Became the Son-in-Law of the Traitorous Family

10. April is the cruelest month – 01

Again, shortly thereafter, Sirmium, the capital of the Cartesian Empire.

After deciding to become the duke’s envoy visiting the empire on behalf of the grand duchess, less than a week later, I was standing in front of the emperor in the middle of the palace where all the great and small subjects of the empire were gathered.

Actually, it took Illivatus such a long time to reach the Grand Duchy because he was struggling with the Grand Duchess. If you use the Warp Gate, it would take less than a day to travel between the two countries, which are at least thousands of kilometers apart. Don’t

Of course, that bastard Illivatus was dragging out so much time simply to fight with the Grand Duchess, but I have no reason to play bed soccer so messily.

No, from my point of view, it might have been better to end everything quickly.

Because for me, the mission of having a private meeting with the emperor and then persuading him was just an intermediate step to achieving my true goal.

As such, I had a wish that the Empire would not take the very fact of my visit to the Imperial Palace so seriously.

The less the empire pays attention to me, and the lesser the value of the country, the more comfortable it will be to move in secret.

Unfortunately, however, my small and humble dream was completely destroyed from the very beginning of the plan.

‘No, isn’t this really a little too much? Anyway, where can I find something like this?’

A lot of faces I knew so well were lined up before the palace where there should have been no one but me and the emperor.

Starting with the emperor in front of me right now, it’s not enough that the empress and the crown prince are sitting next to them, perhaps for escort purposes, the 12 swordsmen representing the empire and the stewards of each mage tower. You can also see them standing.

Of course, they were also busy with construction work, so not all the masters and tower owners of the empire came here, but it was certain that more than half of them came here.

‘Why?’

What is the reason why those who have the armed forces, who can be said to be the absolute rulers of the royal family, gathered like this at a gathering to see at least one remnant of the Grand Duchy of Yohrha?

A thrill.

No matter how much I think about it, I don’t remember taking the hated medicine, but the eyes looking at me from all over the world weren’t very pretty.

By the way, this wasn’t just a paranoia. Because from before, system messages were constantly coming up like safe text messages.

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[Facing the lord’s intimidation amplified by [Natural Obedience]! The effect of “Future Guided by the Stars (???)” Offsets this.]

[The sword sword Karshdel detects 17 secret magics acting on your mind.]

[Find out the origin of the magic that was cast on you by the sword sword Karshdel!]

[Absolute defense! “The future guided by the stars (???)” Successfully defends against all magic that acts on you.]

[The unnecessary sword, Ctesiphon, grants you an unbreakable mind and will against the opponent’s pressure.]

‘Well, you’re putting in all sorts of effort against a killifish like me.’

My external stance is that I am nothing more than an incompetent food bug for the grand duke’s family, but I’m just appalled that I’m going through such trouble to suppress such bugs.

Swipe.

I stealthily turned my gaze and took a look at the sources of demonic energy that the sword sword was telling me.

But to be honest, no matter how much I looked there with my own eyes, I couldn’t find anything special about it. If Sakyogeom hadn’t taught me, I wouldn’t have known that demonic energy was leaking from there.

‘By the way… How should I act toward the emperor from now on?’

For example, it is not that difficult to smile at the emperor without a liver or gallbladder, or to flatter the emperor by licking his soles eagerly.

Things like that suited my temper a lot better than making cheesy lines at the Grand Duchess by mentioning ‘family’.

‘But the current emperor is the kind of person who hates such behavior.’

Surprisingly, the emperor hates flattery and likes a person who does not break his convictions and dignity in front of others.

‘It would have been a lot easier if I had a lot of people around me who worshiped the demons, just like human scum who worshiped demons… ‘

In addition, it may not be openly displayed here, but it is certain that somewhere in this place, demons are watching this while hiding themselves.

It was like that in the original work as well, and judging from the fact that the magic sword told me about the traces of demonic magic, it’s safe to say that it’s probably a 100% chance.

