Finally, I have reached half of the story. Double chapters for the weekend. Enjoy~
"Luke is managing the company Yuk Lu that is supporting the economy of this country. Because his age is close to my children, he didn't want it to become a source of succession struggle, so he left the castle.
Unnoticed, his company became the best in the country and he was excellent for providing every kind of information.
If I were imprudent, I might be deprived of the throne by Luke"
"Older Brother. May I say something"
"Yes"
"I received affection from older brother like a father. Of course, from the Queen and your concubine as well. I saw with my own eyes how older brother governed after the previous King passed away.
You were certainly a busy body, failed your successor education, but other than that, you are an excellent King"
"To say a failure as a successor is rude!"
Gilbert shouted without receiving the permission to speak.
"I just told the truth. You looked down on Ile port being «such a small port».
The port of Ile is a part of the former Lediz Duchess' s dowry. However, the port of Ile was inherited until the third generation to a blood relative of the Sith royalty, that is until the child of Princess Julia, and she is expected to choose if this territory would be possessed by either Yuk or Sith country.
Therefore, Ile Port is now managed by Duke Lediz as Yuk's territory, but it belongs to Princess Julia"
"Therefore, that is why I said Yuk country has no need for such a small port district! Uncle-ue, how about looking at the reality?"
I too, didn't know about the story behind Ile Port. If I were to marry to the royal family in the future, I don't think Chris would be able to manage the Duke's territory.
Gilbert had a triumphant look. More importantly, since Gilbert is not a royalty anymore, does he not comprehend that Luke has a higher social status…
Thinking about his silly talk, it was better to ignore it. Since I was a child, Gilbert had always been an egoistic Prince, so he had never listened to my words when he didn't like them. My opinion as a woman was not particularly good to hear. Since Meg was saying the sweet words he wanted to hear, she was undoubtedly loved by him.
"Yuk country doesn't have a single port district. Don't you understand what that means?"
The King cut down Gilbert. It seems to be troublesome to explain to him.
The young people in the assembly hall too, who just became adults, knew little about this country's geographic or economics.
Girls only studied about manners, history and magic. Young men only knew about swordsmanship, arithmetic, history and magic.
Luke explained.
"By opening the Ile Port, Yuk country began to trade food or technology with foreign countries outside the continent that it couldn't interact with before.
Moreover, by obtaining a sea route, it became unnecessary to pay a transport fee to the foreign countries of the continent, so the costs were reduced.
After the Duke Lediz opened the port to the citizen, I immediately acquire a ship and started to trade. I was only 10 years old, but I was longing for adventure. I chose to trade as a motive to go abroad.
Duke Lediz too was doing business as well as foreign diplomacy.
Losing the Ile port now would cause disorder in the country and highly decrease our national power"
"I see. I see. Luke is protecting our country by trading. It is certain that thanks to Lediz's position with the Sith King's family, the other countries don't dare to even think about attacking our country.
Sith national power is much higher than our country"
The King confessed while looking at Hil.
"Wh, what does it mean?"
Andresama asked.
"After talking about the barrier, I was about to tell you all about that reason here.
Everyone, the major nations of this continent are observing our country and Sith country"
Some people nodded. Of course, Meg and her joyful entourage were paying attention.
"Except from Sith and our country, the small countries cannot withstand a war.
Our Yuk kingdom and the neighboring country Sith are putting pressure on the surrounding nations, so peace has been maintained during those 20 years.
Of course, due to the marriage of Lediz, those days were at peace because we could constraint the other countries. I don't know if the other countries knew about Lediz's marriage or my son being the fiancé of Princess Julia, but it is shameful…"
I didn't know how many times the King had sighed today.
"The barrier of Sith is all over their country. Of course, in each of their islands too. However, our Yuk country barrier is only in the royal capital"
"Sith King, is it fine to say this in front of me?"
Hil said while smirking. Even though you are a good looking and well-bred aristocrat, this smirking face doesn't suit you!
"Hild-sama already knows about it after all.
The Sith King and his royal family are holders of holy magic. They pour in the barrier a power of 100 times of normal holy magic. Julisama is a holder of pure holy magic"
"Your Majesty. Why are you revealing here Julia's secret? Don't even think about relying on the power of Julia for this country which looked down on her until now"
Father glared at the King. I myself didn't know I had such a power.
Hil too had the same opinion as father.