Supreme Court's Hearing Arc

**Supreme Court's Hearing Arc** is the 8th story arc of Kou 1 Desu Ga Isekai De Joushu Hajimemashita series and the 2nd story arc of Magia Saga.

The aftermath of the execution of one of Bourgault's son made Hiroto a threat to the aristocrat of all of Hybride, so much so that great nobles like Marquis Belphegor and others are rallying to have him to be removed from his Margrave position by allying themselves with Bourgault who wants to avenge his late son, moslty due to their same scorn for Hiroto whose actions are deemed "defiance" against the nobles of the kingdom. Even worse, the Supreme Court of Emperia is making a mock trial in regards of Hiroto's action at Noblesia and they all deem the Margrave had "violated" the Royal Decree-a decision that will put Hiroto's career as the Margrave at risk, much to the nobles' joy as they want to see his downfall in the upcoming Supreme Cour's Hearing. At the same time, courtesy to both Metis and Luticius who visit Hiroto at Salabria, Raquel is finally free from Phyllis's assassination attempt on her and she going to use her newfound freedom to aid Hiroto however she can.

This arc illustrates would be the beginning of Hiroto's re

## Prologue

### **Two Princess and Noble's Vile Schemes for Hiroto**

Two months have passed after Pollard's execution, Raquel, donning her armor, is on her way to Primaria after she receives news about both Eash's rescission of his assassination order onto her and Lucitius's upcoming visitation to Salabria that brings her hop to finally gain her freedom. Suddenly, her carriage stop abruptly at the gates to Noblesia which prompts her to be vigilant because she suspects that enemies may be hiding somewhere to assasinate her. When she arrives at the local castle, she is welcomed by Grundell who then leads her to meet Bourgault so she can stay here for a night. Unfortunately, the meeting doesn't goes well when Raquel feels extremely uncomfortable by the behaviors of both Collard and especially Bourgault, with the former staring at her with his lecherous eyes but the Count defends his remaining son by saying that he was just "curious" while "warns" her about Hiroto by saying that he will "conspire" into killing Joachim with his cunning-something garners Raquel's both disgust and anger as she views it as the Count's slander against Hiroto. Ergo, Raquel apologizes to Grundell that she cannot stay at Noblesia due to Bourgault's disrespect to Hiroto leaves which leaves Grundell stunned and helpless to stop her from leaving.

#### Part 2

At Emperia, a woman by the name Orfina is looking at the outside from her room's window and when the door opens, she is ecstatic to see Moldias who returns from his meeting with his subject regarding Hiroto's "violation" of Royal Decree and comforts him by pressing her breasts to the king's face in order to ease his burden. Meanwhile, Belphegor is planning to use Orfina's position as Moldias's concubine to sway the king into eliminating Hiroto, mainly because Moldias refuses to punish Hiroto in spite of the rise of the nobles' antipathy against the margrave. Suddenly, Univestel shouts at Belphegor from behind and confronts him about Orfina by saying that a woman with a leaning heart like her is not needed in Hybride but quickly becomes quiet when Belphegor retaliates by claiming that Hiroto is the one who titling Hybride and his "criticism" about Hiroto is so antagonistic that he criticizes the elves for overlooking "tyranny" that put those around him and even Hybride in danger and then laves, with the Marquis monologues about al Palace

#### Part 3

贝尔法戈尔侯爵反击到，尤尼维斯提尔没有回答。不过，视线依旧尖锐。

明白精灵心里想的什么。精灵讨厌我们贵族。是不喜欢我们手握权力吧。因为原来权力都掌握在他们自己手里——

贝尔法戈尔继续说。

“小孩子如果持有与自身不符的强力武器，早晚会威胁到周围的人。小鬼就应当严加管束。尤尼维斯提尔阁下为何不加约束，简直不可思议。说到底，迪菲连提还是外面世界的人。该不会，真打算让倾国的迪菲连提窃国吧？”

尤尼维斯提尔以沉默回应。

（沉默是美德么。还是说，不想理我呢。）

贝尔法戈尔转过身去，走出宫殿。乘上等候在那里的两匹马拉的双乘马车。车内，美女总管等候着。

#### Part 4

Inside the carriage, Belphegor is informed by his female steward that all the nobles except Felkina will be attending a meeting to cheer Bourgault up, and when he also learns that Panopticus has rejected his invitation because the Prime Minister cannot intrude on Moldias while he was still angry about Bourgault, the Marquis says that is understandable but he vows to "discipline" Hiroto in order to remind ke him learn the consequences of defying the adults like the nobles.

贝尔法戈尔的声音变得强硬。

“小孩子必须管教。一定要让他知道对大人龇牙会有什么后果。”

## Plot(Part 2)

### **Lucitius Visitation of Salabria**

#### Part 1

At Salabria, everyone is preparing for the upcoming visitation of both Phyllis Faction and Raquel. On the boarder watchtower, one exhausted human guard tells the 2 giant mummy guards to relax a bit since there is no Phyllians in their sight but the mummies insist on keep watch in order to repay Hiroto's heroic deeds for saving Cecela from her rapist, so they tells him to sleep and they will take turns At Primaria's city gates, Sōichirō and Curele are waiting for Raquel's arrival and just as the former is about to read stories to the latter, albeit reluctantly due to her persistence, a soldier reports that Manellis's carriage-with both Raquel and Manellis are inside-has arrived to the gates. Sōichirō, as a deputy of the Margrave, informing Raquel that Metis and Lucitius are coming to Dominus Castle soon and he will escorts her to the castle. Raquel smiles after hearing it and greets Curele as well who wants her to read stories to her.

Meanwhile, Hiroto and many important figures (including Artelis and South Salabrian castle lords) are located at Salabrian port where they are waiting for the arrival of Metis and Lucitius. During that time, Hiroto is practicing dancing with Excelis but neither of them are good at dancing, especially Hiroto who is seen struggling to even remember the footsteps. Suddenly, Sorceire-who is watching the dance with Darmur-calls everyone after seeing a Phyllian boat approaching to the port, prompting everyone to greet their visitors that is lead by Metis and Lucitius. After a brief greetings between Hiroto and Lucitius, the elf informs him that

#### Part 7

Lucitius suddenly smiles after hearing Raquel's answer and tells her that Eash has already ordered them to not kill her because she is th main contributor to ensuring the pace between Hybride and Phyllis th Phyllian elves will ensure

“以修王已经下令不会再取你性命了。我们精灵也是同样的想法。只要你有利于两国的和平，我们菲利斯的精灵就强烈希望你的人身安全与生命不受任何威胁。有利于两国和平之人的性命，无论是何种出身，都必须加以保护。他们的性命，无论什么人都别想加害。”

拉凯尔不由自主地用双手捂住了嘴。

对自己的暗杀令取消了的传闻，原来是真的。而且，就在现在——精灵向自己保证了自己的人身安全。

有利于两国和平之人的性命，无论是何种出身，都必须加以保护——"

无论是何种出身，就是说不管是哪国人的意思。无论北菲利斯人还是菲利斯人还是修普利特人，不管是人类还是精灵，精灵宣告必须保护他们的生命。就等于警告了那些还想要取自己性命的人。虽然还附带了有利于和平的这一条件，但精灵确实保证了自己的生命安全。牵制了那些意图取自己性命的人。“无论什么人都别想加害”就是这个意思。对于想取自己性命的人绝不容忍，精灵作出了宣言。

（已经不会再有人要加害我了？不用再害怕有被人暗杀的可能性了？）

Manellis thn asks Lucitius about
“路奇提乌斯阁下啊。刚才的那番话，以修王也知道吗？”

玛妮爱丽丝进行确认。

“我会上奏，并请求昭告天下的。陛下已经取消了对拉凯尔公主的暗杀令。如有违反取消令的情况，将会受到严厉惩处。希望拉凯尔公主能与我们携手共保两国的和平大业。”

希望我能携手共保——

高兴坏了。精灵认可自己为守护和平的一员了。

“对于以修王充满冷静与慈爱的决断，表示深刻感谢。能与伟大的君主同赴和平之路，作为边境总督我感到无上荣耀。”

弘人献上感谢之言。

“我们精灵全体，也深刻感谢以修王的决断。以修王乃和平的守护神。”

玛妮爱丽丝也夸奖道。

拉凯尔拼命压抑住激动的心情。

以修王取消了暗杀令。对自己的暗杀令已经，没有了。不仅如此，还说要处罚想杀害自己的人——

已经不用再害怕了。也不必再躲躲藏藏掩人耳目地出门害怕被密探发现了。也无需再穿甲胄变装出门了。这样的八年终于结束了……

眼泪要涌出来。

但公主不能哭。不能在众人面前哭。虽然如此告诫自己，但泪水还是模糊了视线。"

Eventually, the news about peace talk at Salabria reaches Emperia. For Panopticus, while reading Hiroto's letter about Phyllis representatives' visitation of the peace talk between Hybride and Phyllis, with Raquel being added to enforce the bulwark of peace, he still need to . However, while Panopticus feels that Hiroto and the vampires are be trusted to handle the boarder defense, he is also worries that th Diferente's the Diferente's deteriorating reputation among the nobles because of what happened at both Ansul and
能干的男人。国境防卫相关的事情可以放心交给他了。提拔他当边境总督还是有价值的。相对的，之前诺布雷西亚的事就很可惜了。前几天还因为这件事，见到了贝尔法戈尔侯爵。邀请自己参加布鲁戈尔伯爵的激励会。当然，我是拒绝的。虽然消除贵族的不满很必要，但也没有助长贵族声势的打算。他们变强，陛下的力量就弱化了，国家将会变得一盘散沙。就会被菲利斯趁虚而入。陛下治下，保持强有力的统一性是很有必要的。

