175 Lesson 23: Signs of War

SIDE: Leons

It's been three months since your sister came.

The dragon dish...... Sam asked me to wait, which meant that my sister would reveal herself when she went back to school.

Well, I don't know when your sister's going home.

My sister has been free for the past three months.

Even though I said I was free, I was in the mood that day to help me and Elsie work, teach the kids magic in the orphanage with Sherry... mixed with the Knights and held the sword.

No... sister, I knew you were doing well, but I didn't know you were that versatile.

From paperwork to swordsmanship, it ripens perfectly.

My grandfather taught me swordsmanship when I was living in a house in Imperial City.

I didn't know you let a woman's sister do that hellish special training, even if she's an old lady...

Still, you were strong, sister.

It was surprising that most of the Knights, including Herman, had been hit in a battle that magically covered their muscle strength well.

It's not a massive amount of magic like me, Shelly, or Lou, or a gorilla push using special skills, it's a strength using technology.

When to wave the sword, when to use magic, how to use it, there was no waste and it was beautiful in everything.

Very, I don't think you have attributeless magic.

I was making that move.

Truth is, when and how were you practicing?

The Duke's wife must be busy, right?

Forget about such a superhuman sister. I was standing at the entrance to an underground city right now.

in front of a large number of inhabitants.

Half of the underground city will be open to the public from today.

Commercial district and auction venue on the entrance side.

The auction venue was ready to use because it only renovated the place that was originally the dark auction venue.

The rest of the facilities I'm thinking about will take some time to build because they're all big and special, so the completion of the underground city is still going to be ahead of us.

Still, it's amazing that the commercial district alone could have been opened to the public in three months.

I appreciate Elsie's hard work.

Now, suppose we start the speech......

Nevertheless, I didn't expect you to come to the emperor as well as father and mother......

Apparently, the father and mother came with the feeling of a glimpse of their son's territory.

The emperor seems to be on official business to see the beginning of a new city.

I understand the fathers, but the emperor's pretext is not too compelling?

Oh, I hate speeches and stuff while my mothers watch me......

"This time, some of the underground towns that have been under development for about a year will be unveiled. Initially, it was expected to take as early as six more years to publish. Thanks to the Holland Chamber of Commerce, including Chairman Elsie, who achieved a revolutionary rate of production of magic fixtures, as well as to the residents involved in building that factory, installing street lights, and the merchants who were happy to help with the underground city plan so that they didn't know if it would succeed. Thank you so much. And thank you for your continued support. Together, let us make this city a rich city no city on earth can beat!

Pussy, pussy, pussy.

At the end of the speech, bowing his head, a grand applause rang out.

I got off the stage, relieved by the applause.

Best job of the day is done.

This is the end, and the underground city is finally open to the public.

And now my second job starts today.

It's my job to guide the emperors to Shelly and Elsie, my three.

"Hmm. The chairman of the rumors that bind the Imperial Chamber of Commerce is more adorable than the rumors."

To Elsie the first time we met, the emperor said that.

I'm a little intimidated...... are you trying Elsie?

"Thank you. I was also very surprised by the emperor when he showed me in his paintings. You're the one who can control the boulder, the empire."

Elsie did not change her complexion at all and replied slurred.

I often come up with words like that. Boulder, you just served customers every day.

"Right or right. It's okay not to talk so hard. It's just an excuse to say it's official business, so you can talk a little easier."

The emperor seemed happy. Is it okay if I mean pass?

"Well, then, Leo, let me show you around."

"Yes, sir"

I was caught off guard, and I rushed to start guiding.

"Let's start with the commercial district. The rule is to arrange items in stores that are not sold on the ground."

"Well, what is a product for a reason?

"For example, you can use the product itself, but you can't use it because you have scratches, or the vegetables that don't look good, but you can still eat them. They'll sell it here for less than the fixed price."

I can't sell rocks to things that I can't legally sell on the ground like I did in Dark Market City.

"I see. That's going to bring together adventurers who like cheap stuff. Did Elsie think of that?

