Chapter 119:

Chapter 119:

Chapter 119

“......... the meeting is finished here.”

Archduke Berard, who rose from his seat, headed somewhere.

A villa in secret, not inside the royal palace.

Even inside the villa, he went down deep underground through a secret passage that no one knew.

Then an amazing place appeared.

It was a huge underground.

A magic camp painted with eerie blood was in the center, and a crystal ball connected to somewhere could be seen.

“Activate.”

With the starting word, the magic jin went up and down.

“Connection.”

The crystal ball shone bright.

He waited, but that was it.

The other party did not receive it.

‘Fuck! Damn it!’

His face was twisted like a devil.

Grand Duke Berard recalled ‘them’.

‘They’ – he doesn’t know what they are, their names, nor what they want.

‘They’ approached Grand Duke Berard, a lowly illegitimate son, and even made him the position of Grand Duke.

Thanks to ‘them’, Grand Duke Berard was able to obtain the exquisite poison to poison his parents and brothers, and to obtain all kinds of vile means.

The ‘Pastin epidemic’ that was intended to spread in the Kingdom of Houston, the ‘juice’ that tried to assassinate the Marquis of Langham, and the ‘Su-eun spray’ that was planned not long ago were all plans handed over by the ‘them’.

These are the ones who helped Berard a lot, but there was one problem.

He had no means to contact them if he wished so.

He can only be in touch with ‘them’ if they wanted to. Grand Duke Berard couldn’t do it even if he wanted to make contact with ‘them’.

‘Shit. There’s nothing I can do about it.’

Grand Duke Berard, who was frowned upon, returned to the court and ordered it.

“Call General Durak back.”

“What do you mean?”

Grand Duke Berard spoke in a cold voice.

“I will entrust the military power to General Durak. He must bring Raymond’s neck to me.’

That’s how,p the best master of the Kingdom of Droughton came to the fore, and the war entered a new phase.

Meanwhile, Raymond.

He was about to have a discussion with Duke Raif.

***

“Did you call me?”

Raymond asked Duke Raif with a puzzled face.

It was the first time the two will be having a discussion alone like this.

‘It’s uncomfortable.’

Raymond felt uncomfortable with Duke Raif becuase of his bad relationship with Seytil.

However, Duke Raif only looked at Raymond with a sharp gaze with only silence.

It’s about to get more uncomfortable.

But then, the dukespoke a completely different narrative from what Raymond was expecting.

“You’ve done a great job until now.”

“......what?”

“With your help, I was able to take over Rafald. I thank you as the commander-in-chief of the Kingdom of Houston, and as your representative to His Royal Highness.”

“......!”

Raymond was taken aback.

What a compliment to hear from none other than Duke Raif!

“Thank you.”

‘Shouldn’t he hate me because of Seytil?’

“Are you confused that I am saying this to you?” Duke Raif questoned as if he noticed the puzzled look on Raymond’s face.

“...... I thought you didn’t like me.”

“Honestly, I didn’t like you very much at first. But that thought soon changed.”

“Why is that?”

“Because I thought your talent was too wasteful to get rid off just because of your bad relationship with Seytil.”

“......!”

At the moment, Raymond had goosebumps on his back.

Now the Duke used the words ‘get rid off’.

‘He could have killed me if he wanted to. Well, Duke Raif is Seytil’s greatest patron.’

If the commander-in-chief, the Duke Raif, made up his mind, he will be removed in this world no less.

·... I don’t have any talent. They’re a stat feat.’

‘......I’ve never heard of any separate physical training. But how did he grow his skills like that?’

Duke Raif gulped.

‘Is he really a heavenly thing?’

Raymond is getting stronger by himself.

It could not be explained.

‘...I must take him as my disciple.’

At this moment, the Duke forgot Raymond’s bad relationship with Seytil.

He was too good a man of heaven to miss just because of the pathetic Seytil.

Raymond will fulfill a dream that he wasn’t able to achieve. He could not miss this.

Meanwhile, Raymond retreated with a bemused face.

‘I have no talent. It’s all a misunderstanding, man. And I’m not interested in being a knight.’

‘Let’s concede a hundred times and say I don’t have talent.’

‘But I didn’t like it.’

‘How painful is it to be a knight?’

It was terrible to think about suffering in the scorching sun every day, considering it was training. It was a hundred times better to see a patient.

‘It’s more worth it to treat a patient. I’ll never do anything like being a knight!’

The problem is that the Duke Raif is unlikely to give up easily.

He is a great man

Raymond needed a clever way out.

‘I’m in trouble if that scary man has any ill will.’

‘I shouldn’t pretend to say no prematurely. What should I do? I am in trouble.’

But that was then.

Raymond had an idea.

‘Wait. This isn’t necessarily a bad situation, is it?’

His eyes rolled over.

Look!

The Duke Raif’s longing eyes.

‘If I do this well, isn’t it a chance to catch a pushover?’

Raymond swallowed the lump in his throat..

A good way came into his head.

A genius way to get the Duke to be hisa pushover, rejecting a student offer!

‘I just have to give him hope.’

It was a so-called “protection management operation”!

“Thank you for your proposal, Duke Raif, but as you know I have a thousand patients to treat.”

“I know you are for the patient, but your talent must be honed so that you can become a knight.”

“I’m not saying that I can’t be a knight. It’s a respectful path. Someday, I might change my decision.”

That’s a lie.

He won’t be a sweaty knight ever.

“But not now. For now, I want to focus on the task of treating patients. If I change my mind later on, I will learn the sword then.”

The Duke asked disapprovingly.

“......So you’re going to find me as I was the one who recognized your skills?”

“I do not know about that.”

“What?”

Raymond replied naturally.

“There are many men to learn the sword from. For one there is Marquis Aris...”

“Even if I want to learn the sword, there’s no reason to learn it from you, right?”

Raymond smiled inwardly and examined Duke Raif’s face.

Flames burst out of Duke Raif’s eyes.”I’m much better than that old gisaeng!”

“Your Royal Highness may also show interest in my talent...”

“...... Your Highness is busy with state affairs. So...”

“There are other professional instructors.”

“I’m much better than them...”

Duke Raif groaned.

‘I couldn’t believe Duke Raif would be begging for me like this!

It was a rare sight indeed.

Raymond spoke naturally.

“Anyway, if I plan on learning the sword, I will ask for guidance from the person who worked with me the most .”

“What do you mean?”

“Yes, a teacher and a student are like family. I will learn the sword from those who treat me best like a family,” Raymond said.

Inwardly, Raymond’s meaning was this: ‘If you want to make me your student, please do your best to be nice to me!’