A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

229 – Post-War, Behind-the-Scenes Transactions (2)

Change the name.

Change the symbol by having a new name instead of the previous name.

It’s a bit hard to just copy the empire’s methods, but it’s more effective than you might think.

Barcelona.

The reason why ‘Barcel’ remains in the Marquisate of Barcel is because it is still a nostrum.

If it had become an imperial territory, the city name would have been changed to imperial style, but I decided to keep the name of the city as Barcelona.

“Is this okay?”

“No way.”

“Right?”

Sir Robert tilted his head as he looked at the word Barcelona newly engraved on the map.

“The Marquis de Barcel became a family of traitors.”

“Okay.”

“Lady Ertrand is spewing out information from the Morganian intelligence department.”

“That’s right.”

“Then it wouldn’t be more correct to leave out the word Barcelona and call it ‘Rona’ or ‘Grey Rona’?”

“I’m not the type of person who names myself after a city or a country.”

That’s the Habsburg emperor’s preference.

“It’s like adding a word from the name of a traitor family, but wouldn’t there be a waste of tax money by creating a new map or changing the name?”

“Uhm…”

“All you have to do is add ‘rona’ at the end.”

“Considering that we are also updating the coloring, I don’t think it would be a bad idea to just create a new map.”

The map of the Kingdom of Nostrum has changed.

As the Marquis of Barcels was incorporated into Gibraltar, the land was transferred to Gibraltar, but the part marked on the map needed to be modified.

Marquis of Gibraltar.

And the Barcelona district located under the marquisate.

You can use the existing map as is by changing the Count to Marquess and adding Rona after Barcel.

Some people might think it’s ugly and make a new one, but…

“Sir Robert.”

“Yes, master. I am ready to attack you at any time.”

“Are you going to tell me the answer right away?”

“…I can guess up to 300 points?”

“Okay, Viscount de Madrid. You’ve officially become a nobleman, so take a guess. Why do you think it’s Barcelona?”

“Because there is no need to create a new map. There may be a situation where a new map of Nostrum needs to be created within at least one year, or even three years.”

“That’s the correct answer. I’ll give you 495 points.”

“Where did the 5 points come from?”

“It’s not because it’s at least one year, but because it’s ongoing.”

I pointed to the map of the Kingdom of Nostrum spread out in my office.

“The names on the map will change every month from now on.”

“…I thought I was going to waste my budget by making something new every month.”

“No. I need to save my budget as much as possible right now.”

I wiped the fork I had left on the table for a snack with a napkin and then threw it at the map.

“How difficult it is to make a map.”

Barcelona.

The fork was stuck exactly on the word Marquis.

“It may be difficult to make it once, but isn’t mass production easy? If you use the imperial printing technology.”

“It’s time to save the budget that goes into each production.”

“Well, are you going to make war weapons?”

“Uh.”

I picked up the second fork.

“We won the territory war, and we will continue to win against Nostrum in the future, but the problem is who we have to deal with after that.”

“…If Nostrum is not the enemy, then what?”

“It’s okay. There are no listening devices or anything like that here.”

Just throw it towards the end of the map.

“An empire is an empire no matter how much the class system has become obsolete. When the emperor declares ‘we will go to war,’ the entire country immediately enters a wartime system.”

“I don’t understand. The emperor has been treating you like that until now…Ah.”

“What if Gray Gibraltar and Nostrum are viewed separately?”

The place where the fork is stuck is beyond the Gibraltar Gorge.

“From the Empire’s perspective, it is possible to push out Nostrum, regardless of Gibraltar’s intentions.”

“…”

“Why? Of course, because Nostrum keeps trying to mess with Gibraltar.”

“Even though you became a marquis?”

“We are building up a large territory by capturing Barcelona, and we even have a weak point against many nobles.”

I raised the blade of my hand and aimed it at my neck.

“Inspection Department.”

“…”

“And once you’ve sharpened the blade in the first place, there’s no reason not to sharpen it again, right?”

Lower the hand that was pretending to slit your throat.

“On the outside, I can’t bear to say anything. Because I have overwhelming force.”

Only three officially known masters.

Although there is still room for disagreement as to whether Gray Gibraltar is a master, everyone estimates that he is at least at the level of a senior knight.

“From the nobles’ point of view, the choice has now become one of two. Strictly speaking, there may be several branches within it, but… “

“Grey or Naria?”

“Exactly.”

Will you follow Gray Gibraltar and stand on the side of Gibraltar or the Empire?

Will you follow Naria Geo Nostrum and be with the kingdom?

“Either way, St. Geo Nostrum is over. “The nobles are not idiots.”

Everyone knows.

“You abandoned your knight commander like a devoted friend. Who would follow someone like that?”

The person who started the territory war was Knight Commander Zeros Barcel, but who was the one who really tried to step on Gibraltar with Zeros Barcel at the forefront?

“Even if you follow, at least it will be full of anxiety. Anxiety that you don’t know when the string will fall, and you don’t know when you will be abandoned and killed.”

All the nobles know.

Even though the Territory War ended with Gibraltar’s victory, those who follow Saint Geo Nostrum will walk the same path as Zeros Barcel.

“Who on earth should we follow? That will be decided through the first ‘meeting’ today.”

Marquis Castle entrance.

