The Marquis Is a Master of Martial Arts

“okay.”

“Ah… I’m sorry, but the armory can only be opened with permission…”

I said nothing more, and showed the Marquis the permission from my chest. The seal of the Marquis was clearly stamped there.

“Stop talking and open it.”

“ah…”

The ordnance officer’s arms trembled before he went to the front of the armory and opened the door.

“Dae, Grand Duke. Don’t touch other things, just put them in.”

“Peru, Giranox”

“yes.”

“yes!”

“Go over there and get one of the boxes in front of you.”

“All right!”

They went into the arsenal.

“Princess. You have permission to check the weapons…”

“I’ll just look at one. Bring it.”

The ordnance officer said no, but I did not miss the small change in his mouth.

“I really can’t…”

Contrary to saying no, he meekly moved out of the way.

thud!

Peru and Giranox brought one of the boxes in front.

“open it.”

Pakak!

The box was filled with swords in leather scabbards. I picked up four of them and handed them to the blacksmiths.

“how is it?”

“It’s not bad. It’s well maintained and the quality is good.”

“This is the same. Intermediate level or higher.”

“You did a good job managing the weapons manager. I should have told the Marquis and praised you.”

“hahahaha, why are you embarrassing? Since you checked, quickly put the weapon you brought and go to rest.”

“That would be nice.”

He smiled broadly and looked at the servants and butlers.

“then…”

“Shall we put the boxes?”

“No, take out all the boxes in the armory.”

He erased his smile in an instant, and let out a voice that was so cold that the chill flowed.

“No! Grand Duke!”

“why?”

“It’s no longer the right! It’s not the archduke, even if it’s the heir, taking out the box!”

puck!

“Cuck!”

Pretending to show the permit, I slapped the ordnance officer in the cheek. In an instant, his cheeks began to swell red.

“Grand Duke!”

“Look here. Right to check everything. See.”

I showed the fourth line of the permit to the Ordnance Officer.

“That’s it, everyone get out the box.”

“yes.”

“All right.”

“Hey, wait a minute! Later, the Marquis…”

The ordnance officer intercepted the butler and the servants.

“hey.”

“ah…”

“If you block me one more time, I’ll cut off your leg.”

My anger became the momentum and swallowed the weapon manager whole. He clenched his teeth and lowered his eyes.

“Oh, no…”

The weapon manager collapsed on the floor, and the servants and butlers took out all the boxes from the armory.

“Rip everything.”

hard.

“Where should I see you?”

He pulled out a sword from an open box. It had black teeth, was out of balance and leaned to one side. It was junk that I wouldn’t take with me even if it was given to me for free.

“How about this?”

“This, this is not a quality that will ever be delivered.

“I guess so.”

The blacksmith who seemed to be the eldest answered.

“From now on, in the name of Urren Locks, on behalf of the Marquis of Willington Locks, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Armories and Food Pantries are closed.”

Holding the Marquis’ permission, he shouted loudly. Then, I had three butlers go to the warehouse and deliver my order.

“What are you doing?”

As soon as the butlers departed, the protagonist appeared just in time. The Marquis, the Marquis, and a middle-aged man who appeared to be an inspector appeared.

“I’m checking the weapon.”

“A weapon? Why all of a sudden?”

“You’ll know when you see it for yourself. Throw it all away.”

The stopped hands started moving again.

rattle.

All the chests were opened, revealing the weapons inside.

“hmm.”

The Marquis was slowly looking around as if asking what he was doing. But my eyes were not on the marquis, but on the inspector who was sweating profusely.

“Let’s see for ourselves.”

I brought the entire box containing the sword to the Marquis.

“This, this, this, this, no way… all this?”

The Marquis pulled out the swords in the box one by one and glared at the inspector, biting down on his molars.

“censor.”

“Eh, yes!”

The Marquis’ voice was so cold that I had never heard it before.

“Didn’t you report that there was no problem in the armory during the audit a month ago?”

“That, that’s… This, this guy seems to be playing a joke. I’m sure…”

The inspector pointed the finger at the distraught ordnance officer and tried to blame him for everything.

“You’re talking dog sh*t. Does this look like the amount you stole for a month?”

“Oh, no. I…”

“Shut up.”

“Ouch!”

“Do you play money with people’s lives?”

“Shut up…”

He raised all his strength and pressed down on the inspector. He couldn’t even breathe at my momentum and was groaning.

“Now you know what’s going on. Why did I ask for the permit, why didn’t I tell you about it beforehand.”

The Marquis said nothing, but his face turned red.

“It’s not just here. There won’t be a proper place for the second arsenal, the third arsenal, and even the food storage. Assuming that this year’s campaign is safely over. Next year? What about the year after that?”

“that…”

“We’ll have good weapons and a good meal during the war. But what about the soldiers? If the superiors don’t do it right, they’ll have these garbage weapons and eat a poisonous meal.”

While talking about poison, I looked at Caina who was next to the Marquis. When she looked into my eyes, she turned pale and stepped back. This was my first and last warning to her.

sniff

I pulled out the sword in the box next to me and went to the inspector.

“I’m sorry… please save me!”

Kyah Gya Gyaa!

“Hey!”

He slammed his sword down between the inspector’s legs and broke it. His pants were soaking wet.

“I want to kill these bastards right now. But that’s what I mean. It’s beyond my authority. From now on, I’ll leave it to the Marquis.”

“What are you…”

“The box over there is a sword, armor, and shield. My blacksmith bought it from Asseong, so there will be no defects in quality. Throw away the unusable ones and use that one.”

Perhaps shocked to see that I even prepared the equipment, the Marquis had a bewildered face.

“There will be more than one or two people involved in this. I hope that the two present here, the blacksmith, the guards and the civil servants, will be punished.”

