Although they were both illegitimate children, Roam was abandoned by his family, unlike Erne. However, he was talented in swordsmanship, so he became a mercenary and met Followers.
They valued Roam's talent. Roam's family was not very good, but they helped Roam obtain the position of head of the Stabil family if he so desired.
So it was only natural that Roam became their sword. Roam entered the Imperial Knights without a hitch thanks to his natural swordsmanship skills, and after building connections up and down, he became the captain of the 3rd Knights.
“He promised me that if the rebellion succeeded and the world became a place for the Followers, he would give me the title of Duke.”
Roam wanted to be a Duke. From a lowly illegitimate child to a Duke.
Wouldn't it be shocking for his father who abandoned him and his half-brothers who ignored him to know?
Of course, they all died when he took control of the family.
“I wish they could be surprised even from heaven.”
“I told you to make a statement, I didn’t tell you to complain.”
“I haven’t even started complaining. If I just tell you about my hardships, it will take two or three days.”
Even if the Followers had helped him, he had not taken the position of the 3rd Knight Commander for nothing. Roam was about to say a few more words but stopped when he saw Erne’s distorted face.
He knew exactly when Erne would make that face. When his patience was at its limit, Erne would make that face.
“Well, anyway, Marquis Cain Mosley said that if I cooperate well, my wife and children will not become slaves.”
The family of Roam, who committed treason, were currently imprisoned as slaves. Cain had secured them early on to catch Roam, who had escaped from prison.
Even if they were exempted, they would have to live as commoners, but it was a much better life than being sold into slavery.
“I’m going to die anyway, so I should at least save my family. So ask. I’ll answer as best I can without getting caught.”
Erne still didn't trust Roam, but he started asking questions anyway. The interrogation method might turn violent later, but in any case, interrogation starts with questions.
“When the red wine medium looked at me and muttered that he was coming, was it really just an exclamation?”
“That’s right. You can ask the Marquis here.”
Roam nodded to Marquis Mosley. Anyone who had studied the Follower even a little could not have been unaware of this.
“Sir Roam is right. He uses it when he is surprised, when he is frustrated, and whenever.”
To keep the conversation flowing smoothly, Cain briefly elaborated.
Roam followed up with a clap of his hands. Was that just an exclamation?
Although he was reluctant, Erne moved on to the next question.
“What were they going to do with my body?”
“An experiment. I don’t know exactly what kind of experiment it was.”
The group of Followers was divided into those who took the lead during the rebellion and those who led from behind. The red wine medium was one of the latter.
He was old and slow, so he took on the role of plotter behind the rebels.
When the rebellion showed signs of failure, the red wine medium went into hiding to avoid the imperial troops.
“While I was waiting to be executed in prison, the red wine medium sent someone.”
That man was the spy who continuously extracted information from the Imperial Knights and passed it on to the Red Wine Medium.
Because of the ban, Roam could not clearly say who the spy was.
However, he could only say that he was a member of the royal family and did odd jobs. While Erne was at the port, Cain caught a spy with the information Roam gave him. It was one of the assistant secretaries.
The assistant scribe was not a very high-ranking official, but he knew who the Emperor was meeting with. The Emperor and Cain met without a scribe, and this was a clue to the Followers.
Since the Emperor and Cain had no business meeting in secret, the secretary would relay this information to other Followers outside the palace after Cain had his secret meeting.
Then the Followers would contact a spy working as a handyman in the police force, and he would report back to them who Cain was arresting and leak information.
“Thanks to Sir Roam, we caught them all.”
For now, the spies associated with the red wine medium have been nixed.
Erne nodded, saying, "Okay, tell me more."
“The Marquis of Ferney entrusted me with his government before he went to the Kingdom of Penco. At that time, the woman was pregnant. I hid her just before the rebellion broke out.”
It was just a favor to a friend. If a rebellion breaks out, the political situation will be chaotic, and public order will deteriorate, so he provides a place to hide.
“What a tearful friendship.”
You're helping with an affair, you know? Erne clicked his tongue.
“Anyway, I told the man the red wine medium sent to prison where the Marquis Ferney’s lover and illegitimate child were. I used them as hostages to manipulate the Marquis of Ferney.”
The man sent by the Red Wine medium threw a dagger the size of a finger to Roam and left. Just before the execution, when surveillance was at its weakest, Roam released the rope, subdued the soldier, and escaped.
He brought out all the other subordinates who were imprisoned with him that he could take. There were only five of them.
“The Marquis Ferney escaped from the imperial palace in a wagon he had prepared in advance and hid in the residence he had prepared.”
That was the day when Roam escaped and met the Red Wine Medium again. The Red Wine Medium ordered Roam to watch over Erne.
“He didn’t give me a detailed explanation, but I read the letter he sent to the headquarters, and it said that you died and came back to life. It also said that he didn’t know yet whether it was a complete success or a half success.”
“What is the purpose?”
“I don’t know for sure, but it seems like the purpose of the experiment was to kill you and then revive you. Oh, and that letter also said something like that. I thought it was a failure, but if I had known it would be like this, I would have brought you here.”
