“...? Eww!”
The first to break the silence was the host, Wolf.
“Hahaha! He dedicates this honor to his beloved daughter!”
And Ryan smiled, spreading his arms as if it were a natural result.
The gaze of a truly arrogant king...
“Wow, wow!!!”
“Ryan! Ryan!”
Everyone cheered.
Wolf Lehman's Employment Guild.
Ryan held me very dearly on his left side, but I was terrified in his arms.
‘Scary human...’
Wolf tossed a stack of papers down on the table.
"Here are ten copies of the miner employment contracts I promised. And here's a letter of introduction with my official seal. I've selected a group of veterans in the field, so you'll be satisfied."
“Hmm, I guess everyone works at Belzer without complaining?”
"Of course. Because Wolf Lehman himself guarantees it. Everyone who works for my guild works with me based on strong trust."
Yes, what was more surprising than Ryan hiding his power twice was that Wolf obediently kept his promise...
"But, sir, who would trust someone who manipulates matches and commits fraud? Are they really miners who can work in Belzer?"
"Match-fixing! And I'm not an old man. I'm a beautiful twenty-eight-year-old!"
Wolf felt wronged.
"I understand, Uncle. But you were planning to make a killing in the finals."
“...That’s true. But did I commit a crime? I suffered a huge loss, too!”
He pointed to the Panthera lying behind him, grumbling.
"Is it because of him? Yeah, he's my friend. But what's the problem? Is there a law that prevents people who know the organizer from participating in fight shows?"
“Oh, that’s not it, but...”
"Hey, it was your father who cheated. Despite his skill, he deliberately got beaten up all the way to the finals, lulling me into a state of letdown. If I'd known your father could render someone incapacitated in the blink of an eye, would I have collected the 10 gold each for the finals?"
Wolf added rapidly, glaring at Ryan as if he was truly wronged.
"And I stole the winnings from the customers who guessed the winner. What did you do? You returned everything, including 10 percent, as promised, right?"
"Uh..."
...I see? I sat to Ryan's right, watching Revan clank eleven gold coins in his hand.
If you think about it, Wolf didn't do anything particularly dirty...
"No! You and the other contestants conspired against each other, too! You probably gave them money and told them to lose on purpose!"
"...? What are you talking about! And you're calling me uncle! I have no connection to the other contestants! I applied and ran the show according to the normal procedures!"
...Really? I looked back at Revan.
He said with a shrug.
“I didn’t expect that. I thought you were a real conman.”
“Wow, really!”
Wolf pounded his chest as if he were frustrated.
“The scammer is right here! Yes! I said it’s your dad!”
And pointed to Ryan.
"Going head-to-head with contestants of average skill! Very cleverly! Barely pretending to win!"
“It was for the fun of the show~.”
Ryan twitched his ear.
"Anyway, didn't you benefit from it too? It was a show that wasn't very popular to begin with. Now that it's become a hot topic, it'll be easy to attract audiences in the future."
"I admit that. It's advantageous in the long run."
Wolf was quick to admit it.
“Yes. But please stop making innocent people cry with false stories.”
When Revan said something as if he didn't like it, Wolf frowned as if asking what he was talking about.
“What... Are you lying?”
He said, glaring at Ryan with suspicious eyes.
"You say your girlfriend, five years older than you, gave birth to a daughter and then disappeared? You say you've been raising her since she was little, even going abroad, and you've done everything you could to raise her? You say even when you're exhausted and want to die, when you come home and see your daughter's face sleeping like an angel, you feel like you can do anything? I met you at a bar and was so moved by that that I scouted you for a fight show. You were supposed to pay the entry fee, but instead, you're giving me your own money?"
And...
I looked back at Ryan. He was blinking his eyes in a dazed manner.
"Yes, that's right."
I immediately looked back at Wolf and smiled brightly.
"My brother and I thought Uncle was lying even worse than that! But when we heard, you were telling the whole truth! And sharing the contestants' life stories for the sake of entertainment isn't necessarily a bad thing, right?"
"Well, yeah. But now that I think about it, it might be a heartbreaking story for you... I'm sorry I wasn't considerate enough. If you were offended, I apologize."
“...”
Was Wolf, who I thought was a conman, just an innocent victim?
I shook Wolf's hand, saying I was fine. He even expressed concern, telling me to grow up strong, even without a mother, because I had such a wonderful father. I bit my lip and told him I would.
"Anyway, thanks, Wolf. Thanks to you, I made money, saved the miners, and finished my work. I'm going home~."
“Oh, wait a minute.”
Wolf stopped us as we were about to turn back and gave us his business card.
"If you need someone, don't go anywhere else. Come find me. No job doesn't exist in our guild."
