Battle Race in Romance Fantasy

279 – End of the Year

“He came. Yes, he is here.”

“Yes, Your Majesty. The baron has arrived.”

At the words of the chief chamberlain, the emperor nodded and moved on.

I want to refrain from expressing emotions, but I think it’s okay to get used to it now.

Still, whenever I hear that name, my body moves busily without even realizing it.

‘Baron John Nassen. Dagon John Nassen.’

I’ve never seen the empire’s expansion projects come to an end.

We saw each other when we were young, and after that we thought we would never see each other forever.

All I did was send my son and daughter to the academy for friendship.

But at some point, that prediction completely went awry.

Sometimes Jon Nassen entered the Empire more frequently.

It all started when the youngest son of the family entered the academy.

The John Nassen siblings, whom they thought would never come again after that, appeared.

In the end, it came to the point where even Baron John Nassen moved.

I thought the moment they moved was the crisis of the empire.

On the contrary, when John Nassen moved, the Empire’s long-cherished wish came true.

West, south and east. It was leveled after one year.

Already that alone is amazing, but now it’s twice as amazing.

It is said that Baron John Nassen said this after arriving at the island.

“Your Majesty the Emperor. Now, I want to meet the person who will become my in-law for a while.”

I never thought that John Nassen and the royal family would become in-laws.

How would the previous emperors react if they heard this news?

Perhaps hugging the current emperor and saying ‘Emperor! You have accomplished a great feat!’.

It is strange that he is an in-law, and he even calls him an in-law adult.

It is true that the Emperor is several years older than Baron John Nassen.

However, with my age, I hadn’t even thought about being on top of him.

I never imagined that the baron would say such a thing first.

“The Baron.”

It was a waste of time to wait for it to be loaded.

So the emperor dared to step forward and greeted Baron John Nassen in the middle.

“See you again, Your Majesty the Emperor.”

“I guess so. I never thought I’d see you this soon.”

The same goes for expressing your intention to come to the New Year’s ceremony.

It’s also the fact that I approached you friendly first, calling you my in-law.

At this point, I wondered if I was dreaming.

“If it’s not rude, I’d like to talk to you about the children.”

“That’s rude. There is no matter more important to parents than the marriage of their original child. Don’t go in.”

It is probably unprecedented for an emperor to personally greet guests.

The chief chamberlain who was standing behind thought so and quietly followed the two men.

*

“I plan to set the order of my engagement to Kyle next year.”

Determine the engagement order. That meant that the princess was not unconditionally first.

It was only for a short time, but a thought of regret came to the emperor’s heart.

I can’t help it. After all, the emperor is also the father of a daughter.

As the father, it is not easy to accept that my daughter is not the first.

Let alone an ordinary noble, not a grand duke, but an imperial family.

She’s not a collateral, she’s the daughter of the current emperor. If she’s not sad she’s even weirder than that.

“I’m sorry if you feel disappointed.”

As if he had read the emperor’s mind, Baron John Nassen continued.

Thanks to that, I immediately erased that sad feeling by saying that I was not the emperor.

“Don’t worry. I can’t help it. Because the baron’s youngest son is so amazing. Perhaps the 5th princess, that child, took that into consideration as well. The baron has nothing to apologize for. No.”

If you like my daughter. And if the Empire has any gains.

As a father, I can endure the sadness I feel.

Now that her sadness has disappeared, she felt her overflowing heart even more.

‘The Imperial Family and John Nassen are intertwined. A marriage alliance and nothing else. In other words, as a blood oath.’

It’s so great that it can’t be compared to what we’ve done so far.

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John Nassen formally acknowledging imperial supremacy and giving the empire a title?

It was a big thing in the past, but compared to this blood relationship now, it’s a new blood.

A marriage alliance is a stronger bond than you might think.

Even the enemy families that growl at each other will at least notice once they make a kite.

That’s why blood alliances made through marriage in aristocratic society have great value.

“Of course, considering the ability of the princess to fall, the probability of being the first cannot be said to be low.”

“It’s reassuring to hear the baron say that. If you are, then so be it.”

“In addition, it is about the child to be born between the princess and Kyle.”

“I… You mean?”

I’m not even engaged yet, let alone married.

This is Baron John Nassen, who just said he would set the order of their engagement.

It’s a bit embarrassing to hear about children all of a sudden.

But that means, after all, that Jon Nassen is also very serious about this.

If you have light thoughts, you can’t come out when you have to talk about children.

