CH 196

Duke, Please Repent! chapter 196

40. The Duke and the Disappearance Case (1)

After lunch, on the way to the kitchen to decide on today's dessert.

I stopped walking at the appearance of Jack running away crying.

Jack? What's happening all of a sudden?

Assistant... . Uh, what, what do you do?!

I don't know why you came to me, but it will never be a good thing

am.

Not even in the mood to explain the details, Jack rubbed the corners of his eyes with the sleeves that had gotten wet earlier and continued to wipe the tears that were flowing uncontrollably.

Calm down for once, and talk carefully.

He patted his back sobbing and spoke to him once more.

Open the letter...

A letter?

Then I noticed that Jack's hand was clenched like a crumpled piece of paper.

The letter made me feel even more anxious. There was nothing good about coming to this world with regards to letters.

To add a bit of exaggeration, slowly, I started to fear the letter more than the monkey.

'Why are you doing this? I wrote a lucky letter?!'

I should have sent it to seven people, but is it because I only sent it to one person?

I'm really conflicted about whether I should write six more chapters right now.

Ah, father, hehehe! Father !

"Are you your father, Wayne?"

Jack sniffled and looked like he was about to say something, but was soon buried in tears.

If it's okay with you, can I take a look at the letter?

It is important to appease him, but for now, the first priority is to determine the cause.

So do you heal it properly.

When I reached out to Jack, he handed me the letter he was holding so tightly that his hand was pale.

I carefully unfolded the crumpled paper and found that two letters in different fonts were overlapping each other.

all.

One of them had a strong feeling that it had been scribbled in haste, and the other, on the contrary, was carefully stifled.

At first glance, he glanced at the letter, which seemed urgent at first glance.

In a nutshell, Jack's father entrusted him with a letter to send to his son, Jack, if he suddenly disappeared.

It is believed to have been written by Jack's mother.

'What else is suddenly disappearing?'

Perhaps it was because of the urgency I felt in the letter I just read, my heart also became urgent.

Without even thinking about it, I moved on to the next chapter.

This is what...

Bo, aide! Please, please, our father...!

Okay. Calm down. I think I'll have to report to the Duke first, so I'll just leave. I'll take the letter as well. Are you okay?

I pat Jack on the shoulder a couple of times and give him time to respond.

Without it, he headed straight to the office where Serpence was.

As I swung the office door open, Serpens looked at me with surprised eyes.

"Seo , Sir Zion? Why do you look like that?"

His face was full of concern as he half stood up as he put the pen he was holding on to the desk.

'I'm really worried, really.'

First, I closed the door that I had opened wide.

Is it too much force, behind the back?

I heard a 'bang-!' from the outside, but it didn't matter much.

I strode over to Serpence, who was standing restlessly.

Sunwoo? Is there something wrong?

It's true that the problem arose, but it wasn't me, but the users who worked at the duke's house before... and Serpens.

"What does that mean?"

The boy made an indescribable expression.

I feel insecure about the fact that they are people I used to work for, but on the other hand, I'm relieved that it's not my problem.

With such a strange expression, Serpens tilted his head.

Do you remember Jack's father you met last year?

Serpens nodded as if it was natural.

He's missing.

is it?

The problem isn't just that he's gone.

Based on what I said earlier, it seems that I have figured out what the 'problem' is.

Serpence said softly

He put the words into his mouth and looked into my eyes.

Perhaps right.

Another letter to Jack was from his father, Wayne.

There was a colleague I was close with while working at the duke's residence, and he heard from him that another colleague had gone missing.

And soon after, the colleague who told me the story also suddenly lost contact.

It could be a coincidence, but maybe a peacock

I thought that there might be people who kidnapped the people I worked for, so I wrote a letter in advance and entrusted it to my wife.

'Finally, when you receive a letter, it is to be delivered immediately to me as an aide... .'

When I remembered the last time I saw his expression.

And it would be more correct to say that the purpose of 'delivery' rather than asking for help is the purpose of information delivery, not a request for help.

Let him know that someone is digging up Serpence's past, and that there are people who are trying to threaten him with it.

it will be for

And whoever deserves it... .

How come you've been quiet for months, I!

Damn you bastards! really jingle jingle

I wondered if the year had passed without a hitch, but he was secretly plotting a scheming behind the scenes.

