Master of the brave.

The mansion in the Imperial capital of the Marquis of Klefdorf is present in the northwestern part of Simurg, where noble mansions are consolidated.

At present, only the great nobility is said to be the most powerful, with a larger site area and mansion than other noble mansions. A grand nightclub was held right in the large hall of the mansion.

The guests being invited were the nobles belonging to the Kleifdorf faction and all the high-ranking military personnel.

Even if not as much as the dinner party to honor Raul hosted by the Emperor, its luxury is on a scale that no other nobleman can imitate.

Jade, who was present with his father Welt, a candidate for Cliffdorf, was meeting with one person in a separate room.

Neumann Ertz Route Remulsil. The prince of the Empire, who will be third in the right to inherit the throne.

He is a man who is a relative of Jade and also the fiancée of Stacia, the first Duchess of Mavis.

Imperial aristocrats are both men and women who prefer martial arts, starting with sword moves, but this Prince Neumann's body was somewhere puffy, and his tea-drinking hands were soft meaty.

The mother, Count Gaunahertz, was a noble and famous family to be brought to the gates of Cliffdorf, formerly the Viscount, but the daughter of the Gaunahertz family gave birth to the Emperor's Son as a side chamber and promoted her title to Count.

Thanks to the wealth given to her by the Emperor for having given birth to her daughter, the Gaunahertz clan today plays in the Imperial Capital, leaving the management of its territory to its deputies.

He was a typical up-and-coming nobleman who walked in and out of various nightclubs every night dressed in trendy clothes among the imperial nobles.

This Prince Neumann, who has such a kinship, is also a highly self-evident figure.

He was a man who took great pride in being a prince, took his place and made it convenient for his mother's relatives, and was satisfied by being thankful.

Give me the gift I was making available and say a polite word of thanks for responding to my invitation to the night club. Then for a while we move on with the conversation so that Prince Neumann feels better. And I cut out the story as if it were a public discourse.

"By the way, Your Highness, did you know that there has been a lot of civilian registration going on around His Highness Alfred lately?

"You mean Cornelia's squire?

Cornelia is second to the right to inherit the throne and above Neumann in court sequence, but Neumann summons him to emphasize that he is his sister.

Jade did not touch on his squire, and the knights also told him that there were more and more people of civilian origin.

"When His Royal Highness Alfred became Emperor, His Highness Neumann would probably be sent down to the throne. Even more, His Highness Alfred, who does not wish our nobility to be stronger, will undoubtedly be treated cold after His Highness Neumann descends into his ministry."

"No way... we're brothers even though my mother is different, right?

"It's because I'm a brother. Whatever the exchangers of any era, the scariest is the brothers who divided the blood. If you string history together, there will be precedents at any cost."

"Wow, I'm not going to rebel against my brother in any way, am I?

"His Highness Neumann's mother, Count Gaunahertz, has recently joined forces with His Majesty the Emperor's love."

"Oh, yeah. Plus I have a lot of back shields. It can't be that easy with my brother. Wouldn't you? Jade."

"Of course, we, Cliffdorf, are always on His Highness's side.

But His Highness Alfred will be afraid that His Highness, who can thus be the banner of our nobility, will have power.

Furthermore, my gate disagrees with His Royal Highness's policy of heavy use of the civilian population, and the idea is that a traditional nobleman should guide the people. Your Highness will be our champion. "

Neumann in particular never clarified his position as an advocate for Cliffdorf Gate, but Jade folded up as if the head of their faction were Neumann.

"We cannot help but remain silent with our defender, His Highness Neumann, if he is cut off with some sin after he has surrendered him to his ministry.

No, I'd rather see your Highness cut off in disguise... "

"Such an idiot... such an idiot..."

Neumann turned from his dignified attitude when he received his gift from Jade to a pale look. Jade's Talking Future. That is a fact found everywhere in the long history of the Empire.

"But the woman who will be my wife is Miss Stacia of the Mavis family, who is connected to the Imperial family."

"As I mentioned earlier, Princess Cornelia's squire is cordial with her three Mavis family daughters, Leticia, and Her Royal Highness and Leticia are also in a close relationship.

And Lady Leticia herself, there are rumors that she is not doing very well with the Mavis family. What if the Imperial Family can take it from you... "

"So what am I supposed to do..."

Neumann held his head.

He kept believing that his current position as a prince was something that would last forever. No, he's not the only one, everyone in his kin keeps believing that.

But that doesn't last forever in the future. Indeed, as Jade says, he loses his right to inherit the throne if he is sent down to his subordination.

And from Alfred, who became emperor, it is true that Neumann, who draws the blood of the royal family, is not strange even if he is blind.

"... what the hell can I do"

On second thought, Alfred would not necessarily strip Neumann of his imperial throne, but Neumann had assumed that he would be descended entirely into his subordination, as Jade put it.

Neumann has been naturally raised to solve problems when he faces them. If he wants, what's around him thinks and solves the problem.

And now one difficult question is being poked at for him.

To him, it's as if there's no way out.

Now in Neumann's mind he should be looking for an answer that is convenient to him.

Jade uttered words as he slipped into that gap in his heart as he accidentally took care of the grin that seemed to come to mind.

"My name is Mahogany and I don't stand alongside each other in heaven. For His Highness to survive..."

"Ma, sa. No, but it's..."

