I Reincarnated as Louis XVI to Stop the Revolution and Be Happy with Antoinette

17 Years Old

(100)

"17 Years Old"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This is my first post since I'm celebrating reaching 100 chapters.

☆　☆　☆

August 23, 1771

It has been a year and four months since I was reincarnated as Louis XVI. Today is my 17th birthday.

Birthday, huh... I wonder what I want. After all, I'm still human. I guess I have one or two presents in mind.

First and foremost, I really want a 4TB SSD from PARAMONIC, a 64GB memory from MUSHITE, and a high-performance water-cooled gaming motherboard. But here in early modern France, such things don't exist.

Seriously.

There aren't even precise electronic devices, so I have to give up on what I wanted before reincarnation...

If I had three more 64GB memories and played games, it would have been so comfortable.

The thing I loved the most before reincarnation was assembling gaming PC parts and experiencing the latest games with top-quality high-performance processing. I was one of those PC gamers, so to speak. Despite appearances, whenever I had a day off, I would often go to Akihabara with my online friends to embark on a journey of exploring PC parts.

Akihabara... It's an electronics district and also a holy land for otaku. If I remain as Louis XVI, I won't be able to go there anymore. Well, it's not like I can't go, but... even if I were to go now, that area was still thriving as a merchant town around the middle of the Edo period... probably as a city in one corner of the period's namesake.

That's right... I am... a partial otaku who will always love Akihabara... That's what my friends on social media told me...

Anyway, let's get back to the topic... Today, being Louis XVI's birthday, it's natural to have a birthday celebration. Yeah, I understand that. As the current king, I can comprehend the reason for such an event. Last year, I was too busy with the aftermath of the Red Rain Incident, so there was no time for that. We just had some cake and celebrated.

"Last year was chaotic, so... since it's my birthday today, I wonder if I can relax?"

But today is different! We have made arrangements to celebrate my birthday at the Opera House in the Palace of Versailles! There won't be any time to relax! What a shame!

By the way, last year we held the wedding dinner between me and Antoinette here... The cost of that dinner apparently exceeded the construction cost of the Opera House. In terms of the value of modern currency, I think it cost about 5 billion yen. When I inquired with the event management department, they said that even with that, the cost was relatively low because we had rented out the entire Opera House.

"Today's dinner... and also the prelude social dance party... I have so much to do~"

Yes, the job at the dinner party isn't just about eating and talking with important people. The social dance party that takes place before the dinner might be the most important. After all, due to the influence of the reforms, even people from the commoner class have built wealth and formed strong connections with the political sphere. As a result of sweeping away the anti-reformist factions, those who were previously treated poorly within the Palace of Versailles have regained their prominence.

Although these individuals were not seen as enemies by Louis XV, they were on the verge of being expelled from the court due to the power dynamics within the palace. The Orléans family, who had influenced the Kingdom of France, was dismantled, and reformist nobles and clergy members like the Duke of Penthièvre filled the gaps in the power structure. Similarly, they succeeded in regaining a certain level of influence within the court.