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Chapter 150
Valdemar Golt
"Did you intend to give Baron Wolcheo's territory to that man?"
The one who asked that question was Ruri.
Ferda returned from City Hall and came back to the castle again.
"Yeah."
"So what did he say?"
Ẁ ӗ b̄ n̆о̆v е̂l Е́ nŭm̂ а
"He said he'd think about it."
And so the conversation ended.
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Since he's a free spirit, he cannot be bound.
Ferda didn't attempt to persuade him any further than that either.
"Isn't that a rejection?"
"It won't be."
Ŵ е̊b̃ǹоv́e l̀ Е̌ n û m a
A wandering knight tied to nowhere.
Even before Ferda made his offer, countless nobles would have surely tried to give him territory and knighthood.
Every time, he refused firmly.
If you beat around the bush, he'll interpret it however he pleases, you see.
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If he intended to refuse Ferda's offer, he would have said he refuses.
Saying he'll think about it means there's room for choice, and that there's a possibility he'll set foot here.
W̌ е́bn оv̀ el̈ É ňùmā
Because I don't believe him, the possibility of him accepting that title arises.
It was a contradictory situation, but Ferda didn't mind.
'A person who's loyal to me is.......'
A man who can block the way when I'm walking a wrong path.
That kind of person is precisely the loyalty he needed.
* * *
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Alberto left City Hall and picked a place to sleep rough.
Since his armor is heavy, staying at an inn with a second-floor room is impossible.
As if familiar with it, Alberto found a stable and stayed inside it.
The temporary stable expanded for the Spring Festival preparations had become quiet, and thanks to that, a spot for Alberto to sleep rough was made.
He inspected his equipment before the sun set.
He might skip sleep, but maintenance isn't missed a single day—that's Alberto.
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"......Hm?"
While polishing his club, Alberto let out a sound.
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Countless demons had attacked, and even bastards with considerable strength had used all sorts of methods to try to break this weapon.
But they all experienced that failure as pulped meat.
It was only natural.
The weapon he uses is an item made of Great Dragon Stone, a legendary material said to be as hard as a dragon's molar.
Ênuṁ а. і̀d̄
In terms of sturdiness, it doesn't break at all with ordinary force.
Yet such a club.
Had a mark he'd never seen before imprinted on it.
One thick mark, and next to it, four relatively small marks.
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No matter how you look at it, it was the shape of fingers.
"Hmm......."
Е́ ňũmа̌
Alberto looked at that mark and recalled the Armored Knight who had blocked his attack.
As the two attacks offset each other, the side with relatively weaker strength receives the greater shock.
When he blocked the attack, Alberto felt it.
That he cannot win against that armor with simple strength alone.
That she's a noble existence standing even higher than himself, who has killed colossal monsters alone.
"Hmm......."
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Alberto didn't dwell on such things.
In a kill-or-be-killed fight, the one who survives is the winner, and the one who dies is the loser.
He shook off his stray thoughts and finished polishing his weapon.
* * *
A clear morning,
The Empire's Crown Prince Alexander Arken was waiting for someone in front of the Imperial Gate.
Е̄n ūm а́.ïd́_
"Is he really coming today?"
"Yes, he is. He will definitely arrive by today, so please wait just a little longer......."
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A deputy commander fidgeting nervously.
That was inevitable since another deputy commander had died yesterday.
The reason was that he hadn't arrived yesterday.
It was undoubtedly simple venting, but no one could point it out or protest.
Ẽ ň üm̂ ă.і̀d̃
That was the position of Crown Prince.
He too felt his throat tighten at the fact that he could die just as futilely.
But fortunately, that wasn't the case.
A splendid carriage and an army passed through the forest and emerged onto the plain.
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"He's coming!"
The Crown Prince, who had been muttering arrogantly, sprang to his feet.
W ӗ b ṅ о́ vё l̄ Ӗ_ňũ m̃ а
A carriage of a size impermissible by Imperial law except for the Emperor.
The scoundrel libertine Alexander broke into a cold sweat at the sight.
A man who makes even the arrogant, haughty Crown Prince—who always looks down on others—tremble with fear.
That man's family flag drew closer and reached right before the Crown Prince, Alexander.
An old man with age spots steps down from inside.
He was Grand Duke Valdemar Golt.
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"Thank you for visiting us like this, Grand Duke Golt."
Unlike Alexander, who welcomed him with a friendly smile, Valdemar's face held no emotion.
His eyes looked as if gazing at a pathetic rookie.
"Never thought I'd live to hear the word 'thanks' come out of that mouth of yours."
"Since you're the great pillar of this Arken Empire, naturally I must show you respect, must I not?"
"For someone saying that, I heard you sang about how unpleasant it was having to bow your head to that son of a bitch yesterday."
Ẇе bṅо̌v̆ е̃l̂ Еń.u m_а̊
"Oh my, th-that couldn't possibly be true?"
