Episode 143
Aveiro turned away, leaving those words behind.
As I open the door and go out, Philip, who had come with me to the Marquisate, follows me quietly.
“… … Are you okay?”
“what?”
Aveiro’s voice was calm.
Although he was calm, Philip was not stupid.
No, what good is a calm voice? My right hand, which is in my pocket, is shaking.
“I don’t know ‘him’ very well, but I know that he has a great affection for the two people in that room… … .”
Philip was speechless, and Aveiro didn’t bother to answer.
The empty room across the street.
We enter the room used as a reception room, and the quick-witted Philip closes the door.
Turuk-
It was scary to hear that sound.
“Whoa-”
Aveiro took a deep breath.
“Wow, this is driving me crazy.”
The heavy look that had appeared just a moment ago was nowhere to be found.
Even cold sweat runs down my forehead.
“If Confucius finds out about this, he won’t beat me up, right?”
“… … No way. To be honest, I didn’t say anything wrong, did I? And.”
“and?”
Philip smiles awkwardly.
“Whoever teaches you, if they saw you, they would think you were an academy instructor.”
Aveiro knows it’s a joke meant to lighten the mood.
Even Philip, who was saying those words, knew that.
“And the branch manager was quite cool. Would you really hit a branch manager like that? He’s working so hard.”
Aveiro, who had been leaning against the desk and listening silently, snickered and said.
“That’s different, Inma.”
“What is it?”
Confucius is a simpler person than you think.
I wanted to say that, but I just kept my mouth shut.
“By the way, you are truly amazing.”
“Who? Me?”
“No, it’s him.”
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Aveiro, sitting roughly on a chair in the reception room, nods his head in agreement.
That too, many times.
That makes sense.
“You’re erasing Marquis Hermann? This isn’t some kind of novel.”
The continent was very noisy right now.
To be exact, it is a situation that cannot help but be noisy.
The launch of the Kingdom Union.
Should we say that the continent’s leadership is divided into two factions in a broad sense?
Tulcan Empire vs. Kingdom Alliance.
It was natural that it would be noisy.
In such a situation, the Hermann family was destroyed.
Very naturally.
really.
The news of the destruction of the Marquis Hermann family was so natural that it seemed to just be passed over without a trace.
That makes sense.
No matter how incompetent King Teslan may seem, he is still a king and has political sense.
The Hermann family has been wiped out… … .
No one welcomes this fact.
A truth that neither the United Kingdoms nor the King of Teslan wants.
The reason was simple.
Because the attention focused on the union of kingdoms may be diverted.
That is something that neither the King of Teslan nor the kings of any kingdom wish for.
There are two things you should do in that situation.
One is hiding.
Another way is to let it be buried naturally while bringing up another topic.
Mazar Teslan chose the latter.
Jack and Aveiro thought that Mazar Teslan was extremely incompetent.
Surprisingly, really surprisingly, the king had unexpected abilities.
Should I say that he is quite skilled at hiding secrets?
Frankly, even Aveiro was impressed by his skill in controlling rumors.
How interesting is this?
The main page of the Tesla Times, published this morning.
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Among the contents published there was this part:
[The organization that destroyed Marquis Herman is strongly suspected to be the Tulcan Empire.]
Should I say that I’m good at tightrope walking?
Or should I say that I have a knack for it?
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First, I would like to inform you of the news of the destruction of the Marquis Hermann family.
If we make that known and naturally point out the Tulcan Empire as the one behind it.
People were like, ‘Oh, the Tulcan Empire is just a bunch of crazy puppies.’
I would think so.
Even if you don’t think so, you will start to think so.
Mazar Teslan is a very skilled person in that regard.
In addition, the symbol of trying to somehow gain something from the union of kingdoms is very blatant.
anyway.
Aveiro knows about the existence of this huge plate that Jack created, and so does Philip, who works under him.
So these two can talk about different things now.
Because it was already what Jack intended and what Jack created.
worry?
Why do you do that?
If the person who did it was Jack Valantier, then it says it all.
Because he’s that kind of man.
“The more I think about it, the more amazing it seems. Even if the punitive force hadn’t returned, there would have been at least a thousand Mana users, and you killed them all by yourself. Your talent is truly… … extraordinary. Doesn’t that change the titles from youngest to strongest on the continent?”
Aveiro just smiled bitterly at Philip’s words.
Stories I told Elizabeth.
That wasn’t just a story to avoid that moment, it was really sincere.
Jack’s Secret.
The regression Jack spoke of.
What Jack did in his past life.
Aveiro never told anyone about any of those things.
Even Philip, who had introduced Jack to him and who had been acting as his hands and feet, did not give Jack any information about him.
Of course, Philip didn’t ask.
That is why Aveiro chose Philip when he went to the Marquisate.
“But if you’re that worried, why don’t you just hold back a bit? Wait a minute, if we keep doing this, isn’t that person really going to come running here? I’m scared for no reason.”
Ps …
“Even if Confucius comes, do you think he will come running? He will probably fly.”
“Are you kidding me right now?”
“I’m not joking.”
“… … .”
“And I thought about it, I don’t think our lord would say much.”
“Are you sure?”
Aveiro laughed.
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Just like Jack showed Ron one day.
“Want to make a bet with me?”
