“100 years...?”
“The annual budget for my estate is 50,000 kar. No matter how much I try to squeeze out the operating expenses for the estate, the amount I can pay back in a year is only 20,000 kar. Based on this, it takes a total of 50 years to pay back the 1 million kar that the Marchioness has suggested. However, since you never know what might happen in life, if you reduce the amount to 10,000 kar per year, I will consider it a lifelong favor and diligently pay it back.”
“...”
Was he such an eloquent knight?
Agatha stared at him blankly and nodded.
The impromptu amendment to the surrender document included a clause stating that the basic repayment amount would be 10,000 kar, but that the amount could be increased as circumstances required.
“Thank you, Marquis and Marchioness. Then I will take my leave now.”
Gethin Jennings fled, leaving only Carlson Cresente.
“...May I send a messenger to the estate for a moment? I have no permission to go to the mines, Marchioness.”
“Yes, Lord Carlson.”
Agatha nodded readily. The conclusion would be the same.
Rather, he might give up more to cover up his grave sin of hiding an exiled criminal.
The problem was that the Crown Prince already knew that Henry Insidio was involved in this feud.
“By the way, His Highness the Crown Prince already knows that Baron Insidio intervened in the land war. You should take note of it, Lord Carlson.”
Carlson, pale and frightened, hurried out of the conference room to find the knight and report it to Marquis Cresente.
Well, she doesn't know about the other three families, but she wonders how much responsibility Henry can avoid since he was discovered within the Allied camp.
“Now that we’ve taken care of Cressente and Asullou, we’re done. Once we’re done with this, shall we head to Lord Nobilis’ castle?”
“It seems like you have high expectations.”
Enoch was now staring at her, his chin resting on one hand.
Agatha smiled shyly.
“It’s my first time since my coming-of-age ceremony.”
Agatha has visited the estate where she lived with her family since she was five years old only twice.
When she was sixteen, she became an adult.
And now.
“It feels like I’m introducing you to my parents.”
“...That would be an honor.”
The smiling man lightly kissed her cheek.
“After you have stayed at Lord Nobilis’ castle long enough, let’s go to my estate. I would also like to introduce you to my parents.”
Agatha smiled brightly. It was five days later that the surrender envoy arrived from Count Asullou’s territory.
As expected, the Count came in person and was very polite as if he had been aware of the situation on his way there.
“Your Grace the Marquis Aratus, meet the Marchioness Aratus.”
A minimal retinue and simple attire.
The three knights of Aratus who had left as messengers had been treated very well, and their faces were gruff but oily.
“I’m back, my lord. Count Asullou was already preparing to surrender when we arrived. He said he would accompany us immediately, so we returned together.”
“Thank you for your hard work.”
While Enoch was praising the knights who had gone forth as messengers.
Agatha welcomed Count Asullou and guided him to the reception room.
Lord Cresente, who had noticed Count Asullou's arrival from afar, was fidgeting.
He was still waiting anxiously for a reply to the message he had sent to the Marquis of Cresente a few days ago.
Count Asullou, who had been walking silently beside Agatha, opened his mouth.
“There was also a messenger from the Marquis of Cresente. But it seems like the negotiations weren’t concluded right away.”
“The Marquis of Crescente only sent a letter, so he lacks the authority to approve the terms of the negotiation. I am waiting for a reply.”
“Oh, like that.”
The Count's 'that' contained a lot.
Of course, there is no time for that. Of course, there are also things like, “Did you join hands with people who can’t even read the current situation properly?”
In the reception room, the vassals and knights of Nobilis and Aratus were already waiting.
As Agatha and Enoch sat down at the head table, their maid, Jessie, prepared tea.
The Count sat down on the sofa opposite and asked sarcastically.
“I heard you recovered Baron Insidio’s body.”
“Yes. I plan to present it to His Highness the Crown Prince soon.”
“Ah, His Highness the Crown Prince already knew.”
The Count opened his mouth again with difficulty, wiping away his slightly trembling eyes.
“So, you know that Baron Insidio was in the camp of the Cresente and Elibeth coalition forces? I didn’t even step out of the Asullou territory, so I didn’t know about the situation.”
"Well."
