Became the Son-in-Law of the Traitorous Family

7. Heir to the Empire – 07

It is a fact that everyone on the continent does not know, but the Grand Duchess of Yohrha is famous as one of the five most prestigious families on the continent.

Of course, there are countless people on this continent who condescend to have the blue blood of nobles flowing in their veins. Also, if you trace their lineage back endlessly, it will be even harder to find a family where one of their ancestors is not just a fool or a butcher.

But the Grand Duchess of Yohrha is different. No, to be more precise, the Grand Duke’s family is ‘special’.

Unlike other idiots who were able to stand on top of others simply because they were gifted with the times or because they were lucky, those who inherited the blood of the Grand Duchess of YoRHa were the ones who inherited a truly noble lineage.

The Age of Myth, the distant ancient times when gods and humans still walked together on earth.

The existence of a half-god, half-man between the goddess who descended to the ground and her priest who served her was the person considered to be the progenitor of the Grand Duchess of Yohrha.

Although the divinity inherent in their veins has become very weak and faded due to the passage of time since the end of the Age of Mythology, even so, the specialness of those who inherit YoRHa’s blood is not going anywhere. It wasn’t

No nobility in the world could discuss their nobility in front of YoRHa, and even if they were members of the royal family, they could not treat YoRHa carelessly as they had inherited their lineage even before the establishment of the Empire.

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That’s why it was just absurd. No, the reality she is in right now feels so absurd.

There has never been a single human who treated her with such arrogance, knowing that she was a human from the Grand Duchess of Yohrha, and even knowing that she was the only heir of her Grand Duchess family. Because I never did.

“… Under.”

Yes, what. She’s just like that woman who calls herself the princess of the empire is ignoring her.

Of course, the Grand Duchess of YoRHa is not at a level where they can’t say anything even if they are ignored by the imperial family, but aren’t those who are basically descended from the imperial family necessarily possessing arrogance that puts everything in the world below them?

In other words, it meant that only the Grand Duchess would get tired if she took it seriously. In the first place, they were more like talking and walking dog poop than human beings.

But that’s why it was hard for her Grand Duchess to tolerate that man’s arrogance in front of her.

Judging by the appearance he’s taking, he doesn’t have a foundation, so he’s not from an aristocrat, and since he’s involved in an organization, he doesn’t have a great social reputation, and at least he doesn’t have a handsome face.

Seeing that he subdued Qian without even lifting a finger, it seems that he is armed in his own way, but his personal military power is his knowledge as a mercenary, not a measure of his dignity as a human being.

Crucially, the only person that her grand duchess recognized as the subject of her own conversation was that woman who called herself Yurika del Cartesia, the princess of her empire.

But why is that man trying to talk to her on an equal level with her without any ‘qualifications’?

“Keep your mouth shut, Ran. This is not a place for you to intervene recklessly.”

When the Grand Duchess, who couldn’t stand the man’s rudeness any longer, spoke her words as if she was snapping at her, Ran shrugged her shoulders with her sly expression.

“Well… I don’t want to intervene, but since my lord’s condition is like that today, it can’t be helped.”

While saying that, Ran secretly pointed to the image of the princess. The princess, who had taken an arrogant attitude from the beginning, was sitting in her seat with her eyes closed as if she didn’t want to even talk to the grand duchess.

“So what are you going to do? In order to carry on today’s negotiations to the end, the noble Grand Duchess must show her mercy and generosity by mixing her mouth with her lowly things. If today’s negotiations break down, the only regret is the Grand Duke’s side.”

Ran’s arrogant words caused the archduke’s eyebrows to twitch.

Anything aside from the meaning of the unknown word pato, judging from Malponsae, the only thing I regret at this point is the grand duke’s side, so I wonder if you should bow your head toward us and come in? That means… It was an insult that was hard to bear.

“You… Now, is it okay to understand that statement as it disrespects the Grand Duchess? No matter how much I have the imperial princess as my backing, I think it would be a bit unreasonable to be so arrogant about an underworld organization with far less power than ours.”

Ran nodded her own head as if to agree with her grand duchess’ sarcastic remark.

“Your Highness is right. If we simply judge by the forces revealed on the outside, our side is so small and shabby that it cannot be compared to the Grand Duke’s family. Also, as Your Highness pointed out, we are an organization of the underworld. It can be said that I am not in a position to walk around proudly in the sun.”

“… Yes?”

“However, it is the story of the world that is revealed on the outside. Your Highness, now you are trying to fight against the Empire to achieve your own longing, but at the same time that’s all. What and to what extent does Your Highness know about the country called the Empire?”

At Ran’s sudden words, the Grand Duchess was greatly perplexed and shook.

This is the part the Empire is hiding. If you take that word at face value… Wasn’t it the way he spoke as if he knew who was behind the empire’s secret plans?

‘I can’t do that. That… It’s impossible.’

Yes. It can’t be. The Grand Duchess herself is also a secret of the empire that she found out after investing 10 years.

But a mere underworld organization can grasp all of those mythical secrets? Does that make sense?

“You are little more than children in this respect. Not only do they know nothing, they don’t even know who they’re fighting.”

It was a hit. In fact, even the Grand Duchess herself was implicitly thinking that way.

