What if the villainous aristocrat who is the middle boss remembers his previous life and gains knowledge of the game – I will never accept a future in

I know cuddling is a bit of a stretch, but she's definitely an aristocrat for trying to understand her own situation and get to know the other side.

"Hahaha.

Selma, the Marquis Dicaman is still a candidate fiancée, it's too early to hold his hand, so please release his hands.”

"Eh?”

Why is that frontier count looking at me when I am giving attention to Selma-chan?

"It is not good for an unmarried lady to touch a man in a lewd manner, even if she is still very young.”

Oh, Marquis Dijkaman! I am sorry for touching you!”

...... I don't mind that much. The only thing is, what the Count of Mapia said is correct, so you should be careful from now on.”

'Yes!”

......Good girl.

I wonder if Maria and I would have been this good when we were as young as Selma?

No, I can't.

The Dicaman family are researchers rather than nobles, and although educated in a certain way, gentle for a count's family.

In contrast, Selma is still very young and a little rough around the edges, but even from just a few conversations, it is clear that the educational approach and policies of the frontier count family are solid.

People are creatures that rebel against things they dislike, and the younger a child is, the more pronounced the rebellion is, so even if an adult tries to teach them something, it will be meaningless if they feel that they dislike it in their hearts.

In other words, the young girl in front of me is not aware that learning manners is something she hates to do.

It is the fruit of the hard work that the frontier count's family has cultivated up to now, and it is the culmination of the parents' love for the child.

"Good, then it's safe to go back now.

You did a good job.”

She smiled at the count, who patted her head, and turned her gaze toward me again.

"I will take my leave, Marquis Dicaman.

See you next time.”

If there are no problems after taking the time to further examine the frontier count's character in more detail, I will have more opportunities to meet her as a prospective fiancée.

Well, the age difference is always a concern. ......

“By the way, Marquis Dicaman, would you like to join me for dinner later?”

"Dinner?"

“Yes, we'll prepare the food for you, so don't worry about it."

The Count and I are not that close yet, and we can't be that close just yet.

If I were still the Count, I would accept the offer immediately without having to say no. However, the distance between the frontier Count and me is a little too great and I would like to wait and see how things go.

"I am sorry.

I have a sister in the carriage who is sick, and I would like to spend as much time with her as possible, so we can have dinner some other time."

I'm sorry to hear that, but it can't be helped; I'll ask you out another time.”

A clear line of inquiry from me, the current relationship between the Dicaman and Mapia families is not a relationship of personal friendship, but rather a relationship of mutual benefit.

I apologize for holding you back, but it's been a very nice time.”

'Me too, Count Mapia, but I'll be entering the academy, so it will be a long time before next time, but I'll ask you out next time.'

"Well, I look forward to it."

I can't sense any grumpiness from the frontier count who started to clean up. It's easy to have a conversation with someone who knows when to back off.

"I appreciate you taking the time to meet with me, and I'll leave you to it."

"I hope we can continue our good relationship.”

After seeing off the frontier count of Mapia who was returning to his carriage, I also returned to the place where the Dickamans were.

"Hm?”

I thought I felt a gaze from the carriage in which Maria and the others were riding, but the small window was closed, so was it my imagination?

What can I say, it was a gaze with a presence.

"Are you done?”

'Oh, oh, I just had a quick greeting with the frontier count, nothing that important."

I was walking along while looking at the carriage when a man came up to me, in case you were wondering, he was in charge of escorting me on my way to the royal capital.

"Please make sure you leave enough food for two meals, because it's not possible to bring too much food into the capital unless one is a merchant."

"Yes, of course!"

He is a little excited, perhaps because he is glad to be able to use more food for the meal.

I know how it feels, but there are some of the frontier count's family nearby today, so please be careful.

Please report back to me if you have any more questions.

Also, there are a lot of knights from the Counts of Mapia today, so be careful not to cause any trouble.

If such a fool appears, I will sell his personal sword in King's Landing as punishment and use it to pay for his food.

“Is that so,...... hmm?”

The first time I saw him, I thought it was a pretty nasty punishment, but when he said he would use the money for food, my body shook as if I had just been doused in cold water.

'Don't tell me you don't have enough money for food in the Dickaman family's budget?

No, no, basically it is enough, but thanks to the success of the head of the family, the economy of the territory has improved and high-class foodstuffs are being traded. ......

I see, prices are rising.

I knew from Bosco's data that prices were rising, but I had no idea that it was to the point where the budget was insufficient. ......

I am sorry.

I will write to Bosco and tell him to increase the budget.

“......”

I told him I wanted to reassure him, but the man in front of me was sweating, his eyes darting about, and he was restless.

What's wrong?”

'...... well, it's very hard to say, but many of us are into fine food and we're spending too much of our budget ......'

......Okay,

"I'll ask Bosco to supply the food for the convoy from now on.

After calculating the price per person, we will reduce the budget, and only those entertainment items such as sweets and alcohol will be bought by Bosco.”

"Yes, sure thing. ......"

Once it becomes a habit, the wasteful spending will not be stopped, so let's have Bosco manage it, at least until we can get the control by piggybacking.

“...... huh?”

I came up with a good solution, but I'm getting too toxic when I included pigging as a condition as a matter of course. ......

I was a little shocked.