Chapter 35 – Bargaining – 4
“What do you think?”
After the emissary sent by Train Müller and the eldest son left, and after checking the report that the vassals organized and uploaded, the older brother asked his father in the office where only the three remained.
“Nothing will change.”
My father, who looked through the papers, said nothing had changed.
Well, the contents sent by Train Müller or the eldest son’s envoy, or the people who sowed them in the Franz family. There are differences from each person’s point of view, but the contents have not changed much.
A civil war broke out with Tyrus Müller, who opposed Tirson Müller’s coercive policies.
“What we do has not changed. Our troops will crush Müller.”
War itself takes place. It is unavoidable.
The army has already been summoned. The preparations for the private soldiers and knights of the Franz family, who could be called professional soldiers, had already been completed. Now that there is no need to hide their movements, preparations for dispatch are being completed more quickly, and there is no problem even if troops are dispatched immediately.
Even if the other lands move, it’s too late now. The Boring family won’t stand still either.
“What about the second son’s power? Isn’t it worth using?”
“At least a viscount-level magician is coming in, so it must be worth it. But is it really necessary?”
My older brother shook his head at my question.
Viscount-level magical power, the power of Tyrus Müller, will surely come in handy.
But.
“It is foolish to look down on one’s enemies and be careless, but it is even more foolish to be afraid of the enemy in one’s head unnecessarily by the unknown and fear. Whether the forces of the eldest son and the second son unite or come out separately and defeat each other, there is only one thing for our army to do.”
I brought out the wine my father had placed in the corner of his office.
Pour a glass of wine in storage while always maintaining the temperature with magic power and savor it.
He doesn’t usually look like this in front of us, but today he seems to have changed his mood a bit.
“They just have to keep their mouths shut and keep their heads down.”
Müller’s manor map, which has done its best, is different compared to his father’s army. It’s not that I look down on them, it’s because they have such a strong temperament. Müller isn’t weak either, but… You don’t have to take the risk. Even if it’s my father and older brother, a blow from the back is dangerous.
After watching his father drinking alcohol with his older brother, he said one last thing.
Actually, what happened now had nothing to do with me. Whether it’s war or surrender, it’s up to my father and older brother, who go to war and command the army, to take care of themselves. To be honest, it wasn’t a war where I had to give my all, and it wasn’t a war where I had to risk my life, so I had nothing to worry about, and the important thing was the condition that Train Müller made at the end. The story is that he wants to entrust his second son, Tyrus Müller’s daughter, Triana Müller, as his concubine.
My words made my father frown.
“It is a difficult story.”
“Is that so?”
It’s not that a noble doesn’t have a concubine, but honestly, if she had two children, she didn’t have to be a concubine. In addition, there is already talk of an engagement between Innis Borin, the daughter of the Bohrin family, and the fathers, the owners of each family.
There was the story of inheriting the Müller surname that I talked about before. It’s not really necessary to change the name, but I think there was a purpose to get Muller’s land intact, bite Innis Boring’s last name, and marry it as it is.
Like Innis Müller Bohrin. The purpose of marrying her after inheriting her name of Müller to her middle name to eliminate her future succession problems and not to give her title to other families of hers.
“Then, for the sake of justification, we must get rid of all Müller’s lineage.”
It reminded me of a game I played on Earth in the past. A justification that does not exist is created by embellishment. If you look at those memories, the Müller family, especially the second son’s daughter, Triana Müller, if it’s a direct line, was also an object that had to be dealt with.
“Hmm…”
For a moment, my father kept his mouth shut, lost in thought.
He glanced at his older brother once in the quiet of the office, but the older brother only shrugged his shoulders.
Father looked at me as if he had finally finished his thoughts.
“Leoric. Who did you say you were taking with you these days?
“Yes?”
Dumb dumb.
I looked at my father. Who do you take
Are you talking about the people attached to me?
“Chloe Tristan, who acts as a bodyguard and assists in my work. And Zeke Pelast, whom my older brother attached, is helping me with my work.”
“Hmm. Are those two starches?”
“Yeah. Of course, there are vassals who help me with other things, but these two are the ones who assist me closely.”
“… Zeke?”
I could see my older brother muttering strangely for a moment, but it must be a trivial thing. Anyway, at my report, my father nodded his head.
“Who are there besides the vassals?”
“Well… First of all, Lena and two of her direct maids are waiting on me. And when I go out, I often take Isabel, the guild leader of the adventurer’s guild, as she is quick-witted and has a lot of experience. Other than that… Not much.”
