Chapter. 11. Wizard’s Wizard (17)
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Vigilen family.
This is a historic family of the Empire that has ruled the city of Siegfilund, located in the eastern part of the Empire, for generations. As it is adjacent to the Blue Line Mountains, it is regularly attacked by monsters coming from the saturated mountain range, and as a result, the monsters’ magic stones and magic power are lost. It is famous for its dense by-products, and its high mortality rate among guards.
As such, they were local nobles who could not even dream of entering the central government due to the characteristic that the lord could not collect taxes and had to reinvest them in the territory, but his name was raised due to the large-scale undead incident 70 years ago.
The strength of the elite soldiers, trained by fighting against the demonic beasts of the Blue Line Mountains every day, was equally used against the undead.
When almost the entire border front collapsed due to the undead pouring in from all directions, the city of Siegfilund of the Vigilen family succeeded in holding on, and the empire drove out the undead based on the eastern part where the front line was maintained.
However, standing alone in a situation where everything is collapsing is impossible without a lot of sacrifice. Afterwards, in a soul calling ceremony by the war hero ‘Warchief Magnauca’, almost all of the city’s personnel gave up their lives for Mercury, so much so that it took over 4 hours just to call out the names of the Vigilen family and the soldiers of the city of Siegfilund. King Agdan III, who highly appreciated their sacrifice and feat, bestowed the title of Margrave to the Vigilen family, despite opposition from many ministers.
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“They say…. Margrave Alessio Vigilen, who is currently the head of the Vigilen family, is a master who is so excellent that no one can find fault with the people and nobles in the vicinity, and is a worthy lord to serve….”
“okay.”
“You are also putting in a lot of effort to ensure that soldiers on the difficult frontier do not lose their lives in vain. Even though I graduated from the Knight Academy with a mediocre grade of ‘Second Rank’, I also attended the training as an instructor to alleviate the Count’s hard work even a little…”
“and! To be the runner-up at the Knight Academy, where knights from as many empires as stars gather! “You’re being too humble!”
“Big, big! There’s nothing particularly special about it. Also, although I am far from the family’s right of succession, I am in charge of the important role of helping my brother and protecting the territory that is always exposed to crisis, so compared to other noble families, the importance of that position is greater regardless of the right of succession… .”
“Ah, ahaha….”
‘There’s nothing special about it. ‘It’s just that I’m very irritated.’
Lucilla tries not to lose her smile as she responds to the knight’s endless words. Perhaps it was because she had a lot to say or because Lucilla’s response was good, but her knight rarely left Lucilla’s side.
‘That… can be seen as an appeal of its own, right?’
A few minutes ago, the trees in the dense forest became thicker, and at some point, the view cleared up and an open area and a large castle wall appeared beyond it.
As the knight Demikas passed the wooden fence that seemed to serve as the border of the forest, he took off his helmet, ran his hand through his slightly sweaty blond hair, slowed down his horse to match the speed of the cart I was pulling, and started talking. will be.
Demikas’ behavior wasn’t particularly awkward. Although there was no prior appointment, Lucilla was a noble from a foreign country who visited the Vigilen estate anyway. As a knight of a family, it was natural to provide an escort, and for a knight who had learned proper etiquette, it was natural to do things such as chat about light topics or introduce the territory so that guests visiting the estate would not be bored during their journey.
One of the most important virtues of a knight was the ability to tell stories of his adventures in a variety of social settings, and speaking skills were also included in the required subjects for the academy, so it would not be fair to say that this guy was particularly talkative.
The problem was the topic that this guy named Demikas spoke about.
‘It’s strangely boastful, and it explains the family’s position in the empire, the current situation, and the position it occupies within it.’
In the modern version, ‘My father was a former chief prosecutor, and these days, the family runs this business, and I also have a house, a car, and saved up money to practice as a lawyer.’ He is making a very overt appeal to his level of self-appeal.
Even though there were all kinds of unique people, including Otman and I, right next to him, he didn’t even turn his head towards us guys and just looked at him talking to Lucilla.
This knight named Demikas is very interested in Lucilla.
“Wow. I see…”
“Ha ha ha ha ha. Although our territory is suffering from war, it is not a completely bleak place. If you’re not too busy, I’d like to show you around the territory. “There are many places I would like to show Lady Lucilla.”
Lucilla continues the conversation with a smile on her face the entire time to the driver who actively appeals for her interest.
But her true feelings were a bit different from what she appeared on the outside.
[Awww! This human really! Why are you so persistent!]
An irritated voice heard through message magic. This guy was talking about a topic on the outside, but on the inside, he was chewing on the article to the point that it hurt my ears.
