Tesfia lay on the bed in the infirmary alone. Ars must have been mentally overloaded, and she had been told she should be sleeping, but she was very unlikely to be able to sleep.
　He covered the top of his eyes with his arms. What should I do next? There are countless things to think about.

　The only priority that needs to be considered right now is Umm Luyna. I will have to avoid thinking about my loved ones in the first place.

　As the three great aristocracies, the Umluyna family, with whom he had interacted since his childhood, was frequently visited by Froese. He must have forgotten about it all along. More importantly, he tried not to remember.
　Tesfia jumped to the past, recalling back to a long time ago.


　That was when Tesfia was only nine years old.
　Interaction between the nobles had been a top priority for the retired Froese. Through her achievements, the Faber family emerged and quickly became one of the three great aristocracies.
　It's a good idea to have a good relationship with the old aristocrats that you have to get to know, so you have to work hard to build a close relationship with them regularly. This was a very common practice in the aristocratic society. In a way, there were factions of the nobility and rules that differed from the military.

　The foremost house of the aristocracy is the Umm Luyna. The Favell family is a venerable and prestigious family, but with the advent of demons, what is required of nobles is no longer old age.
　They represent humanity. With nobility comes responsibility.

　The older you are, the more nobility is a race that continues to flaunt its nobility. That is no exception, even for Flosses. It's a good idea to be a nobleman above all else, since she also has the responsibility of protecting her house.
　It's not an exaggeration to say that nobles are controlled under the control of higher nobles. The three great aristocrats are the eyes of the aristocracy, so to speak, that deter disputes between them.

　Factions are like groupings in that sense. It can be said to be an abhorrent situation, such as conflict between factions.
　That's why the three major aristocracies also hold different management positions, such as exchanging information between them. However, he cannot manage all of the nobles. And of course, he has no coercive power.
　It is simply a surveillance that could be called a flag. Of course, the responsibility for conflicts among the subordinate nobles also cannot be attributed to the three major nobles.
　However, it is an aristocracy that goes beyond the scope of responsibility. Each of them has their own ideal image, and they try to live up to that ideal as aristocrats.
　For this reason, all but the three major aristocracies are very close to one of the three families.

　The three families, including the newly formed Fevers and the Socarents, hold regular meetings, but the Socarenthe Visaists, due to their personalities, are mostly absent.

　Therefore, it was usual for Tesfia, who was expected to be the next head of the family, and Ail, who was the second son of Umrüna, to take care of him.
　In those days, the eldest brother of the Umluyna family was the only one allowed to participate in meetings with the head of the family.

　Needless to say, a nobleman's son is like that. When you are the second or third, you are little more than an insurance policy. But as for Ayre, even though he was young, his eyes were looking at her with an eagle eye and envisioning her vision.
　That is to say, even if they were his parents, they could not see through his essence. He wasn't a brilliant genius, but he was excellent at talking out of turn. It was a no-brainer to see through a man's hidden true intentions and ambitions. The only thing he was interested in was not magic, but human thought.
　At first, he only conversed with a few of the maids on an experimental basis.

　He called them into his room and repeated the conversation with them in a casual manner. The maids were nervous at first, and the exchanges were superficial, as if they were flatlining throughout, but once they got the hang of it, it was truly anticlimactic.
　They drew out their thoughts and received their complaints and grievances with a big smile. Even if I was tempted to forget the respectful words in the sense of a friend, Isle received them with a smile, even though she was a child.

　Find out what kind of words you want it to say. If you bring them to a close distance and guide them, they will lighten their mouths. It satisfies their desires and wishes and makes their superiority fade. It also made them forget the difference in status.
　They would be made to open their mouths of their own volition. Months passed and the maids were enjoying their conversations with the Isle. They found it the most comforting of the various tasks. It was a more fulfilling feeling than a break.
　Even if they were children, they didn't even feel it.

　Isle would not put any compassion between him and his siblings. Instead, he always wanted to ask them to give him a place.

　Surely the place where his brother would sit in the future would have a good view.
　It's a high point where he can even dispose of the lowly humans like pawns.

　Isle realized this when some foolish nobleman had disrespected his father. I don't know his name, all I know is that he's lower than the House of Ummulina, and that's all I need to know.
　As a nobleman, the head of the Wurmluina family, who had a good face in the army, crushed one of his houses in the blink of an eye. That's all it takes, just like breathing, to give a single instruction at the tip of your finger.

　That would get things done just the way he wanted.
　Even though there were three major nobles, virtually none of them had more power than the Umluina family. Even with the military, they have such power, wealth and warfare that they cannot be ignored.


