When I Let Go of Obsession, I Got Obsessed (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 124

“To be scolded for something I didn’t even do.”

Hersis felt unjustly wronged.

Besides, he didn’t even smoke that often! At most, once every five days—and even then, only a single cigarette to calm his nerves after an infuriating session at the council.

It was such a negligible habit that he’d be embarrassed to call himself a smoker, but since the Empress gave the advice out of concern, he decided to heed it.

“Alright. I’ll quit. Even if the council still infuriates me, I’ll find another way to cope.”

What would be good, though? Hunting was too mild, sparring with swords even milder…

‘Might as well overhaul the entire council while I’m at it?’

Just as he was contemplating this fundamental solution—

“I wouldn’t recommend that at all.”

Ishar spoke, his tone as if he could see exactly what Hersis was thinking.

“After all, they are the empire’s true powerholders. Replacing them with your own loyalists would be like discarding sturdy building materials simply because they’re heavy, and constructing a mansion instead with light but flimsy ones just because they’re easier to move.”

Hersis countered his words.

“There are materials that are both light and durable. Finding them is precisely the emperor’s duty, in my view.”

“…”

Neither could definitively say who was right or wrong. They simply held different views—and both Hersis and Ishar knew this well.

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