Vol 2 Chapter 71 (2/2)
It seemed that he had heard about their servicesThe two made complex expressions
“Your Highness?”
As Brad raised his head, Julian got excited and began to speak
“It seems you’ve successfully suppressed the sky pirates! Furtheruy! Doesn’t that make this our win? I even heard that your households have a better opinion of you t that this htPerhaps you’re close to becoain”
Greg spoke in a low voice toward the pleased Julian
“That’s not itWe couldn’t win against hith and spiritFurthermore, we lost in terms of endurance”
Brad didn’t object
“Your Highness, we’ve decided on so”
“What have you decided on?”
Brad and Greg stood up
“We want to win against BaltfaultIt’s not like our goal is his defeatWhat ant is to win in ter more of a man”
“RightWe can’t cohtFro, eren’t people who could be his opponent”
The two, thinking that they couldn’t just keep hanging their heads, soon began a new course of action
Brad made a request to Julian
“Your Highness, could you arrange awith the queen?”
“Mother? I think I can ?”
Greg made an aard smile
“We’ve received so muchWe can’t be men if we don’t return a favor”
Karht of it as being related to destiny or fate
Apologies for the lack of information, but anyhow, doesn’t the word karht to it
“A a ht, Luxon corrected htforward manner
[Karma relates to actions committed in a former life, doesn’t it? Cause and effect──there are consequences to one’s actionsI believe what you said just noas strange]
Did this thing kno it felt to be corrected after saying a cool phrase?
──It felt extre”
[As you co on top of the deck
Under the cold sky, there were three airshi+ps froside Partner
Further battleshi+ps from the earl household
Basically, the earl household wanted us to hand over the sky pirates we captured
The duke household wondered if they were idiots for wanting us to give theuardianshi+p made a request to be saved from themThat was the kind of attitude they had
The earl household was desperate since they didn’t want us to find evidence of the collaborated with the sky pirates
However, that wasn’t possible once the duke household dropped by, so they instead came for discussions
I handed Olivia over to Anjie, and they went to her own airshi+p
Seeing Olivia cry, Anjie got angry and slappedthat aside, hat you chose to do fine?]
“Entrusting negotiations to sootiation skills? It’s fine to leave it to the duke household”
I requested the duke household to have negotiations with the earl household
I guessed that there would be a couple deht now, so it wasn’t a particular probleh
I snatched the ar with capturing the sky pirates the
[That’s not it, I was referring to the feat you’vethe credit for it?]
“I’d be grateful if those two returned to their original positionsDon’t they seem like people who could protect Olivia? Even if that doesn’t turn out to be the case, they’re still people who are reliable in a tiency”
The story had deviated quite a bit already
I was frightened about ould happen in the future if I didn’t correct it at least a bitEven if the two didn’t return to their original position, it would still be better than what the current situation was
The two did their best this in this eventI thought that was pretty good on its own
[You’re cutting ties between Olivia and yourselfYou’re giving those two the credit, and you’re only leaving behind a few iteinally were?]
Did this thing not include the treasure and armor inside the airshi+p into its calculations?
“It’s enoughThis is enough forhard about it, Luxon was a lost ite that I robbed her of a cheat-class spaceshi+p, my own hardshi+ps shouldn’t be considered
When I said that, Luxon said nothing
[Anjelica got angry when Olivia cried]
“A rich, pairl can be hard to pleaseIt see to keep your distance from Anjelica?]
“I would say that I’ve been too close to her up until now”
I had to keep a reasonable distance fro
As I waited on top of the deck, the fleet of the earl household changed directions and left the scene
It seemed that discussions had ended
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The duke household’s airshi+p
Livia was invited to a roo her arms around her knees
Anjie was amazed by what she heard
“You’re partly to bla pathetic”
Anjie was blind to her own shortcos, but Livia conteer on Leon and now he hates me”
Anjie reached out her hand in order to comfort her, but she paused mid-way and stopped herself
(Do I even have the qualifications to criticize Leon and be friendly with Livia?)
She thought about what she had said, and felt regretful
As a result, she couldn’t convey her feelings to Livia
“Get so to return to the academy soon”
Anjie didn’t knohat to do
Livia wasn’t a follower nor a friend granted to her, but a friend she h her own effortHowever, Livia was a commoner, and she didn’t kno to properly interact with her
The relationshi+p between the three had broken down
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The royal palace
With the suppression of the sky pirates being a success, Greg and Brad had returned to the royal capital and were summoned to the royal palace in order to discuss about the future
However, the government official in front of them was at a complete loss
Brad sla to──ouch, that hurt my ar the desk
Though Greg was aovernment official
“We weren’t the ones who suppressed the sky piratesAs if we can accept this kind of rehen all we did was assist!”
The reward for the tas to officially appoint thehts
In addition, they were paid reed Shark sky pirates
Brad protested with teary eyes
“Don’t look down on us! The one who defeated the to deprive hiovern if you don’t acceptThe report from Baron Baltfault said that he only assisted you twoA, also, you two currently aren’t knights and don’t have any court rank or classIt would be nature to place more faith on Baltfault’s report since he’s above the sixth rank and is a baronI, if soh”
The government official stuttered on so that the touldn’t accept their rewards
Nornition and remuneration
Yet, in an unbelievable turn of events, the two refused to accept
If Leon was the one snatching away soovernationHowever, Leon said that those tere the ones who accomplished the feats
The official just wanted the two be obedient and accept the rewards
Greg folded his ar a deep breath, Greg told the govern
“We only helped outThe one who defeated the sky pirate group was Baltfault, and we didn’t do anything worth gaining recognition forAt the very most, ere just there on the battlefieldWe would accept rewards for participation, but nothing more”
Brad nodded
“We didn’t really take an active roleWe can’t accept this kind of reward”
The governh
“I was forbidden to say this to you two, but Baron Baltfault’s planning so with your householdsPerhaps he wants your disinheritances to be reconsidered”
The tere surprised, and soon made complicated expressions
“W, ould he do that?!”
While Greg stood up in surprise, Brad htWhat reason would he have to do this for us?”
The govern
“I don’t understand the baron’s feelings, but he sent corresponding funds to the royal palaceSo bestowed upon your households as wellHow about just co that they could return the favor in the future, the official left the roo and Brad both sat on a bench
Neither of theruntled face, and Brad hung his head with a slightly gloomy face
Julian appeared in front of the two in such a state
He rushed over after spotting theht s the two
“You two, I heard the news!”
It seemed that he had heard about their servicesThe two hness?”
As Brad raised his head, Julian got excited and began to speak
“It seems you’ve successfully suppressed the sky pirates! Furtheruy! Doesn’t that make this our win? I even heard that your households have a better opinion of you t that this htPerhaps you’re close to beco spoke in a low voice toward the pleased Julian
“That’s not itWe couldn’t win against hith and spiritFurthermore, we lost in terhness, we’ve decided on so stood up
“We want to win against BaltfaultIt’s not like our goal is his defeatWhat ant is to win in terhtWe can’t cohtFro, eren’t people who could be his opponent”
The two, thinking that they couldn’t just keep hanging their heads, soon began a new course of action
Brad e awith the queen?”
“Mother? I think I canmade an aard smile
“We’ve received so muchWe can’t be men if we don’t return a favor”