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"Your Highness Leon."
Hawkeye, standing behind Leon, saw that Leon was holding a glass of milk and hesitated to speak.
"Let's talk about it after I finish my milk."
Sure enough, Leon stopped him from continuing.
Leon takes drinking milk every day very seriously.
He's not very tall, barely 1.7 meters, but with shoes he'd be over 1.7 meters, definitely the cute puppy type.
On the other hand, Leon, with his height of over 1.8 meters and his chiseled, handsome face, completely outshines him in terms of looks.
Therefore, this has always been Leon's Achilles' heel. Every time he stands with Leon, he can only see the back of Leon's head and always feels like he is being looked down upon, which is really annoying.
So he insisted on drinking high-calcium milk because he wanted to be taller than Leon.
Leon has always had a strong competitive spirit towards Leon, and he wants to surpass Leon in everything.
Hawkeye knew this too.
However, Hawkeye wants to say that growing taller seems to happen while you're sleeping, right? You stay up all night every day, do you really think you can grow taller?! You're just daydreaming!
Of course, Hawkeye could only think this to himself; it wouldn't be realistic to say it directly to Leon's face.
After all, Hawkeye had witnessed Leon's methods firsthand. If Leon wanted to kill him, even if he was a top general in the empire, it wouldn't be that difficult.
Therefore, Hawkeye could only wait.
"What's the matter? Tell me."
It didn't take much time; Leon finished the milk half a minute later.
"Your Highness, the situation may be very unfavorable for you."
After a moment of preparation, Hawkeye spoke.
"how do I say this?"
"His Majesty has appointed Leon as regent and asked me to assist him."
Hawkeye replied.
The Kingdom of Neberg mobilized its entire nation and armed an army of 600,000. Even if Caesar had an army of a million, it would conservatively take at least three or four months to defeat the Kingdom of Neberg and seize control of the Coral Sea.
Regent
It's essentially like getting an "Emperor Experience Card".
Making Leon the "emperor" for four months? That's outrageous!
From Hawkeye's perspective,
emperor,
This is a plan to gradually transfer power to Leon!
Furthermore, if an accident were to occur and the emperor were to die during the war, then Leon, who was serving as regent, could directly ascend the throne, and as the eldest son, he would certainly receive the support of the Church of the God of Justice.
"Hehe, no, it's not as simple as you think."
Leon smiled slightly, appearing very calm.
"what?"
Hawkeye was a bit confused. He had indeed thought a lot, but he hadn't said anything about his own guesses. Leon had directly rejected his thoughts, which was a bit of a blow.
“I know you’re worried that His Majesty is biased towards him, and that if things go wrong in this battle, Leon could simply take the throne. At that point, if he wanted to get rid of me, all he would need to do was issue a decree, and I could stay in the Coral Sea forever.”
Seeing Hawkeye's somewhat unwilling expression, Leon grinned and directly stated what he was worried about.
"This... Your Highness."
Absolutely perfect!
Hawkeye was somewhat surprised. He hadn't said anything, but Leon seemed to have seen right through him.
Sometimes, Hawkeye even suspects that Leon possesses the legendary ability to "read minds".
But in fact, Leon was only a bronze-level scholar, and not even born that way, but an extraordinary one.
Bronze-level spiritual power is not enough to unlock skills.
Those who are born extraordinary usually reach the Golden Realm before they can develop their first skill.
Therefore, it is impossible for Leon to possess the ability to "read minds".
In reality, Leon doesn't actually have mind-reading abilities; he can see things clearly by relying on his own wisdom.
"Have you ever thought about what an emperor absolutely cannot lose?"
Leon smiled and looked at Hawkeye, asking in return.
"Yes--"
After thinking for a moment, Hawkeye ultimately decided not to utter those two words.
It is military power.
Imperial power without a strong armed force to protect it is nothing but garbage that anyone can overthrow.
The emperor was between León and Lyon.
