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The next person brought to the tent was the young baron.

Then a knight in his late twenties escorting the baron.

"What can I do for you?

They didn't know Rio was an emperor.

Still, I realized that the opponent in the tent protected by many knights was close to the emperor or emperor.

"I don't want to take too long. I'm gonna ask you frankly - you know this guy."

……

The two openly react to the figure of the projected labyrinth lord.

Definitely know.

"Do you guys know why we were called in?

"No..."

"I'm looking for this guy. Gathering information showed that he was likely an ex-knight. Baron over there - Baron Neptua has heard stories of his birth from a knight and becoming a baron. I thought the baron of the former knight could give him a favour, and he might know something about the situation... but apparently he was right."

Baron Neptua became a baron by demonstrating his talent from a young age to form a small number of elite troops to be active in the war.

Those who belonged to that unit were later knights and promoted.

For Rio, on the side of the Glenvarga Empire, he is the opponent who was devoured of the painful damage, but now he was a valuable source.

"Perhaps one of the troops you were leading. Didn't I?"

"... what did he do?

"The person who caused this disturbance."

"Right."

Baron Neptua items into Rio's words.

"Knock..."

But it was a quiet laugh that leaked out of his mouth that leaned down.

"Why, I was so angry that I had succeeded... but it was his fault. Then I'm convinced."

"Who is he?

Baron Neptua raising his face to Rio's question.

Its eyes were full of madness that had not been before it leaned down.

"... Huh!?

It was an unexpected retreat.

It's easy to control him because we're overwhelmingly stronger even if he gets rammed here. But they are pushed independently of strength by the temper that only those active in the war form a small number of elite troops.

"You said something earlier that interests you."

"Oh."

"He - I'll give you all the information I know about Zeon Maddin. Instead, I want you to move all of your men and your people to the land you have left in that country. That's all you can do."

Baron Neptua negotiating in a strong position.

I can say if I can give up the land. The Glenvarga Empire, with its vast national territory, is left with unexplored land. Besides, the disturbance when Rio became emperor led to the loss of nobility, which made him the direct jurisdiction of the country and the land was on hold.

The land that can welcome Baron Neptua is left behind.

"I know you are demanding full surrender on the terms of your support. I don't think the royalty or the dukes will accept it easily. Still, you'll have to accept"

He also knows that the title of nobility will be confiscated upon full surrender.

Of course, Baron Neptua's title will also be confiscated and returned to the civilian population.

"It was originally a civilian ascent. I was just thinking about making money if I could live enough to throw away the title, but chances rolled in that I might be able to get it back in unexpected ways."

The title is forfeited.

But it's not like there's no way to get equivalent status afterwards.

"There are many nobles who know about Zeon Maddin. But all they know is one end of him. There's no one with more information about him than I did."

I have the most information.

I increase my value by suggesting so.

"Negotiations are pretty good when it comes to getting up to civilians."

"It's because it's a civilian ascent, yes. The incompetent aristocrats are bound to see me downstairs. It's easier to fool than the guy you were watching down there."

"I know what you're trying to say."

Rio was also treated by other royalty as the one who was... not there.

That's why everyone didn't pay attention to Rio. Thanks to this I was able to move freely and to have the power to become an emperor.

"Do you want to buy information from me?

I got the name.

Turn your gaze to another source.

"I... I don't need anything in return to tell you."

"Knicks!"

"But now I'm a knight serving the Neptua family. Sir... I will follow the captain's decision."

A young man named Knicks was also a soldier in Baron Neptua's unit.

"We were told we shouldn't know, but we were neglected from the country because we couldn't. Looks like some of the troops are serving the country, but it shouldn't feel good because they know what's going on."

What they have learned is the circumstances of Zeon, who was unable to become a knight despite his accomplishments until he died and went insane in the war.

It was a fact that was considered taboo for the country.

"My parents expected so much from us that they couldn't be knights because they were awkward."

He was then to be hired by the baron Neptua, who became the baron, to serve.

The same goes for the others who were part of the unit. It was easy to do just because we knew what was going on.

"Knicks was closer to Zeon than anyone else in the unit. I know it must have been a coincidence that I brought you here, but I don't mind if you think the most familiar person I don't know is Knicks."

"What the hell happened...?

circumstances that make everyone who finds out awkward.

"It's a simple story. You know Zeon is noble because he has a family name."

"Oh."

"Ex nobles, to be precise - fallen nobles. He was so desperate to rebuild the Maddin family, his great-grandfather."

There was no shadow at all when Zeon was a nobleman when he was born, and he was raw as a civilian.

Fathers and grandfathers could not abandon the name 'Maddin' even though they were glorified by the past and became civilians.

Nature and Zeon will also become named 'Maddin'.

And it was on the road to becoming a knight that he chose as a means to rebuild the Maddin family. Even though he is a quasi nobleman, he does not change to being a nobleman. If you succeed like Baron Neptua, any of you might be able to get a decent title.

... had such pale expectations.

He acquired Gardis Imperial Swordsmanship by imitating his appearance without talent.

With strength and merit, Zeon was enough to become a knight. The Knicks, who were now in a similar position, had been welcomed into the knighthood.

"But only he could have been a knight. No, he wasn't allowed to rebuild the Maddin family from the beginning."