Chapter 32: Even as the situation worsens (Part one)

Is the current situation really a storyline in the legend of the seven heroes?

Or is it because of Ren’s existence that a story other than the legend of the seven heroes is unfolding?

The answer is unknown to Ren himself.

Regardless of the outcome, all he wanted to do was to find a way out of this situation.

It was, oddly enough, the same time that Viscount Givens arrived in Clausel.

(Let’s get this straight. It’s obvious that Viscount Given is trying to set up Baron Clausel.)

Ren, who had only just woken up, was thinking while building a fire.

(In reality, the upper nobles of the neutral faction are unreliable.)

There’s no point in belonging to the same faction if you aren’t protected by the higher nobility. No matter how much they fear the other two major factions, I wish they would show a little more backbone.

However, considering that they also have lives to lead, it would be shortsighted to dismiss them as pathetic.

It’s an undeniable fact that help is not coming.

(If this continues, Baron Clausel will be framed for some crime and lose his position.)

No matter how forceful it is, the power of the rank and the faction allows for that absurdity.

Ren still wanted to do something about it.

He had previously thought that he should keep his distance not only from Licia but also from Baron Clausel, but perhaps his affections have shifted. But it didn’t feel good to see this development play out before his eyes, just because it was a world of absurdity.

(But how could I help Baron Clausel?…… What can a kid like me do?)

I thought frantically. Still, I couldn’t see the light.

But if this were to be replaced by an event in a game…

(If I don’t help Baron Clausel, but defeat Viscount Givens…. then….)

I think I can come up with a different sense of purpose.

For example….. finding some evidence of injustice in addition to Viscount Given’s attack on Ren’s village.

With this, I thought, it would be possible to charge Viscount Given with the opposite.

(No, no, no……. If a kid like me finds evidence.)

In this world where absurdity is allowed, there’s no great significance in what a boy like myself can say.

After all, this is an insurmountable obstacle.

But.

(It won’t be in vain. It should buy us some time.)

Baron Clausel is no fool.

He’s a weak nobleman and cannot expect any help from his faction, but if he gets the time, he’ll have room to move, and he may be able to avoid a future of being accused of unjustifiable crimes.

So, it shouldn’t be pointless to move……

(So, where do we get evidence of wrongdoing?)

The best thing to do would be to sneak into Viscount Givens’ mansion, but I should avoid that in case I’m discovered, and I don’t have time for that in the first place. I was already in such a dire situation that I had to hurry to get out of bed.

(As long as I can cause some suspicion….)

At the very least, we had to reach Clausel ourselves.

There we would testify to the fact that someone had attacked us and taken us away. We need to say that we were kidnapped by bandits hired by Viscount Given and escaped with our lives.

The lack of such evidence is fatal, but it may be better than nothing—-.

Ren thought so, even though he was uninformed in the art of noble art and speech.

In any case, I must avoid the folly of doing nothing.

(I have to do whatever I can.)

If not, Baron Clausel will lose his position.

And

“Soo …… soo ……”

Even Licia, who sleeps beside him against the roots of the tree, he doesn’t know what will happen to her.

Now that I had seen her weakness, I couldn’t wait to get her back to her old life.

I also needed to restore her health as much as possible.

After reaffirming his goal, Ren prepared breakfast and prepared to force Licia to have her third herb dose.

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