Chapter 1 – Family Meeting – 1
After graduating from college, he got a job at a small company and then died in a car accident.
Such stories of the past are now trivial.
“Young master.”
“The butler. What’s the matter?”
Count Franz’s butler, Sven, came to visit. One of his father’s closest aides who manages most of the castle during normal times. His second son, I, had no special relationship, so it was rare for him to have a direct conversation like this.
It’s not really a bad relationship, it’s just that there wasn’t a chance. Whatever happens, it’s something related to my father. In other words, maybe this is the same story.
“The master is calling.”
“Father?”
I knew it.
Anyway what’s going on What happened recently?
Even if it was, there was no case of calling during training like now.
“Okay. Well, sir. Get up first.”
“Yes, Bocchan. Then see you next week.”
“Well.”
The middle-aged man quietly bowed and left his room. After glancing at him, he looked at Sven.
“What did you call me for?”
“I think you should hear the details from your master.”
Sven just says something with an expressionless face.
I don’t really have anything more to say since everyone has that attitude.
I covered the book on the desk.
I’ll go if you call
When I got up, I left the room after the servants around me were cleaning up.
Sven took the lead and started guiding.
“…”
“…”
It’s not really a bad relationship. … Is it real
When he asked his father if he saw Sven smiling, he laughed and said he didn’t see either, so it must be just his personality like that.
Unable to withstand the suffocating silence, he finally turned his head to look at the garden.
Beautifully decorated gardens hired by highly skilled gardeners according to mother’s taste. I could see the huge manor beyond.
This is Count Franz’s family.
An ordinary man on Earth, I was born as the second son of an aristocrat in this savage world.
* * *
-Smart.
After knocking on the door, Sven pulled him back and bent him.
After checking the figure, he stood in front of the door.
“Father. This is Leoric.”
“… You’re here. Come in.”
A deep, low voice came from beyond the door.
You cannot open the door without permission. This etiquette has been thoroughly taught since ancient times.
Sven opened the door and went inside, and soon the door was closed from the outside.
He turned his head and looked around his father’s office.
“Brother?”
“I’m here? Leo.”
There was a handsome blond man with a gentle smile.
The eldest son and heir of Count Franz. Aidan Franz. My brother was there
He immediately looked up at his father and bowed down.
A middle-aged man, with his blond hair neatly brushed back like brother Aidan’s, quietly raised his head and pointed at his empty seat.
“Leoric. How old are you now?”
“I will be an adult soon.”
“You are all grown up.”
He quietly bowed his head.
It might even be bigger though. In this world, it is no different than a grown adult.
In the first place, it was a world where the line between being a minor and being an adult was blurry.
“How did Leo’s engagement go? Are you also a bore?”
“I have been in contact with the Boring family for a while, but the Boring family has already had blood ties for a long time. I don’t think we need more of that blood.”
“However, in this southern region, the only family with a similar status to us is Bohrang. I think it’s a bit harsh even for Leo that he doesn’t have a fiancé.”
“Hmm…”
I don’t know what they called it for, but judging from the current conversation, it seems to be about an engagement.
As Aidan said, it was rare in the aristocratic world to not have a fiancé at my age in the first place. My older brother got engaged and even married at a younger age than me.
Will you be quiet for a moment?
“Leoric. What do you think?”
“Me?”
Suddenly me? Do you need the second son’s opinion?
Originally, the story related to family blood, such as marriage, already ends with the line of the father. This kind of story cannot be disputed even by the elder brother.
Is it an engagement anyway?
In this area, there is only the Borang family that was mentioned in the conversation a while ago.
We met often at parties, and our relationship wasn’t bad.
“Ms. Irina from Boringa has danced at a ball before. It was very beautiful.”
“…”
“Haha.”
At my words, my father looked at me quietly, and Aidan-hyung laughed.
The Boring family is the only family in the southern region of the same rank as the Prinz family.
The Irina mentioned above is the daughter of that family, and although she still had a youthful appearance when I saw her before, she was a beautiful girl.
Both families have heirs in good standing, so there is no particular way to seize power, and it will be to strengthen the unity of the two families, right?
“Hmm. You…”
“Yeah?”
Father paused for a moment.
It was rare for my father, a serious person who doesn’t talk much and only says important things, to pause his words halfway through.
“You are not interested in power.”
“Power?”
I looked at Aidan at my father’s words. My older brother was watching the conversation with a strange smile.
Do you usually ask the second son in front of the eldest son? I need to choose my words better…
I don’t want to experience useless power struggles or anything like that.
