“Thank you, Your Majesty!”
Klaus furrowed his brows as he looked at the subject bending deeply toward me.
“What on earth is the Minister of Finance doing that is bothering me by following me all the way to the West?”
“The Minister of Finance told me to take his advice to heart!”
“So that’s what I’m saying. The finance minister can take care of the finances. Why do you need my advice?”
“The Minister of Finance has no doubt that the advice given by His Highness will be of the greatest help to the empire…”
“Ah, that’s it, that’s enough.”
Klaus put his finger between his eyes and shook his head.
It’s been less than a week since I came to the West, and more than one department has already pursued me in this way.
Since the ministers were trying to wrap their heads around something so ridiculous, he just gave them advice one by one in passing, but hasn’t that become his main job?
“If anyone sees me, they will think I am His Majesty.”
“Isn’t this proof that Your Majesty’s insight is so outstanding?”
“I just swore.”
“Oh, is that so?”
The treasurer of the Ministry of Finance, who was once considered a genius, looked at Klaus’s thoughts and smiled sheepishly.
“Still, His Highness was very busy dealing with the affairs of the mayor and duke. Everyone postponed important decisions…”
“therefore!”
Klaus closed his eyes tightly from the dizzying feeling of frustration.
“Why on earth are you putting off making such an important decision because you don’t have my advice?”
“That’s right, Your Majesty is the wisest….”
“That’s it. Go.”
“Thank you! Ah, next time is at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs….”
The Treasury official ran out as if running away, clutching the piece of advice Klaus had written down.
Klaus, who was looking at the closed door, lay down on a chair exhausted.
I knew that the ministers trusted my advice quite a bit after the emperor had been bedridden, but it made no sense for things to not go smoothly just because I didn’t give them advice for a few days.
“…I don’t think it’s a talent that God gave me.”
Muttering, Klaus rolled up the hem of his shirt.
The traces of God engraved on the inside of my arm were clear.
I heard that God gave him great power and also gave him great talent so he could use that power, but if he continued like this, he was going to die from overwork before he could use that power.
“Well, I have good physical strength to die from overwork.”
Klaus looked back at his body, which was not tired despite the heavy workload.
“Yes. It’s better to be healthy than to be incompetent.”
Klaus muttered and suddenly stood up.
Rather than giving the following advice to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, I felt it would be better to do something else.
It’s not like there’s nothing to do.
“Golterror Velen, he definitely has a double ledger.”
Klaus had already checked the ledgers in Golterror Velen’s office, but no matter how much he looked, nothing came out other than neatly organized ledgers.
However, the cleanly organized ledger was what convinced Klaus that there was another ledger.
“It’s clearly a ledger made by an expert… but the problem is where the real ledger is.”
The fact that he misappropriated the imperial family’s money and created a double ledger was clearly enough justification for dealing with Gollterrorist Velen that even high-ranking elders acknowledged it.
As there was already opposition from some nobles in the process of dealing with the city tax and the duchy, those who opposed it also needed a convincing justification.
In small matters like this, the more solid the evidence, the better.
Moreover, if even such a small matter is not handled properly, the rebels might disturb the world again.
“……But it’s gotten a lot better.”
Klaus smiled as he looked at the clear sky.
What Klaus remembered from his last life was a sky that was black and filled with the smell of blood, but what he was looking at now was still a clear and blue sky.
Klaus risked everything to protect this.
There was a time when I thought that if I could protect all of this, I could just disappear.
The great task entrusted to one weak human being was itself a bondage and shackle.
but… … .
‘Young lady, do you think there are many paths for me too?’
‘of course.’
The voice of one person who was the cause of so many things changing now rang vividly in my ears.
‘In a regression, if you just return to the original, you can somehow prevent destruction.’
‘Isn’t there a path we can take after preventing the destruction of the world?’
She was the first woman to talk about the future to Klaus, who had never once thought about the distant future.
“I wish we could walk together on the next road.”
Klaus thoughtlessly muttered, remembering Elena’s calm face and smile.
Next road.
In the future he was thinking about for the first time, there was not a single image without Elena Seves.
“……I don’t know.”
Klaus, thinking of Elena, touched his forehead.
A faint red light suddenly appeared in his previously calm eyes.
“He definitely said he was jealous of me, and he also engaged in skinship. At this rate, I’m sure he doesn’t know how I feel.”
I said I was showing off.
Moreover, Elena’s attitude was clearly close to liking and affection.
