A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

12 – These funds are now mine (7)

Saint Geo Nostrum, after a brief encounter with the Incompetent King.

“Are you okay?”

“Yes.”

“Did the King say anything to you?”

“Well, I just asked you how your mother is doing. How are you eating these days? How is your relationship with the Margrave?”

I cleverly twisted the events in the room.

“…I guess so. I’m afraid to find out in person, so I’m asking through my son.”

Fortunately, Queen Carmen did not ask any further questions.

“You’re probably tired, so just go in and rest. Follow the maid and you’ll find your room.”

I was wondering if the queen would stay with me all night and talk to me this time, but fortunately she did.

“And keep what you saw a little while ago a secret.”

Instead of letting me go, Carmen whispered very quietly.

“If the people find out that the king is drunk every day, there will be gossip.”

“Yes.”

Ah, that one.

‘Do you not know?’

Or maybe they know it but don’t want to tell it to a ’10-year-old child’?

‘Whether it’s the former or the latter, there’s no need to scrape it and make it crumble.’

Since Queen Carmen has decided to remain silent, there is no need to touch that part.

“Well, sleep well.”

“Yes. I hope you too, queen, have a restful night.”

Carmen went back to her own bedroom, and I headed to mine following the guidance of her maid that Carmen had given her.

A fairly spacious room.

It’s just a nice room, but considering the layout, this room is clearly a guest room for when a member of the Duke of Morgania visits.

‘He said he had no intention of letting people know that he was holding hands, but he subtly betrayed me.’

A 10-year-old child came into this room because he didn’t know any better?

Those who exaggerate and interpret things politically will already think of a rosy future between Morgania and Gibraltar based on this issue alone.

‘It’s the correct answer.’

On the other hand, unless you are a conspirator, you will usually dismiss such thoughts as nonsense.

“Huh.”

I threw myself on the bed.

The bed was too wide for a small child to lie down on, but fatigue filled my whole body as I thought the work was over.

‘I got a lot of harvest.’

Most of the goals for coming from the royal capital were achieved.

‘Letters have been delivered to both sides, and the plan will also be approved. I also made a secret pact with Queen Carmen.’

I even overachieved and learned new things about elements I didn’t know about before.

‘But I never thought the Incompetent King would have touched the ‘garu’ from this point on.’

Powder.

It is a kind of slang among those who use it, and the official term is ‘white silver’.

Of course, that term only came into existence later after the kingdom collapsed, but at least now-

‘An object that officially does not exist.’

It is a product of alchemy, the existence of which is unknown to the outside world, and is an artificial composite created by humans.

The effect is, well, it makes people feel good.

‘Is it the original? Or improved? An entry-level version mixed with sugar?’

It would be a headache in many ways to mention the detailed effects, and since it is not certain whether the silver the King inhaled was 1st generation or 7th generation, it cannot be specified.

‘You won’t know unless you taste it yourself.’

One thing is clear: silver, like alcohol, is an item that greatly distracts human reason.

It is a substance that makes you faithful to your momentary impulses and unconscious desires, and makes you pursue only pleasure.

The reason the incompetent king did such a thing against his mother may not have been simply because he was drunk.

‘How widespread is it?’

Only for the king?

Or everyone around the King?

One thing is clear-

‘The empire was already trying to destroy the kingdom from this point on.’

Silver is an item directly managed by the empire, so the fact that it is in the Nostrum capital means that the empire had a hand in it.

‘They are scary people.’

You would do something like this to somehow gain the upper hand in the war.

By the way.

Could it be that the empire’s maneuvers like this contributed more to the fall of this country?

Or will St. Geo Nostrum’s incompetence take on more stake?

I feel sorry for the imperial intelligence and politicians, but I definitely think it is the latter.

‘If only the king had been normal, the war would have been won.’

No matter how rotten the kingdom was, if the king had been the central point, the kingdom would never have fallen to the empire so easily.

Future.

The day the canyon was opened.

After the rumor of the Sword Master’s betrayal spread, the royal capital was engulfed in chaos.

