CH 247

Duke, Please Repent! chapter 247

45. How to discipline the Duke (3)

I secretly exhaled a sigh of relief.

'thank God !'

Although Serpens offered a choice in the belief that he would not choose to run away, he was not 100% certain.

Only one chance.

There was a feeling of uneasiness in my heart that I was not going to turn the head of the wagon like this and go to some mountain valley.

But the guy didn't. It was kind of a concern.

'You have grown a lot!'

I was worried about when my child would grow up. I just didn't feel it because I kept it by my side all the time and looked at it every day.

I am so glad and grateful for that dazzling growth, as if I brought the sneakers I bought in abundance because they got smaller.

Tears of emotion welled up.

Did you want a life of playing and eating so much? If you don't like working, it's okay to just keep your seat.

Okay? So, Serpense's work increases? It's not even tears in that sense in the first place!

"What does that mean- or what does it mean?"

Serpence will come naturally to you when you grow up and have a child.

When I said that in a faint voice, somehow the guy's face hardened.

Serpense licked her lips a few times with a blank expression, then succeeded in making a difficult sound.

You must have had a child...

No! No!! What the hell are you doing wrong?!

Before coming here, it seems that they misunderstood that I had a child.

At a young age, in my mid-20s, I almost became a father.

Hmm...

"What's with those suspicious eyes?

It's a carrier!

Yeah, that's fine. I'll trust you. But if you have the courage to tell the truth, even if it's me...

Stop talking nonsense and wipe your face! What are you doing with your tears in your eyes?

You were holding hands.

Just take it off!

I let go of his hand and pulled out a towel and a water bottle from my subspace pocket.

Wet a towel in water and handed it to him, and he wiped his face with it.

Khume!

I turned my head to the sound of a sudden cough. Winston was holding on to it, as if something was hanging around his neck.

Oh, right! Winston, were you talking to Serpens? I'm sorry to interrupt.

No, I'm fine.

I'm glad that you do. If you don't get this right, the problem gets bigger. You know what I'm talking about, right?

" I don't know."

Why don't you know?

As I tilted my head in a puzzled mind, a towel suddenly came out from my side.

I put the towel returned by Serpens back into the subspace pocket.

"But, I know very well that you treat your master like a child."

"If you know that, you know everything, huh?"

Despite my cheerful reply, Winston continued to put on a puzzled expression.

It's probably because he doesn't like my way of treating his master like a child.

Because... .

...maybe I also fall into the category of children to seniors?

Winston, where are you hurting? What kind of arrogance is that? What in the world is such a huge baby!

Winston looked at the 180-and-a-half baby fence sitting next to me.

The guy who received the gaze blushed at the shame that came to see him belatedly.

"You keep calling me 'Sir', so I asked just in case."

Yes? Me? When?

I just called you by name.

Hearing it, it seems like it was, but the words that had already left my mouth were scattered in the air, leaving no lingering aftertaste.

Just because I want it, there is no way it will become an echo and be heard in my ears.

Reluctantly, I pressed the play button on the automatic counting device.

"Once at the pawnshop, when Euges discusses living in the warehouse with us, once when he takes out the bed, and once at the auction house when he fights mine. Just what I heard

Six times.

Explanations flowed out of Serpens's mouth, who had been stabbed in the side. There really is no vending machine.

Why the hell did I not know? And why is Winston arguing about it now?

"No, what I call myself Winston all the time, so I don't even know it "

That's why I told you to change that habit.

"Still, you haven't called Humanus yet, have you?"

Serpens shook his head. It's a very ugly expression.

This is most likely a response of 'I do not doubt that I will make a mistake'.

Now that this has come to pass, let's throw away the title of senior Winston and call him comfortably! At the very least, remove the word 'nim' and call him 'Seon-senpai' in a friendly way! Hearing 'nim' from someone who is older than me It's a bit cumbersome.

"Is it okay if I call you by your first name?"

Even today, Eugenes threw out the words of savage murder.

It was so sharp that it was pierced.

No, what's the topic of conversation?! We weren't talking like this!

It must be because of your strange behavior.

If you look at the root of the problem, Serpence will act like a child.

Isn't it the first time you treated me like a child?

So, you don't like it?

Serpence came quietly, and Euges gave him a pitiful gaze.

'Then why are you fighting for a vagina?'

Anyway.

The problem we need to solve now is not the title between me and Winston, but the relationship between Ser Pence and Winston.

So, what are you going to do with Winston? Even though I've seen all the tantrums and foolishness in front of my eyes,

Do you want to take me?

When I first met you, why did the master look at you...

Except you.

I think I know you said that you are more knightly than anyone else.

"At this time?"

It is questionable whether he even said that in the first place.

I just remember that I said something like that, my attitude is more upright than a knight... .

Over time, me and Winston. two

One of the memories seems to have been distorted.

"To the master, a senior was a knight who protected his heart."

Uh, um.

Winston, you idiot who knows nothing but chivalry!

I got goosebumps because I couldn't cringe, but I have to be patient.

I still respect the lord. Also, I may not be able to become like a senior, but I want to protect my lord.

Perhaps Serpense's Tears as a Knight

It seems to have touched Seo's protective instinct.

In that sense, serpenes can be said to be the master's timber suitable in many ways.

Usually, the main content of the Knight Sado is to share the dream of a master who is weak but strong in will, but sometimes there must be such an opposite situation.

'In the first place, there is no law that the master is always an adult, right?'

Serpens alone became a duke at the age of fifteen.

With that in mind, it is not at all strange to have a child as a master.

NS.

That's right, what do you think, Serpence?

I don't understand I don't get it.

Serpens. This world has perfection as its ideal, but it doesn't want a perfect person. The standard of perfection is different for each person in the first place, so how do you meet that?

