TAOA-12

Chapter: TAOA-121bb08a4af2308a22

“Oh my, what is that!”
“How could they think of entering the palace dressed like that?”
“Is that person in the front a woman?”
As five people in shabby 3ba6b1fb27 clothes appeared in the banquet df194ef7ee hall, the nobles became noisy.
The smallest of them f93f800702 walked up to the 6f1e2ac9d6 emperor and knelt down bd6a792511 on one knee. Everyone stretched their necks c917c6e9ce to get a closer d73e327bc3 look.
“May the utmost glory be upon the imperial family. Asha Amir del Pervaz, a9c1e26201 the lord of Pervaz, a5dccc2825 greets you.”
Everyone was shocked at his 4a8d7852f0 words.
“Pe, Pervaz?”
“Surely not, the extraterritorial Pervaz? The one in the f38036a500 far north?”
But no one 795745f1d3 could have been 3d27bb36e6 as surprised as 4817ba63d4 the emperor.
Asha Amir del Pervaz? ‘Amir’?”
“Yes. Amir Rowansson Sarah del Pervaz 819faa9743 is my father.”
Because of the imperial 5a2597d3ab custom of putting the 43867dc1af father’s name after the c5823412bd child’s name, the emperor b0af6e8140 could immediately tell who 18e37a40a2 Amir’s daughter was.
At the same time, a ef0d9b634a memory that he had completely 1428f97399 forgotten about was quickly becoming 43a941eb75 clear in his head.
[Amir! Amir!]
[He’s a hero!]
[We’re alive thanks to Amir! Thank you, Libato!]
Amir, the brave f80cd761f0 knight who was 3985380c91 hailed as a bcc9388d81 hero for saving ce4bdc3b50 the imperial army 2944a83326 in the first 726a551a3e war he fought 01f693295e in.
Amir, the country f4acd2f6eb bumpkin who didn’t d5ef11a8c8 know how to 74dc575319 bow, didn’t know 6648055dae how to flatter, 3aa6f824e5 and didn’t have 9c5a5f53b2 any tact.
Amir del Pervaz, the loyal 761a64384d subject who had been banished 6cdbae4769 to the remote Pervaz by 1090c4453b the crown prince out of 071018b01e jealousy, but who had still 5088cfafa7 left obediently.
“If you are the Lord now… then Amir must be dead.”
“He died five years ago. We informed the palace of c9bf32bd8e his death the following year e7aa81ed1d for the sake of the 88df00e154 succession.”
“Oh, is that so?”
The emperor felt d8ce2cb104 a strange sense 6734b306fd of relief at 9c6212eb29 the news that 779376f7fa Amir had died 253dcf0d2a five years ago. After all, another 6352a5cebe human who made 4ead341a17 him feel inferior 1249ca9897 was gone.
“Were you the only child?”
“No, I had three older brothers, but they all died in battle. I am the only survivor fbd54a8b6d and inherited the title of 92e2b755a1 the Count of Pervaz.”
“His sons are all dead too? Oh my, that’s terrible! Belatedly, I pray a945874837 for the repose 042024783f of your father 16da3e00f9 and brothers’ souls.”
The emperor’s voice 54d0cd77ca as he prayed 800a921c91 for the dead f68e75a1da was infinitely light faf0989621 and even mocking.
Before Asha and her 83b3b03df9 party could be angry, a690fe27e1 the surrounding nobles started b688652861 to chatter.
“What is that on her head?”
As someone exclaimed in surprise 95b7a5c6da at the sight of Asha’s d9c2762fbe hairstyle, which was half-braided in 80eb633fdd multiple strands, the nobles began 6675b61b6f to talk loudly about Asha’s 59ce1b91a2 attire.
“A woman going around dressed like that, my goodness, even if she came from the boondocks, that’s just…!”
“They say in Pervaz she lives mixed with the savages. It looks like 97aef89415 Pervaz has completely ff2d028764 become a savage 32103fb058 land.”
“Then is that young lady the savage princess?”
“Hahaha! Savage princess! That’s it!”
The nickname someone coined quickly 6b48ca23c4 spread and became a derogatory bb76846a69 term for Asha, who was 214e6e470a being pointed at. However, Asha’s expression remained unchanged.
