"You're going to keep waiting for a long ti, Lily," the Duchess replied with a gentle smile that enjoyed this casual conversation.
The Duchess snapped her fingers again to take out the rapier, a symbol of the highest power able to hold all the control of the Duke's power into her magical storage.
After the Duke died and the power of the Duke's territory was under the Duchess's control, I now understood why the Duchess offered a marriage proposal to her son.
As a normal noblewoman who understood the political situation in the Aurora Kingdom, marriage to one of the Duchess' sons would give the bride's family great influence in the political world.
With the second largest military power and jurisdiction after the royal family, the Duchess's family was the second most powerful force that could put several noble families of the Aurora Kingdom in danger.
By rejecting the offer given by the Duchess, I had brought another path of cooperation that did not involve the political marriage status that had happened in my childhood. A sense of disgust for the existence of n who looked like losers in my eyes, especially if it ca from a noble who could do nothing and only relied on their parents' achievents.
"Isn't that going to happen in a few months?" I replied with a smile to the Duchess.
"How about we hostile each other in this noble war season that happens once every ten years, wouldn't it be fun when we et each other on the battlefield but... just show-off?" I continued, making the Duchess laugh.
"Hahaha!! What kind of war is that? We'll be in an awkward situation when the war season is over, Lily," replied the Duchess.
"It can't be helped, I also want to at least relax after Marquess Roml's territory is surrounded by noble families who have defected as opposition. You know about this, right?"
"Of course I know, that's why I volunteered to keep Earl Timoti's family out of the upcoming war season. They will focus on securing one of the neutral noble families that doesn't follow the two factions in the Aurora Kingdom. I'm also sure that Marquess Roml's family doesn't want to get disturbed by Earl Timoti's family either, right?"
As if reading the good relationship between Marquess Roml and Earl Timoti correctly, I felt a strong pressure given by the Duchess in terms of reading future tactics.
The accurate and precise prediction technique seed to direct her gaze at to be free to do anything when the war season between nobles took place.
"I think my father will be happy to hear this," I replied, without being able to find another answer that could avoid the Duchess' prediction.
"Fufu... I'm good at doing this, you know. You can have fun in silencing those naive opposition noble families, especially with one of the families that has recently been associated with that disgusting group."
The flow of the conversation returned to the heretical sect that had deceived the Duke's family until he died on the battlefield.
"If only I had another power that could move to hunt them down, it would be very helpful," continued the Duchess with a small murmur.
Hearing the Duchess's babble that muttered like that, I gave a smile that answered her wish.
"I think that's happening right now," I replied with a smile towards the Duchess.
By pouring out my magical energy that ca from the Goddess of Destruction, I began to show a small part of the Monarch's power and showed a cherry blossom crown that began to float above my head.
"One of the people I trust is hunting them down, you don't have to worry about this heretical sect anymore," I said while showing a cherry blossom crown filled with magical energy that ca from the Goddess of Destruction.
Drrrtttt...
Bzzzzttt...
As the cherry blossom petals floated above my head, the cursed Odachi beside vibrated as if receiving a call from .
That made so of the Duchess's guards hesitate to remain vigilant or remain calm.
"Ah, so I see. It seems we have the sa enemy and goal," the Duchess replied in a tone that sounded happy.
"With the sa enemy and goal as this. I can be relieved to wait patiently for your presence in my territory, Lily."
"Make sure you bring so people you can trust in my territory because the law of the jungle of the strong who rule still adheres there."
I seed to get a confession that my words were in line with the enemy that the Duchess was facing.
Snap...
With a snap of her fingers once again, I could see a cape with the symbol of the Duchess family in front of .
"I will hand this over to you first. Don't forget to wear this when you are in my territory. This is a trump card that can be used to escape the law's clutches in killing soone legally," said the Duchess with a creepy smile on her face.
While handing the cape from her hand to , a creepy smile made hesitate a little in accepting the cape that was in the Duchess's hand.
However, my body did not seem to reject the cape given by the Duchess until it wear tightly to my body, which was in Monarch of Holy Destruction mode like this.
Swaapprrr...
Syyuuttt...
By tying so cute knots, I felt like I was being made up by the Duchess herself until this cape was attached to my body, which was sitting relaxed in front of her.
