Continental Hero Senki
noble duty
The calendar goes back about a month.
A group headed to Silonsk, the king's capital of the Kingdom of Silesia. Emilia Silesia was troubled in the luxurious carriage in it.
In a series of cases she found out that she was incompetent. It would be unforgivable for those who had no knowledge or talent to hold the crown, even if they were first in line for the right to inherit the throne, I thought so.
But it is also true that she is only 10 years old and that the crown is still a story ahead.
The princess decided to improve her abilities.
I don't know what to do with that. Because it was always my father's or my uncle's job to think about these things.
But she didn't try to get input from anyone else.
If I can't think and make my own decisions about this level, I guess it's useless to do anything else.
The first thing I came up with was to abandon the right to inherit the throne.
But it didn't feel right away.
Abandoning the right to inherit the throne is easy and an easy path. But if you throw it away, you'll never come back to me, and besides, I'm just running away from the obligations I owe you.
Besides, my father wouldn't allow it. My father really wants me to inherit the throne. Now it seems to be the will of my late mother.
To her, Mother is nothing more than to say that she is a character in the painting, but to Father it does not seem so, and Mother's will seems to have the same value as the Word given by God.
So what do I do?
Thoughts always end here.
Let's change our perspective.
Why would I want to take the throne?
I don't want to lose to my uncle, for some extremely selfish and selfish reasons.
but what I think more than that is the figure of the one who died shielded to protect himself.
They died because they were in a special position as royalty.
If you renounce your right to inheritance without taking the throne, you will not be sorry for the dead. We may be cursed and disappointed to find ourselves dead to protect the royalty who flees with this.
I am a safe royal palace, I am not allowed to live a lavish life simply by saying I am royal without a throne and without any knowledge or talent.
During the war, it is unacceptable to pretend not to see those who live alone in a safe royal palace and go to death on the battlefield.
Because if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be here.
When she came to this idea, she knew her duty.
"When you return to the royal palace, you must talk to your father."
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Sironsk, the king's capital, the royal palace at its center.
In that one room, he was troubled.
His name is Franz Silesia. As the seventh king of the Kingdom of Silesia, he is the father of my all-daughter Emilia Silesia.
The seeds of his troubles are not the number of victims and the cost of war increased by the war against neighbouring countries…. It's about my daughter.
My daughter traveled to attend a ceremony in her neighbor, Carlsbert, where a coup d 'état broke out and even started a war.
It was the king himself who instructed his daughter to go to Carlsbert.
She is a boxed daughter and my only daughter, but in the future, she was wondering who would inherit the crown, whether it was time to let her participate in official duties.
The debut of royalty and nobility is more or less some official ceremony. In Emilia's case, that debut was Carlsbert's ceremony.
but the results can be seen.
My daughter was driven around by enemy forces and returned to the king's capital with orders.
Father, you're gonna hate me!
"That's why I said no! I don't like your father anymore! I don't even know what to say! Pants, don't wash them with me!
If my daughter tells me that, the king is confident he will commit suicide. Before he was king, he had no choice because he was the father of one with a pretty daughter.
"Your Majesty, Princess Emilia is asking for a meeting"
Gee.
What should I do? I knew it would piss me off. What will my heart say? I haven't heard about half of my daughter's mine before, but I'll have to swallow any demands this time. Otherwise, I'll die for the worst.
"Mm-hmm. Got it. Tell him to come to my office."
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A few minutes later, my daughter came to the king's office.
What will you say of me this time? thrilled.
"Father, I need to fold in and talk to you"
"... what is it?
Are we talking about laundry?
"I need permission to enroll in my cadet school."
Huh?
Whoa. Thinking stopped because of something so abrupt.
... cadet school? Not an aristocratic school?
"Ask why"
I want to go into cadet school and kill people! If I say something like that, I just have to stop it.
"That's royal duty, because that's what I felt."
Hey, is this really that my only daughter? Did you eat even bad things in Carlsbert?
I'm not expecting that girl to use the term "royal duty".
"What is royal duty to Emilia?"
The term royal duty, or nobility duty, has long been.
