SPECIAL CHAPTER 9
Part 131
That evening, George arrived. George was looking around the inn where she was staying with a disapproving look, and when I asked him how he got there, he made a shameful noise.
“My lord, he is summoning the army, saying that Viscount Blancha has rebelled.”
Ok? Even though Viscount Blancha was an embezzler with a messy private life, he didn’t seem enlarged enough to cause a rebellion. He may have been stealing iron ore, but he didn’t think he was actually planning a rebellion.
“There were no such signs? Didn’t you know something was wrong?”
“I don’t think so either. My lord probably thinks so too.”
“Then why?”
He kept his mouth shut because he had something to point out. George also closed his mouth. They looked at each other and sighed. Was there any excuse other than rebellion for coming to see his wife on a business trip, Adri QH —- George said she left from Midoc two days ago. Did these people really use teleportation techniques? No, that’s not the problem. Today was Saturday, so it’s been six days since she left the Duke’s residence. Ethan, who was worried that Adrian was losing his mind, told George to come check on her progress. If it was already like that two days ago, what on earth was happening now? It’s scary to even imagine.
As if reading his thoughts, George added softly.
“The entire knight corps is ready to go.”
As he was unable to continue speaking due to the increasingly outrageous story, Franz, who was standing behind him, cheerfully joined in.
“How are they?”
“Miss Jenny is in the worst condition after master. She is currently learning how to ride a horse so that she can lead the expeditionary force.”
Ah Jenny… Franz and he looked at each other with similar faces and then fell silent. Jenny could do that. Maybe she would show up wielding a mace. Ah, the more she thought about it, the more he felt embarrassed. After wandering in reverent silence for a while, he finally came to his senses. It seemed clear that Adrian had lost his mind, but there was no way the King would allow such a ridiculous expedition. And shouldn’t they also be happy that Jenny, who was supposed to be the head maid of the Bigor family, was selected to join the capital army’s cavalry? So, he had no choice but to finish this job as quickly as possible and return to Midock. There was so much work to be done, and the best agent of ‘the Moon’ happened to be here? When he looked up at George with a bright smile, George tilted his head.
“It seems that the iron smelted in the Viscounty of Blancha was sold abroad. Can you find out through which merchant and where it was sold?”
“Yes?”
“I think this must be over quickly so I can go stop Adrian.”
George, who was embarrassed, understood what she said and smiled. He bent down, placing his hand on his left chest.
“I obey your orders, ma’am.”
‘Oh my, madam, hehe, I gave orders to the knight of the knights of the Knights of Bigor, and now I feel like a real duchess.’
George disappeared like the wind, and today’s long day finally came to an end. She thought tomorrow would be busier.
‘Wait, Adrian, I’m working hard. I’ll be there soon.’
* * *
On Saturday, a solemn feeling was in the air at Duke Bigor’s residence, where the countdown to a campaign that was not the owner’s, was counting down. Remina, who accepted the letter of resignation and departure, which started with ‘Viscount Blancha is plotting to overthrow Laurentyne’ and ended with ‘I strongly wish to resign,’ ended up signing a long-term vacation contract due to Adrian’s frustration. When Adrian, who had taken great care of not only her own vacation account but also Damien’s vacation account, declared that he would immediately go down to Viscount Blanca’s territory, Ethan jumped. Adrian didn’t even listen to Ethan’s words that George would be back soon and that he should wait a little longer, and Jenny carried hay from the stables to the horse she was going to ride. As Adrian’s intention to accompany Damian with several knights to help him with his work became known, a dusty wind rose in the knights’ headquarters. He thought that it was training for the Edan who had not been able to see the fierce selection competition that was going on as a tournament, and he advised them to take all the knights with them. There was no reason for the Bigor Knights to remain in Midok without Damian anyway. Adrian, who had no interest in who would follow behind him, gave permission, and the knights rode out of the duke’s residence, following Adrian while crying out for their madam.
And Jenny, who was looking at the back, screamed.
“I’m going too!!”
Millie and Louise followed suit and screamed, holding Jenny’s legs as she struggled in front of the front door, carrying a bundle full of things.
“Sister, don’t do this!”
“Please calm down, sister!”
Ethan, who was watching this, clicked his tongue.
“Well, I guess you can’t keep up with their speed yet.”
“You can go! If the horse can’t keep up, I can carry the horse and run!”
When Ethan met Jenny’s evil eyes, he hesitated, thinking that Jenny might be able to do that. In the mansion where Franz and Damien disappeared, Jenny’s antics became worse day by day. Ethan, who saw that someone who said it was his first time riding a horse in his life developed horseback riding skills comparable to that of a cavalryman from the Capital Army in just two days, thought that it was time to discuss changing Jenny’s career path. Ethan couldn’t bear to allow Jenny to accompany him because he knew the true intentions of Adrian, who ran away with Damian’s vacation news in his heart. Obviously, as soon as Damian’s job is over, he will go on a crazy honeymoon, although the administration will probably think of it as a kidnapping or a getaway. If Jenny had followed him, there was no doubt that he would have insisted on following him all the way to the honeymoon.
“Now that the master is gone, Franz may return soon.”
Ethan tried to talk to Jenny to comfort her, but it was no use.