“Oh. Thank you?”
"There's no groom to take you to Belzer, right? If you're going now, please send one of our guild's grooms."
Are you being too kind?
At the moment of doubt, Wolf poked Ryan's side and whispered.
"A month later. Should you come to the next fight show? There'll be a ton of people there to see the new champion."
“You call that talking? Of course I’ll go.”
Ryan grinned and extended his hand, and Wolf took it. Their chests met, confirming their close alliance.
And...
I saw that and clapped my hands inwardly.
As expected, the best in our house!
I really did everything I had to do!
“No, there’s still work to be done.”
Ryan said he had one more thing to finish, and we came to the Imperial Civil Affairs Center, which is only found in major cities.
"I'm sorry. I made a mistake and kept you waiting so long. Here are the two pieces of ID you requested."
Right now, to get your ID card issued!
According to imperial law, an ID card can be issued from the age of sixteen, which is considered adulthood.
For Ryan and Revan, who were in the camp at the time, this was the first time they had ever touched an ID card.
“Hey...”
Ryan was impressed.
Personal information such as name, gender, and place of birth was engraved on a flat wooden plaque the size of a palm.
And Ryan's name, written on the ID, is Ryan Belzer.
After being excommunicated, he was left with only his name, so he got his personal information sorted out with a new surname taken from his fiefdom, Belzer, and then received an identification card.
I was registered as Ryan's daughter, but now I'm "Vania Belzer." I'll be able to get an ID card when I'm an adult.
And.
“Haha. Do you like it, brother?”
I asked Revan, who seemed so touched that he couldn't take his eyes off his ID card for a long time.
“Uh, yeah...”
There was an issue where a confused center employee marked his gender as female, but... he was issued the correct number again.
'Revan's life was truly a strange one.'
An orphan abandoned without a name in a land called Rothschild in the southern part of the continent.
His younger brother, who was wrapped in a blanket with him, was caught up in a demonic incident when he was young, and his life or death was unknown. He was taken in by a professor couple from the academy and given a second life.
But even that was lost, and he endured 11 years in a hellish concentration camp with only the name Revan left.
Let's get out of here and do it with our family.
You and I have nothing now.
So, we live like real brothers, like big brother and little brother.
Ryan, who had promised that to Revan in the concentration camp, finally kept his word today.
I saw his new name.
Revan Belzer.
The first to break the silence was the host, Wolf.
“Hahaha! He dedicates this honor to his beloved daughter!”
And Ryan smiled, spreading his arms as if it were a natural result.
The gaze of a truly arrogant king...
“Wow, wow!!!”
“Ryan! Ryan!”
Everyone cheered.
***
Wolf Lehman's Employment Guild.
Ryan held me very dearly on his left side, but I was terrified in his arms.
‘Scary human...’
Wolf tossed a stack of papers down on the table.
"Here are ten copies of the miner employment contracts I promised. And here's a letter of introduction with my official seal. I've selected a group of veterans in the field, so you'll be satisfied."
“Hmm, I guess everyone works at Belzer without complaining?”
"Of course. Because Wolf Lehman himself guarantees it. Everyone who works for my guild works with me based on strong trust."
Yes, what was more surprising than Ryan hiding his power twice was that Wolf obediently kept his promise...
"But, sir, who would trust someone who manipulates matches and commits fraud? Are they really miners who can work in Belzer?"
"Match-fixing! And I'm not an old man. I'm a beautiful twenty-eight-year-old!"
Wolf felt wronged.
"I understand, Uncle. But you were planning to make a killing in the finals."
“...That’s true. But did I commit a crime? I suffered a huge loss, too!”
He pointed to the Panthera lying behind him, grumbling.
"Is it because of him? Yeah, he's my friend. But what's the problem? Is there a law that prevents people who know the organizer from participating in fight shows?"
“Oh, that’s not it, but...”
"Hey, it was your father who cheated. Despite his skill, he deliberately got beaten up all the way to the finals, lulling me into a state of letdown. If I'd known your father could render someone incapacitated in the blink of an eye, would I have collected the 10 gold each for the finals?"
Wolf added rapidly, glaring at Ryan as if he was truly wronged.
"And I stole the winnings from the customers who guessed the winner. What did you do? You returned everything, including 10 percent, as promised, right?"
"Uh..."
...I see? I sat to Ryan's right, watching Revan clank eleven gold coins in his hand.
If you think about it, Wolf didn't do anything particularly dirty...
"No! You and the other contestants conspired against each other, too! You probably gave them money and told them to lose on purpose!"
"...? What are you talking about! And you're calling me uncle! I have no connection to the other contestants! I applied and ran the show according to the normal procedures!"