贝尔法戈尔侯爵有可能会趁着布鲁戈尔伯爵的激励会开始些什么。费尔齐娜伯爵的事件。以及布鲁戈尔伯爵的事件。通过这两次的事件，弘人在贵族中的评价一落千丈。弘人被当作是找自己事的邪恶存在。

就在不久之前，贵族还是这个国家的军事主力。国境防卫还是贵族们的任务。费尔齐娜所在的拉兰第家族，也担负着此任务。然而，现在，说到国境防卫那便是弘人同吸血鬼族了。贵族们肯定不会高兴的。

不能再继续激发贵族的不满了。根据情况，或许有必要小心钳制一下边境总督。"

### **Supreme Court's Mock Trial**

At Noblesia, Bourgault is playing billiards while murmuring about Raquel's earlier "cheekiness" but feels somewhat regret for his immature behavior towards her. Still, the Count blames Hiroto for his own disgrace and vows to get his revenge on the Diferente by making him to suffer like Pollard, only to change his mood later when he is informed by Grundell about a letter from Belphegor that invites him to Marquis for a meeting because he and other nobles also shared his antipathy against Hiroto and plan to stop his "tyranny". So, Bourgault leaves Patrice for Emperia with his maid via a four-seater carriage and during his way out, not only he is disgusted to pass by the High Court that reminds him of Pollard execution that led to his further scorn for the elves, but also the mummies too for their new appeal and their interaction with the local residents that repulses him so much that he views Hiroto as an "insult" to the nobility for protecting such "dirty caterpillars". Back at Patrice, Grundell receives reports from the provincial boarder guards that mummies from Ozell are seen going to Salabria which worries him as it implies the mummies' would be migration to Salabria, prompts him to wonder how would that provinces' governor felt to hear it.

At Emperia, the Supreme Court that comprised with 7 judges  are conducting a mock trial about Hiroto's "violation" of the Royal Decree that became the rumor. Due to insufficient information about said rumor, however, one elf opts to vote first in order to understand the situation and asks anyone to raise their hand if they think that Hiroto has violated the Royal Decree. To the surprise of everyone, 4 out of 7 raise their hand and when an elder elf requests to hear their reason, one elf replies that it is a matter of the degree of initiation because it was hard to say that Noblesia had the initiation due to Hiroto helped the mummies to set a trap and captured the rapist, all the while using the "drawing and painting colors" rhetoric to claim Hiroto-the one who drew-as a subject. Later that evening, Belphegor receives the news from his steward Robert about the Supreme Court's mock trial and he is so delighted to read the result that he remarks that Hiroto has lost and throws the letter into the fireplace with a malicious smirk on his face.

### **Raquel's Newfound Freedom**

#### Part 1

Back to Salabria, Sōichirō returns to his room after the peace talk and reads a story to Curele, but this time it is the "Mother goat and her kids" story where the wolf's death in the ending causes Curele to sympathize it only to ask Sōichirō for his blood afterwards, to which Sōichirō relents while remarking that Curele is still a vampire no matter how cute she is. On the next day, Raquel, now wearing her white Cheongsam, visits Neka via Hiroto's recommendation and she feels wonderful to feel her freedom without fear of getting killed. There, she joins Hiroto and others to the local lake that is near to the Mummies Ruins. Whilst recalling that Hiroto, Excelis and

萩蕾蕾在催促相一郎。粉碎了菲利斯军的英雄，平时却是如此天真烂漫。

边上，内卡城城主达鲁姆鲁也在划船。船上的是妻子蕾丝丽雅。

女儿索希叶与用人米米亚同乘一艘船。而划船的，让人吓一跳，竟然是索希叶。

稍远一些，拉凯尔的侍女也在船上。划船的是，精灵阿尔贝。总感觉，侍女的表情也柔和了。跟自己一样，也尝尝恐惧暗杀的危险。可是，在没有恐惧的必要了。

关于对自己的暗杀令解除一事，顾问官阿尔贝向自己介绍了经过。是叶珂瑟莉丝与美提丝将军替自己努力争取的。她们对以修王阐述了拉凯尔公主是和平的关键，是绝对不能杀害的存在。叶珂瑟莉丝是听命于弘人行动的，所以叶珂瑟莉丝的努力也就等于是弘人的努力。弘人为了自己不遭到杀害，与美提丝将军一同在暗杀令的解除这件事上采取行动。

心头一热。弘人在支持自己。不仅如此，连美提丝将军也，为了自己的性命而行动……

自己太幸福了。

流亡八年。这是感到最幸福的瞬间。

当然了，只有弘人和叶珂瑟莉丝以及美提丝将军的努力还不足以让以修王感动到解除暗杀令，自己也觉察到了。自己的暗杀令得以解除，是因为以修王发现了自己还有利用价值。

至于菲利斯王国的赛德克大主教弄巧成拙的事，拉凯尔也听说了。赛德克大主教是对北菲利斯的强硬派。是与美提丝将军对立的存在。以修王一定是以解除自己的暗杀令来加强对美提丝将军的支持，从而对赛德克大主教进行牵制。

不过这样也好。我们这种显贵，一旦失去利用价值，也就等同于失去了存在的价值。正因为有利用价值，显贵才能成为显贵。

船向着湖中心前进。湖中，冒出很多小山。不过，那些小山都像是由绿色立方体组成的。

“那是？”

拉凯尔问。

“那是木乃伊族的遗迹。”

弘人回答。

“木乃伊族的？”

“修普利特残存着数个木乃伊族的遗迹。”

弘人将船划过去。缓慢划着桨。

相一郎的船先到了。萩蕾蕾飞了上去。然后，将船固定住。相一郎也登上去。

弘人的船随后抵达。弘人先下了船。然后，伸手去搀拉凯尔。

不由地害羞了。弘人向自己伸手。

一咬牙，跳了过去。顺势，扑进了弘人的怀里。

啊。

被弘人阁下抱住了。

不禁心跳加速。还是第一次被年纪相仿的少年拥抱。如果换作大胆的女人，此时大概双手就绕到弘人背后了吧，但自己所受的不是这种教育。

“弘~人?”

瓦尔裘莉亚降落下来。拉凯尔退后，取而代之瓦尔裘莉亚从背后抱住了弘人。好生羡慕自由奔放的吸血鬼。

稍后拉凯尔的侍女也到了。弘人的用人，米米亚也来到了遗迹。

遗迹被绿色的苔藓所覆盖。苔藓覆盖的立方体组合在一起。远处有台阶，通向下面。

“那是通向哪里的？”

“通往哪里这个只有男人们才知道。”"

拉凯尔提问，米米亚回答。

“不能进去吗？”

“木乃伊族以外的人进去，会被遗迹杀死的。”

米米亚解释到。

“内卡的附近也有遗迹，不过进到里面而死的人类有好几个了。”

弘人附和道。拉凯尔试着看了看台阶深处。里面很暗，什么都看不清。仿佛连接着冥界一般，散发出如此不祥的气息。"

#### Part 3

(TO be added...)
fetters

#### Part 5

At Emperia, Panopticus receives Hiroto's letter and learns about both Metis and Lucitius's visitation of Salabria for the peace talk, along with Raquel's participation

#### Part 6

Later, Raquel visits Joachim and tells him everything
橙色的砖石回廊，将蓝色泳池包围。泳池里泛起水波。正在游泳的是褐色的公主——拉凯尔。

全身都被娇艳的褐色肌肤所覆盖。胸口宛如椰子一般的丰满果实一对，在水中摇动。

游泳，是拉凯尔每日的功课。不过，从前有在如此安心的氛围里游过泳吗。

已经没有必要再为了刺客而担惊受怕。自己自由了。时隔八年，再次得到了自由。

弟弟由亚西姆着实吓了一跳。去弟弟那里的时候总是一身甲胄。白色旗袍装束出现在他面前时，他目瞪口呆。把情况一说明，更吃惊了，然后是喜悦。

极力劝说弟弟应该回应以修王。以修王取消了对我的暗杀令，希望向着和平前进。你不该再单方面继续暗杀。你不打算展现王者气魄吗？只想着战祸的男人，不考虑和平的男人好吗？你没有向前进的脚吗？没有进行和平握手的手吗？

一连串的话，让由亚西姆中止了对于以修王的暗杀。拉凯尔立刻给弘人写信。

今后将会过上什么样的日子呢。随心所欲地去萨拉布里亚，去弘人那里露一面？

这都是可能的。

弘人将无与伦比的美妙礼物送给了我。不能总是从弘人那得到东西。第一次访问萨拉布里亚的时候，保护了自己的性命。而这次，又给了我自由。对弘人只有感谢。

想再见他，拉凯尔心想。想再次乘船，可能的话想同弘人两个人单独渡过……

天花板非常高的长方形房间。白色天花板白色墙壁。墙上有数个窗户，窗户被红色窗帘半遮住。

覆盖地面的地毯是淡红色的。墙角放着数个单人沙发。而房间的最里面，摆放着三米长的黑色桌子。桌子的正前方有一把椅子，而对面摆放着两个沙发。

坐在一把椅子上读着信的，是位于精灵顶点的大长老尤尼维斯提尔。驳回了大贵族们过分的申请回到长老会会馆后，赛肯达里亚支部的支部长玛妮爱丽丝的信送到了。

信上说菲利斯的精灵代表路奇提乌斯传达了以修王的话。以修王正式终止了对拉凯尔公主的暗杀。违反者将会受到严惩。

《希望拉凯尔公主能同我们一道维护两国的和平。》

信上记载了路奇提乌斯的其他言论。路奇提乌斯他们将拉凯尔公主加入进了维持和平的主要成员之中。

巨大的变化。

Meanwhile, at Phyllis, Lucitius reports to both Eash and Abrahim about his visitation of Salabria and delivers Raquel's words to the them as well. With Eash is satisfied to hear it while Abrahim remains silent without, Lucitius continues by conveying Hiroto's message to Eash that the Margrave was so deeply grateful to the king's calm and compassionate decision that he was looking forward to walk the path of peace with excellent monarch such as he-something garners the king's intrigue about Hiroto's wording of choice. In addition, the elf also reports that Joachim has declared to cease his assassination attempt onto the king via Raquel's letter, much to the king's relief despite he himself shows no mercy to the North Phyllian prince. Afterwards, Eash orders Lucitius to relay his message to Hiroto that he too is honored to pave a path of peace between 2 kingdoms together with the Margrave.

