Chapter 23 (1/2)

“That was surely a sight, wasn’t it? I wanted to be with you as well” (Daniel)

Did he iine the situation in hisoff an attractive aura independent of ti appearances flooding the htly pitiful I have been loosing weight in coood with both, sword and spear His daily worries became very intense

“I’m aware that I followed out of interest, too… At the time Earl Helrevi took both hands of Marko, half of h I hid azes” (Akseli)

Once Akseli said that, Daniel burst into loud laughter unable to stand it any longer And they drunk sake together It is a full set of an expensive shop, expensive sake and expensive dishes, but they are able to compensate this much with money The quality of the conversation and the partner to talk with is what’s always hard to get

The conversation topic of the two, located in a rooh-class bar in the capital, is the details of Marco’s recent public acknowledgement in the Earldom Helrevi

Did he become emotionally unstable in the enacted crisis? Earl Mathias Helrevi displayed excessive behaviour towards the person as to be commended He, who should honor formality, stepped up next to Marco on the platfor to highly praise his were taken aback and it resulted in a taste of wanting to run away due to the bizarreness

Akseli went too far It was an over-production

There wasn’t even any specification of a 「Handshaking with the Feudal Lord」 in Marko’s plans Producing an auspicious event by using a child fro the feudal lord’s reputation and position… the purpose was to increase the influential voice of Akseli by using such a suggestion Shake up Mathias, throw him into confusion and then show him hope It would raise his spiritual dependence on Akseli

They prepared several alternatives for the course of events afterwards, but by Marko choosing Paulina, they have established her royal guard unit Akseli induced Mathias so that it would turn out like that

Everything progressed as Marco had iressed Shouldn’t it be mostly as planned? The executioner of the plan has been affected by the changes in the expected on that occasion

It’s Akseli He ended up thinking It will be truly regrettable for Marko to er Isn’t it possible to er benefits? It’s a settled future that Marko will lead an arer by even a single soldier or to enrich it by a single spear?

It’s a fadom’s authority, namely Earl Helrevi, Akseli wanted for Marko to obtain a fains as a commoner, who doesn’t have a surnaurate Marko as the leader of the royal guard unit Although such a thing won’t have anyin the future, he wanted Marko to exhibit his own capability for the sake of advancing towards that future in a stronger organization

Concretely, he thoroughly praised Marko in front of Earl Helrevi “Understand, that boy’s uprightness and clean-handedness doesn’t wish for a reward, he has a keen e in Kiko the taxes in Kikoe Certainly that kind of boy is the fruit of Your Excellency’s good government”

Having such back and forth, it’s Akseli, who sympathized with the hardshi+ps of Earl Helrevi so far and who pointed out the ier It’s my mission to raise Earl Helrevi’s dependency towards round of such pretext, he continued to distort his own plan

And, it has resulted in thethe hand of the boy, while overco a part of the plan Earl Helrevi declared that he wants to adopt the commoner Marko into the branch family of the Earl household If only Marko accepted it, it would likely result in the nobles within the kingdo by one more He will obtain a family name

However, Marko refused that

His figure of politely, but firht reach the quality of athe far stronger deep elorification though

“Marko is well aware of the usefulness of a noble” (Daniel)

Akseli lifted his gaze due to due to Daniel’s suddenly audible voice Apparently he was staring at the surface of the sake cup before he realized it

“At least he grasps it better than me Their nature too The days in the capital are, even for norance, where I lived passively” (Daniel)

Daniel, who says that while gulping down his sake, observed Akseli with a quiet gaze

“I intend to co beyond your instructions Moreover, let me tell you, it’s pree of political strife” (Daniel)

It was the stateles hat actions to precisely take, being truly deep within the whirlpool of political strife right now It isn’t a tone of reproach However, the absence of any hesitation made an impression on Akseli

“… Is the branch family of Earl Helrevi saddled with more burdens than benefits?” (Akseli)

“Quite so” (Daniel)

Because of his assertive tone, he was able to understand the dimensions of the troubles anticipated by Daniel

“Currently the First Princess stands at the top of political power The four Marquis’ and six Earls are in the process of loosing their unity just like before The factional conflicts are fierce They aretwo points of attack, outside and inside, do you understand?” (Daniel)

“Hmm For outside there is no other choice but the Eberia Empire For inside it is…” (Akseli)

Akseli deliberates His smile vanished when he discovered one possibility He are about her being isolated and being hated a frole influential person, he believed that the surroundings conformed to that out of a kind of sycophancy and similar emotions

“You don’t mean…” (Akseli)

Even as a joke, persecuting a royalthe political unity within the kingdoed sword! If the king’s authority was daed and plummeted due to that, the nobility would rise in power Can’t that be even regarded as a civil war in the co perplexed

However, Daniel only lowers his chin silently

“It’s just as you iined To be exact, not only her, but the entire household fro the former Earl Hiltoora’s family It’s a corace of nobles Otherwise, they probably cannot resist feeling uneasy After all is said and done, the country was once close to destruction after all” (Daniel)

Daniel’s eyes are sorrowfully peeking into the sake cup What are you seeing in there…? His racefully

“All of the Asuria Kingdom nobles are upstarts, after all The soil of their ancestors has been stolen by dispossession At that time they had been cornered to the places, where only the forest of a demonic domain lies beyond… That’s why they relied on the hero They should have ih the hero? I have no doubt that they desperately wanted the church’s power and the hts as support In fact, the kingdo that assistance What rose the hero, in desperation, was that war It cannot possibly be sonity The truth of the capital, is that they areeach other’s countenance” (Daniel)

Akseli sees Daniel’s weakly, laughing face as owed to his tragic memories It seeined Although it’s upon Marko’s instructions, how much anxiety does Daniel, who has been forced into this lone battle, possess?

“Good grief… I think I understood the reason why nobles frequently hold banquets All of theedy, the evilat the stake and even the heroic tale ofis shrouded in a mist of illusions The shape of the truth is definitely pitiful and reeking of blood” (Daniel)