A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

94 – Seville, a Plague-Polluted City (2)

“Seville is the same every time I visit.”

“It’s a place where nothing will change.”

I arrived at Seville Castle on horseback.

“Where did you come from…Are you here again?”

“Okay.”

“Did anyone else come with you?”

“No. This time, Gray Gibraltar came alone. Please tell me that.”

“…Okay. Have a safe hunting.”

The security guard saw us, did some screening, and then let us through.

One of the guards took a quick look at Robert and left in the direction of the castle, and no one greeted us.

“Don’t you always feel like you seem more uninterested every time you come here, Sir Robert Seville?”

“I’m not from the Seville family, so what’s the meaning of my last name? Sir Mente.”

“But you still have a last name.”

“Isn’t it a stigma, not a castle? Hehe.”

Last name.

A name used to indicate the nobility of lineage.

In the kingdom, only nobles can use surnames, and for commoners to use surnames is a violation and challenge to the caste system.

But Robert has a last name.

It is also a castle in this city, a region called ‘Seville’.

“I’m sorry every time, master.”

“What is there to be sorry about? Even the second time I visited, the handsome Baron of Seville openly ignored me.”

“Well, that is…”

“Now, even though I sent a message saying that he was coming, not a single servant came out. Even though I knew that the Lord was coming with me.”

Knights are usually nobles.

And nobles usually have a ‘surname’.

But not all knights are nobles.

“Really. I wonder if it’s like this for other knights too.”

Most of these problems are due to exceptions occurring.

“A knight who gave me his last name came like this. Even if he only came once a month, how could they be so rude?”

For example, even though he was a commoner, he became a knight because he realized mana and had a talent for swordsmanship.

“Sir Robert.”

Just as past kings of Nostrum selected heroes from among the commoners, commoners can also become knights and nobles.

“It’s on you.”

What kind of person is Robert Seville?

“What does the last name Seville mean?”

I am not from a noble family.

But there is a surname, and it is a surname with the same spelling as Baron Seville.

“Hmm. To me, the surname ‘Seville’ is a marking and a trace.”

Although Robert is proud of his hometown, he has never been proud of his last name, Seville.

“As someone from this region, instead of working as a knight for another family, I was certified as a member of the Seville family.”

In the Empire, the country of origin of livestock products is clearly indicated.

It is a method of accurately revealing which region one is from, and is a kind of quality assurance.

Although knights are not livestock, knights born as commoners are good ‘products’ for their families to sell well on the market.

“Have you ever thought about changing your last name?”

“There are many times when I want to change, but wouldn’t that require paying a lot of money to the Seville family?”

“Whether it’s a penalty or a dowry, all you have to do is find a lady from a family that can pay the money and marry her.”

“You know it’s not easy and it doesn’t mean much.”

If he were to marry a noblewoman one day, he would have to pay a large sum of money to Seville to take away her her last name her and replace it with the family’s last name her her her her.

Penalty?

Dowry?

Purchase price?

There is no term that accurately refers to this situation.

Each family’s situation is different, and I don’t know if they know that it’s shameful to do business like this, but they haven’t created an exact term.

“For me, it’s something I didn’t have anyway, so it doesn’t matter whether it exists or not. It’s a surname that makes me feel proud of my hometown. The problem is…”

“Every time I come here, I don’t get any consideration or support from Baron Seville.”

“I’m sorry.”

“That’s not something you should be sorry for.”

Arrived at the center of the Barony of Seville.

The city is not that big, but it has everything you need, but the cultural facilities you would find in a county were not visible.

“It’s my fault for making him take the line called Gray Gibraltar.”

The same goes for accommodations.

Usually, if there are knights coming from other regions, especially Gibraltar, their family will send someone.

“Thanks to you, I’m glad that I can feel this way again every time I come. Treating ‘me’ poorly means that even the baron sees me as a lost eldest son.”

“Master…”

“The Baron wouldn’t be very happy with you sticking around as a bodyguard for such a person.”

I understand.

I sent him as a knight of the Gibraltar family for a long time, but he continues to be held to Gray and others, not Noir.

“It’s okay. But at least the inn doesn’t overcharge me.”

“It’s because I came here a few times. At first, I was overcharged. My face turned red.”

“Isn’t the reason Kyung blushed more because of your family than the hotel?”

Robert frowned with a sour expression.

“That… “

“It’s okay. At least they don’t say anything in front of me.”

“Instead, when I go home, I get ripped off by my family.”

“Consider that to be a fate that you cannot help but endure as a knight following me.”

I handed Robert a bag full of gold coins.

“Take it in.”

“Master.”

“Why? Too many?”

“It’s a waste, not to mention so many things.”

