Chapter 226 - 225 - Army.

Ward woke up the next day very excited.

He jumped out of bed, went into the bathroom, washed his face, and brushed his teeth. After that, he left the room and found one of the armors standing in the hallway in front of his door.

"What a great day."

"..."

Ward left the bedroom and went to the throne room along with the armor. Down the hallways, the guards continued to stare at Ward who was humming happily as he walked beside the armor.

"Right, right, let's get to today's preparations." Ward pushed open the door and entered the throne room excitedly.

There, he found six armors because one of them was looking after his sister.

Ward went to the throne and sat down. The armor that had come along with him joined with the others, so he had seven armors looking at him.

"First spread the word that I will a royal speech or something. After that, I will appear on the balcony of the mansion and talk to the residents. I hope I will be well received."

"Of course, I will do that immediately." Armor Number 1 bowed his head and then left the room to get everything ready.

"I don't if he will do it right. You there, go with him and help him. I don't know if these armors can prepare something like that."

"Yes, sir."

The soldier left the room and went after the armor.

After that Ward got up and left the room along with the six armors. He walked to his sister's room and woke her up. After the two of them got ready, they went into the dining room to have breakfast.

They sat down and the seven armors stood just behind Ward.

"So, I think I have the perfect job for you." Ward started a conversation while putting a piece of toast in his mouth.

His sister who had her mouth full stopped chewing and looked at Ward.

"What is it?" She asked excitedly.

"Since you are quite intelligent and competent, I intend to leave you as prime minister. Or maybe my right-hand woman."

"Me as prime minister? But I've never done diplomatic work or anything like that." Luna looked quite worried about that. But Ward smiled at her and encouraged.

"You just need to study a little. I'll hire some people to stand by your side anyway, so don't worry about it."

"I'm glad I'll have help. I'm sure I'd end up doing something wrong."

"Well, there's not much diplomatic stuff to do now. At most when I declare war you'll have to send some things to Southlein, it's something relatively simple."

"If you're saying..."

Ward who was talking to his sister over coffee, didn't realize that he had just talked about the war in the room with several maids. The maids who heard this looked at each other and started to become terrified.

They looked anxious and worried.

But Ward didn't realize what he had done.

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After less than two hours, the information about the royal speech had already spread throughout the capital. And at the same time, Ward felt a little nervous.

"I thought it would be simple, but I feel nervous. What am I going to say?" He started to walk around in the middle of his room while being watched by Luna.

"Don't worry, I'm sure you can do it!" She encouraged her brother. 

Ward looked at Luna and smiled. After that, he sighed and calmed down a little.

"That's it, I have to be confident. I just need to give the warning that I am the new king, I don't need to say anything else." Ward closed his eyes and sighed again as he prepared for his speech.

Outside the mansion, he could already hear the voices and shouts of the residents.

Many of them seemed annoyed and others seemed excited and happy to see the king.

'Right, I think it's time.' Ward went in front of the mirror again and fixed his hair before going out to the only balcony in his mansion that was made exclusively for this kind of situation.

It was a large balcony at the front of the mansion that faced directly onto the main street where most people stayed.

Unfortunately, it did not have a device similar to a microphone, so Ward would have to speak loud enough for most people to hear, which would not be easy.

He went up to the third floor where the balcony was and walked in the hall to the only door that led there. He stopped at the door and took a deep breath.

Beside him was Luna and in the back were the eight armors.

"Okay, let's go." He built up the courage and opened the large wooden door that led directly to the balcony.

The first thing he saw was the tops of the buildings, and after walking forward a bit he could finally see the crowd of people just below him. People were everywhere.

It was like a show by a very famous artist.

Ward looked at those people and smiled, but unlike him, the people were not smiling.

Most of them were looking doubtfully at who that child was. Only a few people who had seen Ward before knew who it was and couldn't believe their eyes.

The owner of the inn where they were staying was one of these people. She was looking up with her mouth open and her eyes wide open as she tried to reason out what she was seeing.

But unlike her, Ward couldn't even see her in that crowd.

"Good afternoon!" Ward shouted as he raised his arms.

He had reached the protection of the balcony and was looking down.

"Who is that kid?"

"I don't understand."

"He's a crown prince or something?"

"I've never seen that person before."

"Wait, isn't that the boy who was walking on the street a while ago? That girl was with him too."

Many voices could be heard, but Ward ignored all of them.

"Today I come here to report that your old king is in jail and from today I will be running the country. I want to give this notice quickly so that we can prepare for the future."

"What do you mean the king is under arrest?!" One of the people shouted.

"That's right, why has he been arrested?! And who are you!!!?" Another person shouted in the crowd.

"I am the new king as of now," Ward replied sarcastically and then continued.

"Don't worry. I won't change anything in the laws of the country or disrupt your lives, so you don't have to be so scared. And has the possibility of the former king returning to command in the future."

Ward looked at the people just below. They were silent as they looked at each other and looked at Ward.

"All right, I just showed up to give two warnings. The first was that the country, for the time being, is being run by me, and the second warning is about the recruitment of soldiers."

"Recruiting? Don't we have enough soldiers?"

"I guess we don't need any more soldiers, I feel safe enough!"

"That's right, we don't need that. At the moment we just need the gate to be opened! I'm already suffering from a lack of replenishment of products in my store because of this. All this is affecting the economy of the country!"

People protested, but Ward ignored them.

"Whoever wants to join the army, send a letter to my mansion. Whoever enlists will gain support from the country so that his family can live well. What do you think?"

Most of the married men with families who heard this began to cheer up. Some women, on the other hand, began to talk to their husbands about not enlisting since it is a dangerous job.

"All right, that's all I have to talk about for now." Ward turned to leave as he listened to some protests.

But before he left, he turned and walked to where he was before again and looked down.

"Oh, before I forget. Should you guys make a rebellion or stand against me, I will gladly have these guys here rip your heads off. Think carefully before you do anything."

Ward smiled at the residents.

With that warning, the villagers began to talk among themselves again, but this time they seemed quite frightened and worried about the future of their country.

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"I thought I was going to faint. I'm not prepared to speak in public like this." Ward crouched down and sighed after leaving the balcony.

Outside many people were shouting and protesting even with his warning.

"You did well." Luna stroked her brother's head and cheered him up.

Ward stood up and then smiled at Luna.

"All right, I think I'll get some rest now." Ward walked with one of the armors to his room and then threw himself on his bed to rest.

"Right. Now I'll wait for people to sign up for the army and I'll also go after monsters.. I don't think it will be that hard, there are several of them everywhere."