Chapter 20. oh my. God, it’s dead! 2020.04.11.
The chairman of the Ermano Imperial Castle. The atmosphere of those waiting for the start of the meeting was clearly different from usual. They chatted while waiting for the newly crowned emperor to enter.
“Isn’t it time yet?”
“Oh hey man. There are still five minutes left!”
“Why is the time so short?”
Each minute and second passed slowly. How long have you been looking forward to this day? Recalling the time when they survived as if walking on thin ice under Emperor Esteban, the former tyrant who is now the emperor, the nobles were truly thrilled.
‘Now I’ll be able to have a meeting while looking at His Majesty.’
It felt like a gentle spring breeze was blowing in my heart. Among them, there was one person who seemed particularly excited. It was the Marquis of Gardenia. As the marquis, who hadn’t met Mabel recently except from a distance during the coronation ceremony, he wanted the meeting to begin as soon as possible.
‘Since there will be no situation system that will interfere with everything, I’ll be able to spend time with His Majesty as much as I want…!’
I was happy just imagining it. Duke Javier insinuatedly asked the Marquis of Gardenia.
“Does the Marquis of Gardenia look happy?”
The Marquis of Gardenia’s expression stiffened for an instant, but soon a smile appeared on her face. Duke Javier was reluctant to say something for no reason, but if he thought of Mabel, he could overcome anything.
“How could I not be happy with this honor to be able to be with His Majesty at the first meeting.”
The Marquis of Gardenia smiled proudly and stared at the peacock with sharp eyes.
‘So don’t set your eyes on my granddaughter, you nerd.’
Duke Javier responded to that.
“I heard that His Majesty the Emperor is very clever, but I look forward to seeing how well he will take care of state affairs.
He was smiling kindly, but there was a bone in his words.
‘Okay, I’m looking forward to what your granddaughter will do.’
Other aristocrats held their breath in the fight between the two giants who hid their true intentions. In that desolate atmosphere, an attendant finally announced the emperor’s coming.
“His Majesty eats it!”
The door opened and Mabel appeared. Light cherry-colored hair that seemed to melt away. Two large eyes blinking lazily. Even the plump cheeks that haven’t lost their breast meat. As Mabel looked around the venue with a somewhat frightened face, the nobles all stopped breathing. When I saw it from a distance, I thought it was just cute, but when I saw it up close, the impression was completely different.
‘Insanely adorable!’
‘How did Esteban Hwang Sang-je, a dog cha-ban, come out with such a soft daughter?’
I felt like I wanted to get hit by Mabel’s plump white hand, which was tightly gripping the hem of my clothes. Perhaps because Mabel was so cute, they only realized one important fact too late.
“Looks like you forgot to say hello. It’s just stupid faces.”
…the fact that someone is holding Mabel. It was Hwang Sangje Esteban who showed his presence afterwards. He treated Mabel very dearly and headed for the table of honor. The appearance of a situation that he thought he would of course not attend made the chairman greatly agitated. Esteban arrogantly crossed his legs as he sat Mabel snugly on his lap and hugged her tightly to prevent her from falling.
“Then let’s start the meeting.”
“…”
The excited atmosphere subsided in an instant. The servants, who had been glancing at Mabel, trembled and spread their eyes as soon as they met Esteban’s eyes. The long-awaited cozy and lovely meeting is long gone.
‘I will not be able to escape from the grip of the situation system in the future…’
With the sudden realization of despair, they started the meeting with tears in their eyes.
***
‘It’s inconvenient…’
As I wiggled, the situation agent held me tighter. Meanwhile, the meeting continued.
“Due to the drought in the western region, western territories have requested the dispatch of a water magician.”
Hwang Sang-je, who tapped the chair with his fingertips a couple of times, responded to the words of a servant.
“Let them be dispatched according to the degree of damage. Ah, don’t dispatch to Terrape. There are already wizards there, so it must be an intention to take up manpower.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
I couldn’t figure out why I should be here.
