Elte Sangha recapture battle (3)
Because the carriage is large, there is almost no shaking.
Inside, there was a sofa filled with soft cotton, and in the center was a wooden table with an antique design.
From the ceiling to the lace decorations hanging from the ceiling and the golden patterns adorned on the walls… In this carriage, which the average person would not be able to ride once in their lifetime, Princess Fenia and Lucy Meryl sat facing each other.
Lucy had her face resting on the table and her arms stretched out, hanging down. She was looking at the scenery outside so languidly, and Princess Fenia was staring at Lucy like that.
While attending the Sylvania Academy, I heard rumors about Lucy Meryl and her evaluations.
As a child, he lived as a genius buried in ashes in the Lamelen Mountains. It is only after coming to Aken Island and entering the Sylvania Academy that his talents begin to be revealed to the world.
During this vacation, the imperial family had a lot of fun playing chess, and the imperial officials suffered hardships.
Had it not been for the hero who destroyed the evil god Mebuler alone, he would have been imprisoned in the dungeon. However, his achievements and his skills were so great that he couldn’t deal with them rudely… he was a villain who couldn’t really use his hands.
“…I’m hungry.”
Thinking about the terrible days in the imperial family, Princess Fenia was about to let out a sigh.
Whether or not Lucy knows the feelings of such a Penia, she merely mutters with blank eyes and is hungry.
“There was no reason to make such a fuss, Lucy Meryl. If I had just spoken politely, I might have been able to persuade you.”
“I don’t hear you even if I say it, so maybe I’ll listen because it’s my words.”
Lucy’s zeal to let go of the princess of one country casually makes the surrounding servants swallow dry saliva.
However, Lucy herself continued speaking with an innocent face.
“I’m not good at solving things with words.”
That is a truly terrifying statement.
Princess Fenia took a deep breath and did not answer any further. I just look out the window on the other side and see the soldiers escorting Princess Fenia on her way home.
“…”
How long until reaching Aken Island? For Princess Fenia, who doesn’t have much sense of distance, the return trip feels like an endless wait.
Anyway, it feels like Lucy has caused a stir in the imperial family, so the eyes of the imperial people have been drawn to Ed Roth Taylor, whom Lucy is openly defending.
Still, the position of the surviving heir of the Roth Taylor family is unusual, but even the hero of the rescue tries to defend him…
Selahana Persica’s gaze was also felt very strange, and Princess Fenia became even more concerned.
“Hmm…”
Suddenly, as I looked out the window, I felt a strange sense of incongruity. It’s the same way home as usual, but there’s no way there’s anything strange about it.
The faces of the soldiers are also familiar. The appearance of the guards advancing, guarding both sides of the wagon, neatly lined up, is the same as what I had seen since I was a child.
But… it’s a bit large.
“There were more escorts than I expected on the way home this time… It’s not like there was no such thing.”
The Roth Taylor family’s work was a catastrophe, but to some extent it’s already been concluded. There is only a bit of post-processing left.
Protocols are important, but it’s not a good thing to waste the personnel of the imperial escort. From now on, I should have instructed you that it’s okay to set up an escort to be more modest.
With that thought in mind, Princess Penia looked up at the blue sky from the carriage.
Occasionally, only the sound of Lucy’s sleep talk reverberated inside.
* When I woke up, the first thing I felt was the pressure around my wrist.
Lortel recalled her last memory in her hazy consciousness. This is the appearance of Dune, ignoring Lortel’s instructions and glaring at her with her eyes wide open.
I don’t remember anything after that.
Was it attacked, lost consciousness by magic, or fainted from fatigue?
There isn’t even a reason to judge. It was handled so neatly and clearly.
However, I soon realized when a strong pain rose from the back of my head.
The fact that Dunne was ignoring Lortel’s words and widening her eyes was waiting for the movement of an insider who would attack Lortel while he drew his attention.
The place has not changed. Lortel’s private office.
As it is a relatively safe place for Lortel, it is the best place to attack.
As soon as his sight returned, Lortel immediately judged the situation.
body is not free Both hands are tied behind the chair.
The scent that lingers on the tip of the nose is the scent of chestnut flower scented candles. This item is famous as a means to temporarily subdue a wizard by twisting the flow of magic.
However, it is expensive enough to be worth a dozen gold coins for the size of a nail, and it is not easy to obtain, and it is difficult to get the effect of having to smell the scent of incense for a long time.
If you buy something like this and light it up, you can see that it was planned for quite some time.
“You’re doing something that doesn’t suit you, Dune.”
Lortel looked across the table in a low voice.
A man with his head bowed in the reception chair. A generously sized beret, a slender impression, a silk red fleece vest, a pure white shirt, and leather pants… Just looking at the look, he was a merchant himself.
“While I was concentrating on my old deck, I set up a fun stage.”
