Chapter 88

"Hey, Klaus! Do you have a grudge against me or something?"

"Grudge? Indeed, I do. You have neglected my grandchildren."

"Are you telling me to make them nobles?"

"That much is only natural, isn't it?"

"Huh? Are you serious?"

"Of course."

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In the ancestral territory of the Baumayster Knight, a rebellion led by Klaus, the head of the household, broke out. When I heard the report, I couldn't believe it.

Klaus is indeed a suspicious person who schemes behind the scenes, but at the same time, he is a capable individual.

Starting a rebellion at this moment would have no chance of success, even from a child's perspective. I didn't think Klaus would fail to realize this.

"So, what is the strength of the rebel army?"

In any case, I need to lead my troops and rush there immediately. Klaus has hired adventurers who were in the Baumayster territory and, together with them, has captured and placed under house arrest my brother Hermann, his family, the mansion staff, and the retainers.

In other words, since the governance of the territory is paralyzed, I, as the head of the main family and the guardian, must take action.

'Well, who should be the commander?'

'I'm busy, you know...'

It will be someone from the guard, but everyone is busy with development assistance and town security. Moreover, a rebellion at this time was almost like a nuisance. Tristan, the head of the guard, seems to be planning to stay put and send his subordinates to handle it.

'Moritz should be fine.'

Thanks to Tristan's recommendation, Moritz, the brother of Vilma, will lead about fifty soldiers.

'Is the number of soldiers not too small?'

'Are there any mages in the rebel army?'

'It seems there aren't any.'

The rebel army occupying the mansion consists of Klaus, Walter, and Karl, five young vassals who agreed with them, and about twenty adventurers, totaling around thirty people, and it has been confirmed that there are no mages.

'Furthermore, from the beginning, they are not planning to attack but to fortify themselves.'

Klaus must have realized that even if they capture the lord, attempting to fully control the territory would only result in a counterattack and losses. Additionally, there are vassals and male vassals outside who can serve as a military force, so it seems they decided to use the lord as a pawn.

'In any case, the key is to send troops as quickly as possible.'

'Right. Have Moritz prepare the troops.'

'Understood.'

We concluded that this number of troops is sufficient for now, even if reinforcements are sent later, and I used instant teleportation to transport Moritz and the soldiers to the Baumayster Knight territory multiple times.

'Check your equipment thoroughly! The food and other necessary supplies will be delivered by the lord.'

'Ah... My first deployment as a vassal army is to suppress a rebellion...'

Sighing, I flew to the Baumayster Knight territory with my usual team, including the soldiers, and, with the cooperation of the vassals and the mobilized vassals, we surrounded the mansion.

"Why did that head of the household start a rebellion?"

"Who knows. Ask him directly."

"No, that's the lord's job, right?"

El's question was valid. Still, since it was a rebellion, I immediately sent troops, but because we could deploy troops quickly, even with a small number, Moritz seemed to be impressed by my magic. Additionally, since we could transport food and water and other necessary supplies using magic bags, there was no need for a supply train, and it was highly praised.

Apparently, he remembered the difficulty of guarding a supply train during training when he was in the kingdom's army.

"There are also training exercises where a small territory is in rebellion, and the lord and his family are captured, so the kingdom's army sends reinforcements. Such scenarios are also part of the training."

According to Moritz, it is crucial to send troops as early as possible in such situations.

"The number of rebels is known, but..."

The fewer they are, the more likely they are to capture the lord first, and if left for a long time, it could lead to a bad situation. It seems that the vassals gradually start to listen to the rebels.

"The lord is absent and under control."

Therefore, I need to quickly enter the territory and reassure the vassals.

"For that, the transportation of food and supplies is urgent."

If the soldiers sent to suppress the rebellion have nothing to eat and start requisitioning food from the local area, it could push them to the side of the rebels. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare food and other supplies.

"Buy it with money?"

"It would be good if there are surplus supplies..."

If not, they would have to requisition them by force and leave money, but that would set a flag for a pincer attack between the rebels and the vassals. From their perspective, the kingdom's army that takes away food would look more like the rebels.

"In that sense, it was easy this time."

The troops moved by magic, and there was a large amount of food in the magic bags. Since the response was quick, the vassals who escaped capture had recruited soldiers from the vassals and joined in the siege of the mansion, and my presence as the guardian in the Baumayster territory prevented any chaos.

Klaus and his group are holding Hermann and his family hostage in the mansion, so the impact outside the mansion has been prevented.

"However, I think Klaus, the head of the household, intended to limit it to the occupation of the mansion from the beginning."

