533 – There Is Work Behind Work – 3

Although I flinched from the sudden attack on my emotional arm, I gathered my will again.

Even the emperor admits that life is far from rest. As he said, when the Crown Princess was born, he would not have been able to rest because his abdication her her was imminent, and when he married the Empress, he would have been harassed by her her second prince her Of, so how could he Rest her? Other than those two cases, I have never heard of the emperor taking a break.

However, there is no law that says that even if the emperor does not have a vacation, I will be treated as well. Newlywed and parenting leave for imperial civil servants is a right of civil servants protected by law and custom. Everyone must protect their rights.

‘If you don’t have rights, you’re just a slave.’

This is a matter of my future and dignity. If you make a mistake, there may come a day when you actually introduce yourself as a slave, rather than making a self-deprecating joke.

Therefore, he calmed his heated heart and rolled his head. If the emperor comes out with an emotional attack, I too will respond with emotion rather than a logical protest─

“Of course, my inability to rest and the minister’s inability to rest are different issues.”

Before he could organize his thoughts, the emperor spoke first.

Unstable. Rather than complaining about your own inferiority at this time, are you complaining my pain? What kind of build-up are you thinking of doing like this?

“The emperor is the one in charge of the empire. He is a unique being who cannot be replaced by anyone, so it is unthinkable for him to rest normally. If I get caught up in my personal desires and let go of the documents, everyone except me will die. It will be painful.”

After saying that, the emperor looked bitterly at the documents piled up on his desk.

As a fellow civil servant, I bit his lip because the look in his eyes made my heart ache. This damn b*stard is also very good at using non-verbal expressions.

“But the minister can be replaced. Although it may be difficult to find a talented person like the minister, the duties performed by the minister can be entrusted to others.”

I nodded instinctively. Unlike the supreme commander called the emperor, the ministers below him are not the only ones, although they are valuable. Even if one position is left empty, the empire’s talent pool and bureaucracy can fill the gap.

And soon after, a deep feeling of anger came.

‘You b*stard knows that.’

A b*stard who knows that he can replace me.

My heart, which I had finally calmed down, began to burn again. I have no intention of forgiving you even if I did it without knowing, but I can’t forgive you even more since it has been confirmed that I did it without knowing.

“That’s why we wanted to guarantee the minister’s vacation. Even while dispatched to the academy, we allowed him to rest as much as possible during vacations and refrained from calling him after the wedding.”

I just quietly listened with the intention of seeing how much they could say.

It’s hard to guarantee a vacation. Even while on vacation, something happened and I stumbled more than once.

‘Do you have a bad memory?’

Did you eat something wrong when you were suffering from the 2nd Prince’s Matcha Terrace Wine Set? If this is a side effect, I think I can understand it.

Of course, understanding and forgiveness are separate issues.

“Unfortunately, there are always no guarantees.”

‘No.’

In his subsequent remarks, the hypothesis of the emperor’s youthful dementia was discarded.

“But Minister.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Have I ever interrupted a minister’s vacation for personal or minor reasons?”

“That’s…”

I was speechless for a moment. I know that vacations are frequently interrupted, and this is a fact acknowledged by the emperor, but has there ever been a time when a vacation was broken due to an insignificant incident or the emperor’s whim?

‘There isn’t one?’

I quickly racked my brain, but no information came out.

‘Why isn’t there one?’

Fuck, this can’t be happening. Is there at least one?

Confusing. First of all, the most recent incident at the Council was at the invitation of the Pope, so I had no choice but to go on a business trip, and the showed me a little consideration by emperor telling me to at least enjoy my honeymoon with Trixie. The emperor has never specifically planned to fuck me.

Even after returning home, I was able to fully enjoy my honeymoon vacation, which had been postponed due to a business trip. ‘It’s been postponed anyway, so please work a little longer.’ Nothing similar has happened.

“I swear to Enen and the Great Emperor that I have never been called in a minister for something that does not require a minister. After much thought and deliberation, I came to the conclusion that I could not do anything without a minister, so I made an unavoidable decision.”

As if to drive a wedge into the confusion, the emperor claimed his innocence, citing Enen and the Great Emperor.

“Minister. I said earlier that the emperor cannot rest in peace because he is irreplaceable.”

“Yes. I did, Your Majesty.”

“Yes, an irreplaceable being. Only in such cases did the minister be used. The minister was called only when without him the empire and its subjects would suffer.”

Suddenly, I felt the corners of my eyes tremble. I wondered what this b*stard was thinking when he admitted his mistakes or my pain with his mouth his, but I guess he was just foreshadowing it so he could use it like this.

“I’m not saying I’m just.” How can I be proud as an emperor, since I’ve handed over the duties that the emperor should shoulder solely to a minister? To put it mildly, I’ve crushed the legitimate rights of loyalists with my own hands for the sake of the empire.”＜ Br﹥

‘Stop.’

