Chapter 110 – Homefront Preparation (2/2)

「You are?」

「Ah〜, I’m……」

I thought for a moment, and named myself with the position I have right now.

「Siracuza Baron, as well as the Kingdom’s Retaliation Army’s Great General. Yuuki Kakeru」

「You were His Excellency the Baron. It is an honor to meet you」

「And you are?」

When I asked him, the Jii-san arrogantlyーーbraggingly named himself after clearing his throat.

「My name is Constan Calaman M Siracuza. I am from the main Royal House of Siracuza seven generations ago」

I heard his name beforehand, but I found out that he’s an ex-royal family member right now.

I mean, is that remarkable?

『He should be a commoner or barely a noble right now』

Eleanor said.

Is it like the emperor’s grandchild or something.

I made that Constan sit, and I faced with that Jii-san after sitting.

One maid entered the room and puts down tea for two.

Tea that is poured inside an expensive-looking teacup. I added sugar and stirred with a silver spoon.

Constan did the same.

I started the conversation after both of us had taken a sip.

「And so, what did you come for?」

「Where is the Queen Her Highness」

「Queen? Ahh, that’s right, was it about you wanting to meet the Queen」

「Exactly」

「If so, then there’s no problem. I’ll hear you out instead」

「Baron Your Excellency」

Jii-san slightly glared at me.

「I have wished to meet Her Majesty the Queen」

「Say what you did you come for, I’ll hear it out and pass it to her」

「……does Her Majesty knows about this?」

「About what? About me meeting you? Or about hearing you out? Well, she doesn’t know both of them」

Constan narrowed his eyebrows.

「A nobles tyranny is the sign of a fall of a country you know」

「Fu〜n?」

I looked at Jii-san with cold eyes.

「Fall of a country? That means the country getting destroyed right?」

「Exactly, from time immemorialーー」

「What were you doing up until now」

I interrupted Constan who was about to arrogantly say something.

「What?」

「Fall of a country, a country getting destroyed. Although it’s inappropriate to say this, for better or for worse, Siracuza Kingdom was about to fall, no, it had substantially fallen, by the hands of Thioza Stratos that is. And with that, that Cropolis Kingdom or something would’ve been made」

「We do not approve of such a Barbarian King」

「I am talking about substantial things. Right now, if the Kingdom’s Retaliation Army did not existーーwhat country would this be?」

Constan became silent.

「And then, what were you doing at that time」

「We were waiting for the chance to retaliate. There is such thing called currents, we are constantly observing that tide to avoid being late」

「Fu〜n」

And, it’s this timing huh.

Ahh, it’s probably this timing.

「Delfina」

I muttered that name.

Constan flinched.

「W-What is it suddenly」

「Don’t you know about Delfina?」

「……I have no clue of what you are talking about」

「No, well, I was surprised too you know. When I went to ask her thinking that she has many kinds of information, but to think that it was a person directly involved. You, it seems like you owe Delfina a lot」

That’s right, debt.

I used the warp feather to Delfina’s place to get information before I met with Constan, and she told me that.

It looks like he owes Delfina a lot of money to maintain his position as a noble.

「And then, most of the Siracuza’s nobles had died, and since you have the nearest blood right now although you’re from a side branch, you came to meet the Queenーーyou came to extort them」

「ーー」

Constan’s face was red with anger.

「You’re just like a hyena」

「That money hungry Homers!」

Constan slams his fist on the table.

「You talk as if you know it! Aren’t you the one who’s a hyena!」

「Getting angry instead huh」

How can I say this, well, as expected I guess.

「Eii! Let me meet her! Let me meet the new Queen! In the first place, for a mere noble do such thing to me who is the blood family of the royal family is absurd! I shall meet the Queen andーー」

「This, you know」

I picked up the silver spoon.

It’s a silver spoon that has a decoration, there’s the same thing in Constan’s teacup as well, and he used that earlier too.

「It’s a special made that would shine when a person from the royal family touches it」

「……eh?」

「Didn’t you know that there’s such thing in Siracuza?」

「……ha!」

Constan realized after looking at the silver spoon.

After meeting Delfina, I asked to prepare it in a hurry.

It’s to make sure whether he’s really from the royal family or not.

『Good job thinking of that. I shall praise you』

I ignored Eleanor’s words and said to Constan.

「Was it that your blood became very thin, or is it that there is a different reason. I don’t know about that, but」

I put down the spoon and glared at Constan.

「Either way, it means that it’s a mistake for you to have an arrogant face as a royalty」

「ーー!!」

Constan stood up with a red face and walked to leave the room.

「Just waitーーI’ll make you regret this」

Like that, he left with those words.

「How stupid」

I put down the spoon and said to him coldly.

「Going this far, do you really think I would leave something that would make me regret?」

『He probably has a brain that cannot realize that』

Eleanor said with an amazed, cold voice.

And without a week has passed, Constan was bankrupt after being cornered by Delfina.

After that, no one knew about his whereabouts.