Chapter 151 – The Right to Choose and the Right to be Chosen

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Chapter 151 – The Right to Choose and the Right to be Chosen

The foolish son stared vacantly at Cain, Kielz, and Ilvareno in order, perhaps not understanding what had happened to himself for a moment.

Perhaps noticing that he had landed on his backside, he stood up in a fluster, dusted off his trousers with his hands, and let out a dry cough.

“I lost my temper for a bit. Sorry to frighten you.”

Surprisingly, he didn’t get angry. His appearance and speech reeked the feeling of a small fry, so Cain had thought that the foolish son would get enraged and raised a fuss. Maybe calling him ‘the foolish son’ was a bit too harsh.

Seeing that the foolish son calmed down for now, Ilvareno stepped back. He was still as expressionless as ever.

Cain had sparred with Ilvareno until just before he left to study abroad, but it was his first time seeing Ilvareno act like this in a real situation. He saw when Ilvareno moved, but he hadn’t seen the kick itself. Scary. Cain thought that it would be best to not anger Ilvareno.

“Then, let’s do this. Why don’t we let Cordie decide? Between you and me, have Cordie choose who is better!”

The foolish son clapped his hand as he turned his face to look at Cain and Kielz with a face that seemed to say that it was such a good idea. Kielz furrowed his brows without hiding his displeasure, and Cordelia clung to Sasha. Diana had her shoulder grabbed by Sasha as she eagerly began to shadowbox. 

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“What are you saying? Are you an idiot?”

“What? Stupid? Who’s stupid?!”

Cain deliberately let out an exasperated sigh and called him an idiot blatantly. The foolish son was trying to keep up a good adult’s demeanor, but as expected he seemed to have been provoked, for his voice turned rough.

“Why are Cordelia’s choices limited to just you and me? Cordelia’s future possibilities are spread out infinitely. There is no way her choices will be limited to just us two, when her future is so bright? Don’t you understand that?”

“Wha…t?”

“Cordelia plans to enter either the Unlimited Magic Academy or the Syllium Noble School. There will be the sons of marquises and the sons of counts. In Syllium Noble School, there’s even a member of the royal family one year above her. Cordelia is adorable, bright, and sociable, so she will definitely have plenty of marriage partner candidates. If we’re talking about a political marriage, wouldn’t it be of no problem to form ties with people from territories adjacent to Nelgrandi? The Synendi territory on the south should have a son whose age is the same as Kielz’, while the Aquendi on the north has a son two years younger, if I remember correctly. She could become friends with them should they enter the Domagaku (the abbreviation of Unlimited Magic Academy, also the famous title for the game Cain played in his previous life). She also has the option to not return to the territory by training her magic and devoting herself for the country by entering the Magic Corps. Even after joining the Magic Corps, she could return to the territory to become a support magician for the Nelgrandi chivalric order, for the sake of maintaining the country’s defense. Given Uncle’s disposition, she could also become a female knight should she ask for it. If a female noble’s guard were a male, their initial response at times of emergencies would be delayed. If she were strong, it wouldn’t even be a dream for her to serve as Her Highness the Queen’s knight. If it’s Cordelia, she could certainly become a formidable knight, right? Cordelia’s future possibility is boundless.”

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Cain kept on talking in one breath. He interrupted the foolish son who was about to say something, and he calmly–yet eloquently–talked to his heart’s content about Cordelia’s future.

The foolish son stared at Cain with his eyes widened.

Behind Cain, Kielz smiled wryly, and Ilvareno looked as if he had given up thinking.

“The lord of this Nelgrandi territory is my father, Duke Dismire Elgrandark. Kielz and Cordelia’s father, Viscount Exmacus Elgrandark, is the lord’s appointed agent to manage the territory. Father and Uncle are brothers, so there is no need to establish a marriage between me and Cordelia, for our connection’s already strong. And that connection won’t change even in the next generation, with me and Kielz being cousins.”

Cain planned on working in the law field at the royal capital once he becomes an adult. Therefore, he had planned on leaving the territory to Kielz, who would be the next viscount. It had only been three years since he first met Kielz, but Kielz was a good person in and throughout. He was a straightforward person who couldn’t wear two faces, so perhaps that was why his forced political marriage with Diana didn’t turn out well, because he couldn’t abandon his lover. He doubted there would even be a Cain route just like in the Domagaku game, though…

“You are merely entrusted with managing the farmlands by the feudal lord’s proxy, and by any means not acting as the domain’s lord. You’re nothing but a tenant farmer.”

And when Cain looked at how frightened Cordelia was…

How scared she might be when she had to give him permission to call her by the pet name [Cordie]? Engagements and marriages are agreements between families, so no matter how he scared Cordelia into saying [yes], it would have no real effect. However, having her be escorted by him to the party would be able to create a fait accompli / an established fact. 

He wondered if she had been cornered to be his ‘partner’ several times in the past, just like this time. 

Even if he were to speak with a gentle voice and treat her kindly… Would there be a girl who won’t get scared when cornered by a fully grown man? No, surely there wasn’t any. 

“You’re being cocky just because you act like a gentleman, aren’t you?! Aren’t you trying to confuse me by saying such a long and incomprehensible thing, do you take me for a fool?!”

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At last, the foolish son snapped.

In response, his unsavory companions who were holding themselves back behind, slowly approached.

Kielz threw the fishing rods to the ground, putting his hands on his hip, and finally clicked his tongue. They were only here this time for strolling and fishing, so no swords were brought along.

The sight of Ilvareno’s right hand quietly touching the belt part at his waist entered the corner of Cain’s view. Cain then moved closer to Ilvareno and whispered next to his ears.

“Watch Diana. Keep her calm so she doesn’t rush out.”

Ilvareno quietly stepped back while saying with a deep frown, “That’s the hardest task…”

The foolish son and his companions also didn’t seem like they would take out swords or knives. Obviously, it would be shameful for the adults to gang up and draw swords to face off against boys aged 15 and 12 years old. 

“Kielz, can I blow them off?”

“Do it in a way that won’t injure them too much. Even if they are like that, we are still obliged to their parents.”

“Fuffuffu–”

“Also, don’t use fire. This is a managed forest, and high-quality mushrooms grow here in the fall.”

“Understood.”

The fools who didn’t understand the meaning behind why Cain had long, tied-up hair despite being a man, thought that the unarmed boy would be an easy target and attacked him recklessly.