Chapter 264 – From Now on I’m the Rule (1)
The day before the coronation of Reingram Lumenhark.
I went to the place where he was staying to meet Erden.
“Long time no see. Lord.”
As we bowed down to show our respect, Erden said with a wry smile.
“We are the only ones here, so there is no need to be so polite. Be at ease.”
“Right, right~. It’s not even an official place, so let’s make it comfortable.”
The woman, with her healthy brown skin and her hair and eyes that reminded me of ripe oranges, clung to Erden and said.
“You don’t have to be so rigid with your family, do you?”
The woman’s name is Amelia Rose.
She was the sister of Leon Amelia, the head of Amelia who rules the south.
“Then, I will.”
“Yes! The one who helped me and Erden connect is the young master, but this much is nothing! Be at ease!”
Rose, who smiled brightly with her arms crossed at Erden, made me feel that she was genuinely happy for this meeting.
“How can that be my virtue? All I did was ask him to send him a flower and a letter.”
“Whoops! That’s not all. Do you know how happy I was with that letter and flowers? I showed that I liked Erden for several years, but there was no response, so I decided to give up…”
Having said that, Rose pulled out a piece of her letter from between her breastbones her.
“Did this letter arrive that day?”
“Rose…!”
Seeing the letter, Erden’s eyebrows went up.
“Why are you bringing it out here? No, I should have brought it here.”
“Whoops… Of course I have to bring it. How much Erden’s affection was contained here. I can’t let go of her body even for a moment. How is it? Young master? Are you curious about the contents of the letter?”
“Rose!!”
Seeing his expressionless brother his, who is comparable to Melfisa, so flustered, made me laugh for no reason.
“To be honest… Yes, I am a little curious.”
“Eugene! Even you…!”
Erden looked at me with an expression of betrayal.
But what I’m curious about is what I’m curious about.
Then Rose winked at her as she pushed her letter back through her breastbone her.
“Whoops. I’m sorry, but I can’t show you. This letter was written only for me by Erden… Only I should know.”
“That’s too bad.”
“Even so, he is a young boy. If you’re really curious, I can tell you a little bit about…”
At that moment, Erden jumped up from her seat and shouted.
“Now stop… !!”
Erden’s flushed face her didn’t sound like anger, but rather the feeling that he was screaming at her because he could n’t stand her embarrassment.
‘…A lot has changed.’
Originally, there would have been no such thing as Erden and Rose sitting at the same table and throwing jokes.
In the worldview of ‘Aka Assistant Teacher’, Erden and Rose loved each other, but in the end, they couldn’t convey their feelings, and at some point the love turned into hate.
“…Erden…Are you mad?”
When Rose looked up at her cautiously and asked, Erden sat back in her chair and answered, covering her blushing face with her hand.
“No, I am not angry. But… It’s embarrassing, so I’d like to get to the point now.”
“Huhuhu, it looks like you teased me too much. Let’s stop and get to the point.”
After Rose said that far, Erden returned to his usual expressionless expression and said.
“Eugene, the reason you are requesting a separate meeting like this must be for a reason.”
“Yes, brother. …Today, I’m going to use the one favor you promised.”
Instead of helping Erden get to the top of Calliope’s cage, Erden decided to do a favor without asking why.
Of course, there is no coercive effect, as it is not a contract or an oath, but due to Erden’s personality his, he will not break his promise his.
“I get it.”
And, as expected, Erden accepted it coolly.
“Thank you. What I want to ask of you is… This.”
I handed Erden a brooch with the faction’s pattern.
“…This. A proof of fact.”
“Yes, brother, please wear that brooch and participate in the coronation ceremony tomorrow.”
Eddard, the former head of Calliope, did not belong to a faction.
Most of the things related to politics were done by the hostesses, Garcia and Maisha.
‘I’ll go to them as soon as this is over.’
Garcia and Mysha must have already joined the faction, but…
If I ask, he will come in without saying anything.
“I get it.”
It is never easy for the head of a great family to wear the emblem of a particular faction.
However, Erden put the brooch on his left chest without hesitation, just because it was a promise.
“Hmm… Bocchan. Do you have another brooch?”
“Yes, there is.”
Let’s hand over the brooch I had to Rose’s words.
Swoop—
Receiving it, Rose immediately attached the brooch to her clothes.
“Rose?”
“Rose…?”
At the same time, Erden and I looked at Rose in amazement.
“What? What have I done? Why are you so surprised?”
“But that’s my faction’s…”
“Whoops. Isn’t it natural that my husband’s clique is my clique? I’ll join the boy’s clique too.”
