“You know, Kai.”
“yes.”
“Patrick, what the hell is that bastard doing out there?”
After waking up after three days, Leverticia stopped enjoying the dinner prepared by the chef herself, but listened to the noise from outside.
It was faintly audible, as if screaming from a distance, but it was definitely a scream.
“No, rather than that, why is that bastard at the Duke of Baltail?”
“Letty, would you like to drink this? It smells sweet.”
“Ah, yes. Let’s drink.”
Kaius calmly handed the glass. Her appearance and gestures were so
carefree that even Leverticia forgot what she was doing for a moment and
accepted the cup.
“Five. this tastes good… is not that important Why is Patrick in the duke’s house?”
Leverticia tapped the table lightly.
Kaius answered dryly, fiddling with his ears as if annoyed.
“Well. You want to work in our mansion or something.”
“What? Does that child work?”
Leverticia’s eyes widened.
Patrick was a man who couldn’t do things like work. Not only when I was young, but even when I became an adult, I lived on Baron Wilfred’s money.
After the baron’s death, he would have lived without lacking in the inheritance he had inherited.
‘Most of the money the baron left behind is the money I earned.’
Thinking about it, I suddenly got a fever again.
As I was clutching my fork, I heard another faint scream from over there.
“-Aaaaaaaaaah!”
“… What the hell are you doing?”
“Well. Stable filth cleaning?”
“Wow, I can’t even imagine what that kid would do.”
“If you want to do something later, do it as much as you want. Because I swore I would do anything for my family.”
… What happened while I was sleeping?
Leverticia felt a bit uncomfortable, but got up from her seat without asking any further questions.
In any case, it’s refreshing to see that Patrick is like that, and he’s still got a lot of uses for dealing with the warlocks.
“Don’t worry, we have a magic tracking device attached and we’re monitoring it to make it look fairly spacious.”
Kaiers replied as if piercing her thoughts. She replied with a smirk.
“Did I prepare a lot while I was sleeping?”
“You slept a long time. After all, the festival almost passed while you were sleeping.”
“festival?”
At Kaius’ words, Leverticia tilted her head.
“Is there a festival even in this chaotic time?”
“ah. you don’t know It’s a peace festival, but it’s an event that happened after this mess.”
Kaiers added an explanation of the peace system.
In short, it was a one-day festival for those who had grown weary of endless fear and anxiety after the onset of the chaos.
In particular, when the chaos was just beginning, for a while, more sensitive people committed serious crimes such as murder, robbery, and arson rather than being attacked by monsters. It was even more so as people’s stress rose as disaster-like situations they had never seen happened one after another one after another.
The peace festival was to reduce the stress of such people and to hold a happy festival just one day a year while praying for peace together.
The nobles have private soldiers to protect them, and although it is a bit risky, if you invest in safety, you can have a party any time, but the
commoners couldn’t, so the peace festival was like a sweet rain for them.
“Hey. I heard that people are having fun and we are going to be separated again for the sake of people’s safety?”
“right. That’s right.”
Kaiers applauded. However, neither of them were happy at all.
“… I guess I should get some more sleep. The fatigue has not gone away yet.”
“right. Externally, we are now seriously ill. Can’t you let me fall for a bit?”
But that couldn’t be possible.
It was because they had informed the emperor in advance that they were fine, in case another problem would arise.
“Hey, Duke. Rebertisha. His Majesty’s message… I’m going to have to watch it in secret right now….”
“ha.”
They both sighed at the same time.
Somehow, it seemed that he could already see what the emperor was going to say.
***
“This is your chance, Earl Hereace!” Inside the sunny imperial palace.
The neo-nobility who followed Aaron Hereace chased after him and chirped like parrots.
“Don’t you know that Duke Valtail and his wife, who were like thorns, were injured? They won’t be able to move for a while, so you can aim for this time and the Count will be active again!”
“Right! Newspaper niggas that only write damn low quality articles. How could the sudden appearance of the wife and Earl of Hereace be equal?
What a devotion the Count has done!”
“It’s just that the duke’s authority is high, so it’s a bill.”
Each of them suddenly changed their attitude and began to gossip about the newspapers that started following Leverticia instead of following Aaron.
