CH 91

Duke, Please Repent! chapter 91

21. The Duke's Birthday (4)

There was no need to tour the duke's residence.

During the morning, the administrators came and went to collect payments, carrying simple reports that were not too big a deal.

In the afternoon, the knight commander asked me to watch the training for a while, so I stopped by the barracks for a while.

Other users wait in turn at every route Serpens goes.

took a chance

They are not like the nominees for the master of the holy sword.

Celebrating the birth of 'Serpence A. Prasidus', they were happy.

With every step he took, thanks and congratulations mixed with praises bursting out from here and there, even Serpent must have had no choice but to make his face turn red even when he tried to act casually.

Since I no longer control my emotions with divine power, even more so.

"Hey, are you really shy?"

"That shut up."

As soon as he returned to the office from the barracks, he saw him lying on the desk with his head down, and when he made fun of him, Serpens responded with a creeping voice.

Shut up, shut up. It's disgusting.

It was pointed out by quoting an expression he once made.

Serpens raised his head slightly and stared at him with terrifying eyes, but that gaze, whether alive or not, is actually not scary at all.

With a good impression on the corners of his drooping eyes, he slapped his eyes with an expression of embarrassment and death.

turns on

'You can't be scared, can you?'

Realizing that he himself was not a threat, he buried his face in the desk again.

- Knock, Knock, Knock.

Three regular knocks were heard.

I looked at the clock and it was almost an hour since Euges was supposed to come.

Taking a deep breath, Serpens, who managed to change his expression, said it was okay to come in.

Euges Yulydia of Arche Kingdom has come to visit.

Please guide me to the reception room.

"And hehehe-!"

Hans, who would normally go out right away, stood there, cringing.

It is only natural that Serpens, who got up from his seat to go to the drawing room, wondered about it.

"Do you have anything more to say?"

"Happy birthday. And this ."

What he pulled out was probably Rowling

it was paper I think the delay was because of that, not congratulations.

I guess I misunderstood the rules, so I put it in an envelope.

What's wrong with the butler? Are you meddling in my design?

Uhhhhhhhhh!

For others, though, considering that the users were outside of my jurisdiction, it seems that he deliberately pretended not to know.

He snatched the letter from Hans coughing and snatched the envelope right away.

"Why is the aide looking at it?"

It's not that I put it in a separate envelope, but it makes sense when everyone's writings are put together... Uh, well. I didn't write anything strange.

He quickly skimmed through the contents before trying to argue further. After confirming that there was no problem, I handed it to Serpens.

Then we'll be waiting in the living room next door, so please guide us there!

Not long after moving to the drawing room, Eugenes arrived.

A box of cakes was held in one hand and a gift box, presumably a birthday present, in the other.

Serpens-sama, happy birthday!

thank you.

Serpence was relieved by the normal congratulations.

Let's sit down! We went to pick up the car, so when we arrive, let's take out the cake and give us presents.

Wasn't that bundle of letters a gift?

Not a bunch of letters, but a rolling paper

is saying.

It was the first time he had heard of such a thing, but there was no problem.

Serpence just stopped questioning my suspicious behavior until the day of my choice, and Eugene... .

The Empire has a very good culture. I haven't heard of it before, is this something new?

Yeah, it's been a while, isn't it okay?

I want to make sure to inform the Kingdom of Arche!

You have interpreted it well.

all.

The maid came in, made tea and poured their own glasses, and then quietly went outside. When I was heading to the dance hall earlier, I was like, 'You're the maid who ran away after shouting, 'Wood-colored Duke.

'No matter how much I said I was responsible, I was just throwing words out.'

I never imagined that I would hear such a comment in a fantasy world.

In front of a customer on such a subject, he is very good at making up a rather rude expression and attitude. Neither the owner of the house nor his subordinates were very high-ranking.

When I told Humanus about the rolling paper, he said he would like to come and hand it to me, so I'll give it to you first.

For some reason, it's because I've already handed over all the things I've collected. You can hand it over to Serpens right away.

i See.

Eugene handed Serpens a piece of paper.

I was curious about the content, but it is not polite to read it. Oh, of course, Hans was an exception.

Oh, don't read it yet! It's a bit embarrassing, so I'll read it later when I'm gone

Can you please?"

She stopped Serpense's behavior as if she was about to read it right away.

He was taken aback by me, who had been burned once. 'Maybe you too... ?' He looked at her with eyes that said, and took it carefully without reading it.

