Chapters 146 – 145. Being Stupid Makes You Sick (2)
The imperial palace was empty for too long.
Kreuz decided that it was time to return to the imperial palace.
Being where each person should be is the basis of everything.
It was also around that time that the emperor, Kreuz, had to vacate the imperial palace for such a long time, which was also a risky act, and accordingly, Kreuz was trying to call the Minister of the Interior to convey his intention to return to the palace naturally.
The news of Astein’s escape from prison had spread.
“Do you think that makes sense now?”
“… I have no face, Your Majesty.”
Kreutz held back the feeling of wanting to shout and show his anger at any moment.
The jailer said that he kept it well, but it is difficult to judge where to place the blame for this story that Astain escaped while watching the sound of materials collapsing at the back of the prison.
Why did the seal break at that point,
Construction materials collapsed at that point,
It must have been that the location was right behind the prison where Astain was confined.
The overlapping of these amazing coincidences came back as a result of Astein’s escape from prison.
“So, what are we going to do next?”
“That is-“
I will form a chase team and pursue them.
I will do my best to track it down and catch it quickly.
And we will transfer you to a regular prison so that nothing similar happens.
If it was clichéd, then the person in charge made excuses that could be said to be so, and as Kreutz listened to those words, he immersed himself in deep thought as to whether this would solve the problem.
And Astrid, who was listening to the story, tugged on Leopold’s sleeve.
“Your Highness, please talk to me for a moment.”
Leopold should have listened to what Creutz was saying, but he couldn’t ignore Astrid’s words. Besides, Astrid was looking at him with the expression that it was really important,
More than anything else, Astrid was pulling hard at the cuffs, so it was about to tear.
“So, what are you talking about?”
Leopold came out of the tent as Astrid led him.
After defeating even the guards next to him, Astrid looked around him and said to Leopold.
Her expression was quite serious and solemn, but to Leopold, she only looked pretty.
“Your Highness, I’ve been thinking about it.”
“Yeah, I’ve been thinking about it.”
From what you’re saying, it’s Astrid now.
Leopold thought so and tried hard to hold back his laughter.
“… Why are you smiling so much?”
“No, nothing. So, what were you thinking so deeply about?”
“It doesn’t seem like anything… Anyway, that pursuit group.”
“A chaser? Okay. What did you mean by the chase team?”
The person in charge of the report to the pursuit team, Creutz, clearly said so.
He had said so that he would quickly form a pursuit team, pursue them, and pursue them.
Even though Astain hadn’t been finalized yet, and the interrogation process was still pending, it was clear that he had committed a fairly serious crime, so it was clear that a bigger problem could be prevented by catching him quickly.
“It would be nice if Your Highness, I, Erania, and Berasian cadets were in charge of that pursuit team.”
“Huh.”
This was another unexpected story.
It was difficult to understand at first glance that the pursuit team consisted of Leopold, Astrid, Erania, and Veracien, but since Astrid was saying it, there must be a basis.
“Okay, can you elaborate a bit more?”
“His Highness said he would leave the academy early.”
“It did.”
Because he wanted to hurry up his marriage to Astrid, he had asked the emperor to leave the academy, which would not mean much even if he attended it any longer.
Permission had already been obtained, but under the current law, the heir to the throne must graduate from the academy.
This law had also been promised to be repealed by the emperor himself.
“His Majesty said he would repeal the law, but that would surely set a bad precedent. So it doesn’t look that good… So, with me… That, the chaff, the conclusion… Determination, resolution, marriage… “
Astrid’s pure white face turned red to the point where I wondered if her face was burning red.
“Yes, it is a marriage. Your marriage to me That is my first priority.”
“Yeah, that’s me too!”
Astrid hurriedly touched her hand.
Astrid sympathizes with Leopold’s words so violently, so intensely that you might hear her hum.
Anyone can see that Astrid tried to put her marriage to Leopold on the back burner.
Astrid vehemently denied it, as if she never thought so, as if she hadn’t thought of it at all.
Looking at it like this, it’s pretty cute.
Leopold unconsciously reached out her hand and almost stroked Astrid’s head.
Of course, if you stroked her hand like this, her hair would also shake a little at a time, and her shiny silver hair shone brilliantly in the sun, as if it were really spun with silver thread.
And Astrid’s face, ripe red, was just—
No, this is not the critical point.
“Anyway. So, the reason why the pursuit team should be structured like that is probably not the only reason it is a precedent.”
What does it matter if the precedent remains?
Early exit from the academy isn’t uncommon, and it’s a problem that the early exit this time is for a crown prince named Leopold, but from now on Leopold and Astrid’s son will have to do otherwise.
“Ah, me, me. There is no precedent in that sense.”
“What if?”
“I don’t think it would be good to set such a precedent that it’s not good for Your Majesty to control the imperial law at will.”
Huh.
Leopold narrowed his eyes.
It means that it is not good to set a precedent that governs imperial law.
Leopold was very interested in this part.
Although it is the legislature that makes the laws, there is an emperor above it.
The law approved by the emperor is finally passed and adopted as imperial law with the authority of law.
And if the emperor had an order such as redesigning this bill, it would be discarded.
Astrid was saying that such a precedent would not be good.
“Can you tell me more?”
“Originally, the Empire seeks stability under the benevolent rule of His Majesty the Emperor, the Supreme Emperor. It is true that it is thanks to His Majesty that the stability has been restored so quickly after a long war.”
Astrid quickly regained his composure.
Certainly, in all respects, Astrid used to be quick, cool, and rational.
Except for the love aspect.
“The fact that such a person has the imperial law at will, of course he has such authority to overflowing! However, the fact that the law of the country that was strictly promulgated was abolished on your own behalf for Your Highness’ sake… To see what the people would like to see.”
It was reasonable.
It wouldn’t look good if the emperor wielded the law randomly with his own hands.
“So, what do you think?”
“That’s why we wondered what it would be like if we were in charge of the pursuit team. In other words, if Your Highness personally hunts down the traitor Astain, discloses the crimes in detail, and decapitates him, that merit will be nothing compared to something like an academy diploma.”
Aha.
Leopold finally understood Astrid’s words.
“Huh.”
Creutz’s reaction was not much different from Leopold’s.
Since an emperor is inevitably accompanied by arrogance, Kreuz, the emperor, did not pay much attention to imperial law.
“As expected, she is a young lady who could be my daughter-in-law. Good idea. Because early graduation is much better than early departure. Hey Wolfgang. You really raised your children well.”
While laughing, Kreuz did not hide his joyous expression.
As if he was really happy, as if he was satisfied and had nothing more to wish for, Kreuz was delighted and immediately allowed Leopold and Astrid to join the pursuit team.
“By the way, why do you want to take Elana-sama and that Veracian?”
Leopold and Astrid can do that.
Of course it can be because it is a party involved in a conflict of interest, but isn’t the case of Erania and Veracien a little different?
However, Astrid insisted that Erania and Veracien were also necessary.
“Eranya an… Um, sister… There was a time when I fought against Astain and defeated him. Veracien is… Uh… I converted, but ha, it was in one piece. She seems to be able to understand Astain’s psychological flow well.”
“Hmm.”
I understood until Erania.
Wouldn’t it be a bit risky to send it to Berashien?
“I think you might as well take it with you, Your Majesty. It will help in many ways.”
If even Leopold said that, he had no reason to disapprove.
So, not long after permission was granted, a wagon from the Academy Restoration Project started.
Just as Veracien told them to head to the inn, the carriage carrying the four people rode like the wind to Astain’s inn on the outskirts of the city.
