TAOA-12

Chapter: TAOA-12409ec40c37b3706c

“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 5b035d6014 in shabby clothes dab0c3f4af appeared in the 1fa4fe9298 banquet hall, the 90ef3d43b7 nobles became noisy.
The smallest of them walked b72c0e3c38 up to the emperor and e882342fa7 knelt down on one knee. Everyone stretched their necks to 4d9a8ee2fc get a closer look.
“May the utmost glory be upon the imperial family. Asha Amir del Pervaz, b0e7b1b038 the lord of Pervaz, 7cd526f5e5 greets you.”
Everyone was shocked at his 4e94ea5abf words.
“Pe, Pervaz?”
“Surely not, the extraterritorial Pervaz? The one in 9815e3cf68 the far north?”
But no one 2fabd6410a could have been cb1c25878e as surprised as a3b9416454 the emperor.
Asha Amir del Pervaz? ‘Amir’?”
“Yes. Amir Rowansson Sarah del Pervaz 53a5e63f6b is my father.”
Because of the imperial custom 9edc885a58 of putting the father’s name 082b7c6e71 after the child’s name, the 7ce653e071 emperor could immediately tell who e6b34e11fd Amir’s daughter was.
At the same b2b328667a time, a memory 60a3e454e6 that he had b98e726938 completely forgotten about 693b742328 was quickly becoming 375c5f20b0 clear in his 12767c7d31 head.
[Amir! Amir!]
[He’s a hero!]
[We’re alive thanks to Amir! Thank you, Libato!]
Amir, the brave knight e34c361bfc who was hailed as 955321b110 a hero for saving 39329982ab the imperial army in 1cca83f8aa the first war he 99f41dc7d7 fought in.
Amir, the country fd5aa67230 bumpkin who didn’t 7cf642e6b0 know how to 22802422c5 bow, didn’t know deee8fb371 how to flatter, e1f4ecb32f and didn’t have 140589d897 any tact.
Amir del Pervaz, f92ea12201 the loyal subject d1bc718170 who had been e8c6f0000e banished to the 7ae693bf08 remote Pervaz by ccdd8cb158 the crown prince 83aa5f55bc out of jealousy, 4121ee142e but who had 9cb75cdc04 still left obediently.
“If you are the Lord now… then Amir must be dead.”
“He died five years ago. We informed the palace of 4fd131e90a his death the following year 74abc5c990 for the sake of the baee5a7e92 succession.”
“Oh, is that so?”
The emperor felt 48dcf106ea a strange sense b5dad2f67f of relief at e370f31a9d the news that a44feb0829 Amir had died c6285fc51e five years ago. After all, another human who af0f6cecbc made him feel inferior was 8ad8523035 gone.
“Were you the only child?”
“No, I had three older brothers, but they all died in battle. I am the 9b56353380 only survivor and ea5930c453 inherited the title 0565d82564 of the Count 5ef6539686 of Pervaz.”
“His sons are all dead too? Oh my, that’s terrible! Belatedly, I pray for 16e310833c the repose of your b35dd04323 father and brothers’ souls.”
The emperor’s voice f74adbf114 as he prayed 411f959688 for the dead 4b15c6cb27 was infinitely light 3b2cbf54b0 and even mocking.
Before Asha and her b32026a98d party could be angry, f6ff171e52 the surrounding nobles started 2a2dab80e2 to chatter.
“What is that on her head?”
As someone exclaimed in surprise 786cd1bbe9 at the sight of Asha’s 2561786378 hairstyle, which was half-braided in 349d2332d6 multiple strands, the nobles began 9ca67093fb to talk loudly about Asha’s b276c4b5ef 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 Pervaz has 922dabde82 completely become a savage land.”
“Then is that young lady the savage princess?”
“Hahaha! Savage princess! That’s it!”
The nickname someone coined b6993b3c03 quickly spread and became 11eeb1061a a derogatory term for f4540b69f2 Asha, who was being 740117be7d pointed at. However, Asha’s expression remained unchanged.
As Asha remained f3e594cde0 motionless in her 1af0b29779 kneeling position, the 1a613fb976 emperor narrowed his 6bfaefb1fb eyes and looked 1ab4243b91 down at her, cbab398658 asking,
“Do you have anything else to say?”
