The Returned Sword King Decided to Become a Tyrant Chapter 173
A wish that never came true (1)
At that time, in the Crown Prince’s office.
George frowned arrogantly at Roel.
“Ha, this guy is so frustrating. How can you handle things like this?”
A serious atmosphere without answers.
It didn’t seem like a serious matter to be pounding my chest and expressing my frustration.
Are you saying that the work you gave me has gone badly wrong?
Soon, George’s fingers reached the object that Roel was holding.
“It’s not barley tea, it’s barley-flavored beer!”
“… … .”
“Oh my, this is so frustrating!”
Roel tilted his head slightly at George’s nagging.
And then there’s the sight of the griffon looking at him pitifully from inside the guy’s arms…
“Me, me, that fat chicken… …!”
It was only natural that George’s patience would wear thin at that absurd expression.
“… … But you didn’t give me beer?”
“why!”
“You can’t give it to children.”
“… … .”
Is this the frustration that cannot be conveyed through words?
George sighed and rubbed his forehead.
“Huh, no, you could have just said that the Crown Prince asked for it. Do you think I gave you the aide’s seal for nothing?”
“… … .”
“… … No. Let me say something.”
Eventually, George gave up and snatched the barley tea from Roel’s hand.
The sight of him drinking something bitter from a bottle was quite pitiful.
Crunch-!
“Ouch!”
At that moment, the door to the office opened wide and someone came in.
“Ugh… … Huh? Your Majesty?”
“Oh, Mr. George. Were you educating Roel while His Majesty was away?”
“Yeah, whatever.”
George nodded, wiping his lips with a subtle expression.
It was because of a sudden visit from someone that I heard about the case.
But there was something strange about that behavior.
As soon as the Marquis entered the office, he looked around as if he was looking for something, and soon he was stroking his chin and glaring at the bookshelf. George couldn’t help but ask him what he was curious about.
“What are you looking for?”
“Um… … That. Do you, by any chance, remember where the jewel that arrived to Your Majesty before is?”
“What jewel all of a sudden?”
“It’s pumpkin, pumpkin.”
“iced coffee.”
When I said it was a jewel that had arrived, I could barely remember it.
George tilted his head and walked over to the Crown Prince’s personal safe in the corner of the office, then began to open it with deft hands.
To be exact, I started ‘picking’.
“… … .”
He was the epitome of a thief, fiddling with the safe using a small pin attached to the noble seal.
The Marquis seemed to have a lot to say, but he held back and waited for the vault door to open.
Soon, the safe opens wide as if welcoming us.
Clank-
“It’s probably here.”
“… …Thank you.”
A thief is a thief, and shouldn’t he achieve his goal first?
The Marquis reluctantly left a word of thanks and looked inside the safe.
“Ugh.”
And then I was able to discover it.
There was a jewel there that was the same color as the letter from Magia.
A strange sight caught the Marquis’ eyes.
‘So is it really Magia that sent the pumpkin?’
I can’t guess the reason or the intention.
But what was clear was that the Crown Prince, who was the first prince at the time, seemed to understand the meaning of this jewel.
Magia.
What on earth did that have to do with Esteban… … .
As the Marquis repeated that name, a small valley gradually appeared between his eyebrows.
“Hmm? Weren’t you going to take that jewel and sell it?”
“… … .”
The Marquis, who was carefully trying to close the safe, stopped moving and looked at George, who was chattering absentmindedly.
And George could realize.
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The fact that the face of the ‘demon’ that only appeared when he was angry was looking at him now.
“… … .”
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The griffon began to laugh, as if he found it funny.
* * *
“So you’re saying there’s something you need?”
“okay.”
Belderet, the administrator at the top of the kingdom, nodded with a serious expression at the crown prince’s words.
Up until now, all the things the Crown Prince had said were ‘necessary’ were important materials.
From butterfly coral to black iron, there was nothing that did not contribute to Esteban’s development.
But this instruction was somewhat difficult for him to understand.
“I need two horses of the fastest breed.”
“Yes… … Are you talking about two horses?”
“hmm.”
“Oh, I see.”
Belderet quickly racked his brain to figure out the Crown Prince’s true intentions.
‘Horse? Does Your Majesty want a new warhorse?’
Well, there are several varieties that come to mind… … .
But it was impossible to grasp the detailed situation just by saying that suddenly a conversation was needed.
In the end, he had no choice but to follow the instructions while still questioning them.
“I will obey your command. If so, is the only condition you desire simply a breed of fast horse?”
“No, to be exact, it’s called ‘revenant.’”
“Hmm… … If it’s Revenant.”
Even he, who has a lot of experience in traveling, was hearing this name for the first time.
Well, that means at least it’s not a common saying.
‘Whew, I guess I should start with the investigation first.’
It was at that time that Belderet tilted his head with a blank expression.
“Oh, is this perhaps a breed called a ghost horse?”
“… … A ghost horse?”
These were the words spoken by Reika, who was cleaning up the interior of the upper headquarters.
She thought about something deeply and then continued speaking with a bright expression.
“I believe it is a breed that was first discovered in the western part of the Federal Empire. It was named for its light gray fur and its ghostly, mysterious movements!”