“But Rose, didn’t you already belong to a faction?”
“Rose doesn’t know that. Are you everything to me now?”
Saying that, Rose leaned her head on Erden’s shoulder.
“Fufufu, I want to ask my younger sister for it, but I think it will be difficult. Even if it looks like that, it’s because she’s the head of the Amelia family. I’m in charge of a faction. Do you understand, Bocchan?”
“I fully understand. And I’m just grateful that Rose-sama gave it to me.”
“Thank you for saying that. Then, as a faction member, can I ask you a few questions?”
“It is.”
Although Rose has already given up her position as head of her household to her younger brother her, she is one of the powerful members of Amelia’s family her.
If you accept Rose as her clique of her, you can accept not just a few, but hundreds of her questions of her.
“Who belongs to the faction now?”
“First of all, they are the eldest and second daughters of the Beatrice family.”
“Hmm… They’re the Beatrice family, so they’re a rising family in the western part of the Empire these days, right? I heard that the Urella family is pushing it, but they put in a pretty good family.”
Said Rose, nodding her head in a little admiration.
No matter how much I have the blood of the Calliope family, I am only the third son who inherited no land, title, or property.
That I, as a member of the recently revitalized Beatrice sister, received such admiration.
But…
There was one thing Rose didn’t expect.
Sister Beatrice is just the beginning.
“And the saintess of the Goddess Church.”
“…The saintess of the Goddess Church…Huh?…Mr….What did you… Just say?”
“The head of Urella.”
“Here… Wait a minute… Bocchan. Right now…With the saintess, Urella…?”
“Lastly, Her Highness the Princess.”
“?”
“This is all I can say for now.”
After I finished my words, Rose asked with a rather perplexed expression.
“…Young master. This is a joke… Isn’t it?”
“Yes, everything is true.”
“Haa… Even if it’s the Beatrice family. Others are honestly hard to believe…”
“I understand. I would not have believed it if I had heard that.”
Even I would have come out with the words not to talk bullshit if someone else said that.
“…Is not it? Could you please show proof if possible? Ah! I won’t cancel my faction membership just because it was a joke. As I said, my husband’s clique is my clique.”
“I knew that and called ahead.”
“You called me…? Who?”
“Lucia.”
“Lucia… ? If it’s Lucia, Urella’s next family head?”
“Yes, now I am not the next head of the household, but I have officially succeeded to the position of the head of the family. Look at the time, it will arrive soon.”
I told Lucia to come back in 30 minutes, so she said she should arrive soon.
It was scary to think of that, but I heard the voice of an employee with a smart sound.
“Edard. The head of Urella is asking to see you. What should I do?”
“… Bring me.”
“Yes.”
—Kik.
Soon the door opened and Lucia, dressed in a neat dress, entered her room.
“It is an honor to meet you again.”
“Keep your head up. There is no need for the head of Urella to bow her head.”
“Please think of this as not bowing your head as the head of Urella, but bowing your head because you met your great father.”
“Ah, uncle?!”
Amelia’s reaction to Lucia’s words is explosive.
Well, if the moon of the empire becomes her brother-in-law her, such a reaction would be understandable.
“Yes, Rose. Long time no see.”
“That…That’s right…But my uncle…”
“It’s not right now, but someday I’ll connect with Joo… Yujin.”
She almost slipped her tongue for a moment, but unlike Lucia, who spoke calmly until the end, Amelia’s mouth her opened wider and wider.
“Then… Then… Everything the young master said… “
“Then… Yes, it is all true. Her Highness her the Princess, the Saint, Beatrice’s sister, and even all belong to factions. If you still don’t believe me, should I call the others?”
“Ah… No… I believe it… How can I not believe it when the head of Urella says it himself…”
As she grabbed her forehead to see if her hair her was getting complicated, Erden continued her words.
“Lucia.”
“Lucia is enough. Father.”
“… Yes, Lucia. As far as I remember, weren’t the two of them on bad terms?”
“…Ah.”
It seemed like it was because of the argument between Lucia and I on the day Erden became head of household.
“That… I am truly sorry. Father.”
“It’s difficult to tell in detail, but… It was a necessary performance.”
Erden, who put his forehead on his forehead for a while to organize his thoughts at Lucia and I, raised her head and spoke slowly.
“Yes, I understand. Eugene. I said I wouldn’t ask you anything… But I want to point out one thing.”
“Yes, you say. Older brother.”
“What are you going to do with such a powerful faction?”
At that moment, Erden’s voice and her eyes her turned cold and he asked me.
“Are you… Thinking of starting a rebellion?”
