A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

244 – Barcelona Terror (4)

If you touch Gray Gibraltar, two fathers will come to kill you.

One is Crimson Gibraltar, and the other is his actual father-in-law, the Habsburg Emperor.

Although they are not married yet, there is talk of an engagement in public, and a date for the engagement ceremony has also been publicly set.

“December 24, 99, Imperial Calendar.”

She was the woman who was officially visiting the Viceroyalty in Barcelona, and perhaps she would be the most awkward person to be in this position – ‘Naria Zionostrum’ announced the date.

“The Academy’s academic schedule has been adjusted so that the grand banquet can be held on December 24th. In effect, it is a ‘graduation’ banquet.”

“Thank you, Naria Student Council President.”

“Not much to say.”

Those sitting in the office look at each other.

“By the way, Governor. Are you still suffering from assassinations these days?”

“No. Thanks to someone’s concern, the frequency of assassinations has become much reduced.”

“I see. Is there anything the Nostrum royal family can help with?”

“There is no need to receive help from the Nostrum royal family when it comes to assassinations and terrorism.”

The student council officers that Naria accompanied, Naria’s guardian knights dispatched from Morgania, Sir Robert and the imperial administrator standing behind me.

Everyone looks at each other and gulps as the atmosphere becomes colder.

“More than that, Naria, the student council president. Why did you come today?”

“The Academy’s work ended a little while ago with the presentation of the academic schedule. What I will talk about now is what I have to say as the ‘Queen’ of Naria.”

“Is this the official story?”

“Of course.”

As Naria stretched out her hand to her side her her her, the orange-haired young man behind her stepped in front of her.

“Sir Roland.”

“Yes, Her Majesty!”

Falwood Roland spoke in a booming voice and unfolded a fairly large piece of parchment with his own hands.

If it were an empire, it would have hung up a battery on the bulletin board over there, but Nostrum is giving me orders while holding it in his hand.

“That is…”

“This is a request for the Golden Line.”

“…Golden line?”

“Yes.”

On the parchment that Falwood was holding, there was a drawing of a magic automatic ship sparkling in gold.

A huge ship, not the size of a conventional caravel but wider than a large ship, proudly filled the parchment.

“When you say it’s a request…”

“He told me to make it. Our proud Highness Saint Geo Nostrum.”

“Why?”

“They said we would need a banquet hall like this for an engagement ceremony.”

Ah.

I see.

“If you can’t create a golden magic automatic ship, I won’t hold an engagement ceremony or something like that?”

“To be precise, it seemed like there would be a disruption in all the processes necessary for the engagement ceremony.”

The atmosphere is gradually calming down.

This is the case with Falwood holding the parchment, the student council officers who followed behind Naria, and the imperial students who have infiltrated among them –

“Governor.”

Everyone is in an unusual mood, including Sir Robert, who is standing behind me, and others at the Barcelona Government General.

“I see. It’s a golden magical automatic ship. Can I make it a suitable model?”

“He said he wanted to make a boat that people would actually ride on.”

“…”

“It was said that with the gold mined from the Barcelona gold mines, it would be possible to build a ship made entirely of gold.”

“…”

For a moment, my head hurts.

“Her Majesty the Queen.”

“Yes, Governor.”

“Wait a minute, let’s talk alone.”

“I will.”

When I asked Naria to join her, she immediately motioned behind her.

“Let’s go out.”

“Haona…”

“This is an order. Give me 10 seconds.”

“…Yes.”

At Naria’s gesture her her, all of Naria’s people, including Falwood, left at once.

“All of the Governor General’s staff must follow me.”

And the people at the governor’s office, even before I could give orders, Robert gave orders first and dragged everyone out.

Squeak.

The door closed, and Naria took out a magic stone from her bosom and opened a soundproof barrier.

And then-

“That’s crazy.”

I just lay down on the sofa and touched her waist.

Judging by the clicking sound, it must have been that the corset had been undone.

“Building a ship made of gold. Even this size…”

“Can it be considered a battleship of the line?”

If you look at the keel alone, it is almost 40m.

“Yes. He must have been impressed by the imperial ironclad ships traveling in the Sirene Strait, so he asked me to make a golden ship.”

