The Duke’s Madness

At Arthur’s words, Sebastian felt extreme fear.

‘how?’

Arthur Bayern, who is mute, does not stutter.

In addition, we know about poison disguised as medicine.

This was something that should never have happened.

‘Where did it come from?’

Very few people know about this matter.

Kane Dormund, Kana Dormund.

The only ones that come to mind right now are these two.

And these two people have no way to leak information.

What good would it be for it to be revealed that the duke’s son had become a stutterer?

So it was questionable.

How could the mute Confucius Arthur Bayern know this?

Then Arthur opened his mouth.

“Hmm… . Thinking about it, it must be strange. I took poison every day, and let alone stutter, I know the inside story.”

With these words, Arthur laughs.

Seeing that somewhat deformed smile, Sebastian involuntarily took a step back.

Arthur, who was watching the scene, opened his mouth.

“It’s Undine.”

With the call, a puddle of water forms in the pure white marble.

Sebischan, who was backing away, rolled on the floor without checking the puddle.

“Ouch!”

With a moan, Sebischan raised his head.

At the same time, Arthur Bayern, who had come to the side somewhere, grabbed my hair.

Surprised, Sebastian hurriedly shouted.

“Do, young master… !!! What are you doing!”

Arthur frowned.

“Can’t you see?”

“… ?”

“They’re trying to kill the traitor.”

Sebastian shouted in amazement.

“I have no idea what you are talking about! Poison! For what reason would I feed something like that to the young master!”

Arthur grinned at his excuse.

Then, he pulled Sebastian’s hair and slammed it on the floor.

thud-!

With a heavy noise, Sebischan screamed.

In front of Sebastian, Arthur handed out the medicine and said.

“Then prove it.”

“… ?”

“Prove that the medicine Sebastian brought is not poison by eating it.”

Sebastian trembled and shouted.

“No, Bocchan!!”

“Don’t scream. If you don’t want to end up like Bill Dormund.”

“… !”

At the warning, Sebastian shuts up.

At the same time, a person pops into his mind.

It was Bill Dormund who became a kid.

‘Stop, no way…’ . You’ve been sane since then?’

In the meantime, Arthur warns you once more.

“If you raise the volume one more time, I will start by cutting out the tongue. I don’t like torture either, so it would be mutually beneficial to keep quiet.”

Sebastian nodded.

At that sight, Arthur smiled brightly and handed out the medicine again.

“Now prove it.”

“… … .”

“It’s not poison. So it’s very easy right? As long as you take that medicine, the current situation will end in a happening. So try it, Sebischan.”

At Arthur’s suggestion, Sebastian bit his lip.

‘How on earth… Is this what happened?’

It was surprising that the mute Confucius was not poisoned, but it was even more surprising that he remained silent even though he knew the whole truth.

‘There was a magical phenomenon a little while ago… .’

However, the current situation has passed too suddenly to think that far.

Sebastian gave up thinking and fell flat on Arthur.

“young master… . no, son of a b*tch. Please have mercy.”

As Arthur tilted his head, Sebischan asked again.

“Please, please have mercy… . Thinking of the loyalty I gave to this family… . Please forgive me for this.”

Arthur bursts into laughter.

“What will you do if I forgive you?”

“I will tell you everything I know!”

Arthur stroked his chin and nodded.

“Tell me.”

After permission was given, the butler Sebischan quickly opened his mouth.

From his past days, who is the spy in this family.

Further, how to contact you.

He vomited out everything he knew.

Arthur, who listened closely to the story, burst into exclamation.

“They were spies too?”

“… That, yes!”

Arthur tilted his head at his frightened answer.

‘This… Should I like it?’

Among the traitors who came out of Sebastian’s mouth, there were also those he did not know.

Arthur, who was worried about that, shrugged his shoulders.

If it wasn’t for Sebastian’s explanation, it seemed like a good thing since he was a traitor he wouldn’t have known about.

Arthur lowered his head again and spoke to Sebischan.

“great. Sebastian. I will forgive you.”

“Little Son!!”

“I will spare your life. Please take that medicine instead.”

Sebastian is about to cheer but hesitates.

In the meantime, Arthur explains with a single smile.

“I originally intended to kill him… . I’ll give you a chance. If you eat that and survive, I will really save you.”

“Oh, no… … .”

“why? Could it be that the drug was really going to take my life?”

“That, that… … .”

Arthur got up from his seat.

Then, he stabbed Sebastian’s chest with his finger.

“Still, I’ll be merciful and let you eat only one of the three pills. Isn’t this pretty tempting? Don’t you know?”

Arthur raised an eyebrow.

“I wonder if that poison is a poison that reacts when you take all 3 pills. So please eat quickly, Sebischan.”

* * *

“Arthur—!!!”

Another uproar broke out in the Bavarian family.

“This, this… .”

family loyalty.

It was because the butler, Sebischan, had become an asshole.

However, this happened in the Sogongja’s room.

Also by the medicine of the minor.

“okay… . didn’t you eat? Didn’t you eat, my son?”

Yonel wrapped his arms around his son with trembling hands.

