Abduction 1. Who will win the retirement fight? (2)
As the queens moved, the political battle was predicted as Luffiel’s victory.
Uncertainty began to sprout in Rufiel’s expression, who had no doubts about his victory even when the match meeting began.
It was the same for others.
The plan of young bureaucrats to enjoy the YOLO life could collapse.
That’s why everyone left Daejeon with a worried expression and went into a meeting in groups of threes and threes to guess what Kariel and the ministers were planning.
And it was the same with Luffiel.
“What about Seriel?”
“They say they’re coming soon!”
When Miriale raised her arms and spoke, she stroked her hair as if she was cute.
“I’d like some tea, please.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
The maids left the room at Luffiel’s orders.
All the maids left the room because they always told me to leave the car like this when they had important conversations.
Then, Luffiel made a serious expression.
“… … You have something.”
“What?”
Miriel asked while tilting her head.
Although she is said to be much bigger than before, Miriale is still young.
Although she manages the internal affairs of the Imperial Palace, politics was still one of the most difficult things for her.
“I think my older brother is preparing something.”
Having said that, Rufiel sighed.
I was anxious because there was no way to know what the hell they were preparing.
He said that he ate some political junk food while Kariel was gone, but his older brother’s shadow was still thick.
That’s why you can’t be careless for a moment.
“heard. You said you ate a room?”
As soon as she entered, Seriel smiled and spoke.
Looking at him, Luffiel sighed.
“I think my brother prepared something, but I don’t know what. I should have known at least something rough before I could prepare… … .”
“Hmm… … .”
Seeing Luffiel worried, Seriel put on a relaxed expression.
It was because the crown prince was Rufiel, not himself. Even in the worst situation, it was extremely unlikely that he would become emperor.
It was because the possibility of becoming emperor was low unless Rufiel and Kariel were determined and pushed themselves.
“relaxed?”
Rufiel narrowed his eyes and looked at Seriel.
Looking at his questionable expression, Seriel shrugged and said.
“Well, I’m not in a hurry.”
“… … Could it be that your brother approached you?”
Ruffiel, quick-witted, looked at Seriel and asked.
Like a brother, Rufiel, who knew Seriel’s characteristics best, felt something strange.
In particular, Seriel, who is known for not being able to manage her facial expressions, makes such an openly relaxed expression without even minimal facial expression management?
‘Suspicious!’
Rufiel felt a sense of crisis when he saw Seriel openly showing suspiciousness.
‘Did my older brother take over the military?’
Thinking so, I shook my head.
No matter how much she is interested in politics, Seriel is a guy with a pretty smart head.
The current Luffyel couldn’t figure out what he would have thrown to lure him out.
“it’s okay?”
Miriel asks worriedly as she sees Luffiel sweating profusely.
Even with her worries, Luffiel’s hardened expression did not go away.
Cariel carrying high officials and high-ranking officials on his back had only one place to expand his power.
The military, the core of Ignit’s free faction!
Therefore, there was a possibility that he approached Seriel at the top of the military.
Knowing this, Ruffiel went to Seriel to continue to build friendships.
To prevent the retirement of his older brother, Kariel, together.
This was the only reason I had been forced to eat and discuss with Seriel since I was a child, because I met Seriel, who fought with him whenever I met him.
By the way.
“Are you quick?”
The moment Seriel, who had a relaxed expression on his face, opened his mouth as he looked at Ruffiel, he could be sure that Kariel had seduced Seriel.
“you… … Are you going to betray me like this?”
“I have no choice but to give you a huge gift that I can’t refuse… … .”
“You mean betraying even Miriel?”
Luffiel went to the side of the cute Miriel and gave a shocked expression.
Then Seriel with a relaxed expression flinched.
At that moment, Miriael, who was listening to the conversation, looked at Seriel with a shocked expression.
“Brother… … Did we betray you?”
“Well… … .”
Luffiel looks at her while wielding a powerful weapon called Miriel.
However, Seriel was also a person who had worked her head a little while leading the military.
He opened his mouth to prove that he didn’t do politics because he didn’t like it, and that it wasn’t that he couldn’t do it.
“Miriel, think carefully. If you get married, you won’t have to work like this anymore.”
Miriel tilted her head at Seriel’s words.
“The moment the empress was born, Empress Mama manages the imperial palace instead of Miriel.”
“ah… … .”
Miriel exclaimed and nodded, then looked at Rufiel with trembling eyes.
Before she knew it, Miriel was moving away from Ruffiel with the chair.
“you… … you… … .”
Luffiel can’t continue to speak in shock at the sight of Miriel moving away from him.
Seeing him like that, Miriale said with a sad expression on her face.
“Brother, be strong!”
This was all she could say right now.
She was known as the nicest angel among the royal family, but she was still young and wanted to play.
I’ve worked hard so far, so now I want to take a break.
She felt sorry for Ruffiel, but she couldn’t overcome her instinct to want to rest more than that, and seeing Miriael naturally drifting away, Seriel laughed and Luffiel shed tears.
“It’s not gone yet.”
“Well then.”
Seriel nodded as he looked at Luffiel looking at him with scorching eyes and quietly took Miriale out of the room.
Luffiel is left alone in the room and becomes frustrated.
But that was only for a moment. He immediately got up from his seat and gathered his forces.
