I Am No King's

Chapter 77 – Regrets and Requests

I reject Fahren's statement.

　

"Rather than taking care of the messy intelligence, I'm sure you would prefer to make me King, starting from meeting me with the Emir and Inanna. In other words, you want to push all this responsibility on me, right?”

　

No answer from Fahren. On the other hand, this generic brunette in front of me, Jeanne, was still smiling and closing her eyes. He did not show any change in expression from earlier.

　

[Lugalgin, did anyone ever say you were too bad?]

　

"You think?"

　

Fahren did not answer. After a brief moment of silence, I heard his voice sigh.

　

[Yes, right. That's my way of thinking. I want to leave everything to you. I mean, I, the King of this kingdom, have let the Cleinhad family monopolize the intelligence position just like that. In fact, I closed my eyes to. Therefore, I, who had allowed all this to happen, felt that I had no more right to govern the affairs of the royal intelligence.

　

[Do you know, Gin? Previously, despite wanting to carry out the King's orders before me, my father's orders were to pass the throne to incompetent, you, I doubt. I doubt if I can just give you my position, someone who has never dealt with the kingdom?

　

[However, eventually, the incident happened. The incident seemed to open my eyes 'this is the result of your power and all the Kings before you'. It's as if I was reminded 'you're not the real leader'. That point was the moment when I was absolutely certain that I was destined to pass the throne to you, Lugalgin Alhold. With your leadership, maybe the incident won't happen.]

　

Fahren's remarks were no longer as firm as usual or as joking as before. This time, his tone was weak, in fact, occasionally, he sounded as unwilling. Apparently, the destruction of the Cleinhad family became a very painful whip, for Fahren.

　

In front of me, Jeanne, half-opened her eyes. His eyes are red and teary. In fact, tears instantly flowed when he opened his eyes. It seemed, from earlier, he closed his eyes to hide the crying.

　

And, the smile on Jeanne's face wasn't a cynical smile or pleasure from hearing her father being insulted and blasphemed, but rather a relieved smile. It was as if he was waiting for me to do all this. As if I blasphemed Fahren was a form of forgiveness.

　

On the other hand, if the Cleinhad family massacre was the one that caused Fahren to become convinced to pass on his throne to me, it would be a kind of karma for me. It's as if karma says, 'you caused all this chaos, then you're the one who has to clean it up'. This is not good for me.

　

[Gin, sorry, let me take over. Please give Fahren time. He was also an ordinary man who felt sad. He still feels guilty about the Cleinhad incident. Fahren still thinks that had he set his mind on making you King in the first place, that incident would not have happened.]

　

The voice of Empress Rahayu, my future mother-in-law, was heard.

　

Fahren's sentiment too. However, I also understood his feelings a little. Outside, in front of the people, he should not look weak at all. He had to be tough, showing that all the problems were small in front of him. However, behind, he was still sad and regretful. And, perhaps, some fairly sensitive family members are aware of it.

　

Fahren, he wants to be blamed. He wants others to remind him and blame him. Unfortunately, he was the tallest person in this Kingdom. No one dared to do it. And, finally, today, I did just that. I feel like today is the day that the Empress and Jeanne have been waiting for.

　

Even though Fahren didn't answer the latter question, I can surmise his growing guilt at the agent's skyrocketing death rate. In fact, I can say he was lucky enough that none of his daughters' sons made the list.

　

"I don't mind, Empress Rahayu. Now, if the Empress wishes to answer, I have one question."

　

[If you can, I'll answer.]

　

"How did the Azzaha family and other nobles react to my appointment as head of the intelligence department?"

　

[I think you expected it. And, of course, not good. They rejected your appointment desperately.]

　

"Then, what explanation did you give them?"

　

Rahayu paused for a moment and replied, [Lugalgin, before giving an answer, I want to apologize first.]

　

Okay, I can guess this answer isn't the answer I wanted. Most likely, this answer will trouble me. Very troublesome. And I could already guess that answer.

　

[We replied 'if you question the reason we appointed Lugalgin as the head of the royal intelligence, how about you find out or prove for yourself what made him deserve that position?'.]

