Chapter 219: War for Korin, their Son-in-Law (1)
Bdx65“Young man. Do you wanna meet my granddaughter?”PIN87p
RGDo“Ehew. Sir, what are you talking about in the middle of an exercise?”Z1uClI
vcaUUSI tended to receive a lot of positive remarks from elderly people.Tbl
cYAgXyB“It just makes me sad. How can someone so kind and hard-working like you have not held hands with a girl until now?”1R5
GnS“Hahaha. I know right? I’m just not popular.”F3kxWFt
DiLhZB“It’s all because of those foxes around you.”ax3OuSs
YHg“Huh? Who?”Ua0xuua
Axu“You need to be careful of women, but also be careful of men. These guys here; there’s something up with their gazes.”MftXyX
PHqiI“Hahahaha…! Come on, sir. Looks like you have the room to joke around. Let’s do another set!”XcTE
mVr0OZ7“Mark my words! You have the face of someone with issues with both genders! You must remove that mole under your eye to escape your fate!”c3tIm7
agWFX“I do understand you are a veteran physiognomist, but sorry, I don’t believe in that.”LKEvKr
DnnLl“I am telling you, you will definitely be in trouble because of both men and women! You have an overflow of Yang energy, and you need a large amount of Yin to control it!”B6CmIl0
pE1WQO0“And is that why you want to introduce me to your shaman granddaughter? Kuhahaha…!”zZ5rw
I0VeThere were a few people that wanted to introduce me to some girls but… for some reason, none of them really went through.wIk
iX8UANow that I think about it, that old physiognomist told me I had a great fortune with romance…LITe
q6gyI knew it, you just can’t believe what they say.Q7PJSt
hUHmujAnyway, that tendency of being liked by the elderly continued even in Arhan.ftJky
gW2n“Young man. Go embrace Lunia.”iMF
Ht7NJaFor some reason, the Sword Emperor, that old man, also took a liking to me. But that was probably slightly different; it was most likely because he saw potential in my development as a martial artist.wtucTmj
htq“I am the Count of Rollan. Sir Korin. Would you care to meet my daughter?”fsAjHN
OLKEven the old count that I met at a banquet…eutUVR
sTY“I have a younger sister at home who is at a marriageable age. You are the only one I can trust.”8ujc8pz
tgDJ8Even Senior Beazeker, one of the members of my previous male-only party…81iRGoU
zyZ“You can marry my children. You have the right to.”hQlazU
JYg“Yo. Do you want to sleep with my 27th descendant? I can make a free weapon for ya.”xQhoPtY
F5KwAnd even that lady from the North and the little dwarves…2x8loOv
Yh6JNFor some reason, I was loved by adults as a son-in-law material. It seemed that I was getting some returns for living a good life!vLY5o9H
dlGD“Actually, just take them both. Just be the next king.”5SL1Soc
DXHBut even then… this is a bit…EAzNAg
u9BgKko“Your Majesty… Please refrain from such jokes.”C8sZu
bG3YsY“I am not joking, Baron Lork. Actually, now that you’re a Unique Grade guardian, I suppose we should raise your peerage. Count? That sounds good. If you don’t mind taking over some land, you can become a marquis as well.”MUN
3Kky6m“…”z3x9AUX
ArwB2You can’t give away peerages like that, Your Majesty!YoI
PAhLKM3Well, actually, I guess Park Sihu did become a marquis in the last iteration as well…tZji6Q
jzF1vJIn any case, although there were many who asked me to marry their daughter, I wasn’t expecting King David to be like this.nk6kN
UNqI had to make a lot of preparations before asking for Princess Miruam’s hand in marriage, so why was he suddenly telling me to marry both of them?K2j7
NXP“Your Majesty. As unfortunate as this is…”8LWgn6A
w64“Come on. My dear Son-in-law. What is with this stiff etiquette? Just call me Father.”8B0Rm
uerHello? Your Majesty? It’s our second time seeing each other face to face, okay?!0zC042q
ZUbzy“But, Your Majesty… Normally, wouldn’t it be more natural to marry just one of the princesses?”5nW
pM9N“I pondered greatly to myself regarding that matter.”sRGzD
