Episode 135
{I have completed about 80% of the work that Confucius asked me to do.}
As soon as I read the sentence written on the first page, I felt a little puzzled.
80 percent means it’s almost done.
But the fact that you sent a letter like this means that there is a problem.
As soon as I thought that, I quickly skimmed through the letter.
Then, at some point, I burst out laughing.
{The division of the committee, the disappearance of Hermann Soga, and a combination of reasons made Margrave Hermann start to move.}
{Marquis Hermann applied for the estate war, and the palace approved. To be honest, you don’t have to worry about this estate war. The problem lies elsewhere.}
I was a little curious.
I thought you were contacting me because of the Yeongjijeon, but that wasn’t it.
{First of all, Marquis Hermann will target you with 100% probability. He may send an assassin, or he may send the knights of Marquis Hermann. Of course, don’t worry. It’s not that I don’t know you, but the problem is the Tulcan Empire. I have received intelligence that the Tulcan Empire is pushing for Marquis Hermann’s naturalization. I have also received intelligence that there is a Master dispatched from the Tulcan Empire in the Marquis Hermann Territory, but this is not certain. If the ‘Master’ is in the Marquis Hermann Territory, he will most likely go to the Ascendible Territory. Chancellor Rolmel, the King, and the Marquis. These three people will have their own objectives, and although I do know you, I am still worried.}
I felt sincerity in the writing.
By the way, this guy.
You’re being followed.
I’ve known for a long time that you have excellent information gathering capabilities, but the Master of Tulkan has already come, and so has the Knight of Herman… … Wait a minute.
After thinking about it that far, I ended up chuckling.
I was mistaken.
see.
Distance from the Margraviate of Hermann to Assenble and distance from the Margraviate of Valantier to Assenble.
Based on the Ascendible Territory, if you only look at the time, it’s roughly 3 and 5 days.
Aveiro had an inkling of Marquis Hermann’s intentions two days in advance.
The problem was how to make that fact known.
Let’s put that aside for now.
I read the letter again.
{The second one. This is where things get a little complicated, but I’ll try to explain it as simply as possible. I told you that the work of integrating the Marquisate is more than 80% complete, and the reason I’m sending you this letter is because of the remaining 20%. I need your permission to resolve this.}
Aveiro certainly seems to be doing a good job.
But with my permission.
What is that?
{Miss Marquis, you have more influence than I thought. I ruled out killing you because it was beyond my capabilities, and if possible, I would try house arrest or cutting off your hands and feet… … Those hands and feet are connected to the Mantis Counts. To be exact, they are connected to the Tulcan Empire.}
By the time I read that far, an interested smile was on my lips.
Aveiro is a former intelligence officer.
A person who is simply skilled at handling and gathering information.
Moreover, the ability to predict what will happen based on that information is different from others.
He then mentioned the Tulcan Empire again.
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{It seems that Count Mantis is manipulating Marquis Valantier from behind the scenes as a member of the committee, but this is ambiguous.}
As Dean Gray said, Count Mantis is on the committee.
Aveiro has now got the answer right.
How could you get such an answer right?
What’s so ambiguous about that?
{I learned this after coming to the Marquisate, but the rumors spread throughout the territory and those spread within the Marquisate do not match at all.}
{For example, if a massacre occurs within the territory, with hundreds of people killed, the massacre will be relayed to the Marquis’ mansion in a greatly reduced form.}
{Upon closer inspection, it seems that the Marquis and the Marquisate were almost separate entities from the beginning. Should I say that someone intentionally reduced the incoming information, and then filtered out the information that should be conveyed and the ones that should be left out?}
{Information coming from outside is filtered exactly three times. The guards of the marquisate, the knights, and the administrators within the territory. Only the carefully selected ones pass through these three stages and reach the Marquis of Valanti. That is why the Marquis of Valanti does not know.}
I tilted my head here for a moment.
I don’t know.
What do you not know?
{Clark Vallantier doesn’t know that you have changed. They still think you are retarded. To elaborate, the Marquis knows that everything that happened at the Academy was not done by you, but by General Rommel, who was just using you as a shield. They don’t even suspect it. They just believe it. When I checked the information that went into the Marquis, it certainly seems that way. I gathered information about Count Mantis, who used Clark Vallantier as a puppet, because it was strange, and there was something strange. Do you remember when you and I talked inside the guild before?}
I think I’m talking about that time when we had a few conversations about who would be on the committee.
{At that time, Confucius and I talked about who was on the committee. The names that came out at that time were Teslan, Malon, Herman, and Derit. There were four families in total. The Mantis Counts were providing financial aid to those four families. The estimated amount was a whopping 15 million gold. And that money went to the Tulcan Empire. That’s for sure. The Mantis Counts are on the committee. In addition, they seem to have a close relationship with the 4th Prince of the Tulcan Empire.}
{And, I’m wondering whether I should tell you this or not.}
There were traces of blank space in the letter.
Should I say this or not?
I can feel that Aveiro is very troubled.
And I lowered my head a little and could see.
Also, I could tell.
Why did Aveiro hesitate?
