Tensei Saki ga Shoujo Manga no Shiro Buta Reijou datta Chapter 99

For several days after Ricardo's departure, Ryuze and I were busy with jobs within our territory.

My grandfather had successfully settled the conflict at north area. It seemed that the reinforcement from the capital city played an active part. The soldiers of the northern country had retreated.

The platoon borrowed from Prince Marlow had taken up the job of maintaining security after the conflict.

They had a match among themselves about clearing the huge rubbles, so the people of the towns were really thankful towards them.

The injured people were recovering smoothly. Transportation of goods and other things had also been progressing without any troubles.

And about the captured Millard… his weak constitution so far was like a lie, he was healthy even when he's detained. That said, his selfishness annoyed his caretaker.

From the start, his poor health was perhaps a result from being in Ricardo's shadow.

[Britney, we have to go back home. Before long,I have to depart to the castle.]

[That's true, I have to thank Prince Marlow too.]

We returned to our house and joined grandfather. We also talked about the future.

[Umu. Astor earldom is in a tight spot from now on.]

My grandfather's opinion was almost as what I expected.

[Nonetheless, the earl had assisted us. Now is the time for Hakusu earldom to aid them!]

I agreed with grandfather, Ryuze also seemed to have no objection.

The fact was that we three knew painfully well that we were immensely helped by Astor earldom in the past.

[However, we have to reconstruct our territory. We also need money.]

Towards grandfather who had a sad face, Ryuze opened his mouth.

[Ojii-sama, perhaps some of the northern country's compensation will be given as a reward to our territory. We can use it for reconstruction. Besides, our tax revenue is high this year… it's not available right now, but let's wait for the king's verdict.]

After three of us spoke, a heavy silence settled in the room.

Ryuze returned to the capital with the borrowed soldiers, but I had to stay at the territory for the post treatment. And since I hadn't seen him, I was worried about Ricardo.

Half a month later, a messenger came from the capital city.

It seemed that he brought a message from the king and his decision on this incident.

Continuing to the parlour, the messenger opened the letter he carried and read it out loud.

The content of the letter summarized as followed.

The northern country had decided to pay a large amount of money and other various other things for reparation. Just like Ryuze's expectation, Hakusu earldom was bestowed a portion of it.

The princess who was the mastermind of this incident was to be handed over to this country… but she was presumed to be missing since she was attacked on the way here. I supposed that she probably was not alive anymore.

Punishment was bestowed to Astor earldom. Millard was extradited to the capital city and was imprisoned for a lifetime, Earl Astor and his wife had retired. Lily's father took over temporarily. Nevertheless, half of Astor territory was to be returned to the country…

Originally, a more severe punishment was planned to be given, but Earl Astor's innocence was proven and Ricardo's success was revealed, so no further punishment was doled out.

Hereafter, Earl Astor and his wife would continue to live in his territory and assist Lily's parents. Ricardo would remain in the capital city.

Even that alone made my stomach hurt, but the following words of the messenger delivered the final blow to me.

[So, since the princess of the northern country is missing, Lucas-sama shall remain in the capital city as a hostage. It's unreliable as a deterrent, but our country does not want to cause big conflicts with the northern country.]

[…That's what I thought.]

My grandfather nodded heavily. Speaking frankly, even if this country fought with the northern country, there was not much to be gained.

The northern country had less bountiful harvest due to the ice covering their ground.

That's why that country often invaded our country in order to gain our rich soil…

Maa, the land of Hakusu territory and Nora's territory felt like it endlessly continued to be on the same level as theirs though.

The princess who started the battle this time was probably worried about Hakusu earldom which continued to develop in spite of being on the same level. So she allied with Millard to gain the technology.

(After she was repulsed, she is now missing.)

Perhaps she wanted to enrich her country, or she just wanted to gain a dominant position in the battle for the throne… now that she had disappeared, there's no way to know the truth.

But the messenger said that the northern country had accepted the conditions presented in the letter.

[Lucas-sama had proposed an idea to marry him to the princess. His Majesty is considering about it.]

[E… with Angelsama!?]

It was not just me who reflexively raised a voice, grandfather and Ryuze were also surprised.

[No, with which princess, it has not been decided yet. Actually the other day, a girl with royal family blood has been found… since this story has not been publicized yet, I wish for your confidentiality.]

After the preface, the messenger began to explain the details.

The king was incompatible with the queen when they were young as they were married due to political reasons. When he was travelling incognito, he fell in love with a commoner lady and did various things. (TN: I'll let you guys imagine what kind of various things they did. XD)

After that, although the woman was once taken in to the castle, the messenger said that they were separated from each other due to various circumstances.

Specifically, the commoner woman gave birth to the king's child.

However, immediately the woman and her child was caught up in a scheme and became missing.

It seemed that the deceased queen and some aristocrats were involved in the case.

Therefore, it was not revealed to the public and the truth was buried.

The king did his best, but he couldn't find either of them… probably because they were killed.

At that time, the nobility's opposition against the king who loved a commoner woman was at its greatest.

The king himself was forced from his wish and could not make any noise about their disappearance anymore.

(In the manga, it was simply the disappearance of the princess. There're such circumstances…)

However, the woman was quietly living in a distant town and her daughter was safe.

She told her daughter to rely on the king when she fell sick.

Using her mother's past connections, the girl was able to meet the king somehow and was currently being educated about the minimum conduct and behavior at another aristocrat's house. It seemed that she wouldn't be called to the castle until some education was done.

(That girl… isn't she Merrill?)

The manga started when Merrill arrived at the castle.

In the depiction of the past, there was a part of a nobleman who came when Merrill's mother was sick and took Merrill in.

The feared protagonist of the manga seemed to have finally begun to move.

TN: And that concludes the northern country invasion arc. The original story is finally beginning! 😀

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