The Returned Sword King Decided to Become a Tyrant Episode 28
Eve (2)
When I returned to my office, I sighed at the unexpected intruder who followed me from the banquet hall.
“Albedo. What are you going to do if you leave the party too?”
“Well, what do you think? I’m not the star of the party anyway.”
“Tsk.”
The guy said, holding back his laughter.
“Rather, shouldn’t we be blaming our brother, who was the number one contributor to the northern defense, for leaving?”
“It’s useless meddling.”
Although he said that, it is true that he was secretly happy.
Before returning, had he disappeared since his father’s death? It had been about ten years since I last encountered him like this.
I never thought I would meet you in a place like this.
Before he could enjoy the unexpected emotion that came to mind, the guy’s mouth opened.
“Don’t you even treat guests here? I’d like to have at least a cup of tea.”
“I don’t think that’s what you were hoping for.”
“That’s what you’re saying. By the way, is that guy who was in the meeting room earlier a new attendant?”
“He is the one who will become my future assistant.”
Then, as if slightly interested, Albedo stroked his roughly grown beard and said.
“You have an unverified person as your aide? That’s not like you, brother.”
“I guess I’ll need something like that to deal with the rats that try to impede my movements.”
“Hoo.”
It was a very strange thing.
The expression on the face of the guy who was always careless about everything suddenly changed to a serious one.
“What kind of idiots would try to interfere with the First Prince’s movements?”
“There are such guys. Those idiots who want to take advantage of the fact that Asus, the leader of the royalist faction, was killed by the First Prince to fan their ambitions.”
Although it was just a somewhat abstract statement, it was natural for Albedo’s lips to curl up.
I said, sitting at my desk in my office.
“How is your grandfather, Duke William?”
Finally, Albedo’s lips, which had been drying up, bloomed brightly.
No further explanation was needed.
At least for the two people here.
“Can I ask how you knew that?”
“There’s nothing that can’t be done. But I don’t really like explaining things.”
“I saw that and said no.”
Albedo, who had been giggling for a while, put down the teacup she had been sipping from and leaned back on the sofa, almost lying down.
“Brother. I have no interest in the throne. I never even touched the study of kingship in the first place… … But it seems that my mother and the old man have different thoughts.”
“Are you telling me to stop the concentration of power in my favor?”
“Correct. My role is to ruin the situation where the First Prince becomes the Crown Prince. After that, he said he would do whatever he wanted.”
The words that were coming out of the guy’s mouth right now were not something that could be taken lightly.
A duke who covets the throne by using the second prince as bait.
This is a story that could escalate into a civil war at any moment if things go wrong.
I chuckled at the hypothesis that fit without any filter.
Albedo, too, snickered without caring about such things.
“Even if things go wrong, he said he would give me the life of a commoner as I wanted, so it was a contract where I wouldn’t lose anything either way.”
“I see. So you entered the fight for the throne in exchange for your freedom?”
“I could have just run away from home, but… … How could I, as a son, abandon my mother who cries and says this is her first and last request?”
Albedo, the concubine’s child, was basically like this even before her regression.
He had a windy personality and was extremely reluctant to stay in one place. He would always sing about wanting to give up his status as a prince and become a mercenary.
That is why it goes without saying that he neglected his duties as a prince, and he barely had any time to spend in the palace.
But on the contrary, his mother, Queen Sarah, and his maternal grandfather, Duke William, thought differently.
‘They were very greedy people.’
It was commonplace for them to try to check my throne, and even after I ascended to the throne, they kept looking for an opportunity to attack me.
Even if he wasn’t the second prince who ran away because he didn’t like the weight of the crown, he would have thought that all he had to do was get the king’s seat.
Why else would I have done something like this as soon as Asus, my guardian and the center of the nobles, disappeared?
That must have been the reason why Albedo suddenly disappeared.
anyway…….
“Is that all you came here to say?”
“That’s all. I came here to give some information to my brother who probably doesn’t know anything. And I also wanted to say hello to him… .”
What I already knew was that I just didn’t expect it at all.
Albedo swallowed her words and sat up from the sofa.
“Anyway, be careful. I know it’s a bit odd for someone like me to say this, but it seems like the old man has nothing to fear.”
“Why would you tell me, your competitor, something like that?”
“… … .”
It was a more fundamental problem.
Even if the guy came here and told me all the information, there was nothing he could gain from it.
As he said, the corners of his mouth were forcibly pulled up in a bitter manner.
“Wouldn’t that be… more fun?”
Because the voice was completely different from my true feelings, I didn’t ask any more questions.
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So the guy left,
Tick-tick-
Time passed, and before we knew it, the clock was approaching midnight.
Baron Vidor approached me as I was drinking alone.
“majesty.”
“… … .”
“Why are you here instead of at the banquet hall?”
A moment of silence to calm the rapid breathing.
I snickered as I saw beads of sweat forming on his forehead.
“Have you been looking for me?”
