I Became a Time-Stopper at the Academy

89 – The King Alone

I took the portal and arrived at the capital of the kingdom—Caprilia.

Those who seemed to be the Royal Guard took me, Luisa, and Benedetta to the kingdom in a carriage.

In fact, the king of the kingdom accepted the audience on the same day without prior appointment.

After getting off the carriage, the royal palace came into view.

It was the first palace I saw after being possessed by Joel from .

“Sir Joel, this way.”

“Uh.”

Following Benedetta’s guidance, we entered the palace.

I walked all the way down the corridor where the sunlight shined through the glass windows on the ceiling.

I also looked at the portraits of successive kings hung one by one on the wall as I passed by.

“This is the room where Obama usually works.”

“Benedetta and Luisa wait here.”

“Yes.”

The chief chamberlain understood my meaning and reported it to the king.

I asked for a private meeting.

Then, beyond the door,

“Let it in.”

I heard a low voice.

The chamberlain opened the door.

I stepped into the king’s office.

There was a middle-aged man in front of a desk piled with all sorts of paperwork.

He turned his head toward me, his eyes digging deep.

“Is this Joel de Jahe?”

“That’s right. Nice to meet you.”

I bowed as politely as possible on the floor on one knee.

Anyway, Benedetta’s biological father and the king of a country.

As a son-in-law and an aristocrat, he had to be polite.

“Sit over there.”

“Yes.”

The place the king pointed with his hand was in front of the large window.

There were luxurious sofas and tables.

It seemed to be used when dealing with guests in the office.

I sat face to face with the king.

From my point of view, it’s like having a private meeting with the president.

… I would be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous.

The chief chamberlain placed a cup of black tea on the table.

The king asked while taking a sip of the tea.

“So what happened?”

You probably already guessed.

There is only one reason why I requested an audience at this point.

“I hope you withdraw the punishment for Benedetta.”

My words immediately raised an eyebrow at the king.

He’s here to protest his decision, so he won’t look pretty.

“Why should I?”

“The Balbino gun was entirely my order. If you want to punish me, you should punish me. Rather, I don’t know why you’re punishing poor Benedetta.”

“You better not underestimate me. Benedetta just obeyed the gwigyeong without any objection? Isn’t Benedetta a servant of the goblin?”

If Benedetta were an ordinary royalty, she would have suggested shooting Balbino on the spot.

Because as a member of the royal family, it would not be acceptable to want to expose the disgrace of the kingdom.

However, even if it was my order, the fact that Benedetta did not even raise any objections meant that he actively agreed.

I’m not in a position where I can’t object at all.

“I know you are engaged to Benedetta.”

“The Duke of Chablis didn’t break off the engagement with her daughter.”

“That’s right. I am Elianne’s fiancée and Benedetta’s fiancée at the same time.”

At my imposing attitude, the king laughed as if he was dumbfounded.

No matter how powerful and polygamous they are, there are very few cases where they marry influential nobles or royalty from both countries at the same time.

I’m going to aim for that.

“Apart from the engagement, I have no intention of rescinding Benedetta’s punishment, so let’s go.”

… While subtly listening to what others say, at times like this, you don’t listen to what others say.

Or maybe it’s because I’m a mean man who stole my daughter.

From the father-in-law’s point of view, the son-in-law lives with this woman and that woman, but he is not a good son-in-law.

If you’re not a good son-in-law, you have no choice but to keep going like that.

I decided to use the last resort available at this stage.

“Your Majesty, I also have other wives.”

“… Are you bragging?”

He himself had several wives.

Ah, well, this person really didn’t just pick and marry the woman he liked.

Thoroughly arranged marriage.

“One of my wives is the daughter of the owner of Hoover Industries of the Republic.”

“What did that mean?”

I explained that Caitlyn is the head of Hoover Industries’ weapons division, and that I have invested heavily in the arms business.

Then, they reported that they had succeeded in mass-producing magic potions.

“It’s hard to believe. In the meantime, numerous scholars have studied the conditions for creating magical potions, but did a single company do that?”

I took out magic potions from the bag I had brought beforehand.

As the bottles were placed on the table, the king opened his eyes wide for a moment.

“So what are you going to do?”

“If you punish Benedetta like this, I will ask Caitlyn not to export it only to the kingdom.”

“… What?”

The king jumped up from his seat.

Then he opened his eyes and glared at me.

“Are you threatening me?!”

