The Prince Wants To Retire

12. Cariel grabs retirement angle (2)

Cariel, who was caught by the emperor and nobles, denied the current situation in a dazed state for a moment.

But the results did not change.

“Does everyone agree that the Crown Prince will temporarily fill the vacancy of the Prime Minister?”

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

Most of the nobles agreed with the emperor’s question.

Then, Kariel’s expression began to wrinkle.

‘I can’t keep my life like this!’

With that thought in mind, he hurriedly opened his mouth.

“your majesty!”

“Why?”

I called the emperor urgently, but my mouth didn’t come out.

It’s because I’m in a daze to the point where I don’t know what to say at the moment.

However, the emperor waited for Kariel’s spirit to return with a generous expression.

Kariel, who had been gnashing her teeth inwardly as she watched the emperor show the composure of a winner, calmed down her anger and calmly opened her mouth.

“I don’t think it would be good to make such a hasty decision. Why don’t you think about it a little more.”

“Is there any need for that? Considering what he has done so far, the prince’s ability must be sufficient.”

At the emperor’s words, Kariel took a step back.

Since he had already fallen into a trap, there was no point in persuading him, so he had to buy time.

“Even a small child needs to prepare his mind.”

The emperor smiled at Kariel’s words.

The emperor showed a winner’s smile and nodded.

“Hmm, yes. It can be embarrassing.”

The emperor stood up and approached Kariel as if he understood.

“Still, since I and the nobles agreed, let’s assume that the crown prince concurrently holds the position of chancellor.”

“This is a wise decision!”

When the emperor tapped Kariel on the shoulder and said, all the nobles lowered their heads and said.

In the end, it was voted ‘temporarily’ for Kariel to temporarily fill the vacant seat of the chancellor, and in fact he became the prime minister with the status of crown prince.

It was approved at the Daejeon Conference, so if an official edict was issued later, Kariel would become chancellor.

‘I bought time.’

Cariel, who had postponed his appointment as chancellor by receiving the edict later, shook his head quickly.

‘There is no answer here. Let’s go to the palace.’

He was thoroughly digging a trap and waiting, so if he refuted here, it would only be against him.

That’s why Kariel lowered her head and kept her mouth shut, and then quietly left Daejeon when the Daejeon meeting was over.

“Your Highness, are you okay?”

“Let’s go to the palace.”

When Kariel spoke with a serious expression, Tarion hurriedly followed.

***

Returning to the palace, Kariel roughly threw away the letter of abdication that she had in her arms.

“majesty.”

Kariel held back his anger at Tarion’s worried expression.

I’ve been able to control my firearms a lot through rigid body techniques, but it’s not perfect yet.

I had to be careful until I gained muscle and flesh in the rigid body technique that built my skeleton and learned it.

“My retirement plan looks like it’s about to crash.”

Tarion cleared his throat at Kariel’s words.

He was happy inside, but he couldn’t show off in front of the pissed off Kariel.

However, Kariel, who had already noticed Tarion’s intentions, clicked her tongue.

‘There is no one on my side.’

Cariel grunted and revised his retirement plan.

After the imperial faction was destroyed, seeing the emperor who had been imprisoned in the imperial palace came out, it was unlikely that he would listen to Kariel’s retirement.

As expected by Kariel, it was a very satisfactory situation for the current emperor.

When the possibility of one of the two princes becoming the new crown prince was high, the number of protests by the aristocracy to the emperor was greatly reduced.

In addition, since the Crown Prince has been handling most of the important matters, the emperor is at ease.

In the past, the Crown Prince might have been anxious about aiming for the throne, but not now.

It was because it was confirmed that Kariel had a clear desire to retire.

So, from the emperor’s point of view, I thought that it would be nice if the current situation would last a little longer.

And it was the same with nobles.

Even if they fought each other, they wanted to fight only after the empire’s situation was stabilized, and the neutrals also did not want the empire to be divided under the current situation, so they delayed Kariel’s resignation from the crown prince’s position, and seated him in the vacant chancellor’s seat to promote national stability. will be.

