Chapter 161. Predestined Disaster (1)
“Bibung-!”
A clear and beautiful sound resounding all over the world from Lake Capua, halfway up the Eastern Mountain Range. The morning of the Earl of Frontera dawned with a powerful alarm clock.
“Um….”
It’s such a refreshing morning.
I slept soundly for the first time in a long time.
It was Lloyd’s first thought when he woke up.
‘Why do I open my eyes better than usual on the day I decided to rest?’
What a strange thing.
It has been like that ever since.
It’s hard to even force myself to open my eyes on days when I go to school or have work to do.
Strangely enough, my eyes would automatically open in the morning when nothing happened.
It was like that today too.
‘I don’t have anything to hold on to hard for the time being.’
Lying on the bed, Lloyd recalled the events of Yeongji.
The construction of the apartment complex went smoothly.
In particular, after building 103 was completed, it gained momentum.
It was largely thanks to the fact that all the dongs looked the same like ‘copy-paste’.
As the workers became more skilled, the speed of construction increased and the quality of completion improved at the same time.
‘So I can just leave it like this.’
The same was true of the sewerage project.
The main sewer and sludge treatment plant, which will serve as the main artery of the sewer, have been completed.
The remaining construction was to install sewage wells in each village and apartment complex and build sewer pipes connecting each sewer to the grand sewer.
‘You can just leave it to me. I’m just checking.’
Long live Lord Bavaria.
Long live the sappers and the elven orc laborers.
A system that takes care of the construction work even if you do not nag yourself.
What a blessing it is to have so many people to trust and trust.
‘Of course, I’m not the type of person who has enough money in the territory.’
Lloyd, who was rolling around looking at the ceiling, had a slight wrinkle between his brows.
manor funds.
In fact, it wasn’t always enough.
Because there are so many places where money goes.
First of all, the number of refugees was in the tens of thousands.
The materials to feed and clothe them were enormous.
However, the eastern mountain range has only just taken its first steps.
‘Of course, there are water taxes and various funds collected from the Viscounty of Lacona, as well as supplies and support money from the royal family…But that doesn’t mean it’s not enough.’
I thought it would be enough at first.
After doing a series of big projects, it wasn’t enough at all.
No, it seemed that if there was an opportunity, it would be necessary to secure a more stable funding line.
‘The support from the royal family isn’t permanent either.’
Subsidies may be terminated at any time.
Although not in the royal family.
Although the king promised it.
Isn’t everything in the world always going back as promised?
‘Unexpected natural disasters, political upheavals, or wars could break out. That’s why the royal family can be in trouble.’
In other words, there is always a possibility that the support fund will be cut off ‘not to be pitched’.
then?
This side will ‘unavoidably’ starve to death.
If possible, I would like to avoid such a situation.
If possible, I wanted to establish an additional stable source of funds.
‘…But let’s start worrying about that tomorrow. From tomorrow.’
Let’s get some rest today.
Let’s really get some rest.
I’ve done all the work in the past few months.
From an apartment complex to a retaining wall in the Eastern Mountains and a grand sewer.
Seriously, I feel so tired as if my body is being split into several pieces.
It was around the time when Lloyd thought so and turned around.
So it was right after the bed creaked.
smart smart
“Mister Lloyd, would you like to eat in your room?”
A knock on the bedroom door.
Then came the maid’s question.
Come to think of it, it must have been breakfast time already.
Lloyd raised his upper body from the bed and quickly picked up his shirt and put it on.
“Come in.”
The door opened and a maid came in with a tray.
Among the maids, Emily had a particularly familiar face.
“Good night, young master?”
“uh. Did you wait in front of the door with your meal? Until I toss and turn and make noise?”
“I didn’t really have to wait too long.”
Emily smiles as if it’s not a big deal.
She said as she put down a sausage, an egg, salad, and hot milk in turn.
“By the way, Bocchan? I don’t know how this might sound, but the young master must be very nice.”
“huh? I? why?”
“Such a kind and gentle young lady came all this far to propose.”
“Oh he?”
Lloyd laughed bitterly.
It reminded me of the Lady of Count Cordona whom I had briefly seen yesterday.
He was definitely very kind and cool.
