Episode 172
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[Aveiro… … The more I look at him, the more interesting he seems.]
“Is that so?”
[Ability first… … That’s good. Even if you’re a commoner, you can rise and gain power if you have ability… … I failed, but you will succeed.]
Oh, really.
“Master, you have not failed.”
[huh?]
“Everything up until now was just a process, and the results will be revealed starting with me now. Isn’t that right?”
[It’s a pun using cause and effect as an excuse.]
“Is that so?”
[Still. It’s nice to hear.]
The teacher laughed, and I laughed too.
and.
I think now is the time.
Since you seem to be in a good mood, wouldn’t you grant me a favor?
“County Mantis, would you like to come with me?”
As I said before, our teacher is very perceptive.
The teacher quickly noticed the hidden meaning in my words, “Let’s go together.”
[Can you give me a teleport shuttle?]
Look at this.
I told you you’re quick-witted.
“Are you going to hit me?”
Perhaps because he was being sarcastic, the teacher just snickered.
[Just tell me the coordinates.]
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It may not come as a surprise, but Count Mantis and Marquis Valantier are related by marriage.
A family that was united by the Marchioness Hystain, now deceased.
However, these families are in a situation where they are fighting each other with swords drawn.
But is that fight an ordinary fight?
Absolutely not.
Count Mantis is dead, and Hystein, the mediator between the two families, is also dead.
If that’s the case, there’s only one situation left.
Winner takes all.
but.
Count Mantis was different from Marquis Valantier.
If things had been as simple as Elizabeth becoming a marquis, things would have been much easier.
Unlike Clark Valantier, the youngest of three sons and one daughter, who ascended to the position of Marquis by killing all beings with the name Valantier and was born an illegitimate child, there were many vested interests within the Mantis Counts, and there were quite a few people alive who used the name Mantis.
This situation.
Jack expected it, of course.
But I didn’t interfere.
Protect the territory and take responsibility for its people… … .
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Because I was sure Elizabeth knew the weight of those words.
so.
This is what’s happening.
“Sister!! No, Sister!! It’s me, Torres!! Please save me!!”
“Don’t do this!! Sister, it’s me! It’s me!”
“Hey you bitch! Can you solve this right now!!”
It was diverse.
Those who are connected by the surname Mantis.
The eldest son, the second son, and Lady Mantis.
Beyond that, there were Count Mantis’ two concubines and the two children born to them.
They were all tied up with ropes and kneeling in the square in front of Count Mantis.
Elizabeth’s gaze looking down at them was cold.
“I definitely gave you a chance.”
“… … It’s a misunderstanding. There is a misunderstanding!”
Countess Mantis.
The background is that she was the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Derit.
These past few days.
Elizabeth gave Count Mantis a chance.
It was Jack’s doing, and many mercenaries and Count Mantis’ private soldiers were slaughtered by Jack, but strictly speaking, it wasn’t Elizabeth’s doing.
Elizabeth knows.
What is Jack thinking?
It’s a relationship made of blood, it’s family.
There’s no way I wouldn’t know.
If Elizabeth didn’t know that Jack was going to have to deal with killing someone, getting cursed at, and being talked about behind their backs all by himself.
You shouldn’t use the word family.
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And in that situation, Elizabeth was not a woman who would just sit still.
My younger brother believes in me to the point of getting blood on his hands, so if I do things sloppily and do them half-heartedly, I won’t be able to face him.
Going further.
That’s a very shameful family.
Elizabeth didn’t want to be in that kind of family.
“A letter of intent to give up ownership of the land and one finger. Was that so difficult?”
“… … .”
“You sent a letter of complaint to Marquis Delit, King Wangseong, Duke Malone, and Duke Ascendant these past few days, but you didn’t want to let it go?”
The people of Yeongji were silent.
Mantis’ remaining followers also fell silent.
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There are a whopping five mines in Mantis County.
It is rumored that the money coming out of that mine, or rather all the gold buried inside, is in such quantity that it can freely control inflation and deflation.
How can you give that up?
If you give up, you’re crazy.
So, Mantis’s crew didn’t give up.
Even though Elizabeth offered to spare his life without shedding blood, if he would permanently renounce his ownership of the land and leave behind one finger as proof, he ignored her.
I thought that if the two dukes who controlled the castle and the kingdom, and the Marquis of Delit, who was the background of the countess, got involved, this ridiculous fiefdom war would be like nothing happened.
however.
It was a misjudgment.
The king was silent.
The two dukes also remained silent.
Only Marquis Delitt went crazy, but he could not go against the trend.
so.
Elizabeth made up her mind.
“Iron-blooded Knights, draw your swords.”
“insect-!!”
Sling-!
Dozens of swords were pulled out, but only one sound was heard.
A fully charged military weapon.
And beyond that, Elizabeth came to completely rule the Iron-Blooded Knights.
She slowly builds up her energy.
Phew-!
The wind is blowing.
The ‘seven’ circle in her heart rotated.
“Wait a minute… … Wait a minute!!”
“Sister!! It’s me!! It’s me!!”
“I give up!! I give up. I give up, so please spare me. Please!”
Ignored it.
Elizabeth commands quietly.
“execution.”
at the same time.
Crunch-!!
Creak-!!
In front of tens of thousands of people.
The roots of the mantis are gone.
