The Prince Wants To Retire

7. Are things getting bigger? (3)

As soon as Kariel moved, there was tension in the war that had been locked in silence.

As everyone held their breath and looked at Kariel, the prince’s mouth slowly opened.

“your majesty.”

Kariel, who had called the emperor, looked at the chancellor and said.

“The Prime Minister’s words are misleading.”

“What?”

“It is.”

Kariel glared at the chancellor.

“How dare you put off the affairs of the imperial family and prioritize the affairs of other countries? This is an act to bring down the authority of the imperial family and deceive them.”

At Kariel’s insistence, the emperor pressed his finger on his head.

He looked at Kariel as if he had just stepped forward to say that.

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Jaesang also had a smile on his lips and said, ‘That’s right!’

What Kariel, who was still young, could do, was only seen as ‘spawning’.

Neutral aristocrats also clicked their tongues with a disappointed expression on their faces, but only the inspector general looked at Kariel without changing his expression.

The two dukes who saw it stood still and maintained their original position.

Then some keen aristocrats sensed something and shut their mouths.

Perhaps because of that, the nobles shut their mouths little by little, and a state of silence was created again.

‘Is there something?’

Like Mussolini, who rose to the position of chancellor through numerous political struggles, I felt that there was something hidden in Cariel.

But now it was impossible to back down.

Since he broke all of his cards, the only way left was to force his opponents to block them even if they revealed their hidden cards.

“Your Highness, I am not trying to cover up this incident. The idea is to arrest those involved and investigate slowly.”

The chancellor spoke as if admonishing a child, but Kariel’s expression did not change.

“Criminal shut up.”

As Kariel spoke to the chancellor with a cold expression, the air inside the palace began to cool down.

No matter how much a prince was, there was no law to insult the chancellor like this in public.

Knowing that, Kariel usually used the low body language and respected the chancellor, but to ignore it openly like this was to treat her as a complete criminal.

“Me, Your Highness!”

The chancellor called out to Kariel with a puzzled expression, but strangely, no roar came out of the emperor’s mouth this time.

It was because he noticed that the hand Kariel had hidden was bigger than he thought.

“Your Majesty, the claims of injustice by Seongguk are false.”

“Do you have any proof?”

“Yes.”

Kariel confidently answered the emperor’s question.

Seeing his confident expression, the emperor let out a small sigh and nodded.

Then Kariel spoke to the inspector general.

“Bring the proof.”

“Yes, my lord.”

At Kariel’s order, the Inspector General ordered his men to bring the evidence.

“According to the Prime Minister’s argument, the aristocratic faction and the neutral faction were involved in the crime, so wasn’t the main content that other countries were angry and sent letters of protest?”

As he spoke while looking at the chancellor, Mussolina gave a small nod.

“Then what is this?”

Kariel threw a wad of paper at him.

It was evidence that the imperial nobles led the drugs smuggled into the imperial palace.

Not only military secrets, but also the circumstances in which the empire’s major projects were stolen from other countries were also recorded.

Most of all, it was the act of the ‘unpleasant country’ claimed by the prime minister.

“The Seongguk that the Prime Minister defended was actually a warehouse where the imperial funds were kept. And all over the empire. In return, Seongguk took a huge amount of money and interest.”

“… … There are only circumstances.”

“okay? not.”

Seeing Mussolini in denial, Kariel blinked at the Inspector General.

“I knew it, so I confided in a few places in secret.”

“This… … .”

“I thought I would know right away if I robbed a big place, so I went to the province and robbed it.”

As Cariel smiled and said, Mussolini’s eyes began to shake.

“ah! Are you wondering why you haven’t been contacted?”

Cariel smiled and approached Mussolini.

“The Inspectorate threatened me to make a false report.”

Mussolini’s expression began to contort as he watched Cariel speak with a bright smile.

“… … Can we conclude that the corruption only belongs to the imperial faction?”

“ah! Of course not. There are also aristocratic and neutral factions mixed in.”

Cariel replied with a bright smile at Mussolini’s words.

Despite Mussolini’s assertion that it was not only the imperial faction, the Chancellor’s expression went rotten as he saw Cariel smiling brightly.

“All of the places I investigated were the emperors who became the connection points to the temple.”

“that… … .”

“From the point of view of the Inspection Department, wouldn’t there be no choice but to investigate the connection between the imperial faction and the temple?”

“This, too, is only circumstantial.”

Kariel burst into laughter at the chancellor’s words.

“Yes, just like the chancellor said, it’s just the circumstances. But the chancellor is forgetting one thing.”

The Chancellor’s expression crumpled at Kariel’s words and his head dropped.

It’s because Kariel will tell you the matter that you’re trying to turn around somehow.

“That the temple has committed corruption. This will not change.”

Kariel smiled at the prime minister.

“Did Seongguk say it was unfair? Can you tell me how stupid that is?”

Cariel, who spoke with a deep smile, turned around and spoke to the nobles.

“First, Seongguk didn’t send a spy? In the first place, priests are no different than spies, right?”

Kariel spoke while spreading one finger.

“Second, were the northern nobles involved? They are the ones who commit corruption on a national scale in the first place, is there any meaning?”

Saying that, Kariel looked back at the Prime Minister.

“Last drug smuggling? Why are you only insulting us? Isn’t the culprit the South?”

“… … .”

Finally, the chancellor’s mouth was shut.

Now all he had left was the Emperor.

“You who defend this holy country are just criminals.”

Kariel, branded as a criminal, looked at the emperor.

“Your Majesty, please make a decision.”

At the words of the prince, the emperor burst into silence and fell into trouble.

The matter was serious.

Touching the temple could bring great confusion within the empire.

It was also a problem that there were many saints who believed in God among the people of the empire, and it was an issue that could lead to a war with the Holy Kingdom.

