"General, thank you for your forgiveness. I don't want my life. But in exchange for this life, please forgive us the survival of the Rubić family."
Rubitch territory east of the former Carmus territory.
The Rubitch family who ruled the Rubitch family is lowering his head in front of me.
No, it's not.
This guy wasn't the main player until now.
The original master was killed in the Rubitch offensive, and it was the man in front of him who inherited the magic.
Before the Rubić family was a grandfather named Brian de Rubić.
He was so skilled in swords that he was said to be comparable to the swordsman of the past that he would have carved his name into history as an unmatched swordsman, even if he hadn't inherited Rubić's name.
But I guess it's sad.
He was blown away with a giant Tanatos dragon stick before showing off his sword arm.
Besides, it seems that there was something wrong with it.
I hit my head so hard that I wouldn't go home.
Otherwise, they might have resisted a little harder.
And with the death of Brian, the magic pass of the Rubić family was automatically passed on to the person with the highest right of inheritance.
It's hanging in front of me right now.
Apparently, he wants the Rubić family to survive in exchange for his life.
I don't know what to do.
I've been thinking a little bit.
Until now, Fontana has expanded its forces by defeating House Ulk, House Arbarest, and House Carmus.
At that time, all the nobles were destroyed.
Actually, this doesn't seem to be much of a problem.
Carlos was thorough with the Urk family, so I thought it was normal, but apparently it wasn't.
Within the range of common sense until now, when the opponent's nobles are defeated, they will not be destroyed.
It also appears to have been recognized as an implicit understanding.
Originally, when the First King founded the kingdom, he gave each nobleman territory to rule in order to cope with immortals and monsters appearing in the land.
In other words, we needed someone to fight the immortals using magic.
It means that fighting immortals and monsters required magical power, and each monster has an easy-to-fight compatibility.
For example, when Fontana's ice magic was ineffective, his opponent could be hit by the magic of Ulk's flame.
In other words, the existence of magic was necessary for mankind to maintain and expand the survival zone, and it was thought that there should be variations.
Therefore, it seems that even if the hostile aristocracy was defeated and the territory was seized, it was often not so harsh that the magic was completely interrupted.
After listening to the story, I thought it was possible to have a hegemonic aristocracy.
Actually, I've been wondering for a long time.
If the world of war had been going on for so long, could someone have embarked on the unification project?
Until now, however, the reunification of the country has not been achieved even if nobles have come out to contend with each other and claim hegemony.
I thought it would be unnatural even if only the Doren royal family could make the essentials of salt.
The answer was based on an implicit understanding that the magic of the past would not be enough to stop.
It was recognized as Theory that even if he beat the opponent's aristocrats, at least one of them would be able to inherit the magic.
And then the occasional hegemonic aristocracy monitors it.
If there is a nobleman who breaks the rules and commits a barbaric act to drive the nobleman's family to extinction, the hegemonic nobleman will hold each nobleman responsible for violating the rules and impose a restraint on him/her.
Because of this, the hegemonic aristocracy could not be the hegemony of reunification even if it became the lord of each aristocracy, and countless aristocracy ruled the territory while the war continued unabated.
In that sense, the Fontana family was helped by tacit understanding.
When Carlos' previous lord died, Carlos succeeded the Fontana family at the age of three.
But it wasn't a coincidence, Carlos was the only one left to keep Fontana's magic going.
And it was the Uluk family at that time.
For Carlos, he survived because the Uluks kept their tacit understanding, but the absence of any Fontana blood other than himself was also due to Uluks.
Maybe that was unacceptable.
That's why, when we defeated Uluk, we broke the code of destroying the clan without leaving anyone behind.
If it were true, it should have been pushed hard from the surroundings.
He may have led the army to make Carlos take responsibility for the destruction of the Ulk family, centered on the hegemonic nobility.
But it didn't.
Because the House of Resolute, the hegemonic aristocracy at that time, was defeated by the Alliance of Three Nobles.
After that, Carlos succeeded in taking possession of territory without taking responsibility because he was unable to reach an agreement within the Trinity Alliance and the hegemonic aristocracy remained undecided.
In a sense, it may have been lucky, or maybe Carlos did so because he knew the situation of the Resolute family.
It may have been necessary to accept the King's protection not only because of his economic ties to the King's Land, but also because he could not be blamed for the destruction of the Urk family.
In other words, what I want to say is that the annihilation of the aristocratic family is an act of overdoing.
No matter how hard they hunt down in the world, the idea is that they should leave their magic heirs behind.
... I don't know what to do.
I can do whatever it takes to hold everyone in custody, but considering the future, it might be better not to destroy the clan.
"I see. You will surrender your governor to your youngest son, Lord Brahms, and hide. And the Rubitch rearranges into the Fontana kingdom. The knights of Rubić return their names and swear allegiance to Fontana. And then I want you to abide by the Fontana Charter. If that is to happen, we will allow the Rubić family to survive."
"... so you're taking the entire territory from the Rubić family?
"That's right. However, I will not make a mistake against the Rubić family, which has been named after history as a noble family. I intend to advise the Council that I would like House Rubić to take part in the running of the country by conferring on it the throne of the Kingdom of Fontana. How about that?"
"... hah. Thank you, General, for your generosity. From now on, I will hand over the governor to Brahms the youngest son. And I hereby pledge my loyalty to Lord Garold of Fontana."
"That's good. Let's walk together as part of the Kingdom of Fontana."
... something like that.
If I saw a nobleman's house, they'd think I was the one who would destroy the clan.
So even if they took the territory and the knights, it was decided that it would be enough to keep the house alive.
Somewhat unexpected, but okay.
Thus surrendered the Louvich family, a noble family, to Fontana, and swore allegiance to Garold.
After that, the Fontana army began further operations based at Rubić Castle.