209 Chapter Three: Peaceful Solutions

SIDE: Gregoire

"I've done it... I've done a hell of a lot. No matter how impatient..."

After one night, I held my head in my own room.

Because what I did yesterday was the opposite, even though I arrived best to deepen my friendship.

I thought I would snort if I had a profit... but I couldn't even negotiate a consideration.

No way, a man like Lord Leons is caught up in the bullshit of love and such.

It would be more convenient if the Patriarchate were to rub it in the inner circle from an empire that would have to go to war with the kingdom from now on.

"I can't help but regret the past. Consider your next hand."

When I looked up at the old voice, Bruno, the staff officer, was entering the room.

"That being said... do you have any ideas?

"Right...... Shouldn't we wait here? I'm sure Mr. Leons won't shake his head vertically no matter what he says."

"Wait? Wait. What does that mean? If those two get married, they can't make you a Virgin, can they?

"I know...... But if we make our relationship with the Empire any worse here, it's a real fall. If you become completely hostile to Master Leons, your position on the faction could be in jeopardy."

"So is that... it would be hard for me to be Pope without the Virgin..."

Damn. What am I supposed to do?

"Dear Gregoire, I'm in too much of a hurry. When the next war is over, the politics will be in the empire's favor."

"Originally not in the eyes of kingdoms or anything else. The enemies are the same imperialists as the Pope's child's neutrals. Now, we have an enemy called the Kingdoms, so let's try to weaken the Kingdoms. It's obvious we're fighting each other inside, isn't it?

The Pope is still fine. There will still be no exit for ten years.

Ten years, ten years, you don't know what it is.

"Right...... But if Master Liana doesn't return to the Empire, either way, Master Lelia will be the Empire's best Holy Wizard. In the end, wouldn't it settle down by making Lady Lelia a Virgin?

"No, that's not true. Lelia doesn't make an overwhelming difference compared to others. We don't know when we're gonna get overtaken."

In ten years, the young will be left out.

Now that we know that, nobles employ excellent tutors.

"Then why don't you rely on Master Leons?

"Oh, you're still a roundabout man. What do you want from me, Lord Leons?

Bruno is always like this. When I give advice, I deliberately give a few suggestions to try me out first.

If you're not good, I'll dismiss you immediately... because I don't know how many times Bruno has helped me in the past.

"During this period, no, why not keep Master Lelia for the next six months or so?

Oh, that's another suggestion you can't read your intentions.

"Deposit it. What do we do? You want me to do some color tricks?

"No way. They teach you the ultimate in magic."

"The ultimate in magic?

"Yes. Everything seems to be a special technique that has only been passed down to the Forster family and the previous Virgin"

"I see... is that one factor that the Forster family and the Virgin are famous for being the strongest"

"Right."

"But how do you convince the guys in the country? The absence of the Virgin for six months would not be tolerated by the boulders, would it?

That would kill criticism of the Fontaine family. Don't use the Virgin personally.

"Shouldn't I say it's a missionary activity in the Empire? When it comes to missionary activity, there will be no nobility to criticize, not even the table."

I see that the Historic Virgin also carries out missionary activities in other countries.

Sure, can't those guys hit personal use too if it's the Virgin's role?

"Okay. In that direction, let us write to the Church"

"Yes, please"

"So, do you think Leons can teach us that extreme?

It should be harder to obtain permission from Lord Leons than to convince the country.

Somehow I just taught Lelia the ultimate in magic, and Lord Leons has no interest whatsoever.

Rather, my gain of power would lead to the stability of the Patriarchate and would be detrimental to Lord Leons.

"You will surely tell me"

"Must be?

Where does that confidence come from?

"Yes. First of all, Master Lelia's dispatch to the Empire eliminates the fear of being attacked by the Patriarchate as well. And if he's going to help Lady Liana, he's going to take care of this. Because Master Leonce must love Master Liana so much."

Love?

"... are you serious?

"Yeah. I mean it."

"No way...... there's no way a sweet guy like that could be this big"

They say I've gotten all that heartless because I'm going to make the Fontaine family so big...

