Chapter 587 – Honorary Nobility (9)
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“… In the end, it really is like this.”
It was after the turmoil and chaos immediately after the inauguration was over.
As the protagonist of his inauguration ceremony, Tyrsi glared at me slightly after going through many trials and tribulations. It’s a playful gaze. It was hard for him to even stare at him, and his angry expression quickly relaxed.
“When I heard ‘Do you want to become an honorary aristocrat?’ The other day, I thought my ears were wrong. The bean pods have finally invaded my ears.”
“Looks like it’s already written on your eyes, right?”
“Huh. The person who is holding my heart tightly would say such shameless words.”
Tyrsi whined as she placed her hand on his chest. Clearly speaking, it is. Isn’t Tyrsi’s soul wrapped in my mana?
It was like putting fluorescent bean pods upside down in the most difficult places to peel off.
─Tuk.
Tyrsi leaned his head on my shoulder as if tossing himself.
“It was really bad. If this is the case, how can I not love and hate the Nords?”
“Heh. As for the Tirsi Free Pass, I think 1-2 aristocratic ranks were cheap.”
“… Wasn’t there a better tone?”
Tyrsi whining and inflating her cheeks. The way she pinched my thighs like she was angry, she looked like a much more ordinary girl than before after she returned to being an aristocrat.
I smiled and hugged her shoulders.
“… So what? Is it salting in front of us who couldn’t sleep until dawn because we were waiting for you guys? I’m sure I’m going to kiss Gildart too.”
And there is one princess who looks at our sweet embrace with cold eyes. I said with a wry smile.
“Hasn’t your sensitivity dried up while learning royal studies? How can you say that to a man and a woman who have just confirmed their love for each other.”
After the inauguration ceremony, we ran to the inn where Elizabeth was staying, and we had come to report the results of the inauguration ceremony while waking up at dawn.
Elizabeth pouted her lips in her pouty face.
“Right now, if it weren’t for you, it was so nasty that I would have written it down in my head and retaliated against it without fail. Dear Prince Nord.”
“Are you calling me Gong already?”
“You have to spit on it beforehand. At most, a man like you chose our country over Romania! It seems like it would be easier to deal with you than to have wives rather than you.”
Fuck, spit on. Look at the friendly expression.
It’s to the point of being dirty because it’s not friendly. I laughed at Elisabeth’s joke and shrugged her shoulders.
As I said before, a snake’s waist is better than a dragon’s tail.
It was like that. Wouldn’t it be better to be a Britannian nobleman who has a fiefdom and is easy to have a real noble family than an honorary nobleman of Romania who only has a title?
‘Honestly, to exercise power in Romania, the connections I made with Selena or the elders, and the assets I have now are enough.’
Even if I become an honorary aristocrat again, the efficiency is not good.
That was the reason.
That’s why I gave up the position of honorary noble to Tyrsi, who decided to become my bride, and negotiated with Elisabeth to obtain the noble title of Britannia.
Elisabeth, who will be the high person I will serve in the future, winked at Tirsi while giggling at her.
“Whoops. But no way, the proposal gift is a title of nobility! The bride will feel good, because she is loved. Some men say that power is more attractive than beauty.”
“… Please don’t tease me too much.”
Tyrsi bowed her head in shame. Elizabeth shook her head.
“I really have to do this quite a bit. Nord, are you a more romantic guy than I thought? I thought they had human eyes, but I didn’t recognize them.”
“After this, you will have opportunities to learn more about my strengths.”
“Ahahaha! Are you brave? Surely you are a man to be proud of.”
I wonder if he liked my attitude much more than my unnecessarily polite attitude. Elisabeth put on her dignity and offered to shake her hand.
“Please continue to take good care of me, Count Nord.”
“Thanks to you, I won’t have to worry about visas for the rest of my life.”
I held her hand and smiled.
As expected, the fantasy aristocrat Gukrul is a count.
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“First, think of your last name.”
Elisabeth made a cocktail herself, and she said so.
“Do you know how to make cocktails?”
After hearing her words in one ear, I asked a similar question.
Elisabeth poured a drink for Gil Dart as well, and she smiled like a real older sister. This person seems to be popular with the people even after she became queen.
“Adventurers are good. You are free to learn anything.”
“I still don’t understand why the princess herself took part in putting an honorary noble as a spy. Was there any reason?”
“Because if you become king, you won’t be able to go out easily.”
That’s the answer to being honest.
I asked Gildart before drinking.
“… Gildart. Your wife, is that for real?”
“Are you starting to regret it? Count of Norse.”
“Such a shoe. It’s surprising that the count doesn’t want to hear it like this.”
Should I have given the honorary nobility to Tirsi and also got the title of Romanian because I frowned at the elder?
“Come on, don’t do that. Drink it!”
Elisabeth said, pouring a strangely colored drink into a cocktail glass and garnish with fruit as I became depressed.
“A blend of black snake liquor, which is good for stamina, and oriental moonshine liquor, which has a beautiful white color! It’s my signature cocktail! It’s a small gift to cheer you couple on a night out!”
“Hitomi’s toast to the princess.”
I raised a glass with Tirsi while reciting bullshit.
