Most importantly, Princess Claude is also formerly a man.

To begin with, even I, as a man, cannot imagine doing such a thing with a man.

It would be the same for His Highness Claude.

If that were the case, this engagement would get dissolved in the near future from Princess Claude’s pleading.

It is truly a flawless, seamless strategy.

I’m sorry, His Majesty the Emperor, but this is reality, and everyone struggles desperately because reality is not the future they envisioned.

However, that is why we should use the future confirmed by experience and circumstantial evidence if we can.

I want to say that this is a matter of the accuracy of the future predictions between the Emperor and me, not that I’m deceiving him or anything.

It’s the Emperor’s side that’s at fault for not predicting the future well enough, not mine.

The Emperor’s Majesty predicted the best means of betrothing me to Princess Claude based on his own rule until now, so it’s not my fault.

With these thoughts in mind, I signed all the documents prepared by the Emperor, and Princess Claude became my fiancée.

All that’s left is to throw a party to let the surrounding nobles know about it, and that party is probably the only downside to this engagement.

However, if I can overcome that, there will only be advantages left, so I’ll endure at least one or two parties.

Then I and His Majesty the Emperor exchanged a firm handshake.

“Well then, I will gradually pass on my work to the next Emperor, Kaisar-kun. Take good care of her. If you have any problems, please do not hesitate to approach Princess Claude. As a matter of fact, she has been in the position of second in line to the throne until recently, she has been educated in politics from an early age and has had some of the best teachers in the empire, so I’m sure she can be useful. Now that I have some free time, I will go on a short vacation.”

“Yes, I understand… Eh? Please wait a minute, Your Majesty! Hey! I said wait, old man! Explain to me what the h**l you mean!”

“Hmm? I can’t hear what you’re saying at all. My hearing is getting worse these days. Growing old is a nasty thing, isn’t it? That must be the case then.”

“Don’t act old for your convenience! You’re still in your forties!”

“Now then, maids, will you take care of the rest?”

At that moment, the Emperor’s majesty, with a look of ‘just as I calculated,’ uttered a few inaudible words and turned to leave the scene.

At that moment, I could see the trouble that would ensue if the Emperor were to escape, so I desperately tried to stop him from leaving. However, I could not do that as my body got restrained by the maids who presumably had prepared for his escape in advance and were working in the imperial castle, as I could tell from their maid uniforms.