Agatha smiled gently as she accepted the tea from Jesse.
“Isn’t that up to the Count to explain? It is true that Baron Insidio only stayed in the Allied camp. Of course, you will have to explain whether you plotted with the Baron before that.”
The Count nodded slowly with a stern face.
“...Of course, I will explain. I just hope that the Marquis and Marchioness will be lenient.”
Count Asullou put down the surrender document he had received from the messenger beforehand.
Even though it was a considerable compensation, the Count's seal was already stamped on the surrender document.
In addition, the Count put down one more document.
“This is a pledge to never invade Nobilis territory again. In addition, I have prepared a small price to pay for daring to plot a scheme using the Marchioness’s ex-husband.”
What followed was a permit to trade in special products from Count Asulro's territory.
In the Asullou area, many mushrooms were collected.
Among them, the expensive Trium mushrooms favored by the aristocrats were a very famous specialty.
She knows there is no upper level that gives permission easily.
“Would you please accept my apology, Marquis, Marchioness?”
Enoch stared blankly at the Count, then turned his gaze to Agatha.
The Count, realizing that the Marchioness was the one with the final decision-making authority, looked at her with a tense gaze.
What this means is that he will explain himself well, so please do not add anything that could be misunderstood.
The Count's desperation to never get involved in the escape of an exiled criminal was very evident.
Agatha smiled brightly. The first assistant, Ethel, appeared naturally from the side and took the document.
“I sense the sincerity in the Count’s apology. I will gladly forgive you.”
“Thank you, Marchioness.”
Smart, savvy Gethin Jennings, who knows where to stretch and where to fold, got away well.
Baron Moyes, who fell early on, was also lucky enough to escape the terrible sin of being an exiled criminal's escape.
Dark clouds were gathering over Baron Elibeth, who had not anticipated this and had returned to his fiefdom, and Marquis Cresente, who had not fully understood the situation and had been trying to reduce the amount of compensation through his son.
Besides that, there was one more place where something big related to this could happen.
Ferdinand, who had come to the Roxbard Empire as an envoy of Mainukor, could not hide his anger.
“How dare this guy!”
It started out small. The Roxbard asked if the Mainukor Imperial Knight was indeed in good standing, as he had been leaving the palace too often and for too long.
"What? When did I ever send a knight out of the palace?"
As it turned out, he was Adan's only escort knight.
Ferdinand immediately called Adan and questioned him, and Adan answered shamelessly.
"You asked me to try to persuade Agatha Nobilis, didn't you? I'm trying."
"Really? Still, try to control yourself. In a foreign country, you have to behave properly."
So the grandson made an excuse that he was just curious about the outside world, but it was still incredibly strange.
There are no progress reports, but he hear that Agatha disappeared while attending a social event.
At that time, Adan tried hard to hide it, but his face was pale.
'It's strange?'
Ferdinand immediately began investigating Adan's whereabouts.
Everything Adan has done so far, the route taken by Adan's escort knights, and even the actions of Adan's personal attendant.
The results were shocking: Adan was in contact with Agatha's fourth ex-husband, who was exiled to the North!
“Bring Adan, bring Adan here right now!”
“Yes, sir!”
Adan, who was brought in like that, had a look of anxiety on his face, unlike his usual calm demeanor.
Ferdinand threw down in front of him everything he had researched so far.
“What is this?”
“...”
“What is this? Explain it to me with your own mouth!”
It was a fierce roar that surprised even the royal knights standing nearby.
Adan spoke, trying hard to suppress his fear.
“I don’t know what you are talking about, Father.”
“Don’t you know what I’m talking about? You sent a knight all the way north of Roxbard without permission! And on top of that, you even made contact with an exiled criminal and helped him escape!”
The jaws of the royal knights and attendants of Mainukor were wide open at the shocking fact.
“No! I indeed made contact with him, but I didn’t help him escape!”
“You delivered the letter? If that’s not helping him escape, what is it? You idiot!”
Adan shook his head desperately, but that was the situation.
A knight sent by Adan went all the way to the far north and made contact with a criminal who had been exiled for insulting the imperial family.
He even ran an errand for him to send a letter.
The criminal escaped shortly thereafter.
