Volume 1 Chapter 3 Part 3

「When a Mage enters  the Magic Academy, they are completely cut off from their family, and if they do not hail from one, then they become an adopted child of one of the Mage families and are given the right to use the family name of the family to which their adoptive parents belong. The Meletes family is a famous one, since Lord Zeias, the current head of the family is a member of the Sage Committee. 」

「As long as my father is on Lady Marine’s side, the Factory Alliance will never lose. 」

 

Siluca said with a glowing expression. It felt like it was the first time Theo had seen such an expression on her face.

 

「Are you sure about that? 」

Moreno said in amazement.

 

「Even though the Factory Alliance has a clear advantage, no one knows what the future holds. Even in legends of old it is told that the mightiest of thunderstorms can be caused by something as insignificant as a flap of a butterfly’s wings. That is why I think that we should not be taking the Factory Alliance’s advantage for an absolute, since it might fall apart at any moment. 」

 

 

「It’s true that we don’t know what might happen in the future, but for now the Factory Alliance is more advantageous, and I agree with that statement because it is not wishful thnking, but an objective fact. 」

 

Lassic said while staring at Siluca and Moreno from the corner of his eye as he puured himself yet another mug of beer.

 

「In other words, there is no choice for us for now but to fight so as not to ruin our relationship with the Factory Alliance. However, am I correct in assuming that we are going to keep this attitude even if there appeared a Lord who would try to take advantage of my absence an d try to steal my territory or my Crest from me? 」

 

「That’s right. 」

 

Siluca nodded strongly.

 

「And you are still going to insist on that even after having us join you? 」

 

Moreno said while shrugging his shoulders.

 

「Well, it is certainly better than not being a part of this plan at all, wouldn’t you agree? 」

 

Lassic burst out laughing.

 

「That’s  certainly right… 」

Moreno let out another deep sigh.

 

「There are only four Lords who rule only one village around my territory. They have a deep relationship with the original Lord of my territory, and are dissatisfied with my father’s inheritance of his Crest and territories. They will probably come together to attack me once they see the opportunity presenting itself to them. 」

 

「I guess so… 」

 

For Moreno, things were moving according to Siluca’s expectations, but the other party thinks that they are trying to expand their territory under the guise of the coalition, so it was a rather natural turn of events  for her to take the initiative while  the potential enemies were still not ready to make their move.

 

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As expected, things moved exactly as Siluca predicted them to move.

 

Working under the pretext of wanting to claim back the territory that Lassic’s predecessor had taken from the original Lord, the four Lords each led dozens of soldiers and mobilized their forces in order to attack him. Two of the four Lords claimed to be related to the original Lord and to have the legitimate territorial rights for Lassic’s territory.

 

Needless to say, Siluca was very happy when she heard the news about that.

 

「If they attack you for that reason, then you are going to be able to move freely as well, Lord Lassic. 」

if their enemies were claiming that they want to free Lassic from subservience to Theo, Siluca would have no choice but to fight with Theo’s forces alone. In that case, she would need to put a burden on Irvin and Aishela again because of the large difference in strength between the two opposing forces. However, if the purpose of the enemy is to take the territory of Lassic and claim it for themselves under a bunch of pretext claims, then it was rather going to be a battle that concerned Lassic himself.

 

With the circumstances being the way they were, Theo joined forces with Lassic and the army made of their combined soldiers faced the four Lords in battle which was quickly settled.

 

One of the Lords of the enemy side was killed in battle, two were captured alive, and the other fled from his territory after suffering a humiliating defeat.

 

Lassic was the one to kill the enemy Lord, so in accordance with the customs of war he was the one to claim his crest for himself. As for the two Lords that survived the battle, one offered to become Lassic’s subordinate Lord and his offer was accepted, while Theo took the Crest of the other one by force and banished him from his former territory afterwards.

 

Then, after the battle was all over Lassic went around the territories of the Lords whom they have defeated and requisitioned all of their respective castles for himself. With his original ambition of territorial expansion driving him forward, Lassic’s movements were swift and precise.

 

With this, the four villages were added as Theo’s new territory, and while he was still far from reaching his goal of becoming a Viscount, it did not change the fact that he has quickly become a force to be reckoned with in both Selvis and Clovis.

 

Siluca sent messengers to the neighboring Lords to reiterate that Theo was justified in seizing the land of House Medrick, since Mesut Medrick was the one who violated the agreement first, and she also made it a point to remind all of them that Lassic David’s father had inherited the land from the previous Lord in a perfectly legal manner.

Regarding the battle with the four Lords that they have just emerged victorious from, her official stand on that matter was that it was the four Lords who wanted to take Lassic’s territories for themselves were entirely at fault, and that Theo’s assistance to Lassic helped solidify the master-servant relationship between the two. She also told them that neither Theo nor Lassic wanted to expand their territory, but instead wanted to reconcile with King Selvis and King Clovis.

 

With Lasik’s approval, Siluca decided to send Moreno to negotiate with King Selvis. The ulterior motive of them doing that was to attempt to cover up the natural barrier erected from them wanting to join the Fantasia Union instead of The Factory Alliance and to recognize the current territory and independence of Theo.

 

However…

 

「It’s going to be a difficult negotiation… 」

 

Moreno seemed reluctant when he came back and made his report.

 

「King of Sevlis, Viscount Nabir Gerje is a Lord who can be best described as the one with a rather violent temper, so naturally, whenever his emotions get the better of him, which happens pretty often, he gets even more stubborn than he usually is, to the point of becoming unpredictable and uncontrollable. There are even rumors flying around that he killed his first wife for some trivial reason. It’s true that what he desires is  complete control over Selvis, so naturally the fact that one of the neighboring Lords would go and declare his independence did not sit all that well with him, and that might just throw a wedge in our plans. 」

 

Moreno described his meeting with the King of Selvis, but it was apparent that this encounter of his was not a good one. According to him, King of Selvis does not seem to like Mages in general, and to add fuel to the fire, he also seemed to have been offended by how lighthearted and easygoing Moreno’s personality was.

 

 

 

「I have heard the rumors about him myself, but who would have thought that he would really turn out to be that kind of person? 」

 

Siluca thought about it for a while, and then she presented another idea to Moreno.

 

「I see… 」

 

Hearing Siluca’s proposal, Moreno nodded in agreement.

 

「I will try to implement the first plan as much as possible, but is it going to be okay for me to switch to the second one if the first one does not work out?」

 

「Yes, should it come to that, then I will leave that decision to you, Moreno-senpai. 」

 

Siluca sent Moreno off with a smile.

 

Soon after that, almost as if he was coming precisely to become Moreno’s replacement, Saturus, who has been tenaciously continuing his negotiations with the King of Clovis, also returned to the castle while bearing the news that he has managed to convince the King of Clovis to form a secret agreement in which the king would acknowledge Theo’s possession of Mesut Medrick’s Crest and his lands and him being an independent Lord.

 

 

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