How To Survive as a Crazy Prince

Even if it was the chancellor’s carriage, there was not much difference from the one she usually rode. Maybe the wagon I used to ride was actually of high quality? In particular, there was no significant difference in hip pain.

“I heard you’ve been running wild lately. Do you like life at a knight academy?”

“I am having a good time. Who did you hear about running amok?”

“I heard a lot from Alexei-kun. You seem to be having a hard time with your work.”

“As a corps commander… … . Are you close?”

“Sometimes it’s to the extent of listening to complaints. Maybe a little closer than you.”

If you say you’re closer than me, I think it’s a little better than enemies. I wonder how he would have talked about me, but he held back.

“The performance in the mission was amazing. You fired a torpedo?”

“Somehow it happened.”

I replied humbly and humbly. I’m basically a cheeky character, but the chancellor is old and it was difficult to treat him like that.

“Can you show it in front of the emperor?”

“hmm… … . At that time, the help of my colleagues and the environment was great.”

“Right. Is that the difference between the emperor and the emperor?”

Struck without humility rewarding. A little blood rushed to his head.

“… … It’s a bad thing, but it’s also a strength. We are stronger when we are together.”

“The weaker they are, the more they tend to form groups. Well, if the emperor is the standard, there is no such thing as a strong person. I stopped comparing him because he was so great.”

The chancellor chuckled. he’s an annoying old man In a sense, the quality is worse than that of Alexei.

‘Even if there is no malice, I can’t help but get angry.’

I let out a small sigh and calmed myself down. His expression as if he was going to die for fun is disgusting.

“… … Is it fun to make fun of children?”

“Kuk, kuk. sorry, i’m sorry It’s because it’s cute.”

When I said a word because it was so nasty, he waved his hand as if he was going to die of cuteness. This inspirational tank is incredibly annoying.

“Whoa. So, let me ask you a question before we talk. What do you think of your father, the emperor?”

The chancellor questioned, slowly suppressing his laughter. It was like an interviewer.

“… … You are iron-blooded.”

After thinking about it, I opened my mouth.

“A way of acting that prioritizes uncontrollable power and force, and… … .”

After reciting a gentle hymn,

“Gradually declining.”

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“… … Aww.”

One corner of the chancellor’s mouth went up slightly.

The golden age of the emperor is over. Now that the continent has been unified and a long time has passed, that day must have become a bit dull. If you don’t use a good sword, it will eventually rust.

“Well, even though it’s declining, it still looks like iron blood.”

Even so, it would still be the strongest person on the continent.

“Aside from your opinion of your father, do you mean Sangvis Sangvis is waning?”

“Isn’t it? Even Saratov, the largest granary, suffered the same. I can never say that public sentiment is good.”

“It’s savage, but if you have the strength, you don’t have to worry about that.”

The chancellor shook his head after fiddling with his beard.

“Hasn’t a new force appeared that destroys the existing order?”

I denied the chancellor’s words and said it strongly.

“Are you talking about guns? But the power is ours.”

When I came out strong, the chancellor showed interest and asked again.

“It is a power that even commoners can use with a little training. As far as I know, it has already been confirmed that firearms are circulating in the market in Saratov.”

“You seem quite afraid of guns, Mr. Mikhail.”

“It is out of the question. And if you get hit, you die.”

That’s right, the chancellor nodded in agreement.

“I think there are organizations that are putting firearms in the market.”

After taking a moment to catch my breath, I got to the point. It was a story about Parabellum. Even if he didn’t believe it, the basis for persuasion was completely organized in his head.

“I know. Isn’t it parabellum?”

“… … Did you know?”

However, the chancellor was already aware of Parabellum.

“It was they who brought the firearms saying that there was such a thing. Speaking of things on the market, I can’t think of anything other than them.”

If the chancellor is aware of it, is it safe to assume that the Iron Blood military itself already knows about Parabellum? I was a little excited to think that the story might move faster than I thought.

“The Sangvis army trusts them.”

However, the words that came out of the Prime Minister’s mouth were unexpected.

“… … Can you trust the case in Saratov?”

I questioned. I couldn’t understand the flow of trust even though I affirmed that it was parabellum that the firearms were spilled in Saratov.

“You’ve heard that the Saratov rebellion was planned, right?”

“I heard. but… … .”

“It was Parabellum who proposed the plan.”

“… … yes?”

“It was a plan proposed by Parabellum. To spill weapons in Saratov, raise a rebellion, subdue it and return it to the military.”

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“what… … ?”

The premise that had been conceived so far has collapsed.

When I heard that the Saratov rebellion was planned, I thought it was just an inducement by deliberately not lowering taxes and letting people starve.

I never imagined that even giving weapons to the rebels would be part of the plan.

“Uh, why?”

“If they were sane, would Sangvis citizens start a rebellion? Could you do something against the Emperor?”

“that… … .”

The chancellor pointed out the part where he thought, “I woke up,” even though I was inadvertently feeling suspicious.

