46 – 12. Getting to know (3)
No matter how much I think about this, it makes no sense.
Shien thought so and patted my lips.
It was so frustrating that I even asked the instructors once.
I wonder if Adele is getting lost in chakra training.
Do you think there is something wrong with Adele?
But the answer that came back was that it was not.
Rather, it was the other attendants who turned the disk.
No, it goes beyond that and is said to be better than most articles.
‘But why on earth is there only one belt?’
Even if you try to roll your head, it will end up spinning around in place.
Because Adele is helping her so much.
Shien also wanted to help him go further.
It would benefit Adele and Lichtenauer as well.
smart-.
“Shin-nim.”
Adele’s voice comes from outside the door.
“Yes, Adele. What happened?”
“A letter has arrived. It seems to be a letter from Ettenbereg.”
“The Ettenberg family? suddenly what… Come in at once.”
When permission is given, the office door opens.
Adele enters first, followed by the butler.
In his hand, at a glance, he heard a splendid letter.
“Here it is, my lord.”
Upon receiving the letter from the butler, Shien immediately checked the contents.
Let’s skip all the greetings and miscellaneous details and get to the main point.
He wanted to invite Shien to his family’s banquet.
“… Tsk.”
After reading the entire letter, Shien clicked his tongue and put it down.
‘The Etenberg family. A place that holds the western part tightly.’
Unlike the relatively barren northern part of the country.
To the west of the empire, fertile plains spread widely.
Because it has fertile land, there are many wealthy nobles in the western area.
Among them, Ettenberg was so powerful that he was said to be in the center.
Although Lichtenauer has a high reputation as an honorable family.
The power within the empire is only an ordinary aristocratic family.
On the other hand, Ettenberg is holding onto the political world with overwhelming wealth.
“What are you going to do, my lord? The answer should be sent within today.”
If it was the same as before, I would have thought over and over again.
If he leaves, what will Lichtenau do in the meantime?
From nob le mt l. co m
Maybe if something happens in between, it will be a big deal.
It was clear that he had lost his mind while thinking about this.
“is that so. If not, please reply to Ettenberg. I will gladly accept the invitation.”
However, it is different now.
While working hard to solidify the position of the head of household.
They have to reduce at least one more enemy that will target them from the outside.
And the best thing about reducing enemies outside of it.
It is to go to external activities like now and reap results.
‘Originally, I would have been checked a lot because of my origin… .’
Fortunately, good things happened at the recent imperial banquet.
The emperor and the princess were directly interested in it.
He also broke the spirit of Fiore, who was called a rival.
Thanks to this, other aristocrats could not carelessly regard Lichtenauer.
Rather, wouldn’t it be better to get closer this time?
We were looking at each other and aiming for the most appropriate time.
When Lichtenauer was still holding such a good atmosphere.
It would be nice to have as many allies as possible.
Shien thought so, so he gave an answer of acceptance.
“Another banquet.”
As the butler leaves the room, Adele quietly opens her mouth.
“yes. Another banquet.”
Shien, who answered in a passing tone, suddenly said.
I noticed that Adele’s expression was strangely hardened.
“Is there any problem? Adele? You don’t look very good.”
“no.”
what not Looking at it like this, everything is revealed.
That he doesn’t like the current situation at all.
There was no way Shien could not notice.
‘I see little by little now. The person you are.’
The blunt look that Adele always shows.
At first, I thought that was Adele’s personality itself.
However, as the time spent with him gradually lengthened.
Shien said that the way Adele looks is not just because of her personality.
I realized that he was hardened because of the environment in which he was placed.
It seems like I rarely reveal my true feelings.
In fact, they just don’t know how, and it’s absolutely not that they don’t have feelings.
Like everyone else, Adele looks different in good times and bad.
Just like the face you see in front of you right now.
“why. tell me What could have offended you?”
“… .”
“Adele?”
“… It’s because I don’t understand.”
“You mean to keep holding banquets?”
Adele nodded slowly.
His face was strangely hardened, but it wasn’t that he was angry.
Shien decided to remember that it meant that it was difficult to understand at all.