In other words, the person I care about is not just the emperor or other nobles.

In this situation, what is the best course of action I should take toward the emperor?

“…..”

Smile.

After sorting out all my thoughts, I laugh once and then politely put my hands together and bow my head deeply towards the emperor who is looking at me without saying anything.

“Archduke Yohrha, Reiner von Yohrha, greets His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Empire.”

I greeted with politeness in my own way, as if I bowed my head to receive new year’s money from my relatives on New Year’s Day, but at the same time, that’s it.

Even if I think about it, I’m consistent with a really indifferent attitude toward the emperor of the empire, and a knight standing next to me, reminiscent of a parasitic brother, bursts into a roar at me.

“How dare you not bow down in front of His Majesty! Grand Duke of Yohrha! Do you not even know the etiquette of the one and only master of the empire?”

Tizzling.

As soon as he shouts at me, that bastard starts exploding countless lives toward me.

‘That bastard is real.’

Now, the man who is roaring at me is Count Bright, one of the 12 swordsmen of the empire and a knight who has reached the level of a master.

It was really no joke to let out a life like a knight who has risen to the level of a master.

If a normal person… No, if it was an ordinary knight, I could bet that he would bite the foam with the one from before and go back as it is.

Unfortunately, though, I wasn’t the ‘normal’ person that bastard thought.

[「Future Guided by the Stars(???)」 Perfectly protects your spirit.]

[「The future guided by the stars (???)」 Is watching over you. It supports you from the pressure your opponent emits.]

‘I’m sorry, but that doesn’t work for me, bastard.’

I am the owner of the [Future Guided by the Stars] Trait, which literally has cheat-level performance when it comes to mental defense.

The alien aura of demonic energy emitted by Illivatus didn’t do me any damage, so how could such a flimsy killing spree cause any abnormalities to my body?

As I smiled at Count Bright, he gnashed his teeth at me.

“… Cheeky. Yes, there are some talents in the forage, so I was playing around like that, I mean.”

“That’s true. Let’s be quiet. I’m going to die of noise from earlier.”

“… What?”

“I didn’t want to even say this in the first meeting, but I came all the way to see Your Majesty, and I didn’t come all the way here to talk with you. And where is it etiquette that you learned to speak first when Your Majesty is right in front of you? Yes?”

“This bastard!”

Earl Bright grabs the handle of the sword he was wearing around his waist as if he was really upset by the words that contained my fact itself.

But it was just then.

“Stop.”

In an instant, as the emperor said that and raised his hand, the myriad interest and killings that had been pouring out toward me suddenly stopped like a lie.

“Let’s just stop there. Grand Duke Yohrha is right. Grand Duke YoRHa is a person who can be said to be my guest. And, crucially, the Archduke has not yet had a proper conversation with Jim. From now on, anyone who interferes with my conversation with the Grand Duke of Yohrha will be deemed to be against my will.”

“…..”

“Is no one answering?”

“I understand. Your majesty.”

Should I say that it is a majesty worthy of the current ruler of the empire? In terms of level of force, he would not be able to reach the tips of masters or archmages, but to subdue them with just a word.

Earl Bright, who was spewing death to me, also bowed his head while trembling all over, as if he couldn’t bear to disobey the emperor’s words.

‘That’s why I should have looked carefully at the place to lie down and acted foolish, my friend.’

It’s refreshing to see that bastard, who was trembling for not being able to spit out flat words at me in the first meeting, shuts his mouth at the emperor’s one word.

It could be said that it was a useful time to understand why people wipe the back of the powerful and try to be friendly with them.

“Now I can talk to you properly.”

“Please tell me. I will answer Your Majesty’s questions as sincerely as possible.”

Recalling the proverb that one cannot bear to spit on a smiling face, I smirk and reply, and the emperor also looks at me with something interesting in his eyes.

Anyway, the emperor’s personality didn’t seem to have changed much from that of the original work I was familiar with.

