Chapter 41 – Cabinet Meeting
Cabinet meeting
The next day, Yuno and Yuria headed to the palace together just in time for the cabinet meeting.
Of course, the entrance was different, so they had to part ways in front of each other, but the two hugged tightly like lovers, and when they confirmed that there were no eyes watching, they even kissed deeply before parting ways.
“Then mom, I’ll see you later tonight.”
“Yes. I’m going to visit you secretly at dawn, so you have to wake up when your mom wakes you up?”
“Of course. And don’t forget your promise.”
“Hohoho, I understand. Let’s go in now. I think it’s already started.”
When I entered the royal palace, there was a lot of shouting and a meeting was already in progress.
As he declared yesterday, Karl III did not show up, perhaps because he was planning to leave all affairs of state to the crown prince, and the crown prince sitting between the throne and the conference table was presiding over the meeting.
“Ah! Yuno, you’re here. Please take a seat. I was still needing your opinion.”
“What? Brother? If you need my opinion… What?”
Yuno, whose head was full of thoughts of leaving for the estate with his mother, was embarrassed when the crown prince suddenly asked for his opinion.
“It was a moment when we were discussing punishment for Kent Windrider, commander of the 11th Corps, and his subordinate commanders who fled from the enemy during the last expedition.”
“Uh… What if it’s punishment?”
“Of course it’s the death penalty. However, there are some who say that the death penalty should be avoided because of the meritorious work done on the Eastern Front. What is your opinion? Since you were the commander of the 2nd Army, your opinion is the most important.
“Hmm…”
Yuno pretended to think and looked at Yuria sitting on her throne. Yuria’s eyes were shaken when she heard that Kent, her younger brother, was to be executed.
“Your Highness the Crown Prince! What kind of contribution has he made? There is nothing to think about! He should be captured and beheaded as a matter of principle!! How dare you disparage the honor of our Windrage family!! You are running away from the enemy!!”
Despite being his only son and successor, Duke Windrage went on a rampage and raised his voice calling for Kent’s head to be beheaded.
When the surrounding nobles calmed down Duke Windrage a little, Yuno opened his mouth.
“My thoughts are a little different. The man who was leading the Tesseito cavalry that destroyed the 11th Legion was a man who had reached the level of mastery. If you listen to the stories of the survivors of the 11th Legion, you will see that a group of cavalry with particularly strong breakthrough power came in from the flank. I heard that they rushed into the main camp, cutting down soldiers, and after Fort Streb was occupied, they fired sword energy at the main gate, and my hands were shaking as I blocked it.”
“I heard that story too. But Your Majesty! Even if the enemy is the Master, if we leave a case of a commander running away from the enemy, this means that all commanders of the unit dealing with the Master will be forgiven even if they run away. That will lead to the collapse of our army’s system! “
Many nobles nodded to Duke Windrider’s counterargument.
“What the Duke said is correct. However, I am not asking for forgiveness at all.”
“Then…”
“What if we created a system like this? We would give commanders who have committed unforgivable crimes one more chance. Instead of execution, they would be stripped of all titles and positions and sent to the most dangerous missions with ordinary soldiers or at the forefront of battle. It is a system that allows you to be exempt from sin if you make a merit.”
‘Well, it’s a rough mix of the white coat army system and the punishment unit system… But I’ve never heard of such a thing here…’
“Hmm… If that’s the case…”
“It seems like a good opinion. They are going to die anyway. They will be grateful if they can save their lives, and from the country’s perspective, it is considered beneficial as one more soldier will be sent on a dangerous mission.”
“Of course, there will definitely be crimes that require summary execution… But we will adjust the details as they are implemented.”
“Prince Kent, whose whereabouts are unknown, will also appear if his life can be saved. We will post a proclamation throughout the empire encouraging him to surrender.”
Yuno’s opinion was passed unanimously, and Yuno’s heart felt slightly relieved when she saw Yuria sighing in relief.
After that, the cabinet meeting continued. However, since there was nothing on the agenda that Yuno could get involved in, Yuno endured the boredom and just looked at Yuria’s beautiful face and imagined what kind of sex she would have with her mother tonight.
“Eh, next is for His Highness Yuno to merge the Viscounty of Nikana and the Barony of Tessida and take office as a lord. This was directly blocked by the Empress… So I will listen to the Empress’s opinion first.”
As soon as the Prime Minister Marquis Marc spoke, all the nobles’ eyes turned to Yuria on the throne, and Yuria opened her mouth.
“I thought about it carefully yesterday. I thought a lot about whether I could send my child to that faraway place alone… I wonder if that young child would be good at managing the estate… Furthermore, I thought a lot. And I came to a conclusion.”
Yuno swallowed his saliva and only looked at Yuria’s lips.
“Third Prince Yuno Alexander Windrage von Balkan will from now on also serve as Countess of Tessidani Cana. And I, Yuria, will go down with her to help her son manage the business until I determine that it is time to do so.”
