Seirei Gensouki ~Konna Sekai de Deaeta Kimi ni~

Some time has passed since Rio's mock battle took place.

Philip III, king of the Kingdom of Bertram, had received a direct complaint from Helmut-Albeau, chief of the Kingsguard Knights.

"Your Majesty! I am foolish that further interrogation needs to be conducted against that lad! Permission, please!

"Then no. In the first place, the mock was fought by saying that the others had defeated the kidnappers, right? The fact that the orphans helped their daughters was backed up by the results of that simulation."

Helmut speaking forcefully.

But Philip III has shown a passive attitude to accepting Helmut's words.

"You're right. But it's unnatural to think that a single orphan has just the power to control a Kingsguard knight! I just think I got combat training somewhere!

Still, Helmut ate on Philip III looking angry.

Philip III grinned heartily at the way Helmut looked so desperately.

Philip III is also well aware that Rio is unnaturally strong.

But there are certain thoughts, and I'm not going to put them together right now.

"That's crazy. Helmut. Then why did you send him to a mock fight with the Kingsguard? I remember telling you that if you had the ability to defeat four bad guys, you could take on a Kingsguard knight."

Philip III pointed out the inconsistencies in Helmut's statement.

But Helmut answers instantly, not to mention what he assumed.

"That's because I thought I could prove that even if that kid couldn't beat the Kingsguard knights, he was the bearer of the strength to save the princesses. But that kid beat the Kingsguard knight. There's an orphan who hasn't even turned ten yet. Obviously it just seems unusual!

I would argue the same thing even more strongly earlier.

Helmut is right.

That strength of Rio is not something a single orphan can have.

Even though he was cautious, an orphan who was no more than ten years old took no pain in him, even though he was a knight.

I also understand Philip III, as I mentioned earlier, that that is not normal.

However, this matter was in a way convenient for Philip III.

Because Helmut, who has previously had tremendous influence within the court, has been a little troublesome to Philip III.

The Kingsguard Knights protecting the royalty missed the kidnapping of Christina and Flora, royalty in the royal palace.

It is a great lapse for Kingsguard knights.

And that supervisory responsibility naturally extends to Helmut, the Knights of Kingsguard.

Currently, Helmut was in a predicament.

He is desperate to find a way to prevent his own leg loss.

The only way to do this was for Helmut to uncover the mastermind.

He was convinced that the mastermind was an opposition force targeting his own leg loss.

but with horribly vivid hands, the mastermind leaves little evidence.

The only evidence is the four men who are the executioners, but they were poisoned if they noticed too.

I almost wanted to put the guard to death, but that wasn't the case.

All that remained was an orphan named Rio who helped Christina and Flora.

At a time when only Rio was left without even being poisoned if you think calmly, for the mastermind, it meant that Rio was the person you didn't have enough to take, but you couldn't stay calm enough to realize that.

So Helmut decided to squeeze the last remaining power to force an investigation against Rio.

Whatever.

Just a little information, so I had to throw up the information that led to the mastermind.

The time Helmut could have earned was the limit of three days.

After more time, I lose my legs first.

So, I let him conduct the investigation for three days, but Rio says he won't throw up any information.

I couldn't imitate too much from the merit of saving the royalty, but I couldn't even say that near the time limit, and I also ordered the investigator to interrogate me somewhat forcefully.

However, as a result, the investigator has reported that it did not do well either.

In parallel to the investigation, as a last resort, Helmut tried to suggest that Rio and the Kingsguard be fought, but this has also failed.

Helmut tried to make Rio and the Kingsguard fight in the first place because he was questioning Rio's strength.

An orphan with no training whatsoever defeated a royal kidnapper.

Helmut couldn't believe the report.

Christina and Flora had testified that Rio had helped, but that Helmut was no longer close to paranoia, wondering if another human must have covered behind it.

Can we shake the credibility of the princesses' statements if we can prove that Rio is outrageously weak?

When I said in front of the king and nobility that I wanted to ascertain Rio's strength because of that, I also got the consent of those around me quite lightly, and there was going to be a duel.

The result was hard for Helmut to believe.

Rio took control of the Kingsguard with little movement from the spot.

As he stood in the audience in dismay, his gaze matched that of one of his accommodating enemies, the Duke of Jugnault.

The Duke of Jugneau was smiling at Helmut with disgust.

Helmut thought.

This man knew the strength of a kid like Rio.

So I didn't stop this game.

I'm sure he was going to embarrass me.