“Our side knows as much information as Her Highness knows. For example, who the hell is holding their breath behind the empire, what the true identity of Marquis Illivatus is, and even why the former Grand Duke and his wife had to die like that.”

“…..”

“But at the same time, that’s the limit of what you know. But we know more than that. Furthermore, what the true purpose of the Empire is…”

“Then take our hand. I’ll tell you all about what’s going on in the underworld you don’t know about, and even who the real enemy you must fight is.”

At the man’s sweet words, the eyes of the Grand Duchess shook greatly. But even for a moment, the Grand Duchess glared at Ran, catching her own wavering heart.

“… Let me admit it. I don’t know anything else, except that the offer you’re making now sounds so sweet to me. So, if you guys can give us some vulnerable information… That bowing to you is also something worth considering.”

“Your Highness!”

At the words of the Grand Duchess, Qian was frightened and screamed, but she pretended not to hear him. Instead, she raises her eyes and engraves in her own mind the princess and the man named Ran opposite her.

“However, I sometimes feel that it doesn’t make sense for us to bow our heads and kneel down towards you. If you really want the Grand Duchess to be your limbs, I think it would be polite to show at least one card that you are hiding.”

“… What are you hiding?”

“For example, something like a measure of your level of incapacity.”

“If that’s the case, I think it would have been enough just to subdue that lesser escort knight in a matter of days.”

Ran was spewing insulting words in front of her party, but the Grand Duchess glanced at him and raised her mouth.

“I’m sorry, but it seems difficult to convince me at that level. Who can agree with the claim that the person in question subdued the opponent through a surprise blow from outside the consciousness while the person was distracted? Isn’t it?”

The princess, who had been quietly listening to the series of conversations with her arms crossed, seemed to understand what the grand duchess was saying, and nodded her head.

“Sistina.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

At the call of her princess calling herself, a woman who had stood there without a word raised her own hand above her. And in the next moment, a mad flow of magical energy begins to concentrate in this room centered on the woman.

“Aggregation of attributes, manifestation of multiple elements.”

As her woman licks her own lips, five multicolored marbles begin to float above her hand.

It was a bead with a beautiful color that reminded her of jewels, but the princess, who was looking at the bead, opened her own eyes in surprise.

‘Fire, water, wind and lightning! A total of 5 types of elements can be handled without any casting at all without casting!’

In addition, as far as the Grand Duchess knew, being able to transcend one’s natural limits and handle multiple elements of the same isotype was a skill that could only be accomplished with at least 7 circles.

Judging by the voice you hear on the outside, you might be of a very young age, but was it really possible to reach that level of lofty heights at that age?

“Focused, fusion of five elements. The magic spear of the stroke.”

The marbles of the five elements that she summoned began to gather in one place, as if a snake coiled around them, and after repeated compression and explosion, they soon began to be forged into a sharp spear.

“… Ah.”

And looking at the window, Qian let out a moan involuntarily.

Die.

If you get hit directly by that, you will die unconditionally. There is no way to escape death by any means. In that window, a huge force was condensed that even Kian, who was still inexperienced as a knight, could clearly sense.

In the end, Qian, who couldn’t overcome her fear, tried to blow her own body so that she could get out of this room safely even if it was only her grand duchess…

Sureung!

A ray of white light cut everything in this room exactly in two.

Of course, even the magic spear of the woman floating in the air was no exception.

Clap.

Qian turns her head at the sudden sound of her lead sword, and she sees Ran putting his sword into her scabbard.

When the hell? He didn’t even notice that Ran drew her sword?

Does that mean that the white light just now was a work created by Ran?

“I don’t think this will be enough. Isn’t it? Majesty?”

“… Okay. Let me admit it. That you deserved to be so arrogant toward me.”

As the Grand Duchess muttered that in a calm voice that didn’t seem to have changed that much from the first time, Ran giggled as if she was really having fun.

“You don’t have to worry too much. Our goal is to annihilate the empire, not to subjugate the grand dukes under us. We are not some evil organization dreaming of world domination.”

As if her serious attitude had been a lie, Ran said so with an attitude as if she were about to fly. The princess stood up as if her business was over.

“Are you done with all the petty business now? Then please contact me again later. I also know very well that you will not trust us from the beginning, so I intend to buy your trust as a future action.”

Looking at the back of the party as the princess tried to escape from her room after saying those words, the Grand Duchess opened her mouth without realizing it.

“Who are you? What is the name of the organization you belong to? And you… What are you hoping for at the end?”

“Hmm.”

At those words of her grand duchess, Ran tilts her head as if facing the question of her life.

“Round table… This doesn’t sound like much, the Assassins… The tone is also a bit different… So what about Jere? Hydra? Illuminati?”

As she mumbles her incomprehensible words, Ran snaps her fingers as if she has an idea.

“The name of the organization we belong to is… Yes, let’s call it Ouroboros.”

“Ouroboros… ?”

To that name that gave off a strange resonance to her, the Grand Duchess muttered the name involuntarily.

“Actually, I thought about naming it the Avengers, but since we’re a secret organization, shouldn’t we say that a name that’s too heroic isn’t right?”

As she watched Ran utter such incomprehensible murmurs, the Grand Duchess realized one thing.

That man named Ran is a very strong man, but at the same time, he must be someone who is somewhat pitiful.