58 – Paving Stone for God’s Hand (4)

“Cunning rabbit? No, you are a cunning lion.”

“A cunning lion… It is the greatest compliment to have both the bravery of a lion and the wisdom of a serpent. majesty.”

The duke said with a sigh, as if he had nothing more to say.

“Come out in about an hour. I will go out first.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

After a while, the sound of a door opening and closing was heard on the other side of the wall.

And I spent an hour trying to figure out how to cook… a lean pig.

It’s a sure-win strategy that I’ve already contemplated on and supplemented in my head several times, but…

The opponent I have to fight is incompetent, but a gigantic, unreasonable giant who can mobilize 2-3 times more troops than me…

But if I fail, I will lose the serfs of my estate as well as my trusted vassals such as Frost, Balt, Helmut and Weiss.

Also, the Viscount and Viscountess, who accepted me as a family in this world and believed in me absolutely, and furthermore, Ella, who has been saying that she wants to have a child of mine these days…

They will die in a cruel and terrible punishment that cannot be expressed in words…

So, until it was time to leave, I was grateful for the good fortune that my grand strategy so far had been perfectly aligned, and I refined my strategy to not lose ‘important people and vassals’, which is the reason I can never fail.

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Just as a craftsman breathes life into beautiful marble with a carving knife and hammer.

**

For several days from that day on, I gave the Count an excuse that I was ill and shut myself up in a closet and continued to devise a plan.

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Maybe it’s because I haven’t met anyone, but Ella’s expression as she brings me food looks a bit lonely…

If there were more nobles needed for my grand strategy, I had no choice but to recruit them ‘now’.

And the day before the memorial service for the emperor was held, today I was sleeping in the corner with a blanket in my closet…

Suddenly I heard someone open the door and come in.

So I wondered if the plan was discovered and they came in to arrest me, but I saw a person who opened the door and came in with a nonchalant expression on his face.

It was Balt who opened the door and entered.

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Judging by the lack of seriousness on my face, I don’t think my plot to usurp the title of Count of Nantes has been discovered…

“You came in all of a sudden, what happened? Are you worried about me?”

Hearing that, Balt laughed and said.

“I’m a bit worried because you haven’t eaten much since you’ve been in these days, and you’re stuck in a small room…”

“Okay, I’ll eat properly. Don’t worry, I’ll take a good rest once the memorial service is over.”

“Please do so, Your Excellency. In fact, from a few days ago, a man wearing a nice looking butler uniform who came around this time just came today and said, ‘If you don’t let me meet Mr. Creutel today, I will expose your secret!!’ I came to ask what to do…”

Hearing that, I felt a chill run down my back.

Looking at the fact that they came in like that, even if they knew the secret, they weren’t among the forces that could threaten me…

Still, if you know the secret… Should I kill you?

No, I don’t know what it is, but if you’ve come this far, I’ll show you your card if I coax you a little…

“Send another maid to wait in the drawing room. In a little while, I will go myself.”

“all right.”

**

After a while, I washed myself, changed my clothes, and headed to the drawing room to meet everyone except Ella, Balt, Helmut, and Weiss.

When I entered the drawing room, which was intentionally kept as frugal as possible according to my taste, there was a thin man elegantly enjoying tea and snacks.

He looked like a woman for a moment… but since the upper part of his body was uh… so thin, he must be a man.

Yes, although the lines of the body are thin like a woman’s, the face is small, the lips are slightly red, and it gives off a chic feeling…

Anyway, I put that thought aside and sat across from him and said,

“I am Ciel von Kreutel, the rightful ruler of Baron Kreutel’s territory.”

The man answered my words in a clear and clear voice, as if his voice hadn’t turned on.

“This is Chris Belladora. It’s an honor to meet you, Your Excellency.”

“I am very unwelcome, am I not? If someone suddenly invades and doesn’t want my secret exposed, I want to meet him personally…”

At that, the man replied with a smile.

“Yes, but I thought that if I didn’t, His Excellency wouldn’t meet such a lowly person as me. So please forgive me.”

When I was negotiating with the Duke of Brussels, I let go of the brunt, but the Duke of Brussels must have felt this way too.

Why can a person who has no power or power over me be so confident just because he has ‘my weakness’?

wow, this is so scary…

“Okay, then, let me tell you a secret that you know about. I will give you what you want according to the value of that secret.”

Then I rang the bell on the desk in the drawing room and called someone.

“I think we need some money, so bring plenty.”

“all right.”

After a few minutes, the servant I called came with a box the size of a spoon.

I opened the lid of the box to reveal the contents, and Chris’s eyes started to flash.

“As expected, ‘His Excellency Creutel’, who is called the rising star of Nantes, is the one… You can’t believe he’s doing his best to deal with a guy like me. Dozens of gold coins…”

I’m sure you’re not just a idiot trying to make money selling my secrets.

For such a third-rate would surely have taken the gold coin into his bosom as soon as he gave it to him, and then slowly unraveled the secrets he knew.

Also, the point of admiration is that ‘they fight with all their might’…

It must be either a clever book buyer or a professional gambler looking for a bigger win.

