Episode 95. Heir.
The scales of the Strange and Glazer families, which had begun to tilt little by little, fell to one side.
This has become a serious issue that even the imperial family cannot ignore.
“Father, why don’t you declare war on Strange?”
Edward von Glaser.
The future of Glazer, who will succeed Hagen, is called a supernova along with Verdin.
He showed his right arm, which had become a steel prosthetic arm, with a dissatisfied expression.
“Now is the perfect opportunity to get revenge on him. “You can’t stop us unless Lois is there.”
If we start a war now, we can take half of Strange’s territory.
However, Hagen seemed to have thought deeply about it and ordered him to move carefully.
“The opponent is Strange. “Even if Lois isn’t there, we can’t move hastily.”
“Why? Gunther in the east, Valentine in the west, and Hysteria in the north. “With everyone struggling to find their place, isn’t this an opportunity to strike them down?”
“I think so too. No, if you ask not only us but anyone else on the continent, you will get the same answer.”
“But how-”
Hagen snaps his fingers in the air.
Perfect!
A large scroll unfolded in front of a circular table, showing a map of the continent.
“There are four problems with taking out Strange now.”
“Four things?”
“The first problem is Lois’ life or death. “After listening to information from the spy who infiltrated Castle Strange, it was said that he may still be alive.”
Edward shrugged his eyebrows with interest.
“Is that true?”
“It’s expected. “He also never met Lois in person, so he only made predictions.”
“ah… .”
“It’s a very low probability, but if this hypothesis is correct, if we make a hasty move, we could face a backlash on our side.”
Hagen shrugged his shoulders.
“Because Strange’s troops are overwhelmingly larger than ours.”
“Father, but if Lois is really alive. “There must have been a reaction when we invaded their territory a few days ago, but wasn’t it rather quiet?”
“Okay, so if it’s true that Lois is dead, then now comes the second problem.”
Hagen held a pen and drew Strange’s territory near the east on the map.
“As I said a little while ago, Strange has a much larger territory than us and is more numerous than we thought. “Isn’t it inevitable that there are at least ten times more knights than wizards on the continent?”
“… yes.”
“Then, even if we take control of territories other than the south, we need people to manage them.”
Hagen continued by pointing out the castles on their territory drawn on the map one by one.
“We don’t have that many vassals. “If that happens, people who just talk and can’t even manage the manor could end up in that position.”
“ah… .”
“Even if we can get the guys the land right now. As time goes by, I’ll go over it again. The emperor would also like that trend.”
Absence of manager.
This was a problem that the mythical knights who conquered the continent in the past also had.
No matter how good you are, you can’t travel around the entire continent every day, so you have to share the work and entrust it to someone, but there was a shortage of people with such abilities.
In the end, not everything could be resolved through force alone, and Hagen, who knew this fact, did not hastily try to start a territorial war.
“That’s why I’m telling you not to move hastily. Strange would also know this. “If we are going to move, we will move accordingly.”
Edward said, clenching his fists.
“Father, if you don’t take it from us now, it will be taken from us. If a new matriarch takes over in Strange, then it will be impossible to fight even if one wants to. “Doesn’t your father know about this?”
Hagen closed his mouth and let out a long snort.
Big-
“Then let me tell you the third problem.”
“The third question?”
“Have you ever heard of the name Valentine?”
“… Yeah, there’s no way you wouldn’t know. “Isn’t this the knight called Strange’s judge, Red Crow, and Red Hyojo?”
“Okay, so you know about her too.”
“There’s no way you wouldn’t know. Wasn’t he the one who destroyed the Western Kingdom when he was only ten years old? “I don’t know if the rumors are true or not, but that’s what I know.”
There was no need to explain her.
It is so widespread that the only people on the continent who don’t know about Valentine’s reputation are newborn babies and mute animals.
“I don’t know what you heard. “Most of her rumors about her are true.”
Edward answered, looking away as if denying it.
“Is that so.”
“Yeah, and I fought her once too. As you know, her missing left index finger is what she took ten years ago.”
“?!”
“Of course, I did not lose the battle. Instead of losing her fingers, it left permanent burns on her back. If she had done a little more, she could have been killed, but when that Lois guy showed up… .”
