Wolf Roegenburg

[Wolf Roegenburg]

Well, you seem to have lots of luggage. How about removing some?

[Wolf]

Thank you for visiting the Roegenburg.

Won't you see my grandfather and patriarch of the Roegenburg, Maximilian Roegenburg?

He enjoys talking with adventurers.

Dear adventurer, it is a honor to have you in the Roegenburg.

I am the second son of the Roegenburg, Wolf Roegenburg.

To carry on the will of Wilhelm Roegenburg, a national hero, we, at the Roegenburg, are making lots of efforts to protect honor, justice and traditions.

Since the foundation of Rune-Midgarts, lots of people from the Roegenburg have made contribution to the country and this is our pride.

Currently Helmut Roegenburg, who is an excellent candidate for the throne, is participating in the royal assembly. Did you see him?

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Yes. I saw him just before. Who is this?

[Agnes]

Dear adventurer, it is nice to see you. I am Agnes Roegenburg and the youngest of the four of the Roegenburg.

Do you have a partner to go with to the banquet? I have no one to go with. No one takes my fancy.

Agnes, don't say that. it is not appropriate. We are telling the adventurer of the story of the Roegenburg...

[Myer]

Now, will my prince come with me?

Ah, Myer, brother! brother!

Thanks for coming at the right time. Dear adventurer,

This is Myer Roegenburg and he is the third son of the Roegenburg.

I was away for a long time and have just came back. It is right, isn't?

Well, about half. I heard that a war manic and a peddler would join hands and participate in the royal assembly.

So I came back for a short stay. I heard that the relationship between brothers was not close but has suddenly deeper. I cannot be out.

What your language. Even though you go outside and hang out with low fellows, you don't have make the place where you live a dirty back street.

You didn't think that I am ignorant of the fellows that you hang out with, did you?

Of course I know that grandfather and you sent people to monitor me. They were so awkward and all other fellow knew it.

My noble brother doesn't like my way of speaking?

If we join hands and Helmut becomes a king,the whole country will turn into a back street except the palace. Isn't it better to hear it now to reduce the shock you will have later?

Well, you may not hear as you will stay at home and calculate the money you will make from wars.

You are unbelievably rude. I told you should call me politely.

Until when are you going to act like that?

Stop all of you! We have gathered here for fight. This is a banquet for the adventurer. We shouldn't do this in front of the adventurer.

Especially you lack dignity. What would the adventurer think of us?

Yes, you are right. I think I am the unwelcome guest. I'd better leave. Agnes, I'll come back later.

Oh my god, I forgot. I have to make preparations!

Sorry for this unpleasant situation. I never meant to do so. Apologies if you feel uncomfortable. Myer made rude remarks as he came back in a long time.

I will tell him to make a polite apology to you later. Actually he is different from what you saw. Please understand kindly.

No, it is ok with me.

By the way, dear adventurer, can you do me a favor if you have time?

Yes, pleas go ahead.

I hope you will visit the Wigner and bring a thing from Isaac Wigner.

Originally, I should do that, but I think I need to talk with Myer seriously. So I would like to do that for me...

So, please do it for me. Of course, you may refuse it. But I wonder I can find a reliable person like you.

It is a test to find that I am reliable.

Ah, no it is not. If you feel unpleasant, I am sorry. I just don't have reliable person.

Ok. Go to the Wigner and ask Isaac Wigner for the thing that you requested. Is that right?

Yes. right.

Walk along the corridor. The Wigner is in the last room.

Find Isaac and bring the thing I requested.

I am very sorry to cause inconvenience to you.

Dear adventurer, how is it going? I see you have nothing. It seem that you haven't brought it yet.

You just go to the Wigner and bring a thing from Isaac.

Dear adventurer, did you bring the thing? Oh, you have brought it. Thank you very much.

Oh, the box's lock is protected by password.

The first cell has a number 1 and the next four cells are empty and you should enter numbers into them.

Hmm.. This is simple. This perfectly beautiful box is a hint... The answer is always included in the question.

Looking at the answer, it really seems that the Wigner people love numers and gold. Will you try to solve it too?

How come you ask me to decipher the password. And isn't it a secret thing?

Because you are reliable person. Just do it for fun.

Then, I think the answer is this:

Hm... It is not the answer.

I think I need some time for contemplation.

1618. It stands for 1.618 which is the golden ratio.

Well it sounds too easy.

But what is inside is not easy.

The thing put in the small bottle in the box will change the dynamics of combats and wars, though it is in a testing stage.

You are a reliable person as I expected.

I was sorry when I asked you to do me a favor. We will reward you generously.

It is OK. there is message from Isaac.

What is that?

Recently, there is a rumor circulating in Prontera about the Roegenburg and Helmut Roegenburg.

It was not a good rumor. He asked me to inspect it and check if it is true.

A rumor about you? I didn't know about it... Rumor.....

I need to check it, but there is no person we count on...

Excuse me, dear adventurer?

Yes?

Can you do me a favor again? I cannot do it myself, as there could be a problem when I do it myself.

All staff I can have trust in are doing other jobs and I have no person except you.

