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Translator: Nemui
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◈ Reincarnated as the Villain's Heir
Chapter 45: He's Doing Whatever He Wants, But Is This Really Okay?
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That was Duke Hezler of the northern nation of Allgan, if I remembered right.
He had a fat, sloppy body, a bow tie, and a hideous pink-and-red striped suit.
That Hezler was looking down at the people from his carriage while surrounded by numerous guards.
"It has been some time since I last came, and this town is as cramped as ever. Honestly, when will we finally arrive at the royal capital..."
"Duke Hezler, this is already the royal capital."
"Ooooh, I forgotttt! Fuhihi! At this rate, the knight order cannot be much either!"
"Our country's Grim Ritter is the strongest on the continent, after all."
Hezler made an obviously deliberate mistake, and the butler beside him corrected him.
They had come all this way just to put on some awful comedy routine.
Apparently, they could not tell everyone had already gone cold.
Still, an event I did not know about had happened.
In other words, I had no idea what he had come here for.
When it came to Hezler, he was supposed to be a bit part who only showed up briefly near the end.
I had not realized he was such a reverse-unique kind of guy.
"That is Duke Hezler of Allgan, if I recall..."
"Leticia, was he scheduled to visit this country?"
"While I am enrolled at the academy, I do not take part in official duties at the castle, so I do not know that much..."
"Hmm, I see."
Normally, it was unthinkable for a duke from a neighboring country to show up without an appointment.
There were things that bothered me, but for now, I could only watch.
"Come now, come now! Hurry up and open the road! Hey! You brat over there!"
In front of Hezler's procession stood a little girl.
She looked young enough that she probably did not know better yet, and her mother hurriedly came forward.
"I am terribly sorry! I will move her at once!"
"You lowly commoner dared to obstruct my progress. Stand right there."
Hezler lowered his round body from the carriage with a grunt.
Then he stood in front of the girl's mother and slapped her with all his might.
"Ah...!"
"It is unforgivable for lowly commoner trash to obstruct my progress. This woman will not get away unharmed."
"P-please forgive me!"
Hey, hey. Was he seriously going this far in another country?
The knight order would come at once, and this would turn into a problem.
"Aah! My hand has been dirtied! Hey, lowly commoner! How will you take responsibility?"
"I am sorry. Please forgive me..."
"Mama!"
The girl clung to her mother and began crying.
I had planned to let the knight order handle it, but this was starting to make me sick.
Actually, they were far too slow to arrive. What were those guys doing?
Just as I was about to go with a sigh, Leticia had already stepped in to shield the mother and daughter from Hezler.
Would this be all right, given her position?
"Duke Hezler, have you not gone too far?"
"Who are you? Do you know whom you are speaking to?"
"I am Leticia, princess of this country."
"Leticia? Aaaah! Is that so! You have grown so much since you were so little! In all sorts of ways!"
Hezler even tossed in some vile sexual harassment and laughed crudely.
But that kind of attack would not work on Leticia.
The filthy-minded angel who knew too much for her own good was turning red and furious, though.
"Lord Alphys! Let's beat that perverted pig to death!"
"Well, I can't exactly let Leticia take the lead alone... Hey, Lilisha. What are you doing?"
Lilisha strode toward Hezler, but a guard blocked her path.
That guard was one of Allgan's Grim Ritter, if I remembered right.
The Grim Ritter was a combat unit completed by pouring in the taxes the royal family squeezed from the people.
They were named that way because their unrealistic strength seemed like something out of a fairy tale.
They were famous for carrying out missions like machines. When a civil war broke out, they massacred nearby villages without changing expression, women and children included.
The enemy force had numbered three hundred, while the Grim Ritter had only been one-tenth of that, so the unit was full of monsters.
That aside, in my previous life, I had wondered whether this world had Grimm's Fairy Tales too.
And in that country, the royal family lent a certain amount of military power to the nobles.
The higher their contribution and loyalty to the country, the more protection they received.
Aside from that, the royal family gave all kinds of support to the nobles.
That was why noble society over there had become a competition over who could earn the royal family's favor.
It was completely different from this country, where the royal family and nobles supported each other.
In exchange, over there, an absolute system of rule by the royal family had been established.
As a social system designed to prevent something like House Balfont from appearing, it was quite well-made.
"Girl, stop."
"No. You move."
"If you come any closer, I will remove you."
Without giving him any room to argue, Lilisha created a fireball in one hand and slammed it directly into his face.
The Grim Ritter man's face was almost blown off, and he rolled around on the ground.
"Gah, ugagigiaaaah!"
"That is what happens when you do not move while I am still telling you with words."
Her boiling point was far too low. What was she doing?
Also, that Grim Ritter man was by no means weak.
He should have been strong enough that even a group of academy students could not beat him.
As expected, she had become quite strong.
"Wh-what is this? What happened?"
"Th-this... woman... h-hot..."
"Hey! Do not tell me you were taken down in one hit!"
Lilisha showed Hezler her dignified figure.
"Lilisha Parsifam. Daughter of Branmud, the minister of military affairs. I knew you would ask anyway, so I introduced myself first."
"Branmud! Then you are that insolent brat from back then!"
"You have not changed since we met at that social party. So, what brings you here this time?"
"That has nothing to do with you! More importantly, how dare you do this!"
The remaining Grim Ritter around Hezler surrounded Lilisha.
At a glance, a few of them were stronger than the man Lilisha had defeated.
But whether they were enough to satisfy Hiyori was another question.
"Hmm, Alphys. If you are going to cut anyone, make it only that man who appears to be the captain. The others are not even worthy of a snack... mnya, mnya..."
"Don't fall asleep just because they're boring opponents. They're still an elite unit."
There were all sorts of mysteries here, but now that Lilisha and Leticia had stepped forward, I could not stay back either.
Things were likely about to get rough, but I would leave the cleanup to the World King.
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