“If Benedetta is not punished, I am willing to supply it at a lower price than other countries.”

“I don’t like it, I don’t like it!”

The king suddenly grabbed the table with both hands.

Just as he was about to wonder what he was going to do, the table was lifted up by the king’s arms.

Clang!

The table was overturned and all the teacups and potions on the table were broken.

… Cheers are good too.

“I have nothing more to say to you! I was going to just accept the engagement, but I’m going to reject it! Chamberlain, hurry and drag me out!!”

“I will go out on my own.”

As expected, it didn’t have much effect.

In that case, I have no choice but to go as I originally planned with Benedetta.

He went out of the office on his own and shook his head.

Then Benedetta let out a small sigh.

“Benedetta, ask again. Would you really regret leaving this place and following me?”

“Yes, if that’s Obama’s decision, it means nothing for me to be here. It would be more beneficial to just sit by and assist Sir Joel.”

She walked down her hallway, hoping to get out of her palace again with her.

I wish I could send them off as they are, but the Knights Guard stood in our way.

“Your Highness must be here!”

Benedetta grinned.

Then he pulled a small dagger from her bosom.

Pointing the point of her knife at her own throat.

“Me, Your Highness?!”

“Choose. Are you going to let me go out alive or leave me here as a corpse?”

“I, Your Highness….”

It was a plan she came up with first, but like her last poisoning case, there was an aspect of her subtly handling her own body.

I don’t think there’s a better way than this in the current situation to tell me not to do it.

If I fight the knights, it’s a 100 percent diplomatic conflict.

In the end, the knights got out of the way.

The purpose of the Royal Guard is to protect the royal family.

Of course, the 1st priority was the king, and the 2nd priority was the successor, but Benedetta was the 2nd priority as a candidate for the successor, so it was a reasonable decision for the knights of the Royal Guard.

After leaving her palace, she said as she got into her carriage.

“I can’t wait to see what the villa will be like.”

“I’m looking forward to it too.”

In her carriage, sitting next to her, she shifted her hips and pulled her close to my side.

She then leaned over slightly, wrapping her arms around me.

“I am looking forward to sowing seeds at the villa.”

“… ….”

It was a moment when I was a bit worried about whether my stamina would last.

***

Arianna laughed at her belly button in her bed.

At the news that her sister Benedetta had followed Joel, having become a hostage herself.

I’ve become a fool to keep in check.

Never thought that she would destroy herself by being swayed by her fiancé in this way.

‘This dreadful competition for the successor is over now.’

In a normal case, according to the succession principle of the kingdom, the eldest son succeeds to the throne regardless of gender.

However, when the king was young, he was drunk and accidentally had relations with the first and second queens at the same time.

Without using contraceptive magic.

As a result, the first queen and the second queen conceived at the same time.

To make matters worse, I gave birth on the same day.

Arianna came out of her stomach two hours earlier, so she became Benedetta’s older sister.

‘Since I don’t have much magic, I can kill all those who said that Benedetta, who has a lot of magic, should be crowned.’

There was no provision in the kingdom’s succession rules if she was born on the same day.

There was a phrase that said the first born of twins would inherit the throne, but this is a rule for twins.

This does not apply to half-sisters, such as Arianna and Benedetta.

There was a stark contrast between Arin Annapa and Benede Tapa, who objected to Ariane Napa’s claim that the twins rule should be widely applied, saying that Arrian Napa’s argument was an earring if worn on her ear, and a nose ring if worn on her nose.

As a result, the king sided with Benede Tapa, and Arianna, from her childhood to the present, tried to win her competition.

‘It will be decided if I inform the world of the hero I found.’

Over the past five years, Ariannapa has collected and analyzed information about the legendary warrior.

As a result of the analysis, the hero’s wife went to a rural village in the kingdom alone and raised her hero’s child.

And just like that, the warrior’s lineage continued down the line.

Why the hero had left her wife alone in her country was unknown.

But to Arianna, that wasn’t the point.

The hero must have died anyway, and the important thing was the hero’s successor, Lando.

‘It takes a while for the hero to be friendly with Joel….’

You should be able to coax it well.

I’m sure Joel also tamed Lando that way.

The reason why Joel’s grades improved was probably because he joined the Lando Party.

What if Lando doesn’t listen to him and instead resists?

It’s not difficult to kill him who hasn’t fully developed as a hero yet.

‘If I have to, I just have to marry the dragon.’

Arianna looked in the mirror and smiled at her.