I was excommunicated from the Holy Knights

53 – Garbage can be recycled 4

The person who appeared in front of me

Looking at Elector Friedrich, I invited him into the room.

As if to say something important, the servant who accompanied me was left at the door, and in this room only me and the Elector Count,

And there was only Polena, who was slightly behind her, quietly guarding her seat with an uncharacteristically calm expression.

‘Originally, Polena should also go out, but… well, since the Elector Count doesn’t seem to care, let’s just leave it alone.’

While thinking about that, I first looked at Friedrich quietly drinking tea in front of my eyes, then Friedrich put down the teacup and spoke to me in a cautious voice.

“I’m really sorry for coming to you without warning.”

“no. If you’re a busy person, that might be enough. Rather, I am personally happy that Your Highness has personally visited this place.”

Regarding Friedrich’s words, I told the story with a smile on my face.

Of course, if I honestly expressed my inner feelings at this moment, ‘Why did you come here knowing you’re sorry?’ It will be, but it is wheat.

However, of course, he couldn’t say such harsh words in front of the electorate.

In addition, to be honest, I was feeling quite curious about this situation right now.

In the original work, Friedrich, who had been following Anhalt by his side all along, had only acted as a scarecrow.

The fact that the first thing he did after arriving here in Bohemia was to meet me, not something else.

The fact that he visited this place alone without Anhalt was quite a strange part from my point of view, knowing him from the original work.

‘Could this be something Anhalt ordered? There’s no way that person who knows Friedrich’s abilities very well would leave this person alone.’

Although Anhalt was a conceited and greedy person, it was Friedrich’s business, nothing else.

A person who grew up in a good environment and conditions as an elector, but did not possess the virtues necessary as a monarch.

He wasn’t bad-headed, but he was very lacking in determination and confidence, and even his self-confidence was blurry.

A person like this could show a decent side if he had a good person next to him.

However, it is easy to be dragged around by people around you because your color is not clear.

If there was an incompetent person or no one around, it was easy to fall into a bad path or to be confused and self-destruct without doing anything.

And this was a fact that Friedrich himself knew best than anyone else. The chancellor and his teacher, Anhalt, were also unaware of this.

As such, the two were basically in a position to stick together in handling important matters, and because of this, Friedrich rarely made decisions alone in the original work.

And this was also true of Friedrich’s appearance and atmosphere that I had personally seen so far.

‘But that kind of person came to me without Anhalt this time? What was the cause of this sudden event?’

While questioning the unnatural current situation in so many ways.

I asked cautiously at Friedrich, who was visibly hesitant as he sipped the tea in front of my eyes.

“Then, Your Highness. Please answer what happened to the small person’s room. Is there something important I must do?”

My question combined with the thought of sneaking up on the other person.

Regarding this, Friedrich began to put on a slightly confused expression with a hardened expression on his face.

“Ah.. no.. that is.. that.. that is..”

It’s a situation that can feel a little stuffy from the listener’s point of view.

However, I did not say anything more with a relaxed mind and waited for the other person.

There was no need to hurry as I had time to spare anyway, and I knew very well that it would not work if I was in a hurry.

“Um…um… Excuse me.”

And after a while, as if he had been able to find some stability in my attitude, Friedrich cleared his throat as if he had organized his thoughts before opening his mouth.

“Anyway… yes. What is the purpose of my coming here? that’s the point therefore..”

Of course, even after that, it was necessary to continue with a slightly lengthy introduction that was still dripping with timidity.

And finally, the words out of his mouth.

that..

“Um… that… how did he…? That… running away from home…”

“… yes?”

Unexpectedly, more than the fact that Friedrich had visited this place alone, an unexpected question.

Immediately after receiving it, I put on a blank expression for a while… In response, Friedrich spoke hastily in one voice as if making an excuse.

“Ah… no… I didn’t mean anything else. I’m just… just a little… curious. Actually, I also tried to do something similar when I was young, but failed.. I have a little bit of a longing for what it would have been like if I had succeeded..”

Friedrich is talking gibberish in an urgent voice.

however..

Seeing him like this, I began to feel a strange familiarity without even realizing it.

and..

“Poop… ”

“?”

“Puhahahahaha!”

Right after that, I burst into laughter without even realizing it, and Friedrich started to look suspicious and slightly embarrassed at my appearance.

The fact that someone the size of an electorate came to visit the count’s son and asked him about running away from home would have been quite unnatural, even for Friedrich himself.

But… nonetheless, he asked this screwed-up question out of really simple curiosity and longing.

And that, without the knowledge of Anhalt, who, according to the circumstances, was busy plotting.

I literally feel like an immature boy…

At the same time, it was a look that made his unique stupidity, which could be called naivety to put it well, not so bad.

‘In the original work, it only came out as trash with high command. Looking at it like this, it seems that there are parts of me that I can’t just hate.’

In this way, I began to feel quite a bit of fun and a strange affinity for this unexpected aspect of Friedrich,

Then, calming down the sudden burst of laughter, he said to him,

“hahahahaha..ah..sorry..sorry. Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t mock you. It was just because the current situation was a little unexpected.”

“Uhm.. it’s okay, well… honestly, even when I think about it, it was a bit absurd question. Anyway… so could you answer some questions?”

Friedrich blushed slightly at my words, but did not hide his curiosity.

Regarding this, I looked at him, who happened to be the same age as me, and said with a smile on his lips.

“Yes, of course, Your Highness. Gladly.”

Of course, I was saying this, but I didn’t have any detailed memories of running away in my head.

However, now that quite a bit of time has passed since I lived here as the count’s son, I was able to figure out why I ran away from home as a child, as well as what happened at that time, without much difficulty.

It wasn’t even a secret in Bohemia, and it was simply a trivial dark history of the lord’s son’s immature days, so everyone who told this story had a bitter smile on their lips.

Anyway, thanks to him, I learned very well about the fuss I had run away from in the past,

Based on this, I was able to relieve Friedrich’s curiosity by putting on some flesh.

“okay..? You too, for the same reason…”

“Yes, it is. At that time, I had a bigger desire to see the wider world than being the son of a lord. In addition, I wanted to learn more about the aura and church forces in terms of faith.”

“I see… Actually, I also tried to run away for a similar reason. Well… in the end, it ended up getting caught by my mother and giving me a scolding.”

“hahahaha.. You did. In my case, because I was so timid when I was young, my parents didn’t think that I would really run away. Thanks to that, I was lucky enough to go to Milan.”

“Is that so.. Umm.. As expected. I should have succeeded then.”

Friedrich, who has a bitter smile on his lips, with a voice full of regret.

Watching him like this, I continued the story in a slightly bright voice.

“But there is no need to feel too sorry. Even if I went out like that right away, I ended up coming back to my place like this. It’s just regretful that now it seems like I’ve come back a long way because I ran away from home.”

Although it was a word of consolation, I spoke here with considerable sincerity.

In fact, if Santana in the past had failed to run away, there was a high possibility that I would have at least a 4th grade or higher magical power inside my body now, rather than a useless aura.

Meanwhile..

Like that, while watching the story with regret about the explosion of stat distribution, Friedrich spoke in a small voice filled with regret.

“But… I guess coming back isn’t all that bad. Looking at you now…”