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"Knight Wilm. I shall commend you for your extraordinary work on the battlefield and hereby grant you the Baron position and the territory of Neptua. I hope you pledge more loyalty to our country than ever before."

"Ha."

Between glances.

A captain on one knee in front of the emperor gives the throne and territory. He had been sworn to contribute as a territorial nobleman from now on.

I don't know how to live as a nobleman, Captain, but everyone in the unit thought that a captain who has lived without graduation would be able to do it without a problem.

"And I hear your work was wonderful, too. Less, but I want you to receive a reward and a medal."

As the emperor said, the amount of the reward is small.

Still, the medal will be proof of honor just because you have it, and you'll get your pension. I am honestly glad that the amount determined each year can be handled separately from salary.

Officials working in the castle will put medals on the chest of our military uniforms.

"This concludes the award ceremony"

... Is that it?

It looks like it's really over and the emperor rises from the throne.

"Oh, um...!

"... what?

The award ceremony I was about to finish without a problem.

Only Zeon had not been able to receive the medal.

The person was unable to take action just wondering why he was the only one in the unit who could not get it, and instead the captain raised his voice.

"Why can't he be the only one to get a medal? His accomplishments are enough to contend for one or two of the troops. If he doesn't get it, he won't get any other troops."

Everyone nodded, gnawed at the words.

Zeon stronger than anyone in the force. Just because you're strong doesn't mean you have the most merit, but you definitely have enough merit to be appreciated by a knight.

"Sorry, but the man can't be a knight"

"Why!?

"Isn't that what the man knows best?

Everyone's eyes are turned to Zeon.

But I was confused that he didn't seem to be serious about it.

"No way, you don't know?

"What,?

I'm afraid to ask.

Ask in a voice with such emotions caged.

"Apparently he doesn't really know. Ignorance is sometimes cruel."

Only one emperor convinces himself that he knows the truth.

No, there were many who were confused during the glance, but there were a few who were convinced that they knew the circumstances as well as the Emperor. What we have in common with them are those who are close to the Emperor.

"I can appreciate my accomplishments on the battlefield. So I give you a compliment. But you can't admit it as a knight."

That's why I was never awarded a medal.

"What the hell, why!?

The captain asks aloud.

I knew Zeon had dreamed of becoming a knight and followed me desperately in training. I couldn't allow that dream to crumble under circumstances we didn't know about.

"Sorry, I can't tell you that"

But the reply from the emperor was unsatisfactory.

The captain squeezes his fist hard. Even though he was recognized as an aristocrat by becoming a baron, a captain with only the same power as a knight cannot ask the emperor any more strongly.

Suppose I could say...

"Tell me!

It was about Zeon, a party.

"I don't mind teaching. But there are many here. I'll call you individually later, so I hope you wait."

"Tell me now!

Zeon kicked the emperor's suggestion.

"I might say I'll teach you later and make you aye free. Then tell me right now."

I'm not going to knight Zeon.

The words revealed that the emperor's will was firm.

"If there are others, Your Majesty can't say the wrong thing."

"I was going to take that into account... if that's all you have to say, I'll tell you before I have company"

The emperor who was about to leave sits on the throne.

"More than seventy years have passed since then. Many of those on this occasion will forget, but the chaos continued shortly after the birth of the Gardis Empire"

After winning the other country, he took it into his own politics after demoting kings and nobles.

The Kingdom of Gardis alone, which was just one of the smaller countries, cannot sustain a rapidly expanding empire in a short period of time, for example.

Many of those demoted were dissatisfied. But I was solemnly encouraging my duties by accepting the status quo, which I was fortunate enough to live with.

It's just a superficial move. Smoked all the time in them.

"Civil unrest broke out when I was just born"

Some of the nobles, who were formerly kings, joined hands and caused civil unrest.

"I also remember the incident."

The captain of the knight is given permission to view past case records.

Besides, it is also the nobility's responsibility to prevent civil unrest in the nobility. I was letting him learn about the signs of civil unrest from the most recent incident.

"But I hear the civil unrest was prevented before."

Civil unrest could be accomplished with minimal damage by being overshadowed where they were secretly gathering their forces.

Clashes between private soldiers and knights.

Though there was some damage to the knight, the private soldiers were overwhelmed, and the former royals, who were masterminds, were taken of all authority and turned into slaves.

"I don't know what happened to them after that"

There's no way a slave can make his whole life decent.

Even if those who were young at the time of the civil unrest were long lived, by now they are all dying of life expectancy. Civil unrest information had faded from everyone's memory after all that time had passed.

"How does that civil unrest relate to his treatment"

"Why do you think we know where the private soldiers are being collected in advance?

"... because there was a leak of information"

"Yes."

It was possible to control it thanks to the flow of information from those familiar with the inside information.

There's no way I can easily control you because you've got a knight stronger than any soldier. I was able to control it because I raided it after being properly prepared.

"A good snitch is supposed to have looked into it. But it's not wrong, but it's not completely right."

To the point that it was someone making suspicious moves that a secret detective was investigated.

It became known to not many undercover detectives who deviated from trying to regain their old accomplishments.

"The Empire captured the head of the aristocracy that was then the baron, although it was the Earl's house before it was annexed"

A house baroned with enthusiasm to alleviate the dissatisfaction caused by the annexation at all.

The territories that governed were mostly confiscated and not even given decent jobs by the state.

They were entrusted with the governance of a small village - what they do is no different from that of a village chief.

I could see what Zeon's ancestors were doing if they told me so much.

"The nobleman was the mayor of the village."

Because he was such a village chief, he was never noticed by the country, so he was used as a meeting place for those who were planning civil unrest.

Above all, our Lord was willing to ride civil unrest.

Several years in succession to aristocratic status. Finally, there was a war and I lost a lot of things when I could do a lot of things from now on. There were good reasons to participate in the civil unrest.

"But I wasn't in the mood enough to cause civil unrest in person"

Captured by a secret detective, the Lord could not tolerate harsh torture and decided to disclose all information about civil unrest.

"Except nobles are the only ones who stick to the terms."

That's family safety.

Civil Unrest - National Rebellion is the finest crime for the nobility. If the Lord was deeply involved in the civil unrest, there was no choice but to hold the entire clan guilty.

So I asked for security in exchange for information.

"The Maddin family title was forfeited and corrupted by civilians"

This is the right history until the fall.

But that didn't really come down to it.

"Where in there is a reason not to hire Zeon as a knight?

"- The Nobility Act, you know what that is?