The Place Where I Was Sold as a Slave Was the Imperial Palace

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Forgive me for being late.

＜ Departure ＞

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The emperor is good at managing facial expressions. It would be natural for him to be a person who has lived for decades without being noticed by anyone, including his true intentions.

Even if his heart became impatient due to a long illness, if such an emperor was so upset that he could not hide his joy, it would be natural…

‘It’s real, this kid.’

Rudi definitely had the coat of arms of the Correa dynasty.

The ring worn on the emperor’s finger today was found and brought out from the palace treasury a few days ago.

It is a treasure left by the Corea Dynasty a long time ago. When the owner touches the body of a person with the crest, part of the ring changes color and sparkles.

The only thing that could be done was to identify sentences, in fact, it was something close to garbage.

According to the legend, a long time ago, a member of the Corea dynasty, who was good at magic tools, made it as a toy for his daughter.

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Don’t know if it’s real

It was a little awkward to treat as a treasure, so it was an item that was randomly stuck in the treasury of the imperial palace. I never thought I would ever find a day that would be so useful.

‘Anyway, I’m glad.’

Chamberlain Reynolds breathed a sigh of relief involuntarily.

Rudy’s bearing of the Corea coat of arms was not as pleasing to Reynolds as the emperor.

What he serves is not the country itself. In any case, his best was the emperor. The lord, whom he had grown up with like a brother, was the most important to him.

But the Emperor is different.

His life was carried on from the previous Emperor, and Boris perfected ‘The Perfect Emperor for the Empire’.

Just as the current emperor was the best for Reynolds, the former emperor was everything to Boris.

The current emperor was created by the previous emperor with tenacity.

The emperor’s life, which seems perfect to anyone, is a scarecrow on a string that his father controls in the underworld.

Perhaps that is why Reynolds himself cared so much about the emperor.

From the time he was an infant born as a magical prince, the former emperor took great care to raise his son the way he wished.

It was made into an empire worker who would create a stronger and richer empire.

He trained his body for Boris, a golden slave who moved like a tongue in his mouth, and selected servants who were weak in heart but strong in loyalty and raised them like brothers.

Although he didn’t know it at the time, Reynolds now knows that even he was just a puppet of the former emperor.

The former emperor had him watch the emperor’s sadness and darkness unknown to anyone, and manipulated Reynold’s feelings toward the emperor.

By the time I noticed, my life had already become irreversible.

The emperor and Reynolds himself. All are puppets for the Empire.

‘Well, it wasn’t a bad life though.’

After all, human life is all the same. Eat, cheap and sleep, sometimes happy and sometimes sad. It would be life to love and hate, then grow old and die.

Living that ordinary life, many people waste their time on useless things, but if it was used carefully for someone else, that’s it.

In addition to that, if you are satisfied with the life you have walked so far, it is perfect.

Yeah, looking back, I didn’t have any regrets in that life. Even if you walk along the road that someone has paved, isn’t it you who moved your legs and walked the long distance?

Reynolds saw the emperor’s bright face and smiled at himself.

* * *

The attendant who was in charge of the emperor’s cremation came to Rudy.

Bend over, lifted Rudy’s hair to check her entire face, then took out some cosmetics from the cart and placed them on top.

The attendant made a headband out of cloth and tied it while Rudy hesitated.

Rudy’s hair was all neatly pulled back, and some dark and light makeup was applied to his forehead, temples, and cheeks.

White powder was applied on top of it again, and it was lightly rubbed with something like a soft feather again.

After applying the extra powder, the attendant stepped back so that Rudy’s face could be seen by the emperor.

“You look like another child.”

When the emperor spoke, the chamberlain standing next to him smiled.

“You look very young because your face is round. Even with a very small change, the impression is completely different.”

“good. That was enough.”

After the emperor’s permission was given, the attendant in charge of makeup bowed his head politely.

The emperor grinned evilly and looked at Rudi.

