11 – Hiding Talent – 1
“Then, the second question.”
You mean the question you don’t have to answer? I answered.
“Yes.”
“Why have you been hiding your talents until now?”
Oh dear. Following the princess, they began to mistake Dian as well. It wasn’t that he hid his talent, he was suddenly possessed by a game character. But even if I said this, would you never believe me? In this case, it is better to let the other person figure it out.
“No comment.”
Silence is good. It’s because it makes the other person imagine in the direction they want to imagine. Dian would probably think of hundreds of cases by now about why I had to hide my powers. None of them will fit. How would he even know that it came from another world? Thinking like that made me feel good. After thinking for a while, Dian opened his mouth again.
“Well, now the last question.”
“Yes.”
“Aren’t you planning on serving His Highness the Crown Prince?”
Something to come has come. A scout from Prince Leonhardt. Diane de Balboa was a professor at Arcadia Academy, but he was also the leader of the prince who served Crown Prince Leonhard. If Dian’s proposal was like that, he would surely be able to get a good position under the crown prince.
The prince was definitely a good option. If you ask who is the closest person to hegemony in the world right now, it’s because he was the crown prince. Now that the emperor has lost his mind without choosing a successor, the noble with the most territory and wealth in the empire is Crown Prince Leonhard. Although his talent is a bit inferior to that of Princess Leonia, the crown prince’s overwhelming power cannot be ignored.
prince. It’s a good choice, but I decided to put the decision on hold for now.
“Professor, someday I will have to serve my lord, but I want to focus on my studies right now.”
“Would you like to try again?”
“Yes. First of all, I will not join any faction until I graduate from the academy.”
First of all, after seeing the princess and the prince fighting, I thought that the side that would win would be on our side, and we would stick to the side with the advantage. Do you think it’s cowardly? I’m basically a coward
“ha ha ha!”
Dian laughed cheerfully as if he was having fun. It seemed like you liked my answer.
“But there might be no seats by then?”
“It doesn’t matter. At that time, I will become a talented person who wants to bring me even if I create a position.”
“I thought that young people these days were lacking in spirit… It wasn’t even that.”
You sound like a young man Even though he is only 29 years old.
“If you change your mind at any time, tell me. If it’s your talent that beat Yuria Russell, surely His Highness the Crown Prince will favor you as well.”
Is it really so? I don’t know if the crown prince, who values bloodline, would like the fallen aristocrat of the province so much. However, even if he failed to win the favor of the crown prince, he earned the favor of Dian, the right-hand man of the crown prince, so his success was as if it had been decided.
“thank you.”
I bowed politely and left the professor’s office. When I came out, the test was over. It’s not completely over, so today is here, and the rest of the battle continues tomorrow.
Tomorrow I will join the princess. The princess must be eager to destroy me. Thinking so sent a chill down my spine.
“I’m worried about tomorrow… ”
I have to compete with the princess, so what should I do? To be honest, winning or losing was a problem. The problem is that if you win, you will receive too much attention from various forces, making it difficult to walk the tightrope, and if you lose, you will be embarrassed.
The best is to create a moderately risky situation and play a thrilling match, but lose by a hair’s breadth. Can’t you see that the genius Princess Leonia lost on purpose? Losing on purpose will earn her contempt.
“Wherever you go, it’s a problem~”
As I lay down while talking to myself, I quickly fell asleep due to the mental fatigue accumulated from today’s mock battle.
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The next morning was bright. After washing, get dressed and get ready to go out. But just as I was about to leave the dormitory, someone knocked on the door.
– Smart smart.
Even in the dormitory, this is Arcadia Academy. Since I don’t know what will happen, I first asked the other person’s identity.
“who are you?”
“Isabelle de Poitiers, a vassal of Her Highness.”
A vassal means a feudal subject. A servant who received land from the lord and paid taxes and military service was called a vassal. And I knew very well who Isabelle de Poitiers was.
If Yuria Russell was the left hand of the princess, Isabel de Poitier was the right hand of the princess. Isabel de Poitiers like that came to me without even knowing one another. It must have been something important.