Erne now understood why his body had been left in the forest.
The Followers received Erne's body from Cliff, took it to the forest, and performed some kind of experiment on it, but when they thought it had failed, they abandoned it.
“After that, I received orders to keep an eye on you. So I tried to bring your wife over to us.”
Erne quickly remembered what Roam was talking about.
This is what happened when Judith was caught in a trap and tried to get her to marry him.
“Honestly, I didn’t know you would come with her that day. I didn’t think you would take special care of her as your wife. You weren’t even close to each other, right?”
The information about Judith came from Cliff. According to the information he sent, Erne and Judith had never met before.
Roam, who knew better than anyone else Erne's personality of not giving much attention to those around him, never dreamed that Erne would follow Judith because he was suspicious of her and that they would end up together.
“Ah, Erne is a bit weak with his wife.”
Cain, who was listening to Roam's story, agreed.
“...”
“Ahem ahem.”
When Erne glared at him silently, Cain coughed in vain and stepped back.
“The purpose of the red wine medium was to capture you alive. And with all your limbs intact. At first, the headquarters also gave orders not to act hastily, but to watch you and then capture you alive. But you know, at some point, the headquarters gave a different order.”
It was an order to send the bribe.
The Red Wine Medium continued to send the information he had found about Erne to the organization, but there was no response from the organization.
“Later, he told me not to worry about it and just send him the money.”
The red wine medium was dissatisfied with that.
There were several attempts, such as obtaining a poison from somewhere and planting it in Erne's body.
Of course, they all ended in failure. Erne, who was listening to Roam's story, suddenly asked something that came to mind.
“You said you knew about Judith? Why did you let Miss Harrington come and go from the Marquis Ferney’s residence?”
Judith, who returned to the mansion before Erne, called all of the godmothers to the dining room.
“I guess it’s time for us to get out of here.”
Before Judith arrived, the godmother said to these people who were not related by blood but were like family to them
“You shouldn’t show that you’re upset.”
“Yes, Godmother, of course. I am grateful enough for having given me a place to stay until now.”
Illuor answered. Tan sighed in regret.
“It was nice living in a mansion.”
“Oh, Tan.”
At the godmother's call, Tan put back his pouting lips.
Tan knows. If they hide the Shartin tribe in such a large quantity and get caught later, Judith's incense business could be in jeopardy. And Judith has done enough for them.
They valued Roam's talent. Roam's family was not very good, but they helped Roam obtain the position of head of the Stabil family if he so desired.
So it was only natural that Roam became their sword. Roam entered the Imperial Knights without a hitch thanks to his natural swordsmanship skills, and after building connections up and down, he became the captain of the 3rd Knights.
“He promised me that if the rebellion succeeded and the world became a place for the Followers, he would give me the title of Duke.”
Roam wanted to be a Duke. From a lowly illegitimate child to a Duke.
Wouldn't it be shocking for his father who abandoned him and his half-brothers who ignored him to know?
Of course, they all died when he took control of the family.
“I wish they could be surprised even from heaven.”
“I told you to make a statement, I didn’t tell you to complain.”
“I haven’t even started complaining. If I just tell you about my hardships, it will take two or three days.”
Even if the Followers had helped him, he had not taken the position of the 3rd Knight Commander for nothing. Roam was about to say a few more words but stopped when he saw Erne’s distorted face.
He knew exactly when Erne would make that face. When his patience was at its limit, Erne would make that face.
“Well, anyway, Marquis Cain Mosley said that if I cooperate well, my wife and children will not become slaves.”
The family of Roam, who committed treason, were currently imprisoned as slaves. Cain had secured them early on to catch Roam, who had escaped from prison.
Even if they were exempted, they would have to live as commoners, but it was a much better life than being sold into slavery.
“I’m going to die anyway, so I should at least save my family. So ask. I’ll answer as best I can without getting caught.”
Erne still didn't trust Roam, but he started asking questions anyway. The interrogation method might turn violent later, but in any case, interrogation starts with questions.
“When the red wine medium looked at me and muttered that he was coming, was it really just an exclamation?”
“That’s right. You can ask the Marquis here.”
Roam nodded to Marquis Mosley. Anyone who had studied the Follower even a little could not have been unaware of this.
“Sir Roam is right. He uses it when he is surprised, when he is frustrated, and whenever.”
To keep the conversation flowing smoothly, Cain briefly elaborated.
Roam followed up with a clap of his hands. Was that just an exclamation?
Although he was reluctant, Erne moved on to the next question.
“What were they going to do with my body?”
“An experiment. I don’t know exactly what kind of experiment it was.”
The group of Followers was divided into those who took the lead during the rebellion and those who led from behind. The red wine medium was one of the latter.
He was old and slow, so he took on the role of plotter behind the rebels.
When the rebellion showed signs of failure, the red wine medium went into hiding to avoid the imperial troops.
“While I was waiting to be executed in prison, the red wine medium sent someone.”
