Reincarnated as an Emperor ~ Will the Emperor at Birth Survive?

I made up my mind to live as the Emperor; to do so, I need to get rid of those who are running the nation’s affairs as they please. Of course, it won’t work if I take action now. Even if I did succeed, I’m not capable of governing now, and the nation will split up and war will break out. What would be left after that would be a devastated land, and a weakened nation, in other words, the collapse of the Empire.

So, I will wait until the time comes. I will chip at the power of the Chancellor and Regent faction, build my own forces and accumulate strength.

For that purpose, I will play the role of the clown no matter how many decades it may take.

But it’s clearly impossible for me to do this by myself in this palace full of schemes.

That is why I need to find someone to help me first.

Fortunately, I have someone in mind. It is the Chief of the Ministry of Intelligence, Count Palatine Vedett. I need to talk to him alone, as naturally and unguarded as possible.

For the next few months, I stopped Count Palatine Vedett every time I saw him. Then, I would ask him to ‘do a job for me’ and have him do some miscellaneous chores.

I once treated him like he was unemployed in front of the other aristocrats. To the people around us, we probably look like a ‘selfish Emperor’ and ‘Count Palatine, who is forced to go along with him’.

The question was whether or not Count Palatine Vedett would get enraged or give up on me. But this man, whether he knew my purpose or not, didn’t seem to mind and did the ‘jobs’ I gave him.