Chapter 975 – #99. Three Thousand Concubines and Emperor Gaiden (33)
Upon hearing the news that the emperor had fallen, the nobles became contemplative.
They already knew that once the emperor lay down, he could not get up for quite some time.
“I’ve heard it’s happened before.”
“Yeah…That’s right. You did a great job then. Then you didn’t wake up for quite some time. Actually, that’s why I’ve been worrying lately. It seemed like you were overdoing it.”
“If you knew, you should have told me at least once.”
“I’m sorry. You didn’t show any signs of hardship, so I thought you were okay.”
“You’re not the kind of person who shows off that kind of thing on the outside.”
It is said that the nobles were actually thinking that it was strange.
In the past, after destroying the castle gates, His Majesty lay in bed and groaned for days.
But this time, after restoring a large number of soldiers, he showed himself overwhelming the Paladins on the battlefield.
The problem is that he has shown miracles before.
He also showed the miracle of striking back the large-scale lightning magic created by over 100 wizards.
Besides that, he started to shed his human form while showing small amounts of power, but it was strange that there were no aftereffects.
“Perhaps His Majesty didn’t show off.”
“You didn’t show us weakness.”
“That’s right. After enduring like that, I think he might have collapsed from overdoing it while dealing with the Paladins this time.”
Even if the emperor didn’t have to create an alibi, the aristocrats figured it out and put in excuses to suit the situation.
The prince was like that too! The thought made me feel down.
“It’s sad that Obama was struggling and I didn’t even notice.”
“I’m sure he hid it because he didn’t want the crown prince to worry. He’ll get up right away.”
“Yes, you’ll wake up soon. You’ll be by my side and take care of me.”
It was already a well-known fact that the crown prince’s escort knights went to the emperor’s residence at night to serve him.
Wasn’t this the woman who was the emperor’s concubine before becoming an escort knight in the first place?
She was a woman who stuck out her tongue, saying that although she was quiet, everyone was very tenacious.
Some say that she is frivolous because she threw away her concubine position so easily, but there were also those who supported her passion, saying how good she would have followed her to the battlefield.
If she had gone to the battlefield out of greed even though her skills were lacking, she would have been criticized a lot.
However, she was skilled enough to be active on her battlefield.
Thanks to her, she didn’t bother her, so she was less likely to be criticized.
The prince knew that, so she didn’t point out that part even though she knew that her escort was going into Obama’s bedroom.
“No. Your Majesty asked the Crown Prince to protect you.”
“It’s not me that’s dangerous right now, it’s Abama.”
“Your Majesty would probably prefer me to be by the Crown Prince’s side.”
Feeling strange that the escort knight seemed to be speaking too firmly, the prince expressed his doubts.
“How do you know that?”
“In fact, she said something to me separately, as if His Majesty had expected that a day like this would come.”
“She said something else?”
If she knew how she was, she wondered if it would be right for her to speak to herself rather than to the escort driver.
“Actually, when I heard that, I didn’t know you had this in mind when you said it. But thinking about it again, I think you said it with this kind of thing in mind. You said it in a little unexpected situation.”
“Tell me in detail. What did you say?”
What her emperor had said to her was not so great.
“No matter what situation you find yourself in, he told you to think of the crown prince first and protect him. Since I was in charge of escorting the crown prince, I thought it was nothing special. I know you did.”
“…Abama said that?”
The Crown Prince’s expression became gloomy when she said that she was more concerned about her own safety despite her own health.
“If I had shown a more trustworthy side of myself, would Obama have said that to me as well?”
“You didn’t say that because you didn’t trust the crown prince. Even though I never had a child, I know very well how your Majesty was concerned about the crown prince. Your Majesty also knew that the crown prince would do well. “
“…Actually, I think it would have been more of a burden if you had given me that kind of trust. My goal now is that when Obama wakes up, at least he won’t hear the news that he is being defeated and pushed back by the Geos Empire.”
“You’ve thought of it well. I’ll do my best to help the crown prince.”
In a situation where he had to fill the vacancy without the emperor, the prince decided to set a small goal for now.
In my mind, I wanted to show a cool image of bringing victory from the Geos Empire like Obama, but in reality, it was concluded that it was impossible.
In the end, the Crown Prince decided to lead the war, focusing on enduring rather than winning.
