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Chronicles of an Aristocrat Reborn in Another World – the Apostle of the Gods Who Know No Self-Restraint (Web Novel) - Volume 2 Chapter 20: Inauguration as Viscount
Volume 2 Chapter 20: Inauguration as Viscount
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After His Majesty’s explanation was over and he was let go, Cain was taken home to his mansion by a royal carriage.
He was accompanied by the knights.
“Thank you very much for giving me a lift!”
Cain thanked the knights while lowering his head.
“What are you talking about Cain-sama? Cain-sama is the fiancé of our commander, so it’s only natural.”
“Please come to training again!”
The knights waved with smiles on their faces and returned.
Cain entered the mansion and, opening the door, found Silvia waiting for him.
“Welcome back, Cain-sama. You’re running late today.”
“I was called by His Majesty. I’ve got something to tell you, so come to my office together with Koran.”
“Understood, we’ll be there shortly.”
Silvia went to call Koran after giving a bow.
Although it was called an office, it was actually a room for Cain to study.
In the room, he changed out of his school uniform, then, as he sat down on the sofa and began to relax, someone knocked on the door.
“Excuse me. It’s Koran. You called.”
Koran and Silvia came into the room.
“Yeah, I’ve got something to report. His Majesty called me in today and said that I’ll be promoted to viscount at an audience next week. He also told me to look for a town…”
“Oh! Congratulations on that! I have to contact Margrave Garm right away. So which town will you become the lord of?”
Koran and Silvia seemed quite happy that Cain was going to be promoted.
“I haven’t been informed about it yet because I’m supposed to get an explanation on the day in question. But I did hear that it’ll be near the royal capital.”
“If it’s Cain-sama, any town will be fine! Let’s have a celebration today, even if it’s just with relatives! I’ll go tell the chef.”
Silvia left the room, skipping.
“Then, I’ll call you when we’re ready.”
Koran bowed and tried to leave the room, but Cain stopped him.
“Ah, if today we’re doing a celebration with my relatives, why don’t we eat together with everyone in the house. Please prepare meals for everyone.”
“Understood. I will go and tell everyone that. Thank you Cain-sama.”
And Koran left the office.
That night, regardless whether they were maid or chef, they had a pleasant mealtime.
Since everyone except Cain was an adult, he let them drink freely, so they were thrilled.
Cain thought that it was necessary to do this once in a while.
And then the day of the audience came.
Cain was dressed formally and stood near the entrance to the audience room.
The heads of the noble families were lined up towards the entrance, starting with the dukes and gradually working their way down in descending order of rank.
Of course, Cain, a new baron, needed to line up right near the entrance.
Garm didn’t participate this time, as he was in the Gracia territory.
“With that, His Majesty has arrived.”
At the Prime Minister’s words, the nobles lined up in either side of the carpet in the center of the room bowed their heads in unison.
King Rex slowly entered the room and sat on the throne in the middle.
“Everyone, please raise your heads.”
At those words, all the lined-up nobles raised their heads.
“Well then, Baron Cain von Silford, come forward.”
“Yes.”
Cain stepped out of the line, walked to the king and kneeled down.
“Cain von Silford, you are hereby promoted to the rank of Viscount. And you shall rule the town of Drintor, which as of now is under your direct control. Fifty platinum coins will be given to you as reserve funds. This dagger proves that you are a Viscount. From now on, you may call yourself Cain von Silford Drintor.”
“Yes, I gratefully accept. As Cain von Silford Drintor, I will do my best to make the Kingdom of Esfort prosper.”
This time everything ended without incident.
“But still, Drintor huh… Will he even be able to govern over there?”
“Can a child even deal with that guy…”
The surroundings were filled with similar voices. Marquis Corgino, who normally would complain, was smirking.
“What’s going on…”
While he was thinking so, the audience ended.
Because he was to receive a detailed explanation, Cain was sent to the reception room.
After having a maid serve him tea and making himself at home, Prime Minister Magna came in. Normally he would be with His Majesty, but this time he was alone.
“Cain, I’m sorry to have kept you waiting. His Majesty didn’t want to explain and ran away. That’s why I was the only one to come here.”
“…Ran away, you say.”
“It seems he didn’t want to explain about the town of Drintor. That’s because it’s a special town.”
Cain became worried at those words.
Prime Minister Magna took out a map, pointed at a place on it, and began to explain.
“It’s two days west of the royal capital. There’s a forest with a lot of monsters next to the town, although there aren’t as many in the Gracia territory. There are also a couple of dungeons, so there’s quite a few adventurers there. Or rather, there’s too many adventurers, so the guild master has even more influence there than the lord. And so, no one wants to be the lord. The adventurers are stronger than the guards. The total population is only 3,000 people, but more than a thousand of those are adventurers who reside in the town. On the other hand, there are only 100 guards in the town. There is too much of a difference in numbers between the adventurers and the guards, so the adventurers have the upper hand.”
“So that’s what all that was… That’s why the surrounding nobles didn’t complain. May I rule as I like?”
Cain smiles at Prime Minister Magna.
“…Yeah. That’s fine. This is your inauguration certificate. I’ve also prepared the fifty platinum coins for the reserve funds, you can spend them however you like.”
Cain received the certificate of inauguration and a pouch containing the platinum coins from Prime Minister Magna and put it in his item box.
“But I’m still a student, so I can’t just go over there and start governing.”
“Regarding that, the supervisor of the academy, Duke Eric, will contact the headmaster. From now on, you can attend school whenever you want. Just take the exams and we’ll make sure there’s no problems.”
“Understood. I’ll do my best.”
“I’m looking forward to the results.”
The Prime Minister left, and Cain, remaining in the room, sighed.
“I was told I would be given a territory, but this is just… No wonder Marquis Corgino was smirking. Even so, it’s my own territory, and I can do as I like with it.”
In the reception room that was empty except for him, Cain smiled darkly for the first time in a long time.