### **3 Noble Governor's Discussion to Restrict The Mummies**

#### Part 1

At Ozell, a local governor is having a emergency meeting with his fellow governors from both Equsia and Lucharcia respectivelyin regards of the mummies due to a rumor about their gathering at Salabria. All three aristocratic governors view the mummies as their worst threat due to the Noblesia Incident, with both Equsia Lord and Lucharia Lord are shivering to imagine a scenario where their castle being surrounded by the mummies whereas Ozell lord views thinks that the Noblesia incident taught them that the mummies are not as innocent as they appeared to be.

#### Part 2

“似乎有数十只虫子从诺布雷西亚去往萨拉布里亚。我们必须改变对于这些虫子们的看法了。虽然之前相信他们仅仅是丑陋却无害，但这个世上哪有无害的家伙。布鲁戈尔阁下的那件事，正好告诉了我们这点。蛆虫们并非听话的家伙。如果有不满，会大举围城。还会上诉高等法院。这对领主来说是多大的威胁想必不用我在多说了吧。对于蛆虫众多的领地来说，这是绝对不容忽视的问题，不，是大问题。”

奥赛尔州长官敲响了警钟。

领地，说的就是州。贵族们将州的大部分划为了自己的领地，所以州=领地。

“我们的领地内蛆虫很多啊。其他的领地倒还好说，我们自己领地的话，蛆虫千人大行动还真有可能。一旦发生再应对可就迟了。被人抢占先机可不是统治者的工作。我要增强守备队。不，除我以外也要给守备队增员。以现有的人员，一旦蛆虫发生暴动就控制不住了。领主必须要防止领地的混乱，防患于未然。”

奥赛尔州长官接着说。

“可是，增强守备队也是有极限的。根据王命，州长官通常所拥有的守备兵不得超过九十九人。不足百人能抵挡住上千蛆虫吗？蛆虫可是连手持武器的盗贼都能击退啊。”

听了埃丘西亚州长官所指出的，路沙利亚州长官念叨起来。根据‘对于州长官的王命’，守备队的人数受到严格限制。与贵族自己单独拥有的私人部队加在一起，最多也不过两百人。要以两百人的兵力抵挡大举来犯的木乃伊族，就算持有刀剑也非易事。他们既高大又有力。

“讨厌的王命。把守备队员的人数限制在九十九名才会变成这样。一旦有个情况根本无能为力。”

“定下九十九这个数的是精灵。这个数字本身就跟不上时代了。”

奥赛尔州长官批判到。

以前，曾经有边境总督伙同州长官举兵反叛的事。当时，边境总督允许率领千人的守备队。州长官也允许保有五百名守备队。镇压之后，无论边境总督还是州长官，守备队的数量都遭到大幅削减。但是，现如今别说造反了，州长官连镇压暴动的能力都没有。

“萨拉布里亚的火星，必定会飞到我们这几个州。一旦千人的蛆虫聚集起来，暴动就不可避免了。然而，守备队人数不足。必须在混乱与暴动面前保护住州首府。作为预防手段，就是不让蛆虫们进入州首府。”

奥赛尔州长官撂下话来。

“意思是要提高通行税吗？”

埃丘西亚州长官问，奥赛尔州长官点点头。

“在全州范围内控制蛆虫难度太大。不过，只在州首府的话绝非不可能。虽然上千的蛆虫很危险，但百来个还是能控制住的。只要提高进入州首府的通行税，蛆虫们就进不来了。”

“的确，蛆虫们没有钱。提高通行税的话，流入州首府的蛆虫数量就会减少。”

埃丘西亚州长官点点头。

“可是，运输业者他们会闹的。肯定要抱怨这样会让他们做不成生意的。”

路沙利亚州长官说出了自己的担心，

“那么，运输业者除外就行了。搬运中发给他们票据，或者搬运货物的时候按照现在的数额支付，之外的时候再征收高额通行税就行了。通行税不如干脆提高到一百块如何？如此一来，绝大多数的蛆虫就再也进不来了。”

奥赛尔州长官提出解决办法。

“把运输业者除外先不谈，但一百有点不太好吧？精灵可能会以明显有失公平性为由介入的。那样的话，就不得不恢复原来的金额。精灵对公平性什么的还是很严格的。二十五块左右是不是差不多呢？这样精灵应该也不好说什么。”

埃丘西亚州长官进行修正。

“二十五块的话，大概是现在的十二倍。如果按照千人涌入州首府计算的话，放进来的大约是八十人。八十人的话能够应付。就算冲向城里，也能抵挡得住。”

奥赛尔州长官也点点头。

“问题不在城里，而是去高等法院的时候。有了布鲁戈尔阁下的那件事，蛆虫们一定就知道去高等法院上诉了。高等法院是精灵的巢穴。诉讼的受理，也一定是由精灵来进行。或许会去上告二十五块的金额过高也说不定。”

路沙利亚州长官表示出担忧。

“那么，禁止去高等法院上诉就行了。”

奥赛尔州长官毫不留情。

“那样精灵肯定会介入的。就算是异部利多制，也规定了蛆虫们向高等法院提起诉讼的权利。布鲁戈尔阁下的事让我们明白的是，哪怕是蛆虫，精灵也会站在他们一边。”

路沙利亚州长官表示出担忧。

#### Part 7

The meeting eventually ends with all three aristocratic governors decide to create a Provincial Governor's Decree against the mummies as they are deemed to be a "source of unrest" that could bring chaos and instability to their territory, and then both Equsia Lord and Lucharia Lord leave Ozell and return to their respective territories.

### **Bourgault's Meeting with Other Nobles at Emperia**

#### Part 1

At the same time, Bourgault arrives at Belphegor's manor and meet the other 3 nobles like Finas, Count Rasmus and Count Lemaire.

### Part 2.4

#### Part 4

With the meeting is adjourned, Panopticus and Univestel leaves the bedchamber and remarks their own uneasiness about Belphegor's motive to get hearing from the Supreme Court: For Panopticus, he thinks that he must amending the Royal Decree of the Margrave as soon as possible because he fears that Belphegor will try anything to crush Hiroto regardless of the Supreme Court's decision, only to be frustrated to think that whichever his decision for th neither vampires nor nobles will be happy if the Amendment of the Royal isn't handled correctly. Univestel, on the other hand, is so disgusted by Belphegor's petition that he suspects that the Marquis is using the nobles' frustration against Hiroto's "intransigence" to get rid of the Diferente out of fear of him taking away from their position, causing him to bemoan that humans are untrustworthy and nobles like Felkina and Bourgault wouldn't dare to abuse their power had their parliament officials were the elves  to keep them in check, all the while assuming that the Marquis's parliamentary officials is a human when nobles like him should have elves as their officials.

Unbeknownst to the 2 ministers, Belphegor has already predicted that outcome and deduces that Moldias has overly depended the vampire just to avoid the rift between humans and vampires. When Rasmus asks what is their next plan, Belphegor replies that they need at least 30 signatures to pressure Moldias into accepting their request  and with him and Rasmus are the only few who knew the Supreme Court's mock trial, he is confident that victory is on their side. Later, Belphegor enters into Orfina's room for a conversation whereas both Rasmus and Lemaire are waiting outside. During the conversation, Orfina informs him that Moldias has treated her nicely which prompt Bourgault to think that Moldias can be swayed, so he reminds her that she is a member of the nobility and he will call her for help when the time comes, to which the concubine happily nods her head without realizing her relative's manipulation .

### **The Proclamation Against the Mummies**

#### Part 1

Elsewhere, Lucharia Lord returns to his castle and finishes his own his Provincial Governor Decree that "preventing" the "crisis and chaos" (the mummies) plaguing his territory-of which is referred to the mummies. So, he shows his decree to his steward and parliamentary officials both with the following articles,

* The mummies shall not rally more than 10 people on the streets.
* The mummies shall not allowed to appeal to the High Court against the Governor and/or his family.
* The mummies shall not allowed to cross state borders.
* The mummies shall pay a toll tax of 25 Vinto when entering the town for personal use.