" What do you think their purpose is?"

He was asking for my opinion, but he must have already had tens of thousands of scenarios running through his mind.

do.

The blood on his face, which was full of vitality, had long since faded.

His face, boasting of transparent milky skin, was pale and tired, and it didn't feel as alive as a porcelain baked with white glaze.

" it's okay, I will."

Isn't that possible?

His eyes, who were looking at me, suddenly became hazy, and I couldn't tell where the two pupils, which had been loosed, were facing.

It's Serpence's fault...!

If the past is known, it may also be revealed.

Without realizing it, I inhaled and inhaled.

His ex-Duke and Duchess of Prasidus were holding him by the ankle even after death, and constantly tormenting him.

There is no evidence.

It's enough to create evidence. And I have a solid heart to back it up.

But! It was self-defense, wasn't it?

It doesn't matter. Others

In their eyes, I'm just a hypocritical and cruel human being who kills my parents and lives a life of nothing... .

It's a really bad story.

"Perhaps even the treatment I received from them, because I was lacking I thought I had done something wrong and had no choice but to educate myself that way "

No! It's strange for those who think that way. It's wrong to try to find fault with the victim without asking the perpetrators fault!

"But in that sense, am I not the perpetrator too ?"

Serpence never...

That's just an individual opinion, Seonwoo. Not everyone in the world is like you.

you have to say something

However, no words could reach the present Serpense.

I was engrossed in pessimism, and I only pictured the worst situation in my head.

It wasn't a day or two that they tried to frame Serpens...?

"That's why I kidnapped 'them.

I don't think it will.

can't deny it

I hate to say no, but I know it's a lie, and Serpence knows it.

Rather, it is counterproductive.

"Even if it is unclear what happened to the former duke and his wife, it will be clear how I was educated by them. And that Seonwoo. Also, anyone can easily think that there is a discrepancy."

Serpens, please...

It's just a cool look at the situation.

It's because you don't have a cold face right now?!

His head was towards me. But the eyes that were completely out of focus did not contain anything.

With an expressionless face, his eyes were clearly cloudy and dark, his mouth was fluttering and he sounded like a cold-hearted person.

Everyone will know. That all of me was a pretense and an act... that everything they saw was a pretense, a deception, and a hypocrisy... It was revealed, Jin, Myeon. I... how much, how much

Due to .

His voice began to swell little by little.

At first, I thought I was going to cry.

But his hazy eyes were completely dry.

Nevertheless, his breathing gradually became hazy and pale, and it was difficult to even speak in the past, and it was barely possible to seep through a very narrow gap.

I, I...

The cramped Serpens raised their hands

Ryeo pulled the cravat that was neatly tied around his neck.

A white cloth fell to the floor.

Still having a hard time breathing, his hand continued groping near his neck.

His fingers reached the collar of the shirt he always had closed all the way, and he unbuttoned three of them.

That's not enough... .

Wait, wait! What are you doing?!

More like trying to untie something from a neck that no longer has anything on it.

The trembling fingers suddenly raised their fingernails and were biting the raw flesh.

Calm down, Serpens!

"Ah, uh shhh."

Breathe! You'll be fine. It's okay. Do you believe me?

客 Ugh

In my heart, I wanted to forcefully hold his hand, even by force, but my strength was not enough.

It is best to hold his hand in an entwined way by squeezing your fingers between his hands and neck.

"How do other people view Serpens?

Ji, is it still that scary? Why? Serpents don't even see others as persons, are they still afraid of their words?

Are you afraid of when they will criticize you? So, have you treated others as if they were inanimate objects, as if you were looking at the wall and acting?

Instead of answering, heh, a thin breath sounded.

I don't know if that means positive or negative. Maybe Serpens himself doesn't know.

"By the way, what is this?!

It is thickly stacked with high-density materials to block everything from approaching, and the height is needlessly low for such a subject, so it is being hit by stones thrown by others."

There really is no brainer. He's got a good head, but he's completely stupid. It's so ugly and stupid that I can't even breathe.

If the gaze of others is so frightening, have you been locked up in the mountains by yourself...

"I have a lot of unnecessary responsibilities."

He's also good at running away.

I wish I could have just run away casually.

But no matter how many times he ran, he eventually came back.