That kind of look seemed to make a deep impression on Emily as well.
“Um, well, what are you going to do? Actually, neither I nor Lady Cordona have any interest in an arranged marriage like this.”
said with a bitter smile.
But Emily tilted her head.
“Um, did I mention Lady Ferano?”
“huh?”
“Oh right.”
Mate Emily clapped her hands.
As if I forgot, I added it babblingly.
“Come to think of it, I guess you haven’t met Bocchan yet. Speaking of Lady Ferrano.”
“…for a moment. It’s Lady Ferano. who else is that?”
“He is the one who came early in the morning.”
“rath?”
“yes. It’s very early in the morning. Before sunrise.”
“Before the sun rises really early, so when I’m sleeping?”
“yes yes. I woke up early this morning because I was on duty to draw water. So I saw. They had 12 escort knights in a luxurious carriage. And yet, how kind and pliable you are.”
“…Whoa. for a moment. wait for a sec.”
What is Emily talking about?
Lloyd asked in bewilderment.
“It’s because you started off so suddenly without giving a signal that I couldn’t figure it out, but I’ll ask you one question.”
“Yes, young boy.”
“So, you’re saying that another lady other than Lady Cordona has arrived here? Kkokdu at dawn?”
“Yes, young man. You are having breakfast with the Count right now.”
“….”
“young master?”
Lloyd jumped up with a thumping feeling.
Going crazy.
I thought the situation was settled because I had a good talk with Lady Cordona yesterday. I was relieved that you had completely put an end to the thoughtless marriage proposal.
It doesn’t seem to be together.
There are signs that things will grow like a spreading forest fire.
Without realizing it, he began putting on his shoes.
“Oh sorry Emily. I think I should go.”
“yes?”
“I think I need to go quickly. No, I feel like I need to do some rehearsal. I will go to the restaurant for breakfast.”
“Hey, then, this food….”
“You eat.”
“yes?”
“Eat instead of me. Don’t tease others. Understand?”
“Oh there….”
“Don’t leave food behind. get punished Later, when you go to hell, you have to mix and eat all the leftovers of your life.”
“….”
I left the bedroom, leaving Emily with a pale complexion.
Lloyd’s steps on the way down to the restaurant became busy.
♣
“Whoa.”
A stormy morning passed.
no correction.
The lunch break came that seemed to have been robbed to the bottom of the mental.
“…So, from then on, whenever you met the young ladies for the first time, did you say that he straight-forwardly gave a stern word of refusal?”
“uh.”
This is near the front gate of the Frontera Mansion.
Lloyd leaned back on the bench in the shade of the tree in front of the front door like wet laundry and nodded.
“Does it need to be round about it?”
“Was it because you didn’t want to give it a chance?”
“uh.”
I nodded again at Xaviel’s question.
Then, suddenly, I remembered what I had been through since morning.
“I went down to the restaurant and Lady Ferano, who said she had arrived at dawn, greeted me with a wide smile. But what about the atmosphere?”
“What is the atmosphere like?”
“If I just nod my head, they’re going to make this place their in-laws right away.”
“So?”
“I said it reflexively because I thought it wasn’t like this.”
“what did you say.”
“Is there anything special about it? I just told her to take a rest for a few days and pass away, since I don’t intend to marry her.”
“That was a very direct refusal. Lady Ferrano must have felt insulted.”
“So you must have laughed and cursed at me.”
“What kind of evil did you hear?”
“I was expecting a lot, but when I came and saw myself, I was very disappointed.”
“Why?”
“The country said that it seemed that it was impossible to tell whether a person had taken a strange medicine or not taken a necessary medicine.”
“It looks like the latter to me.”
“…Can you please stop giving me the answer?”
“Anyway, so you responded in the same way to the other two young ladies who came in turn after that?”
“uh. As soon as I saw your face, I informed you of the rejection. Thanks to that, I earned twice as many bad words.”
It was true.
After that, Lady Esperia and Lady Sicily came one after another during the morning.
As soon as they got off the wagon, they blew the refusal.
Thanks to that, I had to listen to the girls who felt humiliated, one after the other.
It seemed a bit overbearing, but I couldn’t help it.
