Chapter 22: The Peace Conference
Three days had passed since I had a drink with Viscount Galiana.
These three days passed peacefully and unevenly.
Wilk. It seems that you were very active in the field. Everyone was saying that he was indeed the son of Quardenze. Even your grandfather. Well done …….”
'Thank you, Father.
And today, my father finally arrived in Nambonan.
The Allied Forces were waiting for the Marquis of Kuordentse for what?
When my grandfather and I left New Nelly, it took almost a week to arrive because we had to join the army on the way, but my father, who is a busy man, came in a hurry with his widow army and arrived in about two days.
He arrived in about two days. “Let me get right to it,” He said, “And tell you what we need. Are you ready?”
It seemed that my father had no intention of negotiating with him, but rather to impose his demands on him unilaterally and be done with it.
It was a nobleman-like response.
It seems that preparations for the peace conference have already been made, and the civil official who has been doing paperwork in the main camp all this time begins to explain the situation to my father.
As a result, a meeting was to be set up soon after.
A messenger soldier ran into the city to inform the Nambonan Council.
I will go into the city after this. Wilk, come with me.
I understand.
My father's face showed that he wondered why I was going with him, but he continued.
'You seem to have studied the situation in the city of Nambonan and the council very well, don't you? Viscount Galiana told me that it would be better for Wilk to be present at today's meeting.
I see.
I see. Viscount Galiana will be the main speaker at the meeting. Wilke should just stand firm and keep a watchful eye on him.
It seems that Viscount Galiana will be the main speaker at the peace conference.
It would be undignified for a marquise to talk to a commoner, and it might be appropriate to leave it to Viscount Galiana, who is famous as the star of Nambonan.
While I was thinking like that, my guards gathered around me.
Master, the guards are ready to escort you.
Then we will depart.”
My father mounted his horse, and today I followed his lead his.
Surrounded by guards, we passed through the castle gate and entered the city, which we usually entered on foot.
As we approached a Y-shaped fork in the road, the person leading us took the road on the right.
I unconsciously look at the road on the other side.At the end of this road is a bar where Anna is.I haven't had her yet today.
Wilk, what's wrong? What's going on over there?”
My father, perhaps noticing my gaze his called out to me, “What's going on over there?
As I was thinking what I should do to cover it up, my grandfather answered my father with a laugh.
Don't listen to him, Louxe. There is a girl on your street that Wilk likes.”
With a gahahahaha laugh, my grandfather said so that all the guards around us could hear him.
Everyone in the Quardenze family knows that I've been visiting Anna every day recently, but it's embarrassing to hear him say it like this.
'Oh, I see. I miss …… Women in the occupied territories. You sound like my brother.”
The way my father looked at me was not that of a parent who is pleased with the growth of his child, nor that of an old man who is pleased with erotic talk.
They were the eyes of a father looking at something he missed, someone he cared about.
I thought so, too. Wilk looks like a Gardacre. I wonder if the villa will be overflowing with women again.
And so began the story of my father's brother, my uncle.
I had never met my uncle because he was killed in action before I was born.
Originally, my uncle was supposed to take over the Kuordenze family, but he was killed in the war, so my father took over.
Listening to my father's recollections, it was clear that he adored my uncle.
This was surprising to me, as I had always had the image of aristocratic siblings fighting over inheritance.
The villa where I committed eve was originally built by my uncle to enclose women.
The villa was not a room for fucking, but a mansion for fucking.
Apparently, I was using the villa correctly.
As I continued on my horse, I arrived at a castle in the center of the city.
It is called Nambonan Castle, but it looks like just a small fortress.
The Nambonan Castle looked very shabby compared to the picturesque European-style castle in Newnery Castle.
According to Anna, the castle was once the home of the old lords and was converted into the seat of the council, so it has kept its original appearance. The surrounding buildings are more magnificent, so it seemed to convey the shabbiness of Nambonan at that time.
A guard standing in front of the Nambonan Castle bowed so low that I thought he was getting down on his knees, and then opened the gate.