This is him.

I'm sure this is the killer.

As if paranoid, Helmut believed so.

Thus, to this day, Helmut's words no longer reach Philip III.

Helmut was aware of his defeat.

Helmut is aware that he is a tumbling presence above his eyes for Philip III.

Once we get here, we will no longer be able to overshadow defeat.

But even if I can understand it, I'm still not convinced.

That's why I still wanted to scratch my feet.

"You have to respond to the medal. Even if it's an orphan. Assuming you're right, that kid belongs to one of the forces. Do you have proof of that?

To the words of Philip III, Helmut gave a bitter look.

"... on the contrary, there is no proof that he is innocent"

Philip III smiles at Helmut's unspeakable words on the boulder.

If Rio had been here, he might have accidentally yelled, "Don't be ridiculous.

"Is that why you're torturing me to confess? There are no definite charges. Not for the royal benefactor, assuming."

It was a cold tone that didn't even try to hide the grump.

"Ah, that exotic look. That strength at that age. I also think it might be Assassin who tells the rumors."

And even as he perceived such Philip III's displeasure, Helmut mouthed a distressed valve.

"Enough is enough... Helmut. Isn't it the carelessness of the Kingsguard knights that kidnapped their daughters this time in the first place? A Kingsguard knight who should be a royal knight lost to a child who didn't even go to such an advanced age. You might want to think this is a decline in the quality of Kingsguard knights."

Philip III cut and threw away what could be termed Helmut's delusion.

"Oh, that's..."

Helmut pushes silence.

I don't want to pull it here.

I can't measure how much effort I've put into getting here.

Helmut was an ambitious and greedy man.

Two Knights exist in the Kingdom of Beltram.

It is the Knights of the Kingdom, which is the core of the regular army of the country tasked with the protection of the entire national territory, and the Kingsguard, which is tasked with the protection of the royal family and the court.

The number of knights serving the kingdom is about six thousand, of which more than 90% actually belong to the Kingdom Knights and the rest to the Kingsguard Knights.

Alongside the wizards who serve the country, the knights are members of a fine nobility belonging to the country.

Even below the second son of a nobleman who does not have a civilian or a title, if he takes the exam and becomes a knight, he can be a nobleman for a generation only, but for both his name and his knight is given.

In other words, the knight is the gateway to becoming a dragon climber, as well as the greatest source of employment for the nobles who do not succeed to the title.

There are two of those job openings: the Kingdom Knights and the Kingsguard Knights, as I mentioned earlier.

So what's the difference?

It is the character of the constituent.

It is the Knights, the Sorcerers, the Associate Barons, the Barons, the Viscounts, the Counts, the Marquises and the Dukes who make up the nobility of the Kingdom.

Few knights and sorcerers hold titles that are treated as superior nobles, but even the Viscounts are inferior nobles, counts to superior nobles.

Of these, only nobles above the Count hold territory in the country, and lower nobles who are not court nobles, with the exception of the Knights, rent part of the territory from higher nobles to manage it, or assist higher nobles or lower nobles than themselves.

Whereas the main constituents of the Knights of the Kingdom come from lowly houses among civilians and lower nobles; whereas, on the other hand, the main constituents of the Knights of Kingsguard come from leading lower and upper noble houses;

It was not until Helmut assumed the post of Commander of the Kingsguard Knights that this difference was made.

The king once held the right to appoint Kingsguard knights.

But Helmut skillfully won that right of appointment from his predecessors, the King.

Helmut, who faithfully exercised his power of appointment when his predecessors the King was active, began to manifest his nature when he died.

During the period leading up to Philip III's accession to the throne, Helmut sold favors by appointing prominent noble descendants not to succeed to the title as Kingsguard Knights against the backdrop of the Kingsguard Knights' right to appoint.

As a result, Helmut succeeded in forming a grand faction within the court and gained tremendous political influence within the court, albeit within the military.

Its influence was such that Philip III, the King, could not be ignored either.

(And a little! Almost got me a marshal position! That way all the armies in the country are in my hands! That schematic was done!

Helmut was even aiming to plunder a position of supreme power in the National Army, where the King is an apprentice to assume concurrent positions.

Helmut's influence can far outweigh that of the king if we get there.

However, Helmut's authority is greatly undermined by this failure.

Helmut made too many enemies out of greed.

Few nobles are jealous of Helmut, and many of his political enemies have lost to him and decided to leave the court.