“From now on, you will stay by my side with that face. As soon as you wake up, be sure to have that attendant do your makeup. I will make you evil, and you like a lovely fairy.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

The emperor looks a bit tired. Perhaps noticing this, one of the attendants brought a chair and placed it behind the emperor.

The emperor muttered an excuse as he sat leaning his fat body against the chair.

“Old people get back pain when they get older. A child as young as you doesn’t know yet.”

When the chamberlain handed the wine glass to the emperor, he took a sip and looked at Rudy.

“What you need to do from now on is to stay by my side and watch everything. When I talk and when I laugh, how my tone changes when dealing with people, how the way I deal with men and women differs… can you do it?”

“yes.”

“Yes, he is a good boy.”

Saying that abruptly, the emperor rose from his chair.

I learned that Rudi’s seat was half a step or one step behind the emperor.

The chamberlain was behind the two of them.

The emperor’s bedchamber contains several other rooms.

Adjacent to the sleeping area is a similarly sized living room, where several officials are waiting.

These are the officials I saw in the office.

Seeing Rudy’s face, he seemed a little surprised, but then he turned his head. The officials made some reports to the emperor and received instructions again.

Urgent work seems to have been roughly organized.

The emperor rose from his seat, and the officials, who had been pushed back because they said it was not important, hurriedly gathered papers.

It is still dark outside.

Under the flickering lights, the emperor winked at several officials and went outside.

As instructed in advance, Rudy walks beside the emperor.

After that, the chief chamberlain, officials, and servants followed in a row. When he came out, Levin was the most troubled in the back.

The first official who received a wink was walking along, explaining to the emperor from the other side, holding the papers tightly in his hand. It does not show documents, but explains in words.

“…that provision is against us somehow. But if you don’t yield to this, the other side won’t surrender…”

I heard that it was about import and export with other countries. Because of the war between Cania and Dicoquaria, the prices of agricultural products around the area have risen slightly.

After the emperor said a few words and the official stepped back, another official came next.

I was stunned to think how many decades the emperor had been living this kind of life.

Whether he forgot that Rudy was a child, or he knew but didn’t consider it, the emperor’s pace was very fast.

Rudy followed him with a quick gait of his legs.

For a moment, but today’s treat made it clear.

‘As expected, the emperor, the chief chamberlain, and perhaps the other attendants… know that I am the son of the Duke of Watoringu.’

You might have recognized it from your appearance when you saw the makeup that changed your impression. It is possible that someone knew the peacock’s face.

When did you find out that you were the successor to the Duke of Watoring?

‘Looking at him teaching something like this, I don’t think he’s just trying to treat me like a stallion that’s going to wring magic.’

The emperor and the chamberlain, and Rudy himself and Levin.

Certainly this man, the emperor… No, I’m not sure. What the hell are these people thinking? Are you really sane?

Suddenly, the face of the crown prince, who was glaring at Watoringu’s fake successor, came to mind.

“…”

Is possessing magical power that important?

*

It seems that the emperor did more in the four days that followed than he did while living on Earth for several years. Isn’t the emperor the most extreme job in the entire world?

And in that short period of time, I knew how many masks the Emperor had.

From the outside, it’s just one person, but the emperor slightly changed his appearance each time he dealt with a person.

He becomes a little sweet when dealing with women.

I became blunt when dealing with men.

He is arrogant when dealing with nobles.

When dealing with officials, he showed a fair appearance.

He acted casually enough to say something like a rogue to the attendants, but he treated the ladies-in-waiting ruthlessly so as not to harbor false feelings.

They acted harshly or meanly toward the strong, and ignored or benevolent toward the weak.

Even though he continues to speak harshly, at first glance, he mixes softness and sympathizes.

After behaving like this and that and confusing the other person by being capricious, he suddenly reverted to the decision he had made at the beginning.

Just as his arms naturally sway in line with his leg movements even without being conscious of it, the emperor effortlessly and naturally changed all of his appearances.