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slowly.
Elizabeth walked.
Iron Buck-!
Blood clung to Elizabeth’s shoes, pooling and splattering with each step she took.
Mantis’s Gasol.
Elizabeth walked among the corpses.
and.
He slowly raised his head while standing in the middle of the corpses.
“Today, as of this time.”
Gulp-
Someone swallowed, and the sound was as loud as thunder.
Because the surroundings were that quiet.
Elizabeth looks around with a frosty air.
Her appearance is like that of iron blood.
A rose with thorns, more beautiful and more splendid than that.
“I hereby declare that the County of Mantis is annexed to the Marquisate of Valanti.”
There was no cheering.
To be exact, I couldn’t do it.
Because everyone was just crushed by that overwhelming momentum.
okay.
I was just crushed.
Five men and women floating in the sky were looking at Elizabeth like that.
Aside from the three children who opened their eyes wide as if seeing Elizabeth like that for the first time, there was a man standing at the front and a black-haired woman next to her.
The man at the very front of them spoke.
“If this continues, our older sister will probably get a nickname or something.”
[alias?]
“Iron-blooded Queen, something like that.”
Valentine Milos smirks.
[Like an immortal necromancer?]
“Yes, like that.”
A smile was engraved on the man’s lips.
Then he asks as if he is really curious.
“Who the hell gave you that nickname? Your naming sense is… … .”
[There’s no way I would have built it.]
“Maybe not. I know your naming sense, Master.”
[… … .]
“What is a raccoon, a raccoon?”
[… … .]
“By the way, aren’t you going to write a sequel to Death Knight? I am a loyal reader, Master.”
Valentine Milos simply turned his head without saying a word.
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“You must be embarrassed.”
Then, in the end, he ended up hitting the head of the man next to him.
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I thought as I entered the house where the Mantis Count family lived.
One of the characteristics of the Tulcan Empire is its building style.
Tall buildings, and pointy spires stuck in uselessly.
That is the most characteristic, and the world calls it the Gothic style, and as I said before, this is a characteristic unique to the Tulcan Empire.
Most other kingdoms mostly build round dome-shaped buildings, with few pointed spires.
I think this is probably called the Baroque style.
however.
This is the Kingdom of Teslan, and so is Marquis Hermann and Count Mantis.
All the buildings are in Gothic style.
There are more than 10 spires that you can see on your way here, so it’s quite noisy.
Is this the Tulcan Empire or the Teslan Kingdom?
They’re both shit buckets, but I can’t tell the difference, so I feel a little bad.
As I entered the hallway, I saw my older sister talking to some men she had never seen before on one side.
Judging by their appearance and the way they act, they seem to be elders and administrators who previously worked for Count Mantis.
At that moment, my older sister turned her head and our eyes met.
“jack?”
He asked with a grin.
“How are things going?”
“what?”
I slowly approached my older sister and glanced around at the men around her.
From those who avoid eye contact as soon as they make eye contact with me, to those who just stand there blankly and then take a few steps back.
It was very diverse.
I didn’t mention it, but me.
He’s a huge celebrity now.
An unprecedented monster that fought and defeated 15,000 troops alone.
Even if it is just a rumor in the world, those who are present in front of us now know.
really.
That I killed them all.
“Originally, when the landlord changes, you have to change all the furniture and kill all the dogs in that house… … .”
Gulp, and a swallowing sound was heard from somewhere.
When I turned my head, I saw a man who looked to be in his 40s diagonally across from me.
I don’t know the name.
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Because I’m not interested.
“I’ll spare you this once. Be good, if you don’t want to lose everything.”
“… … .”
“Aren’t you going to answer?”
Then everyone shouts in unison.
“Okay… I’ll do my best!”
My older sister looked at me like that and tilted her head.
like.
It looks like he realized I was leaving now.
“Are you going?”
“Oh, I should go. I’m an academy student.”
My sister was speechless.
The elders and administrators were also speechless.
I think I forgot because the way he showed us things and the actions he took were all so extraordinary.
That’s not wrong.
That’s not wrong.
I’m a student, right?
“… … You’ll come often, right?”
I ended up laughing faintly.
“Well, students should study. It’s no use wandering around.”
“Are you saying he’s not coming?”
He quietly reached out and hugged his sister.
“If you have any problems, please tell me. I think you can handle it on your own, but I’m still worried.”
I felt my sister’s hand running down my back and slowly pulled her away.
My sister’s straight eyes stare into mine.
“Don’t worry. I’m prepared. I won’t avoid it anymore.”
He just smiled and turned around.
My older sister asks me,
“But Jack?”
“huh?”
“The back of my head is a little swollen. Should I get you a few potions?”
I look at the teacher next to me, and this time the teacher avoids my gaze again.
really.
He hit me hard.
“Okay, am I really going?”
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“Okay. Take care.”
I really turned around.
And as I walk, I get a strange feeling.
When I turned my head again, my older sister was bowing her head to the teacher.
“Please take good care of my younger brother.”
The teacher, who had been looking back and forth between me and my older sister for a moment, soon smiled faintly.
[Don’t worry.]
It was a short speech, but it was enough.
So, my teacher and I walked towards the entrance.
at that time.
The little ones who became close with our older sister for a very short time greet her.
Oh, really.
Let’s go, you guys.
