I Killed the Academy Player

Contest for Corin’s son-in-law (1)

“Bachelor. Why don’t you meet my granddaughter sometime?”

“Oh, old man. What do you mean, other than exercising?”

I tend to get a pretty good impression from older people.

“It’s because I’m a pity. A true and upright friend like you has never even held a woman’s hand.”

“hehehehe, that’s right. Because I’m not popular.”

“This is all because of the fire goddesses hanging around you.”

“Eh? Who is it?”

“You have to be careful with women, but you also have to be careful with men. The looks in the eyes of the friends here are unusual.”

“hehehe…! You look relaxed, too. Let’s do one more set!”

“Heed my words! You are a picture of double trouble! To overcome this picture, you must first remove the mole from around your eyes!”

“I’m afraid you’re not a contemplative person. I don’t believe in such things.”

“Because you are bound to be punished by men and women! You must overflow with yang energy and suppress it with great yin energy!”

“So you’re going to introduce me to the granddaughter of the Seonmu-dang? hehehehe…!”

I was introduced to him here and there on Earth, but for some reason we never connected.

That old man, a physiognomist, told me that people around me had a lot of luck in love, but I can’t trust fortune tellers anyway.

Anyway, that didn’t change much even after coming to Arhan’s world.

“Come on, let’s hold Runia.”

Strangely, that gentleman also liked me. But I think they liked this because they saw the potential for my development as a military officer.

“I am the head of the Count Rolan family. Sir Corrin. Would you like to meet my daughter?”

Even the count uncle who had a drink in social circles.

“There is a younger sister in my hometown who is full of energy. I can trust you.”

Also, senior Beajacker, who was the main men’s party in the previous episode.

“It’s okay for you to marry our children. You deserve it.”

“Would you like to meet my 27th generation grandson? I’ll make you a weapon for free.”

Even those old ladies and dwarfs from the north.

Strangely enough, I am the type of person who is loved by adults.

Anyway, it seems that if a person lives a good life, various blessings will come to him.

“No. Just take them both. You can be the next king.”

Still, this is a bit…

“Your Majesty… you’re being ridiculous.”

“I’m not kidding, Baron. No, now that I’m a special guardian, I need to raise my title. Count. So, would you like to be a count? A marquess title would be fine if you take on one of the changes.”

“······.”

The title wasn’t some kind of trivial thing, but it was something that could be given to you like that? No, in the previous episode, the title of marquis was awarded to Park Si-hoo…

Even though there was someone who told me about his marriage, I had no idea that King David would come out like this.

He should have made a lot of preparations to propose to Princess Miriam in the previous episode, but he suddenly asks me to marry both of them?

“Your Majesty, I apologize for having to tell you…”

“Oh, son-in-law. Don’t be like this. What’s going on between us? Call me father.”

What is our relationship?! “King Feha, this is the second time I’ve met you face to face?!”

“No, your highness… wouldn’t you normally recommend marrying one of your daughters?”

“I’ve been thinking about that for a while.”

Why are you worrying? No, what kind of father gives his daughters to one man? Why are you worrying about that?

“Estelle loves you more than I thought. She came home recently and declared that she wouldn’t marry anyone else.”

“uh···.”

Sister Estelle… can do that. It could be because of that stage personality──

“More than anything else, he said he received a ‘revelation from the Lord’ that he must marry Corin Locke.”

“Whoosh…!”

You are just abusing it properly! What is this if not a cult leader?

“There is nothing we can do because it is the Lord’s will.”

No, father… do you really believe that? Aren’t you too religious? Your daughter is trying to overcome the ultimate disbelief and create a new religion.

He’s like Shincheon X who infiltrated the cathedral.

“Then, if you just tell me about Saint Estelle…”

“It was a long-standing hatred.”

“······.”

King David looked depressed when the topic was brought up.

“For the sake of the national interest, I ignored my daughter’s anger and hatred, and ended up committing suicide like that.”

He had no reproach, no anger, no astonishment at Miriam’s intrigues and hatred. He simply confessed calmly that he had failed as a father.

