CH 200

Duke, Please Repent! chapter 200

40. The Duke and the Disappearance Case (5)

Just because I forgot to talk to the kitchen, I was foolish to think about what to do if I don't have a snack to accompany today's tea time.

Serpens likes sweets. It's been 20 years since I've found that favorite thing. Even then, he noticed that he was secretly hiding and eating!

'As a cook, how disgusting and pitiful can it be?'

Even the ingredients to make the snack belong to the peasant.

There was no reason on this continent for the maids in the kitchen not to make and offer food that Serpens would love.

To conclude, today's dessert is a cheese cracker meringue cookie with sweet salty magic.

" why are you two so quiet today?"

Jill, in a voice of doubt,

asked

She asked why it was quiet, but it wasn't really that quiet either.

However, it is different from usual that the drawing room is filled with the sound of crumbling meringue cookies and crackers, rather than the noise of a fuss.

Perhaps he and I were questioning the fact that Serpense and I were just eating cookies without a word.

'Especially, Serpense's child seems hesitant to say something, and it is clearly visible. Don't be curious and give up?'

It was fine until Eugenes sat down and refreshments were being put on the table.

He sat up straight with his back straight and calmed his mind.

However, the moment the maids leave and are about to open their mouths. He stopped like a machine with brakes, and the situation was the same as it is now.

Shion, what's going on?

In the end, Eugene, impatient, asked me a question.

This guy who opens his mouth like Serpens would talk and only chews Aman Cookies

It was underpinned by the thought that if I were me, I would know of course.

Serpens has something to say to Eugenes.

"It just looks like that."

Don't ask me what to say. Serpens will tell you.

Saying so, he reached for the cookie on the plate, but nothing caught on.

The last remaining one was eaten by Serpens.

It's not like it was intercepted on purpose, it's as if it was a semi-mechanical movement

It happened while eating.

Normally, they would have enjoyed the taste while having a conversation, but the cookies were consumed at an unparalleled speed because of the silence.

As I was contemplating what to do, I got bored with my mouth and wanted to keep chewing on something, so I piled up the oatmeal cookies I had in my pocket on the plate.

Serpens thoughtlessly picked up the replenished cookie and put it in his mouth.

Instead of the sweet and salty taste, the savory taste spreads in the mouth, and the guy gets mad.

Startled, he looked at the table and me alternately.

What? Why? Do you have any complaints?

Ah, no... no.

Then keep eating.

" Is that all?"

Serpens looked at me and asked for directions.

The question is, why don't you push yourself?

It's not that I didn't believe or didn't remember what I said I'd wait. It must have been a question that came up without me knowing.

"It doesn't make any sense if you push him to speak. I want Serpens to be able to speak of his own will, not because of external pressure."

He has always lived a life of being pushed by someone else.

Regardless of his will, he has kept what others have imposed on him, and he has lived the way the world wants him to be.

Speaking of it, if it is also done by an external will. What the hell does that mean?

This is the first step he must take on his own.

It cannot be completely overcome, but it is a cornerstone for overcoming it.

Well, I'm half-glossy because of the bad guys...

To be precise, it must have been the work of the Demon King who knew that Serpens was not an innocent good man as known.

To find out the cause of Serpence's own collapse in the timeline of [Master of the Holy Sword].

While digging up his past, he found out about his childhood and started working in earnest.

It feels like the teacher next door, not the homeroom teacher, is arbitrarily rummaging through our children's life record books, swearing and swearing at every event and meddling in our career path.

It's a very absurd and annoying situation.

"Did the demon worshipers do something else?"

Huh, how do you do that...?!

How and what, you just said Zion. He was half-glossy because of the demons.

Did I say something without knowing it?

No matter how difficult it is to say

Yep, secretly persuading me to talk. There is no separate sap fence.

When I glared at him, he put on a sad expression on his face. It's the face that asks why I blame myself for my mistakes.

I don't know anything. Serpens will tell you. I'm just not here, so let's talk.

I don't know what's going on, but without Shion, Serpens-sama wouldn't be able to speak any more.

At Eugez's words, he glanced at Serpens.

drew attention

It's good to be able to depend on someone you trust, but only if that target is limited to one person... .

"You went to a dark place together, but what did you do without making friends?"

Yes?

At the sudden bruising towards him, Eugene asked with bunny eyes, startled.

"How long do you plan on sticking with that guy again?"

Hey, Serpens-sama's permission .

This is Eugene's fault.

Waiting attitude? good. Very desirable.

However, knowing that Serpens are not willing to approach others, it is not advisable to wait indefinitely.

