CH 180

Duke, Please Repent! chapter 180

36. The Duke's Family Reunion (5)

Inquisitor Heretic, please calm down and sit back. If not, I was going to tell you about it today.

The Heretic Inquisitor sat quietly with a somewhat embarrassed face at Serpens' calm attitude.

Are you ashamed of the thought of showing a cold-hearted appearance in front of your nephew?

I think the Duke already knew.

You], of course I heard.

Somehow, I felt like I was bragging about my friendship. And that would not be my mistake.

As evidence of that, the heretical Inquisitor's expression became quite subtle.

'Serpence, you man! It's not my family, it's yours?'

I don't know what to check and limit.

I hope I know the existence of a heretical inquisitor

After finding out, I thought, 'Now that I have a real family, I don't need it anymore, right?' .

There is a possibility. He only made him anxious.

'Is it something to do with continuing to call her by her last name even though she's open enough to Euges?'

I felt the need to first realize that just because I made friends and his world expanded, I wasn't leaving anywhere.

It's a life that's going to send me back

angle was made

I was grateful to know that he was worried about me, but I was suddenly angry at these contradictory appearances that often popped up.

If he had found a way, he would have reassured me and sent me back, saying that he's fine now.

After that, I thought that I might have lived a daily life that had not changed, and I felt a fire inside.

Sir Zion? Why do you see it that way?

He said he was taking care of his facial expressions, but it seems he was looking at him with too much intent.

Serpens, who felt my gaze, expressed his doubts.

I thought the two of you looked alike. I was just doing a comparative analysis, so please don't mind me and continue the conversation.

The naive Serpense immediately believed my words and nodded.

Without knowing my speed, it is clear that he thought, 'I must have been thinking about something strange as usual.'

Before I left the capital for this expedition, I heard Sir Zion's words and it was suspicious.

As a result of paying attention to whether there is ... . I found something like this inside the barriers of the Volta Mountains.

Serpens placed the small box at his feet on the table and opened the lid.

Isn't this a black magic stone? A demon worshiper must have been hiding inside the barrier.

"What I have recovered is only a fraction of the whole mountain range."

Oh my god, Luxmea...

At those words, the Heretic Inquisitor sighed slightly.

He vomited and put the name of the god he worshiped in his mouth.

He must have remembered the catastrophe that would occur when the barrier of the mountain range was broken in his head.

"I was thinking of purifying on the spot, but I thought it would be better to submit it to the church, so I brought it here as a temporary measure.

"Good job. Do you remember the location where you found the Black Magic Stone?"

The Heretic Inquisitor closed the lid of the box and pulled it towards him, asking.

Yes. I will mark it on the map and send it to the denomination by the middle of today.

Thank you. I think it will be very helpful.''

If you plan to dispatch an investigation team, you must prepare well. Although the number of monsters decreased immediately after the subjugation...

The information and hypotheses that Serpens had informed me and Eugenes yesterday were passed on to the Heretic Inquisitor.

Inquisitor Heretic listened to the story with a serious face.

"Okay.

We'll be careful.

Please, I hope that someone's precious life does not lose its light.

...thank you.

The external fence only blew external lines with a smile on the outside.

"Someone precious," he said, was nothing more than a word to refer to the unspecified number of people who are precious to someone.

However, the Heretic Inquisitor seems to have taken it as a statement of concern for his own safety.

Where did the anticipation that we had before we met go?

The heretical interrogator, who had been consistent in his attitude, revealed a fragment of that feeling.

Unable to hide his dazed heart, he answered in a slightly calmed voice.

Then I'll just go.

Yeah, bye then...

Yes?! Already?

The Heretic Inquisitor and Serpens stood up and exchanged farewells, then looked at me in the middle with a puzzled expression.

Two similar faces standing side by side with similar expressions, it is very splendid.

It is a different feeling from when Serpens lit up with Yu Jis at a banquet hall one day.

Sir Zion?

Is it time to radiate charm?

Of the two, the one who shines the most has his eyes wide open and tilts his head, appealing to me that he is a more talented person with a face.

nothing more to see

Vote by text message for symbol number 1 Serpense right now... . No, not this.

"Eirich-sama is already leaving

I did it. I won't go away after a while... .

Let's say Serpence is.

What would you want from the guy who measured the kill angle before you even met him?

However, for the heretic inquisitor, it is blood and blood that he has seen in a very, very long time, and time with his niece for the first time.

'Are you really going to go back like this? Do you know when we will meet again?'

No matter how hard your nephew is building a wall, you can't do that to yours.

Like an adult, approach me first

Give me pocket money to buy and eat, and skip a word or two of virtue!

"Do you have more to say to me?"

"I don't exist, but I wonder if it's between the two of you?"

At my words, the Heretic Inquisitor glanced at Serpence.

Serpence, who received that gaze, smiled with a gentle face as usual.

I think it'll be fine.

Inquisitor Heretic answered with a sly smile. faint in it

Well, there was a happy feeling.

