Episode 207
Chapter 5
Gray Cierran, in charge of the military and currently in charge of the swordsmanship school.
He is, without a doubt, Jack’s closest confidant.
And Aveiro.
All information flowing to Jack passes through Aveiro.
To be precise, Aveiro is a kind of brain that makes decisions on Jack’s behalf and figures out what Jack wants as quickly and swiftly as possible and takes action.
Jack trusted him so much that he was the first to acknowledge him as his closest confidant and gave up the seat on his right.
And Rommel.
He was rumored to be the best politician in the Teslan Kingdom, and indeed, Rommel was good at politics.
Being good at politics means being smart and making quick decisions.
Rommel was known both domestically and internationally as a gentle and indecisive man, and he was indecisive in reality. He was even betrayed by his two children.
And finally Elizabeth Valantier.
Although he has only been a marquis for a short time, he has quickly united the Mantis County and the Valanti Marquisate, and is receiving praise from the people of the territory every day.
A greater capacity than you might think.
At least 90% of the population of the rapidly growing Marquisate of Valantier were swayed by Elizabeth.
I can just mention one.
The people of the Marquisate of Valantier do not call Elizabeth Valantier a Marquis.
Interestingly, they call Elizabeth ‘the Lady’.
Of course, there is also a nickname.
The Iron-Blooded Lord.
Four of them.
Those four people who seemed to fit together but also didn’t seem to fit together were gathered in one place.
The expressions on the faces of the three of them, excluding Elizabeth, were slightly excited, as if they had been talking about quite a lot.
Among them, Aveiro opened his mouth.
“Everything is good. Everything is good… … but there’s one thing I don’t like.”
“If it’s one, is it the ‘it’ I mentioned earlier?”
“Yes, ‘that’ is right. What the heck.”
Aveiro pauses for a moment and looks as if he doesn’t understand.
“Why do you want to keep Mazar Teslan alive?”
Jack has already made up his mind about the current state of the kingdom.
To put the process simply:
First, the four people present had time to introduce themselves, and then Jack said this.
‘Let’s come up with a simple and clean way to organize the situation so that it doesn’t get complicated and the people don’t get confused, not to mention the people of the territory. Since we have gathered some people who are quite intelligent, 3 hours should be enough, right?’
The next thing he said was:
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‘Oh, but I can’t get it to work because I’m trying to use formal language. I’ll just do as I usually do. If you think you won’t be able to come up with a proper solution, just organize the people who seem like they’re going to start a civil war and bring them to me. We’ll meet separately today and have a really serious talk.’
I wanted to stop that.
Because no one thought that conversation would lead to a real conversation.
The meeting proceeded like that and many stories were shared.
There was one friction in the process.
To be exact, I was embarrassed.
Because Rommel wanted to keep Magyar Teslan alive.
“There is no one here who does not know that Magyar Teslan and the Chancellor have had a close relationship since childhood. Probably no one in the entire kingdom. Is that why?”
Rommel laughs.
“Are you talking about feelings?”
Aveiro also laughed.
“Isn’t that right? It’s ambiguous to kill him because he’s a friend… … A monster named Jack Valantier has appeared, but he doesn’t want to give up power… … Isn’t that right?”
Rommel’s expression, which had been smiling at that extremely aggressive tone, cracked.
“If that’s true?”
“If it’s right, there’s nothing we can do.”
“No choice?”
As Rommel continued to speak, full of doubts, Aveiro’s expression gradually grew colder.
“If that’s true, you’ll go where you were supposed to go. Mr. President.”
“… … .”
“Don’t ask or think about whether you have the power to do so. It doesn’t matter how many troops are around you, or even how many masters there are.”
“Doesn’t matter?”
“Yes. I have seven Death Knights under me. There are nine circles in total. I can kill the Chancellor with these seven Death Knights.”
It may seem absurd.
Furthermore, it may sound like ridiculous nonsense.
But Elizabeth, who had been watching Aveiro all this time, began to have doubts.
Aveiro is never a man to talk nonsense.
If a guy says he can do it, he really can.
But why?
Why on earth are you being so unnecessarily aggressive?
Elizabeth, who was present at the meeting, did not say a single word until an hour had passed since the meeting began.
Because.
I came here to learn.
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Elizabeth stared at Aveiro.
His abilities.
A man who swallows up the Marquisate and controls all public opinion in the Marquisate.
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Aveiro finished it in just one or two months.
And now he runs an organization called ‘Nameless’, which unites all the intelligence organizations in the Teslan Kingdom.
Already in this Teslan Kingdom, there is not a single person who can keep up with Aveiro when it comes to ‘information’.
So Elizabeth was learning.
Because he was a man worth learning from.
“You said you were good at planning strategies, didn’t you? In your previous life, as the lord said, you were the last guardian deity who protected the Teslan Kingdom. But that means nothing to me.”
Aveiro deals with information.
In that category, Aveiro had almost reached the pinnacle of skill.
It is absurd to say that Aveiro, who is like that, is incapable of politics and cannot devise strategies.
“Whatever strategy the president devises, that strategy will reach my ears, and I will only exploit the president’s weak points. I’ve thought about this for a while, but the president has a lot of weak points. Even though he may not realize it himself.”
“… … .”
“These 7 Death Knights have about 3 months left to live. So speak well.”
