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The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road Chapter 103

 The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road Chapter 103

I returned to Rainpol and visited the family mansion first, accompanied by Yumir for the return report.

“Our youngest is back!” Sister Julia hugs me tightly. 

Behind her, mother breathes a sigh of relief. The twins, Elsie and Chelsea, who have just started running around actively, look at me intently while sucking their fingers.

“Sister, I understand how you feel, but please let go soon.”

“Okay. Now! Yumir too!”

Sister hugs Yumir as well. Yumir accepts the hug with a bitter smile.

“Mother, is brother Max here?”

“Yes, he is. Max seems to have been waiting for your return too. But why are you so late? I heard from Bannings that arrangements were made for the cadets to return first…”

“Just because. Since I was there anyway, I looked around the area briefly. This is a gift.”

I handed mother the brooch I bought in Arandal. There were also toys for the twins.

When I shook the toys, the kids laughed loudly and went crazy.

Meanwhile, brother Max appeared, having sensed my presence.

“Ars! You’re back.”

Brother Max’s expression was, how should I say it? He looked happy, but also seemed to fear something.

“I have a lot to say, but you should rest first, right? After you’ve rested, come to my room. I have something urgent to discuss.”

“If it’s that, let’s do it right away. I rested enough on the way here by carriage.”

“Really? Then… Come to the study.”

Papers were messily scattered in the study. Brother Max awkwardly smiled while roughly tidying up.

I looked around and asked, “Where’s father?”

“Father is in Ribel with Miller and Ferge. He’s supervising the restoration work.”

Ribel was still our property. Recently, the restoration work has been progressing smoothly, and some of the domain residents here who were homesick have returned to Ribel.

Ribel was set to be managed by the second son, brother Miller, who would branch out. In other words, it would become the Elaine Barony under the control of the branch family.

“Do you think we can save the residents?”

“Probably. The west still hasn’t healed from the wounds of the war with Madon. There seems to be quite a number of poor and wandering people. Once the restoration progresses to some extent, they say they’ll encourage such people to settle.”

“I see. If it’s restored, I’d like to go see it once.”

It is my hometown after all.

“More importantly, Ars.”

Brother Max seemed to want to get to the main point, carefully choosing his words.

“How much military merit did you achieve in this war?”

“Pardon?”

“No, I know about your activities as Wade. I heard about it. But…”

Brother Max scratched his head and showed me something.

It looked like letters from somewhere. I glanced at one and it was about a marriage proposal.

More than ten such letters had arrived.

“I wonder what kind of achievements you made for marriage proposals to pour in for Ars, not Wade.”

“Ah…”

I had an inkling.

There was talk that post-war reports would be important as this war was also a place to test and evaluate the cadets.

Rumor has it that the king himself will read the post-war reports and give commendations.

And those post-war reports were written by senior officers.

Setting aside General Ironheart who knows my identity, it seems that the surviving close aides of Delbadova gave me a high evaluation.

“A little. There was a situation where I had to step up.”

“I see.”

Brother Max held his forehead.

“You’re not planning to accept these, right?”

“Yes, I have no intention of a political marriage. I’m sorry.”

The reason I’m apologizing is because while I’m the one not accepting, it’s the family that has to refuse.

“Huu! All the families that sent marriage proposals are of higher status than us, so I don’t even want to imagine how they’ll react if we refuse.”

“I’ll take care of that part to some extent.”

If I put pressure on Duke Hellian, at least the noble families of the Hellian faction won’t make proposals to me.

The problem was the Saleon faction.

‘There is a way to solve this part too, but…’

I could proceed with a marriage proposal with Erina.

If it becomes public knowledge that a marriage proposal is proceeding with the Saleon Duke family, the nobles belonging to the Saleon faction will withdraw their proposals on their own.

‘But that might make the situation much more troublesome.’

There’s also the issue of the fiancée mother mentioned, and I have a feeling Estelle will cause a fuss too.

That’s when brother Max suggested branching out as an avoidance strategy.

“Ars, I was thinking, how about you branch out on this occasion?”

If I branch out, the burden on the family will be less. Because I become the subject of refusal.

However, to branch out, I need land to manage.

“So I was thinking, how about you branch out and stay in Ribel?”

“No. That would be too unfair to brother Miller.”

“Miller would gladly agree.”

“It seems so, but it’s okay. If it’s about branching out, there are other ways.”

Fortunately, the stage was set for that.

* * *

After finishing my consultation with brother Max, I decided to start making my return reports in earnest.

First was my master’s mansion.

“Ars!”

My master hugged me excitedly.

Geez. Everyone I meet keeps hugging me, I’m starting to feel embarrassed.

“Haha…. I’m back.”

“Yes, welcome back. It seems… Your results were sufficient.”

Saying that the energy flowing from me had become more refined, my master smiled brightly.

I wanted to use this opportunity to ask about my master’s place of origin, but seeing her swollen belly, I gave up.

I didn’t want to bring up unnecessary topics right before she was due to give birth. I decided to bring that up after the birth, when things settled down. It wasn’t urgent anyway.

After exchanging greetings like that, I left to let her spend some intimate time with Anton and headed to where Gaspar was.

Gaspar, who was in charge of city security, was training new guards at the time.

There was nothing strange about that, but.

“…Huh?”

One of those new guard recruits looked familiar.

“Hiyah!”

A boy knocking down another guard, seemingly in a sparring match. It was Aggert.

“Heheh! You old men are weaklings! I took you all down in one go!”

From the circus troupe to mercenary work, and now a city guard. It seems he’s still doing anything that pays. Aggert suddenly noticed my face and widened his eyes.

