## Chapter 624 – I Won’t Forgive You

“Hah, nonsense? What the hell are you talking about!”

As the young lady snapped, Mr. George looked utterly bewildered, his face reddening as if he’d heard the most outrageous thing in the world.

“Is it true that you insulted this barbarian warrior and his wife?!”

Thank you for taking my side, young lady!!!

But this is my problem, and I have to solve it myself.

I can’t bother the young lady with something so trivial, and it would be a disaster to cause friction with other nobles because of me.

I need to find a gap and tell her it’s okay.

But I can’t interrupt while the young lady is talking directly.

“Wh-What is this…! Does even the Princess intend to insult me!”
“Insult? Don’t be absurd!!!!!”

But Mr. George kept pretending not to understand the young lady’s words, muttering nonsense. This guy really seems to just be stupid.

“Understanding the facts is the priority right now! I demand an answer!!!!!!!”
“If you continue to insult me… I’ll have no choice but to return to my family and demand responsibility for this outrage! Not even the Princess can avoid it!”
“What, why the hell do you keep talking nonsense! I’m asking if you insulted the barbarian warrior!!!!!”
“I’m not talking nonsense! The Princess is trying to insult me to the end! I came to talk business, and I’m being subjected to this humiliation! I won’t stand for it!!!”

It seems like this bastard doesn’t understand the concept of conversation.

“No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why can’t we communicate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

The young lady seemed to feel the same way, as she suddenly grabbed her head with both hands and burst into a roar. The sheer amount of stress she was under seemed to radiate from her wide eyes.

I feel so bad.

“Hylen Baronet, is this family from some foreign country where they don’t speak the language!!! Soldier! Recite exactly what you reported to me earlier!!!”
“Yes!”

A soldier nearby saluted and began to report.

Apparently, the soldier witnessed the commotion and, assuming it involved a noble, immediately ran to the young lady to inform her of the incident.

“The third son of Hylen was trying to talk to the woman standing over there when the warrior stopped him! Despite being stopped, the third son ignored the warrior and repeatedly tried to talk to the woman, even trying to grab her hand!”

He’s reporting it perfectly.

“When he was stopped even from that, he finally drew his sword and attempted to attack, and the warrior subdued him with his bare hands!”

An accurate summary of the incident.

As expected, a soldier working under a noble should have this much skill. I applaud his exceptional observation skills.

“My direct subordinate has testified like this, and I was merely trying to understand the facts! What insult are you talking about! I’m just asking if it’s true!!!! I’ll ask one more time! Is it true that you insulted the barbarian warrior and made advances towards his wife!!!”

After hearing the soldier’s explanation, the young lady shouted again, pressing Mr. George. She’s clearly stating the facts, so Mr. George should understand.

“Ugh…! Even this soldier is insulting me…! I’ll never let this go…! My sister is here too, so prepare yourself!!!”

But Mr. George still didn’t understand.

Is he pretending not to know because he’ll have to take responsibility if he admits his mistake? If I think about it from that perspective, Mr. George is actually quite smart.

Or maybe everything I, a non-noble, do is considered an insult, so it was natural for Lady Isvant to take his side, but she’s yelling at him instead, so he feels betrayed.

“Barbarian warrior! How the hell did you hit this kid’s head that it turned out like this!!!! He seems to have become an idiot from the impact; if you made him like this, it’s definitely a big problem!!!”

Lady Isvant, grabbing her head again, shouted at me in a tone filled with panic. She’s also feeling a great deal of confusion.

“I think he’s just weird! He’s been like this from the start!”
“This is absurd!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This isn’t real!!!!!!!”
“Young lady!!! You’ll ruin your hair, don’t tear at it!!!!!”
“Aaaagh!!!”

Eventually, the young lady started tearing at her roll bun hairstyle. I gently grabbed her arm with the soldier to stop her from overreacting.

“Call my sister here immediately!”

In the meantime, Mr. George had the guard who had just regained consciousness call his sister. His sister would be the Princess of the Hylen Barony… I guess.

“Hoo… I didn’t expect to get this worked up…!”

The young lady was slowly calming down.

But even though she calmed down, her face was as red as a ripe tomato.

“I’ll talk again when my sister arrives!!”
“…I also believe it would be easier to talk to your sister.”

Only then did the megaphone disappear from the young lady’s voice. She must have used up all the strength in her vocal cords from being so stressed.

Anyway, I don’t know what kind of person his sister is, but she’ll definitely be more reasonable than Mr. George.

With that, the incident entered a lull.

“You useless bastards!!”

ㅡThwack!

“Ugh… M-Master!”
“You eat with the family’s money, yet you make me look so pathetic! When we return, I will severely punish you!!! Of course, your parents and children will not be able to avoid punishment either!!!! You trash bastards!!!!!”
“P-Please, not that… Cough!!!”

Mr. George, still not relieved of his anger, kicked the faces of the fallen guards while fuming, and the young lady’s two soldiers cleaned up the chaotic scene.

“Barbarian warrior!”
“Young lady!”
“Hoo… I’m getting really worked up!”

The young lady, clearly showing her anger, approached me.

I briefly surveyed the scene.

My wives had moved to a slightly farther place and were watching us as a group. I’ll have to explain things to them when this is over.

“I’m sorry, young lady!!! I’m sorry that you had to go through such a rough time because of me…!”

I immediately knelt on one knee, lowered my head, and shouted.

