episode_0122

I don’t feel comfortable seeing Devian’s stiff expression as he returns to Roman.

Although I did nothing wrong.

As William’s lord, I feel uneasy about the fact that William, who is known to be a loyal subject, is leading an army to Roman.

Why… Uncle William… did such a thing…

When I was young.

A man who accepted my jokes well.

Because he was a close friend of my father, he was very close to my family.

And the Golden Knights, whom I saw every day.

They were always by our side, both in the imperial palace and outside the imperial palace.

But… that day.

After that day, he was kicked out of Roman by Valorant, who took power, and has not yet returned due to Devian, who considered the Golden Knights a burden.

I was also very insensitive.

As an excuse… I was so busy after ascending to the throne of emperor.

I learned about the emperor’s work from Debian, worked overtime every day, and forgot about Uncle William.

I also think that I may be the cause of this situation.

Things would have been different if I had occasionally sent a letter to my uncle and told him what I was up to.

“Ha… Now it’s too late.”

I sigh and begin to write the letter that Debian requested.

-Sreuk…

It’s disturbing to see the pen nib gently dancing on the paper.

Misunderstanding… You won’t, right?

I just hope you don’t think I’m thinking about something else.

I told my mother that William was advancing toward Roman, just in case.

As far as I know, the two are close friends, so I sneakily asked my mother about it.

Because my mother might hate Debian in her heart.

However, it is clear that my mother is surprised to learn of this and feels very sorry for Debian.

My mother probably didn’t know either.

This whole situation… was caused by a misunderstanding.

Debian.

He brought the empire into chaos. And although he struggles and struggles all day long to develop his empire, most people don’t know that.

Perhaps he is someone who I feel is better suited to be an emperor than me.

However, although he works harder for the empire than anyone else, most people think that he is simply bullying me and manipulating the political situation to their own taste.

And instead of acknowledging his noble actions and achievements, they are busy insulting him behind his back.

What he did was to fill the empire’s treasury, develop the world by carrying out various large-scale projects, and resolve the chaotic political situation.

That doesn’t mean they’re persecuting me.

He kindly informs and assists with things he needs to know as a monarch.

He tells me step by step, no matter how big or small it is.

He always cares about me, whether there are people around or not.

I heard that he was going to parliament tomorrow.

I have ears to hear and have seen things, so I already know that the Congress hates and curses Debian.

Perhaps, when he goes to the National Assembly tomorrow, he will try to frame many of the members’ false accusations that he was manipulating the empire, taking the emperor into his hands and controlling it, and then the Golden Knights rose up.

“I can’t do it.”

I can’t see that situation with my eyes open.

I simply cannot bear for Devian to be insulted because my loyal knight makes a wrong choice.

I don’t understand why he should be evaluated unfairly and insulted because he is a powerful figure.

His attitude is also a problem.

The achievements he has made so far are enormous, but he does not brag about them humbly.

That’s why people who don’t know him well criticize and criticize him.

I am even more disgusted by the people who criticize and hate him.

Nobles and lawmakers who only follow me in words.

When one of them, Valorant, persecuted my family. No one risked their lives.

On the other hand, Debian…

Even if his own life is in danger, he sacrifices his life for me and stays up all night thinking about further developing the empire that has become rich.

I share a bed with him, but I’ve never seen him fall asleep early, and I’ve never seen him sleep late.

He is a person who does his best to do his job.

He is truly a loyalist among loyalists, and he truly loves me and is my one and only precious companion.

We cannot afford to see him appear before the National Assembly tomorrow and be insulted.

I remember that the National Assembly previously defined him as an enemy of the state and requested approval.

It was a real shame that I didn’t have any soldiers.

If there were soldiers following me back then…

Because I would have burned down the parliament.

I feel like I want to go to the National Assembly and protest, but I can’t.

According to imperial law, there are various restrictions on the emperor’s visit to the National Assembly.

That’s why I decided to write another letter that Debian didn’t ask for.

