The bad ending of an Otome game MTL - Chapter (182)
Episode 182
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Archduke Franz was quick-witted and quick-witted.
When my older brother was strong, he couldn’t even dare to take the throne, but when the king couldn’t get a proper heir until he was old, he made full-scale ‘preparations’.
In fact, the reason he married the daughter of Byeon-baek was in order to survive even if he was outside the eyes of the king.
If, at any rate, it is against the king’s intentions, and the king decides to clean up the surroundings in advance for the sake of his future successor, he swears by himself and swears that he will not come out of the border, in order to disappear.
From the beginning, the military power of the frontier was a double-edged sword. Although he enjoyed great power and autonomy, the restrictions were strong.
It was not a crisis situation, but voluntarily headed the army to the capital without an order? It was treason, neither subtracted nor beaten.
The reason I left my wife and children at the border was to avoid being taken hostage in the unlikely event of a dangerous situation. Anyway, the changer can’t abandon my son-in-law.
There were many who did not consider the little prince wrapped in his mother’s skirt as a proper successor. Even the princes of the old king were like that.
Fundamentally, the cause was that the king seated on the sickbed had never given any particular power to his queen or heir. It was in a similar vein that the oath of allegiance of the Knights of Glamis was not made to the young successor.
The king was greedy for power. It is said that it is the attribute of the powerful to believe that they will be strong for ten thousand years, but they do not even consider the ‘what if’ in their absence.
The situation would have been better than now if someone had been appointed in advance to be the guardian of the little prince, and someone had been prepared to keep the Archduke in check, who had no particular weakness.
Perhaps he had the Brahmanduff family in mind as the target. I heard that the queen actually made contact.
But it was a stupid choice. Didn’t that Brahmanduff family reach out to them as they do now?
“It’s easy.”
Instead of answering, Casio Brahmanduff smiled faintly. As always, he had a handsome face, but strangely, there was a faint and faint energy. The Archduke asked with a puzzled look.
“Did you have any heartache?”
“well.”
As always, it was an ambiguous answer. But the Archduke decided not to ask.
The Brahmanduffs were obviously allies to be recruited somehow, but on the other hand, they were something to be wary of.
So, the fact that he worked with the Marquis of Windrose, and that he could bring in troops from other places, was kept in strict secret.
Seeing the Archduke like that, Casio smiled faintly.
“Your Majesty the Grand Duke has a very good complexion. Did anything good happen to you last night?”
“Do you know how cruel the capital situation is these days? I can’t even afford to drink alcohol.”
“For such a thing, he was very energetic.”
The Archduke felt a little bad for a moment. Are you talking about the government that was summoned yesterday? I tried so hard to keep it a secret.
No matter how smart the Brahmanduffs are, they are Casio’s superiors. Are you underestimating yourself? Hopefully it won’t be.
The Archduke secretly saved the mistress with gray hair and pale green eyes. Just yesterday, he took the government and secretly managed it.
It was not easy to find because it was said that all those missing from the last hunting contest or after that had green eyes or a color similar to silver were all dragged away.
Had the Grand Duchess been in the capital, he would not have dared to create a government to keep an eye on her at this important moment. Because I can’t go against the nerves of the marginalized.
‘Anyway, the king’s seed must be spread widely.’
But, at best, it is a government from commoners. Even if she had children, she had already had several children with the Grand Duchess. There will be no problems with the safety of the successor.
‘Actually, in my opinion, the girl who said Elodie would have been more suitable.’
It was really sad. Had it not been for Elodie Dianta to become the subject of such a sensitive topic, the Archduke would have obtained her with some effort.
After all, Edmund Gloucester, who agreed to hold his hand, also wants her, so he had no choice but to concede?
‘Yes, it doesn’t matter as long as you ascend to the throne.’
He has already been charged with having an affair with unbelievers and putting the princess in danger. No matter how hard I try, Edmund Gloucester can’t officially sit her next to me.
If so, what’s the problem if the next Grand Duke makes her his mistress?
‘The one who falls out of shit is the queen.’
“I don’t know what you mean by being bloody.”
The Archduke controlled his expression and smiled. Casio shrugged.
“I heard that you meet a lot of people energetically.”
“Oh, what is that?”
“Aren’t you going to take notice of the royal family?”
“As one of the few royalty, I should prepare for the harvest festival.”
The ‘preparation’ here meant to prevent the little prince from safely holding the harvest festival by any means.
