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The evening that Leo’s family visited the Jerdinger mansion.
A celebration party was held in Sjerdinger.
It was a little different from a typical aristocratic party where several nobles were invited and enjoyed.
It was a party to which only families related to Gerdinger were invited.
Leo looked at the people invited to the party and muttered softly.
“It’s grand.”
“huh? What are you talking about. The country is in turmoil due to the rebellion, but it cannot be done in a grand manner. “It’s rather simple.”
“okay. “Sometimes you forget that you are a minor princess from a great family.”
“Are you also a minor member of that great family? And what does that mean?”
“It means that the concept of simplicity is very different from the general concept.”
“Are you making fun of me because I think the world is dark?”
Celia slowly opened her eyes.
It was when Leo waved his hand lightly while looking at Celia.
“Master, young lady.”
Five boys and girls approached Leo.
Starting with Martina, Austin, Valerie, Julan, and Karin.
They were first-year knight students in Rumern and knights of Leo.
Leo said as he looked at the five people who came to say hello.
“Everyone said you succeeded in being promoted to second grade, right?”
“Yes, it’s all thanks to you, Master.”
Martina grinned.
Leo smiled while looking at Martina like that.
“I did something. “In fact, since you are Jerdinger’s knights, Celia took care of you more than me.”
It was as he said.
Before becoming a junior in the knight department, it was Celia who took the most care of the five knights of Gerdinger as a senior at school.
“Lady Celia was very helpful too! thank you!”
As Karin stepped forward and smiled broadly and expressed her gratitude, Celia flipped her hair.
“There is nothing to be thankful for. “As a direct descendant of Gerdinger, I did what was natural.”
Celia smiled brightly.
“Before you are Leo’s knights, you are Gerdinger’s knights. Don’t forget that. You worked hard for Gerdinger’s honor. Take pride in your own achievements. “Leo is the star of this party, but it’s also a party for you.”
At those words, Martina scratched her cheek and smiled awkwardly.
‘Actually, I worked hard because I wanted to live.’
Celia also took good care of the five people.
But before that, it was Leo who pushed the five people to the limit.
***
The end of the second semester, when preparations for the Festival of Heroes were underway.
Leo, who called the five people, said with a smile.
“Everyone is working hard at school. “How are you these days?”
At those words, Valerie, Julan, and Karin spoke enthusiastically.
“Thanks to you, Master, I was able to do well!”
“Please take good care of Miss Celia and Niel!”
“It might be my last time, but I’m going to try my best!”
Martina was a solid honors student with upper-middle grades, while Austin was in the upper-middle grades.
However, unlike the two, the three were not in the bottom tier, but promotion to second grade was slightly dangerous.
Even students with top scores sometimes fail Lumern’s promotion exam.
To that extent, Valerie, Julan, and Karin placed a premium on doing their best without leaving any regrets.
Leo grinned at the words of the three people.
“last?”
The three people felt goosebumps rising all over their bodies from that laughter.
“That’s strange. “I haven’t even taken the test yet, so why does it say it’s the last time?”
“Well, that’s… … “It’s because we might fail the promotion test.”
“It’s not like I’m mentally weak or anything! I will do my best so that I have no regrets! right? Ha ha ha ha ha!”
“Oh, that’s right! young master! “I worked hard, but it’s inevitable that it won’t work out, right?”
Leo said as he watched the three quickly getting their words together.
“The thought that it might not work out means that your mental state is weak. And there is a saying like this, right? If it can’t be done, make it happen.”
The three people’s faces turned white at Leo’s words.
“If you fail to get promoted, the training that took place before last year’s entrance exam will be at the level of cuteness.”
“Heeeeeeeek?!”
As the three people screamed in fear, Martina and Austin gave them pitiful looks.
“All five of you.”
“Wait! young master! “Why us?”
“If these three fail to be promoted, are we also in training?”
When Martina and Austin asked urgently, Leo said.
“You know there’s something called guilt by association? Since you are all members of the same order, isn’t it natural that you share joys and sorrows?”
At those words, Martina and Austin put their hands on the three people’s shoulders! and raised his hand.
“Starting today, don’t think too much.”
“It’s special training.”
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Leo laughed as he looked at the two with a look of despair on their faces.
“It’s nice to see camaraderie.”
‘Look at this as camaraderie!’
The five of them screamed inside, but couldn’t say it out loud.
