Seirei Gensouki's
Chapter 73: Listening to the Situation

Trusted adjutant Liselotte Kretia ―― Aria Gavaness sighed without showing any change to her ice-cold beauty.

All because of the reports about the problem that came after he did a heavy job this morning, just as he was about to have lunch a bit late at the leading restaurant that was still under the supervision of the firm of RIkka afterwards

Aria's face is widely known in Rikka's firm as the right hand (?) By Liselotte.

It only happened all of a sudden when Aria was about to have lunch at the restaurant, because the event that happened was too much even for the manager, the blessing was that a female employee came and made an event report to ask her for a solution.

Although Aria had no reason to meet in person.

After cutting her normally deadly work schedule, she was finally given precious lunch time.

He wouldn't have lunch at the restaurant if he knew it would be like this, it would be best if he had lunch at Liselotte's house.

(Well, since it looks like there's likely to be followed by some work if I stay in the mansion, that's why I ran away until this restaurant)

「In short, the guest nobility began to say selfish things, could not be stopped, and finally walked into the terrace where the other guests were having lunch at？ If I remember is why their noisy sounds are ...」.

Aria asked the employee girl after confirming the summary of the event from the girl who was slightly off the mark which was probably because she was confused.

「Y-Yes！ Is correct. Although the manager had already tried to stop them, the nobles and the people they brought would not listen to him. I felt that the woman who followed them was also guilty, such a guest was the first time！ 」

The employee girl replied as if expressing her hatred.

If you heard, somehow the nobles never caused any trouble in this restaurant.

This time, Aria concluded that the noble had come from somewhere else in an instant.

Although Liselotte received a lot of scorn behind her back as a daughter who chewed on her parents' wealth when she was first appointed governor of Almond prefecture.

His quick wits continuously developed the busy Almond, managing the largest domestic company called the Rikka firm, out of his various kinds of talents, Liselotte established the well-known fact that she was not the ducal princess alone.

The most important thing for a trader is trust, they hate someone who breaks a covenant and a falsehood.

Liselotte did more than just manage the company, she might even lose confidence as a merchant if she lost her ability to act impartially as the prefectural governor.

And then, once he lost that trust, it was very difficult to get him back.

That was the reason why Liselotte was known as an impartial prefectural governor.

Although of course he is more or less flexible in terms that cannot be seen if there are some circumstances that force him to do that behind the scenes, he was officially guarding with an impartial image on the outside.

Liselotte cleansed and crushed the seeds of rebellion in those nobles who were involved in corruption and embezzlement in a cruel manner when she had just been appointed.

It sort of flaunts warnings about its impartiality even if it is a trader plotting about the impartiality of public business.

The result was, He gained trust as a merchant, or prefectural governor.

Since he chose not to show favoritism even to nobles, Liselotte was currently truly praised as an idol among the commoners who were also merchants in this city.

Section 2

There was even such an event as a trigger, the nobles who were in Almond right now were pledging their loyalty from the bottom of their hearts to him, he was truly a terrifying person.

The probability of the nobles serving under him to cause such trouble was extremely low.

That was why when Aria heard the report at first, she calmly made the decision that the person causing the problem might be a noble from somewhere else.

Moreover, the noble did not know the rumors about Liselotte.

With the premise mentioned above, when Aria confirmed with the list of domestic or foreign nobles living in her head, the ones who became suspects naturally came out.

The highest on the list is probably the nobles who came from Bertram kingdom.

The nobles of the kingdom had very high self-esteem, even Aria knew that from her experience.

It is correct to say that they are just bluffing.

Although he could not say for Galwark kingdom or any other country, Bertram kingdom somehow placed the honor of nobility as a national characteristic.

In extreme situations, it is often repeated and becomes famous "There is no truth by casting one name, they simply ignore the truth". [TL: Unsure about the sentence, like "Truth is not the truth by saying noble names"]

That was why the nobles of this kingdom were hard to deal with when they made a mistake.

On the other hand, they are easy to handle once you know how to do it.

Although they could not argue with them as a rule.

Because there are exceptions among them, because there are many types of life like this in history that exercise their authority in the politics of Bertram kingdom repeatedly.

「But for now, I think they are just fools who don't even know about their own situation if they say that they are the nobles of Bertram kingdom. Ha ~ h, although it was a party and a break that I managed to snatch after such a problem .... 」.

After saying that sentence in a monotonous voice, Aria shook her head as if sad as if the end of the world had arrived.

He could do nothing but look at the many beautiful foods flying before his eyes. [TL: Just imagine it's like a flying cabbage from a conosuba]

Something like having lunch while slowly enjoying his break was an extremely rare opportunity.

(However, why should I do something like mediate a fight――)

(not forgiven)

Her feeling was none other than not wanting to do that.

