No Fatigue: 24-jikan Tatakaeru Otoko no Tenseitan

"So you can see things have converged, right?

During the gaze, the king sitting on the throne asks Father Alfred.

My father answered with a single knee.

"Yes, the embrio removal from the embrio infected was solved by Edgar, while the temporary confinement of the embrio monster was solved by Berhardt and Asla, with the help of an underground necromancer for the embrio bug"

The king makes a difficult face.

"An underground Necromancer... I hear they destroyed Embriobugs at the expense of themselves. You have to reward me in some way. I am now ordering the secretary of the Royal Library to investigate the identities of two dead spirits. Let's build a monument in the Old Town as soon as we know the consequences."

"That will please them too"

"How's the damage done by the Embrio Monster?

"The citizens killed by the Embrio Monster go up to 137 combined in both cities. I was wondering if there would be more than a thousand serious injuries. There are a total of 19 embryo monsters who failed to restrain in time and were forced to destroy them. Because they're human beings, and counting them as victims, there are 156 dead in all."

"It's an impossible number to ignore... but given the circumstances, you should still see this as considerably dampened."

The king sighs.

"I had fallen behind on one of Embrio's cases, but I decided to punish Ellen"

"... May I ask here?

"I don't mind. They are also instrumental in solving the Ripper case."

The king separates words.

Tension ran during the glance.

"Ehrens shall be abolished and shut down in the prison tower for the rest of his life"

"It's..."

Alfred, Dad holds his mouth.

I have more than enough to observe how the king feels about having to shut his own son down.

"Don't say it. I still think this is a sweet punishment. But I decided I couldn't kill the prince."

I guess there were different temptations there.

The king's face was full of bitterness.

"Together, we will also be cautious about Irfrid by relieving him of the post of Temporary Dragon Knights Commander. There's room for reflection, like playing with women in the New Town or not noticing the prospects of Ellen."

The king sighed again.

"Totally......"

The king did not utter the continuation.

Embrio on the royal issue. Not only will it be hard to work hard, but it will also be hard to handle afterwards.

"Well, it's Alfred.... No, it's Edgar."

The king reworded it.

I was kneeling alongside my mother behind my father, and I look up.

"Yes."

"This time it worked, it was brilliant. Anything you want?

It had been informed beforehand that the king would hear that.

I'm ready for an answer.

"Yes."

"Tell me."

"Ha. The mastermind in this case is Hiroshi Kizaki, the reborn on the side of the evil gods. He knocked it down, but if his research gets to the manpower, it's gonna be tough. Please investigate and collect it."

"Fine. Instead, that doesn't have to be said. With me, I'm not going to be holding my hand any longer."

The king put up the wand he had in his hand - the king's symbol of command.

"King Vistogard I of the Kingdom of Santa Mana commands! The Army of the Kingdom of Santa Mana, with its total power, will calm the kingdom of Sonorat, a crumbling nation whose evil god forces take root!

The moment of sight turned.

It was... a march.

Civilians and martial officers rush out between glances.

"Let's do this. But it's Edgar. This will not be a reward for you. Anything else?

This return was unexpected.

No, it's also unexpected that the king struck a thoughtful hand in marching to Sonorat.

However, the investigation had been carried out by sending in secret detectives for a long time, but it had not yielded any results. If you want more than that, you just have to send in soldiers to calm down the kingdom of Sonorat. Sonorat's central government is so dysfunctional that it can't work together.

Anyway, if you're going to ask me one more wish, why don't I just say what I was thinking?

I haven't talked to my fathers, so they might get mad at me later.

Say it. Say it.

"- Then make my brother David Zafran Kühler the prime minister of this country"

Boo, some of the remaining civilians erupted.

Several others are coughing up.

My father, who was in front of me, opened his eyes and looked back at me.

The king has asked to be amused.

"Hmm... what about that heart?

"With my brother and my wonder, I will make this country much richer than it is now."

Once again, the moment of sight begins.

"Even though the threat of Hiroshi Pestle is gone, the evil god Monugonese is alive and well. You will surely send a second and third apostle to this continent. We need national power above all else to fight it."

That's exactly what I said to make it look as grand as possible.

The gaze is straight to the king.

The king looks like he can do something.

"Phew... ku... haha!

It seemed like the king was laughing.

"Interesting! Well said!

"Heh, Your Majesty! There is no precedent for this! Please, take a light-hearted decision..."

A civilian who had refrained right next to him tries to stop the king,

"- Okay. Edgar Culver. Let's bet on something else."

"Heh, Your Majesty!

"What are you wandering about? The Black Wolf Tooth, Yata-glass, and now the Ripper. That's the child who saved our country four times, isn't it? Then it would be natural to hear that wish"

"But it's in what children say! You can't really take this kind of paranoia, big language spectacular language!

"Edgar Culver is a reincarnator. I hear that wisdom is unimaginable to even the wise men of this world. His brother is also famous for his studies as one of the best cutters in the Royal Library. In fact, I stomached to have it become the foundation of my country without having to be wished for. Just now, the Chancellor's seat is empty. Then it's a good opportunity.

