Chapter 368

Awake [Part 2]

“Aha! You looked at them again, didn’t you? Maximilian peeked at Rose-san’s breasts again!”

“M-Mother! Your voice is too loud!”

‘Please stoppp. Why does my mother have to tell everyone that I was peeking at a lady’s chest?’ Maximilian’s face turned red, then white, then blue.

‘What kind of hell am I in…

I-It can’t be helped, right? It’s natural for men to sneak a look when there are breasts before them.

I-It can’t be helped, right? It’s all because of instincts. No doubt it’s because of instincts.’

“Pardon me, Your Highness. You don’t have to mind… Since, um… everyone also looks at them, not just Your Highness…”

The blushing Rose gave a timely help timidly. Although she put her hands on her chest shyly, she told him not to worry so much since everyone did the same. And that small gesture of hers looked outrageously cute.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

“…I-I’m terribly sorry!”

If a sneaky glance at this level had been found out, everything up until now would also be discovered.

Maximilian suddenly rose from the bed and lowered his head.

The Royal Family mustn’t bow down easily… but he couldn’t not apologize.

“That, um, i-it’s really alright. Please lift your head. It’s true that, um, everyone looks at them, not just Your Highness…”

Rose spoke to Maximilian in a fluster. She wasn’t here to make everyone apologize to her. Rose looked at the Prime Minister and the Knight Commander behind her with a troubled face, trying to get them to explain everything to the prince quickly.

“ “ We, we’re terribly sorry!” ”

But the Prime Minister and the Knight Order Commander misunderstood the meaning behind her glance and also lowered their heads.

All men out there, listen up.

You might think no one noticed what you’re doing, but all your little actions have been found out all along, alright…

“Thank god… I’m so glad.”

Amid such a farce, the Queen sighed in relief at his son, who was still bowing to Rose.

“Eh? Did you say thank god (my son is a pervert) just now?”

Maximilian was taken aback by his mother’s words.

“Yes, truly.”

Concubine Rose nodded in agreement to his mother’s words.

“Eh?”

“Your Highness, we’re so glad you’ve finally come to your senses.”

The Prime Minister pinched the inner corners of his eyes to keep his tears of happiness from falling.

“Huh?”

“We were truly at a loss for a time…”

‘Good grief,’ the Knight Order Commander shook his head while rubbing his shoulders.

“Eh?”

‘Could this perhaps…?’ Maximilian thought of a conjecture.

“Have you perhaps noticed… how I was manipulated with magic…?”

It had been a long time since the Kingdom lost its magician. Therefore, they basically had zero alertness against magic. The Kingdom wouldn’t even notice when the great country of magic, the Empire, did something to them, and by the time they noticed, they must have already been invaded.

That was what the magician woman who cast magic on Maximilian said with a laugh.

“Yes, of course. We’ve already dispatched the knights to Port of Simmons.”

Queen Victoria replied reassuringly.

“WHA!”

Upon hearing the queen’s words, Maximilian crawled out of bed and dashed toward the window.

‘Right. What am I doing spacing out?

Tonight, the Royal Capital will turn into a sea of fire.

Sunset as the cue, artillery shells will be shot straight away from the port…’

“Huh?”

The sun had set.

The sun had already gone hiding, and the streets were lighted up by fire torches.

It seemed like several hours had passed since he lost consciousness.

“The Royal Capital… is fine?”

The prince slumped down to the floor, looking blank and confused.

According to the plan, the Royal Capital would already turn into a sea of fire, while the Royal Castle would have been devastated by now… or they were supposed to.

“Your Highness Maximilian, this is not the time to stay idle. What happened to Your Highness in the Empire? What does the Empire plan to do to the Kingdom? Please tell us what you remember.”

Still kneeling with his right hand on his chest, the Knight Order Commander inquired to Maximilian straightforwardly. The only information the Kingdom’s side had right now was the notice from a mere merchant. Right now, information was what they wanted the most.

“…It’s impossible.”

Maximilian softly muttered to the eager Knight Order Commander. He knew the Kingdom had zero chance of winning even if the Royal Capital didn’t turn into a sea of fire. Maximilian fell into despair since the day he witnessed the horror of the Empire’s magic.

Magic of a scale that exceeded Kingdom people’s imagination existed there. Who would possibly think the enemy could invade from routes other than the sea?

“The Imperial Army has already invaded our country by now. Along with that dangerous monster…”

“Your Highness?”

‘Father must have no longer been in this world with us.’

Maximilian burst into tears.

‘My body’s finally free.

I can finally cry.

I can finally cry for my country, for myself.’

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Author’s corner:

Crisis: I heard the author accidentally deleted their data again.

Serious: Huh? What about backup?

Crisis: It seemed like she mistook the ‘back’ button for the ‘update’ button.

Serious: Huh? Isn’t it common sense to save the file frequently?

Author: It took me days to recover the data…

Serious: Huh? Isn’t it common sense to save the file frequently?

Author: ……

Rom-Com Geeky Lady: A sound argument won’t work on depressed people.

Crisis: But, y’know… You can’t really do anything about that…

Rom-Com Geeky Lady: You should read stories at times like this.

Serious & Crisis: Huh?

Rom-Com Geeky Lady: B to the L!

Serious & Crisis: Huh?

Rom-Com Geeky Lady: Aiming for someone down on their luck is a chance for the yaoi cult!

Serious & Crisis: Huh?