Chapter 191: In the innermost room
After three shots in the bathroom and one after dinner, Kohary ran out of energy.
Sooooo……”
I pat her head as she sleeps next to me.
Her maid her must have worked her magic like a hair dryer, and she was completely dry.
The straight hair that passes between the fingers without feeling any friction is really comfortable.
“……N-……Muuh, mooi………….”
The blanket is pulled up to her chest, and she mumbles in her sleep with her eyes closed.
The actual “I'm not sure what you're talking about, but I'm not sure what you're talking about either,” Said the woman.
I kissed her unprotected lips lightly as I was invited to do.
'Mmmm…………♡'
I don't know what it was, but it seems that Kohliy in my dream was satisfied.
When I released her lips, she began to breathe again in her ladylike sleep.
I think she was exhausted both mentally and physically.
After a lively bath, I came over to Kohliy's room for her.
I had to leave because Kohliy had fainted in the bath.The hot water, sex, and heat from the outside and inside of her body she had caused her to pass out.
Besides, she must have been exhausted from the trip. A full day in a horse-drawn carriage is surprisingly tiring.
When I came to Kohli's room after dinner with my family, she was just waking up.
The timing must have been good, because Kohary mistakenly thought that I had been with her the whole time she was unconscious.
Her smile at that moment was one of the most dazzling smiles I had ever seen.
As for me, there was no reason to clear up the positive misunderstanding.
I enjoyed my second dinner with her while holding down my bloated stomach, and after dinner, I poured another shot in bed.
I slip out of bed quietly so as not to wake her.
The room is completely dark, but I can't turn on my lighting magic. I use my detection magic to check my surroundings as I leave the room.
Tesh, are you on time?
When I left the room, there were several servants waiting for me, including Tesh.
I ordered the maid to think of a good excuse so that Kohliy would not feel lonely when he wakes up tomorrow.
I cannot sleep in Kohliy's room today. There were still two important events to be held tonight.
I think it's about time. The master has just moved to the innermost room.
My father has told me that he has something to discuss with me regarding the King's Town social gathering.
I'm not so thick-skinned that I can just skip it and sleep with Kohliy.
While I am thinking about what kind of talk is really waiting for me, I reach the entrance to the innermost room.
From this point on, I am the only one who has been summoned. Tesh and the others line up in the corridor and see me off.
Although I am not being scolded, I feel a little nervous.
I walked through the corridor to the far end of the room and stood in front of the door.
I let out a small breath, “It's Wilk. I'm here.
I knocked and heard a reply from the other side of the door.
Come in.
I opened the door and walked through the room.
I was about to approach him, one hand raised, when I noticed a table in the center of the room.
I didn't recognize the table, a magnificent piece of wood that must have been hewn from a large, quality tree. I had only been in the innermost room a handful of times before, but I was sure that nothing like this had been placed there the last time I had been there.
……Is this the New Nellie's city flag?”
And on that table was a flag.
It was about the size of a curtain for a window.
The entire fabric was embroidered with a geometric pattern in red, blue, and white threads, and the coat of arms of the city of New Nellie was embroidered in black threads in the center.
The shadow of a balance weighing rock salt …… Is indeed the coat of arms of the City of New Nellie, but it's not the city flag. It's the New Nellie territorial flag.”
My father picked up on my words and walked up to me.
The New Nellie territorial flag?
It is the heirloom of our Quardenze family, passed down from our ancestors for generations.
My father stood next to me and pointed to the flag.
He asked me to look at the white thread, so I did.
When it was made,” He said, “It was a magnificent white color. It was made three hundred years ago, so it doesn't look so good now.
As for the red and blue threads, I feel the weight of history in the tiredness of the colors.
I am sure my father feels the same way as I do when he talks to me like this.
…… But even so, the Kuordenze family began with this flag.The head of the family must pass it on to the next generation.One day Wilke will show this flag to his childrenhis.
Someday, just like your father……”
I was singing three Hail Marys in my brain while making a mysterious face.
Although I had received an unofficial offer to be the next head of the family, it was only an exchange of letters. I was honestly happy that there was such a qualifying event for the succession of the family.
My father led me to a sofa placed at a little distance from the house.
Two goblets were already on the table, and the drinks were ready.
