Today was the day of my language class. Apparently, the noble who will be teaching me will change again. The only teacher who hasnāt changed so far is Count Palatine Vedett, who was in charge of history.
Well, it was my fault. Whenever I felt that something was boring or if the same thing was being repeated over and over, or if it was clearly a waste of time, I would run away. There arenāt any people to stop theĀ tantrumsĀ of an Emperor.
ā¦ It was agonising to have bloodlust pointed towards me by Timona Renan.
Today, however, Renanās bloodlust immediately stopped as soon as the teacher arrived.
āItās a pleasure to meet you, Your Majesty. I am Frederic le Renan.ā
I see, so thatās Father Renan. His facial features looked the same as Timonaās, but he looked masculine unlike Timona.
āI am going to be your language teacher from today. I look forward to teaching you.ā
Thank you for bowing politely towards me, but more importantly, take your son back.
ā¦ I canāt say that though. This Baron was from the Regent Faction after all.
ā ā¦ ā ā¦ ā ā¦ ā
He was an aristocrat in a faction, so I had no expectations, but the Baronās education was polite and decent.
Most importantly! Heās going! To teach me! Letters!!
Hmm, Iāll forgive him! Iāll forgive Timonaās bloodlust too. Iām really happy to get the education I wanted. This was different from my previous life where I hated studying.
But the way the observing aristocrats were looking at the Baron wasā¦
He was obviously pressured not to teach me letters, so why would he?
ā¦ I have a bad feeling about this, but weāll see how it goes.
Thus, every day, I only took my language, history and horse-riding classes seriously and skipped my arts and culture and religious classes.
I took strolls on my horse when I skipped class. I really wanted to read books and learn more about history and language, but if Iām too blatant people will be wary of me.
I heard that I was considered a āriding enthusiastā because of this. Well, it was actually quite fun to take a stroll on horseback.
ā¦ Animals never betray you.
However, I can only explore the grounds of the palace. The palace was mostly surrounded by walls. The walls themselves were low (probably because they couldnāt make it higher due to the sunlight), but there were soldiers on guard, and I probably couldnāt get out. I donāt plan on running away anymore, so it was fine, but if I was going to be a ruler, then I need to see what life was like in town.
Iād like to eventually go there when they eventually put their guard down.
Having escaped from religious lessons again today, I mounted my horse and rode through the large, wasteful open space in the palace. However, I wasnāt allowed to ride at full speed yet. The most I could do was trot.
And I donāt have a favourite horse. They gave me a different horse every time.
I guess they did this to prevent me from running away.
By the way, the guard was in the Chancellorās Faction. The Regent Faction was in charge of horsemanship, but this was the religious classās time (The Chancellor Faction). The emperor will be a fool if he skips class, but I guess that means he wonāt give time to the other faction. What a pain.
Now, letās forget about this and enjoy my walk for now. Today I was going to take a peek at the place which Iāve been curious about for a while.
If you go east from the building where I usually live, youāll find a wastefully huge palace where the 6thĀ Emperor spent his last years in seclusion. Further east of this, on the other side of the wall, was a tall tower.
It was too thin to be a military facility, and Iāve always been curious about it. I spoke to the nearest aristocrat.
āYouā¦ Ehā¦ā
I canāt remember his name. I think it wasā¦ Earl Bunra? ā¦ Which means he was the leader of the Imperial Guards. Oh, so that was why he was guarding me.
The leader of the Imperial Guards, whose eyebrows twitched unhappily as if he had realised that I hadnāt remembered his name, introduced himself.
āMy name is Hubert le Alemanne, Count of Bunra, Your Majesty.ā
No, Iām not going to remember your name. You minion of the Chancellor.
āHmm. Count Bunra, whatās that tower?ā
I pointed to the tower and Count Bunra suddenly looked pleased.
āOh, that tower? There are innocent women imprisoned in that tower.ā
Oh, yes, yes. I know what it was. I think it has something to do with the old hag.
