To his last finish, Isaac visited the embassy of the Kingdom of Fatil.
- Hire the people of the Rockwell Kingdom.
Besides, it means hiring even Marshal Ford's blood relatives who have tormented the kingdom of Fatil for years.
I don't need permission, but I have to explain a word or so for the sake of friendship.
Besides, Isaac had an idea.
(Kukuk, Felix did a good job. No, is that the Marquis Buick? I'll have to thank you soon.)
Felix is in a similar position to Mark, who tried to attack Nicole.
It brings out Loretta's physiological disgust.
I'm sure it'll make you think "I don't want to be near the house where Felix is".
"If we keep Mark with Fred, Nicole will start avoiding Fred," Isaac persuaded Jason.
I thought I'd use that word myself.
For Isaac, who has no guts to tell Loretta to "give it up," Felix was the God of salvation.
"- So I decided to hire Felix Ford. This is not necessary to obtain permission from the Kingdom of Fatil, but I will let you know just in case."
"Really..."
As Isaac expected, Loretta's expression was unfloating.
She's not the only one.
The ambassadors and Nicholas don't give their expressions either, but I can feel them not welcoming in my heart.
(Yay, great success!
Isaac decides to gut pose in his heart because he can't just smile.
I didn't show my feelings of sorry, and it was worth the effort I dared to convey in an atmosphere of business contact (...).
Now she should have disillusioned me.
"Reinforcement of the army is also a must as the Marquis of Wellrod. This is also necessary for the Reid Kingdom. Even if they disagree, we'll do it."
"You can send them from the kingdom of Fatil, right? If the Kingdom of Rockwell is going to unlock armaments, it's going to be okay for our country to shrink some."
"No, that shouldn't be. Just because the Kingdom of Rockwell shrinks its armies doesn't mean you need to hang out as far as the Kingdom of Fatil. There is a possibility that they will form an army in secret and carry out an ambush. We should be vigilant for the time being."
Loretta's proposal has been envisaged.
I said no with the most apparent reply.
"Is it also impossible to hire Nicholas and the others?
"Then you deviate from the objective of hiring and reinforcing experienced people. Besides... I can't hire someone I've been dealing with as a friend, not as a subordinate from the start. Sometimes you have to order me to die..."
Especially since Nicholas is another cousin, it's not surprising that he hesitates to give strict orders.
It was supposed to be a natural excuse.
But Loretta had no reaction to regret or grief.
"That's Mr. Isaac."
What is "just"?
I couldn't understand her words, and Isaac accidentally said, "What?" I'm going to answer that.
But the opponent is the princess of a country.
You can't answer with those words.
I endured desperately not to divulge my voice.
"I am hearing it from His Majesty Elias. Isaac took on the difficulties and thought not only about the Kingdom of Lead, but also about the Kingdom of Fatil. I can't trust someone from the Rockwell Kingdom or anything else. Yet they are trying to embrace them in nostalgia, without regard for the danger of being betrayed. You're not just brains, you're a big man with out-of-the-box brains. And not to be thankful..."
(It was counterproductive. Uh-huh!
They seem to have taken a masculine attitude that the intention of letting it go cold was "I'll take it all".
Seeing her dye her cheeks red and out of sight, Isaac realized she had failed.
"No, I don't mean to be ungrateful or anything like that"
"Yeah, you did."
Loretta smiles just saying "I know everything".
(I don't know...)
But I can't even seriously deny it.
If you do that, you will also touch the fact that you "wanted me to hate you".
I can't say it's clear there, so it was hard to deny.
"What if it was the fabric stone for this day that let him go in the Sonicroft Liberation Battle?
"No way. I let him go because I was anxious about the strength of our army. At the time, I didn't think this would happen. Nicholas knows it was a really critical situation."
I was thirteen at the time, so I don't even know if I saw it in person.
Still, you should have heard from your family and ministers.
By making him explain through his mouth, I try to prove that I hadn't thought about it since then.
"I don't know the details of the situation, but the adults said, 'It was terrible damage. I remember you could have lost if you had taken a wrong step,' he said. It didn't seem like I could afford to miss it."
"That's the thing. I'm not thinking about everything."
Isaac thanks Nicholas for his support.
"Well! Then you were hit with an exact hand as the situation suddenly changed. I can't believe I can even think of a response to the Buick Marquis, not just hiring Felix Ford...... That's Isaac."
But it didn't seem to work for Loretta at heart.
She is impressed with Isaac's adrift power.
But Isaac was honestly not happy.