Martina, who was making an awkward expression as she recalled what happened then, glanced at Celia.
As Celia looked at them with pride, a sense of guilt creeped in without knowing why.
“Lady Celia, Master Leo. And our cute juniors!”
At that time, Niel came up smiling.
Looking at the students of Rumerne gathered in one place, the trainee knights and apprentice knights invited to the party were filled with envy.
‘Wow, I’m jealous.’
‘I also want to talk to Master Leo.’
‘It’s a bit burdensome to approach them when they’re all gathered like that.’
Among young knights, Leo was already something of a legend.
And the five people who became Leo’s Knights last year were also now objects of envy.
“It makes my heart happy to see young knights, who can be said to be the future of the family, sharing their stories.”
At that time, an old knight approached them.
“Hello, Eggerson.”
Celia greeted Eggerson.
Looking at Exgerson like that, Leo asked Martina a small question.
“who is this?”
“This is Eggerson Gerdinger. “You are an Elder Knight of the Presbyterian Council.”
Elder Knight.
He is a knight who received the title of elder.
He had red eyes, but if you saw a glimpse of brown hair between the white hairs, he was from a collateral family.
‘That’s the person who yelled at me earlier.’
It was the elder who yelled at Leo during the conversation with Regas.
“Is this your first time greeting me like this, Leo Plov?”
“My name is Leo Plov.”
Leo greeted Eggerson, holding his hand as he reached out to him.
“I should have said hello to the famous nameless hero first.”
Celia narrowed her eyes as she looked at Eggerson, who was laughing.
A nameless hero.
That was one of the countless nicknames for Leo floating around in the world.
Leo was the only hero in the hero records without a second name.
As such, he was called by many different names in the world.
All Masters.
He who inherited the beginning.
etc.
Many people disliked Leo because they thought it was unfamiliar.
However, there was a nickname that belittled Leo, and that was ‘the nameless hero.’
At Exgerson’s words, Martina’s expressions, including Niel, also turned unsatisfactory.
Regardless of the fact that he is Gerdinger’s vassal, from the perspective of Lumern students, Leo has a lot of respect.
Leo’s appearance as the student council president while preparing for the Hero’s Festival was enough to make people admire him as a hero.
In Lumern, where a wide range of talents gather, Leo was definitely recognized as the leader of Lumern, regardless of whether he was a senior or a junior.
Literally the pride of Lumern students.
Even though he was the adult of the family, it was difficult to endure the intentional ridicule aimed at putting Leo down.
Celia was about to open her mouth when she saw that scene.
“In fact, I should have said hello to the elders first, but my greeting was late.”
“haha! He was even polite. I can’t believe he’s that tomboy’s son! He was worried a lot because he married an ugly man. He gives birth to a son like this! “It looks like our Gerdinger’s bloodline is truly amazing!”
‘Look at this? You keep crossing the line? okay? ‘It’s the master bedroom of your house, right?’
Perhaps out of spite for Leo’s attitude earlier, Exgerson continued to say unnecessary things.
‘Just now, you were talking like a thunderbolt and saying anything. ‘You won’t be able to talk carelessly like before in this place where there are so many eyes watching.’
As an Elder Knight, he has already gained a strong voice and influence within the family.
On the other hand, Leo is still a stone that has not yet been rolled over.
It would be a big crime if someone else was caught trying to embarrass someone who was already established within the family, but Leo is not yet without influence within the family.
‘Besides, when young people gain fame, they pay more attention to the reputation of those around them than necessary.’
Exgerson laughed inwardly and vented his anger as much as he could.
But unfortunately, Leo wasn’t the type of person to care about that.
Leo grinned, and Celia looked anxious.
‘What on earth are you trying to say with a smile like that?’
“I’m glad I got to say hello like this. “If I did something wrong, I could never see you again.”
“what? What is that… … .”
“How unfair would it have been if we were born in the same era and went to the other world without seeing the great hero’s successor?”
At that moment, Exgerson’s face, which had been making a puzzled expression as he did not understand what Leo was saying, turned red.
Celia gaped at the sight.
‘No matter what, it is. ‘Do you treat elders like old people who don’t know when they will die?’
Niel and Martina also looked at each other while holding their breath.
“And Gerdinger isn’t that great.”
“W-what?”
“I am great.”
Exgerson opened his mouth.
Leo said to Exgerson.
“What are you looking at? “Is this your first time seeing such a great person?”