However, only one count betrayed him.

‘Although we were ambushed, we were not seriously outgunned.’

If they took care of the other nobles and staged a sit-in protest on the walls of the royal capital, they would have been able to withstand the empire.

‘If it didn’t jump out.’

Saint Geo Nostrum.

As soon as the imperial army arrived, he left the royal palace to the princess and fled to the rear.

That was the key to the fall of the kingdom.

‘Princess Naria’s sit-in protest ended up being just a handful.’

The princess fought thoroughly by mobilizing the knights and the royal capital defense force, but the news that the king had run away spread throughout the royal capital, and she eventually surrendered.

‘Although the people sacrificed themselves for the princess, the royal capital eventually fell.’

The princess barely escaped with her life saved by the knights, and the empire chased the incompetent king who had run away to the rear, ‘Princess Morgania’.

‘The king who ran away was dragged to the royal capital with his leash attached.’

It took only a day to escape to the rear, and the war ended when the Archduke, whose daughter Queen Carmen was taken hostage, grabbed the King by the collar and surrendered.

And so the Nostrum dynasty ended.

Although it was a short period of time, historians of the empire expressed a common opinion about the war.

-If only the king had changed, the landscape of the war would have changed.

-The greatest contributor to this war is not His Majesty the Emperor, who killed many Masters, nor Gibraltar, who opened the way for the Empire. This is Saint Geo Nostrum, who destroyed the entire kingdom on his own.

The conclusions were all the same.

-Nostrum was ruined because of an incompetent king.

“…As expected, it won’t work.”

Conversely, if the king changes, the empire may also consider war from various angles.

There are so many things that need to be dealt with in order to change the king –

‘If the incompetent king disappears, will Princess Naria become queen?’

If the king changes, the next king should of course be someone who inherits Nostrum’s blood.

“Huh.”

I’m thinking about this again.

“I’m so glad I came to the royal capital.”

I have something to do.

* * *

The next day, morning.

“You’re leaving today?”

Queen Carmen was startled by what I said at the breakfast she had invited.

“Yes. Since the queen has stamped the proposal, shouldn’t we return to Gibraltar and report the news immediately and prepare for construction?”

“It’s been a long time coming to the royal capital. How about taking a look around? I understand it’s your first time in the royal capital.”

Queen Carmen is soggy.

She said she would be a political son, she didn’t say she would be a real son.

“Thank you for your consideration, but I’m afraid my father will be anxious if I don’t return quickly.”

“Write….”

From his father’s point of view, the royal capital is actually the ‘enemy’s stronghold’.

“And I think it’s enough to have seen the queen. I’m worried that if I continue to stay here, other nobles will come.”

“There are many people trying to bring in the Gibraltar family.”

Sword Master’s family.

If you can make a connection, even through your son, it will be of great help to your family in the future.

“As soon as the rumor that you came to the capital spread, nobles were said to be rushing up to the capital with their daughters.”

“You’re probably thinking of an arranged marriage.”

“Are you already thinking about getting married?”

“Not me, but others. Wouldn’t they try to get to know each other at a young age and have them talk to each other at social parties later? To their daughters.”

“And if the marriage is successful, you will become the Margrave’s in-law, so you will have a very powerful sword.”

He told Gibraltar to take care of his duties, and only borrowed the authority of the Sword Master to guard the house.

“The heir of Gibraltar just happened to leave Gibraltar. If not now, when else can we meet?”

“Yes. No one dares to visit Gibraltar. If not now, there is virtually no chance.”

Queen Carmen also knew very well that if it took a long time, her Paris would be in trouble.

“I already thought about sending it to you quickly, but I’m a little disappointed that it actually happened like this.”

So she quickly reviewed her proposal and gave it an approval stamp.

“Is this how parents feel when sending their children to the academy?”

Even if I hadn’t proposed an alliance, I would have at least put my stamp on it this afternoon.

“If it’s for propaganda purposes, I can stay in the capital for one more day.”

