I was excommunicated from the Holy Knights

52 – Garbage can be recycled 3

We and Friedrich and others leave the unit and move toward the castle.

In the process, Anhalt asked me questions in a voice filled with discomfort in many ways.

“By the way… I haven’t heard of Santana-sama in a while… but can you tell me why?”

“Well, if I have to tell you, there was a time when I was a little lost in my childhood. I couldn’t control my teenage blood and ran out of the house. If you said something like this, I think you would understand.”

“Hmm.. I understand what you mean. Excuse me, Santana.”

Anhalt can no longer say anything about my unexpectedly simple words.

Although, other than that, he probably wanted to find out if I was really the lord’s son, and if so, why I hadn’t shown up until now.

In addition, if there was something in it that could be considered a shame, he would have tried to scratch it somehow.

However, my mention of the wanderings of youth left Anhalt speechless.

The reason was simple.

It was because there were quite a few among the young people of the empire who dared to run away when they were young like me.

Of course, most of them ended up being runaways because they were led by their parents and excitedly scolded, but there are also not a few cases where their whereabouts are unknown like me.

Anhalt’s son also had a history of being caught running away, so he was in no position to comment on this.

Like that, Anhalt let out a small sigh as his attempt to poke something was futilely blocked.

Seeing him like this

I smiled lightly inwardly as I recalled why this person was so oblivious to the existence of me.

*

Anhalt Christian, Chancellor of the Palatinate.

With strong loyalty to his lord and even more greed, he had one lofty goal.

It is his own master, a young monarch who has been teaching from the position of a teacher since childhood.

It was to make Friedrich the emperor of this holy empire.

Even within the empire of the Palatinate region, Friedrich rules a wide and fertile transportation hub, and at the same time has the legitimacy to challenge the prerogative of the Elector Count.

Even though he lacks confidence a little, that is why he always follows his words faithfully without question through that disciple.

Anhalt made his name in history.

He wanted to leave his name as the glorious name of the teacher who made the emperor and the chancellor.

And for this, Anhalt, which has been actively utilizing the historical phenomenon of ‘heresy’ and the best justification.

In the meantime, the news of the rebellion in Bohemia had come to Anhalt as an opportunity for genius.

The size of the territory is not that big, but Bohemia is one of the richest and most powerful regions in the empire.

It happened to be located right next to the Palatinate, and besides, the current lord of the place, the Count of Thurn, had no sons, only three daughters.

Although there were not a few cases where women were crowned as monarchs among neighboring countries, in the case of the Holy Empire, it was a principle that women could not be monarchs traditionally.

With that in mind, Anhalt brought a savior to Bohemia under the justification of helping as a fellow heretic comrade, but… his intentions were never so pure.

Although the proportion of wizards was small, Anhalt personally led a considerable army of 7000 and Elector Frederick.

In the original work, he presses Turnon, who has a fatal flaw of having no son to succeed him, and at the same time coaxes some of the other 13 nobles into a conspiracy to make Friedrich, his master, the next monarch of Bohemia.

The process almost succeeded unexpectedly, and in fact, Frederick uses the command of the next monarch and elector of Bohemia and enjoys almost the same command and authority as a monarch during the winter period of his stay here.

Of course, his momentary glory ended in a dream as Bohemia was defeated in the war with the Empire that occurred within a few weeks.

But.. now,

This plan of Anhalt, which will end in a miserable failure with the defeat of the war, is a very unexpected existence.

It was brought to nothing by a young man named Santana Andreas without even starting.

And it comes naturally.

The fate of Anhalt and Friedrich, which would follow, began to change greatly.

*

Santana Andreas, the heir to the Bohemia estate, who has legitimate qualifications beyond doubt as the son of the Count of Thurn.

Looking at him, Anhalt was soothing his sore throat at this moment.

Santana, who appears suddenly, but immediately looks like Count Thurn’s younger days, so it’s obvious that he’s his son without even a doubt.

Still, it was Anhalt, which I tried to insert into the story slightly with regret, but in the end, it failed to make me think of his dark history without finding even the bottom line.

In the end, he had no choice but to abolish the first stage of the plan he had been conceiving even before entering the Bohemia lordly castle.

But… that didn’t mean Anhalt was completely frustrated with the current situation.

Although giving Frederick the throne of Bohemia failed, it was only part of his grand plan.

Anhalt, who has not bad diplomatic skills.

In order to make Friedrich emperor, he has been actively using the current situation, which has been noisy due to the heresy, to reach out to all parts of the continent.

And the results began to bring great results beyond what he expected.

Starting with the marriage between the princess of the Kingdom of Britain, a neighboring island country with national power that cannot be ignored, and her master, Friedrich.

Friendship with the Kalmar Union, a powerhouse in the north,

A lowland region fighting for independence from the Holy Empire.

And even a natural alliance with the lord of Bohemia, who is a neighboring fief and first sparked a rebellion.

In this way, under the name of the cause of religion, Anhalt succeeded in making the nations that accepted heretical doctrine form a single force centered on the Palatinate.

Through these achievements of his own, Anhalt was judging that the day when his desire to make Friedrich emperor become a reality was not far away.

‘Even though the Bohemia case is unfortunate… well, it doesn’t matter much. Even if they can’t directly take over this place, as long as they support Friedrich-sama as allies, that’s not too bad.’

The plan was a little twisted due to a small unexpected rock, but it was only a very small failure.

Anticipating greater success to follow, Anhalt began to try to assuage his regrets.

‘But… why did Frederick-sama go away earlier? It seems like you haven’t been able to take your eyes off Santa or that guy since a while ago…’

Friedrich’s atmosphere began to change strangely when he heard that Santana had run away.

While feeling a slight doubt about that fact, Anhalt didn’t take it too seriously and began to hastily revise the plans that would follow in his head.

*

A light welcoming ceremony for the allied lords after arriving at the lord’s castle.

After finishing it, I returned to my room feeling a little tired… There the person I was expecting was waiting for me.

“Are you here, Master? How was your work?”

Polena naturally became my direct servant in the name of serving me from the beginning.

She greeted me like a wife welcoming her husband back from work.

And, at her attitude that seemed like water was flowing and a bit playful, I accepted it for now, even though I still felt the awkwardness lingering.

“No big deal… but like I said before, I’m pretty tired from just meeting people I don’t really like.”

Anhalt, who was rolling his unreasonable hair, and incompetent Friedrich, who was in fact his puppet and only dragged around.

That’s how I indirectly expressed my impressions of seeing the original trash combination with my own eyes.

“Hmm… that’s really unfortunate… If so, would you like a cup of tea in that sense? Either he or me…”

“I’ll take a cup of tea.”

Feeling strange about the fact that the thing I had gotten a little used to was s*x drip, I placed an order.

And in response, Polena skillfully started serving tea, as if she had been waiting with the same smile on her lips as always.

however..

“… huh? Would you like a drink too?”

Two tea cups placed in front of me.

Looking at this, I assumed that Polena was also going to drink tea together… But, Polena slowly shook her head and said.

“No, this is for the guest.”

“… yes?”

Her words I couldn’t understand.

It was at that time that I questioned this.

-smart tock-

“..huh? Who is it?”

A sudden knocking sound.

Regarding this, I instructed Polena to check the situation first.

and..

“… Santana, I think you should come out and see for yourself.”

Unlike before, Polena spoke with a bit of seriousness.

Regarding this, I got up and went to the door.

Then one person started to catch my eye…

That person is…

“… !? F… Friedrich… Your Highness?”

“…Excuse me. Sir Santana”