Chapter 268 – From Now on I’m the Rule (5)
The enthronement ceremony of Rheingram, which can be said to be long and short, ended without a hitch, and the after-party began.
Perhaps to show off the power of the new emperor, the banquet hall was full of delicacies that were difficult to taste even for nobles.
“… Hmm.”
Then, a woman reached for the wine glass her employee was carrying.
“It is a good wine. Is it Uruela?”
The woman’s name is Wilbert Lindala.
He was the head of the Lindala family whose business was distributing weapons and armor.
“Yes, that’s right. Seeing that you match it all at once, you seem to have a good taste in gastronomy.”
“Well, everything good is Urella Mountain. One more drink than that.”
Bilbert, who drank the wine at once, took a new wine glass and moved to a corner of the banquet hall.
“Haa, making eye prints is also work…”
From the time he entered the banquet hall, he went around taking pictures without a break.
In fact, when you become the head of the Lindala family, you get more greetings than greetings, but…
Velbert dared to visit a family of a similar level and greeted them first.
“…I’m glad it tastes good.”
Most nobles think it hurts their pride, but Velbert was a person who valued practicality more than pride.
The connection with numerous aristocrats obtained in this way was the reason why Bel Bert was able to rise to the position of head of the family at a young age.
“I think we still have time for the host of the banquet to come… Let’s catch our breath for a bit.”
Even as she said that, Velbert’s turned gaze toward the door of the banquet hall.
He greeted everyone in the banquet hall, for reasons like a serious workaholic who would keep an eye on the door and speak up as soon as the right person came in.
Then the door opened and the gatekeeper shouted.
—Eugene Calliope enters.
Eyes instantly focused on the name Calliope.
A black-haired man entered, receiving that gaze.
“…Hmm.”
A black shirt contrasts with a white suit.
He wore a necklace and earrings, rare for a man, and even wore a bunch of rings.
To be honest, he was dressed like a bully, not suitable for an enthronement banquet…
Because of his outstanding appearance his, even that appearance was digested with fashion rather than vulnerability.
‘…Eugene Calliopera. He must have been the third son of Calliope.’
Belle Bert recalled his memory of her as he saved the wine in his mouth.
Even if the Lindala family is prospering, it is not comparable to the great family, Calliope.
Even so, it was never to the extent that the head of the family went first to greet the three sons who had not received any fiefdom or title.
In fact, some nobles who were briefly intrigued by the name Calliope quickly looked away after realizing that it was the third son.
‘Still, there’s no need to treat me badly… I’ll accept it if I come to say hello.’
I don’t intend to go there to say hello, but it’s a different story if you come from the other side first.
Unlike the coronation ceremony, which any citizen of the empire can participate in, this banquet hall is a formal place where you can be honored just by participating.
For whatever reason, the participation of Eugene Calliope was evidence of his own ability.
‘… Oh, you’re already in a clique? I think I’ve never seen that pattern…?’
Normally, when you appear on the social scene in this way, it’s normal to approach and bow your head to the member of the clique you’re trying to lift, but…
There were sometimes
Young people who think they are special.
I was pushed out of the succession structure, but I thought that it was just not appreciated, so I formed a faction and came back wearing a crest with confidence…
The absolute majority of them disband without rumors soon after.
‘…It’s a matter of course.’
If he had the ability to grow his own clique in this pandemonium-like social world, he wouldn’t have been pushed out of the family’s succession plan in the first place.
—Bianca Beatrice, Vivian Beatrice enters.
“…Hoo…”
“Five…”
At that time, the gatekeeper shouted once again, and exclamations flowed from here and there.
Sisters with impressive purple hair.
The side that looked like her younger sister her had a very skinny body, but her older sister her, on the other hand, was sporting ridiculously large breasts.
‘Can you see down with a chest like that…?’
Even though Velbert was confident in her figure, she couldn’t rub against her non-standard chest her.
‘No… This is not the time.’
His mind was momentarily distracted by her, but Belle Bert shook his head once to shake off his thoughts and judge his opponent her.
‘The Beatrice family… Was it the family that was under Urella’s protection?’
It had legitimacy, but it was a family that had no power, but I heard that it was rapidly growing in power after being caught in the eyes of Urella recently.
‘The family is still growing, and first of all, it’s not bad because it looks so good… Huh? That faction symbol…?’
After checking the faction emblems worn by the Beatrice sisters, Velbert turned her gaze back to Eugene.
“…”
Instead of going to greet the other nobles, she leaned against the wall with her hands in her pockets.
Usually, in such cases, it is easy to hear that it is not polite, but because of its outstanding appearance, several ladies and young ladies were staring at it.
