Vol 13 Chapter 244 (1/2)

Young Fredricks

In Bahnseim, true nobles was a term to denote baron and above

Knight, and baronet were positions that existed below that But they weren’t despised or anything; considering territory scale and responsibility, it wasn’t a mistake that true nobility started from the Baron House

The population under their charge, and the size of the land to e

They had an obligation to protect it all, and froht and baronet positions came to be

But they hadn’t spent long years to obtain that title The surroundings held dissatisfaction towards the upstart Walt House

The Third was a Hero, and the Fourth got on ith the King… he thought Those tiood ones But then came the Fifth’s era

Fro stormy Because invasions fro, they had recovered the national power they expended in the Third’s time, and it was a time where their left-over co to the surface

In the Fifth’s room of memories…

The scene projected there was so I couldn’t believe

It was an unfamiliar mansion, not the Walt House’s With verdure hair, the Fifth of his childhood… Fredricks had his best clothes stained with dirt, surrounded by boys and girls at an unpopular corner

Fredricks was crying

『I-I didn’t do any…』

He was se, and he didn’t have the re the he of the past, the Fifth covered his face with his right hand

『… I thought you didn’t have to see But if Milleia isn’t satisfied, then I’ll never be able to intrust my Skill to you』

The gathered girls and boys kicked him

『Shut it, damn upstart!』

『Because of your house, ours is going through hell!』

『When you’re just a low-class house, getting so stuck up because they call you a Hero!』

The giggling girls see kicked

Unable to endure it, I extended a hand to the leg co able to touch it, I passed right through It was a projection of a ainst the wall

The Fifth explained

『It’s because the throne had already been succeeded The king who felt a debt to the Walt house… or rather, the one who feared the Third was already an old ed Could it be these kids felt so in their childish view of the world?』

“What was the Walt House’s fault?”

『Hmm? Ah~, it was that The Fourth’s ability in dooes to show He invited craftsreat According to h trial and error, and sticking his hands into a nus, but… the results came out』

The results caan standing out fros, it seemed

While the tax was the saet an exeht out peoples’ motivation

As a result, it made a situation where there was less tax in the Walt House than anywhere around

『I understand their hatred, you know If the tax is extremely lower somewhere, the people will flow there Both who they run to and who they run froot things together to an extent Though the Fourth tried recoettheir prospects Even if there’s a large success next door』

Even if they kneould succeed, there are e the way things have always been, said the Fifth And it was there that the Walt House shouldered a large problem

『… The Walt House that had always been thought of as low-class suddenly held the largest power But if everyone worked together, it was possible suppress the House We were standing on a dubious power balance words can’t describe』

The children on the bullying side had probably been raised watching their parent’s fear and hatred towards the House

『Thinking back now, they were probably scared Of the Walt House that continued to grow』

As the Fifth said that, the children began to leave With teary eyes, Fredricks wiped his face with his sleeve, stood, and patted the dirt off of his clothing

And his retainers were brought over by the mansion’s servants

“… The servants were in on it?”

Those servants’ expression ranged frohter Perhaps they were talked into conspiracy by the House’s heir, but they’d probably kept his retainers busy

『Fredricks-sama! What happened to you!』

『Ah, t-this is…』

Before he could say anything a servant of the mansion spoke

『Did you fall over? That’s terrible We’ll prepare a change of clothing for you at once』

He said, and led him off

Having seen that, I didn’t knohat to say I didn’t think the Fifth would have that sort of past

The Fifth spoke

『… Lyle, let’s leave it here today It’s quite hard on me too』

On his words, I nodded, and left for the Round table roo her shoulders in deep breathes, with a hand to the floor

Her for in his own seat

『Lyle, were you able to learn anything?』

He was yawning, and it didn’t look as if he’d moved a step from there, I looked over Milleia-san and the Third as I spoke

“Could it be you purposely pulled Milleia-san away”

The Third chuckled

『Everyone has a past they don’t want others to see I thought the slight father-con Milleia-chanShe’s also a brother-con to boot What a troublesorandchild I have』

Milleia-san stood, and looked at me

『… Lyle, did you see the Fifth’s past? Whether you learn so from it or not is all up to you』

I shook my head to the side

『Milleia-san, please don’t throw out that sort of line, as if none of that ever happened』

When I said that, the gunpoint was turned on me, so I fled to the world of reality

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Theould depart from Cartaffs

I looked at the strange at my comrades

Shannon was the same as always She sat at the end of the cool newly-reborn Porter’s loading tray, flapping her legs as she took in the outside scenery

But Clara was acting a little strange

She was talking with Ludmilla-san, who came to see us off, but by her attitude it was as if their conversation was one of sworn friends

Ludmills-san spoke

“Here is the ites that we had them in Cartaffs, but they’re relatively rare Please treat them with care”

What Clara nodded and accepted looked to be a sort of bullet

“It’s a huge help Bullets are valuable”