episode_0267

The flower of martial arts competitions.

The 1:1 weapon fighting arena is just around the corner.

Most participants will be putting a lot of effort into managing their condition.

Sponsors will provide the best support possible for the participants they support.

Of course, there are some people who don’t fit into most of these categories.

For example, someone like Arina Bagrand, who was sponsored by the Marquis Magnus.

She has already done all the preparations.

It’s been a while since I’ve serviced the equipment.

Optimization goes without saying. Arina’s mana control is so excellent that she has virtually no rivals.

Conditioning disorder? That’s ridiculous. You should stop saying that to her.

For the perfect candidate who has been waiting for the arena for a long time, wouldn’t this time feel like a free moment?

Anyway, unless you are one of these exceptional people, you will usually be doing a final check.

Whether you’re pressed for time, solving a problem, or trying to decompress.

No matter what method you take, you won’t have the luxury of wasting this time elsewhere.

No. If I were to say it a little more strongly, they’d call me crazy.

If there was anyone wandering around without thinking at this time, everyone would point fingers at him and call him a fool.

however.

“I’d like to talk to you for a moment, Marquis Magnuel.”

There was that crazy guy right in front of my eyes.

Marquis Magnuel clicked his tongue inwardly, as if he was dumbfounded.

‘Huh. Genji, how much time is left until the arena starts, why are you wandering around like this?’

There are quite a few people who value this time as gold and ask for it to be extended a little more.

Come meet other people, especially sponsors of other participants?

Even though I was grumpy, I was grumpy for a long time.

‘But that doesn’t mean I can just send it back.’

He too is a proud member of the Baghland Dukes, having been registered as a member of the Baghland Dukes.

As a family with a master who serves as a vassal, the first thing they had to do was treat him properly.

The Marquis Magnuel gave a formal answer.

“Even if we respond to that conversation, it doesn’t seem like anything will come out of our mouths.”

Even though you came here to have a conversation, you shouldn’t readily agree to a conversation.

Aren’t there currently martial arts competitions in progress?

Among them, it is the time before the stadium, which is called the flower of the competition.

Since I came here to find the sponsor of Arina Bagrand, who was being treated as a competitor, it would not have been strange to end the conversation here if I had not brought it up first and explained why I came.

‘Well, if you can’t even see through this, then conversation is impossible.’

The opponent is none other than Carcein.

So I didn’t really expect to figure out the answer to this question.

however.

The Marquis’s prediction was immediately proven wrong.

“I am not here to meet the sponsor of Arina Bagrand as a participant in this competition, but as Karsain Bagrand to meet Marquis Magnuel, a vassal of the Bagrand Dukes.”

“…!”

“If we keep talking like that, we’ll just waste time. The arena will start soon, so shouldn’t we hurry up and get through this quickly?”

Contrary to expectations, he sharply grasped my intentions and even responded by mentioning that there was not much time left until the arena began.

Unable to contain his embarrassment, the Marquis swallowed his saliva.

“…I will move from the seat.”

Two people moving like that.

The conversation moves to an empty room where others cannot hear.

Just as Marquis Magnus was about to knock on the door of conversation again, as if he wasn’t going to be swayed by the sharp answer from earlier.

Karsine quickly seizes the initiative.

“It would be a very suitable position to make Arina Bagrand your successor. Isn’t it, Marquis?”

“…I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“There’s no need to be shy. Since Arina is interested in martial arts and even goes to subdue demons herself, this martial arts competition must not have been a mere pastime. In that sense, you must have taken the place where you went because you have the mine that can produce weapons the fastest.”

It’s such an explicit expression, though.

There was nothing wrong.

In fact, it was because of that mine that Marquis Magnus was able to secure the position of vassal of the Duke of Bagrand.

He asked, his lips quivering.

“What do you want to say?”

“I’m telling you not to do that kind of restraint, because you don’t have to worry about it.”

“…What did you say?”

“I understand that you choose Arina Bagrand as your successor. It’s understandable that you find me annoying because my recent behavior has been unusual. But, unlike what you think, I’m not a person with ambition.”

“What is that…?”

Karsine hits the Marquis with a straight ball.

“Within the Bagrand Dukedom, I have no interest in becoming the successor.”

The Marquis Magnuel’s eyes lit up.

“Huh, heh heh. That’s a hard answer to accept with common sense. Are you asking me to believe that? It’s none other than saying that I don’t need the position of Duke Bagrand.”

“Yeah. I don’t need that kind of stuff.”

“Huh! That, that kind of…?”

