My Villains Episode 307
55. The Marquis of Eabon (6)
Phoenix and Heila returned to their room late at night.
Phoenix, who returned with a hard face as if lost in thought, burst into laughter when he saw the woman rubbing her eyes on her bed.
“Is it a group?”
“……trunnion.”
He sat down on the bed with a smile on his face and playfully bruised the bundle.
“What are you doing in someone else’s bed, man?”
As he said that and tickled his side, Moongchi laughed with a sleepy face, ‘hehehe’. She shrank to avoid the tickling touch and hugged Phoenix’s waist.
“If this is cute, you know it’s sweet.”
Phoenix gently stroked the bundle that was digging into my waist. As his long fingers dug through his hair, Munch smiled and closed his eyes.
“Um.”
Mung-chi thought that a butterfly had entered around the time of Myeong-chi.
Normally, the butterfly sat quietly, so it was hard to feel its presence. But whenever Phoenix met eyes, smelled his body, or touched his touch, the butterfly flapped its wings loudly.
Mungchi slightly opened his eyes and looked up at Phoenix. He was still looking down at her with warm eyes.
“I’m sleepy? Would you like some more?”
Mungchi quickly nodded, fearing that his fluttering wings would be caught. Then he buried his face in Phoenix’s thigh.
Phoenix calmly stroked the wad and turned to Heila, who was sitting at the table. The transparent skin, which quickly showed through, was full of red energy.
“So what the hell was going on?” “What are you curious about?” “The Marquis. After talking about the conceived person and threatening them for a while, they said they would send reinforcements out of the blue and accompanied them all the way to Lianwell.”
Heila lit the candles on the table and leaned against the back of the chair, legs crossed. Then, slowly blinking his candle-lit eyes, he answered.
“It is as you have heard.”
“As you heard? I’m not even sure what I heard?”
“The Marquis suspected that Zahakar and Baluin were colluding with Prince Ulkar, and I explained it.”
“…was that an explanation? Isn’t that a threat?”
When Heila nodded calmly, Phoenix scratched her eyebrows and asked the question again.
“You said it with your mouth. The Marquis harbored the suspicion that Prince Ulkar and our family might turn the continent into a sea of fire. He said he would neglect it.”
“O” Heh.
“But is that an explanation?”
“huh.”
Heila added an explanation to Phoenix’s puzzled expression.
“The Marquis of Eavon is old.”
“uh?”
“He is the absolute ruler of the Antrum region and the Arya family, and at the same time, he is a tycoon who projects influence on the capital, but the succession is unstable.”
“…What are we talking about this time? And the marquis has a grandson. I even wore it over the count.”
“Count Osse is too young. It was only the year before last that he was certified as the successor.”
“Hmm, your family seems to have a problem too?”
“All three of the Marquis’ children died prematurely.”
“So, inevitably, the young grandson became the heir?”
“huh. Besides, the support base within the family is not good enough. The Arya family is on the rarefied side.”
“Aren’t our hands precious too? Is that such a big deal?”
“It is different from us. Zahakar and Baluin have few direct lineages, but many collateral lines. It doesn’t affect the succession structure, but there are plenty of blood relatives who can serve as a base of support.”
Phoenix thought about his family tree for a moment.
His only brother was his deceased half-brother Ganix, and his cousins were Kaisis, the current Duke of Ireland, and Heila in front of him.
However, there were about 10 brothers in the 6th or 8th kinship, and most of them were blood knights.
In other words, if Phoenix and Heila gave birth to a child who would become the next grand duke, that child would gain well over ten vassals of a blood relative equal to his uncle.
“Besides, the Marquis of Eabon even saw the aftertaste.” “…You saw the aftertaste?”
“It means you have a new wife. The Marquis of Pana Belle.”
“ah. Is that a problem too?”
“It could be a problem. If Mrs. Fanabel gives birth to a child, the succession plan will be twisted.”
“That’s right. Then wouldn’t it be better if you didn’t listen to the cage in the first place?”
“that’s right. But even a senile aristocrat
does not always make judgments for the sake of the family and successor.”
“O uh”
“Besides, Count Osse is famous for his weak personality, contrary to his name.”
‘Osu’ is the name used by the founder of the Arya family.
“Compared to the King of Conquest, he is inferior, but his younger brother, the Margrave of Osu, was also a person who made a name for himself. But the Count of Oth of that time has nothing to do with him.”
“What could it be? You are still a child.” “The Margrave of Os killed the legendary Orc warrior ‘Mkawe’ at the age of fourteen.”
“Aigoo.”
Phoenix clicked his tongue as he could clearly guess what kind of humiliation the Count of Oss had suffered at the time.
“Even in Marquis Eavon’s eyes, the weak grandson probably didn’t like it that much. Seeing Hukhwi must have had a little effect on the desire to get a new successor.”
“…Ah, that’s complicated.”
Phoenix rubbed his forehead and suddenly raised his head.
“Wait, but what does that have to do with the Marquis being suspicious?”