I said I would leave it to the Marquis, but I had no intention of having those who played with people’s lives receive humane punishment.

Those two were already poisoned by my poison.

launch

Five days after the Armory incident happened, I came to his office at the call of the Marquis.

“Did you call?”

The face of the marquis who turned his head after looking out the window looked very tired.

“Welcome.”

The Marquis smiled, but that smile was somewhat bitter.

“Since the corruption was resolved thanks to you, I called because I thought I should let you know how things went.”

“yes.”

“You are right. Not only the 1st armory, but also the 2nd, 3rd, food storage and general warehouses were not the only problems.”

“Is that so.”

“I can’t count the number of people involved. I can’t even count the number of people involved. Aside from the soldiers and servants I don’t know well, the fact that people who have assisted me for over ten years have been involved… It still hurts my heart.”

As he said, the marquis’ face had a dark shadow.

“Still, you did a good job finding out who was involved in the corruption.”

“The ordnance officer and the inspector said all the facts to the point where it was surprising.”

That’s the effect of my poison. It’s actually not a poison, but a confessional.

“They answered questions unconditionally and even talked about things they didn’t ask, so the investigation became very easy. It was so easy that it was embarrassing.”

That is the effect of confession. Confession pills work better when you’re stressed. They would have naturally opened their mouths because they were constantly under pressure from my momentum.

“And…they died that night in prison after giving the full truth.”

“that…”

It was me who caused them to die, so I wasn’t surprised at all, but outwardly I reacted a little surprised.

“It is still unknown what caused him to die. But the pain was so great that he scratched the walls until his fingernails fell off. There are still traces of him on the walls of the prison.”

“I don’t know the circumstances, but if you feel pain and die, I think it’s good. These are the people who saw the soldiers and the people as money. I think it’s cheaper to feel more pain.”

The poison that poisoned them is a poisonous poison. The poisonous poison was wrapped in inner air to keep it dormant, and then it was set to explode later. They would have died of burning pain without knowing anything.

“Um, maybe you’re not…”

The Marquis kept moving his mouth as if he wanted to say something.

“As you said, all those involved in this matter, regardless of position, will be sentenced to death.”

“Of course it should be.”

“Haa… I felt a lot from this incident.”

The Marquis took a deep breath and let out a deep sigh.

“I was reprimanded by the previous king not long after becoming a marquis. I was openly scolded in front of many nobles. It hurt and was really embarrassing.

“…”

“I couldn’t refute what you said. I couldn’t even come up with an excuse. You were talking about the right theory, and I even prepared for it. I was so pathetic that I couldn’t even sleep.”

Maybe that’s why the Marquis didn’t sleep for several days, and I heard that he took care of everything himself.

“I’m really sorry for showing the shameful father figure. Yuren.”

“No. I also had an accident, but now I’ve come to my senses. All human beings make mistakes. It’s okay if you don’t repeat them.”

“Haa, I really can’t stand it anymore.”

The Marquis brushed off the shade from his face with a sigh and smiled.

“Yes. Just as you said. I shouldn’t make the same mistake. Thank you for reminding me once again.”

“no.”

“Huh, you should be busy preparing for the campaign, so go ahead.”

“Yes. Then.”

After making eye contact with the Marquis for a while, I left his office. When I returned to my room, Peru was waiting for me.

“The Archduke. We have arrived.”

Peru put three bottles on the table.

“Is this it?”

“Yes. The poison in the sturgeon flower.”

The poison you asked Peru to save is a neurotoxin from sturgeon flowers.

Neurotoxins have several symptoms, but most commonly cause respiratory paralysis by paralyzing the respiratory muscles. The poison of the puffer fish is a typical example.

I thought the fish monsters wouldn’t be used to breathing on land, so I deliberately asked Peru to get a neurotoxin.

“Thank you. Good job.”

“Ah, no. By the way, did you hear the news, Grand Duke?”

“Listen to the news, man. There is no subject.”

“These days, the popularity of the Archduke outside is no joke.”

“popularity?”

Peru’s eyes twinkled and she nodded.

“I went here and there to get the poison, but all the villagers were talking about the Archduke.”

“About me? Did the rumor spread already?”

“Yes! So many people have seen this incident, so rumors have already spread. I heard that they knew about it from the day after it happened.”

Now I know what Peru is talking about.

“The name of Archduke Yuren Rocks, who uncovered the secret corruption of the Marquis family alone and spent his own money to purchase equipment for the soldiers, is spreading!”

“hahahaha, what…”

“The Grand Duke’s remark that he said in front of the Marquis that we should think of the soldiers more than anyone else comes up every time we toast at a bar.”

“gibberish.”

“It’s true! I’m going to the manor to see and tell you.”

Peru patted my chest, probably feeling frustrated that I didn’t believe it.

“It’s really not a joke about the Archduke’s popularity. If you go to the village and call the Archduke an idiot like before, you’ll be beaten to death.”

“Really? Even so, my name is spreading as an idiot. How can I do that all at once…”

“It’s real. Up until now, they only took care of it by saying that they were soldiers and resident residents. How many people took care of it directly. But the Grand Duke revealed the corruption for the soldiers. He bought armor and shields with his own money. I can’t not like it. The soldiers are Yeongjimin, and their families are also Yeongjimin.”

I still couldn’t believe it, but Peru’s expression was so serious that it didn’t look like a lie.

“Okay. Thanks for letting me know.”

“No. I was proud to hear the Grand Duke’s praise. Rumors will soon spread throughout the kingdom.”

Peru looked really happy. A smile never leaves your face

“Oh, you should practice now. I’ll be out.”

“Oh, I’m getting better now.”

“hehehe! I’ll go out.”

After sending Peru, I sat on the floor and grabbed the poisoned bottle.

“It doesn’t feel bad.”