How to Live as a Tyrant’s Spoiled Brat Chapter 176

How to live as a tyrant's spoiled brat, episode 176

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The long day has finally come to an end.

I returned to the villa, exhausted, and lay down on the buffalo skin sofa.

Rudy brought out some chilled sangria, made by boiling fruit in wine, and poured it into a pewter glass.

“Eat, Lord Valen.”

“Thank you. But can you give me something stronger instead of this? I want to drink one and then lie down and sleep.”

“No, you have to come to the main palace with me tomorrow at 5 o’clock.”

That's right.

Now it was the beginning.

Not all the great nobles who had sworn allegiance had gathered, not all the great nobles of the West had gathered, only one Marquis from the West had just ascended the throne.

His goal was easy to figure out, but unfortunately his goal was not something that could be readily appreciated or appreciated.

Because he is saying that he will invade neighboring countries and plunder their wealth because of his desire for research.

Of course, those countries also did everything they could to kill Jaylilith before the return, and they had vowed to one day annihilate him, but not in this way.

At least, under the pretext of punishing the invaders, they had to suppress them together with the church.

That's when I noticed Rudy staring at me.

The green eyes were shining softly.

“Do you have something to say?”

“Oh, no. I just thought I got through today without any problems.”

For a moment, she smiled as kindly as ever.

"yes."

“I thought something really big was going to happen when the airship came flying in.”

“Me too.”

“I didn’t put the pistol down all day, so I got a cramp earlier.”

“Oh my. Give me your hand. I’ll give you a massage.”

I untied Rudy's fingers, joint by joint, and Rudy continued speaking with an embarrassed expression.

“As Valen said, I went up to the roof of another palace near the garden and aimed for the Marquis’s head. But then the Marquis looked in my direction. I was startled.”

“You crazy bastard. How did you know that it was over 800m away? Was that prosthesis better than I thought?”

Technology probably hasn't developed to that extent yet… … As I was thinking the same thing, the outside of the palace became noisy.

Sir Tentia entered the garden, saluted by the guards.

He was fully armed, wearing plate armor, a helmet on his side, and even carrying a horn to call the wyvern.

It felt like I was running like crazy, panting for breath.

Clearly, as soon as the Marquis returned, he told me to go back to the official residence and sleep… … .

Since you've reached a new level today, you should rest well so that you don't strain your Mana Road…

As he was making such a worried expression, Sir Tentia opened the window with a distorted face and shouted urgently.

“Your Majesty. I hereby receive an imperial order to report to the palace immediately.”

Her short red hair was all messy, and her blood-red eyes were filled with shock and confusion.

Even when we were surrounded in the heart of the North, when the two of us had to fight off hundreds of Devourers, and when we faced dozens of the Golden Knights of the Marquis of Gremorius, Sir Tentia remained steadfast.

I jumped up from my seat and put on my uniform.

“What's going on?”

“The Blue Knights have just returned from their night patrol. They say that the great nobles of the East are coming to the center along the highway.”

“What’s the problem? We called you here.”

“That number is the problem.”

I accelerated both my steps and my thoughts.

High nobles often had thousands of escorts.

At least a few dozen knights and battle mages, plus about 1,000 to 2,000 elite soldiers.

If you add the various platoons, supply units, servants, maids, attendants, maids, servants, adjutants, administrators, cooks, etc., the number of 3,000 is a ridiculous number.

The 'Iron Blood Lord', Instrumentum, was a dangerous and powerful man, but there were many forces within the West that tried to keep him in check.

Freuheit, who is currently coming up here, also had several encounters with Instrumentum during the reign of the previous Marquis.

On the other hand, 'White Shark', Asenortha, was the ruler of the East.

They were not simply powerful people who could suppress others with force, but rather powerful people who exchanged influence through various means such as blood ties, personal connections, logistics through ports and rivers, and protection through fleets.

We can easily mobilize about 6 thousand people… … .

“The estimated number of troops is 65,000, excluding the supply corps!”

* * *

The foreign minister sent a messenger, foaming at the mouth, urging the administrators.

“‘Are you dreaming of treason?’ And.”