A common iron-blooded citizen would rather starve to death than rebel against the emperor. A commoner without magical powers is no better than a bug in front of an aristocrat.

As long as you don’t have enough power to stand up to the nobles… … ?

“Wait, I can’t believe that… … !”

I’ve come to a conclusion. The chancellor nodded.

“I will give you courage. I just wanted to verify the performance… … , they said.”

I understood the whole thing.

“so… … .”

“so?”

“So you were enticed by those bastards and slaughtered the people of your own country?”

And I felt an unbearable rage. His voice was mixed with anger because he couldn’t control himself.

“Thanks to that, it is true that the food supply and demand problem has been resolved.”

The chancellor waved his hand as if to calm down.

“Their words are helpful.”

As if provoking me, the chancellor declared.

“I know what you want to say. But my relationship with them is going in a good direction. We have high expectations for the future.”

“Do you believe they know what they will do in the future? As in Saratov, weapons again… … .”

“That’s not bad either.”

The chancellor cut off my excited words firmly.

“The power of the state becomes more solid on blood.”

I was speechless. Unable to think rationally——.

“Isn’t this a good opportunity to weed out the impure?”

No, maybe for an overly rational answer.

“There’s no way Iron Blood will collapse because of a rebellion that’s not shy. You don’t have to worry about that, Mikhail-kun.”

The chancellor said with a smile. It wasn’t the sneer I had been laughing about until now, but it was a benevolent smile as if I was worried about my grandson, but I felt nauseated.

“… … I thought you were a little different.”

I vaguely thought that the prime minister would be someone who thought of the people. Among the iron-blooded executives in the story, at least they were portrayed as having common sense.

‘You mean it was all a mask?’

However, in reality, Chancellor Valentin, whom I met as a man of equal iron blood, was an imperialist who did not mind any sacrifice for the sake of the national interest.

“Hoo. If you don’t even remember meeting me, on what grounds?”

“I thought there would be at least one decent person in the military.”

“… … Mikhail county. Most people who say that there are no decent people around are saying that they are not right. How about looking at yourself?”

“In other words, you have no intention of doing anything to Parabellum?”

I ignored the chancellor’s sarcasm and asked sharply. I didn’t feel the value of using honorifics anymore, so I naturally came out with short words.

“… … To be honest, I was thinking about what to do.”

After a bit of silence, the chancellor looked out the window.

“However, 11 intelligence agents who were investigating died.”

“what?”

I didn’t understand for a moment and asked again.

“Among them was my cousin.”

The chancellor added without taking his eyes off the window.

’11 dead… … ? From the Ministry of Information?’

It was completely new. Before that, I didn’t even know about the existence of the Ministry of Information. Because it wasn’t even mentioned in the original.

“… … Before I tell the story, I do not intend to denigrate their deaths.”

However, when he said he didn’t know, he said, ‘I see, I’m sorry.’ I can’t sleep.

“But isn’t that the more parabellum we need to get rid of? The Iron Blooded Army is not a weak group that would give in to something like that.”

Based on that, I further emphasized my opinion. It was sincere.

“It means he died in a cunning manner.”

The chancellor muttered as he looked out the window. And he turned his gaze back to me.

“We don’t know why they died.”

“… … I don’t know?”

I asked the chancellor who spoke with an infinitely serious expression.

The chancellor took out a cigarette from his bosom and asked. Then, with a graceful motion, he lit a match with a match.

I waited in silence After taking a deep breath in and exhaling, the chancellor continued.

“Some died suddenly. Some died in agony. There are people who went crazy and ran amok and died.”

“how?”

“I do not know.”

After answering briefly, the chancellor took another sip of his cigarette. Ash trickled down onto the wagon floor.

“I couldn’t figure out why. An autopsy and analysis of the body after death could not determine the cause. He just died.”

“Just dying, what is that… … ?”

“I want to know too. But nobody figured it out. Other than being dead, he was surprisingly healthy. It all happened after I was asked to investigate Parabellum.”

I listened to the Prime Minister. The air smelled of sharp tobacco smoke. I didn’t like it even in modern times, but there wasn’t much difference here either.

“Not long after, Parabellum shamelessly sent a telegram. I wish you good luck. The death of an intelligence agent must have been top secret.”

“The only certainty is that it was the work of Parabellum.”

“yes. And they said they would cooperate as long as we didn’t do background investigations.”

The chancellor threw the remaining cigarettes on the floor of the carriage. And I rubbed it off with my foot. A small smudge of soot was left on the floor of the wagon.

“We accepted it.”

Then he said calmly. I got a fever in my head.

“So, you condone Parabellum? scared? This iron-blooded one?”

“This is a reasonable judgment. I don’t want any more blood.”

“They’re going to shed more blood on the people, on the soldiers?!”

“Mikhail, ask me one thing.”

The chancellor said as if sighing. I stopped arguing and looked at the chancellor.

“Do you think that our blood and the blood of commoners are of the same value?”

Facing me, the chancellor asked in a low voice.