While the human parliamentary officer doesn't criticize this decree, only the steward voices his concern and urges his lord to cancel this decree because he fears that this will only upset the elves and even provoking the mummies. Rather than heeding his steward's advice, however, Lucharia Lord dismisses it entirely by claiming that what as he claims that he refuses to let the mummies to do as they pleased because that will by claiming that he cannot let the mummies to do as they please after the Noblesia incident 2 months ago,

“有什么可说的？说我违反对于州长官的王命吗？还是说，这属于州长官的越权行为呢？”

越权行为，是指对边境总督的暗讽。

“精灵崇尚公平性。如果公平性得不到保证，精灵不是会来问责吗？”

“那么，蛆虫们暴动就好了吗？往其他的州大迁徙就好了吗？跟诺布雷西亚州一样，让蛆虫跑到边境总督那里以莫须有的罪名对我进行控告好让我倒霉吗？你也清楚诺布雷西亚的事。你觉得变成那样很好吗？”

“提前跟精灵打个招呼会不会好点。”

管家忠告道。

“已经决定三州同时宣布了。布告哪怕迟一天，蛆虫就可能逃到其他的州去。万一蛆虫跑到边境总督那里去诬告，我该如何道歉才好！？过去三百年的三家的关系该如何是好！？”

路沙利亚州长官吼道。
to the point even planning to crush the mummies by force
“我想说的，只是精灵大概不会满意这个布告的。反而还可能刺激到木乃伊族。”

“要是蛆虫们敢来抗议，我就下令用武力驱逐。不能让蛆虫们为所欲为。”

From the next day onwards, the 3 Provincial Governor Decree will be issued simultaneously within the 3 provinces n the next morning, though these notice will be posted at the mummy caverns instead so the elves .

At one Equsia mummy caverns, the mummies are becoming worried that the proclamation has severely affecting their livelihood after cut off after the elder reads notice on their behalf, informs them about the proclamation.

#### Part 2

(TO be added...)
The following aftermath of the incident enrages all the mummies for the boarder guard's discriminatory attack but they can't find any alternative because not only the caverns in Equsia are fully occupied, all the while having a dilemma of finding help from the elves due to Noblesian High Court initial decline of Cecela's rape case-of which prompting one of them wishes that Hiroto was here with them-and confronting the guards together will only get them beaten badly. Suddenly, the elder has an idea to use the ruins to go to Salabria because the humans are unlikely going to detect them.

#### Part 5.5

On the next day, Noblesia issues a new proclamation that the mummies are not allowed to cross the state boarder unless it is for business or family purposes, with a decree indicates that it is by "no means" to antagonize the mummies. Unfortunately, that proclamation only brings disorder instead because not only one Noblesian elf see that order and report it to the local Elven Elder Council, mummy transporters who are at the Ozell-Noblesia border are protesting fiercely for unable to cross the boarder and deliver goods , and the parliament officials' poor response by saying that they were just "following orders" only fueling the mummies' discontent, so much so that one mummy retorts that they will complains to the elves about both governors and officials' incompetence.

Eventually, the news about the mummies' terrible treatment at the four aristocratic province reaches Salabria albeit different circumstances: At Secondaria, Feuillet hears about Bourgault's proclamation against the mummies from travelling merchants and going to inform Hiroto via air-mail despite Torlan protests that he is not obligated to do so since he is not a vassal to th Margrave. Meanwhile, Leslia is strolling at a lake while wondering Sorceire's future only to be shocked to see two Equsian mummy emerge from the lake, and Darmur also opts to armur also dos the same after he received complains from 2 mummies from Equsia, of whom emerged from the lake of the Mummy Ruins where Leslia took a stroll, about the unaffordable toll tax that made them unable to leave the province. At Dominus castle, Hiroto and others receives letters from not just Feuillet and Darmur bout the mummies, but also from Sobrinus as well in regards of the four nobles' (Belphegor, Rasmus, Finas and Lemaire) demand to get hearing from the Supreme Court that was rejected by Moldias.

#### Part 5.5.1

Nevertheless, Hiroto murmurs his curiosity about the situation over there and finds out that it is strange for only Equsia is restricting the mummies' movement. mainly he points out that Ozell Lord didn't implemented the same decree like Equsia Lord did despite the close relationship between Noblesia and it's neighboring provinces, further deducing that these decrees were all the 3 aristocratic governors' fear about the mummies after they learn what happened at Noblesia. However, instead of going to Equsia , Hiroto plans to write a letter to Univestel in order to have the Grand Elder to warn these governors while having a vampire to go to Emperia without making himself a mastermind. Valkyria offers her help to Hiroto but her condition is to have Hiroto kissing her, to which Hiroto complies and with that kiss, she leaves the office happily and the one who will go to Emperia is Radal. In the meantime, Hiroto tells the 2 Equsian Mummies to wait for the news alongside Mimia.

Later, at Emperia, Univestel is shocked to see Radal's visit but he is more furious to read Hiroto's letter about the 4 provincial governors' decree that were against the mummies, of which he views as violations against the Ibrid System and condemns both the 4 governors and their parliamentary for it. So, Univestel plans to hold them accountable by ordering his subordinate to treat Radal politely and have him to send his letters to 4 Elven Elder Council branches, each contains his orders to the elders into issuing a warning to both governors and their officials once the their violation against the Ibrid System have been verified. Afterwards, Radal visits the first 3 branches and send the letters to the elven guards who immediately take them to their elders after reading them. As soon as Radal leaves for Noblesia after his break, while telling Radal to take a rest. As soon as Radal leaves for Noblesia, the elven guards go to the mummy caverns and eventually finds the signs outside the caverns that are confirmed to be provincial governors' decree, so they write it down and return to the elven council. On the next day, 3 elven elders of their respective branches receive their letters from each other that mentioned the provincial governors decree that were issued simultaneously, whereas Radal delivers the last letter to the Noblesian elven elder.

#### Part 2

Later at Equsia, the elven elder summons both vice governor and parliamentary official to see him as he calls both men out for promulgating the provincial governor decrees at the provinces' outskirts instead of the capital city and berate the duo harshly for not aware of the Ibrid System in spite their position, causing both men speechless. The vice governor, in his attempt to avoid receiving a warning from an elves, explains that these decrees were meant to "prevent" the mummies from plunging the provinces into chaos with their "false complain" that would sway the governors, with one of the Ibrid System's rules to justifies his excuse but the elder retaliates that the Ibrid System doesn't command the Other Species from moving anywhere. When the elder continues to castigates him for his failure to stop both governors and officials from infringing the rights granted by the Ibrid System, however, the vice governor counters with a question about letting the mummies to threaten both governors and their provinces, though the elder it angers the elder even more as he furiously asks the vice governor if if the governor's decree is takes precedence over the royal decree after reminding him that the Ibrid System were under the royal decree's regulation. When the lightning strikes, elder viws that both governors and their parliamentary officials are unforgivable for neglecting their duty and for that reason, both governors and vice governors are given a warning while paying a warning to repeal the 。我们在此正告州长官及副长官，于本日即刻撤销州长官令，并在一周内对因州长官令而遭受损失的运输业者还有木乃伊族进行适当赔偿。同时，向国王提出对政务官的罢免请求。另外，此警告也是大长老的意思。以上！”

支部长转过身，一眨眼的工夫便消失在了房间尽头。

副长官凝视着消失的大门。

在贵族州，最初的警告下达给副长官这是惯例。但不仅身为副长官的自己，州长官和自己两方都受到了警告，可见精灵是真的震怒了。更要命的是，警告还与大长老有关——

受到警告的贵族，是进不了中央政界的。想进枢密院也是做梦。事已至此，必须尽早遵从警告。副长官的脑子里，现在只剩下该同州长官商量付给运输业者和木乃伊族多少钱了。

#### Part 3

At the same time, Noblesian vice governor is being escorted by 2 elven guards to meet the elder which worries him because he thinks that his lord is about to receive a second warning due to

诺布雷西亚州副长官接到了精灵长老会的传唤。前来迎接他的是，精灵士兵两人。

“请立刻跟我们走一趟。”

副长官沉默了。

这不是寻常的传唤。

果然，是那个州长官令，副长官心想。虽然有照顾到木乃伊族，但还是感觉不妙。

要来第二次警告了吗？要宣布罢免了吗？

“现在委实脱不开身，能否稍候片刻呢。”

“这是支部长的紧急命令。请上路吧。”

是警告，副长官懂了。

副长官被带到了里面的屋子。精灵齐聚一堂。

副长官小心翼翼地看着精灵。

“异部利多制规定异种族可以同人类从事相同的工作。在工作上，允许人类却不允许异种族是不能容忍的。这你知道吗？”

支部长开口了。

“自然知道。”

“伯爵发布的东西，并没有违反异部利多制。也没有妨碍到木乃伊族的工作。可是，为何现在要部分限制木乃伊族的移动呢。能给出充分的解释吗？”

支部长稳健地切入正题。

解释不够充分——也就是说，现在，精灵长老会认为找不出采取限制的理由。说白了，现在进行限制很奇怪。

预料之中的问责。已经同管家进行了充分的研究。耍小手段在精灵面前是行不通的。反而会徒增反感。

“表面上是为了州的安全。”

副长官回答。“表面上”这样先发制人，是为了封住精灵的指责。如果不说“表面上”，会被指“这是表面上的理由吧。把真实理由坦白出来”。给精灵的印象也不好。

“那么，真相呢？”

支部长问。

“前些日子，波拉尔少爷身上不幸发生了给木乃伊族造成伤害，也给布鲁戈尔家的名誉造成极大损害的事件。关于那件事，并没有什么异议。只不过，听闻了波拉尔少爷的事件后，可能会出现借机向边境总督进行诬告的人。这是为了保护州长官免于此类不法之徒侵害的权宜之计。保护州长官，也是为了维护州政的稳定。”

