I Inherited a Beautiful Wife and a Territory - Chapter 110

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Inheriting a Beautiful Wife and Estate Episode 110

 

110. Making an Example

 

Baron Berkheim.

 

He was a noble who had joined hands with Cliff together with Baron Renheim, or perhaps even before him.

 

Also an ally who had sent troops during the war with the Kingdom of Alpeo.

 

In other words, he was one of the founding nobles of the Elimis Duchy.

 

‘How dare they act so insolently toward the nephew of a founding noble?’

 

He had heard the warnings too.

 

But those words only applied to ordinary nobles of other duchies.

 

It made no sense to apply them to a founding noble. He was different from Fried, who was lecturing him from over there.

 

That was what Rotman’s nobleman thought.

 

‘Heh. It seems these fellows are finally beginning to realize their mistakes.’

 

The atmosphere had grown cold.

 

The man thought his words had taken effect. But the actual situation was different from that.

 

And strangely, the hair all over his body began to stand on end.

 

Little by little, he too began to sense that something was wrong.

 

“What are you doing? If you understand, then immediately… Gasp!”

 

He still intended to maintain his pride to the end.

 

The problem was the massive wolf that had been beside the little girl at some point.

 

“Sha, Shadow Wolf…?”

 

A black wolf standing proudly and glaring at him.

 

There was no noble in the Elimis Duchy who didn’t know of them. Weren’t they like symbols of the duchy?

 

Though Cliff had achieved victory through naval warfare against the Kingdom of Alpeo, what was more familiar to the duchy’s nobles was the existence of the Shadow Wolves.

 

‘What, what is this?’

 

And the relationship between that wolf and the child seemed strangely close.

 

The child was stroking the Shadow Wolf’s fur with her small hand. She looked more familiar with it than afraid.

 

And the wolf’s attitude was the same.

 

‘It’s as if it’s glaring at me…’

 

The sword he was holding slowly moved behind him to be hidden.

 

The atmosphere was such that something terrible would really happen if he didn’t. At that moment, the man recalled what the little girl had said earlier.

 

-You’ll get hurt if you draw your sword!

 

Was that what she meant?

 

It wasn’t just the man who was surprised; Fried was shocked too.

 

And the little girl pointed at Rotman’s nobleman with her small hand.

 

“Attack!”

 

The child, who had already given a warning about getting hurt, would no longer hold back.

 

And the Shadow Wolf that had been guarding the child’s side felt similarly.

 

Growl. Bark!

 

“Ugh, aaaah!”

 

The massive bulk pouncing on him was threatening in itself. The man fell backward on his bottom.

 

Those who stepped forward in his place were his escorts.

 

“It’s dangerous!”

 

A knight blocked his path.

 

The knight immediately struck the attacking Shadow Wolf with his scabbard.

 

Clang!

 

Despite its massive intimidating presence, the Shadow Wolf wasn’t particularly strong. The knight couldn’t bring himself to draw his sword against the wolf that was a symbol of the duchy, but just that was sufficient to fend off the wolf.

 

The problem was what came next.

 

Growl…

 

Growl.

 

There wasn’t just one.

 

Wolves that appeared from various places surrounded them as if encircling them.

 

“Eek!”

 

It was no wonder that Rotman’s nobleman’s face, which had been full of vigor, turned pale.

 

All of this was created by the little girl’s single word “attack.” And likewise, it ended with the child’s voice.

 

“Stop it!”

 

Awoo?

 

Whine.

 

The fierce momentum of the wolves that had been savage just moments before subsided.

 

Instead, they stepped back one by one, their gazes turning toward someone new.

 

It wasn’t the little girl from before.

 

“Sigh. Temi. I told you not to attack people.”

 

A boy speaking as if scolding the little girl.

 

Instead of the silver-haired girl, this time a blond boy appeared. He looked about the same age as the previous girl, with a solemn expression on a face that still had baby fat.

 

From an adult’s perspective, it was indeed a cute sight. The white bear carrying the child also had a certain cuteness to its appearance.

