Clue (1)
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Count Celia.
Count Celia, who stood in this position as the emperor’s representative, calmly fulfilled his role.
“On behalf of His Majesty, I command you by the authority granted to me…”
Stories of honor, devotion, and loyalty have been told by Count Celia for quite some time.
There were many things that were added here and there, but in the end, it was a story about the responsibilities and responsibilities of a nobleman.
Jimmy and Matthew’s eyes couldn’t focus and kept spinning.
Listening to Count Celia’s story, even an idiot could know that this was about a title.
The situation was too sudden for Jimmy and Matthew’s brains to fully accept it.
Count Celia declared, looking down at Jimmy, who was unconscious.
“Lower Helm’s castle.”
Ray murmured that it was a pity that it was not a pom pong.
Did you think you should consider a gender other than Pong Pong? For example, giving Jimmy the last name Dish, Matthew the washing name…
While Ray was thinking such useless thoughts.
Count Celia handed the decree to the knight, took the sword from the emperor and pointed it at Jimmy.
tuk tuk
Count Celia, who tapped Jimmy’s shoulders with a sword, handed the wooden box to Jimmy.
The same procedure was then followed for Matthew.
After repeating what he had said, Count Celia looked down at Matthew and declared.
“Castle down Belmore.”
Again, the award ceremony ended after the wooden box was handed over.
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No matter how brief it was, it didn’t feel like it ended with a snatch, but it was what Rey wanted.Jimmy now became Jimmy Helm, or Viscount Jim Helm, and Matthew, Viscount Matthew Belmore, was incorporated into the aristocratic society of the Empire.
The process of conferment of the title was so blunt that the two men made a great contribution to the defense of the empire… but the details were to be reinforced by the imperial family and the Frislan family.
Jimmy opened the wooden box he received with a blank face.
A seal ring from the imperial family was inside it.
The shield pattern, which would symbolize the Helm family in the future, was engraved on the seal ring.
When the ceremony was over, the knights and Count Celia immediately withdrew and prepared to return to the royal palace.
They were all too busy to spend a few days in the Earl of Phillips to relax.
Earl Phillips greeted them politely as they were preparing to leave, and then approached Jimmy and Matthew.
Count Phillips, who was one of the few observers of the ceremony, shook hands with a smile.
“Congratulations.”
“Oh that…”
Jimmy shook his hand, still unconscious.
From the point of view of commoners, all nobles looked alike, but there were clear classes among the nobility.
When it comes to commoners getting a title, at best, they were incorporated into a family of vassals of powerful nobles, and in most cases they died after pretending to be aristocrats for a while.
However, what was bestowed upon Jimmy and Matthew was a title that could be inherited.
It was also a title bestowed directly by the emperor, to be more precise, the emperor’s agent.
The titles of Jimmy and Matthew will bear immortal symbolism and authority that no one can tamper with, unless the Emperor himself orders the removal of the title for a felony.
Jimmy and Matthew took a deep breath.
All the wretched people in this world had to despair and become helpless in front of the wall of status from birth.
Therefore, no matter how self-proclaimed as a saint, he could not abandon his intense and fundamental longing for the status of aristocrats.
“ha…”
The reality of getting the title late came to me.
Excited, Jimmy and Matthew hugged each other.
The tears in her eyes were red and she was not ashamed at all.
Rey approached the two of them with low moans mixed with emotions.
“There are quite a few things you two need to know…”
It wasn’t just titles that were conferred on the two of them.
Because the emperor was quite generous, there were more things that came with Rei than he had requested.
Of course, compared to the achievements made by Rey, the fact that it is the blood of a new foot has not changed.
Rey smiled broadly at the two people with the reminded faces.
“I’ll just congratulate you right now. I’m very grateful to the two of you. It’s a little late, but I’m glad I was able to repay you this way.”
Jimmy pulled away from Matthew and hugged Ray vigorously.
Jimmy hugged Ray tightly and said in a trembling voice.
“Ray… you’re my best son.”
“Jimmy, if I were to be reborn, I would still be your father’s son.”
“Ahhh…!!”
Jimmy finally couldn’t contain his joy and bleed.
After Ray sent Jimmy and Matthew to stop thinking and enjoy the joy right now.
He approached Bella, who was watching the award ceremony from a distance, and spread her arms.
Bella hugged Rey and patted her on the back.
“You’ve worked hard, my son.”
Bella did not know the details of how hard Rey had worked and how difficult the road had been.
However, the thought that his son was very proud of him and that he must have suffered a lot has not changed.
Leah frowned at Bella’s side as she hugged Rey.
“Mom, I want to go home! I want to go home quickly!”
Leah wanted to quickly open the gift she received from Rey and try it out.
It was interesting to Leia to see the knights wearing stylish armor, but the first thing to do was to open the gift.
But for Rey, Leah’s frown was an unacceptable protest.
‘On the topic of my brother… Tinkang?’
Rey flicked her finger at Leah.
“Come to work. Confiscated gifts.”
“…!!”
Leah realized that Ray was an older brother who could take away a real gift through the slightly enlarged Small Data.
Leah, feeling a sense of crisis, started to run away while holding the gift in her arms.
