My Fiancee Was the Villainess of This World

14 – The King of the People and the Emperor of the Empire

Now it seems that breaking up with Priscilla has become an equation that marks the start of a new week and is engraved in my head.

So it must be that the reluctant witch is feeling so complicated about returning to her house.

“Did you cough, Your Highness?”

“Yes, did you have any problems last night?”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“Good job.”

The more I meet Priscilla, the more the environment around me becomes noticeably different.

First of all, there are no servants who fear me at least in the current Biryongguan.

Rather—

“Hmmm! You’re a lowly guy, so you’ll have to do this.”

“Seria. It’s not stupidity, it’s lingering?”

“Oh, that’s right. Stupid boy! I must do it like this.”

“Please speak more comfortably from now on, this is an order.”

… I’ll welcome you.

When I met Priscilla in the drawing room, the story leaked out like this.

However, at that time, only one of her maids, Annette, was the only one who could be called a witness.

So the most exciting thing was the end of one maid named Annette who witnessed it in person, and the rest of the maids showed interest close to curiosity and a little dubious feeling.

But how was it this time?

In fact, he did such and such things in the garden of the Biryong Hall, which is completely open to servants.

I can’t even guess how many witnesses there were.

Maybe—

‘Maybe everyone has seen it….’

Otherwise, there’s no way everyone would be sharing my story with such excitement.

It felt like my head was already hurting.

─ Your Highness! When your head hurts, you need to move your body!

For me to think of the knight commander here.

I was about to break out in a cold sweat when I remembered the sight of that hot man smiling proudly, showing his teeth.

‘Still, I heard that the deputy captain is common sense….’

I won’t make you do something as ignorant as the knight commander.

“Did you cough, Your Highness!”

“Yes, I heard from Sir Bertrand. I said you would work hard on my training this time.”

By the way, this is a parade ground where soldiers train.

Aren’t the soldiers doing their morning training in the distance staring at me?

“Yes! I heard that Your Highness said that he also learns swordsmanship.”

“Yes, I said so.”

“That’s why I brought you here!”

The assistant captain is also quite old.

However, like a new recruit who has just joined the army, his spirited appearance is indeed—

‘It’s scary.’

This is not a memory of this life.

It is the anxiety creeping up from the memories of the previous life.

This is….

“How far are you aiming, Your Highness?”

What are you aiming for?

I looked at the acting knight commander with a slightly confused expression.

Then he just stared at me as if he would answer after hearing my answer.

‘Are you asking about the state?’

“It should be at least a level that sets an example for the soldiers.”

The imperial family is a being with responsibilities as much as the power they enjoy.

So once you start, you have to become better than the soldiers.

So, when he brought out the standard answer, the acting knight leader nodded his head broadly with his eyes sparkling.

“Yes! That’s it!”

The acting captain of the knights moved his gaze to the hard-training soldiers with his eyes shining.

“Simple physical training can be done anywhere. You can do it alone. But swordsmanship is, after all, the only way to know how to grow by comparing yourself to someone else.”

Ah, so now look at me and have a competitive relationship with them?

“First of all, let’s start with a light canter! Are you all right!”

It is a reasonable teaching in its own way, so you can trust and follow it.

“Okay, let’s start.”

I’m sure it’ll be fine.

……

…

“I miss Sir Bertrand today.”

“Are you aiming for the knight commander already?! After all, you are from the royal family!”

Unlimited trust and anticipation.

What the hell did the acting knight commander live for? He was a nightmare-like man who squeezed me even more than the knight commander, saying that if it were a member of the royal family, this much would be possible.

‘It must be Dior.’

He enjoyed playing with the commoners, so he must have trained with the other soldiers here too.

It was clear that the deputy captain of the knights who saw that was using him as the reference point.

‘Damn it….’

In terms of physique, this side has the upper hand, but apart from horseback riding and hunting, I’m basically a person who only enjoyed drinking and gambling!

What the hell are you trying to make of me, Acting Knight Commander… !

As expected, they play together.

The leader of the knights is like that, but the people under him can’t be normal.

Thought so to my heart, I desperately swung my wooden sword following the order of the acting knight commander.

‘… It’s a relief that a visit to the sanitation department is scheduled for the afternoon.’

Originally, I was going to visit because of an infectious disease, but I thought I should ask for some treatment for my hand.

Those who don’t know ‘moderately’.

While I was spitting out disgust inwardly, I heard a commotion from somewhere.

That was the sound of the soldiers I was training with.

Who is coming?

“Good morning, brother.”

“… Yes, good morning.”

Noble man can’t… No, the emperor is a bad boy.

It was Dior.

Well, from the beginning he was reputed to be a genius who doubled as a master of both literary and martial arts, so he must have always frequented the parade ground.

‘… Does that mean I have to see this guy’s face from now on?’

The captain of the knights, I was uncomfortable with this guy, so he adjusted it well for me, but the person called Dae-ri is tsk tsk….

“You have changed. Is this all thanks to Miss Priscilla?”

I listened to Dior’s words with one ear and swung his wooden sword.

It was because I had to swing 400 more times to get out of here in a hurry.

“Think what you like.”

What do you know?

A guy who enjoys playing commoners with an iron plate on his face at most….

It is obvious that he came to observe and check me, who is still showing a sudden change.

‘I was really young too.’

I don’t know how this blatantly narrow-minded guy lived such a servile life.

Is it because I have lived almost 40 years, even borrowing memories from my previous life?

Unlike in the past, each and every action of Dior was an eyesore in a more realistic sense.

“Oh, as expected Dior!”

It’s a little bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of .

After I show off my ugly side, I show off my swordsmanship, which is almost complete.

