CH 197

Duke, Please Repent! chapter 197

40. The Duke and the Disappearance Case (2)

It must have been an act he had done unconsciously, but he did not know that he would even harm himself.

He was so upset that it wasn't his fault that Serpens had become like this, but he blamed the child for nothing.

'He's in this state, so what are you going to do with me?'

The more you do this, the more calm you need to be.

The good news is that his hand is slowly losing its strength.

He grabbed his hand and pulled him down.

Hmmm! Can you hear me?"

After clearing her throat and asking her question as calmly as possible, I saw Serpens nodding her head slightly.

The focus of the eyes seems to have returned a little. The guy looked at me.

Once you sit down? Yes. And relax your body. Follow me and take a deep breath.

shoo... , shh, ha... .

Serpens inhaled and exhaled helplessly as he stretched out on his chair.

Every time that happened, his heart pounded hard, and red blood flowed down the front of his shirt.

No, what are you doing wrong?!"

With a deliberate fuss, he gathered his hands together and held them with one hand.

With the other hand, he took out a handkerchief from his inner pocket, wiped the blood roughly, and gently pressed the wound to stop bleeding.

It's okay. It'll be okay. It hasn't happened yet, and before that

Now that you know Lee, you have time to prepare, right? Even if it explodes, it is not determined that it will inevitably lead to bad results.

Serpens said that not everyone in the world is like me. Yeah, not everyone is like me. But what about Euges? Me and Euges are different. Do you think you'll regret it?

He breathes slowly, looks at me, and blinks.

"No? Of course, as Serpens said.

There may be people who point the finger at Serpens. But such a person can just skip it. Because he's a very disrespectful person who only enjoys hurting others.

Sunwoo...

It's fine. It'll be fine.

As he smiled softly as a sign of reassurance, the expression on his face began to come to life.

The brow furrowed, and the lips lengthened horizontally. perfect cry.

Unsurprisingly, tears welled up in the boy's eyes.

Once you come to your senses, let's start with treatment. You didn't touch your arteries? Well, it doesn't seem like that much...

whoops... .

Over there?

It seems that he has returned with enough spirit to use his divine power, but he only wiggles his fingers.

He didn't seem to want to heal the wound on his neck.

"Serpens?"

I called again, but he

I shook my head and saw more blood for nothing.

It's good for him to be stupid, but it's not good to be stupid. not right.

When one's own body is injured, it is easy to lead to habitual self-injury if the caregiver's concerns and attention are indulged.

When buds are visible, they should be rectified immediately.

"Are you threatening me now?"

. Threats, huh?

Let's frown and say, girl

Seok opened his eyes wide in surprise.

The tears that had been hanging from the corners of his eyes rolled down his cheeks, which were red and flushed with blood.

Aren't you still protesting to be worried about yourself and pay attention to your injuries without treatment?

I, I..., umm...

Perhaps it was something he had done without realizing it, he mumbled and could not continue his words.

Serpens, would you like me to deliberately go out alone in dangerous places or get hurt in order to get Serpens' attention? Refusing treatment?

At my words, Serpens shook his head with a desperate expression like a person he had met even though he had clear brilliance.

"Wait, wait, wait! It just stopped!"

His ferocious headbanging made blood gushing out again.

I can't live because of him, I can't live

Anyway, don't you like it? It's the same for me. Still, I'm very upset because Serpens got hurt, but I'm so mad because the person who hurt me is a Serpens, but still, I can't even get angry because Serpens is a Serpens...

Mi, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, do you need treatment right away? Before the wound heals.

He treated the wound on his neck with a somewhat sad expression.

After all, only his body is large, but inside he is a completely young child, child.

'Is this why I don't treat him like a child?'

Taking a deep breath, he turned the handkerchief upside down and wiped the bloodstains from his neck.

It didn't dry out after a while, but instead on the white skin.

It spread red and left a mark of its own.

It doesn't clean very well. Whoops, whoops Okay, now it's a little clean...!

"Seo, Seonwoo ?!"

Oh.

It's a habit, so it's scary.

As he raised his head to the bewildered Serpense's voice while wiping with saliva on his handkerchief, he was able to meet his shaky eyes.

It was so absurd that tears stopped.

So, this is it? In the soul

It can be said that it is an engraved ethnic characteristic... . It's the same as blowing a breath before cleaning your glasses.

Breath and saliva are different.

It's the same thing from the mouth, but what's the difference? You can't blow a breath on the nape of Serpens' neck.

If Serpens's body wasn't made of glass or metal in the first place, what should he do with his breath?

That doesn't make it particularly shiny.

