This Universe Needs Old People - Chapter 76



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Apocalypse Needs Old People Episode 076

61. Divorce (2)

“Do you know what I should do first to help Meursault and Daphne start a relationship?”

“… Haydam.”

The commander put down the documents he was looking at with a sigh and said.

“You haven’t forgotten that I’m still Daphne’s husband, have you?”

I came to you first because I haven’t forgotten.

“Are you still not thinking about getting a divorce?”

“… … .”

Instead of answering me, the commander leaned back and folded his arms.

Then, with my one remaining eye, I stared quietly at the white cat in my arms.

“Is that the cat in your arms that Meursault was talking about?”

After revealing Luna’s existence to Bones and Lucas, I first showed Luna to the people around me, including Meursault.

I thought that if the commander first learned of Luna’s existence through the mouths of those around him, he wouldn’t find it so strange when he met her.

As expected, the commander wasn’t particularly surprised when I held the cat.

Instead, I looked at Luna with curious eyes and whispered softly to her.

“Go to your father.”

Luna flinched and hesitated for a moment, but soon jumped down from my arms onto the commander’s desk.

Luna, who had been looking at the commander for a moment, stretched out her head as if asking to be patted, and the commander snickered.

“You’re fearless.”

“Please think of me as you and take care of me.”

The commander looked at me as if I was saying something unanswered, then absentmindedly stroked Luna’s head.

Luna grumbled and then collapsed on top of the documents the commander was looking at.

“Yeah… I guess there are some similarities between you and me.”

The commander, who had been scratching Luna’s chin for a moment, looked at me with his one remaining eye.

“But you’ve been coming to my office a lot lately. Is it because of the promise you made with Luna Moon?”

hmm.

When I woke up in the hospital room the other day, I said that I had promised Luna Moon that I would continue to protect the Commander with my life.

The commander seems to think that my frequent visits lately are to check on his safety.

‘I can’t say I come often because I think your real son misses you.’

Up until now, it had come with me in the form of a ring, but I didn’t really want to have it just watch over the commander from inside the moonstone forever, so this time I brought it in the form of a cat.

Of course, Luna initially refused to show herself in front of the commander.

– Is there a reason why you should hide your appearance only in front of the Commander? Unless you are the real Haydam… … .

And when the ending of the sentence was slightly ambiguous, Luna immediately said that she was not Haytham and could show herself to the commander whenever she wanted, so she came with him in the form of a cat.

There’s no reason Luna shouldn’t be liked by the Commander just because I’m pretending to be Haytham…

‘By the way.’

“You keep asking questions? But Father, you never answer my questions.”

When I asked that, the hand that was stroking Luna stopped for a moment.

“… Haydam. It’s not like I can answer every question.”

My question was, are you still thinking of getting a divorce?

‘If you don’t know the answer yourself, isn’t that the same as saying you don’t have any intention of getting a divorce?’

Come to think of it, the commander was always lukewarm about divorce.

I wonder if he doesn’t want to divorce Daphne.

Or is there any reason why you can’t get a divorce?

Until now, I thought the divorce was being postponed to avoid friction with the Chindaphne faction.

Currently, the Chindaphne faction is in a state of decline due to Anton’s retirement and the successive incidents involving Lieutenant General Max.

There’s no better time for the Commander and Daphne to get a divorce.

Even the commander wouldn’t know that.

“Is there something wrong? Is there any reason why you can’t get a divorce?”

The commander stared at me and shook his head.

“… Luna Moon never backs down when she’s curious about something. I guess she’s like Luna Moon, but sometimes she’s annoying.”

This man takes after his mother in all his bad deeds.

“Are you preparing well for the entrance exam? There are only a few days left.”

Asking it like that may seem like a normal question directed at a son about to take an entrance exam, but I am not the one ‘taking’ the entrance exam; I am the one ‘administering’ it.

One week until the military academy entrance exam.

My goal is to get the commander to approve the divorce.

“You don’t have to worry about the entrance exam. I’ve finished preparing.”

“Huh. What kind of test are you going to give?”

“Even if he is my father, he cannot leak the test questions.”

“It seems like Meursault knows the problem you prepared.”

… Since a while ago, the commander has been changing the subject instead of answering my questions.

Don’t you want to discuss the divorce issue with your son?

But I also need to know the commander’s exact thoughts to decide on future plans.

The last three rewards left to me.

If I can divorce Daphne without using this all the way through, that’s best.

“Do you happen to hate the idea of ​​Daphne and Meursault getting along?”

“… I guess you came here today to hear the answer.”

The commander remained silent, perhaps realizing that I would not back down even if he tried to talk back.

After a not-so-short silence, the commander spoke.

“I don’t like Meursault… Yeah, maybe that’s right.”

… Are you really lukewarm about the divorce because you don’t like Meursault?

But fortunately, the next words were a story that made it understandable why the commander was hesitant about the divorce.

“Daphne is the woman Luna Moon asked me to take care of. So I have to take responsibility. I can’t hand her over to Meursault just because he wants her. She’s not my property to begin with.”

I realized my mistake.

I already know that Daphne’s favorite(?) lover is Meursault, so I strongly insist on remarrying him, but the commander has no idea about Daphne’s feelings.

The commander unilaterally knows that Meursault wants to marry Daphne… … .

It would be understandable for a commander to hesitate after being asked by Luna Moon to marry Daphne and having been with her for over ten years.

‘It seems she thought that if she divorced Daphne like this, I might force her to remarry Meursault.’

Just as Daphne didn’t know until now that Luna Moon had left a letter for the Commander asking him to marry her and that she was going to marry him.

The commander also didn’t know that Daphne had already asked Lunamoon a long time ago to help her live with Meursault so that she wouldn’t marry the commander.

