Chapter 551 – [My Admissions Expedition]

All I knew about Leticia was that she was a top graduate of the general department of the academy and that she was from a commoner.

She didn’t ask about her past, and she didn’t tell either. She’s sensitive on that part, so if she didn’t speak for herself, she had no intention of interfering.

But if she wants to hold on to her heart, she has to. At least I think I’ve built up that level of affection.

“If you need help, tell me. You are one of the few people I can trust. Your problems are mine too.”

“That…….”

“And you brought up the vacation story for that purpose, right?”

“……Did you guess?”

“I’m sure. I know women’s feelings well.”

She has become a woman at times, and if not a doctorate in love, she has a master’s degree.

As far as Leticia is concerned, she is one of the most reliable women in this life. If it was for Shion, I would give my life, but if it was Leticia’s level, I would give up at least one of her arms.

“Let the tea be served. Talk slowly. If you don’t keep it inside and tell someone else, it will make you feel at least a little bit better. It’s better for two people to think than one person.”

“……..Yes”

I ordered the attendant to come to her car and slowly began to listen to her story.

“First of all, the name I revealed to Your Highness is Leticia Brel.”

“Right”

There are no middle words, and the surname Brel is not even a place name. The name indicates that she is of her commoner origin.

But if that’s the name you revealed to me, then your real name must be different.

“Brell, which I use, is my mother’s surname. And my father is Viscount Brandish.”

“Brandish, Brandish… Ah, I remembered. One of the nobles of the second prince’s faction?”

Even if you roughly count the number of aristocratic families in the empire, there are hundreds of them. In addition, if the number of people involved, heirs, knights belonging to noble families, and so on were added together, it would easily exceed 1,000 people.

No matter how much I was, it would take me a year to remember such a sin, so I memorized only moderately large aristocratic songs. The sound of the name in my memory means that he is an aristocrat with his own power.

“When it comes to family circumstances, isn’t it your mother’s story?”

“Yes that’s right”

Her father is an aristocrat, but her mother is a commoner. It is a common case. However, it is safe to say that there are very few cases of marriage out of pure love.

Only nobles marry nobles. Above all, since even marriage was a means to gather power for nobles, there was little room for commoners to intervene.

If there is, she is just a concubine. She rarely becomes the main wife. If there is a case, it is either that the power of the owner of the aristocratic family is so strong that the aristocratic family itself is so strong that it does not require force or the power of the wife’s family.

Leticia’s family belonged to neither of the Brandish families. Her mother was just a commoner who caught the eye of an aristocrat and became a concubine.

And Viscount Brandish was powerless. Likewise, Leticia’s mother did not have the strength to endure such a noble life.

“Once my mother went in as her concubine, she was not financially short, but because of the Viscountess’ blatant disregard and hostility, her mother died when she was young, and I left the family early and entered the academy.”

“Did you use her mother’s last name from then on?”

“Yes, I came with the intention of resigning. Fortunately, the Brandish estate is located in the west of the empire, so the port city is relatively close, so it was easy for me to enter the academy as a single woman.”

Academy is Yongruri’s self-fantasy. It is a floating island floating on the sea. If you only know the schedule or plan, or even if you are stuck in a port city, it will eventually come to you someday, so admission itself is easy if you are not inland.

I could just say I was lucky. No matter how close the distance was, the world is not a very good place for a woman to wander alone.

At least in Korea, if a woman were alone, all sorts of naughty bastards crawled out of it.

“If you came from a family, how did you pay for tuition and stuff like that?”

“I solved it with a scholarship”

“You must have studied well. Oh, I said you were the senior.”

Here we come back to the topic again. Why she wants to go back to her own home, she says.

“A while ago, a letter arrived from her father.”

“Ah, fuck. It must be obvious without seeing it.

“Because I intended to live as a commoner regardless of my family. I will never use the surname Brandish. If it had been before, I would not have contacted you…”

If you win the lottery, not only your acquaintances, but also relatives you have never heard of or met in your life, and even strange guys cling to you.

It’s no different here. If one of her children, who seemed to be there or not, had become the closest aide to the Ten Continental Rivers, she would have tried to drag her in with joy.

