Young master Paul ,please forgive me for talking too much ,but your actions are inconsistent to your status as the heir of the family. "The butler Philip, next to his, pointed out his "gaffe".
Here we go again. " After slandering secretly,"he straighted his body." Ever since he woke in this body ,whether it's been his dressing ,washing or eating ,the butler has been picky about his actions. By the way , the toothbrush and paste were branches and salt and the soap used to wash the face turned out to be made of pig pancreas,which was purely natural.
Last night the priest came again to check on me left after confirming that I was fine.
From what I was gaining from the memories of the previous owner of this body. It seems that he was the son of an earl, and lived an extravagant life. Fortunately, he wasn't one of those young masters who made use of the authorities of their fathers any how they like.
Unfortunately or fortunately for me now , the father of this body or father of my father since I now lived with his men to fight against the bandit. Perhaps the earl felt that his son had his heir of the family finally reached the age to learn the ways of men who were seeing blood so he took along , but unexpectedly they were caught in an ambush on their way. The earl met his end in the ambush and him was his on the head by a bandit. Thanks to the family knights he was able to escape with the body of this old man and his unconscious body.
Even after they reached the castle I showed no signs of waking up.which made everyone hold a funeral for my old man in my absence . By the time I woke up a week later after the incident.
Ever since I woke my nagging butler has been trying to recover in every way possible thinking that I had lost my memories due to the incident.
Those damned bandits I hope they go to hell ,young master, you must avenge the count! The master died tragically at the hands of those bandits.says the butler as he busted into tears.
Don't you worry , I will definitely avenge my father.I can't wait to skin those bandits alive and eat their flesh.
"Young master ,those bandits have become so arrogant for the past week taking advantage of the fact that there is no leader territory ,they plundered every town and village they came across."
What,! really so does that really so target this town.
The Knights have already arranged proper security measures. So there is no danger in the Delian town as of now. However, since you were in a coma before ,everyone decided to wait for you to wake up before taking any further action since you are the count heir. I have already sent the news of your awakening to the various people in charge of things. "They will come and visit you later this afternoon , I think you should discuss future countermeasures against the bandit issue with them."""
"You are right Phillip , but first I need to see my father, take me to his grave."
The voice and the face of the count gradually became clear in my mind after learning of his death, a great sense of sadness welled in my heart which felt foreign to me. With more and different kinds of memories that belonged to the previous owner of this body and so that even belonging to him kept showing up left me wondering whether I was reborn in this body or I recovered the memories of my previous life the incident . After much thinking am more inclined to the former. Well that is the case , i will just live my life well in this world as Paul Grayman.
"Young master, it brings great joy to see that you are getting better ,follow me where we buried your father is just right behind the castle."
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In the afternoon, all the stewards who were still in Dalian town gathered the castle hall. Due to the funeral of the count the atmosphere was very gloomy. Everyone has a sad face. It seems the count was very popular among his people.
Paul was sitting on the count seat , feeling extremely nervous . Previously ,he only had to take notes silently in one corner when he participated in company meetings before he crossed over to this world. He never had experience of sitting on the "rostrum " under the gaze of many people. On the other hand ,looking at the people in the room full of people in medieval get up felt unreal to me.
Ahem... " Paul cleared his throat, in embarrassment.""
The butler who stood by him quickly came to his rescue and said ,"Master Paul has just recovered from a serious illness ," and his physical condition is not very good. Now that everyone is here, let's talk about dealing with the current situation.
Everyone started talking in two and three.
Then let me say this first. I think it's time for us to gather our strengths and teach the bandit a lesson. Now that they go around plundering every town and village they come across ,they have aroused public anger. If they continue to act this recklessly, everyone here will face what young master has faced.
Says a hulking man with a square face who stood up to express his own opinion.
"Thats right! "
"I agree with that "
The strong man speech received a lot of support.
