Vol 13 Chapter 249 (1/2)

Margrave

… The Margrave of Resno

The feudal lord left to the border with Faunbeux, and a single feudal lord who had grown quite busy alongside the worsening relations with Faunbeux

The lord had the border left to hi it alone He had the cooperation of surrounding lords in defending the border, but at present, he was isolated

Centralle had sent a dees

The current head, 【Varius Resno】 had his long, gray hair tied to the back He didn’t usually tie it, but reading the letter fro lords, and fro a sour face as if he wanted to chew that letter to bits

“That girly of the Walt House She deceived my son”

With status high as Margrave, it wouldn’t be strange to hold an estate in Centrale He had sent a representative to h, Varius sent his heir Balfelt

Then the Walt House’s Celes got engaged to the crown prince, and the gears began turning strange No, they had been strange before that

Balfelt had stated it wasn’t a good plan to have Varius leave the territory, and gone to the mansion in Centralle of his oill

And when the hostage leefully

Up to that point, a part of Varius had thought there was no helping itBut from Balfelt, he received word he wanted to offer up his wife and son… to Varius, that would randson

The surrounding lords also voiced their desire for him to send them over

“Is the Resno House charged with Faunbeux’s border really that untrustworthy!?”

As he crushed the letter in his hands, the Knight behind him in service to the house opened his mouth

“Varius-sama, at this rate, we’ll be surrounded by Faunbeux and the other lords I do think it painful, but you have to take some measures”

Varius are of the abnormalities of Centralle But rave had sent hostages to Centralle as atheir safety

Centralle’s ar, but it was mainly an act in fear of the Walt House’s army

With Centralle going strange, the Feudal Lords didn’t keep still They marched to Centralle to remonstrate them, and many lords had ended up charmed

At present, Varius had a number of choices

“… If I send randson to Centralle, they’ll only becoe sides to Faunbeux…”

The knight carried on his words

“Then this land will become the battlefield of Bahnseim and Faunbeux The safest option available is to send the hostages, and adopt in an heir from a relative With that, you can ainst Faunbeux”

Varius lowered his fist onto his table The letter it clenched was crumpled, and torn by the impact

“A relative? Oh, as if there’s a decent one of the lot! Each and every one of therave And besides the to borrow money If they were decent, I wouldn’t be so troubled! I’ve no intent to concede randson!”

The knight’s eyes narrowed

“… I understand you dote on your grandson But now is not the ti It won’t be a direct line, but at least the blood of the Resno shall remain”

Varius was soft on his grandson, and had decided he would only ever hand his status over to hi around, it was also true there were no kin worthy of being Margrave The knight see asyou trained theh to succeed

“… Let me think about it They’ve already taken my precious son away This matter is to be put on hold”

Varius sunk deeply into his sea, and covered his face with both hands…

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“Hrave’s children married into other houses?”

On route to Faunbeux, the five of us dropped by the ather infores oods at the market, and as we purchased food, we spoke with a talkative aunty

When I refused the change for thequite jovially

The well-built aunty left the store to a s

“Our lord over here has sorave’s place is the border, right? A little while back, they sent away the princess, so he was had a bit of work to do, but his sons were also proficient They were on favorable terot hectic, so he had sent his sons off to be married”

According to her, when they were on favorable terrooms

But when the situation changed,his heir, his son had entered Centralle, it seems

“Our lord over here sent his wife and kid off at once, though Not much to say about that Well,he surrounded hiuess that’s all they were to hies, I heard Because of that, there’s a tense air going on in the country Quite troublesome”

After having his son taken hostage, he was requested to offer that son’s wife and child…

“Thatthis area’s feudal lords, have all the others besides the Margrave sent their hostages?”

The Aunty looked up a bit

“Let’s see Yeah, a few ht to consider other’s feelings a bit If he gets Centralle’s eyes on him, then even the Walt House will make its way here Before Centralle runs out of patience and sends a force to meet them, they should just send themselves to Centralle”

The Walt House… no longer a famed name of Bahnseim, it was a symbol of fear From the Jewel, I heard Milleia-san’s voice

『Well, to the people, the feelings of lords aren’t quite relevant Personally, I think the forardless the cost is quite favorable, you know』

The Third laughed

『What’s favorable for me is hoe’re Bahnseim’s enemy, and he’s in a convenient position But if he were a little smaller in scale, and it was a territory where the people had more chances to meet the lord, perhaps they would be more sympathetic of him』

The Fifth spoke listlessly

『Only if he was a good lord to the people, right? Even if they sympathize, they’ll still tell him to send them in the end Because everyone values themselves』

The Seventh listened to the Fifth’s opinion

『How cold But I won’t deny it Now then, let’s leave our personal i to do before entering Faunbeux』

I gripped the Jewel, and after signaling ave the aunty e

“Thank you, I’ve heard quite an interesting tale Here’s thanks”

There, the aunty spoke

“Shop with us again I’ll throw in a discount”

As we stood and left, she saw us off with a smile

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Entering an inn of the toashed off the fatigue of our travels

Gathering in my rooot the preparations together

As Shannon reached a hand to the sweets, Monica

“If you eat that, you’ll have to brush your teeth again”

Shannon puffed her cheeks

“But I just did it after I got out of the bath, so isn’t it fine!”