Valuable information that Seriel gave to her conscience because she had a close relationship.
It was because he had to stop Kariel’s retirement plan based on that.
* * *
Around the time Luffiel was struggling to stop Kariel, Kariel was gathering with the ministers and enjoying tea time leisurely.
“your majesty.”
“yes?”
“Is there any reason why you let Her Majesty speak?”
As if he was curious about Tarion, he asked, and the other ministers also nodded while looking at Kariel.
“You are pitiful.”
The ministers frowned at Kariel’s words.
Although they say they have an advantage, victory is not yet confirmed.
But what kind of leisure is this?
“I will suffer endlessly as the next emperor, but I have to let him do everything he can. What… … Let’s call it the last consideration.”
At Kariel’s words, the ministers thought deeply and nodded their heads.
Come to think of it, that statement made sense.
Currently, the force led by Kariel is a force that includes not only ministers but also high-ranking officials.
If all of them are in a secluded position or retire, the remaining positions will of course have to be filled by young bureaucrats.
They have suffered since middle age, but they will continue to suffer until they retire in the distant future.
You can’t work as clunky as in the dark ages of the past.
Already, Ignit’s bureaucracy had a bureaucratic culture that made it work, and since Kariel will also be in the situation and manage it once, they may suffer until they die.
“And how much was the political jjambap we ate… … Are you sick with this much? Still, since it’s the last retirement project, shouldn’t it be a moderate thrill?”
“you’re right.”
“haha! They are still puppies.”
“but… … A gift like this has to be thrown to get the balance right.”
As the ministers showed confidence and started to laugh, Kariel also smiled deeply.
In the meantime, I haven’t been able to find a sure way to feed one room, but if I was sure how to feed one room like this, it was Kariel who didn’t have the confidence to lose to the little ones.
‘The political jjajangbap I’ve been eating for 20 years!’
Politics for nearly 20 years in both past and present lives.
That’s why I was so proud of myself that I couldn’t be dealt with by children who were only a few years old.
Cariel and the ministers, who had to balance themselves to a certain extent by penalizing themselves, certainly handled the work differently from the relaxed movement.
First of all, the Minister of Home Affairs selected candidates for the marriage with Kariel, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs announced it to foreign countries and proceeded quickly.
Originally, Empress Dowager should have done it, but the two ministers completely filled the vacancy.
And the other ministers also did their job perfectly.
They quickly took care of the things they had been putting off secretly because they were difficult, quickly reducing the pile of things that had piled up like a mountain.
Looking at them, young bureaucrats who would normally have liked them.
But not now.
What is the reason for the ministers to work so hard with the attitude of sacrificial saints?
‘Finish my work before I retire and go!’
I do it with this mindset.
Lastly, do you work for juniors?
Of course there will be.
However, it was largely due to their will not to give any reason to come out again after retirement.
“… … You pulled out your sword.”
Rufiel’s expression was dark when he saw the ministers and Kariel, who were quickly clearing up the things that had been left behind during the ceremony for the election of the empress.
While still not knowing what weapon Kariel had hidden, the election ceremony was proceeding quickly.
If this happens, you really don’t know anything and have no choice but to wait to be beaten.
“Isn’t everyone really guessing at all?”
At Luffiel’s question, the rising forces, including Luther, lowered their heads.
“after… … After all, should I calmly wait for the sword to fly?”
Luffiel sighs in frustration.
Seeing him like that, a rising force with a gloomy expression on his face.
The recent actions of the ministers came as a great shock to those who had been writing for a while.
Those who looked like the ministers who only sighed in fear of being called by Kariel every day.
The middle-aged ministers, who thought that they had merely put themselves as a disgrace, began to move in earnest as if they had taken care of them in the past, causing frustration to the young power.
When they tried to do something, they would notice it like a ghost and block it, as well as block all the routes that would interfere with the hoarding ceremony as if they knew that a new force would come out like this.
And what’s even more frustrating is that they’re showing a lot faster than them.
“The Empress’s Pick-up Ceremony! start!”
“Beautiful women from all over the continent!”
“The most luxurious continental continental banquets have begun!”
Finally, the banquet ceremony began in earnest.
When Kariel, who had been procrastinating, was about to get married, people were distracted.
And it was the same with Ruffiel and other emerging powers. It was because he was pouring all his energy into the housekeeping ceremony to save even a little bit of time.
So, when everyone was concentrating on the ceremony, the military was quietly planning something.
“The remnants of a dangerous past. We need special power to deal with them.”
“Should we prepare a special unit for the remnants of the past?”
“Maybe we need a lot of master level or higher?”
Themes buried in the banquet.
However, the evidence that would later serve as the basis for Kariel’s retirement began to be quietly prepared.
“older brother. Ready.”
“they are? Did you agree?”
“Sure. They too are desperate for retirement, how can they refuse?”
Seriel smiled brightly at Kariel’s question.
Seriel, whom he met quietly in the middle of the night, showed the masters he had persuaded.
All old masters.
Seriel, who had persuaded them with the bait of ‘retirement’, who would normally roll to the point of death, proudly handed over the evidence of persuasion to Kariel.
Cariel smiled softly as he looked at some of the papers that had a problem.
“Shall we start a project to make Emperor Luffiel like that?”