She put on a look on her shoulder that she didn't know if he was looking at her like that.

By the way, when did you and Jeon become friends?

She asked a question as she put candles on the cake she brought.

It's the first time we've met in person, but they say that a friend's friend is a friend? So, you can call me comfortably.

Ah, yes...

I had no choice but to answer shaky, and Serpens kept his mouth shut as if he didn't hear anything.

"Then why did you tell him to let me know the time of my appointment an hour late?"

Hey, if you tell a rolling paper baby, somehow he'll come to the duke's house

'cause I know

In fact, even if he hadn't said that, he would have somehow cleared up the time since Serpens was celebrating his birthday in the capital.

'It's good to have a lot of people. But it's Serpens' birthday, and he's uncomfortable... .'

So, in the note I handed to Euges, I wrote that if he thought he would come, I would let him know by delaying the appointment.

Eugene, unaware of such circumstances, tilted his head.

That's... you'll find out later.

Bona Mana Humanus called Serpens Sephi in front of her, and it was obvious that she had always talked about being a close friend since childhood.

Wouldn't it be in her head that Humanus and I were fighting for Serpens' best friend by now?

'In reality, there is no comparison, I am the winner.'

With a proud smile, he got up from his seat and turned off the lights in the room.

Eugenes lit the candle on the cake.

And Serpens blew it out.

"No, why are you turning it off right away?"

" Is something wrong?"

"Where did the wish go?! If not, you should give it a little appreciation.

In this world, it was really sad to sing and play with an orchestra instead of singing a happy birthday song.

It is limited to the nobles to sing the band, and the common people do not know how to do it.

'But should I try singing once next year?'

Eugenes lit the candle again, and I returned to my seat and sat down.

In front of the flickering candle, Serpens looked at it blankly, as if he did not know what to wish.

After one.

It wasn't until about halfway through the candle that he blew out the candle as if he had made a wish.

He got up from his seat again and turned on the magic lamp, illuminating the room.

Then there will be a gift-giving ceremony! Cheers and applause!

Wow, wow...!

Yeah, I thought you wouldn't.

I and Euges took out the gifts they had each prepared and handed them to him.

While he unwrapped the present, I skimmed the melted wax from the cake, cut it up and put it on each plate.

" What are these?"

A glass jar with candy. Oh! Note.

Since this is a refillable type and I count the pieces, are you only eating one a day?"

While thinking about what to give as a gift, he accidentally saw a candy store on the street and thought of it.

'The more I see him, the more he likes sweets, but he doesn't eat unless it's time for me to take care of him... .'

Besides snack time, it is a gift that one can pull out and eat voluntarily.

For your information, this bottle is the bottle that I used to have drinks in when I went to the night market.

" Recycling?"

It's a memory!

Serpence was going to throw it away as trash, so I kept his stuff too.

The bottle itself was more of a souvenir than a drink, so the design was good and the entrance was wide, so it was perfect for storing things.

If you let it go, it's all useful, but why would you throw it away?

I am a carved wooden sculpture! The cat, the symbol of our Illuminati!

The original Illuminati symbol is the owl of Minerva.

However, in this world where Luxmea was the only god, she could not say what the goddess of wisdom had to say.

So, to a question she asked while traveling, I answered ' A cat?'. Without realizing it, I stared at Serpens.

As a result .

" why is the cat wearing glasses?"

Looking at the statue of a cat wearing round glasses similar to himself,

he asked sullenly.

Euges didn't answer, but he looked at me with a look of understanding.

'I didn't say anything... !'

It was very embarrassing.

Before you say anything to me, wouldn't it be right to take issue with your feline behavior?

Let's eat! It's not polite to leave food in front of you!

With that said, I pulled out my fork, and Serpens took my plate and put it on top of it.

He put half of the cake on his plate.

If you want a lot of cake, you can eat less! Why are you taking mine away?

"Didn't you tell me yesterday that you think you need to lose weight?"

He said as he looked up and down at me, taking out the clothes Zion originally had and putting them back on.

Judging from the expression on his face, that was just an excuse, and he was obviously grumpy because of the cat with glasses.

However, there is one more cake prepared to pretend that nothing happened after Humanus came anyway.

A fresh cream cake made by the kitchen maids of the duke's house.

Because of the image of an external serpent, you should be able to eat as much as you do with the least amount of sugar.

