Chapter 24Where the Monster Disappeared(2)

Translator: Kimmy

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“An all-out War. It’s possible, you know.”

“Ah, come on, Glenn.”

Karlos didn’t think they would lose if they went all-out, but he wanted to maintain peace no matter what, so he contemplated on what he would do with this frivolous prince. 

Karlos wanted to even compliment his determination to escape from Maximilien and somehow manage to end up in that state. 

The Emperor nor did the Chancellor care about the horrible state of the crowned prince. 

“Should we contact Queen Sabina?”

“Just leave it be. Cartul would have contacted first the moment she found out that his son was missing. This means that they are keeping silent even after knowing he’s here. I will look into it myself.” 

He must be some kind of sacrifice to calm the Duke down. 

Karlos was thinking to look into the troubles the Duke caused in Cartul and helped the young man stand up.

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The vision orb took up 16 precious magic stones to start up but it was still not connecting. 

Even after the Emperor threw the young man onto his bed and came back to the office, the orb was just blinking. 

Karlos waited patiently. He didn’t want to waste the magic stones. 

Just as when he was thinking of finishing up his other work while he waited, Sabina’s exhausted face appeared in the vision orb. 

Her neat blonde hair was messy and the dark circle around her eyes showed how tired she was. 

Karlos was lost for words for a minute. 

Unlike Maximilien, Karlos was a rational person who showed mercy to exhausted and damaged people. 

“……Are you alright, Cartul?”

–Son of Lesa. 

Sabina answered in a very exhausted voice. 

‘So, she’s not doing fine.’

It definitely looked like it. Karlos cleared his throat and continued. 

“I met Cartul’s crown prince here. I must make this certain–,”

–I handed that bastard over to Duke Gardelli. 

“……..”

Karlos was lost for words again at Sabina’s direct answer. 

Cartul was a neighboring country that was not so important in terms of diplomacy and he intended to mess with them this time but-

Unlike Maximilien who had no sense of guilt, his conscience was still strong and alive, so he was a little worried. 

“Uh, Sabina.”

–Rumilesa, Cartul is a royalty as historical as Lesa. 

“Hm? Hm. Yes. I know that.”

–I don’t want all the rich history of Cartul to be destroyed. Do you know how much damage has been done? I mean, it was certainly our fault, but Rumilesa… The cost to fix all the damage Duke Gardelli had caused over the course of 4 days is one-third of the annual royal budget. The outer castle walls all need repairing, and the castle gate was blown up, so there’s good air circulation right now. Hahaha, it’s been a while since I got such a clear view outside. Hahaha. Look, my office walls are also blown up. Hahahaha.

Karlos did not know what word of consolation to say to Sabina. 

‘I mean, well I did tell him to go wild but I didn’t mean this wild…’

It seemed like the b*tch on fire bankrupted the kingdom besides just burning it.

Karlos rubbed his chin out of awkwardness. 

‘I should catch this bastard later and beat him up.’

The Emperor added this on his to-do-list for today. 

“I will give compensation for your loss. Besides that, Sabina–,”

–I still have some things to say, Rumilesa. So, on that account. Isn’t it reasonable enough that I would be mad? I was going to express my anger but do you know what the bastard you saw did? He declared the independence of Cartul to Duke Gardelli. He must have wanted to give an inspirational speech, but—hahaha—I smacked his head and dragged him out. He was never this much trouble when he was smaller. Seems like he was saving all the big troubles for now. He was about to risk the whole kingdom, so I just handed him over to the Duke. Ah, and I will gratefully receive the compensation, so please send them as soon as possible. 

“Uh, Sabina? Um. Is he not your son?”

Karlos tried to calm her down but none worked. 

–I can still give birth to another child, Rumilesa. 

Sabina looked up and spoke with the same glaring eyes Maximilien had before he was sent off to Cartul. 

It was a menacing look that he felt like she was swearing. 

Karlos was taken aback. He tried desperately to keep his facial muscles still. 

“…..Ahem, uh, Sabina? Isn’t it best for you to calm down first–,”

–I will send the Swordmaster to you. Please do me a favor and beat up that bastard. If his mentality is still not fixed, you do not have to return him. I will not raise a fool that would bring the kingdom down. 

‘Why won’t people listen to what others say?’

Karlos depressingly looked over the vision orb to the Central Castle, where the Chancellor would be waiting. 

The vision orb shut off and Karlos placed his forehead on it and sighed deeply. 