As soon as Yuria’s words fell, the Cabinet meeting hall was in an uproar.
“No!! The Empress is away from her place!!”
“Empress, this is unprecedented! The Mother of the Empire vacates this Adriatic castle!”
Yuria raised her hand to quiet the rioting nobles and continued speaking.
“Is there anything that cannot be done without precedent? Moreover, the Emperor is also thinking about the succession, so wouldn’t he be entrusting the Crown Prince to act on his behalf? I am the same. I believe that the Crown Princess will fully fulfill my role.”
“But!!”
Also! I’m not feeling well these days. Furthermore, I’d like to take a little break in the fresh air of the Monster Mountains. “I will speak directly to His Majesty the Emperor and receive his approval, so the ministers will agree to this.”
The crown prince was also troubled by Yuria’s bombshell declaration.
‘Certainly, if the Empress leaves her position, it will be easier for me to take over power in the future. But… Will Hyria like the Empress… Will she like Yuno… And will the person I love also accept this?’
But since it was impossible to be with the person he loved in the first place, Prinz closed his eyes and said.
“I understand. I will accept the words of the Empress. If you accept Her Majesty’s offer, I will instruct the Crown Princess to reside in the Empress’s palace for one month from today so that she can assume the role of her Empress.”
“Thank you for accepting my unreasonable request, Crown Prince.”
“No. The Empress says she needs rest, but I can’t force her to stop. I ask you to help Yuno.”
It was expected that the emperor, who had been obsessed with the concubines he had brought in last year, would have no interest in the empress’s fate, so it was expected that his approval would easily fall, and that actually happened.
“His Majesty the Emperor has approved this motion. His Majesty has told the Empress to do as she pleases and has instructed her to install only a space-traveling magic circle connected to the capital in the county territory, just in case.”
When Marquis García, the secretary who had received the emperor’s approval, shouted loudly, the meeting room went into an atmosphere of acceptance.
“Well, if His Majesty gave permission…”
“The Empress doesn’t often interfere in politics, so it’s probably okay.”
“If you are promoted to Countess, it is natural to install a space movement magic circle. Moreover, the Empress and the Third Prince may need to return to the capital in a hurry…”
Yuno was pleased with this atmosphere, shouting “Nice” In her mind, and Yuria also sighed in relief and gently rubbed her lower abdomen, where her uterus tattoo was hidden.
‘Hehe… When I go to Yuno’s territory, I can freely spend time with Yuno every night… Ahhh’
Thinking about the lustful life that would unfold in her future, her love juices were slowly leaking out of her pussy, so Yuria had to cross her legs to stop the overflow of her love juices from flowing down her legs.
However, a few more items were processed, and something unexpected happened to Yuno.
“Now~ Lastly, here is the final agenda for today. A proposal has been received from the Kingdom of Leon to marry His Royal Highness Prince Heinrich and their princess Rachel. As you all know, His Highness Heinrich left his spouse five years ago and is still without a wife. I think this is a good opportunity”
“That’s right. As long as we have a nemesis called Tesseito, we have to maintain a stable relationship with the Kingdom of Leon, so let’s take this opportunity to form an alliance.”
The crown prince closed his eyes and thought about it for a moment before opening his mouth as he received approval from the ministers one after another.
“Hmm… Heinrich! What do you think?”
Prince Heinrich Lee, who was talking with his followers on one side of her palace, answered the crown prince’s question.
“I’m fine. Anyway, since I’m the prince, I can’t decide on marriage on my own.
“Then I don’t think there’s much reason to object.”
“However… If the marriage goes through, she has also requested that Princess Eliza, who is currently studying abroad, be sent back.”
Juno suddenly stood up at the words of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Marquis de Böroux.
“Eliza? No!!”
“Ah… His Majesty the Third Prince…”
When the Marquis of Vulreaux was embarrassed for a moment, the crown prince and other nobles burst into laughter.
HahaYuno, there are times when you react like that, huh? I’m the one who dropped Streve from the top.”
“I know that His Highness the Third Prince is very close to Princess Eliza. Hehe.”
“But this is a matter for the country… Please wait a moment. Even though Your Majesty has become an adult, wouldn’t you need to be a little older to get married. Haha?”
Finally, two weeks later, the wedding of Prince Heinrich and Princess Rachel was confirmed, and it was concluded that Eliza would return home after her wedding.
When Yuno came to the conclusion that she had no choice but to leave her close childhood friend, she pursed her lips and laid her head on the conference table.
And Yuria looked at Yuno with eyes that were half jealous and half expectant.
‘Tch! Of course, she knew that Eliza liked Yuno, and she tried to hook him up later… But it seems like she didn’t have feelings for Yuno either. To Master Aragorn and Eliza. Joy! She seems like a bad child. She won’t forgive you if you don’t appease her mother tonight!
The cabinet meeting ended like that, and Yuno ran to his palace to meet Eliza.
