Mysterious Job Called Oda Nobunaga - 169

Rumi involuntarily clamped his right hand over his mouth. He looked afraid to say anything.

Rumi’s soldiers, who were near me, immediately restrained Hasse. They also took away his dagger.

“Wait!　I don’t know this stuff!　I really don’t know anything!　I am innocent!”

Hasse shouts.

Of course he does.

Because what he says is true without a flaw.

The dagger was ours to make. We’ve already bought off Hasse’s side. Technically, it is more accurate to say that a number of people on my side remained in King’s Landing.

The plot was arranged when Jahan Khan was sent to me.

Hasse thought that my lover Jahnhan would be able to arrange things amicably, but quite the contrary!

I was able to make things work out in my favor.

I had feared that some of them might cut me off at such a sudden turn of events, but they did not. There was no one in the room who followed Hasse as a military man.

I can cut them all down by myself, no matter how many civilian officials there are.

I stepped in front of Hasse and looked down at him, bound and unarmed.

“I’m sorry, my former king. It’s all over now, and you want to hurt your own sister for the sake of a moment’s self-gratification?”

“No, no!　I don’t know anything about this–”

I will break the sound of Hasse’s voice.

“Why do you think His Majesty King Rumi I has waited so long to invade King’s Landing?　It was because I wanted to reduce the possibility of harming the former king. He could have attacked King’s Landing right away from Maust Castle and even killed you, but he didn’t do it.”

I continue my long speech. I continue to look down at Hasse with scornful eyes.

I can only do that because I really think Hasse is a fool.

“You’re a fool.”

Slowly, I picked up the crown that had been left lying around.

“For the time being, I will imprison you. We’ll deal with you later, I promise.

The soldiers holding Hasse stood him up and walked out of the room.

The commotion still lingered, but no one had the backbone to complain.

“It’s a big deal, your majesty. How is the crowning ceremony going to go?

I ask Rumi.

The answer is already there.

“It is a shock, but I would like to continue the coronation ceremony to rebuild the kingdom. You, the most senior regent, will represent me here.”

“Yes, sir.”

It was the first time I had ever looked closely at the crown. The gold and silver work had hardly been exposed and had not fallen off. This is what I have been seeking for a long time.

Holding the crown in both hands, I placed it over Rumi’s slightly bowed head.

In that moment, Rumi was officially crowned King of Thirlwil.

“Congratulations, Your Majesty.”

I was on the verge of tears, even though it was all part of the act.

We had finally united the country. From being the second son of a humble country lord.

–Congratulations to you too!

I could hear the voices inside my head congratulating me.

–You finally did it. You reached it sooner than you expected. I’m glad I was there for you.

I won’t deny it.

If it weren’t for Oda Nobunaga we would have been killed while defending the fort. We might have ended up with no one knowing our names.

In a way, I died once there.

From there, it’s a second life. And in that second life, I have made it this far.

“Thank you for your service, my dear.”

Rumi had tears in his eyes, too.

He must have had mixed feelings, having had to send his own brother away like this. Still, Rumi was willing to go along with this plan.

To tell you the truth, I wanted to hug Rumi right here and now.

It would mean more to me than a million words.

But I couldn’t do that. This was a public forum now. We are not here as husband and wife.

“There’s still a lot of work to be done. Your Majesty, thank you for your continued support.”

“Yes. I may cause trouble for you as well, Your Regent, but I hope you will support me.

On this day, for the first time in about a hundred years, warfare in Japan ceased once and for all.

I am sure that I will never forget this day no matter what happens in the future.

The only thing I have to do now is to make myself king officially.

But that will take some time.

I have already taken the reigns. In the sense of Odanobunaga’s values, I am the king for sure.