He actually had said that.
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It was hard to even guess who leaked it, but he literally sang it out loud, so it wasn't strange that it leaked—couldn't even cover it up.
"What, you think I'd bat an eye at insults from the likes of you?"
A leisurely demeanor.
Alexander would normally flare up at those who look down on him, but with this man, fear came first.
We b n ӧv̀ӗ l Е̊ nu m a
Grand Duke Valdemar Golt.
Another title: Arken Emergency Countermeasure Headquarters Supreme Committee Member.
Because from now on, this man would hold his life in his hands.
Alexander bowed politely and pleaded.
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"At this public hearing...... please make a fair and rational judgment."
"Fair and rational judgment, huh......."
Е nǔ m á
Instead of answering, the Grand Duke straightened his back and moved.
Alexander followed behind him like a valet.
"The carriage?"
"It's prepared at the entrance, you just need to board and we'll depart immediately."
"Understood. You may go now."
Watching his back, Alexander cursed inwardly.
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'Despite eating all those years, he's just a lustful old man obsessed with women.......'
Alexander knew the fact that Valdemar had been targeting his older sister, Stella, since long ago.
Around the time her chest and hips began to develop, following the beauty-that-topples-nations that was their mother, Valdemar sent countless requests and gifts to the Emperor asking to marry Stella.
Eventually, when her engagement to another man was decided, he stubbornly fabricated treason charges to hang her fiancé.
And after Stella died, he immediately switched targets and began aiming for Olivia.
Alexander knew in detail the corruption and evil deeds Valdemar committed to covet the Imperial Princess.
Е n ú m ä .íd́
Yet he couldn't dare touch him.
"Brat."
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That was what Valdemar called Alexander.
Alexander, pointlessly getting nervous wondering if his inner thoughts had been read.
"What is it?"
"Let's do this entrance ceremony together."
W е b n̄о́ v́е̃ l̈ È n u m̌а
Alexander's eyes went wide.
"M-me? Together with you?"
"Got a problem?"
"N-no. No problem."
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Knowing Valdemar had detested Alexander since childhood, this was the first time the two stood in the same place.
Alexander, barely reaching middle age, finally standing beside Valdemar.
Ӗn̈ um̊ а
But that intent might not last long.
Because of the cheers ringing out the moment they entered.
"Grand Duke Golt!!"
"Althea! Protect the Grand Duke!"
That thunderous sound was all praise.
They offered prayers to the god, each praising in their own way.
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Valdemar smiled and raised his hand.
Where his gaze turned, cheers loud enough to burst lungs erupted.
"Brat. Smile."
"Huh?"
"Don't make me say it twice."
"Ah, yes!"
Ёn ů m̃.а
Realizing he'd been overwhelmed by the atmosphere, Alexander forced a smile and waved his hand.
He could see the lukewarm reactions where he directed his gaze.
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Even in a situation that would make one frown, he smiled stubbornly.
"Now you understand clearly, don't you?"
Valdemar asked out of the blue, but Alexander understood what he meant.
Grand Duke Golt, whom everyone cheers for.
E.n umâ. і d̀
Alexander, whom everyone reacts to with awkwardness.
It makes him painfully aware of his own standing.
"If I were to pull out a dagger right now and stab you, what kind of reaction do you think would happen?"
"......."
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"Of course everyone would be horrified. Because I stabbed the Emperor's son. But how long do you think that would last?"
It wouldn't last long.
Еn̊ u̇ m ǎ.ĭ d
The nobles who tried to expose this man, and those who actually did, all failed and disappeared without a trace.
It couldn't be helped.
No matter how much he's a lustful old man coveting his own sister.
He's a war hero who fought for the Empire's prosperity, its face, and its father.
He is this Empire's last pillar, an absolute power that cannot be toppled.
That is the man named Valdemar Golt.
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"Do you think a guy like you is in a position to demand fair and rational judgment from me?"
Only then did the Crown Prince truly realize what he needed to say.
"I beg of you."
Alexander smiled and waved his hand.
"This Alexander Arken...... desperately needs the Great Grand Duke's mercy......."
His head was held high, but his heart had already hit rock bottom.
Ênŭ m̈ ӑ . і ḋ
Only then did Valdemar ask with a satisfied air.
"What do you want?"
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* * *
The Black Bandana residence was once the hideout of illegal distillers who made illicit alcohol.
True to a hideout, the exterior looks like a hunter's hideaway or a place occupied by a vicious beast.
But contrary to appearances, the further inside you go, the scale and structure are incomparably vast and complex—enough to rival a decent castle.
Ën û m̂ а́ . іd
Because of this characteristic, the Black Bandana residence is commonly called the 'Ant Hill'.
Key executives spread across the continent were all gathered there.
The moment the Far East blockade was lifted, Black Bandana summoned all executives.
The organization's leader, Garnet Swallow, spoke.
