147 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream – (2)

By the time they returned to the imperial palace, the commotion had been sorted out.

Along the outer wall of the banquet hall, the carriages that nobles rode in were parked in a neatly organized state. In the midst of the protests of the nobles, a young official of the empire was wandering around holding a document with a quill in his ear. It was quite embarrassing to see him cry.

On the other hand, Milia, the guardian knight, bowed her head with an embarrassing expression as she listened to Yuri Erd’s reprimand, and Cora, who had been caught intact at the banquet hall, was wearing a face that was unfair to the world.

Now that I think about it, I didn’t even consider Korra. It seemed that sooner or later I would have to take it out with my authority.

“Where the hell are you coming from!”

And.

“Your Majesty! And…… Hoguk-kyung, no Iscobal!!!”

A loud voice.

The thing to come has come.

I sighed and looked in the direction from which the sound came from, where the magistrate, Coreld Higgins, was reddened as if he were about to explode at any moment. His whole head swelled in anger, it was like seeing him half a year ago when he was overweight.

Coreld came up to me without saying a word, then he came right in front of me. Then she looked at Lynchia and me alternately, then clenched her teeth and shouted loudly.

“What the hell are you doing! Going to Highlings was to prevent an imminent situation, so let’s say that! But! Wasn’t this thing absurd!”

Unsurprisingly, the fire command fell.

Actually, it was true that I acted recklessly. The authority of the empire would have fallen to the bottom as it was.

I raised both hands. In this case, I learned that it is best to get down quickly.

“Sorry. But…… All reasons…….”

I kept my mouth shut.

I have no excuse…….

Justification…….

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“No.”

Yes. There was no

There was none.

Breaking into a ball that was going well, swearing at the heir of the Duke of Rustitzel and kicking it out, touching the Emperor’s prison body and escaping were all.

All of them were felons, but there was no reason to make excuses.

“Lee! S! Nose! Foot!”

Correld seemed to be more enthusiastic about my appearance, and even threw the glasses he was holding onto the ground before walking towards me.

Then he grabbed my collar and glared at me with burning eyes.

“Hogukkyung! Do you know how much damage the empire will suffer from this?”

“How big…… ?”

“The annual tribute from the Duchy of Rusticel to the Imperial Family alone is one-third of the entire Empire! In other words! Even as a rough estimate, more than 10% of Sigrun’s subjects may be starving before harvest time in a few months! Do you understand now?!”

“…… Her.”

It was a lot more than expected.

Somehow, I heard that Darren’s shoulders are higher than the sky.

While I was burning, Coreld was vomiting passionately, even exhaling hot snorts.

“And! When something like the Grand Duke of Winter’s rebellion happened! What will happen if the duchy doesn’t send troops using this as an excuse!”

“…… Is it a big deal?!”

“Big deal? No! Perish! Totally ruined! Last winter, Grand Duke Aranion Elderheart’s army was able to come to a standoff in the vicinity of the Imperial Territory because of the cooperation of various ducal families, including the Duke of Rusticel! Without them, the forces of Elderheart would have pushed right into the capital! In the end, it means that the Capital Defense Force alone should have dealt with the northern elves!”

“…… Ok.”

“Now do you understand the seriousness of the situation? Not all ducal families will cut ties with this incident! As long as they are even a little uncooperative, I’m telling them that nothing will benefit the imperial family or even the empire!”

In the end, I had no choice but to hang my head.

He bent his back at 90 degrees and apologized.

“Sorry. It was my negligence.”

“This time…… , I just can’t get over it. We will convene an extraordinary council meeting immediately to discuss the disciplinary procedure against the border guards.”

“… ….”

Well, this is how it works.

It’s unfortunate, but should I accept it sweetly?

The fact that the authority is reduced means that there will be a problem in protecting Lynthia.

It was that moment when he thought of a countermeasure while chewing on his parched lips.

“Hogukkyung. Eat your head.”

A high-pitched voice that resonates resoundingly.

Correld, who had been acting upright, also suddenly relaxed at the sound of that voice.

“Your Majesty?”

“I’ll say it again. Hoguk-kyung, keep your head up.”

“…… Yes.”

