… … Ho? A waste of time? Replying to Jim’s letter?”
“yes. I don’t like useless work.”
Tristan spoke calmly and arrogantly.
“Of course, I don’t have the hobby of writing and sending messages that I don’t even have in my heart.”
“indeed… . Right.”
However, that was by no means the attitude a single subject would take toward the emperor of a country.
“By the way… . Why didn’t you show respect to Jim from earlier?”
“Would you like a polite greeting from me?”
“no. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have to. It’s funny how Jim wants to be polite to a man like you.”
Even the emperor was at a loss for words when he saw Tristan not losing a word.
It was clearly an attitude of considering the emperor as one’s subordinate.
At that attitude, the emperor murmured like a sigh.
“So there is nothing you can do.”
She raised a hand over the silhouette.
“Anyway, Jim will have to cut your throat here.”
Sgung!
As soon as she finished speaking, the SS knights in the audience room drew their swords in unison.
“Ahhh?!”
“Hey?!”
The ministers made a fuss and retreated behind the knights.
However, Tristan’s escort knights did not sit still.
Pajik-!
The eyes of the woman in the military coat flashed.
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Dark magical powers swayed in her odd eyes.
“From now on, anyone who takes even one step closer to the Count will be reduced to powder.”
The crackling lightning at her fingertips was threatening the knights of the SS.
“Can I leave it behind? Blanche.”
“… … I don’t know who that woman is, but I want her to tell me that I can entrust her back.”
“Whoops… . Say thank you.”
“… It was nothing. It is said.”
At that moment, a cold chill rushed around the other woman.
The knights were hesitant to approach the sharp cold.
Even in such an impending situation, the person involved, Tristan, seemed very calm.
No, he said with a strangely tired and annoyed expression.
“I must have said I didn’t want to waste time… .”
The most arrogant man in the empire asked the highest woman in the empire.
“You can’t come all the way and take up my time with something so trivial. Just get to the point.”
“Main subject?”
“I ask for a private meeting.”
“… ?!”
One of the privileges that only Chilsung has.
The heads of families belonging to Chilseong are entitled to be alone with the emperor.
Tristan, who had just ascended the Seven Stars, requested a private meeting with the emperor.
At this timing, as if they were going to cut each other at any second.
Beyond the screen, the emperor said in an absurd yet determined voice.
“I can’t accept being single. Jim has not yet recognized you as the Seven Stars.”
But Tristan asked the Emperor in a proud voice.
“Am I afraid?”