The place where we made hundreds of corpses has been cleaned up cleanly, but the red blood that seeped through the marble bricks still remains, giving the road a slightly sinister vibe.

“The next queen has arrived.”

From noble mtl dot come

On the road, I am looking up at the writing after getting off in her carriage.

There is no crown on her head, but a red cloak is fluttering.

“Sir Robert, come and meet me personally.”

“Isn’t it already too late? You’re just coming in.”

“…Anyway.”

I leisurely drank somnus tea.

“The ability to act alone is truly endless.”

After the Territory War.

Saint Geonostrum simply ran away and declared, ‘Anyway, it’s Zeroth’s fault’ and she did nothing.

But after that.

The Marquis de Barcel was sent to the execution ground for deceiving and humiliating the royal family.

The Marquis of Barcelona was incorporated into Gibraltar to be administered as Barcelona.

Elevate Gibraltar to marquisate.

Furthermore, he bestowed the title of earldom on Gray Gibraltar, the temporary governor of Barcelona, which could be said to be the protectorate, so that Gibraltar would not leave Nostrum.

That was not St. Geo’s action.

Naria Geo Nostrum.

The accident was caused by his father, and his daughter took care of everything.

Next, as queen.

* * *

A little while later, the Gold Castle reception room.

“I salute you, Your Majesty.”

“…”

A living room with no one except Naria sitting across from me.

Naria took out a magic tool like a black rose from her arms and lightly tapped her ears, flowing mana into her magic stone.

Our signature.

“There is no eavesdropping. There is no voyeurism.”

“Then.”

“Don’t lie down.”

“Tsk.”

Naria immediately tried to lie down on her side of the sofa, but she soon straightened her back again and puffed out her cheeks.

“You kept putting her back up in an uncomfortable way the whole time. Are you not even in a more comfortable position?”

“You didn’t come here to talk comfortably in the first place.”

“Even if the topic is serious, isn’t it possible to talk about it more comfortably? I heard His Excellency the Grand Duke and the 12 ministers sometimes drew up budgets while drinking at a round table.”

“I wasn’t talking about getting that comfortable, but don’t lie down. Your clothes will get wrinkled.”

“Well, then.”

Naria took off her military boots and put both legs on the desk.

“It’s a bit more comfortable now. …Are you doing this for Astasia as well?”

“Astasia doesn’t put her bare feet on the desk like this.”

I placed the thick cushion next to her sofa under Naria’s feet.

You can also call it a habit, it’s just a consideration that you’ve become accustomed to.

“You’re arrogant. Gray, you’re probably the only one who says that.”

“Well, I thought you were saying behind my back that a princess who wasn’t even an adult was acting arrogantly as if she was already a queen because she had somehow intervened in Gibraltar?”

“At least not to your face.”

Naria lifted her arms and lightly shrugged her shoulders.

“And where can I get a little arrogance? Gibraltar was so enraged that it almost became an imperial territory, so I resolved the situation by making her her successor.”

“Is that correct? You just ate everything we prepared?”

“I prepared the documents and stamped the approval.”

“Then I admit it.”

Naria stretched out her hand and nodded her head, but I responded by just raising her thumb.

“Tsk.”

“Where did you try to make physical contact?”

“You have to clap your hands to make a sound.”

“Women’s hands only hold Astasia and her family her her her.”

“Aren’t I family? I guess I’m just an older sister who isn’t related by blood.”

“Even if we have to give in 100,000 times and have that kind of relationship, we should at least call ourselves younger sisters and not older sisters.”

“Gray Brother.”

“…”

It truly sent goosebumps down her spine.

“Are you crazy?”

“I have a favor to ask.”

“No, don’t do it. You can ask, but please stop mentioning the word ‘brother.'”

“Then what about you?”

“If you want to be ‘treasonous’, go ahead and do it.”

Hehe.”

Naria giggled and played with her own lips.

“Gray Count of Gibraltar, Governor of Barcelona.”

“I still have the castle of Gibraltar, I’m not the Count of Barcelona, and there’s something wrong with using the word governor in itself…”

“The important thing is that you have taken a position as the general manager of this place, and I have become the one who manages this place.”

“…”

Currently.

The person who can be said to be my superior is Naria Geo Nostrum.

“Thank you. What I said back then has come true.”

“At that time?”

“He said he would make me a queen.”

Naria drew a large circle over her own head.

“Queen without a crown.”

“There can’t be two suns in the sky, right?”

“Then it is called the moon.”

“Is the moon also gold?”

“Sometimes it sparkles gold. Especially in the dark night sky.”

“For now… “

“A time when the sun sets, the moon rises, and both east and west are visible in the same sky.”

Naria Geo Nostrum.

“But soon the sun will set and darkness will come. Night.”

“Are you having a hard time these days? You express all your emotions like that.”

“…Dealing with nobles who only talk about political rhetoric.”

“I’m quite good at that too.”

“Is dealing with Gray the same as dealing with the idiots who followed your father?”

Current position she holds.

Orosol Academy Student Council President, Patriotic Club President, Nostrum Kingdom Internal Affairs Executive Committee Member, ’13’ Minister and Round Table Prime Minister-

Queen.

Saint Geonostrum is king.

Naria Geo Nostrum is also king.

“As queen, this is an order.”

Nostrum now has two thrones.

“Get engaged. Let’s do it now, Earl of Gibraltar.”

“…”