It was quite a desperate run away, but Leia was blinded by the gift she was carrying in her arms and eventually ran into someone.
puck!
“Ouch!”
“Oh.”
Lyfa grabbed Leia’s body as she was about to fall backwards.
When Leia stumbled, bowed her back and shouted ‘I’m sorry’, Lipa burst out laughing because Leah was cute.
“Where are you running so hard?”
“The bad brother is chasing you!”
Lipa burst out laughing again.
Just then, the bad brother was approaching.
Lyfa hid Leah behind her and greeted Rey.
“Hello, have you been in good health?”
“Ah, Lipa. How have you been…?”
Rey stopped talking and looked at Lipa’s finger.
Something that looked like a wedding ring was tucked into Lyfa’s finger.
“Uh, did you have dinner? Who is your husband?”
As Lyfa was about to answer, Philip, who was standing nearby, coughed and came forward.
Rey burst into laughter when she saw that Philip’s finger had a ring that looked similar to Lyfa’s.
“Oh, bro!”
Ray was shoulder to shoulder with Philip.
As a child, Philip had some accidents and heard some pretty bloody warnings from Ray, but that was a thing of the past.
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Now that he has grown into a healthy young man, Ray has a good reputation around him, so Ray is satisfied and pats Philip on the back.“Hey, congratulations on your wedding! When was the ceremony?”
“Two, two months ago…”
Philip was uncomfortable with Ray.
The fact that his wife Lipa’s ex-girlfriend was Ray… To be honest, everyone knew.
In addition, Ray was such a talented guy, so it was inevitable that he felt a sense of inferiority.
Still, it wasn’t a bad feeling when that handsome Ray congratulated me by doing my brother-in-law.
Ray lowered his voice for a moment and shoved two platinum coins into Philip’s pocket.
“Brother, take this and use it for what you need.”
“Uh, yes, yep…”
“Hey, talk comfortably. Anyway, please take good care of Lipa.”
“Yes…”
Ray patted Philip on the back and looked up at the sky.
Above the clouds flowing near the sun.
Carl, who had a warm smile as he looked at Lyfa, gave a thumbs up to Rey and turned his back.
The back view of the sword walking through the sky became more and more blurred as it moved further and further away.
After confirming that her daughter had gone to her wedding safely, Karl was now satisfied and disappeared to the place where she should go.
Rey smiled warmly as she looked at the back of Karl that was moving away.
How beautiful is the back of a person who knows when to leave and knows how to leave.
Rey was also convinced that it was time to stop sending the knife because he had eaten so much with the knife.
As Rey was waving her hand slightly toward the sky, someone poked her in the back.
Looking back, Alessia was standing there.
“You say your father has something to discuss!”
“Oh, well, I see.”
There was still quite a bit left to talk about with Earl Phillips.
Ray nodded and walked over to the waiting Earl of Phillips.
*
Ray entered the office of Earl Phillips and explained every detail of what had happened.
As for Meteor, however, he could not be honest with Earl Reydo Phillips. This was really something only Rey and Luna should know.
Ray looked at the papers on the table and said.
“This is nominally a trade fee…”
“trade…?”
“Uh, so nominally the talent Yohana was recruited? Or the Frislan family paid for it.”
In the document, it was written that the tax rights of part of the region belonging to the Frislan family would be ‘transferred for 100 years’.
The tax revenues of the regions indicated on the papers alone amounted to five times the revenues that could be collected in the Count of Phillips.
In addition, the document states that the responsibility for the maintenance of the area lies with the Marquis of Frislan, and the responsibility for compensation in case of a decrease in tax revenue due to negligence in management.
In addition, the documents had the signatures of key members of the Frislan family and the seal of the empire.
As long as the empire did not collapse, there was no room for any other voices to come out after two or thirty years.
This meant that the Earl of Phillips could do nothing for 100 years and get five times as much money as the Count of Phillips.
It was the choice of Count Phillips and Alessia how to use these funds.
It was possible to slowly increase the power of the family in the periphery, and there was nothing that could not be done if you wanted to advance into the central political world.
Count Phillips took a deep breath.
This was enough of a foundation for the family to rebuild.
It was a delight, but the Earl of Phillips honestly did not understand Ray’s intentions.
If Rey’s intention was ‘Eat this and leave,’ I could accept it.
In the past, I was greedy for Ray while singing the Sword Master song.
As the game grew in earnest, Count Phillips was able to realize clearly that he could not be greedy for Ray.
However, it was difficult to understand the intention of Ray as he kept hiding his achievements.
Ray read the countenance of Philips, pondered for a moment, and said nothing.
He felt it was time to bring the matter of life to the Earl of Phillips, but not immediately.
Because Luna was nearby, it was burdensome to talk about life expectancy carelessly.
The Earl of Phillips thanked Ray as soon as he kept his mouth shut.
“Thank you. I get a lot of favor from you.”
“Will you only do the favor I received from the Count?”
Ray shuddered.
Rey, who came out of a solo conversation with Count Phillips in a very ambiguous atmosphere, approached Ult who was waiting outside and asked.
“Would you like to go see Resina-sama?”
“…”
Ult gave an upset look .