I Became the illegitimate son of a duke

145 – Reign (4)

“Saint.”

“Zane? I was worried because I couldn’t see her in the palace these days, but where—- where?”

What is it?

While walking down the hallway, Jeanne’s voice, which she hadn’t heard in a long time, came from behind her, and she turned around in delight. Totally different.

Except for the time she was working as a maid, Jeanne wore only plain plain clothes and the nun’s uniform she received from Armand.

But the clothes Jeanne is wearing right now… Uh…

“Military uniform…? No, it’s a nun’s uniform.”

It’s too much to be called a nun’s uniform… I don’t have any godliness, but after looking closely and looking at the overall shape, I could barely tell that it was a nun’s uniform.

The normal nun’s uniform is black and puffy, but Jeanne’s nun’s uniform is not like that. The flimsy cloth has been changed to a very stiff material, and there is no waste of useless cloth.

Even so, the color is still black, so I feel the military conquest I saw in my previous life, and because of that, there is an illusion that the religious symbols on the nun’s uniform look like medals.

Above all, that sword-shaped cross ornament… Uh…

“What are those clothes…?”

“Ah, this is an improved nun’s uniform that I insisted on and passed in the theology department. Various religious uniforms such as existing nun’s uniforms and nuns didn’t even have the word of God related to them, but they were unnecessarily cumbersome, right? Besides, there were too many fabrics and decorations. It was also extravagant because it cost a lot of money, so I insisted on my opinion… hehehe, Armand-nim raised my hand.”

Jeanne looks around her body with her excited face.

Sometimes she doesn’t forget to highlight a certain part as if to appeal to me. She was very beautiful even with the existing puffy nun’s uniform, but now that she’s acting like that in a well-cut, improved nun’s uniform… That’s great. Also very.

‘…It’s been a while since Jeanne did this.’

I haven’t done anything like this since I got scolded before.

She probably said she would refrain from graduating from college?

…Wait.

“Oh.”

I forgot because I had so many things to do until now.

Once upon a time, when I asked if she was lonely, Jeanne said that she would put a break from having a relationship with me until I graduated from college, which was my order. And the graduation ceremony for the first jockey of the theology department to which Jeanne belonged ended a month ago.

In other words, even after Jeanne graduated, I did nothing for a month and neglected her.

Come to think of it, Jeanne disappeared not long after graduation. At the time, she said it was just a vacation, so I really thought it was.

To make such a mistake… I wish I had at least asked if you had forgotten me…!

“I’m sorry, Jeanne!!”

“Yes, yes?”

“Now that you’ve graduated, isn’t the order to exert her influence in the theology department over? But still, they neglect you and make you wander around like this…”

Jeanne left the palace exactly a month before her graduation ceremony.

She doesn’t know why she left, but if she made that decision because she felt abandoned by me, I feel very guilty.

No matter how close the relationship was forcibly made by Jeanne, apart from that, they maintained a generally gentle relationship before and after.

“Get a place in the palace as soon as possible—”

“Oh, no. I volunteered.”

“…Resources?”

But Jeanne suddenly says something strange of her own.

Resources, what resources?

“Yes, the task of understanding the church situation in Carolingian. Armand said that we needed to know the situation of the church in Carolingian, so most of the Dijon Theology graduates were hired to investigate the Carolingian church. I applied there. I did.”

“So you’ve been touring Caroling all this time?”

“hehehe, not all of them, but only some of them. We cut each section and took charge of it.”

What is it, be surprised. Say something and go.

Apart from Jeanne, it’s shocking that she didn’t tell me until Armand.

Couldn’t it be that you’re in charge of the church, so you didn’t have to report it to me? Is it your area where I can’t interfere?

Hmm… It’s not that I don’t understand, but it’s a little twisted.

“So, how were the churches in Carolingian?”

“Oh, it was terrible. More than the corrupt churches of Rotaring that were all burned by the hands of the Holy Son. Had I not had faith that I could purify them all, I would have done the things I did before I met the Holy Son. Will.”

“Uh… Really? We need to act quickly.”

For a moment, Jeanne was so afraid of her words that she was taken aback.

If you hadn’t believed that you could purify the church in Carolingian, you would have done what you did before you met me.

The condition of Caroling, where vested interests have been united for a long time and corruption is rampant, seems to be more serious than expected.

