Episode 34.
Is what I just heard right?
“What did Baron Drake just say?”
“huh? What did I say?”
Baron Drake, whose tongue was twisted as if he was quite drunk.
“You just received the Kirton estate.”
“Oh right. It was.”
Ea Kirton. A senior at the academy who borrowed the name of an extinct family.
It was an opportunity to hear the story about the Kirton estate.
“Do you know anything about the Kirton family?”
“Yeah… I don’t know.”
“yes···?”
The heightened anticipation cooled down. don’t know
“As I told you, I have recently become a nobleman. But what can I say about the Kirtons?”
A sigh came out of my mouth.
Then Baron Drake’s eyes met.
The eyes of Baron Drake, who had only thought he was drunk, had changed.
“But why do you ask about the Kirton family?”
“in fact···.”
I felt like I had to be honest.
Although he couldn’t elaborate, he told me that he had seen someone using the name of the Kirton family at the academy of the Kingdom of Loto.
It’s also that I became very close with that person.
“Is that so… it must be him…”
Baron Drake muttered lowly.
Clearly, Baron Drake knew about Ea.
“Please tell me about the Kirtons, or rather, about them.”
“I can’t speak.”
The words of the resolute Baron Drake.
It seemed that he would not be able to gather any more information about Ea.
“okay. It’s just a pity.”
I still have a lot of time left, so I decided to give it up for now.
***
Even though I arrived at my destination soon, I couldn’t dig up any information about Ea.
Contrary to his thoughts, Baron Drake’s mouth was heavy.
Besides, after drinking at Toaster Village, he hadn’t drank even once.
“As expected… you don’t intend to reveal to me the identity of the person who uses the Kirton family.”
“Now give up. We cannot reveal his true identity.”
Still, it was possible to roughly guess through the conversation with Baron Drake.
He referred to Ea as him and was calling it infinitely high.
It is unknown why Ea used the name of the Kirton family, but there is no doubt that someone in a high position.
“By the way, we’re arriving soon, how are you going to get back to the Free City you’ve been begging for?”
I didn’t really decide. I just thought of looking around and moving slowly.
“I plan to go slowly and look around.”
“Um, that’s right. To be honest, I’m thinking of going back to the Free City I’ve been begging for after finishing my errands.”
Would you like to go together? If so, that’s fine with me. That’s why the inside of the wagon is comfortable.
“But I have no intention of going with you.”
I thought he became closer than I thought, but it seems he wasn’t Baron Drake.
“Why?”
I wondered why. And I realized right away.
“You feel a little uncomfortable.”
It’s because I kept asking about Ea.
Even I thought it was rude. I tried again and again to forcefully pry out the person who didn’t want to talk.
Baron Drake felt uncomfortable.
“I’m sorry about that. Still, he is an important person to me.”
My feelings for Ea will be good feelings or more.
But why did he come to the academy with a pseudonym? I had a bad idea.
Even though he was such a talented person, his name was not known.
‘I’m sure he’s not a person related to the underworld.’
I think I acted a little too much because of that concern.
“Um… I could tell from your expression and tone that you considered him an important person.”
“Then why!”
“Remember this one thing. Don’t even try to dig out more about him. As for the Kirton family.”
I was silent.
“It’s all for you.”
“···All right.”
In the end, he did not know about Ea until the end, and arrived at the capital of the Mycenaean Empire.
After arriving in the capital, I parted ways with Baron Drake.
The moment we parted, Baron Drake asked me indirectly.
“Do you have any intention of handing over Har to me? It will grow really well.”
“I’ll think about it if you tell me about him.”
“Then you can’t. Farewell, Hans!”
After Baron Drake left, he wandered around the capital. It was a street where you could feel the majesty of the empire.
I didn’t think that the capital of Roto Kingdom was also lagging behind.
However, the capital of the Mycenaean Empire was different.
“Is it as much as it has a long history?”
What struck me most was the sight of dozens of statues side by side.
It was a statue of the emperors of the past.
Each took a posture to show off their majesty and took control of the street.
“I have nothing to do now.”
In fact, except for the Ancient Snake, the reason they came to the Empire was because they wanted to see this statue again.
I walked the street blankly for a while.
“Shall we go back now?”
I should go back and make some snake wine.
As I thought to go back, I heard the conversation between the hat and the hat right in front of my eyes.
“Coke!”
“Honey, that’s why I told you to sleep warmly. It’s starting to get chilly now too.”
“Oh, it’s okay. It’s not like you’ll die from catching a cold.”
“No, what a terrible disease a cold is. It’s fortunate that there are medicines these days.”
A conversation between a hat that can be said to be normal.
In this conversation, memories of the past that I tried to forget came to mind.
***
It was a memory before returning.
It was when he had just become the lord of the Caldert family.
“Ah, why are you so busy…”
At that time, I was tired. There was a lot to deal with, but the body was at its limit.
A knock was heard outside the office, and the butler came to visit.
