My Disciples Know That I Am Strong

Episode 5. Making ropes (3)

“You are Prause. It’s a name I’ve never seen before, so what kind of family are you by any chance?”

A servant writing a guest book at the entrance of the banquet hall asked. After thinking about it for a while, I said honestly.

“I am a commoner.”

“…… Yes? No, right, commoners?”

The servant lifted his head and checked my face.

“Come on, it wouldn’t be a banquet for commoners to come. But the invitation is genuine……. Who procured the letter by any chance?”

“It was done by the Imperial Knights.”

“Can you tell who sent it?”

“I don’t know that.”

I am here to know that from now on.

The highest probability would be Prince Chris, but I couldn’t be sure.

Because I’ve never met the imperial family before.

There is a high probability that the invitation to invite me is a place to judge what kind of person I am.

“…… Even though you’re a commoner, you talk quite arrogantly.”

The servant’s attitude changed surprisingly when he heard the story of a commoner. The friendly voice held a chill.

“I know. So why not?”

“It’s not even clear that he has ties to the imperial family, but he could become a corpse in an instant and be thrown away like garbage after using that kind of tone—”

“Teacher, this person’s talk is annoying. Can I not stand it?”

Tina clenched her fists. Her air currents changed as she was being led by her hand.

“Stop it. I’m not here to fight.”

Since it was left in the state when entering the Black Imperial Palace, it was infinitely disadvantageous to fight.

I have nothing to protect me.

Besides, fighting here could mean fighting the entire empire.

The host of this banquet is the imperial family.

“But you insulted the master.”

“It can’t be helped. It’s distasteful to see a commoner among arrogant, high-ranking nobles who have nothing to offer other than their status.”

“…… Is that an insult to nobles?”

She lowers her voice. I shrugged.

“That can’t be. I am just saying So can I come in?”

“Be careful what you say and do. Everyone here will be watching you.”

It’s ruined. From scratch.

Well, it was irrational to meet the imperial family with such a tone.

“Is the child next to you a daughter?”

I went back to work tone again. It was a hard voice, not mixed with any emotion.

“I am a daughter—”

“Yes.”

I cut off Tina’s words and answered.

I think it would be easier to go here if you say it’s a family.

“Okay. Go in Oh, I’ll have a separate report. A commoner is involved in an aristocratic event.”

“Something like that.”

I replied that I didn’t care about that and went into the banquet hall.

The banquet hall was a splendid place that could not be compared to the entrance.

Various types of chandeliers and magical lights hanging from the high ceiling created an atmosphere, and various art pieces hung on the walls harmoniously enhanced the feel of the banquet.

In such a space, countless people were already divided into several groups and talking.

“Daetta is high! Big!”

Tina looked around her excitedly.

“There are some delicious ones over there. Go and eat whatever you want.”

In a buffet format, numerous dishes were placed on a long table.

The chef continued to increase the number of dishes and remove the finished dishes.

“Can I?”

“Of course.”

First of all, whether you are a commoner or an aristocrat, you are invited.

No matter what I did, the opponent couldn’t touch it. Of course, there will be pressure after the end.

“Oh, I think you’re the first person I’ve seen. Who are you?”

She was a middle-aged woman whose wrinkles were barely covered with makeup.

Seeing her face was unfamiliar, it seemed that she was not an important character in the game.

“I don’t know.”

There’s no reason to care unless it’s an important NPC.

“What?”

“I don’t know. Take care.”

“Ha! It’s funny in the common people system! I heard it all before. That you are a commoner!”

Intentionally raise your voice.

The eyes of the nobles turn to me.

Listening to the whispers already made me feel like I was getting neurosis. I’m dying of exhaustion.

Tina stopped her steps towards her food and glared at the middle-aged woman attached to me.

“Teacher—”

“No.”

“…… All right.”

With her eyes wide open, Tina snorts at her sarcastically and even examines her cooking.

“What, what?”

Looking at the woman shaking her head from side to side and scanning her surroundings, she said quietly.

“Go well. I’m not in the mood to talk.”

“Ha! How dare you treat aristocrats when you are a commoner?! How dare you go mad—”

“His Highness Tori Aus, the head of the Aus family, and his family are entering!”

The woman’s words are drowned out by the roaring voice of her knight.

All the nobles in the banquet hall turned their eyes toward the entrance. It was the same with the woman who was beating me in front of me.

Welcome the entry of the Duke with a round of applause.

“Hmm. If you’re a duke, do you talk like that when you come in?”

It’s burdensome. No wedding whatsoever.

“Hey, commoner. Why don’t you leave right away? You don’t deserve to be here—”

‘I got an invitation too. Don’t say too much.’

“I received an invitation too. Don’t cackle, if you don’t want to dig.”

He really looks like a real man to me.

In an age where the status system is certain, I’m probably the only one who can speak nopaku. Never a good thing

“What, what what, what?!”

Pointing at me with a face full of spirit.

“Hey! How dare you speak of a commoner—!”

“His Highness Glair Todia, the head of the Todia family, and her family are entering!”

Again, he shook his head at the old woman whose words were cut off by the knight’s voice.

