Resurrected Immortal 466

Chapter 466 – 466. Young Joo’s Decision (2)

“This… This is the reason why I abandoned my territory and brought my people here.”

The lengthy two-month story about his evacuation ended in the office of the duke’s mansion in the Armitas estate.

“Okay.”

After hearing all of Tease’s story, Eleanor nodded heavily, counting the hardships he had to go through.
Her brother, Alex, also looked deeply sympathetic, as if he were of the same opinion as her brother.
Feeling the heavy responsibility of taking care of more than 1,000 of his own people in an extremely harsh environment, the psychological pressure as a ruler who had to make choices and decisions in a row must have given Tease a lot of psychological pressure during the two months following the evacuation.
As the same aristocrats in charge as officials of a manor, Alex and Eleanor understood Tease’s feelings very well.
After her story, Eleanor spoke to Tiz, who was choosing with a small exhalation.

“Do you have any plans for the future?”

“To be honest… I’m ashamed to say I’m not thinking the right way.”

Of course.
She came to the Duchy of Armitas by accepting the proposal of the Heilangdan who came to her territory and saved her and her people, but she did not know what the environment was like here, so she could not make any specific plans for her future. It was business.

“Only… I’m thinking of taking a little break. I am no longer the lord of a domain…”

How could she, who had abandoned the territory and fled, be able to act as a lord herself?
He no longer had position, power, or land.
All he had was a small piece of property that had been hastily disposed of.
Tease’s face was full of weariness from her old life in exile, but she smiled and she bowed her head to Alex and Eleanor.

“Please, those who were my subjects… Please take good care of those who have been like my family.”

All she can do is bow her head and make this servile request.

“Please raise your head. Tiz.”

Eleanor shook her head and said to Tease.
Then she shifted her gaze to Alex, and she glanced at his intentions.

“Okay.”

Alex, understanding the meaning of Eleanor’s wink, gave her permission with a nod, and Eleanor turned her gaze back to Tease.

“Actually, we have something we would like to offer to Tiz-nim.”

“… Any suggestions?”

“Yes.”

At Eleanor’s dazzling smile, Tease quietly waited for Eleanor’s words with a surprised look on her face.

“In fact, there are still a few small estates in the farmland that are still empty near our estate.”

The currently vacant small estate was in the process of finding a new suitable person with the titles of the nobles involved in the previous large-scale aristocratic corruption case within the Kingdom of Pernias being confiscated and the land being confiscated at the same time.
Not only the corrupt aristocrats who had a lot of power and weight, but also the lesser nobles who clung to their sides and ate the falling beans, all of which were vacant due to the aftermath of being punished.

“That…”

Tease guessed what Eleanor was asking for and hardened her face.

“Could you please take office as the lord of this territory and take over the management?”

“…”

Eleanor’s request was very unexpected to Tease.
Tease, who had a dumbfounded expression, did not understand Eleanor’s invitation.

“Why… Why?”

“Whoops.”

Eleanor didn’t immediately respond to Tease’s question, but just laughed.
His question is valid.

“I am… I am only a stranger.”

He was not a citizen of the Kingdom of Pernias, and he had no special position, lineage, swordsmanship, magic, or knowledge.
He did not understand Eleanor and Alex’s choice to leave a small but small estate to him.

“Tiz-nim is a person with enough qualifications.”

“… What did you see in me and think so?”

“I heard about Tease from Lily. Lily, like me, took the same person as her husband.”

“Ah…”

Tease trembled slightly.
Does it mean that Eleanor, the daughter of an aristocratic family, is the royal family, and Lily, a maid and commoner, is the concubine?
In fact, it was Illyana who was in Eunhyeon’s royal family room, but Tease, not knowing the details, guessed that in her head.
The relationship between the two wives seems to be very close, as long as they talk and communicate a lot, and their husband and concubine allow them to go on a trip together.

“So we decided. To give the estate to Tiz. This is not purely determined by personal connections and acquaintances. Tiz-sama is a great person and has the qualities of a lord, so I’m asking you.”

“…”

Tease, in fact, had judged herself to be insignificant, but Alex and Eleanor did not see it that way.
That warm affection and high sense of responsibility that allows you to think of and take care of as many people as possible are like very good virtues for a ruler who stands above the people.
In addition, it was said that it was impossible to revive as it burned down, but the fact that all the villagers abandoned the ground they had cultivated and decided to follow the lord, Tees, meant that there was a very strong trust between the villagers and Tees.
There was no outstanding part of the surrounding environment and network, but if this kind of person has a relationship with good people and receives full support, they will probably fly like wings.

‘Maybe that’s why he tried to introduce me to this person.’

Eleanor sent her people to guess her intentions to bring Teese and his subjects to the Duchy, even at the cost of her vast funds.
As a result of sharing her story with Tease, who had a very good impression on her because of the story about Lily’s parents, she readily offered Tease the position of local lord.

“Tease is a great personality. Could you please accept this offer?”

“But… How…”

He didn’t make any special achievements, and he, who is not a big deal in other countries, could himself become a nobleman in this country.