“I’m sorry for tying you up. Because the stage manners are not good.”
“Anyway, Deputy Director Hoeju is very busy. In management of the upper and lower bounds, in inventory check, in personnel management, in book management, in sales disputes, and even to the very bottom.”
Despite the fact that it was an instant situation, Lortel continued to speak in a relaxed tone.
“So… you’re also on the side of the dune, Lienna?”
Behind the dune stood a crippled girl.
It even showed the appearance of Lortel’s secretary, Lienna Clemson. The way he was standing behind a dune holding a bunch of papers… He was always timid.
“It’s not a rational decision.”
“I do not know. You have to see it.”
Dune is looking at the floor with his feet slightly apart, his elbows on his knees.
Lortel also frowned at the appearance that was quite different from her usual naive appearance.
Knowing how to show a frivolous appearance is also a quality of a merchant. At least Dunn is a natural born talent.
However, what he usually looks like… It’s hard to know unless you’re an employee of the company.
“You have been in Sylvania for a long time, with beautiful scenery and overflowing with romance… It seems that you have lost a lot of poison.”
Dunn gave Lortel a constant respect for the situation even though it was like this. He was that kind of person in the first place.
“Or maybe the situation on the Old Deck side was too urgent… He trusted me too easily.”
“You believe? me, you?”
Lortel spoke with an absurd face.
“I don’t trust anyone. Would it be different because it was you?”
“…”
“I’ve been working with you for quite some time… Maybe I didn’t know that you were dark inside? Why, I stole a few pennies from the ledger, bought some alcohol and some luxuries… Now do I look like a stick?”
– Coogong, thump.
While Lortel was speaking, a bustling noise could be heard from here and there. It’s only a few days before school starts, but it’s still vacation. Either way, it’s still the off-season.
Nevertheless, seeing the bustling atmosphere of the company, Lortel could easily infer what was so busy.
“Do you think the evidence of your embezzlement remains in this company? With common sense, it is natural to take it outside.”
“…”
“I told you, I don’t trust anyone.”
Dune, who was listening quietly, glanced over the wooden floor with his leather shoes once before answering.
“Well, I was instructed to search the inside of the company as much as possible, but I never thought I would find any evidence of that. There is no need for that in the first place.”
“What?”
“What are you going to do by talking to each other? However, it would be better for you to step down from the position of deputy director of Hoeju.”
Lortel tried to hide her strange feelings. There was nothing good about looking shallow here.
However, Dune is hiding his inner feelings as much as possible.
Why the hell did you suddenly betray Lortel, what do you believe in doing this, and how specifically will you put Lortel into a corner?
Even the smallest clues are not revealed. Dune is well aware of how clever a fox named Lortel is.
Even the slightest bit of evidence would infer the whole picture in an instant.
So it shouldn’t give any clues. Before you notice anything strange, you have to capture it and lock it up.
Dunn thought so, but he was already able to deduce the least amount of information from this situation alone.
‘There is something behind him.’
Lortel repeated it to himself.
The way Lortel, who does not believe in people, treats people is based on the premise of ‘mutual benefit’.
No matter what anyone says, following Lortel, who is the biggest loser in the Elte Company, is the only way to join Lortel because it is beneficial to that person.
Trust can only be established in a relationship where there is mutual benefit to each other.
Since Dunn fully understands that fact, there was no reason to betray Lortel.
However, the reason that Lortel came after Lortel without any warning… must have been because of some change in the external background.
Not only that, but an unconventional move that catches and imprisons Lortel.
This is… proof that time is on Dune’s side.
Some kind of certainty that if you catch Lortel in some way and make it do nothing, Lortel will naturally be kicked out of the position of deputy general manager.
A situation in which an external action has been taken, waiting for it to act. Until then, Lortel had been locked up to remove all variables.
Lortel quickly inferred this far. It was the flow of thoughts that happened in that brief moment when I slowly closed my eyes and opened them.
The first thing you need to do is release the captives and escape. While Lortel was away from the company, it is necessary to determine what changes occurred on Aken Island, centering on the dune.
“You put a self-infested water, Dune. I’m leaving right now, so you don’t think anyone will feel uncomfortable?”
“You don’t have to worry about attending the bachelor’s degree. The same goes for the internal staff of the company. I wrote all the numbers down, so don’t be fooled. Complicating things is not good for each other.”
“Well, I think it’s better for things to be complicated from my point of view.”
“Well, considering the difference of opinion, it is.”
Dunn spoke with his head raised as it was. The frivolous appearance, as usual, was hardly felt.
“We have taken steps to prevent such a thing from happening. Everyone around Lortel Hoiju either joined me or took measures so that I would not feel uncomfortable even if the deputy Hoeju disappeared.”
“It seems like a plan that has been prepared for quite some time.”