āHer name is Vera-Sylvie le Chaplier. She is the daughter of Count Chamneaux and was your fatherās concubine.ā
āIāve heard something similar before.ā
That funeral was something Iāll never forgetā¦ You could always say that I canāt forget about it. I was born and she was kept imprisoned because of the Regentās rise to power.
āYou mean Marquess Meldorsa, Lady Norm de Alemanne?ā
ā¦ Alemanne?
āMy family is distantly related to Marquis Maldorsa. I was very saddened to hear about her death as a relative. So, my heart also aches for Vera-Sylvie le Chaplier.ā
I see. But I donāt think it was a good idea for you to say you were āvery saddenedā. Iām sure you didnāt think anything of her death.
āHow pitiful.ā
āOh! Do you think so too, Your Majesty? The Regent did such a terrible thing.ā
I told you not to look so joyful. Youāre obviously only thinking about criticising the Regent based on what you said.
āIāve changed my mind. Letās go back.ā
I felt sick about the Regentās wickedness, the political strife, and most of all, about my own inability to save even one imprisoned woman.
ā ā¦ ā ā¦ ā ā¦ ā
My history classes have been getting boring lately.
I wasnāt unhappy about Count Palatineās teaching style. I was simply not interested in learning about the achievements of previous emperors. It was obvious that he was only teaching me the āgood thingsā. Iām sure he was being pressured by both factions.
Or rather, Count Palatine himself wasnāt that passionate about teaching.
Right now, I mainly use the time to practice reading and writing.
Count Palatine only teachesĀ history.Ā However, he said that I would remember better if I read and write, so he lets me read historical texts and write them down.
It was a shrewd move; definitely something that Count Palatine would do. Even the people who were monitoring us from both factions couldnāt complain about this. It wasnāt Count Palatine who had taught me to write in the first place.
The class has now progressed from the 1stĀ Emperor to the 3rdĀ Emperor.
The 1stĀ Emperor was the āFounder Emperorā Cardinal. Because of his achievements, even commoners avoid giving his name to their children as it would be considered impolite, and he was known as a āwise rulerā.
He was apparently a good fighter, or rather, very inspiring.
Emperor Cardinal took back the whole Later Giorus Dynasty in just one year and continued on to invade Harlough, the capital of the Seldonal Dynasty. He ascended to the throne on a hill near hereā¦ in other words, near the Imperial City of Cardinal, āthe Founding Hillā. Then, he personally announced this news to everyone in the nationā¦ This was the origin of the founding ceremony.
This was all done to stir up the Seldonal Dynasty. Therefore, he became an Emperor on the frontline and then he left the frontline. When the Seldonal Dynasty saw that Emperor Cardinal was no longer on the frontline, they saw an opportunity. They attacked with a large army.
When Emperor Cardinal received this news, he immediately turned back and rushed to the battlefield. He surrounded and annihilated the forces from the Seldonal Dynasty.
ā¦ It was an incredibly unbelievable move. But actually, in the nine years leading up to his demise, Emperor Cardinal suppressed the five independent states (including the Seldonal Dynasty) which had become independent when the Former Giorus Dynasty collapsed.
ā¦ Whatever the circumstances may be, that was too fast. He was undefeated in life. I was honestly appalled.
The only remaining conquests from the Former Giorus Dynasty were the Aquicurl Kingdom and the Theanabe Kingdom, but the undefeated general couldnāt overcome his illness and died.
The next to ascend the throne was Edward I, the āObsessive Emperorā. He was the eldest son of Emperor Cardinal and after his accession to the throne, he quickly conquered the Aquicurl Kingdom and the Theanabe Kingdom. He also completed the imperial capital around this time and named it after his father, Cardinal.
However, he suddenly died at the age of 38.
His younger brother, Charles I, the āLucky Emperorā ascended to the throne as the 3rdĀ Emperor. He defended the invasion from the Ghafur nation. And that was all.
ā¦ The bad parts of history were obviously blacked out. He was probably told not to tell me about it. And, Count Palatine Vedett had no intention of hiding this fact.