“First of all, let’s put aside the trivial etiquette and get to the point. Reiner von Yohrha, a few days ago, I heard the news that Marquis Illivatus, who was dispatched as an envoy to the Empire to the Principality of Yohrha, had died. Is that true?”

“Yes, it is true.”

As I readily admit the fact without any excuse, the emperor smiles slightly.

“Is that so? Then, as the representative of the principality and at the same time standing here on behalf of the Grand Duchess of YoRHa, do you have anything to say about this?”

“Oh, you mean that? Even if it’s not, I have something I want to say to Your Majesty in relation to that.”

“What do you mean?”

“Marquis Illivatus, that bastard… Ah mistake. That guy’s true identity was actually a demon. I was really surprised when I found out about that too. I really couldn’t have imagined that the envoy of the empire was a worm-like bastard.”

“… The true identity of the Marquis of Illivatus is a demon. Interesting. If so, do you have evidence to support your words?”

“Are you talking about proof? Yes, of course there is. Did you really think that I was a guy with a big liver enough to lie to His Majesty the Emperor without any evidence?”

I lifted up the small wooden box that was lying behind me, ate it, and burst into laughter.

“If there are elderly or pregnant women, teach them to close their eyes. It’s not a very nice sight.”

Click.

“Huh!”

“Huh, that… !”

As the lid of the wooden box is opened and the contents inside roll over the floor, the sound of breathing can be heard from here and there.

Yes. The contents of the wooden box were none other than the head of Ilibatus.

At first glance, the guy’s head doesn’t look much different from when he was alive.

Of course, it meant yes, except for the trivial point that there is no top to bottom.

“You see, Your Majesty? Ilibatus is clearly biologically dead, and there is no chance of him miraculously being revived. But even so, this head itself… It is clearly alive.”

Procrastinating.

When I lifted the cross section of his neck, the sight of black magic leaking out from the scars on the cross section was clearly visible.

‘f*ck… We really had a really hard time restoring those demons and tentacles.’

Originally, when demons die in the material world, the corpse returns to nothing, so it is normal that the head should not remain like this.

But even so, if I couldn’t secure proof that Illivatus was a demon, then the one who would be screwed was this one, so Cirilla, Sei, and I could say that this was the result after struggling to secure the bastard’s head somehow. I can.

“How are you, Your Majesty? Looking at this alone, Ilibatus is a body that can hardly be called a human being. With this, I think it is no different than all the clarification on this case has been completed.”

When I said that with a shrug, the emperor looked at my face as if looking at something strange.

“Even if the Marquis of Ilibatus was a demon, it is a story of conclusion. Reiner von Yohrha, and the Principality of Yohrha, to which you belong, cannot escape the principled responsibility of murdering the envoy of the Empire. Is there anything to say about this?”

“Oh no, murder. This incident is not a murder to the end, but an accident itself in which communication between the two did not work well. Shouldn’t it be an unfortunate result of poor communication between the two races, humans and demons?”

“… Does the Principality of Yohrha have any opinions about harming the life of the death god representing the empire?”

“Okay. If I had to say one thing, I think you should give me a reward because I did an act to save humanity.”

“Apart from the Marquis of Ilibatus, there were definitely humans among those dispatched as an envoy. Do they have no feelings about being killed together?”

“Yes, I do not.”

“Why?”

“I guess it’s because my parents died early, so I didn’t receive much home education.”

“… Her.”

When I replied with a chuckle, the emperor also smiled dejectedly as if it were absurd.

But that was only for a moment, the emperor leaned back against the back of the throne, bursting into laughter as if genuinely enjoying himself.

“Rainer von Yohrha… No, it was Rainer Kreuzze. You… He’s a pretty interesting character. It would have been nice if he had known that you were a person earlier.”

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The emperor, who muttered something so incomprehensible, opened his mouth as he straightened himself.

“Rainer Kreuzse. There is one thing I would like to recommend to you.”

“What is it?”

“Don’t you have any thoughts of marrying Jim’s daughter?”