Asha realized that what was 5287bb9329 coming had come, and she 9c7f5c6f53 took out the ‘Order of 2fef59fc1b Expedition’ that was nearly 30 0b64dfa388 years old from her 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 2f05364457 of a victory banquet!”
The Lure Tribe , one 4264fcda91 of the enemies that plagued ec95545d9c the empire, was quite notorious. In fact, Pervaz was 0ca3014d73 more or less a 2eb656d804 land given to them 52267122e8 to appease the Lure 9ce52e4ef1 Tribe .
At the news that the aa14ac3a08 Lure Tribe had been defeated, 1994962bd4 even the nobles who had 1145d7c47c been mocking Asha as the e390f978bd ‘savage princess’ exclaimed in admiration.
“This is wonderful news. You have worked hard. It is a 9df19d3ab2 pity that the c4454b1560 victory banquet ends fe9968f5fe tomorrow, but you 309f6adb58 can still enjoy b2bece23d2 it for these 3336b78f13 two days.”
However, even with the Emperor’s e84b2e9f4a gentle congratulatory words, Asha did fa7ab449e9 not relax her posture and 14bf5f80bf handed out the mobilization order.
“I appreciate Your Majesty’s consideration. In addition, we 654a55d5e0 are requesting the 2e20f286b6 victory compensation that 9ca49dfa7b His Majesty the d0644403e9 Late Emperor promised.”
Everyone’s eyes turned to the 2459124b5c yellow envelope in Asha’s hand.
The Emperor felt that f116a5ef7e something was going wrong e10a8545b6 and ordered the Chamberlain 95a6b991f1 to check the mobilization 4c82f83f50 order.
The senior Chamberlain, e2dbd108fe who received the 7fde36a203 Emperor’s order, took affa07d0b9 the envelope handed f85cc4053b over by Asha d7e82dbb0e and read the caf602e7d0 document inside aloud.
“…… I have no doubt that the blessing of Aguilas, the god of war, will be with you. Go forth and blow bd07b24195 the trumpet of victory ab25c02308 by destroying the Lure 3f9600c9b8 Tribe that harbors black 8b465a003c ambitions in the imperial 0d942228f1 territory. If you win, 900b21a32e I, in the 8f07adb1e2 name of Felix 6fd690aa9a Doornan Richard Alon 831b91fd7c Bondel Evaristo, will 50b9cac95b give you a 014d08b67e reward befitting your a9945e73ec hard work and 531659ae5c sacrifice!”
As the Chamberlain’s voice e82ae544ca stopped, the once silent 3677dcaa44 hall became noisy with bac0b97f28 murmurs.
It was a promise c6b9ca89b0 made in the name a66fd19535 of the Late Emperor, fabc4a3de1 but that was why 02ba78c8d5 it had to be 59b2ef0061 kept, and the best 574105b237 reward had to be 8aa2c6cb58 given as it was 6e9c249d98 made in the name e605f6b9a9 of the Emperor.
“W, wait a minute! How are you 4d7c476216 going to prove b2ea073352 that you really b7eb12b0b9 won?”
At the Emperor’s 22b807e5b4 urgent question, Asha e2bd95f984 gestured to Decker f8a201558e to bring a 2fc730062d leather bag. Inside was a 1a6b7dba3b necklace made of c29f1aa8cf magic stones extracted 548ed74cc4 from the bodies abb6a6d342 of demons.
“I understand that the Imperial Court also has records of the Lure Tribe . If you look them 705d609b33 up, you will be 05e802f9f9 able to confirm that b19e8083eb this is an object 88bdcc9adc that symbolizes the Lure 829b6d3ee1 Tribe ‘s chief.”
Even without looking it a5b3b1cf06 up, it was a fd241d56e3 fairly famous artifact known 0838314d16 as the ‘Necklace of 96b2760462 the Dead’.
It was not 5f061b776e beautiful because it 9c588abbfe was a crude d7d275767f necklace made of 81fe1250eb magic stones extracted aeeb21b4e2 from the bodies c5ab857250 of demons, but 6116257fdd it was valuable 026b2c7ccc because it was 7e1922f3b1 an object that 386b6a2e2c had been passed a60d58821a down in a ce20d3d908 tribe for nearly 31f92d9a2e 700 years.