“That’s it! Give me my girl!”
“Ma’am, even if it’s like this…”
In the end, Ethan was caught by the wall and avoided Jenny’s eyes. Meanwhile, her horse was sprinting for the first time in a long time. Adrian’s eyes shined on the green ridge running on a road that was not a well-paved road for carriages, but a road with alternating hills and wetlands. He couldn’t stand it for even a week. Damien had to endure this wait for over a year. Even though he was put through such a painful time, he never uttered a single word of resentment. What did he do? Adrian gritted his teeth, vowing never to leave her alone again.
‘Please wait, Damian. I’m going now.’
As if reading the feelings of the owner who was riding on his back, her horse also gritted his teeth.
‘Hehehe.’
* * *
George, who disappeared on Saturday night, wandered around all day, researched everything he was curious about, and returned on Sunday night. It was said that all of the iron smelted in the Viscounty of Blanca was transferred to the neighboring kingdom of Sorrento. The Bittrain platform earned income from relaying between the smelter and the Kingdom of Sorrento, and its owner was Galleon Aachen. They reported that a hole appeared somewhere on the Eastern Front and were looking for the person who took bribes to open the door, so it looks like they may have gone all the way to the border. When he asked for further investigation on the upper part of the Bittrain and Aachen, George disappeared like the wind again. After spending the weekend piecing together the documents from the mine control office and the information George had been researching, on Monday morning we figured out the approximate scale of the illegal iron trade. The price of iron ore and iron is very different. It is unknown what the smelting process of the mined iron ore was like, but it is said that about 10% of iron is usually produced from iron ore. If so, the amount of iron transferred from the Viscounty of Blancha last year was about 200 tons, or at most 4 million gold in terms of amount, and 1.2 million gold in taxes alone. No, taxes were not the problem. Since you were trafficking prohibited items, you should be sentenced to prison separately from the fine. Since she couldn’t touch the Kingdom of Sorrento, which was a foreign country, she would first have to secure the transaction ledger by securing the transaction ledger by going through Viscount Blancha and Galleon Aachen, who were said to be running the Be-Train merchants. This would be done by checking the missing tax amount, returning to Midoc, and paying the fine. What was thought to be a serious problem grew bigger and bigger, and now it became necessary to confiscate the Viscount and Aachen for illegal mineral trading, which was tantamount to treason.
She wanted to go to the Viscount right away and ask him to hand over the ledger and Aachen, but if the Viscount’s private army rises up, it won’t be difficult with thirty-five knights. It would be a big problem if they harbored bad intentions while staying in the lord’s castle, so they moved their accommodations, so it would be difficult if they rashly wandered around and provoked them. If she had known this would happen, she would have applied for more Sudo-gun from the beginning and come together. Could it be that he rebelled against the kingdom’s administrator who was on a business trip on official business? Does that really constitute treason? That was unlikely. She desperately wanted to hit them before they destroyed the evidence and made up stories, but if she made a mistake, she wouldn’t end up getting hurt. Not only Adrian, but the entire Bigor family would be in an uproar. Franz would have been torn to death by Jenny if he had been caught, so it was safer for many people to wait for the soldiers to come from the capital to provide support, even if it took some time. A messenger left for Midoc yesterday, so she would have to wait until next week. We need to investigate as quietly as possible until reinforcements arrive. She was planning to go back quickly, but isn’t Adrian fading away again? She threw down the papers she was looking at and fell on the sofa. She was scratching the sofa cushion with her fingernails and then jumped up again.
No, right? If this story gets out to the capital, maybe Adrian will really come? To think that the Commander-in-Chief of the Capital Army would not be moved by something like this, that Commander-in-Chief was her Adrian.
‘Ah, I can’t wait to go back, I’ll go back in a month. Hehehe. Then, I can settle the matter and go up there while having a date with Adrian. In fact, we might be able to meet sooner.’
She was thinking this. Until Nelia knocked urgently, opened her door, and came in.
Nellia came in with a dazed look on her face, and she spoke in a dazed voice.
“Well, Chief, Duke Bigor has arrived.”
“What?”
“Huh? My lord?”
She guessed he really came because she heard Franz’s surprised voice outside the door. Were they really using teleportation techniques? The messenger hasn’t even arrived yet, so how could he show up here now? From firing a fist to ascending to the sky and even teleportation? What kind of man was she married to?
Adrian, an open person with a smile like a flower, really appeared. Adrian walked quickly towards her and hugged her waist. Nellia went out of the room, her face red, and within a few minutes she saw Franz’s blank face.
“Ah? How did you get here?”
“I came riding.”
The medium for the teleportation magic was her own horse!
“That’s not true. The messenger hasn’t even arrived in the capital yet, so how did you know?”
“What happened?”
As she looked at him, his face hardening, she realized that he just came… ‘King, I’m sorry.’ After reassuring Adrian that it was no big deal, she asked him just in case.
“You came alone?”
“I came with the knights.”
Adrian said with his eyes toward the window, so she got out of his arms and opened the window. The 150 knights surrounding the inn looked up at her and screamed for the inn to leave.
“My lady!!”
‘I am Madam. Calm down.’ She waved her hand and they all oohed and aahed together.
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