‘The emperor made such a fuss that he must attend regular meetings.
In the first place, since I couldn’t speak properly, there was no way I could make things like work, so I thought that other people would take care of it for me. Still, I didn’t expect to see that scene with my own eyes. I glanced over at the servants. There was only one face I knew. It was my grandfather, the Marquis of Gardenia. Oddly enough, while the others were holding their meetings with their heads bowed, only the Marquis of Gardenia looked at me with a happy face.
‘There is no Duke Donovan.’
It seemed that he was an aristocrat who did not attend the great meeting. If you’re lucky, you’re lucky. Because I haven’t had the courage to face my father’s ex-wife yet. The meeting went smoothly. The blind-eyed servant reported with his head bowed.
“It is said that the ‘Devil of Devlin’ appeared again in the melee at the border yesterday.”
hot. I flinched involuntarily at the unexpected name that popped out of nowhere. Hwang Sangje patted my hair once and then turned his gaze to his servant.
“It’s also tough.”
“But this time, they say he showed unusual behavior.”
“what?”
“At first, as usual, he lost his temper and unilaterally slaughtered the military, and then suddenly stood there blankly as if he had come to his senses.”
My body stiffened at the word ‘massacre’ that came out without hesitation.
‘It’s a fact I already know…’
But it was shocking again. Compared to Devlin’s grandiose nickname, the devil, the bloody child I saw was only about the age of an upper elementary school student. I didn’t let her go, I just watched her escape, but I wondered if I had done something wrong.
‘No. If I had even cried then, he might have killed me.’
Since they said they would kill all enemies and allies, there were many possibilities. While I was immersed in my thoughts, I moved on to another agenda.
“The Viscount Vincent again…”
“The Viscount again…”
I was listening to the boring meeting, and suddenly my gaze landed on Hwang Sang-je’s large hand holding me.
‘What is it?’
I distinctly remember the time when this man called my dad blushed and walked past me, but he acted like he didn’t know me at all. Of course, I assumed that since interest had died down, they wouldn’t be looking for me, but why?
‘Aren’t you really going to make him an emperor and come back to see him every day?’
I didn’t know because it was so natural. He said he didn’t want to become an emperor anymore, so he had no intention of crying. What if you’ve already become emperor? Crying is useless, so we have to change our method.
‘I’ll make you deeply regret making me emperor!’
I opened my eyes wide and looked for opportunities to buy and hit. Two candidates were throwing papers off the desk and crying out of nowhere. However, the first one should not be done because the arm is short, and the second one was dismissed because there is a high possibility of being sent off.
‘Should I just skip today?’
Just when I was trying to be satisfied with just looking at the atmosphere, the contents of the meeting came into my ears.
“This is Viscount Vincent’s bill of divorce.”
The papers given by the servant rode on and eventually lay in front of me.
‘Divorce bill?’
If you look at paper, white is paper and black is writing. When I raised my head, the bloody expression of Hwang Sang-je caught my eyes.
“This is the third divorce bill already.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“okay. What did Viscount Vincent do this time?”
“After making the mistress live in the main building of the mansion, the wife kicked her out.”
I opened my eyes wide.
‘What kind of children do you have?’
However, that was not the end of Viscount Vincent’s behavior.
“It is said that the wife who was pregnant suffered a miscarriage due to the wind from the collapse of the stairs of the outbuilding.”
‘Damn it!’
I clenched both fists. If Viscount Vincent had been in front of him, he might have hit him.
“What did Viscount Vincent say?”
“I complained of injustice, saying that the accident was a coincidence, only that I moved it to a quiet annex for my pregnant wife.”
‘Even trash can talk.’
Perhaps, thanks to the excuse he made in his favor in that way, he seemed to have gone through the previous two divorce requests. I felt sorry for Viscount Vincent, who had to continue living with such a husband. While listening to the meeting with a serious face, the minister who was speaking raised his head. He glanced at me and lowered his eyes in amazement.
