chapter 3
3-limbs one by one
“I made you wait a long time.”
I felt like I was suppressing it as much as possible, but even so, the speculation leaking out was telling me.
‘Tushin Mark.’
The strongest man who revived an empire on the brink of collapse in one generation, and currently the only sword master.
It is clear that the emperor of the empire, Mark Albastein.
“Meet the emperor.”
In the first place, it was a meeting between Laplace and Marc, who had never met in the original work.
With Marc’s skill, it would have been possible to catch Laplace.
Befitting the main character of Romance, the 4th princess was entangled with princes from various countries, and Marc was busy taking care of him, so there was no incident in which the two appeared at the same time.
For that reason, I used honorifics to him once.
It was because I thought there would be no lunatic, no matter how stupid aristocrats, to speak in a flat language to an emperor of a country.
“Hmm? Speak comfortably like last time.”
Anyway, that madman named Laplace must have been right.
“…I will.”
“I was worried because I suddenly saw Zenith before she died.”
I couldn’t understand why Marc started laughing with a cheerful voice.
Clearly Zenith was the name of the previous duke.
I couldn’t understand why he brought up that name in front of Laplace, who had become a madman since Janice’s death.
“Put that aside for now.”
Suddenly, he stopped laughing, and in an instant, he exerted a tremendous sense of intimidation, as if releasing all the speculation that had been blocked up until this point.
In contrast, I had no choice but to take a step back because I was not prepared.
“What was the reason for saving the princess who had even broken off her marriage?”
He asked a formal question that was expected.
“I just did what I had to do as a noble of the empire.”
I also tried to end it by giving him a very formal answer.
“Then I ask you. How did you go immediately after the princess was kidnapped?”
However, it was the same that I wondered if it was not a father-daughter relationship.
This guy looks suspicious of me, though.
But I didn’t move without thinking.
“This.”
“Is this the imperial crest?”
What I took out was an envelope with the imperial family’s seal on it.
“What is this about?”
Fortunately, there is no princess here.
The only target to be deceived was Mark.
“Actually, while exchanging letters with the princess, I heard that there are people who have been digging after the princess. So there might be something called what if.”
“Um…What’s good is good.”
For now, I was relieved to see his reaction that he would let me go.
“Then, is the breakup with the princess a thing of the past?”
He began to speak incomprehensibly.
“Even so, it was the crown duke who applied for the breakup first… It’s hard to make it happen like it never happened. Um, um.”
I couldn’t help but stare at him in a state of fascination as he nodded his head as he answered his questions.
“Then let’s do this.”
He came over to me at once, grabbed me by the shoulder, and started talking.
“Did you say the name of that abduction method was…Scar? It’s wanted in the Holy Land, so go and say you caught it. Of course, in the name of the empire, not the name of the duke.”
‘Did you finish the calculations in that short amount of time and come up with the most profitable direction?’
He was a scary man. He probably thought it better to put a light on Seongguk than to keep questioning me.
“Okay.”
I reluctantly accepted his offer and turned around, thinking.
After I finished my work in the Holy Kingdom.
Proceed with the breakup again as quickly as possible.
That’s my way of life.
**
“Hmm…”
I was in the middle of eating while I stopped by Yeongji to prepare before going to Seongguk.
But something is missing.
The food was cold as if it had been prepared in advance.
“Something is missing…”
Ah.
The rabbit had no ears.
That pink rabbit who had been sulking every day.
“Sebastian, where is Alice?”
“Yes.”
To my question, Sebastian, who hadn’t asked me any questions after returning from the capital, answered.
“It is said that there was a patient in the family right after the lord left, so I sent him back under the pretext of vacation.”
“What’s the status?”
“It’s called a cold.”
No matter how much it is a romance fantasy world, it is a fantasy world. There was, of course, healing magic, and a saintess from a neighboring country could bring the dead back to life.
As much as there was a romance element in it, it was a work that I just dealt with with healing techniques no matter what problems arose.
“If it’s a cold, isn’t it just a matter of taking him to a healing center?”
“Most of the people think that the Beasts are similar to the Asmodians. I think the priests are rejecting it.”
“Prepare to go to town.”
“Yes?”
“I’ll have to check the faces of the clerics who say they believe in God but are covered by people.”
“Ah…”
I saw Sebastian’s face showing a puzzled look at the story of going down to the village.