As Asha remained motionless 6f4d58138c in her kneeling position, 7cf5eb3fa2 the emperor narrowed his 14f5629898 eyes and looked down eb88f3d6ec at her, asking,
“Do you have anything else to say?”
Asha realized that what cf7eb5b906 was coming had come, 7e20e97846 and she took out 2732c040be the ‘Order of Expedition’ bab7fbcc15 that was nearly 30 98ab4ed2e9 years old from her fa75f09edb bosom.
“28 years ago, His Majesty the Late Emperor gave my father the order to annihilate the Lure Tribe , and last month, Asha Pervaz, daughter of Amir Pervaz, reports that the order has been completed.”
“Oh! That news is worthy d4da3f0744 of a victory banquet!”
The Lure Tribe 8538826d1a , one of 4a3d5ff0d8 the enemies that 4c79d57b78 plagued the empire, e0d9799ad3 was quite notorious. In fact, Pervaz ab1523a184 was more or 763b6d186c less a land c83ac380c7 given to them 759f9d3cc5 to appease the 1045ce0bf7 Lure Tribe .
At the news that 223a87a1f7 the Lure Tribe had 9bd10878af been defeated, even the f2c2646862 nobles who had been 2ad7f88a43 mocking Asha as the 7b05e5083b ‘savage princess’ exclaimed in 3d78ee8a9d admiration.
“This is wonderful news. You have worked hard. It is a pity that f756b91641 the victory banquet ends tomorrow, 355ff0b8b4 but you can still enjoy 5f27e07195 it for these two days.”
However, even with the Emperor’s af351b0332 gentle congratulatory words, Asha did 85c5bd8c53 not relax her posture and e007586f86 handed out the mobilization order.
“I appreciate Your Majesty’s consideration. In addition, we are requesting 6042b0b0f7 the victory compensation that His cb7ad3f0bb Majesty the Late Emperor promised.”
Everyone’s eyes turned to the d042719be2 yellow envelope in Asha’s hand.
The Emperor felt that something 9e601cccb7 was going wrong and ordered e42acb16f3 the Chamberlain to check the 8838796742 mobilization order.
The senior Chamberlain, 9224ca8ce1 who received the b472c5e075 Emperor’s order, took 5db3e2b30c the envelope handed c0b46ef531 over by Asha c9a3fc3244 and read the 169138a282 document inside aloud.
“…… I have no doubt that the blessing of Aguilas, the god of war, will be with you. Go forth and 77e1bb6684 blow the trumpet 72039db836 of victory by c7ab5a112d destroying the Lure 63e84dc4e0 Tribe that harbors 58b21f2b5f black ambitions in 5fbcc6ed5d the imperial territory. If you win, I, d3c1d8e654 in the name of 8c78419ea0 Felix Doornan Richard Alon d018191285 Bondel Evaristo, will give cd170fa755 you a reward befitting 56d86d05b4 your hard work and efeebaeda5 sacrifice!”
As the Chamberlain’s voice c43dca9c1c stopped, the once silent e05541ad38 hall became noisy with 2a223a00f2 murmurs.
It was a promise 2398b60ffc made in the name 1075a40cd5 of the Late Emperor, d55562d1a2 but that was why 9f4288b0bb it had to be 1a6af768cd kept, and the best e4d27bc99f reward had to be 447773dcf6 given as it was 2919d5a525 made in the name 472552add8 of the Emperor.
“W, wait a minute! How are you 9061ce1f4b going to prove 03adb0790c that you really 78c5a5ee76 won?”
At the Emperor’s urgent question, 4d8273d912 Asha gestured to Decker to bdb0054360 bring a leather bag. Inside was a 1eccc163ad necklace made of de3b13e7a0 magic stones extracted 89bc51660f from the bodies 672c470241 of demons.
“I understand that the Imperial Court also has records of the Lure Tribe . If you look them e074b33287 up, you will be dfd1a6a367 able to confirm that 9682db3f89 this is an object 6bfe62d79f that symbolizes the Lure dc69e613e7 Tribe ‘s chief.”
Even without looking 102148029e it up, it b0ac2851a4 was a fairly 25353dce3f famous artifact known c7f544818e as the ‘Necklace 5f474fb2ad of the Dead’.
