Chapter 287 – 287. Child Fights Turn Parents Fights (2)
“We must be severely punished!”
“That’s right!”
The strong voice of a nobleman, and the voices of nobles who raised their voices in sympathy, made the interior of the court meeting hall noisy.
Among them, Riod organized the opinions of the nobles and asked them.
“In other words, during the support expedition, his apprentice touched the knights of Krasir, so he should be held accountable?”
“Exactly!”
“This has something to do with the prestige of the royal family!”
For a more certain punishment, even a nasty number that included the royal family of Pernias, which Krasir protects.
Diane frowned when she read the intention to weave the royal family together.
“You’re messing around.”
“Cover your words and do it! Marquis!”
The attitude of the nobles was so absurd that when their hidden true feelings came out of their mouths, the nobles glared at Leo in a huff.
“You guys should refrain from talking. It is in front of the queen.”
“Nice…”
The nobles unknowingly swallowed their saliva at the words of Lyode, who didn’t even snort and kept a nonchalant attitude.
Excluding Minister Bernard, who is on the same level as the Marquess, only a few high-ranking nobles sitting in high positions in the country are the only ones who can raise their voices against Riod now.
Currently, Marquis Walter, who is in the forefront and strongly protesting, is in the same position as Marquis like Leo, and is also the leader of Krasir’s knights.
Nonetheless, at this moment, even Marquis Walter, as one of the heroes who solved the root of the stampede, no one could find fault with the dignity of the greatest contributor.
After Riod uttered a few words and cleaned up the noisy conference hall, Eun-hyeon finally opened her mouth after overturning the quiet atmosphere.
“Ah~ Oh, my kid has done a really big mistake.”
Even while saying that, far from being embarrassing, he smiled as if he hadn’t done anything wrong and behaved in a humorous way, so it was only natural that he scratched the nobles’ temper.
“That child…”
An aristocrat scratched his head and gritted his teeth when he saw Eun-hyeon laughing behind Alex in a nonchalant manner.
No matter how much Eun-hyeon had risen in the value of his name and position in the kingdom as the husband of Illyana and Eleanor, in the eyes of the nobles, he was only seen as a pillar of wealth that Eun-hyeon was parasitically living in and benefiting from his surroundings.
But that doesn’t mean you can’t openly ignore him now.
Literally, Illyana, with her best powers by her side, is highly likely to have a negative impact on the kingdom in the future if she disrespects him as the son-in-law of the duke’s family.
The aristocrats, who had the idea of bringing back Iliana, his wife who left Pernine, to Pernin by holding the girl’s teacher Eun-hyeon accountable under the pretext of this violent incident in Erin, were indignantly shouting Count Orba and some He noticed and focused on the conversation among the nobles.
“By the way, I don’t think my child did anything wrong. What kind of punishment are you asking for?”
At Eunhyun’s question, shrugging her shoulders with an attitude of “I really don’t know”, A nobleman jumped out of his seat and stood up.
“My son was insulted and humiliated by that girl beyond measure! How dare a single adventurer… !”
“I am not just an adventurer.”
Eunhyeon cut off Count Orba, who was shouting in an indignant voice.
“Listen, I heard that your son and the knights behind you were the first ones to quarrel with Erin.”
“What nonsense!”
“It seems that the count did not properly grasp the circumstances of the incident?”
Smiling and confidently responding, Eunhyun placed a large amount of paper on the table.
Thud!
It was such a large amount that he made a heavy sound as it was placed on the table.
Count Orba, who stared at the bundles of papers, gave Eun-hyeon a suspicious look.
“It is a statement.”
“A statement?”
“Yes. It describes what kind of conflict there was between Erin and the Krasir members at the time, and the cause, process, and result witnessed by the adventurers at the time. According to the circumstances…”
After reading the contents of the statement at the top, Eunhyeon gazed again at Count Orba, Marquis Walter, and other aristocrats related to the work.
“It says that people from the Knights side used magic to touch Erinn’s rationed meals, openly provoking them?”
“…”
It was a first for Count Orba and the nobles.
There is no way that Villard and the others themselves told their parents that it was their own initiative.
After the return of the expedition, the people around them shut their mouths, and then unconditionally blame Erin, and the situation formed public opinion so that the responsibility for her punishment was placed on her girl.
At the border fortress at the time, Alex and Yuria heard the whole story of the happening that Erin was involved in and immediately asked the adventurers and soldiers who witnessed the incident to write a statement like this.
It has been prepared by putting together long statements without missing a single content, with some compensation for the laborious work.
As a countermeasure for this situation.
“How could you believe those statements!?”
“Isn’t that just a one-sided argument from that side!”
It would be the same for that side too, but the attitude of being sure that the knights on their side couldn’t have lied is very funny.
“Besides, sheep are sheep! Isn’t it possible that that many statements could have been fabricated by ghostwriting someone!”
Of course, I didn’t think that Eunhyun’s argument would be easily accepted here.
Still, it was enough to arouse suspicion and shake the one-sided argument on the part of the Templars and nobles.
“Oh, is this sheep? This is it. It’s because it’s an affidavit that states not only the case related to Erinn, but other cases as well.”
“… Another incident?”
When Count Orba asked back with a doubtful expression, Eunhyeon smiled and answered his question.
“It is said that Villard Orba and the other 6 Krasir Knights, in the middle of the battle at the frontier fortress, abandoned their weapons and chose to flee, clamoring for the fortress’ iron gate to be opened while the battle was in full swing afterward?”
“… !”
“This is an unconfirmed fact! Besides, what does that have to do with the violence now… !”
He hurriedly spit out anything and tried to dismiss Eun-hyeon’s claim as nonsense, but the flow of the conversation, which gradually began to change, was leaning towards Eun-hyeon.
