I sat at my desk and looked at an envelope.
There are a lot of letters coming to me these days.
From people queuing up in advance to see if I could inherit the Astrian family, to a letter inviting them to their mansion to know what kind of person I am.
Various letters were coming.
I ignored most of those letters.
I would have paid attention to the letters from people related to the Astrian family, but no such person’s letter came.
The people of the Astrian family have been lining up for Ian for a long time.
Knowing the circumstances of my family, no one cared about me.
There’s no way someone who’s already had a close relationship with Ian writes to me.
Still, it wouldn’t be good if there was a story that Ian exchanged letters with me in a situation where he was in an unstable position.
So, only a half-hearted opportunist with no ability sent me a letter, and no one with a clue came to me.
However, this letter was not read in vain.
Although Astina is young, Astina has been in a similar position to me since childhood.
As Astina, who had put a lot of effort into getting a successor position, I wondered if there was a better way.
As expected, Astina gave me good advice.
A place where the graduates of Liberia Academy gather.
He recommended the place to me.
Aren’t school ties, ties, and blood ties the best bonds since ancient times?
Although not a graduate of the academy yet, there was no reason not to go.
After all, that place is where the people who went to the academy are.
Rather, there may be people who want to hear the story of me who has not graduated.
In addition, I am a warm-hearted person who has just finished the job of the student council president.
You will be welcomed as someone who can explain a lot about the academy to the graduates.
If it weren’t for Rudy Astria… … .
There are several celebrities among the academy’s graduates.
Those celebrities didn’t have to come to me.
From their point of view, if you get involved with me politically, it will only hurt your head.
But among those people, there were people I could approach.
‘If you go to that meeting, visit Yurik Astria.’
The person Astina told me.
Yuric Astria.
That person was my uncle.
As the younger brother of Perian Astria, he is a person who remains as a collateral noble after losing the competition for succession.
‘Will he help me?’
‘I can’t say for sure. Still, there’s no way it’s possible to help. Because that person was in a similar position to you.’
When persuading people, stimulate the emotional side rather than the logical side.
It was one of the basic principles of marketing.
Now is the time to sell me to people.
It was a sufficient condition to stimulate emotions if someone had a similar experience to me and was related by blood.
“Rudy, it is time to prepare slowly.”
“i get it.”
I got up from my desk and started getting dressed.
The place where graduates gather is the ball.
It wasn’t the small ball we saw at the academy, it was a ball with a lot of nobles.
Not only graduates, but also those brought by graduates gather at the prom.
So it could be a big ball.
To go there, I started getting dressed.
“It seems that the preparation time is a little late. Didn’t you decide to go with someone else?”
“it’s okay. You don’t have to go on time.”
In the case of Ian and father, it is often the case from the beginning of the ball.
It was a virtue that the higher the noble, the first to arrive.
I carry the name of Astria on my back, but in fact people may come there.
Rather, it is better to arrive a little late to get people’s attention.
There was no way the maids knew what I was thinking.
Because Ian and my father had never been in a situation like mine.
“Then do you know anyone who agreed to go with you?”
“Oh, I told you before.”
The person I decided to go with.
That was Luna.
I thought about going with Li, but if a princess appeared in such a place, I decided to go with Luna, considering that Li would attract attention rather than me.
I got dressed and headed to the carriage waiting for me.
“Let’s go to the Imperial Palace.”
“… … Is it the Imperial Horse Tower?”
The driver widened his eyes at my words.
“Wow, you can’t enter the Imperial Palace unless you get permission in advance!”
I frowned.
“… … You don’t think I know that?”
“Wow! sorry!”
Unlike the driver I had met last time, he had a rude attitude.
Is it because he’s the family coach?
It seemed that he had an attitude of ignoring me, implicitly, as a mother-in-law who was hired directly from the mansion.
Let’s see if the people in the mansion here are getting their hands on one too.
Currently, neither his father nor Ian live in the mansion.
It’ll probably be the same while I’m here.
Then I need to make the person inside my person.
Because the enemy inside is more afraid of the enemy outside.
“What are you doing?”
“… … yes?”
“Aren’t you going to leave?”
“Ha, I will!”
I sighed.
A few minutes after the carriage ran like that. We were able to get to the Imperial Palace in no time.
It was called a horse tower, but it wasn’t a tower.
In fact, the term “Matoap” did not mean a certain tower, but a facility where wizards were researching.
There were trees around, but the bare branches showed that it was winter.
When we went to the front of the tower, some guards were standing at the checkpoint.
“I… … Rudy?”
“Know.”
At the driver’s words, I opened the window.
A guard stood in front of the window.
“who are you?”
“This is Rudy Astria. I came here because I had someone to meet at the tower.”
The guard held up the paper in a clerical manner.
“Can you tell me the name of the person you are going to meet?”
“This is Luna Railer. He came as an academy student as an apprentice to the imperial wizard.”
“… … !”
Then the guard opened his eyes wide.
