After a busy night, under the special request of the swordsmith of light, the residents of Regram were only located last night's lord and others to compete. For their lords, no one knows his strength better than them, and being able to fight with such a strong man and make such a big move makes the residents of this already martial region can't help but be very curious about who this opponent is, but the lord's family doesn't seem to want everyone to worry, and the specifics of the incident have disappeared into the discussion with false rumors.

Ike, who slept until noon, stretched out and walked out of the room. To be honest, the injuries of the two of them in the battle yesterday were not great, and they were basically healed after being treated by healing magic. It's just that because of the exhaustion of physical strength, even if I slept all morning, I still felt a little uncomfortable walking on the road.

"Huh?"

The drowsiness was dispelled by the sight in front of him, and outside the meeting room, a strangely dressed man stood on either side of the door of the meeting room, guarding the door, as if someone inside was negotiating with the swordsmith of light. "Hmm- these two guys should be... I really miss it. Ike saw that the movement in the living room became louder, and walked over quietly.

"Huh?"

The green-haired man, who noticed that someone was coming, turned his head to look at Ike who came up, frowned slightly, and said, "Guest?" I'm sorry that there is someone in the living room right now, so please don't come near it if you can. ”

"Oh? Is Viscount Yarsside already up in bed? I thought he would sleep for a long time. ”

With a creak, the door to the parlor was pushed open, and the swordsmith of light and a richly dressed man stepped out, followed by Klaus, the butler, and a large brown-skinned man.

"Oh? Already awake? Victor spoke to Ike standing at the side of the parlor. Sorry, I've got something to do right now. ”

"Guests?" The richly dressed orange-haired man glanced at Ike and turned his head to look at Victor in disregard, "Since there are guests, I won't bother, but you should consider my proposal." If you want to come, the talks can be the icing on the cake. ”

"I'm just a lord in the middle of nowhere, so you're exalting me too much." Victor replied quietly.

"Hmph, it's not yourself who determines your personal worth, but the people around you." The orange-haired man's tone was menacing, "I think you should know... Don't do anything weird. If you can, please don't want to be a martial arts instructor in the regular army in the future, if you don't want to cause a senseless storm. ”

"This..."

"Then goodbye." Without waiting for Victor to argue, the orange-haired man turned arrogantly"... Butler, this tea is quite delicious. ”

"Thanks for the compliment." After Klaus bowed deeply, the orange-haired man walked to the door without saying a word.

"Hey, it seems that the people of the aristocratic faction really spare no effort to win you over, and even Duke Kane, the head of the four famous families, has come over. What to do? If you are caught in the middle and wait and see, you are likely to offend both sides, right? ”

"That's for later." Victor replied with a blank face, "The current Viscount of Arsside doesn't need to think about this matter yet. ”

"We're back."

During the conversation, Laura and Ryne walked in through the door, looked at Ike and Victor on the second floor with confusion, and quickly ran up to the second floor, and said without saying anything, "Father, we saw it at the door just now... ”

"Well, he's here to talk to me about something." Victor interrupted Laura's next question. "Anyway, this is not the place to talk, let's come in together."

Confused, he followed Victor into the room, and after giving a brief explanation, several people couldn't help but be shocked.

"In other words, has the aristocratic faction begun to operate under the table?" Laura asked urgently.

"Well, since last month or so, the aristocratic faction has begun to move frequently, constantly holding talks in various places to reconfirm the appearance of the alliance." Victor replied, glancing at Miriam, "... But the young lady over there must know this information, right? ”

"Well, sort of." Miriam gave a rare serious expression, "The Intelligence Bureau is also nervous, wondering if they are finally going to officially start fighting the reformers." ”

"W-is that so... Jusis was incredulous.

"However, Duke Kane is also a leader among the aristocratic faction, right? I was shocked to come here. Miriam sighed.

"Well, to be honest, I was surprised too." Vick nodded: "He seems to be planning to hold a large-scale meeting of the noble faction in the near future, and it seems that he wants me to be there before he makes a special visit to this poor country. ”

"But, but, my father's faction to the aristocracy...

