I Am No King's

Chapter 12 - Application pt 1

Ahh, this morning is really beautiful. After winning the battle royale, I also got my first hundred thousand zenith. With a hundred thousand zenith per month, I can start tasting the house. Even after the money was reduced to install houses and necessities, living, I was still very rich. Even if I wanted to, I could have taken the car, but since I can't use the car with rotational power, it's useless. That's not important.

Today's plan is, with dad, mom, and Ninlil, we're going out to find a house for sale. I could have left on my own, but mother and Ninlil were worried about my choice. They assume my choices sometimes don't think about others, only about myself. Therefore, Mother and Ninlil came along to make sure my choice was not wrong. Daddy's? Dad's coming because he doesn't want to be home alone. That simple.

At least, that's what I want, not heated disputes and debates between mother and noble king like this.

After the inauguration of the battle royale was over, we went home without any prejudice. Perhaps more precisely the father, mother, and Ninlil who had no prejudice. I have a bad prejudice due to the Emir's request as well as the words of debt said by Princess Yurika.

After the inauguration was completed, there was no contact at all from the Emir or Princess Yurika. Even the Emir did not ask about his clothes at all. At that time, I thought that the Emir who had become an ordinary citizen would be given a house or an accommodation by his father and mother somewhere.

A few days later one Sunday, more precisely this morning, suddenly the doorbell rang. Normally, on Sundays, mom and dad would not meet anyone without an appointment. And as I recall, my mom and dad said they had no appointments today. That's why we've been planning on going around looking for a new home. But apparently, the one who came was the one who did not need to make an appointment. The ones who appeared in front of the house were His Majesty the King, Empress Rahayu Falch Exequeror, and their five children. And even more surprisingly, they were all wearing casual clothes.

Empress Rahayu Falch Exequeror is a woman with long red hair who is allowed to decompose. Her red hair was a soft pink hair like Princess Yurika, with gentle eyes as well. His eyes did not look sharp, looking kind and gentle, unlike the fierce Emir or Princess Yurika's master who was full of determination. A striking feature of it is a taper chin. Besides, you won't be able to find a wrinkle at all on his face no matter how long you try. His face showed as if he had still not reached the 30-year mark, even though he was already five-headed. Really scary royal treatment. Today she wears a long, creamy one-piece outfit, closing to below the knee, with a gray cardigan.

The second son, the first son, was Maxwell Falchion Exequeror, the crown prince. He had a ferocious eye view and short hair standing that was red smoldering. If I told you, he's the male version of the Emir. Even so, from the info I got, he has not been able to defeat the Emir. In fact, he had yet to be able to defeat a Zage weaker than the Emir. The clothes he was wearing were not much different from me when I was out walking, a black pair of jeans with a white shirt and a grey leather jacket. He's a year older than the Emir.

The fourth child, the second son, is Lexicon Falchion Exequeror. She had a resolute and authoritative eye view, showing a different charisma compared to her two brothers. If I told you, he went down his father's prestige and charisma. Even his black eyes and black hair, which were neatly cut short, were features of his father. She was wearing blue jeans, a bright gray t-shirt, and a dark blue blazer. He's two years younger than the Emir, a year younger than me.

His last son was Bemmel Falchion Exequeror. He was the youngest child who was only eleven years old. She goes down the features of her mother who has pink hair and gentle eye gaze. Her hair was left a little long to cover her ears. His facial features were also gentle without many firm lines. If she had worn a skirt and a girl's dress, I would have believed she was a girl. But luckily he didn't. He came to our house wearing bright blue three-quarter pants and a red shirt with white stripes.

His Majesty the King is wearing a bright blue shirt and neat cloth pants. Princess Yurika wore a short black skirt, flared skirt, with a long-sleeved purple shirt collared. Meanwhile, the Emir wore an A-line skirt under his knees in white and a long-sleeved shirt with a large collar in sky blue.

Maxwell, Yurika, Emir, Lexicon, and Bemmel. If I may ask, I would like to ask the motive for why the names of women and men are so different. Boys show the naming impression from the east while girls show the naming impression from the west. Well, I'll never ask her anyway.

By the way, Princess Yurika was wearing my favorite hairstyle, left to decompose with a little hair on her left braided. Princess Yurika who realized that I was happy when she saw her hairstyle also threw a small smile. In that instant, all of his younger brothers threw cold glances at me.

