Small family feud
Territory peoples anxiety and distrust raising slowly right now in this Bauister knight territory.
I tried to move to Breitburg with teleport like usual in the morning, I stop it after feeling there human signs around.
I felt displeased finding that, before I realise it I have shout out towards the sign that I felt, village headman that governs village near the mansion, the mistress with my half elder sister and brothers show up there.
I heard their business but the words that ca from village headman Klaus is like bombshell.
I never hear that.
I can only say it that way.
Father in Bauister house is alive and well, and he also has announced already that the eldest son Kurt is the successor.
And he get married four years ago and even have a child now.
Adding this with that childs a boy.
It was clear for the eyes that Kurt as the eldest son would inherit Bauister knight territory.
But Wendelin-sama.
We cant discuss this without any reasoning in it.
Im troubled to suddenly had a talk like this.
It feel like they want to instigates the useless eighth son boy who still eleven years old, what they expected to do?
Fathers the current family head had already announced that the eldest brother Kurt as successor. And there also three people above for the succession. What could I say other than absurd to Klauss proposal?
Bauister knight territory line succession right now is eldest brother Kurt, Kurt eldest son Carl, third son Paul, fourth son Helmut, fifth sons Erich and with as the last.
And the second son Helman who is the current family head of vassal branch family has abandoned the inheritance rights, Erich nii-san who is currently a petty official in Imperial city pretty much have decided to enter his bosss parents family as son-in-law, he also planning in giving up the inheritance rights imdiately.
My inheritance rights advances up to five place but it is still too unnatural to make as the next family head.
And the most biggest challenge is to convince father to make the family head.
By chance, Klaus might intend to dispose as the main culprit of family feud for being requested by soone.
Such conspiracy theory also ca to my mind.
Maybe I am an eyesore for Klaus superior judgnt?
Why you!
Back off Walther!
But father!
Wendelin-samas your brother but your social standing is different! Back off now!
Sixth son Walther rages at my remarks but was suppressed at once by Klaus.
I didnt think much about it in my previous life but this status distinctions between legal wife and mistress is troubleso indeed.
Though Walther is eight years older than , he cant beco my big brother.
I am aware what I had said is absurd. But I am sure Bauister knight territory will decline in the future if we didnt take a asure.
Decline?
I could not understand why this Bauister knight territory in declines.
There is the savage land that produces enormous wealth if greatly developed, and the territory can be in touch with the sea if successfully opened so of Demon forest.
Yes, our future is bright if developnt is possible. But its not possible now. And as of now this Bauister knight territory will depopulated as population gradually decreased.
Klaus begins to explain to with Bauister knight territory future in his assumption, his explanation from the troops incident in Demon forest that failed eleven years ago.
Sending troops eleven years ago is our big blunder.
I know about that. I cant understand the rush in opening the distance Demon forest with savage land spread wide just ahead like this. I had thought that sea was exceptionally wanted. That might make clear what Brihedar margrave hoped for in the monster territory.
And with current noble-sama participate in it since soldier was elected for guide. Please think about it. Other similar territory dont have the geography for savage land and Demon forest like ours. Its obviously can be counted as military power.
Brihedar margrave territory able to mobilize forces more than thirty thousands.
But with maintaining security in territory or dispute with a few nobles in the near territory boundary, there also realistic budget and logistical problems.
Even the logistics is relied just like master magic bag, it was reckless for ten thousand soldiers to march toward mountain with almost the sa altitude asMt.Fuji.
Even for a vassal, territory people in Bauister knight territory just get overwheld by the superior force of other territory and only feel uneasy.
And it was with a half-baked two thousand armies.
Im glad that noble-sama sent only hundred people. And about Brihedar margrave true purpose
The late Brihedar margrave had two sons.
Eldest son Daniel and second son Amadeus, the late Brihedar margrave dotes on eldest son Daniel expecting him as his successor.
But he ended up violated by incurable disease.
Brihedar margrave has done what he can do but his son dying ti approaching closer.
