Chapter 81: Luck

"The royal family of the Zacharath Kingdom is not suspicious of the Warmester Denoble House," Rouge said in a calm voice while keeping his head down.

Of course, what he said was very...laughable because of his background as a random captain in the Warmester Denoble House.

He doesn't even deserve to say such lines, but no one really laughed at him or dismissed his words because he was the illegitimate child of the Patriarch.

However, even though the Patriarch was showing clear favoritism to Rouge and all that stuff, the Patriarch...couldn't help but doubt Rouge.

Why? It was because...it was just impossible for Rouge to know about these things.

After all, the Patriarch knew what Rouge could do as a captain and he also knew his strength.

And because the Patriarch knew, he understood that Rouge...didn't have the knowledge or any power to say those things.

However, Rouge still did it.

'Hmm...is he trying to curry favor with me or what?' The Patriarch thought as he looked down on Rouge.

Of course, this is one way to look at Rouge's decision to say something about the current situation.

Everyone can definitely say things that they don't really mean, and anyone would be able to say that the royal family of the Zacharath Kingdom isn't suspicious of the Warmester Denoble House after hearing what the 6 pillars had to say.

The Patriarch knew that very well, which is why he thought that Rouge was just trying to curry favor with him.

After all, the Patriarch knew that Rouge knew who the men kneeling to him, and he also knew that they are quite close to each other as well.

And since the 6 pillars have already said their piece about the situation to the Patriarch, it would be easy to repeat what they said since...they already said it.

In other words, Rouge was trying to curry favor by repeating what the 6 pillars said.

Of course, this was really a low-ball move for Rouge, but the Patriarch didn't really mind it since...well, the Patriarch is playing favorites with Rouge, after all.

However, it was the truth that the Patriarch was somehow a little bit disappointed with Rouge with this kind of move.

After all, it's not like Rouge would have to say anything at all in this situation when it was the 6 pillars who were explaining this to the Patriarch.

It would have been different if Rouge would have offered some other information to the table, but...since Rouge knew who the 6 pillars were and he just repeated things, it was really disappointing for the Patriarch.

Well, that disappointment soon vanished as the Patriarch started to stroke his long-ass beard with his left hand as he decided to give Rouge another chance.

It was not really another chance but...the Patriarch would give Rouge a chance to explain himself why he said those things.

If it was just for the sake of currying favor with the Patriarch, then...the Patriarch would be forced to lower his perspective on Rouge.

Either way, the Patriarch would definitely know Rouge a lot better if he knows the reason why Rouge said those things, which is why the Patriarch spoke again.

"Ohh...why do you say that, Rouge? Have you investigated those things as well?" The Patriarch said with the same old voice.

Of course, when Rouge heard what the Patriarch said, he quickly answered his question.

"Yes, Patriarch. I have snooped around the capital city of the Zacharath Kingdom, Epitel, for a while now. I have also ordered some of my men to take special care and told them to investigate in the capital city of the Zacharath Kingdom, Epitel."

"Of course, they aren't really doing anything big and all that stuff, but...I can definitely say that the royal family of the Zacharath Kingdom is not suspicious of the Warmester Denoble House just from the few data that I have gathered through my men."

"There are a lot of supporting facts as well that leads to that conclusion, which has been stated by the 6 pillars of the Patriarch, and I can also give a detailed report on how they don't suspect us."

"If the Patriarch wants it, I can present it right away."

Rouge said all those words without even missing a single beat, and he was very confident when he said those words, which made his voice resonate throughout the different men's ears in this place.

In fact, Rouge's confidence was just oozing out when he said those words.

Well, it was because Rouge was sure of what he said. He already knew about these things beforehand, so it was easy to be confident.

Besides, he was the one who investigated things around so there was no way that Rouge's words would be off the mark with the data that his men gathered.

Anyway, when the other 6 pillars and the Patriarch heard what he said, they...were a little bit impressed.

After all, this basically means that Rouge said those words earlier, not to curry favor with the Patriarch or something like that, but because he really did know something about the current situation.

And that was something amazing considering his lowly background of a random captain in the Warmester Denoble House.

With his limited resources and all those kinds of stuff that comes with him being a random captain in the Warmester Denoble House, he was able to gather data in the capital city of the Zacharath Kingdom, Epitel.

What's more, his men were just weaklings who would probably die with a single attack from a royal knight or someone like that.

If they were able to succeed in collecting information in the Epitel City, that would mean they were able to escape from the senses of the guards in that place.

And that would mean that their captain, Rouge, was able to do something with those guards in that city since it would be impossible for his men to evade the prying eyes of the guards.

After all, it's not like his men would suddenly become stronger or something like that.

However, that was not all as...Rouge or any of his men reported a single casualty while they were doing that.

This basically means that Rouge, a random captain with his random unit, was able to do something that only the organization that Intel leads would be able to do.

And that was just beyond...ridiculous!

Incidentally, not even one of the 6 pillars doubted Rouge in what he said because of his identity and the confidence that was oozing out of him.

In a way, this was kind of expected since he was the son of the Patriarch of the Warmester Denoble House.

Well, this just basically proved that Rouge was definitely the son of the Patriarch as he was just a genius.

Of course, the 6 pillars were not the only ones who were delighted with this news as even the Patriarch was happy about this.

'So, he was not trying to curry favor with me, but...he was trying to reinforce and back up what the 6 pillars said because he had substantial proof that would back him up and witnesses that would prove his word,' The Patriarch thought as he looked at Rouge with a smile.

It was really amazing for Rouge to be able to do this even though he was just a random captain.

And the fact that he only said those words because he wanted to reinforce what the 6 pillars said meant that Rouge was a man of honor.

He wasn't the type to bootlick someone or something like that.

And this pleased the Patriarch more than anyone could have expected since this basically means that Rouge was definitely a good child.

Any parent would be happy if their child was showing such good progress and potential.

Anyway, when the Patriarch was finally able to sort out his feelings about Rouge, he finally spoke again.

"Good. Good. You don't have to present those data or whatever. I trust your words on this, Rouge."

"However, if they are not suspicious of the Warmester Denoble House, then why are they inviting our house?"

"It's not like we are the only Denoble house out there. There are two Denoble Houses that are on par with the Warmester Denoble House, but...the letter that was sent to me never mentioned anything about those two Denoble Houses being invited."

"This is weird..." The Patriarch said all those words as he squinted his eye while looking at the empty air.

Well, it was definitely weird for the royal family to suddenly invite the Warmester Denoble House.

Why? It was because...

"And I told them years ago that I would go into a recluse because of my old age..."

Right...the royal family knows the situation of the Patriarch of the Warmester Denoble House.

Even though his legitimate son has taken over his patriarch duties, the official head of the Warmester Denoble House is the old man.

That was why it was weird since this means that...the royal family knew that and still invited him.

"There's an ulterior motive...hmmm..." The Patriarch said.

However, right after he said those words, a new voice resounded out in this place.

"Hmm...so the Patriarch and the 4 organizations are here. I'm in luck," the voice said, and the voice belonged to Lucifer.

"Ah, you don't have to worry about the royal family. Since you guys would be dead anyway," he continued...