140 – name-3

“I didn’t know, but you were old.”

As I pondered her words, I was able to recall too.

He was the owner of the guild I saw near the World Tree. The woman who followed me after we cleared out the thieves in the canyon.

As if it was difficult for her to say anything, she just stared at me endlessly.

“Please understand. My real brother… passed away a long time ago.

Did he steal someone’s name?

It wasn’t the name I was given because I wanted it, but when I saw someone with a face like that, I couldn’t say anything.

“Mother must be sad. Well, it can’t be helped…”

“I’m sorry about your brother.”

“It’s okay. It happened before.”

I couldn’t figure out what to do with the heavy atmosphere.

“Anyway, welcome to our territory, Londium. You have a lot to do.”

“What to do?”

It was the first time.

In fact, I thought they would be wary of me.

In any case, the Leodrin family is admirably ruling their territory. He would not have wanted this power structure to change.

I’m a hero, so I don’t think that’s possible, but in the worst case, I was thinking that they might try to kill me to shut my mouth.

“I don’t know what you mean.”

Maybe this is also testing me. Maybe it’s to see how big my lust for power is.

I didn’t feel good. However, I didn’t want to fight like this.

“What do you mean? Leodrin Enerel. You are the patriarch of the Leodrin family and the owner of this estate, right? Of course my mother and I will help, but we can’t help but do something…”

“yes?”

It was the first time. However, it wasn’t something I couldn’t understand at all.

It was said that there were no surviving men in the Leodrin family. I heard that the daughter and widow run the family.

“Excuse me… In the Empire, only male heirs are allowed?”

“Most of the time, but not necessarily. But, Leodrin Enerel was the eldest son of an unblemished family. Now that he’s back, I’m just a substitute.”

My predictions weren’t completely wrong. But you shouldn’t have treated me so favorably.”

“Are you really okay?”

“Well, what else can we do? Without the trust of His Majesty, the family will collapse in no time. We have no choice but to do as we are told.”

Maybe things were worse than I thought. Well, if you use male and female against me, you may be able to keep your power right away, but you will be hated by the emperor, and Yeongji’s future will not be bright.

In that case, he thought that he would hand over the power without hesitation. It was not incomprehensible.

“At first, I couldn’t help but be angry… You said you were a warrior, right? I can’t help it when someone like that comes. Welcome, Baron Leodrin.”

I felt strange. In a place I never imagined, I found out that there are people waiting for me.

“I am Leodrin Laurel. I am your sister. Please take good care of me.”

She gently held out her hand. I reached out my hand with a shy face and accepted her handshake.

“Then, let’s start tomorrow. The estate was half paralyzed? The legitimate heir of Leodrin has returned, so no one listened to me.”

“Why? No, does it change so quickly?”

“It’s a matter of reliability. Even if I made a promise in the name of Leodrin, if the head of the household doesn’t want it, it will be overturned.”

Things seemed to be bad. If it wasn’t for that much, there wouldn’t have been any reason to call me when I wasn’t even coming back to the estate.

“By the way, I think you misunderstood something… I’m leaving soon, if not immediately. As soon as I can.”

“yes?”

“First, let’s think about it slowly. I didn’t intend to leave right away tomorrow, so if I have something to do, I’ll be fine.”

As if relieved only then, she let out a sigh of relief.

“Thanks to the gift from His Majesty, I was able to hold on for the moment, but the territory business was in a state of paralysis.”

“Come to think of it, even at the entrance earlier…”

“Oh, have you seen it?”

Her face turned red.

“Last time, like the upper ranks… is it all because of me?

“Oh, it’s not like that, so it’s okay… Well, it’s not something a noble lady would do, but Londium has been under pressure since before.”

“Well…”

“Convoying important items… In other families, the second son or bastard of a family who plays and eats is used, but in our family, there was no such thing.”

“You mean you didn’t have an illegitimate child?”

While I was in the imperial palace, I could hear various rumors whether I liked it or not. He didn’t stay long after defeating the demon king, but he stayed for a few months when he was just summoned.

For a male aristocrat, it was natural to have an illegitimate child. He could do most anything he wanted, but there weren’t many men who wouldn’t lay his hands on a maid or make a mistress.

“My father and uncles were faithful to their wives, and all of them died without leaving any heirs.

He didn’t look old, but he already seemed to be carrying a lot of things on his back. My mind became sober.

Moreover, despite the loss of the land she had cherished so dearly to me, she gave it away casually.

“I won’t stay long, but I’ll help.”

A smile appeared on Laurel’s lips as if she could finally feel a little relieved.

“thank you!”

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Eleanor stretched out her hands and stared at them intently.

Two unblemished hands.

“What are you doing, princess?”

Farseer smiled and approached Eleanor. Eleanor hurriedly lowered her hand and let out a deep sigh.

“You look comfortable.”

“Isn’t things progressing quickly? If you simply look at the level of difficulty, collecting those three treasures is comparable to defeating the demon lord.”

But Eleanor couldn’t help but laugh. Unlike her normal arm, Farseer’s arm had been cut off and the sleeves of his sleeves were shaking.

“Are you worried about this? Well, even if it’s okay…”

“There’s that too, but look at it. Really I… will it be okay as it is?”

“What are you talking about?”

“Everything is lost. Except for me, who is so… shamelessly sane.”

Farseer’s expression darkened as well.

“Nerwen lost her hometown, and Celia lost her divine power. I haven’t even started yet…”

“Although Enerel didn’t take it herself, they sacrificed something precious for Enerel. But I’m still alive.”

“When you stood in front of the goddess of vengeance, didn’t you stand up proudly?”

“Even after that, I thought I could be scolded by Enerel. I just didn’t want an extraneous god to intervene between Enerel and me, and I never thought that it would be okay to pass without incident.”

Farseer shook his head.

“Do you think this will make sense? Do you think he will forgive me for the loss of my arm and continue to hate you for being unblemished?”

“that…”

“He doesn’t care that much about us. It’s not a relationship that’s going to get any better or worse here. We’re just disgusting bugs to him.”

“No way…”

“It’s an ordinary insect that doesn’t feel worth pouring water into and smoking an ant nest, but doesn’t care that its limbs are torn off following it. That’s all.”

“Then, if we can’t change anything! Why do you stay here!”

“Did Celia get the infection? Of course, I’m following him around to send him back. Wasn’t that what we promised from the beginning?”

The little wizard laughed at Eleanor.

“Is there anything that might cause a change of heart?”

“Father… seems to have put an end to the chaos in the capital.”

“You know what?”

Eleanor nodded wordlessly.

“If, if… it won’t end soon, but if Enerel goes back like this, won’t the rest of me go back to normal as if nothing happened? Do this, become the princess, and rise to the position of the next emperor… .That, that’s all…”

“Enerel doesn’t seem to have any intention of deciding your treatment, but she has no obligation to do so.”

“That… I know.”

The female knight answered Farseer’s words with her lips clenched tightly.

“Well, that’s exactly what you think. I have a plan. Do you have any ideas to cooperate with?”

Farseer smiled sinisterly.

“What plan are you talking about?”

“Well, how many things do we have to do? If it’s obvious, it’s obvious.” It’s enough for me alone, but I think it’ll be reassuring if you help.”

“…”

“For Enerel’s sake, will you help me?”