106 – Kill Pappenheim (3)
Rhine-Palatinate Imperial Army, Margrave Estelle’s camp
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Outside the Margrave Estelle’s barracks, the sounds of our mercenaries shouting and shouting flowed in.
“Please reconsider this Non-Gongong Award! “This is completely unacceptable!”
“Baron Pappenheim prevented us from receiving a fair evaluation!”
“Please evaluate our achievements correctly!”
After finishing work that had to be completed urgently, Estelle, who had stayed up all night enjoying intense lovemaking with her female slaves, could not help but open her eyes, feeling uncomfortable at the noise.
“Ugh, did I drink too much yesterday? I feel dizzy and sick. And why is there so much commotion outside…”
He was still half asleep and couldn’t understand exactly what the mercenaries were talking about, but he felt very uncomfortable.
“Hah, why on earth are those guys…?”
I wanted to tell them to disperse immediately, but…
‘As long as you don’t protest or protest during the battle, it’s your duty to grant that request, dammit.’
Therefore, when he woke up in the morning, he had no choice but to put the thought of enjoying pleasure again after being attended to in a bath out of his mind.
“In this world, nothing goes easily.”
After grumbling like that, he massaged the chest of the slave who was sleeping peacefully next to him.
No matter how many times, or even thousands of times, I touched it, it had a charm that continued to put my mind at ease and give me strength.
I wanted to be angry at the female slaves here who were like my concubines, but these children had done absolutely nothing wrong.
“I need to change my clothes. “I have to hurry out and get my work done. Bring me a suit.”
After being attended to by the slaves and changing his clothes, he went straight out of the barracks.
“Damn it, why does this problem arise as soon as the business is over!”
As soon as the shouting was heard, one of the Margrave’s knights immediately rushed out and apologized.
“I’m sorry, Margrave. “Because we were unable to properly quell the mercenaries’ protests…”
Estelle heard that and shook his hand.
“No, what’s wrong with you? “Isn’t it common, if not always, for mercenaries to protest for more money after a war?”
No matter where they go in the world, including the Rhine-Palatinate Empire, mercenaries are guaranteed the right to protest for increased rewards according to customary law.
Therefore, even if the nobles did not console or appease such protest actions, they had to at least pretend to listen to their stories.
Then, within his discretion, he had to appease them by slightly increasing the reward…
“Because of those mercenaries, I was planning on having fun all day today. That plan was all blown up. “So, why on earth did this uprising occur, Lord Belt?”
When the knight heard those words, he started sweating profusely.
“It is true that it was an uprising with the purpose of asking for more bounties, which mercenaries often do, but the problem is that the cause they put forward is not something that can be easily ignored.”
When Estelle heard those words, she could not hide her uneasy feeling.
“What is the justification?”
Belt swallowed his saliva and then answered.
“Baron Pappenheim is claiming that the Whitebeard mercenaries’ military achievements in the Pastek Valley were reported to the imperial family in a downsized manner.”
“Whether that is false or true, the name of the ‘imperial family’ has come up, so I think we should have the mercenaries stay here for a while and find out the truth. “If it’s a lie, they should all be killed for insulting the empire, and if it’s true, they should be compensated appropriately.”
Estel answered indifferently, but to be honest, his heart was burning.
Since the mercenaries mentioned the emperor’s name because the compensation was too small, there may be rumors that the Rhine-Palatinate Empire is a country that treats them poorly.
If that were to happen, it was natural that it would be a huge blow to the Margrave Estelle family, which stands at the center of this protest…
‘If the person leading the protest is a wise person, there will be negotiations between them, but if not, it becomes a hassle.’
“Clearly investigate the facts. “Based on my close observation of the Whitebeard mercenaries, I don’t think they would have made up facts about their absence.”
Estelle highly valued the abilities of Martin Mayer and Dalton von Prime, so she did not think that they would lead a crazy act that would cut off people’s heads by giving them the pretext of protesting by citing the Emperor for no reason.
Although Pappenheim was a baron, he was aware of the extent of his incompetence…
‘Pappenheim, the guy who beat me to death must have misspelled something when he wrote the report.’
