Vol 6 Chapter 26 (1/2)

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at 6th of September 2019 06:03:24 AM

Chapter 26

The carriage then proceeds toward the royal palace .

(This is the first time I ride a carriage since the time when I was visiting Earl Salzberg’s residence… At that time, I couldn’t afford to care about it but…)

Such feeling pa.s.ses through Ryouma’s mind as he gazes outside the window .

The wooden chair was installed in the carriage .

Riding this carriage gives him an awful and uncomfortable experience .

Although they had put a cus.h.i.+on since he aboard the carriage, it didn’t give much impact in reducing the feeling .

It was a real shame despite the fact that the carriage had such a grand appearance .

(I don’t know if the suspension is existed in this world or not, or it exists but just has a bad performance but, this really hurt my b.u.t.t and hips…)

Ryouma involuntarily touched his b.u.t.t, which feels sore in a different sense from riding a horse .

It might be not a good behavior when it comes to n.o.bility .

However, there was no one who watched Ryouma, to begin with .

Even the Marfisto sisters who usually won’t leave Ryouma’s side currently acted as escorts and maids .

(Is this actually a form of hara.s.sment? Well anyway, even if that is the truth, this is the first time in a while that I’m alone . Until we arrive at the destination, I guess I should have a bit of fun? Besides, the other side won’t launch an a.s.sault at this late in time…)

Of course, Ryouma would have considered an attack at this timing as normal .

However, since after this they would have to play a farce, thus proper appearance was necessary .

If they tried to unskillfully do something to Ryouma who was being praised by the ma.s.ses as the Hero who saved the country, it might strangle them one day .

The fact that Ryouma was being attacked despite having an escort would never benefit anyone .

The rumors of someone was trying to kill the Hero would spread, and it may even lead into pouring oil to the Kingdom which security had already deteriorated .

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That was why they did all of this . And make the result coming out from a legitimate trial…

(Especially those powerful n.o.bles who had their relative killed during this dispute…)

Ryouma already understand that he was being alienated by the n.o.bles of this Kingdom .

At the dinner party the other day, a moderate number of people had gathered, but compared to the entire aristocracy belonged to the Rozeria Kingdom, only a small amount of them had attended .

And most of them, the reason why they didn’t attend was that they were the relatives of the n.o.bles he had killed .

If they were blood relative, they would kill each other without batting an eyelid .

However, on the other hand, they would join hands against the enemy outside of their circle…

And there were large numbers of n.o.ble who had blood relation with Salzberg household, which had been existed since the time the Rozeria Kingdom being established .

In that case, there were two ways for them to take revenge .

Make an appeal to subjugate Ryouma using armed force, or judge him by using the law .

However, the use of force was a fairly high hurdle choice for them right now .

If all n.o.bles in Rozeria could unite and attack, the story would’ve changed, but based on the natural hazard of Wortenia peninsula, and Ryouma who had managed to destroy the ten northern household and also Earl Salzberg household, making them hesitate to cross blade .

Rather than taking such a risk, it would be easier for them to just condemn him by using the law that prohibited the use of the private army for warfare between each other .

It was due to the aristocrats thought like that, that Lupis Rozeria.n.u.s and also her aide Meltina Lecter had been thinking about this strategy .

(Well, I don’t know how much of all of this are part of Lupis and Meltina’s plan…)

As one could see from the story he heard from Yuria after the war, it might be their aim to incite Earl Salzberg by asking him to perform espionage activity against Wortenia peninsula .

However, it was hard to believe for him that Lupis had made such an elaborate plan and put in the calculation that the house of lords would move like this .

At the very least, if she were capable of that, she would not have made Ryouma took control Wortenia peninsula in the first place .

If her wisdom were that vast, then she would not avoid Ryouma until this much…

At that time, at least Ryouma won’t hold a grudge against Queen Lupis, and Queen Lupis also would not fear Ryouma and tried to get rid of him without understanding Ryouma’s feeling .

(The time when the tides change would be, at the time when I was sent to the Zalda Kingdom as reinforcement… I guess?)

Wis.h.i.+ng Ryouma to die, Lupis had given him Wortenia peninsula, but what happened had completely betrayed Lupis imagination, not only he gained solid ground, he also gained military power .

And for a ruler, it was not easy to deal with something like that .

If she were to try to confiscate by force the territory that Mikos.h.i.+ba Ryouma had opened by his own hand, even the n.o.bles who had their self-interest would turn against her .