Is this the work of the adventurer Ergé, or the work of Elizabeth, the first princess of Britannia? If it’s the latter, it’s an honorable place to drink the princess’s handcrafted cocktail.
Elisabeth, seeing me and Tirsi drinking her drink, smiled and said: this guy has a really good laugh
“I plan to make your inauguration ceremony even more spectacular than Tyrsi did later in Britannia, but we need to discuss it in advance because we have to rehearse as well. Do you have a castle in mind?”
“There is. Oh, but even if I take my family name from the royal family, my wives will keep their original surname. Doesn’t it really matter?”
Using different surnames even after marriage.
It wasn’t a problem in terms of Britannia’s culture. In other countries, if the bride or son-in-law is a noble, the surname is sometimes used as the middle name.
‘Well, the Francesca River and the Dana River are strange.’
Of course, I have no intention of taking ‘Kang’ as my other world fantasy surname, but anyway.
As a Korean, it is a little strange to change my last name when I get married.
“Even after marriage? Well, if you want.”
Elisabeth circled her with her fingers as if to please.
“You still have to pass it on to your children? It would be blasphemy to act as if you were deliberately ignoring the family name given to you by the royal family. I don’t want to fight with the servants who are trying to bring you down.”
“Heh. Of course it should.”
Of course, I intend to pass it on to my children. A surname given from a royal family is also a sign of nobility, isn’t it?
For a few generations, you’ll hear idiots saying that you’re an upstart aristocrat. As long as it’s not obtrusive, it is or isn’t.
In any case, it’s an assumption that doesn’t make much sense right now. As if reading my thoughts, Elizabeth scratched the back of her head.
“Look closely and think about it. Even if you can’t get the territory, it will be after I ascend the throne. You can come up with an excuse to give the count, but the land doesn’t.”
“An excuse?”
“Well, there is this and that. Where did you subjugate an army of monsters?”
Subdue the monster army?
Tirshi and I looked at her face and said.
“… We wiped out a mixed army of ogres and trolls a few months ago.”
“Oh, I heard the rumors. But was it that big of a deal? I didn’t go out to investigate in the royal family. It seems that the lord over there desperately suppressed the rumors.”
Elisabeth muttered a little displeased, then smiled.
“Okay, I’ll investigate that incident as well and use it as a justification. The royal authority of our country also says that they will naturalize masters of the mithril class, but they are not weak enough to be caught making pointless quibbles, so I should be concerned.”
“It’s to the extent that he personally gives land to his subjects, but it’s hard to say that the king’s authority is low. But it’s a bit difficult to get land directly under the king’s family. You know how burdensome it is to receive that?”
“No, it’s too much of a burden for me. I’m going to purify the guys who were keeping a close eye on them and give them back the land they recovered, so look forward to it. Since you will be compared to the vicious previous lord, it will be easy for you to win the hearts of the people, right?”
I say so and smile. This is creepy.
Even if you are friendly and like people, a monarch is a monarch. Judging from the fact that they readily spit out the idea of purging their subjects, Elisabeth was also a member of the royal family when she was doing it.
‘Well, I’d be tempted to get rid of them if they were human troll aristocrats whose names I can’t even remember.’
I was convinced of the thoughts that came to my mind.
If there are five people, don’t you say that one of them is garbage?
It’s cheap to die if you’re like monsters wearing human skin.
If such people do not treat people of a lower status than themselves as the same person, shouldn’t they understand that they are not treated as human beings?
There must be a reason why the king of the time couldn’t carry out the purge right away, but I thought it was not something I would deliberately ask or hear, so I passed it on.
“Anyway, it’ll be something far later.”
“Ahaha! Do you know Where will land that can be used as a territory fall from the sky? There’s nothing strange about the experiences you’ve had in the underworld.”
“If a piece of land falls from the sky, Britannia will fly in two.”
It’s Meteor Swarm. Is Britannia sinking?
I continued to have such an important conversation as if it was useless, but Elizabeth first started to yawn as if she was sleepy, so I said hello and came out.
The Valkyries were sitting in the driver’s seat, no different from before we entered. The other wives went to bed as soon as they got back to the city, and we got out alone and stopped by for a while.
“A lot of hard work.”
Valkyrie tilted her head. Looking at it like this, these guys are cute like robot dogs.
I am a nobleman, but even though my wives have withdrawn, they have not left me free. There are only four Valkyries who escort/survey me in and out of the wagon.
Sure enough, when I moved my body slightly, these bitches observed me with their eyes wide open, not even recognizing the owner’s successor. It was the look in his eyes that said, ‘Is this bastard here to stand out?’
Write, was it Jaseungjabak who handed over the command of these bitches to their wives?
I tried to hack it like when I took it from Letitia, but unlike the last time, it wasn’t a cheat mode, so I didn’t look at it at all. It was my mistake.
I sighed and got on the carriage. Let’s escort Tirsi and give her a ride. What is this? Our mage’s ear lobe turned red.
“Ah, did you ever dream of having a man ride you sweetly in a carriage?”
“Yeah. It’s been a dream since I was little… Did you really have to hear that through my mouth?!”
No, he answered So who’s not paying attention?
