Rebirth Just Before The 10th Circle

One of the dukes, who was watching the Count in trouble, stepped out.

“Your Majesty, do this.”

"That's right. It seems that you are pushing too hard on Count Powells, who was loyal to the Empire by dedicating the Academy for the sake of children.”

"That's right. The banquet hasn't even started yet. As this is a good place to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the founding of the country, please respect it.”

The emperor's expression hardened slightly at the dukes who suddenly intervened.

The owners of the three dukes who openly favor Earl Powells.

The emperor could not have known why they were on the side of Count Powells.

This is because much of the money from the Academy and the businesses run by the Earl Powells was flowing into the Dukes.

At the backlash of the dukes, the emperor looked at Geoffrey Brunhild and opened his mouth.

“Jeffrey, what do you think?”

The Duke of Brunhild looked at Merlin and Count Powells for a moment in response to his question.

The appearance of the emperor and the unexpected situation.

Whatever the reason the Emperor was pushing Earl Powells, it seemed to be true that a child named Merlin was involved in the process.

After contemplating, he opened his mouth.

“Obviously the other dukes have a point. It’s a good place to start, so it’s right to start with a good atmosphere.”

"Hmm···."

At Duke Brunhild's words, the emperor's face hardened even more.

However, Duke Brunhild's words were not over.

He glanced at Merlin and opened her mouth.

“In order to do that, I think it would be better to cover up even such trivial disputes clearly. Well, this kind of bet seems to be quite effective in enhancing the entertainment of the banquet.”

“········································································?!”

The emperor and other dukes as well as the emperor looked surprised at Duke Brunhild's unexpected answer.

Who is Jeffrey Brunhild?

He was always in the middle between the imperial faction and the peasant faction.

He was observing the situation and mediating the dispute between the two.

Such an existence was definitely on the side of the emperor this time, leading to conflict.

But those who knew the story noticed that he was on Merlin's side, not the Emperor's.

'father···.'

Kay glanced at Duke Brunhild.

Meanwhile, the emperor made a face that he liked very much.

“What do you think, Earl Powells?”

The Count answered the emperor's question with a relaxed face.

“In my opinion, there is no change. The report I gave to His Majesty certainly contained all the relevant information about this matter. But even when you see it, you drive me so much. As a position that has devoted himself to the Empire, it is truly disappointing. However, your Majesty seems to have misunderstood us, so in order to prove our innocence, we must accept the provocation of that little one.”

That meant accepting Merlin's bet.

In the meantime, it was Count Powells with a genuinely sad face.

Then the Count turned his gaze and stared at Merlin as if to kill him.

Merlin calmly accepted this and said with ease.

“Then do this.”

“···········?”

“Aren’t there many people here who can judge who is right and who is wrong?”

"By the way?"

“The final judgment of the bet is left to the noble nobles gathered here. The one with the most sympathy wins. Of course, the Count must also bet 2 million gold.”

At Merlin's absurd story, the Emperor made an expression of whether he would be okay.

All the guests of the Imperial Palace banquet hall were nobles, as Merlin said.

Many of them had ties to the Count Powells family, and the influence of the Powells family spread among them.

In such a situation, leaving the judgment of the bet to the nobles meant starting a losing battle from the beginning.

Count Powells smiled brightly in response to Merlin's fight in his favor.

"good. I will fully respect the judgment of the nobles of fine blood gathered here.”

The Emperor grinned the moment Earl Powells accepted Merlin's bet.

“Haha, is that so? Well, then, both of you, get on the podium. There, the two of you will present your arguments.”

"sire!"

The Crown Prince interrupted abruptly at the Emperor's words.

“Your Majesty, that podium is the place where Your Majesty will announce the congratulatory remarks of the founding of the nation and the true beginning of the banquet. Putting them in a place like that…”

“Ts. That’s what matters.”

The emperor clicked his tongue in disapproval.

Then he cried out in a loud voice.

“Listen everyone.”

The emperor's excited voice resounds through the banquet hall.

“As this is a place to commemorate and celebrate the founding of the empire, I hope everyone enjoys it. Also, for your enjoyment, Jim wants to provide a little entertainment, so would you like to join us?”

“I will obey your will.”

As soon as the emperor's words were finished, positive voices came from all over the place.

“Are you okay?”

"···sire."

Are you okay now? The emperor, who had a face like that, the prince as well as the dukes looked bewildered.

Merlin, on the other hand, admired the emperor inside.

‘Hey… you have a very cool personality.’

Merlin sniffed the emperor's stench of a kind similar to himself.

If no one was watching, he would have been clapping.(Read more @ hotmtlnovel.xyz)

Merlin smiled as he sat on the plate the emperor had laid.

***

“What the hell are you doing?”

“Did you do nothing?”

"You didn't do anything, but you're fighting with Earl Powells like that?"

“No, he expelled me and said it was all my fault!”

“...is that really what caused this riot? No, your Majesty, why are you stalking Top Lord like that?”

