I Returned As the Governor of the Country That Abandoned Me

50 – To the Princess and Hiran

“If you go, you don’t know when you’ll be back. Are you okay?”

The family of Count Robertaine after the funeral of the crown prince. Her father asked the princess, but she just smiled and climbed into her carriage.

“Even if I said I was giving up the imperial power, they wouldn’t believe me.”

The princess who commands the entire army of the empire and has the military minister as her guardian. Because her military ministers know the influence she has, they will not believe her words and will continue to try to keep her in check.

“Rather, it might be safe here.”

On behalf of the military, Gerald von Robertien. Even among nobles, the influence is considerable, so no matter how many 2nd princes they are, they will not be able to touch this place directly.

“Just. I want to rest for a while.”

However, the princess was firm in her thoughts. She is determined to leave the Empire and go to Hailan.

Hearing that she wanted to rest, we had no choice but to remain silent. She pretended to be recuperating as her purpose in going to Hailan, but maybe she didn’t know if she really needed recuperation.

“If it’s not possible.. It can’t be helped.”

Maybe it’s because she realized that the princess’s will could not be broken. My father smiled and bowed his head at her words.

Soon after, the princess got on the carriage completely. Ariel and I stood on either side of her to escort her carriage.

“Son.”

“Yes, Father.”

“Your Highness seems to be very heartbroken, so I hope you will comfort him.”

“..I don’t know if I will be able to comfort you.”

I know why she’s put her sadness away. It was the death of the prince. It seemed like nothing had happened until a while ago, but starting from her funeral, she was in sorrow.

No matter how much others offer comfort, no words can comfort the death of a family member. Even if he is the only one who accepted him into his family.

“Consolation is not just words.”

It was then. What my mother would wear.

“A person who is comforting just being together. Just having such a person by our side can give us comfort.”

It doesn’t have to be words. Just being by my side is comforting.

My mother definitely said that.

“.. I see.”

At my mother’s words, I nodded. Just being by your side is comforting. It was as if he knew what the words meant.

“Your Highness, may I depart?”

Time was running out, so I approached the carriage and asked.

“Yes. I’m fine.”

After a while, a departure command was heard from inside the wagon.

“Then, let’s go.”

“Yes. Take care of yourself. Take good care of Her Highness.”

We left the mansion with our father and mother seeing us off. Going to Highlan with the princess was something he was determined to do, but actually going to Highlan together with the princess gave him a strange feeling.

“Aran Youngsik.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

While moving to Hailan, the princess called me from inside the carriage.

“Isn’t there another one?”

The person she is talking about is probably Serena. Unfortunately, she returned to Hailan first.

“I had a schedule, so I returned it first.”

“.. I see.”

Serena attended the crown prince’s funeral and immediately departed for Hairan. She definitely had no reason to stay in the Empire anymore, and she had to go and prepare to greet her princess first.

There must have been an uproar on Hiran’s side as well. In the yard where the prince died, suddenly the princess came to their country for recuperation.

“Is Aran Youngshik okay?”

“What do you mean?”

“It’s just… Everything. I think it will be painful. If I tell you to stay in the palace where you were with your older brother, where there are only enemies around you.”

“… “

“Is Aran Youngsik okay? Being in a country that has abandoned you, a country that has only enemies around you.”

Even in this situation, she was worried about me. Talking of her own pain and mine.

But to be honest, it wasn’t particularly painful. Hailan is my homeland, but 10 years was enough to make me forget that fact.

Right now, the gaze I look at them is close to compassion. A corrupt aristocrat and young people trying to change it. However, I have no intention of helping them out of pity. It’s true that they abandoned me.

“Did you say Ariel? How about you? Aren’t we resentful?”

The princess asked Ariel this time. Ariel seemed to be lost in thought for a moment, then he opened his mouth right away.

“I am not resentful.”

“Is that so?”

“The person who accepted me is here, and the people who like me are here, so how can I be resentful?”

“Am I included among those people I like?”