"Yes, I'm deliberately keeping my distance, but I'm not leaning towards reformers, I've always been neutral." Victor replied, "It's just that from the other party's point of view, I should think that being a nobleman should belong to the aristocratic faction." I've also heard that nobles who don't want to participate are also forcibly pulled over. ”

"My father is involved, too." Jusis spoke suddenly.

"Well, that's right, it's just that I heard that Duke Kane and Duke Elbarrea have a little dispute over whose hands should be in the hands of the four famous families, but basically the policy is the same."

"In other words, the reason why Duke Kane came this time is to win your support as a swordsmith of light, the strongest swordsmith in the empire, if you have your support, you will definitely be able to capture the dominance." Alyssa replied.

"That's what it means." Vic dotted the head.

"I'm sorry, but what will happen to my hometown?" Rien asked with some eagerness.

"Hehe, you don't have to worry about this, said Shu Huaze, that is a more stubborn person than me, I really don't think that I will join the dispute between the nobles." Victor replied.

"Is that so?" Rien breathed a sigh of relief.

“。。。 Wait a minute, in that case, maybe there's another way. Suddenly remembering something, Victor fell into deep thought, and after a moment turned his head to look at Klaus, "Klaus, I'm going to be away for a while, I'm sorry to ask you at home." ”

"Yes, sir." Klaus nodded in reply.

"Father?"

"It's really in a hurry... Miriam replied grinningly.

"My credo is to make decisions on the spot." Victor replied, "I have decided to contact the neutral nobles everywhere, so that the tough actions of all the other nobles can be affected. ”

"Very good offer." Jusis answered.

"In that case, please take me with you."

The door to the chamber opened, and Tovar walked in from outside.

"Oh? You're here too. Victor replied without the slightest surprise.

"Well, knowing that the person who came here was the Duke of Kane, by the way, he took the limousine from Ballihat and left." Tovar replied.

"From Balyahat?!"

"Is it my family?!"

"Well, it's your brother, Young Master Lufas, who came to greet him." Tovar replied.

"Considering that it is Duke Kane, it is not surprising that he was sent to greet him." Victor thought for a moment and replied, "Other than that, you seem to have something else going on, right?" ”

"Well, I brought the news that the eldest lady is very concerned about." Tovar replied, "On the outskirts of the streets of Regram, mechanical monsters have appeared. ”

“！。。。 Humanoid weapons? Ike's eyes twitched.

“。。。 In this way, it hasn't appeared since Cassius's counteroffensive the year before last, and there are no other magical beasts except that one? ”

"Well, Ike is familiar with this." Tovar turned his head.

"Don't look at me, the technological innovation of the Thirteenth Workshop is too fast now, especially after getting the power of that." Ike replied, "But listen to your tone" If you can release such a large number of humanoid weapons, I can't think of any force other than that over there that can do this. It's just that if you spread it in such a large amount, it should just be to attract people's attention, right? ”

"I think so too." Tovar replied, "It's just a bit of a hassle to leave it alone, especially when you know that they're really joining forces with the nobility." ”

"It's unknown if it's a team, but... Ike, do you know those two mercenaries around Duke Kane? ”

"Are you afraid they'll join in?" Ike spread his hands: "But judging from the news, they have disbanded since the Battle Hunter King and the God of Fighters duel, and now those two guys should have only joined in their own names." ”

"It's okay if that's the case, but now that the forces are mixed, it's really bad if they join again." Vic dotted the head.

"That... I'm sorry, but are the two mercenaries you are talking about behind Duke Kane? Dawn spoke suddenly.

"Huh? Have you seen that too? ”

"Yes, at the door." Rien replied, "He seems to know what we look like, and he said he had investigated us, so he was a little curious... ”

"Ah, it's not surprising that he will investigate, after all, Fei Ke is a Zephyr goblin, a treasure of the whole group." Ike shrugged.

"Huh? What does this have to do with the Philippines? Alyssa was puzzled.

"Because those two guys are from the same hunting regiment as Fei." Ike replied.

"One of the strongest hunting regiments - the Zephyr Brigade."