“How do I know that? And... from my point of view, does that person also seem to enjoy this situation?”

Merlin glanced at the Emperor with a chin.

Winston and Zeppelin were terrified by this and covered him up.

That was then.

“I will speak first.”

Merlin waved his hand at the sound of a voice from the podium.

“Hey hey, do it. Stay out of the way.”

Merlin, who had put Winston and Zeppelin to one side, looked towards the podium.

There, Earl Powells, who had raised his voice to the fullest, was explaining his story in detail.

“Maybe many of you are wondering what is going on with this situation. The story begins a few months ago with a fight between a commoner boy and my grandson within the academy.”

That's how the story of Earl Powells began.

The story of Earl Powells was generally flat.

However, there was something that really went into Count Powells' argument.

“The usual conduct of this commoner cadet was not very good. Of course, he was often absent from school, and, above all, had no enthusiasm! Nevertheless, our academy even offered scholarships to embrace this commoner cadet!”

A voice echoing through the banquet hall.

He was exaggerating Merlin's behavior and emphasizing that he was unusually commoner.

This worked very well for the nobility.

“Ts. Even Earl Powells suffered a lot because of just one commoner.”

“Then, is that the story of the young man who was talking with His Majesty earlier?”

“Heh, uh… Your Majesty is doing too much. How dare you insult the Powells family, who have been loyal to the Empire for just one commoner.”

Public opinion was moving in the wrong direction for Merlin.

Kei, who was watching this quietly, whispered softly.

“…what are you going to do? Isn't the atmosphere good?"

At Kay's question, the corners of Merlin's lips rose.

he murmured

“Hey Siri.”

[Yeah!]

Siri nodded her head.

Merlin said.

“Go.”

[Yeah!]

As soon as Merlin finished speaking, Siri opened the Invisible and flew away.

So Siri arrived near the podium.

[Young tea!]

Siri took out her marbles from the space.

thud-

The guy dropped a crystal ball on the floor of the platform.

[yap!]

Then Siri pushed her back with both feet.

Degur-

The crystal ball rolled quickly.

“Even the commoner cadets were often violent, and my grandson was beaten by the commoner and had to stay in bed for at least four months. This is the position of a parent who has sent a child to the academy, how could they have left this poor commoner cadet alone!”

"Certainly... Earl Powells is right."

“Even if it were me, I wouldn’t have sent my kids to an academy with such bad students.”

Earl Powells smiled inwardly at the atmosphere of the crowd sympathizing with his story.

He turned around and looked at Merlin.

‘How long do you think that face will last?’

Public opinion has now completely turned to itself.

I didn't like the guy's expression that still looked relaxed, but it wasn't long before I could watch his expression get distorted.

Count Powells spoke again.

“So our academy….”

tuk-

"Huh?"

Earl Powells lowered his gaze as he felt something hit his foot.

And.

Oooh- Pot!

I quickly closed my eyes at the light from below.

The left-hander also hastily covered his eyes at the sudden event.

and after a while.

“Huh…?”

“Hey, what is this?”

They couldn't keep their mouths shut at what was happening before their eyes.

Light particles swimming in the air agglomerated to create a three-dimensional shape.

A perfect shape as if the real thing was moved as it is.

What the light created was the figure of a boy and an old man.

and the voice you hear.

[···What are you doing here?]

[Hmmmm... That's it... that... Merlin-kun. Maybe.]

[I don't have time, so it's time to take a nap soon... Please tell me what's going on.]

[Hmmmm. That, then, are you perhaps...]

[··········?]

[Are you not planning to come back to the academy?]

[You don't like it?]

[Well, why not come back instead?]

[Why me?]

[If you attend for one more year, won't you get a diploma?]

[Only?]

Among the aristocrats watching the video created by light, there was no one who couldn't recognize that the old man in the video was Count Powells, who had so far vomited on the podium.

The aristocrats were taken aback by the sudden incident, but Count Powells himself was more perplexed than anyone else.

“Hey, what is this?”

An image created by light.

He couldn't have known that that was exactly what happened when he went to see Merlin not long ago.

He seemed to wave his arms around to somehow obscure the footage.

But everything was in vain.

The video continued with the bewildered Earl Powells behind him.

[I'm not asking for a lot, am I? Is it difficult to just apologize? At the time, it was definitely Dalian. The academy intervenes in what happened in Dalian. Did you see this as an abuse of power?]

Earl Powells' heart pounded at the sudden situation.

A thought quickly crossed his mind.

‘Come on, wait! What’s next?!’

He remembered what he had said at that time, and his complexion turned pale.

[What do commoners like you know?]

[Ohh? Ok? So, can you please wake up this commoner lugworm? What did I do so wrong?]

[Enzo was the child who would become the next king of the academy that I founded. Do you know what it means for such a guy to have been subjected to slavery and not commoners?!]

The sincerity of that day was revealed in front of everyone.

Now that he could no longer handle it, Earl Powells simply watched the video with a bewildered look on his face.

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