It is evident that I am anxiously thinking that maybe I will fold the clerics in half.
But I am not Laplace. There is only minimal education for the clergy who are being screened for people.
**
“Young, my lord.”
“Keep your head down. Do you want to be arrested?”
“What happened…”
“Isn’t that where the beast people live?”
I wanted to avoid a commotion, so I went down to the village with only Sebastian.
Since he is in the position of the lord, it seems that everyone in the territories knew this face.
It’s not as much as the royal capital’s attendants, but it shows a strangely fearful expression.
Is this guy the crazy guy who even touched Young Ji-min?
“Wait here.”
“Yes.”
She took Sebastian with him, and guessed at her leverage, and since she didn’t know what she was going to do, she thought she’d have to go alone.
– Smart.
– Smart.
“Yes.”
I knocked on a small wooden house standing alone in a secluded place. A slightly familiar, but different voice came from inside.
“Who are you?”
Through the crack in the slightly open door, not the familiar rabbit ears… But small rabbit ears protruded.
There was a little girl with rabbit ears who looked a bit younger than her Alice.
“Isn’t this the home of a girl named Alice?”
“Are you my sister’s friend? Wait a minute.”
As the girl entered the house, she heard various sounds.
“Sister’s friend is here~”
“Uh, buddy?”
“He’s so tall, he’s wearing all black and his expression is like that!”
“Ah…”
And after a while, I saw Alice running out.
“I’m sorry for recklessly leaving the mansion without seeking the lord’s consent!”
Right after she jumped out, she started to apologize with her ears hanging down like she always does.
“Sister… Just because I’m your friend?”
Looking at Alice like that, her younger brother started to show an uneasy expression.
“Hah…A friend is right.”
“Hey, lord?”
I held Alice’s bunny ears as she continued to lower her head and held out Sebastian’s prepared fruit to her sister.
“This is a gift.”
“Are you really your friend?”
“Your friend is right. Take this.”
“Wow!”
Is it the innocence peculiar to children? Her brother went into her house with a lively appearance at once.
“So, what did you come for…?”
He seemed kind, but he was dumbfounded at this situation of being feared on the contrary.
“Hey, did you prepare the money today?”
“Ah brother, it’s not money, it’s a penance fee.”
When I was feeling a bit angry with a guy named Laplace.
Two men dressed in priestly uniforms started approaching with an air of arrogance.
“Who are these people?”
“He… Said he was treating her mother, but only took money…”
Judging from Alice’s attitude. Aren’t they normal guys?
But I started to get curious about not running away even after seeing this.
“What is it, bro, is this sister’s boyfriend?”
“It’s been a while since we’ve been dispatched to this village, so I don’t know.”
The two men continued to touch each other in an annoying way, and one even showed me a shoulder strap.
“What’s wrong with this girl?”
When I saw the guys who started talking as if they had been waiting for me as soon as I spoke. It smelled like a habitual offender.
“Should I say it’s a sad story that one or two poor priests healed the girl’s mother, but only received 1 gold as a pittance?”
1 Gold…Amount of money that an ordinary farmer in a village can spend a week playing.
However, it was an absurdly small amount to save a person from the brink of death.
“Is it true?”
“After asking the authors, my mother became more seriously ill…”
Um…
“No, what do you think of a priest? If so, we’ll have to exercise our skills too.”
“If you don’t have money, wouldn’t it be better for you and your younger sister to pay it back instead?”
‘Is this a crime against Alice and her sister…’
However, it is difficult to find evidence for this kind of crime.
As I was thinking about how to catch the pod, a thought popped into my head.
“You guys.”
“Your brother will pay for it?”
“I can’t give it to you.”
“Really?”
The two look excited at the thought of catching a new hogu.
“But have you ever heard of the name Laplace?”
“That notorious evil lord?”
“Don’t even talk. It’s so bad that rumors spread all over the territory where we worked before.”
“That’s me.”
I began to unleash my fighting spirit as I drew my sword.
They seemed confident in their skills, but such mediocre skills made it easy for them to be intimidated by a strong man of a higher rank than themselves.
“Go in and use the healing potion you used for treatment. If her mother recovers, take 10 times the original amount. If she fails, take her arm and leg.”
Anyway, me.
It seems that a Solomon-level judgment has been handed down.