Garudeina Oukoku Koukoku Ki

"Long time no see, Nicolai"

"Ha, you're out of time, Lord Stanford, and congratulations on your victory the other day."

"No. Compared to the Imperial Army's brave warfare, such as our contribution."

At Fort Sagrassi, Georg exchanges a light greeting with Count Nicolai, Rasheed's successor. For his visit, more than 7,000 new residents will arrive here shortly, confirmation for the day, etc.

"What's more inconvenient since you took office here? How sudden was that? I know you're struggling with something..."

"Ha. Sure, it's the difference between a museum in my possession and a cloud mud in terms of ease of spending, but more than that, before the advantage of being able to form a friendship with the public, it's sumptuous."

With that said and a refreshing grin, he seems to have nothing behind him at first glance. That said, Georg doesn't like it as much as he really does.

If you are someone like Rasheed who has little involvement in politics, it is because you still can't say or do anything far-fetched to an aristocratic opponent who holds certain powers like Nicolai.

One of the reasons Georg is so vigilant is that his territory is so close to Gardina, in the northwest of the Empire. If anything is taken as a pledge, there is also a good chance that some kind of demand will be made on the shield.

Especially when it gets somewhat intimate, like Rasheed, there could be a "sweetness to the body" that Georg often shows, but that would be something we can't help discussing right now.

"Our territory is also close enough to here, if anything, we can communicate quickly with the horses. General Rasheed, who has no territory, will not be able to move lightly, but can move at my discretion if he has a large number of supplies and private soldiers instead. Don't hesitate to speak to Lord Stanford if you need anything."

"Mm, I got it. That said, it's not much of a problem I can't solve on my own."

"That would be, well..."

To Georg's words, I return the words with a bitter smile, either because I saw the air transport the other day.

"I think it's time for a meeting."

"Yeah, well, I heard a report from the early horses the other day..."

Thus, these two will face each other and deepen their intimacy on several occasions from now on during the emigration of the inhabitants, but as far as Georg later spoke, "he was always honest". Whatever his true intentions were, at least, he didn't imitate Georg's unhappiness, I guess.

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< Now, this is how His Majesty the Emperor took the position of deepening friendship with Lord Stanford. Anyway, like General Rasheed, you can't even get dragnill handmade delicacies... >

Nicolai is not as good as Rasheed, but he is a raw dragnyl lover.

Having been educated as a nobleman, he does not push it out entirely to encompass and express his emotions, but nevertheless has to admit that there is a feeling of deviation somewhere in his heart.

A famous spear with Georg's hands, that Rasheed's men were given. When I saw that, when I saw a cage hand made of dragon scales that shook my heart to a brilliant creation that combined beauty and practicality, and that Rasheed himself was given, I was going to even think about how I would steal it out by accident.

In particular, I gave up because I couldn't keep the National Army and use force as an individual or seriously imitate him as one of the country's leading opponents, but I still feel suspicious if this was an opponent inferior to my own in terms of title and force.

< Especially if there are many other aristocrats who think the same thing... e.g. Marquis Leonid >

Perhaps his man, in view of his distance from his territory, has renounced his connections by means of supplies and other support. But it is easy for any imperial nobleman to imagine that he is not the kind of man to give up on just that.

Now, the story is that there are a few of his breath-taking martial officers specializing in military instruction in the Empire who will be sent with the Asians this time. That is certainly not to deepen direct intimacy with Georg, but to investigate his preferences, his personality and the internal affairs of a state called Gardina.

Most people in the Empire know nothing about Gardina. I can't help it because information is completely blocked by the Great Forest, and that's why everyone wants it.

Lyudmila, the emperor, and some of his neighbors seemed to have visited him directly and looked inside, but by that time, anti-human sentiment was still remarkable, so he heard that he could not look around crumbly.

In that regard, this secondment of some martial officers had led many nobles to try to screw anything and their own children and relatives. What is more, it is not a short term of one or two days, but a long stay on a monthly basis. Because with all that, by the time you return, you must have some information purchased.

< If only there was someone in my territory who had made a name for himself in martial arts... >

Regardless, Nicolai was also planning to send in his own men, etc., but since he was thus entrusted with Fort Sagrassi and assumed the role of dealing with Georg, he was also severely obstructed by other nobles.

Some of the central martial officers who had some friendship with him have suddenly dropped it while declining or volunteering to talk about this one.

<... well good. This one can be negotiated directly with the Lord Georg. Now let's be happy with that >

As Earl of the Empire, from him with considerable power, it was more important than such political connections to make friendships and deepen friendships with Dragnil personally.

Your role as nobleman, your thoughts as a follower of Dragnil.

It is Georg's unexpected deposition that shakes him more than once in that narrow space.