“I am an imperial citizen. As a citizen of the Empire, it is only natural to revere Her Highness.”

Ariel answered her. Clearly, the liquidation water. When did your speaking skills improve so much?

As we talked about this and that, we arrived at the border of Hailan. In front of him, Serena had brought all the imperial troops stationed in Hiran.

As we pass through the border of Hailan, soldiers line up on both sides of it. The carriage in which the princess rode entered Hairan, cheered by the soldiers.

“Serena von Hernasia, Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Forces stationed in the Kingdom of High Iran. Greetings, Your Highness, the noble princess.”

Before long, she, who was standing at the front of her, knelt down towards her carriage and said. Accordingly, the princess slowly got off her carriage and held her hand.

“Isn’t this kind of welcome too much?”

“No. We welcome someone who inherits the noble lineage of the empire, but even this is not enough.”

“I see…”

She said with a shy smile. Soon, servants from her kingdom bowed their heads to her, and diplomats from the Commonwealth Kingdom also bowed their heads to her.

“Your Highness. I’ll see you The Queen awaits Her Highness.”

The princess of an empire and the queen of a kingdom have the same status. But the queen is the ruler of the kingdom. That’s why, the two of them are polite and careful with each other.

“I feel sorry for the Queen.”

Hilan’s troops also began to escort the princess’ carriage. The place we are heading to is the inner castle where the queen is. Citizens of Hairan came out to the streets to see the face of the princess on every road they went.

“Your Excellency.”

The road to introspection. It was then that Serena came to me.

“It’s been a while.”

“Yes, it’s been a while.”

She speaks with a soft smile. Seeing her like that, I unknowingly smiled.

“Ah, there is something more to report than that.”

“Report.”

Serena heard me, she looked around for a moment and then she said to me.

“I have found the expected location of the Resistance stronghold.”

“… Did he contact you?”

A spy hidden in Kai’s party to find the stronghold of the Resistance. Perhaps the guy did his job perfectly.

“Yes, it is. The expected location of the resistance base is…”

“For a while. Pause.”

“Yes?”

I stopped Serena from trying to report the location of the Resistance stronghold. Then he pulled out a book from her arms.

“Your Excellency. This..”

“I don’t know either. Some people call it the ‘Bible’.”

What I took out was a book that an organization called Dark Spirit gave me last time. They seemed to have blind faith in this.

‘Surely, here..’

I slowly opened the book. In this bible, information related to the resistance was also written.

‘I found it.’

Information about the Resistance. Among them, what I found was information about the location of the base of the Resistance.

‘Belongs to the Commonwealth Kingdom of Unas, is it the Kingdom of Otel?’

The base of the resistance written in this book is Otel Kingdom. I’m not the type to believe in this bible, but this time I decided to test it out.

“Report.”

“Yes. The expected location of the resistance base is said to be near the Kingdom of Rohen.”

“Near the Kingdom of Lohen? If not…”

“Yes. It is estimated to be Otel Kingdom.”

At her words, I lost my mind for a moment. This scripture that the Dark Spirit gave me. Is this really real?

“What is Her Highness’s schedule like?”

“First, it starts with meeting the Queen of Hailan and enjoying a tea party, and ends with a speech in front of the kingdom’s nobles.”

“Are diplomats from the Commonwealth coming?”

“Yes. Those who have come now are just a few, and the rest of the diplomats are preparing to greet Her Highness in the inner castle.”

“I see.”

A place for a celebration party to welcome the princess. I’m sorry to the princess, but I’m going to use that position to negotiate with the diplomats of the Commonwealth Kingdom.

Poo-

As we entered the outer castle of Hailan, the sound of a huge trumpet filled the sky. Before long, the queen appeared to meet the princess with hundreds of servants.

Seeing that, the princess slowly got off her carriage.

“Welcome to the kingdom of Hailan.”

“No. I am just grateful that you welcomed me this way.”

Meeting between the Queen of the Kingdom of Hiran and the 5th Princess of the Empire. Everyone around me started focusing on this strange combination.