221. Adjutant Attendance (4)
– …That means.
When I came to my senses, I was caught in the act.
At first glance, the focus of the topic seems to be focused on the duke’s evil deeds, but this should not be taken lightly considering what the other person will say next in a situation where the truth is nailed down. There will definitely be significant repercussions.
It’s already too late to take a step back. In times like this, there is no choice but to change the topic and change the flow of the conversation… Paul, who had been listening quietly to ease the current situation, opened his mouth.
– Can we interpret this to mean that Cruel Hart knew Deon Hart’s location in the demon world?
– no. I don’t know. Maybe they sent it because they believed in Deon Hardt’s skills.
– Definitely the safest place…
– Even if it is dangerous, is it more dangerous than the human world? Aren’t easily visible risks better to deal with than political and subtle risks? Besides, you can’t kill a duke carelessly, but you can kill a monster or demon. Whether risk factors can be eliminated is also very important.
Dan had a relaxed smile on his face, as if it was funny.
I am the owner of the gambling house… no, the owner of the top. Is there any way that a modification like that would work?
Still, I wasn’t happy about continuing the meaningless war of words, so I asked a question first to prevent them from asking me again about the same topic.
– Why are you not telling lies, and now you are trying to bite the deceased?
– …You’re the one biting the deceased right now, right?
– It would be difficult to equate this with that. I was just trying to clear the wrong person’s name by revealing the truth, and what they were trying to do was to attack the deceased with an unconfirmed complaint.
The way he speaks becomes increasingly poor.
When Paul closed his mouth, Dan shrugged his shoulders proudly and spoke sharply to everyone watching the screen.
– To summarize, it means that the person who killed Cruel Hart was the Duke. If we interpret it a little further, we can say that the culprit behind Deonhardt going to the demon world was also the Duke.
I don’t know who tried to raise the duke’s image, but they were the ones who brought out the dead first. Therefore, the fact that the duke has been reduced to another object of disgrace by everyone is also something they brought upon themselves.
Dan raised the corners of his mouth.
‘Did you say that digging up the grave of a person whose grave sins were revealed after death and decapitating the body was called a lieutenant?’
Since the names of the dead are being brought out and are being torn to shreds like this, this could also be said to be a lieutenant’s trial in a different sense.
‘Well, the duke is a criminal.’
I have no intention of writing to sinners. Especially if the victim is someone I know.
Dan, thinking of Deon watching from behind, calmly continued speaking.
– In other words, their claim that Deon Hart killed his own brother to suit the tastes of the demons is completely wrong.
In the end, the story went around again and returned to the initial topic.
As a result, the ‘reason why demons accepted Deonhardt’ that Paul claimed was broken into pieces. At the same time, the argument that ‘he accepted Dan because he was Deonhardt’s subordinate’ also lost its basis.
Humans who have observed this situation will think that the claim that ‘only humans related to Deonhardt are accepted’ has lost its force.
‘Wouldn’t we be accepted too?’
‘Can’t I trust it?’
‘The Demon World has always insisted that it accepts humans other than Deonhart, so you never know.’
In fact, it is true that Deonhardt killed the ‘family’.
So, I reduced the width of the break to ‘hyung’, but fortunately, it seems like they haven’t noticed yet. Well, I intentionally made it confusing, so it’s understandable that I’m going crazy.
Deonhardt’s name was framed and the duke’s reputation was tarnished.
At the same time, since Deon and the demons clearly insisted on what they wanted and created an atmosphere, it can be said that they got everything they wanted.
It’s a complete victory. Dan gave an evil laugh.
***
“I would have said that I would just tell the truth.”
Deon said hesitantly.
“You just told the truth.”
Dan laughed.
Deon quietly looked at his face and let out a dull sigh. I definitely tried to scold him properly, but even if I couldn’t, I tried to hit him in the back of the head…
“…I did something useless.”
All that comes out is a light bruising.
This was the part that surprised me. I think this is an issue that deserves a long fight.
