Grand Duke of the Heibern House

＜Episode 31＞

Gyrobell’s chatter continued until Ruin passed through the long corridor and returned to the room.

– Hmm. Even if you don’t, I wanted to take a look at the foolish training methods of human wizards, but it turned out well. Besides, isn’t it rather the right thing for your future to learn steadily from the basics of the basics?

“I told you to shut up.”

Ruin’s head was still pounding.

What he needed was to experience the human system of white magic, not the basics of magic.

Even if it was the mage tower called the ivory tower of magic, there would be little to gain from the academy.

– Due to the short lifespan of humans, shouldn’t you mate soon anyway? If you go there, you will meet female human beings of your age without wanting to do it, but there is no reason to cry like that… … Big!

Gyrobel holding back a laugh with that nasty face that was rotten is good for my eyes.

Luin couldn’t stand it any longer.

I never thought I’d be using ‘it’ already.

– Where else are you going?

Tumble.

Ruin walked without hesitation and immediately stopped in front of a large chest.

Gyrobel also knew about the chest.

An object that the servants brought to Ruin’s room just a while ago.

Gyrobel was curious about what was inside, but Ruin had left it in the corner without even opening it.

rattle.

When the key is matched and pulled, the chest that is restrained by the heavy padlock opens.

Curious, Gyrobel checked the inside of the chest with Ruin’s eyesight.

-hmm?

A long hanging scroll.

A bit shabby for something contained in a chest.

– What is it?

In the dark of the night, Ruin’s white teeth shine evenly.

charrr-

Ruin hangs a hanging scroll on the wall without hesitation.

Let the dazzling moonlight gently illuminate the hanging scroll.

“Oh, indeed, Aguiler-kun. The work is neat.”

When Gyrobel stops ‘observing’ towards herself and sleeps for a while.

Louin secretly called the butler, Aguiler.

Aguiler faithfully fulfilled his order to entrust the request to the best painter in the kingdom, no matter how much gold it cost.

Gyrobel’s sharp scream followed.

– aaagh! All right, can’t you clean it up!

revealed under the moonlight.

The magic that overflows like pitch black.

And the true horse body of the mighty Great Demon God.

Scales sharper than steel densely located all over the body.

A long and terrifying demonic hand.

What his sharp claws are gripping is a pair of severed wings.

A great conqueror of the Demon Realm who stands proudly with clumsy, crushed wings in both hands.

Ruin was laughing, satisfied with the majesty of the proud winner.

– aaa! You, you are this baby!

The great drink god Medra.

A great conqueror who conquered more than half of the West Wind region of the Demon Realm.

He was the one who brought Gyrobel an indelible disgrace and was his lifelong adversary.

at that time.

Suddenly, a voice like magic flowed from Ruin’s mouth.

“ѝѯ њҧ ѩѥѯ… … ѫѩѣѳѷѹѹѯ… … .”

– Huh!

What flowed out of Ruin’s mouth was none other than the language of the Demon World.

It was an epic poem that praised Medra’s great feats and worshiped everything he had accomplished in an infinitely low position.

The same content as the scriptures for the demons living in the West Wind Zone!

Naturally, the epic was full of ridicule and contempt for Gyrobel’s disastrous defeat.

Gyrobel was full of murderous intentions, wanting to grind Ruin’s intestines right away, but that was impossible.

The true power that has already been abused many times!

Let alone Advent, it was overwhelming just to maintain the current state. At least for a few months, it was a situation where I had to recover my magic without moving.

The epic poem of Medra that flowed from Ruin’s mouth didn’t end until the dusk of dawn disappeared.

* * *

A few days after the wise man and his party left.

Kazen was patrolling the territory with several loyal retainers and clearing up the aftermath of the purge.

The family was quiet on the surface, but in reality it was chaos itself.

The influence that Soene and his subordinate knights had on the family was that great.

Just because they lost their position and withdrew did not mean that their people were also gone.

Of course, in the place where vested interests disappeared, there was no choice but to burst out with a lot of people.

There were too many of them for Kazen to strictly rule them all.

“sorry. house owner.”

Yukain, who was looking at the estate, suddenly lowered his head with a gloomy complexion, and Kazen asked.

“Yucain. What are you sorry for me?”

Yucain bites his lip until it bleeds.

“I am Berne… … I never dreamed that this great swordsman would be at this level.”

Hibern was no longer a group driven by the purity of knights.

A world of people with desires, where interests are intertwined like a spider’s web.

Whether it was small or large, wherever there was an interest, the knights were entangled.

“Where is it your fault? Going through this, I think Perhaps, too high a glory has blocked the path of our Bernie.”

“… … .”

“It was not a desire that could be controlled by blocking it from the beginning. Where will the temperament of a stallion go just because it is castrated? The stallion will not stop the desire to run wildly and without rest.”

Kazen follows Yucain’s gaze and looks at the territory together.

