episode_0309

“I’m looking around once a day. I’m trying to work hard while I have the temporary title. Once I become the official Emperor, external schedules will be procedurally difficult no matter what I do, so it will be difficult even if I want to.”

The party of Eugene Schneider and the Emperor Vivian’s procession that were unexpectedly encountered,

After a light greeting, they headed straight for the Imperial Palace.

And in the process, small stories began to come and go.

Emperor Vivian is trying to have as much physical contact as possible with the imperial citizens.

Because it is a sudden situation of enthronement, it can be said that it is a necessary task.

However, after the official enthronement, each visit requires enormous finances and time.

So, Vivian is making the most of the current 24 hours a day, which is relatively free, to work on physical contact.

“Please raise your words. Even if you are a temporary emperor, you are already an emperor in reality.”

Duchess Marianne was seated right next to Vivian in the order of rank.

Therefore, Marianne, who was listening to Emperor Vivian’s words with due courtesy,

She was at a loss as to how to handle the Emperor’s honorifics and made a suggestion.

“Hahaha! It hasn’t been long since I wore the facade of Emperor, so it’s too uncomfortable. So, I hope my precious guests will understand. Also, you are benefactors to me. Please think of it as the attitude of someone who has received a favor toward benefactors, beyond the facade.”

Vivian quietly waved her hand at Marianne’s words.

She has lived the life of a Pieta Merchant Guild leader much longer than her life as a Duchess’s daughter, let alone an Emperor.

Regardless of doing work with a sense of duty, formality doesn’t stick to her body.

“I see… After hearing the Duchess’s words, the circumstances that I didn’t understand in the meantime seem to start to fit together like a puzzle.”

Before long, Eugene’s party and Emperor Vivian’s procession entered the Imperial Palace.

And then, the tea party in the guest room began. After a brief chat asking about their well-being, the full-fledged conversation matured, and through those conversations, Vivian was able to hear about the reason why Antoine started the coup.

“I couldn’t understand it. Even the fact that he started a coup in the first place. But to abandon even the Imperial Palace, but if the original purpose was not to seize power, it seems to make sense.”

If you want to prepare for the actions of the coup forces, you had to understand their purpose and motives.

However, neither the Holy See nor the Imperial Knights had the ability to give Vivian enough information.

It was Eugene Schneider and his party who properly solved that thirst.

‘So, is that why you betrayed my father, Antoine…? To make the eldest son of the Imperial Family, who possesses the Goddess’s emblem, the Emperor…’

Vivian was silent for a moment.

The purpose was to revive the Demon King, and for that, he had to kill the eldest son of the Imperial Family who was in the position of Emperor with the Goddess’s emblem.

After hearing that, Antoine’s betrayal 10 years ago, which was difficult to understand in a common sense, becomes understandable.

“I see. It seems that there is a debate inside the Holy See.”

Marianne nods her head slowly, looking at Emperor Vivian.

After hearing the story from Eugene Schneider’s side, this time Emperor Vivian told the three people about what was going on inside the Empire.

“If they officially acknowledge the Demon King’s descent in its entirety, the Holy See, which has been telling the imperial citizens that it has nothing to do with the demons until now, will be in great trouble.”

Vivian made a troubled expression.

The Holy See also noticed the descent of the Demon King, and has grasped the summoning of the Holy Sword and even the unusual birth of the hero.

They just didn’t know that it was Antoine.

However, they were postponing active measures or actions against it.

“If the opponent is the Demon King, the help of the Holy See will be essential, so the Emperor must be deeply troubled.”

Duchess Marianne noticed what Emperor Vivian’s expression meant.

The Holy See and the Emperor are not in a relationship where the Emperor can unilaterally give orders.

It can be seen as a relationship of negotiation by giving and receiving benefits to each other.

Therefore, in the name of their own justification, the Holy See is lukewarm to the Emperor’s opinion to take more active action,

However, it is impossible to take action using only the forces of the Empire because the opponent is the Demon King’s army.

“Yes, that’s right, Duchess Marianne. Thanks to the fact that Crusader Constantine von Bayern gave some cooperation, preparations for the situation on the northern side have begun.”

A slight compromise movement gave an answer, and it was the Holy Knights of the Holy See.

Crusader Constantine von Bayern, who has a considerable relationship with Alexis, could not just stand by and watch.

The Holy Knights’ aggressive holy war requires unanimous approval from the Holy See’s Council of Elders and the Executive Council, but defensive movements are possible at the Crusader’s discretion.

So Constantine immediately headed to the Millennium Wall on the northern side, which is the most dangerous if it is breached.

“That’s a relief! As expected of Sir Constantine, I also asked him for a lot of advice when I was in the Holy See!”

Marianne couldn’t hide her delight at the name Constantine.

Marianne, who was an ambitious nun, caused various accidents at the time, and Constantine was the senior priest who became a reliable background every time.

“Yes, I was so relieved to hear Sir Constantine’s decision… But I think it’s just a temporary measure. A more active countermeasure will be needed.”

