Infinite Reincarnation – Arthur Hurt - Chapter 120



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Infinite Reincarnation – Arthur Hurt Chapter 120

23-Collaboration

The moment state power intervenes here, the loose but tight relationship based on shared interests in profit will suddenly become tense, and this cartel will be torn apart very easily by the complex international situation.

At least those who participated in this nameless solidarity were convinced that this structure, that is, the system where each party protects the other’s intellectual property rights, was clearly beneficial and that it would be a shame to back out, so they could tolerate the interference of the powers that be. Then, they would be able to endure it to some extent.

“okay?”

Countess Tzak seemed to agree to the idea of ​​paying a lot of taxes. Well, she had no reason to feel bad since she had given what she wanted with just a few words, even though she had not given anything in return.

But Arthur’s words did not end there.

“But I… … .”

“what?”

“My wife’s title of Lady… … .”

Arthur remembered clearly. If the music box business went well, he would give his wife a lady’s title… … Wouldn’t that be an excuse to stop those who were still coveting Arthur’s divorce?

Countess Tzak opened her mouth slightly as she recalled a word she had said long ago. She didn’t make a sound, but it was impossible not to know that it was an exclamation of ‘Ah!’ Have you forgotten, you rascal?

Damn, no, she said.

“Okay. I’ll give it a go.”

“thank you.”

“But don’t expect too much. It might not work out.”

If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work. Even now, when I go to the salon, lower-ranking nobles who recognize Arthur secretly suggest that I have a lover, but it’s a job to hold back my irritation and refuse.

And wasn’t that already promised? The royal family’s credibility, which speaks with one mouth and two mouths, was enough to make the citizens of the Kingdom of Skara feel proud.

“How much will it cost?”

“… … It looks like you earn a lot of money?”

“Isn’t the original title of semi-nobleman something you buy with money?”

However, it was vulgar to say it out loud and could be perceived as insulting to some who heard it.

Countess Tzak studied Arthur’s expression, but there was only a sour expression on his face, as if he were simply stating the truth.

“Nobles with daughters will be sad.”

The nobles were the ones who drew the big picture. The moment they judged that Arthur’s wife would become a lady, that she would not be able to get a divorce, and that it would be impossible for him to take her as his son-in-law and suck up the profits like a flower pot, they would start to make trouble.

It was a thought process that a normal person would never be able to imagine, but a person with normal emotions and thoughts would never think of selling their daughter to a divorced man and living a life of luxury.

Arthur replied.

“I have no regrets at all.”

So, let’s go ahead.

Countess Tzaq smiled at Arthur’s stubborn gaze and said.

“Now that I think about it, you’ve really grown up a lot. When I first saw you, you were just a naive young man who didn’t know anything about the world… … .”

Are your eyes crooked? How can you be so naive to someone who has never been reincarnated? Arthur listened to her words as she continued, taking to heart the golden rule that “people only see what they want to see.”

“At that time, I thought it was a doll that the lonely Isabella carried around. Oh, but it seems like Isabella’s doll has changed recently?”

Arthur was sparing with his words.

Anyway, she’s a crazy girl. She always talks nonsense in this kind of situation, and Arthur gradually began to guess the reason. Perhaps she’s trying to relieve her inner deficiency caused by her personal history in this way? By using Mrs. Zeltney as an object of sympathy.

Arthur replied.

“Are you talking about Attorney Sangswart? You said last time that the two of you were a good match?”

Arthur replied, thinking about Countess Tzak’s humanity. Why was she repeating the same story? Was she judging his reaction and testing his liver? If she was expecting to see a real-time love triangle, he could guarantee that she was wrong.

Countess Tzak responded.

“That’s right. I never thought that the two of you would develop such a deep relationship.”

“Attorney Sangswart is a good man.”

“But you’re not a noble, right? Marriage is out of the question.”

In the case of a non-single-generation marriage, the spouse of a nobleman was expected to be granted the title of lady or equivalent treatment, and such status would remain even after divorce or death.

But what happens to the title of lady when the lady remarries? The answer is simple. She follows her new partner. That is why ladies aim for upward marriage or at least seek a new partner with the same title.

Of course, it was not easy, so there were many cases where they did not get married and only had a lover. It was extremely rare for a man who was attractive enough to want to get married to also have the title they wanted.

It is even rarer for such a man to choose a woman who has already been there once as his marriage partner rather than a young woman.

But Arthur tilted his head.

“Isn’t Madame Zeltny the type of person who longs for the title of lady?”

Madame Zeltny’s former husband, Cato Zeltny, had a title of Viscount. So the proper title for Madame Zeltny was Viscountess Zeltny. But she would not allow herself to be called that.

If it was because she still had a grudge against her ex-husband, she probably wouldn’t have been able to call her by her married name, Zeltni, but it seemed like she was uncomfortable being called simply ‘the countess’.

Countess Tzaq nodded at Arthur’s words.

“That’s right… … So, the Countess Youngae married a Viscount or something.”

“… … .”

Arthur was surprised at those words. Madame Zeltney was the Count’s daughter?

He was silent at the new revelation, and felt that his doubts about Madame Zeltny had been somewhat resolved.

Now that we have become close friends, I have come to understand why she never speaks of her family. Perhaps she has cut ties with her family by marrying a man of low status.