　In the Umluina family, you can promote someone from maid to valet. In a sense, it's customary. This is a voluntary process, and the two sons may nominate their own sons, but in the House of Woomrüna, a nobleman is required to have the ability to lead his subordinates.
　You'll be able to get the best of both worlds: the candidate for head of the family and the maids need to agree on the candidate and the maids to be his or her entourage. Of course, this is done in secret from the maids, so they can refuse if they want to. There is no penalty for this.
　This is done once a year with the head butler and the head maid.

　Many years the sycophants do not show up. The same was true for the maids, but it was due to the fact that the two candidates for the head of the family didn't need the numbers in the first place.
　Even so, there is still a chance for about two slots per person.
　In a sense, this was always the maid who was closest to the humans of the Ummulina family being chosen. The maids also know this, or perhaps the number of those who volunteer is as small as a race.

　Ail and her brother placed their father, the current head of the family, in the center of the room and waited for the selection process to begin. The two sons sat at a distance in the hall where the vast ball was to be held.
　On the other side, the maids were neatly arranged in the same position.
　The ones here are not hired maids who perform the chores of the mansion. There are separate human resources available for minimum chores. Then the maids here are mainly responsible for taking care of things like personal care. It is also the maids who run errands. They are the maids among the well-trained maids.

　Ail's preliminary research had shown that his brother was the only one who had strongly volunteered to have the woman as a sideline.
　Isle just stood still and had only the results.

　In the center, the head maid, on behalf of her father, the current head of the family, raises a taut voice that suggests her youth.

Now we will begin the selection process. In addition, the two incoming heads of the family will also be asked to demonstrate their qualifications as noblemen.

　Ail chuckled inwardly at those words so that no one would notice. It's a good thing that I'm the second person to be called as a candidate.
　It's as if the next head of the family has already been decided. A single advantage is the deciding factor.
　Only one thing, that he was born first.

　My brother will never stop being convinced of the ground. The same can be said for my father. Because his successor was already decided before he was born.
　Then it was just a matter of overturning the existing shallow ideas.

　It's not just a question of whether or not you're going to be able to get the best out of it, it's also a question of whether or not you're going to be able to get the best out of it.
　Rather, that one has stronger implications.

''Then please head to the one you want to take care of as a sideline.

　The maids bowed at the words of the head maid and each of them walked towards the one they wanted to serve.

''Nah!

　It was my brother who made such a startling sound. The maids that his brother had strongly nominated were also attached to Isle's side.
　That's right, all of the nearly fifty maids here were lined up behind Ail.

　The head of the family was at a loss for words at this.

　Ignoring his brother's astonishment, the head maidservant, who knew beforehand, asked Ail in an awe-inspiring voice tone.

''Then, Ail-sama, please appoint a sycophant from among these, please.
I know.

　Returning softly, Isle took a glance behind him and uttered a few words.

''Then~ I'm going to appoint everyone here to be my sidekick.
--!
"But, Master Isle, if that doesn't stop the maid from spending her time...

　I let the chief maid's words flow.

This won't be enough.

　He recognized his father as the head of the family and clearly affirmed it.

'My lord, Lord Morotheon von Ummulina, I don't think that's enough for you now that your qualifications to be the next head of the family are so clearly divided.
Let's hear it...
'Isn't that a quality that's required now that you've gained the support of those below you to use this number of people?　We won't create an unwanted entity for any of them.
But....
As long as the results are there, it's also extremely impolite to hand it over to your brother.

　Ail looked back at the head of the family with his brother resentful.
　What is required here are the qualities of the head of the family. It doesn't have to be the right qualities. It is enough if the current head of the family can present what he thinks are the right qualities.

''Of course, since there are so many of them, we don't know if there will be maids who will neglect their work, so how about [temporarily]? I'll leave that decision up to the head maid.

　I don't believe in the slightest that there is such a maid. That's probably true, and Ail is irreplaceable to them. She had become an existence to cling to.
　The next experiment, if possible, would be to instill obedience beyond even disgust. The next one would be pain ... and the next one would be life ... and if the scales could be tilted to the Isle, the experiment would be satisfactory enough.

　Isle, who had read the lord's wishes accurately, continued to fold.
　With a contained smile, as if he was not a child.

'Father, I can contribute to the development of the Ummulina family.

　He has trained his two children to be reasonably gifted. The head of the family asks with a stern look on his face.

'How?'
We must first make the three noble families universal. ─ First of all, the three noble families must be made universal. On top of that, the House of Oomrüina should always be at the top of the list. First of all, House Fevers, I think I have a daughter close to me over there.
"--!　You're going to get us in?
Yes, I think that would put Ummulina on a firm footing. Of course I don't intend to disrupt the Favre family. If they have two children, they will be able to survive. If that's the case, then for sure Ummeluina will be around for another hundred years...

