I'm a Noble on the Brink of Ruin, So I Might as Well Try Mastering Magic: Volume 1 [Parts 1 to 9] by Nazuna Miki

Author:Nazuna Miki
Language: eng
Format: epub

.21

I was kneeling down in front of James in the same room we talked in yesterday. The ceremonial sword he had prepared for me was sheathed by my waist, the hilt of which I slightly jutted outward for him to reach. James drew it out and carved a few empty swings in the air. This was a ceremony that portrayed how a knight’s sword belonged to his lord and must be swung only for his lord.

After doing that for a while, James returned the ceremonial sword into my sheath before finally declaring, “It is done.”

I stood up and released a breath. All these formalities got me really nervous.

“With this, you are now officially a knight.”

“Thank you very much.”

Sitting down on his own couch, James pointed at the one across him, urging me to sit as well. Not that it helped—I remained as tense as ever as I was literally just conferred knighthood.

Regardless, James continued, “I’ve granted you the title of a knight, but there is nothing in particular I need you to do. You may do as you please, as you always have.”

“Understood.”

“You may even have more freedom now, especially since your elder brother will no longer see you as a threat,” he judged. As one would expect of a noble, he thoroughly understood the relationship between the eldest son and his younger brothers. “Your father, on the other hand, may have a hard time coming to terms with this.”

“Huh?”

“You hold great power, after all. He must have been planning to use you to gain an achievement for your family.”

“Ah...” Things suddenly clicked. No wonder father looked so conflicted back then.

“Well, that can be handled any number of ways hereafter. Perhaps you can simply cooperate with your father. If you participate as a soldier in Charles’s troops, then the achievement will still be Hamilton’s in the end.”

“I suppose so.”

“Now then...” Setting all the serious talk aside, James suddenly grinned like a mischievous little kid. “Raymond was quite the mischievous fellow.”

“Oh? O-Okay...” I could only tilt my head in confusion at his sudden change of topic.

“I forgot when this happened, but he once dug out a pitfall, you see,” he said with a chuckle. “He even lined the brim with dog feces so that whoever fell in would be done in a second time when they try to climb out.”

“Wow...” I said blandly.

“He’s the type of man who loves plotting such twofold tricks.” James paused for a moment there and looked at me with a playful grin. “Tell me, have you ever felt like you were ‘pranked’ by Raymond?”

“Er... Yes, actually,” I answered immediately. It wasn’t too long ago that I drained a lake of water and found a hundred kilos of gold dust that he left for me as a graduation gift.

When I told James all about it, he chuckled in amusement. “I can promise you this,” he then declared, full of confidence. “That gold is a red herring. Your true graduation gift must still be around that area, and it must have been hidden in some inconspicuous way too.

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