A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

Chapter 306

306 – Epilogue.

Death is the completion of man.

And the incompetent king, Saint Geonostrum, died.

At the end of the Thersian Empire, the remains of the body, with only the head, were buried in bricks made of finely mixed white silver and turned into a tombstone.

It’s not a tombstone, it’s just a rough-looking brick.

It is a form that would be used when building a new castle wall or building a solid foundation from the bottom.

There is something inside that used to be St. Geo Nostrum, and if you don’t know that it was there, it’s just a brick.

If what’s inside goes with the flow of nature like everyone else, it will rot and crumble over time.

Then, later on, it will just become a strange and strange tombstone that you don’t want to go near, with only a bad smell coming out from inside.

If you tell those who try to touch it out of curiosity that they will be worse than Saint Geo Nostrum if you touch it as a rumor, they will never touch it.

Are you really trying to touch me?

Then he is just as bad as Saint Geo Nostrum.

There is no point in telling such a person that he should not touch the monument.

A tombstone with no words written properly.

Just an ordinary stone that might be a tombstone.

The white silver is well mixed together, but no one would go with a pickaxe like a gold mine to get the hardened white silver mixed with sand and gravel.

So no one will know that Saint Geo Nostrum sleeps here.

But what about history?

‘History will remember everything except the last moment.’

History will record the end of St. Geo Nostrum as January 1, 100 years of the imperial calendar.

As soon as Iria Zionostrum became an adult, an assassination attempt was made to kill her, but with the help of an assistant who noticed the assassination attempt in advance, she prevented the assassination and survived.

What follows is up to your imagination.

By now, the Marquess of Gibraltar is probably discussing who to appoint this helper, whether to conclude that he was killed in response to an assassination attempt, or whether to conclude that the incompetent king could not bear it and committed suicide after being presented with evidence that could not be taken away.

Morning.

When the sun rises in the morning, what will you announce to the people?

If we simply say, ‘Saint Zionostrum is dead,’ that would be no different from saying that I, Ria Zionostrum, killed her father and ascended to the throne as soon as she became an adult.

Succession to the throne through corruption.

How many people can defend this corrupt succession to the throne?

From noble mtl dot come

People went around saying, ‘An incompetent king must die for the country to survive,’ but it would not be easy to follow a queen who killed such a king as soon as he became an adult and ascended to the throne.

So we need to take measures.

The solution is-

‘I’ll take care of it.’

It’s Naria’s responsibility.

It is up to those who help Naria and those around her, and Gibraltar will accept that choice as is.

I’m not sure how Gibraltar will be used, but Naria will produce good results.

Either Naria herself displays tremendous political power as soon as she becomes an adult, or those around her put their heads together and create the death of an incompetent king that everyone can accept.

People won’t think it’s strange if you just say, ‘The incompetent king went to Gibraltar after drinking and tried to molest the Marchioness Charlotte, but he was killed by his father.’

‘In fact, it is also the most plausible statement.’

Removal of an incompetent king by his father

A great incident in which the guardian of Gibraltar couldn’t stand to see Nostrum destroyed any further, so he replaced the king.

It will certainly be recorded in history as an unprecedented situation for the first time, but even that may change in the future.

‘What if someone born to Naria rewinds time again?’

When Ria’s child grew up and she was 20 years old.

And what if instead of rewinding to 10 years old, you hand over your powers to a being long before you were born?

For example, if Noir Gibraltar, now 60 years old, is brought back, history will change again.

‘That’s something to think about later, I’ll just stick to the present.’

There is no need to worry about that now.

We can worry, but at least we just have to live faithfully in the present.

‘Wait a minute, let me close my eyes.’

I came all the way to the silver factory and did everything I had to do.

It takes some time for the silver to cure and harden, and because I stayed with my eyes open for a little while at the end of the day, fatigue accumulated.

Above all, the fact that ‘Saint Geo Nostrum was killed and buried’ already makes me feel a deep sense of helplessness.

You need a good night’s sleep.

Deep sleep.

When she wakes up, the rest can now run towards her and make her cry.

Now.

Everything is over.

# # #

Jjae-aek, jjeap.

The sound of birds chirping, familiar yet unfamiliar.

I woke up from a long sleep with warm sunlight.

“Oh.”

Was he started by the rustling sound?