VbjgWhat was there to even ponder about? Like, what kind of father would give two of his daughters to a single man?7LC3se
geolUq“Estelle seemed to like you a lot more than I realized. Recently, she came home and declared that she wouldn’t marry anyone apart from you.”3aJA
PZAwm7“Umm…”tNRh9X9
QOHHBIt’s… possible for Estelle-noona to be like that. Considering her straight-forward personality—uqtLPg
CLLp“Most importantly, she seemed to have received a ‘revelation from the lord’ that she must marry Korin Lork.”Wf1
T8I“Kuhup…!”5gld
AdaZIShe’s using it as she pleases! She’s no different from a leader of a cult!unqZoZ
MzU“If that is the will of the lord, it can’t be helped.”7N2
wG8KTUmm, Father…? Do you really believe that? Aren’t you way too religious? Your daughter right now is at the pinnacle of a non-believer, and she’s even trying to create her own religion now!nqnUCV
MWB“So why not just Saintess Estelle…”B3e
CXwo“It was a long hatred.”lHE
JMM“…”92q
1mhAOKing David looked distressed as he changed the topic.SUh
iT4iCBe“For the national interest of the Kingdom, I had to turn a blind eye to my daughter’s rage; her hatred, and ended up making all this happen.”IQUaqyb
cmwlDHe didn’t get angry nor be shocked or reprimand Miruam about her plans and her hatred. Instead, he simply confessed his failure as a father.9Tmse
VMwnh“She’s a pitiful child who poured all of her attempts into politics, magic… and even social events all for her purpose and hatred of demi-humans. I couldn’t untangle her… life-long fury.7KgDY
7GU9CkIn the middle of his words, the King turned his eyes over to me.p6C
KNAvwG“It was you. You were the one who untangled the knot. You stopped her before she crossed the line.”LVk7G
4C6XGbaHe descended from the throne, bent his back, and held my hands with his.2rOdk
ZyDJM“Who would possibly stand against an army, and duel against those countless warriors? Who would protect the innocent in spite of earning the fury of the royal family?l5TqzPy
Gx0“How could I possibly turn a blind eye to your devotion; your courage? How could I pay you back for it?GSfH
zi6WC“Since you were the one who changed that girl… I can entrust you with her. No; I should say you’re the only one I can entrust her to.”ZJVnD
vHHxWcHe was serious. It wasn’t a joke, and he sincerely wanted me to take care of both of his daughters.0E0k3l
kvZqdm“Sir Korin. This is the only thing I can do for my daughter as a failure of a father. Will you please accept it?”KjlFG7
descP“…Sorry, Your Majesty.”hQY
qsmqosdI had to turn him down, as King David asked back with a look of sorrow.9TLn6pN
Q3P“Why is that? Even though you can accept both princesses of the Kingdom as your wives?”6m6Z
GDJlsL“That’s…”6P8Vx4
swI0wQiI was about to reveal my circumstances, but the King frowned before I could.yc5D
802“Is it because of those potato farmers in the South? Those fools that use potatoes instead of coins?”ScCbymd
OKm4i“Your Majesty?”UL0gtA
oeA4W“No, it must be the sword fanatics of the East! Please don’t think about going to that land of barbarians. They’re gangsters that rely on swords before words!”LxfCHH
VxtUmm, Your Majesty…? You just talked smack about two of your greatest allies, didn’t you?yifm8I
YCfDLS9“What misfortune! To think my son-in-law was bewitched by those wicked humans…!”oHU
M8B“I’m not your son-in-la—”qh9
LYU“Think about it, my son-in-law. Authority is much better than both money and power. Think about all the troops you can move from the throne. No. No. No. You have to experience this yourself. Come up. Try sitting on the throne! It feels good! It feels refreshing! It feels great to sit high up there!!”JHKonVS
3i5qBGYour Majesty! Please mind your etiquette!!AJ1f7R
H5VsPPN***B080L
hPi7MkQ“Good news! Good news! His Majesty has proposed to Baron Korin Lork a royal marriage!”OpF
ZGzbLQ“Both the Saintess and the 2nd Princess at that! God dang it! I’m dying from jealousy!”q51
nxvBxaThe walls have ears, as they say.tHxTtQs
CIPRThe offer I heard from King David was placed on the front page of the morning newspaper the following day.zSD
