Chapter 243: |
Chapter 243
“Yes!”
Raymond felt a little nervous.
As for the followers of Kairn, the five nobles had already been taken away and disappeared.
So more than half of the votes have been counted, and there are no dissenting votes.
‘…… What the heck? It’s not out yet, is it?’
Raymond broke out in a cold sweat.
Even if it is unanimous, there is a last resort, but the best thing to do is to vote against this resolution.
‘All I need is one vote. Everybody can’t believe me, right?’
“That’s 22 votes in favor.”
“……!”
The hall buzzed.
There was still no vote against him!
Raymond’s supporters widened their eyes in anticipation while Raymond’s heart sank.
‘Well, what is it? Why?’
Raymond looked again at his opponents.
Their expressions are still stiff.
But Raymond noticed one thing.
‘It’s not an antagonistic face for him. That’s it…… Resolve?’
They had an inexplicably determined look on their faces.
‘For real? Oh, isn’t it?’
Raymond’s face turned white.
Presently Galman exclaimed, his voice overwhelmed.
“Again, it’s a yes.”
There was a loud murmur in the hall.
There is only one vote left.
Everyone looked in amazement at the nobles who had been opposing Raymond.
They had a bitter face.
“Of course, we didn’t like the Marquis Penin. But…… Today, when I saw the Marquis Pennin willing to lay down his life for us, who were his enemies, I deeply repented of my mistakes.”
“That’s right. How could I be hostile to him?”
They were deeply moved and became respectful.
They spoke in trembling voices.
“He’s…… He is truly a great light.”
They all had sullen faces.
Apart from that, im fact, whether it’s Sophia, Duke Raif, or whoever. Everyone here is once an antagonist to Raymond.
But Raymond had inspired them all over the years.
To live only with love and devotion.
He is the light.
No one had ever been so brilliant in the history of the Kingdom of Houston.
‘Who else would be worthy of becoming a crown prince?’
‘He’s the light of Houston! He will lead Houston to a great light!’
In the midst of such emotion, Chancellor Galman, who had counted the last votes, exclaimed in an overwhelming voice.
“Yes! I declare that a great resolution has been unanimously made!”
With the proclamation, all the nobles rose from their seats.
They knelt down at the pale-complexed Raymond.
“I pledge my allegiance to His Highness, the new Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Houston!”
What a great work ……!
…… He was about to lose.
“I can’t admit to this!”
The party overturned the tables.
* * *
“What do you mean, Marquis? No, it’s Your Highness now.”
Everyone looked puzzled, and Raymond’s mouth went dry.
‘Damn, this result. They’re all out of their minds.’
The problem was that he had proposed a great resolution.
A matter decided by a great resolution cannot be overturned even by the king.
‘I can’t help it anymore. I have to resort to a last resort.’
Raymond squeezed his eyes shut.
Last resort.
It’s a method he didn’t want to use as much as possible. But it couldn’t be helped.
Raymond looked away.
Sophia’s face was dignified and intelligent.
‘Sophia, you’re the only one who can save me.’
Once the groundbait was laid.
“It’s not enough for me to be entrusted as the crown prince with the reins of duty.”
“You don’t have to be humble.”
“No, I mean it. I wonder if I’m fit to becoming a prince.”
For a moment, the nobles fell silent.
They had a vague idea of what Raymond meant.
“I’m just a healer. But being a prince is not just a place for people of good will. Sometimes it also requires relentless self-devotion.”
Doxing.
And rightly so.
It was a virtue that was hard to expect from Raymond.
But the nobles soon shook their heads.
“Your Highness is not right. There are many monarchs who have ruled well in good faith. I understand your concerns, but Your Highness will do a great job.”
Raymond shook his head desperately. “Not really. Could it be that with vulgar words I can ruin the finances of the royal family out of a heart for the people?”
“…….”
It was a possibility, and the nobles had no answer.
Raymond got down to business.
‘In the current situation, it would work to ask Sophia to be the crown princess instead.’
Therefore, an unconventional method was needed.
Raymond pulled out the secret plan he had been putting off until the last minute.
“That’s why I’m asking. Please make Princess Sofia the second crown princess so that she can join me on the throne in the future.”
“……!”
“Princess Sofia will be able to make up for my shortcomings.”
Everyone looked surprised.
It was an unexpected suggestion.
Joint throne!
The siblings shall ascend to the throne together.
It was a rare occurrence in the history of the Cross League Empire, and if there were some circumstances, a joint succession to the throne was possible.