“If the divorce is approved, His Majesty the Emperor must personally affix his seal on the Viscountess’ bill for divorce…” ‘
Approved, approved. Great approval!’
Needless to say, it was approved. He hurriedly raised his head, afraid that the situation might say something different, but he just remained expressionless. Are you sure it’s not going to happen again? I have filed for divorce twice. The servant who glanced at me again added a word.
“Also, the viscount said he would give the surname of Vincent to the illegitimate son born by the mistress.”
‘Have you ever had a baby? It’s like a human being like this!’
I slammed the tea desk in anger. bean!
“…?”
I could feel all the servants looking at me. It was a gaze that was extremely burdensome, but because of the anger, I couldn’t see anything right now. I shouted as solemnly and heavily as possible.
“Bingsaengddu! (Vincent! Death penalty!)
He was guilty of not being able to guard his lower body and causing his wife to miscarry. However, the reaction of the servants was not very good. The bulging-eyed man asked with a stupid face.
“…yes?”
“Tayoung!” (death penalty!)
“Your Majesty…? What do you mean ride?”
Oh, it’s frustrating! I thumped my chest with my fist. Still, the servants did not understand what I was saying.
“Dayoung! Get rid of it!” (Death penalty! Death penalty!)
“Tayoung?”
I never thought I would be so resentful of teeth that haven’t erupted yet. I took a deep breath and recited word by word.
“follow!”
“follow?”
“Yeoong!”
“zero?”
“Ttayoung!”
A servant who muttered, ‘Dayoung, Ddayoung…’ exclaimed, ‘Ah!’
“execution?!”
‘Yes, that’s it!’
I nodded eagerly. I was deeply moved by the fact that my meaning was finally conveyed. I ordered the death penalty, so I thought I would either accept the order or there would be a rebuttal. But…
“Heh heh heh!”
“Ahahaha!”
For some reason, the servants started to laugh excitedly.
‘What is it? Why are you laughing?’
Isn’t the death penalty something to laugh about? While only two eyes were blinking in embarrassment, a servant laughed and raised both arms.
“Oh god, he’s dead~!”
‘…??’
What are you doing right now…? But what’s even more absurd is that it’s not just one servant.
“God is dead too!”
“I’m dead too, Your Majesty!”
Everyone started pretending to be dead. Even my trusted grandfather laughed and joined in pretending to be dead. Eventually, after all the servants finished pretending to be dead, I kept my mouth shut. My ‘death sentence’ suddenly turned into a game of pretending to be dead. I turned away from the servants who pretended to be dead.
‘As expected, this country is ruined.’
Even the servants were not sane.
***
Since the death penalty incident has passed, the Situation has passed judgment on Viscount Vincent instead of me. The divorce request was approved and the viscount paid a huge amount of alimony. It was a fairly neat ruling, but it wasn’t entirely to my heart’s content.
‘As expected, he should have been sentenced to death.’
It was a waste to think about it again. Still, fearing that the ruling would be reversed, I diligently stamped the seal given by Sang Hwang on the bill for divorce. Seeing me like that, my servants clapped their hands, so my face went red, but-.
‘Let’s forget.’
I lay flat on the bed. I only went to a meeting once, but my whole body was rusty and my eyes were closed.
‘Baby is too sleepy…’
As soon as I closed my eyes with a feeling of desperation, I fell asleep. . . .
“Umm…”
I slowly opened my eyes.
‘Why are you so noisy?’
If it wasn’t for waking up, the nanny would be quiet with all the people around, but it was somehow noisy. Having been disturbed from my nap, I woke up in a somewhat unsatisfied mood and was startled by the unfamiliar face I saw right in front of me.
“Ugh!”
Gorgeous golden hair. Amber eyes looking at me with curious eyes.
“hi?”
I was momentarily dazed by the appearance of the lovely little boy.
‘Who the hell is this? The guy with the face that’s about to grow…?’