「T-Please don't say such a thing and help us quickly！ A this level, we and the manager will be fired you know！ And just when the long awaited time for a raise is about to arrive!」

The girl pleaded as if asking the god.

The above mentioned is the time of the event in the restaurant, in the distant future, when thinking about making a report in her own head, it was a bit of an inconvenience to go through that even Aria was unaware of. [TL: It's about a direct report from the boss to the manager or an indirect report from the sale [under the boss] to the manager, sort of]

Even so, after hearing his story, he felt it was not very important to mere managers.

The suspect is a high class noble from a foreign country who is also rotten, his neck might fly if he does so unskillfully, which is also bad from the shop's point of view.

It was not because of the request of the girl before him, it was for a very selfish reason and because it was a company managed by her own master, so Aria raised her lazy bump.

「Understood. Where's the room？ Can you guide me there 」

「Y-Yes！ This way!」

The girl's expression turned bright with "PAH" in listening to Aria's words.

Following the girl as she was, Aria headed to the terrace chair.

Section 3

「Do not mess with ....」.

"I'll kill you . Kill me will really kill you .... 」.

When he arrived in front of the terrace, he could hear a voice that was not too soft.

Want to know who the victim and the assailant who seems to say nothing but words like fry.

First of all, Aria even came in haste, she heard that the culprit who caused the trouble was only the nobles, she did not hear about the victim's social class.

Judging from the dangerous atmosphere of the place, it seemed that one or both parties were using forceful means.

He really wondered why this kind of bad problem happened which meant nothing but the lowest kind of difficulty that occurred during his own rest time.

Aria breathed a little.

"Enough . What happened, may I ask about this situation？ 」

He asked in a pleasant and pleasant voice upon entering the terrace.

The line of sight of the people in that place gathered in Aria at once.

There were 5 people sitting around the table, black-clothed swordsmen standing on the street to protect them, 2 men in knight clothes [Junk], 4 women who gave the atmosphere of doing business the night, and they were the only ones who had to do business, and then the manager who stood still in his place on the edge of the terrace [audience mode].

The manager blatantly showed a relieved expression when he saw Aria's face.

Back then, when her gaze met the blond girl sitting on the chair, though Aria felt somewhat uneasy from the fact that the blonde-haired girl was showing a somewhat surprised expression, he immediately turned his attention towards the impending problem.

（Although I hope that he should not intervene with a bad action, it is somehow unreliable ya）

Aria slightly lamented the shy manager in the bottom of her heart.

Since every person serving under the prefectural governor, Liselotte, was being personally trained by Aria, they were only given a graduation mark at the last moment.

But, for Rikka company working on big projects, the lack of a capable workforce was the source of her frustration.

Although that did not mean that the manager of this restaurant could be called an incapable person, he would be extremely grateful if he could firmly overcome such a troubled noble.

「This man did a disrespectful act against us!」

Alphonse suddenly spoke to Aria in a loud voice while pointing towards Rio.

Meanwhile gripped the handle of the sword that had already lost its blade in his hand.

Aria's eyes opened slightly wide as she entered the room and caught a glimpse of the broken sword eyes that were stuck to the floor.

But, Aria's line of sight immediately moved to Rio almost without showing any shock on her face.

Rio looked back at Aria without showing a restless expression.

After staring into each other's eyes for a few seconds, Aria looks back at Alphonse and begins to investigate the people he considers suspects.

「Excuse me, you？ My name is Aria Gavaness. I am the grand Chamberlain who works under Liselotte Kretia-sama, governor of Almond prefecture 」

Section 4

He asked for his origin while doing self-introduction.

Although Gavaness's house was originally a piece of the nobles of Bertram kingdom, something like the name of a long-destroyed noble house was not even in the corner of Stead and Alphonse's head which was a lost child.

On the other hand, Rio fumbled in his memory when he felt that he heard the name Aria Gavness from somewhere. [TL: Try re-reading Act 1, she is the waiter who trimmed Rio's hair]

And then, he instantly came to his senses.

Although Celia said it earlier that her friend Aria was working under the daughter of the cretian duke, there was probably no doubt about it.

The truth is that apart from that, even though Rio met Aria earlier only once, it was the story when Rio had just regained the memories of his previous life.

At that time was when Aria also worked as an apprentice court lady in the royal palace of Bertram kingdom.

It was not just her name because she felt that she saw her face somewhere but, she left that matter for now, just based on the fact that Aria was Celia's friend, she said, he slightly strengthened his vigilance towards Aria.

「Fu, I understand ………. . I'm Alphonse Rodan 」

Alphonse revealed his lineage with a pouting expression.

Although Alphonse tried to unilaterally make Rio look like a guilty person, it was too bad that he was facing Aria who was too calm and cold.

If one were to speak of a grand treasurer, they were close aides among close aides serving high ranking nobles.

