Episode 5
“Boss has almost arrived.”
“Good job Sir Merriam.”
Lian Paslov turned his gaze to the walls of the duchy in the distance.
“It’s really dirty. Is it just a different level from our manor?”
“It’s a duke’s family, after all.”
The best swordsman in the empire.
It wasn’t a noble family, but rather a duke’s family.
“It is, but…But
he wasn’t enchanted by the duchy’s enormity.
He was fascinated by the other side.
He put his hand on the sword at his waist.
“Hehe, yes, there is a knight of the 5th rank in the empire, right?”
“…I’m just saying this just in case, but please don’t do things like arguing with the Duke.”
“Aren’t you? Don’t you see me as someone who has no common sense?”
“So you’re not doing it?”
At those words, Lian, who had been glaring at the knight, slightly turned her head.
“…No, if you get a chance, I’d recommend it at least once… …”
“Brother!”
“Ah Okay! Got it! I was just talking!”
It is by no means a small opportunity.
If this engagement is concluded, the family of Count Paslov will be able to advance to the central nobility.
Lian himself was not interested in such things, but Count Paslov’s case was different.
“Anyway, why is my father so anxious to advance to the center?”
“Not just the Count, but all of the nobles have a desire to advance to the center.”
“Tsk.”
He clicked his tongue and shook his head.
“I don’t like it anyway.”
“I can’t help it. The Count was also desperate. You can’t be satisfied with a family on the periphery forever.”
“….”
It was not wrong.
It was never a good thing to be neglected on the outskirts as an imperial nobleman.
If interest diminishes, the succession to the title will eventually be forfeited.
The emperor allowed the succession of titles to relatives only for helpful families, and families that did not were naturally weeded out and disappeared.
Grabbing the opportunity when given is also a necessary thing.
“Come to think of it, that princess. Did you say you broke up your engagement a few days ago?”
“Yes, apparently, the other person was the heir to the famous Walpurgis Marquis family.”
“Any other reason? The princess has a bad back or something like that.”
Ryan’s eyes shone sharply.
He was usually light-hearted, but there was one thing he could never compromise on.
fiery.
To him, ‘injustice’ was a major flaw that could not be compromised.
“Haha, is that a family that makes something like that? Of course not.”
“Are you sure? Among the nobles in the center, there weren’t any bad guys.”
“Oh, it’s Lindel, not anywhere else! The center of Imperial chivalry! Could a family like that ever gossip about that important engagement? Besides, wasn’t the opponent the Marquis of Walpurgis? If he had been beaten, Walpurgis would not have been alone!”
“…That’s right.”
Even thinking about it, it seemed a bit too far-fetched.
“If that’s the case, that Walpurgis’ heir is not in good spirits to the point of unilaterally breaking up the marriage… …“
What are you famous for?”
“Hmm…But rather, that’s why I’m curious.”
“yes?”
“No, according to the rumors I hear, it just feels like an idiot with no answers, but is that Walpurgis’ lineage, not anywhere else?”
“It’s because a good family doesn’t necessarily produce a good heir.”
“well…”
Lian’s eyes shone strangely.
“Strangely are you saying that my senses aren’t likely to be that simple?”
* * *
“…what now?”
“Did you not hear? Count Paslov must be coming this way too. Let’s ‘verify’ in front of everyone.”
I tapped on the table.
“Why are you scared?”
“You have no right to do that. In the first place, you didn’t come here as a representative of the Walpurgis family, did you? Your qualifications are… …”
“Is there?”
“…yes?”
Eileen’s eyes widened as I took out the thing I had hidden under my shirt with those words.
“That could be…!”
“Yes, it is the symbol of my family Walpurgis. you know? As long as I own this, I am considered a representative of Walpurgis.”
Since I have shown this symbol, all conversations from now on will bear the name of Walpurgis.
If I have told a lie, Walpurgis will bear the full price.
Conversely, if Aileen lied, she would become an enemy of ‘Walpurgis’ alone.
“Strange. If you are truly innocent, don’t you have to hesitate like this?”
“but…!”
Only then did Anilen shout that the situation was not serious.
“Do you have any idea how heavy your words are?! If you make a mistake, the entire Walpurgis Marquis family will be irreversible… …!”
“That’s something we’ll have to check.”
I glared at her.
For a moment, she trembled and averted her gaze from me.
“So what are you going to do?”
I quietly waited for Eileen’s answer.
Anyway, she has only two reactions.
deny or affirm
Either way, the risk would be too great for her.
“I am…”
Her mouth was about to open slowly.
“stop.”
At that moment, the air in the room changed completely.
A force that could not be ignored along with the voice pressed against his shoulder.
I know this feeling.
A feeling of pressure on the shoulders.
“Don’t say anything more, Eileen.”
A middle-aged man slowly approached me from behind.
“Ah father…!”
“Are you here now?”
I stood up as if I had been waiting.
A sense of intimidation weighed on my shoulders, but that’s how much I could endure with the ‘autonomous circulation’.
“I waited a long time, sir.”
Duke of Lindell.
A knight of the 5th rank in the Empire and one of only 12 sword masters in the Empire.
And a victim who will later lose everything to the demon.
“Now let’s start talking.”
As a bonus, he was also the talent I needed to prevent future disasters.
“Are you really Mikhail?”
Duke Lindel looked at me in disbelief.
“Yes, this is Mikhail.”
“Huh…”
He came to me with a drool. He stopped at a distance of about a hand’s span, and once again slowly scanned my body.
“Yeah, that’s right. Mikhail Walpurgis. Even the basic body shape and temperament are the same. one…”
“What is it?”
