Chapter 664 – 664. Maehwa Swordsman Reincarnated in the Count Family
664. Maehwa Swordsman Reincarnated in the Count Family
Prince Aiden and nobles gathered behind my carriage. My loyal knights stand guard around it. Outside you won’t see what I’m doing.
A total of 18 nobles gathered in front of me. These nobles are those who borrowed money from me or who were found vulnerable by Duke Helbrit. As Duke Helbrit died, he tried to live a happy aristocratic life, feeling the preciousness of freedom. But there is no way As long as I have the books and lists of the Duke of Helbrit, their owner has changed to me.
“Oh oh! I never thought there would be so many nobles following the baron! This… ! This could be possible!”
Prince Aiden was delighted without thinking when he saw the gathered nobles. He was delighted, not paying any attention to this heavy atmosphere. Knowing that these nobles will be on your side.
“Prince.”
“Okay. Baron. What is it?”
“Please be quiet while we speak with them.”
“Ugh. If the baron asks, you have to listen….”
Aiden shut his mouth. It seemed that he was bored as he wiggled his fingers and rolled his eyes. I glanced at YuRia, who was standing next to her, and she handed Aiden a bottle of wine.
“Oh, thank you.”
He slowly conserved his drink and watched the situation.
I opened my mouth while examining the faces of the nobles.
“Baron Varmarma.”
He, resembling a mouse, swallowed dry saliva and stepped in front of me.
“Baron Varmarma has a great liver. How did he think of sticking by the princess’s side after doing the smuggling trade? You probably don’t know that the chancellor of Rapelli is Princess Eileen….”
“Ph, Baron Prucus! In a quiet place! Would you like to have a conversation in a place where the two of you are alone?!”
Varmarma was startled. It seems that other nobles don’t like to find out about the smuggling trade. Among them, someone could accuse or threaten Varmarta. I laughed out loud.
‘If I cared about that, I wouldn’t have collected all of them in the first place. Because these guys are all the same.’
The same goes for those who borrowed money from me. These guys can’t pay me back. It was because Yuria had already written her hand like that. Those who were on a leash with money and corruption were already my slaves.
“I am disappointed in Baron Varmarma and you. Don’t you know what kind of year Princess Eileen is? I will treat you with a smile now, but when I ascend to the throne, my attitude will change completely and I will go to purge you. But you guys were laughing innocently behind her.”
“Right! The baron is right! She smiles like an angel, but she’s a devil bitch. It’ll be obvious when that bitch becomes king. The purge will begin and the country will be ruined!”
Aiden interjected. He cursed Eileen with all his might. I said after hearing all of his curses.
“Prince. Didn’t I ask you to be quiet?”
“Big. Eileen’s name came up and I got a little excited. Sorry.”
The prince started drinking again.
While looking at Varmarma, who was watching me, I called the other nobles by name and mentioned all their irregularities. It was meant as a warning that you couldn’t get away from me. And the warning was well received.
‘Stop the bomb necklace. That’s too dangerous.’
If I press too hard, they might band together and betray me.
‘And the bomb necklace can only be dismantled with the help of a Master. If the nobles join forces, or ask Princess Eileen for help, dismantling the bomb necklace won’t be a problem.’
Yuria said to me. Duke Helbrit didn’t treat them with a whip. They won’t betray you if you give them the right carrots.
“Everyone. Keep your head up. I’m disappointed in you, but I’m not a monster that eats you. Doesn’t anyone make mistakes?”
I glanced at YuRia. Yuria acted on her own without me having to tell her otherwise. Sometimes, when I look at it, I am surprised that it seems to be looking right into my head.
Yuria opened the back door of her carriage.
Inside the wagon were piles of shiny gold coins and jewels, as well as luxury weapons and armor made by the Dwarves. This is just part of my fortune. Before and after the war, I secretly sold food and weapons to make a good profit.