I hereby declare. King Vistogard I of the Kingdom of Santa Mana accepts the request of Edgar Culée and shall entrust David Zafran Culée, Authorized Secretary of the Royal Library, to the Prime Minister!

"Oh, oh...!

A civilian nods with his head in his arms.

... Woe to you. Is that my fault when it comes to the original?

"If it was meant to be, I would have slowly decided to take Ellen as Chancellor..."

The king crushes in loneliness.

There can be no one who can say anything to that word, and the sight ended as it was.

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- That night.

On the balcony of the royal castle, I - Alfred Culver - had a drink with two old friends.

"Old friends" is also awe-inspiring. I am His Majesty King Vistogard I of this country.

But only now is the time to abandon the position of King and Commander of the Royal Knights (Royal Guard) and promise to talk as just Al and Vis, the same as in cadet school.

It would be a big deal if Secretary Miyauchi found out about this.

"Not at all. Your son will surprise me again and again."

"That surprised me, too. I thought my heart would stop. If that's what you're gonna say, I wanted you to tell me in advance."

I laugh bitterly.

Vis also laughs bitterly.

At first glance, Vis gave a lonely look.

"Hey, Al. I wonder where I went wrong..."

What Vis would say is, of course, Prince Ellence II - the son of Vis.

While in the prince's body, he had a relationship with a lowly (and nobleman tells him) woman and conceived the child. Until now, it must not happen, but in fact it happens rarely among royalty and grand aristocracy.

The problem is that Prince Ellen chose the worst means to put an end to it.

Not only did he "erase" his opponent, but by disguising him as a cleaver (ripper) case, he made it look as if the woman who had ties to the prince wasn't pregnant. It has nothing to do with killing a maid of honor with Prince Ilfreed and pushing the dishonor of infidelity. No, rather, there is a verse that I even thought would give me an advantage in the competition for succession to the throne by uncovering the "facts" that my brother, Prince Irfrid's maiden, was pregnant with.

Prince Ehrens obviously doesn't see people as people. I don't think anything about using people for my ambitions.

In that regard, the Prince did not resemble Vis or his mother, the Third Queen.

Indeed, how did this happen?

I think Ed has a point about this.

Ed said:

"When parents are too upstanding, children can feel cramped and rebel," he said.

Sometimes it seems that children of teachers and police officers (like officers knights) rebel against parents who care about decency and defy their parents to apply mud to their decency.

In my own experience, the son of a great nobleman rarely works a prodigal act.

Being the son of the famous Vis as King of Wisdom, being sick and weak and not involved in public affairs for a long time, having an excellent but different temperament brother who is seen as the next king.

Haven't all those things piled up and Prince Ellens distorted his mind and started justifying his unscrupulous offense?

It's just that David said:

"Prince Ellen has been cold against others from the beginning," he said.

Though loving in appearance, the truth is that the prince discerned by whether he could or could not use the person in front of him, and there was something like thinking about dating him afterwards.

David himself said he could be made to talk to the prince as a result of being judged "usable".

"The prince was too smart. On the other hand, I lacked empathy for others. I think the prince's misfortune lies in being smart enough to take care of the surface after realizing that. If I lacked empathy to see it, I didn't have to be dealt with by others. The prince may have gotten lonely, but he wouldn't have had any unworthy ambitions."

David's way of saying it is spicy. It seems ironic.

But I guess you're right about that view.

"The prince is me who failed. He's smart and lacks empathy. It's about me, too."

That's what I told you. David looked complicated.

"It's an unsaved story, but I guess the prince had a personality he was born with that he couldn't expect people to. I try to use people because I can't expect them to admire me. It was also bad that I was born into a position of standing above people, a prince. I wish I had been born into a normal nobleman and wanted to be a librarian and court magician."

... I can't tell Vis anything about this.

Even Vis, there's nothing you can do where you're told.

All I can do is shut up and stay by Vis.

Would such time have lasted more than enough?

"By the way, Al. I'm talking about your other son..."

You mean around David?

"Oh. I think having him as prime minister is a thoughtful but not a bad HR. But I want to make one condition for that. No, I can't put any more conditions on it now than I have accepted, so I hope you think it's one request, one suggestion."

"A lot for Vis."

"That's the thing. I mean, here's the thing. That's..."

Vis laughed and said the suggestion.

It was something that could not be answered very lightly.

"... are you serious?

"Of course I mean it."

My birth in the last few years has been unusual.

Once David is prime minister and succeeds in what Vis is looking for, I have to worry about being finally assassinated by another nobleman.

But if you think of the mood of Vis, who just had his son's untimely demise, it's hard to turn this down.

How the hell am I supposed to convince that difficult son?

Half-breed reasoning would quickly be disputed.

Is that what he's into in the first place?

"Ha..."

He looked at me sighing, and Vis was laughing funny.