Price of Management

As King Erik gestures, the maidens who were standing at a distance start to fly in, busy moving. One of them pulled the cork cap off Queens Blood and poured it into a glass.

King Erik raises his cup with an anticipated face.

“I don't know how long it's been. ”

“Haha, I'm so excited that you like it so much. ”

Queen Siena also raised her cup. The late Duke Duron and I raised our glasses.

And tasty.

The taste is fantastic, too. Sweet yet tangy, the throat is soft and the end is unfortunate. It really tasted like magic.

Where is that?

It refreshes the mind and body because Woundee has revived the energy of recovery.

“Ah!”

Queen Siena opened her eyes and burst into elasticity, wondering if she was also greatly fascinated by the taste.

King Erik looks almost moved and the late Duron is satisfied as well.

“It's the best wine I've ever had in my life, Your Majesty. ”

“As expected, Baron Kurt is the treasure of this country. ”

These guys, they don't seem to have the strength to lift me up.

As if Duron himself had waited.

“As you say. As the baron advised last time, I sold Sachsel to Jehovah and got a lot of food. The strategy was effective to instill the anxiety that it might just float and burn and wait for the fall. ”

“Thanks to you, I was able to trade advantageously because the landscape was active first. However, if we waited for it to be sold in the fall, it would have been a good judgment since more deaths from the black blood could have been lost. This is also the story from Baron Kunt's head. ”

“Oh dear, Baron Kunt is still young and very wise. ”

“Wow, that's flattering. ”

Following the compliment relay, I felt anxious and uneasy and gloomy.

Queen Siena clapped her hands as if it were a good idea.

“Oh my, Your Majesty. Then why don't you leave what you've been thinking about to Baron Kunt? If Baron Kunt was so wise, wouldn't he be able to do it? ”

“Baron Kunt is just right, I think. ”

The Marquis of Duron walks out with him.

I knew it.

King Erik gives a moment's thought and nods.

“I see. Then I'll have to ask myself. ”

Then King Eric asked me.

“As ambassador to the House of Leaden, will you not go to the Horn Empire? ”

…… What?!

* * *

That day I postponed the decision without confirmation.

King Erik, as an emissary of the Crown, wanted me to visit the Horn Empire.

This was soon to draw the Horn Empire to the bargaining table on the Baden River toll. It means to persuade me to meet with the Emperor of the Horn.

You want me to meet the infamous little monster emperor of the Horn Empire? You want me to destroy this country, drive it to the Orient Kingdom, and convince him to be called "The Demon King"?

Are you crazy?!

I fear the Emperor of the Horn.

It is because there are more than one or two people who were strangled in the face of the Horn Emperor.

Sometimes there was even a person who was executed for no reason.

To this extent, the young emperor of the Horn Empire is a fierce and unparalleled figure. It means that I am not a person who can put it into calculation and weigh it.

Oh, dear.

In my past life, my father faced the Emperor when he surrendered to the Horn Empire.

At that time, my father was furious at Rick's loss. Though the cause was attributed to the vigilante, the Horn Emperor must also be the direct enemy of Rick's death.

With such an emperor in front of his eyes, he said that he had the courage to speak.

“To tell you the truth, your loyalty to the man who killed my son is not as good as your eyes, nor will it ever be. Even if I surrender like this and become a nobleman of the Horn Empire, I won't surrender even to my heart. ”

“Then why did you surrender? ”

My father answered the Emperor's question.

“As long as I can chew through the flesh and blood of that enemy, I can do it, not with your scepter, but with a servant of the devil. ”

The notorious nature of the Emperor of the Horn was that he had nothing to say about hanging himself from a dagger.

However, the emperor was satisfied and said.

“I like it. I promise you'll stand at the forefront when you hit the gym. ”

That's how my father became a nobleman of the Horn Empire. Of course, that hasn't happened yet.

Like my father, sometimes people who were favored by the interests of the Horn Emperor were not few.

By putting this off, you can see that the nature of the Emperor of the Horn is not just brutal.

However, it does not seem to be just a very fickle person.

If the monarch is so fickle, the monarch does not believe and follow. Without the trust of the military, we cannot establish a mission to conquer half the continent.

Isn't there a monarch with a history of ruthless tyranny?

Something meant that even the emperor of the Horn had his own set of standards for judging people.

I don't know the criteria.

So I don't want to go to the Horn Empire.

“Why go there when you're busy making money? I have no intention of meeting such a scary human being. ”

I returned to my assigned cabin and lay in bed. I couldn't sleep because I was distracted by what I was asked to do.

I'm bored. Should I call the spirits and play?

Even the salamanders were in the royal palace, so they must have been upset....

It was time to summon the spirits.

Knock-knock.

I quickly got up from bed with a knock.

“Who are you?”

“It's me.”

The owner of the voice outside the door is Earl Duron.

I quickly opened the door.

Duke Duron smiles at me.

“You must have been very embarrassed earlier. ”

“Yes. I assumed you would call me because you had something to do with me, but you didn't ask me to convince the Horn Emperor..." But this is too difficult. I'm just a 20-year-old merchant now. ”

“Even the emperor of the Horn Empire is young. ”

“He's not like me. ”

“Hmm? Do you know anything about the Emperor of the Horn? ”

Oops.

I was a little preoccupied.

“Of course I don't know. But at that young age, after defeating other brothers and sisters, would that be a normal person? I heard that the emperor of the Horn Empire killed all the other brothers and sisters while ascending to the throne. You want me to convince someone like that? ”

“Haha!”

“You don't have to laugh. ”

“Haha.”

He really is! Even if it's not funny?

Earl Duron opens his mouth, laughing.

“Do you still remember what I said before? ”

“Oh… yes. ”

How could I not remember?

His shocking remarks that he asked me to become the next Chancellor should not be forgotten.

Earl Duron has spoken.

“If you succeed in this, I suggest you win." ”

“Yes?”

Winning meant promoting myself.

“And I'm going to push you to do something else, and when you do, I'm going to propose another win. ”

If I win that twice in a row, I'm an Earl!

In other words, everyone also assumes the position of Earl after the establishment. An Earl is a very high rank.

Duke Duron was telling me that his power as a visionary would become my backbone and make me an Earl.

Why the hell not?

…… No way?

Duke Duron shines his eyes.

“The Earl is the least qualified to be re-appointed. ”

Ugh.

I was so shocked that my heart sank.

Earl Duron, who has made a name for himself in history in his past life, really seems to want to raise me as his successor.

So this is another one of those rocks to make me the next monument?!

“Of course, regardless of my intentions, I think you're the man for the job. ”

“Why?”

“First, this negotiation of the Baden River toll is coming out of your head. ”

Yeah, I did.

But now that I've brought you luck, you're gonna have to take care of the rest!

“Secondly, as you said, nothing is known about the Emperor Horn. Is he using a mystical strategy in the Horn Empire on purpose? He is a mysterious figure because he has no information at all. ”

Maybe he's deliberately keeping everything about himself a secret.

The emperor of the Horn is currently curled up and gathering his strength. Until then, you will want to distance yourself from the world.

“But I trust you'll be able to convince the Emperor of whatever character he is. ”

“ ……. ”

“When it's sunny tomorrow, know the king and accept this. This was a plan that came out of your head, so you have to take responsibility for it. ”

The late Duron speaks in a playful manner.

I was in chaos.

I have been able to help the Kingdom of Leaden because I have seen history once in my life. I was just a simple merchant myself.

Now he's just an ordinary merchant who knows the future. No, the future is already inaccurate, so it is no longer easy to predict.