Chapter 707 – #96. Jinhaesol (11)
“Bring the royal wizard. I’ll have to check where this child came from.”
“Your Highness! Are you talking right here?”
“Your Highness, it is not known how he entered the banquet hall.
“Your Highness, I think it’s right to put him in prison and go through some more verification procedures!”
Surprised by the young man’s appearance, the nobles came to their senses and began to struggle to defeat the king’s will.
However, the hope that appeared in front of the old king, who had no interest in life, was not something that could be given up with just a few words from the nobles.
“I don’t need it all! It doesn’t matter if the black magician did a trick. Isn’t there any black magic that the royal palace wizard won’t notice? In any case, you should bring a wizard and check it! What are you doing! Without calling!”
“Yes, yes! Your Highness.”
The courtiers hurriedly move to deliver the king’s call.
The young man was looking at the king with a calm expression despite the commotion.
“What’s your name?”
The king’s attention quickly turned to the young man.
The young man said to the king who asked his name.
“I’m an earthworm. What is the meaning of the name I’ve been called throughout my life? If Your Highness finds my roots, then I’m looking forward to receiving a new name.”
“Yes, yes. That’s true. Since you were living a life that wasn’t your real self, it’s all useless. You know something, so you appeared in front of me, right?”
“I heard the news that the youngest prince has left Your Highness.”
“…Okay.”
It was impossible to bring up the story of the youngest prince in front of the king without great guts.
The frustration and anger the king felt when he lost his youngest prince was something that even the nobles shook their heads in fear and turned their heads away from.
However, the young man mentioned the part that should not be easily mentioned to the king without hesitation.
In addition, the king was surprised at the fact that he was accepting the young man’s spirit with a smile.
“There was no reason for me to appear in front of Your Highness when the Prince stood by your Highness. Also, if Your Highness hadn’t been immersed in the sorrow of losing the youngest Prince, I wouldn’t have appeared here.”
Now the young man was saying that he was not the one who was in power before you.
The aristocrats snorted inwardly, saying that it was a nonsense, but they knew that there was a high probability that this was true.
It was because he did not appear in front of the king until he reached the age of adulthood, even though he had an appearance that revealed the king’s lineage to anyone.
“A foolish idea! If you had appeared earlier, I would have loved you very much regardless of that.”
The king sincerely hoped that this young man would be a child born of his seed.
If so, he thought of giving his all to compensate for the things he hadn’t done for the past time.
Nobility’s reaction?
It didn’t matter if it was confirmed that the young man was his bloodline.
‘There are no signs of disability or disease on the body.’
It was something of great value as a royal bloodline.
Many royal families have given birth to children over the years in search of the healthy body of a young man.
At some point, as if he had been cursed, no normal person came out of the bloodline of the royal family.
‘Finally found. At las!’
Hope found right before death!
The king couldn’t leave his ass alone, hoping the wizard would arrive soon.
Finally.
“Womin Palace Archmage has arrived.”
“Come on! Come on in.”
“Shin Womin, I have come at the call of Your Highness.”
“Yes, Archmage Warmin, come. Come and check on this child.”
“I see, Your Highness must have had a reason for calling me in a hurry.”
The Archmage Warmin exclaimed in admiration at the man who surprisingly resembled the young King.
It’s not good to have such a disrespectful attitude in the face of royalty, but I couldn’t help but be surprised.
“At first glance, he seems like a very healthy person.”
“Okay! So, we have to find out whose seed this child belongs to.”
The next great king could have been decided right here and now.
The nobles gazed at the Archmage Warmin with earnestness.
‘Please, it shouldn’t be!’
‘Are you really the king’s seed? If it’s true…’
‘Is that saying Heaven didn’t forsake the king’s lineage?’
Archmage Warmin approached the young man, raised his mysterious magic wand, and murmured in a low voice.
When the recited words came to an end, white light radiated from the staff, wrapping around the young man’s body.
And soon, the white light changed to golden, and it scattered strongly around and continued toward the king.
“Ohhh!!!”
“Oh my god!”
“It was really of royal blood!”
“God has not abandoned this country!”
There were nobles who were relieved, and there were also nobles whose faces hardened at first glance.
Isn’t it the most despicable law to give and then take away?
The nobles felt as if they had been robbed of their possessions by taking back the authority given by the king.
However, the king did not consider how the nobles were feeling.
It was because I was distracted by the existence that appeared in front of my eyes.
“Warmin Archmage, are the results really right? It could be the warlock’s trick!”
