My Wife the Empress is Becoming Frightening

41 – 41. Now, this is enough

Episode 41

“I heard that it was a big deal in Meyer Kingdom. I’m glad you’re all right, Sir Isaac.”

I shrugged my shoulders at the words of Duke Jericho, who politely conveyed his regards.

“I was just lucky. Actually, the real big deal came after I came back from Mayer.”

It’s been several weeks since I returned to the Empire, but Marianne hasn’t let me go. Of course, as a husband who is loved by his wife, he was very happy.

However, it was a bit difficult not to be able to pay attention to other things because we were attached to each other 24 hours a day, not even for a second.

“If the Duke hadn’t called, the Hounds and the intelligence department would have complained. I can do it when Marianne is at work, but there are things I need to see and talk about in person.”

Thanks to arriving a little earlier than the appointment time, I was able to handle the delayed work.

“hahahaha. I’m glad you found it helpful.”

There was no deceit on Duke Jericho’s smiling face as he said that. Thanks to that, I was able to treat him as comfortably as I did with guard Harris.

Surprisingly, this person communicates well.

It was within the expected range that he naturally had no choice but to run into the Duke often as he became close with the Marshal of the Guard Harris Imperial Army. Marianne also said that there was no way to avoid it forever.

Contrary to my concerns, however, the duke was trying to be friendly with me, but he wasn’t doing anything special.

“Really, I should thank Haria. Not only did he become a good friend to my daughter and wife, but he also created a place where I could talk comfortably with Isaac.”

At the words of Duke Jericho, Haria, who was sitting next to me, replied in a humble voice, ‘Nothing’. It is undeniable that she plays a significant role in facilitating communication between me and the duke.

Haria, who was still active as a hound, seemed okay with me now. I am truly grateful for putting my mind in order for both of her and me.

Actually, I still feel sorry for her.

“Come to think of it, is it okay for the Duke to talk to me like this?”

“When I go back, I have a lot of work to do. There’s so much to think about. If you don’t catch your breath for a second like this, your head will explode, ha ha.”

Marianne, too, has been extremely busy lately. To be precise, the imperial government and nobles are all working frantically, though.

“Since the institutional meeting is already right around the corner, it must be inevitable.”

“That’s right. Except for the meeting right after His Majesty corrected the Empire, this is the first meeting I’ve had.”

It means that it was the first time, except for the fact that the rebellion was successful and was held with the feeling of organizing the house. It was the reason why even the world’s Marianne couldn’t help but be nervous.

Above all, the system meeting is a meeting where all the feudal lords of the empire gather in the system. Since it deals with the important realities of a vast and huge empire, of course it wasn’t going to end in a day or two.

“Did you say a week should be short?”

“yes. It should be really short, that’s about it. My grandfather said that there were times when meetings lasted over a month.”

It’s a long time.

“Ugh. With the chaos inside and outside the empire, it’s not much to do because you have to gather your strength in advance in order to do your best in case of emergency.”

The duke also nodded at my words. The institutional meeting was held according to the request of the emperor or the local lords, but it was none other than Marianne who decided on the meeting this time.

Following institutional terrorism and an attack on the imperial palace, there was even espionage by the Moonlight Troupe. Although it is unlikely, as long as there is a threat of war, it is necessary to reorganize the entire empire.

I don’t want to think about it too much, but even among the local lords, there might be people who cooperate with the enemy, so I had to check and find out.

“Well, let’s stop talking about the heavy stuff. Whenever I talk about work, I feel sorry for the Duke who came to rest. Would you like to tell us about the Mayer Kingdom army’s attack on the dwarven underground tunnel that we talked about before?”

“Oh oh. I was waiting for you anyway!”

sometime in the afternoon. After having a pleasant talk, the duke and I went back to our respective places.

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Duke Fabian returned home in a good mood and decided to enjoy the afterglow for a while before returning to work. For that, he asked his wife for tea as soon as he returned home.

“What did you hear from Isaac today?”

“It was a story about how the dwarves built an underground tunnel leading to Mayer Kingdom.”

Fabian inadvertently told the story to Isadora, who had an excited face, careful not to raise her voice in excitement.

Initially, the reason he responded to Haria’s suggestion and approached Isaac through Gard Harris was because he coveted his power.

He thought that if he could turn the power of an overwhelming hero-level power to his side, the Duke’s family would become even stronger.

However, when I met Isaac in person, I was surprisingly able to talk to him quite well. No, rather than saying it worked well, I honestly enjoyed it.

When Isaac met the duke, he mainly talked about his experiences in the war against the different races when he was the prince of Meyer Kingdom.

