Swordmaster of the Red Light District

doubt (1)

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Floria stopped by the Countess of Phillips.

The carriage that came with Floria was full of gifts from Count Osiris.

Although he did not mention it directly, it was a sign of sincerity for solving Floria’s problem.

Floria finished her interview with Count Phillips and called Ray to walk through the garden with him.

Alesia, hiding behind the bushes, pricked her ears while spying on the two of them.

Rey and Floria’s mouths continued to move, but the conversation could not be heard at all, perhaps because their voices were small.

“Ugh, I’m worried…”

anxious, anxious

It seems that Floria is secretly waving her tail at Rey.

Alessia began to think about how to deal with this situation.

He believed in Rey’s faithfulness, but thinking of Count Osiris, several times larger than Count Phillips, made Young’s back uneasy.

“Karen, listen carefully.”

“?”

Karen, who came to look for Rey, was caught by Alesia and blinked.

Alessia whispered as she pulled Karen closer to her side.

“We are compatible with each other.”

“??”

A second question mark appeared above Karen’s head at Alesia’s grand declaration.

Alessia slapped Karen with a frustrated look on her face.

“If my wife agrees, I can take any number of concubines. I have a broad mind, so I will tolerate a few concubines. Of course, six seems like a lot…”

My knight is more horny than it looks.

Alesia, who grumbled dissatisfiedly, continued.

“But not Floria. Floria is a noble like me.”

It was taboo to take a nobleman as a concubine, and the main house was usually only one.

In other words, Alesia, a nobleman, and Floria, a nobleman, were not compatible with Rei.

If Rey was stolen by Floria, she would be hooked to the Count of Osiris.

“So we must work together to contain Floria!”

Karen, who understood Alesia’s words, pondered for a moment and then shook her head.

“Then… I’ll join Floria-sama. I think Floria-sama will win.”

“…!”

Alessia looked at Karen with a lightning bolt expression.

Alessia was shocked by the unexpected declaration of the head of the head, and grabbed Karen’s arm and shook it.

“You’re doing too much! Haven’t you been nice to all of you?”

The necklace shining in Karen’s arms right now was Alesia, if the source of the funds were to be considered.

Other than that, the budget for the estate that went to Jimmy Orphanage was not too little.

After Alessia began to express her feelings of betrayal one after another, Karen eventually changed her mind.

“Okay. I’ll stick with Alessia-sama.”

“Thank you!”

Alesia’s face turned red.

Even if Karen was right next to her, she couldn’t do any tricks, but she was relieved.

*

Contrary to Alesia’s expectations, Floria and Rey’s atmosphere was not very friendly.

Floria had no idea how to treat Rey, so she had to walk through the garden chatting for quite some time.

In the end, Ray spoke first.

“Why did you come to the Count of Phillips?”

“Um, so…”

Floria responded by using the wind spirit to prevent her voice from leaking out.

“I came here to show my sincerity.”

After the first sentence, the tension was relieved a bit.

Floria, who lightly cleared her throat, continued.

“Did I receive a lot of help? My father sent me with a gift to show his sincerity and to build friendship with the neighboring lord. Originally, two more wagons were going to follow… It’s because you’re taking a lot of damage.”

“What if this is the case?”

“The first prince is dead.”

Originally, it was information that should not be disclosed to anyone other than Count Phillips, but Floria spoke without hesitation.

Knowing the other side of Rey, there was no reason to lose points by hiding trivial information.

Ray accepted the news of the death of the 1st Prince.

He already knew that the 1st prince was outside the eyes of the emperor, so there was no surprise.

“It seems like that’s the case in the end.”

“Isn’t the Earl of Phillips… okay?”

“What do you mean?”

“The 1st Prince was assassinated while trying to asylum to the Rubyha Kingdom.”

“…!”

For a moment, Ray’s steps stopped.

Floria was just looking at the flowers in the garden, unaware that Ray was behind.

Rey quickly adjusted her expression and caught up with Floria.

“You were killed?”

“Yeah. I’m not sure… I’ve got information that the 1st Prince crossed the Count of Phillips and headed for the Signy Mountains. But I’m glad it didn’t go well.”

“…”

Rey’s eyes vibrated with an eerie light.

A high-ranking nobleman in the Empire who tried to escape over the Signi Mountains.

An empire that mobilized a large number of grades to punish that high-ranking nobleman.

But, the identity of the high-ranking aristocrat who tried to exile… was the first prince, not anyone else?

“This shit.”

Ray mumbled abusive language without realizing it.

Floria pretended not to hear the profanity and passed it on.

Rey squeezed the back of her nose, trying to calm the confusion.

But the messed up mind was not easily calmed.

Bella’s child.

In fact, it didn’t matter to Rey who the child’s biological father was.

After all, the child’s father was going to be Jimmy.

However, if the child is of imperial blood.

if so…

“Uhhh…”

Rey stopped in place and took a deep breath.

I had to calm down. I wasn’t standing here alone right now.

Ray forcibly calmed the confusion in his head.

Rei, who recalled the conversation with Floria from the beginning, asked with a fixed expression on her face.

“The 1st Prince was purged, and Count Osiris suffered a great loss?”

