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Chapter 126: Things get hectic.

　Rosalia and Mira were overjoyed to see me back soon after.

　Luckily, Rosalia didn’t seem to notice anything. She was clinging to me the day I got home. Still, just in case. I made sure she was in a good mood so she wouldn’t get suspicious.

　From the next day on, Father  stayed in his office. Lionel was with him. When I went to the knights’ quarters to check on them, I found that the knights were hurriedly leaving for somewhere.

　No doubt they are going to guard the border. I don’t know how much information has been passed on to the knights, but I’m sure they will be using their nerves and strength.

　It would be better to increase the stock of elementary physical strength recovery potions. And I’ll make some additional recovery potions as well. It’s not something that will go bad immediately. It will be too late to wait until something happens. We have to prepare for any eventuality.

　It’s almost horse racing season. We can’t just stop this. If we cancel it, the nobles around us will wonder if something has happened. In order not to provoke the neighboring countries, the horse races must be held as usual.

　Then, I was called into the office.

“Julius, I have decided to leave the holding of this year’s horse races to you”

“Eh, Me?!”

“Of course, you will be assisted. Besides, most of what I do is greet people with Amelia as the face of the Heine family.”

　I think it would be better to call brother Alex back instead of me. …… When I talked to him about it, he said that apparently the final year of the academy has graduation exams after the summer break. Therefore, he is busy studying and will not be back this summer.

　Ah,  but there’s also  brother Cain, right?

“And what about my brother Cain?”

“Of course, Cain will help. But he will not be able to cope with any problems that may arise. You, on the other hand, who is used to it, should have no problem with that, right?”

“Well, yes, but…”

　I’m the one who came up with the idea of horse racing, and it’s true that I’ve been helping father even since the horse races began to be held. But still, don’t you think you have a low opinion of brother Cain?　I have a feeling that Brother Cain is going to hit me from behind one of these days.

　So, I was appointed as the flag bearer for the horse race, and I started to prepare for it, cutting down the time for making magic potions. I feel like it’s not as hard as I thought it would be, since Mother is helping me out too.

“Julius, this year, with Mira-chan here, there may be even more people coming than usual.”

“Oh, that may be so. Shouldn’t we call brother Alex after all?”

“No. If he doesn’t get good grades in the final exam, he will be pointed at as the fiancée of Her Royal Highness the Princess.”

　Oh. It seems that the decision has been made. Then I have no choice. I’ll have to make do with the members we have.

　If there are going to be more people, we will have to strengthen our security, but this year we have a lot of people guarding the borders. I think it would be better to have the Adventurers’ Guild send some people to help us with this.

“Mother, we don’t have enough guards. I’m going to try to get people from the Adventurers’ Guild.”

“Are you sure?”

“I will ask the guildmaster to recommend someone. If the adventurers have the guildmaster’s seal of approval, they should be fine. I’m sure the guildmaster knows that.”

“I see. Then I will leave it to you.”

　It’s always better to be prepared for the unexpected. I’m glad I’m on good terms with the Adventurers’ Guild. I immediately wrote a letter to the Adventurers’ Guild.

　As for the materials I had asked for, in fact, none of them had been accomplished yet. Apparently, the materials were more difficult than I had expected.

　It’s true that it was quite difficult to collect them in-game, but I didn’t expect it to be this hard. In that case, it might be better to change my policy. Hire adventurers and go collect materials directly myself.

　If I use my in-game knowledge, I should be able to roughly figure out where the monsters and materials are. I could tell the adventurer about that, but… it would be extremely troublesome if they asked me why I knew…Then I should go directly.

　When the horse racing season is over and the social season starts, it might be a good idea to go on an adventure. I don’t think my parents would allow it. Then it’ll be a secret… I guess it’s going to be difficult after all.

　Months passed with these thoughts in mind, and the day came when the ban on horse racing was lifted in the Margrave Heine territory.

　Many people have been waiting for this day. The square in the capital was filled with people waiting for my announcement. It seemed that not only people from this country but also from other countries had come to the event. There were a few people dressed in clothes that were unfamiliar to this country.

　I don’t know for sure, but I have a feeling that people are coming from the neighboring Kingdom of Lund Al. Not only that. They probably came from the neighboring continent as well. Some of them must have come from the Lazar Empire.  Don’t let your guard down. Ah, my stomach is starting to hurt.

　When I stood on the platform set up in the center of the plaza, the area around me quieted down. It was as if all the commotion that had been going on earlier was a lie. I began to sweat a little and stood in front of the magical tool that diffused voices.l

“I am Julius Heine, the third son of Margrave Heine. I am very happy to be able to hold the horse race again this year. I hereby declare the horse races open.”

　When I declared as per the script, wow!　and cheers went up. Everyone’s faces looked so happy. Waving my hands in response, I hoped that the horse racing season would end without incident.

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