“Lord Hamilton, I’m so glad you’re safe! I, Samsung Bubuca, was so worried last night I couldn’t sleep a wink. And you don’t need to worry about a mere maid like that!”
Emerging from Elgerblard Castle was a burly man with receding brown hair and eyes of the same color, who at first glance resembled an orc.
However, this burly man was using surprisingly polite language to inquire about Prince Hamilton’s well-being.
But he looked down on Miss Eringye and seemed to have no regard for us.
“Lord Raymond, this burly man is Samsung Bubuca, the steward of the Count Elgerblard family. Please make his acquaintance.”
“Someone like an adventurer, for Lord Hamilton to speak to…! Th-this crest!!”
Samsung scanned my face with a completely contemptuous gaze, then his eyes landed on the crest shining on my right chest.
His widened eyes, from scorn, turned to astonishment and froze.
“I-I am Samsung Bubuca, steward of this Count family. May I have your name? First-Class Quasi-Noble!!”
“My name is Hal Harem Von Raymond. Mr. Samsung Bubuca, it’s a pleasure to meet you. I would like to pay my respects to Count Elgerblard, is that possible? And I’d like to bring my female companions along…”
“Of-of course, it’s possible. Lord Raymond, please follow me.”
Seeing the steward’s sudden change in attitude towards me, Prince Hamilton and Miss Eringye looked surprised.
As the steward turned, the knights and soldiers guarding the castle gate lined up with respectful attitudes, and we passed through the gate.
At that time, Samsung gave some instructions to a soldier.
That soldier ran ahead of us, likely delivering our arrival to Count Elgerblard as a ‘messenger.’
Inside the castle gate, a well-maintained garden spread out, with seasonal flowers blooming beautifully, creating a magnificent atmosphere.
The women were still wearing their masks, but the retainers who saw the steward leading them lowered their heads in welcome without suspicion.
We soon entered Elgerblard Castle, where expensive furnishings were displayed along the walls, and oil paintings and portraits by renowned artists were hung in frames.
Magic tool lighting was also luxuriously installed, and the building itself seemed to have cost an immense amount of money.
After passing through several winding corridors and climbing stairs, we were led to a room with exceptionally luxurious interior decoration.
“Lord Raymond, this room is the castle’s ‘Audience Chamber.’ The Count is already waiting, so please enter.”
“Welcome, I’m glad you could make it. Lord Raymond, First-Class Quasi-Noble. I am the head of this household—”
“I am deeply grateful for your invitation. To reintroduce myself—”
Thus, we were able to meet Count Elgerblard.
Count Elgerblard, whom I saw for the first time, had neatly cut blonde hair, sharp red eyes that seemed to see through my very being, and a thin, nervous-looking face.
He was reputed to be adept at navigating society, but in my estimation, he was the type to be trapped by his own schemes.
Incidentally, Lyushenne, Liliana, and Tirna were radiating anger, as he had abandoned the Wahl Imperial Kingdom and Yangas Kingdom and switched his allegiance to the Espana Imperial Kingdom.
“Father, what kind of status does a First-Class Quasi-Noble have?”
“How can the future Count of Inmanu, a city of trade, not know such a thing! You fool! A Quasi-Noble, though not granted a title due to various circumstances, is in substance a person equivalent to a noble. Usually, this title is granted to prominent political merchants who transact directly with the royal family. Even here, a First-Class Quasi-Noble is considered equivalent to a Viscount. Do you understand! My foolish son!”
“L-Lord Raymond, I apologize for my previous rudeness.”
“No, no, I didn’t disclose my status either, so please don’t worry about it.”
“It helps when you say that.”
Prince Hamilton, having apologized to me, flashed his white teeth with a sparkling smile and gave a refreshing laugh.
Miss Eringye, catching a glimpse of his smile, blushed faintly.
“Eringye, my dear, come closer.”
Count Elgerblard, who had been observing me and Prince Hamilton, called out to Eringye, who had slipped behind the Prince’s back.
Is he planning to have his lover, Miss Eringye, attend to him immediately?
“N-no.”
Eringye refused, shaking her head.
It seems she dislikes him because Count Elgerblard was the one who attached various adult toys to her body.