We exchanged a toast, and I drank the first one with my father. The subject of the toast was the celebration of the fall of Raishleif.
The fall of Raishleef has given us a lot more options,” He said. You really did a great job, Wilk.”
My father, sitting opposite me, stretches out and pats me on the head.
I was worried that my father would be angry with me because I had gone out in the name of rescuing Nambonan, but I had dropped the reishleaf in the heat of the moment.
I was worried that my father would get angry with me. I don't have any words of scolding, but I'm prepared to complain.
Before I could reply, he continued.
It's better than nothing,” He said.
Seeming to be in a much better mood, my father poured a glass of wine into my goblet.
The Eluo continental standard of fine liquor has a very sweet taste. For my grandfather, who was never intoxicated by alcohol, the main purpose of drinking was to enjoy the sweet taste.
That is fine, but it is not a good idea to snack on dry foods given as a souvenir by my grandfather. I would think that surume (dried squid) and sweet sake would never go well together, but my father is eating it with gusto I can't believe I have to go along with this.
I'm sure Wilke understands this, but please keep it a secret that Quardenze is the heir to the New Neri flag. I have nothing to hide, but in the current climate, we cannot afford to show the slightest hint of weakness.
I understand. The Levios family and their faction of nobles are very stingy in this regard.
“Yes.
The colors of the New Nelly banner are blue, white and red, except for the black thread on the city crest. This French-like coloring is the brand color of the Holy High Church of Zethus, and by extension, the color of the priests .
If a barber's pole were placed on the continent of El O, it would be mistaken for a priestly establishment.
'Priestly aristocratic families are by no means a minority. The Levios family would not be foolish enough to knock this place down.
The Quardenzes, like the Spiaseiks, are an aristocratic family that originated from the high priests of the Holy High Church of Zethus.
The New Neri banner was personally given to the Quardenzes by the Pope when the founder, a priest, entered the city of New Neri.
It can be said to be a kind of “Mandate for the governance of the principal city of New Nelly” Issued by the Holy High Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
In the time of the priests, it was a proof of the legitimacy of their rule over the land. Protecting this territorial flag and passing it on to the next generation was also a way of showing reverence for the Zesu Church's High Priesthood.
With this historical background, the New Neri banner has been treated as the most important heirloom of the Quardenze family.
If you don't talk about it unnecessarily, they won't touch it.
Yes.
Even after the end of the priestly era, when the authority of the New Neri fell into disarray, there was no change in the way the banner was treated.
The founding of the aristocratic house of Kuordenze was about 300 years ago, and the Papal Uprising of the Holy High Society of the Church of Jesus broke out about 200 years ago. At that time, the Kuordenze family had already had 100 years of history with this banner.
That time was too long to apply the “Hate the priest, hate the priest, hate the priest” Theory.
The head of the Kuordenze family at that time reinterpreted the flag as “A family heirloom that has been handed down from the founding of the Kuordenze family,” Rather than “A mandate to rule given by the Zesu Church of the Holy High Church,” And left the tradition of passing it on to the next generation.
Today, the banner bears no tribute to the Zesu Order of the Sacred High Priesthood.
However, from the point of view of a noble family that did not originate from priests, it would appear as if they are reminiscing about the days of the priests.
To avoid unnecessary trouble, it was better not to make too much of this tradition.
After that, my father and I spent some time chatting.
He complained that he was too busy with work and had no time to spend with my mother, that Fanny was looking more and more like her mother and was getting prettier and prettier, and that he hated not seeing her for a while because he was going to King's Landing.
Just as I was getting used to the combination of sweet sake and surume, my father suddenly got up from the sofa and came back with something.
He said, “I had a craftsman in New Nelly make this for me in a hurry.
With that, my father put the small wooden box on the desk.
I was sitting deep in the sofa, and I leaned forward a little to look into it.
How do you like it? I think it looks better when the balls are smaller.
What I found in the box was an accessory of a shape I had never seen before.
It might be easiest to imagine if I told you that it was a spherical jewel that replaced the disk part of an earth sesame seed. And wear it.
My father urged me to take it in my hand and check it out.
The two intersecting rings that encircle the jade seem to be made of pure gold, about one millimeter wide with amazingly intricate workmanship.
