I Am No King's

Chapter 11 - Inauguration

"So, what does Agent Schneider want from me?"

I asked my question to the person who appeared next to me. Brown hair with short cuts, eyes also brown, normal noble clothes. Her hair and eyes are quite generic like me and the rest of the people. But I could see a little dark in her eyes and hair. It seemed that her real eye and hair color was black. Of course, the elite black hair and eyes would be striking attention, and that was the last thing a spy would want.

"When did you know I was following you?"

The man didn't try to cover it up again if he was Schneider's agent. It seemed that he realized that if he tried to dodge, his efforts would be in vain.

"Since I entered the party room," I answered him. "I also realized that there were two more people and one waiter, who filled my sarasvaku drinks, was an agent as well. Before you ask me how, let me answer."

I guessed his way of thinking and gave my answer.

"Of all the people who exchanged glances with me, only you do not have cold, condescending, or admiring looks. Your views are ordinary. No, maybe more precisely your view is the view of the observer. There is no visible emotion or anything that obscures your judgment, objectively."

"It seems we underestimated you too much" the man responded to my answer. "All right, let me answer your question. We, agent schneider, have orders to observe you because you won with no HP reduced."

"Is that too weird?"

The man shook his head. "Actually not really. A lot of schneider agents or people on the black market are capable of doing it. But we, agent Schneider, make sure those people don't become Regal Knights because—"

"Regal Knight's goal was merely as entertainment for battle royale and publicity. People who are greater than that certainly do not come to the surface to prevent panic. That is also the reason why Princess Emir is not allowed to participate. Because he's too strong. Is that true?"

"Yes, right."

Hmm, that explains why the participants in this battle royale are so weak.

"But we made a mistake. We didn't know of your whereabouts and your strength before this battle royale. All we know is, you're just an active antiques dealer both legally and illegally."

Well, of course they won't know my name. I've been working hard for two more years during High School so my name doesn't come to the surface. This Battle Royale is the first time my name has come to the surface.

"Then, what made you come to the surface this time?"

The man asked me. Actually the reason is simple. I feel guilty for having the Emir wet the bed last night and participating in this battle royale is my way of apologizing. That was my main intention, but of course I didn't tell the Emir. The conditions I proposed to the Emir were only a cover. And I can't tell this agent either.

"I can't say it. This relates to the image of the Princess Emir directly."

"Hmm, I see, does that mean you're an outsider whom the Princess Emir told was instrumental in dodging Aryhace's attack?"

Hmm, it turns out that agent Scneider knew about last night's attack. This answers why the Emir once believed I was Schneider's agent. Back then, agent Schneider must have been on his way to help him. It's normal for the royal family to be guarded by agent Schneider.

"Right," I answered her short question.

Upon hearing my reply, the man smirked, he flashed a smile on his face. His smile had no threat in it, but rather a relieved smile. Although he had previously questioned me emotionlessly, this time I could feel the emotions and feelings from his smile.

"Then, it's enough to get here first. There will be others who will come to you later."

The man turned and walked. Before he got too far, I stopped him for a moment with a question.

"Wait a minute, how do I know that the one who came was one of you and not a spy from another kingdom?"

"Don't worry, Princess Emir will be able to say it."

No I doubt it. Even the Emir thought I was Schneider's agent. And again, why did he say that? I wasn't always with the Emir know. In fact, it can be said that very rarely when I was with him. But, I haven't had the chance to say all that, the man has disappeared from my sight.

I went back to the party room to get information from another Schneider agent. But when I got back to the party room, all the Schneider agents who had been watching me had disappeared. I don't feel good if I remember what he said.

Despite thinking about the possibility, I was still a bit surprised when I dealt directly with agent Schneider. Although in the past I was able to cover my name from agent Schneider, but I'm not sure he can do it again.

I continued to enjoy this party by trying to get rid of my bad feelings about agent Schneider's involvement. To be more precise, I tried to enjoy this party by drinking sarasva. You could say I was hooked on this drink. In fact, my mom and dad told me. But I can't help it, this drink is delicious. Though the drink is not alcoholic but can be as good as this.

Before the party ended, there was one person who came to me. He asked me what I wanted from His Majesty the King as a Battle Royale present. By the way, this guy is not agent Schneider. I could tell when he looked me in the eye. He was just a royal errand boy in charge of asking what the champion Regal Knight wanted.

This guy told me the procedure I need to follow later. To put it simply, later on during the inauguration, the speech given was a one-way speech from His Majesty the King to me in which he read my wish and granted it. I just said thank you. The Royal Goalkeeper made me write down my request on a piece of paper to ascertain its authenticity.

What surprised me was that Princess Jeanne and Princess Yurika also had the opportunity to make a request. It turned out that starting the battle royal this time around, the runner up was also given the chance to make a request, but was limited only to his royal family, not until his Regal Knignt. Something that really benefits the royal family. But it seems they do not expect that this year there will be two runners up. Although I believe that Ufia is the runner up, it seems that the amulet is not able to receive data with precision, there is a delay of a few seconds. That was why, according to the amulet, Ufia and Zage lost together.

I don't have to worry about Princess Jeanne's request because from the info I got at this party, the family of Princess Jeanne's mistress, the Herizzeta family, didn't target the empress' position at all. But of the four children in the Herizzeta family, only three of his daughters did not want him. The second son, who was a boy, still wanted his family to become empresses so that he could become crown prince.

Rather than Princess Jeanne, I was more worried at Princess Yurika's request. All of his requests were political requests that had a huge effect. Her first request was for her family to become empresses and her second request was for her to have a say in the revocation and conferment of noble titles. I also got more goosebumps when I remember him saying the word debt to me earlier. I hope his request has nothing to do with me at all.