It is unforgivable that neither of his own daughters was kidnapped, but for Philip III this loss of Helmut was a welcome one.

"The lower quality of Kingsguard knights was also a problem. We may need to reform the Kingsguard Knights in this case."

Fortunately for this, Philip III finally lifts its heavy hips to solve the problems that the Kingsguard Knights have had.

"In the future, the right to appoint Kingsguard knights shall be restored to the rest who are kings. Ask him to take responsibility for the incident and resign from the seat of the Knights of Kingsguard. Alfred, the current deputy commander, will succeed the Knights of Kingsguard."

and Philip III referred to the treatment of Helmut.

That meant Helmut lost his position and had to leave the royal palace.

(Goddamn, one day, one day I'll be sure to bloom back! And I'll show that Jugnault youngster things to his eyes...)

Helmut thanked his subordinates while still having a dark negative emotion.

But when I looked up again, I was dispelling that sentiment.

"I'm in awe. As His Majesty wills. But it is also true that the mastermind of this case has not yet been found, and it is in our service to make a statement just in case."

Did you say that without changing your complexion to a boulder like the great nobleman of war?

"Nor is there a zero chance that that kid is involved with the mastermind. I say it's a good idea to keep them and kill them in our country for a good reason."

and Helmut is a stark indication of Rio's danger.

That was something that Philip III was also concerned about.

"Hmm. Thank you for your loyalty. I still understand that the orphan may be good at it. Therefore, I kept my head upset about the treatment. I tried to give him a knight, but at the age of seven, he was a boulder..."

Helmut had an unexpected look of surprise when he heard the word "mount Rio as a knight".

"It's a crossover, but I know to a seven-year-old kid that Sir Knight is just a broken treatment. If you are a knight, you will need to educate yourself accordingly."

"I know. In the end, I intend to admit him as a special student to the Royal College in the name of educating him until the age of twelve, when he becomes an adult. What happens after that depends on the orphan."

"Then well... I thought it was a reasonable line. Instructors at the academy will be easy to manage."

"Oh."

With the presence of a peculiar orphan known as Rio in his mind, Philip III haunts his mind about the complexity of this case.

Philip III had also perceived that this matter was a performance of forces aimed at cutting the power of Eighty-Nine Helmuts in the Ten.

In the court, there is not so much silly protection that royalty is easily kidnapped by outsiders.

But because there are too many lodging enemies in Helmut, it is impossible to identify the mastermind.

He is truly a troublesome man.

Perhaps the mastermind had taken care not to put Christina and Flora in danger of their lives from the start, but still could not tolerate the use of their lovely daughters.

No, actually, Christina was slightly injured, but she was injured.

However, while it is certain that my dear daughter is angry at the fact that they were both kidnapped at the same time, she is not as busy as a king to cloud her point of view with it, and Philip III was calmly analyzing the killer.

Nevertheless, there will be no more foolish behind the scenes than to immediately move on here to the next action.

Imagining the upheavals within the court that would surely occur in the future, Philip III sighed inside.

The next day, prior to the sight, Rio became familiar.

The forehead, which was stretched unconstitutionally and was likely to reach the mouth, was cut with bass, revealing a young but neat noticeable nose.

Rio's appearance was close there to that of the Tenkawa Spring Man in his previous life.

But it's not as good as two melons.

I would have just said that it was only racially close to what the Japanese looked like, and at best a half of what I had cracked by adding my face from a previous life and the faces of the human race in this world.

The rare dark hair in this country also has an exotic atmosphere, and now the figures between the glances throw a mixed gaze of admiration and curiosity at Rio, who became like someone else during a mock fight with the Kingsguard knight the other day.

As his surrounding gaze poured, Rio waited for the king's word as he leaned down in the lower section between his glances.

The minimum manners that Aria taught me to look at have already been tapped into my head.

Nevertheless, a curved orphan appearance stepped on the manners of sight, which, from the nobles' point of view, seemed odd.

Some of them look as grumpy as they put on their noses.

Eventually, when the royals gathered together during the sight, the sight finally began.

"Raise your face, Rio."

"Ha."

Rio looks up with the King's permission.

On the throne on the altar sat the king, Philip III, and below one step were the queen and her daughters, Christina and Flora.

Christina and Flora seem surprised by the change in Rio's appearance.

"You saved my daughters a lot this time. That was a big deal. Thank you."

"Many fears thank you for your words, and I know with the utmost pleasure"

And, dripping his head deeply, Rio said in a pale tone.

