章 171: Talks in the chamber

19th May 1574

"Punny prince or not, when I heard about the history behind him, I couldn't help but be amazed. It's not that easy to take over the country the way he did. In fact, I would much rather have a competent ruler already experienced by the hardships than someone used to living in luxury and everything going his way…"

At this moment, I couldn't help but feel an insane need to pull out a cigarette, light it up and continue while smoking… Yet getting my hands on tobacco was something that could happen only in my dreams. Even if I were to send someone for the long and perilous journey across the entire continent to hook up with some of the sailors returning from the Americas in hopes that one of them would have some in his possession, the chances of such expedition succeeding were smaller than me becoming a damned king in the coming election!