I Reincarnated But Will Try To Live Without Using My Cheat Ability

The day Edmund Rustico’s nominee arrived.

Kiara and I were talking as we waited together.

Kiara looked at me with a ridiculous look.

“Brother, your suspicions of age fraud are now firmly established.”

“I’m sixteen, though …”

Kiara smiles meaningfully.

“If I said that brother is really sixteen, he’d be crazy.”

How did this happen?

I can’t help but sigh.

“That’s a terrible story ……”

Kiara is unperturbed by such a terrible story.

“No. It’d be troubling if Brother doesn’t stay the way he is.”

As she was scratching her head, Mario (Slim) came in.

“Young Master Alfred. The man whom Sir Rustico recommended to you has arrived.”

“Oh, let me see him in the reception room. And …… Mario, have you gone on a diet?”

Mario had a look on his face that said, ‘You’re asking me that?”

Hmm?　Did I do something?

As I was twisting my neck, Kiara stood up with a smile.

“Mario, please show us the way quickly.”

Mario stiffened in panic.

“Y-Yesssssss.”

Then he left with an onomatopoeic sound like in an anime.

“What the hell happened?”

“Well …… I’m sure Mario has a lot of worries.”

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I don’t think you can lose that much weight because of your worries.

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I’m entering the reception room.

There was a man waiting for us, he had a fearless look and looked like an evil father.

He bowed to us in a condescending manner.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you, sir. I’m here on Sir Rustico’s recommendation. I am Charles Rossi.”

I was referring to him.

He was a knight in a place where he had been before the transfer.

He was the one who got the short end of the stick after the previous lord had done something wrong and his domain had been taken away.

A knight whose master has been disgraced has a very narrow shoulders.

Most of the time, they are labeled as incompetent for not being able to protect their lord without even checking the cause.

He was not an obedient knight to begin with, so after his transfer, he was an outsider in the Knights of the House of Scala.

However, he is highly respected by his former subordinates.

We were both seated, but Charles was looking at me as if he was judging me.

“Sir Rossi. Have Sir Rustico given you a general idea of what’s going on?”

“Yes, in a manner of speaking.”

“Then let me ask you again. I would like you to take over as the head of a new order of knights to be established in Ravenna Region.”

“Why did you choose me?”

“Why …… That’s a little hard to answer. It’s because this task would be difficult without Sir Rossi.”

Charles seemed to be teasing.

“Well, that’s a very high opinion of you. Or is it the other way around?”

“I have no intention of failing, you know.”

Charles gave a small snort.

“What do you expect from an incompetent man who could not protect his former lord?”

“It was because the previous lord was incompetent. If you get your strategy wrong, it will be nearly impossible to recover with tactics.”

Charles put his hand on his chin, looking at me as if he was judging me.

“Oh, so I’m not responsible for it ……?”

“Yes.”

“We have no acquaintance and no significant achievements after integration. I’m just complaining to the subordinates of the former Knights …… And you think highly of me for that?”

“I don’t think acquaintance is essential. If you can’t judge a person without seeing his face, you can’t be an aristocrat. It’s just a supplement.”

Charles leaned forward, one lip lifted.

“You have an interesting point of view. But can’t we think of it this way? The royal family has been urging us to develop it. But we haven’t gotten around to it. So, in order to strike a pose, I put my eccentric third son in charge.”

You look as if you’re looking forward to my reaction.

Unfortunately, I’m not going to give you the reaction you’re expecting.

Charles probed me and opened his mouth.

“However, in order to ensure that the third son’s reputation will not be tarnished if he fails, we will put the malcontents under his control. That’s exactly what we’re doing, though …… under the guise of redeeming the malcontents.”

Kiara is blatantly pissed off. 

I see …… I hadn’t thought that far ahead.

I can’t help but scratch my head.

“I see …… That’s one way to look at it. This was careless.”

I think Charles was expecting a reaction.

He looked as if he’d been let down by our lackluster response. 

The condescension that followed was even stronger, though.

“It’s a recommendation from the top, so I can’t turn it down. So if you’re counting on failure, I’ll make sure you fail. However, I don’t want my subordinates to die in vain. If you have a script, I will dance according to it, and I would like you to teach me.”

Kiara got up from her seat and was about to complain, but I stopped her.

“The script? Actually, it’s almost completely blank.”

Charles looked at me like I was a kid and didn’t have a good plan.

“Oh …… No plan?”

“No, it just says that the military will be left to Sir Rossi.”

Charles looked at me as if he didn’t understand a word I was saying.

“For all of them? Excuse me, but are you insane?”

“Of course I am. If I’m not, I wouldn’t be doing something so simple and troublesome as developing a territory.”

Charles looked puzzled.

I think he was confused because his image of me was not what he expected.

“Why do you trust me so completely?”

Finally, you’re listening to me.

I leaned forward.

“It’s your popularity to your men. If you’re just a grumbler, you won’t get the best men. Sir Rossi’s men are good enough, and they will never do anything to harm the people. With such subordinates, I can trust them. If I want to measure the competence of the head of the group, I only need to look at his subordinates.”

A subordinate makes a series of gaffes.

Or they have a bad attitude.

Of course, it is good if the work performance is extremely competent, but …… most of the time it is messy and subjective.

This will reveal the reality of the organization.

And so does the boss.

I saw Charles’ reaction, but he silently urged me to continue.

It seems that he is not so twisted …… as to be sarcastic of my praise of his subordinates.

“As for your abilities, I’ve examined how you fared in battle before your transfer. And we have confirmed that you’re fully capable. I find that I get more out of them by throwing them around than by tying them up in various ways. That’s how I see it.”

Charles smiled wryly.

“Then, can I ask you a few questions about yourself, Sir?”

Sir, without honorifics …… So you’re evaluating how I’ll react too.

“Yes, please.”

Charles furrowed one eyebrow for a moment as I answered immediately.

“What exactly are you looking for? Normally, an inexperienced person wouldn’t try to develop an uncharted territory. Unless it’s just for fun.”

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Kiara clenched her fists.

You don’t have to get angry about that.

He may have a bad attitude, but it’s not an attitude that he’s not listening to me.

“It’s simply the middle of nowhere, so the town can be built in a new way.”

“If it could be done …… that is.”

“I want to build a town for the people who are trapped in the world today.”

Charles’ eyes became cautious.

“So you want an outcast like me?”

I shrugged my shoulders in disappointment.

“You’re a little short. It’s important to be able to understand the feelings of people like that.”

The moment you change your position, you change and take on the same attitude as the arrogant people you used to hate.

I don’t need that kind of person.

“One more point: why are you moving there too? Your lifestyle will definitely be inconvenient. An aristocrat living in a mansion would not be able to bear it.”

That’s a clear story, though.

“It’s just that with me there, Sir Rossi won’t be held accountable. That’s all.”

He was indeed surprised.

For the first time, he seemed to be upset.

In many cases, when a knight is dispatched and there is an inconvenience …… the excuse is often given that the subordinate went out of control or did not understand the instructions.

If the person in charge is in the area, it is not easy to use such a method.

With a sigh, Charles shook his head.

“I’ve heard that you’re an unusual person, but …… you’re more than I expected. So you are taking responsibility in case of failure.”

Charles smiled wryly.

But the condescension was gone.

Instead, he looked as if he was enjoying something.

“Then …… shall we do our small part to create a world for the outcasts.”

He asked me to shake his hand, so I did.

He looked surprised at that as well, but soon grinned at me.

“However, are you really sixteen?”