He Became Napoleon’S Genius Son [EN]: Chapter 102

Napoleon Also Takes Up Arms to Crush the Empire (1)

The Serbelloni Palace is not conducive to restful sleep.

“Ugh, I can’t sleep at all! Really!”

Another sleepless night.

Sighing, Marie rose from her bed.

It had been three months since she had taken up residence in the palace, but she still couldn’t grow accustomed to it.

Even Marie, who was somewhat used to the less-than-comfortable accommodations of the Palace of Versailles, felt this way.

Perhaps it was because she had grown more accustomed to the commoners’ straw beds than cotton ones.

Or perhaps it was because this palace was divided in half.

Half for Napoleon’s Bonaparte family, half for Josephine’s Beauharnais family.

Carefully, Marie stepped into the hallway, making sure not to inadvertently cross over into the Bonaparte family’s space, and called for a maid.

“Louise? Where are you? Could you bring me some water?”

Louise Compain, a maid who had followed Marie from Paris.

One of the Cartel [a secret organization supporting Marie] employees, she was tasked with ensuring Marie’s safety in Milan.

However, unexpectedly, Louise was nowhere to be found, and a girl yawning in the hallway answered instead.

“If you’re looking for Louise Compain, she’s probably out on a date right now, wouldn’t you say?”

“Oh my! Wh-who are you?”

“Oh my, it’s not like you’ve never seen my face before. Don’t you recognize me? It’s Laure. Laure Permon.”

It was Laure Permon, the sister of the army supply officer Albert.

Her family had some connections with the Bonaparte family, which is how she came along, but unexpectedly, she was currently working as a lady-in-waiting for Josephine in the palace.

It was as if she, at the tender age of 10, was caught up in the whirlwind surrounding the women around Napoleon.

Looking at Laure, who seemed remarkably lively for someone in that situation, Marie smiled faintly.

“Ah, I know. But, Louise went out on a date?”

“Didn’t you know? She’s been playing around with Junot these days. Really, a lady who isn’t even married is already out all night with a man.”

“Wi, with Colonel Junot? Goodness.”

Originally, in the original timeline, Louise was Josephine’s maid.

But when she came to Milan, she began an affair with Junot and ended up being dismissed by Josephine.

Fortunately, Eugene knew about this and deliberately assigned her to Marie, so she wouldn’t be fired.

However, from Marie’s point of view, who was unaware of these circumstances, it felt like she had been ambushed.

With a wry smile at her maid’s behavior, Marie crossed the hallway to the drawing room.

There was still clean water there.

As Laure watched Marie pour water into a glass and drink it, she inquired.

“What’s worrying you so much? You look so troubled.”

“Does it show? It’s because the war is about to start again.”

“Hmm, my brother says that General Napoleon always wins when he fights. I don’t know why that skinny guy fights so well.”

Putting down the glass, Marie shook her head.

“Winning doesn’t guarantee everyone’s safety, little girl.”

Napoleon’s army has almost always been victorious.

However, disabled veterans are still emerging from this Napoleonic army.

Gunshot wounds, sword wounds, falls.

Numerous possibilities of injury exist.

There is no guarantee that Eugene will be safe.

Then, giggling, Laure put her hands behind her back and leaned in front of Marie.

“Hmm, you seem worried about Brigadier General Eugene?”

“Yes? Ah, yes.”

“I was also appointed as a lady-in-waiting to the commander’s fiancée and came here, but seeing the chief adjutant come sometimes, he is handsome. Do you like him?”

Marie, who was drinking water, choked at Laure’s unexpected question.

“Cough, wh-what are you talking about?”

“No, it’s obvious. The princess of the old royal family came all the way to Milan, among strangers. Isn’t it all because of love?”

“Th, that’s. I do like him, but.”

In fact, Marie has not been guaranteed anything.

Only then did Marie realize.

Officially, Eugene and Marie are not together.

But conversely, can the princess of the old royal family, which the revolution denies, and the revolutionary army general be in love?

Rather, Marie is always contemplating the problem that Eugene doesn’t even consider.

The problem of the existence of a barrier.

On the other hand, Laure, a gossip girl who doesn’t even think about such barriers, giggled and opened her eyes strangely.

“Hmm, you won’t be able to catch him with such a wishy-washy attitude.”

“Yes?”

