The next day, I came alone to the government building in Leararat.
A government building is the public administration of the town and is usually the place where the lord and deputy govern the town.
I'll stand on the main street and look at the government building.
It was the tallest three-story building, but it was in an unfamiliar style.
"... the royal palace?"
Such an impression came to mind.
It's the first time I've seen it, but it's decorative to the exterior, decorative to the gates, and the positional relationship between the height and height of the city.
Everything met the requirements of the so-called royal palace.
You enjoyed it so much.
I smiled.
It is not uncommon for deputies and governors who have been appointed to the border to wave power over the king in the land.
Even in the same official position, if you are in the capital, you are just a mid-level official, but if you are on the border, you will be a great man from the capital.
That's why I often hear that I want to be a junior official around the border, because I can hold a lower government position than I would be if I were born and fed into the heart of the Empire.
Some even bribe and retain inspectors who monitor their performance.
In that sense, Saralea, a barren and peripheral land, would have been easier to do - and looked at the palace-like building in front of her and understood everything.
Well, that doesn't matter now.
I walked out again and came before the gatekeeper guarding the main gate.
This gatekeeper is basically a pair, and it is common to keep it to the right and left of the kannon opening.
This was no exception, as two groups of elderly men and young youths served as watchmen.
As I approached, the young gatekeeper held the spear, another classic weapon, and pushed the tip of the ear towards me.
Stop, who are you?
"Here's the thing."
He said that he would spare time asking questions with the gatekeeper.
I unleashed the power of Leviathan and put a crest on his back.
I designed the ship, my crest.
It's a trick I used to make up when I was a Leviathan.
Together with the crest, they intimidate under the pressure of Leviathan, the rabid who is most loyal to me.
"Ha-ha-ha."
The two gatekeepers dropped their spears at the same time and knelt on the spot.
Something kneeling appeared from among the human beings who happened to come by accident.
This pressure will convince them that I am the emperor.
"We're going in. Who's at the top here?"
"Yes, sir! The Governor is here."
"Okay."
As he nodded, he left the two gatekeepers on the spot and entered the government building.
When I entered, I encountered various people, but because of Leviathan's continued intimidation, everyone I met fell on my knees in an instant.
The man on his knees asked if the ant was in the governor's office and came to the top floor of the building.
I didn't knock, I pushed the door and went inside.
In the cabinet with luxurious furnishings no less than my emperor's office, a man was tilting a cup in a leg on a desk.
"Who is it? How much do you want to knock?"
Is this it?
I tried knocking back on the open door.
The man looked at me with a grumpy face - immediately afterwards.
"Hee, Your Majesty!?"
I was surprised and fell off my chair.
The cup fell to the floor and broke, and an amber liquid hit the man's body.
The man crawled on the floor, came before me, and lowered his head over and over again, crawling on all fours.
"Hee, I didn't know your Majesty was coming, so I'm very rude."
"Very well... do you know the rest of your face?"
I pulled Leviathan's coat of arms.
Identification with the emblem and the reaction of someone who knew me from the beginning.
The reaction was subtly different, and the man in front of me, the Governor of Saralulia, was the reaction of someone who knew my face.
"Ha! I saw your face once at the Prince's Mansion in the city."
What's your name?
"My name is Yellowcake."
"Cake? Rice family?"
"Yes, Rice is a fool's brother."
"I see. Is that Henry's family?"
"No, I am the family of His Highness the Eighth."
"... uhh"
I thought it was funny.
Rice cake.
It is the family of Prince Henry the Fourth.
When I was 12 years old, I was a man who used to work for the Ministry of Military Affairs under Henry, and while it was tough on soldiers, he was a powerful type of warlord who managed to raise his soldiers with his arms and build battle skills.
He has built up his strength in the Empire, a country of warriors, and in ten years he will hold the position of prime minister.
I thought it was Henry's family because he was Rice's brother, but he said it was Oscar's family.
"It's unusual to serve a different prince with a brother.Is there a reason? "
"Well, that's...."
Yellow accidentally strayed from me.
He turned his eyes and glanced at me.
You mean the kind that makes me uncomfortable?
... ahh.
I see, that's what I mean.
Huh?
"Brothers and sisters, each serving a different prince. Either way, Rice's house will be protected."