The content of their work was vast, they also had a great amount of authority.

When such a person appeared in this place, he could not be restrained from Alphonse and Stead.

Although she thought that she was a good woman, Alphonse angrily felt that Aria was a hindrance.

「Can I hear about the man's lineage there?」

Aria calls the next Stead for her lineage.

「Stead Euguno」

Stead replied with a dissatisfied expression.

They already said their name to Rio-tachi, they don't even use an alias in this place.

Even Stead began to feel uneasy at the somehow out-of-place feeling in Aria's overly calm demeanor.

"I saw . Are you with the honorable people of Bertram kingdom. I'm more sure when I see the emblem engraved on both of your armor 」

Aria said with a light smile.

"I saw . So what about that? We are people from prestigious noble houses. Yet these commoners are disrespectful to us！ 」

Maybe that's why they regained their moment and blamed Rio again.

Rio looked at them with a bored expression.

「May I ask what this disrespectful act is?」

Section 5

Although the situation was roughly predictable by looking around her, Aria tried to tell the truth from Stead personally.

「It ..... Is. He showed a provocative attitude！ 」

Stead explained in shaky words.

Although Rio's attitude towards Stead-tachi is of course many would say he's fed up with them, he certainly doesn't show any bad behavior that goes beyond the level of interaction with a noble as an object.

Therefore Stead could do nothing but give an unclear answer as he could not say what part of Rio's behavior was showing that he was disrespectful.

「As expected, well it will not be enough just with it ……. . Would you be a little clearer in explaining about something you call impolite behavior？ 」

「Of course！ Disrespectful behavior is disrespectful behavior！ You don't need to know about it!」

Stead shouted back to Aria's question.

Because they are high ranking nobles.

They are never wrong anywhere.

Ordinary people should remain silent and hear what the nobles are saying.

Ordinary people who disobeyed nobility were criminals with just that much.

What was so difficult to just snatch the life of such a commoner.

No, why should they blame and snatch the lives of the innocent commoners.

Ah right.

Because they are not wrong.

This gentle-looking man was the guilty one.

Making a full turn after feeling embarrassed, Stead directed his emotions in an unreasonable direction.

When he glanced at Alphonse beside him, he somehow also showed the same mental state.

Although it was nothing more than a mental state of despair due to their anxiety.

Maybe because they are thinking about how to make a comeback as soon as possible.

「Judging from the situation of the site, are you trying to say that your side was defeated in your own game when you tried to start a punishment by way of a duel or maybe a disrespectful attack on him to」

It was inevitable that Aria asked by reducing what had happened.

「..... I-That's true」

Keep answering with a narrow face.

Although they are unwilling to admit the fact that they were defeated in their own game, facts are facts.

The meaning of the impolite attack was, in the case when the "honor of nobility" was humiliated by commoners, the law would not even care even if they killed commoners who humiliated their honor to restore "honor of the nobility" they. .

Basically, very few countries applied the laws that were in effect at the national level during this era in the Strahl region, so each feudal lord decided on their own unique law which was then explicitly stated as common law.

Section 6

Although this so-called impolite strike system varies in detail, only a few of the universal laws exist in most state laws.

While this makes one think that the system is really complete garbage, the mistake of this system is that there is a requirement to use it as a brake in order not to be abused.

First, there is no need to judge it as an insult to one's honor if it is at the level of speech and insulting behavior during an argument, he said, there was no need to judge the humiliated honor if it was no case where there was no apology from an ordinary person who committed insults of speech and conduct that destroyed the honor of the nobility.

And, assuming that no witnesses witnessed the incident as a third party unrelated to both parties.

And then, one cannot use disrespectful attacks unless caught red-handed, it is inexcusable to carry out disrespectful attacks by blaming on past statements by bringing in future witnesses.

If the previous agreement could not be applied to the impolite strike, this matter would be resolved through a duel.

Nonetheless, there was a gap in the impolite attack, it was something that greatly benefited the system for nobles.

Even if it did not meet the actual requirements, the treatment for the legality of the impolite strike would be ignored, there were many cases where not many even tried to carry out criticism of the nobility killing commoners.

That part depended on the nobles and nobles in charge of the area, in which case it was under Liselotte decree.

Although in this case, Stead-tachi was treated as a rebel force from Bertram's royal government, Galwark's kingdom officially accepted them as the nobles of Bertram kingdom.

Although a disrespectful attack could be carried out even under the jurisdiction of a foreign power, it would come with slightly strenuous requirements compared to doing so in one's own country, and Stead-tachi completely failed to understand the important details of the passage.

"I saw . In that case, does the case meet the impolite strike requirement 」strike

Aria asked Stead-tachi in an uninterested tone.

「It ..... Uhm ......」.

Alphonse did not want to answer.

After Aria who was considered the vassal head (grand noble) Liselotte appeared, all the bad lies would probably just squeeze their own necks.