Of course, the two kings were divided in rank, and the second king was called the vice king and served as an assistant to the existing king.
‘This will allow me to achieve what I have hoped for.’
Raymond thought to himself.
‘I’ll just suck the honey from the back and let Sophia do all the work.’
In fact, there was nothing wrong with being crown prince.
He will enjoy the kingdom’s greatest wealth and power.
But he was about to turn down the crown prince because he had a lot of work to do.
‘I was going to have to give up the life of a healer.’
But with Sophia acting as another king, all these problems were solved!
‘If Sophia becomes the vice king and works for me, I can only suck honey! I’m sure I’ll be able to do the healer’s job as well.’
In addition, there were other advantages.
‘Healer Lord, the Path of the Great Cause will be easier to follow.’
When he gave up his desire for the throne, he was left with one regret: the Healer Lord for the Sick, the Path of the Great Cause.
Policies for patients could only be made by rising to the top.
But this will allow him to suck honey and implement policies for his patients!
‘When I’m done with the patient policies, I’ll be able to hand over the throne to Sophia later.’
Yes, this way it was possible to hand over the throne after a while. Before that, he would only enjoy privileges and suck honey like from the situation.
Come to think of it, it was the best thing to do!
Raymond’s head spun around.
‘His Majesty the King is still alive and well, so we won’t have to inherit the throne right away. In the meantime, I’m working hard to raise Sophia. I’m going to get some honeydew from the back.’
As you know, when the king is still alive, the crown prince doesn’t really do anything.
So, before ascending to the throne, he was treated as the crown prince and lived as a healer with all kinds of privileges.
When it’s time to ascend to the throne, he pampers Sophia, whom he has worked so hard to raise.
And if you completely hand over the throne to Sophia, it’s a perfect happy ending!
“…….”
The aristocracy, on the other hand, did not have an easy answer.
Joint throne.
It wasn’t normal, but it was an ideal combination.
‘A level-headed Princess Sophia would be the perfect assistant to His Highness Penin.’
Like light and shadow.
With the well-intentioned Raymond doing great things and the domineering Sophia supporting him behind the scenes, it will be a perfect reign.
But it wasn’t normal, so when everyone was hesitant, Raymond spoke up.
“If you don’t recognize Sophia as co-crown princess, there won’t be any crowning throne for me.”
Then, King Oden spoke.
“Did you make that choice because you couldn’t give up on being a healer?”
Raymond nodded.
“Yes.”
When you become king, you practically have to give up the work of a healer.
On the other hand, with the methods he had presented, he could still do the work of a healer.
‘I don’t want to be a king, I want to be the best healer on the continent and enjoy the riches that would end.’
Raymond thought.
His greed was like an anglerfish, and he could not be satisfied with being merely a king.
‘I want more wealth than the Emperor.’
Regrettably, if you compare the wealth of the best healer on the continent to the king of Houston, it was a landslide victory for the former.
‘Honestly, our country is poor and small. You can’t even compare to the best healer on the continent.’
The same is true in terms of honor.
A little further away, there were many people who didn’t know what kind of country the Kingdom of Houston was.
Raymond wanted to make a name for himself not just in one country, but on the continent.
King Oden thought about it and nodded.
“I see. If that’s what you want, I’ll proceed. The appointment of a vice-king requires the approval of His Majesty the Emperor. I will obtain the approval of His Majesty the Emperor.”
‘Good!’
Raymond let out a cheer inwardly.
‘I’ve earned obligatory honey!’
‘As the nominal crown prince, let’s get all kinds of privileges and make money, and then pass on the throne to Sophia. I’m going to be the best healer on the continent!’
Just as he was in a state of euphoria, he heard something unexpected.
“That’s impossible.”
“Huh?”
It was Sophia.
She said something he hadn’t thought of.
“I’m on a deadline. I don’t know when I am going to die, so I can’t support my brother, can I?”
* * *
Raymond’s face hardened.
What does this mean?
He moved by the sudden story.
“Do you want to tell me more?”
“Don’t you remember that time? When I fell, my brother saved me.”
Raymond remembered.
Shortly after awakening as a player, Sophia collapsed from a heart attack at a banquet and was saved by CPR.
‘Really?’
Sophia said calmly. “I’ve been there many times. Every time I fell, I happened to have Count Helien or some other top-tier healer nearby, so I could live, but I never know when I’ll fall down and die like that again.”
Raymond felt pain and fear deep in her voice.
His sister, who was always determined, was secretly battling the fear of death.
