Duke of Vallua nervously tapped the armrest of the chair.
Four days have passed since the preliminary round of the virtual battle. He contacted the church from time to time, but was unable to meet the Cardinal.
The virtual battle, which was secretly supported by the knights from the church, did not even pass the preliminary round, and his son Hayton was humiliated.
In this case, receiving support from the church was no better.
Suddenly, he touched his forehead.
Due to the failure of his device, where put his heart and soul into it, several pillars that kept the family alive have already been blown away.
"Without the help of the church, the family is destroyed."
If the church turned its back towards them, the Duke of Marche, which had the biggest investment on then would also do the same thing.
Marche was already searching for the Duke of Vallua's hidden money to recover their money.
However, their hidden money has already been spent.
He even asked for a huge amount of money from his wife's parents, and even his father-in-law visited his house every time to ask him to pay back the money.
Had it not been funded by the man his wife brought, Lane, who said he was an art dealer, it would be hard to stay alive right away.
"Damn it!"
Just as he was roughly putting down the glass of liquor he was holding,
"Master!"
His lieutenant barged in with an urgent voice.
"What's going on?"
"Dubbled inquired the Imperial Palace for a knight change. And that's Captain Zachary!"
The Duke of Vallua narrowed the forehead.
"Why did he..."
"It looks like his aura came out during the preliminary round."
"Aura?"
The Duke of Vallua clucked his tongue.
Had it emerged a little earlier, Dubbled's little miss would have messed up the virtual battle.
Since he passed the preliminary verification, there was no problem even if the aura appeared during the match.
The problem is the finals.
The team will undergo a rechecking before the finals. Aura users will be excluded immediately, so in the worst case scenario, only 19 people will qualify.
Rather, it would have been beneficial to replace Zachary quickly.
'Vallua will be in a good hand.'
"Call Marquis Shuheil. Tell him I'll hurry up to see him and his son."
"Yes."
The purpose of the church is to have the item given to the virtual battle winner, even if they were eliminated in the preliminary round, they wouldn't be able to speak nonsense after he gets it.
A cold smile came to the mouth of Duke Vallua, who found a way out.
***
A week before the finals, the society was already chattering about it.
It was because rumors have spread that I was putting in another knight, not Zachary, in the virtual battle.
Today was the day I received education from my godmother.
