episode_0006

childhood (1)

Ten years have passed since Yuno’s younger brother was born. Yuno also turned 11 and was at the age where he had to learn culture and martial arts as a prince, so he left the empress’ palace, which he had been attached to since childhood, and began living in his own palace.

“Your Royal Highness, please look at this map. This is where His Majesty ascended to the throne and declared an empire after retaking the Plain of Zenon from the wicked Tesseito Empire. The Tesseito Empire has been downgraded to a kingdom after losing the vast plains of Zenon to the Balkan Empire, so it is still unable to exert its power, but we must always be on guard because we never know when those wicked bastards will attack again”

After talking for a while, the instructor looked back and asked if the prince understood his explanation.

“Your Majesty! Did you understand my explanation?”

“Roar~ Cool~ Grumble~”

Kwaang!!

“Your Highness!!”

“Ah!! to? to? ah? Oh, Baron Kimberly, I’m sorry. I was training late last night… so I guess I dozed off for a bit because I wasn’t able to get enough sleep. Hahaha”

By all accounts, Juno was not dozing off, but rather sleeping, but Baroness Kimberley could not argue with the noble prince. Baron Kimberly, who could barely control his anger, went back to the map and asked Prince Yuno to explain again.

“Ha~ I understand. majesty. Let me explain again. How much do you remember from today’s class?”

“Um~~ I’m sorry. I don’t remember a single thing”

The prince’s remark that he had so shamelessly failed to attend any of his classes finally angered Baron Kimberly, who had been holding it in for a long time.

Kwaang!!!

“His Royal Highness Prince Yuno!! Please take the class! Your Majesty is the Third Prince of the Balkan Empire!! To maintain your dignity, you must learn the minimum level of culture. What I teach is the most basic of history, etiquette, economics, geography, public administration, and law. Basic!!”

Yuno shuddered at the subjects that made her head ache just by hearing them.

“Ah~ That’s your major. Can’t you just teach it?”

“Your Highness!! These are all items that His Royal Highness Crown Prince Franz and His Royal Highness Prince Heinrich took off when they were 10 years old!! If you keep doing this, God will have no choice but to report it to the Empress!!”

“No~~ Shouldn’t you be asked to do what you are good at? Brother Franz, of course, is going to become the emperor, so you have to master it, and Brother Heinrich is also planning to assist Brother Franz and become prime minister, so you should learn it well”

“Okay then! Even His Royal Highness!!”

“I’m not particularly interested in running an empire, so shouldn’t I just learn martial arts to protect myself and have fun? If you learn things like kings for no reason, your brothers may be very concerned. Baroness Kimberley! Hahahaha ”

Only then did Baron Kimberley calm down his anger and look at Prince Yuno calmly. The Prince Yuno he had observed so far was an immature child who did not like to study and only enjoyed playing outside and practicing martial arts, but the current Prince Yuno accurately knows his position and is careful not to be politically influenced by his older brothers. He was showing the appearance of an ambitious person.

“Of course, for me, training and playing with the knights is the most fun! Hahaha”

‘Hmm… did I see something wrong? No… Prince Yuno is hiding his teeth. And one day, he will point out his sharp claws at his older brothers! To do that, I have to force Prince Yuno to teach him… Even if he is the third prince, he clearly has the right to succeed to the throne!! If His Highness Prince Yuno ascends to the throne, my teacher, too, will be able to become successful… Hehehe.’

However, contrary to Baron Kimberley’s thoughts, Juno had no teeth or anything. When Yuno became an adult, his goal was to become independent from the imperial palace, receive a fiefdom, and live happily as a family with Empress Yuria, older sister Isabella, and Marie.

‘My father is now almost 80 years old, so it won’t be long before he passes away… 10 years at the most… Then my mother will have to choose between becoming Empress Dowager and getting involved in politics or retiring and going back to her hometown. Because of my mother’s inclination, I guess she doesn’t go into politics…’

Yuno was already thinking about the future path of himself and his family, and was concentrating on improving his physical abilities to prevent any possible assassination.

‘Anyway, if I say I’m leaving the country, my brothers will give me a suitable territory, so I can take my mother to my territory and live happily together… Even if I’m not interested in politics, if my mother stays in her position, many flies will be attracted to us. ‘If the family leaves the country together, it will be more helpful to my brother in governing the empire.’

Since he was born as a son, of course they couldn’t become lovers or get married, but Yuno wanted to make Yuria, the love of his past life, happy. Yuno named herself after the goddess of the family, and the most important thing for her was for her family to live happily, so Yuno wanted to give her mother that happiness.

‘And honestly, studying isn’t fun… All I have to do is keep myself and my family safe…’

Even in her previous life, Yuno was far from studying, so when she was reincarnated, she could live comfortably if she did as she wanted, but Yuno had no intention of studying hard.

