42 – 8-The One Who Couldn’t Put It Down
“No matter what the matter, Mrs. De Jejeitz has a lot to consider, so it won’t be a waste of time. She’s struggling here and there between the De Jejeitz family and the Haenrel family.”
The eyes of the yak hok glaring at Eileen were as cold as frost.
“So, shouldn’t Count Haenrel come in person to ensure smooth progress?”
“Oh, what do you mean by that?”
Eileen wrinkled her face and protested to Yak Hock.
“I am sitting here after having been handed over full authority over this meeting by Count Haenrel. I think such words are an excessive criticism. Much of my concern is how far the Haenrel family has sacrificed to stop the devil. It’s about whether I should do it, and even if the Count comes, it won’t be any different from now.”
North, you bastards.
Isn’t it taking so long just thinking about sucking on a straw?
Do you think things will change when the Count comes?
Eileen said that.
In fact, because of the financial problem, the northern nobles didn’t say much even though the Haenrel family openly took their time.
It’s just a yak hok with a gun in an emergency.
“So, if you’re running out of time, could Count Yakhok please ease my worries? If that’s possible, it would be good for both of us.”
Yak or roared at Aileen’s ridicule.
“So what did your wife do throughout the last meeting? We have to ask the Count, the Count objected, the Count said he liked it this way, the Count, the Count, the Count! Like a child who had lost his or her parents, all day I was looking for Count Haenrel. Didn’t you?”
A yak or aristocrat taunted Eileen at the borderline of words.
It is said that children are still clinging to their parents’ legs.
And that style was Eileen’s natural enemy.
“By covering the words…”
As if he had no intention of listening to Eileen, Yak hit the table.
His voice echoed through the Great Hall.
“It’s your wife who needs to be covered up! What the hell did the House of Haenrel do when our family devoted themselves to the North? Even now, the walls of Keldarin Fort don’t dry a day, but Haenrel does a tour in the back. You didn’t!”
“The Haenrel family also sacrificed a lot. This place is also a place for that sacrifice. If you consider that the Yakhok family’s dedication to the vassal, there’s nothing more to say.”
Eileen and Yakhok had a sharp confrontation.
However, the confrontation is a paving stone for both to get what they want.
Only Count Sorang opened his mouth to block that paving stone.
“Earl Yakhok, don’t your words conflict with your actions? If you want to end the meeting quickly, why don’t you stop getting angry?”
“Earl Sorang is truly a man with no belly.”
“Earl Yakhok, keep your mouth shut!”
Despite Sorang’s restraint, Yakhok pushed Eileen as if he couldn’t stand it.
“Is there anyone here who doesn’t know that your wife is wasting time?! Do you think people in this room are stupid enough to put up with your wife’s lies?! How long will the meeting drag on for no good reason? ?”
Yakhok, of course, knows why Eileen is procrastinating the meeting.
She just didn’t say it.
She expressed her intention to not actively intervene in the issue of the successor.
So Eileen, come up with a good reason for yourself.
If necessary, play your anger and hide your meaning behind it.
Aristocrats are such creatures.
Yakhok took control of the Great Hall with momentum.
“Everyone has a lot of complaints! Some of the nobles say they don’t know what this meeting is for. Whether demons are descending or if it’s just a ploy to raise revenue.”
“Earl Yakhok! Try to speak! Are you doubting His Excellency’s bravery for the succession?!”
Count Sorang pointed out Yakhok’s words and actions as if he couldn’t listen any further.
I glared at the yak or Count Sorang.
“While your wife was wasting time for unknown reasons, it means that disloyal people began to misunderstand your Excellency’s intentions. Actually, I don’t think that’s wrong either.”
“Earl Yakhok!”
Sorang acted as if he belonged to the Djeevitz family.
That was also the secret to the family’s survival.
In order to run the small territory in the northern part of the kingdom where the lighthouse village is located, the support of the De Yewitz family was absolutely necessary.
It’s safe to say that everything he said and did spoke for the De Yewitz family.
“Then please answer my questions. Wouldn’t that work?”