{Marquis Herman and Count Mantis. These two families belong to the Tulcan Empire. However, the Marquis Valantier is not. The Marquis Valantier was a puppet of Count Mantis, and he was unaware of this, but the reason Marquis Herman applied for a land war in the Marquis Valantier Territory is… … .}
{It will be revenge.}
plural.
Those words were enough.
{Marquis Hermann knows that the Duke is involved in Dietrich Hermann’s death. But that’s it. There is no concrete evidence. I erased it all. Maybe that’s why Marquis Hermann doesn’t see anything right now. He just tries to kill everyone if he has a suspicion. That’s why he’s going after the Marquisate of Valanti and then the Counts of Mantis.}
{Marquis Hermann gathered the soldiers and gave a speech. I have obtained some of the speech through intelligence, and that is why I hesitated. However, I think you should know, so I am writing this down.}
{I will reward Elizabeth Valantier to over a thousand soldiers, I will reward 500,000 gold to anyone who can destroy her spirit in any way, and the body of the little boy Jack Valantier will be cut into fifteen pieces and fed to my wild dogs… … }
{… … I know how Confucius will act. Because I know, I can only say this.}
There were a few more words, but I’ve already read everything I need to read and gotten all the information I need to get.
really.
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That’s amazing.
Aveiro is great, but what I’m talking about here is not Aveiro.
I’m talking about our Marquis Valanti.
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No, that’s too great.
How can it be this great?
How to do it.
How can a person be this incompetent?
Our Marquis Valanti was a frog in a well.
A frog that doesn’t even know it’s trapped in a well.
How miserable it is.
It’s amazing that you don’t even seem to have an inkling of this fact.
It was really amazing, and to this extent, incompetence is almost reaching the level of a god.
I almost died because of this guy?
This kind of person turned me into trash?
Is this the kind of person who captured me and threw my sister into the Tulcan Empire as a sex slave?
The fist is clenched.
Aveiro probably knows.
Aveiro, who knows a little about what I have done in the past, will probably know what I will do.
So that’s why he wrote this at the end of the letter.
{Calm down. And… …be careful.}
The clenched fist becomes more tightly clenched.
Pass-
The paper turned to dust, and the moment my fist hit the floor.
The ground shakes.
Kookung-!
I don’t know whether to call it an earthquake or a natural disaster.
Just, I can’t take charge.
A speech made by Margrave Hermann.
Are you angry because of that content?
Or maybe he was just angry at the Marquis Valanti’s incompetence.
I don’t know.
The teacher quietly holds me in that position.
I turned my head.
[Calm down.]
It’s clear.
As soon as I hear that clear voice, my mind becomes clearer and my anger dilutes.
Phew-
I took a deep breath.
The anger was diluted, but it didn’t go away.
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If I had to say, I would say it was refined anger.
“Would you like to go together?”
The teacher looks at me for a moment.
The Master did not ask where we were going or where we wanted to go.
just.
[Okay. Let’s go.]
I’ll just answer like this.
He hugged his teacher and placed him on his shoulder.
“gray.”
“… … Yes, Your Majesty.”
I turned my head.
Gray was looking at me with awe in his eyes.
Joy.
quiver.
Excitement.
And, a slight fear.
I didn’t care.
“I’m going to be away for a day or so, so if anything comes up, you can handle it yourself.”
“Ah… … Yes. I will do that.”
“And, Gonzalez.”
“… … Yes, Your Highness.”
“You must have had a hard time coming this far. Go back to your room and rest.”
Gonzalez flinched.
Then he asks me with a puzzled expression.
“Are you planning to return to the Valanti territory?”
It may have felt that way given the circumstances, but no.
Valantie Estate.
Not yet.
I didn’t know my father could be that incompetent, but that’s about it.
There are things that need to be taken care of first right now.
Margrave Hermann’s speech about destroying our sister’s spirit.
That strangely lingers in my mind.
that.
I didn’t say anything.
It’s my sore spot.
Are you trying to kill me?
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That alone would be enough to deserve death, but you’re touching my family?
The Marquis of Valanti doesn’t care whether you live or die.
But, that’s not my older sister.
That’s enough.
I looked blankly at Gonzalez.
Did he take that gaze as a negative response?
Gonzalez swallows hard and asks again.
“Then, are you thinking of going to Marquis Hermann… no, of erasing him?”
This time I looked at Gonzales without saying anything.
Even without saying a word, my expression and my gestures.
That would have been enough of an answer.
“Excuse me, may I ask how long it will take?”
This time I just said it out loud.
“Before tonight is over.”
day.
The time it takes to clean up one of the weakest countries’ marquis families is honestly not enough, it’s more than enough.
I tried not to show it, but you probably know.
I’m a bit angry right now.
and.
It’s about time I showed it to you.
What happens to those who touch me and my family?
That example.
It’s time to make one.
He stood up from his seat, holding a longsword in his hand.
Thump-!
My heart is pounding.
A gloomy, black aura that did not fit in with the world slowly emanated.
It roamed the air like mana, carving formulas into the air according to my will.
Marquis Hermann.
I know where it is.
He engraved the coordinates and spoke quietly.
“[Teleport]”