Chapter 82 (2/2)
The people reatly inconvenienced I wonder if the economy wasn't thrown into chaos
Noorried
”But that is how much this country and the world felt its debt to you, Ruck Without you, the devils would have caused great daht The world may have even ended”
”…I' nored my disco that Eric did, was to construct a stone statue”
”The one in the central plaza?”
”Oh, you have seen it then? Isn't he handsoly I was a little irritated now
“It's huge and extre to be so disappointed when they see the realthat I was upset, Eric and Goran immediately started to make excuses
The stonemason had never met me
And so the statue was created based off of Goran and Eric's descriptions
And that was the result It was incredibly troublesooing to try and change the subject
”I forgot! It has been 10 years after all Ruck, your Adventurer's card must be expired? I will issue a new one for you”
”Oh, right It expires every 7 years”
Adventurer's had a dangerous profession It was not rare for the if they were still alive
And so people who had gonedeceased
I had lost ht with the devils
But it wouldn't have mattered either way
”The name will be Grand Duke, Ruck Franzen Your job will be Great Philosopher, Our Saviour, The Great High Sorcerer, S Rank Is that acceptable to you?”
”Wait a minute”
”What? Yes, ere all A Rankers, but with a history of fighting devils and killing the Devil King, you are more than qualified for this promotion?”
”Indeed Goran and I are also S Rank now And since you have accomplished more than either of us, there is no way that you can remain an A Rank”
I didn't mean that No, that's also i handed out easily It was a special rank that only a few in history had been honored with
Besides, what's with these strange titles like Great Philosopher, Our Saviour, and Great High Sorcerer?
But there was so I needed to protest first
”Grand Duke? Also, first of all, what's 'Franzen'?”
”Now, cally, but I could hardly do that now
I was given a title without my consent, and Grand Duke?
And I never heard the name Franzen before I was not a noble and had no fa our world And so I bestowed on you this title 8 years ago”
”It's the next thing that Eric did after constructing the statue”
Goran added Was this king alright?
I was so worried
”And if you are going to have a title, you need a family name, no?”
”I suppose”
”And so it is Franzen”
I was too tired to argue
”Well, I am fine with that name… But Grand Duke…you really went all out… Did no one object to it?”
”Not a single person They all thought you were dead, anyway And you have no children, let alone fa a deceasedGrand Duke
It was nothingadded to the historical record
But if I did have a family, someone would succeed me, and there would be a new Grand Duke
Now that would have been significant The map of power between the noble houses would have shi+fted
Of course, it was bound to lead to
”I don't really want to be a Grand Duke”
”True Had I known you were alive, I ht have stopped at Count…”
Eric said a little uneasily However, Goran still looked puzzled
”But why?”
He tilted his head
Now that I'm alive, there is one new Grand Duke
A Grand Duke is an incredibly high ranking noble One of the highest of all the nobles
If that happened, the other nobles would not rele
Maybe they would hire assassins to kill me
I explained all of this to Goran
”I see, perhaps you are right But I am sure you could easily handle some puny assassins?”
”Well, maybe I could, but I don't want to It's too much trouble”
”I see That's true”
Goran finally understood how much of a hassle this situation was for me
”Maybe it would be better if my survival wasn't widely known”
”But…”
And so I persuaded the uncooperative Goran and had hiister me under a different name as a new Adventurer
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