“If possible, I’d like to ask them to cast a magic to suppress it so that it doesn’t bother me at all. I wonder why they haven’t researched this kind of magic.”

“How dare you say such things…!”

The Marquis looks breathless.

In contrast, Carsine leisurely laid out his rationale.

“You’re going to keep bringing up the problems of my status as a commoner and the legitimacy of the Bagrand Dukes, right? Let’s add one more thing to that. In addition to the financial damage caused to the Bagrand Dukes, you can easily come up with a reason to bring up the issue of sociability. If you don’t have a good reputation in noble society, you’ll be isolated and it will be difficult to negotiate or discuss, right?”

I knew there had to be a way.

That’s right.

In an aristocratic society, reputation is very important.

Even if there are factions, powers, and vassals, there must be the ability to join hands with other families when necessary.

But…

Are you saying that with your own mouth?

Something that is no different from my weakness?

The Marquis, having calmed down, asks:

“Really, you don’t have even the slightest interest in being Duke Bagrand’s successor?”

To this, Carcein responds sharply.

“Yeah. I was the one who should have left the Duke’s house in the first place, right?”

“…!”

It’s not any other family, but the Bagrand Dukes.

The Duke of Bagrand is a family that no other family except the Peselos Imperial Family can rival.

To become the head of that family.

You can rise to a position where you can grab a piece of the biggest pie among the empire’s hegemonies.

Even among the same nobles, the position of Duke would be something that everyone would drool over.

He was saying that he was going to kick that place away with his own feet.

‘…You seem sincere. I don’t know why, though.’

There was no need to dissuade the seemingly annoying successor from stepping down of his own accord.

But, right then.

The door opened with a loud noise.

“Hey. You’re leaving the duke’s house. What are you talking about?”

***

“K, meet Princess Claire─.”

As Claire burst through the door with her eyes rolled back, Marquis Magnus, who had been talking to Carcein, lowered his head in surprise.

But Claire didn’t care how the Marquis Magnuel came out or what he said.

You’re going out.

In the first place, he was the one who should have left the Duke’s household.

Those words made my eyes roll back.

“Explain. What are you talking about, Karsane? Did that old man tell you that you were not fit for the dukedom? Or did he threaten you not to dare act out of line?”

It’s not strange in any situation.

It wasn’t just within the Duke’s household that Karsain had been persecuted.

Even though his notoriety was widely known among the nobles, he was held in the worst esteem by his retainers.

Among them, Marquis Magnus had quite a strong influence, so there was a lot of potential.

I don’t know what topic they were talking about and what led to this conclusion, but it’s not hard to punish that guy based on what I hear. So Claire hoped the truth would come out of Karsain’s mouth quickly.

But what came out of Karsine’s mouth was a sigh.

“Ha. You really are so reckless. Is it so strange that I am leaving the Duke’s house?”

“Of course! You’re my family. You’re my little brother! Why would you be exiled to somewhere other than the Bagrand Dukes?”

Karsine sighs again towards the grumbling Claire.

“You misunderstand things on your own. You catch people on your own. You have to do things on your own like that to satisfy me?”

“…what?”

“Once Arina becomes the head of the household, I should naturally go out and live there. Then, I should live in the Bagrand Duke’s household for the rest of my life? Are you serious about that?”

Carcein running his hand through his hair.

He continued speaking with a laugh as if he found it ridiculous.

“I’ll give you a hundred concessions. Let’s say you’ve been staying at the duke’s house. But what about your fiancée? You have a fiancée named Harnie. Should you bring her along and settle down at the Bagrand duke’s house?”

“…”

After hearing that, I was speechless.

“This is what I talked about with the Marquis. I told him not to hold back because I had no interest in the succession in the first place.”

When Claire hears this, she turns to the Marquis and asks him in a silent question whether this is true.

“Yes, it is true. Prince Karsain came to me about this matter.”

Since the Marquis was responding in that way, I couldn’t question Carcein any further.

“Are you satisfied now? Oh my.”

“Hey, hey! Carcein!”

The conversation ended there as Karsine left as if it was not worth continuing.

“I, I will go back now. Princess Claire.”

Then, after the Marquis clears his throat and leaves, Claire is left alone and scratches her head.

“Ah, shit. You’re being hasty again…”

If I had listened to their conversation a little longer, this wouldn’t have happened.

I almost messed things up again because I was so upset when I heard that Karsin was the one who had to leave the dukedom.

but…

“Why do I feel so uneasy?”

Something, the unpleasant feeling won’t go away.

Oddly enough.

-Tiring!

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