“Pauline still just thinks of Eugene as an interesting object.”

Laure touched upon an unexpected concern.

“But, no one knows how she will think in the future? Pauline’s taste is for older men, but Brigadier General Eugene will soon be a big shot.”

If Napoleon really marries Josephine, Pauline will be related to Eugene.

In that situation, marriage is actually a violation of canon law [Church law].

Of course, it is an era where canon law has collapsed, but even in the revolutionary period, would such a marriage be allowed?

Nevertheless, when Marie recalled Pauline’s face, she made a decision.

At least, I have to see Eugene today.

When the urgent report from Brescia arrived during the day, Marie was also present.

There will probably be a departure soon.

“I don’t know about that. But, if he goes to the battlefield, I should see him today. Armand!”

Then, Armand Ganet, who had been standing in the darkness at the end of the hallway, was surprised and approached.

“Yes! Patrone [Boss].”

“You were listening, right? When is the departure? You know, right?”

“That is, I’m a bodyguard, so I had no choice but to be here. Anyway, the departure date is.”

Armand, a sergeant in Eugene’s postal special forces, rolled his eyes and replied.

“It’s early this morning.”

At that moment, Marie, surprised, pressed Armand.

“What are you doing? Guide me right now!”

“It’s early morning?”

“I can’t send him off without seeing Eugene’s face!”

Just then.

“That means Napoleon is leaving too, right?”

There was something Marie had forgotten.

Marie, who is under the protection of Eugene, the eldest son of the Beauharnais family, is in the Beauharnais Zone.

The owner of this place, which occupies half of the Serbelloni Palace, is a woman.

It is Josephine, Eugene’s mother and Napoleon’s fiancée.

Josephine smiled at Marie.

“Let’s go together, Princess. To see our son and my wayward fiancé.”

On the day of departure, Josephine and Marie began to move.

***

The other half of the palace is still not asleep.

“How can he not come to see me even once when I’m fasting! Napoleone!”

It’s because of the noblewoman Letizia, who is still angry today.

Every mother wants her child to have a good marriage.

Especially if it is a successful child.

However, her second son, Napoleon, who has risen to a position that could not have been imagined before the revolution, is said to be marrying a divorcee.

Even if Letizia wasn’t hot-tempered, she would have no choice but to vent her anger.

Her stubborn son, Napoleon, is not even looking at her.

Her son Louis, who came as a guardian, comforted Letizia, who was lying in bed.

“Eugene visits often instead, Mother.”

“That guy has to come! How many loaves of bread did I feed him when he was a boarding student!”

“Considering that, you keep all the gifts that Eugene brings, right?”

Letizia glanced at the jewelry, precious metals, and necklaces next to the bed and burst into anger.

“The gifts are not guilty! No, Eugene is not guilty either! That damned divorcee is the problem!”

She wants to grab Josephine’s hair right away, but she is holding back because of Eugene.

Indeed, Eugene’s winning Letizia’s heart when he was a boarding student was effective.

However, that alone was not enough to get marriage permission in the end.

Pauline, who was listening to her mother’s anger from the room on the opposite side of the hallway, twisted her black hair slightly and shrugged her shoulders.

“Hmm, is Eugene our nephew now?”

However, Eliza, who was reading a book next to her, raised her eyebrows.

“Who said he’s a nephew? Brother Napoleone hasn’t married yet. It would be even funnier if he did.”

“It doesn’t look like there’s anyone to stop Brother?”

“Then we have to stop him even if we throw our bodies! Rather, Pauline, you seduce Eugene!”

It’s truly an absurd statement.

But rather, it was the youngest daughter, Caroline, who was surprised.

Just as Pauline was smiling nonchalantly, Caroline stopped Eliza and stopped her.

“Eliza, what are you talking about? Why Pauline?”

“Caroline, didn’t you know? This precocious child is seducing men? It was Fréron in Marseille. Who is it here, Leclerc? She’s been meeting some handsome officer? A 15-year-old!”

“That’s too harsh to say.”

But Eliza relentlessly pressed.

“Use your special skills. Seduce Eugene! So, make Brother Napoleone unable to marry! How about it?”

It’s a surprisingly insightful statement.

What if Eugene and Pauline were caught by Napoleon while playing with fire?

A conservative Italian-style patriarch usually solves such problems in one of two ways.

Kill the man who touched his sister, or force them to marry.