“Instead, the sentence is too extreme. How about summarizing it as something like ‘Why are you coming to pledge allegiance with 60,000 troops?’”

“Someone go to the church and bring Bishop Hong! Surely they wouldn’t kill a priest.”

The commander of the Brass Knights organized his troops in preparation for the Plains Rotation and reported to Jaylilith.

“In the center, 20,000 infantry and battle magicians, and on the right wing, 1,000 midshipmen and heavy cavalry… … .”

The Blue Knights silently prepared their magical tools and prepared for magical bombardment with the battle magicians.

“Don't be afraid.”

“We are the knights of heaven.”

Treasury officials figured out how much grain and meat they would consume each day if they were really a guard, and how that would affect prices in the capital.

After a while, Hardritan came to me and said.

“Valencianus. If they were an escort that came only to swear allegiance and not to fight, and if they bought all their supplies in the capital, the resulting inflation and economic chaos would be… .”

“It’s difficult, so please summarize it briefly.”

“Let’s cut to the chase… … In three months, people will start to starve to death throughout the capital. And starting in the third week of the first month, there will be food conflicts. Of course, all of these predictions do not take into account the soldiers that the great nobles will bring.”

They say that even if they are enemies, they will perish, and even if they are allies, they will perish.

In fact, it was a natural thing.

65,000 is almost a 15% increase in the capital's population, but food cannot be increased so suddenly.

Even they are the 15% that do not produce food but only consume it.

If demand increases by 15%, the price will… … I don’t even want to imagine it.

Besides, when I think of the great nobles and their escorts coming from the West, North, Southwest, and South in the future… … .

“Commissioner General! Now prepare a rationing system and set up guard posts in streets where riots are likely to break out!”

I ran to the Foreign Minister, my teeth chattering.

“Instead. Is there a large city along their route that can accommodate more than 3,000 soldiers?”

The substitute replied, foaming at the mouth.

“Your Highness! Where is the great city in the central region?”

I nodded, flinching.

It hasn't even been a month since I returned from patrolling the central region.

The central region was torn apart into large and small baronial fiefdoms.

No, it was our royal family that tore it apart.

The imperial family was also the one who gathered all the knights and barons there and chose military power over intelligence.

"world!"

I spat out the six-letter words and grabbed my head.

First of all, the worst case scenario would be if an army of 65,000 men pretended to be an escort and reached the bottom of the castle walls, and rebelled, saying they could not recognize Jerilis as the emperor.

I sent a messenger to ask them what their true intentions were, but I don't know if the 'Baeksangari' will answer.

… … Before her return, she was a member of the rebel alliance like other nobles.

Of course, it was not Asenortha but Planitias who first lit the beacon of war.

However, the Asenorthas were a family that could proudly say, 'We cannot be loyal to an emperor who came to the throne through usurpation!', breaking the balance and peace that had been precariously maintained in this life.

Even the Asenorta family was formerly a member of the Crown Prince faction.

Cariosa also lost her aunt to the emperor's concubine and her cousin to Jaerilis.

I clanked my teeth and turned to Jaylilith.

Her attendants were preparing the Emperor's black plate armor, and Jaerilis was tying up her wavy, platinum hair.

“Your Majesty, please send me your letter.”

The emperor spoke bluntly.

“Not allowed.”

“I will go and convey Your Majesty’s will.”

We had already spoken a few days ago of promoting Asenortha to the rank of Duke, and giving her control over the whole East, as Severic's Septentrios had done in the North.

“They have always longed for the old authority, and Your Majesty can give them what they want, and Cariosa is a powerful swordsman. Enfeoffing her as a duke is by no means a humiliation to the royal family.”

There was silence in the hall for a moment.

“… … .”

Everyone kept their mouths shut and waited for the Grand Duke to be crushed as he asked the Sword Master Emperor, "Are you scared now?" "Are you being proud?"

But I decided to trust Jaylilith.

Changing her meant believing that she would change.

This meant that instead of immediately flying into the sky, throwing down the 'Spear of Wrath' and preparing to summon a meteor, he believed that he would appropriately use military force, political power, and administrative power to achieve maximum results with minimum bloodshed.

The emperor looked at me with languid and cruel eyes.

Those golden eyes pierced through me.