Now even my hands were shaking.

Please shut up, you evil b*stard. What kind of dagger are you trying to throw at me this time?

“Nevertheless, I cannot guarantee a complete vacation to the minister. For the sake of the imperial family and the empire. For the peace of my subjects and the continent.”

The emperor’s hands naturally came to rest on my shoulders.

I got goosebumps. The emperor’s hand on my shoulder he felt like the hand of a farmer putting a plow on his ox.

“Today may be difficult. It may be painful not to be able to hear the cooing of children who will not feel pain even if they put it in their eyes for a year.”

However, the emperor added, and continued speaking with determined eyes.

“We have to suffer now so that our future children will be happy. If Armain takes control of Leon alone, he will challenge the empire again in the future, and if Leon is unstable, the eastern border will be in turmoil. We cannot achieve the current peace. In return for the happiness, our children have to bear the pain of the future.”

I didn’t even have the will to refute those words anymore. What the emperor said was not simply for his own convenience his or to annoy me, but rather that we, as parents, make sacrifices for the happiness and tranquility of future generations. How can you refute such a justification?

No matter how new parents are, if they are called a parent, they have no choice but to give priority to their children. The child’s future was mentioned, and he said, ‘That’s none of my business, so just give me a vacation, you piece of shit.’ There is no one in the world who can say that.

“I can’t promise the Minister a vacation, but I can at least promise that I will leave a peaceful empire to the Crown Princess—and that the Minister’s children will work in government offices and not on the front lines. Because we will make that happen.”

“These are truly heartwarming words, Your Majesty…”

Damn it. In the meantime, is it certain that my children will work at the government building?

Moreover, this guy constantly referred to himself as me, not a burden. Now that I think about it, I was appealing as a father, not an emperor.

‘Intelligent b*stard…’

A monster-like b*stard who survived the 2nd prince even when he had no allies…

I don’t think the day will ever come when I can beat this b*stard with intelligence or eloquence.

***

The minister, who came with a full stomach, returned with weak steps.

‘It’s done.’

I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw that the sound of the minister’s footsteps was moving away.

Succeeded. It took longer than expected, but I was able to successfully persuade the minister and send him back.

‘As expected, this was the correct answer.’

There have been many cases where the minister’s vacation was broken, but never before did he express his anger like today. If so, it means that the minister is not angry simply because his vacation was ruined.

And it was easy to figure out why he was angry. As a minister enjoying a newlywed life, giving birth to a child, and about to get married for the third time, the only thing he would react sensitively to is his family

‘I feel the same way, so I have no choice but to know.’

What husband or father in this world would want to be burdened with work while leaving his family behind? Since I was in the same position, I could understand the minister’s feelings.

Therefore, I persuaded the minister based on my sense of duty. I told the minister the promise I remembered every time I wanted to spend a private day with the Empress and take her for a walk while holding her daughter.

Only if we work hard now will our future children be happy.

‘I’m glad the minister is also the head of the family.’

This is a cause that would not have worked if the minister had been single.

No, if the minister was unmarried in the first place, wouldn’t he have received vacation?

‘…When you get married, there are a lot of things you have to shoulder.’

Moreover, if you have six wives, six times more obligations will weigh on your shoulders.

Since this is something the Minister brought upon himself, I believe he will overcome it on his own.

***

I stayed in the corner of the banquet hall and drank only wine. I think I’m now around 0.05 Hyun Hyeong-gong.

Going crazy. This time, I came here with the determination to overturn it, but instead of overturning it, I came under pressure from a perfect justification.

‘I’m going to be amazed.’

Even before leaving Sunjeon, the emperor handed me a medal to take with me.

It was a medal that only four people in the empire owned until just a few hours ago, and a symbol of honor that only less than 100 people could own in the entire 300-year history of the empire.

‘Knights of Lisizariune.’

I burst out laughing because it was too much for me to hold.

No matter how powerful I am, this medal is not something that only powerful people can receive. If I were to compare becoming a member of the Lisizariune Knights to the entire world of possession, I could roughly say it was a visit to the Temple of Literature.

No, I am a warrior, so am I supposed to be a Mu-myo? But did there exist such a thing as a grave?

‘What do you know?’

Anyway, it doesn’t change the fact that things are so messed up.

‘…What should I say to Rize?’

Holding back the sigh that was about to burst out, I opened a new bottle of wine.

What on earth should I do? What kind of courage do you have to have to face hate to say to your wife who is about to get married, ‘I will go on a business trip to another country after I get married. ‘I don’t know when I’ll be back.’ Can we say the same thing?

‘Fuck life.’

I can’t believe I have to make my current wife cry for the sake of my children’s future. Life is so cruel.