Aveiro was serious.
He looked at Rommel Assenble with cold, determined eyes and spoke as if delivering a final warning.
“If you don’t speak properly, those three months will be a grace period for you, Mr. President, and a time for me to make a choice. Why do you want to keep Mazar Teslan alive?”
Rommel’s frown slowly eased.
Because I guessed what Aveiro was thinking.
Because I realized exactly why you were speaking so aggressively.
‘… … Talent, a definite talent.’
Rommel felt that Aveiro was now telling him to give up his lust for power.
To be precise, be content with your ‘current position’, don’t invade Jack Valantier’s territory, and control Magyar Teslan properly so as not to bother Jack Valantier.
All you need to clean up the mess is your ‘political power’, anything else you have is a hindrance, so you should restrain yourself.
Rommel, who clearly felt the intention, felt a little strange.
‘When I was sitting in the position of a duke, and until recently when I stepped down from the position, everyone only talked the talk. No one talked back, no one found fault. How different.’
Just as Rommel read Aveiro’s intentions, Aveiro read Rommel’s thoughts.
surely.
‘You’re a smartass.’
Aveiro asks again.
“You don’t have an answer, are you thinking about what to say?”
Rommel shakes his head.
What do you want to say?
I’ve already finished it in my head a long time ago.
“If we keep Magyar Teslan alive, the people of the territory will gain stability, and although it may seem like the government is in a bit of chaos in other kingdoms, it will be seen as the emergence of a new power. In other words, among the matters discussed in the meeting earlier, which noble will be appointed as the head of the family, who will be sent where, which territory will be integrated into some place. Before such things.”
Rommel stops speaking, apparently out of breath.
He took a deep breath and continued speaking.
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“The effects of all these things are doubled when Magyar is alive. As I said before, it is because we can obtain ‘stability’.”
“The effect is doubled? Stability is achieved? It’s cliche. You keep avoiding the main point, so I’ll just explain it simply. The power structure of the current Teslan Kingdom has changed. There are no longer any such things as the nobility or the royal family. There is only whether you follow your lord or not, whether you obey your lord’s words or not. While we’re on the subject, I’ll ask. General Rommel, do you plan on returning as a ‘duke’?”
Elizabeth was just listening.
Her fingers began to twitch.
This is it.
So this conversation was held to say that.
As expected, Rommel said.
“I will give you the answer you desire. I have no intention of returning to the position of Duke.”
“Then you should still remain as the Academy President. If you keep Magyar alive, you will have to control such a ‘puppet’, so it would certainly be too greedy to return to the Duke position. Control Magyar while returning to the Duke position? If someone saw it, it would seem like it was General Rommel who swallowed up this kingdom, not your ‘lord.’ That would not work. Isn’t that right? Haha.”
Aveiro laughed.
Rommel also laughed.
The only ones who couldn’t laugh were Gray and Elizabeth.
Are you laughing here?
The atmosphere was tense just a moment ago, but how did it change like this?
While I was pondering such questions, Rommel said:
“You were the branch manager of the Adventurer’s Guild, right?”
“It used to be like that.”
“Suddenly, this thought occurred to me.”
“What are you thinking?”
Rommel makes a meaningful expression.
“I wonder what would have happened if I had held you.”
Psik- Aveiro laughed.
“That would never have happened. Even if you had embraced me, I probably wouldn’t have been loyal to you, Chancellor.”
Aveiro was sincere.
And in this place, not a single person read Aveiro’s true intentions.
Mazar Teslan is kept alive and used as a scarecrow… … .
Aveiro would rather have heard such words come from Rommel’s mouth.
Because.
This incident really happened suddenly.
To be a little more specific.
‘My lord, one day you will become a king who reigns over all people.’
This was a certainty.
Don’t people like Jack build nations?
That doesn’t make sense.
Aveiro discovered in Jack the qualities of a king higher than anyone else in this world.
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Jack, who has such qualities of a king.
Founding a nation through such an unexpected and unprepared event?
It’s awkward.
That’s not what Jack wants, and that’s not what Aveiro wants.
To Jack and Aveiro, who valued responsibility, creating a nation with such a flimsy, vain, and foolish idea that only a bunch of kids who wanted to create a nation would have was absurd.
Jack.
‘In a moment more perfect and certain than anyone else.’
A smile appears on Aveiro’s lips.
‘When everyone praises the lord and everyone wants to be under the lord.’
Aveiro’s eyes blaze with determination.
‘The lord becomes the true symbol of a nation and a true monarch who no one can approach, a monarch who has never existed in human history.’
Aveiro felt it.
I thought, this is what they call fate, inevitability.
Furthermore, even if it was not fate or necessity, Aveiro intended to make it so.
Jack has to shine brighter than anyone else.
Aveiro just wants to be by Jack’s side.
Because Jack was the first person Aveiro swore allegiance to.
Rommel smiled bitterly as he looked at Aveiro.
Although we didn’t convey our thoughts to each other, we’ve said everything we wanted to say.
“Then, would it be okay if we proceed as I said before and keep Magyar alive and set him up as a ‘scarecrow’?”
Aveiro stood up from his seat.
“It seems okay.”
Then Rommel and Aveiro join hands.
Gray and Elizabeth, who woke up late, also held each other’s hands, and that’s how the meeting ended.
