“He said he needs money.”
“Aigo! I knew it! It seems that the villain is always lavishing herself!”
TL/N : Aigo is usually translated as “Oh my” but tbh aigo suits better so…
“I heard that she was luxurious enough to bathe only in milk even in drought!”
TL/N : Milk baths can have serious adverse effects on the environment.
“Since she was a cherished princess of the Edharth family, it doesn’t fit the frugal his highness the prince!”
He cursed and put forward a number of hypothesis, not long ago the 8th prince was engaged with the woman who now became a princess.
As it is the biggest issue in the empire recently, the 8th prince’s letters were enough to create numerous imaginations.
However, unlike those who chatted hard, Beldum, who read the letter, shook his head with a dark face.
<Now that I have a place to write it, I will send it to you at the correct amount.>
It was a concise article with only necessary words, but it had a lot of meaning.
“He said the budget is wrong.”
All of the subordinates only blinked their eyes at what he said with a dark face, but did not understand it properly.
Beldum said again in a heavier voice.
“His highness the prince objected that the imperial budget allocated to him was not being properly given.”
“What?”
“What?!”
“Is- Is that true?”
Give me the right amount, which means I haven’t received the right amount so far.
The dark face quickly turned into a ferocious one.
As Beldum looked at the men who had gathered with his torn eyes, he sighed as he saw that he had turned into a group of surprised and bewildered people.
“These shameful things.”
Beldum was not very angry with them. He just spit out a short word to show their shame.
“Now, bring all the budget expenditures sent to His Highness the 8th Prince!”
The men hurriedly moved at Beldum’s fiery words.
Until a while ago, there was nowhere to see him talking excitedly about the imperial issues.
The appearances that were excitedly talking about the most important issue in the empire till a while ago were now nowhere to be seen.
It was because they realized they were not in a position to talk about the rumors now.
I didn’t even want to guess.
Even the sickly 8th prince who lives alone in a place far from the imperial palace. Although he owned the estate, there was no place for income to come because it was on the outskirts of which ordinary people might not even know. Therefore, the budget given by the imperial family would have been nothing less than all of their income.
At least there seemed to be a fairly large city among his territories, but even that could not be said to be larger than the other territories.
‘Haa…’
I was so speechless that I only laughed in vain. As the general manager of the Ministry of Finance and Management, this was truly shameful.
“If His Majesty knows, it will be a big problem.”
However, the current power of the Vald Empire was the crown prince, not the emperor. The emperor was old and sick, and the empress spent most of her time nursing such an emperor.
After the death of the Crown Prince, the son of the former Empress, ‘Egon Vald’ who was the 2nd prince, naturally became the crown prince.
The power of Egon, who absorbed the power of the ‘former crown prince,’ who had outstanding abilities. The emperor was powerless, so it was actually right for the prince to ascend.
However, despite his old age and illness, the Emperor did not hand over the throne to the Crown prince. It was the mistake of an old emperor who hated the crown prince.
‘Hmm.’
Is that why?
Crown Prince Egon was indifferent to his younger brother, Kion.
He was weak and did not pose a threat, so he did not check it, but he did not spare it. According to rumors floating around, 8th Prince Kion followed the now deceased former Crown Prince ‘Mugan Vald’ more than his older brother, Egon.
The death of former Crown Prince Mugan was also suspicious, so according to Yasa Kalamos*, there was a horrific story that Egon killed Mugan and took over his power.
TL/N : Tbh I don’t understand what “Yasa Kalamos” is referring to but I’ll change it when I found out.
The emperor hates Egon because of that suspicion.
‘It is said that His Majesty… cared for the 8th Prince very much.’
Perhaps that’s why Prince Egon pointed out Kion as the subject of this ‘spirit of reconciliation’.
Although he is the emperor today and tomorrow, he has not forgotten and loved for a long time, so he may have needed a proper restraint.
Beldum stopped recalling the complex power structures and political battles. Whatever the case, the first thing to do was to deal with this situation.
“Your Highness the 8th Prince…”
Beldum let out a sigh that came out automatically. In the end, in order to solve it smoothly, the general manager himself must come forward. He didn’t know that he might make a mistake by sending a subordinate to go. It was much more comfortable to do this by himself.
“Beldum, do you know this?”
At that time, Suha, who brought the letter, spoke carefully. This brat, you’re still here?
“Know what?”
“When I went to the 8th Prince’s mansion to receive the letter. Do you know what I saw on the wall next to the mansion?”
“No, so what about it?”
“It was a notice looking for a butler and 2 maids to work in the 8th Prince’s mansion.”
“…”
“It was written that they were looking for a butler, two maids, and a cook but…”
“…but?”
“Looking at the letter, it seems that the 8th prince himself wrote the notice.”
Beldum stared blankly at Suha’s face and looked at the letter. He glanced at the letter and nodded a few times, then said.
“Such neat handwriting is not common. It’s the same as the letter in the notice as if it was printed.”
At that moment, an intense desire for something soared in Beldhom’s head. Terrible work stress. A small salary. Difficult boss and unrecoverable subordinates. Beldom realized.
“You, this boy gave me a good message. “
It was because I had a very good idea to blow up all these damn things. Beldum hurriedly began to organize the budget to be paid to the 8th Prince.
It was the amount of money stolen by his subordinates for at least 10 years. It wasn’t something that could be resolved in a day or two, but Beldum believed in his abilities.
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Blinking my eyes wide, I could see the ceiling that I had become accustomed to.
A shabby ceiling with spider webs.
‘If I start cleaning, I’ll get rid of that spider web first.’
It was the first thought I had when I woke up again after losing consciousness in pain.
It was so painful that I lost my mind, but I still remembered the pain of tearing my whole body clearly and clearly.
I definitely thought it was a pain I didn’t want to go through again, but I’ve already gone through it twice in a month. Once, when I just came into the body and after a month.
‘I probably won’t go through it again, right?’
It was a time when I was swearing all kinds of things inside of me, saying that I had a dirty body. An unfamiliar smell stimulated the tip of my nose somewhere.
The only smell I have smelled since I came to this world was savory white porridge full of steam. It wasn’t a savory smell that I’ve been sick of.
The smell that seemed to stick to the back skin and stimulated the taste buds was unique only to oily foods.
“Mwit!!” (Meat!!)
I kicked my blanket and got up.
There was no more pain and my body was fine, but I suddenly woke up and felt dizzy. I fell down to the bed with my staggering body.
I buried my face in the soft blanket, and I jumped up again and raised my head.
“Mweaat!” (Meaat!)
When I shouted in a recalled voice, Kion, who opened the door and came in, paused.
He slowly moved the plate containing meat to the left.
Swoosh-
My head followed along with the moved plate.
Then, this time, my head moved with Kion’s action that move the plate to the right.
I knew he was playing around, but my hungry instinct threw away shame and gave in, moving my head from side to side.
“…funny.”
He said that with a look that wasn’t funny at all and put the plate on the table.
Then he approached the bed and picked me up.
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Notes :
ACKKK SHES SHO CUTE *gets a heart attacc*
Btw I changed Beldom’s name to Beldum (if any of u actually noticed)
This chapter was really hard to translate, I struggled so much. So,.. I’m sorry if it was confusing and I probably translated some of it wrong (indirectly points out the first half of the chapter) *cries*