“I will leave it to your imagination.”
Lortel applied strength to his arm to gently break it, but the tightly tied rope showed no sign of breaking.
I looked around for something to break the rope with a subtle squint, but still nothing caught my eye.
“Did you say you don’t trust anyone anyway? Who would risk their life to come to the rescue? We also don’t want to harm Lortel’s deputy director any more. How about sitting quietly and then quietly retiring?”
“Pretending to be gentle. To the same despicable traitor to the subject.”
“It’s a strange feeling to hear that story directly from Deputy Director Hoeju.”
It’s Lortel who has already beaten Elte and took the position of deputy director of Hoiju.
There is no justification for the fact that she, who is branded a traitor, curses Dune.
He is a person who has already fallen into the yoke of betrayal. Not unaware of that fact, Lortel smirked.
“You don’t lose your composure.”
“You are expecting it. So it’s calmer. Originally, the merchant tribe was twisted, so there is no way to do what the other person intended.”
“I do not know. It seems to me that there is a corner of faith.”
Lortel never loses reason even when it comes to such extreme situations.
Lortel Keheln is the one who maintains reason and makes rational decisions in any situation.
Since it is the Dune that has been the closest assistant to Lortel, he never misses that fact.
Lortel is a snarl itself, with a sharper edge than the old foxes of Oldek.
To deceive her, it is not enough to prepare for days or months. It’s enough for a few years to sharpen the blade of betrayal, and it’s almost at the level of barely getting a scratch.
The first thing to do is to destroy her steel-like reason.
The mentality that always maintains composure and never wavers in any crisis is the number one contribution that has put her in the position of a colossus. If you don’t solve it from that point… you will never have an edge in the confrontation with Lortel.
Therefore, Dune analyzes the character of Lortel more coldly than anyone else.
He finds out the human heart that remains in Lortel, who is like a demon who sold his soul for gold coins. There is only room for digging.
“The deputy director of Lortel said that he did not trust anyone.”
Dunn continued speaking quietly.
“It wasn’t like that.”
“…What?”
“Lienna.”
As Dunn called Lienna’s secretary’s name softly, she pulled out a piece of paper from the stack of papers she was holding in her arms.
If you look at the form, it is a contract agreement. There weren’t many of those items, but the shape was plausible.
Lienna, who had placed the agreement on Lortel’s office table as it was, went back to the back of the dune and stood at a distance again.
“This…?”
“Ed Roth Taylor.”
As the name appeared on Dune’s mouth, Lortel’s pupils trembled slightly.
“Did you think he wouldn’t join us?”
“What…?”
Dune is a human born with a gift for negotiation and compromise.
Among all kinds of interests, we create a win-win situation for each other by judging what the other really wants.
As a human being who has repeated such things tens of hundreds of times, he knows it well.
Negotiations and compromises begin with knowing the other party.
Ed Roth Taylor is not an easily conciliatory person.
He is straight-headed, firm in his thoughts, somewhat transcendent in understanding, and… he possesses physical strength.
Since he has had a good relationship with Lortel, it is difficult to persuade him to betray him no matter how you look at it.
However, in the end, negotiation and compromise depend on what the other party wants.
Lortel Keheln glanced at the papers handed to her by Lienna’s secretary. My hands were trembling slightly.
– It is agreed as follows on the establishment of insider information trading and cooperative relationship between Dun Grex and Ed Rothtailer in charge of the Elte Chamber of Commerce.
1. Ed Roth-Taylor cooperates with any requests for information sharing from the whistleblower Dune Grex regarding the whistleblower accusation of Lortel Keheln, the current Elte Chamber of Commerce representative.
2. Dune Grex, the current full agent of the Elte Chamber, guarantees full support for all tuition, living expenses, and other expenses that Ed Roth Taylor will receive until graduating from Sylvania.
3. Also, meet Ed Roth Taylor’s ‘early graduation’ requirements and actively support all necessary funds and arrangements for his early graduation.
4. Dune Grex, the current representative of the Elte Chamber of Commerce, actively supports Ed Roth Taylor’s settlement funds and necessary facilities after graduation.
5. Ed Roth Taylor officially becomes an employee of the Elte Company, and maintains this status for at least five years after graduation.
6. Ed Roth-Taylor must always attend dinners, meetings, and talks with friendly and influential people on the Elte company side, and must maintain friendly relations with them.
It’s a document that seems to describe Dunn’s and Ed’s close relationship.
Lortel’s pupils trembled for an instant, but he quickly regained his composure. And in an instant, the items were quickly analyzed.
Dune Grex has the ability to analyze people.
After thoroughly analyzing the character of Ed Roth-Taylor, gathering information, he came up with what he really wanted.
Ed Roth Taylor’s primary interests are graduation and growth.