It is unusual for bandit to come at this time. I haven't seen such a large force of bandits before something is not right here and also even since the death of the count the morale of the soldiers has decreased.Now is not the appropriate time to act. We should ask the neighboring lord for help as soon as possible.
Soon others started arguing about these two opinions. Seeing everyone arguing ,Paul wanted to intervene ,but he didn't know what to say,so he could only drink from the cup before him.
"Silent ,everyone."
The hulking with a square face who spoke in the beginning suddenly stopped everyone from arguing :" we should listen to what the young master has to say after all, he is the only one that has the final say."
A man with malice muttered :But he is only a young boy , what does he know?
You better watch the way you speak. "Paul Grayman is the sole heir to this territory , and the master is about to swear allegiance to."
The square face man suddenly stood up and shouted at the person who as just the authority of Paul. The people glared at him, even the ones dressed as knights among them, already had their hands on the swords around their waists.
The shady man was so frightened that he shrank his neck and lowered his head. As it was not pleasant to be stared at by a group of strong men.
Butler Phillip sees that were about to get out of hand quickly, smooth things out.
"With the situation at hand we shouldn't be fighting among ourselves among ourselves , young master isn't that true?"
"Yes, we have to be calm at this time,because the more united we are,the more we can get through the difficulties in front of us"
As it seemed that Paul couldn't help himself from speaking in this meeting ,Paul turned to the square faced man and asked ,"so who are you?"
"Bryce, Bryce Alder, young master.""
Philip had already remained everyone that Paul was suffering from amnesia , which was the reason why one found it odd that Paul was asking Bryce who he is.
"Ah yes, there are currently 263 soldiers in the territory who have battle experience ,including 15 knights and 20 knights in training." Many villages and towns have their own military personnel with a total of 300 people. "Okay, what about military training."
Are our soldiers a standing army ? Uh..... Sorry I mean do they train everyday of the year.
About that, we only organized and trained the soldiers once a month at least and at least a quarter and they go back to their homes to look after their family.But now they are all present in this town because of the bandit situation.
"Well, how many bandits are there?"
"According to estimates at the ambush, there were about 500 people. But based on past experience ,it has never happened that the bandit has penetrated into the our territory on such a large scale. I know that we are at a disadvantage right now, but if we move out now ,we can also carry out an ambush when the bandits decide to attack another town giving them the same taste of their own poison.Bryce once again voiced his opinion on attacking the bandits.
"The current logistics... How long can food last?"
"There is no need to worry about that. The soldiers were told to bring parts of part of their rations when they were asked to come to this town and also the food in this town is more than enough to feed hundreds of people. Besides,we are not under siege.
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Paul's few questions made everyone nod secretly, and also put away the vague contempt in their hearts. Although most of the questions gave feeling of pretending , some of them were on point. It seems that the young master wasn't just eating, drinking and having fun like he usually did,he has realized that the burden has fallen upon his shoulders now that the count is dead.
"How about this, lets expand the army first ,at least on the same scale of the bandit ,and train them for at least a month ,and then we find an opportunity to wipe out the bandits and we should also send envoys to the neighboring territories for help."""" Someone proposed a compromise.
"I think it was a good idea that Paul immediately hit the table, as he didn't want to give people an image of cowardice and he didn't want to take the risks.""
Now that he agreed and since no one objects to the opinion ,let's discuss the details on the conscription.
In the end , everyone began to talk about when Paul should officially inherit the title and the territory. So they decided that the keeper of the seal will personally go to the capital to report to the royal family ,so that the king can issue an official decree to recognize Paul as the heir to the territory ,and also ask for assistance to deal with the bandit issue.
After the discussion just now ,Paul gradually got used to his new identity. As the discussion was still ongoing,he suddenly remembered the grand plan he had laid down last night. Facing territory difficulties isn't this like those novels.
"Well after this bandit issue the next step for me is to make guns , machines , build roads and giant ships then go on to conquer other kingdoms and the whole and then take a step into the age of electricity and launch a satellite into space and leave my name in history as the person who brought a new era and changed the world."