“The child will not be Jon Nassen, he will grow up in the Empire.”

“… Really?”

“Anyway, isn’t it the blood of the imperial family?”

At the baron’s words, the emperor nodded as if he was right.

Once married, the woman follows the man unless there are special circumstances.

Accordingly, the children born later will also grow up there.

However, in the case of Kyle, he is not a titled aristocrat who inherits the title.

Because the opponent was the emperor’s daughter, not anyone else, there were some ambiguous parts.

Thanks to that, it was a problem that might arise later, but the baron solved it right away.

“There must be a reason for doing this.”

“I don’t want the child to be born to enter politics.”

“Isn’t that up to the child’s choice?”

“Sometimes there are moments when decisions are made not of one’s own will, but of one’s own will.”

In a word, the child to be born must be thoroughly excluded from politics.

It’s already a bit uncomfortable to discuss the child’s future.

However, thinking of the child’s ‘parents’, the emperor smiled.

Kyle John Nassen, and Julika Sebastian Lovisa de Lothringen.

Both of them are far too far away from power and politics.

On the contrary, I would think of those two as very annoying and unattractive.

Will the child born between them be interested in politics?

I’d rather be obsessed with becoming stronger than my parents, but that’s what I’m worried about.

“At this level, the conversation with His Majesty will be roughly over.”

There was no greetings or gossip to say the least.

Extremely brief. Anything beyond that is omitted.

And when the business is over, I stand up without any regrets.

“I’ll see you at the New Year’s Celebration.”

“Let’s do that. By the way, aren’t there still a few days left until the New Year’s ceremony?”

“There are still a few more places to go. The church, or the grand duke.”

At the words of Baron John Nassen, the emperor said alas and nodded his head.

Places where everyone will have a close relationship with Kyle and John Nassen.

There is a saint in the church. And in the grand duke’s family was Princess Elgar.

‘Among them, the imperial family first. He said he came to see me first.’

First of all, since he is an aristocrat of the empire, he may have come to see the emperor.

But where is Jon Nassen who takes that for granted?

If the saintess was much more to my liking, she would change the order.

Conversely, if you liked the princess, she would have been a person who would have visited from the grand duke’s family.

Even so, the fact that the imperial family had come to see me first.

‘Guy. Still, she seemed like a decent daughter-in-law there.’

Although the emperor rarely cared about his children.

I’ve put up with it, lest showing it off would only cause trouble in the imperial family.

Still, the youngest. In addition, her daughter was always concerned.

Will that child really get a partner, and will she be able to live like other women?

All of my other children have already gotten married, so I found my mate.

It seems like yesterday that I was worried about that, but now I can really put my mind at ease.

*

The tension felt by the emperor was felt by Archduke Littorio this time.

For him to even face Baron John Nassen like this.

It was the first time that I felt that intimidation with my entire body from this close.

‘Huge.’

It wasn’t the inner thoughts that came out simply by looking at the body.

Everything was huge. Existence, and everything in it.

The simplicity of strength. But nobility, not ignoring weakness.

Be kind in the face of ceaseless effort and become sharper in idleness.

Knowing honor and not succumbing to temptation, an attitude that deserves to be followed.

Standing in front of him, he felt that everything he had and had accomplished became smaller.

‘Heh heh heh.’

I never thought that I, Archduke Littorio, would have such feelings.

My daughter really chose a great place for her in-laws, she thought.

“Meet Archduke Littorio.”

“Welcome, Baron John Nassen. It is an honor to meet you.”

What kind of story did you come up with?

The Archduke looked at Baron John Nassen, who was seated.

“… Your Excellency the Grand Duke.”

Yes. Let’s hear what you’re trying to say.

Are you trying to tell something important about Kyle and Elgar?

How is the relationship between the two of you, and how will you do it in the future?

There are so many women who want to have a relationship, are you trying to tell me the order?

“You seem to have neglected management.”

By the way, the words that came out of the mouth of Baron John Nassen were completely unexpected.

“Hmm? Baron. What now….”

“I came to talk about children, but I can’t stand it.”

Baron John Nassen clicked his tongue and shook his head.

Then, suddenly, he quietly got up from his seat.

“You have to correct it until you see your grandchildren. That way, I can exercise with my children.”

“Baron?”

“We do upper body and lower body together. You should also do cardio.”

*

The next day, some strange words began to spread around the Grand Duchy of Littorio.

The day after Baron John Nassen was gone, the archduke complained of muscle pain.

It is very difficult to say this, but it was that he almost crawled.