CH 121

Duke, Please Repent! chapter 121

29. The duke's aides (2)

I tried knocking on the bedroom door just in case, but there was no response. Even when I turn the doorknob, it is still locked.

'I've always been on the go, wouldn't it look weird if I went down to the bar today?'

I don't know where he went, but it's clear he went to investigate.

Even if I go back to my room anyway, nothing interesting happens, and it's a pity to just go down, even if it's a waste to go up to the 5th floor.

With this in mind, I will have to sit around alone in the study with the mindset of cooperating with Serpence's alibi.

I put the cake on the table that I brought when I started eating late at night in the study.

I lay down comfortably on the sofa I was used to now, and opened a book.

As I am reading a book in the silence of my breathing, all I can hear is a little drowsiness.

There's no need to defeat it.

Sunwoo.''

In my sleep, I heard a faint voice calling my name. He must have been a serpent without needing to check, but he couldn't even close his eyes and talk.

Once I opened my eyes His vision came into view, dressed in a dark outfit with a hood.

"Are you here now?"

I was about to go to my room, and I felt a presence, so I came... What are you doing here?

The question is, why is he sleeping on the sofa in someone else's study, leaving his own room with a bed in it?

It was an absurd expression, but it was like that. I got up and stretched out.

What are you doing? Of course I've been waiting for Serpense.

Wait... Do I have any business?

"More than that, where have you been without a word?"

Had I known he was absent, I wouldn't have come up. I wish I had left the cake in the kitchen and asked to upload it at tea time tomorrow.

He deliberately looked up and down his whereabouts, with the meaning of where he was sneaking around in that manner.

' Come to think of it.'

Was it because I heard from Winston about swords earlier? He was concerned about his empty waist, which he would normally have passed on without hesitation.

'In [Master of the Holy Sword], as soon as the day of choice passed, he carried a sword and carried it around.

Somehow, the current Serpence is still unarmed. Of course, the birthday present that Humanus gave me must be buried somewhere.

'Unlike back then, I'm not driven mentally, but if I think of it as proof that my mind is stable, it's positive... .'

Even so, what does it mean that the person going to investigate the undercover is unarmed? He had previously told me he didn't carry a sword, and that was the case with him.

I've been to the Argento Territory.

The Duchy of Argento?!

It sounds like you went to the enemy camp without a single weapon.

When I asked my flagship, he said, 'Why is he overreacting again?'

made a face like

Then he nodded his head slightly with an expression that he knew if he had found his own reason.

In the Duchy of Argento, there is a gate that connects to the dark district.

Hey, that's incredibly useful.

I think he took it as a question of how he got to that long distance so quickly. At my sarcastic tone, he tilted his head with a 'Isn't this?'

"I was curious about that too."

I just got stuck in the sword and postponed it for a while.

Doesn't Serpens buy swords? I don't even have to pick up a holy sword anymore, so I'll just hit one that fits my hand, right?

Did you wait until now to talk about that?

no.

I pointed to the cake with my index finger. Following his fingers, his gaze turned to the table.

"I bought a cake, but he wasn't there, so I was afraid that Serpens would be found out when I went down. When I came back from waiting, I wanted to ask what he was doing and left without a word?"

Let's eat first.

I woke up and didn't realize it, but it must have been dinner time. It seems that he came back on time for dinner on purpose so as not to be found out that he had left.

Serpence headed towards the bedroom to change clothes, and I went down first.

Came up after eating. As I put the tableware borrowed from the kitchen on the table and took out the cake, Serpens arrived.

If it's a sword, there are things that the family has equipped for each type, so you can use one of them if necessary.

As soon as I arrived, I went straight to the main topic.

Serpens in [Master of the Holy Sword] carried a sword right after the day of choice. I think I wrote one of them.

Isn't it new? A craftsman doesn't choose a tool, but if you have a good tool, you can get better results, of course.

To get the right weapon, you have to visit the Terra Room Kingdom, but for now, the stabilization of the Empire is the priority, so there is nothing to be done.

Judging from what you are saying, it seems that he has an intention to match weapons.

However, the situation is not good, so for the time being, I will just make up with what I have.

'Dwarves are a race of artisans, so they see people and make weapons tailored to the user?'

They have great pride and self-esteem.

If the user does not come directly, they are the ones who refuse the request even if they give them thousands of gold.

It was also a Dwarf who created a new type of weapon used in the current Luxmea Church's Great Hall. At that time, there are records that the Pope personally visited their kingdom.

On the good side, the craftsmanship was excellent, on the bad side, it was inflexible.

As a joke, there is even a saying, 'If an elf maintains the innocence of a boy/girl until the moment he dies, a dwarf is born with the savagery like a brat from the moment he is born.'

'Yeah, where did you not tell the god Luxmea to come and find you?'

Anyway, unless it's a sword like that, I don't think there's anything I can do other than match the Serpense's skills, as they are all swords that are the same size as those of a long time ago.