(Love is blind. You mean that's all you like... If a girl thinks you're like this, why couldn't she have a lover in her previous life? I could have taken care of it if it had been made in my previous life, and I wouldn't have had such an accident...)
- I can't do it when I want a lover, and I can favor him when I don't want him.
I was feeling the irrationality of the world.
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After I felt the irrationality in the world, it was my turn to make it feel.
Tell Felix the results of your story with Elias.
"Are you saying you can admit me to asylum?
"Depends on how you work. Even if you can't be recognized as Earl of the Kingdom of Reed, if you're bringing your family, I can promise you a reward that will only allow you to live normally."
"How much work can you acknowledge?
Felix does not want to leave the Kingdom of Rockwell.
But that is an individual story.
If I had to take responsibility for myself, I would give myself up for the house.
I actually gave it away.
But I don't know what the Count Ford family will be treated like when the truth about the Battle for the Liberation of Sonycroft is known.
If we were to consider the survival of the house, we knew we should also consider leaving the country.
I thought you should hear the terms first.
"When you say you will keep the size of the army to guards only, you won't be able to make about 60,000 soldiers into 30,000 or something. Forty thousand should be left after the domestic mess. If you think that the Force Commander, who leads 20,000 soldiers, will lose his job... How many do you think there are?
Not knowing the composition of the Rockwell Royal Army, Isaac asked Felix.
Depending on how many people would float, Norma was also going to decide.
"You wanted a commander who would lead about a hundred soldiers.... Though it will reduce 20,000 soldiers, it will not simply be two hundred. Reduce the number of some troops. But the troop leader should try to keep them. Still around a hundred people are going to lose their jobs."
"Then you just want to secure at least twenty people. I'd prefer more, though. Others, like commanders entrusted with larger units or military mentors who can assist such unit commanders, would be best. But don't pull out the general class. Your grandfather is the Minister of Foreign Affairs, but he's not going to cause any international problems."
"Ha."
- Twenty troop commanders.
It seemed like a difficult norm at first sight, but Felix seemed to find it easy.
If you are a troop commander of about a hundred people, there are many people of civilian origin.
Such people give priority to feeding their families over honor, survival of their homes, etc.
If you know you'll be hired for favourable treatment, you should abandon the country and emigrate lightly.
Felix turns a blind eye to the documents placed in front of him.
It was a bill bearing the name of a large chamber of commerce in the Kingdom of Reed.
- Six bills with a nominal value of 100 million leads.
One belonged to Felix, and the other five were commander's takeover funds.
It's hard to carry cash, so use this bill to cash in the Kingdom of Rockwell.
The Ford Counts were wealthy among the royalty of the Kingdom of Rockwell, but Felix has never moved this much denomination either.
He couldn't understand Isaac giving it away lightly.
"This is all the money...... Don't they think I'm going to take my family and take refuge in the Farragut Republic or something?
The Kingdom of Rockwell is to be accompanied by Irvin and Hakim with their secretaries and men.
But still, if you try to escape, you can.
Isaac was so careless that I worried and listened.
"If you're satisfied with that amount of money, it means you weren't the one the minister needed. If you don't do harm to those who accompany you, I'll accept that you had no choice."
Isaac's response was light.
But this is his own calculation.
Though not having trouble with the money, 600 million leads is 60% of the nobility pension Isaac is receiving.
Mental damage is enormous.
Nevertheless, I don't need to be honest with Felix about that.
Big guy, trying to show us where we can afford it.
"Are you seriously thinking of taking it away?
"No way! I just asked"
Felix desperately denies it.
"I'm blinded by gold" is disgraceful.
If you want to preserve the family name of the Count Ford family, it is also important to preserve your honor.
I wasn't really thinking about running away with the money or anything.
"Fine then. If you want to bring your family, you can explain to His Majesty Garrett what happened in the Reid kingdom and say, 'I need my family to be trusted by Lord Enfield'. It's not a bad thing to show a serious attitude."
Felix felt like he had been spotted in his heart.
Isaac even prepared an excuse for Felix to take his family out of the country.
If you do say that, Garrett will trust you.
Showing your loyalty to the Kingdom of Rockwell might make it easier for you to return to your country.
At this time, a great question sprouted in Felix's heart.
"If... What if we have gathered together those who are willing to betray Lord Enfield? I find it hard to tell if you pretend to serve faithfully on the face..."
"You're in trouble."
"Is that all?
"You just think it hurts if they betray you"
Isaac also replied only lightly to this question.
Seeing Felix confused, Isaac explains why.
"I would regret being betrayed by such people as Norman, Matt and Tommy. I wonder why they didn't realize it before they betrayed him, before they even thought about it so much. But you're not."