Hesitantly, he looked up, and Lyncia was looking at Coreld with her arms crossed.

Her pale pink lips opened slowly.

“Mr. Huggins, what did you just say?”

“Me, are you talking about me?”

Coreld pointed at herself and tilted her head.

“Who else is here besides Mr. Haggins?”

Lin Xia said that in her subdued tone.

I also swallowed my saliva at the somewhat blunt tone.

“Mr. Heggins just convened a temporary council meeting and said he would discipline the defenders. Right?”

“…… Yes…… It is.”

“Whose authority is that?”

“…… Yes?”

“Does that mean that the emperor’s appointed guardians will be judged outside of the emperor’s laws?”

Lyncia’s eyebrows began to curl.

At that moment, everyone in the room clearly understood.

Now she was quite upset.

“What did you say to my aide earlier?”

“… ….”

“I don’t think the magistrate who has sworn allegiance to the empire doesn’t know the meaning of the four letters, rash and reckless.”

“…… Lung, Your Majesty it!”

“Sir Fried broke into the ball and insulted the duchy? It was all my will. Above all, because he understands my will well, he appointed me as the Ho-border. So, this is a problem I have to face on my own. Not Mr. Haggins.”

Lynxia bobbed her head slightly.

The ends of her hair, wet with her spring water, splashed glistening drops.

Lynxia’s haughty yet calm appearance was never unfamiliar to her.

Soon, I figured out the identity of the sense of incongruity.

“Or…… Should this be regarded as a protest against the emperor?”

During the duke’s meeting, when she encountered the mouse king.

At that moment, it was similar to the attitude Lin Xia showed during her negotiations.

“Oh no! You are wrong! Wherever I am…….”

“Yes. That Mr. Heggins’ love for the empire is extraordinary. I know. But.”

Lyncia said it clearly.

“I hope you refrain from commenting on the person I appointed. Because I know how to do it. And most of all, interrogating my aides…….”

“… ….”

“As expected, it’s unpleasant.”

Finally, Lynxia twisted her mouth slightly.

She must have been smiling in her other words to lighten her mood. However, there was already only cold silence in front of the banquet hall.

The nobles who were protesting were also looking at Lynthia with their eyes wide open.

“What do you mean, this… ….”

What are you going to do with this atmosphere?

At the moment I was in trouble, an accident occurred.

“…… Lungs, Your Majesty!”

Suddenly, Coreld swallowed her breath as if thrilled, and her tears began to flow.

He got down on one knee and bowed his head.

“Sosin, I can’t help but be moved!”

“…… Eh?”

In this case, Lin Xia blinked her eyes as if she was dumbfounded.

But Coreld said in an excited voice as if he was having fun.

“The appearance of a monarch who spreads his will with determination! It seems that His Majesty is finally starting to resemble the emperor, so I think it’s okay to let go of your convictions.”

“… ….”

“That’s right. What about the Duke of Rusticel and the successor! I guess that’s good! Even if His Majesty shows the appearance of a monarch! The future of the empire is already brighter than that moonlight!”

Coreld said that and shook his shoulders.

From his attitude, he never seemed to be flattering. He seemed genuinely thrilled with Lynxia’s appearance.

I wanted to be a masochist, but after all, Coreld was Coreld.

“You.”

I continued with a small smile.

“As expected, loyal subjects.”

As others have said, the Empire needed a person like Coreld.

In the end, Xia Lin also untied her arms as if giving up. She did and she trudged over and bent her knees in front of her corel de and she put her hand on his shoulder.

“Mr. Heggins.”

“Yup!”

“I am very happy that you think about the future of the imperial family more than anyone else.”

Coreld raised her head at Lyncia’s words.

Then she made eye contact with her and she started to cry.

Is there anything like that?

“Mr. Heggins.”

“Yes, yes!”

“I don’t have to worry about anything about marriage or succession.”

“…… What is that word…….”

Coreld blinked his wet eyes.

Lynxia put her hands on her stomach with a benevolent smile like that of a saint.

Then I glanced at her from the side of her eye.

“Everything, I solved it.”

… ….

Static.

A chilly silence.

A prickly gaze.

