Chapter 42 – 4. Gynecology and Rare Earths (2)
Lemoang Citadel, the lord’s office.
Oriane, who brushed away her chest her, faced Rome. After defeating the thirty knights with a few stones, he was still soothing the pale Margrave’s wife. Normally, she would n’t show off her face her, but she would have been inside her her, but she had no reason to hide her feelings her even in front of a man she trusted.
“What did Sir Peltier say?”
“I’m just keeping my seat without saying anything. He didn’t seem to want to give up easily.”
“I’ve never had anything like this before…”
Oriane walked about, arms crossed nervously. It was a natural reaction. It was a situation where a group of knights full of rebellion had intruded into the group fully armed. Regardless of their loyalty, there was nothing strange about what happened.
“Will Lucienne be okay?”
“There are soldiers at the entrance to the living space, so you don’t have to worry. It’s also a structure where you have to pass through here in the first place.”
Thirty knights led by Mathieu were still guarding the corridor not far from the office. I didn’t make any request out of my mouth, but at least it was a part that showed that I didn’t enter with a certain resolution.
“Ah, my heart just can’t calm down.”
“You’d better get some rest.”
“But there are a lot of backlogs…”
“Let go of your worries. If it’s urgent right now, it’s there.”
Rom read in a calm voice. The commotion of the castle knights was enough to frighten Oriane, the Marquis’s wife, who went to her office after having a simple breakfast. It was because it was a new disturbance at a point where the rebellion of the five retainers had not yet been sorted out.
“The detained soldiers cannot be left alone. We need to clarify the punishments as soon as possible and organize a new system…”
“Leave that to me.”
Oriane couldn’t help but worry about her. She was the owner of a meticulous personality, so she was a leader with excellent ability to rule in peacetime. Unlike her belligerent idiots, she had the wisdom to work things out wisely.
But every military image has two sides.
Unfortunately, she was a weak woman in crisis. She was not incompetent, but it was to blame for her lack of aggressive tendencies and a lot of affection. When she runs the estate, there are times when she has to boldly crush opponents, but Lady Baek, the gentle-hearted Marquis, couldn’t make that kind of decision.
“To Lord Dior?”
“Yeah, so let’s take a breath first. The most important thing in any territory is the stability of the leader.”
Rom forced Oriane to sit on the sofa near her. She removed her tight shoes and brought her a chair so she could stretch her legs comfortably. She also brought two sets of blankets she had left for use in the office, covered them in layers, and grabbed the back of her hand as she blinked her eyes and kissed her on the lips.
“Anyway, I think this is a bit excessive…”
It wasn’t. At least she couldn’t be too much for Rom. Turning on the fireplace to warm up the cold air in the room, he cautioned me to rest. What she needed now was none other than herself, an environment where she could relax.
“Lady Lemoang is the representative of the lord of the Marquis, that is, the pinnacle of this land.”
Rom, who had been touching the pyre with his tuk-tuk and poker, continued.
“When you’re alone with me, you can show weakness. It doesn’t matter if you lie down comfortably or whine. My goal is to become a knight and a man that my wife can fully rely on.”
“I’m already leaning on Sir Dior enough.”
“Thank you. However, in front of other people, you shouldn’t show the slightest gap. Because the monarch is such a being by nature. I hope you will act as an iron man who silently advances with sorrow and anguish.”
The fire soared hot. Finally satisfied, Rome moved to Oriane’s chair and picked up the writing instrument. As much as the handwriting was different, it could not be substituted for the signature, but it could help with the content or direction of the order instructing minor tasks.
“The move doesn’t have to be heinous. Just as you don’t have to struggle with clothes that don’t fit your body, you don’t have to follow someone else as an example.”
“What if?”
“The deceased margrave must have had a great power to embrace people under him, unlike his wife his.”
“Yes, he did.”
“The secret must be the strength of one’s body and the military service built on that basis. But the wife has no such foundation. But if you try to imitate his actions, he will only laugh at you.”
Descendants of famous families, even if they were illegitimate children, were brought up under strict education. Rome wasn’t just a knight who excelled in military strength, so the papers piled up on the desk in Oriane’s office were rapidly decreasing in height.
“Because I am lacking…”
“It is the same even if you change your position. Gérard Lemoang, the strong man of the north, had the power to subjugate others, but he had no tolerance to embrace. If he tried to follow his wife’s way, he would have been ridiculed the same way.”
If Gerard Lemoang’s weapon is overwhelming power, Oriane Lemoang’s weapon is generosity.