“The rank has changed. what? Did the Marquis of Walpurgis even get a dragon heart in that short time?”
“Dragon Heart? I’ve never even looked at it.”
“huh? would you have watched? Isn’t your family one of the few factions that possesses it?”
“Your father is a bit cheesy.”
“I see.”
Clicking his tongue in regret, the duke passed me and sat across from me.
“Anyway, that friend of Aidan has been like that since before. I never show my collection to my son!”
“That’s right. People should be a little more lenient at the level of the Marquis.”
“Huh, I haven’t seen this guy like that, but he seems to be able to communicate!”
The Duke chuckled at my words.
Aileen looked back and forth between me and the duke as if she couldn’t understand.
“…Whatever.”
If this is the case, it must be said that there was some excitement.
“So what do you think, His Excellency?”
“What do you mean?”
“Don’t be shy. The betrothal relationship between us and the Duke of Lindell.”
“Hmm, it’s an engagement relationship…”
Duke Lindell chuckled.
“Your level was not good enough, and that’s why you broke up. Nothing more, nothing less.”
“Is that really why?”
“Hey, did you need anything else as a reason to break up?”
“It is not.”
yeah that’s not it
If it really was that reason, I wouldn’t even be here.
“…Of course, if that was really the reason.”
“….”
“I’ll just be straightforward.”
I glared at Eileen.
“Eileen was practicing her auror while she was engaged to me. Of course, he didn’t reveal that to me.”
“Haha, can that be?”
The duke let out a laugh as if my words were absurd.
“Do you think I wouldn’t have known about it if my daughter had practiced Aurors? The knight considered the fifth strongest in the Empire is Mikhail Nile.”
“Yes, there is no way I don’t know.”
“….”
At those words, the Duke’s expression changed completely.
As if the atmosphere just before had been false, a sharp momentum pierced his body.
“Are you saying I’m lying?”
“That’s right.”
That’s reason enough.
Maybe he didn’t intend to cheat on the ‘engagement’ itself from the beginning.
It’s just that Aileen learned the aura unintentionally, and she may have discovered it belatedly.
would have weighed
Indeed, between me, my fiancee, and his talent in swordsmanship, which one is more valuable?
And you would have chosen
Talent is better than ‘nerd’.
That side would be even more helpful to the future of the Lindel Duke family, who are swordsmen.
“I know that you were deeply saddened by the unilateral breakup. Of course.”
“….”
“But even so, you can’t force it to the point of nonsense.”
The Duke is convinced.
A magic tool that tricked even my father.
Of course, Banpun, who had barely reached Circle 3, would not be able to notice the magic tool.
Besides, the momentum that oppresses me.
In front of this momentum, you will not be able to make a proper accident judgment.
but.
“A while ago when I was clinging to Eileen. She made a mistake.”
“…hmm?”
The Duke looked at Eileen, but she shook her head.
“I heard that you made no small mistake. is not it?”
“Oh, that’s true too.”
I did look a little ugly.
“But here.”
I tapped the neck area.
“I saw something for a second.”
That moment.
flinch.
For a moment, Duke Lindel’s fingertips trembled. A ‘minor’ reaction that would not be noticed unless someone had been with him for a long time.
But I got used to it.
“Your Excellency seems to know what it is.”
“….”
For a moment he did not answer.
I just stare at her with quiet eyes, as if trying to figure out what I’m thinking.
After a while he opened his mouth.
“What if it’s your mistake?”
Even after saying that, he wasn’t laughing anymore.
Unlike Aileen, he is not easy.
Of course, you must have noticed that my words were not bluffing at all.
“If you really want to deny it, I’ll stop here.”
I got up.
“I hear Lian Paslov is on his way here, so I might run into him briefly on the way back.”
“…!”
Duke Lindell’s eyes deepened at my sudden action.
I turned my back without hesitation.
But then.
“Stop.”
response as expected.
He turned around and asked naturally.
“Will you admit it?”
“….”
Duke Lindel just looked at me without answering my question.
I can’t seem to understand.
The sharp momentum continued to pierce the skin, but somehow it was manageable.
how long was that
“…good after Mikhail. Let me make one suggestion.”
“Tell me.”
Duke Lindel opened his chest and said confidently.
“Wouldn’t it be a draw?”
“….”
oh i remembered
this person.
He was a very natural person who said bullshit like this.
* * *
“Welcome to the family of Count Parslov.”
Leaving behind the hospitality of the duke’s knight, Lian crossed the huge castle gate.
“You’ve finally arrived.”
“I’ll say it again, Bocchan.”
“Oh stop. Because I know.”
Lian skipped the knight’s words and looked around.
definitely change the track.
But even so, it wasn’t a very exciting scenery.
“It’s filthy big.”
“Please refrain from saying such things.”
“No, isn’t a swordsman just a space to wield a sword? In the first place… …”
“Ah!”
The knight looked at Lian and scratched his head.
“Brother, let’s just go! How do you make a good engagement? It’ll be over soon, so please… …!”
“But anyway, the engagement wasn’t even confirmed. Maybe not.”
“If not, we will be killed by the Count.”
Lian scratched his head as he saw his henchman say that in a gloomy voice.
“All right. Let’s finish it quickly.”
With those words, Lian took a step forward confidently.
but after a while.
“Oh come on.”
Lian was alone with a black man.
“…Who are you?”
“Mikhail Walpurgis.”
Hearing this, Ryan tilted his head and asked again.
“Who?”
“Mikhail Walpurgis.”
“hmm.”
said Ryan.
“I’ll turn, really.”
Great mage who transcends by regression
