CH 27

Duke, Please Repent! chapter 27

7. The Duke's Butler (3)

After arguing with Hans, I went up to the second floor again.

In the hallway, I see Solertia moving back and forth with a restless expression.

"Why are you doing this? Is there anything you need?"

Ah, ah-no! It's not that, I heard something like a fight...

Oh

I must have heard it It's hard to know what to say about this.

"That's have you heard the whole story?"

Jo Geum? That Mr. Sion is investigating the duke, or that the butler is still following the orders of the great duke, or that both of them are at odds with each other...

It sounds like you've been very specific.

Even if there is some soundproofing here... , no. It's wrong to speak up like that in the hallway.

'The person staying in the building came with me, Solertia and Hans. It's crazy that there are only three like this... .'

Yet she listened so closely.

If anyone had been walking around this building, even if they didn't know the details, they would know the fact that Hans and I were arguing.

'Tomorrow, the mansion will be lively with that story.'

After going down to the duchy, my relationship with him has changed.

It seems that you have noticed.

Jack, you're stuck in the library all the time, so you may not have known... .

Did you not know that you asked for it?

The Duke already knows and has given permission, so this is not a background investigation.

That's right! If that's the case, then what...

I think that was the part I was most worried about.

Solertia sighed in relief and said, 'I'm glad ' he muttered softly.

"I talked about that the Duke and Sion were close a while ago, but suddenly

I was surprised by the investigation or what?"

"I just want to help him. I really, really, really mean it."

With a bitter smile, I muttered a promise to myself.

The past and the future to come. Serpense's mind was too unstable and weak to endure all that.

'If I could just loosen the shackles of the past and throw them away, I would be able to escape... .'

The imprisoned spirit could not get out of the pit. Below is despair

Even knowing that, it sinks without help.

" you're making that kind of expression too?"

Yes?

At my question, Solertia smiled and pretended that it was nothing.

"I don't know, but Shion-san and the Duke must have something in mind."

"Well, that's right it is."

Even with me, the question is what Serpence is thinking.

' Perhaps he himself doesn't know what I think.

Would it not be?'

All I can do is keep him from running away again. All you have to do is keep a safe distance and watch.

I'd rather he teach me how to tame him like the little prince's fox.

If you do, I will feel really responsible and raise you well It's not!

'Calm down, I'm not a butler candidate who wants a stray cat to go! The final boss, Serpens, is an aide... !One

All this to be Hans the real butler

It happened because I couldn't eat. Hans was wrong]!

It seems that something is wrong, so I'll pretend I don't know. But I'm cheering for you, so if you need help, please let me know.

"Thank you for your words."

"What is it~! The Duke is my investor, and Sion-san is a friend, right?"

She smiled brightly with her twinkling eyes.

Is this the first friend you made when you came to this world?

* * *

As expected, the eyes of the peacocks looking at me were stinging.

Fortunately, it seems that the contents of the conversation were not heard, and there was no mention of the contents, just rumors of 'the two fought.

'It was until Jack, whom I met at lunchtime, said he had returned to his original ignorance and thanked me... .'

Suddenly, the cause of the fight between me and Hans was due to accepting Jack's request.

However, Norut cannot talk about the original reason. Both me and Hans were consistent in silence, and everyone accepted it as fact.

The reaction of the people in the mansion to this.

Either accuse me of trying to contain Hans by coveting authority within the duke's residence. The aide defended it, saying that it was just obeying the servant's request.

These two opinions were divided.

On the other hand, Serpens,

Please make sure I don't have to worry about it, didn't I tell you in advance?

peel?

... he said and touched his forehead.

"The day before yesterday, I asked him to at least avoid blatant hostility. On the same day, he got into an argument with another aide."

Well, that's because the seeds sown before the duke said that...

"So, the next day, yesterday, you had an argument with the butler? Didn't that make you angry?"

Ah, no-! That's ah, no...

Serpens looks at me with contemptuous eyes.

First of all, he's not expressionless, so maybe he's not that angry... .

'Okay. It's not like that.'

His expression gradually disappears.

"Why?"

That's what... Jack, Jack!

In his silence, it was as if he had somehow heard him say, 'Stop talking bullshit and tell the truth.

Of course, that would be an auditory hallucination, but it's no different from Serpence's heart.

"I had to bump into the butler one day.

NS. He didn't like me either... .

If it's a reason, I've already heard it from him. The content as well.

No, when did you hear that again? before i go to work

As soon as I wake up in the morning, I go to Serpense and think of Hans who should have reported it, and I will die of disgust.

But we have to listen to both sides...

