episode_0159

“What did you just say?”

“He said he killed her. What’s the problem?”

“….”

Rosebetta speaks in an extremely light tone, as if she had crushed a bug to death with her fingers.

Radu was so shocked and embarrassed by this that he couldn’t say anything for a moment.

And looking at her husband like that, Rosebetta slowly stirred her teacup without changing her expression and spoke in a calm voice.

“Why are you so surprised all of a sudden? Isn’t it natural to kill one person for the sake of national interest?”

With those words, Rosebetta took out a bundle of documents and placed them in front of her husband, who was standing there blankly with a shocked face, and began to quietly raise her glass.

“… What is this.”

“Isn’t that why you asked? The reason why I had to end that Prime Minister.”

At Rosebetta’s words, Radu began to look over the contents urgently, and then his face began to become even more filled with surprise.

“These are the things that my proud first daughter, who you hate so much, has been investigating. In addition to the assassination incident, that Saladin… seems to have been quite wary of our country, judging by the extent of the harm he has caused to the Duchy of Dragona.”

“Huh… ”

Radu was left speechless for a moment after hearing his wife’s words.

Even just the things that were immediately coming into his eyes were enough to automatically increase Radu’s ill feelings towards his prime minister, Saladin, in his head.

Starting with illegally purchasing the orphans of the principality as slaves, bribing the Marquis’ butler to put in a fake son, and other things like raising a group of bandits to raid various parts of the territory, and causing discord between the demons and humans by causing accidents, etc.

It was written that Saladin had been harassing the duchy in various ways, and Radu, chewing on his anger but trying his best not to lose his composure, asked his wife:

“Ha.. But.. Isn’t it too much to assume that all of this was the Prime Minister’s doing? It’s only circumstantial evidence, so it’s hard to be certain of it..”

“But it is a clear fact that the empire was keeping us in check. And the current prime minister, Saladin, is the one who is actually running the empire. I think this alone is enough reason to deal with him, right?”

“Even so, even if you hide your traces, how can you assassinate the prime minister of the empire… and on the way back from visiting our principality, wouldn’t the empire hold you accountable in some way? In this situation, to have done something like…”

“That might be the case.. But it doesn’t really matter. Anyway, there’s no evidence left that we did it, and more than anything, that person was going to deal with it when he got the chance anyway. I didn’t know that opportunity would come so soon.”

“… What is that..”

The image of a husband speaking with a trembling voice

Looking at this, Rosebetta began to show a fond smile on her lips.

A beautiful smile that is always lovely to see.

But at this moment, Radu, who was looking at that smile, began to feel an eerie feeling running down his spine, and looking at him, Rosebetta felt an extremely gentle…

At the same time, he spoke in a voice that felt so scary.

“The person who held the real power in the empire is dead. And the Padishah who should run the country is bedridden due to old age. So what will happen to the future of the empire?”

“..Seo..No way..”

“There won’t be any guys who can bother us for a while with this. And isn’t it my duty from now on to make sure that they won’t bother us forever, if possible? Former Duke.”

At Rosebetta’s words, Radu began to tremble slightly as he finally began to realize what she meant.

Although it is not known for sure, with the real power gone, it is highly likely that the empire will not be able to come to its senses for a while due to the power vacuum.

Although the Padishah, the supreme authority, was often unable to take care of state affairs, Saladin, the vizier, had been exercising a strong restraint and preventing chaos.

But now that that being was dead and had returned to the dust, it was clear that the powers of the empire who had been holding their breath… especially the ambitious princes of the Padishah, would no longer remain silent.

With no clear successor in sight, it was clear that a bloody battle for the throne would break out between them, which would naturally weaken the Empire’s power and make it impossible for it to interfere with the Duchy of Dragona for a while.

‘And in the process, the people of the empire will surely make enormous sacrifices.. Madam must surely know that.’

Realizing that fact, Radu swallowed dry saliva without realizing it.

Rosetta, who is the one who fired the signal flare for all of this by decisively ending the vizier Saladin, is showing an extremely calm appearance.

Looking at this, Radu was once again realizing how terrifying this woman, his wife and the new ruler of this country, was.

At the same time, he had no choice but to admit it once again.

From the perspective of national interest, it is true that she is more suitable as a monarch than he is.

*

“… Are you saying that your grandfather had an accident?”

“Yes, Lady Katlena. They say the carriage rolled off a cliff and that’s how it ended up like that.”

“… I see..”

Arachne speaking in a complicated voice in front of him.

As she listened to her, Katlena began to feel more complicated than she had thought.

Although, just before this, Katlena had decided to completely cut ties with that person, the fact that she had to part ways with him forever like this was quite a shock to her.

‘..That person.. is dead?.. That person..’

However, apart from the momentary shock, she had no reason to dwell on this matter for very long.

Although the death of her grandfather, her blood relative, was uncomfortable, it also meant that the biggest threat to her future life had disappeared.

Now all that’s left is for her to live the life she wants to live with Zeros, as she has done so far.

At that moment, looking at Katlena, who was thinking like that, Arachne spoke in a calm voice.

“And, I heard that the Duke is looking for the Princess. I think it would be best to go as soon as possible…”

“Your mother?.. Yes, I understand.”

Katlena gets up from her seat, thinking that perhaps this incident was meant to comfort her.

And then, Arachne, who had been looking at her like that, turned her gaze away.

From her perspective, it’s something she can’t bring herself to say…

I feel personally sorry…

*

Cattlena arrived in front of the Duke’s office at Rosetta’s call.

There, a person she had not expected was waiting for her.

“Zeros? How are you here..”

“Lady Katlena… What brings you here? I was summoned by the Duke of Rosebeta…”

“Me too..”

Of course, there were many times when the two of them met together, but this was only because Zeros, who was her direct servant, automatically followed when Katlena was called.

This is the first time that two people have been called individually in this way.

Feeling puzzled by that fact, they entered the room.

“We’re here, mother.”

“Yes, come on, Katlena.. and Zeros.”

Duke Rosetta, who is acting quite different from usual.

Seeing her like this, Zeros and Katlena began to feel a deep sense of doubt and a slight sense of uneasiness.

‘What on earth are you trying to say…’

‘I have a bad feeling about this… What on earth do you want to say to us by calling us individually like this…’

The two people were watching the Duchess’s expression with such doubts and concerns.

Looking at them like that…

Duchess Rosetta opened her mouth in a calm voice.