The Villainess and Modern Weapons
Chapter 35 Dispute
POV AUTHORS
In the blink of an eye five years had passed, Sherlin passed through her daily life as usual.
Robert very often visited the residence of the Duke of Edinburgh, even.
Not to be outdone, Penelope also increased her visits to the Duke of Edinburgh's residence, occasionally.. William also came to visit.
But, it was a long time since William was now sixteen years old which meant that he had already entered the academy. He had already reached the last grade, and in a few months he would soon graduate and would be throwing his maturity party.
On the other hand Robert and Penelope, the two of them compete against each other to be the closest to Sherlin.
But it seems.it's not easy. Because maybe anytime there was someone who could be the closest person might even be valuable to Sherlin herself.
Sherlin's age is now ten years, as is Penelope. He had already started his magic training two years ago. Sherlin, Penelope and Robert usually train together at the Duke's residence but, sometimes they train at the residence of the Marquess Conscy or at the residence of Duke Zekallion accompanied by Robert's mother, Leanna.
Lili's lover Phael also now has opened a larger store, of course with the support of Sherlin.
The cake shop 'Loveris cake' is quite popular, many people order various types of cakes on Phael. And of course Phael is always busy every day taking care of his shop.
Thus, Lili and Phael became rarely met. Ekhem ekhem, it could be said they were undergoing a long distance relationship;>.
Oh yeah, regarding the crown prince's relationship he wasn't close enough to Sherlin. Well their relationship is mediocre, nothing special is just a political partner.
Speaking of politics, do you remember Fortnum?
Sherlin's father and Sherlin's grandfather discuss the kingdom of Fortnum in chapter 10 of 'First firearm'.*
Yes, the kingdom that was at odds with the Fritina empire. The more days the sparks between the two of them get hotter. And the cause of this dispute was none other than the greed of the king of the kingdom of Fortnum itself.
Fortnum Kingdom is a small kingdom that has many magic stones, Fortnum kingdom is near the territory of the Fritina empire.
The beginning of this quasi-dispute occurred because the kingdom of Fortnum stopped sending magic stones unilaterally to the Fritina empire.
The Empire bought magic stones regularly every month because in the Fritina empire magic stones are very rarely found.
The king of Fortnum wanted a large profit, he stopped sending magic stones to the Fritina empire in order to reap more profits from the imperial party's payments.
The Fritina Empire had already paid all the payment from the start for the delivery of magic stones for ten years. But, the Fortnum kingdom stopped shipping before the sale and purchase contract expired, there are still five years remaining contract period. And it made the emperor act by sending a number of special forces soldiers to commemorate the kingdom of Fortnum.
And today, all the nobles are invited to the palace to discuss the disputes that occurred.
The imperial palace hall Fritina~
"How's this? the little kingdom has been acting too far afraid of him later–.
"Tsk! how dare that little kingdom challenge our great empire!."
"Don't mince words, just attack! our side will win!."
"That's fine, what exactly did the emperor think by procrastinating on this for so many years!?."
"Yes, that's right!."
Vigorous, a word that describes the current atmosphere. The nobles present whispered to each other and had an opinion.
Though the imperial family had not come yet but the nobles present had already made a stir.
On the other hand, Sherlin is currently being squeezed by the dresses of the noble ladies that inflate like a cake.
"Ohuk!."
Grepp's.
"Basic stupid! why are you standing in the middle!?."
Robert pulled Sherlin's wrist and carried her to the side.
"Ah I dragged it all the way there. I was standing next to my mom and dad." Sherlin looked up slightly at Robert.
Robert, she's getting taller and now the more she grows her tamvan facial features are increasingly visible. Her hairstyle now was also different, she seemed to let her hair be long.
"Sherlin!!!."
Sherlin. "Eh? Pene!?."
"Sherlin! I've been looking for you everywhere!."
"Ah sorry, I was carried away by a current fufu~."
Penelope has a confused face.
"It's nothing, forget it."
Robert snorted, he squinted. "Huh, you fools. They thought the war would solve everything, but the negative side effects would be huge."
"So they think only of themselves."
Sherlin nodded her head in agreement. "Heum, that's right. Tumben once you think like this a carrot."
'But unfortunately the war will actually happen.' Sherlin clenched her hand.
Robert opened his eyes, "Don't start a tomato debate."
Penelope jerks. "Hey! don't call Sherlin like that!."
"Whatever I am."
"....."
Sherlin did not budge, she just focused on gazing towards something that was ahead.
Robert and Penelope glanced at Sherlin, she then followed Sherlin's gaze.
The imperial family finally came, followed by a striking teenage girl.
Sherlin widened her eyes. 'Huh?. Who her? in the novel there is no character like him. In the novel, the kingdom of Fortnum declares war. And the kingdom of Fortnum ended in a crushing defeat.'
