EP.345
After hearing my words, the Duke said with a clearly nervous expression.
“ What on earth happened between the Allied Forces that makes you secretly come to me like this and accuse me? Could it be that Captain Giuseppe is secretly in cahoots with the Venetian Allied Forces…”
At those words, I shook my head and said,
“ He, the commander of the allied forces in Milan, did not try to join hands with his bitter enemies to take over the Duchy of Philolence. . However, I joined hands with the Regent to try to drive out His Highness.”
The Duke in front of me seemed to be greatly shocked and could not hide his surprise.
The words came out of his mouth and he stuttered, saying, “It’s nonsense.” His face instantly turned pale. Even if
I had been through all kinds of hardships, I would be so shocked that I would lose my senses for a moment if I heard that Brother Max or Vincent sold me out to get a promotion.
With the grandiose title of Duke of Philolence , Even so, the boy in front of him is only an 11-year-old child, so it would be natural for him to be so embarrassed and at a loss.
Instead of acting like that , I handed the original letter to Chloe, who was standing behind me, and said,
“ Tell this to Your Majesty . Give it to me. It is a secret letter bearing the seals of General Giuseppe, Commander of the Milan Allied Forces, and Regent Andrea. “The content inside is the same as what I just said.”
“I understand, Captain.”
As he read the secret letter Chloe gave him, he was once again surprised and his eyes widened.
“ Are you okay, Your Highness the Duke?”
The boy in front of him could not answer properly to those words and began to breathe more and more rapidly. “ Excuse me for a moment, Captain Jaeger.”
After saying that , Chloe hugged the Duke and started patting his back, and his condition gradually stabilized.
“
Your Highness, it’s okay. Chloe isn’t going anywhere. Always by your side. So take a deep breath and calm down.”
“Yes Chloe.”
“No matter what anyone says, Chloe is on Your Majesty’s side. Please rest assured.”
If men were doing that to each other, no matter how much I was, I would have thought, “Isn’t this a bit bad?”, but it was nice to see a 15-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy comforting each other.
Just by looking at it , you can see it on their faces. Should I say it felt like a happy smile?
After a while , the Duke must have realized that he had behaved in an indecent manner, and he waved his hand and said,
“ I’m sorry for showing you this way.”
“It’s understandable to be embarrassed. “Didn’t your uncle and the so-called regent dare to scheme behind your back to take away the title of Duke Philorence?”
“Thank you for your understanding.”
After a while , Chloe asked me.
“ I am truly grateful to you, Captain, for saving the Duchy of Philorence, as a member of the duchy and as someone who has sworn to protect you. However, I cannot rule out the possibility that the Empire brought a forged letter from you in order to take the initiative from Philolence.”
Her behavior of protesting in front of me is very against etiquette.
I will come out of this place and ask the duke. is a person qualified to talk to each other, but the girl named Chloe is nothing more than a second lieutenant who has not received any formal education at the academy.She
has no right to participate in a conversation where tens of thousands of lives can be exchanged with a single word. In a normal case, I might have yelled at her to get out of the way. If
I yell at her and say bad things to her, who is not only the duke ‘s favorite, but her only support, it’s as clear as day what will happen. If
I want the plan I came up with to succeed, Considering that I absolutely need the consent of these two, I should explain them one by one.
I snorted at that.
“ Ha, that’s ridiculous. Why would I forge a letter? If you just mobilize the imperial troops and put pressure on them, you can turn the regent into a stamping machine in an instant, so why bother? Why not just talk nonsense about how the god the pagans serve is greater than Deus?”
After the Japanese army won the Sino-Japanese War during the reign of King Gojong in the late Joseon Dynasty, Joseon practically acted like a puppet of Japan.
There is only one reason for this : This is because Joseon’s military power could not even reach the toes of Japan. And now, there is a huge difference in military and economic capabilities between the Principality of Philolence and the Empire, so I can do something similar if I want to.
“ That’s it .
