A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

171 – For My Emperor (5)

He was suddenly kicked out of the imperial palace.

From a political and diplomatic perspective, it was like an envoy who could have been assassinated was hastily repatriated to his home country, but I did not leave the imperial palace alone.

“Then, I’ll go in and get some sleep.”

Robert looked so tired that he was also Robert as he walked down the stairs going down the magic automatic ship, leaning against the wall.

“Oh my god. Is it okay for an escort driver to look like that?”

I left the imperial palace with Astasia, the woman standing next to me, not the imperial palace.

“It’s okay. Because the princess is here.”

“Does anything change because I have it?”

“At least not only will they not send assassins right in front of you, but no one will openly attack an automatic magic ship running under the emperor’s flag.”

I am currently crossing the empire on the magic automatic ship that I rode when I arrived.

“In my heart, I would like to grab a silver ounce and run, but look at how I can’t do that right now.”

The magic automatic ship wasn’t that fast, and there were plenty of assassins who would follow us or send telegrams to block our path, but there were no more threats of assassination.

“The fact that you are passing through the Marquis of Claydol so calmly means that the emperor is very angry right now.”

“Why? Because of the shadows that thoughtlessly tried to assassinate you?”

“Yes.”

I guess I kept thinking about the emperor before his return.

“It was a little surprising. The assassins weren’t sent by the emperor.”

“…”

“I thought he sent it with the message, ‘This too will be an ordeal.’ I thought he was telling me to endure it until the end of the parade while I condoned it while eliminating those in the shadows who were full of stubbornness and didn’t know how to gauge the opponent’s skills and attacked them.

“Well, I don’t mean to speak for you, but…” ” “

Astasia smiled humbly and scratched her cheek.

“Isn’t it possible for His Majesty the Emperor to let go of everything and sleep for at least a day on the day he becomes Emperor? After all, he is still human.”

“I did it because it was behavior that was not like the Habsburg emperor I thought it should be.”

“What was Gray thinking?”

“It seemed like the Habsburg emperor would have drank a glass of wine and then concentrated on the situation, saying, ‘The joy of becoming emperor will end with this glass.'”

The emperor before his return was like that.

Often, among the shadows under him, there were children who crossed the line, and in order to get rid of them, he sometimes caused divisions among his subordinates and made them express their feelings of inferiority to me.

By way of assassination.

Thanks to that, there was a time when I got angry.

‘Thank you for sending me the Lettar toy, but I asked you to send someone to take care of the body removal.’

They incinerate waste for free, but isn’t it the producer’s responsibility to at least dispose of the waste?

He was such an emperor, but I could not have imagined that he would have had a good night’s sleep.

“Perhaps… “

“Perhaps?”

“Isn’t it like my relationship with my mother has improved or something? Why, it’s adult time… “

“That will never happen.”

President Erwin is not Countess Charlotte.

I am not a person who will let my position, standing, and commitments be shaken by past love affairs.

In the first place, Chairman Erwin had never entered the emperor’s bedroom.

There will never be another in the future, and they will call themselves the most perfect ‘show window couple’.

“The reason why the Habsburg emperor accepted President Erwin as empress in the first place…”

“Is this to keep in check the woman who is also my mother and who is aiming for the position of empress among other women?”

“Yes.”

It would be difficult if the empress and princess positions were empty.

Even in the current situation where the crown prince’s seat is empty, the entire palace is in such an uproar. What would the women think if that seat was also empty?

“Do you know that? In the past, the day the Habsburg Emperor first came to the Nostrum Kingdom in person, a number of Nostrum nobles fell in love with the Habsburg Emperor’s face.”

“Oh my, really?”

“Yes. It’s probably the Imperial Newspaper that recorded the coronation of the Habsburg Emperor. If it spreads throughout Nostrum, noble ladies will probably secretly steal a copy.”

There is no doubt that the Habsburg Emperor was a very attractive man, as President Erwin fell in love with his looks for a moment and gave birth to Astasia.

“Perhaps even a widow who fell in love with something that comforted the emptiness for a moment after the death of the man she loved for a moment.”

“Yes…?”

“There is such a person.”

Although it hasn’t been revealed yet, there is one bomb-like being that will explode one day.

“Rather, princess?”

Rattling.

On the lightly shaking deck of the magic automatic ship, I stretched out my hand to Astasia.

“You may have often seen it at Nostrum’s banquet hall, but dancing to music is a noble trait.”

“If you look at it, I’m an imperial noble, right?”

“If the empire collapses, you will have to become a countess, so shouldn’t you learn this in advance?”

“You said no count until a formal proposal and you said it so openly?”

Astasia chuckled and grabbed my hand.

“I thought we were going to change the topic while we were talking seriously, but I never thought I would suggest something like this.”

“Is this something like this? How serious is this?”

“How serious, huh… ?!”

When I grabbed Astasia’s waist and brought her face closer, Astasia threw her head back in surprise.

“Wow…?!”

Is it because of the high heeled shoes I don’t usually wear?

Astasia stopped falling on her her back her her her-

“Like that.”

It was obvious, but I held onto Astasia’s back with one hand.

“In Nostrum, ladies sometimes seduce their partners in this way. Are you following that?”

“Oh, no? You fell because you were started?”

“You?”

“…Can’t I do that? He suddenly approached me, so…”

“Did you think we were kissing?”

“…”

Astasia’s face turns red.

