Chapter 2: Life of a Debtor (2) (1/2)

Chapter 2: Life of a Debtor (2)

The situation wouldn’t get any better by interrogating the other party It was time to fix the proble in ht? Do you knohere it was used?”

“Yes The for at an auction held in the Andrews Empire”

“He went all the way to the eold?”

Finding Milton in disbelief, the Adetic as he spoke

“He didn’t tell me what it was either I asked him but he didn’t tell me…”

“Where is this itees directly”

“Phew…”

Milton breathed out a deep sigh while thinking

‘I don’t knohat it is, but it ood to not dwell on it but instead find some way to sell it and pay off the debt’</e, "There’s a hole to escape through even if the sky is falling" [1]

Milton was starting to see a faint way to pay off the debt However, he would only be able to tell after checking what this iteold was

“I ht Captain Sansen”

“Yes You called, My Lord?” The ed man called Sansen replied in a trustworthy manner

Sansen Bruno He was a man who couldn’t reach the expert level in swords his reat talent However, his loyalty was aarner the trust of the forht Captain Even if there were only three knights within the household

Milton gave the following order to Sansen, “Arrest Administrator Thouilty of a dereliction of duty after withholding information that should have been reported to me, his Lord”

“Yes, My Lord”

“My Lord, please, please forgive me just once”

Stricken with fear, Thohed while watching hi, “Let me see what the end result is first”

The first thing to do was to verify what the iteold in the household’s safe was

ood resale value’

He had succeeded the house as the Lord, but Milton had not opened the household safe yet In truth, this was because he didn’t expect much froin with However, if there was an iteold, it became a different story

ht?’

Milton opened the household safe with some anxiety and curiosity There were so of value stood out

“What is worth 8,500 gold Huh?”

Milton discovered a single letter while searching through the stack of documents The envelope of the letter had so It ritten [To my beloved son]

The moment Milton ripped the envelope to check the contents of the letter…

ht entirely swept over Milton

“Huh? What is? What… Ugh!?”

Milton then felt ‘sonificant enter his soul It was a fored the core of his awareness The one certainty was that Milton had no way to fight the changes with his consciousness

“Gasp… Gasp… Gasp…”

After everything was over, Milton had cold sweats while steading his breathing Tie sensation was enough to make Milton feel like several decades had passed

“Just what is this…?”

First his father’s death, then awakening to e occurrence he knew nothing about… He felt like his daily life was breaking down lately

Then, Milton once again checked the envelope that he himself had ripped Inside, he found a white sheet of paper and a letter his father had written him Milton checked the letter first

this letter, it must mean that I’ve passed away and you’ve succeededthis letter here separate fro I want to tell you intimately 

Milton came to the realization that this letter, which was separate from the official will, was more important With that, he read the letter carefully, word for word

You may already know this, but I’ve borrowed money from Charlotte Merchant Company to attend the auction held in the empire The reason for this is to raise up our Forrest house once again 

inally held the position of Marquis and held a lot of sway in politics within the capital However, we got swept up in conflicts and were relegated to the position of Viscount, falling to a noble house in the province I was constantly ree to restore our house, and I tried my best to do so 

“That was definitely the case”

Milton consented while bringing up the ed for the house’s former days Whenever he was even a little drunk, he would ralory Milton had dismissed his father’s words previously as sis were closer to a sense of duty

lory, but I was lis, but luck was not with me In such a circumstance, I heard froer to live My death is unavoidable, but it is such a shalory

In that state, I received infor an auction I heard that an ancient relic would be amble, but I borroweddown our territory as collateral and attended the auction 

It was because, if the ancient relic can be used well, I had high expectations that it would be helpful to our territory The thing I was able to successfully bid on at the auction was a single scroll It may have been an ancient relic, but since nobody knew the purpose of the scroll, there were not many competitors, and I was able to attain it for the coold </eold?”

It seemed like his father had not only taken on debt but also used the entirety of his personal fortune When thinking about it objectively, it was a price on the lower end of the spectruold at times

However, to put that into the perspective of awould be, “There was a Laht it I did well, right?”

To start with, an ancient relic was not soo above his means to buy this?

Milton squinted his eyes in concentration as he continued reading the letter

The item I purchased is a relic called the Monarch’s Authority In truth, I knew nothing about the scroll except for its narant our House strength 

‘Just on what basis did he have to…’

Unbelievable, was a word that was probably made to be used in a situation like this

retfully this relic is a useless item to anyone except to those that have the aptitude for it 

A normal scroll is an item that can be used by everyone, but I have been told this item only shows effect to a person that has the aptitude for it And unfortunately, that was notfortunate Even if it showed some effect to myself, it wouldn’t have been er to live 

However, it could be different with you If you have the aptitude to use the Monarch’s authority, then it is sure to be a great source of strength for you If by chance you don’t have the aptitude for it either, then sell the scroll again and pay off the debt the House owes