“Yes? Yes. After arranging the temporary accommodations for the dwarves, I arrived at the banquet hall, but His Majesty was already gone, so I looked for him. George, who was entrusted with his duties, was nowhere to be seen… … .”
“I see.”
I gently shook my wine glass and rested my chin on it.
“I had a brief conversation with Albedo.”
“When you say Albedo… … do you mean His Highness the Second Prince Albedo?”
“okay.”
“Ha, but he is the one who instigated the assassination of Your Majesty… …!”
Aren’t you the grandson of Duke William?
… … Baron Vidor barely managed to swallow such gossip.
I didn’t nod, but I downed my wine glass in one gulp as if to confirm this.
But I couldn’t shake off the agony that complicated my mind.
“Can we call someone who has no hostility an enemy?”
Now, through the Northern Expedition, I had gained a position where I no longer had to worry about their petty restraints.
Rather, it is to the extent that it undermines the legitimacy of the forces that are slandering me.
The more you sway public opinion, the more you strangle yourself.
The corruption of those guys that appears in that situation will become the driving force that makes my position even more solid.
That’s why he knew everything and came to me.
“… … Because I did not want to become king, I directly participated in the struggle for the throne.”
“yes?”
“I thought that a guaranteed throne would be an adequate price to pay for saving the life of my mother, who dared to covet the throne.”
Today’s party was no longer a celebration of the expedition’s historic success.
The eve of the belated battle for the throne.
I was rarely troubled.
This was also an interesting story.
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match!
There was a sharp noise and the second prince’s head turned around.
It looked a little bitter, as if it had been scratched by a fingernail.
Ah, it’s blooming.
“majesty……!”
“It’s okay, so go now.”
The surprised voice of the attendant was heard, but the second prince forced a smile and pushed the attendant away.
However, the expression of anger towards the second prince did not end.
“Second Prince. Who told you to move around like that?”
“Haha… … But still, he’s a man with two princes, so please look at his face.”
“Don’t try to pass it off like that again. Do you know what the situation is in the palace right now?”
Ha, that’s difficult!
If you get angry like this, it’s clear that you won’t feel better for a while…
At Queen Sarah’s venomous expression, Albedo’s shoulders shrugged.
“I think I made a mistake.”
Wheeze-
“Oh my.”
The mother’s hand was swung again.
It was so sincere that I couldn’t even imagine swinging it at my son.
But this time, Albedo, who had managed to snatch it out of the air, started to whine.
“I told you. You’ll be appearing at official functions from now on, so it’ll be difficult if you have a wound.”
“… … I will tell everything about this to my father.”
“Please also tell them not to throw the broken glass.”
“joy.”
The back of Queen Sarah leaving the room with such distorted eyes.
For a moment, a lonely feeling passed across Albedo’s face.
But that was only for a moment. Soon after, the attendant came in and he was wearing his usual haggard mask.
“Are you okay? Where are you hurt…?”
“Ah, okay. This is familiar.”
“but…….”
It’s a familiar thing, but I can’t stop my heart from being crushed.
The person who knew this fact better than anyone was the attendant who had been by his side for over ten years.
Of course. As always, the man standing in front of him would just smile and let it slide.
“Rather than that, I want to be alone right now, so could you please leave?”
“… … Okay, I understand. If you need anything, please call me.”
“thank you.”
The second prince’s room was enveloped in silence, as if no commotion had ever occurred.
The only sound that can be heard is the rustling of the Second Prince’s clothes as he tidies up the messy objects.
It was an act close to resignation.
“… … I can’t use this anymore.”
I push the nightlight, which is sleeping alone with its head broken, to one side of the room.
Next are the pillow feathers scattered miserably like intestines.
Then, his room, now quite tidy, came into view again.
“… … .”
Finally, Albedo picked up the pillowcase that had been hit by her foot and her eyes turned to the small picture frame hanging above the bed.
The face of his mother in her youth, laughing happily, and his own face, running around without a care in the world.
A lonely smile appeared on his lips at the sight that was so different from his situation.
“So you have nothing to worry about?”
Before she knew it, Albedo was holding an old pendant with the royal emblem engraved on it in her hand.
He put the hand holding the pendant to his chest and whispered quietly, as if it were a habit, as he always did.
“Active.”
… …
Nothing happened.
The magical energy felt within it seeps clearly into the eyes.
Albedo put down the pendant with a self-deprecating smile.
“also.”
There is no other way to explain my discovery of this artifact than to say that it was sheer luck.
It was an item I discovered by chance in my father’s library after sneaking in.
As a sharp albedo, I was able to guess the identity of this object.
An ancient treasure from a now forgotten kingdom.
Looking at the type of magic circuit, it is clear that there is a drawing of a spell to summon something.
And the trigger condition is clearly someone who inherits royal blood.
… … All of these facts were nothing more than his conjecture.
Because I don’t remember ever activating an artifact.
“There’s no way I could become king.”
Albedo was more intelligent than anyone else during her childhood.
Enough to make you immediately realize what kind of situation he’s in.
