I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! Vol 11 Chapter 18

Published at 1st of November 2023 07:37:09 AM

The Banfield Family’s mansion, situated on their home planet, was enormous, resembling a city and accommodating a large population of residents.

Among them was Klaus, a knight who had been given a splendid mansion.

Not only was he the Head Knight of the Banfield Family, but he was also the strongest knight in the Algrand Empire, and his name resonated throughout the nation and its surrounding regions.

Furthermore, Klaus was part of the Numbers, a group of knights that had received Liam’s recognition, and had been awarded with the title of Number 1.

He had just now returned to his house, which he thought was a little excessive.

“I’m home.”

Simply put, he was a knight burdened by a position that didn’t align with his true abilities.

With a tired look on his face, he stood in front of a huge gate, which eventually opened.

Waiting inside were a group of servants, lined up on either side.

They bowed in unison as Klaus entered.

“Welcome back, Master.”

The mansion, which was comparable to a castle, was something Liam had prepared for him.

Liam’s instruction was simply to “prepare a mansion suitable for Klaus”.

However, the individual who received the order blew it out of proportion, exclaiming “Since it’s for the Head Knight of the Banfield Family, this level of grandeur is customary!”

And this was the result.

Personally, Klaus didn’t feel too comfortable with the excessive treatment.

(The house is too big, and there are servants everywhere. —I can’t relax at all.)

Ever since he started working for the Banfield Family, he had continued to receive promotion after promotion.

When he first started out, he used to live outside the mansion with his family, and they had a servant who helped around the house.

Despite this, he was content, as he now lived a significantly better life than before when he served in a different household. His family was happy as well, so he did his best to put up with his slightly hot-blooded colleagues.

However, before he knew it, he had climbed all the way to the top and become the Head Knight.

His hot-blooded colleagues were now after his life, and he had somehow become one of the higher-ups of a huge faction.

He had even earned the trust of his employer, Liam, something which troubled him greatly.

Upon learning of Klaus’s return, a woman swiftly descended the wide stairway of the rear hall.

She was Klaus’s wife.

“Welcome back, Dear!”

His wife happily welcomed him, with several maids following close behind her.

Despite their mistress behaving in a manner unbecoming of a lady, they refrained from saying anything, understanding that it was a special moment for the couple’s reunion.

“I’m back. I’m glad to see that you’re well. How are the kids?”

Klaus smiled at his wife’s cheerful appearance and asked how their children were doing.

His wife became exasperated when she heard the question.

“They’ve become independent, remember?”

“R-right.”

(So they’ve left the house already. It feels kind of lonely…)

Klaus had been away from home most of the time, and he regretted not being able to witness his children’s growth firsthand.

His wife took notice of his feelings and consoled him.

“I told them that you’re coming back, so they should be here in a few days. It seems the people at work told them to take a break.”

In contrast to his wife’s smiling face, Klaus’s face was twitching.

(Are the people in their workplace being considerate and helping them make time for me? Could there have been orders from above!?)

Although Liam was arrogant, he was quite generous to his subordinates.

It could’ve been Rosetta as well. Now that she had a say in the internal affairs of the territory, she had begun to pay more attention to those working for their household. Maybe she was looking after him and his family.

But would they go so far for a subordinate? It seemed far-fetched, but it was definitely possible.

Another possibility was that the people in their workplace were trying to butter up to Klaus, whose authority was only below that of Liam and Rosetta.

Either way, Klaus felt apologetic for the inconvenience their reunion might have caused to the others.

“I’m looking forward to it. Let’s all have a meal together once they’re here. —Oh, right.”

As he was contemplating whether to deliver some gifts to his children’s workplace, his wife called someone over.

Soon after, a teenager was brought before him by a servant.

“Dear, you might know this already, but we’ve been taking care of this child for a while.”

Upon seeing the child who had been brought before him, Klaus felt a cold sweat run down his back.

“—Yasuyuki-dono.”

“I-I’ll be under your care, Your Excellency Klaus Sera Mont!”

Klaus was as nervous as the child was.

Liam had entrusted him with [Yasuyuki], the biological son of Sword God Yasushi, which explained the teenager’s presence in the mansion.

(I see, so it’s already time for his training.)

He had forgotten about it because of his busy schedule, but it was time for Yasuyuki-kun to leave his parents’ house and train under him.

Klaus braced himself and said, “From today onwards, you’ll be trained as a knight apprentice at our household.”

“—Yes.”

Yasuyuki was tense but determined, and Klaus was worried as to what he could teach the young boy.

(What a predicament. I’ll try my best to teach him various things, but I’m not a first-class knight to begin with, so there’s no telling how he’ll grow under my guidance.)

Could a second-class knight like himself raise a first-class knight? He had his doubts.

However, he knew that Liam wanted Yasuyuki-kun to become a bureaucrat, not a knight.

Sword God Yasushi had once said that Yasuyuki had no talent for the sword, which was why Liam didn’t want the child to become a knight.

(Whatever. If I fail, Lord Liam will stop having such high expectations of me. Even if I try my best, things probably won’t change anyway. For now, I’ll teach him what I know. To begin with, it doesn’t seem like Lord Liam wants Yasuyuki-kun to become a knight, so…)

And thus began Yasuyuki’s training under Klaus.

Several months later.

Klaus had come to a certain realization.

(Huh? You call this talentless!?)

They were in his mansion’s garden, and Yasuyuki-kun was facing a seasoned knight with a sword in hand. Regardless of the perspective, he did not appear to lack talent.

Although he wasn’t strong enough to overwhelm his opponent, he was somehow managing to hold his ground against a first-class knight experienced in actual combat.

Taking his age into consideration, he could easily be deemed a rare talent.

One of Klaus’s subordinates that had been watching praised Yasuyuki-kun.

“As expected of Lord Klaus. You’ve raised Yasuyuki-dono into a fine knight that excels in both literary and military arts.”

“No, this is all the result of his hard work and talent.”

(It’s not just martial arts. He’s book-smart as well! How in the world is he talentless?)

—Indeed, Yasuyuki was excellent in every sense of the word.

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Wakagi-chan, who plays an active role in Volume 9 (゜∀゜): “—He must’ve taken after his mother.”

Brian (´；ω；｀): “Klaus-dono, my brother-in-arms, is having a hard time, it’s painful. That aside—”

Brian (｀・ω・´): “‘I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!’ has been nominated for the Light Novel Grand Award 2021! The voting ends on December 15th, and until then, readers can vote once per day on their favorite novel. We’d be most grateful if you can continue to support us!”

Wakagi-chan (゜д゜): “Please show much love to Volume 9 of ‘The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs’ as well! Also, hear this. It was thanks to my advertisement that this novel became so famous, yet no one is praising me.”

Wakagi-chan (゜∀゜): “I hope one of you kind-hearted readers would praise me down in the comments.”

Chapter end