Legend

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

As soon as I entered the room, such a cheer irritates Ray's ears.

Turning his gaze toward the stage to be guided by that voice, there the woman with the spear stood still holding her belly, and the man wearing the armor was sinking on the stage.

"Heh, you didn't think spears would win better. Too bad."

Turning to the voice I heard from behind, Tang, who invited Ray to his room, exhales with a pitiful sigh of wager bills in his hand.

From that appearance, I understand that apparently the nobleman in front of me was betting on the loser.

I advise Ray to sit on the couch in the room like that, and Tang, who is deliberately the baron from the water drain provided in the room, puts himself in a cup and offers it to the front of the ray.

"... thank you"

Ray was a surprise for a moment at what he didn't think was noble, but Tang opens his mouth with a grin at how Ray looked like that.

"Is it any surprise that I'm doing this fine thing with my own hands?

"Yeah, well. Basically, I just thought nobility meant that the job of this hand was to make me a maid."

That was Ray returning the word, but I realize it's not always the case when I think of the aristocratic faces I've met.

Especially when it comes to Elaine, she was practicing to get herself a cup of tea.

... except that it is the behavior of a maiden in love.

"Ha ha, well, now is the time to be a baron. I'm originally a three man. I couldn't have succeeded to the title. So naturally I needed to become a soldier or an adventurer and live by myself..."

"Is that the fine baron now?

What happened? What happened? That was Ray's honest thought.

Being a third son naturally meant he had two older brothers. If for any reason the eldest son can no longer inherit the house, he has a second son.

In other words, the nobleman's third son stands in such a position as the Lord's spare. The fact that the three men would succeed the housekeeper in that state had to be questioned, even for Ray.

But against such a ray, Tang explains as he carries the cup to his mouth.

"Well, I know how strange it feels. Normally, I can't think of three men to succeed me. In fact, my brothers told me to get the hell out of the house."

I don't feel any particular negative emotions in the way that I flaunt my shoulders small. Because Tang himself thinks that it is not so strange to take such a response if you are a nobleman.

"Then how did you get to the Baron?

"Right, first brother...... yeah, in this case the second brother, but this brother died in the spring war"

……

I just didn't think I had anything to do with it, Ray. I get a surprise look for a moment.

But Tang keeps talking as if he thinks nothing of it at all.

"My brother originally went to war to raise the name of the Baron Ottos family. Well, there must have been a lot to think about when it came to the treatment of second and first son spares, not as much as me. But the result was a light death in action. So, as a Baron Othos, I've been crushed."

Tell him so, and flatter his shoulders.

I don't even seem to care about my house at all because I don't have that much thoughtfulness for the house?

(Well, as far as I can tell, my two brothers seemed to treat me like I was in the way. Did your thoughts about the house fade in the process?

Thinking about Ray that way, the story of Tang goes on.

"If that was the end of it, I wouldn't have had to inherit the Baron Autos family, I'd have had an easy cereal crush."

"... I mean, something happened," he said?

Even as I asked, Ray somehow had predictions.

He died undefeated in a war that came out in the honour of the Baron Ortos family. The Bestian Imperial Army is defeated.

It is only natural that the eldest son, who succeeds the Baron Ottos family, should consider it humiliating.

"Yes, as Ray predicted."

Tang nods if you know what you were thinking just watching Ray.

"But even though the Bestian Empire was defeated by the Kingdom of Mireana. If you want to give Ray a glimpse of what caused the defeat in that situation... and say this in front of you, but if you succeed, it's still okay. But if it fails and that's what the kingdom of Mireana will know, it will be a great loss to the Bestian Empire."

"As a result, eliminated?

"Correct. Well, to be precise, I asked His Highness Kabazid for that area using a handover."

Kabazid. Ray knew the name.

It was the name of the 1st Prince of the Bestian Empire and is now the man closest to the status of Emperor.

And one of the men who is the brother of Vihela and who is under house arrest the third prince whom Theorem serves.

Ray dares to cut in, keeping it out of his mouth.

"... that you truncated your own brother?

"I am, though. Is something wrong? As a nobleman of the Bestian Empire, I take it for granted."

Ray shakes his head without saying anything more to the way Tang tells him to do so lightly.

I saw the charisma of a person named Kabazid, I suppose.

(Exactly the most prominent candidate for the heir to the throne, huh?)

I think so on the inside, and I open my mouth again, deciding that it wouldn't make sense to continue this story any longer.

"So, what the hell is this about wanting to talk about the place again?

"Yeah? Oh, right. It's a little different, to be exact, but there's something about me wanting to meet and talk to you once and for all, called Deep Red myself. And His Highness Kabazid told me I should see him."

"... to me?

I just know what I'm supposed to be like in the Bestian Empire, prince...... it also gives me a look of surprise when the 1st prince tells me I should try to meet him.

But I guess it was funny how Ray looked like that. Tang nods with a grin.

"Of course. You should know how you are valued. [M]... Of course I know that you are not well thought out within the Bestian Empire about the Spring War right now. But... if His Highness Kabazid were to be seen behind it, that would change the rating."

