Infinite Reincarnation – Arthur Hurt - Chapter 154



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Infinite Reincarnation – Arthur Hurt Chapter 154

27-War Maniac

“You did something fun.”

What a funny thing to do. Maybe it was because I was feeling a little guilty, but it was hard for me to answer vague questions without thinking.

“I’m sorry.”

“Do you know what I’m talking about and are you answering?”

“… … I’m sorry.”

When Arthur paused, indicating that he did not know, the king said:

“Raise your head.”

Arthur looked up and saw the King wiggling his fingers on the armrest. What is it?

“Come closer.”

Arthur approached the king cautiously.

“Closer.”

At those words, Arthur bowed even lower and came closer to the king. But then, didn’t the king’s arm move quickly?

Arthur’s body moved reflexively. He twisted his waist and knelt on one knee, and the king’s palm cut through the air above his head.

Then King Rai Ponidaa Pablek was dumbfounded.

“damage?”

Arthur was at a loss as to who should be feeling so bewildered now, but he was quick to grasp the situation. He quickly positioned his head so that the king could hit him and prepared to take the blow.

match!

Boom!

“Aiko!”

Arthur rolled around and screamed after being hit by the swinging palm once again, but the king looked at his own palm as if something was wrong. It was because the taste of the palm did not match his expectations.

Arthur’s Hollywood action was too realistic for him to realize that the moment the palm touched his cheek, Arthur turned his head to reduce the shock, and his acting skills of holding his cheek and showing pain were enough to make the king think that this would be enough.

“Please save me, Your Majesty!”

“Who said I would kill you? You must not interfere with Jim’s work in the future.”

“I understand, Your Majesty.”

When Ly Ponidia Pableck waved his hand as if he didn’t want to see her, Arthur greeted her with his hand on her cheek and quickly left the audience room. When he lowered his hand, his healthy cheek was revealed.

Arthur was not particularly offended or angry when he received the King’s hand. This was because the fact that the King had insisted on giving him a hand meant that he had no other way to vent his anger.

If he was truly angry, he would not have slapped her directly like this, intending to ruin the family and also using the king’s power to set an example.

Rather, we should be thankful that the anger of the powerful man called the king has stopped here. Arthur’s training was not shallow enough to make him want to revolutionize after being hit.

Considering the countless shitty kings he’s been through, is Lyponidiah Pableck kind of cute? After rolling around for a while under a psychotic king with multiple personalities who’d ruin the country if he killed him, you’d only get a slap or something…

As he expected, the king’s punishment ended there.

Jarando also gave up his position and stepped down, but thanks to recommending one of the royalist factions, there was no significant contact. If not, did he consider that the nobles might cause the king a headache by trying to install one of their own people in the position of central bank governor?

Anyway, thanks to that, I was able to save the card called the currency issuance rights share, but I couldn’t hold it for long anyway.

It was obvious that the central bank needed the right to issue currency in order to fulfill its role, and since the position of central bank governor had gone to a loyalist faction, if things continued as they were, the right to issue currency could end up being taken back in a vague and ambiguous manner.

For example, he said, “Huh? When you gave up your position as the central bank governor, didn’t you also give up the right to issue currency?” It was quite possible that there would be a response like that. Moreover, the person who would respond in that way was the king, so he could have stamped his seal and made an irreversible decision.

So Arthur got busy. He launched the so-called Scalon Issuance Committee.

The Scalon Issuance Committee was a consultative body that divided the Scalon currency issuance rights into shares and exercised that authority.

The gist of the plan was to divide the shares into 39% for the royal family, 10% for Arthur himself, 10% for Jaran, 10% for the Matou Company, 1% for the Tsuuraz Crafts Guild, and 30% for the nobles.

Although it may seem like a de facto central bank, the Scala Central Bank still had the authority to lend Scala loans to private banks and set interest rates, so its character was a bit different.

But there was one major problem with the idea of ​​a Scalon Issuance Committee: the 30% stake that would have to be given to the nobles. Who exactly would have to give that stake to?

Arthur introduced a subcommittee to solve, or rather, to pass on, this thorny problem.

The so-called Scalon Noble Council. It was a council that had the right to exercise 30% of the Scalon issuance authority, and the idea was to have the nobles coordinate and elect members.

“Isn’t it too complicated?”

Samuel frowned at Arthur’s idea. Another council within a council? Wouldn’t the decision-making process become too messy?

Arthur said.

“It’s complicated, but this is the best we can do for now.”

From the king’s perspective, increasing the issuance of Scalons could weaken the power of the wealthy who had a lot of Scalons, namely the nobles. The nobles would try to reduce the issuance of Scalons.

But even those two would agree that if more Scalons are needed to stimulate the national economy, they should be issued.

Of course, if political interests are entangled, there is a risk of sharp conflict and the golden time could be missed, but that is why about 30% of the shares were transferred to the private sector (Arthur, Jaran, Mato Trading Company). It is to act as a weight that appropriately balances the balance.

“But I don’t think His Majesty the King would like that very much?”

Samuel asked, “Will the king welcome such a plan that is detrimental to him?”

Arthur said.

“Of course, there are other superficial excuses for persuasion.”