Come to think of it, I know that the riots of the Carolingian nobles and priests that came up in the past also happened for a similar reason.

“Of course! The Holy Son will do well.”

“Thank you, Jeanne.”

Jane cheers me on with a lively smile.

She said she had felt it for a long time, but she didn’t know why Jeanne liked me so much.

…No, let’s just say it was love at first sight.

Because human emotions are quite difficult to explain with reasons.

‘Well, unreasonable love is a common thing—-‘

“ㅡup?!”

Suddenly, my eyes go dark. At the same time, something soft presses against my stomach, making it difficult to breathe.

“Fuhaa… Holy Son, do you know that?”

After a while, Jeanne opened her mouth with an expression of ecstasy beyond satisfaction. She couldn’t possibly see the expression of a saintess.

“…What is it?”

“I’m at an age where it’s not strange to have a walking child.”

Jeanne’s breath and fingers tickled my skin, as if she had a slight resentment towards me.

…Ahh.

…………

“Ah… It’s the waist.”

Recently, even if my back hurts, it hurts too much.

I have so many things to do, I have to sit in my chair all the time and have to deal with Chloe and Ines at night, and even with Jeanne’s aggressive attitude as if she wants to repay the lack of affection for four years, I can’t help it. I can’t stand it.

I don’t think there is a saying that she works out for nothing. If she stays still like this, she sees only a debilitating future.

The problem is that I don’t have time to exercise at all.

I want to beat the bureaucrats and bounce around, but I can’t because there are too many things I have to do myself, such as adjusting disputes between vassals and distributing spoils according to my achievements in war.

Ah… I should have exercised when I was free…

“…Is anyone out there?”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“I’ll take a short walk, so if someone like Leclerc comes, tell me.”

“I will.”

You should jump out.

I don’t know, how do you deal with too much work?

The huge amount of work we have today has arisen rapidly because of the special situation of Caroling.

So anyway, if time passes, you’ll be able to regain your calm daily life, so there’s no need to run hard right now, right? Rather than eliminating it by doing a lot at once, doing little by little and reducing it gradually seems to be better for health and work efficiency.

Yes, this is not for me to run away, but for my health and work efficiency.

…………

“uuu…”

It seemed like Leclerc would come to visit me if I was inside the palace, so I just went outside with a little escort in plain clothes.

Citizens of Dijon didn’t know my face because I wasn’t active externally, and since I’m walking around with my face uncovered, they don’t seem to recognize that I’m really the king. Although she wears high-class clothes, she doesn’t find it particularly strange, as clothes of this level are now commonplace in Dijon.

Let’s see… Where to go…

‘I have to go to court.’

Other places, such as markets and plazas, would not have changed that much.

Compared to that, the court must have as many things to see as there are dynamic cases happening every day. Above all, since it’s an air service, it’ll be easy to escort me.

“Stop, for what purpose are you here?”

“Purpose…Just a walk, right?”

“…For that reason, we cannot grant you admission to the courts.”

At my untruthful confession, the soldier who was standing guard at the courthouse refused to enter the courtroom with an absurd tone.

Uh… It’s a real walk, but since it still doesn’t look like it, should I have changed my words, at least to the inspection?

“…Let’s see.”

“What are you guys like? If you keep doing this, you’ll get arrested— huh?”

I don’t think that was necessary.

My escorts were plain clothes, but they carried everything that could prove their identity, so just showing them solved the problem of admission. As a soldier serving in the most important central court, it seems that he was able to immediately recognize what was in the escort’s hand.

“Well then, work hard.”

“Uh, uh uh…”

Leave the white-faced soldier and walk into the courthouse.

Hmm… That soldier did a very good job, but I’m afraid he’ll suffer some kind of disadvantage or suffer from heartache for daring to stop me. He’s a great soldier, so I’ll have to tell him to take care of me later.

‘Oh… That’s neat.’

The inside is cleaner than expected, right?

Seeing that the building is in pristine condition even after such a surprise visit, it seems that the building is not only cleaned when I inspect it, but is kept clean on a regular basis.

My heart is pounding for no reason. It’s just cleaning, but seeing how much tax is being spent in the right place, it’s really-

“You bastards!!!”

“Your Majesty, let me see you!!”

“…?”

What is this roar?