Because the people will not be convinced if they do not assume the same duties as their positions and powers. Regardless, some aristocrats duly cloud their tea because it is not explicitly cultured by the law, unlike tax obligations, etc. That's more like it.
"The royal duty to me is to keep my back with the people, to be the shield of the people, to protect the people"
"You want to go to cadet school for that?
"Yes."
How did this happen?
No, I generally can guess. The closest samurai and escorts beside his daughter were chased by enemy soldiers, and about half of them were unable to return. I saw that up close, and I guess I thought about it.
But a cadet school is unexpected.
If this were an aristocratic school, I would have waved a major player and sent him out.
An aristocratic school is literally an elite school that only aristocrats are allowed to attend. The entry and exit of civilians other than officials is forbidden.
The great aristocrats who will succeed to the title in the future will go there, receive higher education, learn manners and make connections. And sunny, noble debuts, encouragement in government or serving the kingdom in the territory.
"Pretty good idea, but it's not just about standing on the battlefield protecting the people. At the royal palace, no, it doesn't have to be the royal palace. Why don't we do our affairs in the border territories and make them rich lands, as we once did in the Continental Empire? It can also be a fine royal duty enough. You should go to an aristocratic school to learn it."
"Then you can't."
I don't think so.
"Yes. I'm never neglecting internal affairs, I'm not saying, but then I don't feel right"
"Why?"
"I don't feel comfortable spending time in a safe royal palace or in a safe governor's office. I, Princess Emilia, have been helped by a civilian soldier. The soldiers defended me with their lives. Then I, too, must protect them with my life. And..."
"And?"
Emilia, breathing loudly, said out loud.
"Besides, the soldiers are not convinced that the king directs war and directs soldiers from within a safe royal palace away from the battlefield! Soldiers are also human beings, not pawns!
It's an earache story.
I was directing a war from this royal palace. Even when I said command, I left the practice to the military, but I was directing the war from the safe royal palace.
Soldiers stand in the dead. And the king directs, praises, and sometimes trumps the war in a safe place.
"I don't want to kill people. I don't want to direct the war. But I can't stand to apologize for running away from the battlefield any more than I can for being in a position to lead the people!
... Soon I got splendid.
I'm not a cold person enough to override my daughter's suggestion that I made such an important decision.
If I miss this opportunity, my daughter could stay a boxed daughter for the rest of her life.
"Fortunately, I hear you can also learn about home affairs at the cadet school. It is also possible to return to the royal palace after graduating from the cadet school and devote ourselves to internal affairs"
"Okay."
"... Father!
"subject to conditions"
"... what is it"
Even so, I am not going to issue difficult conditions. I have a duty, too.
"First, concealing the royal identity"
When it comes to cadet school, it's not necessarily safe. Fortunately, few people know their faces because their daughter's noble debut is not yet.
Besides, if you want to fulfill your royal duties, it's not a good idea to be deceived as royalty in school. Just let the faculty know.
"Secondly, enroll one escort, together"
I just said escort and caregiver. I don't think this boxed girl can suddenly go to cadet school and adapt. Do you want me to combine surveillance? Let me submit my reports to you regularly.
"Thirdly, I will not allow you to leave school. When it comes to grades, I don't interfere."
I don't like royalty dropping out of school. Besides, my daughter wouldn't be happy to be able to graduate without any effort with a little bit of grades.
"Fourthly, five years of cadet school, ten years of military service."
This should be with the other cadets.
"Finally, enrolling in a cadet school now"
When I'm officially enrolled, I'm about six months ahead, but after that much time, my daughter may change her mind. Good hurries. I'll take care of the adjustment.
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"This is the condition. If I can't accept everything, I won't admit to cadet school."
After much trouble, my daughter made up her mind.
"Okay. Swallow all conditions."
...... eh. Are you going to swallow?
I was just hoping. "I'd be with your father if I were to swallow such conditions -! I was hoping."
"... then I won't stop Emilia from enrolling"
"Thank you. Father."
That said Emilia bowed her head deeply and left the office.
... really, changed. It's emotional how you think so much, even though you're only 10.
Franz shrugged as he stared at the closing door.
"Emilia is becoming more and more like you."
The office is decorated with paintings of the late queen.