You can get information easily traveling around and what is more important is that I can trust you.

Well, it is not easy but....

If you are busy, you may refuse it. I am sorry that I ask you to do me a favor. My brother came back suddenly and it drives me out of my mind and busy.

No, that is a thing I can do. Then see you soon.

I don't know how to thank you. It is the most accurate to hear the rumor from children. I heard that children gather in a large open space in Prontera..

Then, see you soon.

What is the rumor about Roegenburg that is circulating in Prontera.

I didn't know there is a rumor about our family circulating

I had to start gather information earlier. I couldn't because I was busy due to others.

I didn't expect at all that a rumor will be circulating.

I cannot wait to know what rumor is circulating about our family.

Then see you soon.

Hi, you look a little tired.

Ah, do I? I had to do some errands to find the rumor.

Oh, I am sorry about that. I should have done that.

Rumor? what rumor? I like such thing very much.

I really want know about it too.

I am sorry to make you tired. Did you find anything?

Yes, I found the rumor and it was pretty specific. Can I tell about it here?

Yes, it is ok. If the rumor is about our family, everyone has to listen, so that we can gather and develop a solution.

[I changed the rumor I got from children to a relatively softer version and told them.]

These days everybody talks about the rumor. I think it will spread throughout Rune-Midgarts as well as Prontera.

The rumor is....very.... specific and malicious. It must be circulated on purpose by someone who knows the circumstances of my family.

Do yo mean the bad guy is one of us? OMG! this is very serious!

Yes. Myer? How much are you going to disgrace our family?

Well, as much as needed?

[Helmut]

Myer, did you really do that?

Myer did that?

[Maximilian]

Myer, is this true? Did you spread the rumor?

You collected small kids and played a leader. Did you have lots of fun?

Did you see what those little kids did for this time? You believe that only the upper class can exert influence on the common people, don't you? You must be so stupid.

How far are you going to go?

Well, I asked for help church friends, merchant friends and back street friends. Everyone said they would be willing to help me, when I told them I need help.

I wonder how you can deal with invisible enemy.

I don't understand why you spread such a rumor and do all these things.

No, in fact, I think I know very well. It is because of your immature sympathy and you want to spoil my plan!

Plan? what plan? war plan? the plan to drive innocent people to the battle field? A means that will realize your ambicous plan?

You are too young to understand why your brothers want to realize our plans.

14 years ago, we could do nothing though we were the top family. We felt a feeling of helplessness. Have you ever felt that?

A noble family is not so good as it looks. You are just playing a leader on the back street and spoiling our plan entirely!

Your plan is to develop the power of the family and unify the continent. Then what? what will you have. Achievement? Revenge?

As you know, such as thing causes another pain. We were raised without a parent. But we didn't fall because we had a family and we were rich.

And we had brothers to depend on. Think how we did to comfort one another? There are not many people that are so lucky as we were.

There are so many people who has no one to depend on, no place to lie their bodies, or no money to buy a piece of bread. People are dying everywhere.

The world you and Helmut are dreaming is only for the satisfaction of a few persons.

Yo are too ideal. Small sacrifice is a must to achieve a bing goal.

Sacrifice for the goal? Do you think I don't know the reason you are helping Helmut.

When Helmut participated in the Royal Assembly, I didn't care about it. Anyway he is naive and doesn't know how to acquire likeability and credibility from others.

The wish that Helmut could end up as just a wish, but since you started to support Helmut ambiguously, everything has changed.

Helmut and you look like a good brothers, but Wolf, I know that you want to make money from wars and

even though Helmut becomes a king, he is just a figurehead and you will exert power over our family and kingdom. won't you?

What is our family proud of? Name? Fame? they are useless outside the country. And now they are not so high as before.

But look at the Wigner. Wherever they go whatever they do, people bow their heads in front of their gold.

To whoever has gold. I want that power. I want real power rather powerless fame.

You want to build a kingdom that you want rule as you want. What if Helmut fails to be a king? What would you do then?

You will run into a limit as the second son of the Roegenburg, can you give up your ambition?

Anyway life is short. What moves people is heart, not money or power.

Heart? Does it work on those guys?

You didn't know you can approach them in a different way

You are better than I expected. You are grown up and I know you will not cry any more in front of me. So stop talking nonsense and play outside.

Watch your mouth. I cannot be nice to you forever.

If you do nothing, I do nothing. I hope I will live on the back street as happy Jonathan.

But you are developing a murder weapon as new business item with the Wigner.

How can people trust you when your family does not trust you? I cannot trust you! And I told you to stop treating me as a child!

Both of you,

Stop! What the hell are you fighting? Didn't all of us want to live happier than anybody?

So, everybody pursues happiness in their own ways. Helmut had found it on the front. Wolf on the money. And Myer on the street.

Isn't it enough? Do you need something bigger? Cause? Revenge? War?

Everyone is fighting in this family and losing important thins. Still you want a war?

What do we really want? Well, if we can be happy by fighting, it is good!. But it is not. We have fought too long.

All of you, Helmut, Wolf and Myer.