“You,” muttered Jaylilith, turning her head to the commander of the Cheong Eun Knights.

“Can you climb up to the clouds?”

“Yes, Your Majesty. Using the Cold Resistance Magic Tool, you can stay above the clouds for up to two hours, and using the Concealment Magic Tool, you can avoid the snow for an additional three hours.”

“If Archduke Valencian is in danger, come save him.”

I bowed my head to Jaylilith.

Tentia Sir blew two horns, one of hers and one of mine, towards Wyvernpit.

Wyverns are magically trained from an early age to recognize the sound of their master's horn.

Jaylilith came towards me.

Although he was clearly a few inches shorter than me, I felt incredibly overwhelmed.

She spoke monotonously, but with a hint of concern clearly in her voice.

“You will catch that great white shark again this time as if by magic. I am a wizard who is proficient in the use of words and circle magic, and can guess your accomplishments just by looking at you, so I wonder why you do not have the confidence to show such a talent. So… … You. Do you have the confidence to catch that great white shark as if by magic? Wouldn’t you end up getting eaten instead?”

I smiled brightly and confidently.

“Trust me, Your Majesty. I will come back and finish him off in no time, just like Gremorius did.”

So as not to get caught having no thoughts.

* * *

Asenortha's army was about 70 kilometers away.

When Cheong heard the knights' words, he said that dozens of flags were waving.

I asked about the symbols on the flag one by one, and soon found out one piece of fortunate news.

It was not Asenortha who single-handedly brought out an army of 65,000 men, but all the great nobles of the East came together.

Of course, the fact that those monsters came together with one opinion was problematic in itself.

If you think about which of the following is more likely to bring the great nobles together: 'Let's become independent now!' or 'Let's have a chat on the way to pledge allegiance together.' It was a simple problem.

The knights of the Blue Knights ascended one by one, while Sir Tentia and I slowly descended.

A bright beam of light shot toward us from a height of about 800 meters.

It was a light so bright that it immediately split the darkness of the night.

“It’s a wyvern!”

“A person from the royal family has arrived!”

Lightning flashed between the clouds, and blue light emitted as force fields and destructive magic were cast on the ground.

The Marquis' knights and elite soldiers gathered around one tent, while another group of elite soldiers and wizards beckoned to us with red and green lights.

It was a landing guidance.

Sir Tentia and I followed the instructions obediently and landed in the open space in the middle of the camp.

Elite soldiers, battle wizards who could raise storms, and knights who had fought sea monsters swarmed in and surrounded Sir Tentia.

The number of torches alone seemed to be over 300.

Somehow I felt like I understood how a beast, a foreign object, or a predator felt when being hunted in a group.

Tentia Kyung drew her sword and did so, and I raised one hand to stop her.

These hungry shark pups became even more aggressive when they saw blood.

I introduced myself before they asked.

By changing the pupils vertically.

“Valencianus Soletaraon Soletaras, Grand Duke of the Empire and Chief of the Security to His Majesty the Emperor. Where is the Marquis Cariosa?”

There wasn't a fool here who couldn't tell I was royalty just by looking at my hair and eye color.

There was a brief commotion, and after about three minutes, one side of the siege parted and a woman walked out.

“I didn’t know the Archduke would come to see me tonight.”

'White Shark' Cariosa Summerlin Asenorta.

Translucent water-colored hair, white skin that glistened like scales, sharp shark-like teeth, and vertically slit pupils like mine.

A swordsman of the second highest rank after Jaylilith, he wears a suit of armor made of iron plates like shark scales, a gorgeous coat over it, and carries two swords on his belt named 'Storm' and 'Tailwind'.

Despite being 27 years old, he had the impression of a veteran, was taller than Lord Tentia, and had an air of calm before a storm.

That was the hunter's instinct that the Asenorta family possessed.

Like a great white shark that transforms when it smells blood.

“Come in. I think there’s time for a glass of wine on a summer night.”

It was a good treatment for someone who had been prepared to be tied up and dragged away.

But… … If I didn’t see things wrong just now… … .

“Your Majesty Valen.”

“I saw it too.”

He looked at me and whetted his appetite.

With that blushing face.