Vivian took a deep breath at Marianne’s delicious reaction.

“Maybe we can help with that role?”

At that moment, Jeanne, who had been silently listening to her mother and the Emperor’s conversation, spoke.

“That’s right, Lady Jeanne d’Arc. Even after thinking about it again and again, you were the only people I could trust and rely on, and who were definitely skilled.”

Vivian wants to give Eugene Schneider’s camp a firm command.

The first reason would be to give absolution to the family of traitors, but there is also a practical purpose.

An asymmetric force that could face the Demon King’s army, and a force with a strong connection to the Emperor, was needed.

In the current situation, if the authority is wrongly given to someone with power, it is likely to lead to betrayal.

As of now, Vivian’s political base is too weak.

“I will do my best, though it is not enough. It is natural since the Emperor reached out her hand first.”

Who is Jeanne d’Arc des Ailes Oublié?

She is an existence who wanted to help and be with those who she sincerely feels a sense of kinship with.

Vivian needs her and is asking for salvation even though she has become the Emperor.

Jeanne’s will is really burning.

“Thank you, Lady Jeanne d’Arc. If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t be in this position. I look forward to working with you in the future.”

Smiling…!

Vivian can feel Jeanne’s sincerity. Jeanne, who forgave Vivian’s own faults of tormenting Jeanne when she was young, and reached out her hand. Through that magnanimity, Vivian has come to her current position.

So, for Vivian, being with Eugene Schneider’s party like this is reassuring and feels like she has gained a thousand troops.

‘But…’

But for a moment, Emperor Vivian’s gaze turned to someone with a puzzled feeling.

‘Why is Eugene so silent all the time?’

The place her gaze was directed at was none other than the man who stole her “Ah-da,”

The presumptuous harem stud, Eugene Schneider.

After meeting near the refugee tent and exchanging brief greetings,

Eugene Schneider’s party and Emperor Vivian had a lot of conversations.

In particular, Vivian had a lot to say, because she was so happy to see her grateful benefactors and friends while she was busy being burdened with responsibility.

But while they were constantly chattering, she felt emptiness.

Why? Because her beloved man, Eugene Schneider, did not participate in the conversation.

Only Marianne and Jeanne were diligently talking to Vivian, and Eugene just followed them as if he was a bodyguard for the two of them, and it was the same even in the current tea party situation.

‘Is he worried about being with my mother? After all, I probably haven’t told my mother about the harem yet…’

Vivian’s thought reached that Eugene might be looking at Marianne’s face.

Eugene didn’t say it specifically, but it seems that he didn’t say that he was setting up a harem and sleeping with this woman and that woman, and that one of them was the temporary Emperor in front of her.

‘Hmm… I was really looking forward to it, meeting Eugene again… I worked hard while waiting for that one thing…’

Even taking that into account, Vivian is sad.

That’s because she has been looking forward to the day she would meet Eugene again.

This position of power is truly lonely, so the longing for my people, my people, can only grow.

Then, who would be the most thought of existence for Vivian?

The person who tore her hymen, the person who made her reborn, the immoral stud, Eugene Schneider.

“…..”

Slurp…!

Whether he knew Vivian’s heart or not, Eugene just sipped the warm tea in front of him with a blank face.

“You must be very tired, but is it necessary to overdo it so much?”

Eventually, Emperor Vivian spoke to someone with a worried expression.

“Tired? How can I be more tired than the refugees? If I leave them like that and sleep comfortably, I don’t think I’ll be able to rest properly.”

It was the Mom-like Duchess Marianne, who is overflowing with love.

Eugene Schneider’s party, who spent two days to come to Helios from Bahad,

The considerate Emperor Vivian recommended that they rest well until the Emperor’s enthronement ceremony, which will take place the day after tomorrow.

However, Marianne asked for understanding and conveyed her desire to take care of the refugees.

“You are truly a person who perfectly fits the title of a saint of the secular world, Duchess Marianne…”

Squeeze…!

“You flatter me, Your Majesty.”

Duchess Marianne’s heart, who loves the imperial citizens, was conveyed to Emperor Vivian as it was.

It could not be denied that Marianne’s self-sacrificing spirit was even grateful.

“I apologize for the fact that it is difficult to treat you with lavish hospitality as the situation is as it is.”

“No, Your Majesty. Please don’t think so.”

Marianne left to take care of the refugees, and Jeanne decided to look after the place where Eugene’s party would stay for two days. The guest room in the Imperial Palace’s detached building has also been given to the refugees.

Therefore, Vivian was sorry for the situation where she could not properly observe the proper formalities.

“Walking in this indoor garden is the only rest of the day, Young Master Eugene.”

Marianne and Jeanne left, so Eugene became Vivian’s companion for a while.

In fact, it could be said that Jeanne gave up her seat for a while.

So Vivian, who was excited, smiled as she strolled through the Imperial Palace’s indoor garden with Eugene.

‘Hmm…’

Eugene Schneider, who was looking at Vivian from the side,

‘Is it really that the position makes the person…?’

He had a very presumptuous thought.