“Shall I guess? You would think so. The empire declared victory, but nothing has changed. It’s just that fewer people are dying and getting injured than before.”
“… .”
“In a situation like that, someone is fighting, and someone is at a banquet, I don’t understand.”
Having said that, Shien looked at Adele as if asking.
At that, Adele said loud and cleared her throat briefly.
Instead of saying how the hell did you know that.
“Are you curious? How did I know?”
“… yes.”
“Of course. I used to think that way too.”
We just get together to talk, drink expensive food and drink.
After seeing the evil of other families, they keep each other in check and end.
Why on earth would you hold a banquet that wasn’t enjoyable?
In the past, Sien also had a moment when she shook her head, saying that she was pathetic.
“There are still a lot of people who are having a hard time. Those who went back to the past because the war situation got better. There was a time when I thought that everyone deserved to die.”
“Are you saying not now?”
At Adele’s question, Shien thought for a moment and then nodded.
Sitting in the seat of the family head, I came to know the situation unique to this place.
“Of course, I think positively, I think positively, it’s not like this. What I want to say is that they have their own reasons after all. Just as knights fall behind if they don’t swing their swords, nobles will eventually collapse if they don’t keep in check and rise above their opponents.”
“You mean a banquet is the way to go up?”
“I will answer that it will definitely help. Think about the situation in the imperial palace right now. Instead of looking at me or saying words that were ignoring me once I get attention, I keep looking at my eyes.”
Since it is the family head’s escort, what kind of family is sending her a letter.
Adele remembered something, if not all, with certainty.
Because of this, I had no choice but to nod my head in affirmation to Shien’s words.
“For nobles, a banquet is a training ground and a battlefield. There, we value and evaluate ourselves and others. I know who is my enemy and who is my friend, and now I have to decide what to do.”
“… understand.”
A banquet is a gymnasium for them and a battlefield.
At those words, Adele realized, albeit vaguely, that banquets were important.
“If that’s the case, this banquet will be good for you, Shien.”
“Why do you think so?”
“I just heard that your rating went up thanks to the banquet at the imperial family.”
“yes. Obviously it was.”
“If so, would you like to be treated well even if you go to the Ettenbergs, where you sent the invitation this time?”
“hmm… It would be great if that were the case.”
Shien’s answer trembled uneasy for some reason.
Adele looked at her as if something was wrong, and Shien smiled awkwardly.
“Ettenberg is in the west. And if you go up a little bit from there, there is a mighty family in the Northwest. If they were neighbors and rarely caused friction. Then, how do you think the relationship between the two families will be, Adele?”
“… It seems good.”
“that’s right. The relationship between Ettenberg and the family is very strong. It’s to the point where I can’t shake it anymore with a moderate amount of friction.”
A dark expression appeared on Shien’s face as he said that.
Adele, who noticed something there, opened her mouth with an unbelievable thought.
“Could it be that the neighboring family… .”
“yes. that’s right. A place where we can’t eat our Lichtenau, so we’re impatient.”
Shien let out a small sigh and continued.
“It’s Fiore.”
* * *
On my way back to my room after a day’s work.
Adele recalled the expression Shien had made earlier.
Even though he had already successfully sunk Fiore once.
She still felt uncomfortable with the family.
Right now, there is a high probability of bumping into Fiore in this invitation.
The image of Sien worrying while pressing his forehead is good for my eyes.
‘Lord Derry said it was ferocious and sharp.’
If you think about those things, Cien’s worries are not groundless.
It would have been better if I hadn’t responded to the invitation.
In doing so, we encounter the importance of the banquet that Shien explained earlier.
What a difficult world, he grumbled inwardly.
Adele’s eyes widened as she was about to enter her room.
“… .”
click-.
After fiddling with the sword for a while, he soon let go.
After all the soldiers and knights of Lichtenau had passed through.
It’s suspicious that he’s waiting in his room.
If you really set a trap, you’d have to be much more sophisticated than this.
What kind of fool would leave room for even a faint understanding?
Kiki-kung-.
After closing the door, Adele walked slowly into the room.
And not long after, a person appeared.