‘We have an unintentional hostage now. That hostage being ‘the’ crown prince of Cartul.’

He hoped the Foregin Affairs Minister would not faint. 

“I really don’t want to work….”

His voice became as emaciated as Sabina’s voice.

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Karlos decided to treat him like an unofficial ambassador and called the Chancellor into the room. 

The milk was already spilled, so he needed to handle this in the most peaceful way. 

“Do we have to? Why don’t we just chase him out?

But the very person that should be helping him make that happen seemed to have no intention to. 

Glenn was very unpleased with the crown prince that harmed Lesa’s prestige. 

He sent such an immature letter and even managed to crawl into Lesa. He was technically kidnapped by the Duke so it wasn’t exactly the crown prince’s fault, but he was asleep on the Emperor’s bed–he fainted–and that made the Chancellor very annoyed. 

Glenn wanted to roll him out of the bed. 

If he could, out to the window, since the Emperor’s bedroom is on the 3rd floor.

‘How dare a scut like him use the bed of His Majesty.’

“He is still the crown prince.”

“So what? Queen Sabina said she can give birth to another child, didn’t she? She is in a good relationship with her husband, so just let her replace him with another child. Let’s execute him, please.”

“What’s wrong with you now? Why are you so upset? Why do you insist on killing him? He’s just a child.”

Karlos pointed towards the fainted young man. 

Young Cartul’s crown prince was 10 years younger than him so he still looked like a child to Karlos. 

“What do you mean ‘child’, Your Majesty? He is 22. You know, Your Majesty? People don’t change so easily. If a future king of the country behaves like that, only his subjects will suffer. So let’s do Cartul a favor and finish him.”

Karlos grunted looking at the Chancellor saying such harsh words. 

‘Why are people around me so violent?’

The Chancellor, Max, and Bri all had a remarkable temper. 

‘In novels, it’s usually the subjects trying to calm the Emperor, but why is it the opposite for me?’

Karlos thought of his beloved author to find peace. 

He missed her smallness and harmlessness. 

He had no idea she was talking about a murderer while having breakfast with Brigitta this morning. 

“Independence, bollocks! They were never under our influence! Should we make it that way then? We could erase them from the maps in a month. Ah, it would take even less than a month. Your Majesty, do you want to set a new record of conquest? 

“Stop it now. I am the Emperor yet you are the one so angered. Calm down and have a cup of water. You will burn all your guts.”

Karlos desperately tried to stop the Chancellor from starting an actual conquest war. 

At this rate, Max and the Chancellor would team up and literally try to beat up the crown prince. 

If these two make any kind of alliance, the dark future of the crown prince will be darker to the point it doesn’t exist anymore. 

Even if this young man did such a thing, letting him fight those two alone was too cruel. 

The Emperor had no intention to play around with the crown prince’s life. 

Even if Sabina phrased it that way, she would be worrying for her child. 

The Chancellor finished the cup of water the Emperor gave. He seemed more annoyed than his usual temper. 

“Tch,” Glenn growled, looking like he was very unhappy with something. 

“Your Majesty, you should express some anger.”

“I do get angry when I must. You are just too hot-tempered.”

“You should also be more arrogant too.”

“That is not my nature, you see.”

The Chancellor clicked his tongue very loudly once again. 

He looked like a tyrant from the outside but how he behaved was too soft. Without Glenn, he would be giving everything to the point he had nothing left. 

The Emperor of an Empire could not be too nice. 

Leaving the Anti-empire movement led the crown prince to be so stuck up with pride. 

He should have responded to that unyieldingly, but Karlos didn’t. 

Glenn always said this but Karlos was too nice to be an Emperor. 

At least that was what him, as the Chancellor who aided the Emperor at the closest position, thought. 

Glenn suddenly got annoyed again, so he kicked the fainted crown prince’s ribs. 

Karlos freaked out but Glenn thought there would be no difference with him getting one more shoe mark on him at his already-messed-up state. 

That was a pretty hard kick but he still did not wake up so he must be worn out. 

Glenn wanted him to die right now, but dying on the Emperor’s bed was not a good scene. He should have been thrown into prison. 

Glenn’s eyes became more and more perilous, adding another sweat on the Emperor’s forehead.

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TL NOTE: The two countries/kingdom/empire are named after the founder so Cartul (country) was found by their very first ruler, Cartul and Lesa was found by their first ruler, Rumilesa. When talking over the vision orb, Karlos and Sabina refer to each other in their last names.

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