I couldn’t even cover it.

To go to war with the Holy Kingdom?

In fact, it wasn’t difficult if you put your mind to it.

The problem was that those who believed in God within the Empire might object.

Many people, regardless of the nobles and commoners, worshiped the sun god, and because of that, even if the corruption of the temple was revealed, they would cover it up.

‘It’s not easy to ask Seong-guk for his sins.’

This was the last thing Mussolini believed in.

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Just in case, the Confederacy, not the Confederacy, was brought in.

This was the prime minister’s real deal.

“your majesty.”

Cariel opened his mouth to the emperor who was in trouble.

“It is not easy to accuse the Holy Kingdom of sins, even the little ones know it well.”

At Kariel’s words, the emperor tilted his head.

“Your Majesty wants to help you make a decision.”

At his words, everyone in the Daejeon looked at Kariel.

With everyone’s attention focused, he ordered the servant to bring Tharion into Daejeon.

After a while, Tharion entered the Daejeon with something.

“What is it?”

“It was discovered by the servants of Soso who left with the Inspection Department.”

Saying so, Kariel removed the black cloth.

Then, a black sphere with a bizarre pattern appeared.

“That, that… … !”

The Duke of Walkshire looked up, his eyes wide, as if he knew what Kariel had brought.

“What is it?”

At the emperor’s question, Kariel looked at the prime minister and said.

“An object used by warlocks.”

At Kariel’s words, the faces of everyone in the Daejeon hardened.

“… … What?”

“Now what… … .”

Not only the emperor, but also the prime minister, who was next to him, had a surprised expression on his face.

It was the same with other nobles.

Suddenly, he was puzzled as to why the word warlock appeared here.

“It was the temple where I found this. It was discovered by the attendant of the small child who accompanied the Inspection Department.”

Kariel explained how he found it.

From the point of view of the inspection department, there must be a limit because it has to be investigated openly.

There may be those who run away or hide, so Kariel’s subordinates, who were ordered to find them all using the authority of the crown prince, discovered them.

I was trying to find the corruption fund, but it was like I found an unexpected item.

“That the Holy Kingdom, which should be clean, dares to be related to black magicians. This is something that can never be ignored.”

At Kariel’s words, the emperor was silent without saying anything.

This is because the moment you open your mouth here, you may really have to go to war with the Holy Kingdom.

Then, to pressure the emperor, Kariel used his last resort.

“Your Majesty, I will reveal it again here, little one.”

Kariel stood up.

“When this is over, I want to step down from the throne. instead! We want to see the end of this case. The little boy who lacks is going to work for the last time as the Crown Prince, so please accept the little boy’s request.”

The Crown Prince’s Cheong speaks with his head down on his knees.

Seeing this, the emperor tightly closed his eyes.

It wasn’t just a request.

It was the last request to bet on the throne of the Crown Prince.

“Please grant your majesty’s request!”

When even the inspector general knelt down and spoke, the two dukes also moved.

Then, everyone except the imperial faction knelt down and asked the emperor.

“Please grant Your Highness’ request!”

The emperor, who had been silent until the end under the pressure of the nobles, opened his mouth with a helpless expression.

“… … I grant the crown prince’s request.”

In the end, the emperor who granted Kariel’s request stood up helplessly.

“Since this issue is really serious, we will deal with other issues later. Let everyone devote themselves to this work first.”

The emperor commanded so, and with weak steps, they marched into the Great War.

Then, Kariel, who was kneeling, got up from her seat and slowly started the presidential election.

The Great War where the Emperor and the Crown Prince started.

Even so, no one was able to come out of the war easily.

That’s what a huge thing happened.

“… … It’s over.”

One of the nobles in the Daejeon clicked his tongue while looking at the chancellor.

Because of this incident, the imperial faction had no chance to survive.

Since even the emperor was abandoned, the imperial faction is over.

For the nobles, the imperial faction was no longer an important issue.

Now, whether or not they are at war with the Holy Kingdom has become a more important issue.

While the remaining aristocrats in Daejeon were talking to each other about how to deal with the temple, Kariel smiled and headed to the crown prince’s palace.

“I am truly fortunate.”

“right?”

Looking at Kariel, who was delighted, Tarion made a happy face.

“If I hadn’t discovered this, it could have been dangerous.”

“Well, it probably didn’t go this well.”

Kariel also nodded and acknowledged Tarion’s words.

A black magician’s weapon that came out by chance while robbing the temple’s secret warehouse.

“The temple is associated with the warlock… … . It is truly unexpected.”

“I know.”

Kariel put on a cold expression.

It was an accident from Tarion’s point of view, but it wasn’t surprising from Kariel’s point of view, who remembers her past life.

It was because he knew that some of the priests had connections with the warlock.

He remembered an area that was particularly infested with warlocks in his previous life, and he deliberately had him investigate that direction through the Inspection Department.

They thought that if the inspection department robbed them, they would be lucky enough to find items related to the warlock.

‘I was lucky.’

From Kariel’s point of view, it wasn’t certain, so I had to rely on luck, but now that I’ve found evidence like this, things will go smoothly in the future.

‘With this, I can let go of this hated crown prince position.’

It was possible to feed the emperor faction, put down the position of crown prince, and even pressure the arrogant Seongguk, so from Kariel’s point of view, it was no different than the best result.

In addition, since it is putting pressure on the Holy Nation, it will be a warning to other countries as well.

Kariel, feeling better than ever, smiled brightly and headed for the crown prince’s palace as the guys who had tormented her in her previous life ate candy one after another.

“Shall we see Miriel?”

A giant came sneaking up on Kariel, who was looking for Miriel with a smile.

“Your Highness, it’s time to exercise.”