I Inherited a Beautiful Wife and a Territory - Chapter 109

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Inheriting a Beautiful Wife and Estate Episode 109

 

109. Incidents and Accidents

 

Bustling and noisy.

 

Elimis Estate.

 

Among the nobles of the Yusta Peninsula, those who had visited here in the past could be counted on one hand. But now they were eager to be the first to set foot here.

 

‘From now on, this will be the center of our principality.’

 

‘Now that even Serpal has fallen, it makes no sense to go against the House of Duke Elimis.’

 

‘I must secure at least a concubine position with the Duke!’

 

Various thoughts.

 

A considerable number of nobles from the northern Yusta Peninsula sent delegations ahead of this winter. They weren’t simply coming to see the festival of the old Elimis Estate.

 

Establishing themselves.

 

They also had the will to prepare a base to become central nobles of the principality from now on.

 

And all those who came like this were amazed by the appearance of Elimis Estate.

 

“…It’s incredible.”

 

The Gred Baron family.

 

Their party was no different.

 

Roads built for carriages to pass through.

 

They were amazed seeing this.

 

‘To think there would be an estate with roads maintained to this extent in our Yusta Peninsula.’

 

Admiration, and more admiration.

 

These were their impressions upon coming to Elimis Royal Road.

 

“I had some expectations after seeing the power of the Elimis Merchant Guild, but… I never thought it would be this magnificent.”

 

“Duke Elimis. He must be a very formidable man. It wasn’t like this just a few years ago.”

 

The center of the principality.

 

This was the conversation between Baron Gred and his son as they entered the estate that would become the capital.

 

Fried, the baron’s son, nodded his head.

 

‘This is certainly surprising.’

 

He never expected it to be this much.

 

When Cliff’s name began to be known, and when he received the duke’s title through war.

 

Even at the moment when Serpal finally surrendered, he couldn’t have imagined this extent.

 

‘There probably isn’t much age difference between him and me… Could studying in the homeland create such a difference?’

 

How could their abilities differ to this extent?

 

Fried was personally curious about the person called Cliff. Their ages were similar, and their starting points would have been similar too.

 

It was certain that Elimis Estate wasn’t like this from the beginning.

 

There was one reason this place had grown.

 

‘The Duke. It changed when he came.’

 

Perhaps because of this, the expressions of the people were different from those in his own estate.

 

These weren’t the faces of people who seemed to live just because they didn’t know how to die.

 

“I wish our estate… could become a place like this too.”

 

“We must make it so. That is your role. While assisting the Duke, you must somehow secure support that can develop the estate.”

 

Baron Gred said.

 

The reason many nobles were heading to Elimis Estate now.

 

It was simple. While there was the aspect of becoming central nobles of the principality, they also intended to secure much support for their own estates like now.

 

But Fried inwardly shook his head at his father’s words.

 

‘This isn’t something possible just by receiving support.’

 

People must change.

 

Not receiving fish, but learning how to catch fish.

 

That was the role he had to play here.

 

While Fried was thinking this way, the carriage entered the city center. Or rather, tried to do so. However, a problem arose.

 

“With many guests visiting, there are no rooms left in the inns.”

 

“What?”

 

“It seems… we’ll have to look into commoner homes.”

 

Baron Gred frowned deeply upon hearing his subordinate’s report.

 

Elimis, where they had arrived.

 

Inside were many newly built inns. And among them were many luxurious places, making them suitable as lodging for nobles.

 

The problem was the continued rejection.

 

‘These people…’

 

He couldn’t even assert that he was a noble.

 

It would be breaking the principality’s laws, and besides, the other guests were generally all nobles too.

 

It would be realistically impossible to evict other nobles.

 

“Grr.”

 

He should have come a bit earlier if he was going to come.

 

But even so, to use a house where lowly people had lived.

 

“…To have to stay in places where filthy people lived. It can’t be helped. Find a decent house at least. Since there was also the Duke’s order, give them a few gold coins and tell them to vacate the house.”

 

“Yes!”

 

Let’s find a reasonably clean house.

 

Fortunately, there were many such houses in Elimis Estate. Almost all the houses were new.

 

‘Ho.’

 

Large-scale construction.

 

He had vaguely heard that this had been continuing for several years. And if the beginning was roads, then next came buildings.

 

The large-scale construction at that time was now accommodating various guests. However, it tended to be insufficient by itself.

 

After the Gred family servants ran around several times like this.

 

“…They say they can give us a room, but giving up the house for the entire winter is impossible.”

 

This angered Baron Gred.

 

“How dare lowly commoners say they’ll live together with nobles!”

 

He was angry.

 

However, the residents here had their reasons too.

 

‘They’re telling us to leave when winter is coming soon?’

 

‘Are they crazy?’

 

Elimis winters were cold.

 

Though perceptions had changed a lot now, winter was originally the season of death.

 

In the midst of that, being without a house threatened survival.

 

‘No matter how much they give us, we cannot leave our homes.’

 

This was the residents’ will.

 

Baron Gred, for his part, was receiving such treatment for the first time.

 

“We’re being considerate of them thinking of the Duke, even offering gold coins, yet they dare treat us like unwanted guests? Lead the way. I’ll have that fellow seized immediately and give him a beating!”

 

The nobles of the Yusta Peninsula had each reigned like kings in their respective places.

 

So this kind of incident occurred.

 

Fried’s expression became urgent.

 

“Father! Have you forgotten what the Duke’s knight said?”

 

No matter how noble, they would not harm the residents living here.

 

Also, they could not give orders to residents.