Everybody calm down. It is not nice to raise our voices.

Agnes is right. Both of you, please stop fighting.

...Excuse me.

Myer! where are you going? Are going to leave the family again?

What do you think. I totally agree with Agnes. I think we have fought one another too long.

But we have to keep in mind that revenge brings revenge in return and violence brings violence in return.

Do you know why I have been quiet though I lost my son and daughter-in-law.

Because revenges does not make a difference. Revenge is another type of violence that only gives a temporary satisfaction.

The dead never comes back. Your parents would not want you to take revenge.

I have let you do as you want to do, but this time I hope that you will follow what Agnes said. I want to avoid wars if possible.

......

Excuse me too.

[Kalbern]

Lord Helmut! where are you going?

I don't want to break in, but many people are afraid of wars,

including children. It would be better if a war didn't break out, but nothing is good if unrest and feat last long.

Ah, I am sorry that you saw

Apologies for making you uncomfortable. I am sorry again but can you do me a favor?

I think we need to inform Wigner of the rumor. Please wait a while.

[Wolf prepares documents for a while and seal it in an envelope.]

Please deliver this document. Sorry again. I cannot find time as I have much to do suddenly.

No. I'll come back soon.

Did you deliver the document to Isaac? I should have done it myself, but I got busy suddenly.

I thought about many thins after I heard from Agnes. To do those things, I cannot waste a minute.

Dear adventurer, thank you very much. Was Wigner offended?

He understood everything. He believes that Wigner will find a new item as soon as possible.

It is very good that he understands what I want. I think I have to start a new business at least not to disappoint Wigner.

You will not give up the desire to do business huh?

It fits me surprisingly. Working is rewarding and enjoyable. Besides, I can show my only ability, not as Roegenburg's ability.

By the way, your brothers must be busy. Myer and even Helmut....

Helmut has left for the front without saying anything. Myer also has left home. I think they felt something from what Agnes said.

If you allow, I would like clear up misunderstanding of my family in the rumor. Do you have time?

Yes, I do.

The rumor is true, except the part that a war will break out.

Let me tell you an old story. The parents of the four children gave a birth to Agnes and left for a neighboring country for resting.

They were attacked by the monster there.

In the holiday resort? Now the monster appears even in the holiday resort?

It was a remote but safe place. But for an unknown reason, the monsters attacked in group.

The reason remains unknown, but they guess that the monsters came down to the town, chased by subjugation.

I see.

When we arrived at the site, the area was closed and no access was allowed, though my son and daughter-in-law was inside.

We met with managers, but they blocked completely heavily armed foreigners like us.

I understand that. An armed force of a foreign country was crossing the border and I was not sure what the armed force would do. They have no choice but stop them.

So, we tried to get into the closed zone and contact many people while time passed.

At the end, we had to provide lots of money as bribe before we can dispatch mercenaries into the resort, but my son and daughter-in-law had been already killed.

Actually, they were alive just before they were found. But, the access was delayed and they had to die in pains.

I am sorry to hear that.

I didn't tell the children about the attack, but I had to confess the death of their parents.

So losing beloved ones, my children and I came to live together.

I grew the children to live up to the name of Roegenburg.

But actually what they need was education, but warm heart.

I didn't know that and I was only strict on them.

The children couldn't stand any more and one day they left as a token of resistance.

The children are unwilling to talk about those days. But I am sure that what they heard and saw in those days affected them.

How?

Helmut trained himself. When he was grown up, he left to the border. Wolf suddenly declared that he would make money.

I tried to stop him saying that there should no merchant in my family, but he was so stubborn.

After coming home, Myer was doing well for a while. But he left us with a note. Only Agnes has been growing well without a problem.

Well. I see each of them has their own stories! The rumor is spread with something concealed.

Yes, Myer said he would handle the rumor and so the rumor will disappear. Can I ask you to do me a favor?

Please go ahead.

I am worried that Helmut left without a word, as there are many eyes watching him. He is the heir of our family.

I hoped that he would stay for the time being, but I am sad that he left all of sudden.

Then, my job is to bring him.

Yes. He must be in the checkpoint near the border with Schwarzwald. He is responsible for the patrol party.

And when you come back, use this. You can return to Prontera instantly.

Yes. I'll come back soon.

I think I was closer to brothers than now, to Helmut and Myer.

Agnes was our favored child in the family. She was the only little sister.

But sometimes I wonder why we have become this estranged.

Well, I think it is because we have came to become different and we also have different ideas on what is right. I understand to some extent.

It was quite a shock when Myer left home. He just left without a word, though he was very close to me.

Since then, I think, I started to find what I can. I cannot stand the thought that I am the only one who are not developing.

When a human feels an empty space, he/she tends to fill it.

I think I am going to continue to go around to find it.

Dear adventurer, thanks to you, I feel that my brothers and I have become closer.

My brothers and I didn't know how to be bent and were about to be broken.

I think these experiences make us more friendly and developing.

We were apart a long time and all have forgotten it.

From now, I am going to lead my family, helping my grandfather.

If you visit us from time to time, I will be happy.

Please come back to us, if you need a help.