I'm guessing], 'Even if we are separated from each other and have different surnames, our minds are still thinking of things like family.

'It's not okay, this gentleman.

Even though blood is thicker than water, it seems to be inevitable against the walls of time.

He could not grasp the heart of the nephew he had met for the first time and was fooled by his outward appearance.

Then let's really go.

Yes, go take a look.

Serpens said, 'Uncle, can't we go play some more?'

Whatever I said, it was unlikely that the Heretic Inquisitor would put his buttocks on the couch again and have a dorando conversation with Serpence.

Inquisitor Heretic went out of the drawing room without any regrets, and Zeon followed him to see him off.

Look at that.

As soon as they went out, Serpens said sarcastically.

He was talking to me, but the ridicule

The negative target was not me.

" Serpens, what did you see?"

There was no way the guy who reacted sensitively to other people's emotions wouldn't have noticed.

But he looked like he really didn't know anything.

Serpens filtered out the affection towards him. as if it were quite natural

Whether verbally or in writing, if he does not express himself directly, he will not be able to accept it until the end.

A sigh came out.

There, maybe... . Oh , no.

Euges opened his mouth as if he had sensed something, then closed it again.

That reaction was definitely noticeable.

He must have guessed that his family had something to do with Serpence's continued hiding and acting out of place.

'I'm friendly with the people of the duke, so even if I didn't ask you intentionally, I'd have heard about how Serpence was until I came... .'

The heavy silence subsided.

Ah, true! I thought the two of you were still working, but were you having fun eating delicious food?

Ah-! How did you know that?!

Eugenes intentionally opened his mouth brightly in a high tone while trying to change the atmosphere.

I touched the corner of my mouth with my hand, wondering if there was any cookie crumbs on it, but nothing came out.

If it had been buried in the first place, Serpens would have pointed it out earlier.

I put an order at a famous bakery to eat together when the two of you finish work.

Well, it's a little sad.

Well, I have something to talk about with Serpens personally, and I think I need to eat something urgently because I don't have enough sugar...

If it's a personal story... it can't be helped.

Eugenes reflexively glanced at the spot where the Heretic Inquisitor had stayed.

It was a reaction that he understood the story that he did not tell himself, even though he was deeply saddened by it.

"By the way, we were the only ones eating snacks.

How did you know?"

As soon as you walk into the drawing room, you can smell the strong chocolate. How can you not know? What the hell did you eat?

"Ah, the smell !"

Me and Serpens were in the drawing room all the time, so we had our noses accustomed to the smell and overlooked it.

I ate hot chocolate and smore cookies... but... did Inquisitor Heretic even notice?

"Is that so?"

Serpens' eyes staring at me makes my side face tingle.

all.

If I said anything, it would seem like they were just going out and talking and sarcastic about why I'm doing this here.

"Isn't that why I asked you to eat in the office?"

"Who was it that opened the door to the Porre parlor, possessed by the sweet smell?"

That's what you told me to open...

Are you going to open it again if you say you ordered it? Anyone who hears it will think I'm a duke!

As if there was nothing to refute, the guy quietly shut his mouth and looked sullen.

stared at me

"You also enjoyed Serpence! Do you keep doing this after having fun together?"

Well, yes, though.

"To be honest, Serpence enjoyed it more than me, didn't it?"

It never happened. Don't try to distort reality just because you don't have witnesses.

Having no witnesses, the guy brazenly held out his flippers.

If he had learned from me, he wouldn't have shown such a conscientious attitude, but who the hell did he learn from?

Ah, I even gave you one more cookie for me. I drank two more cups of hot chocolate. Why not gossip after eating well?

Ummm...

Answer clearly! Yes? No?

"Uh, no "

In the end, the guy bowed his head and declared defeat in a crawling voice.

I shouldn't have lied to you sooner or later.

Zion .

Yes? Why?

I'm sorry, so don't bother me too much.

Presuming to be intoxicated with the sweet taste of victory, Eugese cautiously called me in and spoke carefully.

But did I say that a swearing sister-in-law is more hated than a cursing mother-in-law?

Those words did more damage to Serpens.

He can't even take his glasses off

He raised his glasses with his fingers, and covered my reddened face with both hands.

"If you had just admitted it from the beginning, this wouldn't have happened, would it?"

Just like if you pass the diamond gently, there will be no bloodshed.

I patted him on the back and whispered the truth of the world.

"You really !"

I know, I know. He's really nice and kind.

With my comfort, Serpens removed the hands covering his face, and strengthened his eyes.

and looked at me

"Hey . do you two usually do things like this?"

Today's MVP, Euges, who knocked down Serpence with decisive words, asked with an awkward expression.

I'm just playing. I'm kidding.

Ah, that's right... I guess this was just a game... I don't even know how the people of the Empire play.

Euges will soon get used to it.

I hate that.

I think I'm already used to the way he talks with a bright smile.