[From what we’re talking about, it seems like we know each other. Have you ever been like this before?]
[Not to this extent, but… slightly? I’ve visited the Vigilen family’s estate before for business. At that time, I had an eye contact once, but there was no interaction like this. There’s a degree to being reckless, I’d rather have told you my feelings openly, but what’s the point of discussing conditions with your family before you even make eye contact? Ugh, gross! It’s not like they’re beastmen, but mating season has suddenly arrived!]
Eat!
[You, that is a racially discriminatory remark.]
It’s breeding season. The laughter I had been suppressing at Lucilla’s excited choice of words escaped for a moment before I suddenly remembered the reason why the second son of the Margrave family had changed his attitude.
[It’s the breeding season… Maybe that’s true?]
[Aaaah! What are you talking about? In front of a grown woman! Then, Knight Demikas is looking at me with those eyes…!]
[Why did you say it first and then ruin it? I don’t mean that, I just mean that the time you came was the perfect time for misunderstanding on the other side.]
[When did I… come visit?]
[You ran out after talking about your marriage at home. I didn’t just say it in front of you, but after it became officially known in the social world to the point where there were people to talk to.]
[….wait for a sec. Talking alone? Socialite? Oh, no way!!!!]
Damn it!
Oh my, look at how I can’t control my facial expressions. It was as white as a sheet of paper.
[Okay, you guy. You were mistaken for a noblewoman with a new career.]
[Ugh! ^%;$#&**;Aaaah!!! Oh, that’s ridiculous! Why did I have such a misunderstanding….!]
[Thank you, Lucille. Thanks to you, I will have an easy trip.]
[Ooh, don’t be funny!!!!]
Heh heh heh. I heard you don’t really know what’s going on in the world.
New business. Literally a bride’s journey
I feel sorry for Lucilla, but in the eyes of other nobles, she now looks like a ‘marriageable woman who went on a journey to find a partner.’ So the knight, the second son of the Vigilen family, said, ‘Isn’t it okay for me?’ In the same sense, we have been persistent in our approach.
“hmm. You’re all there. Lady Lucilla, hands.”
Coooooo!
Before we knew it, the group had passed through an open area and arrived in front of the castle wall. A heavy drawbridge came down over a moat that was probably about 10 meters long, and the knight got off his horse and politely extended his hand towards Lucilla.
“Welcome to Siegfilund, ruled by Vigilen, the House of the Lion.”
“No, I-I….”
“If you don’t want the Margrave’s second son to suffer the disgrace of being a scoundrel who puts a lady in a carriage, then please get on the horse.”
The mask that was always filled with a gentle smile disappeared! Lucilla breaks away and puts her hand on Demikas’ arm with a restless expression.
[Do, help me! I’ve never even thought about something like this!]
[Giggles. It’s a good deed you chose. Hold on to your evil spirit?]
Um, sorry, but this looks like too much fun to help?
I chuckled to myself as I listened to Lucilla use message magic to spew insults like a worn-out sailor would.
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It wasn’t a particularly bad situation, so I thought I’d wait and see.
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Gulp, gulp, gulp!
“Khaaah!”
“Keuuuu!”
Percussion!
“how is it. “Isn’t it worth eating?”
“This… I can’t believe it’s alcohol from a small tavern. Very poisonous. And, there is a warmth that blows away the fatigue.”
“Hehehe. He’s a werewolf who knows quite a bit about alcohol. Professor, how are you?”
“Khaaa! and. “I have no choice but to admit this.”
“Hehehehe. “The three kingdoms of Roderick, Free Trade Alliance, and Teldrat are famous for low-alcohol alcohol such as beer and fruit wine, while the Empire is famous for high-alcohol alcohol such as distilled spirits.”
The professor turned his head from Aldrich, who continued to explain the Empire’s liquor, looking rather proud, and looked around the bustling interior of the tavern.
It looks small and shabby at first glance, but the table and wooden pillars look shiny as if they have been used for a long time.
A pleasant noise typical of a tavern.
A small chair to rest your tired body on, steamy soup and bread, and even distilled liquor so cold and strong that it made your head tingle.
The party who entered the city of Siegfilund under the guidance of a knight had to part ways with Lucilla as soon as they entered, contrary to her wishes as she looked at them with earnest eyes.
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“Even Lady’s party, which was guaranteed by Knight Demikas, must be inspected. “The members are so… warriors, elves, trolls, werewolves, and magic… wizards?”
“yes. “There is also a wizard.”
Rattling, rattling!
“Well, wizard, raise your hand right now and reveal who the wizard is!”
Like everything!
“Three, three… people? “There are three wizards in the castle?”
“It’s an emergency! Bisaaaaaang! “All the gate guards are home!!!”