This was something that ab6464f77c even nobles who had 05f24088c3 studied a little about 7ef1f513fa international politics knew, so 8210143e8d it was not something e145ca6184 that the Emperor could cfbcfb78f0 dismiss as something he 9b3d8db021 had never heard of.
‘Damn it!’
The Emperor, who had 7d3cfdfd89 never thought that Amir, be5e8e8be0 or his direct line, 1698f48fd0 would actually drive the 832c6f89fd Lure Tribe out of 16a1d8c1a0 Pervaz completely, rolled his ad11799bc6 eyes in dismay.
‘I’ll have to give them all the war reparations that came in from Albania!’
Even though the 7c02a9ee8a stingy emperor had fe3dcdb991 amassed such a 44c0708a3b fortune, he was 2a8a422169 loath to give b6d8effe7f even a single fcc0eb946d gold coin to 3b00793871 Amir’s family.
However, the nobles 56196513e8 around her were dc96382f0a already expecting the ca3a1f9f53 emperor to make f7038636ef a grand show 87b7bd9de5 of generosity. There was even a 1bb82df519 hint of mockery in 06888efe99 their eyes.
‘They’re just like people watching a fire from across the river.’
Just as he was about 1ce29fef86 to start disliking even the 415f7fedc3 sight of the nobles’ sneering c33b024fb1 faces, a brilliant idea suddenly a910143a6e came to him.
It was a clever bc5fb72d86 plan that would allow ccd1f7a6b5 him to keep his dc48809c4d wealth intact, humiliate Asha, 43e7b63334 and even slap those 0993581358 arrogant nobles in the 12dfa55ecf face at the same b4c6a83dd6 time.
“Hoho, I see. I never thought 30a5387db5 I would see e1d659c065 the necklace of b66b288f1a the Lure Tribe 5b39b11fda leader in my d1ea876fdc lifetime. I will have 75e77829fd that item displayed ff6bc9c155 in the imperial 7e35a96a1e museum. It will be a long-lasting f58ce3e9d9 way to commemorate the brave 6739d90896 Countess of Pervaz.”
“Your Majesty is wise and benevolent.”
Up until that point, Asha da7c591e82 had thought that it would 0b608f2b3c not be difficult to obtain 65eac60371 the war reparations and return 0662cadc93 home.
However, the emperor, 87f5a5a275 who had been f30750e2ec stalling by sending fb18105187 his chamberlains to 232191af32 collect the ‘Necklace 8ed09599aa of the Dead’ 4d30a9ed97 and have the e6f1743759 fact recorded, suddenly 406065bb4c spoke out of baa3d87c0c the 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 e11308ffec out laughing in e7cfbe32ff disbelief. Was she supposed bfe23d381e to have the c62f45df12 luxury of preparing f918c55478 for a debut 00ac16edaf when Pervaz had 0c797550b7 been suffering through f29d93447f war for 28 3fe84abf5c years?
The emperor roared as 1eea07ddb7 if he was about 4ed8a16205 to explode.
“Do you intend to let the Pervaz County family, which has wiped out the Lure Tribe , end with you?”
Asha, who knew f7cfa717c7 that being granted 807087878c the title of 96778a95f6 Pervaz Count would 9ac549beda be a punishment, 75fc86e43f wanted to answer 8697d4ca40 ‘yes’.
However, she was still df330766bb the penniless lord of 89ee84e240 a poor territory, and 9b16dbdce2 the person sitting on 13fa18fbac the gilded chair in b57f3a4fdc front of her was b2b1bf2527 the emperor of this 8fc317edd9 empire.
There was no way she eeeb308f5f could interrupt the emperor there.
“Hmm……. Ah, well then! I will grant f954abea09 you the ‘right 28fd46a480 to choose your d46dd9674a marriage partner’ as 32f0326f63 a reward for ed1ff9df53 your victory!”
“Yes…?”
Asha forgot all 4a137b4f11 about etiquette and be4d323bf8 raised her head 0810bdbd02 to ask back.16b656dc659d9798

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