Become Tyrant On My Own Way
Chapter 8 - FAMILIAR
Just a few hours before the third night of the attack on the centipede monster, I called Fernand into my room to talk about the strategy of destroying the monster wave.
“Hah, why should I do such a thing, Your Highness Prince?! Isn't that the same if you tell me to die on the battlefield?”
I smiled cynically in response to Fernand's statement.
“That's if you're just an ordinary person, isn't it? Don't you think that it's time for you to uncover your true identity, Ferdio fou Myriad, no, exactly Ferdio Myriad?”
Hearing my response, Fernand's eyes shook. He would naturally not have expected that the secret of his real name would be revealed to me so casually.
And if I knew his real name, he could definitely guess that I had investigated his background and managed to reveal his true identity.
Unlike the nobles, it was usually quite difficult to bring up the personal identity of a knight who tried to keep his identity a secret, especially a former knight.
That was because the documents on the appointment of their knightly titles were usually only kept by the feudal lord who raised them as knights whose middle name was given only through the holy temple operating in the region that alone without a single official document entering the royal palace.
That is how this person before me would never have thought that I could know of his past who was a former knight stripped of his title for going against the orders of his feudal lord by marrying a man commoners.
But of course it is not an important point because I myself am not one of the arrogant nobles who strongly oppose marriage of different status, quite the opposite, I really support him as long as he is sincerely in love with each other.
What an important point I want to say here is that if I can find out the details of the appointment of the title of the knight Fernand whose real name was Ferdio Myriad, including the track record of the Myriad knight family, that is, I will definitely know that Fernand, this former knight before me, has the kind of magic I was looking for as a trump card to deal with the wave of monsters this time around.
“Your Highness Prince.. how can you..”.
Fernand seemed very confused about how my method could reveal his past in just three days of our meeting since he thought I had absolutely no competent subordinates to it.
It was only natural that he thought so because he must have thought that I was just a poor prince with no power who was deliberately cast away to this place of death under the pretext of noblesse oblige by just bringing Albert as a my subordinates.
But he was mistaken. I was born with a slightly special magic ability compared to the descendants of other royal families.
Not only in terms of elements where I have an ice element that is different from the rest of the royal family that has a fire element where it is also the reason for the holy temple that is so glorified holy fire hates my existence. I am also different because with this ice magic, I am able to create a familiar, one of which is a familiar whose senses can be connected to me.
Familiarly in the form of a transparent ice bird and undetectable by any magic that I spread to the corners of the country, I was able to get Fernand's secret in an instant.
Of course for that part, I will not reveal to him, since Albert even until now did not know about my ability because that is how fatal if this secret was revealed.
I can more or less guess what kind of commotion would happen if my secret was discovered by the public. I will soon be dragged away by the holy temple on the charge of heretics who deliberately created an army capable of extinguishing the holy fire.
I just smiled in response to Fernand's face of uncertainty which was filled with anxiety.
I said to her, “Turn back Fernand. I haven't had a problem with that since I've also upheld freedom. Why until now, there are still fools who dispute marriage between two people who love each other just because of differences in status? All I need here is your talent, Fernand. The innate talent you brought from the Myriad.” lineage
“Talent of my lineage.. it means..”.
The Myriad Family, one of the knight families that was quite famous in the northern corners of the Meglovia Kingdom due to their speed magic talent that relied on the flow of wind as well as their agro to attract the attention of the opponents around.
With that talent, I'm sure that Fernand will be a good pass. Since the opponent this time around was a mindless monster, it was clear that Fernand's agro would function really well.
“Take it easy, Fernand. After this mission is successful, I will definitely reward you with a decent reward so that you no longer need to be a spy for Leon to spy on me. With that money, it will be enough for you to take your wife who is having trouble conceiving your fourth baby candidate to the greatest specialist in the kingdom.”
“Also, I will not ask you to do anything dangerous beyond your means since I also do not want to see your fourth child born as an orphan. I assigned you this dangerous mission ever since I knew Fernand's qualities as a knight to what extent and I'm sure if it was you, you would have accomplished it well.”
“So, you do not need to worry too much and just carry out this mission as ordered while maintaining your safety.”
“Hmm.”
I did not expect at all that it was precisely that wry smile that Fernand would throw as soon as I revealed to him that I also knew about him as a spy for Leon, my foolish brother, he said, the third prince, the problem costs money because of the condition of the pregnancy of his four unusual wives.
“Your Highness Prince is indeed great, can know everything. Rumors are just rumors. We have to look directly at the person to be able to judge who exactly that person is.”
“What do you mean?”
Fernand looked only to shake his head while smiling wryly at my question which asked the meaning of his absurd remarks.
“Nothing, Your Highness Prince. All right, I get it. I will carry out this mission as mandated by His Highness Prince.”
Thus, Fernand also agreed to the task that I gave, then that was how the strategy was determined and I let Fernand out of the room to immediately prepare himself before the start of the attack.
After Fernand walked out of the room, I saw Albert immediately looking at me with a very sulky look.
“Master, since when did Master have other men besides me so that Master could investigate Mr Fernand's past?”
“I don't have you.” I answered briefly at Albert's celebration.
“Lantas, how can Master know?”
“With the wisdom of reason?”
I only answered ambiguously by showing the character of the trash prince who was indifferent to the serious question of his men that made Albert seem even more grumbling in his heart.
But well, since this is a big secret that can make a big fuss in the holy temple, even for Albert though, I cannot reveal it. I also felt guilty for my only soldier who had willingly sacrificed his future at the hands of a prince who had a dark future like me under the prophecy of a tyrant by a sacred porters.
I just stood up from my chair and patted Albert on the shoulder and said, “You are my best man, Albert.”
Of course I thought Albert might not be satisfied with the answer, but when I looked into his eyes, it seemed a happy expression that I could not describe.