As you could see in this and the previous chapter, there are more prototype versions of the Arklight Empire characters. First came Eli's prototype and now his household's. Also just so no one is caught by surprise, Duke Granville is a 2.0 of one of the great nobles, guess which one LOL.
A package from Rudel arrived at the academy in Altfode Kingdom. The recipients were Alisa and Airi. "...That Rudel, just when I was wondering why he didn't contact us for a while, he sends us a souvenir like this." When they happily opened the box, they found things like tea leaves or women-oriented products. It was typical of Rudel to send them these kinds of things. There were also letters inside. Airi was surprised when she read the letter that was for her. "Alisa, it looks like Rudel-san got into trouble, he wrote that he wanted us to deliver his letters to her majesty and the queen!" "What?" Alisa also read the letter. There were a few words about how she loves them both before she wrote about there being a problem in the supreme kingdom. To deal with the problem, the letter asked them to deliver some letters to Leonis and Lecia. Bell floated into the room looking lonely. Alisa turned her gaze towards her. "... There is no souvenir for me. Even though I've been working v
In the palace of Altfode kingdom. The king of the country, Leonis, was drinking tea elegantly there. "Quiet days like these are what make me happy." Once again he was enjoying how everyone in the palace was working hard but him. "At least this time there are no women so early." Leonis responded to Lecia's comment with an overreaction. "Indeed, it's just as you say. It's sad that everyone is busy today. By the way, have you finished my work?" She said sad, but he was cheerful inside. That was the man called Leonis. The scum king who was in a deep hate-to-hate relationship with Rudel and they would exchange many blows with each other within the allowed limit. "There is a letter from Rudel-kun who is studying abroad. Alisa came to give it to me directly because it mentioned an urgent matter. There's also a letter for you." "From that brat? Anyway, it'll be full of contempt for me. I don't want to read it, so read it and tell me what it says. Ah, that's right. Tell me if there ar
In front of Rudel's house. Diana was visiting. She found out where he lived thanks to Lugh. Diana arrived with a note in her hand. She rang the doorbell and waited for someone to come out. However, no one came out. "Why didn't anyone come out?" She rang the doorbell many times in irritation. Then a passerby spoke to her. "You there, the resident of that house won't be coming home for a while." "Huh?" This person seemed to be someone who lived in this neighborhood. Diana asked her about Rudel. "Some time ago he went out on the street carrying a lot of luggage. It was too much luggage just to go on a trip, but it didn't look like he was moving either. I still remember it because it seemed strange to me." "W-Where did he go!!?" "Who knows? There was also a girl the same age with him, maybe they were lovers running away because of their love that wasn't accepted by their parents? Hahaha!" The passerby left after saying that. Diana's hand dropped the note with a stunned look on
The dueling arena in Aster was also built in a round shape. The walls were high and the audience seats were also placed in a high position. If there was any difference from the arena in the kingdom academy, it would be the stares of those present. The place was filling up with people in a very unexpected way. Many of those present were students forced to come by Derrick's lackeys. Others were foreigners who came to see what a duel sworn by the sacred tree looks like. Aster nobles were present as well. They did not come to support Derrick, but came because they heard that the sapling of the sacred tree was present. But they were not the only people who came out of curiosity or interest in the reward of the duel. There was a section of people exclusively related to traitors of the Altfode Kingdom who came to watch Rudel being pulverized. They were all traitors in one way or another. Either by running away, by not showing up at the call of war or they were framed by Rudel based on
Derrick's son of a bitch hit me and I was thrown against the wall. It hurts, I'm with a shield, but it fucking hurts a lot. Fighting a machine is very disadvantageous. At that moment, it seemed that the cliché of a fantasy world smiled at me. In the sky I observed a certain flying object. It meant only one thing. "The hour of revenge finally began." After stepping out of the wall, I fell to the ground. I stood up, Derrick again was coming straight at me. I dropped both weapons, he noticed this and paused for a moment. "Dazzle yourself with the Bradford family's secret technique!" As if I were a martial artist, I moved my hands in different directions while making strange kung-fu moves. Derrick looked at me in concentration as he didn't understand anything. (Now!) I stopped my arms and lifted my leg, my knee bent so that it touched my leg and thigh. Then, my arms moved in sync to form a magical shape with my fingers. I closed my left eye. (Take that, the Bradford family'
