Volume 5 Chapter 31: A Great Father

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Author: 夜州 (Yashu)

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The king unintentionally chuckled at Cain’s echoing voice, then coughed.

“P-please excuse me.”

Cain hurriedly lowered his head.

(No way, Reine-nee-sama will… She is of marriageable age, after all, but…)

“It seems Garm didn’t tell you…”

Cain nodded quietly. He had never thought that Reine, who was a massive bro-con, would ever marry someone.

However, Cain himself already had three fiancées, so it was only natural that Reine, who was older than him, would also marry eventually.

“You may go back. Ask the details from Magna later.”

“Yes…”

Cain bowed, then went back to where he had previously been and sat down.

Several reports and announcements later, it was the end of the reports for the nobles.

Of course, Cain could not just go home like that. Guided by a servant, he entered the usual reception room.

Garm appeared soon after and sat down next to him.

“Father, would it not have been better to tell me about Reine-nee-sama’s case…? If you had, I wouldn’t have exclaimed in surprise back there…”

“Sorry. It hadn’t been confirmed yet, and Reine also told me to keep quiet about it…”

Explained Garm apologetically, making Cain sigh.

“His Highness Rolan is the same age as Reine. See, Reine was an officer of the student council when she was a student, yes? His Highness Rolan was the student council president.”

Cain recalled his memories of when Reine still had been at the academy. She had indeed been doing good work as an officer of the student council.

Then, Garm continued.

“It seems they’ve been conscious of each other ever since then. And then when the royal family approached her, apparently Reine asked Rolan not to tell you. So, Her Highness the Princess Telestia shouldn’t know yet either. Well, there’s something else I didn’t explain, but…”

“So that’s how it was… I could’ve congratulated them more if I had known…”

While they were talking, the door opened, and the king, Duke Eric, and Magna entered the room.

“Sorry to have kept you.”

The king plumped down in the seat in the middle, and Duke Eric and Magna sat down on either side of him.

“How was it? Cain, you were surprised, weren’t you? It was because you’re always surprising me. I thought I’d get some revenge for once, so I kept quiet about the two’s marriage.”

Cain realised that the king, laughing merrily in front of him, had been the actual number one cause for it all along.

However, he could not show that on his face.

“…I was really surprised. ––Please take care of Reine.”

As Cain honestly bowed his head, the king nodded, satisfied.

“I know. The two of them seem to get along well, so there should be no problem. Anyway, the main topic. Magna, explain please.”

“Understood. Then––”

Magna laid the map he had been holding on the table and spread it out.

“This time, we will be relieving many of the towns governed by Corgino’s faction from their authority to rule. It’s currently only a suggestion, but we might also strip the territory’s lords of their nobility. It is currently under direct control of the royal family, but you will govern Terenza, as stated earlier. And then, here is the new territory of our country.”

A line had been drawn on the map inside the borders of the Republic of Ilstin. While it didn’t reach Ghazal, it was still quite expansive, covering many towns and villages.

“Weeell, I really wanted to get Ghazal as well, but if we went that far, they really would go bankrupt. So we settled on just this. Well, they did try to lay their hands on my daughter, so they need to reflect on their actions equivalently.”

Cain smiled bitterly at Duke Eric, who said all that without even a hint of remorse.

In truth, the ones who had attacked Cain and the others hadn’t just been from the Republic of Ilstin. They had also come from Esfort.

Even deducting that, this was plenty of compensation.

“With your territory expanding this much, I doubt your personnel will suffice. I will have officials despatched from the royal capital to each city and larger town to act as deputy governors. I will also give you some immediate funding. Also, Drintor will be exempt from taxes for five years. From now on, with Drintor as its capital, the whole territory will be the territory of Drintor.”

Cain nodded at the king’s words. Then, the king continued.

“However, as a margrave, you will have to raise an army, but that can come later. Also, –– don’t go to war until you’ve come of age. Just protect what you have.”

The Kingdom of Esfort didn’t allow minors to participate in war. Even if one was a margrave, they were no exception. Although honestly, Cain could win a war against a different country on his own effortlessly.

However, this law had been upheld ever since the kingdom’s founding, so there were no exceptions.

The law had been made by Yuuya so that children in the future would not have to live and die for the state.

“Lastly, Cain-kun you’re a student, but you’re free to attend as you wish until graduation. To be honest, the academy is mainly a place to get yourself to be known to help in the future and learn territory-management, but considering Drintor’s growth, there’s really no point in you going. Well, it would probably be good if you showed yourself once in a while, Silk would get lonely otherwise.”

“Of course. I intend on going to school as much as I can.”

They finished their conversation for the time being, and the king, Duke Eric and Magna left, as they had the next piece of business to attend to.

Cain and Garm were left alone in the room.

“To think you’d come this far, Cain… Well, it’s not like I don’t get it though…”

A lot of absurd things had happened until then. Ever since Cain was young.

He had caused lots of problems and always made Garm worry.

And now, while he was still not an adult, he had become a margrave, just like Garm.

“––From now on, let’s protect Esfort, not just as father and son, but also as fellow margraves, all right Cain?”

“Yes, of course.”

Garm nodded, satisfied, and held his hand out to Cain.

Cain smiled and shook hands with him.

Cain once again felt just how big his father’s hand was.

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TN: volume 5 done volume 6 here I come

The title of volume 6 is “The Demon Countries”. I wonder what it’ll be about…

Actually, I’ve translated all the chapters already, so the daily releases will continue

Have I mentioned the discord server yet? No? Well then, here’s the link. Come join or else Teles will haunt you in your dreams https://discord.gg/2V8WW9tHAf

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