And with slight hope to cure him.
It was an elixir made from monster ancient dragon blood in the legend.
There was a possibility that the ancient dragon living in Demon forest.
It couldnt be found at the other monster territory which adventurers have entered.
So it was expected to be in Demon forest which an unknown area.
They ought to have ask the adventurer.
With all due respect, they cant do that.
To start with, they will have a hard ti in the long journey to Bauister knight territory, and also traverse hundreds kiloters into savage land uninhabited by human.
After going that far to finally arrives at Demon forest and need to give their all in defeating ancient dragon.
Ill hate such request even with all the gold.
The result afterwards is just like in the past story. The late Brihedar margrave army is annihilated. It was about hundred people who return safely. Our Bauister knight territory army is also the sa. Only 23 survivors.
Brihedar margrave territory have lost the family head, not the eldest son Daniel who died imdiately after hearing his fathers death but second son Amadeus inherits it.
He did not expect as an heir, were made to inherit suddenly, begin with tenth of all military force and losing excellent mage retainer.
That must have been like a punishnt ga.
The great nobles military campaign failure will beco the primary factor for the dispute around territory border by the other opposed nobles.
It is easy to imagine that the current Brihedar margraves have a series of trouble.
That might be the cause the current Brihedar margrave paying a lot more solatium to Bauister knight territory army that were killed in battle. Though it was rake-off considerably by noble-sama.
It was revelation I dont want to hear from the man who grasp Bauister houses financial affairs.
To begin with, just solatium alone cant make the surviving family life easier.
And father accepting a foolish demand as condition for receiving that extra solatium.
This troops, since father want to develop demon forest, begged by the previous Brihedar margrave, he decide to make it look like accepted it unwillingly as vassal cant refused the request.
I dont think the situation will get better by doing that, this kind of thing is like great nobles pride.
Rebuilding the lost army, planning new reclamation plan just before execution as the population at that ti tend to increases only a little. Noble-sama in need of the funds.
But not just gold and resources that was lost.
Workers also lose all at once, resulting in forcibly selecting workers for the new land clearing and irrigation canal construction.
When not in land clearing, there also ti for manpower that working on the fields to go hunting.
Farm village in rural area with unsociable habit is resilient. Complaints on the bring of exploding but that sothing we cant let happen.
Not just that, Klaus still continues his story.
There many people feels dissatisfied to noble-sama this ti.
First is, 11 years ago, the family that lost their family central pillar and promising young people.
And father even foolishly rake-off the given solatium that new Brihedar margrave handed to them.
If he was loved because of this, the territory people might be a masochist.
Next is, the family mbers of granduncles the branch family current head who lead the reinforcents with his relative and retainers had been killed in action.
Second son Helman in this house is the current family head but he seems to be currently in bad situation.
If looked more deeply, Helman would also appear to be a spy sent to the branch family to strengthen the influence of the head house.
Helman-dono also can feel the crisis. Since he was cut from the head house by being adopted into wifes family, he is now in the position of expressing against the head house.
Hey
I didnt really care that much since I will leave the house but the current Bauister house seems to be in quite dangerous state.
And this is the most serious.
The new cultivation prescribed plan finally had been completed but it needed to be planned again if it gains a population.
But cultivation work that noble-sama and young master command has a bad reputation.
Not that the farrs get hit with a whip.
He works voluntarily spearheading it, take the sa als like everyone else.
But father body is strong so he can do excessive work, he had the habit of unconsciously force others.
Moreover, taking a break moderately or commanded the construction efficiently or the like, he seems to be lacking in ability as commander, I hear that he had a bad reputation from territory people who are participating in the work.
Kurt-sama have the sa bad reputation for not saying anything to noble-sama.
He is the number 2 and yet he didnt reprove the number 1, he just do the sa work as ordinary workers.
Being hated is a matter of course.
Population increased, resuming that unpleasant reclamation work resulting in territory people anxiety
There also the insubstantial al they dislike during cultivation, they have co to the point of not to increasing the population.
