Raydor Holy Sword War Journal

"Father....."

Meltina walks into the room without disturbing herself as she breathes into the magnificent sight that was spreading through the study.

Rockwood Marcel sat on a chair in his study, drooling blood bubbles from the edge of his mouth.

Rockwood has a dagger in his hand and his incision is ripping his abdomen apart.There was a lot of bleeding from the truly torn abdomen, passing through the legs of the chair to create a reservoir of blood on the floor.

Apparent suicide.

Rockwood Marcel chose death of his own accord.

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Mertina distracted herself from a part of her internal organs protruding from her abdominal wounds and turned her gaze to the desk in front of Rockwood.

It contains a piece of paper and a brass key.The surface of the paper was lined with careful letters written in ink at equal intervals.

"Is this... a will...?"

Meltina gently grabbed the paper and followed the text with her eyes.

What was written there was a pale sentence that could not have been written by the person who chose death from now on.

First, it explains why Rockwood chose to die.

The motive is an apology for banishing Raidor.And the goal was to take responsibility for what Grannard did.

Whatever the reason, it was impossible to stop the king's distractions.You must bully yourself about it.

I swore allegiance to Grannard, plotted to bully Raydol together, and now I can't survive under Raydol alone.

The remainder was even business content, such as the handover of business as Prime Minister and inheritance of property.

That sounds like hard-working, serious Rockwood.If I had known my father well, it would have made him forget the situation and make him laugh.

"Was there really nothing else to write about until the end?"

What is annoying is that the will does not contain a single message to her daughter, Mertina.

Mertina doesn't have any brothers or sisters, and her mother died when she was young.

Even though it is only a couple of relatives, this treatment is not very good.

(Speaking of which now... after all, was I just a piece worth using for my father...)

Mertina had already been truncated by her father when she was sent to the pioneering city.Having been trapped in Leidor, the conversation hasn't even been an exchange of letters.

They weren't parents or children from the beginning - of course I know that, but I couldn't stop feeling vain.

The Marcels have been loyal to the royal family since their founding.

Abnegation - My life and family have been willing to sacrifice if necessary for the country and the royal family.

My father only died for it.

I guess I did it to my daughter just as my father and grandfather forced me to do it.

(... someone who really can't help it.Couldn't you live a little more dexterity?)

Well - that's the same with Meltina.Even if they refused, they were still parents and children.

With a small breath, Mertina took the key next to the will.

Walk to the corner of the office and remove a portion of the wall plate by hand.Under the board, a safe was installed so as to be embedded in the wall.

It is a safe where important documents for the Marcel family are stored.With the exception of Rockwood, only Mertina knows of its existence.

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When I opened the safe, there were countless documents in it.

Documents pertaining to the business of the Prime Minister.Entitlement to the Marcel family's property.Draft budget and budget estimates for the reform of the national government.Information about and evidence of irregularities of aristocrats in a conflict.

There were many golden documents in the safe that were worth seeing.

(I have to report this to Mr Raydoll.It will be necessary for the one in charge of national government as a Regent... eh?)

Meltina frowned.

It is buried with something wrapped in a linen cloth so that it can be disputed in many documents.When I took it out and opened the linen, a dull silver pendant appeared from inside.

"This is my mother's....."

Well, there was something caught in the line of memory.

Mertina knows about this pendant.It should have been embellished on my mother's chest in her childhood memories.

If Meltina's memory is correct, it's like my mother told me it was sent by my father when we got married.

It is a unique act of Rockwood and others, such as keeping shape-shaped items in the safe carefully for posterity.

"Does that mean that the father had a bit of a human feeling...."

Mertina smiled bitterly and put a pendant on her neck.

Our lord, Rockwood, has done himself harm, and his successor, Mertina, has been enslaved by Raidor as a sinner.

This may be the end of the Marcel family's history since its founding.

(Still... under Reidor-sama, the kingdom of Zain continues.I can remain faithful)

And - not everything is gone, and there is certainly something left.Evidence of the existence of a loyal house, the House of Marcel, hangs on Mertina's chest.

"... thank you for your loyalty to the nation. Please take a rest."

Mertina squeezed the pendant in her father's and mother's form, closed her eyes and prayed for Rockwood's blessings.