Knowing that if she let go of her hand, she would have to rely on the hand that supported her back, Astasia tried to maintain her posture to prevent herself from falling further.

“Astacia.”

To prevent Astacia from running away, I slightly twisted her her body her to her side her and lowered her her upper body her her her her.

“According to the covenant of Gibraltar, she must exercise self-control until she becomes an adult, but it seems that her ancestors and the person who placed such a curse on the covenant contained in her blood she had some sense.”

“Yes?”

“You understand, but are you pretending not to know?”

“…”

Astasia pursed her lips for a moment.

“…Eight!”

She straightened her posture and stood right in front of me, pulling my hand.

“You mean that’s true? Then…”

Sarak.

“…Ha.”

A warm touch as soon as she lowered her head.

Unlike the cold night air before, it was now full of warm breath.

“Is this also a no count?”

“Yes.”

“Huh? This? Ah, you want to do it yourself…”

“Princess.”

I held Astasia’s hand her together and twisted it, intertwining her fingers as if they were crossed, and holding on tightly.

“Eh, eh…?”

“Do you know the difference between a kiss and a kiss?”

“Uh, uh…? Now, what?”

“I don’t think you know. What is the difference between Nostrum’s Kiss and Thersian’s Kiss? Do you know?”

“Well, that is…”

“From now on, you will know. To be exact…”

Pulling on Astasia to prevent her from running away.

“On the difference between a bird kiss and a French kiss.”

* * *

Puhwa–Agh!

Blood splatters.

Red blood soaks the marble floor, and blood fills the lines between the marbles.

“Insolent guys.”

With an ax in his hand, the Habsburg emperor spun around the center of the dungeon-like room, sharpening his teeth and openly showing his anger.

“Because of you, the master of the banquet disappeared. If he hadn’t been so greedy, Gray Gibraltar would have stayed at the imperial palace for at least five days before leaving.”

The white-haired men and women whose limbs were chained to the walls of the dungeon bowed their heads and said nothing.

I couldn’t speak in the first place.

Because they were sinners and had no right to speak.

“Those who do not listen are beasts. I must have conveyed this to you. Gray Gibraltar is ‘my guest’, so do not touch it.”

“…”

“Answer yourself. As a representative.”

Among the white-haired men and women, a young man with a long cut from his shoulder to his waist is biting her lip, letting her blood flow.

“Didn’t my words sound like words? ’01’.”

“No.”

The young man called number 01 shook his head.

“I told you I would leave the rest to you and enjoyed a leisurely night. I planned to finish the parade for the imperial citizens at the square early, and enjoy a leisurely tea time with Gray Gibraltar in the afternoon.”

“…”

“While I was working on my own and thinking about what would be a good topic to discuss at tea time, you sent the ‘small number’ under you to harass Gray Gibraltar so that he could not sleep even a wink.”

“…”

“Is there something you want to say? Okay, I’ll give you a chance. Say it once.”

“…Father.”

The white-haired man called 01 raised his head.

“Is Gray Gibraltar the son of a father we don’t know?”

“No. He is the child of Crimson and Charlotte. He has not a single drop of blood mixed with the imperial family.”

“But why are you so nice to him?”

“Why? Do I really need to explain that with my own words?”

“Yes.”

At the words of number 01, the white-haired shadows tied to the wall also raised their heads one by one.

“Because we are all our father’s children.”

“Yes. Children. Children born from mothers who received my seed. They are my limbs and my shadow.”

The Habsburg emperor placed the handle of his ax on his shoulder and cocked his head from side to side.

“If you’re complaining like that, I’ll give you at least one life. Although you didn’t set out to kill Gray Gibraltar directly.”

“…”

“01. I’ll ask you a question. You seem lost, so I’ll ask you clearly.”

Boom!

“What was my name? What was my position? “What was my country?”

“… Ruler of a great unified continent. His Majesty is the Emperor Habsburg von Tersian of the great empire of Thersian, the country of the silver sun that emerged after conquering dozens of countries over the course of 500 years.”

“…”

The Habsburg emperor smiled bitterly and closed his eyes.

“The answer is the difference between you and Gray.”

“…”

“Foolish things. Even if you had only followed 1/10th of Gray’s vision in the first place, one of you would have been called by name instead of number and placed next to Gray.”

Rattling.

“I lost my excitement.”

The Habsburg emperor threw the bloody ax to the floor and turned around.

“No one is to cross the gorge except by my order. If he does anything to bother Gray Gibraltar…”

“What happens if I kill Gray Gibraltar?”

“…What?”

In the words of number 01, Habsburg’s voice became sharp.

“You’re going to kill Gray Gibraltar?”

“Even if you hide your skills, you can still win if you have bad legs.”

“…Tsk.”

The Habsburgs lamented sincerely.

“Should I have more children, or is my seed so bad?”

“…!”

“No. Still, it’s pretty good for girls, so I guess I’ll have to have more daughters.”

Habsburg left the prison without answering and answering himself.

“Treat it. Then sort it out.”

“Your Majesty, please answer…!”

“Answer? Ha.”

The Habsburg Emperor looked up at the ceiling and spoke lamentably.

“If you can kill him, try to kill him. That’s right. If you kill Gray Gibraltar, I will accept him.”

“…!”

“Of course, you will have to achieve it on your own without any help from the empire.”

The Habsburg Emperor muttered sarcastically.

“If I had been a man who was going to die from bugs like you in the first place, I wouldn’t have thought of myself as the next successor.”