036 New Kingdom Reveler (2)
The interview space provided by the emperor was larger than my room in the Juliet Palace.
I was guided by the royal court attendant and sat down on the sofa that seemed to be the chief seat.
It was truly a top-of-the-line product to be completely immersed in your body and feel instantly comfortable.
Sir Sarah Beliard sat across from me.
“You seem to have a close relationship with Princess Christel de Sarnez.”
“No, not at all.”
She shouted at the first big thing. I immediately denied it.
Just now.
Me, Kristel, the Prince, and Sir Beliard, who met in front of the Emperor’s office, exchanged awkward greetings.
Soon after, Kristel said ‘thank you for playing’ to me and left the room, and the prince went into the emperor’s room, ignoring us as if it was natural.
I was a little nervous about how he would get along again, but I thought it was a coincidence.
So, as scheduled, only Sir Beliard and I and three attendants entered the room.
However, it seemed that Sir Beliard interpreted Christel’s lines at will.
“It sounds like you don’t know the princess’s middle name yet.”
“You will never know.”
I just cut it out and replaced it. I could never say that I already knew or that I had heard of it on the first meeting.
Sir Beliard smiled leisurely and made another sound.
“by the way······. I didn’t know that I would see the continent’s most beautiful woman, the empire’s most beautiful woman, and the new country’s most beautiful woman in one place. I am lucky.”
What is this, rapid-fire rap?
It doesn’t seem like there are difficult words mixed in, but it was difficult to understand the sentence.
She added an explanation as to whether she had read my face.
“When Her Majesty Alexandre was alive, she was often called the most beautiful woman on the continent. And to His Majesty Prince Sedric, she is considered to be the most beautiful woman in the Empire, both in name and in reality.”
It was referring to seeing the portraits of Prince Cedric, I, and Alexandre Gukseo in the hallway earlier.
It’s not some kind of F4… My hands and feet were a little wrinkled, but that’s what I thought.
The prince looked almost identical to the dead Guk-seo, so it was not strange to hear that the two were beautiful.
Eunseo, who sang ‘Seregi, Seregi’, was also captivated by the prince’s illustrations.
“okay.”
“Prince, do you know why His Majesty the Emperor chose the Imperial Palace as the interview location?”
Sir Beliard’s tone changed slightly sharply.
I reflexively straightened my posture.
The interview was taking place in a drawing room quite close to where the emperor worked.
Maybe this is your first question?
“Perhaps he wanted to keep the flag down. This is a place where you can constantly be reminded that your Majesty is nearby.”
When I answered, Lord Beliard raised the corner of his mouth.
The answer seemed to like it.
I thought it was just like the strict editor-in-chief in his favorite movie.
Was it “The Devil Wears Prada”?
“You have great analytical skills. But there is one more. The Juliet Palace went under renovation last month.”
“·················ogue.”
“You probably didn’t want to show me the scene.”
Said the old man with his gunshot green eyes.
Naturally, she had a much more lively impression than when she looked out through the crack in the confessional door.
There was a charisma that overwhelms the opponent in her softly waving white hair cut, a red satin dress, and every wrinkles on her face.
“All work has been completed. The information is slower than I thought, Sir Beliard.”
I answered. The word that it was finished only two days ago was deliberately omitted.
Then, Sir Beliard smiled in surprise.
The Juliet Palace underwent some remodeling because I blew up my bedroom interior and windows last month while dealing with twin assassins.
The emperor didn’t even want to show any traces of it to Lord Beljar.
He must have also been wary of leaking eyewitness accounts.
That’s why I invited Sir Beliard to the Imperial Palace, not the Juliet Palace where I was staying.
“I thought he was just a kind person, but he knows how to set a thorn.”
She was outspokenly criticizing me.
To be honest, I was angry, but it was not easy to talk back to an adult right away because I had a rhythm that I had been living with for 29 years in Confucianism.
I didn’t even want to fall for the provocation, so I smiled and changed the topic.
“I was just telling the truth. I heard there is a time limit, but you better hurry.”
The emperor gave Sir Beliard 30 minutes. If it was long, it was long, if it was short, it was short.
“So, let’s start with the questions our readers are most likely to be curious about.”
The editor-in-chief of ＜Biweekly Lister> opened the notebook he was holding and placed small glasses on his nose.
I checked today’s policy once again. I don’t know what’s difficult, and what I know is a short answer.
“What do you think of the nickname ‘The Reveler of the New Kingdom’?”
“Lord Beljar, you are disrespectful to the Exalted One.”
At her reckless question, Benjamin, who was standing behind me, politely reacted.
I turned my head and gave him a smirk.
He’s the man who compiles the best-selling publications in the Empire, and this stab was not unexpected.
“Well, I’m a playboy.”
I elongated the tail a little. This is what I was more curious about.
Actually, I fell in love with it from the first day of Bing.
What the hell kind of life did the real ‘Prince Jesse’ lead to being called a playboy in public?
I often read articles about spreading rumors in a new country or stealing the hearts of many noble women, but I couldn’t tell if it was true.
Eun-seo didn’t talk about Prince Jesse’s past, mainly about how sweet and single he was to Kristel.
“I have no idea.”
So the answer I came up with was this. It’s not about me anyway.
“Whoa, huh, maybe it’s an opportunity to make excuses.”
Sir Beliard said with a low smile. excuse? What do you need to know to make excuses?
“What exactly do you want an excuse for?”
“You are asking me a question. Hmm, the first thing that comes to mind is the rumor that the prince was spanked between two married women. I heard that one was full term at the time, and the other was the priest of the newlyweds. They said that there is no one in the new country who does not know this.”