There are many different ways to write it. You can get married somewhere or make connections, but even if that wasn’t the case, it was much more beneficial for the family’s name to spread.

“Do you have the letter from Viscount Brandish?”

“Yes, here it is”

I read her letter from her.

[To Leticia. It’s really sad that you haven’t been able to find your whereabouts since you left the family. However, this time I heard that you are serving His Highness, the 3rd Prince, so I am sending you a letter. In the past, if there was something disappointing about the family, please give us a chance to make up for it. I hope you come down to the manor soon.]

It was short, but it was absurd and annoying. It felt like I was watching Section 4, not an apology letter.

First of all, leticia’s whereabouts were not found. Even if it is not an information society, not being able to find a little girl’s whereabouts is either really incompetent or not found. In this case, of course, the latter. However, he shamelessly shakes his mouth saying he couldn’t find it.

And second. My story came out right away. At least I should have asked how they were doing and slowly told them how they lived. Looking at it now, isn’t the purpose obvious?

Finally, the part that wants you to come down to the territory. This is half forced. In the end, it’s up to Leticia to go down, but if you go to the guide, it’s obvious that she’ll whine as she sends letters and even people.

“But you’re going down?”

“Shouldn’t the work be finished?”

“I’m sure they won’t let you go easily. They’ll try to rip out what they need after holding on to it for one reason or another.”

The nobles express themselves in a noble way, but most of the nobles were just hyenas wearing human masks.

If it sees a weakness, and if it sees something to eat, it will rush at it. It was just wrapping it up as a courtesy.

If it’s for the family’s benefit or for one’s own benefit, it’s not a big deal to arrest at least one Leticia. Even if you look at me, there is a limit to what I, a stranger, can do if I insist on doing housework.

Imagine that the imperial family even takes care of housework. It’s no different from the boss at work doing this and that with his child’s education.

After thinking about it, I came to a conclusion.

“Let’s go down together”

“Yes?”

“Your desire for power must be a rebellion against your father, right? If that’s the case, you just have to show that you can’t wield it like a viscount.”

“That’s… Yes, that’s all true.”

It was for that reason that she wanted her power. She didn’t have the talent for imagination to become strong herself, and the only thing she could do was a brilliant brain, so she studied and accumulated knowledge.

And Leticia flowed and came under me.

A concubine’s child born to a commoner. It is well known what she must have seen and heard while growing up in her aristocratic family. Because of her repulsion, she wanted power, and now I can give it to her.

“Anyway, I also intended to go to the Bistra estate before entering the academy.

“…Am I not causing trouble?”

“Caring for the welfare of subordinates is also the responsibility of those above. And if I send them now, they may not come back.

Leticia is a really important person in our clique. If she leaves, there is a high probability that our faction’s affairs will not work.

It’s not that there’s no one to replace it, but the speed and efficiency are different between dividing into a few people and one person handling it.

But now, do you think you’re going to let a bastard named Abby take it away!!!! Bastard who eats me!!!!

Let’s go on a trip after telling the emperor.

What if I can’t see you?

Do you think the emperor would have such a choice?

*        *    *

Now that I have officially become a member of the Continental Ten, there are restrictions on movement. It’s relatively fine if you’re within the Empire, but you still have to talk.

I miss going to Lululala without talking anywhere.

“To Viscount Brandish’s estate? He must be from the 2nd Prince’s faction? Do you intend to separate the 2nd Prince from the faction?”

“Do you know who I’m determined to support? I’m not going to play aggressively in the battle for the throne. I’m not going to openly support anyone, but on the contrary, I’m not going to be openly hostile.”

If I had actively pushed someone, either the crown prince’s older brother or the 1st princess’ sister would have become a firm candidate for the emperor long ago.

Conversely, if I was openly hostile to someone, the second prince would have dropped out of the candidate long ago.

“I’m going for simple subordinate welfare reasons. And since I have to go to the Bistra territory, I originally planned to go on a trip.”

“Hmm……”

“And if I go to the Bistra territory and help out, isn’t it good for saving money? Hasn’t the budget allocated to that area increased recently?”

Part of the empire’s defense budget goes to the Bistra domain. Since it plays a role in blocking the monsters that constantly appear in the Beastra Territory, it goes hook when it collapses.