Instead of the fierce anger, a blunt voice came out.
“Do you think I stayed quiet because I didn’t know how to explain to someone?”
It’s not that I stayed quiet because I couldn’t find a way to clear my name.
If Deon had his way, he could have gathered evidence and somehow solved the problem the day he heard the rumor that was spread in the human world during the war of words with the revolutionary army. After that, there was plenty of time to resolve it.
Still, he stayed still.
Because I thought that the ultimate cause of Cruel’s death was myself.
‘If it weren’t for me, Cruel would have survived.’
If I hadn’t killed my family, if I hadn’t misunderstood, if I had tried to talk to Cruel even though it was too late… then he wouldn’t have died.
In other words, it is I who killed Cruel. So I stayed still. Perhaps it also contained some form of atonement.
“sorry.”
“…it’s okay.”
Dan ruined it all, but even so, a subtle, unidentifiable emotion takes precedence over anger or irritation. There Deon realized something.
‘…I guess I was more exhausted than I thought.’
So maybe I was waiting for someone to recognize me and solve this problem to relieve me of this burden.
Of course, realizing that fact won’t change anything.
In the end, I gave up scolding him and opened my mouth. There was no eye contact.
“Was it intentional that you dragged out the time with the introduction at the beginning? “To induce the revolutionary army to invade.”
“yes.”
“I couldn’t believe I was planning something like this…”
“I’m sorry.”
“I said it was done. Don’t apologize anymore. “Anyway, we finished it safely, so let’s just move on.”
If it had ended even a little badly, it wouldn’t have gone so smoothly.
Still, I have to check things out. I guess I’ve sorted out my emotions to some extent. I lifted my gaze from the guy’s chin and made eye contact.
“You wouldn’t have gotten the documents on your own. “I clearly said earlier that they were ‘unidentified people.’”
[You may have heard that recently, organizations mainly responsible for contract killings were completely destroyed by an attack by unknown people to the point where recovery was impossible.] Dan nodded
.
“Yes, the Knights of Lofty helped.”
“As expected…”
Then something seemed suspicious.
He said he had a headache and was tired… I tried to change his mind later, but it was so blatantly suspicious that I couldn’t ignore it. Even so, I thought it wouldn’t cause any harm to me, so I let it go.
Deon, remembering the suspicious reaction he saw when he stopped by the mad dogs’ dormitory to bring them alcohol, laughed and took his foot away.
“Where are you going?”
“A place where wild dogs might be.”
“Probably at the training ground.”
Dan, who quickly realized that it was the Lofty Knights, quickly responded and followed them. As if the tension was relieved by the gently flowing air, my mind was coming up with pointless thoughts.
‘It has been upgraded from a crazy dog to a wild dog. Should I celebrate this?’
But isn’t it too well tamed to be a wild dog?
No, to people other than the Master, they are like wild dogs…
“The top is…”
“Yes? “A wild dog?”
“what?”
“yes?”
“….”
Deon stopped quietly, curled his middle finger and thumb and placed them on Dan’s forehead. Immediately after, bah! And I heard the sound of something breaking.
“Wake.”
“…I think my soul will leave before my mind comes in…”
“It’s okay. “I won’t die.”
I started walking again.
Facing the sound of footsteps following behind him, Deon recited what he had said a moment ago.
“Did the top come off in time?”
“I haven’t confirmed it yet, but if it goes according to plan, it should have fallen in properly.”
“Life doesn’t always go as planned, so check it out as soon as possible.”
“yes.”
“And speaking of the second leader of the revolutionary army….”
It was a bit confusing at first, but now I understand.
Deon frowned as he remembered his youthful face on the screen, where he looked like he had just shed his boyishness and become a young man.
“I think it’s the guy I saw at Salvation Church.”
“Are you talking about Salvation Church?”
“okay. “I don’t know because you didn’t follow, but there was a boy who was taking care of the girl.”