His capable brain considered it to be a ‘mistake’ when writing the report, based on common sense.
“The Margrave, none other than Baron Pappenheim. In the report submitted to the imperial court, the achievements of the Whitebeard mercenaries were intentionally understated. In addition, I can be sure that you have hidden many of your mistakes.”
When Estelle heard that story, she grabbed the back of his neck.
Then he burst out in anger.
“Pappenheim, that incompetent bastard received almost half of his original barony territory thanks to Martin Mayer giving him all the credit. That report was fabricated by Pappenheim? Are you sure!”
“Yes, I am sure. According to the report submitted to us by another mercenary unit that served in Pastek, it is said that what the Whitebeard mercenary unit was up against was Count Resume’s elite unit. “The number was 800, not 300, and it’s not like we caught him running away from the battlefield by chance.”
Estel was so dumbfounded that she burst into laughter.
“Baron Pappenheim, even if you break these limbs and raise them up as a sacrifice to the pagans, you damn bastard!” “If you’re going to die, you should only cause trouble to your own family. Why on earth are you causing this trouble to me too!”
Just like that, Estelle stood there and stomped on the ground for several minutes to vent her anger.
Once his anger had subsided to some extent, Margrave Estelle laughed as if he was dumbfounded, or rather, as if he was very happy.
From Belt’s perspective, it seemed like Estelle was so angry that she had gone crazy…
However, contrary to what he expected, the anger on Estelle’s face had decreased significantly.
“Still, I’m glad that our Margrave Estelle family won’t face any trouble.”
“Yes?”
“This protest must have been led by that guy, Martin Mayer. “Isn’t that right?”
“Yes, it says that the leader of the protest is Martin Mayer, a centurion of the Whitebeard mercenaries.”
As soon as she heard the name Martin Mayer, Estelle’s face lit up.
A face that shows a different passion than the excitement felt during s*x or when killing an enemy on the battlefield.
When he is truly coveting a certain talent, the corner of his mouth rises to the point where one side of his mouth seems to be torn.
“Martin Mayer has tremendous talent and abilities to match. So he will never do the foolish thing of turning his back on the Rhine-Palatinate Empire and me.”
No matter how mercenary units can roam freely, if they screw up the country or nobles that hired them for no reason, that label will stick with them forever.
In this industry, people are naturally buried.
And now, all Martin Mayer can do as long as he doesn’t cross the line is ‘report to get revenge on Baron Pappenheim.’
So, I believed that even if he had led the protest, he would have taken action so that Estelle herself would not be harmed in the end.
“Also, the crime that Pappenheim committed was a ‘crime worthy of death’. “No, Your Majesty, I told you to cut off his head while shedding bloody tears. Your Majesty has already passed away. If I report this to the imperial family, I will be relieved of responsibility.”
When Belt heard those words, he breathed a sigh of relief.
“No, if we give some of the reward money to our family in this case to the mercenaries and give them a ‘correct evaluation,’ the reputation of the Margrave Estelle family will greatly increase among the mercenaries. And if I do not condone Pappenheim’s mistakes at all, but take the lead in severely punishing him and paying additional compensation to the mercenaries, I will be praised as a fair person even among the imperial nobles. “Isn’t that right?”
“Yes, Baron Pappenheim is someone who has been loyal to you for generations.”
“He’s going to die soon, so just call him in peace.”
Originally, this was something Martin would talk about with Estelle when the protest negotiations began, but the Margrave himself was very intelligent.
I was able to deduce all of this just by hearing that Martin Mayer was leading the protest.
“Excellent military power, tremendous growth potential, and above all, even if the given situation was a little good. As the centurion leader of a mercenary company, he has the political power and judgment to move numerous mercenary companies. Even the ability to devise excellent strategies. Lord Belt, it won’t be long before trouble breaks out. “Shouldn’t we definitely bring this kind of talent to our side?”
“Yes.”
“I’m going crazy and crazy. “Baron Pappenheim’s barony territory will soon be empty… Let’s hurry up and calm down the mercenaries’ protests first.”
The Count, who understood all of Martin Mayer’s intentions, approached the place where the mercenaries were protesting with a brisk gait.