“I think I’ve shown enough sincerity with this, let’s talk about it soon.”

“Yes, I will tell you. I, Chris Belladora… I saw Your Excellency Kreuttel meeting with His Highness, Duke of Brussels, a few days ago.”

“is it? So… what do you mean? Although I did meet and see the Duke, isn’t that a big deal?”

Chris listened to me, smiled, and continued.

“Then why did you bother to meet in a church or a confessional? It’s mostly a place where nobles are having affairs or… talking about things that really need to be kept secret.”

For a moment, I felt the fear of drowning in his sea-clear blue eyes.

Because, no matter how stupid the Count is, he can know that ‘I’m plotting something’ just by hearing that the Duke and I met in the ‘Confession Room’.

If that happens, I’ll do battle with the Count when I’m not ready to fight…

“That, that’s…”

Hearing my trembling voice, Chris said with a triumphant expression and voice as if he had gained momentum.

“And if we put together the story that the current Count of Nantes spread in Elysium and the various rumors spread by other minstrels… It is clear that in the process of recapturing Hellsmann, the greatest achievement of His Excellency Schwein, ‘His Excellency pointed his sword backwards’. There was, and I thought that His Excellency Creutel had a private conversation with His Highness the Duke in order to usurp the title of Count… Judging from the reaction you’ve just shown, it seems to be the truth.”

In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms cartoon I saw before, Sima Yi always said this line when he was in a corner, right?

“Damn it, this is a ruse of resonance!! Everyone retreat!!!”

Every time I saw Samaui spitting out this line, I thought Samaui would die of laughter, but now that I’ve been through it, there’s nothing like this…

Although I can get rid of this guy and keep the mouth of ‘Chris Belladora’ at bay…

A person with this level of resourcefulness must have told someone, ‘When I die, deliver this letter to His Excellency, Countess of Nantes’.

That’s why I can’t kill this man in front of me right now.

So just give it what you want and hope this person shuts up…

I was going to give you a box with gold coins, and ask the house’s servant to keep it quiet, and then bring back the money.

“I got both hands. So what do you want? I can’t give you the land and the title, so I’ll give you money.”

“How much can you give me?”

“I’ll give you as much as you want. Or will you be my subordinate?”

After hearing that, Chris, as if he had been waiting for this, said with the brightest smile he had ever shown in front of me.

“Yes, I will become Your Excellency’s subordinate. Give me a position commensurate with my abilities.”

“…don’t you think I’m going to kill you for not trusting you?”

…. When I asked if I would be a subordinate, I tried to show off my bluff because I felt it was unfair that I had both my eyes open and was caught stealing money because I was accused of being a secret.

Still, why is it better to put a dangerous guy right next to you and keep an eye on it?

Also, this type of person is completely loyal to me as long as I meet his expectations…

If I use the ability to find my only weakness with really limited information, it will definitely help me to set my strategy and direction for the future…

As I was lost in thought, Chris suddenly began to take off the butler’s uniform he was wearing.

A suit jacket, a dress shirt.

So, when I was about to ask why I was wearing quilted armor inside…

Chris looked at me and gave me an evil smile.

“Your Excellency, I will tell you a secret as well as a token of my loyalty to you.”

Chris then pulled my right hand hard toward his chest.

The touch of your hand… If you touch a skinny man’s chest, it must be hard…

In my hand, there was a small breast that felt elastic like a rubber ball and soft like a sponge.

When I was so flustered that I couldn’t say anything, she looked at me with a serious expression and made a unilateral declaration.

“This is a woman named Chris Bellado. However, I have been dressing as a man for several years to serve a respectable lord like my father who was a knight who died when I was young. Your Excellency, I will do my best.”

In this place with a medieval culture, even if a woman is smarter than Napoleon and can handle a sword and bow like the great Jack Churchill of England, she will never be able to obtain a ‘knight’ or ‘official’…

If what this woman, no girl, said was true, she wouldn’t betray me.

Even if something betrays you, you can leave it to the Assassination Guild to deal with it…

So I smiled, took her hand, and shook her hand.

“I will receive your loyalty. But for the time being, until you prove your worth, your salary is five pieces of silver.”

In this way, I obtained a bookshelf with a slightly neutral charm.

And on this day, one of the meanings of ‘Reversely’ is that ‘a person can feel that emotion only when he has been adversely affected.’ I experienced firsthand that…

Damn, is this why the Duke was so surprised and shocked when he saw me a few days ago…

**

After hiring Chris, I took him to the closet.

As he is a dangerous person at the same time as verifying his ability, he must not be separated from surveillance within 24 hours until his ability and loyalty are completely verified.

No one except Chris was allowed into the alcove, but just in case, two knights were placed outside the alcove in turn.

And Chris and I checked the ‘plan’ right before the emperor’s memorial service, and Chris and I confirmed that each other’s plans were in sync and stretched out.

The first line of the plan read:

[After the emperor’s memorial service, the count is appropriately provoked, impeached in front of the nobles for his dishonor so far, and declares a duel war.]

From now on, the great Schwein will no longer be a nobleman of this world.