Neumann, who is completely bloodthirsty and just pops both eyes wide open. Its entire body is trembling violently and gasping.

"Your Highness, those who are currently gathered in this mansion are at Your Highness's side. Yes, he is on the side of Prince Neumann, who is given third place in the right to inherit the throne.

But if His Royal Highness Alfred... no, if Alfred becomes Emperor and His Highness is sent down to the throne, there may be others on your side who will decide on opportunism. But even those who obey Alfred with their promises will come out. "

Neumann swallows gokuri and spit.

"This is a good time. We should discuss Alfred before the civilians Alfred employs take up a key position and empower them."

Neumann leans down and thinks.

"Wow, can you do such a great thing to me against my brother..."

Until now, he has never made his own decisions in an important phase.

Someone was giving me an answer if I bothered. He was doing it for me.

That's why the next Jade's words slip into his mind.

"Your Highness doesn't have to worry. Your Highness just needs to say one word, just like this." Be good, "he said."

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Neumann was back in the hall when he finished his secret conversation with Jade.

Though not the Crown Prince, Neumann is now third in the right to inherit the throne.

Though it is possible to descend into the throne, if there is anything in Alfred and Cornelia, there may be a future to sit on the throne of the Supreme.

Many of the nobles who were visiting were gathered to see him return or to greet and follow him immediately.

But the look on Neumann's face at its center is not excellent.

Blue, he has a face that doesn't float anywhere.

There was one woman watching such a Neumann.

"Dear Jade,"

The beautifully dressed woman speaks to the succeeding generations of this mansion, who returned to the hall at the same time as Neumann.

"My dear His Royal Highness Prince Neumann has been blue-faced for a long time, but is there anything to disturb you?

Her name is Stacia Van Mavis.

He is the fiancée of Prince Neumann Ertz Route Remulsil and also the sister of the brave Leticia Van Mavis.

"No, nothing wrong"

Jade gave Stacia a polite courtesy as she smiled on her righteous face.

"It's just... Your Highness has made up your mind"

"Yes."

"Leticia is the only remaining obstacle"

"I know."

In Stacia's eyes, staring at Neumann, lies a cold light.

(Leticia, Alfred, Neumann...... I hope they're all gone. Yes. If we are all gone, I can once again get praise from many. Yes, I'm the one who should get everything...... you just have to be gone, such as those who don't look at me)

Again surrounded by many princes and ladies, Stacia was burning dark sentiments as she portrayed in her brain the sight of receiving many praises and aspirations all together.

Jade was laughing inside, standing calmly beside Stacia like that.

(Use this woman so that the brave Leticia Van Mavis, the greatest obstacle, cannot be disturbed)

Jade gave Stacia a gentle thank you and walked out with his heels back.

There is a ruthless light in its eyes, distorting its mouth into the form of a laugh.

The transfer of the example study to Imperial Capital has led to extensive availability of subjects and reports that significant progress has been made.

Once the study is complete, we can eliminate the threat of the Kingdom of Petersia, which is cooperating with Jade but still asking for opportunities, on its own without using the power of the brave.

(Cornelia. Use Neumann, and have that poor Neumann suffer all the charges of killing Alfred. And you can welcome Cornelia as my partner)

He then welcomes Cornelia, the emperor's direct line, to his companion and appeals to the legitimacy of the throne.

That should also follow Winn as an accessory to Cornelia. Inevitably, the power of the brave will also be available.

Jade, who reared the hall, slowly opened the door to the room as he stopped in front of one room as he proceeded to the back of the mansion alone.

in a room facing south so that the sunlight can enter well.

Well-maintained conditioning products are located everywhere, and vases are filled with colorful flowers.

Every corner of the room is well cleaned and not seen as a single wrinkle in the sheets on the bedside.

But I couldn't feel anything in this room that smelled like life.

The Lord of this room is no longer in this world.

Five years have already passed since the Lord left this world behind.

Jade turns off the thin, grinning smile that had floated until earlier, and walks over to the back of the room, the portrait placed on the wall with a mysterious look.

The portrait depicts one beautiful woman with a gorgeous smile -.

Same as that of a woman decorated in Jade's room.

But it is not like a dress or a jewel that adorns the portrait of a woman in this room, dressed in a brave military costume instead of a dress, with a boneless knight sword instead of a beautiful bouquet of flowers, with several medals hanging on the rich chest instead of a necklace or a ring, and a medal of ten thousand horsemen and generals shining instead of a noble family crest.

Lucrezia van Kleifdorf.

Jade's mother, the one depicting that young day.

In the Allied Army against the Demonic Continent with that General Zaunas, a woman general who was even hailed as imperial bi-perfection.

- And a hero of misfortune who was bewitched by the Empire.

(Mother...)

Jade's expression looking up at his mother's portrait was unreliable, unlike the unscrupulous look he usually gave, where he felt even young.

A few days after the night club at the Kleifdorf family...

At a previous meeting in which Emperor Alexei was present, objections were raised by Welt Van Kleifdorf, who served as head of the Knights of the Central Knights, to the friendly visit of Alfred and Empress Cornelia proposed by Prince Alfred.

Welt claimed that it was problematic for the Imperial Crown to vacate the country together with the first and second princes of the Empire, and Alexei, the emperor who heard the words, decided to send only Crown Prince Alfred to the Kingdom of Lyon.