Chapter 169: 172

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Chapter 172 - The Testimonial

"I've done it. How did this happen....."

"What are you talking about, General? You're the one who said we should be thorough."

"I know that, Vargas, but I really don't know what to do. Will it ever be resolved?"

　I built a dam in Barca Knight territory.

　It was to counter a possible shortage of water in the land due to my agricultural magic.

　However, there was a complaint about it.

　The Garnes family, who ruled the Garnes Knight Territory located downstream of the river, complained.

　It's true that water use problems are often the cause of disputes between territories.

　I think I didn't give enough consideration to that.

　However, the Garnes family was also lacking in consideration.

　Of all people, they sent a young knight named Ruffin, a fool, as an emissary to participate in a meeting to discuss the problems between the territories.

　Apparently, Ruffin had some sort of rivalry with me.

　He had participated in the last battle for Einrad Hill and had seen me in action.

　Maybe he was frustrated that he was losing to someone younger than him in terms of performance in that battle.

　Or maybe he was proud to be from a knightly family that had been in charge of the territory for generations, unlike me who was a peasant.

　Perhaps that's why he was somewhat coercive from the beginning of the meeting.

　Well, even so, I think I was rather patient and responded calmly.

　However, now that I think about it, it may not have been a good idea.

　He hadn't been as successful as me in the war, but perhaps he thought he was in a better position than me at the meeting, so he said something he shouldn't have said.

　That is, he said that he would make Lilina his property.

　I couldn't let this statement go down as low as I had the others before.

　This was also true in terms of my feelings.

　There was no way I was going to take a beautiful woman like Lilina as my wife and then have her taken away by another man. (TLN: NTR has been stopped!)

　But that's not the problem with this statement.

　The problem with this comment was not that, but that his position did not allow him to make such a statement.

　I didn't simply have a love marriage with Lilina.

　The Barca Knight's domain was created by Carlos, the head of the Fontana domain, marrying off Lilina, a daughter of the former Graham family, who was related to him by blood.

　If I laugh and allow the person who wants to take Lilina to go away unscathed from the statement, I will be considered to be betraying the expectations of Carlos.

　It might even have been said that I was neglecting my relationship with Carlos.

　Besides, it wouldn't make a good impression on the former Graham family.

　If they thought that I wasn't interested in protecting Lilina, they wouldn't have any obligation to help me run the estate as they had in the past.

　What's more, it might have a negative impact on the people living in the territory.

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　No matter how successful I was on the battlefield and how much I was entrusted with the territory based on that success, I am still a child.

　Even if I were to make the castle magnificent, it would be difficult for them to fully accept me as their lord.

　This problem is solved by the existence of Lilina.

　It is only because I am married to Lilina, a noble woman who is different from the common people, that they allow me to control my domain as I have done so for the past few years.

　If I were to break off relations with Lilina, it would mean that I would lose the spiritual roots that united my people and land.

　Therefore, I had to deal with Ruffin's statement in a strict manner.

　Well, that being said, I regret that using the Nine-tailed Sword to turn Ruffin into charcoal right after he made that comment at the meeting was indeed too much.

　If I had killed him halfway, I might have been able to take him to Bishop Paul and at least save his life...

"No, that's not the only problem, General. It was radical enough after that, you know?"

"Because..... I didn't know what to do with a knight who came as an emissary and was defeated."

"And you decided to destroy the evidence? Not just the Garnes, but the other knightly families as well..."

"It can't be helped. The others took the Garnes family's side."

　Immediately after the statement, I killed Ruffin.

　So I decided to at least arm myself with a rationale for my actions.

　I sent a message to Carlos to ask for permission to solve the problem, saying that I wanted to humiliate Ruffin, who no longer existed in this world.

　Once I received permission, I led the army I had prepared and headed for the Garnes Knight Territory.

　I made up a story that I had chased after the still-alive Ruffin who had escaped and invaded.

　I was going to pretend that I had defeated Ruffin at the right place and pull out.

　I had no idea what to do with the captured territory, even though I had advanced my army into the Garnes Knight Territory.

　But who was I to know that the mansion, the home of the knight in charge of the territory, could be captured so easily?

　I was dumb thinking that everyone was like me, but not all of the knight families that own territories have fortified cities and large castles in their territories.

　The Garnes family was no different.

　They didn't have a large enough town, but had several villages and a pavillion in the center of each village, and a mansion where they ruled their territory and used as a base of operations in case of emergency.

　However, the cavalry led by Barca quickly attacked and overwhelmed the building, which was not even a fortress and was only slightly guarded.

　By the time I came to my senses, the Garnes' mansion was already occupied by Barca's army.

　The knightly families around me, seeing my actions, also moved.

　They thought that Barca had finally shown its true colors and was attacking them. Barca didn't even have a proper window of opportunity to negotiate with the armies of the knight families adjacent to the Garnes Territory that was coming towards us.

　So we had no choice but to respond with force.

　If we hesitated, we would have to bear the pain.

　In this way, Barca's army quickly overthrew the Garnes family and three other knightly families and took 18 villages.

　How did this happen!

　It's all Ruffin's fault.

　It's not my fault! I swear it's not my fault!

　My heartfelt cries mercilessly did not resonate in anyone's heart, and the situation only progressed.

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