CH 183

Duke, Please Repent! chapter 183

37. Revisiting the Dark House with the Duke (3)

There was a slight humiliation of folding the pants, but other than that, it fit perfectly.

We exited quietly through the back door of the mansion, leaving behind Sir Taylor, in uniform, to see us off.

The gate located in the Countess of Puscator was disguised as a second-hand bookstore.

Step inside, smell the old paper

The bird tickled the tip of his nose.

An old man who appears to be the owner of a bookstore was reading a book wearing magnifying glasses, then glanced at us and shifted his gaze back to the book.

Unlike the run-down antique shops in the Viscount of Libor, it feels like a decent bookstore to the point where I doubt if it's really a disguise.

'Is it the difference between a counties who live on Congo and live on only a snot and a countess, which is located near the capital?'

A dazzling localization strategy stands out.

Even openly located on the street

So, there are probably quite a few people who don't even know that this is one of the entrances to the dark district and come to buy books.

I'm looking for [Ecological Encyclopedia of Carnivorous Plants].

Where do you get one or two books about plants? If you go to the other end, they are piled up, so I hope you can find them yourself.

Frederick approached the bookstore owner and talked to him, but the old man seems to be obsessed with the book.

Without raising his head, he raised his hand and pointed to a bookshelf marked with categories related to plants.

What I'm looking for is a book that was out of print 10 years ago... I heard that out of print books are stored separately.

Ah, yes. I've come to know you well. How is the author?

The book was written by a botanist named Hamilton Hamiltoni.

'Hamilton Hamiltony' is just a keyword to enter the dark district. In fact, no botanist with such a name exists.

As proof of that, the old man who had almost buried his face in a book raised his head and checked us again.

I think it's a book I remember brought in. There are a lot of unorganized books in the warehouse.... I'll look for it when I come back tomorrow.

"I need something urgently, so can I look for it myself?"

If you do that, I'm comfortable.

The old man grinned and with a slow motion he inserted a bookmark into the book he was reading.

Follow me.

The old man who got up from his seat with a gurgling sound guided us.

There was a warehouse full of books, whether it was to deal with avid readers who listen to the exchange code and want to check the warehouse.

But we passed the warehouse and went down to the basement, and after that, it's the same as last time.

The appearance of the old holy site, which I had revisited after a long time, was still promiscuous and promiscuous.

A fight broke out on one side of the fight, and on the other side, a half-naked man and woman were kissing each other's bodies.

nobody cares about them

didn't

There were also drunkards who fell asleep on the street after being so drunk.

Someone rummaged through their pockets as if rummaging through their pockets, stealing money-worthy items and ran away, while others slashed the drunken drunken face with a knife for fun and leisurely left.

The drunkard seems to have been paralyzed by alcohol. Even after being cut by a sword, he scratched his face as if it were sore and woke up screaming in scorching pain.

It is a scene that makes you well aware of what happens to a person who is careless in this town even for a moment.

Ummm...

Although it was a sight he had seen countless times, Serpence acted as if he had seen it for the first time.

Pretending to be engulfed in shock, he covered his mouth with his hand and pretended to swallow his sigh. As he bowed his head slightly, his fine blue-dyed hair fluttered and flowed down the hood.

Are you okay?

Oh, sorry.

At Frederick's worrying words, Serpens straightened his back and pressed the hood deeper with the hand that covered his mouth.

It seemed as if the action was to hide his face, which had turned white from shock.

It wasn't really white, but I think it would look that way because of the fact that I had fair and clear skin from the beginning.

I unintentionally delayed a lot of time before departure, so it's better to move quickly.

Even though he pretends to be determined, even the lines that seem to reveal that it is still difficult.

It almost sounded like a whistle.

Unlike me, Frederick was blindly deceived by Serpence's abominable acting.

let's go.

Frederick spoke in a determined voice and walked forward. Maybe he thought he needed to be alert.

Serpens pushed me slightly and put me in the middle, and he walked behind me.

It was.

Frederick's gait was dignified.

There was a sense of tension, but he did not look around anxiously or be excessively wary of the surroundings.

Of course, I had plenty of room because I remembered the dance Serpens showed on my first visit.

Perhaps for that reason, there were no men attacking me like the last time I visited.

This is it.

Arrive in front of the pub with a scorpion sign

One Frederick paused and looked back.

He and Serpens looked at each other and nodded slightly.

From now on, you have to enter a place that may or may not be a trap, so that means you have to be nervous.

Then I'll go in.

Serpens, who had been back, stepped forward and opened the door with a large sign that read "Today is closed."

As I opened the door, I was greeted with a dark interior.

No guests, wooden

A chair was placed upside down on the table.

And in the spot where the only light to illuminate the dark interior was like a spotlight, a slender silhouette dressed as a bartender stood.

"Are you black-eyed who can't read text, or are you a promised guest?"

A woman's voice was clearly heard.

She wiped the glass with a white cloth and spit it out indifferently.

While driving away the barge of the dark district and the owner of this shop, Scorpion,

From the beginning, it was a natural attitude to say that he was the owner of this place.

She had her dark green, black hair tied together and rolled up, and that's why she only knew that she had long hair.

It was difficult to estimate the actual length of the hair.