That man was the spy who continuously extracted information from the Imperial Knights and passed it on to the Red Wine Medium.
Because of the ban, Roam could not clearly say who the spy was.
However, he could only say that he was a member of the royal family and did odd jobs. While Erne was at the port, Cain caught a spy with the information Roam gave him. It was one of the assistant secretaries.
The assistant scribe was not a very high-ranking official, but he knew who the Emperor was meeting with. The Emperor and Cain met without a scribe, and this was a clue to the Followers.
Since the Emperor and Cain had no business meeting in secret, the secretary would relay this information to other Followers outside the palace after Cain had his secret meeting.
Then the Followers would contact a spy working as a handyman in the police force, and he would report back to them who Cain was arresting and leak information.
“Thanks to Sir Roam, we caught them all.”
For now, the spies associated with the red wine medium have been nixed.
Erne nodded, saying, "Okay, tell me more."
“The Marquis of Ferney entrusted me with his government before he went to the Kingdom of Penco. At that time, the woman was pregnant. I hid her just before the rebellion broke out.”
It was just a favor to a friend. If a rebellion breaks out, the political situation will be chaotic, and public order will deteriorate, so he provides a place to hide.
“For fear of exposing the government and his illegitimate child to the Marchioness Ferney he deliberately corresponded with Albert sparingly, and later stopped corresponding altogether.”
You're helping with an affair, you know? Erne clicked his tongue.
“Anyway, I told the man the red wine medium sent to prison where the Marquis Ferney’s lover and illegitimate child were. I used them as hostages to manipulate the Marquis of Ferney.”
The man sent by the Red Wine medium threw a dagger the size of a finger to Roam and left. Just before the execution, when surveillance was at its weakest, Roam released the rope, subdued the soldier, and escaped.
He brought out all the other subordinates who were imprisoned with him that he could take. There were only five of them.
“The Marquis Ferney escaped from the imperial palace in a wagon he had prepared in advance and hid in the residence he had prepared.”
That was the day when Roam escaped and met the Red Wine Medium again. The Red Wine Medium ordered Roam to watch over Erne.
“He didn’t give me a detailed explanation, but I read the letter he sent to the headquarters, and it said that you died and came back to life. It also said that he didn’t know yet whether it was a complete success or a half success.”
“What is the purpose?”
“I don’t know for sure, but it seems like the purpose of the experiment was to kill you and then revive you. Oh, and that letter also said something like that. I thought it was a failure, but if I had known it would be like this, I would have brought you here.”
Erne now understood why his body had been left in the forest.
The Followers received Erne's body from Cliff, took it to the forest, and performed some kind of experiment on it, but when they thought it had failed, they abandoned it.
“After that, I received orders to keep an eye on you. So I tried to bring your wife over to us.”
Erne quickly remembered what Roam was talking about.
This is what happened when Judith was caught in a trap and tried to get her to marry him.
“Honestly, I didn’t know you would come with her that day. I didn’t think you would take special care of her as your wife. You weren’t even close to each other, right?”
The information about Judith came from Cliff. According to the information he sent, Erne and Judith had never met before.
Roam, who knew better than anyone else Erne's personality of not giving much attention to those around him, never dreamed that Erne would follow Judith because he was suspicious of her and that they would end up together.
“Ah, Erne is a bit weak with his wife.”
Cain, who was listening to Roam's story, agreed.
“...”
“Ahem ahem.”
When Erne glared at him silently, Cain coughed in vain and stepped back.
“The purpose of the red wine medium was to capture you alive. And with all your limbs intact. At first, the headquarters also gave orders not to act hastily, but to watch you and then capture you alive. But you know, at some point, the headquarters gave a different order.”
It was an order to send the bribe.
“The failed rebellion must have left them in need of money, so at first he obediently raised and sent money. But no matter how much he sent, they said it wasn't enough.”
“Later, he told me not to worry about it and just send him the money.”
The red wine medium was dissatisfied with that.
“They complained that the Red Wine Medium needed you, Erne, to remake the world for the Followers, but they wouldn't help him capture you alive, only demanded money, and that's when he started acting on his own.”
Of course, they all ended in failure. Erne, who was listening to Roam's story, suddenly asked something that came to mind.
“You said you knew about Judith? Why did you let Miss Harrington come and go from the Marquis Ferney’s residence?”
***
Judith, who returned to the mansion before Erne, called all of the godmothers to the dining room.
“I guess it’s time for us to get out of here.”
Before Judith arrived, the godmother said to these people who were not related by blood but were like family to them
“You shouldn’t show that you’re upset.”
“Yes, Godmother, of course. I am grateful enough for having given me a place to stay until now.”
Illuor answered. Tan sighed in regret.
“It was nice living in a mansion.”
“Oh, Tan.”
At the godmother's call, Tan put back his pouting lips.
Tan knows. If they hide the Shartin tribe in such a large quantity and get caught later, Judith's incense business could be in jeopardy. And Judith has done enough for them.
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