Roa 15: Chapter 15.
Roa We departed in the morning and arrived in Roa at dusk.
As a border city, Roa boasts very tall city walls.
Four hundred years ago, it served as the final defensive line in the war against the demon race.
From a historical perspective, it holds great value.
However, currently, nobles residing in the Royal Capital consider it a humble gathering place for adventurers in the countryside.
After Ghislaine and I entered the lord’s mansion, the butler led us to a room that looked like a reception room.
It feels very familiar.
For someone who lived here for several years, it’s almost too familiar.
Despite this, I still pretended to be unfamiliar with the place.
“The young master will be back soon, please wait a moment.” The butler poured me tea.
I took a small sip of tea to moisten my lips, while Ghislaine stood in the corner of the room.
Soon.
A series of rough footsteps came from the corridor.
“Is this it?” Sauros Boreas Greyrat.
He burst through the door, his gaze quickly falling upon me.
I stood up and bowed to him with standard noble etiquette.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you, my name is Rudeus Greyrat, son of Paul Greyrat.” My movements were quite standard.
Sauros couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.
“As Paul’s son, your etiquette pleases me greatly.
I didn’t expect that fellow Paul would teach his son noble etiquette.” “My father didn’t teach me these things; I specifically studied them, considering I would be taking up a position here.” I said truthfully.
“Excellent!” Sauros’s voice was like thunder.
“Paul said in his letter that you are a very outstanding child.
I thought that fellow was talking nonsense, but it seems to be true now.
You are permitted to stay in the mansion!” Although slightly different from my previous life, Sauros still allowed me to stay.
After Sauros threw out that remark, he left like a whirlwind.
Oh dear, oh dear.
Just like before, he’s still a decisive old man.
And not long after Sauros left.
Another figure appeared from the door over there.
“What’s wrong, Thomas?
Why is the door wide open?” “Father seems to be in a good mood, has something happened…” Before he finished speaking, his gaze fell upon me, and I also saw him.
Brown hair, wearing neat and tidy noble attire.
Paul’s cousin, Eris’s father.
Philip Boreas Greyrat.
“Young Master, I apologize.
The Old Master just introduced Sir Rudeus and seems to be very fond of him.” “Heh heh, a child my father likes, I hope he hasn’t misjudged…” Philip sat on the sofa opposite me.
Next, was the interview.
The interview process was exactly the same as in my previous life, so there’s nothing worth mentioning.
I looked at Philip, a slight sense of nostalgia rising in my heart.
At the same time, there was also a hint of apology.
Philip, a man with considerable ambition.
Unlike Paul, who had no interest in nobility, he lived in this borderland but always harbored the ambition of reclaiming power.
To achieve this goal, he even went as far as to have Eris try to seduce me, wanting to pull me completely into his faction.
A typical noble approach, indeed.
So, I’m sorry.
Philip, and Sauros.
You two should still die.
Of course, you have not committed any wrongdoing.
Rather, from a man’s perspective, I actually admire Filis quite a bit.
Ambitious, patient.
If everything had gone as he planned, and Eris and I had become a couple, then with my power, he might truly have been able to reclaim power.
But precisely because of this.
Philip had to die.
I remember clearly, the night Eris turned ten.
Eris came to my room.
If Eris hadn’t been too shy and rejected me that night.
Then I would have changed my name to Rudeus Boreas Greyrat.
Which means marrying into the family.
If I married into the family, I naturally wouldn’t be able to marry Sylphy and Roxy.
I would enter the domain of nobility.
But that’s not what I want.
If Filis and Sauros hadn’t died in the Teleportation Incident, Eris would still be bound by her noble mission and wouldn’t gain freedom.
No… Perhaps, that would be better for Eris?
But in that case, Eris and I would absolutely never be together.
Although it’s regrettable to say this, in my heart, Sylphy and Roxy weigh more heavily than Eris.
Therefore, I cannot abandon Sylphy and Roxy for Eris.
The best outcome is for Roa to disappear completely.
It’s not troublesome.
If I do nothing, it will naturally evolve into this.
But if Eris knew what I had done, what would she think?
I don’t know.
This is a question I have been struggling with all along.
Right now, I still can’t fully make up my mind.