'Can't Serpens take my cake in front of Humanus?'

I tried to comfort myself.

However, seeing him eating the cake with a smile on his face, he could not help but take revenge.

Hey, Eugese! Do you know what happened at the duke's residence today?

- Dalgrak-.

Looking at the direction of the sound, Serpens had her mouth open and her eyes wide open.

Wouldn't this be the first time he made the sound of clattering dishes after he started learning etiquette? It doesn't seem like he's usually upset.

His eyes were like, 'Aren't you talking?

Aren't you going to do it?

You know what the maid who went out earlier saw Serpence and said...

Serpens shoved the cake into my mouth to stop me from speaking.

When the dark chocolate flavor gradually took over, it was time for Humanus to come, so we exchanged plates and cakes and sat down pretending not to know.

In the meantime, Serpens took the gift we had been given and hid it somewhere in the office.

Are you ashamed of our present? Why hide it!

One is a symbol of that secret group of courtesy, and the other is.... Yes, it's a shame.

From today on, the symbol of the Illuminati is candy.

No one responded to my words.

Sefi-! Happy birthday!!

Humanus slammed the door open without knocking, and hugged Serpens, who had been standing on his way to the office.

'I tried to avoid it reflexively, I endured it.'

I could clearly see him pulling back about half a step and then stopping.

Serpence, who made an awkward but kind expression on his face, pushed him away.

Iya-shi, how long has it been since you said this on time? Actually, your birthday is in the last week... If you had held a birthday banquet at the very least, you would have gone downstairs and celebrated it as an excuse.

Smiling brightly with a very happy expression, he patted Serpens on the back with his palm.

Even so, Serpens didn't show his body or expression.

By the way, what kind of missions Euges and Sir Sion went on?

Your Majesty must protect the Empire.

"It's me or you. Besides, considering that Lord Sion followed, I don't think it was that dangerous."

Sit down first.

Among the seats where the serpenes were arranged in the shape of a "匸", he sat

there was He recommended Hugh Manus to the one-seater sofa at the top.

At the same time, Hugh Manus suddenly opened the door and pushed me to the side, who had been awake.

To secure a place to sit.

Even though it's my birthday, shouldn't Sepie have to sit here? And, as I always say, to me, I can do it comfortably without being formal.

I'm already comfortable. Thank you for always taking care of me.

With a soft smile on his face, Serpens made up a friendly voice and said.

We took our seats.

Euges, who watched them all the time, opened his mouth while looking at Humanus with somewhat dry eyes.

Yes, you look very comfortable.

Rather than sarcastic about Serpens' acting, it is clear what he said to Humanus when he looked in the direction of his gaze.

However, Humanus, unable to grasp the direction of her gaze and her heart, smiled brightly.

Hahaha! Eugene will also be able to get to know Serpens someday.

Thank you, someday... yes.

The corners of her mouth were curled up nicely, but her eyes were still cold.

Wouldn't you be thinking, 'What in the world do you believe in and show off your friendship that doesn't even exist?'

Perhaps in my head, I am arranging the order of my acquaintance with Serpens.

Now let's get started!

I was too lazy to turn off the lights in the room, so I just lit a candle. Serpense also pretended to make a wish for a moment and then blow it out right away.

What's so urgent?

"The Duke must have been very curious about the gift of His Majesty."

Then let's talk!

Somehow I feel like I'm about to cry.

just . It's a pity that Humanus, who doesn't know anything about it, is so flawlessly clear.

Seppy, happy birthday once again.

Thank you for the congratulations.

With a perfect external smile, Hugh Manus handed him a box of rolling papers and birthday presents.

The gift inside the box was a sword sling.

You're going to get a new sword soon? So I prepared it.

I thought it would give me something very useless, but it wasn't as bad as I thought.

Isn't there a law that requires only wearing a holy sword?

Later, he made a stylish sword

I think I should buy it and hang it around.

Why don't we talk while holding a cake?

Whether he was paying attention to Humanus or the present he brought, Eugese cut the cake and gave it to him.

Serpens-sama said that it's her birthday, so you eat a lot, and Shion is on a diet, right?

Yes?! Oh, no. This one has less sugar...

Despite her long ears, my words could not be heard in her ears.

She squinted one eye at Serpense, and Serpense's head moved up and down slightly as she received that gaze.

'2 to 1 is cowardly!'

I groaned inside.