 

This was an act of recognizing the authority of the Duke who ruled this place.

 

But if they were to go against this?

 

“This could be seen as us rebelling against the Duke!”

 

“Grr. Trusting in the Duke, these people take nobles lightly.”

 

His son’s words made Baron Gred even more furious.

 

He well knew the importance of Duke Elimis. Now was his era. The time when each ruled their own estates and lived separately had passed.

 

‘Now we must unite around the Duke to survive, or else we’ll be left behind or fall like Serpal did.’

 

Though the Serpal family was still alive, their position had changed from the past.

 

The Duke of Elimis, or more precisely, had been in continuous decline since his conflict with Ellemis Baron. Now the region’s greatest trading city had become Ospal, not Serpal.

 

Such was the magnitude of Duke Elimis’s influence.

 

Now even that Serpal had submitted to Duke Elimis, hadn’t it?

 

“Grr.”

 

His teeth ground together.

 

He tried his best to calm himself.

 

“We mustn’t act on emotion right now. First, we need to quickly find a solution. I’ll step forward myself.”

 

Fried barely managed to calm his father.

 

“…Very well.”

 

Gred Baron also held back his anger for now.

 

Having received his father’s instructions, Fried personally went around looking for houses where they could stay during winter.

 

And his son followed this Fried around.

 

Many people had come.

 

Because of this, the public sentiment in Elimis Domain was stirring.

 

‘They say they’ll pay money, but what good does that do?’

 

Elimis Domain was also still not accustomed to a monetary economy.

 

So the nobles’ requests were even harder to accept. They didn’t like outsiders coming either.

 

They preferred the times when they just lived among themselves. Sometimes groups of people would come through the Elimis Merchant Guild and such, but this was an unprecedented commotion.

 

‘Is it because the people coming lately are noble lords that they’re so high-handed?’

 

‘Sigh. Even if they’re distinguished gentlemen, winter’s coming soon and they’re telling us to vacate our homes…’

 

Resentment grew.

 

Because of this, an incident erupted.

 

“I said no!”

 

Another commotion broke out today.

 

A group of nobles demanding houses be given up.

 

And residents refusing, saying they couldn’t do that.

 

‘Here we go again.’

 

‘This time it’s Mr. Akali’s place?’

 

‘Wait. Something feels strange about the atmosphere right now…?’

 

Usually such arguments didn’t escalate into major incidents.

 

But sometimes when disputes continued, emotions would intensify.

 

“How dare a mere commoner refuse a noble’s request? Are you disrespecting our Rotman Family?”

 

This was what happened when things were repeated several times without success.

 

Fried was looking for a house when he witnessed this scene.

 

And just as he frowned and was about to step forward.

 

“Stop it!”

 

Someone else stepped forward before him.

 

“…?”

 

A young voice.

 

Fried and the onlookers turned their heads toward where the sound came from.

 

It was a small girl.

 

A truly tiny child who looked to be four years old at most.

 

“You can’t make trouble here. Stop it!”

 

“Is that little brat talking to me right now?”

 

The man among the troublemaking group twisted his expression.

 

Of course, people thought a noble wouldn’t seriously get angry over what a mere child said.

 

But they were wrong.

 

Clang.

 

The nobleman actually drew his sword as if he couldn’t stand it anymore.

 

“These people have gone collectively mad, trusting in His Grace the Duke! Now even that little brat dares to disrespect me and the Rotman Family?”

 

Fried’s expression hardened.

 

And so did those of the people watching from around.

 

The man didn’t actually swing his sword.

 

Rather, he just drew his sword from a distance as a threat. He probably wouldn’t really cause bloodshed in a city where the Duke himself resided, so it was likely just a final warning.

 

But when human emotions run high, there’s no telling what might happen.

 

“Drawing a sword will hurt someone!”

 

And showing a blade to a young child wasn’t much of a threat.

 

Those words further provoked the Rotman Family nobleman’s anger.

 

“This thing still…!”

 

There really couldn’t be bloodshed.

 

But finally the man stepped forward, intending to act directly.

 

“Stop!”

 

Fried decided to step forward instead of watching any longer.

 

“What’s this now…! Ahem. Who are you?”

 

Rotman’s nobleman was about to get angry at Fried too, but changed his tone after seeing Fried’s appearance.

 

He somewhat realized that his opponent was also a noble.

 

“I am Fried of the Gred Family. This is a place personally governed by His Grace the Duke. You should have been warned not to harm his people carelessly.”

 

“Gred?”

 

Rather than listening to Fried’s warning, the man only paid attention to that family name.

 

Then the man’s face soon changed to a mocking expression.

 

“The Gred Family… are you from those who rule a small domain in the south of Silia Domain?”

 

A flinch.

 

His opponent knew about him.

 

But Fried still wasn’t familiar with the Rotman Family name.

 

Meanwhile, Rotman’s nobleman spoke again.

 

“Hmph. If you’re just a noble from such a small domain, don’t think to lecture me and go your way. Don’t I know such things?”

 

He added.

 

“My aunt is Berkheim Baron’s wife. The Berkheim Family is one of the families in the first alliance the Duke made.”

 

This was why the man had been so confident.

 

“Even if he’s the Duke, for me, the nephew of Berkheim Baron whom he respects, to be disrespected by a mere street urchin…! Answer me, brat. I’ll have to collect payment from your parents for disrespecting the main house!”

 

The man’s loud voice.

 

From that moment, the surrounding atmosphere strangely changed.

 

Growl.

 

And the black wolves symbolizing the Elimis Family began gathering around one by one.

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