I Became the illegitimate son of a duke

48 – Var (4)

I… What have I just found out?

Isn’t that just too much to figure out?

Ines’ attendant is moving his steps in terror.

The attendant feels a strong urge to immediately turn around and run away from this place whenever he takes a step, but soon endures it with superhuman patience. This is because it is impossible to completely cut ties just by running away once this information has been found out.

Above all else, if you run away, you will surely die unless you receive Ines-sama’s protection. Dead or alive, you must keep your feet in this world.

In addition, this information was obtained by following Ines-sama’s instructions. In other words, there is a very high possibility that Ines-sama already knew this to some extent or vaguely noticed it.

Damn it…!

Smart –

“Whoa… Come in.”

The servant clenched his teeth and knocked on the cellar door where Ines was, and Ines sighed before answering the knock.

“Excuse me—!”

The attendant who enters the room is so shocked that he stops breathing and cannot finish his words properly.

It was because the room filled with red blood had lost its original color, and in the center of the room, the owner, who had been enjoying himself for a long time, was smiling.

The fishy and disgusting smell that pierces the nose is ruthlessly stimulating the servant’s survival instinct, telling him to quickly run away from here, but the male’s eyes, enjoying the beauty of the owner, say that they want to see that beauty even a little more. ‘S instincts are stimulated without hesitation.

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The servant decides to fulfill his duty as a servant while suppressing those instincts as much as possible.

After barely twisting his neck, the attendant bowed his head and greeted Ines.

“Huh…”

For Ines, who has closely observed the instincts of countless people, it is very easy to figure out what the attendant was thinking.

How much more shocking was it that he even held his breath for a second?

“Okay, okay. What’s up?”

However, Ines overlooks this incident.

This is because the knocking method the servant did just now is the knocking method used only when someone brings important information. Otherwise, Ines, who had been enjoying himself for so long, would have ignored the attendant’s knock.

Coming to think of that knock with the order she gave to the attendant not too long ago, Ines is more interested in the information he brought than what he might have just thought of looking at herself.

“According to Ines-sama’s previous order, the results of the investigation… The day before the fairy disease spread in Dijon Castle, Chloe-sama had been to and from the orphanage. And Chloe-sama was ill that day and was resting in her room. Still.”

“Ohhh… As expected.”

The information brought by the attendant suggests that the mysterious death of the duke’s family and Chloe are related, but instead of being shocked by it, Ines exhales admiration and laughs viciously.

Seeing that, the attendant realizes that Lady Chloe’s behavior is so wonderful that, to Ines-sama, Chloe-sama’s actions are not shocking, but admiration.

The attendant desperately exerted all his strength to suppress his trembling body.

“The thugs who killed Bar’s nobles must have come from that orphanage, right?”

“…They didn’t leave anything to suggest where they came from, and the orphanage was so secretive that we couldn’t get any solid clues.”

“It’s okay, it’s okay. If you knew, it would have already been revealed to the world.”

“…”

Ines didn’t hesitate to say something that could be seen as disrespecting the attendant, but the attendant who heard it simply hung her head and remained calm.

“…Tsk.”

At the attitude of her attendant, who seems to be desperately killing her emotions, Ines loses interest in her as if she is looking at her broken toy.

If she showed off her temper a little bit, she could have been treated favorably as a man… Tsk.

Why are there only servants who are so obedient these days?

“All right. Keep an eye on that orphanage from now on.”

“…Yes.”

Ines is completely unaware that her own attitudes and actions have made her servants this way.

After hearing Ines’ command, the attendant runs out of the blood-covered room as if to run away, and Ines, looking at his back, shakes his head and immerses himself in his hobby again.

…………

“Ultimatum!?”

“Don’t be ridiculous! You bloodthirsty murderer!”

The nobles of Bar are very angry at the letter from Claude.

Slaying fellow aristocrats in broad daylight isn’t enough, turning it into our own play and demanding that we obey even now is vicious enough that even the word shameless is insufficient.

The oil painting aristocrats were written in the orphanage’s killing book and most died, but a few survived.

But even they are already determined to fight against Claude at this point. It would be a good thing to be accused of a traitor if he insisted on appeasement so far, and above all, Claude’s attitude was far beyond the line.