"Well, that's...."
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. I would not have imagined that I would take the throne after being the thirteenth prince.I understand you didn't send your family to the rest of the world. "
"Ki, I'm sorry...."
Hmm.
I smiled slightly and sat in the chair where Yellow had been sitting until now.
Then he turned to Yellow over the table.
Stand up. I need to talk to you.
Gyu, thank you
Yellow stood up as I ordered.
"I have a few things to do.First of all, is there a death row prisoner in this rararat? "
"Are you a death row prisoner...?"
"Oh, I didn't make it to summary execution. I'm on death row."
I asked Yellow.
Last night, I thought about using a death row inmate who became a feudal member of the family for treason and so on, but when I thought about it carefully, it was almost instant execution, and I remembered that there is no one in the Imperial Capital or now.
I came here because I had no choice but to switch to a policy of procuring death row inmates nearby.
"Some of them....."
"I see. Are there any sins or ransoms?"
Huh?
"The rest is the Attorney General, and I know how to handle it.Is there a ransom for the money? "
"Well, that's... no, you shouldn't be here - no, you're not.Tomorrow... "
Yellow clasped his mouth with happiness.
Calm down, I'm not here to question you.
Huh?
"Do you think the Emperor will come all the way here?"
"Ah...."
Happiness in a different sense, the expression relieves a little.
In the first place, such things as surrogate appearances and executions will not disappear forever.
That's what happens when you have a certain amount of money and power.
When my husband did something, it was confirmed in a book about 500 years ago that he promised to appear in his stead after his prison term.
By being a fact, we will not be gone forever.
I do not intend to spend time on things that cannot be eradicated.
"I'm just asking if there's any felony or scapegoat among those on death row."
"... some of them..."
"Isn't that all?"
"Yes"
Then let me use a proper death row inmate.
"Gyu, thank you. How do you... use it? Is it?"
Hmm.
I nodded and decided to pick up practical things about dragon pulse activation and tell Yellow.
I put it all together in my head and opened my mouth - at that time.
"Governor! Oh, my God!!"
A middle-aged man jumped in with enough momentum to smash through the door of the room.
Yellow stares at what has jumped in, revealing his anger.
"It's noisy! Get back! I'll ask you later!"
"That's not it!It's an express document from the capital! "
What!?
Mmm?
Yellow received the document from the man.
And he waved his hand down.
Yellow came to me when I was alone again.
"May I, Your Grace?"
"Yeah, it's an express. Just check it out."
Ha!
Yellow gently folded his hips and opened the document that had arrived on the express.
As soon as I look through it...
"Here, this is..."
"What's wrong?"
Yellow looked up at me.
"In a matter of urgency, I ask you to find your Majesty in Saralea and give her the enclosed one."
That being said, I showed me a little enclosure enclosed in the document I was talking about.
Show me.
Haha
Yellow gave me a seal with both hands.
I'll take it, open it and read it inside.
Then - I was surprised.
It was a letter from Henry.
The contents were simple.
The rebellion broke out and the Imperial Army was defeated.
Only one sentence was written.
I knocked down my chair and stood up.
"Hee, Your Majesty?"
"... nothing"
I took a deep breath and sat back in the chair.
Tell yourself to calm down.
It's important, undoubtedly important.
But it's not an emergency.
From the place of rebellion to the Imperial Capital.
And from that degree to this rare latte.
Either way, it takes about seven days for the express flight to arrive.
In other words, the defeat itself was seven days ago.
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I took another deep breath.
I told myself to calm down as an emperor.
And think.
What to do now and what to do from now on.
"Yellow"
Ha.
"Prepare a horse like Super Express, ahead of us."
Thank you!
"Give me some imperial orders. Paper and pen."
"Sincerely!!"
"And I'll leave people here, and think of them as the rest of the emperor."
Sincerely... huh?
Super Express for Express.
Yellow, who climbed up to the Proconsul, knew the urgency of the matter without knowing the details.
I remember writing something into my palm every time I ordered it, but it hardened into the last word.
"I'm leaving...? Where is His Majesty going?"
"Use the super express flight and return to the Imperial Capital"
"Oh no!!"
Stunning Yellow.
That should be it.
Super Express flights are things like, "We don't guarantee the life of any hippopotamus."