dawn
A bright light was scattered around the dark surroundings.
The mansion was half-collapsed, and the surrounding area was a mess with mud and bones scattered around.
“It’s very messy.”
Astina came down from the sky and clicked her tongue.
“Still, it’s fortunate that the monster didn’t make it to the village.”
Although the surrounding area was a mess, there was no damage to the village.
Only the area around the lord’s mansion was destroyed.
“hey! it’s okay?”
“Rudy!”
Luna and Li ran from behind me.
“Uh, it’s okay.”
I smiled at the two of them.
“Isn’t that overkill? Are you hurt anywhere?”
“Well? not really?”
The monster wasn’t that strong, and it didn’t hurt much.
Of course, it must have been because Astina prevented the monster’s actions well.
Then Robert patted me on the back.
“Good work.”
He was smiling.
***
After dawn, the area around the mansion became noisy.
“Brother, put this away!”
“I see!”
With the help of the villagers, he was cleaning up the ruined mansion and clearing the mud.
We wanted to do something like this, but we couldn’t help it.
When the monster destroyed the mansion, the lord hiding in it died.
He did not mourn because he was a lord who would be sentenced to death for having an affair with the rebels.
I don’t know how much this outer lord knows, but he would have been able to obtain useful information if he was interrogated. It was just sad.
Regardless of this situation, the first thing to do was to clean up the territory.
The messed up mansion and situation had to be rectified.
Once, Li took the lead and mobilized villagers and soldiers in the name of the princess.
So I started to repair the ruined mansion and tidy up the surroundings.
However, Rie could not continue to be in this estate.
“Should I ask Luna’s parents?”
At Lie’s words, Luna’s eyes widened.
“In this kind of situation, usually the lords around them take the place of the lords.”
“Well, I know that… … .”
When the lord dies suddenly or there is no substitute for the lord, the surrounding lord takes over the business.
However, it did not end here.
Usually, when acting as a lord, it was often the case that the estate was given to the lord who acted on behalf of the lord.
Especially in the case of such an outlying territory.
“If I take on two estates… … Wouldn’t it be very difficult?”
Luna said with a worried face.
I smiled at that question.
Usually, if you say you can receive a land, you would be happy first, but Luna worried about her parents first.
“Since there’s a guy named Jacques, the job won’t be that hard.”
“Again, the central government will take care of the case that happened this time, so we will just have to do the normal lord business. Nothing to worry about.”
Lie and Robert said at Luna’s appearance.
“Leave it to me! Because I am from a native of this territory, so I know it well!”
Jacques pounded his chest in a confident manner.
Robert looked at Jacques with a pitiful look.
“What would you do if you did? If I did, I wouldn’t be acting like a neighborhood bastard.”
“Uh-huh, brother. You don’t know anything. In a small town like this, how important is the role of a yangachi.”
“… … okay. try it yourself Even so.”
Robert crossed his arms and looked at Jacques.
“What on earth did you find out that caused this to happen? It is said that the fact that the rebels moved directly is important information.”
“Oh, you mean that?”
Jacques grinned as he lifted his white teeth.
“I just found out some really great information.”
“Awesome information?”
“The connection between the garbage wizards in Epomos and the Dukes of Astria!”
At that, we all widened our eyes.
And everyone looked at me except for Robert and Jacques.
Robert looked at Zach and asked.
“What is the connection?”
Then Jacques snorted as if exasperated.
“Aren’t those Astrians there! They were very scumbags! Do you know what Gina has been up to?”
“… … So what is it?”
Jacques folded his arms alone and looked up as if contemplating.
“maybe… … Levin, did that gentleman kick you out and get rid of Epomos? At that time, the fleeing inhabitants of Epomos and necromancers were accepted by the Astrian family.”
“Not only the necromancer, but also the residents?”
“Yeah, they don’t seem to have taken it all in, but they say they took a huge number.”
Jacques said in an angry voice.
“Do you know what they did with the villagers? I used them all in an experiment and killed them all! her! I’m really excited! Throw all the villagers to the necromancers as test materials.”
“Is it Mana Stone? … .”
Robert frowned and muttered to himself.
When Levian dismantled Epomos and asked where the large number of residents had gone, it was all hidden by the Astrian family.
