“No, we refuse.” (Wendelin)
“What was that!” (Kurt)
“Is that something to get angry over?” (Wendelin)
Getting angry over the things said probably means that there’s something to feel guilty about.
To begin with, my client is Margrave Breithilde.
Beyond being told by him his wish to have the articles of the deceased returned to the bereaved families, it was necessary for me to confirm whether this has been fulfilled completely.
If I left the distribution to Kurt, he wouldn’t hesitate to put all of it into his own pocket.
I think he won’t exploit such rusted weapons and armors from the bereaved families, but I can’t guarantee that for almost everyone’s shares such as the inhabitant’s wallets in addition.
Special rewards were apparently given by the previous Margrave Breithilde for obtaining results in hunting during the previous expedition.
More than one would think, those were often packed with silver coins and such.
“(He might go as far as stealing the contents of the wallets within the articles of the deceased…) I was told by Margrave Breithilde that to have them returned to the proper bereaved families.” (Wendelin)
“You bastard! This is my territory!” (Kurt)
“You are the person in line to be inaugurated as next family head, right? Lord Baumeister?” (Wendelin)
Due to my words loaded with sarcasm, Kurt’s face has become even more red.
And, he probably judged this situation to not be beneficial.
It’s unusual for father to talk to me first.
“I don’t mind if you gather the bereaved families to show them the articles of the deceased, however will that really make the distinction easier?” (Artur)
“To be honest, it will be easier than the Breithilde feudal army.” (Wendelin)
In the case of the Breithilde feudal army it was easy to differentiate between the equipment of some like the previous family head, the staff group and magicians.
However, when it comes to the regular soldiers, it’s quite difficult to differentiate to whom which equipment belongs as all of them had similar equipment items.
On the other hand, it will be simple to split up the Baumeister feudal army’s side’s items.
That’s because all of them didn’t have any common equipment with their patchwork equipment.
“Understood. You have my permission. The bereaved families may go see the articles of the deceased at the plaza in the evening.” (Artur)
Evening because they will have finished the farm work by then.
“Also, I don’t think we have those within our territory, but there might also be fellows trying to take away articles of the deceased by impersonating others. It’s fine for you to use Klaus as assistant.” (Artur)
While father’s facial expression has become slightly gloomy, he tells me that he will have Klaus help us out.
Father and Klaus.
They have a bond from the past. You can’t really say that their relationship is awfully good.
But, I guess father is forced into a position where he has to consider Klaus’ abilities.
And, another point is, he likely understands that if he entrusted this task to Kurt, it would spell nothing but troubles.
“Today it’s this place, I wonder? I will guide inspector-dono on his inspection in the territory.” (Artur)
It seems that father plans to guide Paul-nii-san’s group through the territory today.
They will probably carry out the original task of the provincial inspection trip, but even Kurt has already noticed that Paul-nii-san’s group is my guard troop.
Having said that, they can’t officially abandon their task and not go either.
Father will innocently guide Paul-nii-san’s group to the familiar places within the territory since it is his home. Paul-nii-san will also check merely for form’s sake whether there are any problems with the public order within the territory.
These are adults, I, with my insides being an ossan, decided to believe.
“By the way, what’s your schedule for today, Baron Baumeister-dono?” (Artur)
Given that the distribution of the articles of the deceased is in the evening, father is asking what I will be doing until then.
“If possible, I’d like to stay here for several days with a large number of people.” (Wendelin)
“Certainly. It will be necessary to go hunting and collecting, huh?” (Artur)
Or rather, if we don’t do that, it’s likely that the meals will once again be dry and crumbling brown bread and thin, salty soup.
As expected, the current me wants to be excused from such meals.
“Although I allow you to gather herbs and go hunting, before that…” (Artur)
“Before that?” (Wendelin)
Father points out that I have forgotten the most important thing.
“It’s been a while, mother.” (Paul)
“I’m terribly sorry to not have greeted you the other day.” (Wendelin)