Chapter 120 Claubice’s Sword (2)
“What’s going on!”
“It’s an intruder! Someone has climbed the wall!”
“Who the hell… … !”
Hearing the chatter of his subordinates, Claubice bit his lip.
All of the top professors on the academy side are tied up.
Is there anyone who can climb the wall and destroy the watchtower while avoiding the eyes of the allies?
“no way… … .”
“That way!”
coo kung!
There was someone in front of the crumbling watchtower.
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Seeing the expected face, Claubice frowned.
“Ernas Landstein… … .”
After killing Salvatore, Aernas’s whereabouts were unknown.
I thought it might appear when the academy attacks Schreier’s main character, but did it appear at this timing as well?
“You’re trying to disrupt the rear by yourself until the end… … .”
Claubice looked at the situation while grinding his teeth.
Now, the defensive troops in Schreier’s main building and the detached troops hidden outside are besieging the academy.
The academy’s best professors have already suffered considerable damage from Claubice’s Schreier’s Blind Swordsmanship… I thought it would be okay to take my eyes off it for a while.
“I will deal with you.”
“Holy Head, are you all right?”
“You guys are no match.”
In the meantime, not one or two graduates have been killed by Aernas.
Even Salvatore Atillion fell to Aernas.
Now that this has happened, Klauvice has to step forward.
“Ernas Landstein, you will regret appearing in front of me.”
Declaring that, Claubice raised her sword.
I was thinking of intensively attacking with Schreier’s nonsense sword technique and defeating him quickly.
But just then.
“… … ?”
A familiar face appeared next to Aernas.
“Berisrije… … ?”
It was Claubice’s only daughter, Berithlyse Schreier.
* * *
Berithlyse felt nervous.
It was because his father, Claubice, was looking at him.
In front of that gaze, I was always forced to shrink.
“Berisrije.”
However, Aernas’ voice from the side pushed Berithlyse back.
“Tell me what you think.”
“… … .”
Berithlyse nodded slightly.
and walked forward
The soldiers rushing to stop Aernas hesitated. It was because Berithlyse, the successor of the Schreier family, stepped forward.
“Father, this is Berithrize.”
“… … .”
Claubice’s cold eyes turned to Berithlyse.
“Where have you been and what have you been doing?”
“I moved with Ernas.”
“You’re out of your mind.”
Claubice’s eyes grew even colder at Berrisse’s answer.
“Looks like they weren’t dragged around by force.”
“I was taken by force at first, but from the middle I followed him on my own accord.”
“What is the reason, Berithlyse?”
Claubice pressed on.
“Could it be that Aernas still had feelings for him?”
“… … .”
“I know you had a crush on Aernas when you were little. Even when I was sad that I was tricked by Aernas at the first ball.”
Berithlyse felt her face turn red.
He had feelings close to love and hatred for Aernas from before.
At first, it was a pure crush like a young girl, but it changed after being betrayed by Aernas at the first ball.
I wanted to defeat Aernas somehow, and I wanted to be acknowledged by Aernas.
that heart… There is no change even now.
“You must have been thinking of getting your hands on Aernas after becoming the Grand Duke of Lichtenau and seizing power.”
“You knew that far, Father… … .”
“Of course. Because I know what you’re thinking.”
Hearing his father’s words, Berithlyze felt his breath suffocate.
The reason Klauvice is saying that now is to emphasize to her daughter, ‘You are being controlled by me.’
but… … .
“Father, the reason I came here with Aernas is not for that reason.”
“Then what?”
“Because I have something to tell you.”
“… … .”
Klauvice frowned.
It would be unpleasant for a daughter who needs to be controlled by her to try to express her opinion.
“What is it?”
“It has to do with the situation the Schreyer family is in right now.”
Berithlyze looked around.
A fierce battle was taking place outside.
“Father, the Schreyer family is in a corner right now.”
“Funny. Where is the predicament?”
Klauvice snorted.
“All we have to do is destroy the Academy’s main force here today. Then the war against the academy will end with the victory of the Schreier family.”
“What are you going to do after that?”
“what?”
“Even if we defeat the Academy, the Agrippa and Ignias families still remain.”
“… … .”
“This time our family suffered great damage. Can we win against the Agrippa family and the Ignias family?”
The Agrippa family is strengthening their stability by watching the fight between the Academy and the Schreier family.
The Ignias family is gradually increasing its power by subsuming small and medium eastern families.
“They can’t be kind to our family. In the end, they will become hostile.”
“… … .”
Brantly Agrippa and Calleon Ignias have already distanced themselves from Claubice.
In the end, you have no choice but to fight them to get the hegemony of the empire.
“The Landstein family should not be ignored either. You don’t know what kind of reaction the imperial family will have in the future.”
“That’s none of your business, Berislisse.”
Klauvice shot coldly.
“I will think about the future and deal with it.”
“no. I think it will be difficult no matter how stratagem your father concocts.”
“You dare to do that… … .”
“Father, there is only one best way for the future of the Schreier family.”
In the meantime, Berithrisse had many conversations with Ernas.
and concluded
“I am reconciling with the academy.”
Reconciliation with the Academy.
With those words in her mouth, Claubice’s expression hardened.
