‘Astina-senpai, can you wait a little bit?’
It was my answer to Astina’s confession.
In a way, it could have been a lukewarm answer.
It was a word that could disappoint the other person, and left a feeling of disappointment in my heart.
However, I couldn’t accept the confession under the current circumstances.
The Astrian family had to be taken over as well, and a solution to time magic had to be found.
There are many other things waiting for me.
So not now.
‘Yes, I’m used to waiting anyway.’
‘However, the longer the period, the more anxious it tends to be.’
‘It’s not just me. The same goes for anyone else.’
To this I answered.
‘After inheriting the Astrian family. I’ll see you again then.’
With these words, I parted with Astina.
Astina went to the council of the capital, and I returned to the Astrian family.
“by the way… … .”
Rustle, rustle-
Heaps of sand and stones hang under his feet.
There was a broken wall in front of him.
“How should I do this… … .”
The library was in a mess now.
The walls are broken and stones are rolling around.
It was only me who broke this wall, so all I could do was sigh.
The reason the wall was broken like this was to enter the Astrian family vault.
The vault of the Astria family that Perian entered when he passed on the space magic.
In fact, there were many questions about the space.
Where the hell is that space?
Although Perian entered there with space magic, it didn’t look like a space created by space magic.
If it was a space that could only be accessed through space magic, it would not have been possible to enter the study room and go to the wall that seemed to be set there.
So I wondered if there was another space behind this wall.
In conclusion, I was right.
I made another space behind the wall and blocked the road again with the wall.
taken from noblemtl.com
Members of the Astria family can enter the vault with space magic, so I thought it would be like this.
But, why is it so messed up?
That’s because I broke it in a hurry.
Things you need to go to rescue Astina.
I stole a magic tool engraved with space magic from the Astrian Vault.
It was good to steal magic tools like that.
Thanks to that, I was able to save Astina, and everything turned out to be good.
The problem was that now Perian was coming to this mansion.
I am not yet a head of state, nor an orthodox heir.
Under such circumstances, if they are found to have robbed the family vault, they should receive a light punishment.
When the competition for successors is in full swing, you can’t get that kind of punishment.
“Who is there?”
As I shouted outside, a maid came down to the study.
“Call me… … uh… … .”
The maid saw the situation in the study and widened her eyes.
It was a natural reaction, as the study, considered the most serene and sacred space, was cluttered with rubble.
I looked at the maid and pointed around.
“I need to clean this up.”
“… … Okay. How can I get rid of it?”
The maid did not ask why this happened.
The maids in the past would have asked about this and informed Perian, but the maids now are all obeying my orders.
All maids who do not obey my orders are thrown out, and new maids are hired.
It was what I did while remaining in the family.
It was possible because he didn’t remember his father, Ian, or each of the maids anyway.
They gave generous amounts of money to those who had been kicked out, and warned the family not to tell them, so they were able to replace the maids without much trouble.
“For now, put the rubble aside and cover the cracked wall with wallpaper.”
It was the best I could do.
While Ferian was away, he had to do the stone walling, but he’ll be back soon, so it’s just as invisible as possible.
“All right. Then I will call some maids and a few servants to deal with.”
I was very satisfied with the way I did the calculations by myself, even without an order.
“Those who work should be rewarded separately. Do it as soon as possible.”
“All right.”
So the maid called a few people in the household and started to dispose of the rubble.
So while I was organizing my library.
“Lu, Rudy… … !”
A maid ran towards the library.
“The Lord has come… … .”
“… … already?”
There must have been a meeting in the Imperial Palace.
Of course, I thought that I would come and chat with the nobles, but my prediction was out of order.
I looked around.
It was less than 10 minutes after I started organizing the library, so it was the beginning stage of organizing.
“how… … .”
I pondered for a moment at the maid’s words, then moved on.
“Let’s go up first. Get it sorted out as quickly as possible. In the meantime, I’m holding on to my father.”
I quickly walked up to the first floor.
Then I saw Perian standing outside the mansion.
I cleared my neck, adjusted my clothes, and walked over to Perian.
“Father, have you been calm all this time?”
Then Perian looked at me.
indifferent eyes.
“It’s Rudy.”
He looked like he didn’t care about me.
