Chapter 179 – Interview
The pantheon is over.
The king is gone, and only the nobles remain.
Normally, there will be times when we get together and talk.
On the way out of the Pantheon, most of the nobles were looking this way.
Just hostile It’s not that kind of gaze.
There are boundaries, of course.
While I feel those gazes, there is someone coming this way.
The first person to come was an unexpected person.
“Your Excellency, Duke of Earthlane. How are you.”
“Haha. How are you? Lord Müller… No It’s called a sun bag now, right? Count Hyperion.”
“It’s still an undeserved title for me.”
“Is it? I really think it’s a fitting title for you.”
At the appearance of the Duke of Earthlane, the gaze around him became stronger.
As I glanced around, the aristocrat who met my eyes averted my eyes in embarrassment.
“The artificial sun you showed before was really cool, but the true power of the sun you showed today. Who will see it and think so? Excessive humility is rather uncomfortable.”
The little sun on the hand you showed me today.
Magic, light, and heat.
Compared to the artificial sun shown earlier, it felt like a small firefly.
But the Duke of Earthlane said it was the true sun.
“Now about that power… It feels like I got a piece of it.”
I feel like I’ve realized something, but strictly speaking, my magic that was growing has finally settled down. It seems that the power actually put into the hand is insignificant.
It’s just that I used it without knowing the identity of that power until now, and now I feel like I’ve noticed it.
At my words, the Duke of Earthlane looked at me with admiration.
“Rather, it’s even more amazing that you’ve already realized that.”
“Is that so?”
“Well. How many families, including the Duke of Earthlane, would continue their lineage by building a history of decades or hundreds of years? It’s all in order to find the source of that power, the essence.”
As the Duke of Earthlane spoke, he realized that a secret ripple had spread around here.
Even a small word like this is not audible to those around you.
The Duke smiled wryly as if he had noticed my glance.
“You know what? The nobles of the capital have already forgotten the meaning of being called nobles.”
“Dismissal?”
His Excellency, Duke of Earthlane’s gaze began to scan the surroundings.
Aristocrats smirking while watching the road.
“Originally, nobles… It belonged to a few powerful people. And the titles weren’t even divided into five.”
“Is that so?”
“Whoops.”
The Duke of Earthlane laughed with a familiar appearance like the uncle next door.
“A person without magic is a slave.”
People with magical powers are commoners.
“If you want that power to be a bit strong, become a soldier.”
In this day and age, it is called a knight.
“And the owners of blue blood who cannot practically ignore the damage.”
They were priests
“Those who realized the source of power and opened their eyes to their own unique power, there are gods, and there are priests who serve them.”
Divided into titles, from the count, the royal family was a god.
“But the times have passed, and the battle of the gods is over. Victory or defeat is decided. The gods who fought each other succumbed to one god.”
“That is the beginning of the kingdom.”
The victors became kings, and the defeated gods became nobles.
These are the contents of each family’s history book.
“But what about these days?”
Even the powerless get a title.
If you build a ball, your title goes up even if you don’t have land.
That was the aristocrats of the capital.
“If you work, you are rewarded. I understand that too, but I don’t think it’s a title of nobility. You can think of it as an old aristocrat’s stubbornness, but I think that’s what a noble’s position is like.”
The Duke sighed and murmured in his low voice.
Those who do not realize the source of magic power and who do not even recognize the possibility become nobles
“And they are jealous. Same nobility. There is nothing else. While blaming nobles in each province as country folk, they pride themselves on the fact that the people living in the capital are true nobles, but they know the truth.”
Nobles with and without land.
A nobleman who received faith and had that much power, and a nobleman who got his hands through the system called the kingdom.
It was divided into the nobility of each province and the nobility of the capital.
Of course, even if there is no territory controlled by the family, there is a respected and strong lineage.
Like the Duke of Earthlane right in front of you.
“I’d be surprised if you went to war with the nobles here.”
“Are you surprised?”
I tilted my head at the words of the Duke of Earthlane.
“You know the difference between the strength of the baron in the capital and that of baron Aslan.”
It’s not just the baron.
A viscount might be similar, but starting with a baron, it shouldn’t be that way.
“True nobility, the minimum qualifications to obtain territory. It’s not that you’re called a baron because you have land and you have a title. It was only after he was qualified that he owned the land and gave it a title…”
It’s probably talking about its own magical power.
Baron Aslan didn’t even wake up, but he fought while transforming his magic power itself into a sword. Same with Mueller. If that means you deserve it.
“Can’t the nobles here do that?”
