Chapter 397 – The Man Called Count Verolder
Entry into the manor house was easy. That’s right, Trisian, the captain of the guard, is riding next to me, so it’s only natural.
The fussy gatekeepers guarding the entrance of the manor house, as soon as they saw Trisian’s face, gave a vigorous salute, immediately opened the door, and as soon as they arrived at the entrance of the manor house, greeted them as if they had been waiting for them.
“I will guide you to the lord.”
“I don’t need guidance. Let me do it myself.”
“All right. You can go to the study.”
At Trisian’s words, the servants nodded, bowed their heads, and guided Phillips’ carriage into the stable.
After watching the carriage disappearing behind the mansion, I followed Trisian to the mansion’s study.
As Trisian knocked on the door of the study and said, ‘This is Trisian!’, Count Verolder’s voice came from inside.
“Come in-!”
As soon as I opened the door to the study and entered, the tall bookshelves on the left and right were showing off their appearance as if threatening visitors.
And right in front of him, he saw Count Verolder sitting in his chair with his back in the dazzling sunlight.
He sat in his chair, checking his papers, then lifted his head, looked at Trissian, and leaned against his back, putting the pen he was holding into the holder.
“Long time no see. Lord. I heard you called.”
“You had a lot of trouble. You did a great job this time.”
The matter of interfering with the administrative officer’s winter preparation plan, and the pseudonym of Ajio Village. That would mean both.
It would be better to be moderately humble and raise Trisian’s side here.
“No. Trissian gave me the feeling of being sheriff, so he was able to proceed with ease.”
“Whoop whoop. Yes, do you know why I called you today?”
At my humility, Earl Verolder smiled and asked.
“Hmm… He heard that the analysis of the ‘god’s gift’ and the ‘runic paper’ sent to the alchemists had been completed and he was hearing their opinions on it.”
From my point of view, it’s a talisman no matter how you look at it, but I didn’t have the skills to explain it, so I just covered it up. Count Barrolder shook his head excitedly at my answer.
“No.”
“Yes?”
“It is not ‘paper with ‘runes’ written on it’, but ‘paper with ‘like’ runes on it’. Nothing has been decided yet, so it would be difficult to make such a conclusion.”
“Ah, yes. Sorry. But, where are those alchemists… ?”
Seeing that it was called not to the drawing room but to the study, I wondered if it was what they wanted to talk about here, but the alchemist didn’t even seem to be pecking his nose.
“It will arrive in a little while. Before the alchemists arrive, I want to tell you a little bit of another story.”
“Are you talking about a story?”
“Yes, thanks to you being active in Ajio Village, I was able to deal a blow to one of my brother’s aides, the magistrate.”
“Yes. Thanks to that, it seems that our factory is busy making bedding for the count’s family.”
Seeing Thermia and the other women working overtime every day and returning with a tired look on their faces, the factory was probably working hard.
“Your brother has many aides. Some of the count’s knights, magistrates, and other vassals are attached to it.”
Originally, the vigilantes were also included, but the vigilantes came into the hands of Verolder after the executives were completely changed due to the manipulation ledger I had prepared.
“But the rightful successor appointed by the previous Count is Count Verolder, right?”
Verolder nodded his head at my question.
“Yes, because the succession to the county has already ended. The problem is that the other side doesn’t want to admit it, and they’re trying to turn his father over somehow.”
I remember the political situation of Count Denevalve clearly.
The fact that Verolder, whose power is insignificant compared to Tricker, can endure like this is largely due to the previous lord.
In any case, it was not his eldest son, Tricker, who was chosen by the head of household, but his second son, Berolder. There are many vassals who support Tricker, but if Verolder’s position grows in the end, it will be a victory for Verolder, who is naturally recognized for its legitimacy, as long as it goes to the level of equality with Tricker.
“Do you know the proverb “If you want to catch a general, shoot the horse first?”
“I have heard of it.”
“Okay. Because you are quick to understand.”
It was like this the last time I was entrusted with the work of Ajio Village. No matter how much I think about it, I don’t like that I’m being used as good as Verolder, but I can’t help it.
