The old nobles realized that getting on the good side of this 'nephew' would be beneficial to them.They brought their most beautiful daughters in the hopes of catching the nephew's eye.All of the noble ladies were looking forward to meeting the man their father and mother had mentioned.If they were lucky, they would be chosen as the man's wife. The young noble ladies knew nothing about the man, but they knew that marrying a young man was always preferable to marrying an old ugly noble who wanted to eat young meat.So they put on their best dresses, puffed up their chests, and tightened their corsets to look stunning.Nonetheless, they were given bad news."Riel will arrive tomorrow rather than today."Lori elaborated."What?!" exclaimed a noble."How can he be disrespectful to the Duchess? Even though he is the duchess's nephew, he has no right to disrespect her!"The nobleman who was yelling didn't have a daughter.Isla mocked the noble, but it was true. She had planned to meet he
The castle in the north.Despite the name, it is located in the westernmost part of the Land of Whitepalace.It is the first area through which enemies from the West must pass if they are to infiltrate the empire.Isla lay on her magnificent bed, hidden from view by a curtain no one could see through.She liked it so much that she had it built in every castle she owned. She was never one to enjoy sitting. She spent the majority of her time in her laboratory experimenting with her poisons, so sitting after all that work never felt so good.That's when she made the decision to get a bed rather than a throne."Lori, do you think I was too aggressive when I invited my nephew to the Northern Castle?"Isla considered it, but she was too prompt to make a decision. Lori was her advisor/butler, so his advice was valuable. Lori wouldn't feel guilty if he said it wasn't a hasty decision.But…"Indeed, Duchess. This is a very hasty decision."Isla was taken aback, she expected Lori to think about
"I believe we've arrived."The first road we'd seen since starting out on the journey was directly in front of our carriage.It was a stone road large enough for a single carriage to pass through at a time, surrounded by mountain-cut walls. It would be a one-way death road for any enemy who entered it because people could simply shoot down spells from above.We soon came across the ruins of a long-forgotten battle. A battle that occurred before I arrived in this world. There were massive stones scattered about, some damaged and some incorporated deep into the ground."Why don't you come out now?"Dray spoke angrily, his hand poised on his sword, ready to strike."Wait a minute, Drayfus."Someone emerged from behind a stone a moment later. A woman dressed in a dark greenish gown, only her eyes were visible through her veil, and I could see two small daggers made for murder between her nimble fingers.And the daggers appeared to be tinged with some kind of liquid, most likely poison.My
"They've left, Duchess."Isla nodded calmly, her gaze fixed on the carriage fading away in the distance.Lori was intrigued. 'What is the Duchess' opinion of her nephew?'“Impressive.”“Hmmm?”"Don't you want to know what I think about my nephew?"Isla smirked as if she could read Lori's thoughts."Duchess, yes.""He is fascinating, has confidence, and the strength to back it up. I can tell from the small amount of aura leaking from his body that he is already far stronger than any A-rank adult. However, I have the impression that he has only recently attained the A-rank. That is to say...""Could that mean he was already stronger than most A-ranks when he was only B-rank?"Loir finished Isla's sentence.Lori then exclaimed, as if she had become enlightened."In six months...""I guess I'm going to join the war this time, Lori."But Lori was perplexed. Why did the duchess accept the conditions if she knew all of this?"But—"Lori was stopped in her tracks by Isla's finger in her mout
We continued on our way.On the second day, the spies I had sent ahead discovered that our path was blocked by a sizable bandit camp.And there was information that the bandits had enslaved many villagers.Of course, it didn't take a half-hour for a few of my men to dispatch all of the bandits.Simple bandits can't compete with four of my summons, which I released all of because I need it done quickly.It was still surprising that it took half an hour. I told Dray and the others not to hurt the people who had been kidnapped by the bandits.There was a sea of people at the camp. It had been two days since I had taken over the bandit camp.Around 200 slave soldiers wielding rough iron spears stood in the centre of the camp, with their family members assembled around them, and another 100 slaves were forced to look after the camp.There were approximately 500 dead bandits.I appeared in front of them all, standing on a high vantage point. I planned to give a speech to the slaves present
The convoy bid adieu to Mt. Xavier on the fifth day and continued its voyage via numerous noble territories.That day, the enormous convoy went up to 90 kilometres on the major road.Lisa and Iris were exhausted. My two younger siblings slept the entire day and only awoke at night to gaze at the stars.But they realized there was still a long way to go and didn't complain to me or anything.Food and water were not an issue. With just one journey to the dungeon, I could feed ten times the convoy.There were monsters that humans couldn't eat, and monsters that had the same meat as any other tamed cow or pig.And monsters that can be devoured by humans are more numerous. The maids, servants, and even my mother had no idea I was giving them monster meat.They assumed I and my men were hunting in the forest and eating the meat of the animals.I feel a little bad about feeding them monster flesh without their knowledge, but it's the only thing I could think of if I had to feed nearly a thou
I wasn't worried about the confrontation with the baron in the least. To me, the baron was an idiot and a useless lord who had no right to rule over a city.I didn't want to steal anything at first, but after witnessing the lives of his people, I simply decided to take everything away from him.I couldn't stand by and watch children starve to death. Yet, in order to store food for the winter, that obese bastard starved his people.I was perplexed as to how someone like him became a noble in the first place. It must be his father's or grandfather's.The Empire should enact legislation that prevents aristocratic children from inheriting land unless they have demonstrated their aptitude.I was standing in front of the castle of the fourth noble we had encountered on their expedition. The lord, who was also a baron, was currently bargaining over the price of a slew of weaponry seized from the previous baron.When we travelled through another noble's land the day before, I despatched a mes
Two recently appointed soldiers stood guard at the camp's main gates. They could see a rider approaching swiftly from a distance. One of the guards approached the rider, wondering as to what orders the rider had received.Closer scrutiny revealed that the rider was not one of his comrades, and he swiftly lifted his spear to engage, only to have it smashed by the enemy's blade.The two soldiers might have been slain sooner if the adversary had not been in such a hurry to flee.The rider riding the stolen horse sped by the two guards without a mount and successfully exited the camp.The two soldiers sprinted for their horses, one readying his spear to throw, cursing as they rose up from the impact of the attack, but they could do nothing except watch as the enemy galloped out of their fire range.I arrived quickly and snatched the spear from the guard's grasp before resuming the chase.I was around 100 meters away from the fleeing opponent at the time, and I wasn't sure I could hit my t