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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 3 Chapter 23: After the Engagement Announcement Party
Volume 3 Chapter 23: After the Engagement Announcement Party
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Having dropped that bomb-like statement, Hinata continued her words as if to calm down the stunned and silent room.
“However, I am the Saint of the Holy Country of Marineford. No matter if it’s an oracle, I cannot possibly just stay behind here. So, I would like to ask you to put it on hold until I have returned to the Holy Country once and spoken with the pope-sama.”
Hearing that, the king and the upper echelons of the country’s government patted their chests in relief.
“…Indeed. First you will have to return to the Holy Country, then––”
“Of course, I will not be seeking to change the outcome. It is an oracle after all.”
Hinata interrupted the king’s attempt at rejecting the turn of events.
“…Of course. If it’s an oracle…”
Sneaking a glance at Cain, the king gave a nod.
The king stepped forward and looked out at all the nobles.
“We will discuss the matter with the Saint at another date. This is the announcement party of the engagement of Count Cain von Silford Drintor, with my daughter, Telestia, Lady Silk von Santana, and knight commander Tifana von Leebert. We cannot just lay them to the side, after all. Then, lastly, some words from Count Silford.”
At those words, Cain stood up from his seat and walked next to the king.
Among the gazes gathered on Cain, some earnestly wished for his happiness, while others were full of jealousy.
With the Saint’s bomb-like statement from earlier, anyone would think like that.
The nobles sitting at the tables all gazed up at Cain.
“Thank you very much for gathering here today for my engagement announcement party. While I might be a count, as you can see, I am still young. I would like to continue to work hard and learn from all of you who have made this Kingdom of Esfort such a pleasant place.”
He gave one final bow, and a huge applause from the nobles followed.
“Then, I hereby close this party.”
Applause erupted after the king’s words, and the royal family left the hall.
After the royal family left, the Saint also made her exit, followed by Cain accompanied by Telestia, Silk, and Tifana.
Shown to a waiting room, Cain collapsed down onto a sofa.
“Ugh… I’m so tired…”
There were three people sitting in front of the exhausted Cain.
They were, of course, his fiancées.
“Cain-sama, what is the meaning of this… The Saint-sama also said that she would become your wife.”
Telestia blamed Cain, her lips pursed, leaning over the table.
“No matter what you say, I also know nothing about this, and I had no idea she would suddenly start talking about an oracle at that place and time.”
Cain replied with a troubled face, but Telestia’s anger did not subside.
Next to her, Silk seemed not to really mind, and was chatting with Tifana over a cup of tea.
“Please don’t increase our numbers any more than this. Really, how many will there be before you reach adulthood…”
As if following up on Telestia, who was now making a dejected face, Silk entered their conversation.
“Teles, there’s no choice this time round. If the Saint-sama was told to do so in an oracle, we have no say in the matter. Also, the Saint-sama’s around our age, so it should be more fun, right?”
“I don’t really care how many wives he has either. If Cain and I can have mock battles.”
At Silk’s soothing and Tifana’s unconcerned words, Telestia seemed to give up and sighed.
“Understood. As a future wife, I too support it with everyone else.”
“Yeah, that’s right that’s right! Let’s do our best, Teles!”
Captured by Silk’s smile, Telestia smiled herself.
Seeing that, Cain finally let his shoulders fall down in relief.
And thus, the announcement of their engagement came safely to an end.
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As the party was over, the nobles each returned to their respective mansions.
And among them, there was a man holding his head in a certain office.
“Honestly… The next one was the Saint-sama… That Cain, is he trying to give me anxiety…”
Sebas gently held out a cup of tea to Garm, who had an exhausted expression from all the problems Cain kept on causing one after the other.
“Garm-sama, how about a cup of black tea to calm you down?”
Garm took the cup from Sebas and took a sip of the tea before heaving a huge sigh.
“I hope the tea helped you calm down. But still, to think that even the Saint-sama would… Huhu. This is quite an honour for the Silford family.”
Disregarding Garm’s anxiety, Sebas seemed quite pleased. To Sebas, who had known Cain ever since he was little, Cain was the apple of his eye. Moreover, he had decided on Sebas’ own nephew, Koran, as his butler.
And now, Cain would be marrying a princess and two daughters of dukes, as well as the Saint.
For someone who had served him as a butler, it was one of the highest honours.
And while Sebas suppressed such emotions from showing on his face, Garm passed the time by complaining to him.
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A number of days after the engagement announcement party, twenty knights wearing silver armour formed a line in front of the royal castle.
On the chestplates of the silver armour, the symbol of the Holy Country of Marineford, a pigeon, was engraved.
The knights had arrived a few days earlier from the Holy Country of Marineford to replace the captured captain of the Saint’s guards.
Dime, the vice-commander of the royal knights, had gone to meet with the replacement guards who had arrived in the kingdom.
However, the two of them shook hands in a relaxed manner while smiling.
“Hagen-dono, long time no see. How are you doing? I’m surprised you yourself would come to pick up the Saint-sama, Hagen-dono.”
“Well if it isn’t Dime-dono, long time no see. I’m fine as always. What happened was our country’s fault. Which is why I got to come here.”
The two were old friends of each other, they had met during a joint battle practice between the kingdom and holy country when they were young, and had been in contact with each other for over ten years ever since then.
They had raised each other’s battle prowess, and Hagen was now serving as the vice commander of the holy knights.
The holy knights were the holy country’s most powerful knights, and Hagen was their vice-commander, perhaps the second most powerful person in the country in terms of might.
It was exactly the same as how Dime was the vice-commander of the royal knights. As such, the two of them got along even more.
“I think we’ll leave after taking a day or two of rest. Could I please meet with the captured captain of the previous guards first? Our country has to investigate everything as well.”
“I know. He’s currently in a prison in our base. We have given the other guards private room as well and are having them wait there. I’ll make arrangements for you to meet him as soon as possible then. But please, take it easy, okay.”
Side-by-side with Dime, Hagen was guided to the royal knights’ station. The rest of the holy knights followed behind them.
On that day, the captain who had planned to assassinate the Saint was interrogated by Hagen and ended up divulging everything he knew.
As only Marinefordeans were present in the room during the interrogation, there was no way any others would know just what kind of interrogation he received. It had come to light that two of the guards apart from the captain had been in on the plan to assassinate the Saint, and both were captured and imprisoned the very same day. The holy knights who were present during the investigation all received a gag order.
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It was the evening, and two stern-looking men in their thirties were sitting next to each other at a counter in a store, swirling their alcoholic drinks in their mugs.
“Dime-dono… sorry for all the trouble. Also… sorry for what the Saint-sama did at Her Highness the Princess’ engagement announcement.”
Hagen bowed lightly to Dime while still letting the alcohol in his wooden mug swirl around.
“Don’t worry about it, Hagen-dono. Cain-dono, who the Saint-sama received the oracle about… You’ll probably meet him at the audience tomorrow. I’ll try and set up an opportunity for you to talk to him. Then you can judge for yourself.”
“Could you arrange it to be after the audience tomorrow then…? I want to make sure in person.”
“Indeed… just, don’t challenge him to a mock battle, alright? There’s no way we–– no, I’ll stop that. We haven’t met in a long time, so let’s just enjoy the drinks.”
They clinked their mugs together and deepened their friendship over nostalgic conversation.
TN: do you want idle talk 5 to be a bonus chapter (2 releases tomorrow: chapter 24 and idle talk 5) or its own chapter (only chapter 24 tomorrow and idle talk 5 in two days)?
