Chapter 21 – Episode 21 the Imperial Family
Seeing his three siblings arguing, Jeffrey felt again that his judgment was correct.
‘I should also give Jason a chance.’
Seeing their talent shining like the sun, the three siblings over there seemed nothing more than a torchlight.
Geoffrey, who had risen from the bottom to the title of duke, was different from the person who had originally been the crown prince and then became emperor.
Geoffrey wanted to eat big, even at the risk.
‘I’m going to become a superman that even the emperor can’t ignore… ‘
I remembered Jason’s aspirations again.
If Jason could grow up like that, he couldn’t ask for more.
And the reason she called these three siblings was because she expected that they might have a hidden talent.
“The words are long. Tigris. Why do we have to get along with the imperial family?”
“Yeah. Because the emperor is the master of the empire… “
“Stop. Daphne.”
At least I saw Daphne, her second daughter, whom she made into a wizard because of her intelligence.
“Because if the families stick together head-on, we will surely lose.”
“More details.”
“In the end, it is a battle between superhumans and superhumans. My family is my father and Demeter. There are only two rogue superhumans. And in the imperial family, there are three crusader superhumans. As well as the brain. As well as the nature of the profession. It is no match.”
“That is correct. After all, we are weak, so we have to maintain good relations with the imperial family.”
Said Taleia, her third daughter, her clergyman.
“But the imperial family won’t abandon us easily, right? Superhuman thieves are hard to find and are useful in many ways.”
“A very useful being.”
This is also true.
However, this was also a reality that Jeffrey did not like.
He wanted dominion, not use.
In the end, none of the three siblings could come up with the answer they wanted.
Ambition to dominate all as a bandit.
And the will to look at the current situation and plan for the future.
I couldn’t see any of them.
He hadn’t even thought of investing in multiple princes and princesses at the same time.
He only thought that doing so would reduce the inheritance he would later inherit.
‘Pitiful things.’
But no matter how pathetic it was, the child was the child.
No matter how little Jeffrey paid attention to his incompetent children, he had at least some affection for his blood relatives.
So he talked about what was happening.
“I have invested not only in the crown prince, but also in his third son, eldest daughter, and first son.”
It is not a penny or two that it takes to make one superman.
Tigris said, startled first.
“Father. Aren’t there too many Even if they try to give me a magic sword that they’ll be satisfied with. It will cost tens of thousands of gold.”
“I intend to invest more if necessary. As long as the imperial family doesn’t touch our business, we can recover the money we invested.”
And Daphne was worried too.
“But if this is known to others, there may be even greater retaliation… “
“If you can take a little risk and get a bigger payoff, you have to make a decision.”
Jeffrey put all three of his siblings to the test.
“And as a result of looking around the emperor’s children, we decided that Onam was the most helpful to us. Think of a way to make that Prince Oh emperor.”
It was difficult.
If it was so easy to make someone superhuman, the three siblings would have become superhuman first.
They thought their father was talking too much.
“I am done talking. Go out now.”
Tigris and Daphne sighed and went outside.
And only Taleia remained in the study.
“Do you have anything to say?”
Thaleia was a clever woman.
She wasn’t strong, nor fast, nor was she smart.
So she chose a profession that would be needed and respected by any adventurer’s party.
She did not ignore the cleric who resurrected anyone.
“Father. Are you really going to push Onam?”
“Okay.”
Talleia said to her father, smirking at her in a playful way.
“Then there is a good way.”
“What is it?”
“I am a pretty good priest. And for rapid growth, it is best to enter a dangerous dungeon with a priest you can absolutely trust.”
Geoffrey seemed to know what Taleia was talking about.
This daughter was not what her father wanted, but she was trying to get what she wanted.
Talleya continued to speak her mind when her father didn’t say much.
“No matter how trustworthy the imperial palace is, it’s a relationship tied to money in the end. If, in a really dangerous moment, you don’t get resurrected by being instigated by another prince or princess.”
Then, that cleric could just go to another country after receiving a large sum of money.
And resurrecting a person whose corpse could not be found in a wide and complex labyrinth cost an enormous amount of money.
