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Episode 296. The Birth of a New Twelve Stars
“In the end, that bloodline… … That bloodline is what’s causing the trouble… … I should have killed them all. I should have killed all the bastards who inherited that bloodline.”
Willas Dren bled.
There were only two people standing.
Jerrika von Heid and Willas Dren.
The vassals who had been with Willas for a long time lay motionless on the ground, and now Willas himself was dying.
Yereka staggered toward Willas.
Willas’s vassals were very strong. Thanks to Ethan, she had been freed from the ban and had been educated by Legia, allowing her talents inherited from Hecate to blossom, but it was not easy to defeat them all.
And yet I overcame it.
It was something I had been hoping for for a long time.
“You, your vassals, your sons, all went along with killing your grandfather. If it were before, I would have asked why. But I realized that there was no need to do that.”
Yereka said.
“For whatever reason, people like you won’t tell the truth.”
Then he smiled slowly.
“This lowly… … lowly bitch… …!”
“Don’t worry. Your son who went first will be waiting for you. I sent him away with my own hands. Ethan just helped me.”
Who said revenge was futile?
“You’re watching, right? I’ll think of it as all thanks to you that I got to meet Ethan. Let’s send the two guys who framed you first, Grandpa.”
* * *
“Ouch, we’re in big trouble!”
“What? What’s going on?”
“I, the previous head of the household… … .”
“Why Grandpa!”
Paris Dren asked in an anxious voice.
“He was attacked and died along with most of his followers.”
“He, he passed away? What the hell. What kind of guy, what kind of guy… …!”
“We are currently investigating, but… … .”
“Yeah, that fucking Ethan Wickers, that’s got to be him!”
“No. I investigated Count Ethan Wickers first, but Count Ethan Wickers was in the capital at that time. He said he had an audience with His Majesty the Emperor… … .”
“……shit!”
The death of Willas Dren has once again begun to crack the Marquis of Dren, who was trying to regain stability.
And at the same time.
Lydia Dren and Hera Dren, who received the same report, looked surprised.
Grandfather’s death.
But there was no sadness. What was important now was not to be sad, but to seize the opportunity that had come.
“how…….”
In Lydia’s memories, her grandfather was a very cold person.
Those who benefited were saved, and those who were harmful were killed.
There were many troubles along the way, but it was always my grandfather who stood in the end. The reason was simple.
Because it was strong.
Overwhelming strength.
The grandfather who had been like that had finally collapsed. Lydia was overcome with fear of Ethan Wickers, who had been caught by Hera.
Hera said to Lydia,
“This is not the time to dig in and take stock. This is the opportunity. We need to contact the lords again and set things right. This is the opportunity.”
Hera said.
“Just like my father, in order to survive, we have no choice but to climb to the highest place.”
Lydia nodded with a hardened expression.
“Let’s go and see.”
* * *
“It was worth investing for a long time.”
Ethan had just received letters from numerous noble families when he heard the news of Willas’ death.
Although these numerous letters were sent from different families, they contained the same content.
– Request for help from Marquis Willas Dren. Rejected.
“They were all rejected. How careful I was.”
It was enough power to strike the twelve-year-old Marquis Dren. The important thing was to do it without much bloodshed and without any aftereffects.
That’s what it’s been built for.
This vast network of connections.
Behold, the Marquis of Dren, who was in charge of one axis of the Twelve Constellations, was unable to move and was looking for help here and there until he was eventually swallowed up by Ethan’s network.
‘I like it.’
“All the other high-ranking nobles have also refused. They certainly have a reason to refuse. It’s not that hard to refuse.”
Ethan then read the letter from Etning. It seemed that the high-ranking nobles had sent the letter to Etning immediately after receiving Willas’ request for help.
“It’s all thanks to Ettinger’s good work. He chose a good partner.”
Etting was growing his upper body like a fish out of water.
They say that the supply of special golems still cannot keep up with demand.
“Because they took advantage of the period when they couldn’t sell to accelerate their luxury strategy. If they were nobles, they would have no choice but to go crazy with this limited supply.”
As expected, he was a natural born merchant, so Ethan didn’t need to tell him any more about that.
Like Yerika, Etning also fully developed her talents.
“With Willas dead, the Marquis of Dren is finished.”
Hera Drenne and Lydia Drenne will quickly clean up the interior of the Marquis’ house.
Then, he planned to form an alliance with the Wickus family. With this, the first revenge could be considered complete.
“The remaining two Twelve. Perhaps they will try to cooperate once they figure out the situation.”
The two Twelve will join forces to attack Ethan, but here too they can only act as a backdoor.
No, there’s a high chance that even that backdoor work won’t be done properly.
“Because I saw the fall of the Duke of Dren right before my eyes.”
Now there is only one way.
“There’s no need to worry about this.”