That alone is to make the people around me aware of the gap between me and myself.

I am in a situation where I can just call it morning training.

What if I shoot him here?

‘I’ll only earn the reputation of being a less-than-addicted prince.’

So clever.

But that only works for the old me who only enjoyed drinking and gambling.

Right now, I just feel like I’m a little disrespectful.

It’s a pity, you who can’t become emperor….

“Whoa.”

As soon as Dior picked up the sword again, the people around him seemed motivated and began to train even harder.

Since the imperial family showed such a great figure, he must have judged that the soldiers who believed in him and followed him should work harder.

“That’s quite right, Dior.”

“hahahaha, it’s just a small trick.”

Then, what would you like to say about you, who are worse than those little talents?

Heh heh, it is indeed a vessel unsuitable for an emperor.

You who cannot become emperor.

I still ignored the guy next to me and swung his wooden sword thoroughly.

If I swing my sword 200 more times, I’ll be able to get out of here.

“I’d like to chat for a bit. Do you have time?”

“I’m sorry. Today’s schedule is full. No, you must be busy all week.”

In the early morning, you have to train your physical strength and learn the royal studies in earnest, which you threw away until noon.

And after noon we have to stop by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Health to talk about the post-mortem related to the epidemic.

You must be busy at least this week.

“….”

Dior twitched his eyebrows for a second, as if he thought I was avoiding him.

It must be a subtle sense of superiority.

“You wouldn’t be free either, would you? Isn’t there someone waiting for your touch?”

I understand that Dior is a commoner who hides his identity and does volunteer work.

It was through this volunteer activity that the heroine met Dior.

I’m not sure how the story progresses after that, but since the orphanage often appeared as a background CG, I think it’s a related story.

“… hahahaha, I thought you weren’t interested in me at all.”

“What? Even though their mothers are different, they are brothers.”

The faint sense of superiority that had been felt on the guy’s face had completely disappeared.

This time, it seems like a very sharp atmosphere is coming out, like a cat whose tail has been stepped on.

The guy you thought he was reckless must be wary of you because he’s sincere.

“Let’s play house in moderation.”

I glanced sideways at Dior and then muttered that.

“… It is not a playing house.”

Usually, it’s a smile that splits the thread, but when you frown, the impression becomes very strong with the red hair.

Even if you look at it, you are spreading the feeling that the atmosphere is not normal.

Surely, the eyes of the people around you are flocking to this place.

“You just drank from the poisoned chalice, Dior.”

“What is that,”

“It is said that reputation is useless after all.”

Aren’t you volunteering at an orphanage with a good heart?

Don’t you know that you’re doing it for the sake of reputation after all?

“… It’s better than drinking from a glass so it doesn’t dry out.”

What an awkward attack.

“I stopped drinking.”

“… Yes?”

In my previous life, I was an idiot who immediately blushed after a few drinks.

I’m sure I hate alcohol because of the memories of that jerk, but I still love alcohol.

It’s just that it’s no longer an environment where you can enjoy drinking.

The next time you drink—

‘It’s probably just the moment of the toast.’

Keep going around like that, Dior.

A guy who has already reached the end point will have no choice but to look back, worrying about the pursuer.

“In the desert, there is a life that is dying of thirst right away. The act of handing a water bottle like my lifeline to such a person. It is truly noble.”

“….”

Dior’s eyebrows twitched at the unexpected words.

The next 150 times.

“But how about the owner of the oasis filling the rolling water bottle with water?”

“… Even if the values are different, saving a dying person is the same.”

That’s right.

Even if you do hypocrisy for the sake of reputation, if someone is saved because of it, that is close to good.

But—

“Dior. Where are you looking?”

The next 130 times.

“What do you mean, brother?”

“Are you trying to become the king of the common people, or are you aiming to become the emperor of this empire?”

The next 120 times.

Dior kept his mouth shut as if he couldn’t bear to choose the word of becoming emperor here.

“You are just playing the role of king of the common people.”

From now on, number 110.

“That wide desert. Not one or two thirsty people. But you can only help a handful of humans who come to the oasis. Yes, you can call him the king of the oasis.”

The next 100 times.

“… Better than those whom no one can save.”

“Yes, definitely better. You are right.”

Still, it’s better than an older brother who wastes his time drinking.

Dior seemed to want to say that.

You got caught.

You fool.

No matter how you describe it, you must have been a kid around 14 years old.

“However, if you develop an oasis, build a city in the desert, and run a scouting party, the death rate will be drastically reduced.”

“….”

“That is what the emperor of the empire can do, not the king of the common people.”

“Brother, what is that now….”

“If you really cared for the people in need, you would have met the prime minister and obtained financial resources to support the orphans. Isn’t it?”

You just pretended to be nice and waited to build a good reputation around you, didn’t you?

It felt like the sediment that had accumulated over the past few years was melting away.

You look good, Dior.

“You will regret it.”

Regret….

“If I regret it, I did it to my heart’s content. Now, even if one or two regrets are mixed, I don’t even notice.”

The next 30 times.

“Didn’t you come a little earlier?”

“It is rather late.”

Twenty times ahead!

“I will keep my brother’s blessings in mind.”

Dior spat that out and left.

Yeah, be sure to engrave it in your head.

That the sense of defeat you felt now made me who I am today.

Work hard.

You can’t become emperor anyway.

hahahahaha!

3, 2, 1.

Okay, that’s it!

After swinging my wooden sword for the last time, I calmed my burning breath.

Now, let’s go back.

“Okay, I’m going to use my last strength to train my lower body. Ready to squat!”

“What?!”

Ha, king of the common people.

Be diligent.

It seems that the Emperor of the Empire is over today….