Chapter 238 – Chapter 238 ― It’s Already Been a Year (5)
Episode 238 ― Already a year (5)
The beginning was the visit of the saintess.
Although the saintess did not directly engage in politics,
She was very close to the princess
She actively used her healing powers for her church and for the power of the princess.
Either way it doesn’t matter to me
The church, the royal family, and the princess.
They are not interested in a fallen county holding onto a country estate like us.
I thought so
You said you came to our manor on purpose just because you have a sick child?
The saintess who made her son, who was suffering from an unknown cause of her illness, healthy overnight, told me the words of the princess.
“This is a message from Mr. Grünent.”
“Your Highness?”
“Has the Minister of Finance ever asked you to borrow your name? While lending money.”
“… Yes?”
“Take your house and family as collateral. Either way, repay the money you borrowed from the Treasurer.”
My father’s friend, the Minister of Finance, had come to visit. He saw the poor family and son’s situation, and said he would give me some commission if I would write a few contracts for him later.
“Why… Is it?”
“The Minister of Finance puts you up there and he is trying to cover up what he has done.”
When the saintess replaced the princess’s explanation,
A cold sweat ran down my back.
In an aristocratic society, a person with only a name like me is useless.
A straight mind and the ability to handle people.
It’s useless if you don’t have the basics in place.
The power of a noble family depends on how much authority the family has.
In this Merde, the power of the family comes only when title and money are combined.
Without it, my father died leaving only the count. It wouldn’t be easy to fall like this in this great position of count, but my father did it. He is a great person
“His Highness, why… Why are you telling me that?”
“Mrs. Grünent intends to entrust the work to the Count.”
A 12-year-old princess known for her intelligence.
There was no need to reject the sudden outstretched hand of the princess. The saintess sent by the princess was also my son’s benefactor…
In fact, she had no other options.
After the truth was almost lying down in front of the Minister of Finance and he managed to pay back the money and cancel the contract, surprisingly, the crime that could not be covered was revealed and the Minister of Finance was dismissed. He was a crime worthy of death, but because of his family name, he was expelled. Evidence so well laid out.
Perhaps the princess wanted to destroy the other prince’s maternal family. I almost became an obstacle for the princess, and the little princess got rid of me beforehand.
If I were there,
I would be dead.
Because there is no one who will side with the fallen nobility.
In addition, surprisingly, the things the princess instructed to do began to increase in size.
The business he made with the remaining money after paying off his debt to the finance minister, who borrowed a handful of remaining estates and mansions as collateral, succeeded like a lie.
The money he invested with the advice of the princess hit the jackpot.
It happened a few times, and wealth I had never seen before was in my hands.
Wealth brought power.
During the social season, all the aristocrats came and went in and out of our house until the townhouse threshold was worn down.
And I realized
That I loved money so much.
The princess is like my golden goddess.
I often had to give my money where she instructed, but it was worth it.
Even so, it was because there were so many benefits for her that she brought.
Making money was happy.
My heart raced every time the safe was filled.
How could I have such a money ghost inside of me? I didn’t know either.
“Then why did you choose me?”
“Hmm… It’s because you don’t know your own abilities. You’re smart, you’re smart, you’re smart But you look so tired.”
The princess smiled mischievously.
And the princess who had her 19th birthday ball like that was exiled to her country of demons.
I was devastated.
Was there something that money couldn’t protect?
She has contacted me saying that you and I will be my line, but she has no gold line that only her.
The princess was a reliable partner and a young mentor with insight. I never doubted the moment she would be her queen.
Even if you walk on a tightrope, you have to hold on to a rope that will not rot. But there is no line that catches my eye.
To make matters worse, even her saintess was swept away to the land of demons.
I’d rather create my own forces to protect me.
Now, no one wants to tamper with Count Hilfe, me, or my money.
But I had no intention of going into politics.
I like to sit in the back room and count money.
I like dealing with people and making money.
It was this small, round golden object that made me and my family look up to me, who was being pointed at.
Want to earn more money
I will never forget the scornful eyes of that king who looked down on me. Born into a family that will never be able to surpass him, it is the money that allows me to hold and shake the king.
Everything is just a secondary factor in the process. Even this country.
**
“This is a letter from Grünent.”
Count Hilfe was worried about Roan’s title for the princess. Grunent. Call only by name The people of Merde were blasphemies that I dared not think of.
But in Evirzio, she was told that he was her concubine. How much power does a person named Aisen have?
The most plausible guess is a prince or grand duke. Surely not the emperor himself.
Unfortunately, Count Hilpe doesn’t know much about the aristocratic world of Evirgio. He dared to enter the enemy country and get detailed news, so the appearance of demons and humans is so different. So he did not know that the emperor had no brothers or family.
“Check it out now.”
The Count opened the letter sealed with Grunent’s seal and read it. A bitter smile appeared on his face as he read the text quickly.
Roan knew the contents because he had read the letter before Grunent sealed it.
In summary.