副长官回答。

“那都是借口吧？真正的目的难道不是为了报复？”

不出所料，支部长指责了。

“这既不是对木乃伊族也不是对边境总督的报复。如果是为了报复，就会实行全面禁止了。”

“像奥赛尔和路沙利亚还有埃丘西亚那样？”

副长官沉默了。长老会已经知道了三州州长官令的事情。"

“三州的事情有所耳闻。三州是因为木乃伊族千人集结而感到了威胁。我州也讨论过公布是否必要。结果是，没有必要。只不过，也得出了必须阻止有人乘机模仿的结论。”

副长官解释道。

“伯爵没有指示按照三州相同的内容发布吗？”

支部长追问。

“没有收到那样的指示。”

否认之后，

“我们的看法是这样的。伯爵当初是提出要全面禁止。但，被管家拼命阻拦才改为了部分禁止。正因为考虑了全面禁止，才会出现‘木乃伊族不得越过州境’这样的内容。如果一开始考虑的便是部分禁止，内容应该有所不同。对于管家进行阻止一事，我们予以高度评价。但是，对于州长官令不予认可。木乃伊族千人在萨拉布里亚州首府集结的事情，我们也有耳闻。然而，在诺布雷西亚州这里，木乃伊族不会集结。事件已经过去了一个多月，也没听说过有新的木乃伊族跑去向边境总督告状的事。我们对木乃伊族是没有惧怕与警戒之心的。而你们，完全没有大贵族的样子，反而表现出了小人的态度。说难听点，就好像你们的儿子被萨拉布里亚的马车给撞了，于是就要禁止萨拉布里亚的马车通行是一样的。只不过，没有全面禁止马车罢了。非常之敏感、过度的反应。这种应对是与大贵族之名不相符的懦弱表现。”

副长官的一边眉毛抖了一下。

相当严厉的长篇大论。精灵毫不留情。准确看出了实情。并且指责“你们过于畏惧木乃伊族了”。有意说出实情，想必是为了有力牵制布鲁戈尔伯爵。

精灵继续说。Additionally, the elder also says that the elves have kept an eye on Bourgault

“强奸事件以来，我们密切注意伯爵的一言一行。原本希望不会发生报复性行为。但报复还是……非常遗憾。在此正告州长官，于本日即刻撤回州长官令。同时，向陛下申请罢免政务官。”

副长官屏住了呼吸——低下头。"

#### Part 7

As the result, the 3 aristocratic governors are so shocked to receive their respective vice of their respective provinces (Ozell, Equsia and Lucharcia) are so shocked , they are

#### Part 12

Elsewhere, Hiroto receives Radal's letters and he is informed that all 4 aristocratic governors have received warning from the elders, so he summons the 2 Equsian Mummies and informs them the good news that all 4 provinces were advised to repeal their Provincial Governor Decree against the mummies and ensures them that these decree will be repealed by the time they return to their provinces. Overjoyed by such results, 2 Equsian bow to Hiroto as their gratitude and return to Equsia and tell their fellow mummies about it.

奥赛尔州、埃丘西亚州、路沙利亚州的州长官听完副长官的报告后一脸愕然。三人商议的，精灵应该不会说三道四的州长官令，被彻底推翻了。而且，背后还有大长老在。似乎还是大长老亲自命令发出警告的。三人能做的，只有唯唯诺诺地遵守。

不过，比州长官更加绝望的是政务官。长老会提出的罢免请愿，很少会有拒绝的。三人即将丢掉政务官的工作。再找不到满意的公职了吧。接下来要陷入自谋生计的窘境。

4
At the same time, Bourgault becomes speechless after hearing Grundell's report
听了管家的报告，布鲁戈尔伯爵先是一阵沉默。如此顾忌都不行吗……的心情，以及要是没听管家的忠告……的心情，交错着。

“如果是城主，受到长老会的两次警告，基本上就会被罢免。州长官按照惯例也是如此。只不过，贵族担任州长官的情况下，能够罢免贵族的只有国王。阁下虽然没有卸任的必要，但今后该多加注意。如果再有第三次警告，就该大长老有所行动了。布鲁戈尔家必须避免再出现有损名誉的事。”

伯爵乖乖地点头。

而让怒火再次燃烧起来，是因为之后从守备兵那里听说了有吸血鬼族进出精灵长老会的事。

“怎么看都像是萨拉布里亚的吸血鬼族。”

萨拉布里亚！

那个小子！又来破坏我的名誉了吗！

“看样子是边境总督向大长老通风报信的。因此奥赛尔和埃丘西亚还有路沙利亚的州长官令都被粉碎了。”

又是他！又是那小子！

何等卑鄙的男人！

自己什么都没做，只是因为他向大长老告了一状，自己，以及另外三个贵族，就受到如此侮辱！

怒火攻心，布鲁戈尔伯爵把杯子狠狠摔在地上。杯子被摔得粉碎。然而怒火却不见消。

自己心里也明白。这是在乱发脾气。都怪自己没有听进去管家的忠告。

可是——

一跟那个边境总督扯上关系，就控制不住自己的情绪。一直被那个小鬼算计，却无能为力的自己很不甘心。这简直就是屈辱中的屈辱……

突然，贝尔法戈尔侯爵的话在脑中苏醒。

《忘记复仇的贵族不配当贵族。若不报此仇，就会被小瞧。》"

#### Part 5.52

Soon, the 3 aristocratic governors also catch up with Hiroto

奥赛尔、埃丘西亚、路沙利亚——

贝尔法戈尔侯爵的信送到三州的州长官手里，是在稍晚一些之后。

无论如何也要制止边境总督的暴行。能够制止他的只有我们贵族了。我们打算再次提出对王命违反的审问请愿。如若不从，计划改为关于对边境总督王命的改正。因此，在同意我等想法的基础上，进行署名。署名越多，越有可能让陛下采取行动。务必，助我们一臂之力。

这时候，三位州长官也已经知道给大长老通风报信的就是边境总督了。

感到深恶痛绝。

带着这种心态，三人稍微思考了一下，署名后将信送回。

### =Part 0

#### Part 1

Meanwhile, the Privy Council is having a meeting in regards of the 3 aristocratic governors' violation of royal decree which Panopticus thinks as a bad timing to bring up his proposed amendment of the Royal Decree of Margrave, though Univestel's complains about the 3 human parliamentary officials changes his mind. Univestel then proposes to appoint the elves as the new parliamentary officials and Moldias asks him why, the Grand Elder replies that it was because they why appointing the elves to be parliamentary officials the elves as their successor instead. When Moldias asks why, Univestel replies that it was because the human parliamentary officials were getting too cozy with the nobles -something Panopticus viewed as a best opportunity to pass down his own despite his own disgusts about both governors and
对于帕诺普提哥斯来说，无疑是在最坏的时期里提出的改正案。在正准备要提出改正案话题的时间点上，尤尼维斯提尔公布了奥赛尔、埃丘西亚、路沙利亚州州长官违反王命的事。

前几天，听说了有吸血鬼族飞来的事情，看来弘人送信的目标是尤尼维斯提尔了。埃丘西亚的木乃伊族向弘人求助，弘人联络了尤尼维斯提尔。尤尼维斯提尔联络了各长老会令他们发出警告。

弘人似乎从诺布雷西亚的事件中学到了点。这次选择了摩擦较少的方法。

州长官令，确实有点缺心眼。帕诺普提哥斯不禁骂了一句蠢东西。为什么要拿出这种东西来。政务官是干什么吃的。

紧接着尤尼维斯提尔就要求罢免政务官。

这是个好时机，帕诺普提哥斯想。作为同意罢免的交换条件，是个让他通过自己对于贵族怀柔政策的改正案的好机会。

“我认为三州政务官罢免后，是该重新考虑让精灵担任政务官了。”

尤尼维斯提尔主张。

精灵政务官么，帕诺普提哥斯想。从前，政务官都是由精灵担任的。贵族们排斥精灵政务官的不在少数。大概是有种被人压着的感觉吧。

“人类政务官不可以吗？”

陛下问。

“人类的话很快就会与大贵族勾搭在一起。相互勾结的结果正如今天所见。”

尤尼维斯提尔回答。

“这次的事难道不是再一次的边境总督对王命的违反吗？奥赛尔和埃丘西亚还有路沙利亚在军事上同他没有任何关系。边境总督对其他州的事情多嘴多舌，简直岂有此理。”

菲纳斯指责道。

“对于边境总督向大长老报告异部利多制的违反一事，不构成王命违反。费尔齐娜的暴走。布鲁戈尔的不诚实。以及奥赛尔、埃丘西亚、路沙利亚的异部利多制违反。现如今贵族是不是误会了什么？”

### **Hiroto's Journey to Emperia for his Trial**

#### Part 1

On the next day at the boarder bridge between Salabria and Noblesia, everyone is about to send Hiroto and his group off.

#### Part 2

Back to Hiroto and his group, they stop by at Patrice first where Mimia is happy to reunite with Lithia and Cecela in their new clothes, with the latter yearn to see Hiroto again as get gratitude for giving her hope.

#### Part 6

On the next day, Hiroto and his group continue their journey to Emperia

#### Part 7

At Dominus Castle, Valkyria feels so lonely without Hiroto's that she yearns to be with him despite she is told not to come, to the point wondering if she really cannot come after seeing both Curele and Sōichirō playing ball that only makes her envious about their relationship.