Given the current strength and situation, it is a fairy tale for Klaus to control the Baumayster Knight territory. At this point, even the residents of the main village would not agree with him, let alone the other villages.

"There are five vassals who agreed with him."

When the troops I brought and the vassals led by the vassal chief who escaped capture successfully surrounded the mansion, the vassal chief appeared with a few vassals to report. Among them, a small man named Helge, who looked to be in his early thirties, had accurately investigated the number of vassals who agreed with the rebellion.

"I am currently a vassal under Hermann, but originally from a farming family in the main village."

Since the lord and his family were captured, he came to report to me, who had taken command.

"There were five who agreed?"

"They are all young."

Perhaps it was a youthful mistake, and they were likely incited by Klaus while growing up in a remote area with dreams and aspirations for the outside world.

"Apparently, they were incited by Walter and Karl."

"Those two..."

"Yes, those two."

The vassal chief, who is a relative of the branch family, reported that recently in the Baumayster Knight territory, these two were saying foolish things.

"We are the older brothers of the Baumayster Count, so we will be given the territory in the future."

"Ah, I remember that."

I didn't mind, but my father and brother Hermann absolutely said no. From my Japanese perspective, Walter and Karl are half-brothers, so I thought they should be given some preferential treatment, which could include making them nobles.

However, from my father and brother Hermann's perspective, and from the perspective of the noble world, that is absolutely impossible.

Blue blood and red blood.

There is an absolute difference between the two.

'If you become a noble in one generation, having cut your roots from the common people, it is acceptable.'

In the capital, some nobles look down on them, but this can be resolved in the next generation through marriages with nobles. Even when a noble's legitimate wife has no children, and a bastard child from a commoner is made the heir, it is an exception and is reluctantly accepted.

However, I am a noble with blue blood from a legitimate wife. If I elevate my half-brothers, who have half red blood, to nobles, I would surely be universally despised.

'You can make them heads of villages or give them business privileges. The preferential treatment should be within the limits of commoners.'

That's what my father said, so I discussed with my brother Hermann and decided to give them the position of head of a new village and the management rights of the store I created before.

For some reason, they seemed dissatisfied with this treatment and started a rebellion.

"Walter and Karl thought they could become nobles too."

"Is that because those two are stupid? But they are Klaus's grandchildren, right?"

"Failure in education... I guess they thought they could ride on the success of the Baumayster Count."

It might be a youthful mistake, but it's hard to excuse starting a rebellion. Why did they suddenly start a rebellion? I thought they would at least petition first.

"The most incomprehensible thing is why Klaus agreed with them?"

Not only that, but he was the complete instigator. What is even more incomprehensible is that he started a rebellion with such a small number, with no chance of success.

At least, the Klaus I know would never do something so reckless. Yet, when I went to the occupied mansion to hear his story, Klaus, who greeted me, demanded that his grandchildren be made nobles, which was an unreasonable request.

"Would Klaus make such an unreasonable demand without any thought?"

"Everyone thinks it's strange, of course."

Walter was to be the successor, and Karl was to be the head of a new village. The husbands of my half-sisters were also given supporting roles and management of the store as preferential treatment. Yet, it's incomprehensible why they would give it up and start a rebellion.

"They insist it's a strong petition."

"No, it's a rebellion."

They hired adventurers as mercenaries. Even if they claim it's a strong petition, it sounds like a sophistry.

"In any case, it's strange."

After the vassal chief finished his report and returned, I was thinking in the house I was using as a temporary headquarters.

I couldn't believe that Klaus would plan such a reckless rebellion. Therefore, I needed to speculate on the reason.

"Indeed, it's strange."

Eina, who was serving as my guard, also tilted her head in confusion.

"Why were the husbands of the half-sisters excluded from the rebellion?"

This became clear when we arrived in the Baumayster Knight territory and the vassal chief led us to Reila, my half-sister Agnes and her husband Norbert, and Corona and her husband Rainer, who had come forward.

Apparently, when they opposed the rebellion, Reila was cut off from her family, and the other four were also cut off by Klaus.

"Reila, there is a rumor that you used your relationship with the previous generation to incite the growth of Walter and Karl."

The vassal chief, who brought them, had actually witnessed Reila accompanying Walter and Karl when they petitioned my brother Hermann before.

"Is that true?"

"It is true, but..."

Reila said that she only wanted her children and their husbands to receive some preferential treatment as commoners and accompanied them to petition once.

She never wanted to become a noble. She was satisfied with the initial treatment.

"Even if you knew it would fail, you petitioned?"

Noble families with a long history have always suffered from inheritance and