"Is it because the sun is shallow to serve?
"The date doesn't matter. It's a difference of position."
Isaac wanted to tell Felix something clear in order to answer his questions.
"Mr. Felix. You'd hurt if a dog bit you in the hand, wouldn't you? Do you really regret it then?
"No, as bad as I guess the bugs were"
Hearing Felix reply, Isaac nods.
"Exactly. I won't regret it as much as the dog bit me. So what is your position now? I think I'm an abandoned dog who doesn't realize my owner dumped me."
"It's..."
Isaac took control by hand of Felix's attempts to argue.
"I believe it is faithful to reward you for your gratitude. Now you are not thankful from the Kingdom of Rockwell. If you don't realize that and do all you can for your country, it's not anger or remorse. You'll learn pity. You won't regret being betrayed by someone like that. The damage will hurt."
"I see..."
(Shit. Did they hit the lead?)
Felix regrets his failure.
Had I not listened to Isaac, I would have gathered those who pledged allegiance to the Kingdom of Rockwell because I do not know what will happen in the future.
If one day it becomes war, you can assassinate Isaac.
But they stabbed me in the nail first.
That's in the worst possible way, too.
If they say so far, you can't betray Isaac.
Because Felix also has pride.
Besides, Isaac's words make sense.
- Why do you do your loyalty when you were dumped by the state first?
Felix did not question his loyalty to the country.
Because that was the normal thing to do, and it wasn't like questioning.
But Isaac tells me to question it.
"Why do we need to be loyal to the royal family until we are sacrificed?".
I thought it was for the country, for the family, but the country betrayed me.
The family says Isaac will take it on.
More and more, I don't know which side I'm on.
Plus, if you're called a "loyal dog," you can't live like a "dog" scorned anyway.
If you're going to defend the pride of the Count Ford family, it even seems like you should pledge allegiance to Isaac and show him how well he works.
"My..., what do they think of my abilities? Do you think I should just use my connections?
That's why I wondered how Isaac valued himself.
To be needed for real, you must first show yourself in action.
I knew that, but I really wanted to know what the evaluation was at this stage.
"I think you have a pretty high standard of competence. When you pulled out of Sonicroft, you were putting the army together, right? If Marshal Ford was killed in action, it wouldn't be strange if the soldier's morale dropped and he escaped. But I have never heard of deserters becoming bandits within the kingdom of Fatil. You can appreciate him as a top commander just in that he made the retreat without sending deserters in that situation."
"You're buying it expensive"
"That's why I asked for guidance from Matt and the others. It wouldn't be a job left to those who think it's useless, would it?
- It was highly valued by Isaac.
That fact shakes Felix's heart in a big way.
I begin to seriously intend to carry out my orders.
"If you seriously move to recruit talent, a cross spear may come in from the Kingdom of Rockwell. To those who persuaded him, 'Don't go to the Reid Kingdom. Stay in the country' could also be enforced. What should I do in that case?
"We're handing over the acquisition funds in case that happens. Please exchange the contract and give me the payment. That would prove that you were under my command. If you want to come out of the way after you've made up your mind, talk to the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Lead. They'll protest."
"But... it is also possible that the people of the Kingdom of Rockwell will be told what the Kingdom of Rockwell can do on its own..."
"For that, didn't you take the word from Uncle Collins"
"Ah!"
Felix remembered his conversation with Uncle Collins.
- If you are working of your own free will, the laws of the Kingdom of Lead shall apply.
- ratify the conventions concluded in respect of them.
I thought it was a play to surprise myself and Uncle Collins then, but I didn't even think it was a fabric stone for pulling out.
Wrap your tongue around Isaac's readiness.
"It was the ambassador who made a public statement in front of His Majesty Elias as well as the head of the government and army. You can't override it. The words of the ambassador in public bear the same weight as those of His Majesty Garrett."
Hearing calm Isaac's words, Felix gets palpitated.
(Well, I didn't know why I raided the civilian predecessor Marquis Welrod... Is this what happened?)
Regardless of the battlefield, there is no winning in the political arena.
- From only one ruin, it destroys the country.
If you feel this fear, you will have your hands on the assassination.
I felt like my great-grandfather, who was said to be a famous general, had found out for the first time why he had let him attack Jude, a civilian.
But at the same time, I was delighted.
It's needed by so many big men.
The thought of "I want to test my powers under this man" creeps me up.
It was a thought I didn't feel when I was in the Kingdom of Rockwell.
- Not appreciated by the master he was serving, but by the revenge of his mother and great-grandfather.
Felix was also savoring the irrationality of the world.