Clink ding ding ding ding!!!!
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At first glance, Lucilla, who looks like a noblewoman, vouched for it, so I thought they would just go through a simple identity check, but the guards suddenly got into a fight and gathered around to attack me.
Demikas also looked quite perplexed and said, ‘Lady Lucilla. ‘I’m sorry, but I don’t think we can let them into the castle.’ Lucilla had no choice but to go to the castle to keep her manners as a guest, and we saw the [Honey Weasel! [Honey Weasel] Wait for me at the tavern—] Following his words, they dispersed to the tavern and drank like this.
Taang!
Ottman said, as he fiercely put down the glass of water in front of him, perhaps because he did not like such treatment, or because he was worried about Lucilla, who went alone.
“Aldrich. Even though we are wizards, isn’t this treatment a bit harsh? Professor: This guy even brought out a sacred object and revealed that we were a group of warriors carrying out a mission for Ro Haram, so I can’t understand how he could be rude to me! “Aren’t they still keeping watch outside the bar, as if we are some kind of would-be criminals?”
“That’s because you don’t know the situation of the empire, Otman. As you know, there are a lot of wandering wizards in the Empire because of that f*cking den of cheaters. Most of the other wizards are confined to the tower, so their notoriety is limited to their local area, but these guys travel all over the place, spreading their notoriety. The people of the Empire, who have suffered a lot from wizards, are especially afraid of wizards. “This much has been tolerated thanks to the influence of the nobles Lucilla and Demikas.”
Unlike Ottman, Aldrich seemed to be used to this kind of treatment, ignoring it and eating the bread.
“Anyway, it’s surprising. “Aldrich is from the Empire.”
“There’s no law saying a warlock doesn’t have a hometown. Rather, it is rare for a warlock to stay in his hometown.”
“why?”
“…If you think about why a warlock became a warlock, you might be able to find the answer.”
While saying that, Aldrich downs the fairly strong distilled liquor in one go.
As the group, who had relieved the fatigue of the arduous journey in their own way, patted their bloated bellies and sat back in their chairs with satisfied expressions, I explained to them why the young nobleman named Demikas had been flirting with Lucilla like that.
“New conduct? If it is a good fortune, is it right for me to say what I know? “The courtship journey that her lady of Tel Drat goes on to find a suitable husband for her?”
“Yes, that is it. I thought Old Man Otman didn’t know about that. “How do you know?”
“Hmm. Don’t underestimate me. I, too, was once a young man, and when my blood was boiling, I had strange expectations about the strange customs of other countries. “Isn’t ‘The Bride from Teldrat’ still the most popular story among bards?”
Aldrich also shook his head as if he agreed with Ottman’s words.
Teldrat’s strange culture is so well-known that even water wizards from Roderick and warlocks from the Empire know about it.
Good luck. This, called the ‘bride’s journey’ or ‘the journey to become a bride’, was an old and legendary custom in Teldrat, famous for its granary and commerce.
An unmarried noblewoman of marriageable age said, ‘I will look for a partner, but I will find the right man myself.’ She decides to do this and literally travels the world to find her husband, a custom that can only be seen as crazy for a noblewoman.
It goes without saying, but an aristocratic marriage is not something that simply happens when two people see eye to eye and promise to be together for 100 years. An aristocratic marriage is a cruel and heartless event in which you have to calculate the numerous benefits that can be gained by being connected to one family by blood, and sometimes have to spend the rest of your life with someone you don’t even care about for the sake of your family.
The reason why things that make no sense due to the physiology of nobles, such as divine deeds, are possible in Teldrat…
It was entirely due to the actions of Rabbit Princess, who created the current 3rd world, while playing in the 2nd world.
Strong, beautiful, and fierce heroes, connections that are like brothers, and the enormous wealth of the ‘Princess Family’ that has been passed down since World 1.
Her character, who was close to the perfect woman everyone dreams of, received hundreds of letters every day, and when she opened her eyes in the morning, the serenade outside her window almost reached the level of an opera.
Unable to endure noble men clinging to him like leeches, Levitt had an official position…
[I am a person who knows my value better than anyone else. I’m sorry, but out of all the people I’ve met so far, there’s no one I can give my all to. That’s why I’m wandering around like this. To one day find my perfect half and settle down by his side after this long journey.]
‘Uhm. Thinking back, it was an incredibly smart play.’
It was said that I will choose my man, so don’t even dream about anyone who doesn’t meet my level –
Her declaration spread through social circles, literally turning Levitt into an idol for aristocratic men around the world.
Why? Let’s think about it from the nobleman’s perspective.
A beautiful and mysterious woman from a distant country.
