Chapter 316
A rise in rank.
……No, not me, it’s Count Bozes-sama.
Well, it was already decided, so it’s not surprising.
Count Bozes is a man of character and is loved by the people of his domain, so it’s not at all surprising that he would rise in the ranks since he manages his domain solidly in the countryside far from the royal capital while supporting the surrounding small baronies and viscounts’ domains.
But, they say, it’s not as easy to ascend to the ranks as it would normally be.
No wonder.
Noble families will continue to exist for a long time unless the whole family is destroyed, deposed, or perishes.
If you let the new noble families rise up and be promoted easily, the kingdom will quickly become full of new nobles and high-ranking nobility.
As the number of nobles increases, more and more fiefdoms, noble pensions, positions, etc. become necessary, and the number of their children, grandchildren, and others who demand treatment as nobles would rise at the pace of the rat population explosion.
……That would be a huge surge in the burden on the government, and there’s nothing they can do about it.
However, Count Bozes-sama has become a major center of super-importance. He’s responsible for the future of the country, and indeed the continent, by dealing with the expeditionary fleet, acquiring the rights to the three requisitioned ships, naturalizing citizenship of the crew members, owning naval bases and shipyards, and researching and developing guns and cannons.
Therefore, it’s only natural that he should be elevated to the rank of marquis so that he would not be pestered by other aristocrats who are after his interests and to repel interferences from other countries
Besides, since several noble families were taken down or deposed during the invasion of the empire, the promotion of the Bozes family may have been just right to balance and fill in the gaps.
I wonder if Alexis-sama and I were also recognized in conjunction.
Anyway, new conferment of peerage and promotion to aristocratic households are usually not something that can be easily recognized.
……Well, of course, you can’t get a higher title than you have now unless you achieve the same or even more than your ancestors did to become nobility, right?
What kind of impossible game is that?……
Ah, in terms of achievements, it’s only natural for me to be promoted to the rank of Count, and in fact, there seems to have been talks of that, but I was just a commoner in this kingdom, so I had been made into a Viscount, and it wasn’t a good idea for me to rise into a Count consecutively.
Even so, it seems that there were voices saying that Hime Miko-sama should be promoted to the peerage, however, the counts and viscounts who wanted to marry me off to their eldest son, their heir, opposed the idea because they thought that if I became a count, it would be difficult for them to marry me off because of the balance of family ranks.
……Yeah, good job!
If I became a count, it would be problematic for me to remain in this small former barony, and I don’t want to abandon it now and start over in a large count’s territory somewhere else.
In the first place, I said, [I want a small fiefdom], and they gave me this place. They’ll mess it up.
Well, it seems that the king also thought I was going to marry somewhere, instead of getting a husband, so he doesn’t want to forcefully raise my peerage.
In terms of my value, or rather my prestige, the only one who has the title of the [Great Hero of Salvation, Hime Miko of Thunder] was enough for me, rather than join the many [Counts]…
For Count Bozes-sama, it was a recognition of achievement comparable to that of his ancestor, who had become a rising aristocrat long ago, and it was a momentous occasion that would occur only once in a generation, if not a lifetime.
That’s what he’s trying to get.
But it’s kind of funny that the Count-sama was restless like a groom the day before his wedding.
……And so, Count-sama asked me to prepare food for the celebration party…….
The ceremony was, of course, held at the royal palace, and I just attended it normally as a nobleman closely related to the Boses family.
As you can imagine, we don’t do entertainment skits or set off fireworks at such ceremonies.
Of course, I would never use the one I’m thinking of for Sabine-chan and Prince Louchen’s debutante ball. If I used such a thing, I would really run out of material to use for them.
Well, since I’m greatly involved in the reason for Count-sama’s promotion this time, it’s only natural that I would be invited to the ceremony.
Even without that, I have the title of [Great Hero of Salvation, Hime Miko of Thunder] in addition to being the head of a mere Viscount family, so it would be impossible for me not to be invited to the ceremony where a new Marquis will be born.
…And so, we’re having a party.
No, the ceremony went off without a hitch.
It was a grueling event with no room for unnecessary intervention.
And the food that Count Bozes-sama…, or rather the Marquis-sama, had asked for was prepared by a team of helpers from Adelaide-chan’s family, Viscount Reiner’s family, and a cook from the Bozes family who had learned how to cook Yamano cuisine during Beatrice-chan’s debutante ball. People worked hard to make it.
No, as you can imagine, on a day like this I wouldn’t be handling the kitchen behind the scenes.
If I, the official attendee, the [Great Hero of Salvation, Hime Miko of Thunder], were to do such a thing, the reputation of Count Bozes-sama……, I mean Marquis-sama, would drop from the very beginning of his ascension.
No, Beatrice-chan’s debutante ball was fine.
That was just a story of friendship between two smiling girls because I, just a simple girl, personally helped a girl who was my best friend.
And perhaps they think that at my debutante ball, [Saint Beatrice] will return the favor by making a cameo appearance in a skit or something.
……But that’s not the case this time.
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