Perhaps a cousin craftsman had worked it with magic.
The little ball my father described was about the size of a ping-pong ball.
It was all black, a color that made the viewer feel uneasy, as if the darkness of a winter night had been concentrated, but its suspicious glow had a fascinating allure that is hard to describe.
……What kind of jewelry is this?”
At least, I had never seen such a jewel in my previous life. Partly because I was never interested in jewelry in the first place.
My father, who was watching me, said, “Oh, I've never seen it before.
I see, this is the first time you've seen them. This jade is a special magical stone taken from mature demonic beasts,……, Called a treasured pearl.”
When an immature magical beast is defeated, a substance called a magical stone can be extracted from its body. By processing it, it can be used to make armor and walls that repel magic power, making it a relatively valuable item.
On the other hand, I had read in a book that when a matured magical beast is killed, a special magical stone can be extracted from its body.
These are the magical stones of mature demonic beasts……”
I had never seen the treasure before because it was extremely valuable.
The actuality that the actual beasts are not only the most recent in the world, but they are also the most recent in the world.
As I observed it sullenly, my father chuckled.
It was taken from that mature hexenbiest that Wilk had defeated.
What?
I had heard that I had defeated the Spong-turtle type mature demonic beast that emerged from the field south of New Nellie City, and that he had recovered the magic stone afterwards.
It was on display in New Nellie City to show the greatness of the lord, but I had not seen it yet as I was the one who defeated it.
I had planned to go see it later on a date with Minute, but the exhibition had already ended. It was all the Spierzeik family's fault.
A pearl of such magnificent color would be an eye-catcher even in King's Landing.
I don't see why anyone would question the duties of an aristocrat.
“Yes, that too.
It can be assumed that this Royal Capital social will involve some degree of ceasefire maneuvering between the Quordentse and Spiaseik families by the Levios family.
The actual “I'm not sure how much I'm going to be able to do with it, but I'm sure I'm going to be able to do it.
By the way, this is the first time I have seen a mature hexenbiest jewel. The book only described matters of size, so I'm not sure how good the color is…….”
My father said “Stunning colors,” But I wasn't sure what he meant by that, so I decided to check.
There are a few things written about magical beasts in the books of New Nellie Castle, but of course they are not full-color illustrated books.
If I went to the royal capital and saw a bad-colored treasure and said, “You're doing a good job,” I would be ashamed of myself. I wanted to know at least the simple difference between good and bad.
It is not that difficult. You will be able to tell the difference after you see a few of them.
My father told me to wait a moment and walked out of the room before I could react.
He had probably gone to retrieve some other gem that he kept in storage or somewhere, but I wondered if I should leave my father as an errand boy and just sit on the couch and chew on a slice of dried sea slug.
I wondered if I should stand up and wait for him, and just as I was about to reach for a dried scallop when he came back with a servant.
At this time of the day, the innermost room is a space for father and son to talk. The servants put the wooden box on the table and quickly left the room. My father, who was left behind, sat down on the sofa without saying anything to them.
On the mini-table between the sofa where my father and I were sitting, there were four crates of various sizes. One of them is the wooden box that used to contain the Tortoise Beast's jewelry.
Of the three newly brought crates, my father placed his hand on the middle-sized crate.
It was the Tortoise Beast Treasure Pearl, which had recently appeared in Evermill City.
'………… Evermill City?'
It's the mature hexenbiest that my …… Grandmother Wilk defeated in exchange for her life her.
These sensitive topics are difficult to handle.
I didn't know how to comment on it, so I just groaned and said, “Oh.
Unaware of my distress, my father removed the lid of the wooden box and pushed the box itself toward me with his finger on him.
I interpreted this to mean that I should pick it up and look at it.
The pearl was unprocessed and still a beautiful ball.
It was about the size of a baseball.
It was about the size of a baseball, but much heavier than I had expected.
I checked the color of the bead, being careful not to drop it. The same black color, but the color is not as heavy as the Tortoise Beast's Treasure.
I wondered why, and when I held it up to the lighting magic that was wandering around the ceiling, I found out the reason.
This pearl is translucent.
It must be a kind of black glass ball, and I can understand this by shining the light on it.
