Heavenly Inquisition Sword

Episode 1155. would that be a crime?

Elio thought there was some truth in what Marquis Shastra Hednar said.

‘Hey, there was a knife attack when other wild vegetables interfered with the greenery…’

I’m already tired of hearing people say something about interfering in internal affairs.

You are the one who will leave anyway, so it doesn’t matter anyway.

However, considering Count Larva Omar and Count Fabian of Aethos, who would live on the continent of Rodina for the rest of their lives, it was better to yield.

“Do by that way. Don’t let Count Escudo set the indemnity to the point of ruin. If you promise me that, I won’t touch you.”

“Okay. By the way…”

Marquis Shastra Hednar blurted out whether he was concerned about anything.

“What is it?”

“Count Escudo will appeal to the injustice through his connections. If that happens, the great nobles will be able to take issue with today’s events.”

“are you okay. That’s because they’re only losing themselves. If you can tell whether it is poop or soybean paste by dipping it in, then try it.”

“…”

Marquis Shastra Hednar did not understand Viscount Elio Lagoa’s words.

This is because few people in the empire knew Elio because the emperor of the empire hid what had happened in Hirhera.

Either way, Elio moved on to Count Omar of Larva.

“How are you feeling?”

“it’s okay.”

A bitter smile appeared on the count’s face.

It was because his pride was slightly hurt after losing in a fight between sword masters.

“Why do you think you lost?”

“The opponent was outstanding in both strength and skill.”

Even as he spoke, Count Larva Omar felt strange.

I had a fantasy about becoming a sword master, but in reality it wasn’t much different from when I was a sword expert.

Until now, I had never thought about the superiority and inferiority among sword masters.

But when I stood in front of the Marquis of Shastra Hednar, I felt it.

The Marquis was one step ahead of him.

There is a clear distinction between beginner, intermediate, and advanced sword experts.

In contrast, a sword master is simply called a sword master.

So I thought it was worth giving it a try.

If sword masters were divided into beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels like sword experts, they would have thought a hundred times before engaging in a duel.

“Wrong.”

The words of Viscount Elio Lagoa made the count’s heart throb for some reason.

“Which part is that?”

Marquis Shastra Hednar listened to the conversation between the two from a few steps away.

I wondered what Viscount Elio Lagoa would say to Count Larva Omar, who had been defeated by him.

“From my point of view, the technology was there. What makes the difference is strength.”

“Is that so? The amount of mana definitely seemed to be much higher than the opponent.”

“I heard that each family has its own mana training method when it comes to the great nobility?”

“you’re right.”

“Maybe Marquis Shastra Hednar’s mana training method is better than the Count’s.”

“I guess so.”

Count Larva Omar nodded.

Whatever it was, it was natural that the marquis’s would be superior to the count’s. Mana training was no different.

When Elio suddenly stopped talking, the Count asked.

“Is there any way to overcome that?”

“You already know.”

Elio looked at Count Larva Omar with meaningful eyes.

The count, who blinked his eyes at what this meant, belatedly recalled the small heavenly circuit (小周天).

“ah! I was a fool. Thank you for enlightening me.”

The expression of Count Larva Omar, who had been depressed, came to life.

His eyes lit up, as if he was happy just thinking about it.

Although he had only recently learned, he knew the subtleties of the ‘Little Sky Circuit’.

With that the conversation ended.

As Elio and Count Omar of Larva approached the gate, the closed gate opened wide.

The Marquis of Shastra Hednar was going mad, wondering what the Count had learned.

‘what?’

I looked back at the conversation between the two, but it was just an ordinary conversation.

But Count Larva Omar’s expression of joy a moment ago was real.

Even the light emanated from his dark face.

It is not made up of lies.

There is no reason to make up lies when everything is over.

Count Romual Escudo cautiously approached the troubled Marquis of Shastra Hednar.

“Marquis…”

The Marquis of Shastra Hednar, who was interrupted at an important moment, frowned.

“Something?”

“Now how…”

Count Romual Escudo lowered his eyes.

If he had known about the conversation between Elio and Marquis Shastra Hednar, he would have quietly waited for his disposition.

But, unaware of this, he put his head into the tiger’s mouth.

“Count Escudo.”

“yes.”

Count Romual Escudo, sensing a crisis in the Marquis’ cold voice, rolled his eyes.

“Swordmasters are not pawns on the chessboard. If I had to compare it, it would be like the Queen. This is not an existence that the Count can move according to his will.”

“You are right.”

“If there is something you have not been able to reveal to me for one reason or another… tell me now.”

“…”

Count Romual Escudo thought about why the Marquis was saying such a thing.

‘What’s missing besides the Yeongjijeon and the northern nobles?’

He had completely forgotten the reason for the fight with the Countess of Aethos.

Most aristocrats took lightly women’s harassing, and Count Escudo also did not attach much importance to what his son did.

Of course, even after hearing the Marquis’ words, he couldn’t think of Anais Aethos.

I gave Count Escudo a chance to make an excuse, but when he blinked, the Marquis of Shastra Hednar screamed.

“I’m asking you to tell me why the Battle of Yeongji took place!”

“That’s because Terry Aetos was violent against my son…”

“Why didn’t you tell the count’s daughter before that what the count’s son did?”