In a complete change from before, the audience seats were enveloped in chants of joy. Lucy was moved by that atmosphere even as she watched Rudel continue to beat Derrick one-sidedly. All around her, the audience was returning and moved to the front to see Rudel's gallant figure from a closer distance. Lucy's surroundings were full of such audiences. (But, even so, to think that no one was moving to stop this.) This was natural when you thought about exactly what Derrick had done so far. No. (This is the sentiment of the people of this country regarding the six great nobles.) It did not stop there. There was also a strong feeling of opposition toward the six great nobles who ruled over them. Someone of the six great nobles who possessed overwhelming power was being unilaterally defeated by Rudel, an outsider who did not have the divine protection of the sacred tree. The people in this place were feeling great emotion witnessing that scene. (Despite saying that you are a cowa
A fter Lucy-chan slept forever we went to bury her in the backyard of Erselica's mansion. We didn't bury her in the front garden because we didn't want to step on her grave by mistake, but instead we buried her in the courtyard next to some flowers to remember her by. I and everyone else grew fond of her. Erselica seemed to want to hold my hand as she too remembered when we buried the last pet we had. But it would be rare for her to do that so it remained in that feeling. I stood in the yard for a while as the others came in. The feeling of losing something you love is really excruciating. The last time I felt it was in my past life. In my new life I haven't experienced something like that until this moment. Fortunately I didn't lose anyone I cared about during the war against the commonwealth, but others did lose their families and loved ones. If... I had lost my father, or Lyle, or Bram. And even if Alisa or Airi had something happen to them, I don't think I know how I would
Today it was my turn to meet with the six great nobles. I was thinking about the kind of attitude I would take before them. Erselica approached me with a cup of tea while I was reviewing various documents to give me a head start. Ixion who was next to me noticed something by one name. "Oh, isn't this the record of transactions with those merchants?" "He would keep the record of illegal transactions like these around?" "Maybe they didn't completely trust Derrick? He must have kept it as his ace up his sleeve when the time came that he needed it." "Hmm~." Apparently, that merchant even handed out the "orb" that was forbidden to be taken outside the country. Based on the supreme kingdom's law, this was undoubtedly a crime worthy for applying capital punishment. "This increased our blackmail materials." "Master, you are making a perverse expression." "My face has been like this since I was born, so people often don't understand me. That really makes me sad." When I laughed, Ers
"This really sucks." My name is Rudel. A simple, generic high school student. One day upon returning home, my parents said to me. "Rudel! You've been selected to study at the prestigious Altfode Royal Academy!" "Are you excited? Mom is, she always thought you'd end up being a good-for-nothing like your older brothers." (Hey, you shouldn't tell your kids that.) (By the way, what the hell is the Altfode Royal Academy?) That's what I wondered before I went to sleep. When I woke up, I read the pamphlet my dad gave me. It said there that the Altfode academy is a very special private institution which only a certain number of the world's elite can enter. "Damn, that's impressive!" But that's not what's truly impressive. How the hell did I get selected? It says in the pamphlet that they give you a special exam to get in. But I never took one. How could I have gotten in? My parents don't question this. My older brother Lyle looked at me with a jealous expression on his face.
My name is Rudel van Bradford and I am a reincarnate. Due to certain events in my life I went on a mission that my home, the Altfode Kingdom requested. I fought pirates and then one of them told me that there was a bounty on my head. So I immediately returned home to kick the ass of the idiot who played that tasteless joke on me. Although at this point I don't think it's a joke anymore, since... "Kill him!" "He who takes his head will be rewarded." "The Glaive Squad will be the one to kill him!" I am being attacked by knights from my own country. As soon as I reached one of the borders of the country, a fleet of seventy airships was waiting for me. I engaged them and the instant I did so, they fired their cannons at me. Battler is a bit damaged, it needs repairs. That's why I needed to go to my island so Bell could repair it. But these idiots started attacking me. I pulled out my axes and I didn't care who they are, they are trying to kill me so I will kill them. My airs
Howdy my dear readers. Greetings once again from Siegburn. I am grateful to all of you for giving me your support and reading one of my works again. It makes me very happy. I'm sure many of you want to know what happened here, let's get to it. Starting with what most annoying questions ask. Why didn't Diana die? She deserved it! Certainly it is as you say, Diana should have died, indeed; she would die after being pierced in her stomach and upon meeting Lugh, the two would become one, thus achieving a new sacred tree. Why didn't I do it, you ask? The answer is even simpler. How I killed Diana, I would have had to kill Randolf as well. And nobody wants that! You see, at the time of drafting, Diana would die first, then Randolf instead of Romeo. His son would take over and Rudel would destroy the republic. Why did I change it? Because I thought of this. If there is no one to listen to the words of the tree, how will they collect the orbs? Who would take over Aster since n