"Oh. You behaved quite well into the hall. Where'd you get that?

"It's just what I wore with a burning blade. I begged the ladies who accompanied me last night not to be disrespectful to the royalty."

Hearing the words, Philip III gave an impressive look.

"I see. It's a special triumph. I don't think he was a very seven-year-old orphan. I'm interested in how you grew up."

Philip III's eyes narrowed softly, staring at Rio with an exploratory eye.

While sighing and spitting evil inside, Rio showed himself in awe with a grin on his face.

"Ha. I was born in this king's capital, I grew up in this king's capital."

"Wherefore, my kingdom of Bertram, was it also of the king's capital? Can I talk to you about my parents?

It was Rio who was suspected of being among others or in part, but when I heard that he was from his own country, the colour of curiosity came to Philip III's eyes.

Of course, I don't believe in pelican swallowing as it is.

What stories could be heard, Philip III asked about Rio's parents.

"Yes, I hear my father and mother were adventurers traveling across (and also) countries. She decided to give birth to me on the journey and settle in this country, but my father died in the middle of a request, and my mother died when I was five. Since then, I've been living alone in a slum."

Remembering his mother's death, Rio glanced slightly.

Philip III perceives that something must have happened to Rio's past.

"What a... You heard the hard part. I thought you were from the eastern country because of the color of your hair, but I'm guessing your parents were."

"Ha. I don't know where, but I hear my father and mother are from Yagmo"

"Wow. With Yagmo. Is it the most endless region in the east or is it not the name of the country? It's come a long way again."

"Yes, it is my goal to go to the land any day."

"Mm, well. By the way, I had my daughters both helped. I'm going to give you a prize."

Once the words are cut, Philip III looks to Rio.

"Well, let's admit to being admitted as a privileged student to the Royal College Elementary in our country. If that's what you want, I'll give you a nice job afterwards. If your grades are good, we can help you get into secondary school."

and said the contents of the award.

If being able to get an education in this world was lucky enough for Rio not to wish for it.

Nevertheless, the wealthy will probably be at the centre of going by from the civilised level of this country.

It's also going to be troublesome if Rio, a representative of the poor, goes to such a place.

But it can be disrespectful to reject meaninglessly the reward given by the king on these occasions

So Aria teaches me before I come here that I can't say no unless I'm ready for some reason.

"Thank you. Happiness. It's an honor, but I know you'd like me to sweeten your words."

Having instantly calculated the damage, Rio decided to accept the king's reward.

Incidentally, the Royal College of Beltram is the only state-run educational institution through which wealthy children come together from all over the country.

Students are dominated by noble offspring, but some of them are more luxurious offspring with gold than nobles.

The college is also equipped with dormitories for children attending from the province.

The years of education are six years for elementary studies, three years for secondary studies and two years for higher studies, which may qualify for examination if the elementary studies are at least six years old, the secondary studies are at least twelve years old and the higher studies are at least fifteen years old.

Rio, a seven-year-old, also holds the qualification to take the exam, but on the King's recommendation, he was admitted free of tuition through no exam as a privileged student.

Now that we are in the middle of the year, Rio will be admitted halfway.

Admission as a privileged student outside the royal family is an extremely unusual development, almost not even in the history of the Beltram kingdom, which is nearly a thousand years old.

The nobles who were in the midst of a glance at the matter speak out in surprise, but there is no one on the spot who defies Philip III's ruling, and Rio's admission to the Royal College was decided as a matter of certainty.

It should be noted that the educational standards in the Kingdom are terribly low compared to those in Japan.

First of all, civilians, who make up more than 90% of the population, cannot even read letters and figures except for some wealthy people.

The average lower aristocracy also has at best only a lower level of education in elementary school.

Those who graduate from the Royal College, the only educational institution in the country, may acquire an upbringing of about the upper grade of elementary school, but the Royal College is not a charity.

One magic gold coin will be required for enrollment in elementary school, and ten gold coins will also be required for annual tuition.

In other words, between admission and graduation, you will need two magic gold coins and ten gold coins.

Those who can pay such large sums are affluent offspring such as merchants, powerful junior aristocrats, or senior aristocrats.

In addition, Rio was awarded a prize of forty gold coins, apart from which it was also to be awarded a scholarship of ten gold coins per year during the period leading up to graduation from the Royal College of Arts and Sciences.

Forty gold coins, by the way, is about the annual income of lower aristocracy.

And a few days later, Rio enters the Royal College.