“Y-you! Have you forgotten the favor of being saved from a slave’s status!!”
Upon seeing that Eringye would not obey him, Count Elgerblard flew into a rage.
Under his fury, Eringye trembled like a fawn with tears in her eyes.
“F-father, I have a request.”
Amidst this tumultuous scene, Prince Hamilton spoke, as if picking a hot chestnut from the fire.
“What is it? Speak.”
“I love Eringye! I want to marry her!!”
“What nonsense are you spouting! That lowly wench is my sex slave! I’ve carved my monument into her body. She is no longer in a state where she can seek ordinary happiness. She is already completely defiled.”
“Eringye also… said so, but a certain Saintess healed her. Last night, my beloved Eringye and I consummated our love. I broke Eringye’s virginity, and she also cherishes me. Please, grant us permission to marry, Father!”
Count Elgerblard and Prince Hamilton began to argue over Eringye.
Amidst their heated debate, Eringye flustered, but Lyushenne and Liliana approached and whispered something to her.
Then, they pushed Eringye’s back.
Eringye, seemingly having made up her mind, came out from behind Prince Hamilton and began to speak.
“Count Elgerblard, there is something I wish to say.”
“What is it? Speak.”
“I, Eringye Kuktar, have something on my mind, and from now on, I will use my paternal surname.”
“Your paternal surname? Very well, use it.”
“Thank you. My new name is Eringye Lumie Dela Einback. It’s a pleasure to meet you from now on.”
“…So, you are of the bloodline of the Einback Count family, known for their spearmanship in the Wahl Imperial Kingdom?”
“That is correct. My father is Count Klaus Sundalia Dela Einback. I also wish to be with my beloved Hamilton.”
“How delightful! I never knew that the staid Count Einback had such a hidden child! However, I have no intention of letting you go. You say you were healed by a certain Saintess, but my foolish son’s penis yearns at the thought of being able to touch your body again! You also haven’t forgotten that you are still bound by the slave band (Stigma), have you? If you wish, I can make you perform a lewd nude dance and a solo masturbation show right here.”
“The slave band (Stigma) was removed by that man, Raymond. There is nothing binding me now.”
“Lord Raymond, is what you just said true?”
“Yes, it happened by chance, but I released her. My birth family runs a slave trading company called Raymond Trading Company, so we are accustomed to dealing with such matters.”
“Father, I beg you, grant Eringye to me as my bride!!”
“That cannot be! However, I am surprised that Eringye was of noble blood. I shall again overpower you and make you cry— yelp! This time, I will upgrade you from a sex slave to a concubine.”
Clap, clap.
Count Elgerblard clapped his hands twice.
“Guards, restrain these people! Take Eringye to my bedroom and bind her. Confine Hamilton in his room. He is forbidden to leave his private room until Eringye is mine again. And Lord Raymond, your luck has run out.”
“Wh-what did I do!?”
“You have learned the dark side of the Count Elgerblard family. We will capture you and dispose of you, eliminating any trace. By the way, are those masked women your slaves? Even if they are not of much value, if any of them respond to my crotch, I will take them in as replacements for Eringye. My beloved Alma is also imprisoned, so my nights are lonely.”
“Count Elgerblard, how vile you are.”
“Say whatever you want. Guards, capture them.”
At Count Elgerblard’s command, the knights and soldiers standing by the ‘Audience Chamber’ simultaneously drew their swords and surrounded us.
“What a villainous act. My father’s eyes must have been blind.”
“My father is equally guilty. I feel bad for beating a dead man, but mistakes must be corrected.”
Lyushenne and Liliana, who had been in the background until now, slowly removed their hoods, revealing their beautiful blonde and silver hair, and then removed the Valkyrie masks, revealing their country-toppling beauty.
“Count Elgerblard, it has been a long time. Nevertheless, what a villainous display? Will you commit suicide to wash away your shame, or will you withdraw and let Lord Hamilton inherit the Count’s title?”
“I agree. How despicable and low!”
“Y-you! C-could it be that you are alive!!”
“Father, do you know those two beautiful girls?”
