I Inherited a Beautiful Wife and a Territory - Chapter 43

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Inheriting a Beautiful Wife and Estate Episode 043

43. Female Knight

“Father!”

“No, why are you here….”

Adolf’s eyes widened upon meeting his daughter.

But soon he understood the entire situation.

‘This child couldn’t bear it and rushed to the manor. I hope she didn’t cross any lines….’

Adolf’s worried gaze turned to Anton, who had brought her.

The man who had dealt mercilessly with the Ballard Family opened his mouth with a weary expression.

“You have a remarkable daughter. Although our estate soldiers are few in number and poorly armed, they’re elite troops with considerable strength… yet none of them could handle her.”

Adolf’s expression darkened at Anton’s statement.

“Did my daughter perhaps commit any discourtesy or…?”

“The lord said he would not hold accountable actions taken for the sake of one’s father.”

Naturally, the commotion she caused trying to enter the lord’s manor without permission was a crime.

But Cliff decided to overlook this. Adolf showed a relieved expression at those words.

“Please tell the master that I’m truly grateful.”

“Tell him yourself later.”

Anton went outside.

And Vivian was shocked by what her father had said.

“Master? What do you mean by that?”

“That’s how it came to be.”

“No, why… Wait. Father, surely you didn’t sacrifice yourself for someone like Baron Ballard?”

She too was Adolf’s daughter after all.

She was intelligent and understood her father’s heart well.

But that didn’t mean she accepted it.

‘No, why would Father go this far for such a person….’

The war had been waged because of Baron Ballard’s greed. And even aside from this war, Baron Ballard was a disappointing lord.

At least from Vivian’s perspective.

But Adolf told her. A vassal who had already sworn loyalty should not judge their master.

Vivian felt suffocated.

“No. Even now….”

“It’s already been decided. If I were to back out now, it would result in insulting the Elimis Family.”

Adolf couldn’t make that decision.

If he did such a thing, even his daughter Vivian would be in danger.

Now, separate from him becoming a slave, his daughter remained a free person. Though unmarried, she was already an adult, and above all, a daughter stronger than most men.

“This father is truly sorry to you. Now truly live as you wish.”

“No! How can you tell me to leave while Father remains as some unknown person’s slave? Rather, Father. Become his vassal instead of a slave. Seeing how he let me meet you, he doesn’t seem to have a cruel heart….”

“I am a vassal of the Ballard Family. How could I serve another lord?”

What a frustrating father.

She had once respected that uprightness, but now it made her furious.

‘What difference is there between becoming a vassal and serving loyally versus obeying as a slave?’

This was Adolf’s self-satisfaction.

She couldn’t help but think so.

She bit her lips tightly and stood up abruptly.

“If that’s Father’s will, then fine. I won’t regard Father as just my father anymore either.”

Adolf’s expression turned bitter.

“Do as you will.”

She left.

Adolf showed a regretful expression.

‘She has talent and inherited her mother’s beauty… if only her fierce personality could be tempered, she would have become a fine woman.’

Female knights existed in this world too.

But their numbers were few. Training efficiency was naturally lower compared to men, and above all, there were social expectations of what women should be like.

It was the custom of this world to view women learning martial arts as strange.

“Sigh.”

Adolf let out a sigh.

Sometimes he regretted that she was a daughter. If she had been a son instead of a daughter, she would have grown into a splendid knight. Even now, he thought his daughter’s talent far exceeded his own.

‘Even with such talent, it’s difficult for it to bloom….’

It was unfortunate.

While he was thinking this, Vivian again requested of the people guarding outside.

“Please let me meet the lord.”

The Platice Count’s Mansion.

When dividing the Yusta Peninsula into north and south, these were the rulers of the north.

The place with the strongest influence in the region adjacent to the homeland.

Therefore, the Platice Family was closest to the homeland among the Yusta Peninsula nobility.

“…There was not only a high-ranking knight but also an intermediate-level or higher spirit mage among them?”

“That’s correct.”

“This is insane…!”

Bang.

Count Platice struck his desk in anger.

‘Did that spirit mage even tame the Shadow Wolves? Those wolves are also spirit beasts, so it seems spirit mages can tame them. No, that’s not what’s important right now. If there was a spirit mage, this means….’

The House of Aidrun was behind the Elimis Family.

No matter how much Count Platice might throw his weight around in the vicinity, he couldn’t compare to the kingdom’s Prime Minister. He let out a lament.

“I should have waited until the Duke’s house changed hands.”

He had acted too hastily.

He asked the servant making the report.

“Surely our knights didn’t fight with people from the Elimis Family?”

“Fortunately, no such incident occurred and the war ended with Baron Ballard’s surrender.”

“Phew. That’s at least fortunate.”

The worst situation had been avoided.

But Count Platice still felt uneasy. The reporting servant, reading the mood, brought up another concern.

“Um… it seems we won’t be able to receive the 300 gold we were supposed to get from the Ballard Family. Since the war ended with the Elimis Family’s victory, they won’t leave anything of the Ballard Family, will they?”

“That’s natural. But if none of our knights were harmed… right now, making peace with the Elimis Family is the priority.”

Both Count Platice and the servant who had come first to report the war results as an advance party thought this was natural.

