Volume 5 Chapter 17 (1/2)

Editor: Starbuck11

It had been a week since Earl Salzberg received a letter from Ryouma that could be best described as a declaration of war, and he decided to fight in a direct confrontation

A cavalry party crossed the highway towards the east with heavy clouds hanging above their heads

The weather that indicates heavy rains are about to co a white horse to click his tongue

Currently, he was heading towards Epiroz

In his field of vision, he could only see grasslands, there was no place for him and his cavalry party to find a shelter However, even if there was such a place, in this kind of landscape, it would be too small to shelter a party comprised of more than 100 men

”Cih ! the rain is about to pour at anybecause of father, and now the weather isme irritated”

A largea white horse who leads the party, bitterly said those words after looking up towards the sky

Looking at his appearance, he was a ed around late twenties

His arer cos

His face looked intiht cheek that looked eye-catching

Most people who saw him would first think of him as some bandit or mercenary

But in this world, the words of ”don't judge a book by its covers” seems to apply as well

Hearing the ht comes closer to him His role as an aide was to appease the leader's dissatisfaction that had been going on since they left their territory, without gaining animosity from him

For the , he was the type that won't bend his opinion no matter how until the end

Although his willingness to listen was good, his personality was lacking the ability to express so them, which should be indispensable as a nobleman

That hy, even though he's s the situation, his ability to deal with the surroundings was bad

In other words, one can regard him as a man who could not read the mood

”Young s but, please do endure it for now All of the ten northern noble houses erous situation for Baron Bertrand's house if we're the only ones who didn't respond to Earl Salzberg's call”

The aide's arguht

And those words were also the same words he had said many times before already to appease the man's irritation since they left the territory

There were ten noble houses situated in the northern territory of Rozeria

Aest military power and was the leader of the ten houses since the founding of the Rozeria Kingdom

For the northern nobles, they would feelcompared to the ruler of the country that was situated far away from their territory

”It is because of attitudes like yours that Baron Mikoshi+ba got angry In the first place, what is wrong with their heads, fighting against each others when the country is unstable like this… This is also why I objected and didn't want to go… It was because my father and elder brother won't shut theirthe Rozeria Kingdoot out like this…”

”Our ene that 'the nail that sticks out needs to get ha the Earl Wortenia peninsula seeenerate wealth beyond e had thought previously, thus if in this e ht be able to demand some reward”

The man snorted after he heard his aide's words, who showed a broad smile on his side…

”Fuuh, is that solorious Bertrand family should say ? Hoonderful of you”

It was hi sarcastic

But, the knight didn't see it

”I could not help it After all, I could not survive with a knight's pride alone Besides, Earl Salzberg was not the one who started this whole situation Don't get any s there…”

”Are you saying the one that gets provoked is stupid ?”

Indeed, that is frouht

For men of power, the existence called spy was the same as a thief who steals treasures known as infor on the situation they could've also becoent such as assassins

A dangerous pest that daarden known as the territory If one were to sent such dangerous presence

Even if the world is at war, or that it was not uncommon for nobles to sent spies to other territories, there was no reason for not feeling uncomfortable

If it was one or two spies, then it ivable

And onethe difference in power between each parties

However, the story change if more than ten people were sent

Not to h Baron Mikoshi+ba was part of the Rozeria Kingdo the peninsula persistently had kept sending spies No wonders Baron Mikoshi+ba Ryouma felt a sense of crisis

However, even if one were being provoked, for a Baron to go against an Earl was absurd

As long as nothing strange happens, the difference in power could be used to justify as right and rong

(Well, it is also natural for my father and elder brother to be in frenzy Especially now that Wortenia has become a mountain of treasures…)

For better or worse, it was the nature of aristocrats to want to increase their territory and their wealth The tendency was particularly strong now because the country was currently in chaos

For them, it was necessary to keep their family alive

That hy, as long they judge soather like hyenas and rush towards the decayed flesh

Threatening, blacket one's object of interest

(But wait… I see, did that man deliberately provoked Mikoshi+ba Ryouuys, then it is possible…)

Sending spies endlessly to fuel Baron Mikoshi+ba's tension

And then, when everything was about to breake out into all-out war, beat hi military force

What remains afterould be Wortenia peninsula which had become an important co nobles

He didn't have any proof to claiht, but inside the man's head, the outline of the war had started to appear

(Now I began to think so such upstart this much ?)

It was the truth that Mikoshi+ba Ryouma was disliked by the majority of the Rozeria aristocracy

The abondhis social standing, even if it was a reward for his contributions during the civil war

Thus there was no reason for the nobles to remain silent when the Wortenia peninsula had turned into an economic powerhouse territory

(But still, who planned all of this ?)

He didn't believe that his brother, father or his immediate family had the ability to draw up this kind of plan