His Majesty’s Thoughts (1)
My name is Arios Sheriran.
I am the king of the Sheriran Kingdom, but I am going through a melancholic time.
The reason for that is the man in front of me!
“You truly were truly magnificent, Your Majesty.”
“Oh~ is that so?”
Ignoring his words, I let the Prime Minister’s flattery flow past me.
He’s such a sarcastic man.
“Please listen to what others are saying.”
“Then don’t say it with a smirk!”
The other day at the ball, I made a blunder.
Little did I know it was the social debut of my close friend’s daughter.
“I never expected Dee to attend on that day.”
“I knew about it, though.”
“Was it all just to torment me?”
He must have chosen that day on purpose knowing that I would be there to inspect the event.
“In case Your Majesty attended, Dee would be bothered.”
“Gngh…”
It was because of my inability to maintain a proper distance that Dee had to endure hardships for a while.
Back when we were in school, we had a fateful encounter and became close friends, planning to work together after graduation.
However, fate was cruel.
The Crown Prince died of an illness, and the foolish rival relatives vying for the throne ended up destroying each other, leaving me as the last candidate to become king.
I never wanted the throne.
I didn’t desire it at all; in fact, I thought of becoming king as if I were thrown into a prison.
On the other hand, Dee was so capable that he was sought after to be adopted as the son-in-law of a Viscount family.
But that path became the divergence between us.
“I didn’t become a king willingly.”
“However, to save our debt-ridden homeland from this corrupt noble society, it was necessary.”
“You also didn’t want to become the Prime Minister, right?”
“Yeah.”
Though we cared about the country, we despised the aristocratic society more than anyone else, even distrusting our own families.
In fact, our families were our enemies, leaving us feeling isolated.
Dee was the one who rescued us from that loneliness.
“Dee said he wants to protect this country and the future of our children.”
“To prevent people like us from increasing… and it’s also a promise to our benefactor and friend.”
We were once treated as trash.
Considered unnecessary beings in this world, we were ridiculed, insulted, and oppressed.
But we never reached the point of death.
Though people around us treated us as unwanted, we were foolish to believe them back then.
We didn’t try to change our situation or make an effort.
We convinced ourselves that everything we did was futile.
Dee was the one who shattered those days of self-doubt and hopelessness.
“When I was alone in the classroom with no hope, Dee was the one who taught me.”
“I felt the same way too.”
So, I decided to break free from my unfortunate circumstances.
We used to talk about changing this country someday.
But life wasn’t so kind.
A year before I graduated from school, an incident occurred.
As a result, the fate of many people changed.