‘If you hold on well until Obama wakes up…’
From the crown prince’s point of view, that alone would be a great achievement.
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“I didn’t expect His Majesty’s vacancy to be this big.”
“Ehh, do you really have to look into that?”
“…I thought it wouldn’t be easy to even hold on.”
The atmosphere in the Empire was gradually sinking as time passed.
However, considering the situation in which the person who had done so much work disappeared, it could be evaluated that it was holding up very well.
“This is enough to hold on. We were fighting a war too easily.”
“That’s right. The Crown Prince is doing really well. Isn’t it proof that the atmosphere of the soldiers isn’t too bad?”
Despite His Majesty’s sudden disappearance, the soldiers did not show any signs of anxiety.
This is because the crown prince took good care of them.
“Imagine that there was no deterioration of the crown prince.”
“Eww…”
Just imagining it is terrifying.
The enemies would have questioned why the emperor didn’t appear all of a sudden, much faster than they do now, and they wouldn’t have come up with a solution.
But now, the crown prince was stepping in.
“How fortunate it is that the excuse that His Majesty is raising an heir is working.”
“Still, if you procrastinate too long, you’ll get caught.”
To the soldiers, the emperor was a messenger of God.
But what if rumors spread that the messenger of God had fallen?
The Geos Empire will bite the empire while saying it’s a joke.
Why did the messenger of God fall down?
“Did Your Majesty wake up after a few days last time?”
“Isn’t the situation now very different from then? At that time, it was one thing to break down the castle gate, but the power you used this time was an inexplicable miracle.”
“It means you might be sleeping longer than last time.”
“I hope you wake up soon, but I don’t think things are going to go this well on our side.”
The enemy, who had learned the emperor’s fear, was wrapped up in a sense of defeat that this war would also be lost, so it was easy to deal with.
However, as time passed, the situation on the battlefield was changing.
When the emperor was present, he overwhelmingly trampled on the enemy, but when the crown prince was present, he could not overwhelm the enemy.
“It’s fortunate that the knights deal well with the paladins. It seems that their skills have improved significantly.”
“Ah… They say you can’t improve your skills after dealing with the Paladins?”
“Are you saying that being cursed at by the Paladins was such an upsetting thing?”
The nobles, who had never met the paladins in person, shrugged their shoulders and clicked their tongues at the lack of patience of the knights.
Still, since he said he would improve his skills voluntarily, there was nothing wrong with it.
“Your Majesty should wake up before Geos finds out…”
Although he was blocking it well, that was an idea that the Geos Empire would do.
The Empire was in a position to attack, not to block.
However, contrary to their wishes, the situation on the battlefield gradually began to turn in favor of the Geos Empire.
Geos Imperial Palace.
“Sheesh, the temple guys are gathered over there.”
“Let’s avoid it.”
As the Emperor began not appearing on the battlefield, the Paladins began to show off their momentum in earnest.
Surprisingly, the Empire’s knights were blocking the Paladins well, but the problem was that they were only blocking them.
The temple was clearly showing its ability.
“When he was being attacked by the emperor, he kept his mouth shut and practiced silence.
“But what can I do? Thanks to the temple, I stopped the Empire for the first time.”
With a little bit of exaggeration, the empire reached the vicinity of the capital where the imperial palace was located.
I thought I couldn’t stop the Young Empire, but after receiving the help of the temple, I succeeded in stopping the advance for the first time.
“Even if you do, you did it when the emperor wasn’t there! If the emperor comes back, the game will change in favor of the empire again! It’s useless to win now.”
This was the reason why the Geos nobles were unhappy even though the temple was active.
That the emperor entrusted full power to the crown prince during the war to educate his successor.
How can you look at Geos easily like this?
“The emperor doesn’t even show his nose these days! How can he make fun of us?”
“Damn, do you know how old the prince is this year?
“Are we not even winning against a guy who is less than 20 years old, are we just barely drawing? Ha! It’s embarrassing to want…”
I feel ashamed that the Geos Empire didn’t have such talented people.
“The problem is that the bastards who can’t bring a proper victory even to the crown prince are boasting as if they won the war.”
The Geos noble lowered his voice and said.
It’s disgraceful, so it’s not enough to be ashamed of it, but I can’t help but feel like I’m going to explode in the middle of the day.
And this was something that all Geos nobles could relate to.
