We have decided to fight the empire in the future.
Which is good.
That's all well and good, but I still had a big problem in front of .
This one bothered more than the problem with the empire.
"Oh, you guys. I have one more thing to discuss with you."
We just decided to fight the empire.
Klaus and the others are still in the room, and they are still excited.
Klaus is the only one who is calm as usual.
He is really a reliable guy.
When I asked for advice, it was Tia who took the bait.
"Do you wish to discuss sothing with us? What's the content of this?"
Until a few minutes ago, I had made the decision in a lighthearted manner, thinking that the emperor was the real enemy anyway, so I might as well just take the empire.
However, to my surprise, Klaus presented with a clear figure, which made feel that I could take it more realistically.
Klaus is excellent, after all.
But even for soone like , who makes such important decisions so easily, there are still so problems that bother .
"Rosetta."
"What?"
"So it's Rosetta! I got the planet Charlotte, so I thought I'd give it to her as a gift. Is that a problem?"
I too was born into this world more than a century ago.
I am beginning to understand the values of this world, even if only dimly, and I wonder if I have been too frugal up to now.
I began to think so.
So I thought of it this way.
--If I gave her the planet Charlotte, it would be a luxury that would be well accepted in this world.
"One planet as a gift. Quite a luxury, don't you think?"
Tia gives a drawn-out smile in response to my idea.
" And a very nice idea. I'm so impressed that Liam-sama would give Rosetta a planet as a gift!"
--No matter how you look at it, it looks like she's forcing herself to be happy.
Just a few minutes ago, she was sincerely saying, "It's so wonderful, Liam-sama!" The one who was saying, "I'm sorry," is now swimming her gaze, saying, "It is a quintessence."
When I look at Marie, she answers, averting her gaze from .
"It's a wonderful idea that we have never thought of! It's just that it's also slightly out of the norm."
When Marie questioned my common sense, I turned my attention to Kukri.
Kukri doesn't avert his gaze, but expresses my idea in an oblique manner.
"It is a great gift only Liam-sama is allowed to give. However, once you acquire a planet, you are obligated to manage it. If it is left unattended and even bandits try to settle there, Rosetta-sama will be held responsible."
"I see. --Klaus?
I looked at Klaus as if asking for help, and for so reason he was a little huffy.
He acted as if he hadn't heard what I had just said.
"Hey, did you hear what I just said?"
"No, no, I an..."
I understand when I see what Klaus is not saying.
It seems that I still don't understand the values of this world, he said.
It seems that giving a planet as a gift was a bit much.
"I understand. I'll take care of Charlotte and Baron Glynn's main planet. So, you know. What should I give Rosetta?"
I ask again, and Marie points out.
"We have already given you all the necessary items before the wedding, sir?"
"That's not true. It's just a regular present."
"Hmm, were you thinking of the planets as ordinary gifts?"
The way the four of them looked at had a sowhat pitiful look saying "He's a no-good." [TL/N: Da da Koitsu.* I think?]
You guys have got so nerve talking against your master.
"That's enough, I'm going to bed!"
As I try to get the four of them out of the room, Klaus receives a transmission.
He then ntioned Kurt's na.
"Liam-sama, Kurt-sama has sothing urgent to report to you."
"From Kurt?"
"--Liam, I'm sorry. I can't break off my marriage to Her Royal Highness Princess Cecilia."
"The empire won't allow it. Don't worry about it."
Kurt sent an urgent ssage about Princess Cecilia, to whom he is engaged to be married.
She is Cleo's sister by birth, so she has a stronger connection to Cleo than to her other siblings.
Since Cleo and I were enemies, Kurt must have been concerned about her.
"You're with , right?"
"--Yes."
When I see Kurt's dark and somber expression on the other side of the monitor, I have a hunch that he is going to choose the empire over - and then Kurt makes a suggestion.
"Liam, I actually need a favor. You know about your clone, right?"
"I heard it in the report. Calvin says it was Cleo who initiated the plan. I don't care which one it is, but he has the audacity to try to copy and One-Flash."
"What are you going to do with her?"
"His impersonation of One-Flash is poor and non-threatening--but he doesn't need an imitation of ."
When I have finished saying that, Kurt looks at sadly.
"I have a favor to ask. Will you leave her with ?"
"What do you an?"
Why would Kurt want a clone of ?
They say she is good enough to pilot a fake Avid, but we are told that even though she has high specs as a knight, she is a child on the inside.
Since she is not easy to use, there is no rit in keeping her by one's side.
However, Kurt seems to sympathize with her.
"She was created only to fight. If we leave her like this, she will end up being disposed of as Liam said. That would be too sad."
