Cain's resounding voice involuntarily caused the king to chuckle and cough one cough.

''I'm sorry.

　Cain lowers his head impatiently.
(No way sister Rayne is ....... It's true that she's already of the right age, but ......)

'I see your Lord was not informed by Garum: ......

　Cain nodded quietly. He didn't expect Rayne, who was such a brat, to enter into a marriage.
　However, considering that he already had several fiancées, Rayne, who was older than Cain, could marry at any time.

'You can step back. Ask Magna about the details later.
Yes ......

　Cain bowed and went back to his original place to take his seat.
　After some reports were finished, the report of the nobles gathered together came to an end.
　Of course, there was no way for Cain to go home as it was. He was ushered into the usual reception room by his squire.
　Immediately, Garum appeared and sat down next to Cain.

"Father, you could have told me about Sister Rayne. ...... You could have told me about her. If you had done that, you wouldn't have had to raise your voice on the spot ......
'I'm sorry. It wasn't confirmed yet, and Rayne kept me quiet about it. ......

　Cain sighs at Garum, who explains apologetically.

''His Highness Roland, you know, is the same age as Rayne. You see, you were on the student council when Rayne was a student, right?　The student body president at that time was His Highness Roland.

　Cain brought back memories of when Rayne was still staying at the school. He certainly worked well with the student council officers.
　And Garum continues his story.

'It seems that they were aware of each other since then. And I was approached by the royal family, and Rayne had told Roland to keep it under wraps with Cain. So His Royal Highness Princess Telestia must not know about it yet. Well, there's something else I didn't explain: ......
'I'm so glad you did: ....... I would have blessed you more if I had known: ......

　As they were talking, the door was opened and the King, Duke Eric and Prime Minister Magna entered the room.

'You've kept me waiting,'

　The king took a thud in the middle, with Duke Eric and Prime Minister Magna on either side of him.

'Well?　Cain, you must be surprised.　I'm always amazed at you, you know. I wanted to get back at you once in a while, so I kept quiet about their marriage.

　The king smiled at the king who was smiling at him with a kerfuffle, and Cain thought that he was the one who caused it the most.
　But he couldn't let that show on his face.

''I'm ...... really surprised. ーーPlease take care of my sister Rayne.

　Cain bowed his head honestly and the king nodded his head in satisfaction.

The king nodded in satisfaction. They seem to be getting along well with each other, so there should be no problem. But now we have to get to the point. Magna, you have a lot of explaining to do.
Okay. Now...

　Prime Minister Magna spread the map in his hand on the table.

''This time, some lords of the Corzino faction will be stripped of their city's autonomy. We are in the process of making unofficial offers, and those lords who have problems will be stripped of their aristocratic status. That place will be under the direct control of the royal family, but Terenza will be ruled by Lord Silford as I told you earlier. And this is the extent of what will be the new territory of our country from here.

　A line was drawn over the interior of the Republic of Illustin on the map. It wasn't as far as Gazar, but it was reasonably large and included several small towns and villages.

I was actually going to get Gazaar as well, but it seems that the economy would collapse if I went that far. This is the only one I could get. Well, I tried to get to my daughter, and you should be sorry for that.

　Cain chuckles at Duke Eric, who says it lightly without seeming to take offense.
　Honestly, it wasn't just the Republic of Ilestin that attacked Cain and the others. It's also from their own country.
　Even if you subtract that, it's a sufficient achievement.

I'm sure that your place will not be able to expand its territory all at once. I'll have the bureaucrats from King's Landing dispatched to each town as deputies. I will also provide some money for the time being. And I will also exempt Drintru from taxes for five years. From now on, Drintru will be the capital of your realm, and you shall take them all together as Drintru territory.

　Cain nodded at the king's words. And the king's words continued.

'But as a frontier count, you also have to maintain your army, but that will come later. And until you come of age - don't make war. This is the one thing you must keep in mind.

　The Kingdom of Esfort does not allow non-adults to participate in the war. Even if you are a frontier count, it is not an exception. To be honest, with just one person, he would win the war against other countries with no problem.
　But this law, which is protected from the first king, allows no exceptions.
　This was because Yuya would not let the future child be forced to live or die by the country's intentions.

The other thing about the academy, Cain-kun, is that you're free to attend until graduation. To be honest, the academy is a place to sell your face and learn how to run a fiefdom for the future, but it's not worth it if you think about the development of Drintel. Well, I'd like to have you show up once in a while, but I'm sure Silk will miss you too.
'That is, of course, why I will attend the school as much as possible.

　After all the talk was done for now, the king left with Duke Eric and Prime Minister Magna in tow for his next business.
　The two remaining in the room were Garum and Cain.

''I didn't expect Cain to end up here ....... Well, I don't understand, but .......

　A lot of insanity that I've done in the past. It has been since I was still very young.
　He was causing all sorts of problems and causing Garum to worry.
　Even though he was still in his early adulthood, he became a frontier count like Garum.

From now on, not only father and son, but also a frontier count, I will protect the Esfort Kingdom, Cain.
Yes, of course.

　Garum nods in satisfaction and holds out his right hand to Cain.
　Cain smiled and held out his right hand to shake it.

　Cain felt again that his father's hand was huge.