Become Tyrant On My Own Way
Chapter 150 – TALIA BITTER DECISION
So I left just to take Yasmin and Alice with me. However, we were able to wipe out the entire army of the Maosium Kingdom that was sent to destabilize our empire.
After that, I asked Albert to talk to me. Our last conversation really made me feel stuck.
I had lived with that fool for a long time, so I was the one who knew his nature the most. He from the outside looks always excited and cheerful, but actually he is someone who is mentally weak and easy to down.
And this time, it again happened just because of his jealousy towards Alice and Yasmin.
“Albert, listen. It is not good to always compare our abilities with those who are better than us. Sometimes, we also need to look down so that we can be grateful for what we have.”
“…”
The fool just nodded silently in response to my words so I did not know what to do next to make his mental recovery.
“Listen yes, Albert. I think you as a fighter are great enough, you know. You just recently defeated Charlot who is known as a butcher in the Vlonhard Empire. Don't compare yourself to Alice or Yasmin. They are now in a realm that cannot be compared with normal humans.”
“…”
Instead of spirit, now Albert actually added his head with eyes that glazed so little I touch again, maybe his mentality will really break down. What am I supposed to do with my only bodyguard?
But that doesn't mean I have a lot of time to take care of that big baby who can't even control his own feelings which are very easy to fall mentally. I let him go for a while and hoped that time would heal his wounds.
No, anyways that's wrong!
If you feel that your abilities are lacking, you should take advantage of the time you have to practice harder to become stronger, instead of being moody like an idiot! If this keeps up, I'm afraid even Damian will soon catch up with Albert's ability because I heard recently he was just promoted to a level 5 swords master during the war.
I also temporarily left Albert to Uncle Alcus who was a level 6 swords master, hoping that he could educate him into a mentally stronger individual.
Two months after the war, Vierra now managed to deliver her baby safely. She named her baby Ilyaas, which means goodness when translated from ancient languages.
Since my power has now been firmly established in this new empire, no one else has dared to challenge me and it has made it easier for me to keep Ilyaas under my coffers.
If I told you if I wasn't worried about Duke Rodriguez's warning, I was really worried. However, Ilyaas has now officially become one of the princes who can inherit the throne. I was afraid that if he were big, he would be fighting with Helion just because of the throne.
Such was the seed of the royal family Meglovia so far, only always leaving a descendant in each generation, and for the previous generation, the Mother. This really alarmed me, feeling that it was true that there was some kind of curse flowing in our family lineage.
But since my generation has me and Ilene, I guess it's just nonsense, so I don't think about it much now.
Returning to the matter of Ilyaas, in fact, it was his father, Tius star Meglovia, who should have inherited the throne instead of me. I fear this will be his justification in the future for usurping Helion's right to the throne when the time comes.
But it's just a story for a long future. I hope that by educating them well, they will become brothers who get along like siblings.
But then, there was another problem with the Vlonhard Empire that we had defeated.
It began with the senate deciding to execute all remaining members of the Vlonhard imperial family along with their subordinate nobles who became the main figures of war abuse including their entire family to prevent the same tragedy they repeated and annexed their country under the coffers of the Meglovian Empire.
I have no reason to argue that. After all, there is no good faith of them to make peace with our empire. They were too racist with other nations that they considered nothing more than monkeys, especially it was masterminded by the First Queen.
But considering Luciana, I decided to save the Empress who was the mother of the former crown prince Albexus and the Third Queen who was the mother of Luciana and their other children, the Sixth Prince, The Seventh Prince, and the Fourth Princess.
The First Princess and the Second Princess were executed not as imperial families, but as followers of their respective husbands' families who were actively involved in the war abuse.
Unfortunately, there was no trace left of the Third Prince. He managed to escape by removing all traces of him. As for the Fifth Prince, he was no longer in the Vlonhard Empire at the time of the war abuse, so I decided to whiten his status as a war criminal.
However, another problem arose following that. No matter how the people hated their government, even after being shown the abomination of their imperial family's first order project at the expense of their own people, they still hated the invaders more than foreign lands.
It was clearly one of Vlonhard who intended to colonize our country first, but after they clearly lost, we were the ones to blame as invaders who annexed their land. Of course it is our right as war winners to pay the price for the war you have caused yourself.
There are two choices as emperors that I can take against them.
First release them without a government where of course later they will destroy themselves since they will be short of money after paying the cost of losing the war. It's of course none of my business anymore and for whatever reason I help those who are so racist towards me.
But if it is allowed further, then, this will certainly endanger the security of the northern borders of our empire since there will inevitably be new bandits and looters in the postwar barren lands of those starving people.
Then there's the second option. We just need to burn them all at once, no matter the nobility or the people, drive them out of their homeland that has lost the war. Even if it seems inhumane, I have the right to do so since I am in power.
But that will certainly be a reason for other countries to make us common enemies of those who undermine the prestige of human rights and that is certainly dangerous for the future order of our country.
Seeing the strange problem, Lusiana also came to see me formally in front of the audience. But what he said really made me ride the apoplexy.
“Your Majesty, there is only one way to resolve this matter peacefully. After all, from the beginning, the people of our empire rallied only because they did not want their land to be colonized by a foreign nation.”.
“How dare you say that even though your own empire started the war and wanted to colonize our homeland first! Be thankful to you that I did not sell the prisoners of war from your nation as slaves to cover our post-war losses! We only ask for a little compensation to you with a reasonable amount, and even then you still object?!”
“I'm sorry, Your Majesty. It was not my intention to criticize His Majesty like that. Servant only wants to offer herself as His Majesty's concubine so that His Majesty can use the servant as an excuse to calm the anger of the people.”
I immediately gaped agape, not understanding the thoughts of the neighboring imperial princess. Offering herself as a concubine? Does she think that her beauty charmed me and betrayed Talia, the wife I love the most in the world?!
“How dare you say it! Who do your people think they are, huh?! With just a little flick of my finger, they and their entire descendants will be wiped out!”
“Your Majesty!”
It was not Luciana who was shouting. It was Talia who had been sitting with me in silence on her empress' throne.
“Please consider the proposal of Princess Luciana, Your Majesty the Emperor. I also as the consort of this country think that it is the best solution.”
Talia said without any expression of sadness.
Even when I glanced at my prime minister who was none other than Talia's own father, the former Marquess Newmann van Growmyerre, he just nodded as if as a gesture he had agreed to Talia's proposal.
Am I the only one crazy here?
What about our love that will not be separated forever?
I've been cursing people who do political marriages because of power. Marriage is because love and power can be achieved by itself if we get stronger. I'm not that willing to marry a neighboring imperial princess in order to build strength.
I married Sister Vierra just for status to save her future. But there is no reason for me to marry Luciana!
But why do the people I love betray my love?
“Why, Talia?”