The nobles, including Prince Aiden, stared into the carriage with their mouths open. He seemed so surprised that he didn’t even notice that there was a bug in his mouth.
“I have no intention of using you for nothing. If you follow my instructions and behave well…. Of course, I will pay you. You don’t believe me? You will believe it now. Yuria. Share it.”
“Yes. Master.”
YuRia put gold coins and jewels in her pockets and handed them out to her nobles. She, of course, she also gave to Prince Aiden. You don’t know what to do if you alienate these things.
The mountain of goods was reduced by half.
The nobles painted a smile on their lips as they looked at the heavy pockets in their hands. It was a disgusting smile distorted by greed. Looking at that smile, I lamented.
‘Why isn’t there a single woman?’
They were nobles with an average age of 40. If there had been a beautiful noblewoman, she would have been in a better mood.
“Baron Pruckus! I will follow Baron Pruckus!”
“Baron. What can I do?”
Haha. Princess Eileen is smart, but she’s a woman after all. Prince Aiden should inherit the throne.”
“Prince. If you claim the throne, give me one too.”
The atmosphere turned into a friendly one. The prince, who was watching from the side, was busy turning his head around, as if his fisheye was dumbfounded.
“Everyone. If any of you are credited with this director… I promise him a reward.”
“To set up the ball…. Are you talking about war?”
“It is a blackout. The nobles who support Princess Eileen will target us from time to time. We have to keep ourselves And you have to attack them politically. And if we bring the neutral nobles to our side…. I will definitely compensate you. I will give you armor and weapons made by the dwarves.”
“The armor and weapons made by the dwarves….”
The nobles swallowed their saliva. The armor and weapons made by the Dwarves were something they could be proud of just by having them. I especially prefer armor. Even if blind arrows fly from the battlefield, you can feel safe if you have Dwarven armor.
The nobles looked at each other and nodded firmly.
“Just leave it to me!”
“First of all, what we need to do is to assist Prince Aiden and correct the rumors that slander him. It may be a bit difficult, but please do your best.”
“Of course it has to be done.”
It was then. A commotion broke out among the knights surrounding them. Someone came
“Get out of the way. I’m here to see Baron Pruckus!”
“No. You can’t let anyone in.”
“Don’t you know me? I am the Duke of Sun Heights. How dare a knight or something stand in my way?”
“We are only following the orders of our lord.”
“Don’t you know that your lord is nothing more than a baron? Your current attitude is not loyalty. Get out of the way before I disappoint Baron Pruckus.”
I clicked my tongue.
Duke of Sunheights, Gevorn, a great nobleman in the south. He had a bad reputation for his power. He often looked down on nobles of a lower rank than himself, and in his youth he was more of a wretch than Prince Aiden.
I raised my voice to the female knights before anything happened.
“Get out of the way.”
“Yes. Lord.”
The female knights made a way out of the way.
The Duke of Sunheight, dressed in fancy clothes, walked confidently. Age is a male in his 50s. He had white hair, but if you look closely, his hair looks awkward. It’s a wig Everyone knows that he has severe alopecia areata. His tyranny just doesn’t speak.
The Duke of Sunheight looked at me leaning against the carriage and immediately frowned.
“I heard it was rude, but… I never thought you would even say hello when you see me. Do you believe in the halo of Pruckus?”
“It’s the Duke who is being rude. The prince is here. Can’t you see?”
The Duke of Sun Heights slowly looked around him. Prince Aiden was by my side. He didn’t have to look for it. He was openly ignoring Prince Aiden.
“Sorry. Prince. I didn’t know the prince was there because my field of vision was narrow.”
“Big. Things like that happen, too….”
Prince Aiden looked at Sun Heights with me.
“By the way, Baron Pruckus. But when are you going to say goodbye? And those around them are something. The eyes that look at me are disrespectful. They look like they’re looking at me as if they were looking at a nobleman from an enemy country.”
“Sorry, sorry. Your Excellency the Duke.”
