Wortenia Senki (WN)

"When the hell was the first time I stood on the battlefield? Because those were the times when, as every year, there were constant wars against the kingdoms of Zaluda and Mist… it's been twenty years or so"

The eyes of Count Salzberg, who opened his mouth in the meantime, gaze at the distant past.

Thomas Salzberg first stood on the battlefield when he was still in his early teens.

physique and martial talent inherited from his father.

And the characteristic of being able to absorb more of the vivacity of the killer as an Earthling given to him by his mother.

Born with the gift of a privileged gift and the optimal environment to extend it, the Earl of Salzberg had become a warrior with the power to be worthy as the ruling class of the earth world.

"In the first line I killed twenty-five knights of Zaluda and gave blood festivals to many of the civilians conscripted"

Words full of confidence and pride.

In the common sense of the earth, noble sons need not be on the front line, and they are easily repelled as dangerous acts that cannot give their position, but in this earth world the story changes.

The higher the rank, the greater the strength.

This is the presence of wars spreading throughout the earth world and dangerous organisms far beyond the realm of beasts called monsters. And we can say that it is the result of the intertwining of factors such as the technology that I said magic.

A thousand hands have been worked out for martial arts. Legend has it that warriors are treated as unjust.

And the problem is that those adjectives in the earth world refer to literal meanings.

Numbers are certainly an important element, but the force of exceptional individuals overwhelms the logic of that number. It overwhelms me, therefore the generals and kings shall also increase their strength.

To survive.

Because it is such a world, there are so many royal nobles in the earth world who excelled in martial arts.

Conversely, is there an extra special circumstance for a person who does not, to take over the house, or has something that cannot be replaced by anyone else but Wu?

The Earl of Salzberg on his youth had it all. And great ideals...

"When I was younger, I just wanted to be a good lord admired by the inhabitants. I thought it was all about stabilizing the people's lives and protecting the land from the invaders."

To the words, Ryo Jin nods silently.

In the information I ordered the Igazaki crowd to collect, the Earl of Salzberg, before he did succeed to the title, was certainly distinctly different from now.

A loyal samurai who puts himself at the forefront of a harsh battlefield and continues to defend the northern borders of the Kingdom of Roselia.

Succession of the young Count family with the peace of the people at the forefront.

It would be an unimaginable assessment from the current Earl of Salzberg.

But I'm pretty sure the Earl of the Young Day did have something just to be told.

Everything changed more than a decade ago now.

That was about a year before Elena Steiner lost her beloved family to the plot of the late Hodrum Earleberg.

"It was also such a cloud-covered night outside that day..."

Ryojin quietly turned his gaze out the window, nodding at the grunt of Count Salzberg.

"You mean the day you lost your pardon?

"That's right. The day I lost the woman I truly loved in an instant."

The scene at the time was behind Count Salzberg's brain.

It's never a cheerful memory, or a memory to miss.

It would be a pain filled with humiliation and ridicule, if you insist.

(Well, I can't help but distort humans if they look at me like that... I really don't think so)

Ryo Jin clapped his shoulders silently.

The culprit who misled the way of Count Salzberg, who can also be considered a hero.

As many myths tell it, it is love and desire, and the jealousy and jealousy of men.

The Earl of Salzberg had a forgiving wife who had sworn her future from an early age.

The opponent is Asteria, the second daughter of the Viscount Muhebach family.

The Viscount Muhebach family, although small in its territory, is a prestigious home that holds a developed land of commerce close to the king's capital Pireus and also has blood ties to the Duke Gerhard family, the head of the aristocracy.

This, the relationship between the Earl of Salzberg and Miss Asteria Muhebach, seems to have been really intimate at an early age.

The appearance of the two men passionate about visiting each other's mansions and staying in the garden seems to have been a truly memorable thing for a servant who has long served the Salzberg Count family.

But saying I was intimate at an early age doesn't necessarily mean I can be in the same relationship in the future.

Often times, when time passes, the relationship changes.

The Viscount Muhebach family, which has territory near the Wang capital and has a considerable place among the aristocracies, is required to have tea parties, dramas and relationships as various nobles at night clubs.

It's just another world of vibrant, sophisticated gentlemen and ladies.