But some time later, one of the three knights who had left arrived first and brought new information.

“We’re bringing Baron Ballard and his family to the Count’s mansion now.”

“What?”

He had naturally assumed the Elimis Family would detain them.

He thought they would either sell them as slaves or kill them in an accident, but they’re bringing them here?

“Baron Ballard’s wealth amounts to only about 200 gold coins, so he owes our house 100 gold coins. We’re bringing him to our house for negotiations regarding this debt.”

“…They came out with as much as 200 gold coins?”

“It seems Adolf, who was his knight, sold himself to pay the war reparations owed to the Elimis Family in his stead. And the Elimis Family purchased the remaining assets at a low price and exiled him.”

Count Platice’s eyes lit up as he listened.

The knight who sold himself was surprising, but Baron Elimis’s decision was even more astonishing.

And he seemed to understand the reason for this.

‘This is a gesture of reconciliation from the Baron.’

They had left the Platice Family’s share.

They had deliberately purchased the Ballard Family’s assets to ensure he wouldn’t suffer losses. It was very considerate.

Especially given the situation where he had learned that the Prime Minister was behind them.

“…Since I received a gift from him, I should reciprocate.”

Count Platice muttered.

Of course, this wasn’t a reciprocal gift. It was simply because the Elimis Family had stronger power than expected, so he wanted to maintain good relations.

‘At least until the Duke changes, I should maintain good relations with him.’

During the Count’s own era, he would need to cultivate friendship with Cliff.

Conversely, Count Platice hated Baron Ballard.

First of all, Baron Ballard was an enemy of the Elimis Family.

That wasn’t all.

‘How dare he deceive us and create the risk of antagonizing the Duke’s house?’

He was the one who had led him into a trap.

Count Platice made a resolute decision. Just as Anton had done to that family, no, even more so, he decided to crush the Ballard Family.

Conversely, he was in a situation where he needed to maintain good relations with the Elimis Family.

“Tsk tsk. It’s unfortunate that he’s already married.”

Count Platice clicked his tongue.

Soon after, he called for his cousin.

As he arrived, Count Platice spoke.

“Lord Keren. You have a daughter of marriageable age, don’t you?”

“That’s correct.”

“May I paint her portrait?”

Saying he would paint a portrait of a woman of marriageable age.

It meant he would arrange a marriage for his niece.

The one called Keren bowed his head.

“That child is also a daughter of the Platice Family. If the head of the family would paint her portrait, she would be delighted.”

“Hehe. Thank you.”

Soon Count Platice sent a painter to his cousin.

While such events were happening far away at the Platice Count’s mansion, Cliff was wearing a troubled expression.

This too was because of a woman.

“So what did you say?”

“I want to become the lord’s concubine.”

“No, why?”

“In exchange, please give me my father as my servant.”

Looking at the woman who wanted to use her own father as a servant, Cliff held his forehead.

‘It’s not exactly a loss though…’

Her blazing eyes.

Facing them made him feel somewhat reluctant. So he made a different proposal.

“Instead of that, how about being appointed by our Elimis Family to become a knight?”

“Eh? You would accept a woman as a knight?”

“Yeah. Is there some law against it?”

In the world Cliff had lived in his previous life, there were also female soldiers.

And there were also female special forces units.

Although there were certainly physical differences between male and female soldiers, this world had aura.

‘This woman was no match for our territorial soldiers either…’

Through skill effects, his private soldiers had the abilities of decent elite troops.

The woman who had overwhelmed such people was Vivian.

Cliff decided to take her in as a knight.

“Originally, prestigious families have many female knights too.”

And this statement was also true.

“Though their duties focus more on escort rather than combat like charging.”

Especially escorting other women.

The more Cliff spoke, the more Vivian’s eyes sparkled. She had longed for the life of a knight.

She had hoped to become a knight like her father.

‘I thought that was impossible though…’

Even while always wielding a sword, she thought she would never become a knight.

She would just age like this and live as an unmarried old maid, or perhaps become the concubine of some elderly noble.

Her wish was to become the wife of a knight stronger than herself. But now a dream she had never imagined was about to come true.

Only one thing concerned her.

“Then what about my father…?”

“As Lord Adolf wishes, he’ll be branded, but I have no intention of truly treating him as a slave. I’ll have him govern the previous lands of the Ballard Family here.”

It was a kind of manor.

At Cliff’s words that he would use him as a manor knight rather than a salaried knight, she was surprised once again.

Still, there was one thing she desired.

“I have one request.”

“Speak.”

“Please make my position higher than my father’s.”

Cliff thought.

‘Hmm. I’m glad I didn’t take her as a concubine.’

Looking at her blazing eyes, he thought it best to keep an appropriate distance. Cliff nodded to agree to this.

Later, he planned to assign her to guard Priscilla.

“Sophia… that’s my name.”

And Baron Ballard’s remaining second daughter.

Separate from the war reparations, she was a prize at stake in this war. Like a hostage, she was left to Cliff.

Originally she would have become his concubine, but this time too Cliff made her Priscilla’s maid.

“Now everything should be finished, right?”

It wasn’t.

Jaide, who had been traveling around looking for pottery sales channels, came with gleaming eyes.

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