BBYW Vol. 1 Chapter 23
Chapter 23 – The Day the Royal Palace Shook and the Beginning of a Turbulent Age
“I said let go!!”
“Your Highness, please calm down!”
“Silence!! You dare give orders to your king!?”
That day, the royal palace was enveloped in a commotion.
In the throne room, the king was ranting and raving. His servants and the nobles, his subordinates, were desperately trying to contain him.
The normally calm — or rather, meek — king was now raging furiously.
Several days prior, a letter had arrived from a major noble house in the eastern province — house Maxwell.
The letter explained how the former crown prince Sullivan, who had left the royal family to marry into house Nommes, a baron house of the eastern province, had plotted the assassination of the heir to house Maxwell, failed and was killed in the aftermath.
After reading the letter, the king, who still harbored feelings for the son he had let go, foamed at the mouth and collapsed instantly.
He ended up sleeping for several days, but, as soon as he woke up, he sparked this commotion.
“My precious Sullivan was killed!? Nonsense!! This is all a conspiracy by the Maxwell house!! Inform the generals immediately!! House Maxwell must be destroyed…gwah!?”
“His Highness did not mean those words! The king is simply terribly exhausted! You all have not heard anything, is that clear!?”
Duke Rosais hurriedly closed the king’s mouth with his hands, to stop his unbelievable order, and barked at everyone present to forget what they just heard.
The king flung away the duke’s hands and angrily protested.
“Chancellor!! Does this mean you are on house Maxwell’s side!? Those filthy traitors are treating Sullivan as a criminal, without a shred of proof!! How can you allow that!? Where is your loyalty!?”
“Your Majesty, I beg of you to settle down already. House Maxwell has sent proof!”
House Maxwell had indeed sent concrete proof that Sullivan attempted the assassination.
There was a contract signed and sealed by Sullivan. When compared with the documents preserved in the royal house, it was verified that the handwriting matched perfectly and the seal was indeed Sullivan’s royal seal.
Sullivan’s guilt was so incontrovertibly clear that anyone would not suspect it was really a setup.
“The compensation detailed in the contract also matches with the total amount of money Sir Sullivan borrowed from his friends in the capital. I’m sorry to say that there is no doubt about the charges against him.”
“Shut up, shut up!! Even if that was true, there is enough just cause to exterminate those Maxwell rebels!! We’re going to rescue Sullivan!! Now!!”
“How absurd…!!”
Duke Rosais’ face twisted in indignation.
Other than the king and the duke, there were also several central nobles and functionaries working in the royal palace present.
To publicly call a major noble house such as the Maxwell as “rebels” in such a situation might even spark a civil war.
The king, however, did not seem to care for such implications anymore, as his inflammatory remarks continued.
“Raise the troops and dispatch them to Sullivan’s rescue!! Now!! I had Sullivan bring the immortal bracelet with him!! He’s definitely still alive and well!!”
“The immortal bracelet…【Herakles】!?”
Duke Rosais was shocked, his eyes wide.
“You cannot be saying you have given that to Sullivan!? You have given such a precious treasure to a disinherited prince!?”
The immortal bracelet, 【Herakles】, was an inestimable treasure handed down through generations of kings of Lamperouge. It was the symbol of royal authority, and only the king was allowed to wear it.
“There is nothing wrong for Sullivan, the next in line for the throne, to have the proof of royalty!! Sullivan is the next king!! He is my only son!! I will never allow anyone else to take the throne, especially that little bastard!!”
“Whaat!?”
The king’s words caused the nobles to stir.
The current crown prince, the second-born son, resembled his mother very much, but did not look like the king or Sullivan at all.
However, who would have ever expected the king to publicly declare he did not recognize him as his son?
“Shut your mouth already!!”
“Gwah!?”
Duke Rosais could not allow the king to say anything worse, so he resorted to drastic measures.
The duke’s fist struck the king’s stomach and his frail old body folded easily.
None of the nobles or even the royal guards attempted to stop Duke Rosais.
“…the king collapsed from fatigue. Quickly bring him to the royal chambers. And do not let him outside until I say so. All servants who will enter the room shall wear earplugs.”
“Y-yes! Right away, sir!!”
“Everything that happened here today must stay here. If not…you understand me, yes?”
Duke Rosais glared at the faces of all present, one by one.
It was more than clear who truly was the person to fear most in the room.
“Yes!! Naturally!”
“We have heard nothing!!”
No one dared object, as all present violently shook their heads.
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Half a day later, the king woke up and started raising a fuss again, rampaging in the room he was locked in.
For better or worse, the king suddenly held his head and collapsed again, thus quelling the commotion.
The king’s life was saved by the royal family’s secret 【Potion】, but, as a side effect he suffered from strong paralysis, which did not allow him to even stand from his bed by himself.
Because of this, the crown prince — despite only being 12 years old — ascended to the throne, assisted by Duke Rosais as his regent.
The national treasure was lost along with Sullivan.
The nobles’ trust in the royal family was lost as well.
The new king was not recognized by the former king as his legitimate son.
Thus the kingdom of Lamperouge entered a new age, carrying such issues within it.
The direction the turbulent kingdom was heading towards — was still a mystery to all.
They didn’t eliminate him earlier because he previously never showed such incompetence and he was originally basically nothing more than a yes man figurehead who did nothing and let the competent people run the kingdom.
Competent is a too strong of a Word to be used. It’s Just that the nobilty rules the country. They wouldnt really want too Competent King or really the King that does anything other than agreeing with them. Whetewer the nobilty over all is Competent or not is anybody guess. Certainly Maxwell house is Competent and prime minister.
