Chapter 620 – 620. Coronation (2)
The interior of the court was crowded with many people due to the upcoming event.
This day is the coronation day when the royal authority of the Kingdom of Pernias is replaced.
In other words, it was the day and seat when Yuria Pernias officially inherited the throne.
The throne, which means the owner of this country, is currently vacant due to the death of Andrea Pernias, the current king.
At the side of the vacancy sat her queen, Diane Fernias.
On the outside, he puts on a calm expression, but that’s not because Queen Diane didn’t care.
To the nobles who did not know the details, she might have looked like a cold-blooded woman with a calm expression, even though she had lost her son, who was trying to make her succeed to the throne.
However, to those who saw the incidents in Orbis, the island where the first king and other kings were buried, and the appearance of Queen Diane at the time, they read the emptiness inside her.
Queen Diane had nothing left.
He lost completely in the battle for succession to the throne with her son, Helena, and the aristocratic powers that supported her were all cut off after their corruption and evil deeds were discovered.
When she heard that even her son, Damian, who was everything to her, had died instantly after being eaten by Ortas, the first king, it was as if the sky had fallen.
All that remains of Diane is her shell status as ‘her queen’.
And now that she was able to give up even her position, Queen Diane’s heart was very empty.
A magnificent and beautiful performance created by the harmony of wind and string instruments began.
When it was announced that the coronation ceremony had begun, solemnity quickly settled inside the court, which had been crowded with many conversations.
Finally, Yuria, who is no different from the main character of this event, appeared.
Wearing an antique-designed dress befitting the owner of a country, she led a large procession and moved slowly.
The sound of musical instruments that filled the palace became more magnificent as they stepped on the red carpet and walked toward the throne.
At last they climbed the steps and reached Queen Diane in front of her throne.
“…”
YuRia got down on one knee without saying a word and bowed her head towards Queen Diane.
Just as the order of events had been pre-arranged, Queen Dianne put a crown on Yuria’s head.
Neither the person inheriting the throne nor the person inheriting the throne on behalf of the deceased king quietly waited for the magnificent performance to end without any conversation.
Soon, as the performance was almost over, Diane murmured softly.
“The day has finally come.”
“…”
Yuria clearly heard Diane’s muttering mixed with various emotions.
It was a small voice that was buried in the performance of the instrument, but the weight of the emotion is felt desperately.
However, Yuria kept her head down and closed her eyes and said nothing.
She had no intention of pardoning her for having done everything she could to keep her rival, her own younger brother, in check, putting away everything that stood in her way, in order to put her own son on the throne. .
But she did sympathize with me to some extent.
She had lived her whole life only seeing the moment her son became king, but how did she feel when she found out that in reality her own distant ancestor was wearing the shell of her son.
Queen Diane was a person that Yuria could never forgive.
Even so, her ending, in which she loses everything she has as a woman and as her mother, and she has to hand over her throne directly to her opponent, whom she tried to step on, is so miserable.
Soon after, Queen Diane rose from her seat and came down to her, supported by her attendant, and she left lonely without saying a word.
YuRia, who became her only child, stood up from her seat, bending over on one knee.
She almost staggered as she did so, she flinched, but she didn’t show it and straightened her posture.
‘Ah… It’s heavier than I thought.’
The fact that the weight of the crown on her head was heavier than expected was a completely unexpected variable.
It would have been natural since it was a crown made of pure gold, but she couldn’t have predicted that the day would come when she would wear it.
”Withstand the weight of the crown.’ It seems that this kind of talk came without any basis at all. Oops.’
The moment she was wasting her time with her idle thoughts, she immediately came to her senses and scanned her court slowly.
Realizing that the eyes of all the nobles currently participating in the coronation were focused only on him, he began his speech.
“… Recently, the Kingdom of Pernias has had a very difficult time.”
It meant an event that eradicated all the ills that were deeply rooted in this country.
Many nobles who participated in the coronation looked surprised.
It was an expression that did not expect that he would mention the incident as soon as he started his speech.
But Yuria didn’t care and continued her speech.
“It was a very embarrassing mistake that I couldn’t reveal or show.”
It is undeniable that it is a shameful fact as a member of the royal family, who is no different from the owner of this country, that the corrupt aristocrats who did not feel guilty about committing corruption could not be immediately eradicated and the country was not corrected.
Yuria acknowledged that from the start.
“It would be impossible for me alone to make this country, which is suffering and ailing, into a bright and healthy one again.”
Although he inherited the throne, not all nobles within the kingdom were dissatisfied with Yuria’s accession to the throne.
Some of her concerns were that she was her woman, some of her that the period of her education she had received as her king was too short, some of her that it was too early for her, and so on.
That’s why, in the future, Yuria had to show her abilities and achievements and make the nobles recognize them.
Her next task is to directly show off that this country she rules is okay.
“So… We look forward to helping you in the future.”
The remark of the king, who is no different from the owner of the country, asking for ‘help’ rather than ‘order’ from his subjects is unexpected.
After the speech, the aristocrats began to get agitated by the unexpected contents of the speech.
Mate mate mate
An aristocrat burst into applause loud enough to calm the fuss.
Starting with that, applause burst out as if a fuse was ignited and contagious to the surroundings.
Suddenly, the inside of the court was filled with applause that calmed the agitated sound from YuRia’s speech.
A nobleman shouted in a loud voice as the melody of magnificent instruments punctuated the round of applause.
“Your Majesty Queen Yuria! Hurray!”
“Hurray!”
“Hurray!”
The congratulations echoed along with her applause, as if to mimic her booming voice congratulating her on her own coronation.
However, Yuria, who became her true queen, honestly couldn’t accept the celebration happily.
‘Ah, sir… I’m going to cringe to death.’