“Ah…”

Only then did Count Romual Escudo recall Anais.

“Do you admit your son’s crime?”

“Is that a crime?”

“Is it not a crime to do such a thing to the count’s daughter?”

“It is true that Miss Anais is a noble, but she is only a noble. If I had received the title, it would have hurt the dignity of His Highness, but… isn’t this something like that?”

Count Romual Escudo looked at the Marquis of Shastra Hednar with regretful eyes.

Marquis Shastra Hednar was speechless for a moment.

I heard and saw it.

It was morally reprehensible for the count’s son to molest the count’s daughter, but it was difficult to call it a crime.

‘Tsk! I’m going to go over it roughly, what do you think…’

The Marquis of Shastra Hednar felt stuffy.

If this was the Duchy of Hednar, the Count would have prayed unconditionally.

But this is the Duchy of Pommernburg.

He asked Viscount Helio Lagoa to leave it to him, but when Count Romual Escudo came out like that, there was no particular way.

After all, it is because he himself is a nobleman of a foreign country.

The Marquis of Shastra Hednar belatedly realized that if he punished the count, that too would interfere in the internal affairs of Pommernburg.

Marquis Shastra Hednar calmed down his excitement and spoke calmly.

“I told Viscount Elio Lagoa that I would finish this job on his behalf. If the count doesn’t obey me… Viscount Elio Lagoa won’t stand still.”

Count Romual Escudo did not dispute the words of the Marquis.

However, I did not intend to be dragged along just because I lost the Battle of Yeongji.

“Your Excellency, I have already suffered great damage in this Territory Battle. I would think that my son paid dearly for harassing the daughter of Count Aethos. Anything more than that is hard to accept. If playing a prank on the count’s daughter was a crime, how big of a crime did Count Aethos commit by attracting northern nobles to the Duchy’s domain? What about the sins of the northern nobles who interfered in the principality’s internal affairs?”

‘ha!’

Marquis Shastra Hednar let out a long sigh.

Suddenly, I feel like I’m out of my mind.

He did not know that Count Romual Escudo would respond to his words this much.

He started thinking about the Principality of Hednar, but he himself was only an outsider here.

“I’ll be honest. Viscount Elio Lagoa wants an indemnity so large that the count is ruined. Wouldn’t the Count think of that?”

“…”

Count Romual Escudo did not answer immediately.

But he knew that things had gone terribly wrong.

‘damn! If I refuse to pay compensation to the end, the nobles of the north will come forward, right?’

It had to be stopped no matter what.

‘For now, let’s accept it and then go back and report the Earl of Aethos and the nobles of the north.’

All the nobility of the empire would support him.

If that happens, you can, conversely, claim compensation from Count Aethos.

Having made up his mind, Count Romual Escudo opened his mouth with a reluctant face.

“All right. If that’s what the Marquis meant, I’ll accept it too.”

In the lengthy negotiations that ensued, Count Romual Escudo accepted the payment of 1 million gold in compensation proposed by the Marquis of Shastra Hednar.

After the story was over, the Marquis of Shastra Hednar went to Count Stephen Aethos and informed him of the outcome of the negotiations, then left immediately.

***

That night.

A dinner party was held to celebrate the victory at Count Aethos.

A feast was laid out on the table, and Bardos, who had been invited to one side, played the harp and sang a beautiful song.

In the seat of honor, Count Steven Aetos, the lord, sat next to Count Larva Omar, Viscount Elio Lagoa, whose expression came and went like rain in a midsummer rainy season.

As he laughed and then went back and forth, the Black Eagle Knight Commander, Viscount Zech Purcell, asked him.

“Your lord, do you have any concerns?”

Then, as if he had waited, a sigh flowed from Count Steven Aetos’ mouth.

“ha! I can’t say no.”

The attention of the audience was focused on his answer, which felt a complex planting.

Count Steven Aetos continued to speak as people looked at them demanding an explanation.

“It’s because I remembered the words of His Excellency, Marquis of Shastra Hednar. His Excellency made a request before leaving. It’s unlikely that Count Escudo will stay still, so prepare for it.”

In an instant, the atmosphere around the seat of honor became heavy.

However, most of the nobles who had not heard Count Aethos’ words due to the distance were still busy laughing and enjoying themselves.

It’s like having cold and hot water in one bowl.

Elio, who was obsessed with proper cooking, asked with a puzzled face.

“Why Count Escudo?”

“It is said that he spoke of meddling in internal affairs.”

“So what?”

Elio looked at Count Stephen Aetos with innocent eyes.

I don’t know what it was or what it was like crying at a party.

Having lived without paying attention to people for a long time, he took it lightly.

“Escudo didn’t obey Marquis Hednar’s words. It’s because the Marquis of Hednar is a nobleman of the Duchy of Hednar, not our Pomernburg. The Marquis of Hednar, whom he invited, is also like that, so he won’t let the nobles of the north participate in the territory war…”

Earl Larva Omar nodded as if agreeing.

“If Marquis Hednar had said that… It is very likely that way.”

Count Stephen Aetos brought out the words he had been saving in his heart.

“If Count Escudo takes issue with meddling in internal affairs…the efforts of Viscount Lagoa and Count Omar may go to waste.”