How to Live as a Half-Dragon

109. successor race

After the tournament, Rugland headed to his office.

If I had intended to take a rest, the sleeping quarters would have been more comfortable, but there was no place like the office to cool my complex head.

As he sat down to organize his thoughts, he heard the voice of a maid outside the door.

“The head of the family, the 1st Confucius ate it.”

“Stop by.”

As soon as permission was given, the door to the office opened and Kirsion, the first prince, entered.

Rugland asked in a dry voice.

“What did you come for?”

“Are you serious?”

The answer came back as a question after question, but Rugland didn’t care.

This was also because it was enough to answer his question.

It was clear that he had heard the contents of the conference agreement.

‘The decision must have been unsatisfactory.’

As if knowing his feelings, Rugland spoke calmly.

“I just gave you one more chance.”

“You don’t deserve it, do you? I am the one who has been protecting the great and small things of Alteon together with my father for over ten years.”

“He knows too.”

“Then why did you make that decision?”

“Because I thought it would help Alteon.”

“yes?”

“Tell me one more time. Because I thought that side would be helpful to Alteon.”

The reason Kirsion asked back a moment ago wasn’t simply because he couldn’t hear what Lugrant was saying.

Lugrant was not a person who would not know that.

This made it clear.

It was a clear expression of his will not to ask any more.

“So what you have to do is come here and prove me the absurdity, not argue.”

That I should be the head of household.

He said that the only person worthy of being a family head is himself.

“Or, are you afraid of rolling stones? To the point where your body trembles even when you hold the hilt?”

stone rolled in.

To Kirchion, Sarah was just that much.

At least that’s what Lugrant saw.

He gave Sarah another chance, but many of his retainers still support him.

Sarah’s foundation was weak compared to that.

There was nothing in Alteon that could be attributed to her.

Perhaps because he understood Lugrant’s meaning, Kirchion spoke in a slightly softened voice.

“I will prove it.”

1 Prince Kirchion rose from his seat.

“I will show you if you want it.”

When Kirchion left, leaving his own promise, Lugrand let out a deep sigh.

“ha… .”

Even if I’m pathetic, I’m too pathetic.

And maybe that’s why.

Sarah’s promise to never disappoint her again made her heart shake.

“Give me some tea.”

“All right.”

Lugrand ordered the maid to serve tea.

As I was comforting my sighs with tea, the real customer who ordered me to stop by this time came.

It was Sarah, her daughter.

“Did you call?”

The first thing Lugrand did when he saw Sarah’s face was scold him.

“Don’t you think it’s cowardly? Carrying housework and heading to Crashton?”

Craston was a family that Sara had built up a good relationship with when she was a grand duchess.

I also knew that if I asked for help, I would have visited him with the expectation that he would not hesitate to reach out.

But this was a cowardly act.

If he wanted to be given another chance, he should have found himself first instead of going to Crashton and creating a situation like today.

He shouldn’t have painted his face with ink because he couldn’t guard his children.

“I’m sorry about that, but I didn’t have the leeway to convince my father on my own.”

“… … .”

Although intelligent and wise, at the moment, Lugrand was not happy with his daughter Sarah who had returned.

There are so many things that are still lumpy.

Because it was she who left the easy way and made the current situation.

However, I decided to bury those feelings for now at the tournament today.

The important thing is Alteon.

That decision should apply to you as well.

“Keep in mind, I have no intention of handing over to you just because you are better than Kirchion.”

“… … .”

“You will have to prove that times, no, 3 times is better.”

“I will keep that in mind.”

If he wanted a fair competition, he should have retrieved some of the things Kirsion, the 1st Prince, had, but that was the reason he didn’t touch them.

Because I thought it only made sense to overcome the disadvantages and overcome the situation.

Lugrant said quietly.

“Get out and see.”

* * *

The 1st Prince returned and called the retainers who were still staying in Alteon and held a banquet that evening.

Originally, it should have been a banquet to celebrate victory, but it has been changed to a banquet to strengthen solidarity so as not to be swept away by the atmosphere.

“By the way, the head of the household is really too.”

“you’re right. Knowing how much sincerity the Grand Duke poured out for Alteon… .”

Confucius 1 Kirchion spoke while listening to the stories of his vassals who scratched his stomach.

I did not forget to pretend to be bold, unlike the inside.

“Your father must have a reason for everything. Above all, if you help me, nothing will change, right?”

“Oh, yes, no.”

“The head of the family should see this dignified and manly side of the grand duke.”

Kirchion laughed bitterly.

Aside from all the other flattering words, it was the reason I greatly sympathized with the fact that he was the one who suited the family head.

Kirsion thought that only he, not Sarah, was qualified.

The one who abandoned once can be abandoned twice.

Things only show their value when they are passed on to those who know what they are.

Sarah was unqualified in that respect.

She wouldn’t even know that.

‘But still covet it?’

His father was also his father, but his stepsister, who was two years older than himself, had no more conscience.

If he had gone out with such vigor, he would not have come back even if his face was cold.

Alteon is his own.

I had no intention of giving in now.

It was when Kirchion was thinking the same thing.

said one drunken vassal.

“By the way, Alteon is not alone in worrying.”

“What do you mean? Did something happen that I don’t know about?”

“No, isn’t it? How could a person called Alteon’s Wall be like that?”

Kirchion made a mockery.

Because I understood what he was talking about.

I was talking about something, but it was about Earl Creston.

Well, even Kircio wasn’t there, but after hearing about it, he laughed quite a bit.