"Ah, it suits you, Lily."
"If only my daughter dared to learn so sword technique like you, maybe all my daughters would look like this."
After the Duchess put a cape on my body, I imdiately stood up and looked at my reflection in one of the mirrors. The purplish black cape was decorated with a large Duke family crest as if giving a threat to those who saw it.
Sohow, this felt right with the black military uniform that I was wearing. A fitting combination to show my position, which was much higher than the low-ranking military in the Duke's territory.
"Not bad either," I comnted after seeing myself looking good in this cape.
"Yes, it does suit you. It's a good thing I prepared this beforehand after finding out that Lily has light brown skin like this," the Duchess replied with a complint that made smile a little when I heard it.
I then began to remove the cape that the Duchess had given and folded it neatly before handing it to Mio.
Just as I was tidying up the cape that the Duchess had given , the door of my room was opened by Mio and several other Maids who were helping Mio bring in so small cake snacks.
Without a knock and a respectful greeting from Mio, I felt like I was getting a cold attitude from Mio, who seed to still be sulking at .
Takataka...
Trreett...
While pushing the trolley filled with food and a teapot that was emitting white smoke at the end, I felt like I was getting pressure from Mio, who was sulking at .
"Lily-sama, I have brought warm tea according to your request," said Mio while staring at the small table filled with newspapers about what had happened in the Duke's territory.
While Mio was reading one of the news headlines that showed the current condition of the Duke's territory, the Duchess suddenly snapped her fingers to tidy up the small table in front of neatly.
"It seems like a good ti to relax for a mont, doesn't it, Lily?" said the Duchess with a gentle smile.
Mio, who was still sulking, suddenly felt that she was being impolite to the Duchess, which made Mio imdiately show her respect to the Duchess by bowing and calming down her sulking attitude towards .
With the help given by the Duchess, I seed to be helped by her because she had made Mio act more respectfully towards her without tarnishing the good na of the Marquess Roml family.
With a calm attitude and providing the best service, Mio began to place two cups of tea on the small table and poured warm tea from her teapot.
Pyyuurr...
While pouring tea from her teapot elegantly and gracefully, I could see Mio's seriousness as she tried to stay calm after she sulked at .
I self who was still in the Monarch of Holy Destruction mode, returned to my usual form, which was too relaxed in judging the situation. By suppressing my magic energy as a Monarch of Holy Destruction, I began to enjoy the aroma of the warm tea that Mio was pouring into my teacup.
Pyuurrr...
Several Maids also provided services according to their respective duties, although they were still trembling with fear after what the Duchess had done earlier.
So of them worked skillfully without making any mistakes, considering the Duchess's noble title, which was much higher than the civilians in the Aurora Kingdom.
In between this free ti, I also received a report from Aiko, who seed to have obtained so information from her infiltration.
[ Supre Commander, it seems like the situation has gone haywire. Especially with the royal family suddenly getting involved in the hunt for the secret sect that worships the Goddess of Destruction. ]
[ Does that an the newly ford sect will also be hunted? ]
[ Don't they worship the Goddess of Destruction, too? ]
Hearing the report given by Aiko, it seems like I should speak in the Soul Ta communication channel to avoid the suspicion of the Duchess, who is in front of .
[ It seems so, Aiko. Is there any other information that you managed to obtain? ]
[ There is so information related to the Earl Timoti family, who will be present as witnesses in the war between nobles. ]
[ Why does a war between nobles like this involve witnesses from the faction supporting the noble family? ]
[ I don't understand that either, Commander. Especially with Earl Timoti's family status as a military family in the Aurora Kingdom. It seems like they did this so that there would be no cheating between the opposition faction and the faction supporting the royal family. ]
[ It's a stupid-sounding rule, especially after several opposition noble families have surrounded the neutral noble faction. ]
[ About that, it seems like several neutral noble families have received invitations to join the opposition faction or the royal family faction before the noble war season started, Commander. ]
When I got Aiko's answer, several threads connected.
Now I realized why there were so many noble families joining the opposition faction around us. It was because they clearly wouldn't get any additional military support when acting as neutral noble families.
Compared to working alone, they would be better off joining the safer opposition faction.
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