If Geoffrey were the emperor, she would be cold-hearted and aware that she had another child left, so she would just go ahead with the funeral.
“Right now, both the prince and the princess will try to find a trustworthy cleric. That is not easy.”
“It’s a long story.”
“If you really want to support Prince Oh, how about getting me and Prince Oh married? Since ancient times, there has never been a contract as strong as a marriage contract.”
Not a bad suggestion.
However, what Jeffrey asked of her three siblings was a plan to make her Prince Oh superhuman.
It wasn’t that she was going to somehow put one more foot on the thing she wanted.
Jeffrey wasn’t entirely happy with his daughter’s proposal, but eventually admitted that it helped the household.
“Okay. Then I’ll give that opinion to her Prince Oh.”
“Yes. Then I will follow Prince Oh to the labyrinth beneath the imperial palace. No matter how many deaths Prince Oh suffers, I will bring her back to life and make her a superhuman.”
**
Idad Palmo, the fifth prince of the Palmo Empire, saw his fiancée Taleia Wolf.
She was a pretty good priest.
And since she’s engaged, she’ll be more trustworthy than a priest with money.
But Thaleia was not a woman he liked very much.
In the Palmo Empire, the status of a prince was bound to be admired by many women.
There were not one or two women who said they would try to fix the situation by giving birth to the prince’s child.
In the past, there was a woman who sneaked into Idad’s bedroom.
It was to the point that Idad eventually pulled out his knife in order to sleep comfortably.
She said that she thought the assassin had come and killed him.
And he brought back to life the woman he had killed with his personal property.
She said that she had the holy law of resurrection, but she was not without the pain and fear of her death.
Adventurers also hated dying.
Naturally, the women stopped coming into Idad’s bedroom.
And Idad had experience with quite a few women, and she had the right amount of eyes to look at women.
As for Talaia Wolf, she wasn’t a nice woman by any means.
It was hard to believe that she was in her thirties, as she looked so extravagant.
Her skin was as clean as white jade, and the red aura around her eyes radiated a glamorous sexiness.
And she’s naturally cute, but if she was a bar girl, she’d be more suitable.
However, she was the third daughter of the Dark Ball.
Acting like that only lowered her own dignity.
“Oh, Prince Oh is also famous for swordsmanship. To kill that big ogre instantly.”
When she gave her compliments with her eye smile, she gave Idad goose bumps.
But didn’t reveal it.
The Dark Lord was now Prince Oh’s biggest supporter, and if he could get more of his patronage, he could marry a woman he didn’t like.
“Let’s rest for a while and then go.”
It was after a fierce battle.
Idad, who was very tired from fighting the ogre one-on-one, wanted to take a break.
But Talleria Palmo didn’t seem to like that.
“Oh. Prince. Are you taking a break already? Even at this time, other princes and princesses might be advancing through the labyrinth. Besides, even a child knows that there is a high chance of becoming a superhuman when you catch a strong monster. It’s unlikely that there are many such strong monsters in the labyrinth, so let’s proceed a little further.”
Idad sighed and looked at the other party members.
The current party composition consisted of Idad Palmo, a Crusader, Taleia Wolf, a priest, a wizard hired from the Mage Tower, and a rogue dispatched from the Wolf family.
As long as the Wolf family did not suddenly betray themselves, it was a combination that could cope with the sudden betrayal of the wizard.
And it was also a combination that could be active in any dungeon and allowed Idad Palmo to fight alone on the front line.
As the number of people increased, the possibility of more traitors also increased, so Idad was conducting a labyrinth exploration with just a party of four.
And since it was an exploration for Idad’s training, the battle was mainly carried out by Idad, and others helped only in really dangerous moments.
Naturally, others were still up and running.
“So be it.”
Idad took her steps again as Taleria didn’t say anything wrong.
But once again he pondered whether it was right for him to marry Talaia.
There was a woman who made the right words feel good and a woman who made me feel bad.
And Talea was a woman who would harass a man for her own desires.
I didn’t think I would be happy living with such a woman.
