episode_0057

The next day, Lucille visited Onora with Lilia.

Onora was more than happy with Lucille’s appearance. The first reason is that he liked a woman named Ono. Being pretty or having big breasts was the icing on the cake. And Lucille was both of them.

The second reason was that Onora wanted to somehow gain the attention of the higher-ups. He desperately needed someone who could lead him to success.

Therefore, the appearance of Lucille was very welcome. Lucille was a pretty woman just to Onora’s taste, and she was someone who could lead Onora to success.

But I was curious. Oh Nora is an engineer corps officer. How on earth did a man who was the lord of a wealthy count family have any reason to visit an engineer corps officer?

Oh No-ra spoke cautiously with curiosity.

“Stir… ”

“My name is Lucille Meyer. Please remember my name from now on.”

“Of course! Of course not! Even so, I am good at remembering people’s faces and names! Moreover, I have known Lucille’s great name for a long time. I heard you planned a plan alongside the famous Franz Mayer?”

Lucille sighed and laughed. Onora took this as a positive sign.

“It goes without saying that Franz Mayer’s reputation is so high! As long as the Mayer family has a plan, victory is a given! I heard that the matriarch also fell for Franz Mayer’s scheme?”

“Well, that’s right. But I didn’t come today to say hello.”

“That means… ?”

“Oh No-ra wants to become successful now.”

“Who doesn’t want to get ahead? It’s everyone’s wish.”

“Even if it means destroying everything in sight.”

Onora’s flirtatious expression hardened for a moment. However, he regained his smile and spoke.

“You are saying scary things to your wife. I’m not that scary guy. Hehe.”

“No. You are truly a scary person. The best person I’ve ever seen.”

“Yes?”

“Let’s skip the unnecessary search. I will make you successful in life.”

“Well, what do you mean by that?”

Onora was sweating profusely.

“I will ask my brother to recommend it to my lord. Brother is deeply trusted by Leona, so he will soon be entrusted with an important mission. It’s an important and difficult mission. But you can do it, right?”

“Well, I’ve always been confident, but what the hell is the situation…? ”

Onora asked in confusion, but Lucille just continued speaking in a cold, downcast voice.

“There is only one thing I want to say.”

“What is that… ?”

“No matter what you do for your own ambitions, who you betray, or what you destroy, it would be best not to do anything that would harm your brother. The head of the Mayer family, Franz Mayer, is your benefactor who recommended you to his master and helped you rise in the world. Even if you are not my brother, my eyes are always shining towards you in the dark.”

“… ”

Onora did not understand the current situation. Why is Lucille so wary of herself? I didn’t know that, but one thing was certain.

“The matter of recommendation… ”

Franz Mayer is a person currently on the rise. If the top of the old power was Clemens, the top of the new power was Franz Mayer. Onora’s eyes shone sharply.

“It’s not a lie, right?”

“If you want, I can do it tomorrow.”

“Then… ”

Onora immediately smiled brightly. If you look at that face, it looks like an ordinary, innocent, innocent person who knows nothing.

“I am always welcome! If you really recommend it, I will never forget it and repay it throughout my life!”

“… ”

This man’s smiling face was natural. And, it was abominable. Lucille knew this man’s true self well, so she found this naive expression even more frightening.

—–

“Brother.”

“Huh? Are you Lucille? Where are you going?”

“I came to meet Onora.”

For a moment, Franz’s expression hardened.

“You said you don’t like that guy?”

“I don’t like it.”

“Then why?”

“Because I don’t like it. Rather, we needed to meet more.”

Franz had a hard time understanding. But if Lucille did that, there had to be a reason.

“So? What did you say?”

“I decided to recommend it.”

“Recommendation? That person?”

“Yes. I hope you will personally recommend it to my lord in your name.”

Franz thought. Onora is a person who will become an important figure in the Krusenstein family in the future. Recommending such a person would also benefit Franz. Your status will rise as your insight is recognized. but…

“Is that okay?”

“Why?”

“You hate that person.”

“… ”

Lucille sighed and sighed.

“That’s right. no, I do not want. If I had the same heart, I would send Lilia and kill her secretly in the middle of the night.”

