Chapter 211
"The king has issued his decree!"
"Good work . "
The knight commander took the paper while thanking the knight .
And then he turned around to face me .
"To tell you the truth, I had requested for this in advance because I predicted we would most likely need it . Though I never imagined it would come this quick . "
The knight commander showed me the delivered paper .
Here's what written on it .
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By the king's decree, Mathias Hildesheimr has been granted the rank of temporary baron in order to help him in his duty as ordered by the king .
Effective Start Date: The moment this letter has been delivered to Mathias Hildesheimr .
Effective End Date: Until the king has declared the cessation .
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Due to the fact that it's an emergency, only the minimum is written .
Apparently, I'll be treated as a baron temporarily if I take this .
" . . . Will my action be restricted if I accept this?"
"If the temporary peerage comes with the conditions and duty attached to it, something to that effect would have been written in that document . This is the first time I've seen a Temporary Peerage that's completely absent of any of that though . . . however, the fact that it's not must mean there is no restriction . It's a proof of trust his majesty has placed on you . "
Looks like there's no disadvantage in accepting this .
Well, I can just give up on it if it brings problems later on, so I'll just take it for now .
With that in mind, I took the document from the knight commander .
With this, I'm temporarily a noble now .
. . . Afterward, the meeting was over after the date of departure was set .
The departure will be in three days from now . No problem for us, but I'm surprised Viscount Regido could finish his preparations in such a short notice .
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"But really, indefinite, unconditional temporary peerage huh . His Majesty sure took some drastic measures . "
Principal Edward talked to me when we left the academy .
What does he mean by indefinite .
"It's written here that the temporary peerage will last until the king has declared its cessation though . "
It's true that there is no condition attached to the temporary peerage, but there's a time limit written for sure, 『Until the king has declared the cessation』 .
I mean this temp peerage is for the sake of the investigation, surely it's gonna end when the investigation is finished .
Or so I thought . . .
"It's written there alright, but he's never going to make the declaration . The king most likely intends to let you keep the temporary peerage forever . "
" . . . Is there any point in doing that?"
"Even if it's temporary, being a noble of Eis Kingdom means that you have a connection to the kingdom . Preventing you getting taken in by another country must have been one of the topmost things the king wanted to avoid . "
. . . I see .
The past me never noticed because I distanced myself from those in powers, so it's like that huh .
It's probably the same reason why the king persisted on giving me a territory .
Still, I hope they won't use this as an excuse to drag me into troubles . . .
The principal opened his mouth while I was thinking that .
"That you have nothing to lose getting the temporary peerage is the truth, don't worry in that regard . After all, we will be coming to you to discuss matters related to demons whether you have a peerage or not either way . "
Now that he mentions it .
Regardless of peerage, stuff about demons will revolve around me anyway .
I'm in the midst of that in fact .
. . . For now, I should thank the king for allowing me to go on this campaign with a peerage higher than Biffgel .
I really don't feel like looking at Biffgel's face, but eh, I'm sure even that guy would think twice before trying to pick a fight with someone of higher rank .