The bangs were neatly undone with hair gel, but the forehead, which should have been exposed coolly, was covered by the mask that covered the entire face.

In fact, more important than this

It was separate, and it had long horizontal ears and .

Dark Elf?!

It's not, it's Yujis, who had his hair dyed with purple powder.

I was surprised once, just to stick to the set play.

Excuse me.

In the same way, Eugene, who was absorbed in the setting, answered.

Mixing some laughs, I created a feeling that I had seen something plausible rather than offended.

It's the arrogant attitude of the owner of the dark district.

I will apologize on behalf of the group's disrespect.

Serpens took a step forward and said.

It is a setting fence that is different from usual.

therefore?

...Yes?

The answer to my question may still be there.

Eugene arrogantly raised the tip of his chin and said.

Every day after working hours.

No one at the Duchess would have known that an acting class was taking place in Serpens' study.

The time when I started learning acting was the same, but Eugenes reached a point I couldn't get over.

Giving the talent of the creator and the talent of an actor together!

God was also unfair.

'Oh, the god of this world was Luxmea, wasn't it?'

Favored Mea was also Luxmea.

I heard you called me.

Serpens said as he walked under the hood.

Long hair dyed in water flowed down as softly as water.

You were a guest.

She gestured to sit at the bar seats that lined up in front of her.

Boldly if someone who didn't know the situation saw it, Serpens strode forward, pulled out a chair, and sat down.

Fred Rick, who realized that he had to go hard without being afraid, walked up and sat down on a chair.

I took off my robe and walked slowly, put it on the back of the chair and sat down.

There is no particular reason. Just because it was hot.

Huh...!

Frederick looked at me in amazement, but what about the heat?

Summer here is incomparable to the world I used to live in, but summer is summer.

Wearing a robe in the middle of summer is not an embarrassment.

'Especially for ordinary people who do not have any abilities like me.'

Serpens and I showed our faces one after another, and Frederick hesitated and pulled up the hood.

Purple hair, the same color as his eyes, was revealed.

Are you really the owner of this street?

"Did you like the material I sent to my subordinate last year?"

Ignoring Frederick's unguarded question, Eugese Serpen

asked s

If it's the data I sent last year...

Data on the slave trade in the Empire.

"Ah ! What sent it ?"

Yeah, that's me.

At this point, he couldn't erase the feeling that Serpence would become Eugene's subordinate, but he just pretended not to know.

Thank you. Thanks to you, the darkness in places where the light does not reach has been lifted a little bit.

I don't need to thank you.

It's like a by-product of the process of saving my compatriots. I still love the god Luxmea, but I don't like the Empire very much. You, the prince of that place, too.

Frederick, the second prince of the Empire, expressed his gratitude on behalf of the Empire, but Eugenes responded cynically.

Of course, that's just a setting.

Aren't you apologizing for ignoring me inside, saying I'm sorry?

"I, but you talk like that".

"Even though I have settled here, I am not a subject of the Empire.

NS. And the body that left the country. I don't belong to any country, and I'm not tied to anything. So, if you ask me what it is, there is no reason to show respect to a subject who harbors a feeling of resentment."

There is no such thing as being expelled from the Arche Kingdom just because you become a Dark Elf.

'Do not betray the continent, do not follow the devil', which is mandatory after becoming able to properly speak the language. Unless he broke his oath and became a Dark Elf.

Even that, to some extent, is tradition and

nothing but nothing

'In fact, in the long history of the Arche Kingdom, there has not been a single person who violated it and became a Dark Elf.'

Also, there was no discrimination against Dark Elves.

Even if the skin color changed and the hair color darkened, they were still our neighbors and family.

They were just pitiful and pitiful people with only their hearts and souls hurt.

The nature of the elves was too good to treat them harshly.

That is, all of this.

He said that he had left his country and resented the empire. And that he became a dark elf.

He continues to emphasize that there is a story of some kind.

It was a dialogue that led me to wonder about it.

What the hell happened to you? And why the hell did you call me...

Serpens asked with a voice that seemed pitiful.

The first question is, let me know after you accept the offer I'm making you.

gist. The same goes for the cooperation promised in the letter. And can I say the second question is to offer you the offer?"

"You mean an offer to me?"

A keyword that clearly knows what the proposal is], Serpens tilted his head with an innocent face that he didn't really know anything.

Eugene's ears popped open once.

'Hey, let's be careful!'

It goes against the setting, so Eugese should pay more attention to ear care.

it seems

Serpense is the same.

I hope you don't make any facial expressions that make your sister's heart bleak for nothing.

" Do you know about an organization called the Illuminati?"

Eugese, who quickly regained his composure, said calmly, as if he had just opened his ears.

Last year in the Kingdom of Bastul, I rescued Lord Redford...

It's just one of those battles we've had with the demon worshipers that devour the continent.

I've been fighting them all the time.

"Why are you talking about that now?"

The give-and-take conversation paused for a moment.

Serpens looked straight into the eyes of Euges, who peeked through the mask, and Euges looked at him silently.

Serpens A. Prasidus. We hope you will join our Illuminati.

It sounds like a voice that was deliberately lowered."

Oh my, what's the use of all these descriptions?

hey

'What is this secret society to save the world?!'

It is not inferior to just calling it a secret group fraudulent organization.