Chapter 37: Chapter 37
"What?"
"Don't feign ignorance! I know everything you've done! And to think that I was blind enough to trust you... cough cough!" The King is so upset that he even chokes on his own saliva, but what the hell is happening, I don't remember doing anything wro... Payon! Shit they already discovered the shit I did!!
"Your Majesty, calm down, tell us what Lord Hauser is accused of, surely it is a misunderstanding." The person speaking is Archduke Kronecker Grantz Heine, a old man with a long beard and mustache, with a cane in his hand, apparently he is just as surprised as me and everyone else present.
"Don't defend it! After what it did to our Kingdom there is no way it can be innocent!!" Hey at least call me 'he'... I hope they haven't activated anti-magic defenses in the castle, I'm ready to teleport, I better change my Job to Guillotine Cross, since in my experiments I realized that the skills work better if I use the corresponding job.
"Your Majesty, can you tell us what Lord Leonhard did? If he is being accused of something, we would like to know so that Lord Leonhard can defend himself, and if he is guilty, we can implement the appropriate punishment... and apparently Lord Leonhard doesn't know what's going on." The man that spoke is Archduke Maximilian Lugenburg, a middle-aged man with a mustache and a monocle over his left eye.
I nod at him, one of the things I've learned is not to speak until you know what you're accused of, if you start talking about something that has nothing to do with the current issue you're accused of, frankly, you'll only be digging more deep your grave, so I turn again to see the King and wait for his accusation, after a minute he speak again.
"I'm giving you time and you still don't intend to ask for forgiveness for what you did... Very well then, Guards arrest him!" Immediately some knights appear and surround me, pointing their spears at me, though the archdukes protest.
"How do you want me to defend myself when I don't even know what I'm being accused of?" If that's how you want to play two we can do it, anyway I don't think they can stop me if I get serious. In the end, with the protests of the Archdukes, the King has no choice but to start a trial against me.
After that we spent the next hour defending myself every time I was accused of something, first a Geffen guy accused me of selling Normans to the Kobolds, which I managed to prove when one of the real freed adventurers recognized me as his savior.
After that I was accused of the attack on Comodo, in this case I was defended by the Richards and Heines, something that apparently annoyed the King more, It's weird how he doesn't mention anything about orcs, I thought he would accuse me of that too. Then he continued with the attack on the Saint Darmain Fortress that it was practically my fault for kicking the Goblins and Kobolds out of their lands, the good thing they don't need to know that.... Here again the Richard and Heinen defend me, although I was a little surprised when the Nerius defended me too.
Now the King accuses me of abandoning my duty and doing what I want, trying to expand my influence in various regions , also accusing me of the attack on Morroc, this time according to him he has witnesses to what happened, for which a completely covered person enters the room, an Assassin, When he enters, he is surprised to see me and thanks me for helping to end the threats from the pyramids.
"Enough! we have long listened to your incompetence! Now comes your punishment Leonhard Hauser. You are charged with Treason to the Realm, kidnapping, murder and assault. " Wow, this bastard must love the sound of his voice, I just hear stupid after stupid shit coming out of his mouth. Even when I defended myself against everything he said, I even make sure to check his status and no, he's not being controlled by anything.
"Therefore, with the evidence shown before me, you will be removed from your charge, all your assets will be confiscated and your army will come under my direct command, now you will only wait to be hanged when the opportunity presents itself." With a grin he finishes speaking, clearly waiting for me to do something, expects me to beg for my life?
After he finished I just wait for the system notification to attack him, since strangely I have not lost my position in the Kingdom and according to the system if I attack, it will be considered a rebellion... and from what I see around all the archdukes present except the fat bald man begin to speak in my favor. It's strange that... the King... his eyes I see greed in them, so he discovered my girls and wants to take them from me... Very good Bastard you want war I'll give y...
