Episode 5: This Is Way Too Explicit – Chapter 21.1
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Calian scratched his cheek.
“This is way too explicit.”
A mountain load of gifts was placed next to Calian. They were supposed to be “gifts of consolation” for last night’s ball where Ruin entered with Franz by his side instead of punishing him. Of course, that was just an excuse.
Calian pointed at the gifts—or bribery, so to say—with his fork and said playfully, “Are they choosing my lane already?”
The rumour that Franz insulted Freya spread like wildfire. The attendants, maids, and knights were all present in the scene, and they also owned their own set of mouths after all.
However, Ruin showed everyone that he had forgiven Franz by entering the ballroom with Franz. The main issue was that Ruin announced right after that he would be rewarding lfir for the afternoon performance.
“Today’s show was very morable. As thanks, I would like to award Pollun rchantry the supply rights for the palace and the Kailisysian knights’ horses and harnesses.”
Normally, knights are expected to bring their own horses and arms. However, that wasn’t the case for the knights in the palace and Kailisys, the capital city of Kailis. The palace provided everything in order to achieve a high-level standardisation of military power. Therefore, horses made up a significant portion of Kailisys’ military power that consisted of forces such as the palace knights, knights in Kailisys, the outer castle guards, and the security officials of the city. Naturally, their trade value was incredibly high.
And Ruin had given these rights to Pollun rchantry.
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Even when this ridiculous amount of rights was taken away, there were no particular reactions from Silica and Lennon Brissen. This suggested that everything was decided in advance. lfir Pollun was the only one who was surprised out of his mind.
They made a deal with Prince Franz on the line.
The nobles were bound to understand that. Brissen had never stepped forward before no matter what Franz did. The fact that they submitted to a loss like this could only an one thing.
Calian now has enough power to make Silica raise her guard.
So of the nobles who were reading the atmosphere washed their hands of Franz. The numbers were small compared to if Franz had not been forgiven, of course, but there had to be so who wished to pull away. Those were the people who sent Calian these gifts of consolation.
“What should I do with them, Your Highness?” asked Yan.
“Return everything except two. Just write down the nas of the senders before returning them,” answered Calian, enjoying his breakfast in relaxation for the first ti since he had beco the prince of Kailis. He didn’t attend breakfast this morning for the sa reason as his absence at last night’s ball.
The ones whose nas will be written down now will never be chosen by Calian again. Calian didn’t need anyone who was willing to change what they stood for in re three days of adjustnt.
“Yes, Your Highness. Which two should I leave?”.
“The ones from Mages’ Union and lfir Pollun.”
Calian answered without hesitation even though he hadn’t even checked the nas of those who sent him gifts. He sounded confident that the two of them had sent him gifts. Yan scanned the list and nodded, his eyes widening in surprise.
The Mages’ Union and lfir Pollun were both on the list.
Yan seed curious as to how Calian knew that the two would be on the list. However, Calian wasn’t finished.
“Just accept the one sent by the Mages’ Union, but let see what Baron Pollun sent .”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
There was only one reason for accepting the gift sent by the Mages’ Union: to spread the news that he has joined forces with the Mages’ Union with Alan Manassil acting as their interdiate.
Yan began to sort the gifts right away. Soon, having excluded the rest, only two boxes remained on the table. Yan picked up the wide, flat box and opened it.
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“This is the gift from Baron Pollun.”
Calian halted in the midst of gracefully slicing his ham. Curious about his master’s reaction, Yan peeked into the box. Yan’s eyes widened like an owl’s, and Calian burst out laughing. After laughing his lungs out for a long while, Calian drank a sip of water to calm himself down.
“Surely he doesn’t an for to wear it. Did you tell the rchantry anything special?”
“Um... I did tell them that you’re quite fond of Raven.”
Calian started laughing again. It was a necklace with a very long chain. It was too long for anyone to wear; in other words, it was just the right length for a horse.
Yan had asked the servant at the showground yesterday to take special care for Raven in concern that they might anger Raven. lfir must have heard from the servant that Calian was particularly fold of Raven.
“A necklace for a horse... I never could have expected that. I don’t even have a necklace myself, and now Raven’s getting one before .”
The platinum chain seed like it would go well with Raven’s black mane. A ruby pendant sparkled brightly in the centre. Calian chuckled and shook off the remainder of his laughter by shaking his head.
“I can’t even refuse this. It looks like it would be perfect for Raven,” said Calian, going back to slicing his ham. “Appraise the cost and send it to Pollun rchantry. Tell them that we’ll buy it off them.”
“Would you rather not just accept it?”
“No. I’ll buy it instead.”
Of course, lfir would not have just sent the horse necklace as thanks for saving his life. He was probably planning to sound out Calian’s motive for saving him.
I can’t let him go with just so pieces of jewellery. Calian knew that if he accepted that present, lfir would send him the real gift that was closer to the value of his life. That’s probably why he sent a necklace for Raven. He wants to tell that he has a different gift for .
However, it wasn’t wealth that Calian wanted. That was why he couldn’t just accept lfir’s gift.
“The only gifts that I’ll just accept for a while will be the ones from the Mages’ Union. Tell if Pollun rchantry sends sothing else. You can just return the gifts from other nobles.” Although he felt bad for not telling Yan about what happened with lfir, he didn’t have a way to explain how he knew that the accident would happen.
Thankfully, Yan didn’t ask further. “Yes, Your Highness. I will take care of them.”
Calian glanced at the necklace before bursting into another bout of laughter. It got funnier the more he looked at it.
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Alan sat in front of his desk and massaged his temples. He opened his eyes slightly and glanced at the person in front of him.
“Bring it over here,” said Alan.
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