#### Part 9

At a hut in the middle Ozellian forest, 20 men-who later to be Lemaire's soldiers-are gathering for a briefing about Hiroto's arrival at Ozell via a spy, with the leader tells everyone to prepare their raid operation once Hiroto's carriage passing through Rudir River.

Meanwhile, Hiroto's journey through Ozell is smooth so far but remains wary as he suspects

弘人的旅途很顺利。主干道的路也好，足够四乘马车通行。奥赛尔不愧为蜂蜜酒的产地，土地自然景色丰富。道路两边是成片的橘树和桃树。远处的斜坡上，还能看见葡萄。

弘人设想过在奥赛尔州通行的时候可能会受到骚扰，但并没有发生。卡西乌斯的存在起到了很大作用吧。对精灵书记官有什么不轨举动的话，不知道会有什么后果。

（但是，早晚会有袭击之类的发生吧。）

马车里面，同书记官卡西乌斯和副长官叶珂瑟莉丝三人谈笑风生。索希叶也时不时发表些从父亲那听来的话。

几乎都是些愉快的话题，但途中也会说些正经事。这次的审问请愿，费尔齐娜似乎并没有参与其中。弘人还以为她怨恨自己所以应该会署名呢，但她拒绝了署名。

“贝尔法戈尔侯爵向她提出了署名请求，但她以闭门思过中为由拒绝了。”

卡西乌斯说。

“有说费尔齐娜是在赚名声的。不过，她依旧被禁止与由亚西姆殿下见面。”

弘人想起了由亚西姆和费尔齐娜的事。费尔齐娜自己充当肉盾抵挡菲利斯的弓箭保护由亚西姆。非常有骨气的女人。对于费尔齐娜来说，由亚西姆大概是像儿子一样的存在吧。

“不能小看贝尔法戈尔。他是在帕诺普提哥斯之前担任宰相的男人。很清楚这个国家的事以及法律。一定在盘算着让你蒙羞，使你名誉扫地呢。要多加注意。”

名誉吗……弘人想。名誉什么的，对我来说如浮云。

（会如何向我下手呢。）

弘人寻思。

（说到贵族的话，舞会。）

（呃。该不会邀请我参加舞会让我贻笑大方吧？）

弘人摇摇头。

“舞会，绝对不去。请我也不去。”

#### Part 11

Later, the soldiers report to the nobles about unable to raid Hiroto and while Lemaire is chagrined to hear it, Belphegor on the other hand laughs and calls them as fools for being outwitted, all the while suppressing his anger, but he praises the youngster for living up his name as the Margrave nonetheless. Lemaire then asks Belphegor why did he praises the enemy, to which Rasmus, who replies on his friend's behalf, that it is due to Hiroto's methods to achieve victory even if it means at the edge of losing that make him even tougher to deal with, further adding a

拉斯姆斯代为回答。

“审问的时候要当心了。相当不好对付。”

3
Meanwhile, due to his dilemma of telling Excelis about the Supreme Court's mock trial result, Univestel bemoans about Moldias's terrible decision that would embolden the nobles whose hunger for power expansion will consequently tearing Hybride apart, along with his

国王做出了最坏的决定。不管面对什么样的状况，都应该拒绝才是。贵族这种东西，一旦膨胀一次就会停不下来。与精灵不同。贵族的膨胀会让这个国家失去统一性，国家会变得四分五裂吧。作为国家的一体感变薄弱，紧急时刻将拿不出连贯的行动。

尤尼维斯提尔回忆起了在同菲利斯的谈判桌上弘人的雄辩。那时的弘人很出色。但是，这次应该不可能了。一旦定为违反王命，贵族们一定会要求罢免边境总督的。这是我们修普利特王国，以及精灵，所不愿见到的事情。"

### **Hiroto's First Visit of Emperia**

#### Part 1

The
(TO be added...)

#### Part 5

(to be added...). With that, Hiroto bids both Sorceire and Mimia farewell while entering the king's office with both Excelis and Cassius where Moldias and th Privy Council awaits them.

#### Part 6

As Hiroto and the elves bow down to Moldias as their respect, the king welcomes the Margrave

弘人同叶珂瑟莉丝还有书记官卡西乌斯一起单膝下跪低下头。

“边境总督弘人，从萨拉布里亚前来觐见。”

叶珂瑟莉丝也与弘人一起低下头。

“诺布雷西亚高等法院书记官卡西乌斯，参见陛下。”

卡西乌斯也跟着打招呼。

“长途跋涉辛苦了。”
With
That is, until Finas ruins the mood by criticizing Hiroto for his "shamelessness" by coming to Emperia brazenly while "violating" the Royal Decree to come to Emperia his temerity to e to Emperia even after he had "violated" the Royal Decree, only to be annoyed to see Hiroto smiles instead and replies that he needs to be thick-faced to talk in order to interact with the Financial Minister. Moldias then tells Finas to stop antagonizing Hiroto but not only Finas reminds everyone about Belphegor's words in regards of Hiroto waving at the mummies when they called him "king" , he then pressures the Diferente to confess his "rebellion". Just as Sobrinus is about to step in and stop Finas, however, Hiroto says a word "book" that confuses the Financial Minister and gives a long explanation that the mummies have their own way to express themselves because they are not a talkative type people like Curele, all the while calls the the Financial Minister out for his accusation against him without considering the elven elder's reaction. However, Finas insists that Hiroto is "reckless" for waving his hand to the mummies who called him "king" and despite Hiroto rebukes that waving the mummies means showing gratitude to their hard work , he insists that should dismissed for making such wrong move

“现在，从萨拉布里亚到安市庐州，沿着国境建设起了巨大的监视网。一定的距离上就有一座监视塔，里面还设有监视员。在萨拉布里亚，其中三成是木乃伊族。在这种情况下，对于前来表示感谢的木乃伊族，就算木乃伊族在用词上有什么差错，作为边境总督不挥手你觉得合适吗？如果我不挥手，木乃伊族会有什么感想？看到我挥手，他们不是会更加努力地干好监视的工作吗？”

“可是，‘王’就是不对的。站在边境总督的立场上，做出招致误解的举动，是不能允许的。不应该免职吗？”

菲纳斯揪住不放。

“身为边境总督不去回应木乃伊族的感谢导致防卫网弱化我认为才是问题。”

“我是在说你的行为很轻率！”

菲纳斯忍不住怒吼起来。争论中先叫起来的一方注定会失败。弘人放松了下来。

“我认为按照死规定行动才是轻率。”

索布历努斯大主教忍不住笑出了声。大长老尤尼维斯提尔则默不作声。一脸无聊的争论这种表情。

The argument only stops when Moldias declares that Hiroto is not a person who defies the Royal Decree that forces Finas to stop by lowering his head (though he still glared at Hiroto) and tells Hiroto to take a rest for tomorrow banquet, to which Hiroto bows as compliance and leave the room.

#### Part 7

Finas, meanwhile, bitterly realizes how tough Hiroto actually is but remains belligerent towards him as he fears that youngster may try to enter the Privy Council and take control of Hybride if he left unchecked, so he hastily inform Belphegor in secret in order to prevent Hiroto from accumulating more power.

### **The Ball of Conspiracy**

#### Part 4

Rasmus th
However, despite the risk, Hiroto eventually accepts the invation realizing that the nobles trying to isolate him from his allies, Hiroto eventually accepts Rasmus's invitation and both men are going to the carriage that is waiting outside for them, with Hiroto then tell Excelis, Sorceire and Mimia that he will be back from the ball. This makes the 3 elves worried about Hiroto as they remark that the enemy has beaten them, with Alvy thinking of leading more guards to wait as he deduces that the nobles are trying to get rid of Hiroto what makes matter from bad to worse is that Raquel arrives to greet Hiroto only to bee shocked to hear that he already left, followed meet Hiroto only to be shocked to hear from the elves that Hiroto has left, followed by Excelis's worrisome expression about Hiroto being lured to the ball.

#### Part 5

As for Hiroto and Rasmus, who are already on their way to Finas's manor, they both have a small "conversation" about honor until Hiroto brings up Felkina whom Rasmus claims that Joachim was more important to that "vixen" than honor, prompting Hiroto to think that Rasimplying that Rasmus has no intention to tell Hiroto about the mock trial results regardless of .

#### Part 6

没有打听模拟审判的事。就算问也不会回答的，多此一举而已。记得唐代诗人以及大文学家韩愈好像这么说过。如何获取知识不重要。如何运用知识才重要。

When the carriage arrives at arrives at Finas's Mansion, both Hiroto and Rasmus are going to the room and as soon as Rasmus announces Hiroto's arrival, all the attending nobles come to the guest and teas him as a "missing kid", including Lemaire who gives his own insult to Hiroto with his snarky remark about the Margrave's heroism by depending the vampires and taunts the Dilfrant when he becomes speechless to hear it Rasmus urges him to stop . Hiroto isn't fazed by Lemaire's taunt, however, as he asks the Count to introduce himself only to see him suddenly draws his sword and challenges the youngster unsheathes his sword and point it at him and challenge the Diferente into a sword fight and calls him a coward for not doing so. In response, Hiroto teases Lemaire that he already scared him to death and when Lemaire insists him to fight him, Hiroto warns Lemaire that whatever happen to him to reach Salabria and it will cause the vampires to seek revenge

长脸英俊的男人出现。说话相当口无遮拦。

“怎么了？吓得都不会说话了吗？还是说，爸爸不在就不会说了呢？”

英俊的贵族揶揄道。

“少说两句吧，卢美尔。”

拉斯姆斯沉稳地呵斥他。但，并非出自真心。本来就是弘人到了大家一起作弄他的剧情。

（这个人就是卢美尔伯爵啊。）

#### Part 8

Suddenly, Lemaire and challenges Hiroto in a sword fight only to be warned by the Diferente that it will consequently garners the vampires wrath for even hurting him, which itself will consequentially deteriorating the relationship between humans and vampires.