Is that so?

"Yes, that's right. If someone forces a serpent to be perfect, it means that he doesn't see the serpent as a human.

But that doesn't mean it's okay to hum. Of course that's bad too.

A serpent would be able to discriminate that much.

"I want everyone to be the person they need. I want them to fill each other up and build organic relationships. Being perfect means that they can't be filled any more. No. Serpense knows that well, right?"

Naturally, the guy nodded.

If there's something suspicious about Winston that I'm not aware of, I can't help it.

There is no such thing.

Or you're reluctant to get close, or if you're together, you'll feel bad...

The guy shook his head.

"Should I feed you more?"

Well, that's... umm...

" Really?"

I don't know what to say.

I wrapped him in my arms too much

seems to have turned

I can't understand why Winston is talking to me like this when he's sitting across from me.

I am your lord, you are all my knights, why can't you speak, why!

"Now, how am I supposed to say something like that ."

Seeing you say that, do you have any intention of accepting Winston as a knight?

I thought it would be helpful in the first place, so didn't I bring it to the dark side? No matter how hard I try, my body is one.

Because it's just...

Serpens said as if lamenting at the cruel reality of not being able to use self-immolation.

I think you're right that I brought Winston to my escort station.

"Why did such a person do that before?"

"Thinking with your head and how you feel when you face a situation are very different."

Oh, yes.

Indeed, he was a person who was doubtful about the function of the Shin Seong-seok he made.

Then, in the end, neither Shin Seong-seok nor Winston could be used properly, and it just ended.

"Okay, so as a lord, say something."

Can't you stop stabbing your side?

Isn't this button?

Serpens grabbed my hands and held them out to Winston.

"I wish you all the best in the future. He , uh . Win Stone, Sir?"

Ah... yes! Leave it to me! Do your best!

I'll do it!

I don't know what I'm trying to do best. Perhaps even Winston didn't know the answer.

As proof of that, I'm not sure if I should hold onto my hand and keep holding it, or if I should let it go now.

'Still, I did my best for a serpent.'

There were no slurred words, but I conveyed my intentions well enough.

Eugene, who has only recently been called by his first name, has a slightly embarrassed expression on his face, Jimin-, on the other hand, the guy.

is willing to grow.

'Yeah, it's really hard to open a hook for the first time!'

Isn't it possible to spend years every time you meet someone and open your heart?

Of course, it had been over a year since I met Winston.

Serpence is now over..., Winston, if there's anything you want to say, just say it!

How long do I have to hold this hand?

"Personally, you let him go right now.

It would be nice.

Winston looked at Serpens, and he nodded.

And only then did my hands regain their freedom.

This world is not flexible.

Anyway, if you have any questions, let's do it from time to time! Just a hand, a title, etc. It's been 10 days since you first came to the pawnshop, isn't it?

It was so natural, I thought I heard it wrong at first. Then the master and Yoo Jis-nim called them by their first names too, so I thought it was an extension of that...

"Did you get pricked by the way you treat Serpens as children?"

"Are you going to treat me like a child?"

I will refuse.

Winston hardened his face and said firmly.

Again, the only person who could welcome this kind of treatment was Agiffence, who still needed the attention of a guardian.

"Khume by the way, can I really ask?"

Sure!

Before coming to the dark side, I wondered if I should say something or not, so I guess I have something to ask.

To Serpens, not me.

I'm sure it's because I'm slowly looking into the guy's eyes. It seems that he is still cautious about asking Serpense directly.

''If you have any questions for me, feel free to ask.

I know it's a strange question, but... The reason why the master cried at the auction house wasn't the shock from the murder, it was the fear that Xion-senpai would be shocked when he saw it.]

Did you throw... ?

At Winston's question, Serpens tilted his head.

"You didn't know?"

What do you mean by asking something like that?

After getting into the carriage, he talked about it all the time and even cried himself, but he even wondered what he had heard.

It may be difficult to understand, but yes, that's right. That's it. Seeing such a scene, I think I'd be afraid of myself. My stomach is weak.

It also helped... .

Your lord... seems to be overprotective of your seniors.

I'm still going crazy because of separation anxiety.

Separation Anxiety?

Yes, separation anxiety.

Winston blinked, wondering if there was something strange in my words.

Then the master sleeps in the senior's room every day...

Again. As expected, Winston noticed it.

I just didn't ask.

Oh, it's just that I don't want to sleep alone. At first I came here because of a nightmare, but I just sat there.

"Then, did you know what it was and were struggling inside?"

...my skills are not reliable, I thought you were doing it to protect the senior yourself.

Hey, that's not it! There's Yujisu in the next room too, so what happens to Yujisu when he says that?

Eugene nodded and agreed with my words.

By the way, I had no idea Winston would have thought so.

Hearing the answer to his long agony, Winston put on an expression of utter despair. Was it just for that reason that he hesitated and suffered so much?

Well, you must be feeling that kind of emptiness.

"So, if you have something to say, you have to do it right away. It only gets worse if the time goes on?

You must speak. Either for yourself or for others.

Okay. Then I'll tell you.

Yes, do it! All you can do!

As if he had finally made up his mind, Winston looked at Serpens with a stubborn expression.

Serpens also looked at him with a nervous expression.

Sir.

Say it.

Senior is... really steamed.

" Yes?

Winston slowly raised his hand and pointed to my stomach.

After evacuating the contents inside, the stomach is very thin Did not do it.

Serpense, who looked in disbelief, poked my stomach with his finger. his eyes fluttered.

" The way to lose weight quickly is to lose weight quickly. Do you not know?"

"I don't know what that means, but I do remember that it took me a long time to lose the fat I gained last time."

Serpens shook his head as if there was no hope.