… but… ”
“Regent Andrea, who knows this well, offered to give me his daughter Filone as a concubine. In effect, you declared that you would come under my wing. “You know why, right?”
“You know that the Duchy of Philorence cannot survive without the support of the Empire. “Our regent.”
“Exactly. Well, honestly, there is nothing bad about it at all from my perspective. He will have a beautiful concubine who is 15 years younger than him, and he will be able to receive a huge slush fund every year from His Highness Andrea, who has become the Duke of Philolence. After receiving such a proposal, why would I take the risk of forging a letter?”
If I were a person who only pursues personal greed, it would have been more advantageous to follow the regent’s suggestion, but rather than supporting the regent, I would have preferred the young boy and girl over there. Because connecting their love is more helpful to the national interest.
In fact , those two are young and have virtually no base power, so they have no choice but to depend on the empire. To put it
bluntly , all the nobles related to the regent are corrupt. If we liquidate it and leave behind only the pro-imperial nobles, we can transform it into an alliance that absolutely supports the empire.After letting
Chloe know that I did not need to forge that secret letter, I walked very close to the young duke and said,
“ “Your Majesty the Duke, do you love the guard behind you named Chloe?”
It may be considered very rude to throw such words at the Duke , but if I cannot move that boy, who is the key to this plan, the plan I have prepared is over. .
In that case, I have no choice but to abandon the duke and Chloe for the national interest of the empire and join hands with the regent, so I will have to follow His Majesty’s secret order and add one more concubine. Personally,
I feel very overwhelmed with just 4 people, but adding a young man Women are also adding another variable that can destroy family harmony? No matter how much I think about it, that’s not true.
The Duke blushed and nodded, as if he was embarrassed to have been caught by me.
“ Your Highness the Duke, the reason you can be with her is because you have the ‘title of a duke.’ Once that title is gone, Regent Andrea will drive you out of this castle and send you to a remote mansion. Then, after about 1 or 2 years, if everyone thinks they have forgotten about His Majesty, they will try to poison him with poison. “Because, if your Majesty becomes an adult safely, he will think that the title he barely earned can be taken away from you.” This is a
very common occurrence in politics where assassination plots are rampant, but the duke imagined that he would be deprived of the duke title and die. Have you ever had any enemies?
He seemed to feel terrible fear, and his face became increasingly scared and on the verge of crying.
Seeing that, I spoke in a loud voice, as if scolding the duke.
“ Your Majesty, no matter how much I hate and am afraid of dying, I am the monarch of the principality with the title of duke. ramen. You should never appear scared in front of anyone. Otherwise, you will definitely die. If your Majesty gets scared or shows fear and retreats, that girl named Chloe will become Regent Andrea’s. Her purity will be tainted by him, her uncle, and she will feel pain and suffering from not being able to be with His Highness for the rest of her life. If you don’t like that, come to your senses. “Not only for Your Highness, but for Your Highness’s woman, who loved and cared for You more than anyone else and worked hard to become a knight from a mere maid at the age of 15.” Although she is only 11 years old, she
belongs to the duke’s family. Is it because he is the legitimate heir, or is it because of the man’s unique pride in not wanting to lose his beloved family member and woman?
Or perhaps both sides were at play, but in any case, he decided not to turn his eyes to the reality that was right in front of him.
Duke Philorence took my word for it. After wiping away the tears that were welling up after hearing this, he clenched his teeth and signaled for me to continue speaking.
“ Your Highness must protect the title of duke at all costs. And what I am truly thankful for is that Deus supports the love between His Majesty and Chloe. As proof of this, as a captain of the Reich Empire and representative of His Majesty the Emperor, I believe that helping you two would be beneficial to the Empire. “While I and the expeditionary force under my command are here, we will clear away any obstacles that may hinder your love and well-being.”
The Duke grabbed Chloe’s hand and squeezed it.
“ So, please ask me now. “How will I proceed and what results will I give to you?”
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