F2kn7CaUnlike the news articles of the 21st century, there was not a single filter in the news. I squeezed the sides of the newspaper with my shivering hands.znUIv9
JKiG20p“H, how did this…”zFW70C
WvLZ5dA royal marriage isn’t some childsplay, is it? How can it be on the news just like this?UDZRf
kLr6d8“Congratulations, President! I mean, Prince Consort…!”gmmN7P
ccFZRedic, who was next to me talking about the Association, suddenly said with a bow.LeetBd
HLt6iK“Wait, it’s a misunderstanding.”agW
5Ig“Sorry? Do you mean that’s false…?”uP4b
2wn7“I, it’s not but…”2f94d
b0VkY“Prince Consort! This Redic Georgio!!! Swears loyalty to Prince Consort!”viqAWa
C1Kxa“…This is driving me insane.”5iU
gQPIt didn’t take long for the news to spread through the capital… and the entire continent. And… this ended up provoking people that I wasn’t even thinking about.EXt2B
d7MK***CAiLXLp
xVUThe Dunareff Mansion located at the center of the South boasted some of the wealthiest and most luxurious land in the world.A1ik
0oCThe front garden was as big as a village. It took 10 minutes by carriage to reach the entrance of the mansion and then one had to climb 4,378 stairs if they wished to go to the rooftop without using the automatic elevator.jWll
AQlDJVQThe highlight of the Dunareff Mansion was the greenhouse the size of a football field that bloomed with flowers regardless of the season. This greenhouse, which had an exclusive mage and gardeners was Duchess Elencia’s favorite place for a morning tea.wvU
fH1vZYVThat morning, the duchess was having a cold corn tea with a few chunks of ice while elegantly eating some boiled potatoes. She was joyously reading through the newspapers of each region, which was no different from what she did every other day.PeTuxX
tkuNy9sIt was a fine day until she read that news article put on the first page of the paper.cYWFEo
0oHj– Grit!PPu1144
j8Ui9The morning newspaper crumbled in her grip. The maids attending to her needs were frightened by her sudden show of anger and lowered their heads.1LSM8
yAePi“I, I wonder… if my eyes are playing with me right now?”W8tT2b
cIk3vEShe couldn’t believe what her eyes were telling her. The duchess realized something had gone very wrong, and was boiling with fury regardless of the truth behind this news.V4Bx0Z
WURp2F“H, honey… Did something happen?”2AB
46nDuke Marde, who had been spending quality time with his family in the greenhouse, saw her sudden fit of anger and carefully raised a question.2ZekC
Fhu7“You! What have you been doing outside this whole time!”o34
GGmca49Slam!GVVfbHh
SUEThe crumbled newspaper in the shape of a ball struck Duke Marde with a noise that shouldn’t be made from scrunched paper.LnL
7auThis was his first time seeing his wife this angry in his 20 years of marriage, so Duke Marde carefully opened the newspaper in fear.F5tN7
yWLeK“Mhmm? Isn’t this yesterday’s newspaper from the capital?”HOtb
Z2K1hDuke Marde’s eyes widened into circles after reading the first headline of the paper.Wl7yi
OR73[His Majesty. Proposing a royal marriage to Sir Korin. Both princesses at that!]FVV
Rpx08dHe didn’t even have to read anything beyond the headline. It seemed that King David was trying to send both princesses to marry Korin Lork.eOuZN
ZxG“Like, what has this world come to…”mRuklZ
YvGAlthough polygamy was legally accepted in this world, the common consensus was still just to have one husband and one wife.XPQ9c
ejG2oXv“That’s not all! Look at this newspaper from the East!”Ou2a
0IkjLThis time, the duchess threw an evening newspaper from the East. That too had a shocking headline on the front page.WaWo2
ofid7n7[Sword Emperor Garrand Arden, “Korin is for my granddaughters. The King shouldn’t think about snatching him away.”]W8Ml9
5q372Sword Emperor? Did Garrand Arden say this?99vEo
MsqRi“Has that old man gone senile?”xqv6gM
Rn2A0w“He truly must have gone mad!”wjM
