The Magician Wants Normality

A middle-aged man who looks grumpy in front of him. A woman with a sorry face beside him and a boy about ten years old.

Confronting those three is His Highness Schanze, who sat in a chair with Mr. Rafik with a stern face, and me.

Naturally, the three of you in front of me don't know anything about His Highness Schanze. It is good that the face of His Highness Schanze, who did not appear on the table stage, is not known, because he made an introduction called Mr. Rafik's friend. It feels like I'm accompanying you as my friend number two...

Why Mr. Rafik left beside the Lord in the case of the Mad Woman. That's a man's visit in front of you.

It was so unnatural that when I pursued Mr. Rafik, I got the answer, "My brother-in-law came to visit me."

... the look on that face was bitter. It seemed to throw up, not to say.

However, it should be a considerably more important business than Mr. Rafik leaving beside His Royal Highness Schanze.

So why don't we set up a place for discussion, to hear the situation again and to stop worrying about the future? I suggested it.

Initially, Mr. Rafik was reluctant. 'Even at a difficult time, you can't let me take the time for personal matters,' he insisted.

But for me, His Highness Schanze and Mr. Rafik are the subordinates of the Destiny Community.

Can we take responsibility if we leave it here and there will be negative consequences in the future? And I threatened... no, no, I persuaded him, he eventually responded.

As for Mr. Rafik, I have a strong desire not to involve His Royal Highness Schanze or me in his own affairs. But if they say that it affects you later - and in a bad way - well, you can't shut up.

So.

I wondered what the hell was going on, and the merchant my sister married suddenly said she had come to visit Mr. Rafik.

Mr. Rafik's house seems to be a good place for fallen aristocrats (in person), and he didn't have any particular problems marrying a merchant.

I don't know if it's a romance or a political ploy, but if 'a merchant who wants a connection to a nobleman' and 'a fallen nobleman in trouble with gold', they would have been mutually beneficial. In fact, he also said he had been given assistance.

There are those circumstances, and Mr. Rafik can't ignore his brother-in-law, I see. His Royal Highness Schanze knows the circumstances, so he said, 'Someone has come to visit me' and asked permission to leave the side.

……

Um, uh, at that time, Mr. Rafik had a guest. (Awesome)

No, no, this is obviously becoming a collaborator, my brother-in-law.

I don't know if my brother-in-law knew about it and cooperated with it or if it was used unknowingly. You're crazy, think normally.

"Maybe Rafik was going to shut us up and cut off his brother-in-law."

That's what His Highness Schanze said in a sigh of relief, which I agree with. With Mr. Rafik, I would have thought unnaturally. In his case, he's in a position to doubt that. Ning Ro, if you haven't had these things from time to time, you should be suspicious and natural.

However, the question is whether my brother-in-law has that awareness. If it was used, it seems that cutting it without question is too bad aftertaste, so I went to ask about the situation. It appears that Mr. Rafik intended to judge from the conversations there and, in some cases, position himself as an 'enemy'.

Well, His Highness Schanze seemed determined. That's right, Lord. I am familiar with the behavioral patterns of many years of squire.

That's why I decided to set up a forum for discussion with Mr. Rafik's brother-in-law. As for Mr. Rafik, the idea was to cut off his brother-in-law, but His Royal Highness Schanze waited for it.

That's not all. I've been asking me to bow my head when I was listening and ask to be present at a place of discussion, and then I've talked to him about whether I can handle it.

As far as I'm concerned, I can't say no. Bruised... Bruised, Your Highness Schanze...!

But it's not a bad idea to sell favors to this subordinate.

While I had shown understanding in my praiseworthy subordinate love, in my head I was making an immediate and sober decision. How many cards and connections can I use in the future?

His Royal Highness Schanze would have targeted me and involved me, but I am unwilling to be used by adults. Let's keep this one as long as we can.

The only person who doesn't notice our intercession is Mr. Rafik, who is moved by the Lord's reckoning.

I'm sorry, Mr. Rafik. The idea of me and your Lord is obnoxious.

From a standpoint, these aspects are advantages, so show me your understanding.

There is also my claim that it should be sooner, and after that three days, this is the call. He wants his family to talk to him, and Mr. Rafik's sister and nephew are present.

That's it, the recap to get here! I'm done with 'getting ready' too, so you're more than willing to respond.

... Well, it sounds like I have something to say over there. As far as that face goes.

"This one's busy, too, isn't it, brother-in-law? Keep it short."

"You! Say that... eh. I'm sorry, brother. This man is frustrated because he's not doing well in business right now."

"You don't have to say anything extra! You keep your mouth shut. No matter how aristocratic it is, it's still better up here."

Only to return a disdainful attitude to the voice of the wife- this person would be Mr. Rafik's sister. It's a pretty good attitude to let the fact that you gave financial aid make you do that.

