I was excommunicated from the Holy Knights

43 – When I came to my senses, it was a needlessly flashy hell 6

After Cazeros and Polena arrived safely, the conversation with ‘Father’ continued a little longer.

What follows is a story about how I have been earning a little money for ‘personal purposes’ while working as a paladin.

And finally, my father asked me to rest with my friends for a while as I would officially convey this good news to other family members.

After the meeting with my father, who was filled with joy all the time while watching me until the end,

First, the three of us were shown to a room I had used as a child.

It’s a very clean place, probably because it’s been cleaned up even after ‘I’ left.

Just like that, right after arriving at a place where you can pay less attention to your surroundings.

It was only then that the three of us began to talk comfortably about the rapidly changing situation we had been in so far.

“hahahaha.. this is so… no matter how it’s like that, you’re trying to get over it like this, you’re playing a little too much, Master.”

“It was really too much. How anxious I was when Santana-sama was taken away..”

“… ha…”

For some reason, the two people’s words barely deviated from what was expected, a mixture of relief and a bit of resentment.

At this point, I could only let out a deep sigh.

From their point of view, the current situation is

I took all the forms as they were and made me worry a lot, and in the end, this place was actually my hometown. It can be said that it is different from revealing the fact belatedly.

Of course, I didn’t know anything in reality, but there was no way I could talk like that at this point.

Regardless of what I knew

In this world, the identity of ‘I’ was the son of Count Thurne, and until now I had been acting as a paladin while hiding it for some reason. This is because it has become a truth that no one can deny.

Considering that fact, in a voice filled with bitterness, I started making excuses that were not excuses to the two of them.

“..sorry. It turned out to be an unintentional trick… But I really had no intention of meeting my father here again. As I have said all along, the purpose of my coming here was to go to the Dragona Empire.”

“But why?.. Why go to the Dragona Empire when you have a family that shares blood?”

Cazeros asks questions and concerns about my words.

In response, I began to tell her a suitable excuse that I had thought of beforehand.

“Even though I don’t remember the reason well, it’s my father and my family who have lived together for 11 years. No matter how difficult the situation is, how can I have the courage to visit my father again now?”

“… It is… it is, but…”

With a reaction as if he had remembered something about my words, Cazeros unexpectedly expressed his consent.

Due to her personality, I thought she would draw more attention by talking about family ties, but for some reason, she seemed to readily accept my words.

Rather, this side of the story came from Polena, who was sitting next to her.

“Ah.. No matter how much it is between parents and children, that’s not it. Master, even if you have lived without contact for 110 years instead of 11 years, you would have always been waiting for your child from a parent’s point of view?”

Polena’s expression was light, but she gave advice with a slightly prickly feeling.

Moreover, as if she had experience in this field, she continued to speak.

“In a situation like this, it’s better to just go and say hello and ask for help rather than trying to save your pride or face. Didn’t you see the owner just now? The look of the count who was happy with tears in his eyes as he saw his master. Parents’ hearts are always the same.”

Polena’s words speak as if she were literally admonishing a runaway youth.

Regarding this, I have never run away from home, but I agreed with her words.

“… yes. Now that I look at it… I’m sure that was right… I’m sorry.”

“You are not going to apologize to me, but to your father… and to the rest of your family. In the meantime, the owner must have gone through a lot of hardship.”

“yes. I will keep that in mind.”

In that way, while feeling like a teacher rather than a maid from the girl in front of me, I gave a clear answer in a voice that sorted out my emotions.

“… ha..”

At that time, Cazeros let out a heavy sigh beside me.

I felt a bit suspicious about her appearance, but soon I started thinking about the future without thinking deeply about it.

‘The biggest problem I’m facing right now is to prepare for the upcoming war… I don’t know, but I have to win the first war, and here in Bohemia there will be a follow-up…’

Although it was not an easy task, as a reader who faithfully read the original work, it was not completely impossible to some extent.

Of course, considering the situation after that, it was a long way to go, but it was possible to buy some time with this.

‘..but.. when you think about it, it’s a pretty funny situation. Not long ago, I was trying to put an end to Bohemia quickly and surely, but now I’m contemplating how to protect it..’

Incidentally, if I had not been excommunicated and proceeded with all the plans, then I might have unintentionally ‘successed to the title’ against my father.

In that respect, it was the time when I started to smile slightly bitterly at the corner of my mouth as I felt a strange feeling about this twisted fate.

-smart tock-

“Yes, come in.”

A sudden knocking sound.

In response, I allowed him to enter the room as it was, and immediately after that, I began to see people who looked like servants there.

“I am ready. Santana, please come to my inner room.”

At that, I left a message for the other two to wait, then cautiously got up from my seat and followed the servant to the inner room.

*

“..this..this.. is this for real? All of these…?”

“Yes, it is, my lord. These are all goods that Master Santana has been earning.”

Huge sacks of sacks piled up in front of my eyes.

And, the gold coins filled in it.

The amount was less than a thousand talents,

Seeing this, Count Turnen couldn’t keep his mouth shut easily.

Although huge and fertile, and at the same time a commercial hub, this amount of goods was not such an enormous sum for Lord Turnon of Bohemia.

However, it was a story that could only be said because he was dealing with the tax revenue of a region as a lord, and from an individual point of view, an amount of this amount was astronomical.

And above all, what really surprised Count Thurne was not the sheer amount of money, but the fact that it was his own son who had earned this much money.

‘It’s amazing that I really became a paladin, but for 11 years, I literally started from scratch and made this much money? How could a child who didn’t even know the world go this far…’

A son who succeeded in easily earning an enormous amount of money that a normal person would not even be able to look at even if it took his whole life.

Count Thurne was moved again by his amazing growth, and began to think of the dignified figure of his son that he longed to see again.

‘Certainly… I’ve become a completely different person from when I was younger. The look in my eyes has changed from the time when I was not able to express my opinion well and looked around carefully.’

In the past, Santana was an extremely timid being who literally flowed quietly with the current around him, like air with no so-called presence.

To be honest, even when I heard that he had run away from home saying he wanted to become a paladin, he didn’t believe it for a while and missed the golden time because of his son’s personality.

However, in the eyes of his son who appeared in front of him 11 years after that, the count could not find any timidity in the past.

Eyes filled with burning passion and strong will

These were the eyes Count Thurne had longed for in his son.

‘It’s a difficult time… but it’s definitely a great blessing to have such a son come back at a time like this. It is clear that God has not abandoned our Bohemia yet!’

As he recalled those strong and trustworthy eyes once again, a deep smile began to form on Count Turnen’s lips, filled with pride as a father.