“You’re just hitting on me, Queen.”

“Oh, I got caught.”

Naria gave me her thumbs up.

“Yes. St. Geo Nostrum ordered me. Gold will increase rapidly, so make a golden automatic ship for the banquet as a symbol of the royal family. The largest ship made entirely of gold.”

“Bigger than the imperial ironclad ships. And at the same time, everything is made of gold?”

“Yes.”

“Aren’t you crazy? What about the time?”

“After barely negotiating, we were able to postpone it until the end of this year.”

The end of this year.

Considering Saint Geo’s patience and perseverance, there is no way they could give it nearly a year, but the production deadline was pushed back to the end of the year?

“You tripped on me.”

“Yes. “I am sorry about that.”

I can roughly guess it.

As the person in charge of the gold mine is Gray Gibraltar Barcelona, they must have led the negotiations by asking for a ‘rental’ at least once to build a golden ship and use it as a banquet hall.

“No, it’s okay. You used it well. Otherwise, that person would probably have made a fuss about building a ship within 10 months.”

“Originally it was six months.”

“That’s amazing. We got four more months from that crazy man.”

“Yes. I got goosebumps a little because it felt like they were expecting it if it was really completed.”

“…”

The entire nation is waiting for the 100th year of the imperial calendar when Naria Geo Nostrum becomes an adult.

And surprisingly, it seems to be the same for St. Geo Nostrum.

Some say that the reason is to pass on the throne and become a free man, squandering his national treasury and having fun, but

“I will wait leisurely for a year until the golden line is created…?”

“They will do all sorts of things behind your back. If you think about that… “

“It’s not bad. The loyalists will try to interfere with it anyway, so it would be better to concentrate the battlefield against the assassins in one place.”

“Are you okay?”

“Yes. Well done.”

It wasn’t Naria’s fault.

St. Geo was out of her mind, and Naria did the best she could.

“If you look at the number of months left until December, it is about 11 months. It takes 10 months for a person to be born, so there is nothing that cannot build a ship in 11 months.”

“It’s a golden ship. Is there some way?”

“Yes.”

Naria probably had a lot of worries while coming here, but I can definitely say that she came to a better place.

“Grey.”

Naria took a serious stance.

“Please help me.”

“…”

“If you’re just building a ship, you can request cooperation from the nobles in the south and place an order. But…”

“Give me a ship made of gold. Even the biggest ship in history.”

Caravels, galleys, and even imperial ironclad ships are around 40m in length.

In fact, the bigger problem than the length, width, and internal structure is making it all gold.

“Naria. This…”

“…Maybe, this is just a guess and a prediction.”

Naria pressed her hands to her temples and frowned.

“Saint Geo might really need a golden ship like this. That’s why he ordered me to make something like this.”

“…”

If the emperor were listening to this conversation, he would formulate such a hypothesis.

-Does regression require a ship made of gold?

No.

There is no need for that.

The conditions for regression are unknown, but-

‘It’s something I don’t know.’

One hypothesis derived from that.

There is a golden ship buried beneath the Gorge of Gibraltar!

Or.

“Isn’t that right? Otherwise, there’s no reason to build a ship like this.”

Naria doesn’t really know much about regression.

It was probably a kind of tragedy and blessing that occurred when the princess of a fallen country ceded her royal privileges and authority to return.

It would certainly be a terrible curse if someone with perfect memory were to live with all the memories they had before regression.

Nowadays, Naria is just a princess and queen who grew up receiving periodic death threats from her mentally ill father since she was a child, without any information about her her return to her her.

“Naria. Is there a reason you can guess?”

“…Fuck you?”

Naria answered seriously.

“Isn’t that what they are thinking about, such as giving them a waiver with unreasonable conditions, or saying, ‘Since you did not listen to my request, I will not hold a banquet for you.'”

“What if I get more specific?”

“…If you don’t make a golden magic ship, I won’t step down from your position as king. It seems like you are acting like a swarm.”

Naria sighed and revealed her thoughts.