Avoiding the excited Eliza, Pauline came out into the hallway and shrugged her shoulders lightly again.

“That’s difficult. I like older men.”

What if I play with fire with Eugene?

“Hmm, he’s still too young. Will he become delicious when he grows up a little? His lips weren’t bad.”

Pauline lightly indulged in imagination.

The night of Marseille.

The memory of kissing Eugene is also sweet to Pauline.

But [playing with fire] is a slightly different matter.

At that moment, a sharp and keen child’s voice was heard.

“If you’re so idle, you’ll have everything taken away by the princess of the old royal family? Pauline?”

“Huh? Oh my, Laure. Why is a traitor who abandoned our family and clung to the Beauharnais family here?”

“I only went as a lady-in-waiting because your brother ordered me to? Anyway, if you don’t want to miss it, you better move quickly.”

Before she knew it, [Gossip Girl], Laure, who had crossed over to the Bonaparte area, shone her eyes.

“He’s leaving soon.”

“What?”

“Eugene is a soldier. War is about to break out. So he’s leaving Milan?”

Pauline’s eyes widened.

“When?”

Laure looked at Pauline as if she was having fun and parted her lips.

However, the moment Laure’s words fell, Pauline jumped up.

It was too urgent.

“Early this morning.”

She hasn’t confirmed her feelings yet.

That’s why Pauline’s heart was in a hurry before going to the battlefield.

The girl, Pauline, started running.

***

Suddenly, the Monza military camp became busy.

“Milan leaves Sérurier.”

Originally, Napoleon came to check the supply status or to avoid his mother and family.

But now the situation has changed.

The situation has come to the point where he has to go to war to intercept the Imperial Army.

All division commanders gathered at the Monza military camp northeast of Milan and heard the decided matters.

Suddenly, Napoleon asked the 50-year-old veteran who was standing on one side of the headquarters.

“I can’t give you a chance to make achievements. How about it, can you protect it with 10,000 men?”

Sérurier rather smiled leisurely and replied.

“Don’t worry. The enemy will not be able to set foot in Milan. If the commander wins!”

If Milan is left empty, it will be occupied like Brescia.

Someone needs to protect the capital of Lombardy so that at least key figures can escape.

It is the mission that Napoleon entrusted to Division Commander Sérurier.

Veteran Sérurier was just the right person.

“Okay. Take good care of my family, Milan, and our son’s factory. Then, prepare for departure.”

Napoleon made a decision.

An Austrian corps is coming from Tyrol?

Then, he will not wait for the enemy to approach.

Rather, he decided to preemptively advance and intercept.

-Ihihihihing!

The horse’s cry is loud.

The French Italian Corps, which once triumphantly marched into Milan.

However, the departure began in the early morning when the people of Milan had not yet woken up.

Supply wagons, infantry preparing for marching, and cavalry preparing to scout first are preparing.

Napoleon, who will lead the way, also left the barracks with adjutants including Eugene.

Just then.

“Are you leaving without saying hello, Napoleone?”

Napoleon, Eugene, other adjutants, and division commanders were all surprised.

A noblewoman who doesn’t fit in the military at all.

It is Josephine.

Eugene’s postal sergeant, Armand Ganet, smacked his lips and stood next to her with her ‘party’.

“Madam asked me to let her know no matter what…”

Armand had no choice.

Josephine is Napoleon’s fiancée, but before that, she is [Patron] Eugene’s mother.

Where is the subordinate who can stop the mother from going to see her son’s departure?

Just as Eugene was smacking his lips, Josephine approached Napoleon’s nose.

“You’re leaving so arbitrarily again.”

“I’m sorry. But the war of glory is waiting for me.”

“Okay. Take good care of our son.”

Josephine lightly kissed Napoleon’s lips.

-Ssmack.

At that moment, Napoleon couldn’t stand it and grabbed Josephine’s waist.

“I send you my thousand kisses!”

“Ah, Napoleon, this is difficult, oop!”

“Huh? Josephine? Wait!”

Josephine, who was being attacked by Napoleon, suddenly turned her body.

At the same time, Josephine covered her mouth and hurriedly began to run.

But Eugene, who was watching the scene with an absurd look, widened his eyes.

“Could it be?”

If it’s just simple nausea, it doesn’t matter.

But somehow, just now, Josephine’s attitude seemed different.