The nobles bowed their heads. No matter how fucked up it is, the power the Duke of Sunheight has is real.
However, Yuria and I did not bow our heads to him. The Duke of Sun Heights glared at me as if he didn’t like it.
“Why did His Excellency the Duke come looking for me?”
“… I heard that there was a nobleman who was rude to Princess Eileen.”
“It is not rude. I just had a brief conversation with Princess Eileen.”
“Conversation? Is it a conversation that took the nobles while ignoring Princess Eileen in the face?!”
“No matter how much I think about it, I don’t know why you’re bursting into heat. Did Princess Eileen complain to the Duke?”
“Don’t insult the princess! I am only here to right a wrong!”
“Nothing is wrong.”
As he let out a proud sigh, his face turned even more grim. No matter how Princess Eileen roasted him, the Duke of Sunheight had already become an ardent admirer of the princess. No words would make any sense to that old man.
“An insult to Princess Eileen is no different from an insult to me. You have two options. To go find the princess and get on her knees to apologize. To go to war with the Sunheights.”
The Duke of Sunheights said with his eyes wide open. It was stupid. But his power made the craziness normal.
“Ph, Baron Prucus. Hey, how about taking a nap here?”
Prince Aiden trembled and grabbed my shoulder.
Fuck!
“Cuck!”
Prince Aiden was hit by his fist and flew backwards, knocking him down.
“Oh, sorry. Prince. When the man grabbed my arm, reflexively, his fist flew away…. This is clearly the prince’s mistake, but I apologize.”
“Kuheugh. Me, i’m fine baron….”
I smiled and said to Sun Heights, who looked at me with a shocked expression.
“I understand the Duke’s intentions well. I guess I have no choice but to prepare for the Yeongji War. The Duke’s declaration of war was well received. When would be a good day? It’s okay right after the funeral, and it doesn’t matter if it’s a month later. The time and place can be whatever the Duke wants.”
“…… Are you insane baron?”
“Sane. Please give me an answer soon Your Excellency Duke. I’m sure you didn’t mention the war as a joke. Even though you are a duke, would you carelessly talk about war? Now that this has happened, we risk everything, including land, title, and property. Of course he risked his life too. How is it? Oh, if you get down on your knees right now and pray, we can make the war a thing that never happened.”
The Duke of Sunheight’s face turned red. He pointed at me with his trembling hand.
“Do you think I, I will not be able to go to war… ! Good night! It is war!”
“No!”
Princess Eileen appeared. After hearing the news of the Duke of Sunheight, he seemed to have come in a hurry.
“Princess!”
“You can’t fight Yeongji! Yeongjijeon will never work! Have you two forgotten the current situation in the kingdom?! The Yeongji War will never be allowed!”
Yeongjijeon could be the fuse of civil war. As Princess Eileen, we must stop it. And if she, who can be said to be the representative of the royal family, does not give permission, the Yeongjijeon will not be established. Prince Aiden has no authority.
“Princess. It was His Excellency, Duke of Sunheight, who suggested starting the war. If he gets down on his knees and apologizes… No, I admit this is a lot out of the way. If you bow your head and apologize to me, I will say that there was no war. I will not bring this up again.”
“You bastard… !”
“Your Excellency, Duke of Sunheight! Please! I beg you! Only once! Bow down just once! In the current situation, the Battle of Yeongji is ridiculous!”
Princess Eileen desperately stopped the Duke of Sunheight. It’s because she guessed my strength, more precisely Yuria’s strength.
Princess Eileen even bowed her head to the Duke of Sunheights, and the Duke of Sunheights eventually bowed her head and apologized to me.
“… I’m sorry. Baron Pruckus. I stumbled in my excitement.”
“I understand. Isn’t His Excellency the Duke famous for his temper?”
“…….”
As he was led away by Princess Eileen, he glared at me like he was going to kill me.
Let’s see.
It was the look on his face that said just that.