　

Yep, my guess is correct. They washed their hands, handed me all the trouble.

　

"Empress, is the empress sure she'll leave everything to me? Because, in contrast to your husband, I will not hesitate to carry out the purge, Purge, on the opposing noble families, making sure everything goes smoothly. And, unlike the incident of the Cleinhad family leaving children, in royal purges, it was normal for me to clean up the family up to three generations up and down."

　

Purge is the practice of executing entire family members who are proven to betray the King or defy the King's orders. In the history of the kingdoms that still stand, this practice is often done. However, the practice of cleaning has rarely been done since decades ago because it is considered too brutal. Rarely, but still done.

　

[For that one, Lugalgin, I hope that you are willing to take a path other than cleansing. I–]

　

"Empress Rahayu," I interrupted. "At that time, I forgave your life because you were the mother of the Emir, the woman who would become my wife. However, this time, I did not know those nobles. If anyone knew me, I doubt they would dare to resist. So, I don't care about their lives. And don't think about using your own life as a hostage. Like I said before, don't take your life too high."

　

No more answers from Empress Rahayu. In front of me, Jeanne, just bowed her face.

　

"And don't forget, Fahren has agreed to one of the conditions that I've proposed. If I become the head of the Kingdom's intelligence, I don't want my decision to be questioned."

　

"Gin, man,"

　

Suddenly, the figure who had been silent made a sound. Jeanne, finally, decided to take part in this conversation.

　

"Yes, Jeanne, anything you want to add?"

　

"Me, no," Jeanne shook her head. "We, all the senior schneider agents, who are still being recruited and trained by the Cleinhad family, beg you not to do the cleaning. If you're willing to listen to our pleas, we swear we'll never betray you."

　

I looked into Jeanne's eyes, which were still glazed over, deeply. I want to see how big the resolution is.

　

On the other hand, Jeanne did not throw away or take her eyes off. He looked back at me deeply.

　

"If, even though I didn't do the cleaning but there were still senior members who betrayed me, what would you do? You've worked in the black market world, words without guarantees won't work for me."

　

　

"I, that..."

　

Tok

　

The door of the room is locked.

　

"You finally decided to enter. You've been eavesdropping for too long." I said to myself then shouted, "get in!"

　

After my voice echoed, the door opened. From behind the door, dozens of people entered the room. No one was wearing military clothes. They were all wearing casual clothes.

　

Out of many people, there are some faces that I know. Some of the faces I met at the inauguration party, Shu En, and some people I saw in the past. They all went in, then knelt down in front of the table, kneeled at me.

　

"I'm not your King. You have no obligation or right to kneel."

　

"This is a sign of our loyalty." Shu En responded. "If you are willing not to do the cleaning, we are willing to give our breath and all our devotion to you, Lugalgin Alhold, the intelligence chief of the Bana'an Kingdom." Then, Shu En whispered softly. "And the next King."

　

I didn't hear the last part clearly, but I could read Shu En's lip movements.

　

"In addition," one of the men pulled out a document from inside his jacket. "I also carry a document stating our loyalty and devotion to you. In this document is also a guarantee that you want."

　

The man did not stand up, he just took out the documents in a kneeling position.

　

"Jeanne, get me that document. Let me read it."

　

"Good!"

　

Jeanne moved quickly. He took the documents and gave them to me.

　

I read this document very well. From the affidavit on the first page, there are at least thousands of signed people in this document. If one page contains only 40 people, at least this document is more than 100 pages thick.

　

I wonder how the man kept this document in his jacket. Besides, since when did they prepare this document? I mean, collecting thousands of signatures of Schneider agents scattered across the kingdom, and the world, is not something to be underestimated.

　

However, it's not important. What matters is the guarantee, or rather the agreement, that they cashed out on the first few pages.

　

"I want to ask you one more time. Are you sure of what's in this document?"

　

"Yes, we're sure," Shu En replied.

　

I threw a glance at Jeanne, who was also nodding.

　

"Emer, you need to thank this royal schneider agent."

　

Seriate

　

　

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