“On what grounds can we trust the one-sided claims made by the knights who fled from the fight?”
“Nice… !”
Villard and some of the nobles, who had risen to find fault with them, gnashed their teeth without finding anything to refute.
If it was true that his own children, who had become knights, tried to escape by abandoning their swords on the battlefield.
It is on a different level from the case where a number of knights were broken and defeated by a girl.
Count Orba clenched his fists and trembled at the atrocities of his son who told the story of the incident without mentioning the unfavorable story.
“Knight Commander. Did you know about this fact?”
As the nobles closed their mouths and tried to watch the situation go by sparing their words in this situation, Alex asked Marquis Walter.
“…”
“Marquis Walter, answer me.”
The annoyed Queen Diane’s voice demands an answer to Marquis Walter, who is silent and deep in thought with a hard face.
The fact that a member of the knights who protect the most honorable royal family in the kingdom fled from battle is literally a disgrace to the country and the royal family.
It’s the same as the fact that if a fight broke out to protect the royal family, an incompetent coward who ran away without protecting the royal family was enlisted as a member of the knights.
When Queen Diane asked again, Marquis Walter had no choice but to finish her thoughts and open her mouth.
“It is a fact that has not been properly confirmed. So that I can interrogate the members and find out exactly what happened…”
“There is no need for that.”
Marquis Walter, who had no choice but to put an end to this situation, was speechless at the voice of a woman who intruded in the middle.
“… Her Highness the Princess.”
“Because I saw it.”
Yuria looked up at Queen Dianne, who was glaring at Marquis Walter, and continued her words.
“There is no need to investigate later. And… This is also the reason why I want to leave the palace and entrust myself to the dukedom. Queen Mama.”
I can’t believe that I should entrust my personal protection to cowards who only run away from a fight.
The princess proudly said that she couldn’t trust the Royal Guard, which now officially protects the royal family.
The honor and status of the Krasir Guards, which had been built up over a long period of time, fell to the ground in an instant due to the atrocities of the new members.
The power to protect himself, this incident is the reason why he decided to develop himself.
After frowning and thinking, Queen Diane finally made up her mind.
“Marquis of Olivion.”
“Yes. Queen Mama.”
“Make sure you clearly grasp the facts of the case.”
“Queen Mama!”
“I will follow your orders.”
“The 7 knights who tried to escape, and even the families they have enemies with. Investigate thoroughly and punish. And…”
Eventually, she stopped talking for a while and looked at Eunhyun’s smiling face and put on a puzzled expression.
“I’ll leave the matter about that girl out of the question.”
“Queen Mama! Please reconsider your decision… !”
“The cause is also on the side of the knights, and even though many attacked one person, they were defeated, and ran away without fulfilling their duty, staining the kingdom’s honor and insulting them. Are you asking me to defend them now?”
“Every… Isn’t it all just one-sided assertions of the author! Me too… I also gave my son the time to confirm a clear factual relationship…”
“Do you think the testimony of the count’s son, who has not already told the truth, is more powerful than the testimony of Princess Yuria now?”
“That… Big…”
“If it is true, you will have to prepare for the confiscation of your honor and property, as well as the right to call yourself a nobleman of this country.”
The ending predicted by the queen means the ‘fall’ as an aristocrat.
In addition to the confiscation of the property accumulated while working as a high-ranking official in the country, and the confiscation of the titles held, the Orba family, which had a long history, would fall into a commoner in their own generation, a disgraceful ending.
The immature son’s mistake led his entire family to the downfall.
‘… No. Was it me who brought about my own downfall?’
Count Orba put his hands behind Alex and looked at the silver-white-haired man with a fake smile.
He was smiling, but that face was a made-up face decorated with pretense to the end.
Even though Eun-hyeon’s face is smiling, his eyes are just looking at her indifferently.
There was no feeling of exhilaration or joy in it.
It was indifferent to having taken care of the obvious things that had to be done, as if there was no meaning to getting rid of the ‘filth’ that was bothersome to deal with.
Count Orba remembered what Eunhyeon had said to him in the past.
– Count, this is a warning. If you’re going to fight, come on foot. I will accept you. And, I don’t want your son to apologize for trying to hurt Erin forever. But at least don’t block my child’s path. At least I hope you don’t even come close to Erin. Do you know?
First warning.
– Count of Orba. Do you know who is responsible for developing the cure?”
-This time, my brother-in-law developed it.”
-By the way, he also asked me to convey that this is just the beginning.”
Until the second warning.
The third warning did not exist.
Now, he is paying the price for ignoring that warning.
If he and Marquis Walter, the leader of Krasir’s knights, had not insisted on taking a strong retaliatory response against Erin, Eun-hyeon might have gone over without counterattacking like now.
It was on their side that they crossed the line.
The statement alone lacked the basis for the claim, so there was enough room to continue pushing forward while doubting the credibility, but with the testimony of Princess Yuria, Eun-hyeon’s claim in the statement was already confirmed as fact.
The crime of his son, Billard, and his party, who shamed not only the entire Knights, but also the royal family, had been established.
‘To be able to lose without even making a proper counterattack like this.’
Count Orba could not resist the movement of the snake that was strangling his throat and felt his defeat.
Faced with the confiscation of his title, honor, and property, Count Orba, who was about to become a commoner, clenched his fists and glared at Eun-hyeon as if to kill him.
“Ugh… Eww!”
The situation was completely reversed at some point.
Even if it was Princess Yuria who had a personal relationship with Alex.
It never occurred to her that Queen Diane, who had the right to make her own decisions and was sure to have to side with her, had turned against him.
– Can you do it? Try it, once. By mobilizing all the power, money, and force you have.
Everything she had, in a very short moment, crumbled.
