The Crown of Rutile Quartz: Volume 1 [Complete] by Surume Enoki

Author:Surume Enoki
Language: eng
Format: epub

Slaine returned to the palace by carriage. Inside, he ran into Sergey by chance.

“Welcome home, Your Royal Highness,” said the chancellor, a glum expression plain on his face. “Out to mingle with your subjects again?”

Slaine replied with a strained smile. “Yes. I spoke with my subjects about various things today. I received useful feedback, and didn’t encounter any problems of note.”

Naturally, Sergey had balked when Slaine first suggested that he wanted to go out into the capital to converse with the city residents. The chancellor feared that Slaine’s casual contact with ordinary people might destroy his authority as future king—and, of course, he worried that it would be dangerous to emerge from the palace so often.

To allay the chancellor’s concerns, Slaine had proposed that he bring with him an escort of royal guardsmen as a show of force. With rigorous security, he could make direct contact with the city’s denizens without needing to worry for his safety.

For good measure, Slaine had also raised the example of his great-grandfather, Frederick II, who was renowned for his kindness toward the common people—as a former commoner himself, Slaine aspired to become such a king.

After all, even the chancellor could not deny that Slaine was certainly not like to become the sort of king who would awe his people with strength and majesty. Assured that Slaine was not in fact the sort of fool who would denigrate his own position as future king, Sergey had reluctantly given his assent—on one condition.

Sergey had demanded that should Slaine find himself in danger even once, or if Monica or Victor ever reported that Slaine’s activities had begun to erode the proper separation between himself and his subjects, that he would cease such excursions immediately.

“How was it, Lord Behrendorf?” asked the chancellor.

Victor replied promptly, “As His Royal Highness said, there were no problems in terms of security. Nor any issues with the crown prince’s conduct.”

“Very well,” said Sergey. “Take care not to strain yourself, my lord.”

Slaine smiled stiffly at Sergey’s reply—it sounded more like a warning than a comment from any genuine place of worry. The chancellor did not mean it in any sort of malicious sense, but it was his duty to concern himself with such pragmatic considerations.

“I won’t,” said Slaine. “Now that we’re finally starting to see results from our interactions, I won’t need to push it much further.”

There were only about five thousand residents in the royal city of Uzelheim. Slaine had gone out to meet with his subjects just shy of a dozen times, and spoken to about ten people each time, so he figured that meant he’d been able to interact with roughly a hundred citizens thus far.

Rumors of Slaine’s amiable character had already begun to spread throughout the capital city. Surely this reputation would prove a boon when the time came to promote cultivation of the potato, as well as any other projects the royal family might undertake in the future.

And it had already had positive effects on Slaine himself.

Slaine thought all the subjects he met on his excursions were lovely.

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