She then looked at the butler, Sebischan, who was drooling from poison, with fearful eyes.

“Can it be cured?”

“… I’m sorry, sir. This poison is a poison we have never seen before, so we do not know how to detoxify it.”

At the doctors’ explanation, Yonel shouted in a voice filled with anger.

“why–!! What did you do until this happened!”

The vassal gets flustered and backs away.

“How could this be happening inside a duke’s mansion? Does this make sense?”

“dismissal… .”

“Don’t call me! I am very disappointed in you guys!”

Bavaria’s vassals were at a loss for what to do with Jonel Bavaria’s fury.

“Find it now. The culprit of this incident!”

At the ceremony, the retainers hurriedly bow down and retreat.

When all the people in the room leave, Yonel bites his lip.

Arthur, who had been watching her, got up and approached her.

“… Mom, I’m fine.”

Yonel turns his head.

And she cried and cried.

“I’m sorry… . son. Sorry. Because she is a powerless mother, she makes things like this happen to her.”

At this, Arthur licked his lips.

‘It’s not my mother’s fault, it’s my fault… .’

But I didn’t bother to tell you this.

It wouldn’t do any good to tell her the truth right away.

‘If my mother makes a hasty move after hearing the truth, Cain Dormund will also move accordingly.’

So even though he returned to normal, Arthur was still stuttering.

It was best to reveal my changes after at least treating my body condition and cleaning up the surroundings.

‘Now that I’m back to my senses, I’m thinking about all of these later events.’

Arthur looked away with a thought.

The traitor who had made himself a stutterer by pretending to be a vassal for decades had become a drooling idiot.

What he was trying to do, he got back.

However, Arthur licked his lips and muttered.

‘It seems like he took revenge and paid off his grudge more neatly than before… After all, killing is good.’

After all, the greatest pain humans feel is death.

However, now Sebastian was an idiot, but he was alive.

Arthur felt sorry for this, but decided to endure it.

‘Since I’m no longer a madman, I need to know how to take revenge neatly like this.’

It was when time passed like that.

Residence of Count Dormund.

There, Cain Dormund, who belatedly heard about the situation in Bayern, burst into laughter.

“… hahahaha.”

After that, he turned around and asked a question.

“Do you have something to say?”

Kana Dormund, who was on her knees at her husband’s question, trembled.

* * *

“Hey, honey… . It’s not… .”

Kane raised his hand and slapped his wife on the cheek.

“If you make noise, you die.”

The power of a knight who achieved the 7th circle ring was not a strength that a mere human could endure.

However, Kana Dormund stubbornly held back her screams.

Screaming in the current situation would not end with being slapped.

Kana, who had been slapped until her cheek exploded, fell to her knees.

“Yeah, forgive me… .”

Kane raised his hand once more.

At that moment, a knock was heard.

“father. This is Ian.”

The first of the Dormund family.

It was Ian Dormund’s voice.

Kane answered by lowering his raised hand.

“Come in.”

With permission, Ian opens the door and enters.

He looked at his mother kneeling in front of his father for a moment, then looked away.

“Contact with the third prince of the empire has been completed.”

“What did you say?”

Biting her lip, Kana got up and left the room.

There were bloodstains everywhere, but the two rich men didn’t even look at each other.

“Didn’t you put a condition on it?”

“He said he would meet and talk to me later.”

“What do you mean you’re saying so much to put up something great… .”

Kane, speechless at the first report, sat down.

Then I looked at my son and asked.

“Did you hear about this commotion?”

“yes. The story of Sebastian becoming an asshole… . Everyone heard about the youngest being beaten up.”

“I was in the United City, Arcane, and I managed to hear it.”

“It’s a story related to the great cause, how could I not hear it?”

“Then I am curious. What do you think?”

Ian pondered and answered.

“The flow is strange.”

“Is the flow strange?”

“If an accident like this was going to happen, there should have been a sign, but there never was.”

“Keep talking.”

“Apart from the fact that the youngest was beaten, the fact that Sevischan is from our side is something that very few people in the family know. However, looking at this incident, he acted as if he knew in advance that Sebastian had betrayed him.”

“Is there a traitor inside?”

Ian nodded at Kane’s question.

“I think there is a good chance of that.”

“what… . It’s not a bad opinion, but it’s different from what I thought.”

“… ?”

“If there is a traitor inside, who will the traitor hand this information to?”

“… Aren’t you the head of Bavaria?”

“I guess so. But the head of Bavaria said he was enraged when he saw Sebastian in such a state.”

“Isn’t there a possibility that it’s acting?”

“You’re a traitor, and you can’t help but cry when you see the man who tried to poison my son become an idiot? And even pay a hefty reward?”

Kane laughed.

“Considering the personality of Jonel Bayern, it would never be possible.”

“… … .”

“Isn’t that a b*tch who thinks terribly of my family?”

Kane stood up and put his hands behind his back.

Ian, who stood behind him, remained silent.

It was when time passed like that.

“… How are you?”

“yes?”

“The eldest son of Bavaria.”

Ian’s eyes go up.

“Arthur Bayern… What if the culprit behind all this?”