“To be able to do something that can be expected by anyone… .”

“That is what I mean.”

The level of a nephew named Xian was well known to Kirsion.

He was a trainee 7 years ago.

I knew that his talent was extraordinary, but was it reasonable to injure the high-ranking slayer, Craston?

“Even if you joke, you have to be believable to believe it.”

“Even in my opinion, the Count’s joke this time was a bit excessive.”

“Okay, let’s stop talking about that. How impatient the Count must have been to such an irrational number?”

“As expected, the Archduke has a large distribution.”

“Have a drink.”

There was nothing better to talk about here anyway, so I took the story at this point.

After all, Count Craston was also a vassal he should have embraced someday.

After that, Kirsion, who had been talking about this and that for a long time and tilted her glass, left the table drunk.

“I’m going to go get some fresh air.”

In fact, he, who had intended to urinate, came out after doing some errands.

The look on his face as he came out of the corridor and headed towards the banquet hall was not pretty.

I thought getting drunk would make me feel better…

‘The uncomfortable feeling is the same.’

I am anxious for some reason

It was when Kircion was walking down the hallway trying to soothe her uncomfortable heart.

There was someone standing in front of it.

“The Archduke.”

Recently, he had been by his side and was quite moderate.

Even when fighting with his younger brother for the position of head of household, Lee Ja was also the one who lent his wisdom to keep Mirva in his hands before it was too late.

Kirsion said to him who was wearing a white priest’s uniform.

“What’s going on?”

“Think again. We must deal with Sarah Alteon before it is too late.”

Kirchion’s expression crumpled.

It was because this advice had already been clearly rejected for one reason or another during the day.

“I would have told you to get rid of that plan.”

“It is absolutely necessary.”

“I will prove it with my own strength. If you have nothing else to say, go away.”

“… I will.”

Kirsion’s face was displeased as he returned to the banquet hall after watching him withdraw.

There was no way to know if it was because of Sarah or the man from earlier.

* * *

Xian was called by Sara in the early evening and headed to her quarters.

Xi’an’s steps were light.

When Xian entered the room the lady-in-waiting guided her to, Sarah, who had been waiting for her, greeted her with a bright smile.

“Welcome.”

My heart warmed as I remembered the time when I lived in a cabin in the past.

Xian sat down in the seat Sarah suggested and looked at her.

Actually, I had something I wanted to ask.

During the day, Xian was thinking of asking the question he hadn’t been able to ask due to interruptions.

“I have a question, though.”

“Are you curious?”

“How did your mother come here? Have you given up waiting for your father?”

In fact, it was because of Calad that Sara stayed in such a shabby place.

The main reason is the words of the man who promised to return.

I asked cautiously, and Sarah shook her head slowly.

“Then why are you here… ?”

“It’s because I met your father.”

One day, about a year after Xian left.

Calad came to me suddenly.

Sarah stayed with him until he left again, and then left the village and reached now.

Sarah said it was strange that she hadn’t had a second child, as if recalling the heated time at that time.

“article… I hope you enjoyed it.”

“Well, of course not. Isn’t Xian sad that he can’t see his father?”

“what… A little bit.”

I didn’t want to see much or anything.

It was only a small desire out of curiosity, very little.

I wonder if Xian would make the atmosphere weird for no reason, but I asked a question.

“Didn’t you find me?”

“You already know about Xi’an.”

“yes?”

what kind of character you have

how do you grow up

Sara recalled the conversation she had with Calard, and answered as if recalling something.

“Oh.”

“Anything big?”

When Xian asked what was going on, he heard a strange sound.

“And they were worried that you seemed to have the temperament of a playboy.”

“yes?”

“Who are Leah and Cecily?”

Xian was startled.

I wanted to know how to know all that.

It was something that there was no way to know unless there was a spy.

It was because he had never felt a tail attached.

I don’t know what the cause was, but Xian answered the question first.

“I don’t know about Cecily, but first of all, Leah is a boy.”

“so?”

“Yes, and Cecily is just a friend, so don’t worry.”

Sara had a look of disbelief.

Xian was just a pity.

Sian swallowed his anger and turned around.

There was nothing good about continuing the story with the current topic.

“But will the uncle be okay?”

The position of heir, who had been pushed out of nowhere by Sarah and was about to get his hands on it, was pushed away again.

It must have been very poisonous, but that was what worried me.

“It’s not if you don’t have to worry… .”

It was good that he was accepted as a member of Alteon once again, but he was worried because the situation was still unfavorable.

It was because he had no foundation because he had lived abroad for too long.

If there was anything, it was only about the ardent support of loyal vassals.

Even those forces were only a minority in total.

“To achieve the significant results that the head of household said… .”

Sara, who was about to speak, swallowed her words.

That was also because Xian had grown up a lot, but in her eyes he was still just a child.

I didn’t want to make you worry.

Of course, Xian wasn’t as young as Sarah thought.

‘Even the inside was full.’

Because it was such a draft, Sarah was able to guess the story.

It will be about money.

It goes without saying that money goes into politics.

It also costs a lot of money.

The difference in financial power played a major role in the fact that the 1st Prince was able to win in the succession competition, which was once leaning toward the 2nd Prince.

‘It was only possible because the minimum amount of balance was met.’

But Xian now had that money.

Because Mirva Firm was in fact Xian’s.

She didn’t expect to have a place to spend money so soon, but Xian was happy that she could be of help to Sara.

he carefully opened his mouth.

“Do you need any money?”