When I opened the door, there was a woman with black hair and glasses. The Isabel de Poitiers I knew was right.
Isabelle de Poitiers. The right-hand man of the princess, an armed with hexagonal parameters that excels in all aspects of military, swordsmanship, politics, diplomacy, and construction. However, it is now the right arm, but in the latter half of the game, it goes down to number 5 of the princess’s forces, and when playing the game, it is used as a guard or border area away from the center. It’s an all-purpose armament with hexagonal parameters, but why is it like that? He’s actually excellent in everything, but he’s a bit of an all-around beauty who doesn’t reach A rank in everything.
However, at this point, Isabelle de Poitiers, who was still evaluated as the right hand of the princess, was in front of my eyes.
“What did you come for?”
“There are people’s eyes. May I come in?”
“If you don’t mind a small, messy room.”
I guided her inside and she came in. It was embarrassing to have a room with clothes all over it, but it was better than leaving her outside. She looked around the room for a while and then said.
“Are most men’s rooms like this?”
“yes? no. It’s different for each person… ”
Does that mean it’s the first time you’ve entered a man’s room?
“okay. Excuse me. We apologize for the sudden visit. I am Isabelle de Poitiers. As I said earlier, it is the body that serves Her Highness, the princess.”
“Your Highness’s right hand.”
“As rumor has it, you have excellent intelligence. It is true that many people call me Her Highness’s right-hand man. It’s an overrated evaluation.”
There is nothing overdone. In the second half, it is a role to guard or change, but in the first half, Isabel is an industrial force who can serve one person in any field.
“So, what is Isabelle looking for?”
“I heard you are hiding your talent.”
What… It’s an obvious story, you must have heard it from Her Highness.
“What if?”
“I don’t know how much your military prowess is. However, among Her Highness’s knights, Yuria Russell has the most outstanding military ability. If you have the ability to unilaterally win against YuRia, you can guess that it’s a talent that doesn’t fall far behind Her Highness.”
Who is more outstanding between Princess Leonia and me… To be honest, I don’t know. I was confident in leading the military, but most of what I learned to command was through games and studying history. It is not certain that he will be able to defeat Leonia, who has been trained in real combat.
“I don’t know what you think of your own talent, but I feel it’s enough to threaten Her Highness the Princess.”
“So what? Do you intend to eliminate Her Highness before I threaten her?”
Then she laughed and laughed.
“You are making a funny joke. Some may think so, but that is not the Poitiers way.”
“Then what about the Poitiers way?”
“Negotiation and Appeasement.”
Having said that, Isabel de Poitiers held out her pocket. When I received the pouch and opened it, there was a huge amount of gold coins in it.
“It is 200 ducats. Do you know how much 200 ducats are worth?”
Know. It was an amount that could arm 40 heavy infantrymen, and at the same time, it was an amount that could open a small shop in the capital of the empire. It was also eight months’ worth of employment for Grancia Ehrenberg.
“That’s a lot of money.”
“Yes.”
“What do you want from me with this amount of money?”
“Please lose the final match against Her Highness the Princess.”
“Well… ”
To be honest, that’s not going to happen. Due to the personality of the princess with a strong sense of pride, it is easy to look down on her if she deliberately loses. I mean, are you mocking yourself?
“That’s not okay.”
“You seem to want to win too, don’t you?”
“It’s not like that.”
I don’t really want to win either. If you win a mock battle, you will receive attention from many forces. If rumors spread that you are an outstanding talent for no reason, your school life will become a nuisance. My goal is to show a moderate presence and line up in various places.
In a word, from my point of view, winning or losing was a problem.
“Isabel de Poitiers.”
I called her and she made eye contact with me.
“Think soberly. Wouldn’t Her Highness be angry if I deliberately lost to Her Highness?”
“It is unavoidable. Even if Your Highness is angry for a while, if only we can protect His Highness’ reputation… ”
Aigoo, it’s frustrating. this bastard That’s why you’ll lose both your right and left arm positions later and go down to number 5. Because I couldn’t understand the princess properly. Because I can only think realistically.
great. Shall I teach you a lesson?
Yessss discipline that bitch