334. Salon (4)
Whoa whoa!
After the handicraft class, Seongjin came out to the training room a little later than usual and smiled brightly without realizing it. Because he heard a familiar crying sound greeting him.
Max, you cute guy!
Wong wooooo!
-Why are you so late? Where are you going every day, leaving me alone?
Seongjin rushed over and lightly patted the guy who was wagging his tail.
“Okay, Max. Sorry sorry.”
Wong wong wong!
-play with me! play with me!
“But now I have to practice. So, just wait there for a moment.”
Whoa whoa!
-Play with me!
“hmm… … .”
At this point, I thought it might be okay to just play for a little while.
Seongjin was extremely averse to disrupting his training, but who wouldn’t fall for such a cute puppy’s determination and cuteness?
‘… yes? ‘A puppy?’
Of course, in the eyes of the other resident knights, the giant wolf dog only looked like a threat to the young prince.
“Okay, okay. Let’s play for a moment. “But how should I play with you?”
You say, ‘Ask!’ You can’t even play? Even if you try to play ‘bite and pull’, they tear everything to pieces with their sharp teeth.
Wong wong wong wong!
-Ride me! Let’s ride on the strong and gigantic me and go have fun like before!
“No, I guess that’s impossible… … .”
Kiing-
Max, who clearly understood Seongjin’s words, stopped pestering and licked Seongjin’s cheek.
[go away! You stupid mixed breed dog!]
Thanks to this, the Demon King, who hates Max, suddenly became uncomfortable.
“That’s an abomination… “Just look at how calm he is in front of the prince.”
“I know I’m loved too, right? “If it weren’t for Prince Mores, that would be so simple!”
It wasn’t just the Demon Lord who hated Max. A small grumbling sound from a distance vividly reaches Seongjin’s ears. These are Sir Kalmen and Sir Haven, who are usually bullied by Max.
I feel a little sorry, but what can I do when the officers are at the bottom of the hierarchy according to Marx’s standards? So, I’m going to start training a long time ago.
“Isn’t the imperial palace boring and uninteresting? I wonder if I might like you, Max… … .”
Seongjin sat down and gently stroked Max’s head.
This guy was originally a guy who freely ran around the Sigismund Territory like a wild wolf. So Seongjin still wondered whether it was a good idea to bring him to the imperial palace.
‘If we stay together, won’t we become more and more accustomed to the imperial palace?’
So at first, I would take him with me around the palace and let him sleep in my room all the time.
Then one day, Edith spoke with tears in her eyes. I can’t handle that guy’s trouble.
It turned out that he pretended to be polite when Seongjin was next to him, but the moment he left, he started chewing up all the expensive furniture and works of art.
So one time, I showed him the tattered items and scolded him, and he looked up at Seongjin with innocent eyes and whined.
-All the other kids play with it, right? There are so many amazing toys, why do you do this to me? huh?
To Max, the palace workers busily cleaning seemed like they were playing with toys.
We had no choice but to send it out, and now we have temporarily set up a kennel in one corner of the training ground.
‘But if winter comes sooner or later, wouldn’t we have to bring him into the palace? If we do not provide proper education… … .’
Tsk tsk tsk.
Max, unaware of Seongjin’s complex nature, immaturely licks his hair.
This guy sometimes enjoyed playing with Seongjin’s hair. He seemed to secretly like shiny things, as he only picked expensive items and broke them at the Jinju Palace.
“Okay, okay. “That’s fun.”
It’s a bit unpleasant to be wet, but if you like it, it’s just my hair.
Seongjin, who left Max to play alone, quietly closed his eyes and concentrated. At this point, he was thinking of meditating in his spare time. That way, he can finish training early and play with Max more later.
“no… … .”
And not long after, Masain and the resident knights encountered a very strange sight.
The young prince is immersed in meditation, with a large wolf dog on his head and the light aura wind blowing around him.
“… Are you meditating? really?”
“In this situation where the dog is covered in saliva? “Does that make sense?”
It was truly a shocking sight that shook common sense. I wonder if former Dekaron Knight leader Bruno would have been so embarrassed.
“I don’t know how you maintain concentration in such a situation. “As a Dekaron Knight, I once thought I had quite a bit of enlightenment, but I feel like I can’t keep up with the decline in mental power.”
While everyone was shocked, only Masain smiled bitterly. He had once witnessed the prince squatting alone in a flower bed and completing the fifth floor of Auror.
It was a great joy to see my younger brother, whom I had particularly admired since childhood, grow up so quickly.
but-
‘I don’t know how long I will be able to help you, as I am so inadequate.’
It was right then.
Startle!
Masaine and Leader Bruno tensed at the same time and pulled out their swords from their belts.
“… … !?”
visor! Cheaeng!
At one point, it felt as if the size of the wolfdog holding down the prince had swelled.
The dog’s aura is explosively amplified, and its presence grows uncontrollably.
Whoop-
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Everyone in the training hall was taken aback by the sudden situation. However, their gaze was not towards the wolfdog, but towards Masain and Leader Bruno.
“Lord Martha?”
“… “Why are you two acting like this all of a sudden?”
It was such a fleeting moment.