“There is no superiority or inferiority. It’s just that what’s easier depends on the situation at the time. The important thing is to show that you are not shaken in your own way.”
“I can see why people call Sir Dior a hero, an invincible knight…”
“So don’t worry. You probably couldn’t sleep last night, so please close your eyes for a while. As long as this Romuald is guarding, the knights of Lemoang will not be able to step in here.”
“Okay, I get it.”
The Marquis Marquis let out a deep sigh and finally let go of her worries. Now, even the scars on her face her felt lovely, and she relaxed as she gazed at the knight. As he said, my role as the lord of the Marquis was to be unshakable.
I wanted to be pampered and expected whenever I could.
“And I have a suggestion for you.”
“What is it?”
“How about hosting a banquet in your wife’s name this evening?”
“If it’s a banquet… ?”
“Because there is a way to relieve your worries at once.”
Rom grinned. The cool handsome man’s expression had a strangely distorted feeling, perhaps because of the shadows caused by scars and lighting.
‘Ah, that’s the look on his face when he ripped off the scam yesterday.’
Oriane muttered to herself. As she said, the knight was thinking of an evil plan. He was an unexpected strategist who did not choose any means and methods, so once he was involved in it, he was helpless.
‘Hmm, I think they’ll be compliant if I put a knife in each of their hamstrings pretending to be a mistake.’
‘Have you come up with a good method?’
‘But then I’ll be sick, so I won’t be able to eat it…’…’
‘As expected, Sir Dior excels at using his brain.’
‘It’s unfortunate, but I’ll just have to stick with the original plan.’
‘It’s dignified…’
The forces supporting the Marquis Baekryung can be classified into three main categories. One was the vassal faction, the faction of the vice-count Corvin, who had now degenerated into mere traitors. It was also a faction whose political life was now over, as all of them were intertwined, if at least one of the four barons remained.
‘For now, throw those five guys to Temur.’
The two were a faction led by Mathieu Peltier, an old knight of the Marquis, also called the knight faction or the fierce loyalist faction. Skills were generally good, and some with the oldest experience were at a level that could not be ignored even in roms.
‘Young guys should have some discipline, but the problem is the old guys…’
The three were a group of administrative and middle managers. There is no particular central point, and it should be said that it feels like a kind of combination. He tended to do his work straight, but the bureaucracy was beyond imagination. If there’s something I don’t like, I’ll go on strike first.
‘They’re too far away, and they’re not in the stage to take care of them right away, so hold them back.’
Every faction has a stronghold that serves as its foundation. The Marquis Order is no exception. Speaking of the vassals, they are based in Abre, which is close to the citadel. In the largest city in the east, there is a nobleman’s mansion.
In the case of the knight faction, this is the citadel. Just as the Marquis family stays in the central building, it is safe to say that the village surrounded by the wall is a place where their knights and their direct blood relatives stay.
The last administrative group, the middle management positions that show active movement in the southern part of Saint-Buch, relatively close to the center, are not easy to lead due to such physical distance. It’s because the skill of cheating enough to not come in moderation is very good.
‘The task at hand is to create a force loyal to Oriane. It would be the best if we could transfer the noble loyalty of the knight faction to the wife rather than the Marquis.’
As Rome had said, the lord’s deputy of the Margrave of Lemoang was not such an ugly leader. That being said, the judgments he made were correct in almost every situation. But it was right to see her current situation as bad compared to the qualities she possessed.
Continental situation in chaos due to rampaging empire. Influenced by it, the forces of the alien races in the snowy field are also undergoing cataclysmic changes. Corruption of the five vassals that further drains the poor finances. Foolish knights who believe that their stubbornness is their belief. Even if they go bankrupt or not, they manage to stop as long as they are comfortable.
‘It’s impossible without a faction at all. The competition over the right will be the basis for the growth of the frozen land. But two are too few. There are few points of contact between the knight faction and the administrative faction. Moreover, it’s hard to see either side being loyal.’
Three must support one.
‘Gasinpa is replaced by a new faction. Let’s put the dissatisfaction of the knight faction to rest this time, and let’s sort out the administration faction next.’
The trade surplus through the snowfield trade route is just the beginning. In Rome’s head, a plan was already established to make the fortress into another city. It was even planned to overcome the checks of the surrounding nobles and submit to their subordinates.
‘Now, let’s do it step by step.’
In order to do that, there was one thing that had to be done first.
“Can I ask what that method is?”
“We plan to unite the inside by decorating the enemy outside.”
“You decorate, who?”
“Me.”
“… ?”
Will become a villain.