To be honest, it is true that Kaiers threw Leverticia’s information into the newspapers at first, and threatened her, but it was the newspapers’ voluntary actions to follow and report on her, who had become a hero.
Besides, Aaron Hereis was also a hero thanks to that ‘low-level knight’. But his followers were not at all silent about it.
“Because even the people of Amon knew that she was a hero. Sheesh.”
“you’re right. Besides, it is the Peace Festival soon, so now seems like a good time to show the outstanding performances of Earl Hereace to many people.”
“….”
The nobles chattered and loudly from behind, but Aaron remained silent. He seemed to be in deep thought somewhere.
“… So this time around, I think it would be better to show an activity in a different direction.”
“….”
“I, Count Hereace?”
“ah.”
Aaron raised his head belatedly and looked at them.
“sorry. I’ve been very busy lately, so I’ve been idle for a while.”
“Oh, no. I understand! Both of you are lying down, so you must be busy!”
“Thank you for your understanding. And I… I don’t really have any desire to pretend to be with the two of you. Both of them are hard-working people who fight chaos, and they are strong people.”
“Count! Don’t be so weak! This is another war. Do you know how powerful the orthodox nobles are? Those old men!”
“haha… I just want you to stop fighting too much.”
Aaron dried it with a characteristic soft smile. At that sight, the new nobles smirked as if they were pathetic.
They pretended to be walking after Aaron, and secretly whispered among themselves.
“Certainly he came from the bottom, so he doesn’t know anything about power struggles.”
“Is it okay to believe it? You look like a stupid person who is not completely naive.”
“Still, if we’re going to face Duke Baltail right now, the only thing we can trust is that naive idiot. We have to bring it to our liking somehow.”
They even left Aaron alone and started arguing among themselves.
“No matter how confusing it is, the world doesn’t need two heroes, right?”
“That is correct. One must fall unconditionally.”
“Is there any other way to bring it down? Right now, it’s too strong and sturdy over there….”
“I have an idea.”
One of the new nobles lowered his voice.
“Isn’t there a lot of criminals who are caught recently for having an affair with a warlock?”
“Yes. But what about that?”
“The Duchess of Valtail had already been imprisoned once for being suspected of being involved in a warlock. Besides, the monsters of chaos have increased significantly since she appeared.”
“Ugh! you’re right! That’s sure information that you don’t even need to check! People will be feeling it more personally!”
“If only we could give a little rumour through the newspapers that are still more friendly to us….”
“People will start to doubt!”
The nobility said with a little excitement.
They started to plan more tightly here and there.
The conclusion of the plan was to drive Leverticia into a warlock’s inner circle in a crowded peace festival.
“good. Then, as planned, we will bring down Duchess Baltail and her orthodox bastards at the Peace Festival!”
***
“… He said.”
“….”
“I have a rather good ear, but talking like that right next to me. I think everyone was at a loss.”
“….”
Inside the quiet Emperor’s office.
Except for the rattling sound of Evelyn’s pen, which was recording the Emperor’s words and actions, everyone was quiet as if they had eaten honey.
After a long silence, the first person to speak was Leverticia.
“Why are you telling us that, Earl Hereace?”
“You can just call me Aaron.”
“no.”
The resolute answer of refusal came out of Kaius’s mouth.
Leverticia and Kaiers had secretly entered the palace with the intention of secretly attending an audience with only the emperor.
However, when he heard that Aaron had suddenly delivered this shocking story to the emperor, he summoned the Count again to inquire about the details.
Even after hearing it directly from Aaron, Kaius and Leverticia could not shake their bewilderment.
The two chatted with their mouths open.
‘Why are you telling me that? Are you a follower of yours?’
‘How do I know that? Aren’t you digging the trap in reverse, you bastard?’
‘I don’t think so….’
Leverticia tried to read Aaron with a sense of reading people. However, no matter how advanced his senses were, he was not a mind reader, so he could not fully read Aaron’s intentions.
Leverticia, who was staring at him, and Aaron, who made eye contact, smiled broadly.
“I heard that you were seriously injured, but I’m glad you looked okay. There are many people in the peace festival, so if you fall, you will be very ashamed. Or will I accept it from below like last time?”
At his bright words, Leverticia frowned.
… No, is this bastard just a handsome idiot?
