Volume 5 Chapter 31 (1/2)
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That night, a myriad of torches flowed through the streets towards the castle like a river of lava.
Jeers and angry roars dominated Epiroz city's atmosphere.
“It has begun, at least… exactly like that person said…” Signiz gently closed the window curtain.
He sat down deeply in the chair and took the letter placed on the desk.
Emotions that sprung out from his heart were a mix of anger, sadness, and guilt.
Such feelings filled Signiz's heart like a muddy water.
(Everything was known in advance… He planted the feuds between the refugees and the citizens of Epiroz . Afterwards just waiting for the balance to be broken. There were no difficulties for that man )
Anyone would desperately protect one's family.
In this world, there was no paradise, only a h.e.l.l like place that was similar to the place told by the followers of the light G.o.d .
And that was also no different for Signiz, considered as one of the best knights in the Rozeria Kingdom.
In this world, weak and foolish people only existed for being used and stepped on .
(In the end, everything moved according to that man's intentions. What's important now is how should I move afterwards…)
A scene that had transpired weeks ago appeared inside his mind.
Just right after the war began, Signiz Garbera received contact by one of Mikos.h.i.+ba Ryouma's subordinates.
A masked man wearing all black clothing entered the place where Signiz resided just like a shadow.
Especially during the wartime like this where security would be doubled, such a task would be difficult to perform. The intruder was definitely an expert. And from him, Signiz who was already placed his hand on his sword heard a whisper. The shadow asked, together with Roberto Bertrand, would you like to serve Mikos.h.i.+ba Ryouma? Of course, at the time, Signiz laughed at the intruder's suggestion.
Even if the soldiers led by Mikos.h.i.+ba Ryouma had extraordinary quality, that alone could not decide the victor of the war.
Above all else, there was also circ.u.mstances where Signiz could not betray the Garbera family.
As long as there was such circ.u.mstances, he could not betray Earl Salzberg who the Garbera family was loyal to.
(I guess. It would be naïve of me to think that everything would end just like that huh?)
That night, when the many refugees appeared from the south of Epiroz, the shadow man appeared once again, he had delivered a letter then disappeared.
When he read the letter, Signiz was undeniably shocked.
At first, he doubted the contents of the letter, but soon he was disheartened after learning it was the truth, he soon realized that he had arrived at the crossroad that would decide his future.
(It is true that since grandfather died, I don't care about the current Garbera family… But it is also a fact that I have some obligation and grat.i.tude towards the Earl.)
The dark emotions that he hid in the depths of his heart since childhood appeared for a moment.
Signiz was the sixth son of the Garbera's family, but he was not the child of the legal wife.
In short , he was a child of a mistress.
Signiz was a child born from a commoner woman that his father slept with just once when he was playing around.
Well, in this world, contraception was rare. It was natural for a child to be born easily.
Naturally, Signiz's father asked his mother to abort him.
After all, although Baron was the lowest n.o.ble, the difference in status between n.o.ble and commoner was still huge.
Furthermore, the man already had children from his legal wife and his concubines.
If Signiz was the second or third son, then Signiz might still have value as spare successor. However, as a sixth son, his value was very low.
And if Signiz's mother was the daughter of a powerful merchant or knight, it would be different, but since his mother was just a commoner, he could not receive help from his mother's house.
To avoid a crisis of succession, it might have been right for Signiz's father to ask his mother to abort him.
And it also might be better for Signiz mother to have done just that.