A Narrow-Eyed Nobleman Is Always Misunderstood

Episode 177 – Flying, Flying

Franz del Clarence, nicknamed the ‘Lord of the Back Streets’, was spending time at his mansion.

His hobby was to spend time meditating in a place where no one could come and disturb him.

Entering his meditation, Franz forbade anyone to enter his meditation room unless it was an extremely urgent situation.

People living in the back alleys or working at Franz’s mansion did not even come near his house, let alone gather near it when Franz was meditating.

It was all thanks to Franz’s influence that order was maintained in the back alleys, where fights and stabbings frequently occurred.

Even today, Franz sat in the middle of the meditation room, closed his eyes, concentrated on his breathing, and took the time to let go of himself.

After a couple of hours of inhaling and exhaling repeatedly, a knock on the door broke the silence of the meditation room.

-Boom boom!

“Old man Franz! Old man Franz!”

The person knocking on the door was desperately looking for Franz, who was meditating in the meditation room, using the loudest voice he could muster.

Breaking my meditation by knocking on the door and loudly calling his name his his was an act that would never be forgiven under normal circumstances.

However, Franz, who woke up from meditation, looked different from usual.

Franz’s eyes his, whose meditation was usually interrupted by someone, were clear and transparent without wavering at all.

But now, when Franz woke up from meditation and opened his eyes, his eyes were shaking and tears were welling up.

‘In the end, did Damran sacrifice himself to defeat that guy…? …’

The person with tears in Franz’s eyes was the man he had been talking to not long ago.

It was because of Damran, a member of El-Romed.

When we think about who would have provided the funds necessary for the plan to attract Adalbert in the first place, the answer came quickly.

These came from the pocket of Franz, who is said to be the real ruler of the back alleys.

For Franz, who had lived in the back alleys for a long time, paying for Damran’s plan was not a big blow since it was less than 1% of his total assets.

However, Damran’s plan was literally dangerous.

No matter how strong the person was, it was difficult to obtain illegal strengthening drugs to be administered to more than 20 people.

But there was something more difficult, and that was the very ‘artifact’ that Damran used as a last resort.

‘The reason he came to me, knocking on the door so quickly, was probably because that kid used ‘that item’.’

Because Franz had told the people employed at the mansion in advance, he was able to see how Damran’s plan progressed by looking at their reactions.

If there was a quiet, loud, resounding knock on the door, it meant that Damran was alive, not dead, and had returned after completing his plan.

However, if someone knocks so loudly that the door breaks and someone searches for him, it means that Damran used the last resort to sacrifice himself and become aligned with the organization’s enemy.

And now, the employee looking for Franz showed the latter reaction.

It was like saying that Damran had died.

‘Damran. Watch from the sky. We will continue the mission you were unable to complete.’

Franz stood up in memory of Damran, who would no longer exist in this world.

Franz stood up and carefully walked to the entrance of the meditation room.

“Report.”

Then he stood in front of the door and spoke to the person behind the door in a very low voice, different from his usual voice.

“Yes, sir. There is news that a huge explosion was observed in Maroonbah City, which was supposed to be the place to start the target elimination plan.”

“Really? Then it seems that the situation was so difficult that Damran had to sacrifice himself to make the plan succeed.”

Franz easily realized how difficult a situation Damran must have been in after hearing the employee’s report.

In the first place, the artifact that Damran used was meant to be used only in cases where all means and methods did not work.

It was an item that could be obtained by costing a whopping 1,000 gold coins.

‘It was something I had already decided to do when I asked to obtain the artifact called Fire Dragon’s Wrath.’

That is probably why the power of the artifact called ‘Fire Dragon’s Wrath’ used by Damran was so strong.

This artifact, which Franz obtained by spending 1,000 gold coins, was discovered in an unexplored area in the northern part of the continent.

El-Romed’s organization members discovered it deep underground, in a research facility that the evil apostle was unable to destroy.

1000 gold coins was the cost incurred in the process of obtaining this.

This included dealing with the person who provided this information, hush money, and other additional measures.

Anyway, this artifact, which cost 1,000 gold coins, was an ordinary round cylinder-shaped object.

However, when this small cylinder is opened, the anger of the fire dragon quietly sleeping inside sweeps away everything.

