episode_0004

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My father was lying down.

Mental fatigue and excessive stress.

Of course, the disappearance of my damn brother was the cause of my illness.

As soon as the head of the Hohenberg family vacated the office, the second son of the family was naturally entrusted with the affairs of the county. Since it was an occasional occurrence, no one was upset.

“This is why children’s farming is important. Since the eldest son is an asshole, even the second son needs to work hard.”

If the head of the family leaves the position, doesn’t the eldest son take over the job?

Hey,

Damn eldest son.

He is treated as the eldest son just because he was born first.

At most, he is only two years older than me.

“Aaaah! It’s so cute!”

“As expected, my insight was not wrong!”

When I was rolling my pen and continuing my useless thoughts,

What’s all the fuss?

Boisterous voices rang out as if a celebrity had come.

Soon the door to the office opened, revealing the main culprit of the noise. It was a girl with light green curly hair. I couldn’t help but feel puzzled when I saw the girl wearing a new outfit.

“What is that again?”

“I wore it to help Ethan!”

Instead of his tattered travel clothes, Lou was wearing a colorless tailcoat.

Black tailcoat.

A white dress shirt contrasted with that.

Luxurious silk gloves and a cute short tie.

This is an outfit that overtly emphasizes cuteness.

Therefore, it was a good fit for the mascot representing the work.

“Our Ruinong is smart and knowledgeable from birth! It’s on a different level from lesser humans! So, leave anything to me!”

Ahem!

Ahem, ahem!

By sticking out his flat chest, he boasted of his racial superiority.

Are you planning to claim that you are the master of wisdom? I nodded to Lue’s rant and asked her to sort through the mountain of documents. Then Lue smiled brightly and ran towards me at a fast pace.

“Heungheung, Ruinong never forgets grace!”

“Like when you were being chased by monsters and were saved by a party of saints?”

Ethan Ruinong escapes from a space cut off from the world, longing for the freedom of the outdoors. However, before he can fully enjoy his freedom, he faces a desperate crisis as he is targeted by hungry monsters.

The person who saved him was the warrior Maximilian.

I want to return the favor.

So, I started following my benefactor around like a chewing gum.

I let out a faint laugh as I recalled the contents of the early part of the story.

“Oh, how did you know that? Did Max tell you?”

“What… That’s right.”

Since I was a reader who had read the work all the way to the end, I couldn’t answer, so I naturally answered vaguely.

Then Lue shook her antennae-like hair.

I can’t believe I’m that happy.

My conscience was pricked to see me blushing and reacting so violently.

“Master.”

smart-.

A neat knock was heard.

After permission was granted, an old butler entered the office.

“This is a letter that arrived from the imperial family.”

“Hmm, I guess Princess Ludmilla sent it.”

A seal engraved with a golden lion.

It was clearly a letter from the imperial family.

I told you that Ludmilla would send a letter as soon as she arrived at the imperial capital.

I handed over the letter, remembering what she had added before leaving.

“What is it, what is it?”

The luxuriously decorated letter was enough to stimulate the fairy’s interest. He stuck his head out and looked like a child.

Tuk.

The seal was torn open with a paper knife.

And I opened the letter while staring at the sharp gaze.

“Ahh… !”

“Why then?”

“Holy shit! It really was sent from the imperial family!”

“Hehe!”

I jumped up from my seat with a scream.

Then Lue slapped his buttocks with an exclamation of his mouth.

[Compensation is ordered to the Hohenberg family, which unilaterally broke off its engagement with the imperial family.]

reparations.

in other words,

The intention is to hold the couple accountable for breaking off the engagement with money.

If it had been a conflict with another noble family, we would have requested mediation from the imperial capital, but unfortunately, the force currently hostile to our Hohenberg family was the imperial family. And since the damned guy who announced the breakup of the engagement was entirely responsible, there wasn’t even a chance to protest.

“Well, so how much is it… ?”

“It would be enough to fill the reservoir with the thick candy you are eating now.”

7.8 billion Rachel.

Calculated in silver, it is 120,000 pounds.

For reference, the annual revenue of the County of Hohenberg was 80,000 pounds.

In other words, it meant providing one year and six months worth of tax revenue.