In addition, even the people of the empire support Kariel.

Everyone except himself was hoping that he wouldn’t step down from his position as crown prince.

“It’s the worst.”

Kariel grumbled and revised her retirement plans.

There was a high probability that it would be rejected if you went to the office with a letter of resignation right away, so you had to create public opinion first.

The first thing to do was to float the younger siblings.

“Proceed like this.”

“You don’t have to do this… … .”

It was Tarion who resisted for a moment, but when Kariel glared at him, he immediately shook his head and went outside.

Even though I couldn’t wake up and fell into an unexpected trap, it wasn’t over yet.

“I am confident in the public opinion war.”

Kariel grinned as she recalled her past life.

He did not change his evaluation until the end, but he did well in creating other public opinion.

To explain the justification for war.

Convincing the people of why they are enemies.

He led the country by convincing him why the tax rate should be raised even temporarily.

As he feuded with the nobles through rebellion and various events, he trusted only the sword of the empire called the Grand Master and public opinion.

The nation was run narrowly in search of a line that did not explode, separating the people of the empire and the nobles.

Now is the time to put that experience to work.

It was said that the horns were also removed in a short time, and Kariel’s public opinion battle began the next day.

“The second prince who pursues the remnants of the Warlock!”

“Though he is still young, the 3rd prince manages the military with ease!”

“The prince who said he wanted to retire. The next prince will be the 2nd and 3rd prince’s Ipajeon?”

Kariel, who started the public opinion war through Tarion, finally put on a satisfied expression.

“Yes, this is it. All you have to do is turn the eyes of the people of the empire on your younger siblings and make the crown prince’s retirement a fait accompli.”

While raising the merits of the second and third princes, Kariel laid the groundwork as if her retirement was coming soon.

With this, Kariel intended to make the people of the empire accept the crown prince’s retirement as a fait accompli.

However, from Tarion’s point of view, Kariel’s battle for public opinion seemed likely to fail.

Kariel knew that too, but she tried hard to pretend not to know.

Kariel brainwashes herself that there is still hope and wages public opinion campaigns.

A few days later, something happened that shattered his hopes.

“majesty… … .”

As if Tarion felt sorry for him, he looked at Kariel.

The emperor’s decree fell on Kariel, who had been trying his last desperately while ignoring reality.

「I appoint Crown Prince Kariel Friedrich von Blaser as interim Chancellor.」

The emperor’s decree was issued, and as this fact spread throughout the imperial capital, Kariel’s public opinion war for several days became useless.

Even raising the second and third princes was meaningless.

It was because the newspapers of the aristocratic faction pushed forward the opinion that it would be better to postpone the crown prince’s retirement for the sake of the chaotic political situation.

Because of that, the few imperial citizens who pushed the competition between the 2nd and 3rd princes were also convinced.

“Your Highness, are you okay?”

To Tarion’s question, Kariel didn’t even answer and lowered her head.

-cheer up.

Even Surt patted Kariel on the head with her dainty arm.

So Kariel sent a letter to her younger siblings with her last hope.

It was a request to raise an appeal to His Majesty, wanting to compete in good faith for the crown prince position.

I tried to persuade the prince to go directly to the emperor and push the prince who had appealed, but the two younger brothers were adamant.

“It looks like it’s still going strong!”

“Are you planning to play alone? Let’s die together!”

A letter from the 2nd and 3rd princes.

They were very short replies, only one sentence at a time, but it was enough to shatter Kariel’s hopes.

“… … .”

A decree sent directly by the emperor.

A plaque that symbolizes wealth.

Then there are letters from the brothers.

The objects on the desk were pushing Kariel into the depths of despair in real time.

After being beaten out of his mind, Kariel was dazed for a while, then got up from his seat.

“I must go to His Majesty.”

“… … majesty.”

When Tarion tried to dissuade him by saying that it was already too late, Kariel gritted her teeth and said.

“I need to make a deal.”

“Yes?”

“I will withdraw as soon as the northwest region stabilizes. I need to get a confirmation on that.”

