Chapter 532.2: Strategic Boasting (2)
Chapter 532.2: Strategic Boasting (2)
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Noon quickly arrived after hours of intensive work. From the maids, Roel learned that both Alicia and Carter were still asleep. That eroded any motivation he had to head to the dining room, especially when he still had a huge pile of work to deal with. Thus, he simply ordered the servants to deliver some food over.
Lunch had never been essential to nobles, who typically enjoyed afternoon tea and a hearty dinner, and Roel wasn’t in a mood to enjoy lunch alone either. Thus, he figured that he would just have a couple of snacks while working.
“Young master, you have been working for hours now. You ought to take a short break for your own health. Besides, it is improper to dine in the study room,” Anna gently suggested Roel to have a proper lunch in the dining room.
Roel could only put down his quill and have a proper meal in the dining room. After lunch, he took a short break to look through the letters that were addressed to him.
By the rules of the Ascart House, no one but Roel was allowed to look through the letters that were addressed to him, which was why there was always a huge stack of letters waiting for him whenever he returned home.
With a quick glance, Roel’s attention was quickly drawn to letters bearing national insignias. They were formal letters sent by the dominant countries of the Sia Continent and the united army’s headquarters.
He had also received similar letters a year ago, when he won the Challenger Cup and earned noble titles from the five dominant countries.
Noble titles were traditionally conferred during an audience with the country’s ruler, but the winners of the Challenger Cup were exempted from the formality to spare them the hassle of travel. Instead, a handwritten letter from the country’s ruler, a noble insignia, and relevant documents were delivered to their houses.
It appeared to be a similar situation this time around, but the significance was very different.
Rosa had spared no effort propagating Roel’s valiant feat of vanquishing Flooding Death, such that it didn’t take long for the upper echelons of humankind and the frontline soldiers to learn about the matter. This prompted countries to send in letters offering their highest compliments to Roel for his momentous accomplishment.
These letters were carefully worded to convey the respective countries’ acknowledgment of Roel as a hero and their desire to form a personal bond with him. Their significance was at a different level from a simple congratulation letter to a champion of the Challenger Cup.
What particularly piqued Roel’s interest was the subtle tonal differences in the letters sent by each country.
The letter that went absolutely overboard with its compliments was none other than the one sent by his motherland, the Saint Mesit Theocracy. It had vomited an entire string of inflated titles ranging from ‘Hero of Humankind’, ‘Terminator of Calamities’, to ‘Protector of Sia’s Teachings’. Roel wouldn’t doubt it if someone told him that the …
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