“The annual budget for my estate is 50,000 kar. No matter how much I try to squeeze out the operating expenses for the estate, the amount I can pay back in a year is only 20,000 kar. Based on this, it takes a total of 50 years to pay back the 1 million kar that the Marchioness has suggested. However, since you never know what might happen in life, if you reduce the amount to 10,000 kar per year, I will consider it a lifelong favor and diligently pay it back.”
“...”
Was he such an eloquent knight?
Agatha stared at him blankly and nodded.
The impromptu amendment to the surrender document included a clause stating that the basic repayment amount would be 10,000 kar, but that the amount could be increased as circumstances required.
“Thank you, Marquis and Marchioness. Then I will take my leave now.”
Gethin Jennings fled, leaving only Carlson Cresente.
“...May I send a messenger to the estate for a moment? I have no permission to go to the mines, Marchioness.”
“Yes, Lord Carlson.”
Agatha nodded readily. The conclusion would be the same.
Rather, he might give up more to cover up his grave sin of hiding an exiled criminal.
The problem was that the Crown Prince already knew that Henry Insidio was involved in this feud.
“By the way, His Highness the Crown Prince already knows that Baron Insidio intervened in the land war. You should take note of it, Lord Carlson.”
Carlson, pale and frightened, hurried out of the conference room to find the knight and report it to Marquis Cresente.
Well, she doesn't know about the other three families, but she wonders how much responsibility Henry can avoid since he was discovered within the Allied camp.
“Now that we’ve taken care of Cressente and Asullou, we’re done. Once we’re done with this, shall we head to Lord Nobilis’ castle?”
“It seems like you have high expectations.”
Enoch was now staring at her, his chin resting on one hand.
Agatha smiled shyly.
“It’s my first time since my coming-of-age ceremony.”
Agatha has visited the estate where she lived with her family since she was five years old only twice.
When she was sixteen, she became an adult.
And now.
“It feels like I’m introducing you to my parents.”
“...That would be an honor.”
The smiling man lightly kissed her cheek.
“After you have stayed at Lord Nobilis’ castle long enough, let’s go to my estate. I would also like to introduce you to my parents.”
Agatha smiled brightly. It was five days later that the surrender envoy arrived from Count Asullou’s territory.
As expected, the Count came in person and was very polite as if he had been aware of the situation on his way there.
“Your Grace the Marquis Aratus, meet the Marchioness Aratus.”
A minimal retinue and simple attire.
The three knights of Aratus who had left as messengers had been treated very well, and their faces were gruff but oily.
“I’m back, my lord. Count Asullou was already preparing to surrender when we arrived. He said he would accompany us immediately, so we returned together.”
“Thank you for your hard work.”
While Enoch was praising the knights who had gone forth as messengers.
Agatha welcomed Count Asullou and guided him to the reception room.
Lord Cresente, who had noticed Count Asullou's arrival from afar, was fidgeting.
He was still waiting anxiously for a reply to the message he had sent to the Marquis of Cresente a few days ago.
Count Asullou, who had been walking silently beside Agatha, opened his mouth.
“There was also a messenger from the Marquis of Cresente. But it seems like the negotiations weren’t concluded right away.”
“The Marquis of Crescente only sent a letter, so he lacks the authority to approve the terms of the negotiation. I am waiting for a reply.”
“Oh, like that.”
The Count's 'that' contained a lot.
Of course, there is no time for that. Of course, there are also things like, “Did you join hands with people who can’t even read the current situation properly?”
In the reception room, the vassals and knights of Nobilis and Aratus were already waiting.
As Agatha and Enoch sat down at the head table, their maid, Jessie, prepared tea.
The Count sat down on the sofa opposite and asked sarcastically.
“I heard you recovered Baron Insidio’s body.”
“Yes. I plan to present it to His Highness the Crown Prince soon.”
“Ah, His Highness the Crown Prince already knew.”
The Count opened his mouth again with difficulty, wiping away his slightly trembling eyes.
“So, you know that Baron Insidio was in the camp of the Cresente and Elibeth coalition forces? I didn’t even step out of the Asullou territory, so I didn’t know about the situation.”
"Well."