She chanted her name and hurrahed for her, which made her feel like if there really was a rat hole she wanted to hide.
As soon as Yuria finished her speech, she immediately descended the stairs and left the court as if to run away.
A procession of many attendants and escorts followed her, but when she arrived in front of her private office, she bit everyone except Alex and Seria.
Now that she has officially become her queen, it was impossible for her to have only two escorts, but when Yuria let go of her threats, her attendants and her escorts were forced to accept her queen’s orders. Did.
Seria was a knight who had been escorting Yuria since she was a princess, and Alex was one of the few men Yuria knew that she could openly talk to.
“Whoa…”
As soon as she entered her office, Yuria sat on her sofa and leaned against her, slightly loosening her clothes and letting out a tight breath.
“Princess. Body pain…”
“I am no longer a princess. She is a queen.”
“So this is not going to happen anymore. If anyone even gets a look at her queenly look now…”
“Ah, I’ll do it right then. Let me breathe please.”
Yuria, of course, protested as if she was unfair to Seria, who was always nagging her.
She couldn’t breathe because she was so stuffy at the thought that she would have to stay like this forever.
“… Ha.”
Seria had no choice but to step back.
“Alex.”
“Yes. Queen.”
“… Can’t we just call each other by our names when we’re alone?”
Previously, Alex had been calling her Yuria by her title of princess, but when she suddenly changed her familiar title, she felt a sense of distance from her.
But she can’t even ask to be called a princess like before.
She wished to be called by her first name, but she asked, but Alex refused her request without worrying about her.
“It can’t be.”
It is impossible between her lord and subjects to call her the queen of her country by her name, not by her title.
“… Chit.”
She would have pretended to be a little worried, but I was very disappointed with his reaction as he immediately refused.
“Why. We are alone.”
“… It’s not between us, is it?”
Alex made a troubled expression.
Realizing the meaning of her words, YuRia immediately looked at Seria.
“…”
“Oh, you want me to leave? Yes. What.”
After receiving Yuria’s gaze, Seria quickly opened the door and left her office.
Sensing a strange air current flowing between the two of them recently, Seria didn’t want to be in this space anymore.
It is right to punish the knights who escort her, her queen, for abandoning her mission to escort her without hesitation, but Yuria will never scold her, Seria.
“Now is it?”
“Yes. Queen…”
“Name.”
“Mrs. Yuria.”
“Hmm. Great.”
The character ‘nim’ was a bit annoying, but this is an honorific title that has always been attached to it from the beginning.
More than anything, it didn’t feel too bad that Alex was calling him by his first name instead of a title.
Yuria gave her first order to Alex in her improved mood.
“Come to work here tomorrow.”
“Yes?”
“From tomorrow, Alex will return to the Krasir Knights. Her mission is to be my exclusive escort along with Seria.”
“No… What the hell is that…”
Alex couldn’t hide his embarrassment at the sudden personnel change.
Originally, his mission is to educate Yuria, who is scheduled to be crowned as her queen.
Since she became the queen, Alex, who had the status of a minor duke, had to return to the Duchy of Armitas.
Even though she handed over her lordship itself, not her acting lordship, to her younger sister Eleanor, she was going to help her because it would be difficult for her to lead her estate alone, but this kind of greeting It was so embarrassing.
“But the queen… No. Not glass. Youngji I need to take care of…”
“That’s already been discussed with Eleanor. She has already readily agreed. Of course, permission was obtained not only from Eleanor, but also from Duke Armitas.”
“… Yes?”
He asked Alex back with a dumbfounded expression, wondering if he had heard it right.
“You see? This has already been decided.”
“Anyway, the procedure… It doesn’t look good for you to change personnel in such a reckless way.”
“What’s wrong? Alex has been a member of the Krasir Guards since before. He is just returning to his place.”
“Justification is…”
“You just have to make a cause.”
Yuria, who had been avoiding the position of queen because of her responsibilities and burdens, had already been wielding power casually.
“I. If Alex doesn’t accept this personnel change, she won’t be queen.”
“…”
Less than an hour after her accession to the throne, Yuria’s words and actions when she threatens to abdicate are completely childlike.
It was an unrealistic, unrealizable blackmail, but her will, which was so coercive that she made a living, was desperately conveyed to Alex.
“Okay… It is. First of all, I have something to prepare, so I will go out first.”
“All right.”
“Enough then.”
As Alex left the office with a complicated expression on her face, Seria entered her office as if taking turns.
“Are you finished talking?”
“Huh.”
“Did you look very upset?”
“…”
Yuria muttered softly with her hardened face.
“Being with me… Don’t you like it?”
From the time she was on Orbis Island, or perhaps from before, Yuria’s mind was complicated when she began to perceive Alex as her member of the opposite sex.
Alex, who believed in her own ‘future foreknowledge’, which had no basis in her, supported her and gave her strength, was a trustworthy man who supported her.
So, with the thought of wanting her to stay by her side if possible, he restored Alex to the Krasir Royal Guard Knights.
The fundamental reason he came out of the Royal Guard was to take responsibility for the corruption and atrocities of Ashton, his half-brother and now deposed from the family, and it was a very dishonorable thing.
So, if she reinstated him as a member of the Royal Guard, Yuria thought that Alex would be happy.
But she was disappointed that his reaction was completely different.
Or did she say that she asked me to be with her in the future, so that I didn’t notice.
“… Fool.”
“…”
While YuRia was pouting her lips in frustration, Seria didn’t say anything and kept her silence.
As Alex left her office, the corner of Alex’s mouth drew a slight arc and he saw that she hadn’t been able to hide her joy, but he didn’t have the heart to convey it to Yuria.
‘… It’s annoying.’
The feeling of a solo caught between two couples having a thumb was very complicated and subtle.
