EP.66
I repeated it in my head again.
시발 개새끼. A cub who deserves to die after being hit by a horse with loose reins on the road!
No matter how much I belong to the prince’s faction, I can’t not go when the prince calls me as a noble of the empire.
It is true that I must be loyal to the crown prince now, but before that, I was a nobleman with the title of the Reich Empire.
In the worst case, if I refuse the royal family’s call, I could be falsely accused of ignoring His Majesty.
If you ask to see him at the ballroom, he’ll say, ‘Oh, I’m sorry I have to go see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.’ ‘I’ll go.’ You can run away like this.
However, since His Majesty the Fifth Prince even gave you the consideration to come at a time that was convenient for you, there was no room for escape.
“It is an honour. “Then I’m sorry, but since you’ve been so considerate, is it really okay for me to come visit you at a time that’s convenient for you?”
However, since I am not an applicant going for an interview and they wanted to meet me first, I am in charge when it comes to setting a time to meet.
His Highness the Fifth Prince may be the first to have a subject treat him in this way… but what can he do?
Since I made that offer first, you should at least wait.
At least, the 23rd prince currently has the power of one province in the empire, with some support from several great nobles of earl rank or higher and nobles with other titles who belong to the noble council.
The 5th Prince’s power is less than half of theirs, so he has almost lost his presence after occupying Visochia during his recent expedition to Czechia.
After hearing that, the Count smiled as if he had expected me to come out like this.
Actually, it’s even more strange that I, who has grown so much thanks to the crown prince, answer the suggestion that I should change my job with such harshness.
“I guess I can’t help it because I’m busy with official duties. If possible, I would like you to come visit me within the next week or at the latest. “If you contact me the day before, His Majesty will personally make time for you.”
“Thank you for your consideration.”
“No. And my son, who attends the General Staff School, brought the content you lectured to because he found it quite interesting, so I read it. It was brand new. I never thought you would lecture on strategy and supply so much. “I’d like to hear directly why you thought that way.”
So we casually chatted for about 30 minutes about the Count’s time in the army and my lecture.
To be honest, I don’t remember anything about what the Count said because the 5th Prince called me to f*ck me.
Still, I felt fortunate that I continued the conversation without showing any signs of embarrassment.
On the other hand, even though Laura had experienced the situation with me many times, she had never seen such political maneuvering in person.
He looked even more embarrassed than me, the person involved, and was in a panic.
I put my hand on her shoulder, patted it, and spoke in a cold voice.
“Calm down, Lieutenant. His Highness the 5th Prince did not intend to drag me to the imperial trial, but only said that he wanted to involve me. So, nothing will happen.”
Actually, it’s a really big deal.
Because if we fail to properly explain it to His Majesty the Great Crown Prince, our position within the faction is at risk of being greatly diminished.
Even within the Crown Prince faction, there are a lot of guys who are at the bottom of the faction whose advancement is much slower than mine and who are jealous because they seem to be doing much better than they are.
What’s more, at the Battle of Visocia, there was a poor brigadier general whose promotion was halted after he talked nonsense in front of the crown prince in an attempt to step on a major.
So, I can bet both wrists that those who want to impeach me using this as an opportunity will come out like crazy.
Besides, isn’t His Highness the Fifth Prince famous for being quite crazy in an empire where there are relatively many conceptual people?
At least, the Crown Prince is a wise man, so even if I do too much, if I don’t betray him,
he will stop by delaying my promotion to colonel in order to quell the dissatisfaction of other members of the faction.
The degree of delay would be equivalent to a typical lieutenant colonel being promoted to colonel.
It usually takes at least 5 years and up to 10 years, so it means that I will become a colonel in my late 20s, so age is not a big issue.
It would be a truly terrible thing if late-career colonels with nothing to do in the rear were assigned to a division as deputy division commanders.
He wears the rank of lieutenant colonel and can happily chat with the servants assigned to the division headquarters without any assigned subordinates.
The colonels who gave up their promotions are people who have nothing to fear except a dishonorable discharge…
“But wouldn’t that raise doubts about your loyalty, lieutenant colonel?”