You just have to deal with it in the way they choose.
“Let’s start by preparing for the second semester.”
By the time the second semester preparations are over and school starts, most of the outside work will be taken care of.
Ethan, the son of the Whikers Countess, whose family name no one knew, returns to Ibeca as a Twelve.
Of course, Ethan never thought that Hera or Lydia, with whom he had formed an alliance, would betray him.
“Because they are smart people. If they betray after going through this situation.”
At that time, all you have to do is show them the price.
* * *
“Uh, how did you… … .”
“It’s our Dren tradition. And if I hadn’t done it, you would have done it. You’ve already tried and failed several times.”
“If this happens… … everything will be over! We will never be like before… … .”
“It’s too late. When my father died, we crossed the river of no return.”
Hera said.
“And I’m better now than I was before. The glory of Dren means nothing to me.”
“There are definitely troops outside… … .”
“I didn’t do this alone.”
“It’s not over yet?”
Paris laughed in vain at the sight of Lydia arriving late.
“Don’t you know that now is not the time for us to fight amongst ourselves… … .”
“You think we don’t know that you’ve been doing all kinds of things behind the scenes? You tried to kill your brothers, saying that it was something your father approved of. Even though they’re blood relatives, you said it was right to eliminate them because they were rivals.”
The Marquis of Dren’s family was in turmoil day after day due to the strife between his brothers following his death.
But the uproar didn’t last long, because all the candidates for succession knew that the longer it dragged on, the more the family would be divided.
As expected, Lydia and Hera, who knew this fact, ran without even sleeping, and as a result, the situation of the Marquis began to be sorted out quickly.
The winners were Lydia and Hera Dren.
However, there is only one person who can succeed Marquis Dren as the head of the family and receive the title.
“I know where to stretch my legs. Just keep your promises.”
Lydia meekly gave up her seat to Hera, knowing full well that it was not her place.
“Even if I step down from the position of the Twelve Stars, Dren will not do anything dirty in my generation. The Brotherhood’s War… … It would be better to end it in our generation.”
Since childhood, she has lived close to death.
The fear of being targeted by one’s own blood relatives.
I was thinking of completely breaking that bad habit.
Lydia and Hera quickly sorted out the succession issue and took control of the territory. Of course, it wasn’t easy.
This was because after Willas passed away, other lords emerged with different minds.
“We will form an alliance with the Counties of Wickers. We will forget the past and move forward with a new relationship.”
“We can’t do it. How can we… … .”
Bam-.
Hera Drenne took out a heavy purse and showed it to me.
“Count Ethan made a promise.”
What he handed over along with the bag of money was a business plan.
Ethan was planning to undertake a major undertaking in the Marquisate of Dren.
“This is a way for us all to go up. If you refuse, then yes, I will give you this money as a consolation prize.”
* * *
The central noble families of the Holy Empire each had their own intelligence groups.
Those information groups have been extremely busy lately.
“The Marquis of Dren is completely finished.
“The new head of the household is Hera Dren. Lydia Dren has decided to go under her.”
“Are there any deserters among the lords?”
“Almost none. But there’s something strange about the atmosphere.”
“Quickly summarize!”
All the intelligence groups in the center were busy talking about Dren.
At the same time, there was one topic that came to mind.
“The Marquis of Dren is essentially under Count Ethan Wickers?”
“if it goes like this…….”
“No way. It’s something that everyone wouldn’t admit.”
“Has anything like this ever happened before? Not in the last 100 years.”
“The new twelve… … .”
The information received by the information group soon reached the ears of each noble. The story soon leaked out and quickly spread throughout the continent.
But this is just a story about the possibility that it could eventually become the Twelve.
It hasn’t been properly recognized yet, but that doesn’t matter.
“As long as there is a decisive blow.”
Ethan wrote a letter to Princess Evangeline.
-Dear Princess.
The princess must also be reading this atmosphere well. Ethan deliberately did not write any direct stories in the letter.
And the next day.
The princess’s reply arrived immediately.
“Count Ethan Wickers, please receive the new nameplate bestowed upon you by Princess Evangeline Sacred!”
It was a huge, golden plaque.
It was a nameplate that could be set up in the ground, and it had [Countess Wickus] written in Princess Evangeline’s handwriting.
“oh.”
And what was written underneath was true.
[Congratulations on becoming the new pillar of the Holy Empire]
This has been officially acknowledged by Princess Evangeline.
It also meant that the vacant position of the Marquis of Dren would be filled by the Wickus family.
Since the princess herself had admitted it, there could be no more disagreement.
“Your Highness the Princess has given me a precious gift. I will gratefully accept it.”
“I have definitely relayed this to the Count. Then I will take my leave now.”
The news quickly spread throughout the continent as soon as Princess Evangeline’s servant left.
It was the birth of a new zodiac sign.
fantasy,