“Shake her head in front of anyone now! I belong to the count family—”

“Huh? Isn’t that Prause?”

“Oh! It’s Prause.”

Duke Tori and Grand Duchess Ella pointed at me at the same time and said.

Behind Ella, the Grand Duke of Glare was looking at me sternly, frowning, but he turned away.

Even if you don’t touch your daughter, that’s right, you.

“Huh?”

When she saw the attention of the two dukes on me, she let out a bewildered noise.

“Prause, you asked to go together, where is the first place to go?”

“I’ve never heard of that.”

“Prause, I didn’t know you would come here. Did you have connections in the imperial family?”

“It looks like it happened.”

I answered their questions calmly.

“Oh, over there!”

The Countess, who was standing beside her, shouted.

All the attention of the duke family turned to her.

“Hello. I am… ….”

“I’m sorry. We want to talk right now, would you mind going somewhere else?”

“…… Oh, yes, yes.”

At Ella’s words, the woman reluctantly left, and the duke’s interest in me, a commoner, made the banquet hall even more noisy.

“Teacher, are you popular?”

“… No.”

Her head was pounding.

“Look at that, Mr. Prause. You have to go with me so you won’t have to fight like this?”

“When did you say that?”

“Now.”

“… ….”

I think I will have a headache. I wanted to lie down sick the next day.

It was around the time I let out the sigh that had accumulated inside me.

Not the entrance to the palace, but the inner door opened and two knights walked out.

One of them was a knight commander I had already seen once, and the other was the knight I interrogated when I killed Dink.

“His Majesty the Emperor Rufen Aether Pretium and Empress Luna Aether Pretium, the steadfast glory of the Pretium Empire and the blazing flame, enter!”

At his words, applause poured out among the nobles.

The members of the duchy were no exception. At first, I clapped while watching.

The emperor holding on to the railing above the stairs looks down at the nobles with dignity.

Since it was 7 years ago, he looked much younger than he did in the game.

When I raised my hand slightly, all the nobles cheered. Maybe it’s because he’s flattered to survive, but he didn’t look very nice.

After that, the knights continued to call the imperial family.

“Next, His Highness, Crown Prince Chris Aether Preteum, who will be the next Emperor, will enter!”

He was a man with a sharp impression.

Rather than being blunt, he seemed to make decisions rationally and calmly in everything.

“You look good!”

“Wow~ Who will marry that person?”

The girls who have already fallen in love with their looks were one truck.

Chris, wearing clothes and accessories made of jewels, gold, and fine silk, looked around the entire banquet hall step by step and smiled when he found me.

“…… ?”

I don’t have a hobby of getting attention from men.

They were called the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th princes.

Finally, only his youngest daughter, the princess, remained.

“Lastly, His Highness Serie Aether Pretium will enter!”

The golden hair, a symbol of the royal family, is revealed.

The dress code was similar to that of the other members of the imperial family, but it felt like something was lacking.

As soon as he comes out, he smiles awkwardly and waves his hand.

The aristocrats applauded enthusiastically, but they weren’t used to seeing or receiving it.

To be precise, for a member of the imperial family, he had a somewhat shrunken appearance.

“Hmm… ….”

“Why is that?”

“No. It is nothing.”

Seven years ago and now, there is not much difference in the treatment received.

Princess Chris or Princess Se-ri.

It went well. Shall we reduce the variables in advance?

* * *

Emperor Rufen’s speech ended with the last words to have a good time.

So the banquet began in earnest.

As with any social circle, nobles began to mix up as they built connections with nobles of a higher status than themselves.

In particular, many people gathered around the Crown Prince, a leading candidate for the next emperor.

On the other hand, most of Princess Se-ri’s surroundings were married to her and wanted to establish her connections with her imperial family.

Now, what shall we do?

I think the one who invited me should be seen as Crown Prince Chris, but the person the warriors needed in the game was Princess Se-ri.

The problem was that if her crown prince knew of my skill and tried to ally her, it was only right to avoid all contact with Princess Seri.

If you misunderstand that I am on Princess Seri’s side, Chris will surely kill Princess Seri.

The Crown Prince was a greedy human being to the point of excluding all obstacles on her way to becoming emperor.

In fact, by not treating the other princes as his younger siblings, Chris mercilessly kills them in the battle for the emperor’s seat later on.

Of course, there is one that isn’t like that, and that was Serie Aether Pretium.

In addition to being evaluated as passive and incompetent, he was stripped of the competition for the emperor’s seat early on because he had no talent to speak of, and he was left out of the eyes of Chris.

That was the reason she survived her succession war.

But she couldn’t leave her like that forever.

It was because she had to make her emperor to minimize her damage from her demons.

Then, how to get close to her while avoiding her crown prince.

“Does Prause not eat anything?”

Ella sticks next to her and gets in the way of my thinking.

As she looked at her disapprovingly, she remembered how to approach her princess princess.

“Prause?”

Without answering her words, I moved her stride with her stride.

I broke through the crowds gathered around the prince and stood proudly in front of Chris.

“…… You?”

“Are you asking after inviting me?”

“Hoo~?”

He looked at me curiously.