I Grabbed the Tyrant’s Heart

How anxious I was.
Fearing that Euseniel might fall in love with him.
Hardland and Bonart, it’s a perfect combination.

Ethyl Bonart.
Good luck with Aurin Xuen, who likes you.

Sooner or later, I will pierce Xuen’s side and make them marry.
The weakened Marquis Xuen, will rush in, and Aurin Xuen, who likes Ethyl Bonart, will accept it.

Even if he refuses, he won’t have a choice.

“Yes, it was said to be a meeting hosted by the Duchess.”

Hmmm, will Euseniel go to a tea party with Nus Xuen again this time? Leaving me and going with another man?

Pang.

The vase the chief attendant asked if I liked it was shattered.
The chief attendant continued the report without flinching.

“Your Majesty, Lady Hardland requested a meeting this afternoon.”

“…… when?”

“A letter arrived last night.”

“Then you should have let me know as soon as it arrived.
You still don’t know that?”

Crash.

I broke the vase again.

“Forgive me, Your Majesty.”

“From now on, no matter what, if Euseniel contacts me that she is coming, tell her you acknowledged it on the spot.
Report to me after that.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.
Unfortunately, Your Majesty barred me from entering the room last night, and Lady Hardland informed me by letter.
You always replied directly to Lady Hardland, so I did not dare to answer.”

What did I do last night?

Ah, I was struggling thinking of Euseniel.
When I remember her and wets the bed sheets, I become defenseless.
At the same time I have to dismiss other people because my magic control has become bad.

Otherwise, they might explode due to the magic.

The soul of this capable chief attendant was tinged with fear, but his face remained calm.
It’s a great ability every time I look at it.
How could his heart and face be so different?

I snatched the envelope brought by the chief attendant before he could even hold it close to me.

On the white paper, faintly imbued with Euseniel’s scent, was a concise message in neat handwriting.

 

— Tess, if it’s okay with you, I want to go see you tomorrow afternoon when the sun is highest in the sky.

Euseniel wanted to come see me!

Yes, it is best to say that I’m sick.
Even so, my aching chest thumped pleasantly.

I wrote a reply affirming it and handed it to the chief attendant, then went to Hill Palace for the morning assembly.

Euseniel never moves except for a few things she likes, and one of the quick ways to make her move is to say I’m sick.

Actually, if she asks if I was really sick, the answer is no.

Euseniel would naturally be angry if she knew that if I started the New Year’s party on Euseniel’s birthday.
So I pretended to be sick.

As expected, when I said I was sick, Euseniel didn’t get angry.

Even when I was young, Euseniel used to treat me kindly when I was sick or injured.
So I knew she would definitely come this time too.

While being happy for a while, the assembly hall made my mood plummet as always.
The culprits were most of the people whose souls were covered in a viscous liquid that was the same color as filth.

“Greetings to His Majesty.”

Today, the gaze of the people towards Duke Hardland is not particularly good.
It must be because I danced with Euseniel.

In particular, Duke Lantia was looking at Duke Hardland with a nonchalant look and a color of hatred.

Ahh, should I overthrow that family before Euseniel goes to the meeting?

The two ducal families I really hate: Lantia and Liesl.
With the active approval of the two families, Euseniel was kicked out of the empire.

They did not hide their disgust at my changed appearance and said they could not tolerate Hardland who created such a mass of disaster.
I couldn’t show myself like this in public, so they put an appropriate charge on Hardland.

I know they were happy to get rid of their rivals.

“Recent trends in the Southern Empire are unusual.”

The balance between the imperial power and priesthood collapsed when Hardland was driven out.

The two families fought each other for power, and the Imperial power became relatively close with Lantia.
Lantia prevailed, but Liesl became a mediocre figure, and Bonart, as always, was Bonart.

After I became Emperor, the three ducal families lost their solidarity as I put pressure on Lantia.
So they ended up standing independently, and now I was standing on top of them.

“It is said that military exercises are continuously taking place at the border.”

The reason why I don’t kill these disgusting things that chased Euseniel away is because of the Southern Empire.

“Is it frequent?”

“Looking at the number of times, it is not a lot, but it is a trend that has been steadily increasing over the past three years.”

 

The Emperor of the Southern Empire, who was born ‘to keep the Emperor of the Northern Empire in check,’ and bringing peace to the continent.

Even if the imperial power is strong, if the two Duchies are dealt with, two things that become the central axis will disappear at the same time.
Of course, the country will be shaken.

If the Northern Empire is in chaos, the Southern Empire may strike at any time.

“Isn’t the Southern Empire also doing military training because of the monsters?”

“I tried to establish such an assumption, but the troops gathered at the border included troops under the direct control of the Emperor of the southern empire.”

“Hmm, in the history of the Southern Empire, there has never been a direct military dispatch to subjugate monsters.
At least officially.”

“Then is it a war?”

No, the Southern Empire will not invade.
They were just wary of me, who is unstable.

I knew it, but I didn’t say it.

Ah, this is why Euseniel told me to become a good Emperor.
A plausible, great Emperor is too difficult.

I want to kill someone because I hate them, but I have to endure it.
I can’t because I have to protect Euseniel.

Pang!

Suddenly, there was a loud noise and the servants’ faces turned strange.

Crash!

One side of the window was broken.

“All of a sudden?”

“What’s going on?”

Most of the many who had been through it were indifferent, and only the new officials were surprised.

Seeing the two Dukes standing there pretending it was nothing makes me still have the will to kill them.