"Come on, let's put off worrying about things that haven't happened yet.

It's a priority to stop it first, right?

" to say something else."

He buttoned his shirt, which he had untied for nothing, and picked up a piece of cloth that had fallen on the floor and wrapped it around his neck], patting it on top.

"Why are you unpacking it?"

"So, why did you tie this up with a ribbon?"

I'm trying to see if Serpens has regained his sanity.

With a more relaxed expression on the boy's face, he breathed in a smirk.

The cravat, which was tied neatly again by his hand, covered the blood stains on his shirt well.

How am I supposed to explain that to the maids?

Don't wipe your face with a saliva-soaked handkerchief.

Ouch!

I put my handkerchief roughly on Serpens's desk, took the handkerchief from his arms and wiped the tears from his face... , gave it away.

"It looks like the crying has stopped, but wipe it yourself, yourself!

Yes, there is none.

" isn't that not a very bad thing?"

Still, it is an abuse of power to make you do such a thing.

Isn't that what I did?

What do you know, something like that.

I put a handkerchief in his hand, and while he grunted, he took off his glasses and wiped away his tears.

When he used divine power to treat the reddened eye area, the previous uproar was like an illusion, leaving no trace of it anywhere.

'Because I don't pay tea like that.

I don't know anything... .'

Looking down at the guy who was cleaning his glasses, he sighed.

Let's call the butler first.

"Why is he?"

If you're a butler, wouldn't you be aware of the identities of those who worked in the past? Besides, he's in charge of the Prasidus family's intelligence group.

If it's an investigation, I'll do it.

While wearing glasses, Serpens puckered out his lower lip to express his dissatisfaction.

There's a lot going on in the fortress.

I squeezed the boy's protruding mouth as if to put that complaint in.

Then, instead of being pushed, he leaned his head forward and pushed my hand away as if in repulsion.

It's rebellious, but it's too childish to be considered puberty.

I guess it's just the Ugly of the Fury (Twenty) five years old.

Serpens are out of this investigation.

If the duke's intelligence group isn't enough, I'll ask Eugenes as well.

"Sne ?"

Try keeping your mouth shut. I'm talking.

Serpens frowned and shook his head to shake my hand away.

"What are you thinking?"

"What do you think Serpens is thinking of going directly to the investigation?"

Isn't it good to say that we have to stop things before they happen?

But no serpents

why?

Is he really asking because he doesn't know?

It's really amazing and my nose is stuffy.

Now that I'm a little more stable, I think I know that I'm really okay.

"What if the same situation just happens again? Can you get your stability back on your own? It doesn't seem like it to me? Right now, I can't sleep because I'm anxious tonight. "

Good luck, it'll be fine.

It's okay, go ahead!

If you have the ability, you can't. What would you do if the monkey found yourself in a panic and defenseless?"

Well, that can't be...

Oh, what do you think!

Serpens shrugged his shoulders and placed his hands politely on his lap.

An attitude of listening is very good.

"Will the monkey pat me on the back and send me home, saying, 'Hey, this is such a sad thing!

Sir! Thank you so much for all these gifts! Tenebrio-sama will be very happy too, 匸] .'

As if there was nothing to refute, the boy's head bowed.

"Where did I say something wrong?"

Uh, uh:

"I'm wrong~, right?"

...Sunwoo is right.

Are you going to leave, aren't you?

I'm not going out.

Right, right. That's great.

He lightly tapped the boy's head.

Although his voice was low, he answered, so there will be no sneaking out.

By the way, if you want to get help from Wilydia-sama...

Euges will help you even if you don't tell me. But it's something you'll find out eventually when you investigate, so it's better to tell him directly.

Is that so...

Serpens let out a long sigh.

Someday he would say

It seems that I am not yet mentally prepared.

"How far should I say it?"

That's for Serpens to decide. I know it's hard to say.

It takes a lot of courage to tell someone something difficult just by thinking about it.

But if we leave it like this, this timid fence will never say anything.

"Instead of Seonwoo "

look at this

If it's really hard, I'll talk for you.

I might give In fact, I wish Serpence did it himself, but . In any case, there must be a serpence in the speaking position, and the serpent must also set the scope.

Ummm...

I've never raised a Serpence so passive!

I'll think about it.''

I'm going to let him think about it, and I pulled the lanyard behind Serpens' seat to call Hans.

Come on, wait a minute. Time to think...

Oh, go on. Who's saying it? I'll tell the butler well, so if you think it's going to get in your way, go to the living room over there.

No. It's done.

He took a breath, straightened his back, and sat up in an upright posture.