"No, it's Leo's idea."

No, no, we thought about it together, so it's not my idea, is it?

"Oh, they call you Leo-kun?

As I tried to get into Elsie, my mother looked over at me laughing with Nianya.

"Oh, I'm sorry"

"Uh, no, no. I'm sorry. That's not what I meant. Don't worry, I was just trying to tear Leo up. Call me Leo-kun."

"Yes..."

Elsie's face, which had been crisp until just now, had collapsed slightly and turned red.

I guess I was too ashamed to call you Leo-kun in front of my mothers.

"Right. As emperor, Elsie will have trouble marrying you, Leo."

"Keh, marriage......"

Stop it for him! Because Elsie's face is already bright red!

Oh, my God, you're embarrassing me!

"No more. You don't even tear up your father."

"Excuse me. Excuse me. Well, let's ask the future lady for guidance."

That's what the emperor, pissed off by Shelley, said and turned his hand around Shelley's shoulder, leaving us and walking away first.

"Huh, ma'am? And I can't help it."

Hey, wait! I appreciate you taking on the Emperor's guide by being nice, but look around!

"Hey!"

"It's okay. Leave him alone for a moment. I don't usually get to be alone with my parents and kids."

When I tried to stop her, my mother took control of me.

"Then... but is it dangerous?

I know it's just the Emperor and the Empress, but they said it was absolutely dangerous!

"I'm fine. The Damiens are hiding and escorting."

"Oh, yeah. So, are you okay?

If the special forces are escorting you, are you okay?

"So Elsie, why don't you join me around the city?

"Huh?"

When I was convinced that only the Emperor and Shelley would walk through the city, now my mother grabbed Elsie's hand and went.

"So, what do you want with me?

This is good enough to leave Dad and me alone, right?

"Nothing. Why don't we get along a little better with the parents and the kids? That's right! There's a big auction venue, right? Take me there."

"Really? Well, no. Auction."

Yeah...... was that too much of my thinking?

I thought that to my father's lavish smile.

"Oh! That's a lot of people. It's your first day, so something awesome's coming up?

My father was haunted like a child, looking down from a private room on the top floor, which was a VIP seat.

"Today's eyeballs are full of dragons."

"What?"

"So the whole Red Dragon thing."

"Ho, are you serious? No way you, again..."

"Don't tell your mother, okay?

It's a man's promise, right?

"I don't know what else to do. Well, this sounds like a father-son conversation, too."

Father and son? Sure, sharing every secret to your mother sounds like a parent or a child.

Well, I'm a parent and a child.

"Even so, it's probably the first time Leo's been able to do something so fatherly"

"Really?"

You used to hold me when I was a baby, didn't you?

"Oh. I was really busy running my territory on my own when Leo was born, because I couldn't even play with you. When I realized it, I'd become so fine."

"Well, I've been busy, so I can't help it."

Try being a lord yourself. Okay, but lords have a lot to do.

I can't help but think of a child.

"Really? But as far as I'm concerned, I miss something. Leo grew stronger and stronger on his own before I knew it, and soon after I did something like a father, he became independent."

"That's not true. Never did I get stronger by myself. My grandfather trained me so that the dragon could challenge even his opponents, and because Elsie and Holland were there, I could make the city so big. And most importantly, Shelly, Leena, and Bell have always been there for me, so I've come this far."

Of course, there's plenty more to name than Hellman or Frank or anything else.

"Right. It's like my son was backed up by a lot of people who didn't know about him."

"What's going on? My usual dad was supposed to be brighter?

Isn't it too snuggly just now to talk about my son growing up without my knowledge?

"Ha... I was actually going to talk to you more later... Kara often tells me that it's not for me to hide things."

"Hidden things? I knew you wanted to tell me something and you were alone with me?

"Oh...... yes. I have to tell you something."

"What?"

What do you mean your father has to say with such a serious face?

Actually, I'm about to have my first grandson between Mr. Fiona and Brother Alex. It's not like that, is it?