“If you are concerned about the legitimacy of the title of nobility, there is no need to worry too much.”

“Let us recommend Mr. Tiz.”

“That… Is there really no problem?”

Isn’t that really corruption that leads to personnel solicitation centered on personal connections?

“It’s definitely not the right way to do it, but no one has a problem with this.”

The reason for this is the legitimate right that Eleanor and Armitas’s knights were able to present as they were recognized for their contributions in the last vampire eradication operation.
This is a very special case in which the Armitas ducal family tolerates the fact that they can independently form their own forces.
There was a dangerous factor that could increase the power even more than the owner of the kingdom, the royal family, if wrongly done, but Queen Diane of the royal family allowed this.
He said that he would exercise the right to grant the title of nobility and land directly recognized by the royal family for his achievements.
There is no one who can dispute it, even if they are dissatisfied with it.

“…”

Tease put on an expression at the loss of her words at Alex’s confident assertion.
She then gently closed her eyes and thought about Eleanor’s proposal.
It was embarrassing and burdensome to have that heart that thought highly of himself, but it was even more burdensome to reject the favorably young offer from the two.

“We are not going to impose a burden or tax rate to produce any results right away. We plan to provide support for at least one year until Tizz-sama and Tizz-sama’s people settle down properly.”

“…”

The story of full-fledged support, which required a considerable amount of money to provide simple clothes, food, and a place to sleep, shook Tease’s heart.
In the meantime, how many hardships have we had to rely on each other in a barren environment?
Besides, she couldn’t eat properly due to her own lack of ability, so she remembered the faces of the local people who were wearing her skinny body.
This was an opportunity not only for herself, but also for her own people.

“Okay. Well… Please.”

“Good idea.”

Eleanor welcomed Tease’s decision with a smile.

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“Ha… Done… Taa…”

After completing her mission of leading the refugees who had entered the duchy with Tease into the makeshift shantytown, Erin stretched her arms outstretched.
Leading the refugees was not that difficult.
However, it is never easy to lead a group of over 1,000 people.
Elvin and the knights of Armitas helped her to this extent, but Erin sighed at the languid fatigue accumulated in her body.

“What a sigh.”

Elvin, who was next to her, asked her sister’s big, easy sigh.

“… I need to be trained by Miho next.”

“Is it that hard?”

Elvin was also aware of the existence of a nine-tailed fox that made her sister a descendant of her divine beast.
It reminded me of the nine-tailed Yoho that stimulated the danger instinct and made me feel a clear gap even with the virtual body of a homunculus, not a human body.

“… Difficult is also difficult, and it is very annoying.”

Erin frowned as she recalled the nine-tailed fox training she was to undergo tonight.

“If I’m wrong, scold me. But it doesn’t tell me what’s wrong or how to fix it.”

In the first place, the sense of controlling the mana of the Shinsoo is his own sense that the nine-tailed fox painstakingly built up and created over a thousand years.
It is almost impossible to teach it to anyone, and it is unavoidable that Erin, who is only 20 years old, does not have enough time and effort to catch up to that level.
Eun-hyeon also explained the inevitable gap between Erin and the nine-tailed fox in that regard, but even if she could convince her, it was really to die for Erin, who was undergoing direct training.

“It was more comfortable when I was trained by Hyuni…”

Even though her body is really filthy, Erin was acutely aware of how comfortable Eun-hyeon had been by pointing out her mistakes one by one and educating her.
The training itself to deal with the magic of the divine beast was not at all difficult for the body, but the mental fatigue and irritation reached its peak.

“Right. Cheer up.”

Alvin only nodded her head in response.
She said there was nothing she could do to help with this part.
After returning to the dungeon house, the two siblings headed straight for the annex.
Although they headed to the same place, the purpose of the two siblings heading to the annex was completely different.
In Elvin’s case, she was to take care of Alice, who was still unable to move, and Derkin to take care of her wife, instead of Eris.
In Erin’s case, it was to pick up someone with whom she would learn how to handle divine powers.

“Then I’ll be on my way.”

“Okay.”

After saying goodbye to Elvin, Erin immediately stood in front of a door and knocked on her.

“I’ll go in.”

“Yes. Come in.”

In the room I opened the door and entered, there was Gerard, who was simply warming up by stretching.

“Gerard. How are you feeling?”

“Haha, it’s a little tingling, but it’s much better. As expected, Hyuni-hyung’s prescription is amazing.”

Gerard, who took medicine prepared by Eunhyeon and recuperated, was recovering little by little.
Examining his condition, who appeared to be in great health, Erin nodded her head.

“Then I will go.”

“Yes.”

Gerard followed Erin out of the annex and walked through the depths of the dungeon side by side.

“By the way, Miss Erin. Who is the teacher who will teach me how to handle the power of the divine beast?”

“… Uh?”

Erin looked up at Gerard with her eyes wide open, as if unexpectedly for her.

“Didn’t you hear what Hyun-i said?”

“Yes. I was told that Miss Erin would guide me.”

“…”