And this artifact, which had the power to make a city disappear without a trace, did its job.

Although the city of Maroonbah disappeared as a result, who could survive the explosion?

I haven’t tried using it on someone who has reached the level of an Auror Master, but even a person who has reached the level of an Auror Expert will disappear without even being able to find his body when caught in this explosion.

Even though Damran knew that he wouldn’t even be able to find his body, he wanted to use the Fire Dragon’s anger to befriend the organization’s enemy.

‘We must act so that that child’s sacrifice is not in vain.’

Franz thought.

If his prediction was correct, the world would now be in great chaos.

Maroonbah City, where the slush boxes deposit of wealthy people, including nobles, are located.

Since the city of Maroonbah disappeared without a trace, it was only natural that there would be an uproar.

“Get ready.”

Franz gave orders to the person waiting for his words beyond his door his.

“What do you mean?”

“Chaos has come to the world once again, and the time has come to use that chaos to finally achieve our grand wish.”

Franz’s words meant only one thing.

The time has finally come for El-Romed to spread his wings and soar.

“Now it is time to return to Rampleto, not Franz.”

“I understand, Elder. I will contact you right away.”

Now he had given up the name Franz and called himself Rampleto, which he had inherited from his ancestors. His eyes were shining sharper and clearer than ever.

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Nina’s eyes fell on her watch as she looked for new research topics in her lab.

“You are very late, Master.”

The clock hands were already pointing to 3 PM.

As she remembers, today was apparently the day of limited-time dessert sales.

Nina thought she might as well go out and get some dessert herself, rather than waiting around for someone who wouldn’t come.

She found it annoying to have to go through all these formalities and to have to walk quite a bit to get to the street where desserts were sold.

However, when she imagined her young lover smiling happily after receiving the dessert she had bought, she was able to tolerate such annoyance.

Thinking like that, Nina got up from her seat, opened the door to her lab, and went out.

It’s a limited edition dessert, so you’ll have to go and wait in line now.

That thought quickened Nina’s steps.

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“Thank you. Please stop by again next time!”

Should I say I am fortunate?

Luckily, Nina was able to get her hands on a limited edition dessert.

When she went to a place that sold limited edition desserts, the owner recognized Nina.

“Huh? Aren’t you Baron Esselton?”

“Do you know me?”

“I know. “My younger brother survived thanks to the Baron.”

It turned out that the younger sister of the dessert shop owner was the craftsman of a fairly successful dessert shop in the Bregerne Empire.

But one day, while she was walking down the street, she suddenly felt pain and couldn’t breathe. Nina treated the dessert maker who had fallen on the street.

In response, the dessert artisan expressed his gratitude to Nina, and it was somehow passed on to the dessert artisan’s sister living in the El Pario Empire.

“This is also fate, so if you are here to buy a limited edition dessert, please wait a little longer.”

There was a reason why the dessert shop owner asked Nina to wait.

After the sale of the limited edition dessert was over, the store owner gave Nina something extra.

“What is this?”

“One is a limited-edition dessert, and the other is an authentic Bregern Empire-style dessert. I am giving it to her in return for saving her brother, so please feel free to accept it.”

Nina, who went out of her way to get dessert for her lover, felt good after earning unexpected income.

And when Nina returned to Noble Academy with her dessert, an employee from the Noble Academy administration appeared.

“Kyo, Professor! We’re in big trouble!”

“What’s going on?”

“Well, that’s it.”

Nina was told what happened by her administrative staff.

‘That’s right, this morning, students Adalbert and Damran left Noble Academy, and their destination was Maroonba City.’

‘However, according to a report received a while ago, an unimaginable explosion occurred in the city of Maroonbah, and the city of Maroonbah disappeared without a trace.’

‘The investigation team was sent out, and when they checked the list of people who entered the burned city, they found that the names of Adalbert and Damran were written on it.’

‘Unfortunately, although the investigation team searched diligently, no traces were found, so the conclusion was that he was in fact dead…’

-Sharp

Nina’s grip loosened at the shocking news.

Surrounding Nina, who was standing blankly, only the two broken and crushed dessert boxes that fell on the floor represented her feelings.