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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 6 Chapter 22: A Marriage?
Volume 6 Chapter 22: A Marriage?
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The nobles were all reconvened three days later.
If they had done so later, some of the nobles might have returned to their territories.
Cain was waiting where the higher-ranked nobles stood, together with Garm.
“Cain, what… will you do?”
Sitting next to Cain, Garm asked in a whisper.
The king had already accepted Cain’s marriage with Lisabeth, so it had been officially decided. It was simultaneously decided that she would be given a mansion in the royal capital as ambassador.
“There’s nothing I can do now… No-one would accept if I said something now…”
“True. Now that it’s come this far, nothing would come of it if you did. Next year, when you come of age, you will be welcoming all of them at the same time, right? I’ll have to prepare for that as well.”
“Thank you very much, father.”
As Cain bowed lightly, the music indicating the king’s entrance sounded out in the hall.
The king, Magna, and Lisabeth appeared. A seat had already been prepared for Lisabeth next to the king.
After the two of them sat down, Magna announced their decision..
“Our Kingdom of Esfort and the Benestos Empire are officially allies. We have prepared for them an embassy in the royal capital, which will also deal with trade in the future.”
Cheers rose from the nobles. Once they had a sales channel, they could interact with the empire, and not only buy products Esfort didn’t have, but the chance that they could sell their own territories’ specialities would also grow, which made the nobles welcome the decision.
“Next, Cain von Silford, come forward.”
His name having been called, Cain went forward, then knelt, lowering his head.
“Cain von Silford, I acknowledge your marriage with Her Highness Lisabeth, as per the Benestos Empire’s request.”
The king’s words stunned all the nobles present.
They understood the alliance with the Benestos Empire, but that Cain and the imperial princess would be marrying was beyond the bounds of their expectations.
It was only natural, anyone would be lost for words.
However, there were misgivings that if this were to happen, power would be too concentrated with the Silford family.
One of the nobles spoke.
“Your Majesty, why is it necessary for Margrave Silford and Her Imperial Highness to marry? Margrave Silford is already engaged to Her Highness the Princess, Duke Eric’s Daughter, and Commander of the Royal Knights, Tifana. I do not think there is any need for Margrave Silford to marry more people.”
Any noble who didn’t know Cain directly would have thought the same. In fact, Cain had not intended to increase the number of his wives, and thought he already had too many.
However, this had already been decided upon earlier, and there was no overturning that decision any more.
“In regards to that, it was a request from Logsia, the Benestos Empire’s Demon Emperor, and Her Highness Lisabeth has also accepted. You have no say in the matter.”
“But… Please forgive my rudeness.”
The noble who had expressed his opinion backed down at the king’s words, head lowered. Other nobles were also frowning, but as there was no way they could defy the king, they stayed silent.
Nodding in a satisfied manner, the king looked down at Cain.
“––You understand, Cain?”
“Yes, I will gratefully accept my marriage with Her Highness Lisabeth.”
“Cain-sama, please treat me well.”
Lisabeth was speaking in a different tone from her usual one, perhaps due to being in the audience hall, and when her and Cain’s eyes met, Cain nodded lightly.
With the marriage having been officially confirmed, Lisabeth greeted the end of the audience in high spirits.
Moving over to the reception room, Cain stepped through the door being held open by a servant, with the usual people already there in the room.
Cain was a little surprised that Lisabeth was also there, but thinking it was only natural, he sat down next to Garm.
“…Sorry to have made you wait.”
“Yes, then, let us begin.”
They started talking about what would happen in the future. As Cain was still a minor, and thus unable to instantly marry Lisabeth, she would be staying in the royal capital as his fiancée.
“In all honesty, I wish to stay in Drintor… The food is yummy and it is comfortable there…”
“That really would be… You have your duties as ambassador, so I would like you to stay in the royal capital if possible…”
Magna stepped in to stop Lisabeth with a bitter smile on his face.
Cain felt the same way. While coming and going between the royal capital and Drintor could be done in an instant with transfer magic, as they were in a de facto marriage status, Cain was worried what Telestia and Silk would say.
“I would like for you to be in the royal capital as well. If Your Highness stayed in Drintor, our Silk would likely also go there.”
Duke Eric was of the same opinion. The king and the others then eventually managed to persuade and convince the reluctant Lisabeth to at least stay in the royal capital until they became adults and could officially get married.
However, as the king and the others were unable to prepare a mansion for her in the royal capital immediately, she would be staying in Cain’s mansion in the royal capital until her mansion was ready.
The king and the rest of the country’s higher-ups had been planning for her to stay in the royal castle, but Lisabeth declined that.
“I guess we have no choice then. Cain, you’ll be marrying a foreign country’s imperial royalty. How about it? Want to become a duke? You’ll even pass Garm…”
“No, I think I have enough as it is right now… Becoming a duke at my age, I would get nothing but animosity from my surroundings.”
“Well, it would be fine if you became king too… I could retire then.”
“Your Majesty!!”
“…It was a joke, Magna. Don’t get so worked up…”
Cain smiled bitterly at Magna, who was mumbling and grumbling to himself about the king who could so easily offer the throne to Cain.
After that, they talked about the future, and Cain and Lisabeth then left the royal castle, heading to Cain’s mansion.
Cain was relieved at being able to start a new, slow, life, when, all of a sudden, an obituary reached the Kingdom of Esfort.
––––The Holy Country of Marineford’s Pope had been assassinated by someone.
A tremor ran through the whole Marineford religion, and the Kingdom of Esfort, which it had assigned a bishop to.
TN: wheeee, there goes the end of volume 6, not including the interlude, which I have also uploaded today (yay, two chapters! well, more like 1.3 tbh but whatever)
daily uploads will be continuing as always; I’m nearly finished translating all the chapters there currently are
