The next day, Wilhelm expressed his intention at a political meeting.
“The adoption of Prince Louis shall be delayed until the prince’s consent is fully obtained, and the proposal to make Lady Fontaine as a concubine shall be dismissed.”
“Your Majesty, it’s only been a day since the story came out.”
Marquis Fontaine dissuaded Wilhelm with a look of great embarrassment.
“Think more…”
“My will is already clear.”
“Is it the will of Her Majesty?”
“She agreed with me.”
“If you don’t, how will you calm down the story that disturbs the empire now…”
“Didn’t the Marquis say it was just a rumor?”
Wilhelm replied with a cold look.
“It’s a false rumor. I’m innocent.”
“Of course, but rumors…”
“There was a similar situation at the beginning of the enthronement, but it was eventually settled.”
Wilhelm continued without giving Marquis Fontaine a chance to refute.
“Being conscious of the crowd trying to undermine me can lead to unnecessary misunderstandings.”
“It is not being conscious. It’s just trying to cut off the seeds of any misunderstanding.”
“It doesn’t seem like a good way to respond to rumors one by one. Or does the Marquis want me to be a weak monarch who is swayed to and fro by unfounded rumors?”
“Your Majesty, what…! No. How can I be so rude…”
“Then don’t bring this up again.”
Wilhelm spoke in a cold voice.
“Also, as soon as the person behind the poster incident is revealed, the person will be severely punished.”
The last words seemed to imply that the person was in the conference hall.
Marquis Fontaine clenched the fist hidden inside his cuff, but he couldn’t avoid Wilhelm’s eyes.
He stared at Marquis Fontaine with cold eyes, then turned to Duke Barantes.
He looked somewhat perplexed.
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A few days later, the culprit of the poster incident was caught.
They were found based on the testimony of someone who had seen a man putting up a poster on the outskirts of the capital.
“… But it is said that he bit his tongue and died on the spot.”
Colton reported to Wilhelm with a look of disappointment.
“I am sorry, Your Majesty. more investigation…”
“Enough. It’s not going to do us any favors if we talk more about this.”
Wilhelm said in a voice like he had already expected it.
“Just sort this out. I have a hunch… … I don’t think Marquis Fontaine would have handled it so poorly.”
“It’s just that, there’s no result.”
“Well. I didn’t necessarily think so.”
At that, Colton’s eyes widened and he looked at Wilhelm.
Wilhelm laughed and explained why.
“I’m sure the Marquis of Fontaine won’t talk about it again, rather than having a concubine.”
“Ah, you didn’t reject the Marquis of Fontaine’s offer from the beginning…?”
“Right. Because I thought we’d talk about it at least once.”
Wilhelm nodded his head.
“I refused, and threatened them not to bring it up again, so no one would ever bring it up. Unless they have two lives.”
“But I don’t understand.”
Colton tilted his head and raised his objection.
“On the contrary, his proposal would have been beneficial to Your Majesty. It was an opportunity to fully control Fontaine.”
“…”
“Honestly, you don’t sound like yourself.”
More frankly, it wasn’t the first time it wasn’t like him.
‘The last paramour case, it wouldn’t have been bad because a few people came in.’
Regardless of his female preferences, there have been many instances of using their mistresses to tame their Empresses.
No matter how much Anastasia wasn’t interested in Wilhelm, she would certainly be nervous if he ever hired a mistress and showed any signs of having children with them.
She may have come across some of the fathers of the paramours who were competitively committed to winning Wilhelm’s eye, and he might have reaped unexpected benefits from it.
She said, ‘Even the goddess Rosenia never told Your Majesty not to have a paramour.’
When he looked at it, there was nothing bad about her spending.
So if he was the usual guy, he would have taken them in. But he didn’t.
At that time, it was an issue that he had just overlooked, but when a similar situation was repeated, a question could not but arise.
‘No way…?’
But for now, the hypothesis was the most plausible.
Otherwise, there was nothing that could explain this situation.
Colton cautiously called Wilhelm.
“Your majesty.”
“What?”
“Are you in love with Her Majesty…”
“What are you talking about, Lord Colton?”
Before the question was over, Wilhelm had shown signs of displeasure. Colton slipped his open mouth shut.
“I haven’t studied it well yet. Do you really think this will benefit me?”