It seems that before they came here they hated me, even though I didn't know why. Are they still upset that I won the battle royale without sticking to the chivalric code of conduct? But it doesn't feel like. I think there's something else. If they were upset about it, they would cast a condescending look. But this time their view was cold because of something else. I don't know, maybe angry? But I don't know what makes them angry.

But, not long after, I found out the reason for their anger. When we hosted the royal family in our living room, His Majesty the King dropped a bomb. And the cause of the fall of this bomb, none other than and no not, is the Emir. They came one family not as a royal family, they came as the family of Emir Falch Exesias. And the purpose they came to was for me to take the Emir as my wife.

This is the third most shocking news I've ever heard in my entire life. And beyond my expectations, the mother who was usually meek and understanding, turned into a very fierce and violent one, as if she was the reincarnation of a demon. His Majesty the King who did not want to lose was carried away and finally went down to argue against mother.

"Mother, do you realize that you have a direct request from the King of this Kingdom. It's a very rare honor."

"Ah, is that true? But now your position is not as King of this kingdom, but as the father of this woman named Emir. And I never saw my son with this woman before a few days ago. So of course I refused."

"Hoo, is that really so? Does that mean I have to use my position as King to command mother?"

"Between the King's family and the Alhold's family there was an unwritten treaty by which the King was not allowed to use his position to force the Alhold family. Does this mean you will be the first person in your lineage to renege on this unwritten covenant?"

Not only mother, even His Majesty the King I previously saw was a figure full of prestige and charisma also changed. Now, he is just a father who does not accept because his daughter has been rejected by my mother.

What did dad do? Like tradition, if there is a rejection, only the woman has the right to speak. I have no right to express my opinion at this time. Unlike Ninlil and I who were surprised, it seems that my father had seen a mother figure like this. He just kept quiet while drinking the tea that had been prepared by Ninlil.

On the other hand, Rahayu only smiled. He saw this all as if it were just a common little quarrel between friends. His three sons were also shocked by his father's behavior. Princess Yurika just looked at me with a smile as if this was all just a game.

What about Emir? He just fell silent and slightly lowered his head. I couldn't see her eyes because her hair bangs were in the way. But clearly, I can see a little bit that his face is red. He seems really embarrassed. I wonder if she's ashamed of wearing that feminine casual dress, or ashamed of her father's behavior, or ashamed of expressing her desire to be my wife, or all?

But, I was really surprised by the reason she wanted to be my wife. He basically promised himself that he would marry the first man who could defeat him, and I was that man. And he said, he himself had different feelings for me since we met a year and a half ago. Oh, my God, his mind is really simple and innocent. I don't know how I should react.

When I tried to pour some more tea, it turned out that the tea was over.

"Let me do it again."

I offered myself. Seeing me trying to escape from this situation, Ninlil looked a little annoyed that he had no reason to run away. But when I stood up, something I didn't expect happened.

"Let me help."

Princess Yurika offers herself to help me. Oh yea. Amidst the heated debate in the main hall, I could at least spend a little time alone with Princess Yurika. I could see her beautiful face.

We went to the kitchen to make a new tea. I turned on the stove and started cooking water.

"Wow, almost everything in this house is an antique."

"Yes, this was made so that I—"

Princess Yurika placed her index finger on my lips, stopping my words.

"Please, right now I'm here only as the older brother of the Emir who is a commoner. I hope you can stop using respectful and polite language."

"All right," I accepted his request. "Dad and mom made it so I could use the furniture easily."

Princess Yurika who also has an interest in antiques gives an opinion. Although he is not as fanatic as the Emir in terms of antiques, but his knowledge of antiques cannot be underestimated. There's a reason why he's one of my regular clients.

We started chatting while waiting for the water to boil.

"So, what do you think?"

Finally Princess Yurika asked.

"Well, what else?"

"Eitherway. It's all too sudden. I can't answer that."

Yeah, right, progress is too fast. I haven't been able to digest it. Even this progress is far stranger and faster than any fairy tale I've ever heard.

"You know, maybe you didn't realize it, but he used to talk about you when he was both with me."

"Ohhh....."

"No, no. He did not mention your name directly. I know that he and I must be one of the few people you've told me your real name."

