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Chapter 246: Before the Storm (3)

With the help of the family, Elso-gong he met was in a completely unexpected appearance.

He was having a serious talk with his twin sibling who looked exactly like himself.

There was no sign of hostility or competition in their eyes. Johan was even surprised.

‘No way. . .?’

Although Horamric, the third son, was weak enough to come to Johan and entrust his body, the first and second children of the duke were not.

Weren’t they competing fiercely to become the successor in the eyes of the duke?

“Count. I really appreciate you coming in person.”

Elso stood up to greet him. The duke’s children had such beautiful faces that it was hard to distinguish their gender. When such a person spoke politely, it felt like the air around them changed.

“I heard that the count had come, but the duties I’m currently undertaking are so heavy that I didn’t dare go out. Please understand.”

“Of course I understand. But. . .?”

Johan looked at the two as if he was puzzled. And then he opened his mouth.

“Who did his grace appoint as his successor?”

“It’s me, Count. Although he didn’t leave a will, it happened that way according to custom.”

Elso smirked. It was an expression that he knew what Johan was wondering about.

“I handed over the fiefdoms appropriate to their rights to those of other lineages.”

“!”

“It seems that the count has misunderstood me. I’m not stupid enough to ruin my family’s name by being greedy and ambitious when the situation around me is chaotic. I wasn’t taught that way either.”

Anyway, the family siblings already had their own fiefdoms. Even if Elso told them to hand it over now, nothing but civil war would break out.

Rather than that, Elso chose to join forces with his blood relatives to prosper his family. At that sincere plea, the second and fourth children also agreed.

The third son, Horamric, didn’t care at all. . .

‘This is quite surprising.’

Johan honestly admired. Having seen only relatives stabbing and fighting each other for power so far, those who joined forces like this were rather refreshing.

“The name of the Brduhe family will be talked about by people for more than a thousand years.”

“You flatter me too much, Count. So. . .”

Elso hesitated and continued speaking.

“I know what proposal the count is trying to make. Although I’m a little embarrassed to say this before the funeral is over. . . I want to participate in the Empire’s affairs.”

“!”

Johan’s eyes shone at the unexpected words.

“Is that true?”

“Yes, count. The emperor’s tyranny has gone too far. As a family of electors, there are things we can no longer overlook.”

The former duke was reluctant to participate in the civil war within the Empire. There were many other unexplored territories, so he didn’t want to get involved in the complicated quagmire.

However, the duke’s children were very interested in the civil war within the Empire. And the spoils of victory they could obtain.

“However, it will take some time to prepare the troops. There is nothing we can do about it. . .”

“That’s good.”

“?”

“If that’s the case, I have an opinion.”

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“I-I see what you mean. E-Elso-gong’s opinion was not the best, b-but it was you after all.”

Count Ganolwood wiped his sweat and admired.

Instead of gathering the elite troops which would take quite some time, the plan to mobilize the nomadic tribes loyal to the duke family and attack was not like Elso-gong’s personality. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

I wondered who gave the advice, but to see it was you.

“It’s been a while since we met.”

“P-Please, speak comfortably. I-If others hear, they m-may ridicule.”

“If that’s what you want.”

Johan smiled and exchanged greetings with Count Ganolwood.

“I didn’t expect the new duke to participate so easily.”

“H-His Highness has always been v-very interested in the Empire. I-In fact, there are few n-nobles in the duchy who are n-not.”

Unlike the duke, there were many young nobles who were interested in the situation in the Empire. The wealth and power coming out of the Empire was too glamorous compared to the vast grasslands in the east.

It was what the duke’s children set their ambitions on.

“B-But. To be honest, I-I oppose it.”

“You don’t think participating in the Empire’s situation will produce good results?”

“N-No, that’s not i-it. O-On the contrary, I-I think the previous generations avoided it too much. I-I’m worried about e-experience.”

“Since you surrendered, it is also His Excellency’s right not to provide weapons and armor. You cannot complain if he refuses!”

“No. I believe in their honor.”

“!”

Johan spoke without even changing his expression.

Of course, it wasn’t that he extremely trusted the surrendered Empire knights or anything. . .

‘If there are Emperor faction troops hiding nearby when I send them out, I’ll know right away.’

It was beneficial no matter what happened to them.

Anyway, he had to check the nearby forest, and could there be an easier way to confirm it?

“Provide them with weapons, armor and horses.”

However, Johan’s words were sufficiently moving to the Empire knights. The knights shouted in trembling voices.

“Thank you for believing in us, Your Excellency! Your Excellency’s honor will be an example in the Empire!”

“Yes. You have my thanks.”

Johan waved his hand to see off the Empire knights. The knights proudly raised their banners and crossed the bridge to advance towards the forest.

“If there is an ambush waiting, I hope they take the bait.”

“. . .Lower your voice a bit.”

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“Does the count ever seem to go mad?”

“Did he? I’m not sure.”

“Think about it carefully. It seems he has moments when insanity suddenly rises up.”

Yein asked the Empire knights so, but the knights were just puzzled.

Count Yeats had always been in his right mind.

He was as wise as could be, they had never seen such madness from him. Just now, even as other nobles objected, hadn’t Johan personally given weapons and armor? A madman could not have done that. It was something only a true knight could do.

Yein shook his head. Johan’s behavior while he was away at the Brduhe family’s dukedom was as close to insanity as he could imagine.

“You’re not belittling the Lochtein family’s knights just because they were defeated, are you?”

“What did you say? If you don’t take that back right now, I’ll cut you down before we even face the enemy.”

“Everyone calm down! We don’t know when the enemy will appear, and you want to fight here?”

Though they were knights captured by Johan, most of them chose to switch sides rather than remain loyal to the emperor.

Looking at it sensibly, the emperor was too much of a crazy b*stard.

The families tied closely to the emperor’s side couldn’t betray him, but for knights who had little, changing sides was easy.

Contrary to the feudal lords’ suspicions, they were moving with quite pure loyalty.

“You there! Are you a mercenary?”

“Grab him!”

Knights searching the vicinity saw a man dressed as a mercenary and rushed at him.

The mercenary was frightened and tried to run away, but he couldn’t escape knights on horseback in this terrain.

“W-Why are you doing this! I’m just a traveler. Please!”

“What kind of crazy traveler wanders alone in a place like this in times like these? Put down your weapons. Mercenary. Confess where you came from before I break your neck!”

Surrounded and threatened by the knights, the deserter looked about to faint at any moment. Before a sword even touched his neck, he began spewing everything he knew.

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“. . .Is there anyone nearby?”

Johan asked incredulously.

“The emperor. . . is nearby, they say.”

The knights also seemed a bit hesitant about the information they had brought, as if they could not believe it themselves. The feudal lords below twisted their facial muscles.

━What did I say! You cannot believe this!

. . .They clearly wanted to say something like that.

“Uh.”

Johan was at a loss for words, lost in thought.

What do I make of this?

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