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Chapter 229 - Pledge of Allegiance

"My family hereby declares that we will no longer bear the name Uruk and pledge allegiance to you."

"All right. I look forward to your future endeavors."

　After the battle, we decided to move our forces to capture the capital of Uruk, with Einrad's army and the Burmese army as the main forces.

　I was at the rear of the two armies as they boldly attacked the capital.

　I made a position near the capital and sat down there.

　Then I decided to send a message throughout Uruk.

　I sent out notices to the knightly families of Uruk that still existed after the battle in the plains.

　If they came to our headquarters and greeted us before the fall of Uruk's capital, they would be allowed to rule their lands as before.

　However, although I was the one who proposed this notice, another person's name was inscribed on the document.

　It was the name of Wagner, the new head of the Xillia family.

　In other words, the correct contents of the letter were that the Xillia family, which had overthrown the House of Uruk, would grant relief to the knights of Uruk if they joined the Xillia family.

　There is a reason why the Xillia family decided to interfere with the fate of the territory in this way.

　It was because Fontana wanted to stabilize the territory as soon as possible, as we had originally intended.

　For that purpose, we decided to use the name of the Xillia family.

　Although the beginning of this battle was a conspiracy on our part, the Xillia family, which had lost the trust of the Uruks, started the battle by sending a request for help to Fontana.

　In other words, it can be said that the Fontana family merely intervened in the civil war between the Uruk and Xillia families that broke out in Uruk Territory.

　Therefore, it was the Xillia family that overthrew the House of Uruk and acquired the Uruk Territory.

　"Because of the rebellion, the House of Xillia is the new noble family."

　If this battle were to be written down, it would look like that.

　The knightly families of Uruk that still remained in the territory had to make a choice if they wanted to keep their territories and continue to be knights after this.

　They could either join Xillia or fight against them.

　But it would take a lot of courage to choose to fight because many of the knight families had already exhausted their strength during the conflict.

　But then, the Fontana family might have thought that there was no advantage in depleting their forces to fight.

　In reality, however, there was a great advantage.

　The knights abandoned the names they were given by Uruk and joined the Xillia family.

　However, the Xillia family had already abandoned the name before the other knights.

　That meant that the Xillia family cannot use magic such as 【Foxification】 or 【Oboro Fire】.

　That means that the knights who joined the Xillia family and received their names from them would lose their spells.

　Even if they were told that they would be relieved of their territories otherwise, it must have been difficult to accept.

　There were still many knights who pledged their allegiance to the Xillia family despite this.

　Even now, new knightly families are coming to our main camp to swear allegiance to Wagner.

　The reason for this is that the Xillia family will receive their new name from the House of Fontana when this battle is over.

　Even if the knights lose their spells now, they will be the ones to receive them again.

　Not the magic of Uruk, but the magic of Fontana.

　The knights were forced to make a painful decision based on this judgment.

　Of course, some of them would never be able to accept such a decision.

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　They would either pretend that they did not hear the message from the Xillia family, or they would rebel.

　But if that happens, there will be no problem.

　That's when we are up, the Barca forces.

　Those who had not come to greet the Xillia family before the fall of the Uruk capital would be attacked by my men.

　No, it's not just the Barca army that has to do that job.

　Perhaps the Einrad and Burma armies will do the same.

　Those of us from the Fontana camp who participated in the battle against Uruk will gain territory there.

　The Xillia family will only recognize the current territory, and the rest of the Uruk House's main territory and the territory of the knights who rebelled against the Xillia family will be taken over by Fontana.

　It's a competition with Peter and the others.

　If I want to expand my territory, I need to make sure to not oppose those that I have allied myself with, though.

　It was when I was thinking about that.

"Excuse me. I see you are Ars von Barca. May I have a word with you?"

"What is it? If you've come to greet the Xillia family, you'll find Herr Wagner over there."

"No, I came here because I wanted to meet you, Ars-dono. My name is Payne and I would like to be under your command."

"...... Payne-dono? I'm sorry, but aren't you a knight who has been named by Uruk? What does it mean that you wish to be under my rule?"

"It is true that I was raised as a knight by the House of Uruk and have the status of a knight. However, I want to work for you as someone who has abandoned that name."

"I don't understand. I'm not sure about this. Why don't you just work as a knight under Wagner-dono? To be honest, I think Uruk knights do not like me."

"...... It's true that Ars-dono's name is not all that good in Uruk Territory. But I know what you are capable of. I've seen it firsthand on the battlefield."

"Were you at the Milius Plains, Payne-dono?"

"No, I wasn't. However, I was there last year, under Pessi-sama's command on the battlefield."

"That time? I'm sure I've seen your face somewhere ....... Maybe you were the commander of the Uruk army after the death of Pessi de Uruk?"

"Not exactly. At that time, my father took charge of the army. My father was defeated by Carlos de Fontana. I was there to assist my father."

"Is that so? Your father fought without disrupting the army even after your leader, Pessi de Uruk, was gone. He fought very well. To be honest, I was ready to die right there, with it being my final battlefield being that."

"My father would be honored as a knight to have such a great man like you say so. I have always respected my father. I beg you, Ars-dono. No, Ars-sama. Please let me fight under you. I've become enchanted with your abilities and those of Barca."

　Hmm, I can't believe I'm suddenly being told that.

　Still, by what I see, Payne seems to be strong.

　He's not strong in the sense that I'd benefit from forming a spiritual connection with him by naming him, but he was filled with a kind of confidence that he had built up through his own training.

　The fact that the Uruk army had continued to fight even after losing their commander, on the battlefield at that time was an event worth marveling.

　If he was the son of the man who was in command at that time, he would probably do well.

　However, it would not be possible for me to suddenly name Payne, a knight of Uruk.

　I'll put it on hold for now and see if I can use him by testing him.

　This is how I decided to hire a young man named Payne as a simple advisor for me on the Uruk Territory after he abandoned the Uruk name that he had been given.

 

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Notice that Payne stops calling Ars as "Ars-dono" and switches to "Ars-sama." Basically, when he was using the honorific "-dono," he put himself on the same level as Ars. However, when Payne used the honorific "-sama," he put Ars as someone above him.

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