For example, [morning sickness].

However, didn’t Josephine fail to get pregnant in the original history?

“No, Mother wasn’t imprisoned.”

Originally, Josephine was imprisoned around 1795.

In the Conciergerie [a notorious prison in Paris], where atrocities were taking place.

According to one theory, Josephine suffered from sexually transmitted diseases or miscarriages during this period.

But the reason why Josephine was imprisoned is none other than Robespierre.

Robespierre could not run wild, and now that he has fallen, Josephine has naturally not gone to prison.

And she is probably in good health.

Pregnancy.

In case of an emergency, Eugene was surprised and staggered for a moment.

On the other hand, Napoleon tilted his head without knowing the reason and looked back at Eugene.

“Was I so wrong? Why are you suddenly nauseous?”

“Uh, uh, uh.”

“Eugene, you’re strange too. Why are you so pale all of a sudden?”

Too complicated, Eugene hurriedly avoided the spot instead of thinking.

“Ah, my princess has arrived. I’ll be leaving now!”

From the beginning, Armand didn’t just bring Josephine alone.

Another person was walking out from behind, parting the fog of the Po River.

Marie Therese, the [Patron] of the Eugene Cartel.

Marie stared at Eugene and asked.

“Are you going to the battlefield again this time?”

“I guess so.”

“You won’t listen if I tell you to stay in the rear, right?”

Eugene stared at Marie and suddenly kissed her hand.

-Ssmack.

Marie, surprised, stepped back.

“Wh-what are you doing?”

“A knight kisses a lady’s hand before leaving for the battlefield.”

“What is that!”

Eugene winked at Marie.

“Wish me luck. So I can win.”

Marie, who was quietly watching Eugene, nodded.

I can no longer stop Eugene from going to the battlefield.

It’s time to let him go.

A battlefield where 50,000 troops are coming.

I can only pray that he comes back alive.

“Be sure to win and come back. My knight.”

Just then.

“Oh my, is our [adopted nephew] going to the battlefield too?”

It seems that Armand really brought a lot of civilians to the military camp.

Pauline, the second daughter of the Bonaparte family.

Pauline, who had a light smile, was leaning against the opposite barracks.

It seems that she is quite angry to see that she is calling him an adopted nephew.

For example, Napoleon’s [marriage declaration].

Eugene looked at Pauline and smiled bitterly.

“Ah, Pauline. That’s.”

“Why are you talking informally? Nephew? You should call me aunt. From now on. You’re not trying to deny that our brother called you his son, are you?”

“We, well, that’s.”

At that moment, Pauline approached Eugene.

“We’re family, so it’s okay to do this, right? Nephew?”

Too fast, Eugene couldn’t even shake it off.

-Ssoooack.

Deep kiss.

Eugene wanted to argue whether it was okay for families to do this, but Pauline was too fast.

Momentarily, Pauline stepped away and sent a hand kiss to Eugene, gesturing.

“Win and come back, nephew? Hehehe!”

In an instant, Eugene sensed a threat to his life.

I shouldn’t look back.

I have to think that Marie, who is staring in shock next to me right now, does not exist.

What is important to a soldier on the battlefield is only allies and enemies.

Eugene, who was full of absolute determination, was shot like a bullet and climbed onto the horse.

-Da-da-dak!

Eugene, who quickly climbed on the horse, hurriedly ran and said.

“We need a quick march, Commander!”

Everyone saw the sight.

Napoleon, who was just getting on the horse, adjutants including Ippolito, and division commanders including Massena.

Massena, Junot, and Murat looked at each other and laughed.

“Keukeuk! Even if it’s not our magic shooter. We’ll need to proceed?”

“Wahahaha! This is popular! Our brigade commander?”

“Hey, are you already dating at a young age? Kikil! No, but who is it? Who is the dating partner?”

Eugene hurriedly looked at Napoleon’s face.

It’s an extremely strange face.

It’s a face that is contemplating whether to scold his bad-behaving sister, scold Eugene for flirting, or take action as a patriarch right away.

But now is the time of war.

Napoleon snorted, turned the flag, and shouted.

“I will not tolerate this again. Let’s go, with the lady’s kiss and the victory of the revolution!”

Now, it’s time for the Napoleonic Corps to depart again.

To annihilate Wurmser’s corps, the hope of Austria.