I remember joking about getting the crown when I was a young lad but I never thought my joke was going to be true. I still remember the day when the messenger delivered me the letter, I was down with the flu at the time and I was wasting my time collecting slime, I know it is a weird hobby but I liked it.
Back then my family's name was unheard of, we were a small branch family of the royal family and ruled a small area in the snowy mountains. Unlike my family I wasn't born with a resistance to cold and I frequently got sick, they always used heating slimes to heal me and that was how my slime hobby was born.
But that's enough background, I was lying on my bed while a heating smile was walking on my face. I couldn't see the look on the messenger's face because of that. If I saw that, I am pretty sure I would have rejected the offer but I didn't see it, he simply said.
"Count Servius von Markell, the crown of Pervisia falls to you. Us, the regency council wait for your arrival." After hearing the messenger read the letter, I got up and started to dress up. I didn't care about who died and how I was able to inherit the throne. I turned to the messenger with a proud smile on my face, I was filled with joy.
"I assume my carriage is waiting outside?"
"Y-Yes." The messenger said in a scared tone. I did a big mistake by not noticing his tone or his face, I was a damned fool that just got a kingdom.
After riding in the carriage for days, I finally arrived at the throne room. I still wore my blue shirt with black roses on it. Of course, I also wore my family medals, there were four of them hanging from my chest. I looked around and the first thing I noticed was the friction between the factions.
There were four groups of people that were in the throne room. The military, the nobility, the clergy and the normal ones. This was the third sign telling me to decline the offer but my joy clouded my eyes. The pope was waiting for me near the throne and I slowly walked to it, I was making a show out of this and when I sit on the throne, nobody clapped.
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It was at that moment I realized, I should have declined the offer but it was too late, the simple golden crown was on my head and tons of information appeared before me like a screen.
[Welcome To The King System, 35th King Servius von Markell]
[This System Was Awarded To The Royal Family By Gods]
[Here Is A Note From 34th King William von Larkell]
["If you take the throne, you fucked yourself over. I am writing this as a coup de tat force breaking my chamber's gate, the military is behind this. Well, don't be like me and always keep your relationship with the other factions in the middle not so high not so low.]
[You Have Special Traits That Give You Special Bonuses]
["The Sick King" +10 Relationship with the Folk(Everyone loves a sick man doing his best) -10 Relationship with the Military(No one in the military likes a weak man)]
["Slime Lover" Just a cool trait, +5 Relationship with Everyone(What can a slime loving man do?]
[Faction Screen(Main Fours)]
[The Military(20/100)] [The Nobility(25/100)] [The Clergy(25/100)] [The Folk(35/100)]
[Influence Screen(Main Fours)]
[The Military(Mighty)] [The Nobility(Feeble)] [The Clergy(Strong)] [The Folk(Pathetic)]
As I was reading these screens, four men from four different factions walked to me with smiles on their faces, all of them had smiles on their face and they all offered me an envelope. This was a tradition in our kingdom.
When a father was offering their girl, they would offer her via an envelope. These were basically marriage proposals by four factions. I had to pick one of them but my relationship with them was already quite low and I needed to think a solution to it and then I found it.
"My apologies but I prefer a man." At that moment this answer seemed like the perfect answer but I was so wrong….
[Event: Marriage Proposals]
[Answer: Decline Every Proposal -10 Relationship with Everyone]
[You Have Gained A Special Trait]
["The Man-Lover" -30 Relationship with the Clergy(Really? In front of the pope as well…) +20 Relationship with the Nobility(Having no heirs is quite fine, the nobles can wait for your death.]
[The Military Is Quite Low(10/100)] [The Nobility(35/100)] [You better get this one up or…rent a cross. The Clergy(-15/100)] [The Folk(25/100)]
And that was my first day as a king….I became a Man-Lover in that day and Clergy sure hated me.
Well, wish me luck.