He said, “……This is our request, no, our decision.”
The peace conference, which began with the ten council members face to face, began and ended quickly.
There was no room for negotiation.
A parchment containing the decision was handed to the council member on the far right, and when he finished reading it, it was passed to the council member beside him.
First he looks into his eyes then he puts his hand over his face and hands the parchment to the next senator as if he were handing him something unholy.
But only the first five senators made the move.
Oh?”
The councilor let out a voice, as if his mental preparation he had been shrugged off.
He looked frustrated in places, but it was much better than the first five senators.
The same was true for the senator who was handed the paper by him.
The paper went through its cycle and returned to the civil servants' hands.
“Hmm.”
The content was rather simple.
The basic idea was to maintain the status quo.
Nambonan will become a Kuordenze territory, but it will still be allowed to run its own city. However, a body with higher authority than the council will be created, and a member of the Kuordentse family will assume the position.
To prevent rebellion, all walls surrounding the city will be owned by the Quardenzes and dismantled.
Council members who cause war will have all their property confiscated and will be reduced to slavery.
In addition, the city of Nambonan will pay compensation to the Kuordentse family.
The civilian army will not be charged with any crime if they agree to be disarmed.
Those who defy this decision will be executed.
I read on and found a list of those to be executed at the very end of the article.
It seems that anyone on this list will be executed without question.
Please wait!
Cut them down!”
The rightmost councilor stood up, and following his father's signal his, his guards his cut off his head with their swords.
Fresh blood splattered across the chamber.
The man has committed treason. The family shall also be charged with treason.
The father said as if he were stating the facts in a matter-of-fact manner.
The emotionless tone of his voice he made my skin crawl, as well as that of the council members.
This is the aristocracy.
Even though they were scheduled to be executed, my family would have been forgiven if they had just kept quiet and obeyed.
Viscount Galiana said in a very regretful tone of voice so that the council members could hear him.
I see that he was on the execution list. No wonder they are so desperate.
Take a resolution.”
My father says, as if slamming the door.
Not a single member of the Diet tried to defy him.
And so the peace conference ended without a hitch.
The next day.
Early in the morning, Father returned to New Nellie. It seems that from now on the rest of the instructions will be given by letter.
Then I came to the house of one of the council members.
What I came to do was to confiscate his propertyhis.
The work itself was to be done by a civil official specializing in clerical work, but I was dealing with a representative of the city. They need to make sure they get a good look at us.
Therefore, as a pose, he was asked to be present at the confiscation site.
It seems that the gossip about the blue demons is spreading through the city of Nambonan with even greater exaggeration, and the council members were trembling from start to finish.
Entering a mansion far more luxurious than the Nambonan Castle, the soldiers under the direction of the civilian officials took away the property.
Large quantities of gold coins being carried away, paper bundles of some kind of title, and a number of splendid works of art. Nambonan seemed to be quite prosperous.
The mansion itself is beautiful and well located. Above all, it is wonderful that there is a bath.
I thought of doing something wicked like sneaking in a bath later.
As I gazed at the empty mansion after everything of value had been taken away, I saw someone standing there in a daze, probably a family member.
Kohary, your father escaped execution. You must be careful.”
'Brother ……? Still, it's all gone. ……? No servants, no one ……. And your father, to be reduced to the status of a slave,.. …. Oh, …… What a thing …… To be reduced to the status of a slave.”
The young lady Kohary, who was talking in a rambling voice, was being comforted by a man who appeared to be her brother.
He said, “Young master. We have confiscated most of the property in this mansion. We are heading to another senator's residence.
“Go ahead. I have found some property that has not been recovered yet.
The civil official turned pale and straightened his posture, perhaps mistakenly believing that I had pointed out a mistake in his work.
I chuckled and pointed at the property.
The civil official looked satisfied and bowed once before leaving the mansion.
After confirming that the soldiers had left, I stood in front of the two men left in the room.
'Gosh, I didn't know there was a collection leak here.
I felt the blood rushing to my lower body her.
