Chapter 15. It touches your pride. (One)
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Lowell knocked on the door and went inside.
“Sir, this is Lowell.”
“Come in.”
As soon as I was allowed inside, I opened the door.
The room was stained red from the fire burning in the fireplace. In the middle of it all, Carlo was sitting in an armchair.
Lowell walked towards him and bowed down on the floor.
“A lowly servant meets his master.”
“Get up.”
“yes.”
Lowell immediately stood up and took a step back. And I waited for Carlo to speak.
“…….”
A moment of silence followed.
Carlo stared at the flames in the fireplace. His eyes were redder than those and burned hotter.
Finally, he moved his lips.
“Today, I had a very strange experience.”
Lowell quickly saw through his master’s intentions.
‘Something unpleasant happened at the meeting.’
His guess was correct.
Since today’s meeting, Carlo has been unable to shake off his unpleasant feeling. The same was true at the reception that followed.
One bright blue flying insect ruined his whole day.
“For some reason, I had a bad feeling even before the meeting started…
He got up from his deep position in the armchair. The empty glass in his hand was shaking.
“The glass is empty. Could you give me a glass?”
“yes.”
Lowell walked quickly to the nightstand and grabbed a bottle of alcohol. It was something to be proud of if his subordinates at his home base saw it.
‘I can’t believe Lowell is serving someone!’
However, Lowell had no hesitation at all and actually acted as if he was happy.
“Take it.”
Lowell poured alcohol into the glass Carlo was holding.
Whoosh, a strong scent came out. It was a very strong drink, as if it represented the owner’s bitter feelings.
“May I ask what happened?”
“I guess you have a rough guess.”
“I’m sorry.”
Lowell lowered his head once and then lifted it up.
“In all the years Soshin has served my master, I have never seen him so offended as he is today.”
Instead of answering, Carlo took a sip of his drink. It meant positivity.
“I don’t think it will be Mikel, whom you have always regarded as a thorn in your side. He will be tied to his name and unable to take bold actions.”
“…….”
“Benifer… is a woman who is crazy about the emperor. But she has eyes for seeing, so she wouldn’t do something crazy out loud.”
Lowell’s judgment was correct.
He led the Mare Guild for several years, collecting information and acting on behalf of Carlo in the shadows.
Therefore, he was as knowledgeable about the situation of the empire as Carlo. He was like his own shadow.
“Aren’t they all people who tremble when they even hear the name of the Ardante family?”
After saying something to make the owner feel better, Lowell tilted his head.
“If not… was he the emperor?”
Even as he said that, Lowell thought to himself that the chances were very low.
Now, when the emperor strikes the Ardante family, it is a handshake. It provides an excuse for nobles who feel a sense of crisis to unite.
‘That greedy person can’t do that.’
Emperor Theodore was smart and quick at calculating profits and losses.
At one time, when he was called the conquering king, he behaved cruelly, but now that his reign was stable, he chose to use the lords instead of oppressing them.
In other words, the best thing for him was to cause the noble lords to fight and destroy each other, or to prevent them from thinking of opposing him.
‘If it’s not this island… … . ‘What is it?’
Lowell had no idea. He could only wait for his master to reveal the answer to the riddle himself.
“Of course, it wasn’t the emperor.”
After a while, Carlo parted his lips.
“He was much younger than that.”
“yes?”
“Abel Ovest Kindreal.”
Lowell was speechless.
As I searched for that name in my memory, I realized that it referred to Lord Ovest’s son.
“That person is Diego Kindreal….”
“Yes, an only child.”
“Abel Kindreal showed up at the meeting? Not as a representative?”
“That’s right.”
Lowell kept his mouth shut.
When he was struggling to convince his master earlier, there was a reason why he didn’t even mention Obest Yeongji’s name.
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First, the poverty of the Kindreal family.
Even though the lord himself was the strongest swordsman, the lord’s power was not proportional to that. In addition, because he always sent agents instead of lords, he even fell out of favor with the emperor.
From the Ardante family’s point of view, it was an opponent no better than a fly.
‘Is that why you called me a fly?’
Second, the affairs of Kader territory that have not yet been reported to the owner.
The work of establishing a branch again in Kader territory was progressing slowly.
First of all, it took a long time to send personnel to that far away place, and it also took time to recruit the delinquents there.
That’s all. Additional capital had to be invested to bring back the lost prostitutes and procure new products.
‘It was a territory that wasn’t very important.’
It was just a branch prepared to understand every corner of the empire. In fact, I was considering getting rid of it this time.
If you can’t do that,
‘If only it weren’t for that black guy.’
It was because of an unidentified man using a black sword.
Third, Lowell still did not know his whereabouts.
He has been missing ever since he robbed a brothel. He searched the surrounding area desperately, but could not find even a hair on his head.
‘He’s not the kind of guy who’ll be quiet after that.’
From past experiences, Lowell was confident that it would definitely appear again.
The strong cannot live by hiding themselves. It was bound to be revealed to the world, whether by someone else’s will or by one’s own will.
‘If I had brought that sword, I could have made my master happy.’
I had a bad taste in food. Instead of bringing a sword, he only had to bring the bad news that he couldn’t figure out the guy’s whereabouts.
In such a situation,
‘Abel Ovest Kindreal.’