“We are clearly incomparable to the murderers of Dijon, but we will never back down! Barr will remain only as Barr!”

Poo Woo-wook!

“ㄲ…Ahhh…!”

The nobles of Bar reveal their will by killing the envoy sent by Claude.

Killing the god of death means refusing any conversation with them. Even surrender or other peace agreements.

Most of them think that the war situation will go unfavorably, so they do not even touch the god of death, but they are so radical that they can’t stand it any longer when their comrades die and are framed.

“Write… I can’t help it.”

Even the nobles, who weren’t that radical, say little about their actions.

As I kept saying, the duke crossed the line first in this case.

Since there is only a future left to die if we stay still, the only option left is to resist with all our might.

“We must unite as one! This is not a rebellion, but a noble crusade against tyrants!”

“That’s right!”

“Long live Bar!”

After killing the duke’s herald, the baron stands on the platform and raises his sword above his head, screaming as the other young nobles roar with admiration for his honour.

Judging by the flow, that young baron will be the center of this force.

The young baron consistently insisted on resisting the duke from the beginning, and proved his will by fighting against the assailants who invaded the conference hall and punishing the messenger who spoke nonsense.

The senile nobles judge the young baron to be inexperienced and radical, but his will to be straight, and they have no complaints about him taking the initiative.

If you’re not that radical, you can’t be the leader of a rebellion, and if things go wrong, the young baron’s head will be sacrificed to save you if everything is taken away.

“Everybody must mobilize soldiers! Only then can we resist Dijon’s Bastard!”

“…That’s right.”

Of all the nobles in this room, there is not one that has not been dissatisfied with sitting on their heads.

If you spit out the word illegitimate child, you can completely fight with the duke, so you’ve been patient with it for a long time, but since you’ve already been completely betrayed, there’s nothing to hold back.

“How many troops can you gather?”

“Uh… I… It… Can hire a group of mercenaries.”

“What kind of mercenaries are you?”

“It’s called Barr’s Boy Ax Club—”

“That’s… I know it’s a mercenary group of 50 people.”

“…”

However, the wall of reality was too high.

No matter how hard they try, the Bar Alliance, which is a group of small nobles who mostly own only one village, cannot build a large army.

“…Many conscripts are impossible, as the thousand dare to set their teeth against it.”

The situation was the same for the nobility with strong power.

Strengthening power means that the territory is wide, which leads to obstacles in the exercise of administrative power.

Peasants who suffered from the aftermath of the war and did not receive any support expelled the lord’s officials to enjoy village autonomy in an independent state, and the nobles could not respond in any way.

It would be nice if we could provide the missing support even now, but spending money on such support in the face of war would be futile. Most of all, if you do that, it will be as the duke requested, so your honor and prestige will be greatly affected.

“hahahaha! Instead, aren’t there too many of us? Even a weak force can suffice to oppose the tyrant if it unites and moves in perfect order.”

Sensing that the atmosphere is going unusually, the baron laughs loudly and tries to cheer up.

“There are about 50 noble people gathered here. That means that even if only 50 soldiers are selected per minute, 2500 regular soldiers will be gathered!”

“Wow!!”

At least, the faces of the young nobles straightened at the baron’s words.

The number of 50 people seems very small, but if everyone picks out 50 people, as much as 2500 soldiers will be created.

Above all, 50 mercenaries are the minimum that a noble with a village can hire.

Of course, nobles with strong power would be able to hire more mercenaries, and if they hired mercenaries by adding the wealth they had received from the duke before, they could draw more troops.

At least 4,000 people would have passed.

If a large army of 4,000 gathers, the tomb can respond to the Duke’s forces! I see hope!

Young aristocrats with optimistic imaginations regain morale.

“…”

However, unlike the young aristocrats’ morale returning, the aged nobles’ faces still show no signs of straightening.

The Principality of Burgon has an army strong enough to slaughter the armies of the Carolingian Kingdom and the Holy Empire with a small army. Didn’t an army of 20,000 fight against a Carolingian army of 40,000 some time ago and win?

Although half of the 20,000 troops, 10,000, were made up of mercenaries, that means that the army of the Principality of Burgon is smart enough in tactics to be able to use the mercenaries, which are foreign forces, as well as its own army. .

Old nobles realize that only a bleak future lies ahead.