Deacon Hans, the same name as my pseudonym.
Butler Hans’ expression hardened.
“Hans, why are you looking for me?”
“Count… I’m hearing unusual rumors from the Mycenaean Empire.”
“An unusual rumor?”
According to Hans, an epidemic had begun to circulate in the empire.
I couldn’t help but be surprised to hear that there was an epidemic in the empire.
The Kingdom of Loto is located next to the Mycenaerian Empire. As such, when there was an epidemic, there was a lot to be affected by.
“In fact, people with contagious diseases are gradually appearing inside the Loto Kingdom.”
It’s an emergency.
“By any chance, what is the situation in the Caldert family’s territory? No, if there had been an epidemic in the Caldert family, it would have entered me.”
“that is···.”
Hans swallowed his words behind his back. I got anxious.
Just in case, I asked Hans.
“Couldn’t it be… that the suspected contagious patient also appeared in the Caldert family?”
Hans nodded slowly.
I was frustrated. There are so many things to do, but it’s an epidemic.
It was as if a curse had been placed on me.
“Hans, block traffic as much as possible right now.”
I fell over and hit you. I coped with the plague with a body that was at its limit.
and after a few days
I was half dead in my office. It was no longer the limit.
“Count!”
Hans called me and came running.
“What is it? Also, in which town did the patient appear? No, wasn’t it infected so much that I didn’t bother to report it anymore?”
“Finally, the medicine for the plague has arrived!”
“what!”
It was enough news to wake me from half-dead.
While I was delighted, there was one concern.
“Is there enough medicine when the continent is overflowing with contagious patients?”
“You don’t have to worry about that. A common herb was a cure for contagious diseases.”
That was good news.
“However, those who first discovered this fact monopolized the herb, so the price went up a lot.”
“Which herb is used for treatment?”
“It’s wild grass.”
Wildflower base. It was a pool I knew.
The real thing that overflowed around was wild grass.
“Can’t we just use the wild grass weed from our estate? wait for a sec···.”
Memories of the coronation ceremony came to mind.
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Not too long ago, weed killer was sprayed all over the estate. The reason was because of an event I had done while taking over the Countess.
An event of the Caldert family, in which weed killer is sprayed with the mindset of taking over the county and renewing it.
“Could it be that there is no wild grass in our territory?”
“no. I do, though. The quantity is very small and you have to buy it.”
“So, how much did the price of wild grass go up?”
“that is···.”
It was said that the original price was raised 100 times.
The price itself was cheap because it was wild grass, which belonged to useless herbs.
However, even that cheap price is a lot of money when multiplied by 100 times.
“By any chance, how much wild grass foundation do we need for our territory…?”
Your voice trembles.
“If you think about the future…”
I fell silent at Hans’ words.
Also I was cursed. Shortly after ascending to the county, an epidemic broke out.
In addition, the herbs used for the treatment have to be purchased at high prices.
If you pay this, the count’s safe will be empty.
“Hans…”
He gritted his teeth and replied.
“Wild green grass… Buy as much as you need.”
After Hans left the office, I immediately took a bubble.
It was because more work had to be done to refill the empty estate’s safe.
***
forgotten memories. It was a memory I wanted to forget.
It may have been the biggest crisis of my life.
“Then that means the contagious disease will spread soon.”
I thought of the time when I inherited the title of count.
“No, it’s because my father was ill at the time because of Sister Millia’s case, so he resigned his title early.”
If so, by the time Dave takes the throne, the epidemic will already be over.
“There will be no weeding during the coronation ceremony, so there will be an overflow of herbs.”
Still, in case you don’t know
“I’m going to go back and grow wild grass.”
It would have been a matter of buying wild grass and collecting it, but he was also slightly interested in farming.
I have a memory of the future, so I know to some extent which crops will rise in price in the future.
“If farming succeeds…”
You can make a lot of money while doing good things.
If there is an abundance of money, my hopes may come true a little faster.
“The days to rest are getting closer.”
I’m about to be sixteen
At least until you’re 30, you’ll earn fast. And with the money I saved, I plan to travel and settle down in the best place.
“A place away from the Caldert family would be best.”
My family doesn’t hate me. Still, isn’t there such a thing as the gaze of the surroundings?
It is possible that the surrounding vassals may come to me with a bad heart.
“Let’s go soon.”
I had work to do, and I finished my business.
From nob le mt l. co m
Now you just have to go back to the freedom city you were begging for.
“It’s too much trouble to go back.”
Still, I can rest for a while as long as I go home.
That’s why Baron Drake’s request was so hefty.
“wait for a sec···!”
Why did I just think of drinking snake wine?
Many people want snake wine made from Ancient Snakes, but the amount is small.
That’s why it’s expensive.
“Should I sell all but how much?”
Let’s imagine that snake liquor is sold at a high price.
You might be able to rest in your twenties, not thirty.
Surrounded by a sense of bliss, I returned to the Free City I had been longing for.