I Became A Black Merchant In Another World-Chapter 416: Teresa and Fabio (1)

I knew that the Emperor loved me very much.

No, if I didn't know that, I'd be an idiot.

However, there are such things as common sense and law in this world.

Just as it is right to cut off the head of a man who raped a woman or make him unable to function as a man anymore, and it is right to make a man who killed someone pay with his life unless there is a justifiable reason...

It is common sense that a noble lady of the Tuscan Empire, or especially a princess, should marry whomever he is married to as that man's legal wife.

I think I'm thinking too much, but this is as obvious as water falling from above.

"Did I mishear, Your Majesty?"

The Emperor laughed heartily at me.

"Did the world's greatest Count Rothschild go deaf at a young age? Why can't he understand what people are saying? This is a big deal. Our Count will have to work for the Tuscan Empire for a long time to come."

After saying that, the emperor looked at me and smacked his lips.

I have never seen the master of Cheongbaekri cosplay, Hwang Hui, and King Sejong in person.

Did King Sejong look at Hwang Hui with those eyes?

No, I am a clean person who has not committed even the most common corruption.

‘If I am not caught, I am innocent and not charged.’

There are mountains of absurdities in the world, but isn’t this a bit much?

“I will say it again. Marry Teresa.”

“But Your Majesty, there is clearly something called the law of the royal family, isn’t there?”

“The law of the royal family is important. But it is not as important as the relationship between you and me. What do such laws have to do with our close relationship?”

Just hearing it makes my head spin.

I know and heaven knows that the word close relationship is not the kind of horrible situation where the emperor sees my back and says, “That’s right!”

However, keeping the rules is maintaining prestige, and in a royal family where it is common to throw away prestige while going into great debt for prestige?

To push for my marriage with °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° Teresa?! frёewebηovel.cѳm

‘The princess will end up under Erica.’

Since there is only one wife, no matter how much Teresa’s status rises, it will only be to the level of the wife...

“But the nobles will rise up, won’t they?”

The emperor gestured to the host and emptied an entire 500ml glass of beer.

After gulping it down, he spoke passionately with a slightly red face.

“So, those damn nobles, aside from the achievements of their ancestors, are you even halfway to following in their footsteps? Your achievements are so great that you could say you’ve completely rebuilt the Tuscan Empire from scratch. Even if you were to award me the title of Duke right now, no one would object for any reason other than the law or social order! Isn’t that right, Captain?”

“...... The rule of the Guard is not to interfere in politics.”

“That guy has always been like that since he became a Knight of the Guard. Whenever I asked him a question that was politically difficult to answer, he would always say, “I don’t know about that because I’m a Knight of the Guard,” and get away with it. He’s like my brother, and it’s so frustrating.”

The Captain of the Guard, who looked very troubled, sent me a signal for help.

I want to save him, but I’ve been through it too, so save me.

“That annoying and honest guy won’t agree with me, it’s so frustrating.”

“Isn’t your Excellency the Captain of the Guard doing his job as faithfully as possible?” “Unlike the other servants, since I was the crown prince, that guy never opened his mouth about things that were disadvantageous to me. He is a friend who is always loyal to me. He is someone I can call a friend along with the grand chamberlain. When I retire, I will take that guy and the grand chamberlain and rest comfortably in my old age.”

I couldn’t save myself when I was cornered, but I saved you, the captain of the guard.

If you forget this favor, I will audit that human’s house... Ah, if you mess with that captain of the guard, His Majesty will audit our house.

When I was lost in thought, His Majesty’s words poured out endlessly, making me dizzy just hearing them.

“For you, I can sacrifice a little of the prestige of the royal family. And this is also for the benefit of the Rothschild family.”

“I am receiving an excessive favor and becoming the son-in-law of the royal family, so my title and the status of my family will rise.”

Actually, I'm beating around the bush.

The Emperor wouldn't have said such a thing because he thought I didn't know.

If I become the son-in-law of the Imperial Family, no one will be able to say that I will betray him.

'Fabio betrays me? You little brat, you suspect our Imperial Family, I'll kill you and send you to the side of the former Emperors. You will be judged by them.'

That's how I can leave it.

"There are many people in the Empire who suspect you now. They are pathetic. They pretend to be for the Empire on the outside, but if you look inside, they are all full of inferiority complexes toward you. The letter I burned was sent directly to me by a nobleman belonging to the Visconti Dukes' faction, not the Sforza Dukes' faction. If you are wise, you know what I want to say, right?"

"Are you saying that I need to establish a solid relationship with the Imperial Family in order to survive?"

"That's right. Do you honestly think I would feel at ease?"

The Emperor placed his hand on his forehead and sighed deeply.