When the two people looked again, sweating coldly, they saw that the wolf dog looked the same as usual, just calmly applying its saliva to the prince’s hair.
‘what? ‘Is it because of my mood?’
‘no. It was only for a moment, but I definitely felt it, Lord Masaine.’
‘Chief Bruno. What about that dog… … ?’
As the atmosphere in the training hall became too chaotic, Seongjin sensed this and opened his eyes after meditating.
“what’s the matter? “What happened to everyone?”
Seongjin tilted his head, looking at the two people who were somehow turning pale.
“… … .”
Hehehe!
While the two embarrassed people remained silent, Maxman, who seemed to be in a good mood, just waved his tail cheerfully at Seongjin.
* * *
“… Louis.”
Seonghwang, who was flipping through documents in his office, suddenly raises his head and calls the chamberlain.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“Could you please call Deputy Francis right now?”
As Seonghwang said that, his gaze was not directed at the documents, but toward one side of the office that was blocked by a wall.
However, the Chamberlain, who noticed the silver sparkle of courtesy in his eyes, realized that the Emperor was not looking at his office, but somewhere in the distance.
“Yes, I will take action right away. your majesty.”
Lewis answered politely and hurriedly walked out.
Seonghwang, who couldn’t look away from there for a long time, eventually sighed softly and picked up the document he was reviewing.
It’s not like I didn’t expect something like this to happen ever since my son brought me a wolf from Ionia to raise it.
‘I thought we should get ready soon, but it’s earlier than I expected. Son, how on earth were you going to explain the wolf from the Demonic Sutra to the Orthodox Church and the Inquisition?’
Was it just an intention to tame it like a normal dog?
My son, who knew nothing about Ionian wolves, may have really intended to do that.
‘Francis is going to complain a lot about having more work to do.’
But don’t you want your child to do that?
So what should we do? All you have to do is make it a dog you can raise with peace of mind.
* * *
“Edith. “Are you sure you have collected all the letters addressed to me?”
Late evening. As always, Seongjin, who was appreciating the Melbourne team that Manager Bruno was giving away, asked.
“Yes, sir. “Even after cutting out all the miscellaneous things, it’s enough to fit three large sacks, right?”
… That many?
“Can you get it now?”
“Yes, of course, sir.”
Edith left the room with brisk steps.
After Director Bruno took charge of Seongjin’s refreshments, she seemed to be feeling much more at ease recently, freed from the burden of having to drink bile-flavored tea.
These days, I feel like it’s not my job, but Max’s job.
“Is there a letter in particular you are looking for, Your Majesty? “Didn’t you order us to put everything out of sight unless it’s important?”
Director Bruno pours more tea and asks.
Well, I did say that. This is because the number of useless letters sent to Jinju Palace, as well as flowers and gifts, has increased explosively recently.
After a series of monster incidents and the Battle of Sigismund Territory, it was natural that Prince Mores’s status within the ecliptic had increased significantly.
Thanks to this, we received a huge amount of invitations for banquets and social gatherings.
I was just ignoring it because it was annoying, but it seemed like the repercussions eventually reached Amelia.
-Recently, there has been an increase in letters asking if I can attend meetings with you.
-To you? why?
-Even though I sent you an invitation, I heard you never responded?
Seongjin clicked his tongue as he knotted the embroidery.
‘No, they invited me arbitrarily, and they dare expect me to respond?’
However, unlike Seongjin, who found it annoying, Amelia seemed quite pleased with the attention showered on her younger brother.
-Everyone is curious about you. Not only did you save Sigismund’s crisis, but you are already leading a department in the administration at a young age.
what. The person who was really active at that time was Logan, and I was just an advisor to the monster task force.
-In addition, there is a lot of interest in your recent businesses. If successful, Bertran & Lee will grow into the largest business encompassing the North, both in name and reality.
However, there was another essential reason why they were looking for Seongjin or Amelia.
Until then, the most famous social gathering in the imperial capital was by far the one led by Ricardo Scarzapino.
However, as he suddenly developed mental illness and became bedridden, other social gathering organizers who were trying to gain the status of mainstream gatherings were scrambling to invite the children of successful families.
-The wealthy Murray family of Anatolia and the Sorcha family with enemies in Cyprus are competing fiercely. But either way, once you get to know each other, there will be quite a few benefits.
-okay. But you don’t have any social gatherings that you regularly attend, right? How do you get that information?
The personal informant who would take care of every little detail was not with her right now.
Not long ago, I heard that the sister who was assigned to be an informant at Monkey Watchtower sent him on a long-term business trip overseas.
Where did they say it was?
So maybe it was Rohan?
-Hehe. Lady Scarzzapino is helping me a lot. The same goes for Lady Valois. How can you be so smart even at such a young age?
Oh, I see.
‘But how did all of the candidates for Mores’ fiancée end up being close to you?’
Anyway, Amelia’s sister must have said something, so now I’m thinking of picking out some useful invitations.
There was just one thing that bothered Seongjin.
‘What if it causes trouble again?’
[what?]
‘I have a jinx, right?’
[Jinx?]
okay.
There is a jinx called the ‘curse of social gatherings’, where you get caught up in a huge accident whenever you go to a gathering… … .
fantasy,