“I never imagined I would be subjected to something like this either! I’ve heard rumors that the son of the Hylen Barony is a troublemaker, but it turns out those rumors were understated…! He’s not just a troublemaker, he’s a complete moron!!! I learned that thanks to the barbarian warrior! Thank you!”
“W-What are you thanking me for! I should be the one thanking you!!!”
“What thanks! Get up! We need to quickly sort out this incident first!”

That’s the most important thing.

“I want to beat him up, but… I can’t do that! Because the Hylen Barony is a barony with considerable power!!!!”

A family with power?

I guess they can act like that because their family has power. At first, I thought he was just an idiot, but after seeing him shout back at the young lady, it became clear.

But so what if they have power?

It’s realistically impossible for the barony far away to come and get me. Especially when the justification is on this side.

“A family with strong power…!”
“They’re probably the strongest among the barons in the kingdom, but I don’t know why their son is like that! The future of the barony is uncertain! Anyway, now that I couldn’t contain my anger and intervened, I need to sort out the incident and clarify my position! Do you understand!”
“Yes! I understand!”

As I was talking to the young lady, a sharp shout suddenly rang out.

ㅡGeorge!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was a young woman’s voice.

“Sister!!!!!”

At the same time, Mr. George stopped beating his guards and looked towards the voice with a delighted expression. I also checked, and it was none other than a noblewoman with blue hair like Mr. George who was approaching.

That must be his sister.

“Oh my, George! What happened to your face…!”

As soon as his sister approached, she grabbed George’s face and spoke as if she was shocked.

“Sister! That rude commoner assaulted me! He brutally beat down my guards too! You must arrest that thug immediately!!!”

Mr. George pointed at me in that state and pleaded.

What a tattletale…!

ㅡGlare!

At those words, his sister glared at me.

“To dare to assault the third son of the Hylen Barony! I’ll have you executed immediately!”
“This crazy bitch.”

This one was even less reasonable.

Birds of a feather flock together; judging by her protective attitude, she’s worse, not better. My condolences to the Hylen Barony for having siblings like that.

ㅡSreung!

As if she meant it, his sister immediately drew her sword and pointed it at me. The luxurious sword with blue jewel decorations seemed to reflect their level of wealth.

Is she really going to do it?

But looking at the sword, it seems more like a ceremonial sword than one for combat.

The aura it gives off is sharp, but she’s definitely not a warrior. What warrior would stick such ridiculous jewels in their sword? If I were to seriously fight with such an unskilled person, I’m confident I could kill her in two seconds.

“Princess Isvant is here too! I hope you’ll be the witness to this justified execution!”

Hylen’s sister confidently conveyed her intentions to Lady Isvant.

At those words, the young lady trembled for a moment and shouted.

“First Princess Hylen! This incident occurred because your third son insulted him first! Therefore, I cannot permit the execution!”
“I-Insult?! How can you say insult when the third son’s face is like this! It doesn’t matter if you don’t permit the execution! I can just exercise my rights myself!”
“It does matter!!! This is my area of responsibility!!! Put your sword away!!!”
“The Hylen Barony upholds its pride as a noble and will never tolerate unjust insults and humiliation!!! If you stop me, my family will raise an objection to the Princess!! Get out of the way, Princess Isvant!!”
“You fucking…!!!!!!! You don’t listen, First Princess Hylen!!!!!!!!!!”

The young lady, almost roaring, screamed in a fit of rage.

“It seems like there’s no point in talking, so I’ll clarify my position!!!! Using violence against someone who hit on your woman is truly heroic and a rightful act!!!! That’s what I think!!!”

ㅡPangpang!

“Ugh…!”

Princess Isvant loudly patted my shoulder as if to show everyone nearby, and continued to speak.

“Therefore, the justification is on the barbarian warrior’s side!!! I cannot tolerate an external noble unjustly trying to execute a guest in my area of responsibility, and I will also hold the Hylen Barony responsible for their rudeness towards me!!!!!!”

Then, she shifted her gaze to the Hylen siblings and rebuked them.

How annoyed must she be to do this for me?

I was almost moved to tears.

“Can I interpret this as the Isvant side… officially defending that outrageous noble mocker and placing the responsibility on this side?”

First Princess Hylen, undeterred by the young lady’s shout, sent me a thick killing intent and twisted her lips into a sneering smile.

Is this bitch really crazy?

“What nonsense are you talking about! I’m just stating the facts and circumstances!!! Why are you saying such things when I’m just stating the facts!!!!!!!!”

ㅡStrides.

The young lady, consumed by anger, strode towards First Princess Hylen and pointed her finger. This… isn’t this a volatile situation! I need to stop it, but I can’t stop the young lady from acting directly.

After all, she’s a noble.

Even though she’s an ally, it would be rude for me to try to stop Lady Isvant from acting.

“And are you trying to argue with me by talking nonsense, First Princess Hylen!!!!!! Go do your brainless acts at your family’s place! I won’t tolerate you trying to insult me!!!”
“Y-Yes? Ah, no… that’s…”
“Are you planning to pressure me with ambiguous words like ‘interpret’!!! You siblings are both acting like dogs, damn it!!!! Do you want to get your ass kicked!!!”

As the young lady stood in front of her, spewing out her anger, First Princess Hylen, where did her earlier momentum go, cowered and stepped back.

“I’m asking if you want to get your ass kicked!!!! Are you planning to challenge me to a duel with that fancy jewel sword of yours!!!!!”
“P-Princess Isvant…!!!”

But First Princess Hylen, who had been stepping back, soon stopped.

“D-Do you think you can treat me like this right now! There’s a limit to insults! My family may formally respond!”

She shouted confidently.