“But why do you keep drawing a line at a critical point?”
For Klaus, who was always courted by every woman even if he didn’t want to, there was no opponent as difficult as Elena.
Klaus, who was thinking about the direct and indirect expressions he had made to Elena, frowned again.
“If she’s intentionally pretending not to know, she must have a bigger picture of her own. But I have no idea what she’s drawing.”
Of course, all of this was Klaus’ misunderstanding.
However, from the perspective of Klaus, who had seen Elena’s eccentricity bring good results, it caused a huge misunderstanding that Elena’s attitude also had some meaning.
Klaus smiled with a much more refreshed face and tapped the desk.
“Yes. You should let Elena do whatever she wants. I too… will do whatever I want.”
I don’t plan on ignoring you forever.
When the purpose is achieved, the answer will be given naturally.
“I guess I’ll just mind my own business then.”
It was when Klaus got up from his seat and decided to search Gollterrorist Velen’s secret ledger, harboring a fatal misunderstanding.
Beep. Beep.
Suddenly, a loud alarm started to sound from the ruby brooch that Klaus always wore.
It was a brooch that was linked to Elena’s headdress and had a magic spell that confirmed her physical danger.
And the fact that this brooch became noisy meant that harm was done to Elena’s body.
“……Elena.”
Klaus’ expression hardened.
Immediately, the moving magic circle unfolded spectacularly.
And what the surprised Klaus faced… … .
“It really doesn’t hurt at all… Oh my, Your Highness!”
It was Elena who was standing in front of an empty wall, looking around at herself.
A huge banging noise hit my eardrums, but surprisingly I didn’t feel any pain in my body.
Just before my body touched the wall, a blue energy spread throughout my body and enveloped me like a membrane.
“It really doesn’t hurt at all.”
Also Klaus. No matter what, one thing is certain.
The moment I turned my head thinking that, I saw a familiar person looking at me with a surprised face.
“Oh my, your highness!”
“Young lady, what is this….”
“I’m sorry. I can’t think of a way to call you while I’m busy… This world has magic and everything, but is there no cell phone?”
Now that I think about it, if I had a wireless communication device, I would have been able to summon Klaus much more easily and simply than this.
However, when I saw Klaus’ face again, I immediately reflected on my random thoughts.
“……I thought the lady was wrong.”
Klaus’ cheeks trembled slightly as he said that.
Klaus frowned, took a deep breath, and immediately buried his head in his hands.
Ah, I was surprised.
It was my mistake.
“I’m sorry for startling you, Your Majesty. I didn’t mean to startle you. It’s just an excuse…”
I was planning on calling Klaus in a hurry.
It was said that a magic was placed on this headdress to prevent attacks, and measures were also taken so that if an attack was made, Klaus would be notified immediately.
So, I thought that if I hit a wall and got into a situation where I was traumatized, Klaus could come.
The prediction was correct.
But I never thought Klaus would be so shocked by my trauma.
“I’m sorry, Your Majesty. I was short-thinking. I just thought I should urgently call you….”
I knew that Klaus was paying a lot of attention to me recently, so why didn’t it occur to me that he might be worried about me?
‘Ah, you idiot!’
I only thought of one and couldn’t think of two!
Klaus asked me as I was blaming myself.
“Are you okay?”
“yes?”
“Are you okay, young lady?”
“Ah, yes! I am thanks to this headdress that Your Majesty gave me!”
In response to Klaus’ question, he made big movements and pointed at the headdress.
Klaus looked at me and smiled a little weakly.
“……thank god.”
“majesty.”
“I was worried about what I would do if something went wrong with the young lady, and what I would do if the young lady left.”
Klaus’ voice trembled.
“I thought I was used to it because I lost someone throughout my life, but to think that I will lose you this time…”
After saying that, Klaus kept his mouth shut.
I urgently grabbed Klaus’ hand.
I don’t know why, but it felt like it had to be that way.
“I won’t lose it, Your Highness. Even now, you came to look for it.”
I felt like I had to do something to make my existence known to a man who was suffering from the trauma of trying to protect everything but failing to protect anything.
“I am always by your side. As long as you come to look for me.”
“…….”
“Well, are you always going to save me?”
No, talking suddenly makes me feel anxious.
Aren’t you going to say it’s too much trouble and won’t save me?
The moment I squeezed Klaus’ hand with such anxious thoughts.
“……jeon…….”
Klaus pulled me into a hug.
The familiar scent emanating from his arms felt stronger than ever.