“He is a poor child who devoted everything he had to his hatred of demons, including politics, magical mathematics, and even the social activities of the royal family. I was unable to relieve him of his lifelong anger.”

Then he looks straight at me.

“It was you. You unraveled it. You stopped him from crossing a line he could not return from.”

He came down from the throne. Then he bent down to his waist and grabbed my hand with both hands.

“Who would single-handedly stop an army, who would fight a duel against countless great warriors? Who would protect the innocent, risking the wrath of the royal family?”

“How can I have the courage to ignore your dedication? How can I repay you?”

“If you are the one who changed that child… I can trust you and entrust it to you. No, I can only entrust that child to you.”

He was sincere. It’s not a joke, he really wanted to entrust his two daughters to me.

“Lord Corrin. As a failed father, will you please accept the only thing I can do for my daughter?”

“······sorry.”

I had no choice but to refuse. King David asked with a sorrowful expression.

“Why? I can have princesses from different countries as my wives at the same time.”

“that······.”

I tried to reveal my situation. But before that, King David’s expression became distorted.

“Is it because of those potato hunters in the South? Because they use potatoes as currency instead of money?”

“majesty?”

“Is it because of the swordsmen in the East? Please don’t even think about setting foot on that barbaric land. They are thugs who use their swords before their words!”

majesty? Hey… you’ve just screwed up two of the royal family’s most powerful allies?

“Is this such a sad thing? That my son-in-law is being seduced by such wicked things!”

“Isn’t that your son-in-law──”

“Think carefully, son-in-law. Power is better than money or force. Imagine sitting on the throne and commanding ten thousand horses. No, no. You have to experience this for yourself. Come up. Try sitting on the throne! It’s always thrilling. Do it! It’s always new! High places are the best!!”

majesty! Please stay safe!!

* * * *

“Extraordinary! Extraordinary! His Majesty the King has proposed a state marriage to Baron Corrin Locke!”

“Both the Saint and the Second Princess! I’m so f*cking jealous!”

It is said that birds hear what you say during the day, and mice hear what you say at night.

The proposal heard from King David at the palace began to spread in the morning newspapers the next day.

Unlike 21st century articles, I held on to the article without any filtering with trembling hands.

“What the hell is this…”

Is national marriage a joke? Is it okay for this to spread like this?

“Congratulations, President of the Association! No, Your Majesty…!”

Reddick, who had come with us to report on association-related matters, bowed his head.

“No, it’s okay.”

“Huh? That’s all a lie…”

“Well, that’s not it…”

“Sire! I, Reddick Giorgia! I will be loyal to you, my sire!”

“······I’m going crazy.”

It didn’t take long for rumors to spread throughout the entire royal capital… no, the entire continent. And this… began to stimulate people I had never imagined possible.

* * * *

Dunaref Mansion, the center of the south, boasts the richest and most luxurious grounds in the world.

To pass a garden the size of a village, you have to ride a carriage for 10 minutes, and if there is no automatic lift installed through magical engineering, you have to climb up and down 4,378 stairs to the rooftop.

The highlight of the Dunaref Mansion was the playground-sized greenhouse where flowers of all four seasons were always in bloom. Managed by a dedicated wizard and gardener, this greenhouse was also used as the Duchess of Ellencia’s favorite tea room.

Here, the Duchess drank corn silk tea with ice, elegantly ate steamed potatoes, and read local newspapers. This morning was no different from usual.

If only I hadn’t read the article featured on the front page of the newspaper.

-Kkugigigit!

The morning newspaper that insists with a crackling sound. The maids who served her were horrified and bowed their heads at the Duchess’s anger.

“My, what did I see just now?”

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw it myself. I had a gut feeling that something was wrong. However, what was boiling over the truth was anger.

“Boo, ma’am…what’s going on?”

Duke Mard, who was spending time in the greenhouse with his family, suddenly noticed Duchess Elencia’s eyes distorted with anger.

“You! What on earth are you doing out there!”

puck! A sound that should not have been heard from a crumpled piece of newspaper struck Duke Mard.