— Grünent dreams of a country where humans and demons live together. Seeing what they do in the country of demons, it seems quite possible. (Refer to the border north of the Dark Forest, near the demonic city of Zeno.)
— A few tidbits of money.
— I hope to help the person who delivered the letter wholeheartedly.
Count Hilpe, who was reading the letter, was relieved.
It was because it was something that would have been unthinkable if not for Her Highness Princess Grünent.
The princess is alive and well.
An ingenious investment plan that others can’t think of — who would advise putting a spoon on it since Arteala is actively investing in the mines of the demons! — A future where humans and demons live together.
It seems strangely insightful, but also seems to catch the clouds.
It’s really her
And the Count looked at Roan once more.
Her saintess who followed her like her limbs of her Grunent.
She is the one who even treats her as ‘her master’.
The person whom the princess had ordered to ‘help with all her heart’…
What kind of person is he?
Roan read the curiosity in the count’s eyes.
He said, “He said he would cut off support. It would be too late for that already. I recommend not doing that.”
“Why?”
“Because the pope is watching Bishop Sermo and the king is watching you.”
However, Hilfe lightly dismissed Roan’s words. It’s like you don’t need his advice.
“It is not easy to find fault with setting up an orphanage and taking care of the needy. Rather, my money makes people polite. Even royalty. Whoever I raise my hand will keep the kingship. They can’t do anything to me.”
“The king of this country is crazier than you think.”
The people in this room did not blink an eye despite the profane words being exchanged.
“War is the foundation on which the powerful can be forgiven for anything they do. It’s easy to make excuses during war. If your entourage has been bribed, it will be easier.”
“… Yes?”
Count Hilfe’s eyes narrowed at the unexpected story.
The thought that his butler, who had protected him from generation to generation and never left the fallen family, would take his family hostage and betray the count is a difficult story to come to mind.
“How do you know that?”
Come out to the game
It’s an empty answer.
It wasn’t even an important story, it was just a story that came out of a conversation that flowed in the background of the episode that flowed while spending time with Grunent.
In the game, Grünent returns to the castle alive. Naturally, in that world Count Hilfe spared no effort to make her Grünent her queen. Therefore, the king naturally hates him.
The king was anxious to catch and kill him, and eventually succeeded in viciously intimidating his entourage. So what about the Count?
He is put in jail Of course, the hero can save him. It was such a decided story. Only then could another erotic scene with Grunent be established.
But anyway, I can’t tell this story as it is.
“It’s hard to give details, but I know.”
The Count, who was emitting bloody eyes, lightly lowered his head.
“If that is true, I will be greatly helped. I’ll crack down on the surroundings. As for my thanks, I will try to find out what you said is true.”
Roan shrugged his shoulders.
“I recommend that you be more prepared. As I said earlier, Sprouse III’s greed is deeper than you think. He was already unable to measure back and forth. But in a way, this war might be a good opportunity for you too.”
“A chance?”
Her plaque, Grunentra, whom he had already considered king, was gone.
“Does Her Highness intend to return?”
“I do not know.”
Roan is still hesitating.
What Roan hesitates is not whether he will make Grünent the Queen of Merde and place this country under her demons.
It seems that he himself can properly rule his demons while caring for humans.
Roan keeps in mind that he is the ‘Evil’ emperor. And Grünent did not say a word about Roan’s decision. She will only follow the Emperor’s decision.
“Why did you wait for Grünent to become queen? I heard you like making money. If you hold a higher office in this country, the money will follow. She could have kept her when her Grunent’s situation got tough.”
Count Hilfe was silent for a moment.
He had no intention of entering politics.
Because…
“My father is a disgrace to the royal family. The royal family will not intend to give me an official position.”
This is because the father of the present Count Hilpe was kicked out after committing an affair with the former queen of Merde. The mother of the Hilfe family also abandoned the count, and his father died somewhere, chased by knights.
This man who became a count at a young age had to go through all sorts of hardships because of his father. He became such that a count could buy an office with money, but that was why he was not crowned. No matter how hard money is, the current king has not forgotten the anger of that time.
And Count Hilfe spoke of his shame without a moment’s agitation. Like reading an insignificant report.
A small smile appeared on Ron’s face.
“It is war that can overturn all of that.”
Sparks seemed to fly in the count’s eyes.
It is greed.
A spark for something he had never been greedy for in his life lit a fire deep in his eyes.
“The reason why Grünent had power despite being a princess was that she held the Order of Laurecia in one hand. You can make something similar.”
“Are you saying to join the rebels?”
“Traitor is a scary word. They are only zealous evangelists of the Goddess.”
The name of the agent is a bit burdensome, but
I have an idea to support the power if I can replace the troublesome human king.
Because the current king and court mage seem full of ideas to use the power of ‘greed’.
No matter who else sits on top of it, whether there’s a man behind it with a bunch of money, it’s easy to talk from there. Because no one can knock me down with the power of a sword.
Count Hilfe closed his mouth and thought.
Roan suggested raising these people in a respectable religion.
And the Count knew that this would be a business that would bring in more fortune than ever before.