“Oh, really? Was there something like that?”
“Yes! Perhaps the reason why their names are unknown is because they are such finicky horses. They are fast, but they are difficult to tame and ride, so no one seeks them out.”
“You know very well.”
“lol…….”
The crown prince nodded, indicating that was the correct answer.
At this, Belderet’s expression brightened significantly.
‘You must be from the Federal Empire, so you know a lot about that sort of thing.’
Reika followed the crown prince along with her father who was studying at an ancient university.
He was one of the people who was placed at the top of the kingdom because he had a dream of becoming a free merchant.
Of course, I was not without worries when I first started taking Sanghaeng with me.
However, thanks to his surprisingly rich knowledge of the upper echelons and various information, he was sometimes of great help to the upper echelons of the kingdom, and most of this was related to the Federal Empire.
This case was no different.
‘The Federal Empire had no choice but to have less information… … .’
It was impossible to know all the relevant information because the Federal Empire was so large that even Esteban would find it ridiculous.
To make matters worse, there was no way they, as merchants of the Esteban royal family, could have received much information… … .
However, Reika was from the Federal Empire and was managing the bookstore in place of her father.
Of course, the knowledge you have is quite extensive!
At least in that field, he said he knew more than the veteran himself.
‘Thanks to this, I won’t have to waste time looking for information.’
Belderet looked at the crown prince with a relieved smile.
“I will obtain what Your Majesty has instructed as soon as possible. If it is from the West, there will be quite a few that have entered Esteban, so there will be no problem with the trade sanctions.”
“hmm.”
“However, it seems like it will take quite some time to find something that is somewhat tamed… … How long do you think the deadline will be?”
“I see.”
Because it’s deadline… … .
The crown prince trailed off for a moment, then raised the corners of his lips and spoke.
“If possible, it would be better before the end of the celebration to commemorate my father’s birth.”
“yes?”
“To be exact, it would be about two weeks.”
“… … .”
Belderet’s eyes grew cloudy and his expression slowly became blank.
Full moon.
Even if I went back and forth right now, I would be just barely late.
* * *
“… …Magia.”
The Marquis Vidor’s worries deepened as he recalled that name.
That would be the case, since the other party was no one else and there was nothing to say even if there was a diplomatic problem.
“Of course, they said they would give it to me as I said, so there’s nothing to be ashamed of… … .”
After all, isn’t it impossible to know what the other person will think?
In the midst of all this, sending an envoy to congratulate the king on his birthday and coronation seemed absurd no matter how I thought about it.
Unless there is some relationship that you are unaware of.
‘It definitely doesn’t seem like an ordinary thing… … .’
As the Marquis was heading back to the preparation site for the birthday, a familiar sight suddenly caught his eye.
“Hmm? Your Majesty the Duke? Why are you in a place like this?”
“Ah, Marquis Vidor.”
Duke Walter noticed the Marquis and approached him with a smile. The Marquis, seeing this, opened his eyes wide and asked.
“Were you waiting for me?”
“I have something to say to you regarding some budget allocations for the Nativity Festival. It is something I cannot do without consulting you, the Prime Minister.”
“T, tsk! If you had even given me a hint, I would have run there immediately… … .”
“Hehe, don’t worry about it. I don’t have anything to do these days anyway.”
“still…….”
The Duke waved his hand as if to say that everything was fine, and brushed away the Marquis’ worries.
But soon he noticed that the Marquis’ complexion was not good and his expression became serious.
“Is there a problem?”
“that is…….”
The Marquis hesitated and hesitated to speak.
I was wondering if I should bring up the story related to Magia to the Duke.
‘I don’t think it will matter since His Majesty knows what happened at the Continental Congress.’
Wasn’t the pumpkin-related matter the Crown Prince’s personal business?
No matter how I thought about it, it was not right to bring it up so rashly as a subject.
In the end, the Marquis’ choice was to speak indirectly.
“Do you, Your Majesty, know about the relationship between Magia and Esteban?”
“… … Hmm? Are you talking about Magia?”
“Yes.”
The Marquis asked cautiously.
But the Duke asked back as if he didn’t understand.
“How come you don’t know that?”
“yes?”
“… … Ah, it was after that that you inherited the nobility. And even more so if you were not from the center but from the border region. In that case, it would be understandable that you would not know what happened between the two countries.”
“What is that… … .”
The Duke lowered his head and spoke in a low voice as if telling a secret.
“Magia and Esteban had a mutually friendly policy.”
“… … .”
“To be exact, it was an unofficial relationship, and it only lasted for a short time.”
The Marquis didn’t understand it. A relationship that ‘carried out’ a friendly policy? And unofficially? For a short period of time?
Why on earth does this happen… … .
And the Duke seemed to understand the question and immediately explained.
“The late queen was the princess of Magia.”
“… … !”
The Marquis’s eyes widened.
Only then did the Marquis begin to understand the series of events in his head.
‘The pumpkin-colored dawn, the symbol of Magia!’
And the jewel that was sent for the first time since the birth of the crown prince.
Lastly, their attitude is so consistent that it is almost incomprehensible… … .
The death of the queen, who was so loved that it was hidden even in Esteban’s records, resurfaced after twenty-one years.