“Hamilton, you are truly a brainless idiot. That blonde girl is Lyushenne Silveria Wahl, the Fourth Princess of the former Wahl Imperial Kingdom. And the silver-haired girl next to her is Liliana Emilia Yangas, the First Princess and Crown Prince of the former Yangas Kingdom. However, at present, both are merely rebels defying the Espana Imperial Kingdom. It seems my luck is turning. If I capture them and present them to Emperor Henry, I will be rewarded as I wish. Kukuku.”
“That person was a princess of the Wahl Imperial Kingdom… How awe-inspiring.”
Eringye stared blankly at Lyushenne’s bare face.
“I told you then, didn’t I? Since Lady Lyushenne has acknowledged you, you can use the surname Einback without hesitation.”
Next, Tirna revealed her true face.
However, even Count Elgerblard, as expected, did not seem to recognize Tirna.
No, before, Tirna used to pretend to be a pretty boy and act like a ‘bokukko.’
It seems he couldn’t reconcile her current beautiful maidenly appearance with her past.
“Who are you?”
“I-I am Tirnan Lian von Tuser, who served as Lady Lyushenne’s chief maid.”
“Then you are the daughter of the Count Tuser family?”
Count Elgerblard’s smile deepened upon hearing Tirna’s introduction.
Is he satisfied with having acquired more prey?
“Then… is it my turn?”
Alicia was the next to reveal her true identity.
“I recognize your face… no… what! A Viscountess of the Espana Imperial Kingdom! You will also be arrested for sedition.”
“There’s no need to be so flustered. My name is Alicia Mia von Rendol. It’s a pleasure to meet you from now on.”
“Hmm, Viscountess Rendol is calm even in this situation.”
“There is something I would like Count Elgerblard to see.”
“What is it? Speak.”
“Please look at this letter.”
Alicia took out a letter from within her clothing.
And behind me, Swan Hilda had a ‘smirking’ aura.
“Th-this wax seal emblem! It’s from the Espana Imperial family!!”
He then hurriedly opened the letter and stared intently at the document inside, as if trying to bore a hole through it.
His face turned pale, sweat beading on his forehead, and his hand holding the document began to tremble.
“Viscountess Rendol is the proxy for Princess Elizabeth!?”
“Yes, I have been fully authorized by Princess Elizabeth regarding this matter. Princess Elizabeth and we have sworn an oath of sisterhood, and it has been decided that Lady Lyushenne and Lady Liliana will be enthroned as Empress of the New Wahl Imperial Kingdom and Queen of the New Yangas Kingdom, respectively. We have come to this land to prepare the groundwork for that.”
“Th-that means…”
“This time, there is no escape. It is what is commonly called a checkmate.”
Alicia delivered the final blow to Count Elgerblard, who had collapsed to his knees.
Count Elgerblard, who suddenly seemed to have aged, was taken by his steward, Samsung Bubuca, to the ‘Prison Tower.’
Count Elgerblard abdicated the Count’s title to Prince Hamilton and was to live as a criminal in the ‘Prison Tower.’
“Ambassador Plenipotentiary of the Rendol Imperial Decree, will I… will I also be judged?”
With Count Elgerblard being escorted away as a criminal, Prince Hamilton hesitantly asked Alicia, and Eringye also looked worried.
“My job is done with the change of power that just occurred. Lord Hamilton, please unite with Eringye and protect this land.”
“Viscountess Rendol, we are deeply grateful for your consideration. We—”
Prince Hamilton showed his ‘submission,’ and the matter was resolved anticlimactically.
When I asked Swan Hilda, who might have been assisting Alicia, she said that Alicia had asked her to do it as a precaution when she went to pick up Sharon at the St. Agnes Abbey in Granza, the capital of the Espana Imperial Kingdom.
In other words, “Beth-chan” didn’t know anything at that point either, so it’s amazing she could have written full power of attorney.
And I also think it’s amazing that Alicia kept her ‘trump card’ until now.
“Th-there’s a problem! A horde of undead are approaching outside the city walls!”
Just as silence seemed to return to the ‘Audience Chamber’ after the Count Elgerblard’s fate was decided, a soldier rushed in with a pale face.
Thank you for reading.
episode43-4: The Assault of the Lifeless Princess and Oral Sex ①, is scheduled for May 19th at 0:00.
