Chapter 506 – 506. The New King (2)
“So who are you recommending?”
“…”
Eunhyun did not answer Yuria’s question.
Instead of opening her mouth to answer, he just stared at her with a meaningful smile on her face.
The people in the cabin followed Eunhyeon’s gaze and focused their attention on YuRia, and eventually realized who he was recommending as the next king.
“Stop, please… ?”
What I realized was the same for Yuria, who was receiving attention.
YuRia, whose complexion was pale, hurriedly said while shaking her hand.
“I-I can’t.”
“Why?”
“Yeah, that’s right! How can I become a king… !”
“Don’t make a decision without trying it.”
When Yuria heard Eunhyeon’s words, she couldn’t help but frown.
The story of him trying to make himself the king of Pernias so suddenly and without a word of advice was like a thunderbolt to Yuria.
I was stunned by the absurd story, and my teeth gnashed naturally.
“You… It’s really easy to say… !”
“It’s not something that comes off easily. Of course, it is also a proposal that I think about and do a lot.”
Eunhyeon met YuRia’s eyes with her straight gaze.
Then she exchanged glances with her mother, Helena Hubie, by her side.
“…”
Helena Hubi’s expression, trying to figure out what the hell she was thinking by observing Eunhyeon’s face, was also very hardened.
The fact that there is no king, the owner of the current kingdom, was also a very big problem, but at this timing, mentioning the existence of his own daughter as the next king is a story that cannot be ignored.
‘I don’t know what he’s thinking.’
This is the second time that Helena Hubi has met her Eun-hyeon face-to-face.
Eun-hyeon, whom she has seen again since the time she sneaked out of her palace due to her daughter’s arbitrary behavior and sought him out for her personal favor, was a man she could not keep up with at all.
In the meantime, he felt a sense of alienation different from the people he had seen.
As much as he had seen countless people stained with various desires, such as lust for wealth, lust for power, or lust, the man in front of him had no emotion of such desire at all.
‘Besides, for some reason, he seems very close to Yuria…’
At least, when Alex was a member of the Krasir Knights, Yuria, whom she had a close relationship with, shows a strangely relaxed attitude toward her Eunhyeon.
It was also very strange to see her daughter acting as if she was treating her close friend rather than her princess.
That’s why I couldn’t understand the man named Eunhyeon.
Eunhyeon calmly accepted the gaze of Helena Hubi, who was observing her, and opened her mouth.
“There are three reasons why I want to recommend the princess as the next king.”
“… Why did you make and bring three of them to annoyance?”
Ignoring YuRia’s words as she narrowed her eyes and tackled her, Eunhyeon smiled and continued.
“The first is that, as I said earlier, Prince Evan, who is now the only heir to the throne, is too young.”
“… That’s not why I should be king.”
“You’re right.”
Eunhyun nodded his head as if it were natural.
Although it is a time when the existence of a king is necessary, there is also a way to take over the government and have Helena consort do the cleanup by proxy, just as Queen Diane did, even after delaying the timing.
It was not a reason for YuRia to take over the throne unreasonably.
But now, Eunhyeon had a reason why YuRia had to inherit her throne.
“The second reason is the overall situation of the continent that is currently flowing outside the kingdom.”
“… State of affairs?”
“The princess must have heard the story, too. The news that the kingdom of Rendir has been destroyed.”
“… !”
YuRia and even Helena Hubby flinched when she heard the news.
After a while, she shifted her gaze and looked at Leo de’s eyes.
The kingdom of Rendir is a country where Raynan, an old colleague of Riod, belongs to as a nobleman, and the rumor that it was none other than Raynon who destroyed the kingdom of Rendir was a fact that Yuria and Helena Houbi also heard.
“Honestly, the current internal affairs of the Kingdom of Pernias cannot be said to be good.”
“Eww…”
As if there was no room for objection on this part, the two mothers and daughters could not raise their heads with dark expressions.
“On the other hand, the current situation in foreign countries is not serious.”
Although not as much as the Kingdom of Pernias, the destruction of the Kingdom of Rendir, which was widely known as a great power in the Arcena continent, is a precursor to causing great disturbances in the continent.
At the same time, the surrounding small countries were suffering damage, and the number of casualties was gradually increasing, and to make matters worse, the presence of a necromancer intervened, turning the dead civilians into undead, gradually inflating the scale.
It is yet to be seen that its influence has reached the kingdom of Fernias, which is quite far away, but it is only a matter of time before chaos engulfs not only the kingdom of Fernias, but also the entire continent.
“You see? Now is not the time to waste energy on internal factional fights.”
Currently, many of the nobles of the Kingdom of Pernias who have committed corruption are being punished, confiscated titles and lands, and degraded to commoners to maintain discipline, but all nobles who are still looking for an opportunity to seize power or wealth are rooted out. Status was not
Although it collapsed because the scale itself was not established to have a factional fight by Eun-hyeon, the seeds of confusion still exist to form a force at any time and repeat the same actions as in the past.
Eun-hyeon planned to use this situation to root out the seeds of confusion that might arise with Yuria at the fore.
YuRia felt her stomach hurt at the thought of the heavy burden of being the king.