“Guarantee your own old age. Guarantee your own safety. Hand over that much gold to yourself. If you want to completely take over the throne, hand over to me enough assets to make a living without doing anything for the rest of your life. “

“As a real thing called a golden ship?”

“It’s the ‘house’ where Saint Geo Nostrum will live. He’s already been traveling around various territories on a magic automatic ship, earning money… Hmm. He’s been entertained by nobles.”

The expression was somewhat harsh, unbecoming of a queen, but Naria cleared her throat and corrected her expression.

“If not, is there another reason Gray Gibraltar is speculating?”

“…”

“It looks like there is. If I need to know-“

“No.”

I walked towards Lia and lightly patted her on the head with the back of her hand.

“Naria, you just have to live from your perspective without knowing anything.”

“…Still, I’d like to give at least some help.”

“I never thought I would say this.”

Really.

“Naria is in Naria’s position. Gray is in Gray’s position. You…Just need to do nothing, queen.”

Who would have thought that I would turn around the words that the princess of a ruined country poured hate on me.

“Thanks to the eight years you gave me, I was able to do the bare minimum preparation.”

The emperor had already suspected the existence of returnees for a long time.

I regarded it as ‘Naria Geo Nostrum’ and watched it closely for 8 years.

“Ever since the day you came to Nostrum at the age of 13, you have given me a very clear opportunity.”

“…I haven’t done anything in particular.”

“Doing nothing helped me so much. It’s not that you’re incompetent or anything. Just being there helps you.”

Sincerely.

“Queen. It is enough for a king to just sit on the throne without any problems.”

“Like St. Geonostrum?”

“The problem is that he threw away his throne and sat in first class on the magic ship.”

If Naria becomes king, will she be able to run the country as well as the emperor?

That is unknown.

However, near Naria, people will appear one by one who are capable of dealing with the ‘Empire without an Emperor’, even if they are not as good as the Emperor.

“Still, it would be difficult if I didn’t do anything, so if I ask for help, please help me. That help is help that can be ‘revealed.'”

“Okay. “What should I do first?”

“Order.”

I unfolded the parchment.

“In the name of Her Majesty Queen Naria Gio Nostrum, command the Gray Governor of Gibraltar Barcelona to build a ship of gold.”

“So, that’s why I came…”

“Naria.”

I grabbed her or Lia’s cheeks with both hands and made her unable to open her mouth.

“Let me make something for you.”

“…Really?”

Now that I think about it, I don’t think it’s right for me to keep holding Ria’s cheek like this, so I immediately lowered her hand.

“Yes. With gold.”

“It would be difficult to paint a ship gold, fill it with copper and cover it with gold like a counterfeit gold coin, or cause mental confusion with magic.”

“It’s a good idea, but I won’t do it.”

I lightly glanced at the parchment that Falwood left behind.

“Judging by its appearance her her her, it is a three-story battleship. The approximate width is 15m and the length is 50m… No, it could be longer.”

“There was no talk about armaments, but instead of armaments, a lot of facilities for banquets will need to be used.”

“She’s a cruise ship in the shape of a battleship.”

“… Maybe she should be amphibious.”

“That’s tricky.”

Very picky.

“The biggest problem is that there is no suitable shipyard right now.”

“Perhaps they are asking us to use the shipyard in the Count of Sirene?”

“What about there? Count Sirene, you’re halfway to an empire?”

“The Count of Sirene is a man who can’t say anything in front of anyone, even if he talks on the inside. If St. Geo Nostrum calls him and overtly uses his authority, he will hand over the authority to use the shipyard without a word. It’s the same even if I give him an order.”

“Joseon conch…”

Finally, it worked out.

“I will.”

“…Over there.”

“Ships run on land along railroads, and there is no law that says shipyards cannot be built on land.”

I need to show my ‘truth’ a little.

“Naria. Go and tell Saint Geo.”

I spread out my ten fingers.

“If you build a golden ship, you must step down from the throne next year. You must say ‘if you build it’. Or before December 24th.”

I folded the other half.

“Because Gray Gibraltar is so engaged, the launch ceremony could end before the end of summer.”

“…Summer?”

“Yes.”

After the first semester.

“Why don’t we go south on a ship made of gold and take a sea trip?”