The decision to appoint Leon as regent, while having the unskilled Leon accompany him on campaigns, may indicate an intention to gradually transfer military power to Leon!
If anything were to happen to the emperor, then the control of the million-strong army in the Coral Sea would inevitably fall into the hands of Leon, who was at the front lines.
Furthermore, when the emperor dies, Leon will definitely be among those who were by his side.
There have been instances in history of people forging imperial edicts to seize the throne.
"You should assist my royal brother well. My adopted brother is good at fighting, but he's not very bright. If there's any movement in the capital while I'm away, be sure to inform me immediately."
Leon gave the order in an extremely casual tone.
"My subordinate understands."
Hawkeye, however, had a serious expression on his face.
"Alright, is there anything else? If not, I'm going to sleep."
Leon stretched.
"When I handed over the palace defense map to Leon, Helena was also present."
After thinking for a moment, Hawkeye voiced his grievances about the parts he found extremely annoying.
He gestured for Leon to lend him a phone to talk, but the guy didn't give him any face at all; it was simply infuriating.
"Oh? I almost forgot about her. If used properly, she can be an extremely sharp knife."
Leon seemed to suddenly become interested, and the sleepiness on his face disappeared.
"An extremely sharp knife?"
Hawkeye always felt confused when talking to Leon, because he could never keep up with Leon's thought process.
"If I'm not mistaken, she should have seen the city defense map by now."
Leon muttered to himself.
"Your Highness?"
"Here's what we'll do, Bloomfield. On the night His Majesty and I leave the capital, you'll help me with something."
"matter?"
Hawkeye was completely dumbfounded.
"Come here, I'll explain it to you in detail."
Leon beckoned with his hand, a wicked smile spreading across his face.
Chapter Fourteen, It's Late
hateful?,
alright,
I admit I can't sleep.
I give up.
I tossed and turned in bed for almost half an hour.
The image of Helena's pitiful yet dangerously sickly appearance always comes to mind.
The dream felt so real; he could even feel Helena's deep love.
This kind of love is like a damp quilt in the cold winter; you'll feel cold if you don't cover yourself with it, but it's too heavy if you do.
If you can't imagine it, you can read Du Fu's poem "The village children of the south bully me because I am old and weak" in detail.
die laughing,
My first time experiencing insomnia.
He was transported to another world for the sake of a woman.
But that makes sense.
Things that happened in the past,
Even at its worst, it wasn't life-threatening. But this time, if I'm not careful, I could be dead!
Leon chuckled self-deprecatingly, then sat up.
No!
We must find a legal way to prevent this kind of death!
The main change I've made to the plot so far is that I've written an extra diary to clear my name.
Could it be that this diary entry will lead Helena to fall in love with him?
That's probably impossible.
Can you fall in love with someone just by reading their diary?
Does the stuff I wrote really have that kind of appeal?
Surely no one actually likes what they write?
Leon had a pretty good idea of his own writing ability.
Homer, Dante, Goethe, Byron, Shakespeare, Hugo, Tagore, Leo Tolstoy, Gorky, and Lu Xun—these ten world-renowned literary giants, plus himself, are enough to shake the entire world literary scene.
There's really nothing to be proud of.
I wonder if Helena has read her diary yet.
If I change my mind now, I should hurry up and get the diary back.
Then the world line will return to normal.
Helena still hated herself as much as ever.
Then, on the night the emperor left the capital, he sought revenge on himself, taking out a pair of red-hot iron tongs that were sizzling and glowing red in front of the fireplace...
The scene was absolutely horrific!
Of course, the empire still has strong warriors. As long as he doesn't give Helena a chance to pick someone off that night, he won't be in any danger.
And you can still avoid death.
This would also prevent Helena from falling in love with him.
That way, there won't be that scene where Helena is turned into a yandere and wields a hatchet.
However, that would still change the original plot, and the timeline would be revised again. If you were positioned as a villain destined to die, you might die in a new way.
I'll f*** you!
Thinking about it this way,
Leon felt like he was really wearing a leash.