Perhaps it would be easier to see in the sunlight, but in the dimly lit room, it was difficult to tell.
With this in mind, I looked at the Turtle Beast's Pearl. I felt that its black color was somehow darker than before.
I heard you toured the contaminated areas in the west.”
My father spoke to me as I was concentrating on the comparison of the jade beads.
I nodded in agreement, as I had already been informed of the return route, and it was nothing to hide.
This is the jewel of the mature magical beast that polluted that land.
My father opens the lid of the largest of the three crates.
That crate is so large that a convenience store would refuse to ship it.
He opened the top of the box, sitting on his back, and took out a pair of gray gloves, which he put on both hands.
What do you know about the size of the pearl?”
Laying a cushion cloth on the desk, my father placed the jewel on the table.
The pearl, about the size of a bowling ball, was completely colorless and resembled a crystal ball.
For a salamander-type magical beast that had created that hideous polluted place, it looked crystal clear and beautiful.
I have read that the smaller the crystal beads that can be harvested after death, the greater the threat of the hexenbiest.
Most of the books I've read on demonic beasts were written in the past by academic institutions in the Holy City.
According to these books, the more vicious the beast is, the smaller the bead will be.
The stronger the life energy of a mature demonic beast, the more pressure is exerted on the center of its body, and the smaller and more compressed the jewel becomes……. I personally remember that this hypothesis was the easiest to visualize and fit well.
At the very least, it is solid information that the stronger the mature demonic beast, the smaller the treasured bead. Mankind has learned this from experience.
My father nodded his head in agreement with my answer and poked at the bowling ball-sized pearl with his fingertips.
A magical beast that can produce such a huge jewel is probably a lower or middle-ranked mature magical beast.
Despite the fact that it was a mature hexenbiest that had destroyed a part of the western part of the Kuordenze territory, my father's evaluation was harsh.
However, this is a natural perception from a nobleman's point of view.In the days of the priests, there was a rating system for the threats posed by mature demonic beasts, and the ranks were determined by the size of the treasure beads obtained after death .
If the jewel was a mature demonic beast the size of a bowling ball, it would be categorized as the lowest threat class.
My father naturally treated it as a “Zakko,” But even such a thing could not even be defeated by the knights alone, and failure to defeat it would result in the destruction of the region. I still think that mature demonic beasts are terrifying.
It's truly shameful that the treasure of a demonic beast of this caliber is so translucent.”
Why?”
I could guess the reason for this, but I decided to ask my father.
The color of the bead is proportional to the magical power of the beast when it dies. The beads of mature demonic beasts that have not been killed by human hands, but have died a natural death after using up all their magical power, will be colorless and transparent like this.
A mature demonic beast is an existence that cannot live for long. It can only run from the moment of maturity to its life span, like a mayfly.
However, as long as their life lasts, they will just go on rampaging, polluting the land and killing human beings.
The giant salamander magical beast that created the polluted land in the west could not be defeated in time due to the Quardenze family's mess, so it rampaged as rampantly as it pleased before passing its natural life.
Thanks to the knights and the army led by them, the damage was limited to a small area, but as a nobleman, it was a very pitiful story.
In a sense, this jewel, which could not defeat a mature demonic beast of this magnitude,……, Is proof of guilt, a mass of shame.
Then, he picked up the treasured gem of the beast that my grandmother Cassia had vanquished.
Mother fought with this beast for three days and three nights and somehow managed to defeat it. It took about four days from the time its appearance was confirmed to the time of its defeat. After fighting for that long, the color would have faded a little But even this is a dark enough color.
If you were to use a game analogy, the image of a mature magical beast might be similar to that of a magical creature-type monster.
They have HP and MP, and when either of them reaches zero, they die.
The more MP they have left when they die, the darker the color of the beads they leave behind.
The more MP you have left when you die, the darker the color of the bead will be.
According to the values of the nobles who are the guardians of the earth, the smaller and darker the treasure is, the better it is. Vicious magical beast.
And regardless of size, a colorless pearl would not be favored by the nobility. It would be like saying, “We couldn't defeat the evil beast!” My father's attitude proves it.
As I looked at the black, bewitching turtle beast's treasure beads, my father opened the smallest wooden box left at the end.
