Continental Hero Senki

I don't know exactly how many years ago that event is going to be.

But I'm pretty sure he was a lot younger, myself and him.

"- Hey. I haven't slept in here, get back to me!

"... hmm? Oh, it's you."

Not so much for this aristocratic school, such as a human being who speaks comfortably to himself reading a book thick enough to kill people under a tall tree.

A school where everyone thinks about the house and everyone makes friends with an emphasis on home connections. I'm lucky to have made a true friend in such a world, but I don't think it's a slight problem to say that they call me casually and without respect.

"You're the only one in the kingdom who calls me 'you', the Duke's best man."

"You too, Alfredo. You're the only one who doesn't use respect for me in this school."

That's why I won't force you to salute me.

I could have talked to him with a tame mouth from this guy, and I'm tired of hearing salutations.... and I don't hate it.

"So, Ma, are you reading a difficult book?

"It is the duty of the nobility to acquire upbringing."

"With such eagerness. So then, are you going to deal with my archery?

"Say no."

It is decided.

Alfreto is a master of swordsmanship. Being a Duke's man, he is a martial artist capable of performing a street of martial arts. I am archaic to some extent because I am noble myself, but still no match for him.

"You forgot you broke my right arm in an audition during this time?

"Isn't that nice? The healing magician healed him immediately."

"That's not the problem"

If this guy wasn't a Duke family person, and if this guy wasn't in the position to say friend to himself, he wouldn't have been in this aristocratic school by now. His nervousness is as much as he wants to apprentice.

"Besides, you're strong enough, aren't you? Duke, are you supposed to encourage me to study to take over the territory, one way or the other?

"... I don't like politics or the economy. I'll leave that to you."

"Do something for yourself, about your territory"

"You're a friend, aren't you?

"It shouldn't be the imperial language we use when we say friends"

Having said that, I'm going to teach him that politics is the economy, diplomacy. I have been forced to say to my head that teaching others also leads to a deeper understanding within me, but the truth of the matter is, I think I simply like a person named Alfreto.

"Listen carefully, my friend. I'm not good at studying. You can say you don't like it."

"Don't be prestigious."

"So I thought. I'm supposed to defend my territory with martial arts!

"Ideas are stupid after ignoring them. Start the aristocratic school over from freshman year."

"You'll say it often for a long time. Stupid and genius say it's all paper."

"You better know that paper is sometimes thick enough for a book."

A friend who talks well and sets up a sword often.

But at this age, it would be unusual to say, "Protect your territory with martial arts" and so on. To say that the Duke's territory, which his father ruled, is one of the most economically powerful regions in the kingdom.

"But protecting yourself from all threats is ultimately 'force', isn't it?

"... I don't deny it. But you can't rely on that 'ultimate power' forever."

"Hmm?"

I don't know.

He looks like that.

"'Force' is a last resort. I have never used it without using it. No matter how much Alfredo is strong, if you fight, you'll get tired and scratched, and you'll die the worst. But the territory and the people will remain after the battle. And if the territory comes under threat again, what are we gonna do?"

"... you just have to face it again"

"If all the inhabitants were brains like you, they would be."

But in fact, it's not.

Many people are reluctant to fight. Even knowing that it results in discrimination and death, it should be noted that there are many people who do not stand up. No, that's more of a majority.

So this is how I was reading.

The book "The Monarchy" was authored by Lucrezia de Macabelli, a political scientist heavily used by the first rulers of the Holy Tyrrhenian pope.

"A lord who stands up for his inhabitants... I do have a fondness. But then we can't protect our territory. Sometimes we have to act against the law, ethics, morality and religion. That's the duty of those who stand on top."

"... it's hard to understand."

"... don't choose the means for the purpose. In short, that's what I'm talking about."

Oh, from this time on, I think, my life may have been decided.

I had a crush on a man named Alfreto.

The temper to take a sword for a territory/people and stand in the front row yourself deserves respect.

... No, maybe I was admiring him.

"After all, it sounds like we should leave it to His Royal Highness and Grand Duke Carol to do the difficult thing, huh?

"... why don't you think with your own head once in a while, Alfreto"

Oh, not at all. It's hard to believe that one day the time will come for this guy to rule territory.