However, without even dreaming of Yuno’s thoughts, Baron Kimberly began to harass Yuno in an attempt to help Yuno’s ambitions that did not exist, and Yuno, who was struggling to avoid going to class, said that evening, when Baron Kimberly told Empress Yuria about Yuno’s love for her. He started studying properly only after the Empress ran to the Third Prince’s palace and told him that he would take the exam himself, after reporting on his attitude in class.

“Ah~ I don’t have to learn these things, but mom…”

“Sseup! Yuno! Take class properly! Mom is really going to take a test after dinner today!”

In the end, that evening, Yuno had to be slapped on the back by her mother for the first time in her life for not studying properly.

next day. Thanks to the Empress attending the class, Yuno was able to listen to her class without falling asleep, and it was Baron Kimberly who led the class with a smile.

“Your Majesty. Do you remember the political characteristics of each country on the continent of Ephoru that I explained to you yesterday?”

“…..I don’t think I can remember, but if I say I don’t remember, I feel like I’ll get hit by my mother a few times, so I guess I should answer that I remember”

“Yuno!! If you keep doing this, mom will scold you again! Please explain it”

Yuno’s mouth was sticking out, but she had no choice but to open her mouth at her mother’s sad shout.

‘At times like this, it makes me think that my mother might not be Yuri… Yuri was so nice… but my mother…’

However, Empress Yuria, now in her mid-20s, began to look more and more like Yuri in her past life, so Yuno was confused every time this happened.

‘Oh, what are you doing, Yuri… You can’t even date your mother… You’re like a damn god… I’ll get revenge no matter what!!’

“Yuno? Without explaining, what are you thinking like that?”

“Ah…Okay… Hmm, first of all, Tesseito is a country where all power is concentrated in the king, and the minister of administration and the minister of military affairs under the king each divide their areas and rule the country. And I remember that the Kingdom of Leon is a country most similar to our empire, with a political form in which the country is ruled by establishing a cabinet with ministers in each field”

“There were many omissions and summaries, but you explained them accurately. Then, what about the Holy Kingdom of Johannes and the Kingdom of Drogon?”

“In the Holy Kingdom of Johannes, the Pope and the Council of Cardinals basically take charge of political affairs, and when problems arise, the saint mediates disputes”

“What about Drogon Kingdom?”

“….. Please explain one more time from there”

“Black Black Black. Still, I was impressed that His Royal Highness had gone so far in reviewing and memorizing it. I will explain in detail again”

Baron Kimberly continued his lengthy explanation of the Drogon Kingdom, the Alto Kingdom, and the Meikan Tribal Union. But to Yuno, it just sounded like a long, unnecessarily long story.

‘So, in the Drogon Kingdom, the king is appointed by the Dragon Lord who lives in the center of the Dragon’s Breath Mountains, and when the king dies, he goes again and pays tribute and asks them to nominate a king… The Mexican Tribal Union is a large tribe once every 10 years. So you’re saying that the warchief will be chosen through a meeting? And in the Kingdom of Aalto, the king and parliament rule the country, and the king is elected from among the members, right? Why explain it so long?…’

Of course, Baron Kimberly’s class was an excellent class that explained in detail the history and background of their political form, but to Juno’s uninterested ears, it was only a warning to the ears.

Tap, tap, tap, tap.

Baroness Kimberly, who had been concentrating for a long time while teaching class, frowned when she heard the sound of war boots coming from the hallway.

The door opened and three guards came in, and when they saw the empress, they were startled and bowed.

“Mama! Goodbye!! The Third Prince’s training session will begin soon. If it is okay, would you mind if I bring you along?”

Before the Empress could respond, Yuno, pleased with the knight’s words that it was training time, threw away the book and pen she was reading and ran out, leaving only a brief greeting to the Empress.

Empress Yuria, who smiled bitterly at her son’s behavior, apologized to her son’s general education instructor, Baron Kimberly.

“Sorry, Baroness Kimberley. Due to the prince’s age, he is immature yet, so it seems that it would be better for him to play outside. Don’t worry too much though! I will scold you harshly this evening”

In response to the Empress’s polite apology, Baroness Kimberly stood up from her seat and quickly bowed to the Empress.

“No. mama! The prince is quite capable. He is a very smart person who has a keen eye for judging the situation and responds accordingly from a young age”

“Well…what do you mean?”

In response to the Empress’s question, Baroness Kimberley described in detail what she had seen, and upon hearing those words, the Empress’s hands began to tremble. Then he quickly returned to his palace, sent away all his attendants, and shed tears in secret.

‘Ah… my poor son… he’s already thinking like that when he’s still young and just wants to play… I’m sorry mom… I’m sorry…’

Unable to imagine his mother crying like that, Yuno was happily training with the knights.