Chapter 35 (2/2)

Going all the way down to below the sixth rank were those who had the privilege toMany feudal lords were appointed to these ranks

Feudal lords ere barons and above were autoranted this rank, and I suppose the classes within the royal court were things like chief clerk, section chief, or other things like that

Well, such classes existed There were also royal court nobles who held a rank, but explaining such circumstances was a pain Or rather, I didn't know it very well since it didn't concern me

However, the government official that caher rank than even my father

Due to that, ot nervous

It turned into a conversation between the

“Oh dear, this has been quite the cla broken off caused an uproar I did not overlook the topic of the crown prince being disinherited”

“R, right”

My father was listening to hi as if he didn't notice anything What to do…these talks about disinheritance made me quite uneasy, but noasn't the time to cut into the conversation

Huh? Wait a

“There have been voices within the royal court calling for the Baltfault family to take responsibility, but those were put to an end thanks to the movements of the duke household”

It see hard

Thank you, Anjie's papa

“U, um, as for the treatment of the Baltfault family?”

My father couldn't stop hi

The government official answered with a smile

“Rest assured You will not be asked to hold liability Rather, Leon has now been officially recognized as an independent knight He's currently in school still, but the royal court will carry out the forht has been giving his Highness advice regarding his foolish conduct They want him to follow the example of other students”

…My father was relieved, but the situation was beco all the more ominous

Going through the rites of beco? I didn't want to hear about such things

This time I asked a question

“W, wait onelike being stripped of my rank as a baron?!”

“I have not said such things Although there was soiven the baron rank, Leon Congratulations”

Being declared a knight, and then beco a baron

…Wasn't this going to o amiss?

I didn't want to show up at the acadeo back there!

“All the same, this──”

“Right All the same, we're not here to talk about this”

Was he shi+fting to another topic now? This person was shrewd

Asgood for once, a sheet of paper was held out in front of me

When I was reading it while wondering what it contained, my father screamed “Aaaaack!” I also wanted to shout like he did

The official told us the situation with a s me in despair

“Leon has been allowed to 'go above' the sixth rank in the royal court Congratulations You've been promoted”

…I didn't hear anything about being promoted!

They were on the airshi+p of the duke household

Livia and Anjie were on the deck while chatting

“He's being proh, I feel like those kinds of things are irrelevant for feudal lords”

Livia, not knowing the circumstances, received a detailed explanation from Anjelica

“Although there certainly isn't iven nition than the many others below the sixth rank In lay treat the rest”

“And that's a reward? Leon, isn't pleased with it”

“It all depends on one's way of thinking This hth and ninth ranks are for those who have been knights their whole life One can enter the seventh rank fro one rank above that would require e achievements”

Livia couldn't comprehend it very well

“Bylike ten years?”

“That would be fine for the eighth rank, but for the seventh rank and above, one would have to think about relations not just on the individual level, but also on a household level It's at the point where parents and their children would have to earnestly work under theenerations It would take a century to be promoted fro any major feats”

Livia was surprised when hearing that

“If, if so, it ht?!”

Since he was pro that Leon wouldn't be given any further punishment

“That's how it is Well, froiving him a promotion Leon's not a noble of the royal court, so they don't need to pay him any annuity Still, I didn't think that he would be proh”

The favorable treat suspicious

There was a bizarre situation in regards to the royal court There were many cases that made people wonder why they chose the course of action they took She had no choice but to believe that this was just another one of those cases

Anjie concluded that there ain fro promoted

Livia was unfas, and didn't understand that well

“…I really thought that he would be deh”

Livia then re

“Coained from the bet!”

“What? In that case…could it have been the power ofwould…hmm”

The two couldn't answer, so they changed the topic

“This o through the rites of being declared a knight before the new school term Would you able to come?”

Livia was a little e invited

“B, but, I've never participated in such things…I don't have an outfit either”

“Don't worry about the uniform”