"Sure, this sweetness would be deadly for a regular person"

"You think he's no problem because he's not a regular person?

"Yeah. He has the power to step through the dungeon, to gain power by engaging the Empress, and to gain wealth by engaging the world's best millionaires. And most importantly, there is a brain that has made it possible to accomplish all this young. Very, I don't think it's a regular person."

Bruno would be right. Lord Leons is a genius. I'm a regular. So I can't choose the means.

"Ha. And then it depends on Lelia"

As Lord Leons accepts, I only care if Lelia can get the ultimate in magic later.

"Believe in Master Lelia."

SIDE: Leons

"You have a staff member who can. I didn't make this suggestion from the start because if I could get Leena, I would never have gone beyond it."

"You're manipulating the winner well. Mr. Gregoire may also be brilliant, but perhaps the presence of a staff member is somewhat significant. So, are you going to teach Mr. Lelia about magic manipulation?

I was watching Elsie and the monitor today.

Shelly and Leena are at a tea party with Mr. Lelia.

"If you don't have to be vigilant about Leena's kidnapping or anything, I'll be happy to accept that."

They said I was weak, but I don't want to be that big.

"Right. Nevertheless, I am glad that it is likely to end safely in a peaceful resolution"

You're absolutely right.

"If I had to be hostile to the Patriarchate... I could barely sleep yesterday."

"You were. So, were you flirting with Mr. Bell all last night?

"I mean flirting... sleeping with you though. And there was Leena."

I invited Bell yesterday because I couldn't sleep, and as I lay down we talked a little bit, Leena came to the room, who couldn't sleep as well... and the three of us slept together.

I'm not flirting. Yeah.

"Oh, even Mr. Leena? I didn't realize. Mr. Shelley has forgiven you a lot."

It was only in the middle of the night that Leena came to the room.

Elsie watching the bedroom must have slept in a boulder that time, too.

"Dear Leons, Gregoire is here."

Oh, are you here?

"Copy. Will Elsie be present?

"If it's okay to just listen..."

With Elsie's approval, he led Gregoire to his room.

"I'm so sorry. Forgive me for my disrespect yesterday."

Now that I'm in the room, Gregoire has apologized for the impetus that seems to drive me down to earth.

"No. The Fontaine family will have a lot of trouble too, so I don't care about that much"

I know it's weird if you forgive me so easily or normally, but I can't talk to you until I forgive you here.

Even if it's unnatural, let's just forgive it.

"Oh, thank you......"

"So, what's the matter today?

"Return Leena to the Patriarchate, please let her withdraw."

"Is it true!?

Are you kidding me? No, that's all I refused yesterday, so is this how you react?

It's hard to act.

"Instead, could you teach Lelia the ultimate in magic?

"What is the ultimate in magic...?

"Don't be a fool. There must be a magical ultimate that can only be used by the Virgin of previous generations and the Fontaine family."

Speaking of which, is magic manipulation the ultimate? It's kind of preliminary.

Well, I can't help pointing that out.

"Okay. It's good. It's just that... Master Lelia is no longer an adult. I don't know if I can get it. If you can't, can you promise you won't blame us?

Maybe six months will do fine, but the smaller the magic growth, the better.

For when it didn't work, I need to insure it.

"Huh? Does age matter?

"Once upon a time, when I was at the Forster family, I was practicing magic before I entered elementary school."

"Really...... I get it. Even if it wasn't an acquisition, we wouldn't say anything. So, please. If you can take it, I'll give you five boxes of gold."

Five boxes means five boxes containing a hundred pieces of gold. They don't have white gold coins in the diocese, so they exchange them in these units.

Incidentally, five hundred pieces of ecclesiastical gold are about three to five hundred million yen. In the absence of white gold coins, the Church is set to increase the value of gold coins.

"Okay. Let's do what we can."

"Oh, thank you"

"No. Thank you for your continued support."

"Absolutely!

Negotiations are in place. Well, it's good to have a quick solution.

I had a feeling it was going to take a long time ~. The staff was excellent and good.

All right. And then there's the Troika!