I think it's about time you were deadbeat.

"It's not definitive yet... but in three to four more years, the first tri-national conference in forty years will take place when you grow up or not"

Oh, that was a proper serious story.

I changed my mind in a hurry.

"The Troika?

"That's right. It is a meeting of emperors, kings and popes gathered in one place. Until the demon king was defeated, it was done every two years. It's just that since the Demon King disappeared, the kingdom and empire have gotten worse together... and stopped doing it forty years ago."

There was such a meeting.

Forty years ago... if that meeting was still going on, there wouldn't have been a war, would there?

"That's right... So, how did you get to do it at this time?

"No, I haven't decided to do it yet. Wouldn't it be the first time in forty years that the kingdom has held a tri-national conference? I started to say"

"The kingdom... could it be?

If the kingdom were to call for a meeting in four years... when I would grow up, there would only be one reason.

"Oh. As you can imagine, you want to declare war. In front of the Pope."

Is the purpose of the restraint against the Pope and the inability to pull each other off?

But the modern pope should have been greedy, too, right? Wouldn't you consider getting attacked where each other was exhausted in the war or something?

"That's right... after all, war is inevitable"

"I don't know yet. It's just... you should be ready."

"Ha... I'm going to be ready. So, have you decided where to hold the tri-national conference or something?

I have to scout for that meeting, or I have to do something I can.

"Oh... what about that..."

"Huh? What? Is there a problem?

"It seems that the venue of the Troika was here every time"

That's what I said, my father pointed his finger down.

"Here!? You do it on Muldine territory?

Oh, come on. You're serious!

Oh, well. So my father seemed sorry?

"It's situated just halfway between the three countries, so they held it every time on Murdine soil."

"I see..."

Sure, this is where it's easy to get together.

Ning Ro, should I consider it good in my territory because the Emperor is more dangerous to go to other countries?

"I'm so sorry!

"Huh? Why would Dad apologize?

"I want to apologize on behalf of the Imperial nobility for all the hard work I've been pushing on you. I want to apologize for being a father and not helping you with anything."

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Huh? What can I give you back?

Did Dad have to apologize for that?

"I wanted to tell you this, and instead of Orton, I decided to tell Leo about the Troika. Six months and a little while ago... you, you almost died in the attack of the kingdom, didn't you? It was two weeks after I found out about it... but I was really worried about it then."

Oh, is it because of the explosion that my father is so depressed?

Sure, because that was miserable......

Lots of noble children have been killed to support the forthcoming empire.

"At the same time, I realized my stupidity"

Father's stupid? Ning Lo, I felt like a kind, solid father?

"Leo has long been good enough to get up and down to senior nobility on his own, and strong enough not to be proud to defeat the dragon. So I'm okay with Leo. That guy will do it. That's what I and Orton thought. But it wasn't, actually. Because I'm strong, I was just using the word" good "as a shield to push Leo to do a tough job."

"... is that right? For that matter, you're letting me live a good life, and Dad, of course, I don't think the Emperor is bad, do I?

Sure, I've had a lot of trouble with more work.

But it was fun to ripen while devising a troublesome job, because I had a lot of encounters and experiences for that matter... I appreciate it, but I don't have any other grudges or anything at all.

"You're true...... you're so firm and gentle that you don't think you're my child. But we have to reflect on this. From now on, I won't push Leo alone. We're going to do everything we can for the war on the kingdom."

"Oh, thanks......"

I can't help denying you any more about this, and I will try to get your support.

Honestly, it's good because there were things that I couldn't seem to do alone.

"Okay, I'm done saying what I want to say. See you later for the details! In the meantime, enjoy the auction!

Wait a minute. My mind is finally getting used to the soggy atmosphere, but don't suddenly get tense.

"Oh, don't you think that gem would be nice? All right, I'll take that Carla birthday present next month! One hundred thousand for now!

Well, I prefer this father.

I thought that as I looked at my father, who was shagging like a child.