The case of Ajio Village last time was also a give and take.
If I interfered with the magistrate’s winter preparation plan, the lord would use that as an excuse to reduce the magistrate’s position, and in return, buy new bedding from us to prepare for the winter.
Thanks to that, my women are now busy working overtime every day.
In a way, it is a well-crafted play. Count Verolder intends to do it one more time.
“Do you know why so many vassals are attached to my older brother, who is not even supported by his father?”
“Well, come to think of it, I’m not quite sure why.”
In most cases, the eldest son takes over, so it’s understandable if the vassals give him an election in advance.
However, the previous lord had already handed over everything to Count Verolder.
In that case, it makes sense to change the line quickly. But they don’t do that, and stick to the tricker side.
He even tries to dethrone the current lord and place his eldest son in his place.
It’s a pretty strange story. There’s no way bats like them would take such a tough road because they’re so loyal.
“There is a company under your brother.”
“The top?”
“Okay. It has the right to distribute a huge amount of magic stones coming from Arpagon. Besides, my brother’s in-laws are also a problem.”
“Tricker’s wife?”
“It’s a viscount family called Desien. Originally, it was a family in an insignificant rural village, but a silver mine was discovered nearby.”
“Desien…”
It’s a name I’ve heard somewhere, but I can’t remember it well. Probably no big deal.
“The tricker’s top must have taken not only the magic stone’s distribution rights, but also the silver mine’s stake.”
“Okay. I used the money I saved from the merchant company to invest in the development cost of the Viscount Desiang’s silver mine and took a stake in the silver mine. So my brother has quite a bit of money.”
“There must be a lot of mosquitoes attached to that money.”
“Okay.”
Indeed, if that’s the case, it’s understandable. It wasn’t that he was pampering his vassals out of loyalty, he was pampering them with money.
That must have been the source of Tricker’s power.
“Don’t you have a top, Count?”
“Does not exist. It’s because his older brother stole the merchant company from the count’s family and threw it away under his command.”
“Oops.”
“There seems to be one similar to the top.”
“Oh. Is that so?”
“What are you surprised about?”
“Yes?”
“Isn’t the Black Moon a full-fledged guild now? He runs a brothel in the estate and has a hand in the textile industry.”
“Ahaha… I am honored that you think so.”
As expected, this young black moon is considered a good work horse to use at will.
It would be difficult to just be used like this. Whether it’s catching Verolder’s weakness as soon as possible, I think I’ll have to resort to tricks.
Thinking about that, I smiled kindly.
“Anyway, if there’s a problem with the top of that tricker, the bat-like retainers will fall off on their own.”
“Okay. However, it would be better not to touch the distribution rights of magic stones because they are related to the Arpagon family.”
“Then I guess I’ll have to try my hand at the Viscount Desien.”
“Okay. Come to think of it, you don’t know when a problem might arise in a place called a mine.”
“…”
Like a damn child. I want to see Elina and Liliana who will soon be in Arpagon, but because of this guy, I’m going on a business trip to the wrong place again.
“There are many problems that can arise in the mine. It could collapse, and monsters could attack it.”
“Whoops. It would be really ‘sorry’ if that happened.”
“Cheuk, that’s right.”
Following Verolder’s dark smile, I also smiled darkly.
As the two of us smiled like that, Trisian, who was listening to the story next to us, whispered quietly.
“I can’t give you the sheriff’s authority this time. After all, the Viscount Desiien is not a vassal of our county.”
“Hmm. I’ll take care of that on this side.”
Saying so, he reassured Tutian and turned his head to Verolder.
“Any deadline… ?”
“Well, recently the atmosphere around the territory has been unusual due to dragon tribes, pseudos, and unknown witches. I want it to be as fast as possible.”
She closed both of her eyes.
Seapal. As soon as possible There is no coercion like this.
“By the way, what is an unknown witch?”
“She is the woman before she is. She works with plants…”
“Ah…”
Was it a story about Hana Ijicho? Come to think of it, where is she now? She wonders what she’s doing.
I want to eat even one pussy at least once.
