The Chosen One Was Me, Not You

141 – {Demagoguery and Politics}

{Demagoguery and Politics}

The emperor of the Britannia Empire, escorted by the imperial knights, looked solemn and dignified.

Even though the winner was not a student at his own country’s Minst Academy, but a foreign student belonging to the second year of the Archan Empire’s Jeha Academy, the most important issue for him was cooperation with Theodore.

Although the tournament was used to divert people’s attention temporarily, this was only a temporary measure.

If time passes and the heat of excitement from the tournament subsides, then who will be responsible for why the chosen one, Theodore Artin, now Theodore Skylord, left his birth country, the Britannia Empire, and went to the Arkhan Empire? Controversy would erupt again.

From the viewpoint of the Imperial Family of the Britannia Empire, all of this responsibility was directed only to the Duke of Artin, and they had to deflect themselves.

It would be dangerous if there was even a theory of responsibility for the imperial family, so I had to put a wedge in the current situation full of excitement.

If you insist on having a close friendship with the chosen one, everything will only lead to the fault of the Duke of Artin.

There are additional cases where even Reina Artin, the younger sister of the chosen one, now became Reina Skylord, could not stand it and went to the Arkan Empire, so it became easy for the public to induce public opinion to blame only the Duke of Artin. .

“His Majesty the Emperor now bestows an honorary title on the winner, student Yuria Arsane.”

As the emperor’s attendant announced, Yuria slightly lowered her head.

She did not get down on one knee, however.

She was always from the Arkan Empire, but she was not from the Britannia Empire.

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Not to mention, it was impossible for her, as the eldest daughter of the Duke of Arsane, one of the three major dukes of the Arkan Empire, to kneel before an emperor of a foreign country.

It was because the emperor she had to be loyal to was not the emperor of the Britannia Empire, but the emperor of the Arkan Empire.

And originally, when awarding honorary titles to people from other countries, it was common to compromise to the extent of bowing her head, so the public as well as the emperor did not take issue with Yuria’s attitude.

“The winner, student Yuria Arsane, won the tournament by displaying amazing feats. Therefore, as the emperor of the Britannian Empire, I deeply congratulate you and appoint you as her honorary knight to honor her title. I will grant you.”

Yuria didn’t look too happy when she received her honorary title.

In fact, she felt that it was not really necessary to receive it because it was given to her that she had obtained the honorary title of the Britannia Empire now.

However, if such thoughts were openly revealed, it would not simply be a personal matter, but a diplomatic dispute between the Arkhan Empire and the Britannia Empire could break out.

Insulting the title of honor bestowed directly by the emperor of the Britannian Empire, and not by anyone else, was a matter of outrage throughout the Britannian Empire.

“Thank you.”

Therefore, Yuria replaced her answer with a short thank you.

Everyone in the arena, including the emperor of the Britannian Empire, admired Yuria’s beauty from a close distance and realized the reality that women from her own country would never be able to overcome it.

Theodore Skylord was attached to another woman, and it was obvious that he was considering the possibility that he would make her a second woman.

If you look at it, it was a loss on this side, and above all, I knew that the other side wouldn’t do it either.

Even if it was implemented, Theodore would be angry.

‘Theo.’

After Yuria received her title, she joined hands with Theodore again.

I felt a strange sense of relief as I held his hand, but Theodore was also holding her hand, showing signs of fidgeting.

Her touch, on the contrary, reminded her not to be nervous about what was going to happen to her, and it made her feel at ease.

“Then, Your Majesty has to make an important announcement here.”

Some savvy people must have guessed something from Theodore’s presence on the pitch.

It was famous for the chosen one to take his fiancée after each match, but the fact that he did not leave with his fiancée and continued to stand on the arena even after the emperor was crowned might indicate that they had arranged something with their emperor in advance. Was assuming it was.

‘It’s finally starting.’

Yuria sensed that the emperor of Britannia was about to start a political show in earnest.

And even though he had no good feelings for the Britannia Empire, he was concerned about Theodore’s feeling of having to join hands with them in order to prepare for the coming apocalypse.

However, his expression was surprisingly calm and quiet.

“Subjects of the Britannian Empire! I will make an important announcement right here!”

In fact, it was surprising that the emperor of the Britannian Empire stood on the arena and directly appointed him an honorary title.

And it was unprecedented to make such a big announcement in a stadium, not anywhere else, but the Britannian Empire’s imperial family was in such a hurry that they couldn’t afford to follow such a precedent.

And the spectators, heated by the heat of the tournament, were all focused on what important declaration the emperor was about to make, and the emperor declared.

“Here, the chosen one, Theodore Skyroad student, is still making various preparations to prevent the end of the world. We, the Britannian Empire, sincerely apologize for what Duke Artin did to him, and we will continue to work with him in the future. We will do our best to cooperate to prevent the apocalypse and officially declare in Jim’s name that we will spare no support.”

It meant an official statement made by the emperor in his own name.

Then the crowd started to murmur.

“Huh? So, does that mean that Your Majesty will work closely with the Chosen One?”

“Ah, come to think of it…The chosen one had a grudge against us because of the Artin duchy, right?”

“I forgot about the tournament.”

Fortunately for the emperor, his declaration was working.

Of course, if Theodore Skylord showed his distance here, his declaration would have no meaning, so having Theodore cooperate was the most important thing to him.

“I would like to thank you for your cooperation.”

And Theodore accepted the Emperor’s proposal, as I said before.

It was his formal admission that he would cooperate with the Britannian Empire to prevent an end.

Theodore Skylord, the Chosen One, has accepted cooperation with the Britannian Empire!

At this fact, the air flow that the emperor wanted flowed from among the audience.

Of course, YuRia was sure that the agitators planted by the imperial family in the interim had secretly induced the emperor to agitate the way he wanted.

“Fortunately, the Chosen One seems to have no regrets with the Britannian Empire or His Majesty.”

“Isn’t it? I’m rather proposing cooperation.”

“Actually, what did His Majesty do wrong? Who would have imagined with common sense that the Duke of Artin would do such a thing?”

“That’s right. To be honest, Your Majesty can’t even manage the family affairs of someone else’s house, right?”

In the middle, the words of those who were talking were spreading.

In fact, the emperor of the Britannian Empire was not the direct perpetrator, and there were many ambiguous parts to directly determine what he did wrong, so it was an incitement that could easily be eaten.

‘Politics doesn’t seem right.’

And while watching such a political show from close range, Yuria felt that, although she also learned basic politics as the eldest daughter of the Duke of Arsein, she was also not naturally well suited.

On the other hand, Theodore was giving her a false smile, not the sincere smile she had been giving her lately, but rather calculated, as if she had just drawn it before she opened her heart to herself.

“I’ll take care of you in the future. If you need anything, just tell me.”

“Yes, I look forward to helping you in the future.”

Despite no sincere sympathy for each other, the Emperor and Theodore staged a political show by even shaking hands.

They both performed for Shili, and the crowd applauded and cheered.

Convinced that the chosen one would protect them from the crisis of the end, they were easily excited and cheered wildly as they were already excited by the heat of the tournament.

“Long live the Emperor! Long live the Chosen!”

“Save the world from the end!”

“Long live the Britannian Empire”

And apart from this, the image of Duke Artin was falling further and further to the bottom within them.

Even if they escaped from the anxiety that they might not receive help from the chosen one, all their hatred and anger would be directed towards the Duke of Artin, who had already been branded as an easy punching bag.

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No, it wasn’t even anger.

Because those who are weak and have many flaws are just punching bags that are good to attack even for those who have no interest in them.

That would be all.