Chapter 165 – The Family
“The Great Mountains.”
Seeing this is different.
The power you feel. The senses speak.
A life warning about something lurking within.
“Isn’t it ominous?”
“Well?”
After entering the Franz estate, Alina, who was riding in the same carriage, looked at the great mountain range beyond the same window when he was told to join him.
“When you enter there, a completely different ecosystem is spreading than what you see from the outside.”
“Is that so?”
“Didn’t you go in?”
Did you get a little closer?
The way he treated me became softer.
“I went in, but in the end it was just the beginning. It’s the only place even low-level adventurers go.”
“What is it, Bocchan?”
I laughed at Alina’s words as she giggled and teased me.
That’s not wrong.
No
“Isn’t Alina, a woman who went to the Great Mountains alone, an act that would startle the people around her?”
“Huh. They are just cowards It’s actually not very dangerous for nobles until the middle part.”
Maybe it’s because she can say it.
In fact, that part would include the summit of a small mountain, and then the owner of the mountain, a large-scale monster, would clearly appear.
As long as there are people who can be called masters on each peak, even the middle is dangerous enough.
“Nobles will be able to obtain high-quality magic stones only when they step forward…” .”
“That’s a bit…”
No matter how much it was, risking her life to climb the Great Mountains…
Alina puffed out her cheeks as she laughed embarrassingly.
“Really going in isn’t bad. If you don’t deserve it, the mountain rejects it. If it were you, you would like the mountain enough.”
“Are you qualified?”
“Well. You can feel it after going in and out a few times. That’s it. And if you go in after becoming a little stronger, this time it will end here.”
First time I’ve heard that word.
But do you have such a feeling?
It’s rare for someone with magical powers like her to enter, so there’s no way to actually confirm it.
But with this tone…
“You speak as if you were alive.”
“… Yes.”
After looking at the mountain for a moment at my words, Alina nodded her head.
“That mountain seemed alive to me.”
“Is that so?”
“Well.”
Alina looked at the Great Mountains and she smiled.
“However, I did not feel that it was dangerous. The Great Mountains… It just felt like they were watching us.”
“Mmm.”
What to say
She looked at the Great Mountains.
Could there be something hidden?
… It might be, but I also felt like it had nothing to do with me.
Someday. We’ll know in the very distant future.
The two of us quietly gazed at the huge mountain range that stretched out to the side.
* * *
“Oh oh. This is true How gorgeous!”
Haha.”
A wry smile was made at Alina’s words as she spoke teasingly next to her.
Well, it can’t be helped
The Müller graduates are looking quite surprised, but the Franz graduates are proud.
It has to be.
“Fal sword!”
Visor!
Many soldiers and knights came out to the road outside the city gate to welcome me.
“Franz’s new blood! Salute to Count Leoric Franz, who became the embodiment of the great sun!”
“The glory of victory forever!”
The knights each raised their swords high.
I looked around as I rode in the carriage between them.
The castle I hadn’t seen in a long time was still the same, so it was even more welcome.
“Here you are.”
Rattle!
The carriage that reached the castle gate stopped and Serene opened the door with a stern expression.
As she lowered the door, she reached out her hand toward her Alina, who descended behind her.
“Shall we get off, Lady?”
“I owe you.”
She held her hand and lifted her head as she escorted her.
In front of the gate. The person was seen
“Come on. My little brother.”
“Long time no see. Brother.”
There was his older brother, Aidan Franz, with shiny blond hair and a soft smile as usual.
As soon as we got closer to each other, we immediately hugged each other.
“It was a lot… Is it something like that? Whoops.”
“Your brother hasn’t changed too much.”
He smiled with joy at the reunion after a long time.
Actually, it’s not that long. There were quite a few things until the short time war, but now it’s not long time to feel winter.
After a long time, my brother still greeted me with a soft smile.
“This. Then, should I call you Count? Lord Müller?”
Haha. That’s it. I can’t stand being called that even in a place like this, brother.”
“You still hate that. I’m fine.”
It was only then that my older brother’s eyes turned to my back.
“Long time no see. Sir Alina Earthlane.”
“Long time no see. Deputy Count Franz.”
Their eyes met each other, and they lightly bowed their heads in greeting.
“Do you know each other?”
“Heh. I only saw his face once in a while.”
“Mainly, when I participated in events in the capital city, I only saw their faces. We never talked about it in detail.”
Ahang.
