394 Confirmation of the situation

"Yes, Lion. This is your magic bag."

"... thank you, Master Ars. But you made something amazing again. I never thought I could make a magic bag."

"Thanks to the Bootica family for their cooperation. Oh, for once, that's the one with no prototype design, so we'll have another official award ceremony later."

"Can I get another one? Thank you. There must be a lot of people happy about this."

"It's convenient. However, since it is a leather product, it is too early to handle it roughly. So, it's a different story, but are you looking into what's going on out there?

"Yes, of course. First of all, it's the Memento family that occupied the King's Capital, but it looks like it's over the years in the King's Capital as it is. Sounds like you're claiming protection for the Wang Metropolitan noblemen attacked by coalition forces."

"You mean you're pulling the noble army you follow the Memento family into the King's Capital and buying protection from the noble army you looted there? That's a very convenient story."

"But it is also true that the only coalition that could have stopped the runaway was the Memento Army. The noblemen of the Wang metropolitan area had to accept the protection of the Memento family no matter what their hearts were."

"... does that mean the Mementos have put the economic power of the Wang Metropolitan Area in their hands? What happened to the anti-memento coalition?

"The anti-memento coalition is in a delicate state, isn't it? In one aristocratic family, we form a coalition, but not a single rock, because we cannot confront the Memento family. Together as a coalition, we insist that the Memento family liberate the King's capital, but so far it seems that the Memento family has no intention of asking its opinion."

"Well, I'm talking about some noblemen near Memento, and I guess it's hard to unite"

"Right. As an anti-memento coalition, I seem to expect from the Rheinzatz family, which became officially a hegemonic nobleman in alliance with the Doren royal family. but the Reinzatz family is engaged with the kingdom of Risorte. However, there is a good chance of a truce with the Kingdom of Risorte soon."

"A truce with the Kingdom of Risorte? Didn't they take part of the territory?

"Exactly. but we have prevented an attack on the territorial capital that was about to be attacked and calmed down to the extent of the skirmish. And since the territory taken is also where the Risorte family originally belonged, didn't you decide it wasn't so painful to lose it"?

"Oh, I see. Will it take the form of the restoration by the Kingdom of Risorte of the territory taken by the Alliance of the Three Nobles from the former hegemonic nobility? But is it something that will cease there even if they take back their territory?

"Apparently, the Rheinzatz family and the Kingdom of Risorte agreed on a common idea."

"What's a common idea?

"It's an expansion of the forces of our own faction, Master Ars. Apparently, I've seen the movement of the Kingdom of Fontana this winter and reconsidered my thoughts. The Kingdom of Fontana took in three noble territories while those in power: the Kingdom of Risolte and the Rheinzatz family were fighting each other to crush each other. Looking at that, I think I'd better take it from where it's easy to take. The dispute between the two sides was temporarily shelved, and there was a convergence of views by putting our hands up on the surrounding aristocracy."

"Have the two great forces embarked on territorial expansion?... but you can't even keep the Memento family quiet about that, can you? The economic power of the Wang Metropolitan Area would be fascinating, but if they took the surrounding territories, they'd have trouble."

"Of course it is. For that reason, rumors abound that the Memento family will also begin to move to take the surrounding aristocracy. To sum up the current situation, four forces are about to swallow the perimeter: the Kingdom of Fontana, the Kingdom of Risorte, the Reinzatz family and the Memento family, which is becoming a diagram of how small forces stand around them"

After being briefed by Lion on the current situation of the peripheral forces, the first thing I thought was that I was glad I wasn't on the weak side of the force.

Until now, there has been a historical bias whereby a number of aristocrats contend with each other, but the number of aristocrats must not be reduced too much, and yet powerful aristocrats have defended it by becoming hegemonic aristocrats.

So even the noblemen of the small forces managed to defend their territory in a way that asked for the power of their surroundings.

But it's different now.

Clearly unlike once when we were fighting each other not to take too much away from each other in loose alliances, land grabbing began to occur by large forces.

Perhaps the four forces, starting with Fontana, will continue to increase their territory even further, with the result that the aristocracy, a small force, is manipulated by the stream and swallowed up.

Then you have to make a decision.

Which forces do we want to join?

but I think there are actually very few things that can make that decision.

As a story in the first place, you wouldn't be naming a nobleman if it were to be a good idea to get under someone.

You should want to stand around as well and be an independent force as possible emotionally.

Besides, it is also very difficult to determine which forces should be involved.

The Memento family holds the Wang metropolitan area, but it is only an unjustified occupation and is badly regarded from around.

In contrast, the original hegemonic nobility, the Rheinzatz family, is missing a key king, and the royal family is protected by the Memento family, so it is opaque whether they will really consider and act on the position of the nobleman, as is the case with traditional hegemonic nobility.

And the former hegemonic nobleman, the Risorte family, is now naming a new royal family on its own without the permission of the Doren royal family.

The point that you can't trust anywhere is common.

Then how about the kingdom of Fontana, which again looks subtle?

Anyway, there's only one galord in the Fontana royal family who turned 5 this year.

If anything happens to Garrod, in an instant the Kingdom of Fontana will lose its pillars.

And when it comes to who holds the most power when you lose that pillar, there's the one who's a former peasant and runs around the battlefield every year.

You might think that it's hard for Fontana to follow, according to her head, that we, the historic aristocrats, might find ourselves under the peasants.

At the very least, it's probably normal to want to see how things go a little more so we can ride the winning horse as much as possible.

In other words, from my point of view and that of Lyon, the next four forces would take over the territory, but I wondered if each aristocrat on the side of the small forces would rather choose where they would go and fall under some force.

Many places take some sort of opportunistic action of identifying the situation while retaining independence with some resistance.

How would Fontana like to act in this situation?

If other large forces are going to expand their territory, we can't just watch it in silence.

Well, I leave the excision of the territory to Elance and Wagner, the borderline uncle.

This one might be easier to work with for a while.

With that in mind, I decided to turn my attention to home affairs again.