#### Part 9

Both Hiroto and Orfina then dance when the music starts playing and Hiroto seemly doing well until Orfina changing her footstep that causes.The dance is so bad that it makes Orfina awkwardly leaves the ball with embarrassment, with .

#### Part 10

To further adds insult onto Hiroto, Belphegor asks any noblewomen to dance with with Hiroto and when all of them refuses and then laugh at the youngster, the Marquis further asking anyone to "teach" Hiroto how to dance that making the nobles' laughter even more hysterical, turning Hiroto into a laughing stock in the ball. Seeing Hiroto's humilliation makes Belphegor think that he has achieved "victory", so he further mocks Hiroto for not having a dancing partner until one noblewoman speaks up and to Hiroto's relief, it is Raquel and she manages to persuade Belphegor to let her dance with th Margrave despite the Marquis's dismay. Raquel then secretly During the ball, Raquel secretly instructs Hiroto to follow her footsteps while whispering at him about leaving the ball and warns him not to drink anything, making Hiroto to realize that ball itself is a set up for him all along but he whispers to Raquel about something that shocks her.

Suddenly, the music stops playing and everyone leaves the ballroom and Hiroto is forced to drink a wine by a servant and becomes paralyzed for it. The servant then leads Hiroto into a guest room but not only he stops Raquel from following them, he also urges Hiroto the other door  until Hiroto's question about Orfina changing her clothes behind that door puzzled him Before the servant can answer Hiroto's question about the trap's mastermind, however, Hiroto runs to the hallway and shouts conspiracy about being lured into Orfina's room that forces the servant to flee just as Raquel arrives to the scene. Enraged to be informed about that door could be Orfina's trap. Raquel tells Hiroto to stay back while she barges into that room and confronts Orfina herself who refuses to return to the ball after her bad experience with Hiroto's horrible dancing, then castigates herharshly for being Belphegor's pawn into humiliating Moldias's most reliable person and she should be ashamed for it and stomps out from that room. Orfina, who becomes speechless by Raquel's scolding, soon learn about the exiled princess via a maid and finds her dignity and pride that are elegant and braver than the nobles of Hybride.

In the following aftermath, Hiroto barely escapes from that banquet with Raquel and return to his allies who while many of his allies (especially Excelis) are relief to see him safe, they are still worried for him as they view the incident as a bad omen for Diferente's defeat, all the while confused by Hiroto's optimism.

### **Supreme Court Hearing**

#### Part 2

Back to the Supreme Court, the participants going to their respective seats and the atmosphere is growing even more intense, with Univestel seeing the 3 nobles entering the court with confidence makes him to suspect . Seeing Belphegor, Lemaire and Finas entering the Supreme Court with confidence makes Univestel to suspect that these also knew the mock test result. Nonetheless, with the 7 judges being the last to enter the court, Vinius
“现在开始，对边境总督弘人违反王命一事，进行审问。在听取充分的意见后，最高法院将作出判决。请各位在大精灵的面前，发誓自己所说的话都是事实。”

贝尔尼乌斯宣布。

#### Part 7

Cassius tells his side of the story about Hiroto's action but when Vilnius asks Rasmus for the

#### Part 10

Surprisingly, Hiroto goes to the podium with refreshed look and he points out the flaws of "drawing and painting" metaphor by questioning the "initiative" part and asks which would take the initiative when the likelihood of executing a plan is low whereas the uncertainty is high. Feeling disappointed by the youngster's persistence, Rasmus refutes by stating that the fact that that Margrave has taken an initiative remains unchanged and even going so far "suggesting" Hiroto to punish himself if he has any conscience, only to be annoyed to see Hiroto goes to the podium again with his carefree attitude that leads the Count to wonder if the youngster even realize that he is about to lose. Hiroto then makes a long speech about being on a gray area in between interference and non-interference but despite the judges are convinced by this speech, Rasmus still views Hiroto's "shameful" persistence is futile as he thinks that the Dilfrant has already lost the moment he admits the gray area. Then, the hearing takes a sudden twist when Hiroto declares his resignation from his Margrave position as his "atonement" for interfering Noblesia's affairs before the judges can even make their decision, stunning almost everyone-from Rasmus to the nobles along with Excelis and Raquel and even Moldias and Panopticus-in the court so much that they are rendered speechless for it.

Out of everyone, Moldias panicked the most as he pleading Hiroto to not resign due to his importance to Hybride's border defense but Hiroto insists that he is a governor now than a margrave. So, Moldias frantically orders Hiroto's reappointment as the margrave again but Hiroto refuses to be apponted, further adding confusion from everyone-especially the nobles who are dumbfounded by unexpected turn of events . This causes Moldias to raise his voice higher in order to pressure Hiroto into accepting his order despite Hiroto's explanation that he can't assume his margrave position as long he doesn't get the nobles' cooperation after garnering their distrust and created a hole within the military cooperation-something stuns Belphegor as the Marquis realizes that Hiroto. That is, until Hiroto replies to Moldias that he will not accept the reappointment without the consent of the 4 attending nobles (Finas, Lemaire, Rasmus and Belphegor). One after another, the first 3 nobles falls into Moldias's pressure into giving Hiroto consent into becoming a Margrave and Belphegor himself remains hesitant to give his answer only to be bested by the pressure from Moldias and Hiroto and eventually also giving his consent, hence Hiroto accepts Moldias himself eventually accepts his reappointment as the Margrave.

The court becomes abuzz by this result until the judge order everyone to be quiet, and Rasmus is so caught confused about what just happened that he fails to responds to one elven judge's question Vilnius's question When the judge asks Rasmus if he has any objection, the Count is confused at first but stops the judge from continue to make a final decision only to give up afterwards when the judge asks him again about his objection against Hiroto's claim that his in his interference in Noblesia's affairs were based on ambiguity.

“拉斯姆斯伯爵。有异议吗？”

“异议……”

拉斯姆斯伯爵一瞬间在组织语言。但是，说不出来。

“如果没有异议，现在开始宣判。”

“等一等。”

“还有异议吗？”

“异议……”

继续组织语言。拉斯姆斯混乱了。

“边境总督说自己的行为不是干涉，而是处在干涉与非干涉的非常极其暧昧的领域，称之为模棱两可。对此有异议吗。”

拉斯姆斯开口了——，

“没有。”

回答道。七位法官站起来，走出法庭。

如果一心想取胜，也就是，坚持主张自己的行为不是干涉的话，弘人毫无疑问会败。然而，弘人放弃了胜利。取而代之选择了败北。选择了最接近胜利的败北。在让法官认识到自己的行为是模棱两可的基础上，提出辞职。弘人之所以露出明朗的表情，是因为已经决意要败北了。弘人很清楚通过自己的败北会让自己赢得胜利。

七位法官一定会得出这样的结论。

依旧是个不好对付的男人，尤尼维斯提尔露出微笑。说出辞职的一刻，真的吓到了。心想他想什么呢，使出破釜沉舟的手段，没想到取得了贵族们的对于承认的同意——。真是没想到弘人的目的竟然是让大贵族承认自己的就职。大贵族们，被弘人强行塞上了花。即使这花，是不能说不的非常强制性的花——

七位法官再次出现。

（那么，会作出何种判决呢？会认定弘人违反王命吗？）

“现在宣布最高法院的判决。”

精灵审判长说道。瞬间，场面紧张了起来。

“边境总督弘人在诺布雷西亚所采取的行动，确实存在很大的争议。但是，并不能明确断定存在对于边境总督的王命上所禁止的干涉。理论上由其本人承担责任，本院认为没有判定为王命违反的必要。以上。”

叶珂瑟莉丝抱住了弘人。接着，弘人同卡西乌斯拥抱。对面的讲台上，拉斯姆斯垂下了肩膀。弘人漂亮地推翻了模拟审判的结果。

拉凯尔公主从贵宾席上起身走到讲台。是要去祝福弘人吧。

尤尼维斯提尔的身边，摩尔迪亚士一世松了口气。

“寡人感觉很累。这个弘人。”"

“陛下。为了不会再次出现把辞职挂在嘴边的情况，惩罚是必须的。”

帕诺普提哥斯微笑着说。

“一点没错。”

摩尔迪亚士一世带着安心的微笑，站了起来。"

The result are in and Supreme Court acquits the Diferente from his role at Noblesia as they concludes that his "interference" didn't violate the royal decree-leading to Hiroto's victory in this case. Not only this result causing his allies to hug Hiroto while upsets all four conspirators for unable to foresee his enemy's credibility, it also relieves Moldius as he happily leaves with both Univestel and Panopticus. Outside, Bourgault waits anxiously for the results only to hear bad news from Robert that Hiroto is declared innocent. Devastated and enraged by such result to the point assuming that the nobles have "betrayed" him, Bourgault demands to see Moldius but ends up getting rejected by an elven guard who warns him not to make more ruckus-leaving the Count heartbroken in sadness. However, this only fueling Bourgault's desire for revenge as he plans kill Hiroto by his own hands.