"What is happening here!?" From what I see a beautiful woman walks into... this room, blonde with aquamarine eyes, her long hair is tied to the back of her head, so she is the Queen Catherine D. Gaebolg... and from what I see she is wearing a simple dress for someone of her level, she is not wearing any jewels or crown and she is just wearing simple makeup...
'An D, is this world somehow connected to One Piece? I already discovered that when I go to Nilfheim I travel to the past, so it wouldn't surprise me if this world is combined with another....' I watch as the woman enters and stands in front of the other passing by me and standing in front of the King.
"Why do you accuse your loyal subordinate like this, not only has he saved several cities and helped so many people, but rather than punishing him, he must be rewarded!" The Queen begins to talk to the King, but the King does not seem to consider what she is saying.
"Don't interfere in this Catherine, if I let this bastard go free it will be a threat to the Kingdom, haven't you heard about his soldiers! In the Kingdom there are only 15 Lord Knights, for his part he has 12! Not only that he also have Paladins, High Priest, Snipers and many others." I must admit, the King really thought of this and he is not wrong to believe that I am a threat, even though he was an idiot to think that he could go against me so stupidly, helping Po and Peter helped me a lot too, but I don't want to be the King, I'll better avoid the hassle of ruling....
'Besides that I don't have 12, there are 62 in total idiot... well only Lord Knights I have all the others jobs too, it's good that I order them not to show their true jobs so easily, if they see them they just look like normal swordsmen, archers... I also have another seven contracts, with which I can summon another 1,400 individuals... thinking this better the King is very intelligent and visionary.' While I'm thinking to myself the conversation seems to have continued.
"We have to ask Lord Hauser's opinion, they are his subordinates and he should have the last word..." If it was anyone else I wouldn't know what they were talking about, luckily my system saves all conversations in a log! Hmmm so they want to give them titles of nobility, I have no problem although I'm going to make them work for it.....
"If it is what the King wishes, however I will not give the order, all my subordinates must accept it themselves, also the King is free to try to convince all those who want to abandon my Order." With this I will also eliminate all those who are not loyal before I change them to 3rd Job, in addition to seeing myself loyal to the crown...
'The Queen seems surprised, I can't see the others because they are behind me, the King is also somewhat surprised, perhaps they thought I was going to deny it, please I want to avoid the fatigue of having to think in politics.... right before i forget.'
"That being said, I would like to promise from the King that once this is done, individuals who wish to remain under my service will not be bothered, not to mention that I probably won't be able to meet my Order expectations if they continue to... disrupt my efforts." Look what a great servant I am! Even when I am accused I remain loyal to the crown, although apparently Epianne's father already noticed that I stopped calling the King his Majesty....
"Very well, Lord Leonhard Hauser, I swear by my name, in addition to the fact that your order will be exempt from any outside intervention and paying any type of tribute to the Crown for the next 50 years. In addition to that your position will now be hereditary within your family and once you reach the necessary rank you will obtain the title of Marquess and you will get the south-west territories." The King grinning like an idiot declares, I guess I should praise him more.
"I appreciate the kindness and wisdom of the King. I ask permission for my order to respond should there be any threat to the Realm. In addition to that I ask permission to continue with my explorations. Also in order to allow the king to freely recruit my subordinates... I will not be present in my castle for a month, so you will not need to be worrying that my presence will 'intimidate' them." I didn't know it was possible to make your smile bigger... The Queen looks at me still stunned by my previous statement, the knights around me lowered their weapons and look at me as if I were stupid.
Turning to see the Archdukes, only Kronecker Grantz Heine the oldest person in the room and Epianne's father maintain their seriousness, truly understanding what just happened, the King practically made an order of knights become my personal army and will cleanse it of spies and traitors for me, they know if I could create 12 Lord Knights, Paladins, Snipers and the others in a few months, I can easily do it again. If they only knew that it was in less than 10 days. Good thing all those guys are NPCs so I don't think they can tell how they leveled up so quickly, and apparently once they are separated from my system they become regular units, losing all bonuses when leveling up.
