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I look out the small window of the carriage at the Ducal estate.

"The place is completely dead."

The place is dead. There is no life in this place.

It's not that there are no people here, but the people walking around are not smiling, and they are wearing homemade masks and moving so as not to get too close to others.

'It's scary...

Stalls and such are open normally, but there are so few people, it's scary..."

'It's the Duke's policy, I suppose.'

'Policy?'

"The red stone disease was thought to spread from person to person when it first began to spread, and the traders who ran the stores were moving away from the duke's territory.

If merchants leave, it means the territory's power is weakened, so the duke came up with a plan to support the protection of merchants."

This information was written in a fan book of the Deadly Sins series.

Suddenly, the serious and easy-to-understand explanation became a hot topic on the Internet, and more explanations were made! video that went viral, so I have a little in-depth and detailed knowledge of the subject.

"What exactly is this support?"

The duke has established a system under which those who run a business in the duke's territory can receive support money according to the size of their business establishment.

The condition for receiving the support is that the business must remain open for a long period of time, so the business is being run without a break."

"I see...I only understand that they get money."

'That is sufficient".

Was my explanation that complicated?

"As I thought..."

"Hmm?"

'The Count is very kind."

Mina was muttering at a barely perceptible voice volume.

What's the matter all of a sudden?

She probably didn't mean to make me ask, but when I looked at her, she panicked, then looked down a little and began to speak.

"No other nobleman would take his maid in the same carriage, and even if he did, there is no way he would make her take a chair facing him."

"......"

I was genuinely surprised that behavior I thought was normal was taken that way.

I had spent most of my life searching for a cure for red stone disease, and there was little to no involvement with other nobles.

Normally, I would have attended parties with the parents of the head of the family.

To say that I have never attended a party is to be seen as an alien to the nobility of this country, or worse, as a person without common sense.

"Compared to other nobles, Count-sama is very kind..."

"I see."

I was not thinking deeply about my behavior that Mina said was gentle.

I took her in the same carriage because I thought it would be more convenient for me staying close by, and I only thought it was a little silly to try to sit on the ground when there were chairs available.

Maybe it was because there were so many nobles who looked down on commoners like that that there was a revolution by the descendants of heroes.

'Would you prefer that I should be one of them?'

'No!"

I'd prefer the kind Count-sama, ah..."

I meant it as a joke, but it was desperately rejected.

. "I'm sorry, it was only meant as a joke,"

" "Oh, um, it's not something you should apologize for, Count..."

I know it sounds a little strange for me to say this, but I have changed.

I may change in the future, but at least I swear I will never change my attitude toward those who work for me.

As I performed the highest bow of a nobleman, I could see that Mina was becoming even more impatient.

It was adorable to see her looking flustered and upset.

'Uh, uh, eh, eh!"

Knock-knock.

"Who is it?"

We've arrived at the treatment center..."

"I'll be right there."

I put on black gloves to hide the crest of jealousy and get out of the carriage, leaving a confused Mina shaking her head from side to side.

Even Lio, who was outside and seemed to want to ask something, is through.

I called out to the guards who were carrying backpacks.

"Where is the magic seal stone?"

"We'll carry it for you."

There are a lot of patients ahead of us, will you still want to come?"

"Of course."

"We are the Count's guards, and if the Count is here, we will not fall ill."

Why do they care so much about me, the head of the family, who does so little to take care of the house?

I don't know, but it makes me very happy.

As I said, you have the magic seal stone, right?"

""Of course we do.""

"Come on then."

I open the door and enter the treatment center.

I'm sorry, but this treatment center is not able to accept... what can I do for you?"

The person in charge of treatment noticed that we had entered in a group and spoke to us, claiming that his white, clean clothes were stained and that he could not afford to lose them.

I am Count Dicaman, here to treat red stone disease."

"!!!!"

The hospital buzzed as soon as he said his name.

The most common voice among the murmurs is 'What are you doing here now?' And a great deal of ill feeling, akin to murderous intent, is gathering toward me.

I sense a slight annoyance from the escort standing behind me.

'What kind of treatment are you going to give us this time?"

"I'm sorry, but I have no intention of treating anyone here."

"What?"

The hospital is quiet at once, but I am immediately bombarded with a barrage of invective.

I heard "You're a demon," "You're despicable," "You're not a human being," and so on.

The pressure was so great that my guards tried to draw their swords to protect me, but I stopped them.

These people here don't understand.

They don't know how much the Countess Dicaman, the one who is shouting these abusive words, has contributed to the cure of the red stone disease, how many potions masters have been sent, how much money has been spent.

That support has not changed from my father's time to mine, but rather has become more and more generous.

This has allowed the dukes to focus on the policies I just explained to Mina.

After the death of my father, the reputation of the count family has taken a turn for the worse, but the people of the territory, who were supposed to know about that much support, are now throwing ill will at me just for mentioning the name of Dickaman, which is extraordinary.

Something big is at work here.

Well, I think I know what it is, though,

"Let's go find the patient."

""Ha!""

A being who can manipulate reputations so easily in the duke's domain,

The only person who can manipulate a duke's reputation this easily is the head of the duke's family.