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"The Empire is in a state of emergency."
"Naturally. A monster of that magnitude appeared inside the Empire......."
E ǹ ũm̄а̀ . іd̊
"The bigger issue isn't the monster—it's that an entire corps was wiped out."
An unprecedented intrusion, and damage on a scale that cannot be overlooked.
It can't be glossed over, and the rights and wrongs and responsibilities of this situation must be clearly determined.
Which means information is life right now.
It was a matter sufficient for the secret intelligence organization Black Bandana to take notice.
"Starting two weeks from now, the Post Mortem hosted by the Crisis Countermeasure Headquarters will begin."
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A meeting that proceeds through everything from the root and cause of the incident to the very end.
Through that, the responsible party for this situation will be determined, and disciplinary action will proceed.
"Won't it just be the same old story? They'll point to the Crown Prince."
The highest authority responsible for the corps annihilation is Alexander Arken.
Even if he's noted as a suspect in this hearing, Alexander can't rampage.
Because the supreme committee members wield power so immense that even the Crown Prince can't recklessly confront them.
Е n̂ um̌ а̀
"It's obviously going to end with the Crown Prince saying a few words, then cutting off the tails of those under him."
Even so, they're all in cahoots in the end.
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It was obvious they'd use the Crown Prince's weakness to take their own profits, then let it slide.
"If it were that simple, I wouldn't have summoned you all like this."
If it flows that way,
"The problem is this agenda won't flow that way. The business of cutting tails under him won't point to the deputy operations staff officer—it'll point somewhere else."
Еn̆ǔmа .í d
"What does the Boss think?"
She said.
"It'll be the Far East."
The Far East.
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That was a land that could now be entirely bundled under the name Valdrova Grand Duchy.
"Currently, among Imperial citizens, public opinion has formed that the Far East might be the culprit of this situation."
Е́ ṅū mа̀ . i̊ d̆
"That's weird. As far as I know, there wasn't a peep for a week since the 1st Corps annihilation."
"It was deliberately spread."
The Empire's intelligence agency had been moving since before the subjugation ended.
They spread false information centered on taverns frequented by commoners, church congregants, and laundry women at the washing place.
In information warfare, securing the first-mover advantage is the priority.
-The reason the Imperial Army died like that is also because the Far East didn't respond, right?
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-Damn bastards. Things that would've died as strangers long ago without the Empire's blessing, ungrateful wretches.
Those who know nothing have no choice but to believe those words, and that belief turned uncontrollably against the Grand Duchy side.
"With public opinion flowing unfavorably like this, the Regent won't be able to do anything either."
"They must be coveting the Far East's assets quite a bit."
Just two years ago, the Far East was as good as nothing.
Some Far East lords were screaming to be sent to other provinces.
Е̄n̊ úm а.і̃d
But those screaming voices remarkably quieted down.
Surprisingly, it was marked by the appearance of Ferda Rosnova.
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From then on, the territory's development increased rapidly.
The Empire's top merchant company, Pascal Company, and Dandolo Company, which was in the second-in-command position.
He obtained both and seized half the flow of the Empire's commoner economy.
Not just economic power, but based on the unique technology of magical engineering, the territory's potential is immeasurable.
We.b n̆o v̈ е̌ l Еn u m̀ а̇
All of it was enough to raise the lords' morale.
Through this siege battle, using hammer and anvil, the heated fervor was tempered even harder.
Since the Far East is rising as a single force, it could only be an eyesore to the Empire.
"It looks hard for the Regent to resolve all this, so he'll need us, right?"
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"Heh, first proper money we'll handle in a long time."
The executives were bantering, discussing how much they'd gouge.
Еñu m.a . і d̈
Instead of joining the bantering atmosphere, Garnet poured cold water on it.
"We won't sell information."
"Huh? If we don't sell information for money, what are we supposed to do?"
"Are you saying we'll just let the Far East go to ruin, Boss?"
Garnet maintained a stern expression and closed her mouth.
Then the bantering executives started catching on one by one.
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"Don't tell me...... you're proposing Egg Breaking?"
An atmosphere of disbelief.
Garnet answered.
"Yeah."
"Are you serious?"
"If that stage is declared, won't our footing become dangerous?"
Е nŭm̊а̃ . іd̈
An atmosphere of dissuasion.
Garnet had expected this resistance too.
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That's why even before bringing up these words, even before this meeting started, she repeated it often.
Is this the right thing to do.
One mistake and there's no turning back.
Not just herself being ruined,
Е_n̊üm_а̊
But everyone being ruined,
And 'everyone' includes even her ancestors who maintained this secret organization—it would be an insult to them.
"I've agonized over and over, and this is the conclusion I reached."
Even so, the same answer came to her mind several times.
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"To inherit my father's will, and further, our ancestors' will, we enter Egg Breaking as of today."
The die is cast.
Еnů.m а̂ .î d
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