Chapter 621
next day.
“… … I know now.”
-… … .
“You’re enjoying this quite a bit.”
Charlotte, whom I ran into while walking through the hallway in Harriet’s arms, looked at me in the form of a cat and said that with a shy expression.
-Cow!
“And, pretending not to enjoy it like this is the most annoying thing.”
no!
I don’t enjoy it that much!
Paktong asked for it in the first place!
“why? You’re cute.”
Of course, our paktong was stroking my hair.
okay.
I love you so much, can you not? uh?
“It’s not that I don’t agree, but a naughty kid gets even worse.”
Words are harsh.
It’s not that he’s getting spoiled, it’s that a bad kid is getting worse.
But I’m definitely not the one with good habits.
“Anyway, lend me a minute. I have something to tell you.”
“huh? Yep.”
Harriet carefully picked me up at Charlotte’s words and handed it over to Charlotte.
Of course, our (former) princess was relentless.
– Knock!
The princess grabbed my nape.
– Kang!
“Hey, hey! then no!”
“It’s not even a real cat, so what? And again, what if it’s a real cat? It’s a world that people just deal with.”
Harriet fretted about not being violent, but Charlotte didn’t mind at all.
“Come find me later.”
“Yes… … .”
-Cow! Aeng aeng!
“Noisy.”
-… … .
I hung on calmly, thinking that if I shuddered more, I would probably spin it around like this.
How not to like all cats.
Of course, rather than not liking cats, he seemed to hate me for being a cat.
* * *
Charlotte brought me into the office and sat me down in a chair.
Naturally, he returned to his human form. Charlotte sits across from me, resting her chin on her palm as she gazes at me.
“I have a lot to be thankful for, and I really like you, but what to say. you are such a weird freak I didn’t expect it to be like this.”
Not really.
I didn’t even think I would have this taste.
But does this feel good?
Do you know how many people just skip over cuteness?
Even guys who know who I am laugh at?
To what extent, did Galarsch react badly? If you get eaten by an orc vampire, isn’t that what you said?
No, was it because I was dumbfounded?
“If you’re going to like it, please like me like this.”
“… … .”
“… … sorry.”
Charlotte was so serious that I suddenly got goosebumps all over my body.
do everything in moderation
Charlotte’s red eyes stare at me.
“By the way, is there anything you didn’t say at yesterday’s meeting?”
“It’s not that I couldn’t say it, it was that I didn’t say something because it wasn’t something I could talk about on the spot.”
“What?”
“I heard that Olivia Ranze wants to use Ileion Bolton.”
“ah… … .”
“It’s a waste of manpower to just let them play, right? His skills are also his skills, and he is also a veteran.”
Ileion Boelton handed over the position of Commander of the Knights Templar to Rowen with a very simple handover. So, when the allied forces advance, Rowen is in charge of commanding the Templars.
There is no noise.
Of course, the Templars of the Alliance cannot help but know that Ileion Bolton’s sudden retirement was not arbitrary.
I have no choice but to know that there is some political undertone.
However, those closest to Ileion Bolton had already been silenced.
They know that, in fact, the leadership of the main church has been handed over to the Demon King, but they are well aware of the ramifications of exposing it.
Not everything can go smoothly.
Ileion Bolton was a man who could not be left alone, and he had to accept the kind of noise that was inevitable to engulf the main church.
That’s why, if Rowen fails to take control of the Allies’ Templars, Illion Bolton can be put in again. It was Rowen’s failure after all, and it was also my failure.
In any case, Ileion Boelton, the former leader of the Knights Templar, retired very unexpectedly, but he is living his retirement life in the realm of the demon king.
That doesn’t make much sense either.
Those close to Ileion Bolton know the inside story of the case, and know that Ileion Bolton has come to live under my influence after retiring. I don’t even know about the Edina Archipelago.
That’s why those who are loyal to Ileion Bolton are now in a situation where their master is held hostage.
There is a reason why they can’t act hastily.
However, Olivia Ranze wants to use Ileion Boelton, who is resting from retirement out of nowhere.
“how? Wouldn’t it be absurd to send them to war?”
“You’ll figure it out. I think the important thing is to get people to agree with the banner of the Holy Church.”
“ah… … . Do you want to edify?”
“yes.”
There is no such thing as a drunk.