At the time, I only saw it in passing, and it had grown so much that I didn’t notice it quickly, but seeing it a second time from an observer’s point of view, I think I’ll know for sure.
“The name of the current leader of the revolutionary army is…”
“Paul.”
“Yes, it was Paul.”
The name of the boy who infiltrated the Salvation Church and called out to the girl while talking to her was also Paul.
[Sia! What are you doing! I have to go!]
[Ah, Paul! I’m sorry, but I think I have to go.]
Deon chuckled, clearly recalling a fairly old memory.
“It’s a common name, but even the face is the same, so there’s no doubt about it.”
It’s a little surprising how he got to that point, but I’m not curious.
Rather than asking such useless questions, the first thing that filled my mind was the thought that it was okay, even though it was bothersome because I interrupted twice and hit the candle.
Deon remembers the boy’s harsh gaze as he took away a girl named Shiia. If you look at what you’ve taken care of like that, you can probably use it as a weakness. If done well, it may be possible to remove it cleanly.
I gathered my thoughts and called Dan.
“Find a girl named Siia. He was a poor kid who belonged to the Salvation Church. “For a poor person, it has a unique name, so it won’t be difficult to find.”
“Sia Ra… It’s definitely unique. All right.”
Meanwhile, Deon arrived near his destination and stopped.
Why stop here when you can just go a little further? Dan, who was thinking about the name and almost crashing into it, tilted his head and called out to Deon.
“master?”
“….”
I waited, but there was no answer. I slowly came to the side and looked at Deon’s expression. A look of absurdity appeared on his face as he looked at the training ground.
“…?”
At the same time, a question appeared on Dan’s face.
Why do you do that? Is there anyone in the training hall? He wouldn’t make that kind of expression when no one was there.
Naturally, I followed Deon’s gaze and looked at the training ground. Contrary to expectations, most of the Lofty Knights were present in the training hall as usual. … No, there were more than usual.
Probably more than the number of members of the Lofty Order that I know of.
“Is this some kind of place where corps commanders visit?…”
Deon muttered helplessly.
Dan chuckled softly from behind, but Deon looked at the scene in front of him with slightly cold eyes.
There, Trover, the commander of the 9th Corps, was demonstrating physical power, which he claimed was magic, against the mad dogs.
“This is body strengthening magic!”
“Waaah! awesome!!”
“As expected, you know something! Do you like it!”
“How much training do we have to do before we can use such strong magic?!”
“Body strengthening magic is quite a high level magic. Even though he is still clumsy, he seems to be quite talented as he is doing quite a bit. “If you practice consistently, you’ll be fine!”
I remember it clearly because I once served as referee in a sparring match between Dernivan, the adjutant of the 5th Corps commander, and the 9th Corps commander. The body strengthening magic shown by the 9th Corps commander… was clearly just a physical strengthening exercise.
What is high-ranking magic… why are you so crazy about something like that?
“Was it high-level magic? Please teach me simple low level magic too!”
“Then shall I teach you the silence spell?”
“Oh oh! yes!”
“As a low-level magic, silence magic is very easy! “You just need to quickly hit the other person’s uvula with the blade of your hand.”
“okay!”
“The important thing at this time is power control! “If you focus only on speed and apply too much force, it may turn out to be a killing spell rather than a silencing spell, so be careful!”
As far as strength control goes, it’s not magic, right…?
Dan is already trembling with his mouth covered. Deon, who had been watching with pitiful eyes the mad dogs casting ‘silence magic’ on each other’s necks, stepped into their space.
As if only then had they noticed his visit, their attention immediately focused.
“Daejaang!”
“Are you here!”
“I enjoyed the screen! “It was great!”
“I’m so glad that I was cleared of false accusations!”
Stop. Deon’s unstoppable steps faltered.
Whether they knew it or not, the members of the Lofty Knights smiled brightly and shouted.
“We are learning our magic now! We will learn it properly and show you a cool show later!”
…under.
Deon smiled faintly.
“…okay.”