“There is no need to worry. No, the more you worry, the more you give excuses to your enemies. “Unless I blatantly betray His Highness the Crown Prince, at best, my promotion will be delayed.”
That’s what I said, but who doesn’t know that?
However, if I show embarrassment at times like this, people like the 23rd Prince who are trying to get me away from the Crown Prince will try to shake me down in the same way.
Then they will try to catch me using stars as bait.
‘Hehe, this is really nothing. It’s real.’
So, in this way, they are bluffing and pretending that it is nothing.
As evidence, the nobles of each faction who had just witnessed the Count of the 5th Prince faction propose something to me were glancing in my direction, pretending to be chatting and observing.
So I enjoyed the fine wine and food in the banquet hall until their interest disappeared.
I borrowed a pen and paper from a nearby servant and said, ‘The Fifth Prince has called me to recruit me.’ After writing it down, I folded the paper small.
So, Laura and I headed to where the crown prince and his faction were.
As befits the crown prince’s faction, the crown prince, several generals, high-ranking officers, ministers, and administrative officials from each department were gathered in groups of twos and threes talking.
Unexpectedly, the young masters from families with titles belonging to the crown prince’s faction attended the banquet, perhaps because they had no contact other than the halo that depended on the family, but could not participate and stood at a distance.
“Secretary Blancz, that is. “If you increase the military supply, wouldn’t we be able to feed the soldiers more?”
“Hey Major. So, I have already reported this to Director Blanc. Supply will definitely improve in the future.”
“Ha… my wife is scared every night these days. Since I started working at the central office, I have been looking for someone every night. As you know, if you serve as an officer in the military, doesn’t your body become stronger? “That’s what my wife likes…”
The topics discussed are half work and half personal.
Considering my position here, I could probably get away with putting a metal plate on my face and handing over a urgent note to the crown prince.
I went to a place where people of similar rank gathered and talked.
“I’m sorry while we were chatting. “Can you give me a place here too?”
When I said that, the bodies of the lieutenant colonels, who were at least 15 to 20 years older than me and had the same rank, caught my attention and gave me a look that said they would be grateful if I didn’t wear them because they felt burdensome.
But then he said, comparing the silver knight’s sword medal hanging on my suit’s tie with the gold cross medal hanging around his neck.
“Colonel Jaeger, you are always welcome. But we’re talking about our children right now… I think the colonel might have a hard time getting along.”
In fact, I also have a sense of tact, so I don’t want to get involved in conversations between lieutenant colonels.
It was already widely believed that my status within the Crown Prince faction was above that of a colonel and that I would soon rise to that level.
Moreover, I am at least 20 years older than the lieutenant colonels here, so it is difficult to get along with them, and I came prepared that if I intervene, I will be criticized for being insensitive.
Anyway, we talked about really useless things for about 5 minutes, and as a result, the colonels I was talking to disappeared one by one to drink wine and eat more spaghetti or steak.
Other small groups around me also began to take notice of me.
And the core group of this faction, which included the Crown Prince and Count Vener, also sensed that something strange had occurred in the faction meeting and turned to look at me.
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I sigh deeply that things have turned out as expected and pay my respects to the crown prince.
Wake up, Colonel Yeager. Don’t be too stiff at the prom. Doesn’t everyone else feel burdened?
At the same time, he held out his right hand and I stood up, holding the prince’s hand with both hands while holding the note written in my right hand with my thumb.
Considering that he was the equivalent of a crown prince, even when a lieutenant colonel showed respect, all he did was receive a greeting and tell him to stand up, so this scene was a very undeserved favor.
I’m jealous, I’m truly jealous… I wonder if I’ll be promoted to colonel when that kid gets a star…
Ha, is this life? At that age, I was a professor at the Staff College and the favorite of His Highness the Crown Prince…
I heard a lot of complaints, but those things are not important at all now.
Meanwhile, the crown prince read the note I gave him and frowned, but after a while he threw the note on the floor and laughed. He saw a bug crawling on the ground and trampled it as if he was stepping on it.
You have to trample on bugs and catch them. It seems like there are a lot of bugs around you these days, so take care of yourself.
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