After all, there are only other names given to the gods. And the power expressed is also inconsistent.
Olivia Ranze wanted to make the former commander of the Knights Templar a member of the Holy Church.
“Honestly, I don’t know, but… … .”
I half agree with the statement that a seat makes a person.
To be precise, a seat creates arrogance.
If I were to be held hostage by the empire and mobilized for some task, I would not feel miserable there. It’s even more so if it’s not my will but someone else’s.
Of course, Ileion Bolton had no right to decide, but I didn’t want to force such a thing on such a great person and make it scratchy.
It’s a situation where Illion Bolton can’t do anything great just because he has something against him.
“Reinhardt, what will happen if Ileion Bolton is reformed?”
“It will be our priest or paladin… … ?”
The Holy Church is not a demonic religion.
However, it is a new form of faith that is different from the Five Great Gods and also different from the Demonic Church, which agrees that both demonic religions and main religions have the same root. And it is closer to the essence.
Ileion Bolton is converted to the Sacred Church, not to the Five Major Churches.
What does that mean?
“The way you think about the demonic religion will change, and then what will happen?”
“You will be able to use the divine power of the Demon God… … . Well, it’s up to you to do it.”
Priests of the Holy Church sometimes use conflicting divine powers. Of course, not everyone can, but it’s not that rare either.
Typically, the Paladins of Tuan use both the power of healing and the power of corruption. Just like Olivia Ranze.
“That’s what matters.”
“You want to use Elaion Boelton? It’ll help, but as long as there are Immortals, there’s a good chance we won’t go to war, right? And I don’t know if our side will be right. I think it would be better to leave it as it is.”
“… … .”
Charlotte narrows her eyes.
“… … Sorry, tell me how stupid I was at some point.”
“I thought you were just saying that you were not suited for this job and that you were not good at it… … . I think it’s true.”
to be king
Everyone knows I hate it.
“If Ileion Bolton is able to use the divine power of the demon god, and if he is truly influenced by the Holy Church, it could cause a great repercussion within the main church as well as a backlash within the Holy Order. On the premise of showing it publicly.”
“ah… … . Were you talking about politics?”
As I focused only on the war, I hadn’t thought about that part.
Ileion Boelton It wasn’t a story about individual strength.
It wasn’t that Ileion Bolton was strengthened with the divine power of the Demon God, but the fact that he was converted could give him the influence.
was saying that
“Even if Rowen has taken control of all the powers of the zodiac, it is inevitable that he will find it difficult to take control of the Allied Forces’ Templars. That means we may need to bring back Ileion Bolton, if necessary. But rather than bringing it back as it is, it would be better if Ileion Bolton’s mindset was slightly changed.”
Bringing Ileion Boelton back is what we assume when Rowen fails.
However, in that case, if Ileion Bolton had already been influenced by the Holy Church, Ileion Bolton would do what Rowen had to do but failed.
In fact, there are many people who are puzzled and resentful about the sudden change of the commander of the Holy Knights in the Allied Garrison.
Rowen is in the process of reversing the situation that Ileion Boelton experienced in the ecliptic.
Rowen is also the parachute leader who appeared in a situation where the current leader was suspiciously replaced. There are bound to be many difficulties, and those difficulties will only grow.
Olivia Ranze naturally predicted such a future, so she was thinking of converting the idle Ileion Bolton and reinstating her as the leader.
Rowen has taken control of the Ecliptic, and Ileion Bolton has taken control of the Allied Templars.
“Completely enlisting Illion Bolton, but even converting him would be nothing better than that… … .”
I think I know why Olivia thought that way, and it’s quite possible that Charlotte is positively judging Olivia’s proposal.
“Hmm… … . Then I think it would have been better if I had started sooner.”
At that time, there were many things to do, such as immediately reorganizing the five main denominations and overthrowing the system, and at the same time not being noticed by the outside world.
“No, if I had done it in a hurry, it would have only evoked resentment.”
Charlotte shakes her head.
“I rather like now.”
about two months.
Is it enough time to sort out your thoughts alone and feel a change of heart?
* * *
Can I say Ileion Bolton was a prisoner of war?
The Empire and we are at war, but it is not a war of swords against each other.
Shall we say that they are secretly forming a united front over the same enemy?
When I asked if he would die or retire, Ileion Boelton did not dare to fight to the death.