### **Bourgault's Last Resort for Revenge and Demise**

#### Part 3

After bidding Raquel farewell, Hiroto and Mimia then enter the Lervan Castle where his carriage is surrounded by the Mummies who welcome his return with open arms. Later, they participate a feast that is sponsored by a Salabrian merchant named Heerenfeld and enter a bedroom for a rest, with Hiroto is looking forward to reunite with Valkyria again. Meanwhile, a pair of Mummies take their nap away from the house until they see some suspicious men taking firewood and surrounding the house-with one of them being Gisele the Knight.

#### Part 4

Inside the house, Hiroto feels so hot that the quickly awaken from his nightmare and he is horrified to see the house is on fire. So, he quickly wakes Mimia and trying to escape from the burning building but the duo are shocked to find all the escape routes are either blocked or destroyed.

#### Part 8

As Hiroto is sleeping, 2 mummies inform Alvy, Carabella and 2 vampires about what they have witnessed during the incident: While one of them was rescuing Hiroto from the fire, the other one followed Giles and his men to a house where Bourgault was resided, which makes the vampires so furious that they fly off and hunt down that aristocrat. As for Bourgault, he is glad to hear from Giles about Hiroto's apparent death but before he can celebrate prematurely due to the fire, he is forced to flee after Giles informs him about the incoming vampires.

Bourgault's group then escapes to Noblesia on the next day but during their escape, Grundell reports to his lord about Hiroto's narrow escape from the fire and when the Count becomes speechless to hear it, he confronts his lord by asking him if he was orchestrating that incident which Bourgault vehemently denies by yelling at Grundell in spite of the steward's warning that attempting to kill the Margrave will have grave consequences. Sadly for Bourgault, his carriage stops just as it reaches the valley that lead to Equsia and he is mortified to see that the one who stops his routes are Zeldis and the vampires. Meanwhile, Hiroto is awaken from his one and half-day of slumber and see Mimia, Curele, Raquel and Valkyria at his bedside, with Valkyria informs Hiroto that the vampires has already hunting Bourgault and she wants that Count to pay for trying to kill Hiroto despite Hiroto pleas not to kill Bourgault.. Back to the valley, Zeldis shouts for Bourgault's name and yells that lying to them is useless because the mummies has told them about one knight who set that house on fire that nearly kill Hiroto, much to Bourgault's shock as if his plan has been found out. Grundell tries to protect his lord by proclaims himself to be the mastermind behind Hiroto's near assassination but Zeldis doesn't believes him and still demands him to hand over Bourgault. Seeing witnessing his steward's sacrifice makes Bourgault realize that his own folly has tainting the nobles' honor , so he appears in front of the vampires and admit his crime and orders Grundell to take care of Collard. Under Zeldis's orders, the vampires shoot arrows at the nobleman to death. Alas, the Count of Noblesia is executed.

2 days have passed since Bourgault's execution, Panopticus reports to Moldius about the late Count's demise but the king is more relief to hear Hiroto's safety over Bourgault's death. Since an assassination attempt is a crime, Universtel implores Moldius to vacate the late governor's title and prohibits Collard from holding it until the next election, which the king approves in spite of Finas's protest. With that, incident regarding Bourgault is finally over.

## Epilogue (Part 2)

### **Aftermath of Bourgault's Demise**

At Emperia Elf Association, Univestel is satisfied to see the expansion of the elves' influence across Hybride (specifically Ozell, Equsia, Lucharcia and Noblesia) and eventually recognizes Hiroto's caliber, especially after hearing words from Vilnius, one of the 7 juries who witnessed Hiroto's boldness during his trial. Meanwhile, the 4 nobles gather at Belffergo's mansion where they lament their failures to crush Hiroto but out of the 4, only Ramsus is delighted by this outcome as he says that they can at least learn his credibility and even view him as their toughest opponent prompts the conspirators hope to beat the Diferente someday.

## Characters

* Sōichirō Sōda
* Valkyria
* Curele
* Excelis
* Carabella
* Raquel
* Metis
* Bourgault
* Pollard
* Collard
* Lithia
* Lucitius
* Tzedeck
* Orfina
* Belphegor
* Finas
* Sorceire
* Excelis
* Slara
* Moldius I
* Panopticus
* Sobrinus
* Sorceire
* Felkina do Lalente
* Echno
* Olmec
* Luttius
* Zeldis

## Story Impact

* Making their cameo in previous arc (Volume 8 specifically), Emperia's most influential and affluent nobles are introduced as this arc's main antagonists and their name are officially revealed to be Marquis Belphegor, Count Rasmus and Count Lemaire. Like Finas, these 3 great noblemen are greatly respected by other nobles across Hybride and they also belittle Hiroto for what he did that frowned them, from pardoning Gezerkia to Felkina's arrest and detainment, to the point dubbing him as the "menace" to their status quo. Pollard's execution for raping a mummy-courtesy to Hiroto's intervention-further fueling their hostility against Hiroto, so much so that Belphegor creates a petition to remove Hiroto from his margrave position-something disgusted even Universtel as he views it as humans' abuse of power. The Supreme Court's mock trial about Hiroto being "guilty", along with Bourgault and his 3 fellow nobles' decision to sign Belphegor's petition out of grudge against Hiroto for ruining their plans to ban the mummies, make these noblemen so arrogant that they scheming on humiliating Hiroto before the Supreme Court's hearing take place but all attempts are unable to will try to humiliate Hiroto before the adding their arrogance so much that they try to humiliate him in so many ways but all attempts failed miserably. Unfortunately for these great noblemen, Hiroto manages to overturn even Supreme Court's trial but it further adding their determination to get ride of him , making them as one the Hiroto's worst enemy in the series ts of his accomplishment. Hence, they establish the Anti-Hiroto Faction since and they willing to do anything-no matter how vile they are-to halt Hiroto's rise to further prominence.
	+ Belphegor is a Marquis who happened to be Hybride's former prime minister.
	+ Rasmus is a Count who is both Belphegor's old friend and one of Hybride's best orator who is strongly opposes the Ibrid System.
	+ Lemaire is another Count who is renowned for his young looks and his sword-fighting skills.

* Felkina is the only aristocrat who is left out from Belphegor's petition into removing Hiroto from his Margrave position despite her own resentment against Hiroto. In her case, however, Belphegor purposely left het out because he and other nobles belittles her as "vixen" for prioritizing Joachim over their twisted vision of "honor". As the result, Felkina begins to hate Belphegor which put a rift on her relationship between her and the rest of the nobles.

* Courtesy to the events from the last arc, Lucitius visits Solum alongside Metis in order to meet both Hiroto and especially Raquel in order to test the princess's resolve-one that will seemly put an end of rivalry between Phyllis and North Phyllis.

* More provinces within Hybride like Ozell, Equsia and Lucharcia are introduced in this arc. Like Noblesia, these 3 provinces are ruled by governors whose aristocratic linage and prestige are as influential as Bourgault which unfortunately make them arrogant and condescending, such as their discriminatory attitude against the mummies simply because of their "ugly" appearances in spite of their contribution to the province's economy as the transporter from
	+ Similar to Noblesian mummies before Hiroto's involvement, these mummies who reside at these 3 provinces are also suffering a severe discrimination from the nobles

* Orfina is introduced as King Moldius's favorite concubine and also a distant relative to both Belphegor and Finas through marriage with the latter's cousin . It is her prestigious position make her one of Belphegor's pawn indirectly as the Marquis's schemes into exploiting Hiroto's terrible dancing as the Margrave's humilliation in front of everyone in the ball later on.

* Due to their strong discrimination against the mummies even before Hiroto's summoning into their world, many nobles perceived their gathering at Dominus Castle as their "revolt" and becoming even more hostile and fearful against them. Therefore, Bourgault and other 3 aristocratic governors from Noblesia's neighboring provinces issue their provincial governor decree to either ban or restrict the mummies from travelling anywhere within Hybride, of which is considered as violation against the Ibrid System. Unfortunately for all four governors, they all end up getting reprimanded by the elven elders for their actions, courtesy to Univestel who is infuriated to learn from Hiroto's letter about what happened over there
	+ Bourgault, in particular, promulgate his own provincial governor decree against the mummies as his revenge for his son Pollard's death

* Through his eloquence that defies everyone's expectations, Hiroto manages to overturn Supreme Court's hearing despite the odds against him, making him the first and only person who can

* Bourgault's death changes Hybride's political landscape drastically as it further increases the nobles' antipathy against despite Supreme Court's decisions that the Dilfrant was not guilty.
	+ Collard becomes his family's only survivor but he is barred from participating the next election for the governor position of Noblesia, courtesy to Moldias's decree under Univestel's pressure. Rather than seeking redemption to clear his family's name, Collard holds a grudge against Hiroto instead and blames the Margrave for his family's disgrace. Hindsight in new arc, Collard would reappears as one of nobles who attended Belphegor's secret meeting and supported another aristocrat (namely Hydran) out of spite against Hiroto.
	+ All four nobles (Belphegor, Rasmus, Finas and Lemaire) lament their failure because of Hiroto's wits that overturned even the Supreme Court's mock trial, the 4 nobles , with Rasmus finds the Dilfrant's cunning and wit to be interesting . However ind ways to crush with Diferente even if it means secretly conspiring with neighboring rival kingdoms to do so, such as Belphegor's and Rasmus's shady deal with Urceus of Magia. It is not until New King Arc where the nobles finally going to the offensive to ensure that Hiroto will never recover from his downfall.

## Trivia

* It appears that Phyllis' main religions is Midras.

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