Chapter 49

# 49

Chapter.12 Hidden Face and Dessert

I patted Rurin’s head vigorously once again and then took her away from my arms. And then I started walking again. Rurin follows me, holding the hem of my clothes tightly.

First of all, the person I was looking for was the deacon. When I came downstairs, I was immediately able to meet the butler.

“Where is the little lady now?”

“He went to see his master and just returned.”

“That’s good. Since your wife personally asked me to come, would you please give me a message?”

“Oh, I see. All right.”

The butler nodded and took the lead in front of us. The butler arrives in front of the wife’s room and carefully knocks on the door.

“smart.”

But there is no answer. The butler tilted his head and opened his mouth.

“You just came in... .”

I knock on the door again. But it was still quiet. The butler looked at me. I also looked at the butler. This is definitely strange. If the person who just entered does not respond, there is a problem.

It is normal to at least be told to go away.

A bad feeling suddenly passed through my mind. The Countess is in a position where she can assume the worst possible situation.

I urgently shouted to the butler.

“Could you please bring the Baron to me right away? It’s urgent. “Explanation later!”

The deacon, who knew full well that the Gray boy was honoring me by calling me teacher, hesitated slightly, but soon began to walk at a brisk pace.

After the butler left, I forcibly opened the Countess’s room and shut it.

Just by looking at a fragment of conversation, you can clearly see how stuck she is in a dead end. How many options are there for her to choose from?

I may have made the worst choice out of all of them.

I entered the room, looked around, and immediately noticed something strange.

A knot in the rope hanging from the ceiling of her room. And there is one person caught in that knot.

A thin, thin woman was hanging silently from a rope in the ceiling.

I quickly cut the rope and grabbed her. Your face is pale.

“Chokkolokkolok.”

Fortunately, the color returned to her face. Coughing roughly means that you are safe. The butler had said. I just got in.

If so, it would have been dangerous even if it were just a little late.

Even if it’s a little late.

There is always a difference between life and living. Fortunately, she didn’t seem destined to die here. Because I came to you as soon as you hanged yourself.

“Are you okay? Can you see me?”

“Chokkolokkolok.”

The moment she coughed violently, the Gray boy entered the room. The butler was standing behind him. I immediately gave instructions to the butler.

In times like these, strange rumors should not spread.

“Hurry and close the door. “This matter must never be made public.”

At my words, the butler seemed to quickly grasp the situation and quickly closed the door, and the Gray boy ran to the countess with a startled face and shouted.

“Now, little mother? “Little mother!”

The Gray boy held the arm of the countess who was breathing heavily. The boy immediately looked up at me next to him.

“Master... What kind of uncle... why... ?”

“He hanged himself. I can’t disobey Count Dedran, and I can’t touch the Baron either... . “I feel like I made the worst choice.”

The Countess got up from the bed she was lying on and tried to bow her head to me. Perhaps it is because of the meaning that the word teacher brings to the existence of mother.

The Gray boy barely had to stop him from doing so.

“That’s enough. Rather, there is something I must tell you. For the sake of future plans, would you please tell me the whole story related to Count Dedran and his wife? That will be the way to save the Great Count family.”

At my words, the Countess looked back and forth between me and the Gray boy.

“A story about my past?”

“yes.”

The wife seemed a little hesitant. But he looked at the Gray boy again and nodded after a moment.

Telling your own history. Of course, it’s not easy. She continued to hesitate and had a hard time, but fortunately she persevered and told the story to the end.

Of course, it was a very dark story.

***

“Little mother... .”

The Gray boy started crying at some point.

As I listened, I felt sorry for the story of her life as a tool of Count Dedran.

Of course, there are many unhappy people in the world.

Even now, there must be children starving to death on the streets somewhere.

But she was clearly unhappy. She was a woman who seemed to have walked on rails made of misfortune.

From my childhood spent locked in a dark room to the present, my life as a tool.

The happiness I barely gained is shattered, and the disaster that is my father approaches me at every moment. Perhaps it was because of Count Grayke’s kindness that she was able to endure until now.

She didn’t say that much, but it was clear from her words that she truly loved Count Gray.

Perhaps that was what the Gray boy felt too.

And Count Dedran was truly trash. Among the garbage, non-burnable garbage. In other words, it is the worst of evils. Should we say that it is a difficult-to-treat piece of trash that survives even if you try to burn it?

The Gray boy knelt before me again. How long has it been since you said a little while ago that you don’t kneel carelessly?

The Gray boy started to recite his title to me, who was trying to impress me.

“I formally request you, Master, in my capacity as Baron of Great Dierran, Acting Earl of Great Dieran, and Acting Lord of the Great Territory. Can you tell me how to deal with Count Dedran? I will do anything. “Master.”

“Before that, let me ask you one thing. countess... No, Verna. Can you really decide to fight against your father? “In the worst case scenario, my father could die.”

countess. To be honest, she was a woman more suited to being called Mistress Berna than Countess. Well, what does the name matter? What matters is the strength of your resolve.

“that... .”

“Ah, and the fact that my father made Count Gray like that... Do you know?”

“... ... .”

Madame Verna blinked violently at me. But he soon bowed his head. You probably thought it was strange yourself.

Then, from the moment I received the medicine bottle, a tremendous fear came over me, and it may have even led to thoughts of taking my life.

“My answer is fixed. I am of the Earl of Gray. My name is Great Verna. I would do anything to protect Dieran from my father. “You can do anything.”

“All right. Then, I will teach you how to deal with Count Dedran. “The first thing to do is for Verna to carry out Count Dedran’s orders.”

“yes?”

“Master?”

The way I said it made the two people look at me as if they were wondering what I was talking about. Of course, it was a natural reaction.

“The Baron said he would do anything if he could deal with Count Dedran, who was his father’s enemy and also the enemy of Great City.”

“Yes you can... !”

“So, all we have to do is let Count Dedran do what he wants.”

The Gray boy and Madame Verna are staring at me blankly.

I shrugged my shoulders and began to explain.