Agatha smiled gently as she accepted the tea from Jesse.
“Isn’t that up to the Count to explain? It is true that Baron Insidio only stayed in the Allied camp. Of course, you will have to explain whether you plotted with the Baron before that.”
The Count nodded slowly with a stern face.
“...Of course, I will explain. I just hope that the Marquis and Marchioness will be lenient.”
Count Asullou put down the surrender document he had received from the messenger beforehand.
Even though it was a considerable compensation, the Count's seal was already stamped on the surrender document.
In addition, the Count put down one more document.
“This is a pledge to never invade Nobilis territory again. In addition, I have prepared a small price to pay for daring to plot a scheme using the Marchioness’s ex-husband.”
What followed was a permit to trade in special products from Count Asulro's territory.
In the Asullou area, many mushrooms were collected.
Among them, the expensive Trium mushrooms favored by the aristocrats were a very famous specialty.
She knows there is no upper level that gives permission easily.
“Would you please accept my apology, Marquis, Marchioness?”
Enoch stared blankly at the Count, then turned his gaze to Agatha.
The Count, realizing that the Marchioness was the one with the final decision-making authority, looked at her with a tense gaze.
What this means is that he will explain himself well, so please do not add anything that could be misunderstood.
The Count's desperation to never get involved in the escape of an exiled criminal was very evident.
Agatha smiled brightly. The first assistant, Ethel, appeared naturally from the side and took the document.
“I sense the sincerity in the Count’s apology. I will gladly forgive you.”
“Thank you, Marchioness.”
Smart, savvy Gethin Jennings, who knows where to stretch and where to fold, got away well.
Baron Moyes, who fell early on, was also lucky enough to escape the terrible sin of being an exiled criminal's escape.
Dark clouds were gathering over Baron Elibeth, who had not anticipated this and had returned to his fiefdom, and Marquis Cresente, who had not fully understood the situation and had been trying to reduce the amount of compensation through his son.
Besides that, there was one more place where something big related to this could happen.
Ferdinand, who had come to the Roxbard Empire as an envoy of Mainukor, could not hide his anger.
“How dare this guy!”
It started out small. The Roxbard asked if the Mainukor Imperial Knight was indeed in good standing, as he had been leaving the palace too often and for too long.
"What? When did I ever send a knight out of the palace?"
As it turned out, he was Adan's only escort knight.
Ferdinand immediately called Adan and questioned him, and Adan answered shamelessly.
"You asked me to try to persuade Agatha Nobilis, didn't you? I'm trying."
"Really? Still, try to control yourself. In a foreign country, you have to behave properly."
So the grandson made an excuse that he was just curious about the outside world, but it was still incredibly strange.
There are no progress reports, but he hear that Agatha disappeared while attending a social event.
At that time, Adan tried hard to hide it, but his face was pale.
'It's strange?'
Ferdinand immediately began investigating Adan's whereabouts.
Everything Adan has done so far, the route taken by Adan's escort knights, and even the actions of Adan's personal attendant.
The results were shocking: Adan was in contact with Agatha's fourth ex-husband, who was exiled to the North!
“Bring Adan, bring Adan here right now!”
“Yes, sir!”
Adan, who was brought in like that, had a look of anxiety on his face, unlike his usual calm demeanor.
Ferdinand threw down in front of him everything he had researched so far.
“What is this?”
“...”
“What is this? Explain it to me with your own mouth!”
It was a fierce roar that surprised even the royal knights standing nearby.
Adan spoke, trying hard to suppress his fear.
“I don’t know what you are talking about, Father.”
“Don’t you know what I’m talking about? You sent a knight all the way north of Roxbard without permission! And on top of that, you even made contact with an exiled criminal and helped him escape!”
The jaws of the royal knights and attendants of Mainukor were wide open at the shocking fact.
“No! I indeed made contact with him, but I didn’t help him escape!”
“You delivered the letter? If that’s not helping him escape, what is it? You idiot!”
Adan shook his head desperately, but that was the situation.
A knight sent by Adan went all the way to the far north and made contact with a criminal who had been exiled for insulting the imperial family.
He even ran an errand for him to send a letter.
The criminal escaped shortly thereafter.
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