“Are you sure you are Prince Yubel of the Kingdom of Crovence?”
Phineas looks wary like a poisoned cat. Yubel opened her eyes fiercely and hid her body behind her back. And she asked calmly:
“I don’t know how we got here. “First, tell me your identity and business.”
The red-robed man answered with a smiling voice.
“My name is Leffenhardt. Let’s come wizard. “I came here because I wanted to lend a little bit of strength to the rightful king of the Kingdom of Crovence.”
“You came to be on my side?”
Yubel glanced at Finia with suspicious eyes. She nodded her head with a look on her face that said she didn’t understand.
“first… … “I’m not lying, Yubel.”
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Yubel felt relieved after hearing Finia’s words. At least it means that the man in the red robe is not an assassin or anything like that.
Relaxing, Yubel looked closely at the man in front of her, Reppenhardt.
‘First of all, the outfit is a wizard… … .’
I feel something strange. Does it feel like the perspective is slightly off? And Yubel was able to understand the reason only when he slowly approached her.
‘Ome? ‘Why is he so big?’
Yubel was also confident that he was of the average height for young people of this era. But that wizard named Reppenhardt was a head taller than him. I would understand if he was just tall and sloppy, but his shoulder width is at a level that would make even a decent knight cry. Even Lord Tawain, the greatest of his knights, seemed small compared to this wizard. He didn’t notice it when he was far away, but as he got closer, it felt like his eyes were filled with red robes.
“Yes, you have quite the courage, you.”
Yubel muttered in frustration. Repenhardt smiled bitterly.
“Don’t you look like a wizard?”
‘So I deliberately covered my entire body’s muscles with a wide robe, and wow.’
Reppenhardt clicked his tongue inwardly. Even so, the volume itself is so large that it cannot be hidden at all.
But Yubel didn’t really care. Of course, Repenhardt is a bit excessive, but there are not many big wizards out there.
“I guess he’s a battle wizard.”
“Yes, well… … .”
The definition of a battle mage is a battlefield mage who learns both martial arts and magic. If you think about it, it wasn’t wrong, so Reppenhardt nodded his head. Yubel straightened her posture and calmly looked up at Reppenhardt. A serious voice flowed from the mouth of this prince, who was known to be debauched.
“Are you really saying you came to help me?”
“of course.”
“For that matter, I feel like I just heard the line, ‘You’re playing well~’… … .”
“Well, I guess it’s because of my mood.”
Repenhardt broke into a cold sweat. It was something I said without realizing it a little while ago, while I was watching Yubel and Finia being romantically involved. Some people still can’t even pull out the gin, but how can you not feel your eyes turning salty when you see them salting it right in front of your eyes? So, it was something I said to myself without thinking, but it seems I heard it.
Yubel looked suspicious and glanced back at Finia. She retorted, rolling her eyes.
“That’s a lie.”
“Hey?”
Yubel also rolls his eyes as if he knew that would happen. Reppenhardt lamented inwardly.
‘Ah, this is why dwarves are a pain in the ass.’
Dwarves’ racial characteristics, ears to hear the truth, are difficult to deal with in many ways. Of course, there are many ways to lie in the world by telling only the truth and hiding part of it, so if you want to deceive, there is nothing you can’t do. But that would only be possible if you were a professional conman who could talk a lot, and Reppenhardt doesn’t have that level of talkativeness.
Instead of looking at him in embarrassment, Yubel shook his head.
“Of course, it’s natural for you to look at it that way.”
But surprisingly, Yubel didn’t seem angry at all.
“Don’t worry. “I don’t care.”
Anyway, it was Yubel who received all sorts of looks due to his relationship with Finia. It wasn’t like she didn’t know what rumors were going around behind her back. In fact, ‘I play well~.’ To that extent, her tone was quite friendly from Yubel’s perspective.
Feeling embarrassed, Reppenhardt lifted his hood. Unexpectedly, Yubel and Finia looked slightly surprised because their faces were young. Reppenhardt scratched his head.
“I didn’t mean to criticize. “Actually, my lover is also an elf.”
“huh?”
The word ‘lover’ cannot be used carelessly. Finia whispered to Yubel, who looked even more surprised.
“I think it’s real?”