According to Arthur’s studies, the kingdom of Skara was somewhat tolerant of noble men marrying women of lower rank, but had strict rules regarding noble women marrying men of lower rank.

This was due to practical reasons for maintaining the vested rights of the nobility in a situation where primogeniture was practiced.

From the perspective of the noble male families, it was advantageous to increase the number of options for political marriages for the benefit of the family, and from the perspective of the noble female families, it was advantageous from the perspective of political marriages to marry into families with higher ranks.

In this case, would a woman want to marry a man of lower rank than her family?

From the family’s perspective, it was inevitable that they would only do good things for others, and there were more than enough reasons for the breakup.

“Didn’t you know?”

Arthur replied calmly to Countess Tzaq, who raised one corner of her mouth as if she found it amusing, thinking that she was a really strange woman.

“… … Everyone has a past they don’t want to talk about.”

Just like Arthur doesn’t want to reveal his infinite past life.

“Yeah, that’s true.”

And Countess Tzaq calmly and subduedly agreed with Arthur’s words.

***

“Hey hey hey! Arthur! Did you hear that?!”

Samuel came to Arthur’s workshop and started making a fuss while he was marking the locations of the holes to be drilled into the disk.

“What are you talking about?”

“The lawyer of the Sangswarts has a duel!”

“A duel?”

Arthur tilted his head. What kind of a duel was this? Wasn’t dueling a custom that had already been extinct before Arthur was born? And it didn’t make sense that Sangswart, a lawyer, would resolve disputes through duels.

“With who?”

“That, that, that guy, he was the one who claimed to be Madame Zeltney’s husband.”

“Count Kato Zeltny.”

“Ah! That’s right! That’s the name! Do you know why I’m dueling that guy?”

“It must be Madame Zeltney.”

“How did you know?”

“It’s obvious.”

Arthur knew that Mrs. Zeltney was associating with Attorney Sangswart, and that Cato Zeltney still had a lingering attachment to her.

“What is the duel format?”

“Like a pistol?”

“Those crazy guys.”

Arthur rose from his seat.

“Why? Are you trying to stop me?”

“I have to stop it.”

“why?”

“If one person dies? Who will be involved in that?”

“ah!”

Since the duel was caused by Madame Zeltny, it was only natural that she would get involved.

Whether it was gossip or not, it wasn’t good for her. If she were a celebrity who lived off of people’s attention and fame, that would be beneficial in its own way, but Mrs. Zeltney wasn’t a woman who lived like that.

“But where are you going?”

“To Mr. Sangswart’s office.”

Even palms need to be clapped to make a sound. Kato, who I didn’t know where he was or what he was doing, had to be put aside for now and I had to meet with Sangswart, who I knew where he was, and calm him down.

“It’s not there?”

“Where is it?”

“To the duel venue.”

They are having a duel this afternoon. Samuel also found out about it today and rushed to Arthur.

“Let’s go.”

“Okay, but why the club?”

“Just in case.”

Samuel had heard rumors that Johnson’s men had come to the Baltar workshop to fetch Arthur and had gotten into a fight.

There was also a rumor going around that Arthur Hurt, the baron of Balta, was a mad dog who was good at fighting. He would beat people up like crazy?

There were rumors going around that Arthur had been beaten to death or that he had become crippled, but Samuel was not the type of person who couldn’t control his curiosity enough to ask Arthur about such intricate details.

But seeing Arthur carrying a club made me think that the rumor wasn’t completely groundless.

“What are you doing if you don’t go?”

“Uh, uh. Yeah.”

Samuel nodded awkwardly and hurried forward.

The place where the two men duel is an open space near a bridge over the St. River. The ground is low, so it gets flooded whenever it rains, so there is no chance that the blind bullets will hit the onlookers.

“Stop! Stop!”

As soon as Arthur arrived, he ran screaming. The two men were already standing back to back, with stern expressions and pistols in their hands.

The two looked surprised at Arthur’s appearance.

“Arthur, what are you doing here?”

When asked by Sangswart, Arthur started with the important matter first.

“I’ll tell you that after putting down the guns in both of your hands.”

“That can’t be.”

“Sangswart said firmly.

Arthur asked Kato for cooperation, looking at his manly expression that seemed like it wouldn’t even work.

“Your Majesty, Viscount Zeltny. Please calm down and put what you are holding on the ground.”

“Arthur Hurt, my lord. I am more sober than anyone else right now.”

But when you say something like that with an eagle-eyed look in your eyes, it loses its persuasiveness.

Arthur said it exactly as it was.

“If you say something like that with that look in your eyes, it won’t be very persuasive.”

“If you’re cool, then you’re cool, so why are you talking so much?!”

Arthur realized that the situation was a mess as Kato’s irritated reaction was apparent. Both of them were so paralyzed from reason that it seemed like it would be impossible to resolve the issue through words.

If words don’t work, you have to show your skills.

“oh!”

Viscount Kato Zeltny said, his gun snatched from his hand in the blink of an eye. Arthur’s movements were lightning fast.

Sangswart was also bewildered by the sudden change. What would happen to the duel then?

“Hand it over!”

Viscount Kato Zeltny reached out his hand to Arthur in anger, but Arthur was one step faster.

Taang!