“Even though you’re giving it to your family?”

“If I give you something like this, your family will swear at you. They don’t even know anything…”

“But if you give me this, there will be less swearing.”

I patted Robert on the back.

“The Whites will prepare the items needed for hunting in the contaminated area, so you can share the news with your family.”

“Excuse me for a moment.”

Robert took the gold coins and left.

He would join us again in the afternoon, but he walked very slowly, as if he didn’t want to go.

“Lord Mente. You will eat with me at the lodgings. You guys… “

“Well, we…”

“…If you have a place where you want, eat separately. It would be inconvenient for me to eat with you.”

“…”

Whirick.

I threw the bag of gold coins to number 36, and number 36, who was wearing an epaulette on his left shoulder, snatched the bag in one go and lowered his head.

“I’ll be back, master.”

Sasasak.

Six people leave at once.

In the end, the only people left were me and Sir Mente.

“Do you know that talking about things like that makes you uncomfortable?”

“But isn’t the effect good?”

I sent a quick glance at the people looking at us from all over the road.

“What did that nobleman usually do to his servants? They all left except for one little boy.”

“…”

“No matter how many times you come, there are many people who don’t know that Sir Mente is still a high-ranking knight. That’s the public’s view.”

Just as they see Lord Mente as a child, they are accustomed to seeing me as an abandoned weapon.

“Still, aren’t you glad? I know the hotel manager as the master of Gibraltar and his escort knight.”

“If it hadn’t been for that, I would have been really angry.”

“I’m glad I didn’t look at it from a different perspective.”

“A different perspective? W-what perspective?”

“Well, I don’t know.”

As expected.

“Brother and youngest sister?”

“…”

In the end, people only understand people based on their appearance, rumors, or temporary impressions.

“Whether it’s mother and son, or if they really want to give in a hundred times and look like lovers.”

I try to keep the discard image, but Sir Mente is not like that.

“If you become a master, your body will grow steadily, so let’s go to the hotel quickly.”

From noble mtl dot come

I headed to the hotel with Lord Mente.

* * *

Robert Seville knows very well what kind of person Gray Gibraltar is.

Before he was 10 years old, Gray was close to a child, although he was proud, but after ‘that day’, Gray Gibraltar was a prepared earl.

“How long are you going to hold on to that rotten rope?

So now, this place was extremely uncomfortable.

“If I’m going to guard it, it will be the guard of Noir Gibraltar, where I learn swordplay directly from the Margrave, tsk tsk.”

“Baron, what brings you here?”

Robert looked through his house

One of the few two-story mansions in the territory.

Her elderly parents are watching in the kitchen, and her younger sister is standing there as if she were a maid.

“Is there any reason why I can’t come here? You old b*stard. Do you think I’ve cost your family over a billion won just because of that?”

Because of this hunched old man, Baron Flambel of Seville, who could be said to be an uninvited guest.

“I thought I was doing well in Gibraltar, but now I’m going around wiping idiots’ behinds… Tsk tsk.”

“This is Gibraltar.”

“What about Gibraltar? What is the meaning of Gibraltar not being able to become a margrave?”

“I regularly report to the Crimson Count of Gibraltar.”

“…”

I am reluctant to use someone else’s authority to oppress the person in front of me.

“Can I convey this message to the Count?”

“Ha, haha. This person… Is telling such a cruel joke.”

However, Count Crimson will not tolerate his son, especially Gray, being ridiculed so carelessly.

“Master Gray is someone who will do something big someday. Why not show him off right now?”

Robert struggled to correct his posture and opened his mouth.

“Isn’t this the kind of person who comes here every time, stays for about a week a month, and spends almost 10 million gold as living expenses?”

“It’s an expedition trip with two adults and six kids, and we’re spending 10 million won like trash.”

“The person who fills his pockets thanks to that away game.”

“Ha. You’re the man of Gibraltar. Are you saying I filled my back pocket with by-products of game? Hmph…!”

Baron Seville stood up roughly and gritted his teeth.

“Don’t forget! No matter where you go in the kingdom, the fact that you signed a vassal contract with me remains the same! Even though you work in Gibraltar…!”

“If you have finished speaking, please go now.”

“You… !”

“I’ll tell Master Gray before I burn all my prey.”

“Tsk… !”

The Baron got irritated and went out.

Without even seeing him off, he kicked the door and left, and Robert looked up at the ceiling for a moment.

“…I’ll just have lunch and then go.”

Although we wear much nicer clothes and eat better food than the family of four who live in a ‘house’ smaller than the living room.

“…I will make a lot of money and see if I can buy a right to immigrate to Gibraltar.”

