Steel Empire
Aren't You Shameful?

Several days had passed since Berengar visited his father, and he was currently sitting on the seat of power in Kufstein, where an envoy rushed in and handed him an intelligence report. The report contained a joint public outcry over the Church's support for the theft of the Berengar trade by Prince Lothar of Tyrol and Prince Otto of Steiermark. His count was quite bold in reprimanding the Church. They went even further by stating that the Pope was encouraging the Austrians to violate the 7th Commandment, so this event caused an uproar in the Christian world, because the proclamation of the Holy See condemning heretics turned into quite a scandal because there were many nobles, priests, and bishops who agreed with the two Counts and their joint declaration.

Surprisingly some Orthodox Patriarchs came out and condemned the Pope, especially the Patriarch of Moscow whose territory is currently at war with the Teutonic Order, a Catholic military order has invaded their lands to convert the Christians within it to the Catholic variety, which is a major point of contention between the Catholic and Orthodox churches today.

Berengar read the report with a wide smile; he did not know how Adela heard about this relatively ordinary matter, but he was grateful for her support; he was completely unaware of the fact that Linde had set this up behind him, but even if he knew he would not be angry because this only caused further rifts in the Christian world, he said, where Ludolf will be able to immediately exploit it. .

Speaking of Ludolf, the man is currently working on a scientific paper written about the corruption of the Church and thinks it will take a long time to gather evidence into a cohesive collection of theses; he added; he had little doubt that soon, the Christian world would rise on its own. He began to wonder how his actions would affect the Constance Council in this timeline.

As she discusses these details, Linde walks in, sees a wide smile on her face, and asks about the reason for her pleasant mood.

"What makes you so happy?"

Berengar chuckled as he put his paper aside and turned his attention to his beautiful lover, who was now beginning to show physical signs of pregnancy.

"Not much; I just love seeing my enemies attack each other."

As her spy chief, she had been giving maternity leave as her pregnancy progressed, and she had mostly rested about enjoying a lazy life. Therefore, he was not aware of the ongoing scheme in the background. However, when he said such a thing, he could estimate what had happened, and thus he smiled in return.

"It's good to hear it."

Instantly an evil idea begins to form in Berenghar's mind; given that there is no one around, he signals that his lover come and sit on his lap; he is happy to tease the girl holding his child. Although his cheeks started to redden in embarrassment, he could not break his master's orders; therefore, he sat on his lap in an awkward look in the middle of the Great Hall.

However, just as she blew Linde's ear, her mother happened to pass by and witnessed an affectionate look where she quickly started scolding Berengar as she walked towards him.

Gisela's shrill voice instantly made Linde attempt to jump from Berengar's grip in embarrassment, but the young Regent managed to catch her lover in his arms and hold her in place, which caused him to duck down onto the ground and cover his face. It's a really embarrassing position. Berengar, on the other hand, had a satisfied expression on his face as he responded to his mother's Punishment.

"Dad has placed me in charge of the kingdom during his absence; therefore, I see no reason why I cannot relax in this chair while playing around with my lover. Even a Viscount needed an occasional break ... "

Gisela's gaze immediately narrowed in response to Berengar's statement, although it was true that Berengar was a Viscount in every way, but names, did not mean they had to behave this way. Especially boldly stating publicly that she and Linde are lovers, does she not care about her reputation?

Looking at his mother's sharp gaze, Berengar could not help but sneer as he held tightly to his arms around Linde, preventing her from escaping from his clutches. This display of affection in public really made her excited. Nevertheless, he could not do anything at the moment, so he listened to his mother's lecture with a satisfied expression on his face.

"Regardless of whether you can behave in this way or not, it is unacceptable! Aren't you ashamed?"

Berengar laughed lightly at his mother's words which made the woman angry; if she acted like this as regent, he could not imagine how she would behave when she officially became a viscount. However, just as he was about to punish her further, he issued a bold answer to her question.

"It turns out not..."

Berengar was completely shameless, if he really wanted to, he would tie Linde up with a rope and make her kneel in front of him as she sat on his throne with a rope in hand, but she has not been that bad.mom will not accept her inappropriate actions any further. Therefore, he marched to the seat of power with the intention to slap her. Seeing she had gone too far, she let Linde go, where she quickly rushed away while filled with an overwhelming sense of humiliation and shame. Of course, he made sure to voice his thoughts out loud when his mother stopped at the stairs right below him.

"Damn, I love that woman..."

With that said, Gisela looked at him with disdain and left; she could not believe her son had grown into such a seductive woman. Berengar, on the other hand, began to stretch, now that he was relaxed from the small pleasures he could achieve in this short time, he quickly returned to the task at hand. For a man with big ambitions like him, the job was never finished.