JRZDuchess Elencia crushed the cup of corn tea in her hands. The cup shattered into countless fragments, but they couldn’t create a single scratch on the body of the former high-ranked knight.mxU
p8jFTLT“This is all because of you!” she shouted.W9ng4
DXR9P“Ehk? M, me?” the duke replied in a stupor.oZpfUIx
nuNU“It’s because you keep abusing and mistreating my son-in-law! Korin is looking elsewhere because of you!”hbJ6U
o0YGkNm“H, how is this my fault? Isn’t it that guy’s fault for wagging his tail everywhere?!”yIAh
APj383“If only you were nicer and officially proclaimed that he was our son-in-law! Then these people wouldn’t have dared to covet my son-in-law!”hAmlbxV
20AOkThe duchess yelled out loud with her lips shivering in great fury.q26cGy
nXMvw6“They’re looking down on us, Dunareff. The King and the Sword Emperor. They can’t possibly do this unless they’re looking down on us!”2jI8hC
2O4wIn the eyes of Duchess Elencia, they were wicked people who were trying to steal the son-in-law her oldest daughter had already decided on. They were unforgivable.4qck
Q1B67KpWhat? Am I the weird one here?lNbw0Yl
mCmKing David was out there trying to marry both princesses to a single person; the Sword Emperor was warning the King, saying that he was going to marry both of his granddaughters to that same person.Iam9BG
aSyKBPlus, there was also his wife, who was infuriated by the juncture of having her son-in-law (no marriage nor engagement) snatched away.79vKHh
BARAm I the only one who doesn’t like him? Am I the only normal father here? Or am I the weird one? Huh!?’IyIhb
4eN0lThis was weird. Something was definitely wrong here.7hIk3
IZb“Dear!”xVT5ZC
TQIfYMq“Y, yes…! Honey! What is it?”ErW4kIR
upS4“Go and get my son-in-law back from them right now! I am not losing my son-in-law!”E716O
t9y“Uhh…?”b49kgZx
NsJF7mBHe couldn’t even utter a single word of rebuttal.odjxWQ
D9ldOJLike that, the duke was forced onto the Hresvelgr which was headed to the royal capital.rX0gwi
FuyhgpWhat he found even more strange were the attitudes of the ones that were coming with him to the capital.OTK4MY
OxnLxBd“To think they would dare eye the consort of Lady Marie! We cannot let this slip!”nilUprI
I0Xr0lI have never once acknowledged him as Marie’s husband!FmbefWs
PXdBNvCaptain Berg of the Dunareff Wyvern Riders, was full of fighting spirit and…4F85C
I9Oe“Oh dear. Looks like there are some puppies that don’t know how scary potatoes are. I’ve given the order to the spies hidden inside the capital. One word, and we can reveal the embarrassing weaknesses of all the nobles in the royalty faction.”470Z
L12WWe’re also in the royalty faction okay? Actually, we are the royalty faction!zhmf
4AkButler Paul was in the middle of coming up with self-destructive schemes…ROT2RjK
BTvrXjV“Let’s carry out an economic attack on the capital city and the East using the money we have stored for Baron Korin. Let’s start off slow with a million gold coins. That might not suffice to show the dignity of the Dunareff but…”ZiYIeY
VpTaXW, when did we store that much money for him?zVpGKJ
QBIyzaBaron Bolton, the branch manager of Merkarva Dunareff, started talking about finances that Duke Marde had no idea about.FQQlV
unmnj“Y, you guys… Calm down for now. This might all just be a misunderstanding.”VMKc5tM
fDR“Ah…! That is true. My apologies, Your Highness. We have crossed the line!”ei3Je
2TChum“Yes! We should have let Your Highness carry out your esteemed plans. There is no way you would sit back and watch this happen after all.”FotuP
nODZfG8“I am sure you will save Young Master Korin from their evil hands, Your Highness!”gbAX7Yd
PURsVcwThe duke was greatly confused.L3CbFz2
3QwQYFHis wife he could understand but…LG2p1tC
lhvQJsSince when were these guys so fond of him? Something… something iss wrong.b6vvd
XxwoDo I really have to accept him as my son-in-law at this rate?byXkln
QOKThe duke felt like crying.jHgyBv5
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