However, what mattered to Velbert was not Eugene’s appearance his, but the faction’s crest on his chest his.
‘It’s the same as expected…’
As I thought, the faction pattern Eugene was wearing was the same as Sister Beatrice’s.
‘…Is that why he’s so arrogant?’
Having included a sister from the emerging Beatrice family in the faction, such an arrogant attitude was understandable to some extent.
‘But it’s still a long way off.’
Putting the Beatrice sisters into the faction was not enough, but it was still not enough.
In order for a new faction to be formally recognized, a person who originally had great power must establish a faction or show a criminal record.
In that sense, Eugene’s faction is still neither…
─Garcia Maisha and Reika Calliope enter.
Women who enter again before organizing their thoughts.
‘…This time, he’s quite a big man.’
It was a fact that anyone with even the slightest interest in politics knew that the mother and daughter, not the head of Calliope, still held the social circle of the north, although they were pushed out in the family head battle.
Maybe that’s why nobles who hadn’t moved so far started approaching her mother and daughter to say hello.
“… ?”
But Velbert, who should have moved first, remained frozen in place.
‘What…?’
Two faction emblems on her mother and daughter’s chest her.
One was originally the pattern of the faction that Calliope and her daughter joined, but the other pattern …
‘What? What’s going on…? Why are mother and daughter wearing that? Instead of putting her second son in front, did her third son stand as an arrowhead? No, for something like that…’
Cried the gatekeeper once again as she was sinking into the quagmire of chaos in her head.
─Lilith enters.
‘…What is this again? How did a commoner get invited to the banquet hall? He said, It could be a target… Fuuu…!’
The moment he saw her pink hair her, Belle Bert couldn’t help but squirt wine.
‘… That… That… Is… Isn’t she a saint?’
She rubbed her eyes just in case and checked again, but was sure she was a saint.
High-ranking members of the Goddess Church never attend banquets.
Broke the unwritten rule and the saintess participated!
She didn’t even guess what Her Majesty the Emperor had done to her.
‘… Now… Wait… Wait… That… That…!!’
The participation of her saintess was surprising enough, but what was even more surprising was the pattern of the same faction on her saintess’s chest her.
“To hear that the saintess is attending a banquet. This is unprecedented! Indeed, His Majesty Rheingram must have great popularity.”
“That’s right. Long live His Majesty Rheingram.”
Velbert bit his lip as the conversation flowed into his ears.
‘Stupid bastards!! There’s something more important than that right now!!’
Here and there, she notices her existence her as a saint and talks about the greatness of His Majesty the Emperor, but she does n’t seem to have noticed the faction symbol on her chest her yet.
‘Whoa… Whoa… Calm down. Velbert. No matter what the situation is, start by greeting…’
Once Belvette was about to go to raise her salutation her to her saintess her.
─Erden Calliope and Rose Amelia enter.
Another giant entered.
“This is… A faction symbol I’ve never seen before, right? It seems that the head of Calliope also set up a faction.”
“…Come to think of it, it looks like the saintess had that faction pattern too…”
“Could it be… That the head of Calliope called the saintess?”
“It seems so. Other than that, it doesn’t explain why they have the same pattern.”
If you are the head of a faction enough to bring a saintess of the Goddess Church into politics, you have to be at least the head of Calliope.
Common sense makes sense, but…
‘…No!!… It’s not Erden Calliope.’
Velbert’s intuition was shouting that it was not Erden.
─Liana Lumenhark enters.
“Hehe ♪”
Then, a gorgeous blonde beauty entered while humming her song her, stealing the attention of the banquet hall in an instant.
Although she was pushed out of the line of succession to the throne, it is also true that Liana was the only bloodline until Emperor Rheingram gave birth to her child.
In any case, if there was a problem with Reingram’s safety, it was certain that the next emperor would be Liana.
Of course, this didn’t matter to Velbert either.
All of her mind was focused on the crest of the faction that Liana was wearing.
‘Yeah, yea…Same…Same…’
Oh my gosh, this is ridiculous!!!
What the hell is going on in this banquet hall right now!!!
─Lady Lucia Urella enters.
Then, at the word that the moon of the Empire would enter, Belbert closed his eyes tightly and swallowed.
‘Sir…No way…Uruella’s next go-goo…Ah…Isn’t it…’
My heart beats like crazy, filled with fear and anticipation.
Taking a deep breath, Velbert cautiously narrowed his eyes.
Twinkle─
I saw something shining on Lucia’s chest in her.
‘…Huh!
In the midst of consciousness drifting away from the unmanageable information, Velbert was convinced.
I’m not sure, but something…
Something huge was happening.