Maybe the look she showed to Nadia Mama was also made up. Is even the image of the emperor holding out a knife to himself like an evil lunatic at a New Year’s banquet?

I don’t know which one is the real emperor.

Perhaps even the emperor himself has become unaware of which of his many appearances he truly is.

‘Ah, but I didn’t see any weakness in any case.’

I’ve seen many appearances in four days, but I’ve never seen the emperor weak.

I thought that perhaps the one I hadn’t seen was the only true figure the emperor possessed.

*

Two days later, Rudi was in the long procession leaving the imperial palace.

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Dozens of carriages and a huge number of horses left the imperial palace in a long line.

Each carriage was loaded with luggage.

The chamberlain remains in the imperial palace, and Boris accompanies him instead.

Several attendants also moved along.

Before and after the procession of wagons and horses, numerous soldiers formed a long procession and followed them as if they were going to war.

There is an emperor’s carriage in the middle, but the person who should ride there was riding a horse.

As much as it supported the body of a giant, the horse’s size was also quite large. Add a little lie, and it seems to be twice as big as other words.

As the long procession of the emperor moved along the large roads of the city, people flocked like clouds to take a look at the emperor.

Rudy’s position is right behind the emperor. Naturally, it caught people’s attention.

“…”

The horse Rudy is riding is black from face to tail, with a white dot on his forehead like a star.

Received just before moving.

He’s smart and gentle, but I heard he’s the offspring of a guy who played a big role in the war.

Just by looking at the oil flowing from its fur, you can tell that it is an extremely expensive horse, but it is said that it is a well-bred combat horse.

The price of horses in this world is high. Horses ridden by knights or nobles are more expensive. Speaking of battle horses, the price will rise to the level of the earth’s Porsche. Maybe even higher than Porsche.

Speaking of a kid riding a horse like that, of course it would fit well into people’s eyes.

A murmur was heard among the people.

“Is that the prince?”

“It might be the prince’s son.”

“Sounds stupid! The crown prince only has princesses.”

“Then you must be the newly born prince.”

“No, look over there. Isn’t that a slave necklace?”

“uh! It’s real.”

“Nonsense. look at that Where can you find such an expensive necklace?”

“Wait, wait, I’ve heard it once before. That’s His Majesty’s Golden Slave.”

Rudy wiggled the reins and moved the horse. The little body swayed back and forth on the large horse.

He has never ridden a horse in his previous life. The first time he came to this world, he and Levin learned how to ride a horse from Boris.

Levin had never ridden a horse since he was from the countryside, but it was said that it was for a cart or an old horse, not for expensive horseback riding.

Of course, I didn’t know the graceful way to ride a horse, so I had to learn it while being scolded by Boris.

“…”

When riding a horse, the field of view is very high. I’m used to it now, but when I first learned to ride, it was quite scary.

Rudy rode slowly and followed the emperor. People often hear the word golden slaves.

‘I see… Being a golden slave is a good trick.’

When was the last time the emperor made him a golden slave?

Recalling that time, Rudy smiled bitterly.

When you think about it, it was a strange thing.

The emperor himself cut off the arms and legs of the prince’s slave, and when he fell into a dangerous situation, the emperor helped Rudy with his own sword.

No matter how silver it is, the emperor directly moves for him, who is only a slave.

‘It was from the beginning.’

From the first time the emperor saw him, he recognized that he was the son of the Duke of Watoringu.

It is unknown whether he even knew that he was the successor.

However, he should have known exactly that he possessed magical powers.

Coming to the imperial palace may have been an accident, but becoming a golden slave was no coincidence. The more I thought about what happened after that, the more certain it became. There is no doubt now.

‘He thinks I’m a child, so he’s being careless.’

If Rudy had been an adult, or if he had been a little bit older, he would have handled things more delicately.

‘how will we do it.’

Rudy looked up at the blue sky.

The white clouds in the distance looked just like Princess Lilitha’s round forehead.

＜ depart ＞ end