She must have been quite surprised, so her pretentious tone disappeared and she spoke casually as usual. The two began to look Leffenhardt up and down as if they were looking at a strange animal. Repenhardt asked, embarrassed.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“just… … I never thought there would be another pervert like me in the world… … .”
“… … .”
Well, there are many people in the world who sexually desire women of different races, but there are not many who truly love them. It would be natural for Yubel to be amazed.
Thanks to this, the atmosphere became strangely relaxed. Reppenhardt lamented inwardly.
‘Keu… … ‘How did the atmosphere become like this?’
The original plan was to show the appearance of a wise man who mysteriously appears and helps the prince, but as they talked, it ended up becoming a club activity among people with unique tastes, let alone a wise man.
‘After all, mysticism is not for everyone… … .’
In any case, it is true that thanks to this, Yubel and Finia’s caution has disappeared significantly. Yubel looked at Reppenhardt again with her princely face and suddenly opened her mouth.
“You said you came to help me, right?”
“Yes, Your Highness Yubel.”
“So how can we help?”
Yubel asked with dignity. Reppenhardt also straightened his posture and answered in a serious voice.
“How about a military supply worth 100,000 gold coins?”
At that moment, Yubel and Finia’s complexions hardened at the same time.
“One hundred thousand gold coins?”
One hundred thousand gold coins is an enormous amount, equivalent to half a year’s budget for the Crovence royal family. That amount of grain would be enough to feed the entire Kingdom of Crovence for three months. Of course, this is the price before the famine began, and now that the price of grain has risen 20 to 30 times, it is not such a huge amount. However, there was no doubt that it was at least sufficient to supply all of Yubel’s military supplies.
“… … Are you rich? “Do wizards make that much money?”
Yubel tried to hide his embarrassment with a half-joking joke, but Yubel’s voice was trembling. If that level of support were to come to Yubel’s army, which is falling behind, it would be enough to change the tilted game!
“The timing is so good that I’m starting to wonder if it’s a bad lie… … .”
Yubel muttered helplessly as she lay down on the chair, losing strength. Of course, it was clear that the suggestion was true. Because Finia was right next to me and confirmed the authenticity.
In addition, Leppenhardt delivered an additional hit as if driving a wedge.
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“And depending on the situation, we will also provide military assistance. “The numbers are small, but the quality is high.”
“… … May I ask what high quality means?”
At this point, Yubel could no longer maintain informal speech. The tone of speech quickly became anti-communist. Reppenhardt asked back with a smile of contrition.
“How many Auror abilities are under His Highness Yubel?”
“… … There isn’t even one… … .”
Yubel answered softly, his expression wrinkled. The total number of Auror users currently residing in the Kingdom of Crovence was five. Among them, two support Prince Karsas, and the remaining three have declared neutrality and are observing the situation. This was the reason why Yubel’s army could not win even though it was pushed back with overwhelming financial power in the beginning. An Auror user could be considered a tactical weapon in itself, and there was not a single such warrior on Yubel’s side.
Reppenhardt calmly spoke to Yubel, who was embarrassed.
“Then, six Auror abilities would be a great help?”
“six?”
Yubel was so surprised that he jumped up from his seat. Even if you add up all the Auror users in the Crovence Kingdom, there are only five. Is this wizard saying that he has the power to mobilize more Auror users than one country has?
Reppenhardt nodded with a calm expression. Yubel now began to suspect that he was dreaming about Suje. At the same time, she felt alarmed. What on earth is interest hoping for with such huge conditions?
“Then what is the cost?”
Reppenhardt bowed his head politely.
“When His Highness Yubel becomes king, I would like you to grant me territory.”
Yubel looked a little puzzled. It was a request that was too common compared to the conditions.
“Is that all?”
With that alone, I couldn’t understand why Repenhardt bothered to visit Yubel. Yubel was now almost at the end. There is no reason to bet on the side that is most likely to lose. And if it were the conditions that Reppenhardt put forward, he would have been welcomed well even if he had just gone to Karsas. The reason we couldn’t go to war because we didn’t have military supplies was because that side was actually more urgent.
“I understand why you have that question. But once you hear the reason, you will understand why I sought out Yubel.”
Leffenhardt continued.
