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Never touch Eldmia Egga - Episode 140

Am I weird??

The person who made the bombshell was so calm that cognitive dissonance occurred. As I looked at Duke Lesrom, who seemed to find my reaction funny, he let out a short laugh, and without realizing it, my hand reached for the teacup placed in front of me..

Yes, you brew your tea well enough to be proud of it..

"oh. Are you drinking it this time??"

"I heard a story that made my throat burn, and now I can figure it out.."

"It's okay to not be so nervous. I have no interest in insisting that I am on the same boat after giving unilateral notice.."

"If it were any other story, I would have done that, but I honestly don't believe this.."

I heard a story that could shake the very foundation of the kingdom's politics, but it's strange that you remain calm. I glared at Duke Lesrom with open distrust, but he just maintained his relaxed attitude..

"I will tell His Majesty directly about that later. I only did it because you said it was okay to talk about it.."

"It's so irresponsible for someone as high as His Excellency to pass the buck.."

"It’s a famous name, right? A person who is a subject must follow."

Duke Lesrom, who smiled to himself as if he was telling a funny joke, put down his teacup and continued..

"anyway. If you find out about this, it won't harm us, so I'm just telling you. At the same time, it is also a reason to help you with the boar hunting. Tell me."

"...Your Excellency me..."

"If you thought that I might be just deceiving you by saying you were helping Your Majesty in order to make him let down his guard, I told you to show me a letter written by His Majesty himself. Would you like to see it??"

"...I don't think there's any reason to cheat, so I'll politely decline.."

A personal letter from the king. That's not something you get close to. I already have enough headaches just from the problems I have right now. Just in case, before he could take out his personal letter, I decided to change the subject by quickly handing him the document I had received from Zikmel..

"You probably know this, but it seems like the wild boar is secretly stealing private soldiers to expand its scale. The training center seems to be run legally, so it doesn't seem like an area where I can step in, but the mercenary group being run by stolen soldiers doesn't seem like that, so I'm thinking of getting involved.."

"hmm? It seems like a bit of an unfamiliar story. I'll take a quick look."

Judging from the fact that you don't frown once while reading the document, you must have good eyesight for your age. I was just waiting for this to happen, drinking tea in peace, and Duke Lethrom slowly nodded and opened his mouth..

"We missed the mercenary group. It was clearly a training center that was set up a few years ago to compensate for the decline in quality of enlisted soldiers due to the protracted war... but I had no idea that they were being siphoned off like this. You may need to do a water change."

For some reason, I feel like I read it as a purge and a reorganization, but since it has nothing to do with me, I decided to pretend not to know..

"It seems like you're here because you need help solving this mercenary problem. What kind of help do you want specifically??"

"The drake pilot Gies and his drake came up as witnesses. I would like to rent it for a short period of time."

"I guess the location has already been determined.."

"It's not exact, but it's okay."

Duke Lethrom thought for a moment and was about to return the document, but since it was meaningless for me to keep it anyway, I decided to just give it to him so he could use it when reporting..

"It will be difficult to move today anyway, and since he has to appear as a witness tomorrow, he will be able to move only the day after tomorrow. I will prepare the documents and send them to Ogatorf Mansion.."

It was an action taken with the expectation that he would lend me a drake for a while since I had given him something, but judging from Duke Lethrom's reaction, I think he would have readily agreed even without that..

It doesn't matter to me, as long as I can borrow a drake. Thinking that the story was over, he stopped me with a wave of his hand as I tried to get up and said,.

"Looks like your business is settled, now it's my turn.."

It's clear that they just barged in suddenly without any prior warning, but I have no idea what business they have with me. Still, I couldn't just leave because I wasn't interested, so I had no choice but to awkwardly sit up again..

"Did you have something to say??"

"Rather than saying what to say, I want to say something in advance about the schedule after this matter is resolved.."

"Schedule...?"

Doesn't this end with Count Bosha being beaten so hard that he dies or Ragnis is exonerated and then extorts compensation? Even if that wasn't the end, there wouldn't be anything else I need to know.?

"I guess he didn't think everything would be settled after the wild boar hunt when Margrave Levien was found not guilty and received compensation.?"

Could this old man really be a fortune teller? That's exactly what I was thinking, so I sat there speechless, and then Duke Lesrom smiled again..

"A hero who destroyed the plot of demons through his friendship with the empire, his secret contribution to the punishment of traitors, and his activities as an adventurer. You had so many accomplishments, did you really think it would end like that??"

"...Come to think of it, the abandoned dungeon case was commissioned by the royal family.."

"I didn't think you would be included in that. The royal family wants to pay you what you deserve and present you as a hero.."

"I would like to rudely refuse, but."

That's strange. No matter how justified it was, I would have cut my head to the point where I thought it was excessive, but it's still mentioned? Is there not that much talent at ETSL??

"I expected it to some extent. And I acted without hesitation to get away from that. But why am I still on the list of scarecrow heroes??"

"It's not an achievement so trivial that people in the capital can easily say that they killed some people for the sake of fame.."

"It is true that he committed too much revenge to be called a hero.."

"Silencing and even distorting such rumors is part of politics.."

I feel thirsty today. I couldn't help but sigh inwardly as I quenched my thirst by refilling the teacup that had emptied before I knew it..

What immediately came to mind was, 'Should I really ask Esmueh to defect to the Empire?' It was the same idea. If you are swayed by chess pieces in the political arena, you will not be able to do what you can. Even now, I've already gone deep enough into helping Ragnis..

The reason he acted like this was because he was considering leaving the capital and heading to the front after earning the Wandering Knight title in a few months. It's a world where it's hard to carelessly tackle customs and customs, so once I leave, there's no way I can hold on to them for any reason until I return voluntarily..

In my opinion, it was a perfect plan. The problem is that it doesn't look perfect anymore..

This is a future that must be avoided as much as possible, as it becomes impossible to even guess to what extent they will interfere and interfere if they become more involved with the royal family. Even Ragnis, who lost everything and returned not long ago, is being treated harshly in this way, so how can we trust him??

I don't know if my disbelief was revealed on the surface or not, but Duke Lesrom's explanation continued..

"This offer is not intended to use you as the royal family pleases. If necessary, I can leave that in an official document, so I hope you don't look at it too negatively.."

"I learned that you should always be careful about good intentions without compensation. It feels exactly like this in this case.."

"It's not without a price. There are secondary benefits to having someone like you under the protection of the royal family. On the contrary, don't you expect that there will be more than one troublesome situation if they use a trick to oppress you and then get taken away by another country??"

Is there any way you couldn't predict it? People in politics always find something that exceeds expectations, so I just want to stay away from them..

"I don't know what impression the royal family has given you so far, but you are not incompetent, as you can see from the fact that you did not lose your kingdom and power during the seven-year war with the Demon King's army. I know how to make rational choices and contracts. It's not something that has been decided right away, and it's not something that needs to be decided. I'm just saying that I hope you think seriously when you have time to take a breather.."

Although the content was undesirable, it is really not easy to shout out against an elderly person who has been treated with infinite kindness from the first meeting. Even if the elderly person is working in an industry that calculates profits and losses with meticulous planning,.

It's even more difficult because they even gave me high-quality tea that I brewed myself and even unilaterally accepted my request for help..

"As for my concerns... I'll try it.."

"That's enough for now. As soon as things are sorted out, there will be a place where we can talk calmly.."

Duke Lesrom smiled as if he was satisfied with my short answer..

Really, it would be more comfortable to deal with hundreds of people who start arguing and swing swords first..