“That’s right. We have to go through the verification process several times to make sure!”
“Even now, there are people who claim to be of royal blood here and there. If you are a warlock, you may be using one of them to play a trick.”
“That’s right. We need to check whether that person is really in good shape, Your Highness!”
The more the king was happy, the more the nobles stamped his feet and became restless.
The king is not restrained by joy.
Then, it is right that the servants should give advice to the king.
“Your Highness, please go through more verification procedures!”
“Please bear with me!”
The king’s face contorted.
I was happily accepting the reunion with a child I didn’t even know existed, but I couldn’t help but get angry when the nobles beat candles next to me.
“Verification process. What the hell kind of verification process is needed!!”
“Where you are from, what you have been doing, what kind of people you have lived with, who your parents are!
“No! I will forbid the investigation of this child.”
The king’s sudden words shocked the nobles.
“It doesn’t matter if someone deceived this child. I will personally raise and educate this child from the beginning. It doesn’t matter if I did bad things in the past.
The king’s words meant that even if the young man committed a crime, he would forgive all his sins because he was of the king’s blood.
Nobles also forgive sins with their status, but there was no way that the royal family, who had a more noble lineage than them, would be judged by the law.
Usually, the crime that the royal family receives is when they challenge the kingship by colluding with the nobility.
Other than that, no member of the royal family was punished for murder.
So it doesn’t matter whether the young man was a swindler or a thief outside.
‘The king said directly that he would provide protection. I can’t take that guy’s past as an issue anymore.’
No matter how toothless the tiger is now, it was the nobles who would be in trouble when he started moving in earnest.
Now everyone is neglecting it, saying it’s annoying, but in the past, when he was young, the Hyeonwang was a king who skillfully handled the nobles and ruled the country.
If the dying flame burns brightly to protect the last remaining child…
‘I might end up losing all the power I took away.’
For them, who thought that if the next king stood, the world of nobles would unfold in earnest from then on, the situation was like a thunderbolt from the blue sky.
“I won’t take any more objections! It’s clear that it’s not another royal family, and it’s my child, so I’ll think about it and come up with a new name.”
The king held out his hand towards the young man.
The young man gladly took the king’s hand.
The nobles looked at it in vain, like a dog chasing a chicken on the roof.
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“Wow… The hospitality is no joke.”
A rise in status from being a fool to becoming a prince.
To be honest, I didn’t think that I would face a dramatic change just because I had risen in status because I hadn’t been treated well while living in a place without status.
However, my expectations were pleasantly missed.
The status of a prince meant that he would be served by countless courtiers.
No matter how much I was treated as a star, it was nothing compared to the courtiers waiting on me.
‘The clothes… I’m sure they look much nicer than what I normally wear.’
To be honest, while promoting as an idol, stage clothes were not clothes that I could wear comfortably.
There were many times when I had to endure some discomfort because it was a costume made exclusively for beautiful women.
However, the clothes provided here now had soft linings that touched the skin and were even comfortable as if they were not wearing anything.
Not only that, but the courtiers were courteous and attended to washing and dressing.
In all the actions of combing and drying my hair, decorating it with all kinds of silk, and putting on accessories, I did not do anything myself.
‘But I got used to it quickly.’
After being decorated so hard, the courtiers escorted me to where the king was.
There are probably many things you want to hear from me.
‘I’ve memorized all the settings, so I just need to say it…’
The king was destined to die shortly thereafter, so there was no need to care.
From now on, what I need to pay attention to is the nobles.
I had to somehow entice them to create a base of support to keep each other in check.
And I had already thought about how to act before entering this place.
‘I didn’t come here to rule the country.’
Aka ‘The Puppet King’.
I had to find a noble suitable for my plan.
I had to figure out a nobleman who had the proper courtesy of royalty and would enjoy power in return for protecting me from the nobles around me.
‘And I have to be a noble who will cooperate to bring in 3,000 concubines.’
Although the history and background of this world were written down in the documents Pony brought, it did not detail each and every noble family.
So, while having a conversation with the king, I thought to ask about the nobility.
I passed the magnificent and huge stairs and gates that felt like a palace where the king resided.
After walking along the red carpet, the king who called me here was finally seated on his throne.
“You’re really handsome after you’ve decorated it like this. I took out Jim’s younger self and put it on.”
The king looked at me in a splendid fashion and commented on his impressions.
‘There are not a few places where I’ve touched my hand…’
Well, let’s say you’ve received some kind of memory correction.