“… Like that?”

Lucille suddenly becomes scared.

“Yes. But I can’t do that. Onora is an outstanding person and will be helpful to her brother’s dreams. There’s no need to complicate things by killing people for no reason.”

“… ”

“If we’re going to have to use this character anyway, wouldn’t it be right to keep him under our control? If you leave it alone, Onora will get ahead on her own. Then, what we recommend and bestow grace on is also for the future.”

That’s what I was thinking about… But how did Lucille know that Onora was a capable person? They say I know the future… Did Lucille really see something?

“Why do you look at me like that?”

“Because it’s pretty.”

It was something I meant to say without thinking, but Lucille was visibly embarrassed and blushed. Even I felt embarrassed by that reaction.

“Please take care of your wife, wife, and recommendation. It would be better to go as quickly as possible. And this!”

Lucille handed me an envelope. When I opened it, it was full of candy.

“I bought it on the way. It’s a gift.”

“… ”

I picked up a piece of candy and put it in my mouth. It was sweet. It looked like it had fruit juice in it, but compared to modern candies, it was just a lump of sugar.

“… It still tastes like a baby.”

Although that is cute.

—–

Meanwhile, Leona was thinking in real time.

Krusenstein County, which Leona wanted to create, was ‘a place where anyone can succeed if they have the skills.’

As evidence, Leona did not discriminate against port captains. Even if they were enemies, they were hired equally as long as they had skills.

The iconic figure was Clemens de Balboa, and Leona’s men fought hard, prepared to die even for captains. Just with the thought that I can succeed.

But there was a problem.

Krusenstein County, which Leona depicts, was ‘a place where anyone can succeed.’ It is not ‘a place where only nobles and mayors can succeed’.

In other words, he wanted to create a person who could succeed among clergy or commoners.

But that was difficult.

Even if they wanted to hire talented people, they were often not properly educated, and it was not easy to find people who were outstanding enough to elevate them to the level of a midshipman.

Meanwhile, Franz recommended a commoner. She was a commoner named Onora.

The moment I saw Onora, Leona was this guy! I wanted to.

short height. light weight. Ugly face. If you only look at it, it’s the lowest rank among commoners. There is not even an ounce of dignity to be found.

So it was better! If you appoint this person and elevate him to a high level, you’ll think, ‘Even a guy like that gets successful…’ ‘There was no doubt that other people would work hard!

However, there was a problem in promoting an incompetent person to a mid-level position.

“Raise your head.”

“Yep!”

“Did you say Onora? In the letter of recommendation, it is said that he was skilled in fortifications and played a major role in repairing the imperial palace and castle walls. Is this true?”

“Of course!”

“What else are you good at?”

At this, Onora grinned and laughed.

“I can do anything if you ask me to, except for the hard work!”

“Can you keep those words?”

“Yes! Of course!”

“Good. Then I’ll leave you with a task.”

Onora’s job was to persuade the two families of Kassel and Münden in the northern part of Krusenstein to join the army.

The Cassel family was trying to decide between the Carter family and the Krusenstein family, and the Münden family was trying to decide between Albrecht and Krusenstein.

These two families are located in very important geopolitical locations, so if they are acquired, Carter and Albrecht will not be able to exchange troops or materials with each other, which will greatly help in the defeat of Krusenstein.

“This mission is a very important mission. I have entrusted you with a very important mission because it was recommended by Franz Mayer, so please do it without mistakes.”

“Yes! I will definitely make the heads of the two families wag their tails at you!”

And two weeks later.

Onora is back.

“Why did you come back already? Surely you didn’t say you couldn’t do it?”

“Is that possible? Hehe.”

Onora held out two documents from her arms.

“These are the surrender documents of the Kassel family and the Münden family, respectively.”

“… ”

Leona took the document and looked at it. It was a real surrender document. The conditions were also very favorable to our troops.

“How have you already succeeded?”

“That’s right… Whatever it is, isn’t the key to ultimately understanding people’s hearts? Hehehe!”

At this time, Leona smiled in remorse. It was thought that following the captain’s representative, a commoner’s representative also emerged.