If he is the man chosen by the woman who coldly rejected both the crown prince of the empire and the desert absolute known as the God of People, wouldn’t he be the best man of this era?
This thought was engraved in the minds of the nobles. Of course, in addition to this fantasy, in reality she was her best bride, with goddess-like appearance, a historic family, enormous wealth, and a network as deep and wide as the Milky Way.
From that day on, she always received the best treatment no matter what territory she visited, and the high-ranking nobles who saw her flat refusal said, “I was criticized too, but I can’t stand to see my subordinate taking the seat next to her!” She said she was able to enjoy playing much more comfortably than before because it automatically swatted away her flies.
The point is that the legendary anecdote of the second world’s ‘Teldrat’s strongest suitor’ remains even today in the third world, or rather, is passed down beyond the remaining level in the lyrics of numerous bards, and is said to noble men in other countries as ‘the woman from Teldrat’. The one who is chosen is the best man that everyone can recognize.’ The illusion of this has been greatly exaggerated.
This is not a very bad thing considering the noblewoman’s family. Considering all these factors, if you have a daughter who scores 8 out of 10, if you send her overseas, she will be worth about 11 points. You will get a great son-in-law that you can’t even dream of.
Of course, this was also a double-edged sword. If a minor aristocratic family had a dream of fortune and spread a rumor throughout the social circles, saying, ‘Our daughter is going to a new career,’ but no matter how much Romance compensation was poured on her, the daughter’s status was so low that she couldn’t handle it. Imagine returning home without being courted by anyone.
There is no such thing as disgrace, the family’s status in the social world will fall to the bottom of the abyss, and the woman will live alone forever with the label of ‘an idiot who tried to choose a husband without even knowing the subject’.
A failure like that could mean the ruin of the family, so no woman could embark on a new venture with even the slightest amount of confidence, and the ‘woman from Teldrat’, who appears every few years, appears to be fully qualified to do so, and is a member of the family. Even in ‘My daughter is enough to make a cake!’ Only noble women who wanted to obtain the qualifications and go on her journey were able to maintain that reputation. In a way, Sam, what started as a joke turned out to be true.
“But boss. Lucille didn’t set out on her own adventure; she ran away from home on her own, right? “And secretly.”
“The problem was when I left that house. They said that they ran out after the family officially announced the marriage to the social world, but this is the same as announcing, ‘The daughter of our family has completed preparations to become a married woman. Interested nobles, please send the head maid.’ It is said that an average of three engagements break off before a nobleman gets married, but news of an engagement to an old man from a distant country is only known without a single contract. “There is no need to worry about the madam and the head maids who act as hawks.”
In other words, Lucilla left home at exactly the time when she had just entered the transfer market of the aristocratic marriage world and was running for office with the title of ‘daughter of the richest family in the empire’. From the hawks’ point of view, this could not be a very attractive marriage, so they turned on the lights to try to make a connection somehow, and sent a portrait to our masters saying, ‘I heard that the third daughter of the Aedran family is looking for a marriage.’ It was a situation where I was pushing…
“In such a situation! The Teldrat woman who was said to be looking for a wife appeared in front of the noble boy named Demikas who was patrolling without thinking. Her name was listed in the marriage world in her family, she was a woman of marriageable age from Tel Drat, and she was a noble woman with a good appearance and a good family. “Anyone could see that she looked exactly like the legendary ‘woman from Tel Drat’ who had only heard stories about her.”
From Demikas’s perspective, the legendary woman had walked in front of him, and there were no more realistic requirements, so it was a situation worth rushing into as best as he could.
“Hehehehe. This is so…”
“It’s fun, right?”
“Hmm. I can’t deny it. Still, shouldn’t we help? If you’re not careful, you may unintentionally get into trouble with the imperial nobles. “It is helpful to help explain things even if it means selling the name of the denomination…”
“Well, I’ll just watch for now. He is a guy who can persuade even dwarves who are stuck behind him to win a contract. “Do you really think you can’t handle this much alone?”
Ouch-
The professor patted his swollen belly and thought of Lucilla, who was enjoying a prickly dinner.
‘Cheer up, Hi Pass. If I do well, I think my schedule in the empire will be accelerated by a few months.’
One of the cultural stories about a woman from Teldrat. ‘Don’t be soggy just because you’ve been scratched.’
When you enter, you will receive the best hospitality, and when you leave, you can leisurely leave without having to touch anything. Is there any other authority to enter and leave the territory of a foreign noble as smoothly as this?
‘As expected, it’s a good thing I renewed my contract.’
The professor smiled happily as he recalled the contract he had made with Lucilla on the cart using message magic before arriving in the city.
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