“There is a condition that the territory I want must be a completely autonomous territory, independent from the common law of the Kingdom of Crovence.”
Yubel gave an expression of understanding. Now, Leffenhardt wants a fiefdom with independent laws and systems within a country, such as a duchy or margrave. It is definitely a condition that is difficult to achieve without a fairly large amount of effort. This is because it acknowledges an existence outside the authority of the royal family.
“… … That would certainly be a condition that Prince Karsas, who had won, would not accept. But why?”
Repenhardt smiled and answered. And thanks to that answer, Yubel was able to clearly understand why Reppenhardt chose him.
“What I want is a place where elves, dwarves, and orcs can live freely. “Your Highness Yubel.”
2
A small village located in the Barony of Delfina.
The atmosphere in the village was extremely scary. There was already a great famine in which people were starving to death one after another. Now that Prince Yubel and his army have arrived, the possibility of this place becoming a battlefield has become extremely high. Most of the village people were terrified and afraid of what would happen next.
In a village that had dried up due to a long drought, two people were walking along a quiet, empty street. Reppenhardt, who had just met Prince Yubel and left the castle again, and Siris, who was waiting outside the castle.
Siris asked quietly as he walked towards the inn where the other group was staying.
“Did the story go well?”
“The story itself was good.”
From Jubel’s perspective, there was no reason to oppose Leffenhardt’s opinion. If this continues, it will be the dew of the guillotine, but we are in no position to distinguish between freshly baked bread and hard bread. Moreover, Repenhardt’s proposal was something Yubel had always wanted, so there was no way he would object. The story itself is completely unobstructed.
“The problem is whether it goes as planned.”
Reppenhardt pouted his lips as if he were dissatisfied. I don’t know about Yubel, but will the nobles under him really accept his opinion? Yubel immediately agreed with the opinion itself, but showed difficulty in implementing it.
-Under the current circumstances, there will not be many people who will oppose your request.
The place that Reppenhardt requested as his territory was the territory of Prince Karsas and Viscount Gelfane. It is a barren land located in the rugged Gloten Mountains in the western part of the Kingdom of Crovence, and is always under threat from monsters and wild animals. The main industry was mining using dwarven slaves, and it was a place where only a few humans lived. Moreover, even the mining industry was barely making a profit because the ore veins were depleting.
It was the enemy’s territory, and it was a land that wasn’t worth having, and the nobles weren’t greedy at all. The reason why Viscount Gelfane immediately joined Prince Karsas’s side was because of his desire to swallow up the territory right next door. If you were to say that you could obtain military supplies worth 100,000 gold coins in exchange for such land, there would be no one who would object.
-But I’m not sure what will happen after I inherit the throne. If he were to propose a new law to free slaves, he would likely face considerable opposition.
That was Yubel’s worry.
In fact, if possible, Yubel himself wanted to liberate other races from slavery right away. Only then will I be able to live proudly and happily with Finia. I don’t even want her to be queen. She just wants to proudly keep him by her side, even as her concubine.
But realistically, this is impossible. Even if he becomes king, he cannot wield omnipotent power. There are numerous nobles, there are traditions that have become solidified, and there is still public sentiment that perceives other races as nothing more than slaves.
Can we overcome all of this and achieve what we want?
It was natural for Yubel to show a skeptical attitude. Finia, a dwarf, who was listening by her side, even expressed the opinion that it was not possible for her to realize it.
“But once the Dominion is legally recognized, it is not entirely unlikely.”
As he walked down the street with Siris, Reppenhardt calmly opened his mouth.
“Anyway, an autonomous territory is an autonomous territory. Whether you are baking bread with a stone or picking your teeth with a claymore, paying attention to the outside world is interference in internal affairs. I think once you create a system, everything will work out. Of course, it will be a pain in one way or another.”
In his previous life, Reppenhardt did not care about human opinions. He pressed and pushed everything with force. So the work progressed comfortably, but the side effects were also severe.
“Even if it’s a little slow this time, we have to go definitely. “In a way that humans cannot help but acknowledge.”
“okay… … .”
Siris nodded. He said that there were people who would agree with his will, and when he heard it, it made quite a lot of sense. The method was also realistic. If all went well, I felt like I could at least take the first step.