By contrast, what about the Count Salzberg family?

It is certainly above the Viscount Muhebach family in the size and title of the territory.

The location of the northern border of the Kingdom of Roselia and the presence of external enemies, beginning with the enchanted Waltenian peninsula, pushed his house into a noble but martial arts famous house.

However, when seen in the map of forces within the Kingdom of Roselia, the Salzberg Count family is only an independent force on the border.

Its influence was extremely limited: only in the northern part of Roselia, and the sequence in the court was only on the title street.

Prestige doesn't come with profit.

Now, if the historical Earl of Salzberg had been more than just force, but also good at political tactics, the results might have changed, but because of hatred and the inherent cleanliness that samurai possess, they have refrained as much as possible from building factions.

Indeed, as a samurai serving the Kingdom of Roselia, I guess the counts of history have chosen the right path.

But what if I tried it as an aristocrat?

People don't like heterogeneous things.

And the aristocratic but martial named Earl of Salzberg, who barely shows up in court, was just as heterogeneous to many Roselian aristocrats.

Still, the two kept their balance under subtle equilibrium.

But the presence of Thomas Salzberg smashes that balance.

And then finally, that night's incident happened.

"Try them, and they'll say the honor I earned was an eclampsia disorder."

In a battle against a certain mist kingdom, Thomas Salzberg picked up an enemy general and beat the Roselian army.

And the matter was played to the king at the time by Elena's hand, who went to the northern border as reinforcements.

At the time, as Elena, who was the general in charge of the military of the Kingdom of Roselia, she only did what was perfectly natural, but as a result, things go in the worst direction.

Thomas Salzberg, who was invited to the King's Capital, attended a dance hosted by the King.

And that's when I saw it. My own fiancée walks into the ring of dance instead of being my fiancée, two noble young ladies.

Naturally, the young Thomas immediately retained the two. But...

"That's what they were after..."

The colour of anger floats in the face of Count Salzberg, who throws up bitterly.

Thomas on his younger day didn't see the point in Asteria dancing another man aside from himself, his fiancée.

And also the thoughts and positions of the Viscount Muhebach family that allowed it.

At that time, even pretending to have noticed by chance, the nobles with one thing in their bellies thoroughly poured down Thomas, ignored by his own fiancée.

With the mockery of a pathetic hero escaped by his fiancée.

He is crushed by his own fiancée with a feast he should have attended as a hero.

Nothing is more serious than that.

And behind the gaze of contempt, Thomas Salzberg followed the castle. With the gushing hatred hidden in his chest.

"Is that what all this is about?"

Sure, I think it's a pity story. But this is not the only thing that would have twisted the Count's mind.

When I say aristocratic marriage, the intention of the house really takes precedence.

After listening to the Earl of Salzberg, Ryojin asks for a sigh.

"Well, one of the beginnings... I guess I just said"

A fierce grin appeared on the face of the Earl of Salzberg.

An unexpected breakdown with the woman I loved. And ridicule from around.

If I were to say so, the Count would have understood.

That it is not worth devoting to this country or its people until you abandon your pleasure.

But that's not the only thing that broke Count Salzberg's heart.

Something else must have happened.

"I see... I'd love to hear from you about that area too..."

But when Count Salzberg slowly shook his neck to the side in such bright true words, he pulled the sword that was standing beside him out of his sheath.

"No, the night was much better. Let's say we speak with our swords any more."

Cold and hard voice as ice. He doesn't want to talk to others much more.

A sword placed in the middle reflects the pale light of the candle and shines.

The figure eloquently rejects any further conversation.

"Really... well, that would be good"

To be honest, Liang Zhen wanted to continue the conversation with Count Salzberg.

After the unification of northern Roselia, Liang Zhen will once again go to Pireus, the king's capital.

Such a bright true greatest enemy is Lupis Roselianus and the nobles who are in charge of her.

Even in the sense of knowing in the hands of the enemy, the words of Count Salzberg can be described as a valuable experience.

But at the same time, Liang Zhen knew that it was breaking the Count's heart.

"Well, let's just say you're dealing with someone."

When he said that, Liang Zhen slowly pulled the tears out of his sheath and took an eight-phase stance.