I opened my mouth wide. There was a sound of gasping for Canael standing behind him.
What should be more surprising now? Prince Jesse’s mad affair?
Even if it’s a lamb leg? Or did Jung Eun-seo like this guy?
Wait, is this the setting mentioned in the movie?
“Prince.”
Benjamin called out calmly and placed his hand on my shoulder and then released it.
Then I shook my head inwardly.
It was difficult to ascertain whether this was true or not.
Calm down, Jesse. Follow the guidelines.
“…I don’t know.”
“It’s something you don’t know.”
Unconditionally answering difficult questions. Even saying I didn’t know was sincere.
Then she scribbled something in her notebook with a quill.
“Do you think it’s a conspiracy?”
Sir Beliard lowered his head slightly and looked at me through his glasses.
I still had a tingling in the back of my head at the tremendous attack called ‘married woman affair triangle’.
“The story of how Berner Guk-seo of the New Kingdom worked hard both physically and mentally to tarnish the prince’s honor, is also famous in the Empire. Do you think this kind of scandal is also a ploy by Kuk-seo?”
In an instant, my eyes widened. My head felt as if I had poured mint chocolate into it.
There was truth to her words.
Berner Penetian. State secretary of the Penetian New Kingdom, husband of King Christaner.
He not only sent Jesse Penetian, the king’s illegitimate son, as a hostage to the Empire, but even attempted assassination in order to protect the position of his daughter, Crown Princess Elissa, whom he had acquired from the king.
Although Elither had sufficient legitimacy as the first and second daughter, he was wary of Prince Jesse’s unusual popularity.
If that person was spreading obscene rumors to tarnish the prince’s name, it was roughly the same.
It was also understandable that Eun-seo felt pity for Prince Jesse.
A man who suffers from all sorts of contempt and scandal without any wrongdoing, and then falls in love with Christel, but fails to win his heart, and eventually died for her.
“… His Majesty Kuk-seo is a person who cares deeply about the future of Shin-guk. How can I know the depths of his heart?”
After a while, I opened my mouth.
My voice was lowered by the disturbing setting, and it seems that Sir Beljar accepted it as my sincerity.
“The future of the new country. It sounds like Guk-seo brought down the prince for Crown Princess Elissa.”
“The prince has already answered. Please ask the next question.”
It was Canael who opened his mouth for me. I smiled slightly and looked up at the boy.
Canael had a slightly resentful look on her face, but when she felt my gaze, she began to work hard to manage her expression.
The kid was really nice.
“Then, may I ask you something a little sensitive?”
Sir Beliard asked, taking off his glasses and placing them on the table.
At first glance, the notebook was full of letters.
“The questions raised so far have been sensitive enough.”
She laughed out loud at my words. I raised the corners of my lips without losing.
This was a fight I ended up winning.
It was certainly an awkward conversation for anyone to hear, but I got new information from the previous question and answer.
In the beginning, I was nervous and forgot that she was called a ‘new country expert’.
If I used today’s interview well, I would be able to extract a lot of various knowledge from Sarah Beliard.
Armed with ignorance of the worldview, I had nothing to lose.
“This time, it’s a political question.”
“It’s interesting.”
“The reason why the prince came as a hostage is because the new kingdom violated the treaty of severance and invaded the northern border.”
“That’s right.”
“There are rumors that the physical collision was caused by Crown Princess Elither’s sole action.”
······huh?
*
Cedric Lister, who had left the Emperor’s office, paused for a moment.
He turned his head and looked out the hallway.
It was as wide as a field in the south, and I could clearly feel the flow of ether, soft like a flower breeze.
He had felt the ether of countless priests, including Cardinal Aurelie Butier, but only one gave this sensation.
“… it seems that the prince’s schedule is not over.”
“That’s right.”
His words were affirmed by his servant David.
The prince quietly looked down at his left hand and clenched and opened his fist.
Today’s physical condition was not bad.
No, since the prince entered the palace, his condition has always been good.
It was only when he opened up his powers that he became a child.
However, if there is a well nearby, it is wise to keep the canteen full.
Even if there is a small incontinence in the barrel.
“Take a break and go.”
“The room next to the drawing room is empty. This is what Prince Jesse used in the morning as a preparation room.”
The quick-witted David offered the best conditions.
The prince nodded once and moved forward.
It wasn’t as good as receiving the prince’s ether directly, but just staying near him, the flame in his body was clearly silenced.
It was a power that was incomparable to the ether of the temple confession.
The prince and his servants quickly reached the room next to the drawing room.
David opened the door softly, thinking that he should prepare the prince’s coffee.
However, there were passengers in the room.
“·················ogue.”
“…Princess Sarnez was there.”
“I will see you again, Your Majesty the Prince.”
Christel de Sarnez, with her coveted pink hair raised high, rose from her seat and greeted her elegantly.
The prince immediately felt a rush of frustration.
I heard that she had visited the Imperial Palace as a guest today, but I did not know that she had not returned yet.
He was overcome with a childish urge to leave.
“David, coffee.”
“Yes. What will the princess do?”
“Ah, I would like a light coffee with ice. thank you.”
Her water attribute ether always offended the prince.
Being together in the same room, especially indoors, aroused his nerves and an instinctive displeasure overtook him.
I don’t know, but she must have felt similar emotions to her fire attribute ether.
“This room has a nice view.”
Seeing David leaving behind the two of them, Kristel spoke boldly.
The two pairs of eyes met.
Her eyes were as cold as ice.
Also, it didn’t match.