Chapter 295 – Retribution
Since the meeting time was almost up, Jun left behind the chain letter his secret friend had given him and headed to the conference room.
Roaring Roaring Roaring
There was a different atmosphere in the conference room we arrived in.
Excitement, relief, and joy overflowed from the church members,
Resignation, frustration, and sadness welled up among the people on the empire’s side.
Jun had a vague idea why such different emotions were coming out, so he went to his seat and sat down without saying a word.
At the same time, Joseph, who was trying desperately to control his expression, spoke.
“Cardinal, you can start the meeting right away.”
“Yes? There are still about 5 minutes left until the start time. And…”
Jun turned his gaze and looked at the head of the table.
The owner of the place, Arthur, has not yet come to the conference room.
No matter how much Jun had the right to lead the meeting, starting the meeting without the emperor was an act of crossing the line.
Jun didn’t want to cause unnecessary trouble.
“Do not worry. “I received a message from Nicholas that Emperor Arthur was unwell and would not be able to attend this meeting.”
“Body? Is it very serious?”
“No. Actually, there is nothing wrong with your body. “The reason Emperor Arthur is sick is not because of his body…”
Joseph smiles bitterly and places his hand on my chest.
Jun started the meeting without saying anything more.
Immediately, just like yesterday, Joseph flashed his trademark monocle and explained the current situation.
“Most strikes have stopped and the administrative system and logistics movement are quickly returning to normal. It is believed that the reason the strike was suspended was because of the numerous incidents that occurred last night.”
“What on earth happened last night that caused the strike to stop?”
“Most of those who participated in the strike experienced unfortunate events last night. In a small case, I tripped on a stone that suddenly rolled down the street and broke my nose, and in a larger case, my entire house completely collapsed due to a local earthquake that occurred out of nowhere.”
How could this be a coincidence?
This should be dismissed as a coincidence! God is definitely angry.
I can’t bear to open my eyes and see, so God is punishing me.
Everyone in the conference room, whether on the religious or imperial side, made the sign of the cross and expressed their respect and fear for God.
Jun followed along carefully and quietly laughed.
‘How would they react if they found out that the object of respect and fear was not, in fact, a god in the sky, but a fairy showing off her anger above my head? Aren’t you curious, Por?’
‘Joy! I’m not curious about Port at all!’
The fairy above her head raised her wings like an angry cat.
She placed her down on her lap and stroked her soothingly, and with her eyes instructed her to continue explaining her situation to Joseph.
“As you can see from the series of abnormal events, many people believe that God is angry. Those who participated in the strike got scared and stopped the strike, and commoners who had reacted neutrally to the strike also turned hostile.”
“Also, various disasters have exposed all the corruption committed by those leading the strike. They were respected by many commoners for being wise and merciful, but in reality, they were not great people worthy of respect at all. There were really only a few people who deserved respect.”
Jun nodded his head once and asked.
“Is Marquis Robert one of those few?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“No, really, how did such children come out of such a house?”
Currently, Juan and his second brother were helping Leon lead the strike.
Their background, Marquis Robert, did not stop their actions in order to protect the rights of the nobles as a prestigious noble family, but in fact, other than that, Marquis Robert was an aristocratic family with such integrity and soundness that it was hard to believe that he had produced two cubs.
Shortly after encountering the two beasts, I robbed the Marquis Robert in order to properly punish them, but no matter how much I robbed him, only a few small corruptions were discovered, and not a single major corruption that could damage the entire family was found.
Even small corruptions were committed by Juan and his children during the competition for succession, and the head of the Marquis Robert had already punished them.
The head of the family of Robert Marquis.
When he met Marquis Robert to rob him, Jun thought he was an earth magician, not a lightning magician.
All earth magicians had very blunt personalities and disliked doing things that went against the natural order, and the head of the family of Marquis Robert was exactly that kind of person.
For reference, Marquis Robert’s mistress was also a person who was far from corrupt.
Her personality was so gentle and sweet that Fortuna even exclaimed that she was like her mother.
Even though they were raised by two people like that, do all their children look the same?
I met the first son just in case, but he wasn’t a human either.
The hostess said that it was all because her husband and herself raised her children too carefully, and the way she said that was completely similar to Jin-seong’s parents in Juan’s previous life.
“Then, finally, what happened to Prince Leon, the person responsible for the strike?”
“That’s… Huh.”
Joseph, who had been talking a lot up to now, cleared his throat and looked away, as if he was having a hard time talking this time.
The already miserable mood among the imperial officials became even more miserable.
What on earth did they suffer to do that?
Well, if Arthur, who had suffered all kinds of insults under the pressure of the Shadow Emperor, was lying down in pain, it was probably not an ordinary disaster.
“Prince Leon had a lot of accidents last night. He tripped on a stone and broke the back of his head, a flower pot fell on his head and broke his forehead, and the horse he was riding suddenly got horny and had a sexual outburst in the middle of the street with Prince Leon on it.”
“Note. It was definitely very unfortunate. Still, I don’t think it’s to the point where so many people can’t raise their heads.”
“The cause is different. That is…”
Joseph, unable to bear to kill the imperial officials twice, explained the situation in a whisper.
“I didn’t have the shame to enter the imperial palace, so I decided to spend the night in a luxury hotel, but in the middle of the night, a sudden wind blew the terrace door of the room where Leon was buried wide open?”
“Yes.”
“Leon’s real paparazzi entered the room through the crack in the door and took pictures of the scene inside the room, and the scene turned out to be two ducks sleeping side by side with a seashell between them?”
“. Yes.”
“The midges and clams, who were soundly asleep after a hot night, did not notice him, and the betrayed paparazzi immediately distributed the photo to all the newspapers in the capital, and now, all over the streets, two midges are sandwiching a clam. A newspaper with a picture of them sleeping side by side on the front page is selling like hotcakes?”
“… Yes.”
“… Is Leon alive now?”
“Yes, he is alive.”
“What are you alive for? Just die.”
It was a sound that would have made people from the empire throw a fit, but in reality, not a single person had a fit at Jun’s remarks.
All the people on the empire side just lowered their bright red faces as if they were dying of shame.
Leon’s behavior was so shocking that his sense of shame was greater than his loyalty to the empire.
Why would Leon’s father, Arthur, be so upset when they are like this?
I guess I’ll have to pack something good for my body and visit later.
What would be better? Seashell?
Coincidentally, a merchant sent me a bunch of clams as a thank you.
By the way, clams, clams.
“Intelligence Department. Was the intelligence department present?”
“Yes, the Ministry of Information attended.”
In response to Jun’s question, one of the imperial officials quickly stood up.
Jun asked him.
“Did you find out anything about the clam, or rather, the girl named Lili?”
Since she was a candidate for Leon’s Pride, the Empire had some knowledge about the female student named Lili.
It is said that she was born as the daughter of an upright merchant and lived her whole life as her father told her to.
Her personality was so timid that she never once rebelled against her father’s words, and there was no one she could call her friend.
She couldn’t believe it was information about a person who was controlling the prince and the beast.
Jun was curious, but didn’t pay much attention.
Just because she debuted in high school didn’t mean she had to throw away her unpleasant past and create a new self.
Oh, should we call it an academy debut instead of a high school debut?
Until recently, she had only thought of her as a girl who made her high school debut, but after hearing from Linda how she had managed to control Leon, she thought differently.
She wondered if she might be a spy for her demons who had gone into hiding to wreak havoc on her human society.