　The head of the family was silent. He's not pondering, he's astonished. Even though he was his own son, he was still a child of ten.
　The fact that he had the same schemes as he did was dependably terrifying. And, moreover, this is an obligation to the next head of the family. It's compulsory. You should not like it. To marry the person of your choice. I'm sure you'll be able to find out what's going on in the world.
　You will be able to find out the best way to get the most out of this new marriage. Even if it means sacrificing himself for it.

　But that's exactly what doesn't matter to Ayle - even if he wants to play family in the future.

'Fine, do what you want,'

　After uttering that much, my father left the hall, ignoring his brother's restraint. My brother followed suit and desperately clung to him.
　The only people left were Isle, the head maid and the head butler.

　Even though she was in her late thirties, the head maid, who was neat and clean and didn't need to be made younger yet, uttered to Ail as if she were sighing.
　The papers she had with her were all in anticipation.

''Thank you for your hard work, Isle-sama.''
Welne and Teague, too.

　Welne as the head maid and Teague as the head butler.
　They both broke their hips at the same time in response to the labored words.
　The preliminary rooting seemed to have gone well. The two of them didn't do anything special for me. To put it simply, he was given the information about the maid that his brother had appointed as his sideline.

　It is due to the skill of Aile himself that he has been able to hold them back from there.

''We have already prepared it for you.

　Saying that, she looks over the documents she received from the head maid with satisfaction.
　Various information about Tesfia Favell, the Favell family's daughter-in-law, Tesfia Favell. In this case, it would be better to say the Favell family.
　At the meetings, I asked my brother to play the clown as usual, and myself to play her........


　Then several meetings were held. Each time, Isle was with Tesfia. The only other person was the maid in her own hands.
　The second phase of the experiment had begun.


　Not violence, rubbing fear into it. And to make a doll without any objection.

　When he saw Tesfia, a young girl who would undoubtedly be called a beautiful woman in the future, Isle thought she was the perfect fit.
　Looks are also an important part of a nobleman's life. It's a good thing that you're not like your incompetent father, who was blessed with everything.

　At the time, Tesfia was also noticeably raised as a nobleman, even though she was very young.
　She was neat and tidy, and still unremembered in terms of manners.

　Still, she has a winning dignity for a woman, only in her language.

　A heart that respects itself as a superior partner. Remaking it is a supreme pleasure for Ail.
　It was the first time for him to do this, but he only has an idea of what to do.

　First of all, she clarifies the hierarchy, and instead of asking for something hard to refuse, she orders it.
　Her important things that come into view next.

　Her family name?　Mother?　Myself?　Or maybe he was just too young to be proud to explore and find out.
　The process of laying Tesfia's mind bare was a fulfilling time for Ail.

　Instilling guilt was another way to do it. But she would still not be able to see things from multiple perspectives. Then how to get her to submit the most, blindly, too.

　First of all, he made her keenly aware that one action by Tesfia would bring down her house. Make them understand that the power is in the Isle. It doesn't matter if it's a bluff, as long as it doesn't have to be performed and doesn't even raise suspicion that it is. Next, he deliberately scolded the maid of the handmaiden. Violence, as if it were for show, so much so that they show blood.

　It's easy for an impressionable child to recognize fear.
　The rest of the time, he treated Tesfia with a lying tenderness. He acted as if he were his own brother.

　Showing her absolute power and making her feel like she couldn't go against him. That included not her personally, but the Fevers, the family. No, that's the biggest thing.
　Any way you can overcome the negative factors of an individual. It's not that, but the elements that are detrimental to the chain of events, the things we lose, must be clearly rubbed in.

　Ail put his hand to his forehead whenever he met and parted with Tesfia. So that she could only see him from the neck down.
　It was almost a kind of suggestion, but its effect was extraordinary.

　Unlike before, he didn't break into her consciousness from a close relationship, but rather from the fear of never being able to defy her.
　The only thing left to do was to trap her and give Tesfia her guilt. That's all she couldn't resist. There was no way to do it.

　Everything went according to plan, but Ail didn't find it interesting.
　She signed and stamped her handwriting and thumbprint on the engagement document less than six months after meeting him, as if she were at his beck and call. The engagement is consummated without a single question.

　However, Tesfia's eyes, which should have lost their light, had taken on a different color about three months later.
　It told of a change of heart and mind, affected by her contact with someone else. The eyes, which had regained their strength, offered to break off the engagement to Ail.
　As expected, even Ail was surprised by this. He thought he had made himself into a complete doll, but he knew that the growth of his ego was a detriment to being a complete good-for-nothing.
　That was probably why nothing he did would work now.