Because I can’t say I go out with Beatrice on Changgwan Street. You must have gotten my permission, I heard that you are busy recruiting and educating people in preparation for opening a shop at the Muller estate.
Father shook his head at those words.
“Enemy.”
“Is that so? The twins will come later.”
“Even if you add it up. Hmm.”
Seeing my older brother, my older brother also nodded.
But to be honest, it wasn’t a lot of work, and Chloe and Zeke were enough to help with the work. The two of them are making their vassals work.
“Then it wouldn’t be bad to have her as her maid.”
“You mean Triana Müller?”
“Yes. Don’t you like it?”
Mmm. He scratched his head at his father’s words.
To be honest, I’m not a bit crazy. It’s not that women aren’t enough.
Maybe I’ll change my mind if I meet him in real life…
“If you have a little less sexual desire, it would be no problem to have her as a concubine, but considering your sexual desire, I think you will have a child before you marry Irina Borain… It wouldn’t be a problem if it happened against a maid or a knight, but it would be annoying later on if it happened between a viscount-level magical possessor. Even if you leave that out, I don’t think the Boring side will like it. Earl William won’t mind.”
Mmmm!
Is it like that too? It’s a bit like being the subject of a story to your father about sexual desire. I have no excuses.
“First of all, tell Tyrus Müller that it’s okay to keep his daughter alive and make her a maid or concubine, and we’ll decide the next issue after the war is over.”
“All right.”
“Yeah.”
Hearing his father’s words, he nodded at the same time as his older brother.
* * *
– Boo woo woo!
The horn sounded.
A signal for war.
Beneath the castle of Franz, the troops were lined up on a wide boulevard.
Each captured Franz’s army kicked the ground with their magic-enhanced feet.
– Wow!
A huge sound reverberated through the city with a horn.
The local residents watching the scene sprinkled pollen into the sky at the same time.
“Waaaaa!”
“Victory to the Golden Lion!”
“Glory to the war!”
“Prosperity to Franz!”
Victory and glory. And prosperity. Amidst the cheers of countless people shouting the symbol of Franz, the army under the sky filled with pollen looked majestic, as if it had been seen at a festival or in a movie.
The vanguard of that army.
Unlike usual, I saw the appearance of my father and older brother, who showed an armed appearance.
Franz’s army begins to move slowly in a picturesque landscape sprinkled with pollen.
And I wasn’t the only one who watched it.
“Grace. Are you okay?”
“… Leoric. Long time no see.”
I called my sister and all, but it’s not really something to say in a place where there are people around. Even on the castle wall, the two of them watched the Franz army slowly move away from each other while biting people from a higher place.
“As you know, it won’t be a big deal.”
“Whoops. I know. Because I also believe in my father and Aidan-nim.”
Grace’s older sister also appeared in a formal dress. The sight of her holding a parasol as she watched the departing troops with a pitiful smile was as beautiful as a painting.
“After all, you are not pregnant.”
“Yeah. I can’t help it. It was only for one night.”
He smiled bitterly.
After that day, I never went to see Grace.
To be honest, she was full of desire to visit her, but it was not good to visit her often, even if her father and older brother had allowed it.
Still, it would have been nice if my older brother had gotten pregnant before leaving for the war.
“I’m sorry.”
“No. Because I believe that you will come back safely.”
It was beautiful to see her leaving as she said that.
But that’s it.
“By your brother’s side?”
“Myrene and Saren. We all left together.”
“Until Saren? Are you okay?”
Saren must be Grace’s sister-in-law.
“Because she is of the same blood as me.”
Oh, she’s a collateral, but she’s from the same family as Grace’s older sister.
“You never know. If there is a child, it would be better for her to be with Saren.”
She said so, but her sister’s expression didn’t look good.
A little sad expression made me feel bad too.
For now I don’t think bad of Sister Grace, but she was after all because she didn’t have children of hers until the war.
I looked at the sky for a moment.
Come to think of it, today is…
“Today is also a full moon.”
“… Okay.”
At my words, older sister Grace put on a puzzled expression. A month has already passed since that day. There is a superstition that pregnancy goes well. Sister Grace, who understood what I meant, glanced at me.
Do you really have to say that here in the eyes of me? They have the same eyes, but when you see that sister’s eyebrows are slightly curved, she’s not in a position to tell others. She moved closer to her sister and whispered in her ear.
“I’ll visit you tonight, sister.”
“… You are a bad boy.”
My older sister, who said that, also smiled softly.
It is the face of a woman who had an affair on the day her husband left for war.