Leo muttered to himself, looking at Eggerson as if he were pitiful.
‘Compared to Luna, I’m a noble person.’
‘Ah? Where are you fighting? ‘Please return me to nature with my own hands before I die of natural causes?’
If it were Luna, she would have said it out loud without being sarcastic.
“profit! “You don’t even know how to respect the elderly!”
“I know about attacking elderly people.”
“Hey! You arrogant bastard! Looks like you’ve accomplished a few small feats and nothing is worth seeing! “You should know that the world is wide!”
When Exgerson, whose eyes rolled back, shouted, the surrounding attention focused on Leo.
Leo spoke calmly while receiving that gaze.
“If fighting Erebos with the brave and preventing the second coming of disaster is a small feat, what is a great feat? Are you saying that after fighting Erebos?”
“Iik!”
Eggerson, clearly aware that further conversation would only result in his own loss, suppressed his anger and stormed out of the party.
While everyone was buzzing, Celia held her face.
“you… … Anyway, that’s true. Now the Presbyterian Church has completely turned into an enemy. “I’m going to do everything I can to disadvantage you.”
“It would have been the same even if I had been obedient anyway, right?”
Leo chuckled.
“What are you planning to do tomorrow?”
“Your mother said you should only trust yourself?”
“Your aunt?”
At Leo’s words, Celia turned her head and looked at Rayna, who was smiling towards this place.
‘I feel more anxious.’
***
next day.
Leo and Reina were called to the Elder’s Corridor.
The reason for the call was to determine the territory that Leo would inherit.
As the meeting began, Raina mentioned the land she was supposed to inherit earlier.
“Do you think that makes sense? “When did you think that was the enemy?”
Exgerson said, crumpling his face.
“What on earth did your son do for Gerdinger? Although he was recognized as a direct descendant, his last name was not Gerdinger, and wasn’t he an arrogant and irreverent person who foolishly thought that he was better than his family? “Even though such a person is a direct relative, how can we treat him the same way as other direct descendants?”
“it can not?”
“Sounds obvious!”
As Exgerson raised his voice, the other elders nodded.
Raina looked at that with a sullen expression.
Regas saw that and smiled awkwardly.
‘What are you going to do again?’
Although we haven’t seen each other for a long time, he knows her well as she is his daughter.
When you make an expression like that, you never know what kind of unexpected action Reina might make.
Reina, who was looking at the elders with a dissatisfied face, stood up.
“Leo, wake up.”
“why?”
“Pack your bags. let’s go.”
Leo stood up with a puzzled expression upon Raina’s sudden words.
Even the elders were taken aback by that sudden attitude.
“What is this? “Where are you going?”
“It’s Lwalin.”
At those words, the Elder Knights of the Presbyterian Council opened their mouths.
“Why is it so simple in Lwalin?!”
“Go and ask to be accepted as a direct descendant. “If it’s Leo’s level, I’m sure my immediate grandfather would do it too.”
“What, what!”
The Presbyterian Church was turned upside down by a completely unexpected bombshell statement.
“Weren’t you once a proud knight of Gerdinger? But you’re going to betray your family and go to the magicians and rag-tags!”
“I’m disowned by Gerdinger anyway, right?”
“Isn’t Leo Plov a knight?”
“What kind of article is Leo? “All class.”
Reina put her hands on Leo’s shoulders and smiled.
“If you are the youngest student council president and a hero, and you are a member of this class who follows in the footsteps of Kyle, the hero of the beginning, you will welcome Lwalin with open arms, right?”
“Do you think they will accept someone with Gerdinger blood!?”
“hmm? is it? It’s Leo. I want to marry Chelsea right now. It seems like her mother’s family has nothing to do for you. But it would be different if it were Lwalin.”
The Presbyterian Church was shocked by Raina’s explosive remarks.
Lwalin, like no one else, could never tolerate this.
Leo asked Reina as he watched the Presbyterian Council in chaos.
“Is it okay to do this?”
“Son, do you know what the basic principles of negotiation are?”
“It’s a threat.”
“That’s correct. And if you’re going to threaten, you should do it in a way that the other person hates the most.”
“What if it doesn’t work?”
Reina smiled.
“From then on, it’s a game of chicken.”
“It’s irresponsible.”
“It’s not my wedding, is it?”
‘I understand why she was called a witch.’
Leo burst out laughing.
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