'It's getting very confusing. Did I miss something? but I'm sure I've read the novel until it's over. Already, I just need to see the continuation. Because this has nothing to do with my plan.'
"The imperial family of Fritina, the noble emperor Ludwig Beethoven Van Fritina, the noble consort Yurina Barnes Van Fritina and the crown prince Jeremy Leon Van Fritina entered the room!–." The waiter loudly broke the silence.
Instantly everyone bowed down and soon they got up after hearing the servant again informing someone of his arrival.
"...D-and the third princess of the kingdom of Fortnum, the noble princess Clover Fortnum m-entered the room." The servant's great-grandson.
"......"
"Huh!? princess Fortnum!? he's from Fortnum kingdom!??."
"Huh, look at the skin! it looks like a slave, doesn't it??."
"really. Her skin looks dull Jag~."
"What's this about? how did the princess of that little kingdom come here??."
"He? from what I heard earlier, he doesn't have a middle name, does he? is he a bastard? or an outcast princess?."
"Hoho~, you have a point too. That's why he was sent here kan~."
"Fufufu ak–."
Srprp.
Emperor Fritina raised his right hand up and opened his voice. "Everything is calm."
"One day ago the Duke of Edinburgh, Duke Zekallion and Marquess Conscy came to the kingdom of Fortnum to straighten out the problems between the two sides that happened recently. They negotiate with a cold head. With a little push, the king of Fortnum finally sent back the magic stone and compensated."
'Little push? ahh I don't think so. How could it be with a little push? surely dad will do something more than 'A little push' it.' Inner Sherlin.
The atmosphere in the palace hall became hot, the nobles opened their voices.
"Huh!? only with this? it's not worth the payment we paid to the kingdom, is it??."
"Yahhh, I agree. It's not comparable."
"Your majesty! it's not comparable!!!."
"Yes, your highness! this is not fair!."
"Your Majesty emperor–."
Duk duk.
The Emperor snapped the wand he was carrying.
"Shut up!." The emperor coldly.
"......."
Silent. The nobles who had been speaking out loudly instantly fell silent lowering their heads.
"Heh, you anj*ng's policy is wildly starving. It's disgusting, really." The crown prince with a condescending look looked at the group of nobles who had spoken out loudly.
Suddenly the nobles were stunned, not believing the words that had just come out of the crown prince's mouth.
"Crown prince, shut up." Emperor gnawing.
"Tsk, that's the truth, isn't it?. They're like starving wild anj*ng.From there on barking tuh."
Sherlin smiled faintly. He agreed with the crown prince's remarks, indeed yes the sharpness of the main character's tongue need not be doubted. Their behavior is similar to that even very similar.
Like wild anj*ng who starved them from now on, they continued to brag about issuing obscure rants such as asking for their own benefits, not much different from the king of the kingdom of Fortnum. But this one was inferior, as they spoke as if to side with and support the empire but actually they were asking for more compensation for themselves. Ekhem could be said to be two-faced!.
Looking for opportunities in narrow-mindedness is a fitting description of words to describe their behavior.
Uhuk!
On the other hand, the royal princess of Fortnum was now standing silently bowing her head. Both of her hands squeezed the simple dress she was wearing. Wellh for the size of the princess dress, that dress looks so simple you know?.
Sherlin who saw that just stared at him with a complicated look and face.
Duk duk.
The emperor again stomped his staff.
"The "king of Fortnum gave a fair compensation. He added the contract period of sending magic stones for 10 years and gave a sum of gold coins amounting to five million gold coins." The emperor spoke out loudly.
"Whoah! five million?.".
"Add ten years!?."
"It's worth it, isn't it!?."
"Yes yes. You're right."
Sherlin shrugged her shoulders and shook her head while chuckling. "Fufufu, no responsibility."
Robert nodded his head. "Yes! too true. The three of them (Duke Edinburgh & Duke Zekallion & Marquess Conscy) are great at solving problems, especially cunning, right??."
"Yup! I agree with you." Sherlin smiled sweetly.
"Really! they are so great!." Penelope with a little jumping excitement.
"Then, now the third princess of the kingdom of Fortnum will stay in this empire and with my permission she will become one of the candidate candidates for the crown princess."
"Well!?."
"What!?."
"How could it be the princess of that little kingdom!?."
"Emperor–.
The emperor looked furious, on his forehead appeared a protruding vein.
"...I will not tolerate rejection of any kind!." The Emperor spoke firmly and coldly.
His cold voice pierced directly into the ear and even penetrated into the nerves.
And even the voice of the emperor back then resounded in the hall.
Wushhh.
The nobles present were instantly silent, they realized that the emperor was currently in a great rage.
"This show's over." The emperor immediately left the hall followed by the empress, crown prince and third princess of Fortnum kingdom.
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The next chapter will be published tomorrow~
TB