Casio, who could not understand the meaning, smiled.
“Can I lend you my hand?”
“…… what?”
The Archduke could not hide his startled voice for a moment. The Archduke was also not unaware that Casio had never ‘certainly’ listened to the Archduke’s side.
However, it was also a skill of life and the leisure of the person holding the casting boat in this situation.
In the current situation, where the queen is sullen, there would be no advantage to taking the Archduke’s side clearly and unequivocally.
I believe that the Brahmanduffs are on my side now, as I am holding the queen’s weakness, but it is difficult to think of it as a ‘complete ally’.
But you’re going to help with something important like the prince’s assassination? If caught, would it really be irreversible?
“You?”
Nothing else, it’s a suggestion from Casio Brahmanduff ‘that’. there is no such thing as failure So it was confusing.
“What do you want from me? Oh yeah. The seat next to you was empty. Shall I give up my daughter? Or, wherever you want it… … .”
The Archduke, in turn, put in his mouth the various privileges that could be bestowed upon Cassio when I took the throne. But Casio didn’t even move and just smiled like a painting.
“…… Say something like this.”
“Yes, Grand Duke.”
“What method are you going to use?”
“There are a few people planted in the royal family. A close entourage to the prince.”
The Archduke was a little horrified. No matter how powerful the queen is, she is a woman who has continued to lead the housekeeping of the royal palace. In particular, he reacted so sensitively to the prince that it was almost obsessive-compulsive.
The queen took care of the prince’s attendants, one by one. Those with questionable origins could not even approach the prince.
A lot of the servants and maids were injured and replaced because the little prince’s demeanor was bad, but in the meantime, the people who could be called the prince’s close associates hardly changed. then…….
‘Since when did you plant it?’
right after birth? Of course, anyone can try to plant people thinking that the little prince will become his heir in the future.
However, it is difficult to plant people thoroughly and thoroughly enough to be confident that they can ‘handle’ the prince even in these days of tight security. Maintaining loyalty and keeping the tail from being trampled.
The Archduke felt a sense of urgency for a moment.
‘…… Will you be by my side too?’
There was a possibility. But the Archduke blew away the pervasive doubts.
Of course, some of the lower-ranking nobles who were close to me were able to hold hands with the Brahmanduff family. There are no idiots who plot without digging a hole to escape from these days.
Also, even if that were the case, it would be a problem that would be resolved once he gained the throne.
“If you are willing to take the initiative, it will be a relief for me, as my troubles will be solved. … Don’t you think you’ll do it?”
“Can I put it on?”
Casio said so casually
“If only I had to deal with it, the Grand Duke would be victorious in an instant, and at the same time troublesome problems were dealt with…… Even if the pods are caught after ascending to the throne, it will be easy if you treat them as a single crime.”
“I swear I won’t.”
The Archduke said with a stern look on his face, but both knew that it meant nothing.
The relationship before and after taking power cannot be the same. It is only in the early days of his reign that he will be treated with public trust, but will it continue to be the case after that?
I had told the Marquis of Windrose that Edmund Gloucester would take the throne and hand it over to him. Those were the words that were thrown to the extent of thinking about the marquis.
If only Prince Alexis could shoot effectively, Edmund Gloucester would be useless any more. No matter how close he is to the king, he is still an illegitimate child. There is no such thing as a legitimate right of succession.
Rather than having a muddy fight by revealing the birthplace of his young nephew himself, the Archduke thought that going through Edmund would be neater in many ways.
However, he was going to be wary of Edmund’s over-emphasis as a result.
However, if the prince can be effectively eliminated now, there will be no need to fight for legitimacy with each other.
“But just by having my ‘weakness’, the Grand Duke and I are very close at the same time…… It will become a relationship where only one person can die and live.”
“Are you aiming for that?”
“You can’t trade this intangible trust with goods such as gold, silver, treasure, or spiritual land. Think of it as just a debt, and grant me one of my wishes in the future.”
“wish?”
“Clear treason……. That’s right. If you are not aiming for the lives of the Grand Duke or his pets, please do one thing I want, unconditionally.”
“What are you going to do?”
Rarely in response to that question, Casio looked into the air with an expressionless face. But it was only for a short time.
“…… I’m curious about that too.”
“what?”
“no. It’s just that the future is unpredictable. Just getting insurance. Instead, I would like you to leave it as a document.”
That Otome Game’s Bad End