A muffled voice.

The fact that the target was me was needless to say.

“No, wait.”

“Iscobaaa!”

Koreld hurriedly got up from his seat and started running toward me.

“Oh no! Misunderstanding! I didn’t! Didn’t! Lyncia! Say something!”

In the end, I had to sweat hard to explain the situation to Koreld, who rushed at me like crazy, while receiving the scornful stares of the people around me, including the nobles.

*

“Ha ha ha ha! Did you see that expression earlier, Fried? It’s so funny!”

A few minutes from that.

The misunderstanding that grew like a snowball ended when Lyncia intervened.

But as she walked down the street she started giggling as if she liked the skit she had just had.

“Lyncia may have enjoyed it, but not me.”

It was terrifying to run at it as if to kill a real person.

If so, would you have seriously contemplated whether to slap her chin with mana and knock her out?

“I will have to apologize to Mr. Higgins later. Because I played a little bit of a joke.”

“…… Lynchia, do whatever you want.”

“Are you mad? hehehehe.”

“No.”

I don’t think so.

Perhaps.

Lyncia giggled and asked me questions, wondering if my reaction was interesting, but I responded with silence throughout.

And how long has it been?

In a different tone than before, Lyncia asked me.

“Freed. So, what do you think of the story I just said?”

“… ….”

When I said the story just now, it must have been the proposal at the conference hall.

A story about marriage.

The moment I thought about it, the scene of that moment naturally came to my mind.

Lyncia’s beautiful lips move.

‘Freed is marrying me.’

With that declaration alone, it seemed as if Lyncia had become a different person.

As I was dumbfounded and embarrassed, Lynxia lightly pinched her lower lip with her finger placed over my mouth.

‘How are you? Sounds like a good suggestion, doesn’t it? If you marry me, you can have half the empire.’

‘…… That.’

‘It’s still too early? That’s why I’m already being courted by another man today.’

Lyncia smiled brightly as she said that.

I dare not open my mouth at her beautiful figure against the background of the moonlight.

After all, after I didn’t say anything for a while, Xia Lin hugged my chest as if she was collapsing, and she spoke quietly.

‘Evidently, Fried doesn’t have to promise right now.’

‘… ….’

‘Please just stay where you are.’

Put your index finger on top of my chest as if poking it, and spin it round and round.

Lin Xia spoke in a sad voice, this time as if pleading.

‘On the spot. Don’t disappear don’t die don’t change All you have to do is smile at me.’

‘… ….’

‘It’s just a story.’

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‘…… Lynchia, that’s it.’

‘So, later, everything is over. If Fried’s mind is clearly decided.’

Lin Xia smiled, and on the other hand, she said with her mouth twitching, as if she was ashamed of herself.

‘At that time, all you have to do is hug me tight.’

In the end, I only nodded blankly at those words.

“Freed?”

“Oh, yes.”

At Lynthia’s question, my consciousness naturally returned to reality.

Shaking her head and looking straight ahead, Lin Xia was smiling broadly with her hands spread out.

“You don’t have to decide now. Did I tell you?”

“…… That’s right.”

As she nodded as if possessed, Lin Xia jumped up and down happily.

A smile comes naturally at that dainty figure.

“It’s prom night! Look at this! Freed!”

Lynxia put her hands behind her back, she looked up at the night sky, and she walked lightly. She

She didn’t know why, but she said she liked the feeling of stepping on the lawn, and she had taken off her shoes as well.

Lyn Xia, with her bare feet covered in pure white clothes, was like a fairy who came down from the moon.

Is that why? It was as if her feet were dancing.

“I see.”

As Lynxia herself said, she was the perfect look for a prom night.

Turning her body slightly, Lynxia held out her hand to me.

“Freed.”

“Yes.”

“Like Fried said, let’s dance to the fullest today.”

“…… Yes.”

I held out my hand as if I were an escort.

Somehow, it seems like the roles have changed, so stupid laughter flows out.

Looking up at Lynxia, she also stared at me with her brightly flushed face.

Those beautiful turquoise eyes and a refreshing smile inadvertently draw attention.

“…… Surely.”

8 Months.

It seemed like enough time to like someone.