“I will do the form. Only the form. It is ridiculous.”
Duke Earthlane’s words began to make sense.
“But is it war?”
I’m feeling the chaos right now, and there’s actually a war going on in the South.
But…
The king’s magic I felt today was not something I could handle. As long as he exists, the kingdom of Brahms, its capital, will never collapse.
The Duke of Earthlane looked at my expression and said.
“It’s a shame that you’re encouraging that unrest.”
“…”
I was speechless at the words of the Duke of Earthlane.
“Perhaps His Majesty will call you soon. Let’s talk.”
Tuk-tuk.
Tapping my shoulder, the Duke of Earthlane started walking again as if he had said everything.
Before parting for the last time, the duke said this.
“Our Earthlane family has been neutral for generations, so we will keep it neutral this time as well. Well, at least I am I don’t know what my son is going to do.”
And my sister has nothing to do with her family, she says take care.
The Duke of Earthrane said so and left his post.
* * *
“Now you are a full-fledged count.”
“Father.”
After the Duke of Earthlane left, the person who showed up immediately was his father.
My father looked at the Duke disappearing at a glance and looked at me with a small smile.
“Now, in public, they are equal counts.”
Haha. Then what should I say?”
“Of course you should call me Count Franz. Isn’t that right, Count Hyperion?”
Maybe it’s today that I was given a new surname.
Emotions were easily felt in the stern father.
“Right. You should call me Count Hyperion. Call me Earl William with affection and respect.”
“… I’ll think about it after getting to know you a little more. Count Bohrin.”
Count William, who approached us before we knew it, said with a mischievous smile.
“This is true. If you took my daughter, what should I do to get closer?”
“Ugh. Doesn’t that mean really. If you talk like that, I have nothing to say.”
“Chuck. What. Is there one more thing to suffer in the future?”
I nodded my head at Count William’s words.
“Yeah. I’ll be gone for a while.”
I must come and see the king.
* * *
“Welcome.”
The fact of the king in the pantheon.
There are only two of them in a room that only the royal family can enter with the permission of the king of the time.
Of course, I could feel the presence of the knights (actually nobility with baron level magic) around the room.
“Forever… !”
“All right. There is no end to hearing such a cramped greeting from here. Would you like to sit over there?”
The moment he was about to kneel, King Bastian shook his head and pointed to a chair opposite.
Can I really sit in front of the king? The thought occurred to him for a moment, but he just sat down.
“Do you like to drink?”
“It’s not that I can’t drink, but I’m not at a level where I can confidently say.”
“Haha. Enjoy it from now on. You have to empty a strong keg to be a Brahms man.”
He raised the corner of his mouth with effort at those words.
I may have said it as a joke, but since the king said it, he must die.
Of course, this is not something that can be increased by drinking.
If you drink alcohol, you will gain a little, but your liver is not getting better, so even if you drink more, you will quickly recover with magic…
I don’t know if it’s an adventurer or knight level. If you are a noble, you can only drink as much as that person can drink.
King Bastian, sitting across from him, started talking about his booze. His laid-back and comfortable atmosphere was nowhere to be seen that was boring and absolute.
In fact, it seems that he didn’t deliberately pressurize the surroundings with his mana just a moment ago, but he didn’t try to control his mana, so the mana flowed naturally from King Bastian was at that level.
“Yes. Was I a long chatter?”
“No. It was a time of blood and sweat.”
Haha. Can it be If young people these days listened to adults, it would feel like nagging.”
“No.”
King Bastian, laughing, poured a drink into his own glass and looked up at the ceiling while taking a cool breath.
“Yes. What shall we talk about?”
Are you thinking of going straight to the point?
He was cautious, observing the atmosphere.
“The kidnapping of the princess of Barheun Kingdom. I heard you blocked it.”
“That… The thing is, to invite my coming-of-age ceremony…”
“Well, you and I both know, don’t we? There is no need to say such a thing.”
“Yes, it is. Yes. You’re right.”
But. Other nobles might not know this, but all high-ranking officials would know about it.
But why are you bringing it up again now?
I’m pretty sure it worked out well.
When I glanced at the king, he was looking at me with a gentle smile.
“That thing.”
Said King Bastian.
“I made it.”
What?
“Did you say 2 princesses? What was his name… Well, it doesn’t matter yes. I ordered you to kidnap the princess.”
Looking at me with a surprised expression, King Bastien smiled and said,
“You did a good job blocking my plans… ! Speaking of which, is it scary? Sun bag.”
The king laughed.
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