"Look, Leon. Be careful not to let that fool come into contact with the royal man. Never let anyone near you, including the King, his close associates, and his men."
"... does that fool mean Arus, Carlos?
"Of course. Speaking of this world, do you think there are bigger idiots than Ars?
"Sometimes Arus can do things that we don't even imagine, but I don't think we don't have to think about it..."
I see. He won't have no idea. But he's a fool. You don't know why, Leon?
"... I'm sorry about Arus, but I'm also going to understand what Carlos is trying to say."
"I guess so. He's an idiot. I am not saying that I have a bad head. I don't have common sense. Everyone has a common sense of living normally."
"That's right. I've been dating Arus-sama through my sister, but I think I know her personality to some extent. Do you still feel that it is heterogeneous?... I think there is a perception in Arus that everyone has equal value."
Equivalent? He sometimes says he doesn't know anything about equality, but that's probably the same thing. For him, all human values are basically the same. In other words, it completely denies the existence of nobility. "
"Indeed. Perhaps Arus will not unconditionally obey just because the opponent is noble or royal. Well, it's not that I don't think about it, so I would do something or say that takes into account the other person's identity to some extent, but that's all."
"Oh, normally, he doesn't have the feeling that he shouldn't defy the nobles who are engraved from birth to the bone marrow. That's why I negotiated a truce with Raymond very normally, and it felt like I would have done just the right thing if I didn't take over the lord of Arbarest and the principals of Urk."
"So Carlos is worried that the Royals who are currently staying in Fontana will meet with Arus and cause some problems?
Sort of. I can't even read what triggers that idiot to move. If so, the best way to avoid problems is not to meet such a dangerous person. "
"I see. We should be careful not to let Ars come into contact with the royals. I'll take care of it, Carlos."
I remembered what I talked to Carlos about before.
Alus-like abnormalities seen from Carlos-like.
That meant that Arus had no heart at all to honor the noble person everyone had.
There is a pretence that Arus recognizes that human values or the value of life are equivalent.
but I also feel that it is not completely equivalent.
Perhaps your life is worth more than anything in Arus.
That is why the royal family sometimes wonders if even Carlos, whom you have pledged allegiance to, is true.
The rest seems to have a high priority over his brother Kyle and Valkyrie.
But on the contrary, it's equally valuable to me, Kyle, and Valkyrie.
Still, I was able to deal with the other knights to some extent without being rude.
Perhaps this is judged by the other person's position.
Never respected the other person for the good of being born.
That was Ars.
And the fear of Carlos became real.
The messenger who came with the king's decree demanded Valkyrie from Ars.
At that moment, the air in the room completely froze.
Until then, the magic was released from Arus, who had responded to the messenger with an unchanging expression, to a terribly violent one.
"Bite brother, do it."
And in that frozen voice, Ars uttered a word.
Even though I was unconscious, I could not immediately understand the meaning of the word.
But there was only one person here who could understand it.
He's gone.
Mr. Ars' brother's part-time job.
The moment he nodded, "Oh," he cut himself with a hard tooth sword.
No one could even stop it.
As a result, the messenger who was supposed to come in place of the king was cut off because he uttered inadvertent words.
What are you going to do?
Many knights are crowding in on Ars and questioning him.
Especially when it comes to pointing a sword at the royal family, as Lord Elance says.
Normally, it's impossible just to point a sword at the royal family.
But not only that, but also from the point of view of profitability, it would be an act that should never be done.
Because the Royal Family is the only one selling salt.
No matter how powerful the nobles have been up until now, they have not made the royal family completely because only the royal family can sell salt.
Even if you are going to fight the three nobles, you must not be hostile to the royal family alone.
However, even such common sense slightly overstepped Arus.
Can you make salt?
I've never heard of such magic.
However, my body understood that the salt I received from Ars was definitely authentic.
The taste is slightly different from the royal salt, but apparently it is a salt of rock salt and the color is slightly light red.
I wonder if I've been hiding something like this ever since.
If we could have made this, we would have made millions of dollars.
I've always talked about making money, so many people would have wanted to sell it.
But I've never done that before.
Because it's obvious to rub it with the royal family.
Even if Carlos is an idiot, is it not without an idea?
Has the Arus decided to crush the royal messenger and sell the salt?
So this could be a pre-conceived action.
"Where is Ars going to send this Fontana?
That's why I asked on behalf of Lord Elance.
I want to know where Arus's intentions are.
I want to know where Ars is aiming.
"... the throne, the kingdom. Can you do that, Arus? There is only one royal family since ancient times. He said," Put Garrod-sama on the king. "
"There's nothing you can't do, Leon. It's not decided that there's only one royal family. In other words, there are a number of countries in the east beyond the Great Snow Mountains, each of which has a royal family. You must have heard that story from Grant."
"Well, isn't that beyond the Great Snow Mountain? This is completely different from the land we live in....."
"No, Leon. Grant and Tanatos are just like us. In the land inhabited by the same man, there are many royalties, and kings. In other words, there is not only one king. Therefore, there is no problem with Garold becoming king."
... out of common sense.
Until now, I knew that Arus-sama would think a little differently from common sense.
But isn't this different from us?
Perhaps no one in this land has thought that anyone other than the royal family will be king.
Even our ancestors were subordinate to the first king, who was always alone.
That's obvious.
That was common sense.
That is why everyone thinks that the king is a special and noble person who can only be a royal person who is noble and isolated from others.
It was the same for me who had previously heard from Lord Grant about the countries of the East.
But isn't it?
Can you be?
Not even a royal family, but a king.
... interesting.
Again, Ars is interesting.
I have the strength to think about things I have never thought about before and to do it.
Let's do it.
I can't cut this flow off.
I've been making up my mind since I first met Arus-sama.
I put the future of House Graham to this man.
"I see. Let's do it, Ars. I endorse the idea of welcoming this Leon von Graham, Lord Galloway, to the throne and become an independent kingdom of Fontana."
That said, I clarified the idea of synchronizing with Ars.
Then I bowed to Ars' seat as lord.
And on this day, our Fontana territory became independent of the royal family and began a new step as the kingdom of Fontana.