This is why brainwashing is scary. Is there a research result that shows that American soldiers who were taken prisoner by the communist party showed favor to communism even after the war ended?
Existence itself is a hypnotic application and probability.
I guess days like this will come for a guy like me. I escorted the reddened Tyrsi. She was the one who sat across from her, not the one next to her.
【Guys. Let’s go.]
─Smart!
When I knocked on the driver’s side window and asked, the Valkyries that didn’t belong to me understood the rune language and drove the wagon. The carriage moves slowly along the road.
“I became a Romanian nobleman. That’s good for the Princess of Britannia, and good for me. Just like Nord said.”
Tirshi waited for the redness to subside a little before she spoke.
“If it is to find the secret of Romania… It would be hard to find someone as passionate as I am. It’s been a long-held wish of mine to find out why the family had to perish.”
“With the help of the elders and the Britannia royal family, we will be able to recognize them more safely. I’ll also attach the Valkyries I got as escorts.”
“It’s so blatant that there’s no way you can’t recognize it, so it’s rather difficult for the enemy to strike first.”
Tyrsi nodded her head.
We have been avoiding the eyes of
However, what if we were proud of the power of the outside world and our positions?
What if you even hint that they have enough strength to not die easily even if they attack in droves?
“Me and Tyrsi defeated Letitia. As long as they don’t know the process, they won’t plan an assassination. We can go on the offensive too.”
It is true that there is no reason to be hostile to
Even the wives who were victimized by them say they don’t want me to get hurt for revenge, but it’s my true heart that I don’t want to do it through self-righteousness.
But that doesn’t mean I’ll avoid fighting them.
I intend to get rid of them, and all other threats that are not even noticed yet, in a less risky way.
“There may be other threatening enemies besides the ones we know right now. Just as defeating
“Every time that happens, the Nords are trying to expel them in a better way, rather than finding out the enemy’s intentions and dealing with them one by one.”
“Yes. You should learn how to manipulate people, too, from Cornelius the Elder.”
If the expression ‘managing people’ is a bit like that, then it would be nice to change it to the law of borrowing power from others.
Just as force is power, wealth and power are power.
I will make full use of what I have to block the pouring sparks, and sometimes I will run and destroy the source of the sparks before they come to us.
“After thinking about it for a few days, I came to that conclusion. To achieve my dream, and to enjoy the happiness I got after that. I think I want to try a little harder.”
It’s the title of count for that.
“… It’s a dream. I haven’t heard anything else.”
Tirshi said slightly pouting. I guess so. Aren’t my circumstances too complicated? I was scratching my head.
“I thought it would take a lot of time to tell you all about my complicated situation, and it wouldn’t be good for safety reasons. I believe in Tyrsi, but… Because I liked Tyrsi that much.”
“… Did you like me?”
─Stupid.
I had the illusion that Tyrsi’s ears were moving.
“Yes, of course, until the other day, I couldn’t bear to say ‘I love you’… It was kind of like treating a really close friend, so to speak, but not anymore. If you still have doubts, I will tell you again and again.”
I put my hand on my lap and smiled.
“I love you, Tyrsi.”
“… …”
Tyrsi didn’t respond to my hot and greasy comment, as if her mouth had been stitched up. When I was perplexed by the thought that I had gone too far, she abruptly stood up.
She came over to my seat as if on top of me, and without looking at my surprised face, she climbed into my lap and pounded on her driver’s side window.
Her dress-hidden breasts came within reach when she snorted.
A faint smell of perfume filled his nostrils.
“… Tyrsi?”
【Everyone in Valkyrie. I just wanted to take a break. It doesn’t matter anywhere, as soon as possible.]
Kiki-Ik-!
The coachman’s Valkyrie, who received the command in the language of runes, twisted the reins vigorously. The carriage rattled and made a great turn. All the while, Tirshi was sitting on top of me.
In a posture as if they were sitting facing each other, only she stretched her back all the way. She lifted her head slightly and her white skin was visible only up to the nape of her neck. I was almost at the level of being held in her arms.
“It’s still a while before the sun rises.”
However, her waist was hot enough to touch her hand.
“… Enough to tell you a secret, right?”
──The carriage stopped inside a certain inn.
It was dark inside the inn at dawn. There was a light inside the wagon, but it was turned off. I could hear the staff come out and say something very far away.
A warm stillness seemed to press on our backs.
As if the temperature control device on the carriage was broken, the back leaning against the carriage heated up. Tirsi’s hand on my lap was on her shoulder and wiggled.
Tyrsi hugged me by the shoulders.
There is nothing strange about sharing a passionate deep kiss right now.
Even in the dark carriage, Tirshi’s flushed cheeks stood out.
A slender finger touched my lips.
The moment I thought those warm fingertips had disappeared, something hotter and warmer covered my lips. A refreshing taste emanated from the tongue that brushed her lips. It’s the taste of Tyrsi, with less makeup.
A little tongue bit my lips like rolling candy.
Her face moved slightly away.
“… There you are, Nord.”
She covered her mouth with her hand and avoided her eyes, then rolled her eyes and squinted at me.
“Let’s go have a cup of tea.”