It's all predictable anyway, so there's no need.

"But what you hear and hear

is that

Even if you hear it anyway, I won't understand it. Even if you appeal to your feelings that it was for me, it's okay now because it only hurts my head.

Cut it out in a rude tone of voice.

Then why did you ask...?

Why did you have to fight in the hallway? Also, it meant why it was yesterday.

" Chu, impulsively?"

Serpens sighed heavily and closed his eyes.

It felt so pathetic, but fortunately, his expression seemed more relaxed.

It's been a week. No, except today, there are three days left.

you]? What a countdown all of a sudden... ?

Are you saying that I should somehow settle with Hans within three days?

I'm starting to have a very bad feeling. For some reason, my spine felt cold.

Wait, it's not... Ain't it? Isn't that what I think? Please ah

Say it's you!

But as if betraying my beliefs, Serpence snorted.

Next Monday, there is a campaign to subdue the Volta Mountains.

"I me?"

"Of course I will."

Help me.

I wouldn't be there, by what means?

Damn, I only trusted the serfence, and the fence is supposed to be removable!

The fence must be in its position to be strong

One thing, if you move it to the wrong place, the meaning disappears.

Besides, his lips are slightly curled up, which makes him look strangely happy.

'How am I watching you!'

I feel like I've been scratched by my cat.

Is it fun that I'm in trouble?

"More than that I see you're doing what you said to me with a sense of threat to my life, now that you're doing it in a different direction Ummm , that's right. I think it's funny."

What else is that feeling?

When I glared at Serpence with an expression of no-no, he smirked.

'Can't you find the first fun in your life in other people's troubles... ?'

With what kind of heart I raised myself like that... If I knew you were watching, I wouldn't have been able to do that.

If Hans and I had a fight, wasn't he in trouble too?

There is no one who is very disrespectful across the river.

"If you are uneasy, how about taking this opportunity to go on vacation?"

"Uh yes?"

What kind of dream job is it to give you a long vacation after just one month of joining the world?

But even if you take a vacation... .

"I don't know when I will have time again, wouldn't it be better to go down to my hometown and see?"

No! It's fine! In times like this, you have to keep your seat, where are you going?

Shion about 2 years ago.

After going to Tokyo alone to become an aristocrat in the capital, he has never returned to his hometown.

At first, I dreamed of a golden return, but after time passed, I didn't have a face.

He only exchanged letters with his family and never returned.

'And now... .'

I was not Zion.

None of the emotions he felt remain, he just remembers them as information. that

Even if I meet the family of the people, to me, they are just strangers.

It's just awkward and uncomfortable. It will only be exposed that I am not Zion.

'It's better to stay here, even if you're noticing.'

Still, it seems that Sion lived on the money sent from the Rivelon family, so I'll just have to send as much money as I get my salary while I'm thinking about it.

'I wonder if this will be a reward for anything like this'.'

I couldn't help it.

Tomorrow is payday, what's left

I don't know if there is

Hmm... if that's what Lord Ribelon means.

It's self-sufficient, so you have to figure it out yourself. Besides, there's nothing that can be solved by running away...

As I was talking, I said so, but in the end, it was the choice to run away from facing Shion's family.

was very stabbed

And I wasn't the only one who felt disgusted with those words. Serpens, who has a runaway record, looks at me.

Unintentionally, indiscriminately put a wide-area deal

It was.

Uh, anyway! Do you really want Hans to kill me?

It won't happen.

If Serpence said that, then you wouldn't have to worry about that.

'By the way, what now?

There are people who defend it, but the managers are all on Hans's side.

It would be safe to assume that there is no one who can help me.

In the first place, they will help

Not a problem.

'As long as Serpens remain neutral, they will not directly harm them .'

If you are determined and try to isolate me, there is nothing you can't do.

"So, what are you going to do now?"

"Once reconciliation?

In what way?

nothing comes to mind

I need to somehow make it seem like my relationship with Hans has improved, at least on the surface.

But I don't think he'll cooperate.

Before the Duchess goes..., no. You have to take care of your own business.

Serpense's expression almost turned cold.

After work, I went to a restaurant to have dinner. The table I sat at was extremely cold.

Each time they made eye contact, some of the users I was close with, including Maryina Jack, passed by with an apologetic expression and light silence.

'It has to be... .'

It's sad, but I understand.

No matter how much I was Serpence's assistant, I wasn't the one holding their food.

It was Hans who was in charge of the mansion, including them.

'There is no answer to this other than talking to Hans again... ?'

But this time, I'll have to go into the room and have a quiet conversation.