"You only feel sorry for that girl? There are so many poor people in the world."
Kurt chokes on my words.
--Yes, that's right. In a previous life, I was one of those poor people.
No one helped .
So - I can't help but feel a little envious of Kurt's interest in my clone.
"Well, okay, I'm not interested. Suit yourself. --But we're going to retrieve her aircraft, because Amagi knows about the spare aircraft. She'll scold if I don't bring it back."
I had the Seventh Weapons Factory build a spare mass-production machine so that I could eventually give it to my apprentice, Ellen.
So we had them built in secret, but Calvin exposed them.
If I went back to the territory, Amagi would scold again.
To be honest, I'm just as nervous about it as I am about getting married.
"Not to ntion the aircraft, but are you sure you want to?"
"I consider you a friend. And I think we should continue to be as such."
I don't know what he likes about my clones, but if Kurt feels indebted to for this, it's a small price to pay.
"Oh, of course. No, I wasn't going to ruin the relationship if you said no."
"I see."
Now it looks like the Exner family will join us in our resolve.
Well, there are no absolutes in this world.
Let's continue to make a lot of bones to keep a good relationship with the Exner family in the future.
"That being said, I'm surprised that Liam has been planning the wedding. I guess it was for Rosetta's sake that you ended the war within two years."
Brightening up, Kurt suddenly started teasing .
"Oh, I just didn't want my schedule changed! I've got to go. You should definitely co to the ceremony too."
"Of course."
I let out a deep sigh as I hung up the communication.
"--not that I'm doing it for Rosetta."
I couldn't decide to whom this was an excuse.
.
The main planet of the Banfield family.
When the flagship Argos broke through the atmosphere and returned ho, a large crowd of people greeted in the harbor.
Projected in the air were texts rejoicing my return.
The path I walk on is paved with red ductile iron, and the floor is moving, so I can move quite fast if I walk on it.
It would have been faster to take a vehicle, but I needed to show the people that I was safe.
The pathway is transparent, like a glass wall, so that I can be seen from anywhere.
How pitiful they must be to have to rejoice at my re return.
Seeing these people who have no choice but to flatter , a man of absolute power, I understand that the world is an unreasonable place.
I smile wryly and pass through the passageway....
"Darling!"
"You stop that!"
-- Rosetta jumped on .
I had been acting like a villainous lord earlier, but Rosetta's distracted call and hug ruined everything.
Seeing Rosetta, who was so happy to hug , the guards around us chuckled.
Marie, for example, looks rather happy.
"Rosetta-sama, you're being immodest."
Tia looked around her.
"They're all related, though, so it's not a problem."
Rosetta hugged and cried and rejoiced that I was safe.
"I'm really glad you're back safe. I was really scared when I first heard we were outnumbered."
"You thought I was going to lose? That's just plain impossible to happen."
"I believed you. But when my darling was gone, I--"
After all, I have the blessing of a guide.
If I am defeated to the extent in which Calvin is, I will not be able to defeat the real enemy - Baglada.
However, there are so things that concern .
When the guide inford of the existence of the true enemy, I felt that he was in a great hurry.
In fact, Baglada also seems to be stepping outside of humanity.
One-Flash is a school created for fighting with non-humans, and although I believe it can be countered - I still think I should train.
--I should still train.
By then, I will have the power to fight the empire.
"It's a needless worry. More importantly, --I don't have much ti."
As I say this, Amagi and Brian, who had been holding back, co forward.
"We are ready for the ceremony. I'm glad there was no waste of ti, Master."
"Brian here is very impressed with the way Liam-sama has been preparing for the ceremony!"
--they heard the story and everyone around them said, "Oh, this is what it was for!" They were surprised.
Stop it, you fools!!
Don't humiliate !
When I fell silent, Wallace ca forward, this ti with a sense of accomplishnt.
His gesture of bouncing his bangs with his hand was infuriating.
"Before you left, you reminded this to only go ahead with the wedding preparations. I've prepared a grand wedding for Liam."
Wallace gives a thumbs-up, but everyone around looks at and smiles, "Oh my God."
This is not going to help my image!
My image, which I worked so hard to build as a villainous lord, is now a man who does a lot for his lover.
Such a reputation is unacceptable.
"It's not for Rosetta. It's for . If you understand, get your asses in gear!"
I yell at them and they all respond in unison with knightly salutes to in unison.
"Ha!"
The breathtaking attitude of the vassals made feel sowhat irresistibly angry.
For so reason, the eyes of the vassals looking at were not in awe, but as if they were looking at sothing cute.
This is absolutely unacceptable.
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