This Emperor Is Running a Marriage Scam - Chapter 77

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Chapter 77

Having gotten his answer, Raven smiled broadly.

“So Lady Hailey has already recognized Lord Baron’s ‘genius,’ and even if her judgment were wrong, she’s decided to ‘love’ Lord Baron with ‘her whole body and soul.'”

As he emphasized certain words with extra accent, Baron raised his hand to cover his mouth as if organizing his thoughts.

“Hmm, when you put it that way, it does seem like that.”

The corners of his mouth, barely visible between his small fingers, were rising frantically.

“To decide to love me with her whole body and soul. Nuna really is quite peculiar.”

Despite pretending otherwise, laughter was clearly leaking from his sparkling red eyes.

‘He’s absolutely delighted to death. To death.’

At that sight, Raven closed his eyes, pretending to smile along in good spirits.

Accordingly, Kimarise and the clones also became harmonious in atmosphere. They had finally properly sensed the mood emanating from their master.

“Anyway.”

When Bloden’s gaze became sharp as frost again, everyone straightened their posture even more.

“I understand Nuna’s feelings, but I’ll be an adult soon, so I can’t hang around with those childish brats.”

You’re quite childish enough yourself, Your Majesty.

“Fortunately, Nuna doesn’t have credit verification, so she can’t borrow money. She’s also not the type to impose on others.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“So here’s what I’m thinking. How about artificially controlling her catch volume?”

“Pardon? Artificially controlling the catch volume means?”

“Whether you use magic or go directly into the sea to handle it, just do it.”

Hearing Bloden’s instruction, Raven was so dumbfounded his mouth fell open.

To move all the seafood in Hailey’s diving range elsewhere, leaving only enough for her to make a living.

“Um, Your Majesty. I understand the goal, but the sea has things called high tide and low tide?”

“I know.”

“When high tide comes in, the creatures you moved will get swept back by the waves.”

“If you put them really deep, the numbers will decrease somewhat.”

“There will also be new ones appearing daily.”

“Since they’re living things, they’ll reproduce, so that’s natural.”

“Do you really want me to do that?”

“Just work hard until enrollment season passes. You only need to do it the night before Nuna seems likely to go to the sea.”

Raven felt dizzy as he spoke.

“Then, wouldn’t it be better to have Ca-Camen do it? Camen would be much better at that sort of thing.”

“Camen is guarding the Gate.”

“I’ll volunteer for the Gate instead to protect the Empire’s citizens.”

“As time goes on, increasingly stronger monsters will appear – are you going to show the whole world that you can handle them?”

“…”

“That princess or whatever from Kelite is already running around saying she’ll find me, not knowing her place – and you want to give her direct confirmation that the Emperor is here?”

At Bloden’s unwavering gaze, Raven sighed softly.

“True, seeing how long she’s been staying, she seems to have confirmed Your Majesty’s whereabouts through her own channels. I understand.”

Bloden looked at the pile of rattan vines stacked to one side and stood up.

“Good, finish up what you were working on.”

Bloden’s eyes turned violet. Baron, who had been about to open the door to leave, stopped as if remembering something.

“Oh right, Nuna might come to consult about enrollment documents and such.”

“Ah, is that so?”

“I told her I’m left-handed, so play along well. Got it?”

“…Pardon? Left-handed?”

“I wrote that damn conscription order to deal with the Vice-Captain quickly this time. But Nuna…”

Baron recounted what had happened a few days ago.

“Ah, that’s right. Your Majesty has excellent penmanship. Lady Hailey recognized it immediately.”

While giving an appropriately model answer, Raven keenly observed Baron’s expression.

“I’m managing to cover it up for now, but I think I’ll have to show her left-handed writing eventually. Right now it’s too terrible to look at.”

Baron looked truly troubled.

“But even later, if she finds out I’m not left-handed, she’ll ask me to write with my right hand. Then anyone could see it’s the same handwriting and my identity would be exposed.”

“That’s a valid point.”

“Right?”

At that moment, Raven saw Baron’s cheeks ascending to heaven.

‘Your Majesty, you’re actually flying high from Lady Hailey’s praise.’

Baron immediately clamped his mouth shut and managed his expression, then sighed and shook his head.

“Nuna really can’t be helped. Sigh, even elegant penmanship can be a sin sometimes.”

“…”

At the same time, Raven recalled Bloden from the Imperial Palace.

Everyone in the Imperial Palace praised Bloden’s abilities whenever they met him. Those praises naturally included his godlike artistic penmanship.

But Bloden back then didn’t bat an eye at any praise.

‘Praising something so obvious is just calculated flattery for personal gain.’

‘Raven, I don’t trust people. Especially Duchess Beldenburo – her ulterior motives are too transparent and unpleasant.’

Bloden’s reason and mind had grown far too rapidly compared to his peers. But he was wary of everyone in the Imperial Palace and never acted spoiled or showed affection to anyone.

This wasn’t because Bloden had a sensitive temperament. It was the result of his overwhelmingly fast information gathering and situation assessment through commanding spirits.

In other words, he had nowhere to feel safe and open his heart.

And now that same person was exchanging hearts with another.

‘Though it’s a relationship with a time limit since he’s hiding his identity, this truly is a real vacation for His Majesty.’

Then Baron looked at Raven with intensity in his eyes.

“Are you listening to me properly?”

He asked because Raven had fallen silent.

Raven looked at Baron and chuckled.

“Of course, Your Majesty.”

You’ve changed a lot in this short time. Raven swallowed those words.

“Good. Then finish that vine daybed as quickly as possible.”

“Yes, understood.”

After Bloden left and the door closed, Raven carefully opened the window and looked outside.

He could clearly see Baron’s shoulders shrugging and stopping as he sensed the gaze while walking away.

‘Your Majesty, at this rate you could naturally enroll in the Academy alongside those snotty kids.’

Raven let out a deep sigh filled with his inner thoughts.

Then Kimarise and the clones, who had been standing around blankly, sat back down around the rattan vines.

Raven closed the window and sighed while looking down at the still mountain-high pile of vines.

Quickly complete the daybed, control Hailey’s catch volume, and maintain the story that Baron is left-handed.

Since there was no refusing tasks given by the Emperor, he had agreed, but what kind of death knight in any world lives like this?

The more Raven thought about it, the more his mind felt distant.

‘A death knight going into the sea to move around sea snails, sea cucumbers, and crabs…’

His past of sweeping battlefields with ease and earning the world’s awe seemed like a dream.

‘I’d rather go to the Northern Gate and face a thousand monsters alone.’

Raven, lost in thought, sighed and pressed his forehead.

“There’s too much to do. My head hurts, so I need to go rest now. I’ll leave the rest to you.”

Then Kimarise looked up at Raven intently and said.

“Well, I don’t really mind, but His Majesty is watching everything right now? He knows you opened the window and looked out.”

“Damn it!”

Raven immediately plopped down next to Kimarise and grabbed his dedicated knife to begin furiously peeling shells.

At the same time, I made up my mind firmly.

‘To make a high-level being like me work so hard like this. Just you wait and see, Your Majesty. I can get my revenge in my own way too.’

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