“No. I have no intention of taking you around as a doll. …Really, what do you think of me?”

“The queen who immediately took Gibraltar’s thoughtless son and brought him to Morgania’s side?”

“So even if you don’t want to go that far.”

Queen Carmen shook her head and lifted her teacup as if she was tired.

“You keep talking so intimately, I’m starting to get the wrong idea. It’s as if you really are the son of him and me.”

“Do you not like it?”

“No, I don’t like it. It’s still just a vain delusion, but it’s not bad to get drunk on that delusion for a while.”

Queen Carmen held her teacup with both hands.

“I am this kind of woman. For my love, she is a wicked woman who even tries to use her clever son.”

“Are you a villainess?”

“Ask your mother what kind of person Princess Morgania was in the social world when she was young. hehehehe.”

“…….”

I think it will probably start a fight as soon as the name is mentioned.

“And you are also similar to that evil woman. You are a bad guy. You know that I crave your father through you, but you take advantage of that.”

“Are you disgusting with me?”

“No. If that disgusted me, I wouldn’t have mentioned my son to you in the first place, even as a joke. Same goes for you.”

There is nothing that makes a person feel worse than seeing others as they are, but instead projecting the people around them.

For example, like an incompetent king who tries to find the scent of the woman he loved in her son.

The opposite is also true, but at least Queen Carmen is a person who knows how to control herself.

“Let me ask you one question.”

“Yes.”

“Why are you belittling yourself like this?”

“…….”

I put down the glass I just drank.

“I have seen many people. And I know people like you.”

“What kind of person am I?”

“A person who will not pay any attention to anything other than the field he or she is interested in.”

“Isn’t that the same for everyone?”

“Even if someone dies in your neighbor’s house, if you’re not close, you’re the type of person who will just hear it with one ear and ignore it.”

“…….”

Lightly quench your thirst with a drink.

“You are a human being who lives like a fallen leaf. Like your father, you are not a tree that stands firmly rooted in one place, nor a sunflower that blooms brightly toward the sun like your mother.”

Neither in the future nor now, I do not resemble the Margrave and the Countess in many ways.

“He is so indifferent to his surroundings that it’s hard to believe he was born in Gibraltar. If it weren’t for your appearance, I would have thought you were a kid picked up from somewhere.”

“I admit it.”

“Don’t you think it’s an insult?”

“How can you evaluate and judge others unless you first achieve self-objectification?”

The life and betrayal of a traitor.

“I’ve been living as the flow goes. I’m sure I’ll live like that and then die like that.”

One death.

“But even people like that move when they have a reason.”

And my goal in my new life.

“For my purpose, I will do anything.”

“So, what is your purpose? Power? To inherit the House of Gibraltar? To oust your mother and welcome a mother from a powerful family?”

“That too is all a process. It is a part of a plan that must be achieved if necessary and can be discarded if it does not meet the goal.”

“…Even solidarity with Morgania is just a process for you? Ha!”

Carmen-Morgania snorted.

“Okay. Then, tell me your purpose. If it’s for a reason I don’t understand, I won’t send you to Gibraltar. It’s not like you can’t tell me or anything, right?”

“It’s the same reason as Queen Carmen.”

“Is it for the same reason as me?”

“Yes. But that’s just Gray Gibraltar’s way.”

Queen Carmen smiles.

“Seeing as you keep trying to repeat it, I guess there’s some reason why you’re embarrassed?”

“…….”

“Confess it. Come on. What is it?”

Definitely a person with an excellent understanding of people.

“Naria Geo Nostrum.”

“…….”

If you want to reveal your truth.

“I wanted to make her her king.”

I have no choice but to answer sincerely.

“She has another 10 years until she becomes an adult, right?”

“…….

“In those ten years, she’s well and truly paved the way for her to wear her crown. She’s got her own red carpet for her.”

I turned to Queen Carmen and raised her glass.

“Naria, she will become the sun of this country.”

For the queen.

“I want to make your daughter the king of this country.”