“ah! You were here to meet Luna! sorry!”
“… … yes?”
“Come right in! Luna student is waiting for you!”
I tilted my head at the guard’s words.
Why do you feel welcome?
Is it just a feeling?
But when I entered the tower, my doubts turned to certainty.
“Rudy, it’s been a while… … .”
Luna wore a white dress and had a flower-shaped decoration on her hair, giving her a fairy-like atmosphere.
It was a look that caught everyone’s attention.
However, I was more interested in the people around me.
“Luna! go for it!”
“Luna, you have to be careful… … . When strange guys approach, they run away… … .”
Several people behind Luna.
There was an elderly grandfather, and there was also a researcher who looked to be in his thirties.
“I, please. Everyone come in!!”
Luna shouted at the people with her face blushing.
“Luna, why are you like this… … . whatever we do wrong… … .”
“Sa, puberty?”
“Oh, it’s not like that! Lou, I’m going with Rudy now… … .”
“Yeah, come in early… … . Never even put alcohol in your mouth!”
It was a face that worried about Luna just like mothers and fathers.
It had only been a few days, and I was embarrassed by such a family-like atmosphere.
Let me look at the situation with a puzzled face.
“Did you say Rudy? … .”
An old man approached me.
“yes?”
“I’m sure I’ll be able to protect Luna… … ? What if I take you to such a dangerous place?”
“… … Is it a dangerous place?”
The place I go to is the prom.
It is also a place where many famous families gather.
There’s nothing dangerous about it.
“We’re going to a prom… … .”
“So! You know how dangerous the prom is! Alone in the corner, cracking the cake! Become a joke for nobles! The shock is like sniffing a guy who hasn’t showered in a week!”
“ah… … yes.”
For introverted magic researchers, the ball seemed to be a terrifying place.
“Lu, Rudy! Let’s go! hurry!”
Luna grabbed my arm and led me.
So Luna was about to get into the carriage and turned around for a while.
“… … All right, I’ll go!”
“Heh heh heh!”
“I’ll go… … . Have you heard my greetings like this? … .”
“… … .”
At Luna’s words, ‘I’ll go,’ the grandfathers smiled very pleasantly.
“Go, let’s go. Rudy.”
“… … okay.”
***
“Looks like you’re getting along well with the people of Matop.”
“Well, how are you?”
“Of course. It’s been a while since I came in, but it’s like that.”
It wasn’t a very nice sight to see the grandparents making a fuss, but I could feel the love they had for Luna.
I was worried inside that Luna was going to become an imperial wizard.
Although the imperial wizards belonged to the same imperial family, they often acted as individuals.
I wondered if Luna would be able to adapt well to a place where individualism was strong.
But I felt relieved that I was doing better than I had expected.
“More than that! He said he was meeting Rudy’s uncle today… … .”
“Uh, uncle… … .”
“Am I okay now? I’ve heard that first impressions are important… … .”
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“Well?”
“ah… … . nervous… … . If you look good to your uncle, good things won’t come out of your family… … . So it should look good… … .”
Luna looked like she was going to do something similar to the meeting.
I didn’t explain myself, but I didn’t know you would think that way… … .
“Luna… … . I don’t know much about your uncle.”
“yes?”
“Isn’t this probably the first time you’ve seen your uncle?”
“Sue, are you meeting Uncle for the first time?”
Luna’s eyes widened.
“Even if I saw it, I must have been very young.”
“Uh, how do you do that? It seems like we see each other at least once a month… … .”
“There must be some family affairs. I don’t know the details either.”
Predictably, it was something related to inheritance.
The children who do not succeed are expelled from the family so that there are no more quarrels.
As a father, it can be said that kicking out a child is harsh, but in fact, it was a path for all children.
As the head of the household, if his brother remains in the house, it can only be annoying.
Then there was a high chance of killing or eliminating the opponent.
From the father’s point of view, it was to drive out the child who could not become the head of the household in order to save both children.
Luna tilted her head.
“Then why is Rudy suddenly going to see her uncle?”
I slowly answered Luna’s question.
The process of taking over the seat of the head of state.
I must bring Astria’s subordinate families to my side.
It can be said that the uncle who has already become a collateral is meaningless, but that was a story when that person was ordinary.
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“He has very wide feet. I get along well with people. He was famous in the social world.”
It was an unusual move for an aristocrat who had not already become the head of the household.
Be friendly with people around you without political ties.
And with a lot of people who belong to the political world.
I was thinking of getting help from my uncle’s network.
“uh… … .”
Luna narrowed her brow and looked at me.
“Rudy, who is sociable… … .”
Luna bit her lip as if she didn’t like it very much and quietly let out a self-talk.
“blond hair… … bully… … .”
“You are old and you live in an aristocratic society, so it’s not like that.”
I imagined my uncle’s appearance like Luna, but for the first time, I firmly said no.
“You can go and see who you are.”
I looked out the window.
Outside the window, I could see the ballroom slowly approaching.