It was hard to say for sure whether Levin knew this too.
There was a high chance that he probably didn’t know.
If I had known, neither the Empire nor the other families would have stood still.
“The garbage Astrian family. Just hearing the real story made me want to kick the ass of those children. If only those guys were in front of me… … !”
“Okay, stop it.”
“Why stop! They are the ones who wear hats even if they chew on it! I’m going to have to do it from behind like this! Even just looking at Astria’s ‘A’ now makes my teeth ache! We have to annihilate all those family members… … .”
I looked at it and smiled awkwardly.
I should have told you my family name when I gave you my name.
how do i do this… … .
I had no idea what the Astrian family had done.
Everything I say now happened before I came into this body, so it was natural.
There were things I couldn’t stop even if I wanted to.
So I didn’t think much of what Jacques was saying.
It wasn’t because I didn’t like it.
However, it seems that there was no one around.
Everyone, except for Jacques and Robert, was slowly staring at me.
“Astria, those bastards… … !”
Then Luna carefully opened her mouth.
“I… … .”
“yes?”
“There’s Rudy here… … .”
“Rudy? Oh, and his name was Rudy. yes?”
“He… … I’m from Astria… … .”
“Well?”
At that, Zach’s eyes widened.
He swallowed his saliva and opened his mouth carefully.
“that… … It’s like a vassal family under the Astrian family… … ?”
Did you just hide it… … .
“… … No, my name is Rudy Astria, the second son of the Astrian family.”
“… … .”
***
There is a brief commotion… … .
Jacques said he was sorry to me and killed me, but he cried and cried and made a fuss, begging me not to.
After telling me that the Astrians and I had no such connection, it became quiet.
In fact, my position was ambiguous.
They belong to the Astrian family, but they do not have any influence on the family.
However, I thought this position would be helpful for now.
There was no reason to get involved in what the Astrians were doing.
“Are you going to go back now?”
We had to leave the work here to Luna’s parents and Jacques, and now it was time for us to go back.
I had to use the information that Jacques had given me, and there were a lot of other things to do.
I had to prepare for the evaluation after the vacation is over and look around the staff related work.
“ah.”
Having said that, I have one question.
“Professor Robert?”
Robert, who was walking in front of me, looked back.
“Well?”
“I want to ask you about the staff you used to deal with monsters.”
“Oh, you mean this?”
Robert took the wand out of his pocket.
The length of the rod was short enough to fit inside clothes.
“Can I look around for a moment?”
“Yes.”
Robert threw the stick at me.
White cross-section rod.
I even wondered what material it was made of.
I lifted my head and looked at Robert.
“How did you make this?”
“To put it simply, it is a lump of mana stones. A staff with the ability to destroy non-human objects at once.”
“yes?”
“Doesn’t it make any sense to stand here and explain?”
Robert was right.
“… … All right.”
I returned the wand back to Robert.
It’s not too late to hear about it at the Academy.
I remembered the fight between Bong and Robert and was troubled.
Wasn’t I too stereotyped about the staff?
A staff is not a device that assists magic.
It was a tool that aided the wizard itself.
I knew for sure when I saw Robert’s fighting style.
I smiled.
“I have to go back and fix it all.”
I was thinking of changing the structure of my staff as a whole.
I was thinking of making my own staff, rather than an ordinary and monotonous staff.
“Come on, let’s go back.”
Robert shouted at us and walked towards the carriage.
while walking like that.
“Rudy Astria. I will be very busy when I return.”
Astina smiled and came to me.
“Yeah, it looks like it will be very busy. I also work on the Astrian family… … Make the staff right… … .”
“Well?”
Astina looked at me with a puzzled face.
I tilted my head in response to that.
“Isn’t that what you said?”
“you… … Haven’t you seen your grades?”
“… … yes?”
Astina sighed.
“First semester grades. Didn’t you come out on the first day of vacation? Didn’t you check?”
“ah.”
Come to think of it, I didn’t check the grades properly.
As soon as vacation was over, I left with Robert… … There was no bird to confirm that.
“By the way, why am I busy?”
Astina smiled.
“You are the chief. We need to take over the senior-related takeover.”