Because of this power relationship, there must have been a sudden call like the other day. If you're looking down on your brother-in-law, Mr. Rafik, you can leak your pride around the client's nobility.

Nevertheless, here's what I called you. Well, let's just conclude.

"Soon you will be taken into custody and punished. Because the charges are 'collaborators in an attempted assault on His Highness the Schanze'. The detachment of Mr. Rafik, his squire, is behind it, and his connection to the nobility who made the case has been confirmed. Woe to you."

"Um, I thought it would be harsh to suddenly notify..."

"Sooner or later, it's not something to know, Mr. Rafik. Corner, if you have an excuse, I'm gonna ask you, but that attitude, right?... Yes, it's too late, but I'll tell you"

As I say, grab a stiff brother-in-law's chest.

"Whether it's money or not, nobility is nobility. You don't know where they're connected, do you? Regardless of the powerful merchant, a third-rate merchant to the extent that he was secured as a throwaway pawn is not a good person to ridicule. Apologize for your earlier disrespect or get caught with disrespect, choose."

The point is to look them in the eye and say it slowly. What's better off looking away is losing, I promise.

"Nah...... such tyranny! There's no such thing as a little girl like you telling me! Unpleasant!"

"It's not tyranny, general common sense. With each other's identities and the conversation we're having right now, we're gonna make a report, right? In the first place, the nobles who kept you secure want to hide the connection, so they definitely push you to punishment. Understand that it's packed."

"Ugh..."

Just say what you want to say and let go. But the protest didn't go up. They beat me forcefully.

It is because of kindness that I will inform you of future developments in an easy way, as it will be tatami. It's not a threat, is it? Without joking, this man's life is in danger.

If the main perpetrator of a madman disturbance is to be punished, naturally even his collaborators are to be punished. If it's a friendly relationship from day to day, 'I didn't know that. I just needed help with my brother-in-law', which would do it, but as far as my attitude goes, I'm suspicious.

If you had looked down on your brother-in-law from day to day, wouldn't it be more natural to think 'on the sweet words of the aristocracy with which you are dating, you have separated your squire'?

Anyway, the main culprit is the Marquis Audarks. I took a more savory marquis as a business than my fallen aristocratic brother-in-law... I can't believe it.

And.

Harassment of His Highness Shuanze could also make your brother-in-law a sinner. Even though blood is not connected, it is true that he is my brother-in-law. "It is every day that the families of sinners are beside the royal family," he said, and may try to turn away a trusted squire.

"Oh, uh, what do you mean? I can't believe we're sinners..."

My sister tries to ask her temper what's going on, even though she fades. Her son will also be perceiving an unusual atmosphere, peering at this one with a serious face.

"Your brother was summoned by your husband in a case aimed at His Highness Schanze in good time. Fortunately, it was an attempt, but the king and his wife are furious, aren't they? I could have punished him without question, but Mr. Rafik was trusted, so I was supposed to listen to him for a second. That's all."

In view of the possibility that he's still connected to the killers, we have His Royal Highness Schanze here.

The word 'disrespect' I just uttered. That applies even to Mr. Rafik, but it also fits His Highness Schanze. Ning Lo, His Highness Shuanze is grateful for Mr. Rafik's dedication, so he could run out of bees and mention punishment.

Towards that end, His Highness Schanze was present.

Guide the prey, block the escape route. This, common sense.

Your sister, who listened to me, turned bright blue and turned her face to her own husband. Because of what I saw earlier, 'My husband couldn't have done that!' There is no word of denial.

Oh, come on, you even made statements that routinely look down on Mr. Rafik, didn't you? Normally, there's a little bit of defense in there, right?

Looking warmly at my brother-in-law, things seem to have slowly swallowed up. My tyrannical attitude earlier is like a lie, making me pale and desperately shaking my neck to the side.

"No! No, I don't mean that!

"Even if you don't mean to, you're a collaborator."

"I am told, 'I want the opportunity to speak only to His Highness Schanze and the two of us, so I only want my brother-in-law, who is serving as a squire, to be summoned for a few moments'. This one's in business, too, you can't possibly say no!

…… Why are you not suspicious? "

"It would be common, such as secret conversations!? Sometimes business talks and information exchange!

I see, did you take it to mean 'only to His Royal Highness Schanze, I want to talk to you' as a brother-in-law? Indeed, important information and business talks that cannot be put on the table would sometimes take such a way. If you're in business with a nobleman, you have an understanding of those things, too.

But on second thought, it's a little strange.

He knows His Royal Highness Schanze can't walk (Mr. Rafik info), so it's unlikely to pull that loyal squire apart. What's the matter, Mr. Rafik needs it. Because 'normal' is who works for me as my own hands and feet.

'The side to be looked after', so, uh, royalty and nobility. You don't even make your own tea.

... when I say it's hard.

The couple turned pale in the face. I think I realized I can't argue with you.

