Vol 11 Chapter 212 (2/2)
I open my mouth, but silently shut it, turned, and walked towards the door
I felt like turning around countless times, but step by step, I walked towards it The moment my hand touched the handle, the door lurched open, and I turned around
There, I foundtheir hands at me
The Fourth… Max as well; to his side, a wo her other one ather body to his
And around them, were the retainers I’d seen in the Fourth’s memories The Forxuz House Head, and those that looked to be his subordinates They all waved their hands
When my eyes instinctively opened wise, that scene let off a blinding light, and by the time I had noticed it, I had lost consciousness
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… Miranda brought two blankets to Lyle’s room, and draped the first one over Leold
Next, she covered Lyle, but before leaving the roohter than it had been the last she’s looked at it
It radiated a blue light
And Miranda looked at Lyle’s face He was crying, so she wiped a tear with her fingertip
“He’s crying quite sorrowfully”
Miranda raised Lyle’s body, sat on the sofa herself, and rested his head on her lap Perhaps he was quite tired, as Lyle showed no signs of waking
As she stroked his hair to sooth him, Lyle moved his body as if to embrace her knees
“Today’s special A reward for working so hard”
Miranda gently pat hie-wise, Lyle was a year her junior, he was still a re able to pamper suvh a person made her feel a sense of euphoria
Having a reure depend on her made her hapy But it couldn’t be helped there were many rivals around, and so the frequency she could do it was low
“Good grief, you just keep increasing the wouess”
Miranda directed a kind smile and tone to Lyle…
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With the documents I’d compiled in hand, I dropped by Galleria’s Grand Duke Proxy Gracia-san’s office
These days, she’d been off suppressing traitorous lords, andaround quite busily
When she returned, her regular duties awaited, and she was leading days just as busy as my own
“There are the papers you’ve requested”
When I handed them over with a smile, Gracia-san accepted them with an enervated expression
“… My apologies I do feel worry for having you act as Leold’s stand-in So how’s Leold?”
Officially, the one who did the paperasn’t ht hi them
A little more, and he’d surely be able to do them normally himseld
“He looked quite tired, so I let hi the site tomorrow, after all Please put Miranda and Clara on his support staff”
Gracia-san, with a troubled expression
“Taking both of thes quite harsh”
To the country of Galleria riddled with domestic affairs, it seems the ones able to perform on that field were valuable existences
But I couldn’t just leave theovernmental duty forever, so I wanted to make a situation where they could hand off their positions soon
“Should you not get some vassals capable of paperwork then? That sort of work is important”
It see too ss, and read my report as she spoke
“If that was possible, I wouldn’t be so troubled Hiring retainers costs money The territory expanded, but on top of future porta pretty penny, my current retainers plan to take the initiative to hire more military men”
Thatlearned so much from the Fourth, I could only think it was poorly balanced
“… Then how about you get such retainers around Leold-sa the heart of domestic affairs for a while, after all”
There, as if recalling it, Gracia-san
“Also, the resistance is… right It’s about the last letter I received fro the co ill be difficult The other lords who betrayed feel theer, and therefore desire merits in the next battle, it seems Rusworth’s in much the same situation They usually reer only when it caer from the start”
The proof of betrayal, and the an to see the movements of each feudal lord as a comedy, I touched a hand to my chin
“… Then can’t the Grand Duke House settle for a policy not to move much itself? Have the traitorous ones work theet Leold-san out of the hile we’re at it?”
The national colors Leold-kun, who hadn’t finished his first caht of
No matter what form his first battle may take, it would make future matters much easier
Gracia-san sounded apologetic
“T-that’s right Leold is at a good age to experience his first cae it at once I’ll tell Elza to be cautions… ies, I’ll write a letter at once, so could you deliver it?”
Seeing Gracia-san become serious when matters turned to Leold-kun, I smiled and nodded
“Very well Ill have the other side move with such a policy as well And it’s about Leold-kun’s armaments…”
Once more, Gracia-san broke into a panic The preparations wouldn’t make it There wasn’t even a month to the next war
I wanted to tell her not to make war in such a state, but as it was a conspired one, that’s probably just hoas
“I-I’ll prepare theood Even if I put in an order at this very moment, it won’t make it in time”
It was equipal, they’s be ht of as well
I offered a proposal
“I’ll try asking a merchant I’m acquainted with He’s a famous one, even in Beim, so he’ll surely prepare a product to your expectations He also has a skilled craftsht”
Gracia-san looked at me
“I’ an adventurer such as yourself do so much would raise numerous problems, but…”
Well, I exploited a weakness to infiltrate, so if you feel so sorry, it etic myself
There, Gracia-san…
“Coed a little froe in a bad sense…”
… Looking at ed from before I tilted my head
“Is that so? Well… quite a bit happened, so perhaps that’s why Right, to change the topic, what do you think wouldto Bei while I’m there”
Gracia-san looked a little embarrassed
“N-no, receiving the I still have the perfuave me before”
She shook her hands saying she didn’t need anything, so I decided to put in some sort of sweet
I was planning to bring so over to Elza-san’s place as well Since Nove separately as well
“Understood Then I’ll include some sweets”
“No, what I’ is…”
Turning away from an embarrassed Gracia-san, I left the office
Third Generation Head (´・ω・): “… It’s gotten lonelier again”
Third Generation Head (´・ω・｀): “Will anyone new come in?”
LYLE|ω・｀)ノ: “Um… I’m here, you know…”