The conversation is over.

It was over, but the majesty was not allowed to remove his seat unless the emperor allowed it.

Looks like we're done talking, but Henry can't move unless I say something.

So Henry waited.

I shut up, too, and the silence flows between the two of us.

After a while, I opened my mouth.

"Henry."

Haha

"Do you think I'm doing something stupid around here?"

"Your Majesty's intrigue is beyond our control."

Brother

"--Oh!"

Henry took a breath.

I've probably never called him my brother since I took the throne.

I did so in a situation called Shia where no one would ask around.

"Do you think it's circular?"

"... somewhat."

Henry answered quietly, leaving a little confused.

"I'm your brother, I didn't want the throne." At least until Albert does. "

Of course I do.

"After that, I thought it would be slight, but I still thought it would be Henry's brother or Oscar's brother."

"... yes, that's right."

"But my father gave me the reign." Didn't your father tell you this? Ninety percent of you have defiled the evening banquet. "

"What about 90% of you...?" Oh, I've been told something similar. ”

"I'm just saying what I'm saying." My father was very worried about that. "

Yeah.

Henry nodded clearly.

"My father was very good at martial arts, but he also had a literary temperament."

Literary temperament?

I turned to Henry for my first reputation, wondering.

“Great literary work is done to the end.”

"Ahh... so is the music."

I'm fine, Henry nodded.

Alice appeared in my head.

I don't know much about literature, but I'm deeply impressed that Alice's songs always entertain me to the finish line.

Henry went on.

His Majesty definitely considered the reign of a single man in 1000 as a story, and if he were to die in the end, it would not be a dragon head and tail fuss.

"That's right. That's why I can't give up my reign to my brother Henry, or even cause a revolt." All of which would tarnish my father's story. "

"If you really want to..."

Hmm?

"There's an assassination."

I shook my head.

"There is no such thing as not being exposed." No, not when it's rumored. "

"Sometimes people get sick and weak."

For a second, I was like, "Oh, my God."

Henry's slow-acting poison made him look like he was dying of disease.

Closer to home, Gilbert tried to impose his father on Boinix's liquor and dragon claws.

Oh, it's the same as saying, and there are some things that work even more slowly.

There is no elevator.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

"... amazing, how much do you think about that?"

Henry closed his eyes and looked surprised.

"Doesn't your brother know any better?"

"We'll have to keep crossing the line... for now"

I smiled. [M]

I turned around and looked forward again.

Henry was right, and now we're going to have to keep going.

We have no choice but to keep threading through the hole in the needle.

I also prepared "fruit" for it, and "void" for it.

"Next time..."

I kept thinking about it for a while.

Both "fruit" and "void" were released.

There's not much I can do on this.

Is it better not to do any more extra things?

Everything we've done so far is to hold Oscar back.

It's a difficult place to balance.

As the Emperor who would leave the Imperial City, I would certainly do a certain amount of work. It could be passed on, but it was also not good to be too stimulating than necessary.

I don't know what to do.

One more thing...

Heh, Your Majesty.

"Huh? Were you... Luke?"

"Yes, it's Luke!"

When I was called out and drawn back from my reflection to reality, I saw Luke, a boy priest, kneeling on the bridge just outside Si 'a.

"What's the matter?"

"Somehow, the wind came out. I'm still here -- are you there?"

Luke, the new American jinx, changes the language along the way.

In other words, it's still not enough, but I didn't point it out just by smiling.

It's a new rice.

It is not enough to say strongly, because such a degree is something that you will naturally remember.

"Never mind, I'll be here a little longer."

"I understand." Then I'll get you a warm drink--hmm, can I have it? "

"Never mind, if you drink too much, your urine will get closer."

I see.

……

I used to stare at Luke.

Luke looked at me strangely.

It was just a little funny.

If this is an officer or a woman who has gained some experience, he would say, "Could it be that you were upset?" But Luke, who was inexperienced, didn't.

By the way, you volunteered for the house and became a castle officer.

Yes, yes!

"You didn't think to run away? I remember seeing when about 70% of the eunuchs' applicants ran away just before the castration."

"Ah... well, I really needed the money."

I think it was my sister's medication fee.

Yes.

Luke knelt down and nodded clearly as he looked up at me.

"But you didn't think to run away?"

I asked further questions.

You must castrate to become an eunuch.

Castration is about depriving a man of his reproductive abilities, but recently the Empire has been castrating all of them.

Especially since I took the throne.

This isn't about me.