The rationale behind the idea of ​​a consultative body to wisely exercise the right to issue currency was to prevent the failure of past monarchs if the right to issue currency were simply returned to the king.

Of course, the King would have had a reason to scoff or find it insolent, but this is where the Scalon Noble Council comes into play.

If you throw 30% of the Scalon issuance rights among the nobles and suggest a divisive plan to them, they will fight and check each other in order to greedily devour the tasty meal, then you would think about it at least once.

Arthur’s goal at that time was to create an irreversible situation that even the king could not reverse, like baking dough into bread.

“Wow! Did you anticipate that and come up with the idea of ​​the Scalon Noble Council?”

“No. We just threw it out there because it was too much of a headache to decide.”

The essence of the Scalon Noble Committee was that if someone were designated to distribute it, the person who did not receive it would inevitably be dissatisfied, so they created a means of evading responsibility.

The pretext of a division policy is just a ploy to persuade the king.

“The interpretation of a dream is better than the dream itself, right? A good dream is a good dream.”

When Samuel shook his head with a look of disgust on his face, Arthur changed the subject and mentioned Zarran.

“You didn’t come out today, Jaran.”

“It’s all your fault.”

“why?”

“It looks like we’re going to get a breakup.”

It seems that the person who stepped down from the position of central bank governor was not a suitable son-in-law for the family of the deceased. His status at Mato Trading Company would also be shaken.

It didn’t mean that he was actually shaken. The foundation he had built up over time was not so solid that his status within the Mato Company was shaken.

Even after stepping down from his position as the central bank governor, Jaran had success and stakes in various businesses, including total care services, music boxes, music copyrights, Ridis Club, and department stores.

However, since the shock of falling from a high position would be great, there could be challengers who take advantage of this opportunity, or idiots who don’t understand the topic.

So, are you trying to draw a line with the new central bank governor?

“Tsk tsk tsk.”

Arthur clicked his tongue. If Chorang had been here, wouldn’t he have said the same thing to the commoners?

Anyway, if Jaran is busy with personal reasons such as the risk of a broken engagement, Arthur has no choice but to take action.

In order to form the Scalon Noble Committee, it was necessary to consult with the nobles in advance.

First of all, the neutral faction had a connection called Count Stan, but the noble faction had someone they knew… one person.

But it didn’t feel right. Isn’t that natural, since the face that came to mind was Count Hanba?

Bringing up the Scalon Noble Council with humans who had difficulty trusting each other did more harm than good.

Arthur, who was thinking about it some more, requested a visit as a face came to mind.

“Long time no see. How have you been?”

“yes.”

It was none other than Count Karl Franz.

“How have you been, Your Majesty?”

“Would you be the only one who got slapped by His Majesty the King?”

“How did you know?”

Arthur blinked and Count Karl Frant chuckled.

“Those who are watching the palace will probably know that Arthur Hurt, the Earl of Hurt, has been slapped in the face by the King’s wrath.”

“It’s embarrassing.”

“It’s embarrassing, but you should be proud.”

“why?”

“Doesn’t that mean His Majesty the King has tolerated it to that extent? Without even kicking me out.”

“aha.”

Arthur nodded. He had guessed it, but it seemed he was still classified as a royalist.

“So what’s our business today?”

“Is there anyone among the nobles whom I can talk to?”

“Aristocrat? Why? Are you trying to convert?”

Arthur explained the situation to Count Karl Frant, who opened his eyes wide and asked. He said that they needed to form something called the Scalon Noble Council, and that prior arrangements were needed to select the initial noble council members.

“aha!”

Count Karl Franz nodded, then smacked his lips in confusion.

“Why are you doing that?”

“I think it’s time to start deciding on factions.”

“… … By any chance, are you on the Scalon Noble Committee?”

“Isn’t that obvious? If we go forward with this level of agenda, we probably won’t have to do anything like an initiation ceremony.”

“It’s a report ceremony… … . It seems like it’s the same wherever people live.”

Reporting ceremony. It was a custom that made people wonder why it was like this, and at the same time, it could easily turn into a bad habit.

However, the reason why they keep appearing is because of the instinct of humans as social animals. In order to bring in new recruits to the group, we need a kind of ritual like an initiation ceremony to form the spirit of others.

The more rigid, closed, and lacking in positions an organization is, the more brutal these initiation ceremonies tend to be, but not so much in the aristocratic faction.

Are you just making a declaration by bringing in results that can be said to belong to the aristocratic faction?

It was common for most people to give gifts or hold banquets, but it was true that doing so did not attract much attention and had no say.

However, Count Karl Franz calculated that if he entered the noble faction as a ceremonial event, he would gain a certain degree of recognition.

But Arthur was worried.

“Is that okay?”

“What do you mean?”

“In these times, what do you mean by aristocrats… … .”

The current situation was that the nobles were being wronged by the royal authority. Therefore, joining the nobles was bound to be risky. Wouldn’t it be unpleasant for the king who was exercising strong royal authority?

But Count Karl Franz responded with a hearty laugh.

“Then there won’t be much to eat? The royalists have too many mouths to share.”

“Isn’t it better to eat a little bit to be safe?”

“This is also safe in its own way. There’s no way the noble faction will disappear anyway.”

“Why?”

“Even the loyalist nobles will change their minds once they have more in their hands.”