I couldn’t help but feel embarrassed when that name came up.
‘Then this is the one who displeased the master?’
Lowell arrived at the correct answer through a natural reasoning process. But he failed to explain the correct answer.
“master.”
Lowell said, drooling.
“I’m sorry, but I don’t understand what a lowly servant is. Abel Kindreal.”
“…….”
“That kid is only 20 years old. Besides, he’s just a bastard who goes around doing all sorts of evil things in the territory.”
He shook his head from side to side.
“He does not have the money or ability to recruit other lords. How can such a person displease the master?”
“Lowell.”
When his name was finally called, Lowell quickly lowered his head.
“Yes, master.”
“That guy came to me today….”
Instead of finishing his sentence, Carlo recalled what happened during today’s meeting.
‘Then wrinkles appear.’
The image of Abel tapping his forehead and shaking his head came to mind.
‘That’s such a sad thing.’
The way he put emphasis on each letter.
‘I just said I was curious?’
Even the obnoxious way he pretended to be innocent.
Crackling.
Carlo ground his teeth loudly.
“I have never experienced such humiliation in my life.”
Instead of talking about things during meetings, he muttered like he was chewing things out.
“I dare Carlo Sud Ardante…!”
His eyes burned like red flames. It was a destructive flame that burned even oneself.
“You know what to do, right?”
“of course.”
Lowell immediately saw what Carlo meant and bowed deeply.
“We will find out where you live. And we will thoroughly investigate your every move.”
Although the subject was omitted, both he and Carlo knew exactly who they were talking about.
‘I can’t believe I made my master feel so uncomfortable.’
Lowell’s eyes twinkled grimly as he looked toward the floor.
The owner told him to keep track of his identity and whereabouts, but Lowell had a slightly different idea.
To prevent further damage, you need to remove the yellow leaves in advance.
“Yes, and.”
Carlo smiled, showing his teeth.
“Lord Tyler was playing with the ledger.”
“If you are Tyler, aren’t you in charge of distributing blue pearls?”
Lowell did not hesitate to call noblemen by their first names. Because he had no one to praise him for other than Carlo.
“Yes, I did.”
Carlo’s voice became lower.
“A hunting dog that is greedy for its owner. Shouldn’t it be kept on a tight leash?”
“dare……!”
Blue blood appeared on Lowell’s forehead.
“You commit such a shameless act without knowing any grace!”
He bowed low and his eyes lit up. An insidious and ruthless murderous spirit slowly spread out.
“Leave it to me, master. I will immediately release the bird and punish you for touching what is yours.”
“No, that’s not the case.”
Carlo waved his hand leisurely.
“I didn’t fully believe it anyway. After all, aren’t humans beings that pursue their own interests?”
“Even though everyone in the world is like that, only Lowell will be loyal to his master.”
Lowell looked directly at Carlo with passionately shining eyes. Carlo, in his sight, was always a red sun.
I will never let this sun set. There had to be no dark clouds where his sun would rise.
“I only trust you.”
Carlo reached out and squeezed Lowell’s shoulder. That firm touch and body temperature made Lowell’s heart stronger.
“Please just leave it to me.”
Lowell pledged once again.
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The sun rose the next morning.
The lords who participated in yesterday’s meeting remained seated in the meeting room.
“This is what I submitted as meeting material this morning.”
I lifted up the documents I had prepared.
“Please review section 7-3 of the material.”
The nobles were shuffling through the documents in front of them.
Palak, Palak.
Among them, the sound of nervously turning over documents was heard. I glanced at him and suppressed my laughter.
‘I’m so annoyed I’m dying.’
Carlo was flipping through documents with an expressionless expression. However, his fingers seemed to be unable to hide his emotions as he turned the paper, and his fingertips were particularly rough.
“The data you see is a table summarizing the number and type of monsters that appear in the Ovest territory from the western mountains.”
The expressions on the faces of the lords as they scanned the tickets changed moment by moment as I explained them.
“T-Twenty trolls?”
“No, this many monsters appear every day?”
“How on earth did Diego….”
Oh, does Diego know? This is how my status is increasing by the minute.
‘There is no one in the world as filial as me.’
After taking a moment to praise myself, I opened my mouth again.
“In this situation, the Obest Territory has been working tirelessly to ensure the safety of the empire. Therefore….”
A few hours later.
thud.
The conference hall door was closed. The expressions on the nobles’ faces as they left the place and headed to the banquet hall were colorful.
Mikel with a satisfied face, Bennifer with an equally satisfied smile. And even Carlo, who looks like his teeth are rotting.
“Huh, this is… things that I couldn’t even imagine keep happening.”
“Isn’t this meeting really strange?”
“That’s right. Of all the meetings I’ve participated in so far….”
The nobles who were whispering in low voices were all glancing at me. The looks mixed with interest, admiration, and surprise were very sweet.
‘Puh-huh.’
Even more so if Cain’s complicated gaze from the observation room is mixed in with it.
‘The flow is good. If it continues like this… … .’
I felt like I could achieve my goal today.
I raised my head and looked ahead. I could see Mikel walking away while chatting with the nobles.
The next moment, he turned his head and looked back.
“-!”
I could tell as soon as our eyes met. He’ll find me soon.
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