From what I heard from Luminus, there was a case when one of our ancestors cut down on the defense budget and received support that almost penetrated the central part of the empire, so after that, the support was heavy.

There must be a lot of money and military corruption, but unlike Korea, which is a truce country, if you do it in the Bistra territory, where you risk your life and are at war, they say you can’t because the Continental Ten Rivers will come to cut your throat.

“I’ll deal with it if I can. Or at least I’ll improve the situation. If the two Continental Ten Rivers are dispatched, there will be some progress.”

“That wouldn’t be bad”

“If it’s simply a matter of needing strength, even Duke Magnus can be sent, but that old man has something to do, right?”

“…….”

The reason why Duke Magnus easily retired from the position of the Continental Ten was because he had a deal with the emperor. Otherwise he wouldn’t have come down so easily.

Above all, attention was focused on me, the new Continental Leader, and on the contrary, Duke Magnus, who had come down from his seat, was given freedom of movement.

Even if he had been accused of being weak in the past, looking objectively, Duke Magnus lost not because he was weak, but because I was strong, so there was no change in his strength.

“I won’t tackle you separately, so do whatever you want. Instead, I’ll go on a trip and enter the academy.”

“Couldn’t we delay the schedule a bit? There is a Pandemonium delegation right now, so there is a need for force to suppress it.”

“I don’t think it’s necessary to exert much effort. This side has a story too, so if you leave a few words, we should be able to trade moderately.”

Their purpose is not this trade, but confirmation of my existence. Having done that, the next question won’t matter too much.

Of course, he’ll try to make some profit, but as long as I’m here, he won’t do anything weird, so there’s no problem.

“Can you be sure?”

“Even if it’s not, what can they do? First of all, the spirit world’s self-fantasy doesn’t work for you, and even if you try to do it by force, the knights cover it enough. Aren’t you worried too much?”

“Originally, there was no need to worry. But this time, it is important to send an envoy at an early stage and to deal with the black heart.”

Ah, for those who don’t know the circumstances of Hagi, it’s as if they came all of a sudden even though they don’t even know what the demons are for.

However, in order to tell my story, I had to do everything about prophecy and revelation. I think it’s still too early to say that.

“If it’s necessary, let me know. I’ll be going around the territory anyway, and if it’s like that, there’ll be a [Bridge connecting space], So I’m going back to the capital soon. No way I’m going to terrorize the Institute of Science and Technology.”

“There are cases where it is not usable because of an accident that occurs within the laboratory rather than terrorism…”

“Ah, this”

Anyway, the story with the emperor was over. I am quite excited about the thought of leaving the capital and traveling in earnest.

Even when you become an adult, travel is something you look forward to. Especially if it’s a world I’ve never seen before.

“You’re visiting our manor?!”

“Yes, if I see you in the manor, may I ask for guidance in various ways?”

“Of course! There are not too many places to see or places to visit, but there are many good places! Let’s go on a date together!”

Luminous cheered as his eyes lit up. I don’t know how long she’ll stay there, but at least she won’t be able to enter the academy once she’s gone.

Hmmm…It’s a bit of a pain here, so maybe I’ll spend the winter there.

The schedule that I have to participate in is good because I can refuse it saying I’m fighting. Even the Margrave of Bistra didn’t attend the ball hosted by the imperial family. I do the same, but what?

“Huh, is it the place of delusions of the Black Witch?

“If you go back to the Pandemonium Mission, won’t you go back to Garuna Plateau?”

“The places I’ve been to are mostly from the central to the southern part of the continent. I’ve never been to the northern part. Should I take this opportunity to go too…?”

“Growl!!!!”

“No, Luminous. Can you at least make a sound that a human can make?!”

“Ah, no. I wanted to go, but I don’t think I’ll be welcomed over there, so I’ll have to stop.”

Latri giggled and laughed. Hagi Knight Luminous behaves like this, but I don’t know how the Margrave of Beastra will turn out, so I think I should avoid dangerous things.

Anyway, my work is over. All that remains is to leave.

Shall we unintentionally go and eat Viscount Brandish (2nd Prince faction)!!!!