‘Still, it’s not the worst. No, isn’t this rather generous? If I were the emperor, I would have squeezed the County of Hohenberg to the point where recovery was impossible. I guess Princess Ludmilla still defended me.’

It’s a sum of hundreds of millions of dollars that will make you scream.

But it’s not to the point where I can’t repay it.

The reparations could be repaid through tax increases and austerity measures over the next few years.

On “, Ethan… ! Are you now left sitting on the street? Ugh… I don’t want to eat thick candy anymore.”

The fairy’s bright expression, which was enjoying the sweet happiness of nibbling on thick candy, turned grim. It seems that the Hohenberg family would not be able to avoid ruin due to the enormous compensation.

Chuuk-.

The hair on my head fell pitifully.

Next, he spit out the thick candy he loved so much that he hummed.

He even showed concern about whether he might have caused harm due to his snacks.

“Things will be difficult in the future, but… It’s not like your property will be seized. Could it be that a prestigious family in the East, boasting a long history, should go bankrupt?”

“Haeup.”

You don’t have to worry so much,

As soon as she finished speaking, Lue put the thick candy she had spit out back into her mouth.

‘Damn, should I even sell that item that my brother entrusted to me at the market? .’

The first thing to do in order to raise compensation is to raise a portion of the amount by disposing of all the belongings of the person who caused the deterioration.

clothing and objects,

He is a warrior and has accumulated funds.

Even the rare gold and silver treasures collected after accomplishing countless heroic stories.

If we dispose of everything, wouldn’t we be able to cover the compensation?

Since it is a deserved punishment, even I would not be able to protest if I had at least the slightest sense of shame.

‘Should we also sell the holy sword stored in the underground warehouse? I’m sure the Holy Kingdom will reward you generously.’

The Four Star Sword of Destruction Demon.

The four holy swords that are the symbols and weapons of the warrior Maximilian.

One of the holy swords that slaughtered countless demons and monsters was kept in the Hohenberg family.

I was thinking about how to dispose of the weapon, which boasted its mighty power during its heyday, but has now been reduced to nothing more than an antique. It was an action that would have made the crowd who revered the Holy Sword foam at the mouth when they heard it, but it could not be helped because repaying the compensation was a priority.

* * *

The epilogue arrived with the saint’s party defeating the devil, the final enemy of darkness.

However, despite this, numerous dangerous elements threatening the world existed everywhere.

The remaining forces of the Demon King’s army.

Cultists who follow the evil god.

Even strange monsters that came from an unknown dimension.

Is it because there is a new phase (Part 2)?

Although the finale was achieved after many twists and turns, the heroic story of the saint’s party was only incomplete.

It ended with an incomplete ending, not a perfect ending. Therefore, many dark people who were exiled by the saint’s party hid in the abyss and waited for an opportunity for a genius.

-The thorns in my eyes have left!

-Even the cruel prostitutes and mistresses have all disappeared!

-Oh oh! Great messenger! I will prepare living sacrifices for you!!

The restraint that had been blocking the ascension of evil disappeared in one fell swoop.

The envoy gave me an opportunity.

The leaders who were planning a comeback raised their heads.

The vacuum of deterrence meant backlash and expansion. As if to show him, the cowardly losers who had been defeated by the saint’s party drew out their swords in indignation. It was to destroy a world stained with hypocrisy and achieve complete revenge.

-The time has finally come for evil to ascend to heaven… !

Those who seek to achieve a revival of power.

Those who move to spread missionary work and faith.

And those who want to eat all living things on the continent.

Everyone had different reasons for trying to achieve the ascension of evil.

Just as there are many forms of line,

This is because evil coexisted in many forms.

-Maximilian… !

-His family is in the Valtaria Empire!

-The murderer who killed his brothers! I will definitely repay the humiliation I suffered from that bastard!

And among the group released from the reins, there were also revenge demons.

Spread of power?

Achievement of faith?

The revenge demons lacked such a cause.

There is only hatred towards the enemies who took away the cause from oneself.

Therefore, as soon as he was freed from his inhibitions, he desperately tried to get the revenge he had been waiting for.

-Maximilia Ahhh!!!

Warrior Maximilian.

The strongest person in the saint’s party.

A hero who ruthlessly cut down countless evils.

The fact that the arrow of revenge was aimed at him was as natural as the gravity falling from above.