Brother, as the next head of the Franz family, he often went outside, so he must have seen his face.
“I never thought I’d see Sir Earthlane, the heroine of heroines, through this. She was really taken aback.”
“Is that enough?”
“Really you.”
She is that though it is true that she is a great woman. Because the girl I saw was just a woman who was awkward with her relationship.
When I shrugged my shoulders, Aidan hyung smiled bitterly.
“Anyway, I’d like to welcome this reunion, but there’s someone waiting inside, so shall we go?”
“Good.”
Long time friend
There are many people to meet in the future, so I wanted to leave quickly.
“There’s nothing special about Franz Doshi, but I’ll guide you, Alina.”
“Hoo. That is to be expected.”
“Ugh. Nothing special, that’s too much. Leo. Your hometown?”
Haha.
But isn’t that what people’s hometowns are all about?
“If you don’t go out there often, would you be able to introduce yourself?”
“I can do that much.”
It wasn’t like a hikikomori anyway.
* * *
“It’s been a while. Leo.”
“I am glad that you are still healthy. Long time no see, father.”
The castle’s office.
I went there and saw my father, who still had a solemn, stern face.
He’s like someone who hasn’t changed since he was little and will always be there. But the fluttering sleeves felt otherwise.
“You know, my father, but this place…”
“It’s been a while, Lord Earthlane.”
“Long time no see. Your Excellency Count Franz.”
Before I could introduce myself, the two bowed and said hello.
Also. Everyone knew except me.
“You are strange. Originally, it is normal for a man to go to the capital around that age.”
Aidan hyung-nim, who was watching from the side, said with a smile.
But it’s annoying It’s a long way to go to the capital.
At my words, my father’s eyebrows twitched.
“A guy like you…”
Ha.
He averted his father’s gaze as he sighed.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been in the middle of a long time, so I’m not mistaken, right?
“You too, count. There are examples and laws that fit him. Before leaving the castle this time, read a book related to it in the library…”
“Hmm. Big! Oh. Father. If you have any magic stones left over, I’d like to lend you some… ?”
“Leo.”
“Oh, write.”
The severity of his father’s gaze intensified.
Is this nagging again?
“Keuk. Is Leo, the lord of Müller who is called the incarnation of the sun and rumored to be a warmonger, just a son in front of his father?”
“Ugh.”
Alina, who was listening to her father’s conversation, averted her gaze when he saw her smiling.
My father finally sighed and shook his head.
“A harmonious family is the family motto of the Franz family.”
No, bro
When did you have such a gahun?
“Well, okay. Anyway, I’m glad you seem to be doing well as a count. But bear in mind. Acquiring Aslan’s territory was indeed an excessive decision. You must govern well. It is the center of trade with the Kingdom of Baheun, and a place where many goods pass through, so it is a place that the nobles of the capital as well as other southern nobles are eagerly targeting.”
“Yeah. Of course.”
He bowed his head at his father’s advice.
“What will happen to those who carelessly touch mine? I will make it known to all the nobles around me.”
“Hmm.”
At those words, my father’s eyes narrowed, then he closed them and nodded his head.
“Great.”
“Thank you.”
Also father.
What do you know
“Everywhere you look, you’re your father’s son.”
“Huh. Is this really the bloodline of the Franz family…”
I do care about what hyung-nim and Alina say next to me.
“So Father, if you have some spare time, get some top-notch magic stones…”
“Huh. There is no magic stone to give to those who have already left the Franz family. Please apply again through the proper route.”
“Chit.”
Tongue-in-cheek
Indeed father.
Even if it’s a son, he comes from a family, right?
Still, the Franz family’s finances are strong. There must be something more to rip out…
After looking around for a moment, Alina and her eyes met.
“What, what?”
He grinned at Alina, who was taken aback.
“Then give me a present for the next daughter-in-law here.”
“…”
At my words, my father looked at me for a moment, then at Alina. Aidan hyung-nim also made a surprised expression for a moment, and then he was smiling and looking at us.
“You, you, you… What are you talking about!”
“No way. Is that right? Alina.”
“You, a man like you!”
At my words, Alina’s face turned red, and she looked back and forth between her father and her older brother, and finally lowered her head.
“Ah, this is Alina Earthlane. I look forward to.”
Five.
A tribute to Alina.
It’s my first time.
“Hmm…”
At that greeting, her father thought quietly for a moment, then nodded her head.
“I have to give you a coma.”
Oh yea!