Yakhok calmed the noise by telling him to sit down and listen.
“There are two rumors circulating in the northern part of the fortress. One is that the Great Demon of Plague appeared in an entrance exam, and the eldest son of the De Yewitz family defeated it. It means that you failed the entrance exam for the Edo Humanity Lighthouse.”
When my name came up, Sorang had no choice but to sit down and listen to Yakhok.
“Hearing that rumor, I thought this. Bjorn is misleading the North with false rumors. That’s why I guessed that he failed the entrance exam. Anyone would have. I don’t believe the rumors surrounding that boy are true. It wasn’t anything worthwhile.”
Yakhok did not mention what the rumor was about, but the nobles knew what the rumor was about.
“So I tested Bjorn yesterday. Everyone will know the results.”
I showed my true value on the stage set up by Yakhok yesterday.
The escort knight he brought with him, a low-class sword expert, was overwhelmingly trampled on.
Now that I saw it with my own eyes, I couldn’t deny that the rumors about my skills were true.
Even if they tried to question it, it would be impossible without Yakhok’s notarization.
Of course, Yakhok continued as if he would not leave even the slightest doubt about that part.
“Yes, I’m sure I have skills, but I can ask again, isn’t it a different story to fight against the Great Demon of Plague? I realized that believing I killed him was more stupid.”
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Witnesses can be deceiving.
But you can’t fake that people are dead.
It was a clear truth that the four instructors who went to Homeland together at the end of the entrance exam had died, and that they had turned into drowned bodies.
And that kind of thing was impossible unless you were on the level of the Great Devil.
“That’s why I became even more curious. Why did such a great knight fail the entrance exam of the Humanity Lighthouse, even after accumulating such feats during this time when demons are said to be descending?”
Yakhok’s eyes turned to Kaniel.
To slash words that no one has dared to say to his face.
Yakhok’s lips dropped slowly.
“Maybe that has something to do with why this meeting is taking so long?”
Yakhok showed the magic of bringing up the successor issue without using the word ‘successor’ once.
In the meantime, he secretly gave me strength and did not forget the threat, ‘If I make a mistake, I will intervene.’
After Yakhok’s words ended, Eileen’s face turned pale, and Kaniel’s forehead wrinkled, which was rare.
It was Count Sorang who hung on Yakhok’s horse.
“No one denies Bjorn’s credit. But Bjorn abused the power of the de Jejitz family during the entrance exam. In the first exam, the instructors said they couldn’t touch Bjorn. Of course, the knight I think it’s their excessive loyalty, but it can’t be said behind the scenes.”
Sorang spoke as if he was there.
“I think I handled it well. I just need to take the test again. As everyone has seen, Bjorn’s skills are certain, so he will definitely become a knight next time. This is proof that the entrance exam of the Lighthouse of Humanity is sound? After all, I’ve shown that even the eldest son of the De Yewitz family can drop it if they break the rules.”
As if to stop Yakhok before he could say anything, Sorang quickly continued.
“I’d rather ask myself. Why are you bringing this up in preparation for a demonic invasion? The reason we’ve gathered is to prevent demons from descending on the cold, so shouldn’t we focus on that purpose first? ?”
It was the sound that came out of Count Sorang’s mouth, but that mouth only represented Kaniel.
I will not choose a successor here.
So stop it.
Kanniel was saying that.
Sorang gestured to the magistrate to proceed.
However, there are people here who can’t just ignore that word.
Eileen worked tirelessly to make Aidan his successor.
Eileen stopped him before the air sucked into the magistrate’s lungs could hit his vocal chords.
“I understand why Count Yakhok is upset. But I want to clear up the misunderstanding that you are delaying the meeting on purpose.”
Eileen poured out words as if her turn had finally come.
“I sympathize with His Excellency Haenrel family’s struggle with the devil’s problem and want to support her as much as possible. Everyone knows that securing tax revenue this time is burdensome. Of course there are complaints. I understand.”
In a calm voice, Eileen pointed out the emotions that must have accumulated during this meeting.
“But there is no one here who would deny that our family bears the greatest burden. The Haenrels have lived in the North longer than any other family. No one dares to speak of their devotion to our family.”
