113 – Episode 112
Just like that, the day of Mary’s birthday party arrived.
[Princess, happy birthday.]
[Thank you. Count.]
The Count and his family from the Grand Duchy are giving gifts to Mary.
They are a collateral family of the Ryan family, so they can be considered my distant relatives.
[Princess. Hurry up and open your gift.]
With those words, Mary opened the wrapping paper of her gift…
A dagger appears.
[I bought some fallen cloud a few years ago and asked a dwarf to make it. Do you like it?]
Meteorite is iron collected from meteorites that fell from the sky.
Although it is a rare material, it has far superior properties to the iron smelted here, so it is mainly used to make famous swords.
-Srurr…
At those words, Mary pulls out her dagger and examines it.
[I can feel the dwarf’s skill. Thank you Count.]
And now it is our turn.
After seeing the Count retreat, Theodora and I move forward.
“Happy birthday.”
“Happy birthday.”
As Theodora and I spoke, Mary smiled brightly and said.
“Thank you, brother, thank you, new sister.”
After the greeting was over, she winked at Mary and said.
“I prepared the gift outside. “The child is a bit too big to bring it here.”
Hearing those words, Mary says with a curious expression.
“Huh? “Is the gift big?”
At those words, Theodora and I nod our heads.
“There are also big ones…”
Ferocious.
The horse’s temper is so bad that it can rub against Mary.
“Come out first.”
After saying that, Theodora and I leave the banquet hall.
[Hey! Heeing!]
[Ouch! What words are so powerful?!]
[Hold on tight!]
You can guess what the situation is from the noise.
“Oppa? “What is that noise outside?”
“The sound of your gift running wild.”
Red Akhal Teke.
I don’t know if it’s a famous horse, but it has a dirty temperament.
If his personality is that fierce, it makes me think that Mary might not be able to ride it.
“I guess it’s a gift?”
Theodora nods her head at those words.
Soon we arrived outside and saw three men holding the reins and a horse with red and soft golden fur fighting with each other.
“Huh? By any chance is that Ahal Teke?!”
Theodora answers those words.
“Yes, but… I have a bad personality…”
As if she hadn’t heard those words, Mary approached the red Ahal Teke.
But her red Akhal Teke is wary of her.
-Purp!
“It’s okay. It’s okay, I won’t go through it.”
As we approached like that… The red Ahal Teke showed a gentle expression…
Let’s try to bite Mary’s shoulder…
-Puck!
-Hey!
Mary hits the horse’s jaw with her fist.
“hehehe…”
Soon the horse seemed to have come to her senses and lifted her front paw and tried to kick, and I spoke urgently.
“Everyone, hold on tight to the reins!”
She was worried that Mary might get hurt.
-Puck!
The red Ahal Teke’s front paw hits Merry’s torso, causing Merry to fall behind her.
“aaah!”
Theodora saw that and screamed, but Mary got up from her seat…
-Puck!
-Puck!
“This! Do you want to die now?! Uh?! Good! If you say it! Uh?!”
-Hey!
-Puck!
“You shouldn’t attack! “You fearless bastard!”
-Puck!
Mary fighting a dog with a horse…
As her horse raised her front foot again, Mary grabbed her horse’s left front foot…
-Puck!
Slap your cheek.
“Where! Dare! “Are you going to hit the owner?!”
-Puck!
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As she looks at the red Ahal Teke in her awkward posture, she thinks to herself that Mary is… Mary.
Agripa… Is this marriage really right? Aren’t you going to die after being beaten by Mary?
It was a big horse so she could barely stand it. If it had been a person, she would have died.
How could you grab her leg and beat her so that the horse couldn’t run away?
[Hey!]
Her horse hesitated and tried to hit Mary with her remaining foot…
With her awkward posture and waving her front paws, she is not that threatening.
Rather, it is surprising that the upper body of such a heavy-looking horse can be lifted with one hand.
Soon… As soon as she let go of her front paw, the red Akhal Teke attacked Mary with murderous eyes.
“Is this still happening?!”
Mary viciously…Grabs the skin of her horse’s neck as if grabbing a person’s collar and lifts it up.
Aww… That must hurt.
-Kek… Keek…
It hurts just to grab a person’s neck… But to lift it by squeezing the skin. That devil.
“If you mess up one more time, you’ll die. Okay?”
I think as I look at Mary, who threatens her words with murderous eyes, and the red Ahal Teke who avoids her gaze.
Really… There is no such thing as a good man.
Let’s let go soon…
The horse’s eyes change.
Fear… That is a look in the eyes imprinted with fear of predators.
“That’s right, that’s right.”
And then he strokes the red mane of Akhal Teke.
“That’s nice.”
Perhaps because the red Akhal Teke was beaten, she no longer behaves ferociously.
After watching me calmly accept Mary’s touch, she looks at me and says.
“Brother, step-sister. “Does this horse have a name?”
At Mary’s words, Theodora and I come to our senses and shake our heads.
“Really? Then from today your name will be Jans. There used to be a famous redhead named Jans. I named him after him, so what do you think? Do you like it?”