He was stated to be a mediocre ruler, IIRC. His Prime Minister, Duke Rosais, was the mastermind of most of the policies passed, permitting a stable, if uneventful (until now), rule.
At least he wouldnt have been remembered as a bad king per se. Now, however, he’ll go down in history as the senile, incompetent clown who nearly brought down the country with him.
Nahh, no pasa nada de eso, solo olvídate del Dyngir x Margaret.
Pasan varias cosas mientras viajaba fuera y ahora no tiene nada que ver con el reino, y solo está buscando una excusa para dejar al reino y unirse al otro reino rival, donde ahí tiene un respaldo muy fuerte y que está embarazada de el.
Welcome and thanks for the translation!
Thank you for pointing it out, fixed it!
I’d say the empire might try to help take revenge on the Maxwell household. After all, they have been a thorn on the Empire’s side. So they will go on to help the king against the eastern province if there is a civil war and then backstab the kingdom in the back. Though the king basically lost everything and I don’t think the four houses will be quiet if that happens and that is enough reason for them to start a war. Meanwhile, I can see Dyngir trying to make a force strong enough to be undefeated as I can see they might try to re-establish their own kingdom. After all, trust in the royal family has gone down and the central nobles are in chaos.
Like father like son i guess
What the hell
And just like that, history will remember him as a horrible king with this as his defining moment, regardless of how his previous rule was for better or for worse.
Wouhaaa great chapter !!!!! can’t wait to see the rest, the chapter leaves us at the end so much that it is short anyway
Well they confirmed that the king was the one who gave Sullivan the bracelet. And he turned out to be just as garbage as Sullivan. He goes on a rant saying that Sullivan will be the next king despite how he’s the one who stripped him of his succession rights. Then he starts referring to Maxwell House as rebels and outright ignoring the indisputable proof that Sullivan tried to assassinate Dyngir. Finally he even starts claiming he only has one son even when his other son is right there. And he’s doing all of this in front of a group of nobles. No wonder the Prime Minister cold-cocked him.
It was funny that they then fed him a paralysis potion to not have to deal with his shit anymore. I don’t think it will be long before he dies from a ‘sudden illness’. Anyways I doubt that anybody would try to side and help him though it is a major possibility that shortly afterwards there will be nobles trying to rise in revolt to try to claim the throne for themselves since the new king is only 12 years old.
Thank you.
Well, no surprise here.
The only thing i can’t fathom is why the hell didn’t the nobles and the officials of the country didn’t get rid of this useless king way before the incident?
The chancellor should’ve usurped the throne.
For once, I am rendered completely speechless by the king and Sullivan’s uniqueness. Thanks for this update!
I’m not even surprised seeing the king act like that.
But seriously this week chapter is too short lol
This king is such a 🤡
The perfect setting for a serious civil war era aproach. To thin the foolishness of Sullivan was hinereted by his father.
Ha, I KNEW the king wasn’t going to give up this easily. Heck, the relic bracelet was a dead giveaway, on top of the fact that he only half-heartedly banished his Sullivan in the first place and reluctantly set his second son as heir. Now, he reversed course and declaired his second son as not his heir and not eligible.
But this is great; it’s setting up for a civil war between the fools vs the Maxwell house and those who know better. Dyngir already had some support from various families way back, when a number of future heirs swore loyalty and support to Dyngir before he left the academy, and Duke Rosais would rather choose the Kingdom’s hellhound over trying to leash it. Even in this chapter, the nobles all present would rather avoid the Maxwell House than be ruined by them.
This is also pretty much setting up the eventual Dyngir/Margaret? marriage alliance between the Maxwell and Rosais Houses, which was kind of hinted at with that one-off line way back. That said, I do wonder who will be joining the Crazed King’s faction. I do recall there were a few nobles who hated the Maxwell house, and at least one rival Kingdom that lost to them (sent an assassin even), and it seems like things would be set up so that the King escapes with some traitorous loyalists who’d love to try and drag the two Dukedoms down a peg.
F for the king.
He just wanted his blood related son to succeed the throne yet, it all fell apart since his son inherited his incompetence. To the fake prince we go~
tbh, he doesnt inherinted his incompetence because, the king way be a weak puppet, at least he was competent enough to maitain his position. Sullivan was worst than him by a lot
What an epic prologue this has been..now it’s the start huh
“Sullivan’s guilt was so incontrovertibly clear that anyone would suspect it was really a setup.”
Did you mean noone instead of anyone?
This is the problem with monarchies. It is when incompetent rulers are placed on the throne that decides the fate of the whole country. My guy almost started a civil war without even thinking.
Are you sure if you look at history there are alot of retard monarchs.
sigh and it started with a break up
wonder how things will pan out, can’t wait
Wow. I at first thought that the king was just meek and weak, and a little stupid at some times. But it seems the king is actually no better than his son after all. I kinda pity the second prince for now.
The king is a useless piece of sh1t.
Like father like son
Both of them is already can’t be save anymore
Even death can’t fix their head for their stupidity
Unbelievable! Such a fitting end, both as a king and as a father. She shamed himself no less than his stupid son.
Time for mc to raise the sword of the rebillion
Duke really making the Royal family catch those hands dayum
Stupidity runs in the blood it seems. The duke is the king behind the scenes and with a non recognized kid prince in the throne no less! Of course the kingdom will break apart! That’s madness!
We can all see why the son become like who he is, with a father like this.