It was over three hundred years ago now,…… When the Quordenze did not yet rule this land.”
The atmosphere makes me stand up straight and listen to him.
A single mature demonic beast emerged from the south of the city of New Nelly.”
Then my father broke off and looked at me.
Do you know it? I opened my mouth.
The demonic beast, Calyestebe.”
My father gave a small nod and continued his story his.
At the time, the nobles who ruled the city of New Nellie were working to defeat it with all their family members. Several hundred years. It was the first time in 400 years at that time that a demonic beast, the Kariestebe, had appeared. …… The battle at that time resulted in numerous deaths among his relatives, and his family's lineage cut off.”
My father picked up the treasure of Calistebe and laid it on a cloth before placing it on the desk.
It was a pearl the size of a ping-pong ball. The transparency of the pearl was so high that the cloth was tinted a light gray color, but it was by no means colorless.
My father then laid the turtle demon beast treasure beads, which had been turned into ornaments, on the side.
Although it is difficult to tell because of the gold ornament, the Kaliestebe's treasure looks slightly smaller, but I am more concerned about the darkness of the black color.
The turtle beast's treasure is so black that it is rather eerie.
It is unthinkable that a treasured gem of this size would remain in such a deep color. Of your money. I would say it is the worst possible threat.”
In terms of threats, the ping pong ball class is the second worst threat from the top.
A great calamity like the Elsinia, the demonic beast that shook the Eluo continent, is the exception of the exception, and the nobles hardly consider countermeasures,…… Or rather, they can only hope that it will go somewhere else when it appears, since it is impossible to defeat it first.
If you look at the entire continent, the Kariestebe class appears in some area with a frequency of a few decades. The once-every-few-hundred-years rule is only true for the territory of Quardentinze.
It is a catastrophe, but it is also relatively easy to occur. If a nobleman were to live to the end of his life, he would probably hear news of the appearance of a Kariesteve-class magical beast somewhere on the continent several times during his If it is unfortunate that the news originates from their own territory, then I am sorry to hear about it.
However, there have been only two confirmed cases of the No. 1 threat class demonic beasts in the history of the continent of Eluo.
They appeared only 700 years ago and 1,600 years ago, respectively.
The reason why we know of the existence of such great magical beasts from so long ago is that the treasure beads have been handed down to future generations.
But even if it is clear that they exist, whether people are prepared for them is another matter.
In prehistoric Japan, there may be many people who are prepared for a major earthquake, but there is no one who is prepared for a caldera eruption. It is useless to be prepared in the first place. That is what a hexenbiest, the number one threat is.
I hope that there won't be any more of these evil monsters while I'm still alive.
I didn't expect Wilk's magical power to be so enormous. I have no idea why.
I don't know either, but isn't more better than less?”
It is a reincarnation banzai.
Of course, I would never say such a thing.
I'm sure that if I go to King's Landing, I will be in contact with many nobles, including the Levios family.
What can be measured by magic detection is a vague amount of magical power.
When you search for my magical power from a distance, you will probably only think, “Is it the main ancestor? I think that is about all they would think. Probably the emissaries of the Aterahan family who visited the castle of Laishleif would not have noticed the amount of my magic power.
Is that bad?”
An overwhelming amount of magical power. It is something that nobles take pride in. Do not make such a troubled face.
……Yes.
But, “Said the father, his face clouded.
The most important thing to remember is that the best way to get the best out of your car is to get the best out of your car.The next generation of the Quardenze family that broke the great shield of Vojstra is already the target of Wilk's attention What would happen if he knew the amount of magic power he possesses?
I have heard rumors, but does Princess Orcian possess such enormous magical power? I know that she is strong in battle because she has many spectacular military achievements.
My father answers my question while pouring me a glass of hand.
A nobleman who is strong in war is either a good military leader or a strong individual.
Perhaps on Earth, a person with the former pattern would be a strong general. In a world without magic, individual military strength is within the margin of error from the perspective of the continent of Eluo.
Princess Orcian is considered to be the latter.
He must have some kind of certainty in his mind, he assured me.
Do you know that there was a battle in the Levios territory between the joint forces of Orsian and Levios Aterahan? Dealing with matured magical beasts. Most nobles would have thought that such an otentatious reception was an overreaction,……, No matter how much they were dealing with a master-ancestor who excelled in individual bravery.”