The boys from the second son onwards have left this Bauister territory.
There also many that leave their ho with the dealer group that co once in a few months to the closest city, Breitburg.
Those who arrived in Breitburg can look for a job or applying for recruitnt to the new settlent that other lord are recruiting.
And even the girls recently
Expect the eldest son who can succeed the field and girl who can beco a bride, even the girls now began to go out of Bauister territory.
There is nothing can restraint the outflow of population if it was like this.
It would be the first step of depopulation when the eldest son cant take a bride.
The worse things is Wendelin-samas magic get exposed.
Its the precious magic.
It would be nice if I could live in this Bauister territory to develop it, for father to keep the knighthood inheritance order, I try not to be in contact with the territory people.
If I really want to develop the territory, I could work for territory when the heir changed to .
Having a ruthless decision like that, isnt that the mission of the so-called noble.
Territory people have seen everything. Noble-sama is treated as a noble in this farm village in remote place, I believes that you can succeed the house without any dissension as others wont say anything about it.
It might be severe when fathod up to there.
Human is a creatures who suffer from greed.
Although excessive desire is not good, an appropriate desire.
And that desire also to improve their own live a little more is essential to human.
It is important to at least feed all the territory people. But noble-sama stopped there. Of course that also important but I believes it was essential for the ruler to look at the future ahead.
Klaus speak up here had sighed now.
Let alone the population of this Bauister territory that already stagnant, if this downward trend storming in as he said, there would be many endless problem.
Though I can understand Klaus feelings, do you want to declare here that I would beco the next family head? An unnecessary uproar will only increases.
No matter how I think about it, there will be no one supporting as the family head.
Its futile when father does not make as successor, and when the capital city hear about the successor conflict.
Since there is the thoughtless distance feeling, the bureaucrat in capital city practically may command to confiscate the territory or the territory was reduced.
Solely making a fuss is pointless. Its much better if we did not make a fuss. Persuade father, livelihood to increase new immigrants, we can only push forward for efficient developnt.
But with Wendelin-samas magic
When I did decide to use magic, what would you do if I die?
That is
I hear that talent as mage is not genetic.
When it was genetic, of course the royal family and noble ought to be full of mage.
This is why the royal family and noble decided to spend a fortune to enclose an excellent mage.
Back to topic, when I decided to make use of my magic to enrich this Bauister territory.
But how they will preserved that when I died later.
Perhaps a dreadful decline even more than gradual depopulated await.
And there must be those disagree when I was forced to beco the family head.
Klaus seems to hold dissatisfaction to father but people in territory does not hold that much dissatisfaction in father and brother.
After I take the position as the current head, there would be no point even when they feel antipathy to .
So Ill pretend that I never hear about this discussion.
When I leave that word at the end, I run hastily to the depths of the forest and disappears at once with teleport magic.
In that situation, Klaus were watching dumbfounded.
I an, what do you want to say
I understand Klauss feeling but the order is wrong.
There soone else he would have to talk before convince .
He need to convince father first, only talking to is useless.
But this is look bad
It was unclear whether father and Kurt nii-san knows about Klauss real intention.
At worst, the suspicion of rebellion might wind up to .
It beco troubleso in many ways if that happens.
Even if I goes out of house, when I cant leave the house after peacefully giving up the inheritance rights, there the possibility that I beco a nuisance in society as the person disturbing the inheritance order of my parents house.
When I am carrying such nasty rumor, my life after that will be difficult.
But I am hesitated to consult father about this.
What if it was used by father to dispose ?
The solution getting more complicated the more I thought about it.
Daaa! Thinking about it is useless! Ignore Klaus! Ignore!
At my moving destination in the prairie of undeveloped area, I let loose a large-scale explosion magic in full force.
And made a big hole there.
The environnt get destroyed due to reducing stress.
Though I was reflecting after becoming a little calm, I have no word to say when this large hole is used as an artificial lake by people in the future, only heaven knows.
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