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The Duke Redgrave family.
As a branch of the Horfalt royal family, it is a great aristocrat who supports the country.
The Duke Redgrave, whose territory included a large floating island worthy of a Duke, had more power than a poor small country.
The Duke Redgrave, such as they are, also have a large mansion in the Royal Capital.
This is because either [Vince], the head of the family, or [Gilbert], the eldest son, always stays to support the kingdom of Horfalt.
Other influential lord nobles had mansions in the royal capital and were prepared to work for the kingdom of Horfalt in case of emergency.
―― But that situation has been changing in recent years.
Called to the mansion, [Angelica Rafa Redgrave] had long, shiny blonde hair braided and curled at the back of her head.
In addition to the sharp eyes, her red eyes show the strength of will.
Ange usually looks dignified, but today, her expression was not so good.
Although she had just returned to the Redgrave family mansion in the royal capital, she was standing in front of her own brother, Gilbert, looking somewhat nervous.
Gilbert, at his desk in his office, was conversing with Ange as he worked on paperwork.
Gilbert looks down at the document, running his pen over it and signing it.
“I see you did a great job during the riots. As a brother, I’m proud of you.” A riot in the royal capital that occurred a while ago.
It’s a case where the Holy Kingdom of Rashel went behind the scenes to rally the rebels living in hiding in the royal capital.
Fortunately, it was subdued with minimal damage by the hands of Leon, who got serious.
Angel tried not to let Gilbert see the bitter look on her face by turning her head down. “I’m not doing anything. All credit goes to Leon.”
“I bet. So I’m proud of him as my brother-in-law. I never thought that he would rise to the rank of duke in a single generation. I guess His Majesty’s capriciousness is troubling.”
Gilbert responds with a smile, but it contains his dissatisfaction with Ange.
Ange also feel it.
“Leon is dissatisfied.”
“Leon-kun is reluctant to rise in the ranks.”
To a third party, it would appear as if she were making small talk with her brother.
However, Ange was impatient inwardly.
(Wouldn’t people think that Leon is taking the side of the Kingdom?)
She was concerned about whether the Redgrave family was unhappy with Leon for putting down the riots in the royal capital.
―― Currently, a deep rift is developing between the Redgrave family and the royal family.
It began with Angelica’s broken engagement, and was due to the current state of dissatisfaction among the nobles toward the royal family.
The former Principality Fan’ous. In the war with the current Duke Fan’ous, the Kingdom of Horfalt has lost its trump card, the royal ship.
The loss of the legendary airship that had been the driving force behind the founding of the kingdom meant that the kingdom had lost a great deal of military power.
In the Horfalt kingdom with its feudal system, a decline in military power would give the noble lords an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
Royalty without power is not obeyed by the nobles ―― especially the lord nobles.
The same was true for the Duke Redgrave, which was supposed to be a branch family. The Duke Redgrave has already given up on the Kingdom of Horfalt.
Gilbert stops his pen and places it on the desk and looks at Ange’s face, which is downcast.
But his gaze was sharp.
“As a result, this case ended conveniently for us. We have completely taken control of the royal capital with just one person. It proves that the royal capital can be easily obtained with just Leon alone.”
With Leon alone, the royal capital can easily fall.
That has been proved by the riots.
Gilbert never complained about the results, but it was different for Ange.
“But you didn’t know exactly what Leon was capable of. Had you known in advance, we would have been able to move more effectively.”
“That is!”
When she tried to argue, Gilbert raised his hand to stop Ange from speaking.
“Don’t make excuses. Are you really trusted by him?” Gilbert’s suspicious look was hard on Ange.
It’s not that her brother suspected her.
Angel clenches her hands and bites her lip.
“I am ―― so sorry”
(Am I ―― not worthy of Leon?)
Gilbert looks at the frustrated Ange, and then he tells her something that will push her even further here.
“Since you are going to be husband and wife, you should have a more trusting relationship with each other. By the way, I heard that Leon has been visiting the royal palace a lot lately. ――I heard a rumor that he is crazy about Princess Erika, but it is not true, is it? “
Princess of the Kingdom of Horfalt, [Erika Rafa Horfalt].
To see her, Leon made frequent trips to the royal palace.
Gilbert gives Ange a cold stare.
It was as if he was being intentionally cold in order to taunt his sister, Ange.
“A princess after the queen, he seems to have a preference for an unattainable flower.
But the problem is that if he really wants to reach for it, he can.”
“――Leon is not really”
“I don’t expect you to get his true intentions out of him. ――Ange, don’t forget your role. You have been given the task of keeping Leon-kun on our side.”
The Duke Redgrave, who had turned against the Kingdom of Horfalt, were trying to use Angel to obtain the strongest force in the kingdom, Leon.
Ange could not allow that.
Looking down, she tells Gilbert.
“I don’t want to involve Leon in any more battles.”
Perhaps not expecting Angel to object, Gilbert looks at her questioningly.
“Do you really think the reign of the Kingdom of Horfalt will continue? You will have to fight, even if you don’t want to. Besides, blood must be spilled, that’s what nobles do.”
Gilbert, who believes that in the event of war, nobles must fight and that this is natural, looks at Ange with a look of incomprehension.
“Leon is! ―― He’s is too gentle to fight.”
Too gentle, Angel told him in a thin voice, and he imagined that Leon was mentally exhausted from all the fighting he’d been through.
Gilbert lets out a small sigh.
“Sure he is soft hearted, but he is the most powerful knight in the kingdom whose name is known even in other countries. We need him to continue to support the Redgrave family.”
With his engagement to Ange, Leon has deep ties to the Redgrave family.
As a result, he was about to become involved in the Redgrave family struggle as well.
(Both my brother and father consider Leon only as a tool of war, don’t they? He ―― just wants to live peacefully in the countryside)
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