⚫ Hello everyone, this is Ixion. ⚫ Welcome to our new Q&A section. This time we brought in unique characters... from beyond the grave. ⚫ Please come in. *Applause* *The door opens and a mysterious mist covers the stage* 🖤 Hello everyone, I'm Lucy and Diana's mother, Beatrix. 🔶 Nice to meet you, I'm Lugh. 🔶 Same here, Linus I am. 🔶 Huehuehue! Randy-sama has risen from the grave to─ ⚫ What the heck are you doing here? The readers nor the author care about you. There's a reason your family was banished, get him out of here. *Robot guards arrived and grabbed Randy* 🔶 W-Wait! It's unfair, I have a lot to say. nooooo! ⚫ Dear readers, sorry about that. Let's move on to our readers' questions about the events of this volume. ⚫ To begin with. Linus please. ⚫ Tell us. why did you betray Randolf being one of the capture targets? 🔶 I know being dead it's not worth what I say. But I just want to leave an opinion that I couldn't leave in life. 🔶 Sorry Acting Chairman. I really
Today is a new day in my quiet life. Good morning world, my name is Rudel. I am a citizen of the Supreme Kingdom of Aster and this is my day to day life. ◇ To begin with, I am a reincarnate. I died and reincarnated in this world of fantasy and swords. My father came to this country years ago, he was in the care of the Rosenberg Household. He died years ago and asked them to take care of me. I was about to move to the city on my own when the head of the house, Randolf-san told me to stay. I was given my own room and also a baronet's title. Why so kind to a stranger? There are two answers. The first is unknown, perhaps my father and Randolf-san were great friends. The second is due to this boy. "Good morning Master Rudel. It's a beautiful morning, isn't it?" "Good morning Zero." Zero is an artificial intelligence I found in Aster's dungeon one day when I went to fetch a sapling as an offering to the sacred tree. I got lost and found this guy who is a giant airship. But d
The following video file was mysteriously deleted. No one knows how it happened. No one can explain what happened. It may even be labeled as fake. The only thing that is known is that there is no trace of anyone involved. ◇◇◇ "Emm, testing. Testing." "Is this thing on?" A scientist turned on a video camera to record an experiment. A group of scientists were with him. "Professor, if you can't turn on a simple camera, you should leave it to someone else." "Silence insolent!" "It's just that I'm not used to using one." "Hahaha, the professor is an important scientist and can't turn on a camera." *Laughs* "Don't laugh at me! Old age is a cruel enemy to everyone." The scientists had huge machines and all those gadgets pointed to a small box with a metal ball inside. *Cough* The scientist indicated with his cough that it was time to begin. All the scientists put on their goggles and walked away. "All right, we're going to do test number 41 of the experiment." "We've call
My name is Judah. I am an artificial intelligence created by humans to serve them. My main body is a large computer which can command from a secure location a state of the art warship. I was ordered to stay here waiting for orders. For that reason, I haven't moved in a long time. How long has it been? I do not know. I only know that the branches of the big tree that covers this territory have grown deep into here. It really is irritable to have to cut them off. ◇◇ The branches of this thing are really annoying. What's more, I'm surprised that it can grow vegetation. According to an analysis I did a while ago, there was a big toxic cloud surrounding the whole world. But after a while, little by little the toxins have started to disappear. As I was ordered to stay here waiting for orders, I can't do anything. I can only wait. They are really taking their time. Well, while I'm waiting. Should I order some things? Everything is so quiet. There's nothing weird on my rada
In a large room of a mansion, Diana opened her eyes. She was in her usual pajamas. When she was a child, it was normal for maids to come and change her clothes. After she lost her home she had to do it alone. But now that she has her house back... no one helps her. After doing her basic needs she went to change. She changed into a business suit with pants included. She went downstairs for breakfast and there was Lutart. "Diana-sama, good morning." "Good morning, Lutart." Breakfast was served. She wanted to go back to the days where she had luxurious and exotic foods for breakfast. Now she could only find oatmeal, bread, juice and sometimes bacon with eggs. Lutart was the one who prepared it. Since there was no one else in this mansion. After being declared priestess, Diana avoided her execution, but with it Aster's hatred did not descend one bit. To clean the house or any repairs that need to be done, servants from other families come. The servants of Vermillion Househ
Night fell on the last day before Rudel and the others set sail for home. Ixion and Bell met on Aurora's deck to talk. "Were you able to find out anything?" "I'm afraid not. As we thought, Zero's systems were so badly burned out that I can't recover anything." "I see. That's unfortunate." Not long ago, Zero died. In doing so, he took some information with him to the grave. Bell asked. "Is it really that important to know about this Rugel guy?" Ixion felt more interest in the name "Rugel" than any other information. Who was Rugel? Why did Zero know him? What did Aster have to do with any of this? These are questions that will never be answered, since the only one who could answer them is no longer in this world. Ixion answered Bell. "The royal ship that was lost in the war. It contained a strange device. From the information you gave me, it was created by that Rugel guy." "That means Rugel used technology from ancient humankind to create it." "Would Zero have helped him?