Eileen shot at the yak hog.
Yak or just glared at her, but didn’t add her words.
“That’s why the Count is curious.”
Continuing her speech, she got up and walked slowly.
Aidan stopped where she was sitting.
“Whether the other northerners can follow the will of the House of Haenrel, who swore allegiance to the House of De Jejitz. Whether they can shoulder the task of this solemn era together.”
Eileen stroked Aidan’s hair.
Her hands caressing Aidan were soft, her words calm, but her meaning explicit.
It was the moment when the issue of the successor, hidden secretly in the meeting to prepare for the invasion of the devil, came to the surface.
Thus, Yakhok’s remarks became the priming water, and the meeting hall was divided into two factions.
Those who want to postpone the issue of successor and those who want to put an end to it.
The former belonged to the De Jejitz family, and the latter to the Haenrel family.
Of course, the moment Yakhok surfaced this question, the answer was no different from the one that was decided.
His remarks were a rebuke to the Haenrel family for procrastinating time, but in the end, it was the same as supporting the Haenrel family so that Kaniel could not delay this issue any longer.
Last night, Amber asked me out of curiosity.
“All we need is time to hunt down the Demon Cultists. But why are you using Count Yakhok to bring the heir issue to the surface to drive your Excellency?”
“We don’t have as much manpower as we do with time. Only Helga can follow.”
“The more so…”
“That’s why.”
If the issue of the successor comes to the surface and conflicts arise between the De Yewitz and Haenrel families, the hidden devils will actively move to solve the problem.
Helga will reveal herself before the boss without having to search for them.
Isn’t Helga killing two birds with one stone by reducing the burden of having to go into enemy camps alone to collect information and shortening the time?
Where is the boss who cares about his subordinates like this?
Here’s why I didn’t clown even though I could use Yakhok’s support.
If I had acted like a clown in accordance with Yakhok’s will, then Kaniel could have used me to delay the selection of the successor.
The probability is close to unfounded, but it is better to minimize the possibility as much as possible.
“I understand your concerns. I understand Count Yakhok’s urgency. But I will always make decisions for the sake of my kingdom.”
Kanniel, who had been silent for a long time, finally opened her mouth for the first time.
“As the House of Haenrel is worried about, we have a number of problems ahead of us. It is a difficult problem indeed. Like a knot we don’t know where to start.”
Kaniel filled the Great Hall with his unique, flat voice.
“But you can’t drag on forever.”
Kaniel’s gaze moved from the Yakhok family to the Haenrel family.
It was a calm gaze that could not be easily read.
But I know.
The determination hidden in those eyes.
A heart so ruthless that even a child would be purged for the sake of the North.
“When the meeting resumes in five days, everyone in the north will be able to get an answer that will satisfy them. Until then, we will adjourn.”
Five days.
Aristocrats were not dissatisfied with the sudden recess.
On the contrary, their faces were full of dark worries.
You must be afraid of the chaos that will overtake the North after the recess.
Kaniel will try to persuade the Haenrel family somehow for five days.
I don’t want you to run into trouble with the imperial family, so please give me time to come up with a reason for Bjorn’s disqualification.
I will make use of all the goods and rights that the De Yewitz family has.
However, since Yakhok was already added, the game leaned towards Haenrel.
Kanniel will make a declaration at the banquet hall in five days.
Aidan is said to be the heir to the kingdom that will succeed him.
After the meeting ends like that, the royal family and the Haenrel family will take care of the north as they please.
So that the devil can ride down the cold and come down comfortably.
The Haenrel family smiled as if they had already won.
Eileen looked at me and laughed proudly.
See, there is no four sides here.
After Aidan becomes the heir, there will be no place for you in the North.
That is your destiny.
Where are you struggling?
Her smile contained such an inner meaning.
Yes, it would have been like that originally.
Aidan became the successor, and three years later, I would have been sentenced to homeland punishment as I was counted as an achievement in the north.
But that future does not come.
Because I’m going to make that.
In five days, you will know who your enemy is.