Since talking about Rio showed a bit of a provocative attitude to them, it was clear that the terms of the impolite attack were not met in this case.

Although many nobles were a little overdone for trying to kill an ordinary person for this reason.

On the contrary, if one were to speak honestly, Rio was the victim, on the contrary, Stead-tachi was the perpetrator who acted violently even to the point of finally trying to kill someone after behaving violently inside the shop.

There were many witnesses around him, they did not even secretly prepare the necessary lies in their current situation.

This will make them a great difficulty if points that contradict the statements of the witnesses appear because of their bad lies.

Although they can twist the truth as much as they want by pinning the blame on Rio afterwards if it was Rio in his childhood when he was still in Bertram kingdom, it was careless enough of them to slash at him without thinking about how big the consequences were in a foreign country.

But, even until the last moment, Stead-tachi did nothing but complain, let alone reflect on their reckless actions.

First, they did not even feel that they were acting recklessly.

Why high-ranking nobles like them were angry.

「Dad！ I will report this to dad!」

And it immediately began to spout out such things desperately.

「Of course, a report is a must. Although, you cannot report this unless what you say is the truth of what just happened 」

Section 7

Aria shook her head while giving a cold answer.

「Ap-Don't joke！ Do you think I would tell that kind of story？ I am the heir of the ducal house!」

The people in that place stared at Stead with cold eyes that had just started spitting at it.

Stead and Alphonse sat on top of their father's strength until now.

Since their ancestors were really influential nobles in their country until before the coup.

Even now, there was no talk where they did not reveal their father's name, they did whatever they wanted in Bertram kingdom.

If today was a problem, it would end without them being blamed by any party.

Today's case is different than usual.

They will kill by giving the appropriate wrongdoing if it is in their territory, although they may ignore the action afterwards, this is a foreign country, he said, however in this place there were many eyewitnesses that even made them have trouble breathing, this kind of senseless act was impossible.

It is only natural that there is no flexibility compared to their own country if they cause trouble in a foreign country that is far from the reach of their father's power.

But, they are very careless in this part as a result of living without being able to clean up their own mess.

「Seeing you live in Almond, everything that happened needs to be decided by Liselotte-sama. Although I heard of your situation just now, the decision regarding this matter needs to be decided by Liselotte-sama is right 」

「Kuh ....」.

Eventually Stead-tachi realized how unstable their standing was in this place.

And incidentally, things might turn ugly.

「First of all, although impolite strikes are allowed in the case that an ordinary person shames the honor of a noble, is he really an ordinary person」 」

Aria asked that question while narrowing her eyes as she looked towards Rio.

「O-Of course he is! 」

Alphonse replied before Rio.

「Is that true？ May I hear your name and bloodline?」

Aria asked Rio as she ignored Alphonse.

「Well, is that true？ Regardless of the lineage, I do not feel the need to tell my name」

But, Rio replied calmly while shrugging his shoulders.

She already said her name while making the reservation, although Aria would easily understand that later, she had no intention to easily say an alias in front of Stead-tachi.

Section 8

"Why is that?"

「I will not make the stupid mistake of saying my name in front of the attacker. Because we're obviously victims here. The two of them, probably because they started to be persuaded by their girlfriend or came here to disturb the place to eat 」

Rio told his point of view in a slightly bored tone.

Stead and Alphonse were glaring at Rio as if they were cursing.

You though it won't change like this if you die quietly――

Their curved faces said what they were thinking.

Rio ignored their line of sight with a cool look.

「In addition, they do not even leave the room even when we advise them to go many times. Then finally forced to slash with their swords on top of that 」

And tells a simple explanation of the fact that made Stead-tachi guilty.

"I saw . Of course, now I know why you do not want to tell your Personal Information easily to an opponent hostile to you. So you haven't told them your name yet. Then can you tell me your name afterwards？ 」

「Yes, of course. By the way, I'm just a regular guy 」

Rio was startled Because the story had unexpectedly reached Aria.

If the side of the shop was leaning towards Stead-tachi, he planned to make a huge accusation due to the inability of the store that caused this incident, it seemed like there was no need to use this card.

Although he had also thought of many other plans, it seemed that it was unnecessary.

On the other hand, when Rio decided to say that he was an ordinary person, he received a sharp and contemptuous look from Stead-tachi.

"Thank you very much"

After thanking Rio, Aria faced Stead-tachi.

「For now, if the story is true, after that, there will be no way even if you are arrested for abusing the system called impolite attack to you. In conclusion, he didn't even accept the duel right？ 」

After being answered like that.

Although Aria had already listened roughly about the details from the employees, afterwards, Rio's testimony coincided with what he had heard earlier.

Therefore, the current Aria scale is heavily skewed towards being unfavorable to Stead-tachi.