It was the first time in the 20 years since they were married that he had seen his wife so angry. Duke Mard trembled and opened the crumpled newspaper in fear.

“Huh? Isn’t this yesterday’s royal newspaper?”

Duke Mard’s pupils widened as he read the newspaper.

“Your Majesty the King. Proposing a state marriage to Sir Corrin. “Both princesses!”

I could understand the content just by looking at the title. In other words, didn’t King David say he would marry both princesses to Corinne Locke?

“No, what will happen to the world…”

Although it is a world where polygamy and polyandry are legally permitted, the basic principle in the world is monogamy.

“Not only this! Look at this eastern newspaper too!”

What I handed over this time was yesterday’s Eastern evening newspaper. There, too, a shocking headline caught my eye.

「Sword Emperor Garand Aden, “Give Corin my granddaughters. Do not even think about intercepting the king.”」

Geomje? Garand Aden?

“Is that old man senile?”

“This is absolutely crazy!”

Duchess Ellencia instantly broke the cup containing the corn silk tea.

Pieces of the shattered glass were scattered, but not a single scratch was made on the former high-ranking knight’s body.

“This is all because of you!”

“Eh? Me, you mean me?”

“Because you keep mistreating and ostracizing Corin’s son-in-law! Isn’t our son-in-law straying somewhere else?”

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“Hey, is this my fault? Isn’t it the fault of that guy who’s always wagging his tail here and there?!”

“If you had treated me more kindly and made it clear to the outside world that you were my son-in-law! If you had gone around showing that you are my son-in-law, these people wouldn’t have dared to covet my son-in-law!”

Duchess Ellencia expressed her anger with trembling lips.

“Our Dunaref family has been ignored. The King and the Sword Emperor. This can’t happen without them looking down on our great Dunaref family!”

Since ancient times, the love of a son-in-law is a mother-in-law. Duchess Elencia, who had already chosen Corinne as her eldest daughter’s son-in-law, could not forgive the wicked attempt to steal her son-in-law.

‘what? ‘Am I the only one who’s weird now?’

King David, who wants to marry off the kingdom’s princesses to one man, and Geomje, who warns people not to interfere, saying that he will give his granddaughters to such a king.

My wife claims that she was robbed of her son-in-law by a man she was not engaged to, let alone married to.

‘Am I the only one who doesn’t like him? Am I the only normal father? Am I weird? uh? ‘Am I weird?’

It’s crazy. Something was going crazy.

“you!”

“Uh, uh…! Madam! Why are you doing that?”

“Come find my son-in-law right now! I can’t lose my son-in-law!”

“Uh…?”

I couldn’t even utter a retort.

Duke Mard was pushed back and boarded the Hresvelg heading to the royal capital.

However, the spirit of the servants who followed the duke is unusual.

“Targeting Lady Marie’s husband! This is completely unacceptable!”

‘I never acknowledged that bastard Marie as my husband!’

Dunaref Wyvern Rider Captain Berg burns his fighting spirit…

“Oh my. One-day puppies don’t know how to be afraid of potatoes. I have moved the spies active in the royal capital. Just give me an order and I can reveal the secrets of royalist nobles in broad daylight.”

‘Are we also royalists? ‘Because we’re royalists?!’

Deacon Paul began plotting a plan that was close to self-destruction.

“We will use Baron Korin’s dedicated slush fund to launch an economic attack on the capital and the eastern part. We will start with a light 1 million gold. Although it is a little insufficient to show the might of Dunaref.”

‘Huh, when did you set up that emergency fund?’

Baron Bolton, head of the Merkava Dunaref Chamber, began raising a slush fund that even Duke Mard did not know about.

“Now, you guys… calm down for now. Couldn’t this all be a misunderstanding?”

“Ah…! That could be true. Sorry, that was off topic!”

“Well, Duke Mard can’t just sit idly by and watch something like this happen.”

“Your Excellency will rescue Master Corin from their clutches in style!”

The duke was now embarrassed.

Aside from his wife, since when did they adore him like this? Something… something is going wrong.

‘Shouldn’t I really have that guy as my son-in-law?’

The duke felt like crying.