...Really? I looked back at Revan.
He said with a shrug.
“I didn’t expect that. I thought you were a real conman.”
“Wow, really!”
Wolf pounded his chest as if he were frustrated.
“The scammer is right here! Yes! I said it’s your dad!”
And pointed to Ryan.
"Going head-to-head with contestants of average skill! Very cleverly! Barely pretending to win!"
“It was for the fun of the show~.”
Ryan twitched his ear.
"Anyway, didn't you benefit from it too? It was a show that wasn't very popular to begin with. Now that it's become a hot topic, it'll be easy to attract audiences in the future."
"I admit that. It's advantageous in the long run."
Wolf was quick to admit it.
“Yes. But please stop making innocent people cry with false stories.”
When Revan said something as if he didn't like it, Wolf frowned as if asking what he was talking about.
“What... Are you lying?”
He said, glaring at Ryan with suspicious eyes.
"You say your girlfriend, five years older than you, gave birth to a daughter and then disappeared? You say you've been raising her since she was little, even going abroad, and you've done everything you could to raise her? You say even when you're exhausted and want to die, when you come home and see your daughter's face sleeping like an angel, you feel like you can do anything? I met you at a bar and was so moved by that that I scouted you for a fight show. You were supposed to pay the entry fee, but instead, you're giving me your own money?"
And...
I looked back at Ryan. He was blinking his eyes in a dazed manner.
"Yes, that's right."
I immediately looked back at Wolf and smiled brightly.
"My brother and I thought Uncle was lying even worse than that! But when we heard, you were telling the whole truth! And sharing the contestants' life stories for the sake of entertainment isn't necessarily a bad thing, right?"
"Well, yeah. But now that I think about it, it might be a heartbreaking story for you... I'm sorry I wasn't considerate enough. If you were offended, I apologize."
“...”
Was Wolf, who I thought was a conman, just an innocent victim?
I shook Wolf's hand, saying I was fine. He even expressed concern, telling me to grow up strong, even without a mother, because I had such a wonderful father. I bit my lip and told him I would.
"Anyway, thanks, Wolf. Thanks to you, I made money, saved the miners, and finished my work. I'm going home~."
“Oh, wait a minute.”
Wolf stopped us as we were about to turn back and gave us his business card.
"If you need someone, don't go anywhere else. Come find me. No job doesn't exist in our guild."
“Oh. Thank you?”
"There's no groom to take you to Belzer, right? If you're going now, please send one of our guild's grooms."
Are you being too kind?
At the moment of doubt, Wolf poked Ryan's side and whispered.
"A month later. Should you come to the next fight show? There'll be a ton of people there to see the new champion."
“You call that talking? Of course I’ll go.”
Ryan grinned and extended his hand, and Wolf took it. Their chests met, confirming their close alliance.
And...
I saw that and clapped my hands inwardly.
As expected, the best in our house!
I really did everything I had to do!
***
“No, there’s still work to be done.”
Ryan said he had one more thing to finish, and we came to the Imperial Civil Affairs Center, which is only found in major cities.
"I'm sorry. I made a mistake and kept you waiting so long. Here are the two pieces of ID you requested."
Right now, to get your ID card issued!
According to imperial law, an ID card can be issued from the age of sixteen, which is considered adulthood.
For Ryan and Revan, who were in the camp at the time, this was the first time they had ever touched an ID card.
“Hey...”
Ryan was impressed.
Personal information such as name, gender, and place of birth was engraved on a flat wooden plaque the size of a palm.
And Ryan's name, written on the ID, is Ryan Belzer.
After being excommunicated, he was left with only his name, so he got his personal information sorted out with a new surname taken from his fiefdom, Belzer, and then received an identification card.
I was registered as Ryan's daughter, but now I'm "Vania Belzer." I'll be able to get an ID card when I'm an adult.
And.
“Haha. Do you like it, brother?”
I asked Revan, who seemed so touched that he couldn't take his eyes off his ID card for a long time.
“Uh, yeah...”
There was an issue where a confused center employee marked his gender as female, but... he was issued the correct number again.
'Revan's life was truly a strange one.'
An orphan abandoned without a name in a land called Rothschild in the southern part of the continent.
His younger brother, who was wrapped in a blanket with him, was caught up in a demonic incident when he was young, and his life or death was unknown. He was taken in by a professor couple from the academy and given a second life.
But even that was lost, and he endured 11 years in a hellish concentration camp with only the name Revan left.
Let's get out of here and do it with our family.
You and I have nothing now.
So, we live like real brothers, like big brother and little brother.
Ryan, who had promised that to Revan in the concentration camp, finally kept his word today.
I saw his new name.
Revan Belzer.
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