" But when you go to a dangerous place, you can use a weapon

I'll take some and go. Do you not know?"

I'm talking about someone else.

I'll take good care of myself in the future, so take care of your serpence as well.

With the expression that he had obtained an unexpected income from my words, he meekly nodded.

Be careful in the future.

As a reward, he placed a piece of wheat crepe cake on a plate and handed it out.

Serpens looked at the stacked layers, and then ate a regular cake.

He cut off the tip and put it in his mouth.

In order not to disturb the shape, it is a more delicate hand movement than usual.

"So, how was your visit?"

I asked him, rolling the top with a fork.

"I thought it would be difficult to hide in Yeongju Castle on a bright day, so I only looked around Yeong-ji."

I don't know if it's from Prasidus, who knows all about security devices, including the deployment of troops.

The castle of another duke's family is displayed in broad daylight.

Going out seems burdensome, no matter how serpents are.

"Have you had any income?"

It was clean.

As if it was creepy, he frowned.

Just because it's clean doesn't mean it's not dirty. It must be said that there are no traces of demon cults to be found.

Then you're saying that the Duke of Argento is just trying to keep Serpens in check with his pure lust for power?

There is a possibility, but...

The aide was suspicious.

If you're an aide, Sir Breathe?

After the last big fight, I never talked to him again.

I didn't feel the need to talk to him first. He, too, realized that touching me doesn't make him look good, so they were half-ignoring each other.

"If I had known this would be the case, would I have been a little closer? If that had been the case, I would have thought about it implicitly while having a conversation."

It sounds like a big deal.

As if he was not even dreaming of approaching him, his expression and voice were resolute.

But is it really a matter of the wonder of the arm? Or, the Duke of Argento is trying to put everything on him...

The possibility of that is being considered as much as possible, but for now, he is the most suspicious.

According to Serpens' explanation, it seems that the Duke of Argento is quite cheap about him. There are rumors that he loves his aide more than his son?

'Often at the advisory meeting, like a whisper

It was enough to show them exchanging things.

For nearly 20 years, I have been traveling with him most of the day from a location closer to him than his son. It just felt closer than family.

However

"Oh my God, where is the duke who is swayed by an aide?"

The aide is the closest position to a superior and offers advice and opinions, isn't it?

There are horns!

Whether they were on the same side as the duke, Serpence poured out words like excuses.

Anyway, yes! Huh, oh, uh, I don't have teeth . What the hell are all those incompetent people?!

Yeah, that's incompetent...

Incompetent!

O Uh " -9 - '口

He lowers his fork and lowers his head. You must have thought it was something to be ashamed of as a duke.

I-I-I-I'm so crazy! And I'm so crazy! I just put the peacock on the palm of my hand and the mouse.

Are you rocking? There is a degree to being disrespectful! tt-!

Kicking his tongue, he put a crepe wrapped around a fork into his mouth.

Serpens looked at me like I was curious.

Oh, I'm not kidding you with what you eat! It's the way my sister ate, but after trying it once, it's really fun.

"It's not "

He mumbled, and quietly blinked his eyes.

" why are you looking at me like that?"

Oh.

Somehow, he said that it was strange for Serpens to make desperate excuses like his own. It was really because it was his job.

"Is the Empire okay with the dukes swayed by their aides?"

Whoops!

I'm really worried, so I'm asking. Is it okay if there are only two dukes?

As if not to ask myself about that, Serpens looked at me with a disgraceful expression. With a face burning with shame, if there is even a mouse hole in front of you, it will crawl in.

Uh, um... That's right. Did the Duke of Argento say he was in his 70's? Did he say that his son went down to live separately because he concentrated on managing the estate... and his wife died?

If you're nervous, you close your mouth and roll your eyes away.

It could be because you're getting older and you're getting weaker! Yeah, that's it!

As you dig into your broken heart and take care of yourself by your side, you have no choice but to pass!"

Being lonely and hostile, I unconsciously look for a place to turn to, and of course I have no choice but to lean on Sir Palsum, who has been by my side for a long time!

It seemed like he was swearing too much, so even though he defended him diligently, Serpense's expression showed no sign of improving at all.

It seems that the truth was not felt because of the exaggeration.

That's right. In a state of unstable mind and spirit, it is easy to be swayed by other people's words, that's what it means.

Now that's over.

We were silent for a moment, then nibbled on the cake.

After each ate a piece, we were able to continue the conversation again.

Then you went all the way to Argento and looked around? Do you have any souvenirs?

"I went to work."

"Even on a business trip, you should buy something like a souvenir."

I'll keep that in mind the next time I go.

I didn't know that I would take the words lightly thrown in the mood to change the mood. As I gazed at Serpens' face that had regained its original color, he held out an empty plate to me.

Another piece of cake was placed on top of it.

"I'm asking this out of curiosity, didn't you just eat a little to eat a lot of cake?"

Eating well is a special thing, so if you cover it and feed it, you're going to have problems like this. In the future, I felt the need to feed little by little.