Iron Blood Earl Riccianne

However, when rejected, the independent king will be obsessed with taking Anness as his daughter-in-law, not for the first purpose. That was the nature of the King Dovern.

“Phew!”

After a long sigh of silence, the Marquis of Dorbon shrugged his shoulders.

‘I will use everything I can to protect you. ’

* * *

“Wow, they all look like they're chewing the shit out of me. ”

Caith frowns as if it's funny. At that point, Lycaen looked around again. It was exactly what Caith said.

Earl Eisen and the nobles around him were talking to each other, wrinkled in their glances, and Earl Romon was listening to the stories of others with a very annoying look on his face.

Of course, Lycaen knew very well why.

Earl Eisen said he visited the king again yesterday, but this time he didn't even know him. Now it means that the relationship with the king is completely wrong.

And I don't know if Earl Eisen knows, but last night, three barons from Earl Eigen's clan visited Lycaen. Though I never met him, of course, these facts are evidence that Earl Eigen's clan is shaking greatly.

Earl Roman was the same reason. Now that the king and Earl Eisenhower had been mistaken, it was one of the two things he could choose to do.

Holding hands with Earl Roman, who suppressed Earl Eigen, or leading nobles who belonged nowhere, to become one and then his own.

And in an objective way, it was the most convenient and clear way to work with Earl Romon. That's something anyone can think of. That's why the nobles of Earl Romon are telling us to hurry and go see the king.

Boooooo!

Along with the sound of the long trumpet, the royal acolyte shouts out in a loud voice.

“The king is coming! ”

The nobles who stood in awe of the end of the words knelt on one knee and greeted the king.

Today is the day when the king gathers together the nobles to attend the State Council for a hunt. The king, who appeared with his bow in his knees, speaks to the nobles who are kneeling.

“Do we need to follow a cumbersome process until this day? Get up, all of you, on your horses. ”

Every nobleman climbed up to the horse he dragged in, scared to death.

In the meantime, the king approached where the nobles were.

“I'm going to give my big gift to the winner today, so I want everyone to cheer up. ”

When Caith saw that, he whispered in Lycaen's ear.

“Hmm? It's been a weird day. ”

“What?”

“I don't know if it's your first time, but hunting is his favorite hobby. ”

Lycaen can't possibly know that. Most know that an aggressive and conquering king enjoys hunting. It was also a story that remained in the memory of the previous Riccians.

But he didn't know what his dream was, so Ricaien nodded quietly and waited for the next one.

“I always smiled as much as I did last winter... ”

Lycaen nods, noticing what Caith was about to say.

“I'm sure you look a little upset today.... ”

Lycaen smiles strangely for a moment.

“Maybe it's because of us. ”

“What?! ”

Caith stares at the king in surprise.

“Suck!”

And I took a false wind without even knowing it. It's because I encountered the king's sharp gaze.

“Joe, I'll talk to you later. ”

After a while, the royal acolytes take out a small cage the size of which they can move. The red-eyed fox is the only thing in this cage that never stops shaking.

This fox, characterized by its red-eyed eyes, is cunning and quite aggressive, as well as quick and durable. Sometimes it can be fierce enough to bite the hound that's chasing it.

In other words, he was quite difficult to hunt. And that's why it was the king's favorite game. Because it's hard to catch, the pleasure of catching it is also great.

Twenty of us were brought out by royal acolytes. In other words, the twenty red-eyed foxes are the prey of today. The hunt competition is a simple way for the person who catches the most red-eyed foxes to win.

The acolytes leave us on the ground and open our doors one by one. A loud bell ringing at the same time.

Ding, ding, ding!

Surprised by the sound, the foxes rush toward the forest. To the Royal Hunting Ground, built just north of the capital, Edelscht.

After all the foxes disappeared, the king took a look at the nobles and said to Lycaen and Caith,

“Earl Gronst and Earl Frost will come with me today. ”

He said that with a bitter smile.

“Clearly you're uncomfortable planting because of us. By the way, today's winner has passed. ”

Being with the king means we must yield all prey to the king. Of course, you can't win. But the two of them had to be glazed at by the cold eyes of all the nobles.

The king asked to accompany him on a hunt because he expressed his intention to keep the nobleman close.

Of course, Riccianne thought it was for a different reason today.

The royal acolyte waves a big red flag. Signal that the competition has begun.

The first to leave was, of course, the king. As the king rode into the woods, four of the king's proximal knights followed, and finally Lycaen and Caith rode.

“Phew, we have to be careful today. ”

“Huh? What do you got? ”

Lycaen tilts her head and asks. Caith nods heavily.

“Prince Breton said he would make Anness his princess. ”

Lycaen nods, thinking of Prince Breton at the Duke Dovern's birthday feast. It was because Prince Breton remembered there was nothing unusual about the way he looked at Caith and Anness that day.

“Looks like Earl Dovern turned you down. ”

“Yes? How did you know? ”

“If Miss Annes had been found to be merciful, would you have been on this hunt? ”

Caith smiles foolishly, forgetting the situation for a moment.

“Hehe, that's right. Anyway, I met Earl Dovern yesterday... He told me I was engaged to Anness. ”

“You had to do that if you didn't want to be a prince. ”

“And because of that, the king said he wouldn't be able to look at me.... ”

“But I don't think that's the only reason. Seeing as you invited me along. ”

Then, Caith, who remembered that Lycaen was with him, asked with a vague look.

“I see. What have you done to His Majesty? ”

“Here's the thing. ”

“What?”

“You and I, we rejected the king's offer. ”

“Ah! I see... ”

Caith nods with a fresh look.

“I think we're pretty hairy, including that, but we have to follow it now anyway. Would that be good, by the way?”

“Huh? What? ”

“Since Earl Dovern told the king that you and Annes were engaged, he is now a complete son-in-law. ”

“Hehehe, that's right. Ugh, I'll be left behind. Let's go. Come on! ”

* * *

“It's going to be a hard day, isn't it? ”

Earl Slyne says with an uneasy face. But Earl Eisenhower shakes his head.

“There aren't many opportunities. ”

Earl Rendinen's voice trembles, as if he wasn't the only one anxious.

“But I am accompanying the king. It could be interpreted as His Majesty's Sea Conspiracy. ”

However, Earl Eisenhower said without a slight shaking as if he had already firmly established his mind.

“Don't worry, Your Majesty won't get hurt. ”

Despite what Earl Eisenhower assured me, the three Earls still looked uneasy. Earl Eisen pushes forward, ignoring the anxiety of those three men.

“By the way, the Baron seems to be shaking a lot these days. What do you think? ”

“If not, I have something to say about it. I heard yesterday that three of our barons visited Earl Frost. Of course, it hasn't been confirmed yet……. ”

“What?! ”

Earl Eigen's eyes flash with a cold glare. I anticipated that there would be quite a stir among the lower nobles, but I had not expected that a deserter would already come out.

Da-da!

Earl Eigen grits his teeth roughly.

It wasn't supposed to be this bad. Even if the relationship with the king had been slightly desired, there could not have been a breakout so quickly.

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