Or maybe he was surprised when I woke up while he was secretly trying to prepare something.

“Astacia?”

“I got caught, hehe.”

My room.

“Good morning!”

Astasia greeted me with a wide smile wearing her maid uniform.

“…What happened?”

“Don’t you remember?”

“It’s hard to tell you about my last memory…”

“Buuu.”

Astasia puffs out her cheeks and whines.

“Don’t you know what really happened the day you decided to climb the adult stairs with me?”

“What day is today?”

“That’s the day.”

Astasia laughs mischievously.

“The day I decided to climb the stairs of adulthood.”

“Astacia, I’m a little confused right now, but… “

“Actually, not even a day has passed.”

“…”

“Today is the day. Currently, it is about 10 hours past midnight. You overslept, Count!”

“…”

At that moment, all the memories came to me.

“…Astasia.”

“Yes.”

“Could you please come here for a moment?”

Astasia answered my call and came towards me with a puzzled expression, and I pulled her and held her in my arms.

“…I think I had a pretty long dream.”

“Huh, how long was it?”

“Well, the dream was as vivid as reality, but once I saw Astasia, I felt calm.”

I held Astasia and took a deep breath.

“Saint Geonostrum is dead.”

“…”

“History will remember him as the most incompetent king. Whatever his successor his Naria does, he will do better than St. Geo Nostrum.”

“What if the country is destroyed?”

Astasia asks seriously.

“Aren’t you worried about that? You’re afraid that Naria will destroy Nostrum.”

“If you are Naria, you will do well. Although he is not the most heroic king of all time to the extent that you can quickly count him in front of Nostrum, even if he has the qualities of an ordinary king, he will do much better than an incompetent king.”

“But it won’t be easy to just sit back and watch something like that, won’t it?”

Astasia is pressing my cheek from side to side and shaking.

“Every time Queen Naria is in danger, you will run to her and save her.”

“For moral reasons, we should do that, but it won’t always happen.”

“Really?”

“…If there was a way to avoid a crisis at all, that would be best.”

“Do you really think Naria can properly overcome the crisis? …Against His Majesty the Habsburg Emperor?”

“…”

Gray Gibraltar does not step forward.

And he doesn’t blindly take Naria Geo Nostrum’s side.

“If you think about it in terms of political engineering… “

“Rather, I am closer to the Habsburg Emperor’s side. After all, he is your man.”

I am on Astasia’s side.

And Astasia is the princess of the empire.

“I say I love the princess of the empire, but if the empire and kingdom clash, I will be criticized even if I take her out of the fight, so I can’t help Queen Ria.”

“Even if my father, mother, and younger siblings decide to help Nostrum?”

“Politically, political disputes between blood relatives occur due to different families following different leaders, which is more common than you might think.”

“You’re not going to let that happen, are you?”

“It’s your choice, Astasia.”

I held Astasia’s hand.

“If you want to throw everything away and live alone in the quiet forest, I will do so. If you want to help Queen Naria, I will gladly take you out of the empire and become the guardian of the Kingdom of Nostrum. If you do not avoid anyone, If you want peace to continue on the continent without spilling the beans, I will do my best to do my part, even though it is a little annoying.”

“How?”

“Gibraltar dominates the canyon and acts as a bridge between kingdoms and empires, so it has an overwhelming advantage and power over anyone else.”

He kisses the back of Astasia’s hand and slowly raises her head.

“Astasia, if you wish, you can take the easiest path.”

“The easiest way.”

“Believe that the future will be resolved by us, and enjoy the victory of the present while leaving everything to the possibilities of the future.”

The worst obstacle in Nostrum, the incompetent king, has been removed.

“Now that Saint Geo Nostrum is dead, the kingdom and empire will continue their current conflicts. Whether political or economic, at least those who can understand each other on a human level can talk and compromise.”

There will never be anything like St.

“An era of peace will begin. And there, we will live happily ever after.”

“…Even though you’re anxious?”

“Everyone has anxiety about the future, and that anxiety is the same for all parents.”

I got up and got down on one knee in front of Astasia.

“Let’s get married, princess.”

“…”

“Gray Gibraltar pledges to risk her life to protect only you, Astasia von Tersian.”

“…Hmm.”

Astasia chuckled at my answer.

“I’ll say yes, but um, um… !”

“Why are you doing that?”