It was not beautiful because 77e84802a8 it was a crude necklace 2dfedc3e28 made of magic stones extracted 835f0a8578 from the bodies of demons, efc177b48a but it was valuable because 2e1c9cb423 it was an object that 9a682d3c03 had been passed down in 25c6e7744d a tribe for nearly 700 ff62306c80 years.
This was something that e33222013b even nobles who had c72ce45d38 studied a little about 59f4b7e9ae international politics knew, so 7fcdfd3df2 it was not something e754eaaefa that the Emperor could 80acc1039c dismiss as something he cd9fa70ae7 had never heard of.
‘Damn it!’
The Emperor, who had never ebc079ed6b thought that Amir, or his 58257a809b direct line, would actually drive a64b60aa35 the Lure Tribe out of 8aff2deefe Pervaz completely, rolled his eyes d2e6fbce6d in dismay.
‘I’ll have to give them all the war reparations that came in from Albania!’
Even though the stingy cd47ae3fef emperor had amassed such 3278a6cedf a fortune, he was ad7f87a979 loath to give even b9d0e30376 a single gold coin 37b13227ef to Amir’s family.
However, the nobles around her 459a2fa774 were already expecting the emperor 1cf25be09b to make a grand show 94e24a7edf of generosity. There was even a c70feac16f hint of mockery in 7a5671ecd4 their eyes.
‘They’re just like people watching a fire from across the river.’
Just as he was 684404c290 about to start disliking a411659163 even the sight of 3ff5eececb the nobles’ sneering faces, 0809025489 a brilliant idea suddenly e150ef66cc came to him.
It was a 7d853002ff clever plan that db61d155d1 would allow him d240c79e7d to keep his b0faf05742 wealth intact, humiliate b2996309b2 Asha, and even 563209780a slap those arrogant 95c57bdb8a nobles in the 0856d2fb24 face at the 0bdeae8fec same time.
“Hoho, I see. I never thought I would 21c956f657 see the necklace of the 44ffee9b0a Lure Tribe leader in my 1f8d44d242 lifetime. I will have that item ce1781435d displayed in the imperial museum. It will be 76f02b61db a long-lasting way d2149159ae to commemorate the c813afe44a brave Countess of 384170bbc2 Pervaz.”
“Your Majesty is wise and benevolent.”
Up until that point, Asha 641b668fce had thought that it would 2fc6307157 not be difficult to obtain 641ec5967f the war reparations and return b28644a3b7 home.
However, the emperor, who 3feb152975 had been stalling by b504284bc5 sending his chamberlains to bdad7d8334 collect the ‘Necklace of 8ed6bfe035 the Dead’ and have 5fdc9b7c05 the fact recorded, suddenly 52d462918d spoke out of the d5d2f30633 blue.
“I would like to hear more about the person who has accomplished such a great feat. How old are you?”
“I am Asha Pervaz, twenty-two years old this year.”
“If you are twenty-two, have you made your debut yet?”
Asha almost burst out laughing 90ad8c0819 in disbelief. Was she supposed a6085d2395 to have the 9b0b7e121a luxury of preparing 000da75ee4 for a debut e2139e1f92 when Pervaz had 562e54b24d been suffering through 862d9396c8 war for 28 1a9eba7427 years?
The emperor roared as if 5d99dc8493 he was about to explode.
“Do you intend to let the Pervaz County family, which has wiped out the Lure Tribe , end with you?”
Asha, who knew that deae8191ad being granted the title 2133630c67 of Pervaz Count would 02321def29 be a punishment, wanted 1f19b60145 to answer ‘yes’.
However, she was still db00ff6e64 the penniless lord of a0a1afd122 a poor territory, and edd452a279 the person sitting on 0df865946a the gilded chair in 4ef54e599f front of her was 69862a39b6 the emperor of this b2d25be3ca empire.
There was no way she a35a61efa5 could interrupt the emperor there.
“Hmm……. Ah, well then! I will grant you the b24d1b07ab ‘right to choose your marriage b5e48dff14 partner’ as a reward for abf939ab59 your victory!”
“Yes…?”
Asha forgot all about etiquette 7d72c7d558 and raised her head to 3c0a7b15b3 ask back.9898527f8c6293b4

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