‘Repeated falls. What are the types of arrhythmias? If you look at the cardiac arrest that happened, it must be a recurring ventricular fibrillation. Like Brugada syndrome.’
Raymond swallowed.
If Sophia’s illness is of the same type as Brugada syndrome, her life will be short-lived.
But it wasn’t without its challenges.
“What if…… Sophia, if you can be cured, what would you do then?”
“That’s it, of course…….”
Perhaps she thought it was just a casual question, Sophia playfully tapped on the table.
“I’d like to be greedy then.”
“Greedy?”
“Yes, I want to be someone who can keep up with my little brother. Of course, it’s a meaningless thought…….”
Sophia’s eyes widened after saying that.
She looked into Raymond’s eyes full of determination.
“…But you’re my brother now”
“That’s right.”
Raymond nodded heavily. “I’ll cure your sickness.”
“……!”
Sophia’s eyes fluttered.
“It’s impossible. Since the establishment of the Tower of Healing, there has been no history of curing patients with repeated “acute falls.” It will be difficult even with my brother’s ‘medicine.'”
“Of course, it won’t be easy. But it’s possible.”
Raymond thought to himself of a specific way.
‘We’re implanting an implantable cardioverter defibrillator.’
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)!
A defibrillator is inserted into the heart of a patient who, like Sophia, has repeated heart attacks due to arrhythmias.
Then, whenever a heart attack came, they would automatically receive an electric shock to keep them alive.
‘The problem is that defibrillators aren’t easy to implement. It’s not possible in the Kingdom of Houston.’
To be honest, he didn’t even know how to implement it.
First of all, there was a lack of understanding of the principle of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs).
‘This is a difficult field for doctors on the modern planet. You have to be an internist, especially a cardiologist, to know exactly what you’re talking about.’
It was inserted directly into the heart, so it was different from a defibrillator that shocked from the outside.
What if it malfunctions? It was over.
In addition, there were numerous difficulties such as securing suitable materials and implementing magical methods.
‘But I had to do it.’
‘But you’re my brother now.’
Raymond looked at Sophia, her eyes red with turbulence.
‘To be honest, I’m a younger brother who doesn’t have a cute side.’
Still, Sophia was his sister now.
She had to be saved.
‘I won’t let you die. I’m going to save you and make you a good sister who works for me!’
* * *
Raymond immediately contacted the Wizard Tower.
Laina appeared beyond the crystal ball.
She had gone to a banquet, and her face was red from alcohol.
– Alas, I wanted to meet you, sir. Now it’s Your Highness. Your Highness is so radiant. Is it because he is handsome?
“…… I have a question for you.”
Raymond explained the situation.
Laina’s face became serious.
– Hmm, it won’t be easy. There are a lot of challenges.
“Is it impossible?”
– It’s not. It seems possible for it to react to abnormal currents in the heart and create lightning magic. However, the material of the magic tool is a problem.
Laina continued, her tone troubled.
-Since you have to engrave complex techniques, the capacity of the material must be large, and at the same time, it must not malfunction in the heart, so it must have tremendous stability. It also has to have semi-permanent mana power and not cause rejection in the body.
Raymond was silent.
It wasn’t an easy situation.
In particular, semi-permanent mana power and the absence of rejection were incompatible.
In the first place, the amount of mana and stimulation of magic stones are proportional.
“There are magic gems that have semi-permanent mana power by drawing mana from the surrounding area. But they’re all very irritating.’
“Is it impossible?”
Laina tapped her hands with a fan.
She thought about it for a long time and then said,
– I know one. Use the shards of the Dragon Heart.
“……!”
-If you mix a part of the Dragon Heart with the Magic Stone, the efficiency of the Magic Stone will be extremely high, and you will be able to meet all the conditions mentioned earlier.
Raymond’s eyes widened.
‘What do you mean by this? Dragons?’
“Aren’t dragons legend?”
– No, the dragon is real. Although they have disappeared from the continent, there are still a significant number of them roaming the outer continent of Jormund. This is a secret hidden by the Iron Empire, but not long ago, a bird flew into the Iron Empire’s Pupil region and left with a great disturbance.
Raymond broke out in a cold sweat.
“I have to go to the outer continent and catch a dragon.”
This is even more impossible.
Then Laina said something unexpected.
“Of course, you don’t have to go all the way to the outer continent. You only need to get a portion of the Dragon Heart.”
“So, how would I do …… that?” That’s what he muttered.
A fact flashed through Raymond’s mind.
“Come to think of it… I know a country that has a dragon heart.”
– Bingo, that’s right.
Laina chuckled.