He rolled his eyes as if recalling something, then clicked his tongue and continued speaking.
“Anyway, the third problem is why Valentine is in the west now.”
“Why in the west?”
“Yes, in the kingdom she destroyed, there is a large divine beast called ‘Fenrir’. “Once Valentine leaves the west, he will run wild all over the continent.”
“Can’t we just handle it?”
“impossible. “That guy is a disaster-level creature impervious to magic.”
Hagen snaps his fingers in the air.
Perfect!
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A book flew by and opened to reveal information about Fenrir.
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“They say it’s a monster that only a knight can stop. That’s why the imperial army calls Valentine, which blocks the divine beast Fenrir, the ‘Western Breakwater.’”
Edward lowered his head with a disappointed expression.
“So we can’t fight against them for the rest of our lives?”
Hagen continued, pointing to the north of the continent on the map.
“No, there is a solution to this problem. “There is an old friend of mine right here who can handle Fenrir.”
“If it’s north… . Are you really referring to ‘Bidar’, the so-called son of God?”
Vidar, son of God.
The only remaining giants on the continent.
“okay. That’s why I suggested that we postpone the declaration of war for a little while. “I also fully understand your desire to get revenge on them, so I want to proceed with the matter more carefully and reliably.”
“… “I understand what you mean.”
“Besides, there is one last problem.”
“The last question?”
As the scroll folded and unfolded, the map of the continent drawn in it was erased, and a blond man with a familiar face appeared.
“Strange’s youngest child, Verdin de Strange. “This guy is the biggest problem.”
* * *
Matteo Ricci swung a brush over a large sheet of paper.
His movements showed off his beautiful appearance as if he were dancing a skilled dancer.
How can such an old person feel this way?
Wow!
As soon as the tip of his brush stopped, Saint Maria Theresa stood up, clapping her hands.
ha-
“Mateo Ricci, I don’t know how many years you’ve been through, but the dance moves you’ve shown us are so beautiful that we want to show them to God!”
It was high praise.
It is extremely rare for a saint to say these words out loud.
Matteo Ricci bowed his head to her with a stern expression without showing it.
“I am just grateful that Theresia said that.”
I nodded loudly between the two and held out my hand.
“Bring it.”
Rox pushed Matteo Ricci’s chest and made him take a step back.
He held up a piece of paper as big as his body and showed it to me.
“Can I hold it like this?”
“okay.”
Matteo Ricci remembered.
What my mother looked like when my father said she was dead.
‘I said he was definitely alive.’
If you just know what it looks like, you can find it.
“huh?”
It’s a face I’ve seen a lot of times.
Her body shape was also similar to the girl I knew.
No, it was so similar that it could be said that it was the same.
I turned my gaze and saw Cynthia standing blankly.
‘no way?’
No, that can’t be possible.
Cynthia said she was born in the south, and her mother’s hometown was in the east.
Moreover, since she is not at the right age to have given birth to me, I can only think of her as someone who looks just like me.
“… Matteo Ricci.”
“Say it.”
I told him, pretending to tear the paper.
“Are you kidding me?”
“W-What?!”
“You are drawing this woman and calling her my mother? “I would have said that I don’t like pranks.”
He looked back and forth between Cynthia and me with a puzzled expression, then frowned.
“Your mother is not like that woman. “That woman looks like your mother.”
“what?”
“I don’t remember clearly, but they said she was a famous wizard in the East. Then wouldn’t she have family in the east? “There will be similar-looking people there too.”
That’s not to say there’s no possibility.
Because it is not difficult to meet people with similar faces even on the battlefield.
“That woman’s parents might also be from the same region, or she might have blood from that region and have a similar face.”
“… wait for a sec. “Did you say you were a wizard a little while ago?”
“Yes, wizard. Your mother was a fire wizard. “I’m not very knowledgeable in that field, so I’m not sure what kind of spell they used.”
My mother looked like Cynthia, and she was a wizard who used fire magic.
This was the end of the information I could get from Matteo Ricci.
But it was enough to use as information to find her.
fantasy,
