Chapter 114: Aftermath
[space_man][space_man]”Well then, the troublesome matters are over, shall we return to the inn?”
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[space_man][space_man]Leaving the infirmary, Eld addressed Marie and Moira. Marie, arms crossed, looked at Eld with exasperation while Moira was casting recovery magic on Balza.
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[space_man][space_man]”I don’t really understand what happened in the end with this whole incident.”
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[space_man][space_man]Marie said.
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[space_man][space_man]”Regarding this incident, it started with Marie suggesting to use herself as bait to expose which of the Five Great Houses were backing the church, didn’t it?”
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[space_man][space_man]”As for that, even if I hadn’t said it, you would have done it, wouldn’t you, Eld?”
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[space_man][space_man]”Certainly…… I think that’s true.”
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[space_man][space_man]Eld gave a wry smile.
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[space_man][space_man]”However, thanks to that, we’re finally able to sort out the church’s background connections, which we’ve been trying to avoid for years. We’re grateful for that.”
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[space_man][space_man]Balza said.
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[space_man][space_man]”We should have taken care of it ourselves, but every time we tried to investigate, the information would leak out, and there was nothing we could do.”
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[space_man][space_man]Balza sighed.
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[space_man][space_man]”There are still many things we need to investigate, but at least now that those who were pulling the strings behind the scenes are gone, we can investigate without interference.”
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[space_man][space_man]Eld paused for a moment.
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[space_man][space_man]”What I’m more concerned about is that Goddess…… That sleepy Goddess, she didn’t respond to the summons, so what did she come for……?”
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[space_man][space_man]Only Marie and Moira understood his mutterings. Balza looked puzzled.
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[space_man][space_man]”Speaking of which…… what will happen to the Five Great Houses?”
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[space_man][space_man]Eld asked Balza.
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[space_man][space_man]”Hmm…… at least two of the houses will probably be dissolved. I think it’s possible to continue with the remaining three, but I’ve been thinking about abolishing the hereditary system for lords. This might be a good opportunity.”
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[space_man][space_man]Hearing that, Eld remembered his father saying he had a similar plan long ago.
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[space_man][space_man]”We’ll have to make adjustments to the specifics from now on, but I won’t let anything bad happen.”
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[space_man][space_man]Balza said with a smile.
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[space_man][space_man]”Moira-dono, you’re alright now. Thank you.”
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[space_man][space_man]”Ah, yes.”
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[space_man][space_man]Moira stopped chanting. Balza rolled his shoulders and stretched.
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[space_man][space_man]”Eld-dono, Marie-dono, Moira-dono, I thank you again for this matter. Especially to Eld-dono, I can’t thank you enough for what you did for my foolish son.”
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[space_man][space_man]”No, not at all…… I was quite unreasonable myself……”
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[space_man][space_man]”Well, well…… you know……”
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[space_man][space_man]Marie said in an exasperated tone. Moira laughed at that.
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[space_man][space_man]”There’s still some cleaning up to do, so I’ll have to ask the three of you to stay in the central capital a little longer.”
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[space_man][space_man]Balza said apologetically.
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[space_man][space_man]”It can’t be helped. We have some things to do in the central capital as well, so don’t worry about it.”
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[space_man][space_man]”That’s good to hear.”
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[space_man][space_man]”Well then, shall we go back?”
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[space_man][space_man]Eld said and started walking. Hearing that, Marie and Moira bowed to Balza and followed Eld.
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[space_man][space_man]”Hey, what do you have to do in the central capital?”
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[space_man][space_man]Marie asked.
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[space_man][space_man]”Oh, yeah. Sandrea is in the central capital, and she asked if we could all get together sometime. I thought it would be a good opportunity to meet up.”
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[space_man][space_man]Eld looked at Moira and sighed.
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[space_man][space_man]”I have a feeling I’m going to get lectured about a lot of things……”
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[space_man][space_man]Moira, feeling indignant at being called rude, poked Eld’s back repeatedly with the magic sword Healing.