It was because I could now guess why this incident (?) had occurred.
‘Perhaps the Count wrote an ambiguous reply.’
Not sure.
But given the circumstances, that seemed the most likely.
‘The count was very sorry the day I told him to reject the marriage proposals that came in piles.’
Maybe that regret and regret remained in the reply. Maybe that’s why the ambiguous reply was written, leaving a lot of room for the other person.
‘Thanks to that, the families who received the rejection reply also had lingering feelings. I was rejected, but somehow it feels like something will fall out if I poke it one more time? You must have glimpsed that hope. That’s why some big families sent young ladies like this. By trusting in the family’s reputation. To get a definite answer from me.’
Therefore, the more ambiguous the response is, the more prohibited it is.
Certainly, even if it is a little rude.
Go straight ahead with the mindset of a sweet pumpkin.
You have to show the will of rejection as if you were cutting it with a knife.
That way you won’t be dragged along.
Even on the other side, you can put aside your lingering feelings early.
Lloyd thought it would be best for both of them.
“Anyway, that’s why I’m so full. I skipped breakfast and lunch, but I’m not hungry. Is it because I ate a lot of swearing?”
Lloyd burst out laughing.
Xaviel smiled.
“If that’s the case, Lloyd-sama should always be full.”
“hmm? why?”
“Thanks to me.”
“what? Could it be that you always cursed at me inside?”
“You take it for granted.”
“omg. I don’t even deny it.”
“Because honesty and sincerity are the virtues of a knight.”
“But can’t you drop some pretense at times like this?”
“It’s not possible.”
“You are firm.”
“Thank you for the compliment.”
“What is gratitude? Oh there. It comes again.”
It’s been a while since I’ve been single and shared familiar and heartwarming curse words.
Lloyd’s gaze moved down the hill.
I saw a wagon coming up the gentle uphill driveway.
It wasn’t just a wagon.
It was full of luxurious decorations.
It was led by four white horses.
Even the coachman’s clothes were clean, and eight knights on horseback were in charge of the escort.
Just by looking at it, he is a noble.
But what about a noble who is visiting today?
It’s obvious.
“Whoa. Is this the fourth young lady today?”
What kind of evil will he earn this time?
Perhaps you hear that your mouth smells like warm garbage. Maybe you’ll get compliments on how you look like you want to get plastic surgery done on your fists.
Lloyd stood up from the bench, feeling his heart pounding with strange anticipation (?).
In the meantime, the wagon came all the way up the hill.
I stopped in front of the front door.
Eight knights lined up.
The coachman grabbed the carriage doorknob.
The gilded, luxurious door opened slowly.
At the same time, Lloyd swallowed.
The refusal to fire from now on was loaded onto the tongue. I looked at the young lady pushing herself through the open carriage door.
And without realizing it, he stopped.
‘uh?’
Before we say hello, we have to quickly launch the rejection statement.
that didn’t work out
Falling in love with a young girl?
Because it’s your ideal type?
It wasn’t.
It was somehow because it was a familiar face in my memory.
‘Iron-Blooded Knight. Illustrations in the middle of it. illustration. I saw you there.’
where was it
What scene was it?
The sound of the heels of the young lady stepping on the ground under the carriage door.
A piece of memory that starts to emerge at the same time.
‘That woman wasn’t the villain.’
It was a good service.
However, it was a pitiful sailor.
sacrificed himself
for many people.
just for others.
I was willing to throw myself away.
Thanks to that sacrifice, Xaviel was able to seize the opportunity to counterattack.
Breaking through barriers that were never breached.
save a lot of people
averted a catastrophe.
The place where the incident took place is….
“Namaran county. Silurian Namaran.”
A muttering that flows from the end of the memory.
Hearing that, the woman opened her eyes wide and looked this way.
“Yes? Do you know me?”
“….”
Instead of answering, Lloyd stared at the woman.
In the novel Iron Blooded Knight, a city in danger of being sacrificed as a sacrifice by black magicians.
Xaviel, who first invented blasting to prevent that disaster.
However, Silurian Namaran, a woman of misfortune who met a sad end because even Xaviel could not be saved, was smiling in front of her eyes.
