“I’ll ask you the reason first. What’s going on this time?”

At Duke Sebastian’s question, Marquis Maroon spoke up first.

“That scumbag’s men harassed my knights.”

“They were just talking. Is that harassment?”

“Who knows where those vermin came from and if they’re talking to my knights, then isn’t obvious what they actually wanted? Am I wrong?”

“What?!”

This time, it was Marquis Burkel who was shouting at Marquis Maroon’s words. Most of his men were mercenaries and some were even bandits. Because he was originally a mercenary, he had created a knighthood in order to give the mercenaries who had the talent a chance. The knighthood was called the Burkel Knights and was led by Marquis Burkel. For him to have named it after himself showed how much he was attached to his subordinates. 

In a way, the two of them were the same. Both of them had succeeded with their own skills in the midst of discrimination and they were working hard to make sure people like them weren’t discriminated against. Perhaps they were so opposed to each other because they were the same. 

Whatever the reason, Marquis Burkel cherished his subordinates so there was no way he could let it go when he heard Marquis Maroon say, ‘who knows where those vermin came from.’

“Fine, maybe they were planning something.”

“Oh? So you’re admitting it, you...