In other words, he is equivalent to a general who left the main unit and entered the enemy territory without knowing it was the enemy territory and was captured.
He’s not converted, but he’s in my grasp.
Although it cannot be seen as a prisoner of war, Ileion Boelton’s current condition is that he is practically a prisoner of war.
He’s not really royalty or a king, but he’s more of a prisoner than a king, based on the title he actually held.
So, even if Ileion Bolton doesn’t have any authority right now, should I say that a protocol suitable for a person is necessary?
It is even a way to persuade.
So, Edina’s regent, Charlotte, and Edina’s actual owner, I, decided to go see Ileion Bolton together.
“By the way. I wonder if this is right.”
“… … Is that right?”
“Even if we know each other… … . Even though Riana said it was fine… … .”
“Are you staying there?”
“uh.”
Ileion Boelton was neither noble nor royalty, but he had a very special job as the commander of the Knights Templar.
It was difficult for us to find a place where a great man, the head of the Knights Templar, could retire and be treated properly.
In the first place, Razak, the royal castle, was also on a scale that could never be called a palace. There are things that can’t be helped because it is the capital of a small regional country, but in the eyes of her former princess Charlotte, it will look like a rustic local lord’s castle.
We forced Ileion Bolton to retire, but we didn’t want to upset him, so we wanted to treat him in our own way. But there was no place to do it.
Charlotte and I were walking along a deserted road outside Razak.
“My wife said it was fine, and Sir Bolton said it was fine. Seeing as Liana doesn’t say anything, she doesn’t seem particularly dangerous.”
“… … is it?”
So Ileion Boelton ended up living like a diner at the mansion on the outskirts of Razak where Lyana’s mother, Duchess Yelena, lived.
So there it is.
The villa of the Duke of Grantz that I stopped by after visiting Darkland during summer vacation in my freshman year.
When I was contemplating what to do at the Senate meeting about Ileion Boelton’s future, Liana threw out that it would be okay if I let him stay there.
As it is one of the duke’s villas that were said to be numerous on the continent, built during the time when the Duke of Grantz’s prestige was enormous, we couldn’t give it an environment comparable to that.
In fact, Ileion Bolton and Duchess Yelena seemed to get along well without much noise.
however… … .
Something… … .
kinda okay!
I can’t tell you what it is!
I know it’s not weird at all!
I guess I’m a bit conservative and that’s it!
kinda like that!
“Really, what are you thinking about living your life?”
“… … .”
Charlotte looked at me with wide eyes in displeasure and strode ahead.
yes?
am i weird?
* * *
Strictly speaking, the residence of Liana’s mother, the Duchess of Granz, is a more luxurious building than the Razak Royal Castle.
The Duke of Grantz had a prestige that was incomparable to that of the Edina royal family, which was a small country in the southern archipelago, so in a way it was only natural.
There is bound to be a difference between the great nobility of the empire and the royal family, who were close to the last stone among the vassal states.
Being royalty doesn’t necessarily put you above the nobility. In the first place, there are cases where you are both aristocrats and royalty at the same time.
Heriot, the daughter of the Archduke of Saint-Ouan, was also a noble, but in fact, was not much different from the royal family.
It is no longer a villa, but the villa of the Duke of Grantz, which should be called the main house.
After passing through the trail and arriving at the front of the mansion with a view of the beach, I saw someone’s back.
It’s a familiar look.
“… … What have you been up to here?”
Riana turned to me and asked if she heard footsteps.
Then I cast my eyes on Charlotte, who came with me.
“Seeing that he even brought the regent, it’s not a personal thing.”
“Well, yes.”
I don’t really have any reason to come here for personal reasons.
I tend to call when I have work, but I rarely come this far.
“I’m here to see Lord Bolton.”
“Ah, that old man.”
The commander of the Knights Templar, who used to have great prestige and prestige, has now become a guest housekeeper.
No, I think Liana would have just called Bolton that old man even if he had been the active commander of the Knights Templar.
Liana glances towards the beach.
“I must be taking a walk.”
“walk?”
“I went with my mother. Will you be back in a little while?”
hmm.
“… … Awesome!”
Before I could say anything, Charlotte pinched my side.
“… … What are you doing?”
Liana tilted her head as she saw Charlotte suddenly pinching her side.
“uh? Oh no, just?”
Charlotte smiled weakly and shrugged.