　But Ail was happy about that. It wouldn't be fun if everything worked too well.
　Only by breaking her rebellious heart would she be able to create the wooden figure that Ail sought.

　Ail had done everything she could to get into her ego. It would have been great to have been able to resolve this by putting himself in an important part of the subjectivity.
　In letting it rub into his consciousness, Ail carved several conditions into his unconscious.
　A woman to be married to herself eventually. In the meantime, she was going to be tied to someone else, and that was a deal breaker. So Ail has taught her to aim for greatness as a mage.
　This would surely be the key, she thought. She would most certainly avoid the situation of giving up being a mage. Then it would be back to normal if Ail failed to do so.

　We grow up and our thoughts change. Still, it triggers the fears that were ingrained in her childhood to be reawakened.
　He must deny the Tesfia any engagement with others. She instills an abhorrence of engagement without Ail's words. On top of that, she has diminished her interest in the idea of a man.

　That's enough for now. The real thing is a few years later.
　It will be useful only when Isle is finally close to becoming the head of the family.

　
　Although Isle didn't have an ounce of humanity in him, he had only one criterion for evaluating others.
　That is power.

　Those with power are hard to dye. In order to obtain it, it was difficult to intervene in their consciousness as before. In this case, the most efficient thing to do is empathy.
　First of all, Isle chose one exclusive maid for the battle, Silsila as a sideline. She was originally a maid who also served as a guard. She may not look like a butler, but that's her determination not to insert her gender into her duties as a combatant.
　Silsila Siquoren comes from a family that has been serving the Umluina family for generations as a guard. I had heard that her abilities were outstanding in the past generation, so I took her in earlier than my brother.

　She was pure, and she was insensitive to malice. That's why Isle kept playing the saintly role. It's the shortest course to make her think he would truly protect her.
　Sure enough, Silsila was more loyal as a guard than anyone else. She was partly due to karma, but she would protect Ail at the risk of her life.

　Even the silent Silsila becomes masterful in front of Ail, like a person who has changed. In that sense, it could be said that Ail spent the most time on Silsila as a priority.

　Next, Ail would hire one from the outside. In a real sense, he needed someone who understood. Someone who could walk with him through the madness.
　That was the criminal known as the wizard hunter [hunter] who was making the rounds in the world at the time.
　Isle skillfully narrowed the siege and made contact with them. He revealed his heart for the first time in a one-on-one, out-of-the-ordinary situation.

'Would you like to take the country with me?

　Ail had originally intended to do so. He couldn't stand his father's high status as royalty, but he couldn't stand his father's indulgence in the lowly rating of nobility.

　His descent into the military ranks of the Isle may have been a mere whim. Silsila is also within this siege. He didn't think he could get through her unscathed.
　Either way, it was an immediate response.

　He felt that it was time for him to go, too. The man had said that hunting a mage was a way to prove his self-worth.
　Isle had had all information about him erased. Then, as a new follower of the Isle, he forged a household registration - his name was Orneus.

　He was the only one who shared Ail's ideology, a strong man in the truest sense of the word.


　Ail plotted to take back what had been taken from him. The Alpha would have to be run under Ummulina.
　More than anything else, the Isle wanted the highest place.
　Even though they were the same royalty, they were the same rank as Ahrzeit, who currently held the position of head of state. That's the difference now.

　As for his age, Earlzeit had a daughter of immense beauty called Cicerunia. Sticking with her was also a choice. However, Ail disliked her the most. She had seen through everything in their first meeting.

　She made Ail believe that she was definitely the enemy. Every word she said could see through everything she said. Knowing this, the spare words that could be spoken to him.
　It's all about the difference in power. It's a difference in position. Cicernia is the highest place in the country, and that's just as well.

　Cisernia was the only one who couldn't read what he was thinking, even in the Isle. The eeriness of not knowing what she was thinking was simultaneously nauseating and uncomfortable.
　So much so that Isle was elated when he found out that Cicerunia had taken over as head of state.

　He could drag the woman looking down on him from above, he thought.
　Then he would make her lie flat at his feet.

　He would stomp on her head, proving the difference in status. He had to chastise the woman who misunderstood the quality of his head. But all sorts of problems were piling up.
　To take in the Favell family was to take in Froese at the same time.

　She was too strong to swallow the poison. Eventually, she will have to leave.
　She must grow more and more in size.

　Isle prepared steadily. But he still dips his foot on the edge of madness even though he knows it will never reach the heavens.