“… … Do you know that phrase that’s been on your lips lately? I don’t do it. I lose every day, so why would I do it?”
When two men were chatting away.
The atmosphere in the other room was serious.
“… … That man is the man who follows Jack?”
At Elizabeth’s low voice, Ron spoke with the utmost seriousness in his expression.
“Yes, Miss. That’s right.”
Elizabeth, leaning back against the wall, slowly looks up at the ceiling.
ha.
“I don’t know.”
“… … .”
“My younger brother, who was so innocent and kind, suddenly changed, and I didn’t know it.”
Ron said nothing.
Just listen to Elizabeth’s complaints.
“When did it start? Was it in prison? Sir, it’s the first time I’ve seen you since I was six.”
What was the first thing you saw?
“Jack crying. He’s crying in front of me.”
“… … .”
“Do you know that no matter how much his father treated him and how much Peylon beat Jack, Jack never once cried in front of me?”
“Yes, I know. Just as you said, it was exactly when you were six years old. I haven’t seen you cry since then. If you did cry, you probably cried alone.”
Jack was that kind of kid.
If you’re upset, don’t show it, and if you have something to cry about, cry alone where no one can see you.
Ron knows.
Even if you don’t use any mana, the sensation remains.
Jack crying.
To be honest, I’ve seen a lot.
When I got hit by Peylon and got slapped by Clark Valantier for the first time.
When I was being persecuted by the Marchioness.
7 years old, 8 years old, 9 years old, 10 years old, 11 years old, 12 years old, 13 years old.
Even at 14 years old.
That has happened countless times.
Jack didn’t show it on the outside, but the moment he was alone in the rose garden.
I cried.
very.
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Desperately.
Ron, who knows that, said that he had never seen her cry with her mouth because he just wanted to.
Ron knows why Jack was so alone.
“I was very careful because I was afraid that if you saw me like that, you would feel sad too. That’s the kind of person you are.”
Next.
A faint smile appears on Elizabeth’s lips.
Ron was a little puzzled by the sight.
why.
why…….
Are you laughing?
The faint smile gradually grew deeper.
Elizabeth’s eyes turn red.
That’s definitely sad.
Because I was sad.
“……haha…….”
A teardrop falls.
“Ahahahaha… … .”
Two drops, three drops.
When it fell like that.
“Ahahahahahahaha.”
Elizabeth laughed.
Smiling while shedding tears.
Ron felt a strange sense of foreboding for a moment at her clown-like appearance.
It looks like this.
I’m sure I’ve seen it before.
A dozen years ago.
That time when I was escaping from ‘that place’ with Noah.
Like a living creature trapped inside an egg breaking out of the egg.
Noah of ‘that time’ cried and laughed like Elizabeth now.
Certainly, it’s very similar to that time.
“I feel like an idiot.”
The laughter stopped.
But the tears didn’t stop.
Elizabeth says, crying.
“Jack did something, and he kept doing something, and why was I just standing there like this?”
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Ron said nothing.
“Jack told me in prison that I couldn’t stay a kid forever. He wasn’t talking to himself, he was talking to me.”
“… … .”
“Jack is not someone who needs protection, but he’s definitely been through something and changed… … I was the only one who was standing still. I just realized that now.”
After saying that, Elizabeth remained silent for a moment.
Walk slowly.
Passing by Ron.
Squeak-
I opened the closed door and watched her back as she walked down the hallway.
Ron really couldn’t do anything.
Ron’s reaction was after he thought about it.
It was exactly 10 seconds later.
Where Elizabeth entered.
Because it was clearly the reception room that Aveiro and Philip entered.
Assess the situation.
I couldn’t help but feel that it was a little late.
Ron kicked the seat.
Surely not Elizabeth.
You wouldn’t kill Aveiro or anything… right?
Closed living room door.
Ron, who was about to quickly open the door, hesitated for a moment.
Words heard from inside.
Did I hear wrong?
* * *
-Hahahahahahaha.
The reception room and the office were located not far away.
Naturally, the two men in the reception room could not help but hear the voices coming from the office.
“Isn’t this a laughter?”
I tried to soundproof it thoroughly, but it was meaningless.
Aveiro’s expression hardens, and so does Philip next to him.
If the hardness were ranked, Philip would have been first and Aveiro second.
Something is strange.
“… … I once imagined something like this.”
Aveiro turns his head at Philip’s unexpected words.
What are you trying to say?
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“Isn’t his talent and Elizabeth’s talent exceptional to anyone?”
“yes.”
“But why is the second one, Peylon, like that?”
It’s not a question you ask without knowing.
“That must be because of the difference on the ‘maternal’ side, not the paternal side.”
I’m not a geneticist or a biologist.
But this is an answer that anyone can easily see.
Jack Valantier and Elizabeth’s talents came from their mother, a man named Noah.
That’s for sure.
and.
“… … That bloodline, honestly, even you, the branch manager, don’t you know?”
There’s no way I know.
Because I never asked and Jack never told me.
Honestly, I’d like to look into it, but it’s not like I can’t.
You decided to serve Jack as your lord, but he is betraying the person you serve?
There is no gangster like that gangster.
Aveiro was not that kind of thug.
“I know it appears occasionally in history.”
“what?”
“A tyrant.”
Aveiro’s expression changed strangely.
What is this, the second installment of the new nonsense?