“There is not. I don’t want to do it when I see my older brother struggling, and I will just do my duty as the second son.”
At my words, both looked at me quietly.
Even if Aidan hyung-nim becomes a count, it doesn’t mean that I’m going to be taken aback. It’s not even such a system in the first place.
“You are very special.”
“Didn’t I tell you? Leo can be trusted.”
“… Right. I thought it wouldn’t happen, but.”
A small smile was drawn on his father’s lips.
“With this, the future of our Prinz family will be bright.”
“Have you had any problems?”
This problem at this time… I’m a little worried.
I don’t want to give up my position as an aristocrat in this world.
I have magic, so I won’t starve to death. I hate suffering. The title of Count is just as great.
“You know about the Müller family beyond Mount Gulan?”
“Ah yes. Isn’t it a small estate near us? I’m not sure, but wasn’t it Viscount?”
Was it the family that recently inherited the title? There are no particular features that come to mind.
Come to think of it, were there two brothers?
“Come to think of it, the Müller family also had brothers the same age as us, right? How old were you?”
“Yes. And an infighting ensued.”
“Me?”
… OMG.
It’s mine
“Did you do well?”
I was dumbfounded, so I laughed and said it, and Aidan hyung-nim laughed loudly, which is rare.
I looked at my father because it was strange to see my older brother, but my father was watching over my older brother and me.
Haha! It’s not that rare, Leo.”
“Yes? No, but bro. Still, it’s mine If it is Gulan Mountain, it is a mountain at the end of the great mountain range. Not a single person with the blue blood of an aristocrat is lacking, but infighting consumes the power of the family senselessly.”
In this world, the blue blood of nobles literally means blue blood.
Power that transcends humans. Magic attribute.
The stronger the mana held in the body of the person who possesses that mana, the more blue the color of the mana becomes. Even blood has magic, so it has a blue tinge, but it doesn’t really turn blue. It was called that because the magical energy in its body is blue. The stronger the power, the more personality is revealed in the magical power. The same goes for our Franz.
Well, a bloodline with such magical powers means nobles, and without the protection of such nobles, it is impossible to live in this world. And it means that it is the duty of the nobility to protect and rule over the commoners who do not have magical powers.
The thicker and more aristocratic blood in a family, the more it determines the power of the family, and fighting each other through infighting becomes meaningless consumption of the family’s power.
And Müller. Was it a viscount family? If that’s the case, the power of the magical power he possesses can be roughly guessed. In the viscount’s family, there is infighting with each other.
“Ugh. As an aristocrat, he is unable to fulfill his duties. Will that happen?”
“Well. Just like that.”
Brother Aidan nodded his head.
This world is by no means a peaceful world.
When the noble’s duty is to protect the people. If people around you think you are not fulfilling your obligations.
That alone becomes a cause for war for other nobles around them.
“You’re right. Leo. It shouldn’t have been for a nobleman to do that. If not…”
“Before other nobles around you notice, or even if they notice, before they raise an army. It should have been finished before then.”
“… You intend to start a war.”
It got a little creepy.
War is a little scary. I’ve never experienced it. It was combat training.
Looking into their eyes, they were very serious. It didn’t seem like a lie. But it’s war
“Is it okay?”
The reason for the war is the same with other nobles. Conversely, you can aim when this side is weak. Of course, in this case, the most vigilant place.
“I made an appointment with the Boring family.”
“Hmm.”
Also. The story was already over.
“I have already finished talking with Count William Bohrin. Instead of raising an army ourselves, Boreng decided to play the role of keeping other families in check.”
“Count William Bohrin.”
Is he really
When he had met before, he remembered him as a big, big-headed man. He said that alcohol is good, and he kept recommending it, so I suffered from a hangover.
“And I talked about the engagement again, but the eldest son said that he had a child this time. He says there is no reason to go ahead with the engagement unreasonably.”
“That is something to celebrate.”
“Well. They said they were thinking of throwing a celebratory banquet.”
The noble blood itself is a strategic weapon.
One of the duties of a noble is to look after their children.
It was called duty to protect one’s own people, but in the first place, nobles had a hard time seeing their children. I don’t know why. This is also why nobles hurry to marry each other.
“So there is still time left, but now you are an adult too. Isn’t it the age to get to know a woman now? Is there a girl you like?”
Female!
That’s what I want! Sibal. How hard I endured until this age!
Chuu seems to be getting stronger soon!