Today, Robert felt like the clothes his family was wearing were like prison uniforms.

* * *

Night.

The time when the sun sets and darkness comes to the world.

Humans who are not used to darkness cannot see well without light, but this is not the case for animals.

Just as some animals sleep during the day and hunt at night, darkness is a good weapon for hunters.

And for us-

“It looks like everyone is ready.”

Good news.

“Move quietly to the contaminated area.”

Starting with me, Sir Mente, White, and even Sir Robert, who joined late, all are clad in body-hugging gray.

The reason it’s gray instead of black is just my preference.

It’s a piece of clothing that looks like it’s wrapped in bandages, but it’s actually leather armor painted in gray.

“What about the robe?”

“Preparations are complete.”

“Okay. Put it on.”

I received a darker gray robe from number 36 and wrapped it around my body.

“It’s cold, so don’t forget to turn on the warming magic.”

“You’re not turning it on to make it easier to be hunted, are you?”

“There is that too.”

The gray robe doesn’t even have any design, but there is an elaborate magic circle drawn on the inside.

“I’d rather have a demonic beast attack us. Instead of thieves showing up or something like last time.”

The light of the magic stone attached to the front button of the robe sparkles very slightly and activates the warming magic.

“Sir Robert, did you know that? They say snakes have eyes that can tell temperature even in the dark.”

In reality, it’s a little different.

‘Did you say there was some sort of institution?’

It is said that some snakes have a separate organ to recognize body temperature, so I’ll have to look through the Imperial Encyclopedia of Animals and Plants again for more details.

Suddenly a memory comes to mind.

Haha! Snakes have eyes that can detect temperature? Are there any snakes among your ancestors?

-Are you saying to look through the eyes of a snake? How can I see temperature? Really, this is why I come from the empire.

An international student from the empire was humiliated by the kingdom’s nobles while writing and presenting a report on snakes.

“In a world where everything is gray, only the parts with high temperatures appear red.”

“Then we can be seen by the snake right away?”

“That’s right. So if it flies, catch it immediately.”

As we walked and talked about trivial matters, we arrived at a dense forest covered with thick shadows.

“Master. I have something to tell you.”

“What is it?”

In particular, Robert’s mood was cold and subdued.

“If the hunt is successful this time, do you plan to hand over the rest to Baron Seville?”

“For now?”

I pointed to the very large wagon that the Whites had unloaded.

“If you can take it there, you should take it all.”

“The Baron of Seville will like it. Also, Gray Gibraltar doesn’t know the value of these expensive items and is throwing them away.”

“I didn’t even realize I was taking something really expensive.”

I took a peek at the empty sack hanging inside my robe.

“Why. Did something happen?”

“Hmm… “

“You have to tell me what’s going on to know it, and if it becomes a problem, I’ll solve it. You won’t know if you don’t tell me.”

Based on my long experience before regression, I know this problem better than anyone else.

“Say it. Just talking might help.”

“I went to the house to say hello and there was the Baron of Seville.”

“…Hmm.”

“As you were worried, he asked me to change to Master Noir. I didn’t have any good feelings, so I just sent him off bluntly…”

“Didn’t the Baron sound like an arrogant b*stard?”

“I almost came out.”

As expected.

“I see. Well, you understand.”

“…”

“Don’t listen too much to the abusive remarks coming from a soon-to-be-dead man.”

“…Yes?”

I just gave a little spoiler to comfort Robert.

“Ho, are you saying you’re going to kill Baron Seville because of me or something like that…?”

“…Does that sound like that?”

It seems that there was a strong misunderstanding.

“Sir. Baron Seville has a son, right?”

“Yes. He used to be my friend…”

“What is the name of that friend?”

“Gamos. My name is Garmos Seville.”

“I see.”

It’s a familiar name.

“Well, we don’t do assassinations or anything like that. We are nobles of the same Nostrum.”

Because he was a human who ran away to Gibraltar without caring for the citizens even though a plague had spread throughout the territory.

“No assassination. Assassination.”

Even before I became the Margrave, Gamos Seville was the Baron of this Seville fiefdom, and that was when I entered the Academy.

“Because there’s no need for that.”

In other words.

“There is no need to worry about the foolish remarks made by an old man who will soon grow old and die.”

The current Baron of Seville is scheduled to die soon.

“There isn’t one.”

I’m going to die anyway.

“There is no order to go and there is no set date.”

Crumbling.

“If you really want.”

I drew my sword at something shaking in the brush pile ahead.

“It wouldn’t be a bad idea to send it early.”

Kyaaah!

Deeply.

“I’m kind of good at giving gifts that make you feel like your heart is going to drop out of shock because you’re so happy.”

The monster’s heart stopped.