“I decided to stay in the mansion for a while.”
“Are you in this mansion?”
“Yeah, I think I’ll stay until the Emperor’s permission is given.”
“Is that so… … .”
I shook my head as I heard that.
We have to keep Perian here.
In order to do that, I had to come up with something to talk about, but nothing came to mind.
I must have spoken to Perian before opening my mouth.
There, Perian is the enemy.
I couldn’t even talk about sensitive or friendly things.
I’m not going to go straight to the library though.
However, that expectation was immediately exceeded.
A servant took the papers out of the wagon, and Perian reached out to him.
“Give me the papers.”
Perian took the document and headed to the library.
“father?”
“Well?”
I caught such a perian right away.
“Are you going to the library?”
“Yeah, I’ve got work to do, so I’m going to take care of it.”
“Then, let’s go to the office. I did not use the room, so it is well organized.”
“The office?”
Then Perian showed a subtle reaction.
I felt reluctant to go to the office.
It wasn’t that he was suspicious of me.
In that atmosphere, I looked at Perian’s documents.
What kind of document is that?
Come to think of it, Astria-related work was shared between me and Ian.
There, Ian was in the Imperial Army, so I was in charge of most of the documents, so it was clear that there were no separate documents.
I realized it and didn’t miss it.
“Is this a confidential document?”
I spit those words out and looked carefully at Perian’s expression.
A little bit of agitation.
I saw the nursery rhyme and immediately spit it out.
“The library is a bit dirty right now. I practice space magic there, and the maid and attendant come and go. So, how about going to the office?”
When I said that, Perian nodded.
“Yeah, you better do what you say.”
Hearing Perian’s answer, he let out a sigh of relief.
Did you even get some time… … .
“By the way.”
Perian looked at me as he walked to the office.
“I got a letter from the Meyer family.”
“… … Are you from the Meyer family?”
“It’s a story about marriage.”
“… … ?”
“Now that you have reached your age, you asked if you should get married soon.”
Dozens of question marks popped into my head at the sound I had never heard of.
“By the way, why is that to my father… … No, why in the Meyer family… … .”
“Karen Meyer.”
Perian handed me a letter.
“He said he wanted to have a wedding with Karen Meyer, the eldest daughter of the Meyer family, who was your childhood friend.”
***
Astrian family estate.
“Uh… … .”
“I was still alive because the Astrian family protected me, did you think you would become my opponent?”
Dozens of people lying at Robert’s feet.
Blood is splattered profusely, and all the items used for research are broken.
“as… … Butt… … !!!”
Among them, a man with some stamina left shouted at Robert.
Robert narrowed his brow and patted his ear.
“Even if you don’t scream like that, you can hear everything.”
“Your guy… … Can you really do this!!!!! If you kill all the necromancers, you will live in silence, do you kill us twice?”
“I never killed necromancers. Rather, you killed the people around me.”
At Robert’s indifferent remarks, the man raised his eyes.
“It’s okay to say bullsh*t. The Empire found out that you used necromantic magic, and we all lost our homes and our families. And he is living as an Astrian dog as it is now, and in the end he kills all of us.”
“Have you lost your home and become an Astrian dog? You are really talking like a dog.”
Robert approaches the man one step at a time.
His eyes were emitting a bloody energy, and the man took a step backwards in the sense of intimidation.
“Why do you think I was caught by the Empire? Did you think that I had surrendered myself to the Empire because I used necromantic magic?”
“Uh-huh!”
Robert grabbed the man by the collar.
“It was your scheme. You guys experimented with me. Thanks to your experiments, the Empire was able to recognize that I used necromantic magic.”
“Great… …ね… … .”
The man let out a choked scream, and Robert sighed and threw him aside.
“I lost my son thanks to your pranks. And now you guys are killing other people’s families for being Astrian dogs. Isn’t that funny? You guys say goodbye to your family and mourn that you lost your home. It’s all you guys do.”
“we are… … I just do it to live. To survive the Astrian family… … .”
“If someone made you do that, is it okay to do it? Does the person who ordered it take all responsibility?”
“I did it to live… … .”
“To live.”
Robert laughed at the man and raised his fist.
“If you have to kill an innocent person to live.”
Then he hit the man.
“Don’t just live. This kid.”