You don't think so, do you, Father?”
I said, looking at him with a fixed star.
'Suppose,' he said, 'that I did. It just occurred to me that if I were to face …… Wilk on the battlefield, that would be an effective formation.
I see, so the strength of Princess Orcian could be smoothly imagined because of the presence of the son of the stupid magician.
But it is a dangerous story. I am not a man so bloodthirsty that I would usurp the viceroy.
……Most likely, that formation would not work against Wilke for long. With a little brainstorming, you can easily find a way to defeat it. Princess Orcian must not have a good second-in-command, or maybe she's a rampaging horse who won't listen to her second-in-command.
Summing up at the end that it was all just a theory, my father downed the liquor in his goblet in one gulp and picked at a dried scallop.
The only people who truly know of the threat posed by Princess Orcian are the Levios family, their faction, and the Aterahans, who have sent reinforcements. She is expected to make her appearance at the recent royal social gathering, but if she possesses powerful magical powers, everyone will take notice. The brave of the Levios family, who almost single-handedly defeated the Levios family, should not be underestimated. If he were to do anything wrong, Quardenze might be underestimated.
We must avoid that, my father said in a low voice.
The reputation of Vojstra's great shield-splitting …… Is, as a matter of fact, yet to be determined. Only the Aterahans, who actually visited the city of Nambonan and the castle of Laishleif, would have an accurate understanding of what Wilk had accomplished alone.
“Oh, is that so?”
My father smiled thinly at my reaction.
The Nambonan city and the Aterahan family actually visited Nambonan city and the castle of Laishleif. That's how unrealistic the whole thing was.”
The Quardenze family is thought to be so fond of scheming that they are sometimes called the Quardenzes of intrigue. In fact, my father is the type of person who likes to set such traps.
It would be more natural to think that my father set up and killed the Spierzeig family in a hurry, rather than having the heroic next head of the family suddenly appear on the scene.
On the continent of Eluo, where there is no good means of communication, even information is not always properly conveyed.
To show strength, you need reason.
Reason?
The amount of magic power that can be felt on the skin relies heavily on impressions. If the amount of magic that Princess Orcian possesses is the same or even greater than Wilk's, what do you think would happen?
This did not seem to be the kind of question that demanded an answer, and my father quickly continued.
He continued immediately: “One can only remember those who leave the greatest impression on one's mind. Without clear criteria, the child of the Quardenze family would end up with the impression that she was less than Princess Orsian but looked strong……. This is not good anyway. It only makes people half-heartedly wary and does not serve as a check.”
My father then placed the Turtle Demon Beast accessory in front of me.
This jewel gives us a reason to measure strength that does not rely on impressions.
By providing an absolute standard of evaluation in the form of a pearl, rather than a relative evaluation in the form of magical power detection, he is trying to make good use of it for checks and balances.
He is trying to use the absolute standard of evaluation, the pearl, rather than relative evaluation, as a check against the power of the power detector. We, the Quardenzes, are not like Levios' brother, Millendorva.
The Milendorva family was originally an aristocratic family that had split off from the Levios family. Although they had been engaged in a civil war, they all share the same thought that they do not want to see the kingdom fall apart after all. , It was nothing more than an extension of the quarrel between brothers.
Even with the mighty power of the Orcians, I do not think that the Levios family is so alarmed by the destruction of their own house.
Rather, it must be much more terrifying for the Quardenze family to have the enormous power of the Quardenze Wilk.
As my father said, if they are not able to check him after making him half-heartedly alert at the royal social gathering, it is quite possible that they will make the first move for a strong attack.
It is a hard world.
In the end, we are reminded of the reality that the Kingdom of Levioth is nothing more than an alliance between noble families.
The Levios family never trusts the Quardenzes deep down in their hearts, no matter how good the Quardenzes try to make them look. Do you know why?”
This would not be a question, just a confirmation.
It is like asking for a handshake to smooth the way to the next part of the conversation.
The answer to this question was that simple.
I suppose that's true.
I turned my attention back to my father and answered.
Until twenty years ago, the Quardenzes were imperial aristocrats.