"I guess you're looking down on me. That's fine, because it's true that you're impudent as a nobleman. But... I will not allow you to involve my Lord. If Your Majesty wishes to be punished, I will also obey my sisters in trying to get involved. I don't even plead."

"Oh, no!

"No need to say anything! Your attitude so far has led to these consequences. Find out what kind of house you were dating, and you'll find out soon enough."

Mr. Rafik, whose voice is rarely absurd, but this is still a warm way of saying it. 'Cause I'm saying' punished '.

"You know, what Mr. Rafik is saying is," The Best Future, "right? The main culprit, the Marquis, was definitively punished, and His Majesty the King and the Queen were angry.... In this case, if you look it up, you'll know soon enough, right? That you were a throwaway pawn."

"Gu... that's"

You don't want to admit it yet, brother-in-law, who reacts to the word 'throwaway pawn'. They have pride as merchants.

Right, let's focus then. I'm on Mr. Rafik's side, so I only think you deserve to be depressed.

"Right now, a lot of nobles are desperate to alienate themselves from the main culprit, the Marquis Audarks. You are a merchant… naturally you have connections with customers. Even connections with merchants believed to be accomplices cannot be ignored. The easiest way to cut off the edge… is for the suspected merchant himself to die as an accomplice. I don't care if you rely on me, it's valid even in the sense of disabling me."

If the accomplice himself were alive, he could easily speak of 'connected nobility'. If it is determined that your brother-in-law was only used, the eyes of suspicion turn to all the nobles who were its guests.

Regardless of the madman disturbance, you mean the suspicious eye can be turned on. Since the victim is royal in the madhouse commotion, suspicion alone is enough damage.

And...... nobles are not just folk friendly people.

The word 'you can turn it off' definitely comes out. Especially the nobles with whom the Marquis Audarks is also associated.

"You were too arrogant. I mistakenly assumed that Mr. Rafik was dealing with me as an adult because he was above me. 'Business hasn't gone well,' you said. Don't you think that's the fabric stone to this case?

"The fabric to the case? Anyway, until a little while ago, there were nobles who bought it regularly."

"I didn't do well in business, so I had to take on the call to your brother as well. If you're forced to push it, it's blackmail, but if 'when you have to get in the other person's mood, you took it in return', it means' voluntarily becoming a collaborator '. You were induced to offer to cooperate."

"... right. I would like to get a little bit in the mood and have a business meeting..."

She looks pale, but she understands the story without disturbing her sister.

But I could be sure with your sister's current words. Your brother-in-law would have treated you like 'trump card to Mr. Rafik, a squire His Highness trusts'.

"In the first place, doesn't regular purchases mean 'moderate feeding and nostalgia'? If His Royal Highness Schanze is going to be on the tabular stage in the future… 'I can expect a good impression on His Highness's trusted squire'. Of course, it means keeping it as a 'useable throwaway pawn', like this one."

"I thought you recognized my… value as a merchant…"

The whining words have taken my brother-in-law's previous life.

- But.

I'll take care of that for you. There's no tenderness. One is' reality ', which I learned by experience.

"I think it's very scary for civilians to deal with nobility. Even if it is advantageous, the possibility of being overturned does not disappear to the end because of differences in identity and connections between nobles. 'Naturally' anxiety always comes with it, unless you have a big merchant you can't afford to lose or a back shield you can't ignore. The art of reading behind the other person's words, grasping the situation, the eye to read ahead...... is there something special about you?

Although I am not a merchant, I have done so many times if I were to negotiate. No matter how many favorable cards you take, if you can't interest them, it's over.

Choosing to ride a suggestion from me is only on the other side. If they stick their identities in the shield, it's over.

……

"A competent merchant is an opponent that even the aristocrats cannot ignore. If you're disconnected one after the other right now, you're different."

My brother-in-law was quite shocked or drowned disappointed. From what I can tell, they're cutting edges faster than expected.

But even looking at his poor brother-in-law, Mr. Rafik says nothing. It also seems that such an attitude represents his anger.

By contrast, His Highness Schanze... looked at me funny. Curious to see how I can cut through, etc. This seems entertaining to him as well.

So it's time to start a farce.

"If you want to make a deal with me, I'll help you. Except! I won't let you complain about how to help. Finally, say, in that case, you will throw away everything you have now.... What do we do?

My brother-in-law slowly raised her face. Before business, they understood that their future was bad, and they felt like they wanted to do something about it.

The same goes for your sister and son. I guess your sister doesn't just know her family, she also knows about her brother, Mr. Rafik. He said he could eat a roll.

But I won't let you imitate that. Because there is the word of the Demon King, 'Protect His Highness the Shuanze'.

If His Royal Highness Schanze needs Mr. Rafik, it is' natural 'to protect him.

Come on, let's start the negotiations, shall we?