'In the end the meeting ended, the King is very happy with what he achieved although I couldn't tell them about the threat we have sigh...' As I sigh I see how Ian Walter, Epianne's father, approaches me along with the Queen and Kronecker. I immediately straighten up and salute.
"I salute the Queen and the Archdukes." All the etiquette learned thanks to the Royal Guard works and apparently I surprised them, I guess they didn't expect me to know about royal etiquette, besides I'm sure I'm doing better than them.
"Lord Leonhard, I worked hard to fight for your rights, all you had to do was refuse and the other Archdukes would have helped you." The Queen pouts? really? Where is the Queen who took the King by the balls and made him back down in defeat.
"Well excuse my disrespect but, even if I refused today the King would find a way to bother me again, it would probably escalate to something more... problematic and frankly I don't want to have to keep an eye out for possible assassins when I'm sleeping." The Queen nods... cutely... Are you flirting with me? Or your are like this normally?
"Your Majesty can be very... offensive occasionally, I appreciate you not getting angry with him, now if you'll excuse me I must leave, I was looking for my son when I heard what was happening in the Meeting Room." The queen leaves and I and the Archdukes bow a little, behind her a couple of servants and a pair of female knights follow her... Well I guess I have to do what I came to do
"Lord Heine, Lord Walter I wish I could speak to you in private... this would be the reason why I came to have an audience with the King in first place, although I didn't see fit to say it while the King was like... that." They nod and apparently both men also wanted to talk about something with me.
In the end our talk was interesting, the old man thanked me for the help I gave his grandson Peter, in addition to the fact that his son Friedrich Stoltz Heine apparently told him about me, Ian Walter for his part is the Royal Secretary, so it is his job to prevent feuds between noble houses from escalating too much.
They both said they would support me since the King is the one who was wrong, plus they warned me that what I did today would make me look weak by giving in to the pressure and ask me to avoid disrespecting what little respect I have left for the King. When I asked them about them, they both laughed saying that before the King was worthy of respect, but over the years he became stubborn and easily manipulated.
For my part I began to tell them about the reason I came, that the attacks were not coincidences, I thought for a few minutes while they digested the information I gave them and in the end I decided to trust them, telling them about the threat of the Valkyries, I explained a bit about my most normal interactions in Niflheim and that I was conducting something resembling diplomacy with them.
I told them about the threats we can have, about what will happen and the relevant preparations for the other cities. Apparently they knew that somebody 'acquired' the castles in Al de Baran and Payon although they had not yet to discover by whom. I will have to take measures for when I leave my guys in them.
Of course, when they asked me about the evidence, I couldn't present any, even so they were both willing to believe me for the moment, there is no way that everything that happens is mere coincidence. I told them that I would be looking for answers about what is happening and that is why I wanted to travel, in the end we reached a kind of secret agreement, they use their assassins and spies in the Kingdom to investigate if something weird happens, we decided to meet again in 1 month.
Meanwhile they will watch over the cities that are under their protection to avoid any tragedy, I told them that if they needed help they would not hesitate to ask my Order, without further ado we separated and in the outside of palace I found Seyren sitting in a bench who apparently was seriously injured, so I approach to him.
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Author's Note:
Something that I just noticed because I'm doing an auxiliary chapter and excuse me for that is that I added the statuses wrong, I always multiplied for example AGI that gains 5 each level as 5 * 100 = 500 when in reality it is 5 * 99 = 495.
Another thing that I noticed is that I did the damage of the skills wrong, I multiplied the STR by the percentage of damage, instead of using the true status, which is ATK. More or less like this Leonhard now has an ATK of about 185k that if multiplied by the skill of 6000% more... yeah someting like 11m of damage... weaponless....
To tell the truth, I plan to leave the statuses like this to avoid having to recalculate everything, regarding the ATK I'm still thinking about whether to use it or simply use the STR, but I'll decide that later... You can comment here if you have any ideas since the following chapters will not have fights.
Well without more to add thanks for reading my novel.
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