Yans.
This is a knight who was once famous as the mad dog of the empire.
The name of the god of war who is said to have led dozens of knights to attack and drive out a large army of the Babalon Empire.
-Pureuk…
I guess he likes the name Jans, and he meekly accepts Mary’s touch.
Wow… I can’t believe I sparred with such a monster and survived…
Has Mary watched it so far? A thought passes through my mind.
“I don’t think my brother would have thought of such wonderful words… Thank you so much, my new sister.”
I paid the money?
I paid money at the auction house on behalf of Theodora, who had no money, but I didn’t say a word of thanks. This is why raising her younger sister is useless.
Theodora smiles awkwardly as she sees Mary thanking Theodora.
“Rice… It’s no big deal.”
Theodora’s body trembles, as if she is slightly scared.
It’s strange that it’s not scary.
I saw that he was strong enough to lift a very heavy horse.
It’s strange that it’s not scary.
***
A few days passed like that.
“It’s been a while, Debian.”
A man with black hair.
The man who looks to be in his fifties is my maternal uncle, Leon Prindas, the king of the United Kingdom, a rival nation of the empire.
The king is called Leon III.
“Yes. “It seems like it’s been 10 years.”
I met her once when she came to Hams Port to see her mother.
“Yes, you’ve grown a lot in the time I haven’t seen you. And black hair that resembles Fulvia…”
I would like to express my gratitude to my uncle for using his influence to save me in the past.
“At that time. I heard that you worked hard to save me. “It’s late, but thank you.”
When I bow my head and say thank you, my uncle waves both hands and says.
“No. “Of course it was the right thing to do to protect her nephew.”
When the Emperor of the Empire and the King of the United Kingdom came forward and put pressure on me, even that crazy Valorant had no choice but to save me.
For Valorant, the support of the United Kingdom would be essential if he were to stand against the Emperor of the Empire.
In fact, the United Kingdom supports anti-emperor nobles to keep the empire in check.
“Yes, I heard that you have taken control of the empire. Not only did he correct Valorant’s accident, but he also wisely took over the empire. “I think Fulvia will be proud to see you.”
I also chuckle as I see my uncle smiling softly.
“It’s thanks to my uncle that I was able to come this far.”
That’s not the only thing I owe to my uncle.
After I escaped from the prison tower, Valorant cut off the funds I should have received as the heir to the Grand Duchy.
Upon learning of the situation, her maternal uncle disposed of her late mother’s property in her United Kingdom and gave it to me, so that she could survive.
Thanks to that money, I was able to attend a military academy that was known to be expensive.
“hahahaha. That’s nice of you to say that. I hope that our kingdom and empire will avoid conflict in the future. That’s all I want. “You know what I mean, right?”
The United Kingdom pioneers the New World and makes a lot of money through trade centered on the New World and the Old World.
In other words… To put it simply, it is no different from saying not to invade the new continent and not to develop a navy.
“hahahaha. How can I not know your uncle’s feelings? “Right now we cannot afford to expand our navy.”
Actually, if you think about the fight with Ioanes, the navy is not needed that much.
Even after the war with Ioannes is over, for the time being, I have to train an army to punish demon worshipers and prepare for the possible resurrection of the demon lord, so I can’t even dream of going out to sea.
“Am, thank you for saying that. “If you ever need anything, just let our ambassador know and I will help you as much as I can.”
I am so moved by those words that I bow my head and express my gratitude again.
“Thank you. Uncle. “You treat me so well, both when I was young and now, so I don’t know what to do.”
My uncle waves his hand at my words and says.
“Of course it has to be done.”
He says that with sad eyes.
“Fulvia… How much that child cared for you. “It’s the natural thing to do as a brother who couldn’t even protect her own sister.”
I am solemn at those words.
“At that time. “She should have been prevented from marrying that beastly Valorant… Then she wouldn’t have died so cruelly…”
I understand that my mother’s marriage was an engagement arranged by the king of the former United Kingdom and my grandfather, the grand duke of the previous generation.
From the standpoint of leading the anti-emperor faction for generations, the support of the United Kingdom was very important, and from the standpoint of the United Kingdom, which kept the empire in check, it was a mutually necessary relationship as it was at odds with the emperor and kept the empire’s attention away from the New World.
And that…
Marriage between Mother and Valorant.
I understand that the marriage was arranged with mutual friendship in mind.
Of course, when my grandfather was first alive, I heard that both he and Valorant were good to my mother.
But my grandfather passed away… And Valorant ascended to the throne. From then on, he hit and harassed his mother.
“I’m sorry.”
I bow my head and apologize, but he speaks as if he is not my maternal uncle.
“Is there something wrong with you? It’s all because he’s such a beast. I love you and all of Fulvia’s children. I feel like they are all like my children. So you don’t have to apologize like that.”
I feel deep gratitude for those words.
“Now, let’s hug each other.”
Saying that, she opens her arms wide and hugs her maternal uncle tightly.
“You grew up well… You grew up well. Debian.”
-Pat… Pat…