I who had previously forgotten the first request of Zage remembered. He wanted his family's territory to be expanded. Well, now I just remember why he just chose to be Duke in his second victory. To become a Duke, a family must have a certain land area in order to earn income and maintain its title. Without that territory, his family's Duke's title would be revoked in a short period of time for not being eligible. Well, I just remember now.

By the way, you won't be able to find a royal family like the concubine family and empress family at this party. They had already attended the party session before the battle royale started. Now they gather to discuss the requests of each winner and runner up. Of course this is done to anticipate if the position of the empress and concubine changes, then the related family already knows it and is not too surprised later in the inauguration time.

Finally, the party was over and continued with the inauguration. We moved from the royal hall to the audience room. The audience room was no less large than the royal hall. In this space, there was a knee-high boundary on the right and left, everyone was behind that boundary. At the end of the audience room, it looks like the room has risen to three different heights. The two sections below are seats for the gentry children and concubines with their families. After that, the highest place was the seat for His Majesty the King, the empress, and her concubines.

I stand in the middle of this room with the Emir on my right, Princess Yurika and Princess Jeanne on my left. The order to be summoned was Princess Jeanne and Princess Yurika, me, then the last one was the Emir. We continue to stand while His Majesty the King gives his welcome and closure to this inauguration.

After the inauguration speech was over, someone appeared and gave us a robe. A large red robe decorated with gold or silver stripes. This robe is a symbol that we are champions and runners up. For the winner, me and the Emir, get the gold line. For the runner-up, Princess Yurika and Princess Jeanne, get the silver line. And yes, the person who explained the procession said that I could bring this robe home. It may be expensive.

By the way, Princess Jeanne has generic brown hair like me, but she has brownish-yellow eyes that I've never seen in person before. She let her hair unravel to cover her shoulders with no ornaments at all in her hair.

Although without the elite and expensive ornaments such as those worn by Princess Yurika and Emir, but I could see her hair was really well groomed and beautiful, really showing the impression of an elite. She was wearing a pale blue, sodalite dress. And of course, like any noble dress in general, she also wore a dress that did not cover her shoulders and showed a slight cleavage to her chest. Love it's.

"To Princess Jeanne Herizzeta and Princess Yurika Falch Fafniari, welcome to come forward."

Eventually the protocoler called Princess Jeanne and Princess Yurika. While me and the Emir were still standing, they both came forward and lowered their bodies. After which, His Majesty the King stood up and advanced a few steps from his seat.

This is the first time I have seen His Majesty the King directly. His face already showed quite a wrinkle. Her hair that was supposed to be black seemed to be gray due to partial whitening. However, from his black eyes, you can see a spirit, aura, and charisma that is truly worthy of a King. A fierce and firm look, but also gentle and sincere on the other hand. Even without the loudspeakers, I could hear her voice so firm and loud in this room.

"Congratulations to my two daughters, Jeanne and Yurika. Your knights have shown an incredible achievement in this Battle Royale. With this, I will grant both of you a request. Jeanne, according to your request, I will hereby grant you the rights to five percent of the kingdom's annual income."

"Thank you, Father, Your Majesty the King."

As I expected, Princess Jeanne will ask for something that is said to be quite safe. But, five percent of the kingdom's income, I can't imagine how much money that is. That means she earns half of her mother's income per year. Since Princess Yurika explained a little about the royal money, I can't imagine how you can get that kind of money every month. Just thinking about it gave me goosebumps, let alone accepting it directly.

"Yurika, according to your request, hereby added new rules to the upcoming battle royale. If anyone else wanted to disallow the request from the previous winner, then that person would have to win the battle royale at least twice in a row."

"Thank you, Father, Your Majesty the King."

At least twice. This means that if there was another family of concubines who wanted to become empresses, since this request disallowed the previous winner's request, then his regal knight would have to win twice in a row. The next battle royal will be in three years. If you have to win twice in a row, then the empress' family can change for another six years. At that time, there was a possibility that His Majesty the King had retired and the crown prince had already risen to become King. Really well calculated desire. I'm sure the other concubine's family must be very upset right now.

"Furthermore, to Regal Knight candidate Lugalgin Alhold and Emir Falch Exequoer's princesses are cleared to advance."

Princess Yurika and Princess Jeanne are still unmoving. The two of them still lowered their bodies which was now overtaken by me and the Emir.

"To Lugalgin Alhold, even though you are only a Regal Knight candidate, you are capable of becoming a battle royale winner without even losing the slightest HP. With your achievements, you are entitled to one request. You'll get a hundred thousand zenith per month."

"Thank you, Your Majesty the King."

I'll bet he's actually feeling a little distracted. Agent Schneider will not move without His Majesty the King's orders. In other words, it was His Majesty the King who was actually feeling troubled. He must have been distracted because my name, which was previously known only as an antique dealer, suddenly won the battle royale. But he can really cover it up. I'm impressed.

"And lastly, Emir, you really have chosen a great Regal Knight candidate. With your choice of Regal Knight candidate, you managed to become the winner of your first battle royale. And unfortunately, your last battle royale."

EH? The last? Whatdoes thatmean?

"With this, I grant your request, my daughter. I grant your request to no longer be a member of the royal family and become a commoner. With this, you no longer bear the name Exequoer. Now your name is Emir Falch Exesias. With this, all your obligations and rights as the royal family are also revoked." His Majesty the King paused for a moment. "However, although we may not have official family relations, we are still related by blood. I still give you the right to visit the palace."

"Thank you, Father, Your Majesty the King."

Ahh, what, I don't feel good?

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