“Teresa is a child I cherish especially. For the sake of me and the imperial family, she has hidden how smart she is for a long time, and has always quietly performed her role behind the scenes. You, who has a brother named Baron Medici who has already died 20 years ago, must know very well how difficult it is for a genius to live while hiding his abilities.”

“I understand how you must have felt.”

“How do you think I must feel about sending such a child as your concubine?”

Tears fell from the Emperor’s eyes.

“It is sad, apart from the fact that I favor you. However, I cannot lose you, who has contributed and been loyal to the Empire, for the Empire, for the people who truly believe in me as their monarch.”

The Emperor held my hand tightly.

“Teresa, isn’t that child pretty? And that child is more gentle than anyone else, and very intelligent.”

Blonde hair and green eyes, a child who catches the eye like Erica or Chloe, Mamma Pouch.

If another man had taken Princess Teresa as his wife, he would have probably bowed down three times a day toward the Emperor, asking why he gave such a beautiful woman away for political marriage.

When I think about how he could have caused me trouble, but instead approached me to be friendly...

‘He’s a decent person.’

“I wouldn’t force you to marry Teresa. I don’t know if it was someone else, but why would I force you to marry someone you don’t want to?”

On the outside, he looks like a man on his knees begging for his daughter.

If you think about what he said before, isn’t that a confident statement that he can’t refuse?

But now that I have a son named Leo, I can understand the Emperor’s feelings.

If I had a daughter and I thought of sending her to someone as a concubine...

‘It’s natural here, but I wouldn’t feel so good.’

“Can I discuss it with Erica and give you an answer?”

“Do whatever you want. No, I think it’s better that way. It’s better for the Viscountess and Teresa to get along rather than fight. Just like your family.”

The harmony between our family members is quite famous even in the Empire.

It’s very rare for the first wife to personally hold and comfort the child of a concubine or read a storybook to her when she can’t sleep.

Even in the social gatherings where there’s always a lack of things to talk about, our family story often comes up.

“Enough with the headaches. Let’s eat schnitzel now.”

As soon as the Emperor said that, freshly fried schnitzel came out.

“Don’t think about walking back on foot today. Don’t even think about refusing the wine that your father-in-law gives you.”

On this day, I returned home lying down as the Emperor had predicted.

The Emperor and the Captain of the Guard, dressed in ordinary grandfather clothes, came out of the store and had a conversation.

“Your Majesty, you look very happy.”

“You really had a hard time hiding the fact that your lips were splitting in front of that Fabio guy.”

If you showed that you were happy and your lips were splitting, Fabio would find a way out of the trap he had set perfectly.

That’s why I had to act pitiful by deliberately giving my daughter as a concubine.

“I think Fabio’s influence and ability have already surpassed that of the Duke’s family.”

“Do you think it’s that much?”

“Don’t you know that you put a hook in that bastard Louis’ mouth and drove 200,000 troops into the Holy Empire’s civil war?” “......”

“The organization called the Imperial Council Advisory Group is actually just Fabio’s personal property. Furthermore, the accountants, sanitary inspectors, labor inspectors, etc... are all acting according to Fabio’s orders. That's right. And the people of the Rothschild counties will fight to the death if the Rothschild count rebels. The people of the village of Biot showed their extreme loyalty to the point of dying without saying a single word against Fabio, even when their limbs were torn off and their fingers were cut off like cheese. How many knights of the guard would show such loyalty?"

The Emperor felt many things while observing Fabio from the side.

At first, he thought he was just a great guy, and let him contribute to the empire.

At some point, he became someone he couldn't purge even if he tried.

He was especially terrified by the fact that dozens of the people of the village of Biot were tortured so brutally that they didn't say a word.

It might have been different in a time without guns, but in a time with guns, a person who would die for their lord was a monster, if not the best.

"Still, when I saw him risk his life for me when he surrendered Guillaume, I completely stopped doubting him. Besides that, his principle of action was always for Jim. Jim succeeded in creating such a powerful empire thanks to Fabio.”

“Do you think so?”

“You have a lot to say, but are you holding back?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“And Teresa seems to have a crush on Fabio too. They’re so compatible, aren’t they a match made in heaven?”

The captain nodded in agreement.

“Now that Fabio has become a member of the imperial family, the Tuscan Empire will prosper endlessly. The war with the Holy Empire has already been won. So you should buy as many war bonds as you can, and follow the example of Baron Florin, who donated all his land and volunteered to join the army.”

“...... I will invest as much as I can, even if I’m not like that crazy guy.”

“Yes, do that.”

The Emperor smiled happily at the fact that he had taken care of his own people.

“But really, are you going to entrust a regiment to Baron Florin?”

“If you put someone who bought war bonds by collateralizing his own lands in the position of a company commander, the morale of the Imperial Army will drop.”

The captain of the guard sighed.

“Deus, my God.”

And the next morning, before Fabio could persuade Erica, Teresa made her move first.