That was strange.

Count Osiris must have thought of putting a string on the second prince’s side.

Floria spread her fan to cover her puzzled expression.

“The 2nd Prince died under an ambush.”

“What nonsense is that?”

The 1st Prince lost power and was purged, so it was understandable no matter how he died.

However, if the second prince was against him, he couldn’t even inflict a scratch with a sneaky sneak peek.

“Who on earth harmed the second prince?”

“I don’t know. At this point, there are only a few families with strong intelligence and influence to get to that point.”

“Can you tell me about the rumors that are floating around?”

“…some nobles say they’re sure it was Phoebus-sama’s work.”

Phoebus. It is the name of the only illegitimate son of the emperor.

“The proof is that the imperial family is quieter than expected. If an imperial nobleman or a foreign prince attacked the second prince, the imperial family would have shown a much more violent movement than it is now.”

“No, how can the bastard of the imperial family harm the second prince?”

“Everyone had the same question. As a result, rumors gained weight in one way or another and wandered among the nobility.”

The sword of the Empire was attached to Phoebus for an unknown reason.

Someone in the Imperial Special Forces was worried about Tosagupin and sold information to Phoebus in exchange for his personal safety.

A force close to the first prince supported Phoebus to survive or to seek revenge.

There were a lot of rumors. I can’t confirm that it’s true.

Floria, who had been spreading all kinds of rumors, thought that she might have been excited by herself, so she covered her face with a fan and coughed in vain.

“Anyway… Because the second prince passed away, my father suffered only great losses.”

There are still several imperial families, including the emperor’s illegitimate son, in the empire.

However, there was confusion as to who would succeed the emperor. Since the 2nd Prince died, all of them were on the side with a lot of legitimacy.

With that reversal in front of his eyes, Count Osiris fortunately did not misjudge his own political power.

Instead of putting the stake on the gambling board, he took a loss and withdrew.

Rey, who had heard the whole story, swallowed and asked a difficult question.

“Who do you think will take the throne?”

“Father told me…”

Floria’s fan collapsed.

“Your Majesty said that the one who sided with you would be the next emperor.”

The conversation ended there.

It was because Didier blocked Rey’s path with a stiff face.

*

The Earl of Phillips had been walking on an invisible and dangerous tightrope for years.

The Jimmy family with Ray added could not be called a simple thug group.

They were a powerful armed force capable of overthrowing the whole counties if the timing was right.

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Nevertheless, the Earl of Phillips did not greatly oppress the Jimmy family.

That was objectively a very risky decision.

Are you condoning the presence of a more powerful armed force than the lord’s enlisted soldiers in the territory?

Had the other nobles known, they would have pointed at me as a crazy bastard.

For this reason, the Earl of Phillips scrutinized the pasts of Jimmy and Matthew with minimal defense, and continues to monitor them today.

Jimmy and Matthew were unaware of these measures, but they didn’t really care because the Count’s judgment was extremely reasonable.

The Count realized after a long investigation.

Jimmy was a loyal mercenary, ruthless and ruthless enough to shun the nightlife, somewhat ambitious, but far more affectionate than that.

Jimmy was a good man who was not wasted even if he gave him faith.

Is Jimmy like that a person who will make mistakes after drinking?

When he heard the news of Bella’s pregnancy, it was the Count’s first doubt.

However, one can make a mistake at least once in life.

Jimmy did not ignore a single mistake and took responsibility straight away.

Because he was also Jimmy, the Count was able to erase the doubts he had initially harbored from his mind.

But when I heard that the 1st Prince had passed the Count of Phillips.

A chill ran through his body.

Doubts that once erupted quickly called for size.

As the puzzles are put together one by one, nonsensical hypotheses are built in the mind.

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Not. it must not be

The Count’s fingertips trembled softly.

Then, Ray entered the office.

“…”

“…”

The two of them looked into each other’s eyes and were able to intuitively realize the ‘truth’.

However, the two exchanged too many things to pull out their swords.

Ray sat quietly.

The Count looked at the teacup for a long time and then opened his dry lips.

“Congratulations to your mother on the new kite.”

“thank you.”

“And… about the unfortunate incident that your mother went through.”

“…”

“Have you checked the identity of the nobleman who said that he was doing a haengpae…?”

“Could not confirm.”

Ray said with strength.

“Whether the person who performed the act was really a noble or a gent, or whether he or a rogue was bluffing… Nothing is known.”

Yes, it is still uncertain.

The identity of the person who assaulted Bella was also uncertain, and it was unclear whether the child Bella was holding was really the child of the assailant that day.

Everything was uncertain.

However, one thing was certain.

As long as the blood of the 1st Prince remained in the Count of Phillips, it was never acceptable.

Count Phillips’ voice cracked harshly.

“I have received so many blessings from you.”

“No, Count. The grace I received was much more precious.”

“There is a delivery room inside the castle. The facilities are prepared to protect the mother and child, and it is originally only available to members of the Phillips family. When the time comes, I will consider making the delivery room inside the castle for your mother to use. Are you okay?”

Earl Phillips and Ray’s gaze met in mid-air.

After an eerie silence, Rei bowed her head.

“Thank you for your consideration .”