At first, the duke asked this on purpose to buy Isaac’s favour, but after hearing it, the duke himself fell into it before he knew it.

Because it was an actual experience, there was no choice but to overflow with a sense of realism and realism, and the duke was also a knight at one time, so there were many parts that I could relate to in his story.

Thanks to this, when Fabian listened to Isaac’s experiences, he could even feel as if he had gone back to the old days full of blood.

also.

“Wow! So, did you know the location of the tunnel thanks to the kingdom soldier who risked his life to return?”

“yes.”

Seeing Isadora smiling brightly in admiration for the story, like himself before, Fabian felt satisfied.

It was Fabian who started talking with his family more than before after that dinner party he didn’t want to think about again.

But he soon reached an impasse, and even though he tried to talk, he couldn’t figure out what to say.

It was Isadora, his wife, who noticed his troubles and approached him first. One day, after meeting Isaac, Fabian was asked curiously what Isadora was talking about with him.

In response, Fabian gave a brief summary of Isaac’s experience without much thought, which Isadora was very interested in.

In response to his wife’s reaction, Fabian began to talk in more detail, and as it continued, an unspoken promise was formed that the couple would have tea time when they met Isaac someday.

“By the way, Bianca isn’t home.”

“Ah yes. I had an appointment with the other young ladies, so I went out for a while.”

“… … Right.”

Fabian felt a bit regretful. It was because the reaction was good when the daughter heard the story as well as the wife.

After reading that thought, Isadora spoke to Fabian as if to comfort her.

“I would be happy if you let Bianca listen to it later in the evening. I want to hear it one more time.”

“… … Hmm. Shall we do that?”

It was time to get up for work, even if it was to enjoy a leisurely evening. Fabian forced his legs to move and entered the office.

Then Haria, who appeared from the darkness as if she had waited, put down a stack of papers on his desk.

“This can’t be… … .”

“This is a list of local lords who have sons that the duke ‘requested’ and detailed data about their sons.”

Fabian felt frustrated that his imagination, which he didn’t want to be right, had been exactly right.

Fabian wanted to shout that he never asked for anything like that right away, but he couldn’t. Besides, what Fabian said earlier was more of a euphemism for rejection than a request.

“Any other name would be Bianca’s future husband list.”

It was a denial of this. It should be called resistance.

‘damn. I never thought I’d investigate this much.’

The paperwork was quite thick. Considering Haria’s work so far, most of the information written there was probably correct, so Fabian didn’t want to read it.

It all started a few days ago when Haria explained her plans for the soon-to-be institutional meeting.

Having heard of the plan, Fabian had said that if he wanted to carry out the plan, he would have to gather specific information. Of course, it was never really a story about gathering.

It was judged that it would be impossible to gather detailed information about the local nobles in the system, and even about their children, so they only threatened resistance.

However, this love-crazed woman did not know what to do, and gathered all the information she had said and brought it back.

‘Why the hell did you mess with a woman like this, Sir Isaac…’ !’

Isaac’s madness with women has already become an old story even in the institutional system. In the imperial palace, he and the empress became symbols of conveying dreams to unmarried people and studying to married people.

However, it was not an old story for Haria. In addition, Fabian felt that her symptoms were clearly getting worse day by day.

Haria herself says that she is crazy in love, but in Fabian’s eyes, she was just a crazy woman. He is a foolish fool who has joined hands with that crazy woman.

Interacting with Isaac, which was the original purpose, was now in a state where there was no greed to the extent that I thought, ‘Isn’t this enough?’, but it was impossible to stop now.

because.

“Read quickly. Earlier, out of consideration for the Duke, I conceded time for a bloody conversation with my captain. The duke should do this much for me too.”

Because of this crazy woman.

In the past, it was Fabian who would not have allowed anyone to brush him off. But now I couldn’t.

The crazy woman in front of her had become too detailed about the duke’s family without realizing it. In other words, it meant that he knew the weaknesses of the duke’s family in detail.

‘The most troublesome thing is that I can’t attack her while that crazy woman holds on to my weakness!’

As she said when holding hands, if Fabian attacks Haria, the dukedom disappears. Even if he survives miraculously, the relationship he barely built up with Isaac will inevitably break down.

Either way, it wasn’t what the duke wanted.

“now. Read on. Seeing this, I also want Bianca to be happy, right? Choose right, right.”

Fabian, who could not overcome Haria’s urging pressure, eventually began to rummage through the documents in the hope of finding at least a suitable mate.

In the past, she was regarded as a tool of political struggle, but recently her thoughts changed, and when the moment to choose her opponent came, a bigger change occurred in Fabian’s mind.

“… … … .”

It made me want to cry.