It looked like he would go crazy if he didn’t, so Tarion, who couldn’t bear to stop it, quietly prepared the wagon.

***

Kariel, who arrived at the imperial palace at full speed, immediately requested an audience.

“You must be busy, so how did you come?”

Cariel gritted her teeth inwardly while watching the emperor drinking tea leisurely.

The nobleman, who used to take drugs due to stress, was drinking tea these days.

Even though I couldn’t completely quit, the amount of drugs itself seemed to have decreased a lot.

Conversely, Kariel’s stress only increased.

“Your Majesty, I told you that I would retire when this work was over.”

“I know that, but the situation is not good.”

“Yes, that’s why I’m thinking of retiring after just finishing the ‘Northwest Incident’.”

When Kariel said as if he couldn’t do more than that, the emperor quietly looked Kariel in the eyes.

Seeing the eyes burning like fire, the emperor clicked his tongue.

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Just looking at it, it seemed that if even this was not allowed, it would come out like a pear.

“Take it all the way to Belpurs. It might be the one behind the attack on you, so it would look better to solve it yourself.”

Kariel was silent for a moment at the emperor’s words, then lowered her head and replied.

“… … I will.”

“Proceed with the Daejon meeting on behalf of Jim.”

“your majesty!”

“Recently Jim has been feeling unwell, so it was difficult to lead the meeting.”

The emperor rolled up his arms as he said that.

There were black spots all over his arms, perhaps because of the drugs the black magician had prepared.

“… … Since when have you been a wolf?”

“When I tried to stop taking the medicine, it came to me.”

Kariel bit her lip at the emperor’s words.

‘Was quitting the drug poisonous?’

Kariel thought so and opened her mouth.

“What do you say?”

“It seems that it is impossible to know everything with one’s own knowledge. It was the same with the priest.”

“Is it to catch the warlock?”

At Kariel’s question, the emperor said with a self-deprecating laugh.

“I don’t think it would work as a normal black magician. Unless you catch the guy who prepared this drug, it’s hard to expect a complete recovery.”

Kariel bit her lip at the emperor’s words.

‘I didn’t expect this.’

It didn’t end with stopping drugs.

In case he gets caught, he double-tripled the drug.

‘Was the drug even able to sustain life?’

Thinking so, Kariel sighed and said.

“Still, it is not possible for Soja to preside over the Daejeon meeting. It can be misunderstood as a proxy cleanup. Rather, increase the frequency of meetings.”

“I’m the crown prince, so what’s the problem? The prince is worried too much.”

“The nobles will rebel.”

At Kariel’s words, the emperor smiled and said as if he had expected those words to come out.

“I got the consent of the two dukes. Neutralists all agreed, so there should be no problem.”

At the Emperor’s words, Kariel closed her eyes tightly.

It was a perfectly designed trap from the time of the Daejeon meeting until now.

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Just as a rabbit caught in a trap cannot get out of it even if it struggles, it was only a meaningless struggle to open up an opinion contest and attract his younger brothers.

“… … Only when your Majesty is incapable of taking control, the little one will take over.”

“You will.”

I tried all the way to the end, but it didn’t make any sense.

If the emperor is sick every day, after all, it will be Kariel who will be in charge of the Daejeon meeting.

“You must be tired, but you must have bothered Your Majesty.”

“Heh heh, it’s fine. It’s been a long time since I had fun.”

Kariel, who gritted her teeth at the emperor’s laughter, rose from her seat.

“Sonja, I’m going to leave. Please forget about complicated matters and concentrate on restoring your body.”

“I will.”

Kariel bowed to the emperor, who answered with a smile, and immediately left the imperial palace.

“Tarion.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“Right now, inform each ministry and scrape all the materials related to the Northwest.”

Kariel gave the order with eyes burning with anger.

Then Tarion, who immediately sent his attendants to each department, quickly opened the carriage door.

“6 months. I will finish it and retire.”

After setting up a new retirement plan, Kariel drew up his retirement plans after finishing his Western job.

“you can do it.”

Kariel made a vow to erase her anxious mind.

Tarion, who watched this from the side, only looked at his master with pity.