 

‘What, what is happening here?’

 

Meanwhile, the little girl was more interested in the bear that came with the nagging boy than in the boy himself.

 

“It’s Kyuung!”

 

As if forgetting the confrontation from moments before, the little girl ran over with quick steps and hugged Kyuwong.

 

Kyuung also embraced the child as she rubbed her face against its body and acted cute.

 

“Sigh.”

 

And Apollo, who had stopped the entire situation.

 

He turned his head to look around at the surroundings.

 

Though it would be difficult for a young child to understand this situation, there were still things even a child could know.

 

‘Temi and that man were fighting.’

 

That much he understood.

 

Apollo opened his mouth.

 

Perhaps because the attitude of the wolves that had been threatening him and baring their teeth just moments before had subsided.

 

Rotman’s nobleman regained his spirit.

 

He was about to press again. Even more forcefully, if only to erase the humiliation of falling on his bottom earlier.

 

He certainly would have, if Fried hadn’t acted first.

 

“Fried of the Gred Family pays his respects to the Prince and Princess.”

 

Fried showed courtesy with a respectful attitude.

 

He knelt on one knee and showed the courtesy of a vassal. At his words, the face of Rotman’s side, which had been making a big fuss just moments before, turned pale.

 

‘Prince and Princess? Who? Those two…?’

 

Come to think of it, he remembered hearing about it.

 

Certainly the Grand Duke had twins. He had heard a rough description of their appearance.

 

‘The eldest, Prince Apollo, was blond, and the next-born Princess Artemis was…’

 

The age when the twins were born.

 

And their characteristics.

 

Everything matched the two children.

 

“Huh, gasp!”

 

Finally, they realized how the little girl had been able to command the wolves.

 

And at the same time, the mistake they had made.

 

“Mister, explain!”

 

Apollo looked at Fried and demanded. The man’s desperate eyes turned toward Fried.

 

But in this situation with so many witnesses, he couldn’t cover up the man’s wrongdoing with lies.

 

And more than anything, there was a mouth faster than Fried’s.

 

“That bad mister drew his sword, so I said attack!”

 

Artemis’s straightforward explanation.

 

Apollo frowned and then delivered his judgment(?).

 

“Then I’ll have to ask.”

 

“Huh?”

 

The wolves bared their teeth again.

 

Cliff recalled memories from his past life.

 

His childhood in his previous life. When he did something wrong, he sometimes had memories of kneeling and holding his hands up as punishment.

 

And the reason he was recalling this now.

 

‘How cute.’

 

It was because two children were being punished in front of him right now.

 

They weren’t kneeling though.

 

They were just standing with both hands raised in fists.

 

With their lips pouted out like a duck’s bill.

 

“…Even so, how can you make them bite people?”

 

Cliff made an exasperated expression.

 

But the children were confident despite his criticism.

 

“That mister did something he wasn’t supposed to do first!”

 

Especially Artemis was like that.

 

Always disappearing.

 

And each time, the princess would go around resolving disputes like this. She was already famous within the city.

 

As the problem-solving princess.

 

‘At least the residents seem to view it favorably…’

 

Recently, there had been various troublesome nobles.

 

These were people who had ruled like kings in their respective territories. When they tried to adapt to the new order of the duchy, problems were inevitable.

 

‘Though I thought it would be fine…’

 

Cliff frowned.

 

It wasn’t just a vague thought he had.

 

-Public Order Maintenance (Lv. 1)

 

Among Cliff’s skills, there was definitely something like this.

 

The trouble caused by nobles was ultimately behavior that harmed public order. That’s how Cliff thought of it.

 

However, whether the skill level was low or this was separate, the effect wasn’t very noticeable.

 

‘Or maybe it’s maintained at this level because the skill exists.’

 

Anyway, this incident deepened Priscilla’s worries.

 

Except for the first time, she had always organized the winter festival. This kind of behavior happening before that festival was the current situation.

 

It created difficulties for the festival.

 

‘Artemis seems to step forward so often because of that very reason.’