“Oh! Pretty boss! What brings you here?”

At this, Gaspar seemed to notice me too.

I gave Gaspar a look to play along, then addressed Aggert.

Aggert rounded his mouth upon learning that I was Lord of Rainpol’s younger brother.

“Come to think of it, I think Uncle Dilas mentioned something like that.”

“But what are you doing here?”

“Huh? Making money of course! I still need to pay back 1 million sillan to get out of slavery. They said they’d deduct 10,000 sillan a day if I work here. With room and board provided, there’s no better place.”

“I see…. Be careful. I heard the guy in charge here has a nasty temper.

“You mean Master Gaspar?”

“What, what? Master?”

At this, Gaspar cut in with a sly smile.

“This weak fellow calls me that on his own. He was cheeky, so I roughed him up a bit and he became obedient. Well, he shows promise, so I’ve been teaching him swordsmanship in my spare time.”

“Hehehe.”

Aggert laughed like an idiot, then.

“But how does the pretty boss know Master Gaspar?”

“Just because. We live in the same city, so we run into each other sometimes.”

“I guess that’s true! More importantly, pretty boss! Have a sparring match with me! I want to face that Chester-whatever style too!”

“Sorry, but I don’t have time right now. Let’s do it next time. Gaspar, would you join me for a bit?”

I started walking with Gaspar, with no particular destination in mind.

During that time, Gaspar chattered frivolously, but at some point, a natural silence fell.

Realizing from this meaningful silence that I hadn’t called him for a trivial matter, Gaspar also closed his mouth.

I asked quietly. “…You. Did you know that Master Ilya was from the West?”

Gaspar narrowed his eyes. Then he shook his head.

“No, I didn’t know that much. I only knew that one of Guderian’s disciples was a woman.”

“Did you know that Guderian Chester was from the West?”

“That I knew.”

“…What about him being one of the Three Great Generals?”

At the mention of the Three Great Generals, Gaspar frowned.

“Three Great Generals? That Guderian?”

“So you didn’t know.”

“Right. At least when I last met him, I didn’t hear anything about that.”

“When exactly was that?”

“It’s been about 3 years. Well, even if he had been one of the Three Great Generals at that time, he wouldn’t have necessarily brought it up to me.”

This means there’s a possibility he had been one of the Three Great Generals for much longer.

“But I see…. Guderian….”

Gaspar seemed to understand something, as if with a bitter realization.

Before asking the reason, I pressed one more thing.

“Gaspar. Don’t tell me you’re also from the West?”

“The fact that you’re asking means you’ve found out. About the existence of Diellum, the beastkin village in the West.”

“So you too….”

“Coincidentally, no.”

“No?”

“I’ve been to Diellum, but I wasn’t born or raised there. I’ve only been to the West a few times. If you thought I might be a Western spy, I’m afraid that’s not the case.”

“Why?”

“What do you mean, why?”

“Because for a pureblooded beastkin like you, it wouldn’t be strange to have strong connections to Diellum.”

“I can see what kind of prejudice you have…. Well, you’re not wrong. Most pureblooded beastkin are in Diellum now. I’ve received offers from Diellum too. But I had no desire to follow them.”

“…?”

“Because they tried to constrain me and forcibly indoctrinate me. Remember? My motto is to live freely.”

“Yes, well. It was a motto that crumbled quickly.”

“Kahaha! When you put it that way, I have nothing to say. If Yumir had been in Diellum, maybe I’d be there now too. But you know. Without such a reason, I wouldn’t have followed Diellum even if it killed me.” Gaspar speaks as if with contempt. “That place has become corrupted. At first, it was just a refuge for persecuted beastkin. Everyone was desperate to survive. But as their power grew, they started discriminating against and rejecting humans instead. They’ll torture and kill humans from the continent without a second thought if they happen to drift in, even though they’re allied with humans from the West whom they’ll beat half to death when the mood strikes. They don’t need a reason to kill. They already have their justification.”

“The justification that the humans of the continent persecuted them?”

“It’s natural. Ars, beastkin can’t live with their heads held high on this continent, right? They have to live with their heads bowed. Diellum was created as a counterbalance to that. Their anger is as great as the hardships beastkin face on the continent.”

“So in the end, it’s the karma of the Fensillon Empire…?”

It was clear that discrimination against beastkin had intensified since the time of the Fensillon Empire.

“Well, even if you’re of Fensillon blood, you don’t need to take responsibility for that karma. Things will naturally find their place in the end. Whether Diellum is destroyed, or we are. Preferably Diellum’s destruction, of course.”

“Is Guderian Chester a hardliner?”

“No, as far as I know, he was considered an eccentric moderate even within Diellum. You can tell just by the fact that he took Ilya, a human, as his disciple.”

“…”

“But the fact that he ended up becoming one of the Three Great Generals, the vanguard for conquering the continent, means that he eventually agreed with Diellum’s intentions. If you ever have to meet him again, never meet him alone. At the very least, Anton should be with you. Only someone like him could handle Guderian.”

This was about all the information I could get from Gaspar. I could ask my master about the rest.

***

After having dinner with Gaspar, I headed alone to Rutger’s mansion.


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The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road

The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road

Score 9.2
Status: Completed Type: Author: Released: 2022 Native Language: Korean
I ended up possessing Ars Elaine, a supporting character in the game. Struggling to prevent my death, I pave my way.

Comment

  1. Azel says:

    That discrimination is a sound reason. After all, even MC discriminate about the slaves that he refuse to bought and justifying as ‘insult to Yumir’ bs

    MC characters is slowly becoming bad as the chapters goes by…

  2. brendan says:

    stop reading then

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