Reincarnated Aristocrat Chapter 85: Governor of Paradigm

Instead of going to Paradigm from here, the Governor-General of Paradigm will go to the Imperial City.

　I thought it was us going from here, so we weren’t expecting it.

　It probably seems rude to the Governor-General of Paradigm to summon the imperial family.

　It seems that the Governor-General of Paradigm himself will come to the negotiations.

　It’s an important negotiation, so they probably want to do it themselves.

　A few days after hearing the reply that he was coming, the Governor-General of Paradigm entered the imperial capital and the castle.

　Rather than negotiating on the day, we meet face to face, it seems that they will negotiate the day after the greetings and parties on the first day.

　I want to conclude the negotiations as soon as possible, but it seems that the party will be held because the probability of success will increase if the party is held once to deepen the friendship to some extent and before the negotiations are made.

　In the room where His Majesty the Emperor was, we met with the Governor-General of Paradigm.

“I have responded to His Majesty’s summons. My name is McFa Circassia, Governor of Paradigm.” (McFa)

　A middle-aged man with a serious look greeted the Emperor.

　He has a symmetrical face and would have been quite handsome when he was young.

　It looks like he’s in his 40s.

　I will try to appraise him.

　McFall Circassia 52 years old ♂

　·Status
　Command 78/79
　Bravery 88/88
　Strategy 66/66
　Politics 70/71
　Ambition 33

　・ Aptitude
　Infantry A　Cavalry A　Archery C
　Magic Soldier D　Fortification B　Weaponry C
　Navy D　Air Force B　Strategy D

　He has a decent status, but it’s not outstanding.

　He was also unexpectedly older.

　Behind him are several vassals.

　I’ll check everyone.

　Many are have high bravery. Does Paradigm have a system that can breed people with high bravery?

　However, there are many honest and intellectual people other than people with high bravery.

　Among them, there was only one person who was quite amazing.

　There is a young man who is at the very end and looks quite somber, but his ability score is

　Bomber Fanamarmuff 22 years old ♂　

　·status
　Command 70/92
　Bravery 52/69
　Strategy 83/100
　Politics 84/98
　Ambition 11

　・ Aptitude
　Infantry C　Cavalry B　Archery B
　Magic Soldier B　Fortification D　Weaponry S
　Navy D　Air Force D　Strategy S

　It was like this.

　On the contrary, this man has low bravery but is very high on other stats.

　His talent hasn’t fully bloomed yet, but if it does, he will have an ability value that can be called considered heroic.

　Perhaps no one else is paying attention to him because he’s on the edge and looks quite somber.

　I kept in mind that we should be careful of this man named Bomber.

　After His Majesty the Emperor replied to Governor-General McFa’s greeting, Leng-sama now greets McFa-sama.

　Exchanging greetings and flattery.

　The spoken language of Paradigm is almost the same as that of Messiaen.

　The states of Ansel, Messiaen, and Paradigm seem to be relatively close in language. It seems that the spoken language is quite different in the states of Shoots and Sights.

　After finishing the greeting, a standing party to deepen the friendship between the two states has begun.

　The emperor seemed to be treated special since he shouldn’t eat with the people of the lower aristocracy and left early without eating with his vassals.

　Leng-sama, Shakuma, McFa-sama, and Robinson-san are eating at the same table.

　I’m curious about Bomber, who is a person with remarkable talent, so I look for him.

　I wanted to see what he thought of the negotiations.

　He was eating alone in the corner of the room.

“Can I join you?”

“Children … Shouldn’t get too close to me … The dark mark on my right hand may start rampaging.” (Bomber)

　Bomber muttered so.

　Dark mark?

　This is the word that caught my attention.

　I was a little worried, so

“What is the dark mark?”

　I asked so.

“When I was born, the mark that was engraved under the curse of the devil … That is the mark of darkness. If I run away, I will become a devil and rampage …” (Bomber)

　What is it?

　Was there a devil in this world?

　Certainly, there is magic, and I’ve seen many creatures I’ve never seen, but I’ve never seen a devil.

　I feel something is suspicious

“Can you show me the mark?”

　I asked him.

“Are you interested kid…”

　He showed me the back of his right hand.

　It looks like a skull, but it is faint in some places.

　Apparently, I can only think of it as something written using ink or something.

“That … it’s faint …”

“… Eh? Oh, darn!” (Bomber)

　Bomber checks the back of his hand and is agitated.

“Don’t you have ink with you?” (Bomber)

“I don’t have it … did you write it yourself?”

“Eh? Oh, no. This is … kid, don’t worry. Today it is quite stable and it’s hard for it to run out of control. That’s why the mark is a little faint.” (Bomber)

　He mentioned a scenario (excuse) that is clearly improvised just now.

　Is this man a so-called chuunibyou? [T/N: Chunnibyou or middle-school syndrome, where a person, usually a young teenager, develops weird quirks like they have a curse, power, alter ego, etc. Google-sensei has great insight into the “disease.”]

　His status says that he was 22 years old, but I wonder if Chunnibyou in another world will develop after the age of 14. Or has he been just that type of person?

　However, his status was impressive… I measured it again just in case, but it is still impressive.

　I’m worried that the accuracy of [appraisal] has dropped.

　Should I talk to him a little more?

“Well, my name is Ars Louvent.”

“I’m Bomber Fanamarmuff. I see, are you that Lord Ars Louvent?” (Bomber)

“Huh? Did you know me?”

　Did my appraising skills start to gain name recognition?

“No, I just knew you for the first time.” (Bomber)

“………… Then why did you create the atmosphere you seem to know me?”

“It will make me look cooler.” (Bomber)

　I think this is no good.

　After that, I talked to him about various things, but I could only see that he was a weirdo.

　It’s already quite the curveball

“What do you think of this negotiation?”

　I asked.

“Hmm, I can’t trust what your boss is saying. I can’t trust the word that he has loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor.” (Bomber)

“Why do you think so?”

“Aside from that Leng Salemakia, I’ve heard that Clan Salemakia is a great general and an adult. I don’t think it’s very likely that he would pledge allegiance to His Majesty the Emperor now. Loyalty should be directed toward adults.” (Bomber)

　Bomber made a statement that could be said to be criticizing the emperor.

“McFa-sama has pledged allegiance to His Majesty the Emperor, right?”

“Because that person has something different.” (Bomber)

　What kind of person is strange from this man’s point of view?

　It looks like they’re talking normally with Leng-sama.

“Well, there are some suspicions, but the benefits of joining hands will be on both sides. There are some things that must be pursued during negotiations.” (Bomber)

“What are you looking for?”

“I can’t tell that to another Lord.” (Bomber)

　Are you going to ask anything in the negotiations?

　I wasn’t sure if he was a talented man, but I thought we should be careful of him.