“If the war situation is right now, we can make a truce while obtaining concessions from the academy.”
Currently, the academy is experiencing great difficulties in front of Schreier’s nature.
Since the situation could lead to annihilation, if the Schreier family proposes a truce first, they have no choice but to accept it.
“It is a ceasefire on terms favorable to us. And you can fight against the Agrippa family or the Ignias family while forming an alliance.”
“… … .”
“If we join hands with the Academy, no one in this empire will be able to stop the Schreyer family.”
This was the best way for the future of the Schreier family.
If the Academy and the Shreyer family become one, they can sufficiently subdue the Agrippa and Ignias families.
“You are talking nonsense, Berithlyze.”
However, Claubice spoke in an annoyed voice.
“Even if the conditions are favorable to us, in the end we have to make concessions.”
“that… … .”
“The academy has ambitions too. They will try to make the Schreier family just a maid.”
“… … .”
“When Ernas Landstein became Archduke of Lichtenauer with the academy on his back, the Schreier family would applaud from the bottom of their seats.”
Claubice’s voice was firm.
“I can’t help them rise to the pinnacle of power.”
“Father, is that wrong?”
“what?”
“Does the Schreier family really need to rise to the top?”
Berithrisse put her hand on her chest and said.
“Father, now I have to admit it. The Schreier family does not deserve to be crowned.”
“… … !”
Claubice raised her eyes at Berrisse’s remarks.
“Father, I do not think I am worthy to be the Grand Duke of Lichtenau. If I, who had never defeated Aernas in the academy, became the Archduke of Lichtenauer, I would be ridiculed by people.”
In the meantime, Berislisse thought that he wanted to become the Grand Duke of Lichtenau at all costs.
However, he wanted to defeat Aernas and become the Grand Duke of Lichtenau in a fair and square way.
If I become the Grand Duke of Lichtenau without being able to defeat Aernas… You won’t even understand it yourself.
“The same goes for the Schreyer family. I don’t think it’s meaningless to rise to the top of the empire with all sorts of schemes.”
“Berisrije! Don’t talk nonsense about children who don’t know anything!”
“Then, please prove that you are worthy to rise to the top of the empire by defeating the heads of other masters of swordsmanship.”
“… … !”
If Klauvice wins a duel with Brantley or Carleon, it can be said that he deserves to be at the top.
But that doesn’t happen.
There is no way that Claubice, who tries to avoid risks as much as possible, will face head-to-head with the heads of other families.
“Father, even if we climb to the top of the empire with all sorts of schemes, people will not acknowledge it.”
“… … .”
“We will continue to have to resort to all sorts of intrigues to stay in power.”
Struggle others and make them fight each other.
Or send an assassin to kill him.
The things that have been done so far will have to be done even after taking power.
“Father, now is the time to acknowledge our limitations. We must reconcile with the Academy and join forces to calm the chaos in the Empire.”
“… … .”
“It’s okay if you don’t have to peak in our generation. You just need to take the time to prepare well, and then reach the top in a fair and fair way. Opportunities will surely come.”
Aernas said he would create a world in which everything is determined purely by skill, without favoritism for certain prestigious families.
If that happens, there will surely be an opportunity for the Schreyer family as well.
“Father, please… … .”
“Berisrije.”
However, when Berithlyze was eagerly trying to make a request again.
A cold voice came from Claubice.
“Looks like you’ve been brainwashed by Aernas.”
“father… … !”
“I don’t want to hear it, Berithlyse.”
Claubice was glaring at Berislisse with frightening eyes.
“You are only being fooled by Aernas’ scheme. Why should I fall for that ruse?”
“This is the best way for the Schreyer family! I’m always for my family… … !”
“Are you going to get another chance later? Such expectations are meaningless.”
“father… … !”
Hearing his father’s words, Berithlyze felt despair.
After all, he is not satisfied unless he is in power.
Whether or not the Schreier family gets a chance in the future has nothing to do with Claubice.
All Klauvice wants is to control everything in the world with her own hands.
“You get it wrong! please… … !”
Still, Berithlyse wanted to convince her father somehow.
I didn’t want to give up here, even for the future of the Schreier family.
“Are you planning to shake the family by continuing to talk nonsense?”
“father… … !”
“Okay, Berithlyse.”
A harsh voice flowed from Claubice’s mouth.
“If you no longer intend to obey me… I don’t need you anymore.”
“… … !”
The moment Klauvice raised his arm.
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A longsword enveloped in magic was ejected.
Seeing the ruthless blade fly up, Berithlyze felt despair.
“Berisrije.”
“… … !”
Kwak!
Right before it pierced Berisrize, the longsword ricocheted off.
“I think we should stop now.”
“Aernas… … !”
“If you can’t convince them with words, you’ll have to solve it with a sword.”
Ernas Landstein stepped forward.
Holding up the sword that just deflected Schreier’s nonsense swordsmanship.
“Clauvice, you told me earlier.”
“You guys… … .”
“You’ll regret showing up.”
Aernas spoke in a calm voice to Claubice, who raised her eyes.
“You’ll regret not taking your daughter’s advice.”
Aernas’s sword skill flashed coldly.