When the new emperor reigns, especially in order to preserve the purity of the bloodline, the new eunuch takes all the castration, from the penis to the testicles, so that "there is no mistake".

For example, Father -- If it was about the late years of the ancestor, if the successor was determined to some extent, there was also an era when only the testicles were removed.

When it came to the whole castration, it was normal for him to become more and more calm after receiving the explanation, but he still stood still.

I was a little concerned about that.

"My sister is alive, and I live happily ever after. That's a place I can never give up."

It's definitely a place you can't cede.

I see.

"How is my sister now?"

"I brought it back a little. I still need medicine, but it's just my salary."

"I see... grab a pen and paper."

Yes, yes!

Luke ran off in a hurry.

After a while, I brought a pen and paper.

I took it and ran the pen over the paper.

After writing down all the necessary things, I used the emperor's seal that I had without taking my skin off, and stamped it with my signature at the end.

I gave it to Luke.

"Take this with you."

W-What's this?

"Show it to the psychiatrist. So I can see your sister."

"Ehhh!?"

"I'm sure I can treat you better than a private doctor."

"I-I mean... I can't believe I'm going to see your Majesty..."

"Yes, it is."

"Oh no! Um, I can't pay that kind of money"

"Hahaha, it's a fresh reply."

Huh?

"The Emperor--No, even the Prince did, but I may have never heard of" I can't pay "for a gift." Don't worry, I won't take the money. It's whimsical. ”

……

Luke leaned down on the ground.

Thank you!

――――――――――――

Name: Noah Ararat

Empire Emperor

Gender: Male

Level: 17 +1/≈

HPC + BFire E + S + S

MP D + C Water C + SSS

Force C + S wind E + C

Health D + C Earth E + C

Intelligence D + A Light E + B

Mental E + B Dark E + B

Speed E + B

Dexterous E + B

Luck D + C

―――――――――――

There was a slight increase in the status of the +.

As usual, I can see that this is evidence of my pledge of loyalty.

It's something Luke can't give in to.

I touched it and swore allegiance.

……

Your Majesty?

"Hmm? Oh, nothing." More than that, call Oscar. "

I see!

Luke ran off in a hurry.

After seeing off the back, he stared across the bank, standing on top of Si 'a.

It's definitely unacceptable.

I waited for a while.

Oscar arrived not so long ago as Henry did.

Oscar knelt at the entrance of Shia, crossing the edge in a straight line.

Oscar is here in response to the summons.

Um, come here and sit down.

Haha

Oscar came into Si 'a accordingly.

Still, without sitting before me, I turned around, waited for me to sit, and Oscar bent over and sat down with respect.

Waiting for us to sit down, Luke brings us tea.

She put them in front of me and Oscar, and they went back down nicely.

Oscar looked at Luke with a strange look on his face.

"What's the matter?"

"Ah, no. I felt like that cadet... had a different attitude than a regular cadre."

Oh, you know what I mean.

I'm trying to be careful of the plaintiffs.

"Oh, that's better. Yu is blessed by the Empress and is still unrelated, but apparently I can deduce the mood from the expression of the Imperial Guard."

Your Majesty, you are quite right.

Oscar smiled loudly and faintly sat down.

"The prime minister's main role is to take care of the inside and the outside, so it's strongly influenced by the mood, etc."

"Ahh, in the past, the Imperial Officer was terribly frightened, so it seems that there were cases where the mistress's bad deeds were discovered from there."

"You're right."

Umu

I nodded tinyly.

The Emperor and the Prince, but they spent less time at home.

Therefore, naturally, empress, concubine, prince's wife, etc. will spend more time with female officers and eunuchs.

That's why there is one reason why the eunuchs should not be castrated so as not to be evil. If the woman side is evil, she will surprisingly pretend that there is nothing wrong with the creeps sitting there, but the eunuchs are not, and they are frightened and anxious and come out into attitude.

From there, you can "observe" a lot.

Therefore, it is also an important task to observe the changes in the prime minister attached to the inside.

"I heard that the eunuch had a sick sister, so I followed the doctor." That would be all. ”

"... Your Majesty is amazing after all." I have to train too. "

Oscar said that with a strange look on his face.

Is that so?

"If you sell that, you'll have more allies on the inside." It's quite different just to be able to see that women are in collusion with each other at the beginning. "

It's going to be tough.

"If a woman is serious about contracting, there's no way a man can do it."

Haha, that must be it.

I laughed with Oscar.

After laughing at each other for a moment, I cut out the main point with the prefix "Okay".