If you can tell me that much, I can understand what the person in front of you wanted to talk to me about for.

I mean, pull it out.

Kabazid's own thoughts or Tang's arbitrariness. I didn't know either of them, but I still wondered if my solicitation was the purpose.

Until now, I had asked Dusker to refuse me as far as contacts from the nobles were concerned, but I guess I had to take them on because it was a request from officials of the first prince of the country who invited me.

"What do you think? I'm sure you'll be able to talk to me about the response, but I think I can satisfy you? His Royal Highness Kabazid can be set up against those who are capable.... That would be obvious if you looked at me, wouldn't it?

It's the words of someone who kicked off his own brother and became the head of the Baron Autos family. I guess it is true that it is merit-oriented.

But...

"I'm sorry, but I'm not going to serve anyone at the moment,"

"Really? I brought you a condition that you would never regret. That's what I don't think it's gonna be hard to get a title and become a nobleman if you want to?

"I appreciate the story, because the hateful free adventurer family business is more suited to sex"

Tang gazes lightly, but surprisingly, at those words, which even the title lightly rejects.

No way. I didn't even think he was going to kick me in the throne because I wanted to be free.

Of course I didn't expect to snort lightly.... No, Ray's rating would have dropped in the tang if he were to snort lightly on the condition of the Ningro title.

But I didn't expect you to refuse without hesitation.

(this is...... i guess i need to change my rating a bit)

Raise your ratings for Ray by a step inside.

As long as you are a person with decent values within you, you are also highly capable of doing so. That was close to Tang's empirical law.

Most of all, it was also true that there are many people who are habitual about their abilities.

If you think about it in that regard, Ray can be called its typical type.

"Hmm, then... So here's what we're going to hear. If you were to serve the Bestian Empire... no, if you were to serve His Highness Kabazid, what conditions would be possible? As far as you're concerned, it doesn't look like you can do this with instant things like gold, women, power, so I want you to know."

"... As I said earlier, I am satisfied with my current life"

"That means that, whatever the conditions, there is no option to serve His Highness Kabazid?

When I tell him that much, he closes his eyes for a few seconds as if he remembers something, and opens his mouth.

"... with that said, I hear you have a hobby of collecting magic items. Is it no use attacking me from there?

The next time I'm stunned, it's Ray.

I do have a hobby for collecting magic items. But I never thought they knew that.

In the first place, there are not so many people who know it.

(Leaked from where? Theorem would be releasing quite a few spies on the kingdom of Mireana, so you may see, but I can't imagine a third princely Theorem divulging information. When it comes to the other...... is it Maust?

Reminds me of a wizard staying at a long empty pavilion.

In fact, Ray is asking Maust if he has any idea what store he's selling magic items to. So that's where it leaked from, right? I thought so too, but I immediately deny it in my heart.

(Sure enough as a possibility, but I feel different)

There is no evidence of innocence. Conversely, circumstantial evidence had shown that Maust could be the first prince's mastermind.

But... Still, Ray decides that Maust is not involved in this case, even though it is half the time.

Or maybe that was a mix of Ray's aspirations too.

Even as he thinks that way, Ray nods back at Tang.

"Right. I certainly don't deny that you are collecting magic items, and you will get them easily if you put them under His Highness the Cabazide. But collecting magic items is only a hobby. Because of that hobby, I'm not going to lose my free life as an adventurer today."

Once the words are cut, continue the words with a steady gaze toward the tang.

"Besides, hobbies are fun things to have a hard time with. For example, walk around the city looking for magic items, dive into a dungeon looking for magic items, and receive magic items as rewards upon request. But even if I simply became a subordinate of His Highness Kabazid in order to want a magic item, and as a result I received a large number of magic items..."

Tell him that much and shake his head silently beside him.

Then I don't feel fulfilled.

That's what Tang figured out.

Even if I could tell, it didn't matter if I was convinced of it.

"Hobbies stink a lot."

"Don't you have a hobby for Baron Autos?

I asked casually, Ray, but it was a bitter laugh to come back to that word.

"Unfortunately, in the position of noble three boys, if they had a hobby for the detour, they would have become the material for the outfits that my brothers attack me. Since His Highness picked me up, I haven't been around for work.... but a hobby, a hobby? If you're a nobleman, maybe you should have one or two of your hobbies."

"Right. It's a good story to hear that if you have a hobby, you can moisturize your life."

Moisture in life.

Tang, who heard the words, looks intrigued and turns his gaze to Ray.

"Hmm? I want you to tell me exactly what kind of hobbies you have."

"... I don't know much about it either, but do you collect alcohol or something if you ask well?"

That's what I'd tell Ray, but that's only Ray's imaginary aristocratic hobby.

Fortunately, however, some people in the Bestian Empire seem to have a hobby for collecting alcohol, and Tang nods to convince himself that he knows who has that hobby.

"You hear other things like collecting furniture and dishes."

In that way, Tang listened with interest to the hobbyist tastes of aristocracy gained from comics, novels and movies when he was in Japan, not in this world.