“Chairman Charles…”

He was someone who took care of my father for a long time and helped me by giving me advice on various things after my father passed away.

I guess I’ll have to write a letter to him after a long time.

Please help him tomorrow, and make sure no one insults him…

So I am writing a letter to Chairman Charles.

He is my companion and my better half.

Insulting my other half is no different from insulting myself.

***

The assembly declared Ioannes an enemy of the state.

Anyone declared as an enemy of the state is deprived of his territory and is not protected by the law.

In other words, even if you kill him, you will not be charged with murder, but rather the government will pay you money.

Well, this is additional…

There is something else I want.

To confront the Kingdom of Nicaea, which has been declared an enemy of the nation, I am given the right to summon all the capabilities of the empire and the right to command them.

In other words, it gains the right to summon the troops of all lords in the empire in a war against the Kingdom of Nicaea and the right to increase the budget at will without receiving additional budget from the National Assembly.

First of all… it’s worth a try.

The Babylonian Empire’s army is the largest in the empire.

Even if an empire concentrates all its capabilities, it has between 300,000 and 600,000 troops, but in the case of the Babylonian Empire, it can easily gather about 1.5 million troops.

The reason for this difference is the difference between the members of each empire.

Our empire was founded by the first emperor with humans, elves, dwarves, dragons, and angels.

Among them, dragons decreased in number and became extinct, and angels ascended to heaven and are no longer there.

Until now, elves and dwarves exist within the empire, are recognized as autonomous territories, and are assigned seats in the parliament, but they do not come to Roman.

So unless something special happens, it’s hard to see their faces.

On the other hand… the Babylonian Empire was a united nation of humans and orcs.

The union of fertile orcs and cunning humans creates quite strong synergy.

It can be said that humans are truly destructive with their intelligence, technology, reproductive capacity, and physical ability that seems as if they were born for war.

And because of the Orcs, the population continued to increase and food was always in short supply, so they invaded the surrounding territory and grew, over the centuries, to become the current Babylonian Empire.

That’s why they have been at odds with our empire for centuries… no, over a thousand years.

Now, the number of wizards has increased significantly, so the Babylonian Empire does not invade our territory, but to the people of the empire, they are almost like demons.

That’s why I visited the embassy of the Kingdom of Sardinia to get reliable support.

“His Majesty the Archduke. I am very sorry for keeping you waiting for so long.”

A chubby-looking man and a woman enter the living room.

Emmanuel, ambassador to the Kingdom of Sardinia, and an unexpected person.

Ea? Why her?

Of course, although EA is the princess of Sardinia, I did not expect that she would attend the ambassador’s meeting.

“The person next to you is Princess Ea. She is the princess of our kingdom. She recently graduated from the academy and is staying here on national business.”

When Ambassador Emanuel finished speaking, he gently closed his eyes, lifted both sides of his skirt, lowered his body, and bowed.

“It’s been a while. His Majesty the Archduke.”

“It’s been a while. Princess EA. Congratulations on your business achievements so far.”

We know how remarkable her achievements are because we have paid investment money to EA and are sharing her technology and achievements.

First of all, her magic theory had a huge impact on existing temperature change magic.

Typically, a large amount of metal is needed to maintain high or low temperatures.

If a long magic formula had to be engraved on that large metal, her achievement was to make the magic formula shorter and increase the efficiency to the point where the same effect could be achieved just by flowing mana into a smaller metal.

“It’s all thanks to His Majesty the Archduke.”

As the two of us started talking, Emmanuel said with a strange look on his face.

“Princess Ea. It seems like you have a close relationship with His Highness the Archduke. What happened?”

“That’s right. I’ve met you before about investing in temperature-related magic research.”

“Haha. Is that so? So, I heard that His Majesty the Grand Duke was coming, so he came even though he was busy.”

Ea nods at those words.

“Yes. And I heard that a precious person came to our embassy. I can’t just sit still, can I?”

After saying that, she looks at me with her emerald eyes and smiles.