Heila replied calmly.
“What Marquis Eavon is worried about is the future.”
“future?”
“huh. As he feared, Prince Ulkar and we rebelled together, and what if that was right after the Marquis died?”
“…It must be the worst for the Marquis.”
“It would be a daunting task for a young heir just to establish internal stability, but if there is an uproar outside… the family could be in danger.”
“aha.”
“Of course, the best thing for the Marquis is that nothing happens.”
The bundle of heads that had been cut on Phoenix’s thighs tossed and turned. As the toss and turns were subdued by a gentle touch, Heila continued.
“As he said, the Marquis of Eavon is very suspicious, just like the head of the Arya family. It would be impossible not to feel uneasy watching Prince Ulkar gain fame and gather an army.”
“I’ll get to know you now. The Marquis looked at us because he was worried about the succession, and you acted bold because you knew the situation clearly.”
“In the Marquis’s suspicions and the resulting imagination, it is Zahakar, Baluin, and Prince Ulkar that determine the fate of Arya’s family. With that thought in mind, the Marquis cannot recklessly intimidate us.”
“That’s it. So, is sending reinforcements an intention to build friendships for the future? Also to keep an eye on Prince Ulkar?”
“that’s right. And…
Unlike the bright red on both cheeks, Heila’s eyes sparkled with a discreet light.
“Maybe you’re trying to choose the lesser evil.”
“Worst?”
“I told the marquis that the worst would be a future rebellion and the best would be no rebellion. Then what is the lesser evil?”
“……well?”
“That the crisis will happen right away or in 23 years.”
Phoenix opened his mouth slightly and spoke as if moaning.
“Right. Now that the Marquis has been corrected, he will be able to deal with it himself in the event of an uprising. You might think that it would be better for things to happen to you rather than to happen to the generation of your unreliable successor.”
“that’s right. Perhaps the Marquis will try his hand first if he is convinced that Prince Ulkar will rebel in the future.”
“For example, by colluding with King Lionel III or Crown Prince Zacharys to defeat Ulkar.”
“Uhhhh*”
Phoenix muttered, “It hurts.” He sighed deeply.
When the breath touched her ears and shrugged her shoulders with the sound of air blowing, he was startled and quickly stroked her hair.
“On the other hand, you can collude with Prince Ulkar.”
“……uh?”
Phoenix, who was stroking the wad, raised his head with a stupid face.
“The Marquis of Eavon might join Ulkar?”
“huh.”
“No… isn’t the Ariaga family a collateral family of the royal family? But betraying the royal family?”
“It’s the same with Prince Ulkar as Zeora.”
“No matter what”
“Zeot and Os were not always good brothers. And in 160 years, the King has changed six times and the Marquis has changed eight times. During all those years, would the Arya family have been loyal to the royal family like a docile dog?”
w O uh”
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“Among the great nobles who raised an army during the Thousand-Day War just a few years ago, there was also ‘Earl Alder’.”
“…Who is Count Alder?”
“A vassal of the Marquis of Eavon. I was captured by Prince Ulkar and eventually executed by order of the king.”
Phoenix asked with a shocked face.
“for a moment. Thousand-Day War? The one where the seven great nobles rebelled and were robbed by Ulkar and the king’s riders?”
“To be precise, it was not a rebellion. Because what the seven great nobles were aiming for was not the throne, but the excessively wide king’s direct jurisdiction.”
“No, anyway, there was a vassal of the Marquis of Eavon in there?”
“O” Heh.
“But why is the Marquis fine?”
“It was known for the arbitrariness of Count Alder.”
“It was known? What is the reality?”
“I don’t know. However, the king, who heard that excuse, did not hold the marquis accountable.”
Phoenix clutched his forehead and groaned.
“…Oh, my head hurts. I have no idea what’s going on.”
“You don’t have to think too hard. After all, you and Prince Ulkar hold all the answers.”
“Me and Prince Ulkar?”
“O” Heh.
Phoenix still looked at Heila with puzzled eyes, but she only blinked slowly as she leaned back against the backrest.
“…Hayla?”
“I’m sleepy.”
“I just need to sleep.”
“Oh yeah. I kept holding the kid who drank too much.”
As Phoenix carefully moved the bundle’s head to the pillow and stood up, Heila glanced at the bed and then looked up at him.
Seeing her sitting on the chair, Phoenix made a puzzled expression.
“…what’s the matter? Aren’t you going?”
“I can’t walk.”
“You can’t walk? why?”
“I’m dizzy.”
“….♦.Uuuu.”
Phoenix let out a sigh mixed with laughter and lifted Heila. Unaware of her rapidly blinking eyes, Phoenix walked lightly toward Heila’s room.
“No wait.”
“Yes why’?”
Heila, who dissuaded Phoenix, only blinked her eyes, but didn’t say anything in the end.
Thinking she was just drunk, Phoy Nix laid her on the bed in her room.
After Phoenix went back to his room, Heila looked up at the ceiling and sighed lightly.
