Shota's Isekai NTR Adventure

Both of the dukes were taken aback when they heard this.

They never expected the king to ask them something like this, but…they slowly came around and felt more confident.

After all, if the king was asking them something like this, that meant that he at least had to consider their opinion. It seemed that at the very least, they had some kind of sway here.

This confidence was further boosted when they thought of their positions as dukes.

Their position in this kingdom was by no means low, so it wasn't as if they wouldn't be able to influence the king if they used their position.

So that was most likely what was happening right now.

Since the king was asking for their opinion, the two of them didn't hold back.

The two of them both turned to the fourth prince and said, "In our opinion, the fourth highness is the best choice for this position. The fourth prince has skill and prestige needed for such a position, so your majesty should pass the throne to the fourth prince."

The two of them made sure to kiss the fourth prince's butt while opposing the proposal that the king had put forward.

After all, in this situation, it was most likely that only the fourth prince would be able to take this position.

So there was nothing to lose from kissing the fourth prince's butt early.

If possible, they would have even offered their daughters or the daughters of their relatives to solidify their own position even more. Only it wasn't really the right thing to do at a wedding.

So they could only wait to do that after the wedding.

For now, the most important thing was to use their power to put the fourth prince on the throne. As long as they did this for the fourth prince, there was no doubt that the fourth prince would be grateful to them.

After all, the fourth prince had been skipped by the king for the throne.

Everyone was certain that the fourth prince would have felt slighted by the king because of this.

It was just that none of them knew the truth.

The fourth prince had a calm look on his face the entire time as if he wasn't bothered by this matter at all. It was almost as if this matter was completely unrelated to him with the way that he stood there with that blank look on his face.

But since the two dukes were pushing him to the forefront, it wasn't as if the fourth prince could just remain silent.

He had to at least say a few words since he had become the center of attention.

Unfortunately for them, the fourth prince didn't have any words that would give them hope.

Rather, the words that the fourth prince said gave them only despair.

"I will be serving as my brother in law's prime minister. This is something that I chose for myself, so I hope that you will respect my choice."

The moment that they heard this, everyone revealed shocked looks.

After all, not a single person had expected the fourth prince to suddenly say something like this.

All of them thought that the fourth prince would jump at this chance to seize this power for himself since that was what they would have done. Not a single one of them thought that the fourth prince would actually turn down this opportunity that they were giving him.

At the same time, they could see that the fourth prince wasn't doing this unwillingly.

It was clear by the firm look that was in the fourth prince's eyes that this was something that they had decided ahead of time.

It seemed that all of them knew about this except for the guests…

The dukes were about to say something to cover their butts when they realized the dangerous situation that they were in, but…the king spoke first.

"I'm curious about something." The king suddenly said to the confusion of all the nobles that were present.

None of them could understand why the king would suddenly say something like this, but they didn't say a thing in response. They all waited to see what the king had to say so they would be able to respond.

"I never knew that the nobles were the ones that were in charge of this country. I never knew that the royal family had to ask the nobles what they had to do." The king's voice turned cold the moment that he said this.

As his cold voice rang out, there was a chill that ran down everyone's backs.

The king had just recently purged plenty of nobles because of corruption, but that wasn't the only thing that he purged nobles for.

There were also plenty of nobles who were purged because of treason.

The way that he said this was almost as if he was accusing them of treason.

So they were afraid that they would be next on the chopping block.

The two dukes were the most afraid since they were the ones that had stood out the most. But at the same time, they were the most afraid because of what happened to Duke Yuletide.

That example showed that not even a duke was safe…

With the wyverns that the king currently had, it was hard for them to do anything if the king really wanted to make a move against them.

So there was nothing that they could really do if the king were to purge them, even if they were from families that had founded this country.

Both of the dukes looked at each other with worried looks before bowing their heads and saying, "Your majesty, we wouldn't dare. We were just concerned for the future of our kingdom, but it is as your majesty says. The will of the kingdom is as the royal family dictates and we have overstepped."

The other nobles all quickly mirrored the two dukes and showed their submission.

The king just narrowed his eyes to look at them before giving a snort.

He didn't even bother saying anything in response as he started to leave the wedding hall.

Following behind him were me, Angela, and the fourth prince.