 

From Artemis’s perspective, the nobles causing trouble were people bothering Priscilla.

 

And there was also the fact that residents looked on refreshingly whenever she did this.

 

‘They probably think she’s just punishing bad people, so they don’t consider it wrong…’

 

Cliff looked at the two children.

 

Scolding children like this would only foster rebellious feelings anyway.

 

“Put your hands down and come here.”

 

In the end, the punishment lasted only a few minutes before ending.

 

He called the children over and had them sit down.

 

“You can’t tell them to bite people like you did.”

 

“Why not?”

 

Artemis asked with a sullen expression.

 

Hearing this question, he thought about it. Saying “because it hurts the other person” wouldn’t be useful.

 

‘That’s not even a teaching that fits this world…’

 

They wouldn’t accept it either.

 

“Because you or the wolves might get hurt if you fight.”

 

And actually, this was Cliff’s true feeling. This time it wasn’t a big problem(?) because the Rotman family people were weak.

 

The Rotman family could complain about this, but nothing more would happen.

 

‘But if the opponent’s skills had been a bit stronger…’

 

The wolves, and furthermore the children, could have been in danger instead.

 

Of course, that wouldn’t have happened.

 

Kyuung was there too.

 

But this was also about habits.

 

“To subdue with force, you need to be stronger than your opponent. And to subdue without getting hurt, you need to be overwhelmingly stronger than your opponent. Even if the opponent has just a little strength, if you fight, we might lose or even if we win, we could get hurt and be in pain.”

 

So attacking is the last resort.

 

Didn’t Sun Tzu also say repeatedly?

 

‘Winning without fighting is true victory.’

 

Cliff said.

 

“There are plenty of people stronger than me in the world. You never know where they might appear. It’s the same from the perspective of the people you punished. They thought they were stronger but were weak, so they got beaten. The same could happen to you. What if you think you’re stronger but the opponent is actually stronger?”

 

He wasn’t sure if the explanation would be well understood at a child’s level.

 

But it was better than before.

 

They were listening with a slightly more accepting attitude.

 

“Then what should we do?”

 

Above all, Apollo was clever.

 

He’s absolutely not saying this because it’s his son.

 

Sometimes when he looked, his son was indeed a genius. True to his name, Apollo was growing up wisely.

 

“Hmm. There’s something called mirror treatment.”

 

“Mirror treatment…?”

 

“The opponent bragged loudly saying he was a noble, right? You can do the same thing.”

 

Cliff’s eyes lit up as he spoke.

 

“You can also say you’re my son. By telling them your full names, you can handle such people sufficiently.”

 

“What if that doesn’t work?”

 

“Then tell Kyuung.”

 

Even as he spoke, Cliff thought such a situation was unlikely to occur.

 

‘If someone doesn’t recognize my name… they wouldn’t cause such a commotion in the first place.’

 

People who make a big fuss while flaunting their family name and status.

 

They have a characteristic.

 

They’re the epitome of being strong against the weak and weak against the strong. They bow endlessly to those of higher status than themselves.

 

But that’s that, and this is this.

 

‘I’ll need to sort this out somehow.’

 

He sent the children back to their rooms.

 

“…What will you do?”

 

Belgimov appeared from the shadows.

 

“I’ll need to borrow the Shadows again.”

 

At Cliff’s words, a gleam flashed in Belgimov’s eyes. He asked.

 

“Shall we eliminate them?”

 

Cliff shook his head.

 

“Just monitor them. So they can’t act strangely. And I’ll call Jaide to spread rumors.”

 

Was it the Rotman family?

 

‘How dare they touch my daughter?’

 

It seemed like it was gradually becoming necessary.

 

“I didn’t want to use this method, but throughout the entire duchy outside our Elimis Domain…”

 

There was a need to make an example.

 

Now it would be rumors. Rumors that the Rotman family had angered him. That much would be enough for them to…

 

‘Either grovel desperately, or decide to rebel.’

 

And there would be no more nobles coming here who would cause disturbances.

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