“It has been a thousand years since the desires of the knights have been blocked by the glory of the rider. In the meantime, the family’s fief has been reduced to less than half, and the family’s chivalry has deteriorated further. As the archduke said, he might already be a laughing stock in the aristocratic society. A toothless lion, a duke in name only.”

“It doesn’t matter. Who dares to speak such an immoral mind?”

“You already have the answer in your words.”

At Kazen’s words, Yukain bit his teeth.

It’s just that many people show it on the outside, but Hibern was already a past glory for many nobles.

A family with nothing but superior military strength.

“On the other hand, what about Rencia?”

“house owner!”

A family that united the aristocratic society through thorough strategies and conspiracies to form a huge group of interests.

If Hibern had been holding the flag of Lemadel for a long time, Rensia had always occupied the royal family’s hand and the seat next to the king.

The Hibernians even gave them the honor of being riders on a few occasions.

Of course, even the king never treated Renciaga carelessly.

“A while ago I called the crows.”

Yukain frowned at those words.

“How can such lowly people… … .”

dirty information.

They were like parasites in the kingdom who would bring you the information you wanted by any means if you handed them a gold coin.

“I wanted to know the power landscape of the royal family and aristocratic society through them. They just laughed. They wrote this right off the bat. I didn’t even get a gold coin.”

Yukain began to silently read the letter Kazen had given him.

His expression immediately turned violent.

“this… … !”

The will of the royal family had reached a point where it could never be made public except through Rencia.

The enormous power and interests of the royal family have already passed over half to the Rencia family.

The control of the royal family was also weaker than that of the priesthood of the Rencia family.

Even the military authority and the power to move the knights were held by Rencia.

It was a de facto regency system.

“Can you guess why the crows didn’t take the gold coins?”

Yukain crumples the letter and bites his teeth.

“It must mean that there is no information.”

Kazen nodded heavily.

“That’s right, Yucain. I was the only one who didn’t know what every noble in the kingdom knew. Living with the ridicule of lowly crows is the true nature of the person you brought.”

“house owner!”

“hahahaha, okay, okay, Yucain.”

Suddenly, Kazen’s eyes sank like an abyss.

“Finally I realized. It is no longer the will of the royal family to send Prince 1 to check on our family’s intentions or to grant the right to operate the Paneom Mine.”

“house owner! Hopefully that much!”

“Yucain.”

Seeing Kazen’s solemn expression, Yukain lowered his head.

“Speak. house owner.”

“I, no, Hibern, will now roll in the mud with them without fear of filth.”

“house owner!”

Kazen smiles.

“But I am the kind of person who neither has nor can live such a life. It is the same for you.”

Yukain, who pondered the meaning of the family head’s words, soon opened his eyes wide.

“No way, that word!”

“Yes, Yucain. There is a guy who is more suited to that kind of work than anyone else.”

In just a few days, he transformed the character of his younger siblings, who were afflicted with privilege and arrogance, and took control of them.

The one who awakened the foolishness of the family by weeding out countless immoral people in less than a month.

A shameful guy who is already acting as the de facto head of household with strong momentum and determination.

“How long will it take for a stupid boy to become a real man?”

Yukain laughed bitterly.

“I still don’t know if I am a real man.”

“hahahaha!”

Kazen, who laughed heartily, stared at the huge castle of Hibern in the distance.

“In just a few days, he turned Dane into a man, no, into a knight. I have never seen people change so easily.”

“I am always surprised and new when I see Dane these days.”

“In addition, your report a while ago.”

“ah… … .”

When thinking of Ruin and the first prince alone, Yucain’s heart still trembled.

“Meticulous improvisation and bold response. Logic like a knife. That thorough grip that knocks opponents down. I’m afraid of him now.”

“… … .”

“He didn’t give away anything from his family. Neither the property of Bern nor the military power was promised to the first prince. There is only one condition offered, that you will be my friend. With that alone, he has created a strong string called the first prince.”

Perhaps the shock was greater for Yukain, who was actually there, than for Kazen, who was informed by the report.

It was the first time that Yucain felt fear only through human speech, not through force.

“How could the royal family know the situation of the first prince so accurately? How else can you fathom the heart of a king you’ve never seen before?”

Kazen looked at Yucain.

“Do you know anyone who can do that?”

Yukain shook his head.

“I didn’t see it.”

“Yes. I, too, have had many years of experience with the renowned sages of the Royal Court, but I have never encountered such extraordinary wisdom. I even saw a guy who cooks the wise man to his heart’s content not too long ago.”

The sage of high wisdom was helpless.

To see the sage Egios so engulfed in desire while losing his dignity.

It was a rare sight that Kazen could never have imagined.

Kazen laughs while staring at the castle again.

“Are you going to give up the Archduke? blether. That castle is already his Bern. Even if you want to give up or run away, you will eventually stand tall on top of that castle.”