“Why… Why does it have to be me Rather than me…”
Having to lead someone and prepare for upcoming threats is something YuRia, who just wanted to enjoy her life in peace, never wanted to accept.
Even if it’s not the next king, wouldn’t someone be able to fulfill that role?
Momentarily trying to find someone more suitable than herself, Yuria’s eyes turned to Riod.
Rather, the hero’s charisma, which helped save the entire continent, would be of great help in quelling the dissatisfaction of other nobles in the kingdom and strengthening internal stability.
“No Riod.”
However, as if Eunhyeon had read YuRia’s thoughts, she immediately rejected the proposal.
“He is a knight who protects the royal family. It is not the king who sits at the head of this country.”
Above all else, Riod, who stands at the forefront and leads the knights, is a commander with great leadership skills, but that cannot be a virtue of a ruler.
He is a knight who serves someone, not someone who has the qualifications to be someone’s king.
More than anything, Lyod himself doesn’t want the position.
“And in the first place, Riod is not a descendant of the royal blood. At least there is no justification or justification to calm the dissatisfaction of other nobles.”
Rather, even though she is a woman, Yuria, a young bloodline of the remaining royal family and an adult, has a more valid justification.
This is the reason why Eunhyeon recommends YuRia.
“That… But… However, there has never been a case where a woman succeeded to the throne among all the kings of the Kingdom of Pernias.”
“Congratulations. The princess will make the first case.”
“You really…”
Yuria was slightly annoyed and clenched her fists tightly as she glared at her.
It was so mean to clap her hands and say that if Eunhyeon and herself were alone here, she would have put her hands together and begged for one slap in the face.
[… Hey Concentrate.]
Yuria’s expression was so funny that she inadvertently burst into laughter, but Belldandy pulled her Eunhyeon’s hair up to warn her.
Eun-hyun, who managed to hold back her laughter, finally put her third reason into her mouth.
“The third and final reason is that, besides the fact that I chose the princess, there is someone who chose the princess as the next king.”
“… Yes?”
YuRia asked with an absurd expression.
Instead of answering her, Eunhyun turned her head to the side and looked at someone.
YuRia, who turned her head to follow his gaze, was startled to see her in her field of vision.
It was because the target Eunhyeon was pointing at was none other than a nine-tailed fox.
“Joy.”
The nine-tailed fox, who was sitting on the chair with his legs crossed, folded his arms and turned his head away from her gaze.
Although he was expressing with his whole body that he had no intention of having a conversation, the existence of the nine-tailed fox created a very useful atmosphere just by being here.
In fact, it is Eun-hyeon who supports her wishes and takes on the role of spokesperson.
“Sir, I don’t think he… Me… ?”
“You’re right.”
“Why…”
“Well, didn’t the princess break Miho’s fox beads?”
Upon hearing her answer, YuRia jumped up and made an unfair expression to resent her.
“You made that!”
With Yuria’s act of kindly accompanying Alex as an escort to enter the Orbis ruins and breaking her fox beads, the war situation was surely set as a springboard for reversal, and it was none other than Eun-hyeon who instructed Eleanor on the strategy.
“Joy. Did you mean to break my marble and not take any responsibility?”
“No. I’m like that…”
Even though she was robbed by Ortas and used as she pleased, Yuria, who was framed as a felon who broke the fox orb, which was the source of her power to the nine-tailed fox, was on the verge of going crazy.
“Take responsibility. You will have to prove that you are different from your ancestors. Otherwise…”
Ugh
The magic of the powerful divine beast fills the cabin.
“I will kill all of you who inherited his blood and burn his blood.”
It was a short warning, but the ferocious nine-tailed fox’s feelings contained in that warning are by no means light.
“Egg… I will.”
Unable to resist the pressure of the divine beast, Yuria had no choice but to nod her head.
Although she wasn’t without her chagrin, she is a descendant of the blood of Ortas, whom she and her Evan really hated as a nine-tailed fox.
It was a part that I should be thankful for giving me a chance instead of killing me right away.
The nine-tailed fox withdrew the mana that had filled the cabin and glanced at Eunhyeon.
“Is it okay to do this?”
“… No. You just have to say it. Why are you scaring me?”
“Joy. Because I want to see you one more time.”
I became curious about the nine-tailed fox who once believed in humans, but was betrayed.
Will the woman named Yuria in front of her be corrupted like Ortas, or will she take a different path from him?
I would like to see the result once.
“And there is another reason why the princess should accept my offer.”
“Oh, what else is left!”
“Princess. You made a promise with me, didn’t you?”
“Promise… ? Ah!”
Yuria belatedly recalled the conversation she had with Eunhyeon on the expedition march from Pernin to Tirnis territory.
– Princess. It’s not difficult to boil this, but there is one condition instead.
-… Condition?
-Yes. One request from me later…
-Great. If it’s something I can listen to, I’ll do it, so boil it right away. Right Now.
Recalling the proposal she accepted with a snap after being hooked on ramen, Yuria’s expression hardened.
Soon, her stiff face began to turn red.
Eunhyun had been drawing this picture since then, and Yuria’s fists trembled as she belatedly realized that she had been fooled by it.
“Let’s try hard. I will do everything I can to help you.”
“This… Fraud!”