You don't get permission, you win! It's me, Serpens, must have told you to call me by name first? If you want to get close enough, you'll have to stab him and approach him! Only the brave can get a knee-nyang Haven't you heard that there is?

Mom, I haven't heard of it... well, that's right! I think I know what you're talking about.

yo. This!

Perhaps it was a tempting talk, Eugez's long ears twitched.

Then take courage. How long are you going to just watch from afar? You want to get close and caress me?

"Hey, what the hell are you two doing in my absence?

I'm not going up!

Serpens made a rare loud noise and interrupted Eugene's words.

Even if you talk about me right in front of you

I thought he was paying attention because he drank tea blankly, but I guess he was listening.

No matter how nervous I may seem, I refrain from doing this.

You didn't mean to relax, did you?

It won't go up.

That didn't mean he was really going to put it on his lap, but Serpens's eyes were already cold.

As we continued to exchange words in this way, we ended up falling into three thousandpo without limit.

'Are you saying that, when I say something from a long time ago, the subject keeps getting off topic?'

I really don't know why.

Instead of refusing to say anything, I leaned back against my back and sip my tea with a mug in one hand.

It is an expression of the will not to say any more.

"Hey, three, Serpen s?"

I feel like I have a disciple who listens well.

Eugese carefully called out Serpens's name, reflecting exactly what I had said.

Serpens let out a long sigh.

For now, let's talk about that a little later...

According to my Serpensian interpretation, I'll pretend I don't know, so I'll tell you whether to call me that or not.

Oh, come to think of it, you said you had something to tell me, didn't you?

Where should I start talking about this...

Speak slowly, starting with the parts that are easy to say.

Eugene is soft with a stern tone

said rudely.

Seeing her like that, Serpens nodded heavily.

It was the answer to what Euges had said, and it was an action that strengthened his own determination.

It seems that he has finally decided to speak.

Most of the current users of the duke's residence are those who were hired after I became the duke.

10 years is a long enough time by human standards...

A person who has worked for more than 10 years in a peasant family that values tradition is considered a hand.

is a strange thing

There are cases where large-scale water changes are made to correct discipline as the head of state changes, but this is not uncommon.

When a person who is not of direct lineage becomes the head of the household, or a young and powerless person becomes the head of the household.

It is a hard-line measure to show those who oppose those who hold power today, and should be avoided to some extent.

"Were there many people who objected to Serpence becoming a Duke?"

It's not like that. The butler, not me, took over the management of the user.

NS.

You mean the butler cut it? Did anyone object?

The question is whether the butler's arbitrariness of cutting a large number of people, not just one or two, is not an overkill.

Serpens shook his head at that.

The majority are those who have gone out on their own feet.

Previously, I thought that Hans would have threatened to shove money into his pocket, but now he has changed his mind a bit.

Based on the mindset of the people here, they were frightened.

'Serpens are taking their anger out... . No, I thought you were going to get revenge.'

When the Serpens, whom they had neglected so much, came to power.

The family, who had been oppressed and abused by their parents, loosened the shackles, gained strength, and fled for fear of revealing it to them.

It is clear that he left after receiving a large amount of severance pay and silence before he was caught even after being caught.

They are cowardly people to the end.

And today, I heard that they started disappearing one after another.

Yes? If it's them, you mean retired employees?

Yes. We'll have to do a more detailed investigation to be sure, but I'm guessing someone is deliberately kidnapping them.

"Are you demon worshipers?"

I don't think it's proven to be entirely the work of a demon worshiper... but it probably is.

Demon worshipers and their disappearances.

Eugene's face suddenly darkened at the two stories.

You must have had a good reason for thinking that way, Joe...?

Before she could say her sympathy for those who were blindly kidnapped, she looked at the Serpens in front of her.

Thinking that he was just speaking up for help, Serpence hesitated to the point of exaggerating.

...because what they know does a lot of harm to me.

Serpens slowly opened her mouth and made a sound.

"I think it's because I know that social position, personal honor including things like that stimulates my mentally weak parts "

the guy is hard

He said as if declaring that the story that will follow is his weakness.

Now, wait a minute. First of all, no one is eavesdropping and no sound is leaking, right? Still, it would be better to block the sound one more time just in case you don't know?

Euges said, smirking.

He seemed to feel that there was something more than he had thought.

No one can overhear the sound in the soundproofed drawing room deceiving Serpens and Eugene's senses, but it's not bad to be careful... .

In fact, it's just an excuse.

Rather than being cautious, it would be more accurate to say that it was to appease an anxious mind.

Serpens nodded his head.

Eugenes summons the spirit of the wind and only wraps around the sofa and table where we sit.

one. Created a very narrow-range, sound-blocking membrane.