As if he was giving a big meaning to graduation, he was thinking about graduation in everything he did.
It felt as if graduating from Sylvania was a major turning point in his life.
It would have been difficult for Ed to refuse to offer him an ‘Early Graduation Qualification’.
Not only that, but it also provides all the necessary funds to settle down after graduation. Actually, the financial issue is not that important. Even Lortel was willing to give that much support.
The question is, how does the plenipotentiary representative of Elte Corporation guarantee such things as early graduation?
It is the Sylvanian Bachelor that decides whether a student will graduate or not. I am not a full-time representative of the Elte Company.
‘Is the Sylvanian Bachelor the insider…?’
That’s weird too. Sylvania Academy principal Obel Forsius is no match for this type of negotiation.
In the first place, Elte Sanghoe and the Sylvanian Bachelor are not on the same side, and even if they somehow managed to negotiate a place… it is too risky to attribute Lortel as an enemy just because they have only turned to one Bachelor.
In addition, the items in this negotiation… are too obsessed with the individual Ed Roth Taylor.
Dune Grex and Ed Rothtailer have no connection at all.
There is no reason to tie Ed to the Elte company for 5 years after graduation, and there is no reason to make him a friendly force. Dune’s primary goal is money, not power.
‘Suspicious…’
After reading that far, Lortel smiled leisurely.
“It’s a negotiating plan full of arrogance. Do you think there is anyone in the world who will sign this?”
“This is a negotiation that has already been signed.”
“….What?”
Dune didn’t say any more and just stared at Lortel.
Lortel Keheln appears to be perplexed. There is no need to explain how much it means.
She is the one who has kept her composure even when the school is being destroyed.
Although he was not one to be shaken by such a variable, Lortel’s vision was trembling greatly.
Eventually, as I slowly turned the negotiation proposal to the next page, I caught my eye with a large, signed Ed’s signature.
I forgot to breathe for a moment.
Occasionally, Elte Keheln’s words appear in her dreams and spread softly down her spine.
If you sit there with betrayal, you will end up with betrayal.
When you lose everything and fall to the floor, do you think there will be someone to reach out to you?
Those words echoed in my ears, and I pierced my cold chest with a dagger.
“It’s pretty reasonable.”
It is a forged document.
It was difficult to come to that conclusion.
“He is now in this Elte Chamber building.”
Dunn replied casually.
Lortel was momentarily speechless at Dunn’s reaction.
As for how to continue the topic of discussion here, my head is dizzy for a moment, and the flow of thoughts is cut off.
Lortel, who has lost his composure, is difficult to see. On the commercial front, she is always a rational and rational fox.
However, just by focusing his eyes, he felt his mind wandering… Lortel had to bite his molars tightly.
– quiver
At that moment, it was Ed Roth Taylor who came in through the door.
The tall blond nobleman… walked into the office quietly and handed over some documents to Lienna’s secretary.
It was the Elte Company employee manual and various employment contracts.
“Eh…de-senpai…?”
There is no smile on the face.
Ed Rothtailer, looking at Lortel… was expressionless as always.
He was wearing a small cloak. On the outer surface of the light brown cloak, a small scale figure representing the employee of the Elte Company was drawn.
He had already become an employee of the Elte Company.
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Maintaining composure in any situation and observing the situation.
Breaking down Lortel’s terrifyingly cool reason… It’s really not easy.
However, Ed Rothtailer casually standing behind the dune and taking the papers… comes into Lortel’s field of vision.
He looks at Lortel with a sullen face and speaks.
“It happened.”
A nightmare of Elte Keheln, who turns her face at a bizarre angle and curses Lortel.
The dream that comes to mind when he forgets it is engraved in Lortel’s mind.
When you end up on the floor, there is no one to hold your hand in the end.
Words like that curse… kept coming in my ears.
*- ‘Once you go back to the dormitory, do as I said.’
After talking with the secretary of the Elte Company, who came suddenly, Ed Rothtailer sent Isla back to the dormitory.
“It’s so sudden, I don’t know what it is…”
Honors Student Dormitory Lorail Hall.
In Ayla’s hand as she traversed the neatly cleaned hallway in her own way, a simple writing tool and paper were held.
Even though I took a lot of notes in class, it had been a long time since I wrote a letter, so Ayla felt a bit strange.
“Hmm…”
The conversation between Elte Sanghoe and Ed Rothtailer was unusual, but there was much more that Ayla did not understand.
– ‘…’
– ‘Ed sunbaenim, what are you so worried about?’
However, after the conversation with Elte Sanghoe was over, the image of Ed Roth Taylor sitting quietly at the cafe table, sweeping his chin, and falling into thought remained strong in his mind.
– ‘The situation is under investigation.’
It was the first time seeing Ed so serious, so Ayla was a bit embarrassed.