If Daphne and the commander learned of each other’s circumstances, it seemed that either a divorce or a remarriage would be easy.

‘but…….’

Even if I told you here now that Daphne also had feelings for Meursault, you wouldn’t believe me.

The Commander believes that I can accomplish anything, but at the same time, he knows that I will do whatever it takes to achieve it, so he doesn’t trust me…

Daphne’s heart must be confessed by Daphne.

Then the commander will trust you.

‘Huh? Now that I think about it… … .’

Daphne, didn’t that man say that he would confess when Meursault returned from the expedition?

Surely you didn’t confess while I was lying in the hospital bed?

* * *

“It looks like Lieutenant General Max will be promoted to general.”

As soon as I arrived, Meursault started talking about work.

‘That’s definitely not the face of someone who got confessed to by someone they’ve loved their whole life… … .’

If they had confirmed each other’s feelings, their usual attitude would not have been like this.

By the way… Lieutenant General Max is being promoted to general?

“Is this something Your Majesty has decided?”

“Half of it is.”

“What does half of it mean?”

“Except for Lieutenant General Max, all other officers declined the position of commander.”

“You deliberately turned down the promotion? Why?”

“Why would that be?”

Meursault looked at me intently as he asked that.

“…Why are you looking at me like that? Is it because of me or something?”

“What are you talking about? Of course it’s because of Heydam.”

“Why is that a given?”

“Don’t the other officers know what has become of Anton and Josef, who were the captains? The position of captain is now like a poisoned chalice. No one is willing to come forward and drink.”

“Then Lieutenant General Max… … .”

“I was pushed aside. I was told to take responsibility for what happened last time.”

I never knew things would turn out like this.

If Lieutenant General Max, who is personally flawless, is promoted, I have no objection to it.

If it’s Lieutenant General Max, he’ll probably be friendly to me since he has a connection with Bones.

“Then who will be Joseph’s successor?”

When I asked that, Meursault’s expression became truly sorrowful.

“… I think it will be me.”

“Weren’t you the director?”

“Your Majesty, that is what you wish.”

Is this what a country ruled by a dictator is like?

“Why are you surprised? Wasn’t it because you were trying to keep Joseph alive to avoid this happening?”

“Ah… right.”

I couldn’t say that I had no intention of keeping him alive from the beginning, so I smiled positively and Meursault smiled along with me.

“Still, this incident made me feel relieved that even you, Haydam, are human like me. Even you are helpless in the face of a natural disaster.”

“… … .”

They say it’s reassuring, so let’s just leave it alone for the time being and believe it.

“By the way, have you not seen Daphne lately?”

“Lady Daphne… are you speaking?”

Meursault tilted his head, wondering if my question was somewhat unexpected.

“It’s strange that you ask me that. It’s not like I have any plans to meet Daphne separately.”

“Anyway, you’re saying we’ve never met before?”

“yes.”

Previously, Daphne had planted a death flag… no, a love flag, saying that she would confess her feelings to Meursault when he returned from the expedition.

I thought that since Lieutenant General Max’s work was coming to a close, he would have made contact with Meursault at least once… but Daphne still hasn’t taken action?

‘I don’t know if it’s just a lack of courage or if Daphne has other circumstances as well… … .’

Anyway, I promised Daphne that I would get a divorce, so I guess I have to step forward.

“Meursault.”

“yes.”

“I’m going to see Daphne tomorrow. You should come with me.”

“Huh?! Me, me too?”

Meursault began to grumble.

“Uh… Then that won’t work, right? It won’t work, right?”

No, where on earth did you get the idea to marry Daphne when you don’t even have the courage to meet her?

However, Daphne has an item that is unheard of called the ‘Eye of Charm’.

Even though he was wearing it, the commander seemed to love Luna Moon, so it seemed like it only made him look beautiful and didn’t affect people’s emotions…

One week until the military academy entrance exam.

At least we should bring Daphne and Meursault face to face in it.

Anton is ticking too, but it seems he’s already passed over to me, and Lieutenant General Max, who’s supposed to take over his position, has also developed feelings for me because of Bones, so if the two of them are going to get a divorce, now would be the time.

If Meursault, who will soon be promoted to captain, remarries Daphne, it will be the icing on the cake.

If that happens, factions like the pro-commander and pro-Pune factions will become meaningless, and everyone will become pro-Haydam factions and live in peace.

“Don’t worry, I’ll get permission from Daphne.”

“Heydam… Thank you… …! I will definitely keep my promise!”

…promise?

“What promise all of a sudden?”

“Didn’t I promise that I would do my best to help you build an ideal family, Mr. Haydam?”

“ah…….”

Was that the time you were acting understanding towards this guy?

“You don’t have to do that.”

“I will definitely find you a good spouse.”

“No, I’m only eleven… … .”

“If it’s not within the district, I’ll search all the other districts and come find it, so just trust me, Haydam.”

We’re not communicating.

As we were calming Meursault down, a soldier approached us, hesitantly.

“What’s going on?”

When Meursault stopped muttering and asked the soldier, the soldier simply greeted Meursault briefly and looked at me instead of at him.

“I think you should go see His Majesty now, Lord Haydam.”

“Is Your Majesty looking for Heydam?”

When Meursault asked that question on behalf of the man who was standing there blankly, the soldier shook his head and answered.

“No, a delegation has arrived from the Love Zone.”

“What? Love zone?”

What’s coming from the love zone?

A delegation?

I couldn’t believe my ears and wondered if I had heard correctly, but the soldier continued speaking.

“I came to see you, Haydam. A girl about Haydam’s age.”

I realized who it was right away.

Shaman of the Love Zone.

The player ‘God’ has arrived.