Princess Yurika realized my thoughts. Normally the Emir and Princess Yurika have promised that they will not mention my name to anyone else.

"She just said she admires a younger man. He said you guys don't meet too often but he feels you're a different person. While others view her as the Princess, a woman of desire, a means of attaining power, and a trophy, but you see her with different eyes. You look at her as if she is a normal woman. A normal person."

"That's because," I gave an answer. "Just like when I met you and other clients, I saw you through the eyes of a merchant. I'll give you enough respect but not too much. I will grant your request as long as it is still in line with my efforts. And I will refuse if indeed your request harms me, nothing more. On the contrary, I treat you as if you are not a royal family."

Princess Yurika smiled slightly after hearing my reply.

"And that's the main reason why the Emir fell for you. Even from the information I got, many daughters of nobles, who are your clients, have already fallen for you?"

Uhhh? Whahuh?

"Basically, we, royal children and noble children, are used to being treated special from birth. When you look at us with a different view, then we cannot escape your charm. That's what made us fall for you."

Uhh, us? Did I not hear wrong? Does that mean Princess Yurika is also falling for me?

"Despite that, those of us who knew you were from the Alhold family chose to give up. As you know, the kingdom has granted the ancestors of the Alhold family a request to never become nobles, and if they want to be with you, then they must renounce their noble status. And unfortunately, they are not able to do it."

"Does that mean the Emir is trying to give up the status of a royal child just because he wants to be with me?"

"Not really," Princess Yurika did not want to reject my question. "Different from all of us, from a small Emir likes to do many things. He likes to play, fight, and other things that are generally only done by the children of commoners' families. As a child, I couldn't count the number of times he cried when he was banned from playing because he had to maintain the image of the royal family. At that time, we, her brother had to calm her down by inviting her to play as long as possible."

I can't imagine the tomboyish little Emir crying and being pacified by his brothers. But, if I try to imagine, the Emir, in the form of a small body, cries, then Princess Yurika calms him down. Haha, funny is that sight too.

"Finally when he was six years old, he chose to go into the military. He asked to be taught the soldiers, troops, and all the regal knights in the palace. From then on, he became increasingly wild and tomboyish. Until finally he became the strongest man in the palace at the age of 14 years. And after that, he declared to all the noble suitors that he would only marry the one who was able to defeat him."

And then, five years later, I became the first man to defeat him.

I continued to listen to the story while pouring the water that had just boiled into the teapot and started making tea.

"Since the little Emir, we've all realized that he's not fit to live in the palace and royal circles. Emirs also often complain, more like to be commoners. Of course I didn't grant it. The only way for dad to grant it is—"

"By winning the battle royale," I completed the story of Princess Yurika.

"Yes, that's right. But unfortunately he had too high a standard for his regal knight. When he asked to be allowed to participate in the battle royale directly, father forbade him. He said it was dangerous for the Emir."

Hahaha, the real reason is not that. But, let it be, if that reason is circulating.

"So, in conclusion," I tried to simplify the story. "Emir is not suitable in the palace environment. And I magically became his regal knight and made him champion, directly granting his request."

"Yes, right," Princess Yurika confirmed to me.

If so, I have a few questions. While I was moving the teapot and the special cup of sugar, I asked the question.

"Then why do you and the Emir want me to become a regal knight or noble or ask the question whether I want to marry a noble daughter?"

Princess Yurika smiled slightly. "I want you to be a noble because I feel you are competent. The Emir wants you to be his regal knight because he thinks you will win the next battle royale. Even though he doesn't think you're going to lose, he can't be completely sure that you're going to win. And lastly, about the Emir's question, he wanted to ascertain if you were as firm with your stance as he had expected."

Finally the tea is ready. I put the teapot and cup with sugar on the tray and prepared to carry it.

"Therefore, I thank you for granting her request. And please take care of my sister."

Princess Yurika looked at me with a smile. He showed a happy and relieved smile. I get the feeling that even if I refuse him, he will definitely bring up the debt where I am allowed to get away with a hundred thousand zenith per month. He knows I'm thinking about him.

"I can't promise yet because right now, I myself have no feelings for the Emir."

"Don't worry, you'll definitely fall for her sooner or later."

I doubted it. Even today I don't have a high enough view of the Emir.

"And again." I muttered softly.

Seriate