Duke’s Quadruplets Are All Overpowered Chapter 27

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Past life and present life.

As someone who has lived in both worlds, I am convinced that the fundamental fear of terrible things has something in common that transcends cultures, borders, and even worlds and dimensions. For example, both Earthlings and the people of Kunkan’s empire are afraid of centipedes and spiders, and are afraid of creatures with scales and gills that lurk under the deep sea.

The devil disguised as Karant did the same. Its appearance resembled that of a fish. He imitates a human body, but his face is the head of a fish. He resembles a mackerel. When it was small, it was just a fish for dinner, but the sight of a human-shaped mackerel staring at me with unfocused yellow eyes was as terrifying as a nightmare.

The count offered him a meal and tried to offer him new food, but the devil refused. I saw. The way he clenched his fists as he looked at the seafood prepared on the table. What does it mean, to treat delicious grilled fish as if it were one of its kind?

Gradually, its demonic appearance became more evident. Now there was no longer a blue-eyed boy in front of me, but a fish-headed monster. I had a headache, but I didn’t show it and ate the fish in front of him.

“I envy Sir Karant, who can enjoy such fresh seafood for dinner every day.”

“I don’t like seafood… … .”

“Karant, aren’t you polite?”

The yellow eyes of the guy looking at me seemed to have some inexplicable resentment.

After the dinner, we sat down with Karant at the Count’s initiative.

There were many excuses to avoid meeting. But I gladly chose to be left alone with the devil.

The Count led the way to his treasure trove. It was a hobby room where collected stones were kept, a place that was more strictly guarded than any other place in the castle. The count really placed the moon rock on the first shelf of the decoration cabinet.

“Please feel free to take a look. However, you cannot touch it.”

“It’s fun just to look at.”

“Hehe, right? It’s a place where my life is completely immersed. “It’s not a place that can be easily shown to anyone.”

The more the Count expected me, the more frustrated I became. Poor guy.

“I trust you. I’ll be out, so have a good talk with your son. Even though we are the same age, please be Karant’s precious gift.”

When the maid came with tea and refreshments, the Count went out laughing. When I found myself face to face with Karant, I smiled awkwardly. Karant complained that his father was polarizing. He seemed like a spoiled son. Really, it’s acting without any awkwardness.

I quietly looked around the cabinet. He collected many stones. It was decorated with hundreds and thousands of stones, large and small, rare and common. Some of the stones were worthless, as if they had been picked up from the street. But it all must mean something to the Count. Those stones are fragments of Count Schwarzen’s life. I turned my head and faced Karant. When I saw the fish head, I became angry. The Count was a man who found meaning in even small stones, but the most precious thing in his life was undoubtedly his son.

When you realize that your beloved son has been replaced by a demon, these countless pieces of meaning will become nothing more than stones.

“The Count’s hobbies are truly remarkable. “It must have taken him several years to collect this many stones. When did he start taking up this hobby?”

When I asked Karant a question, he answered without hesitation, even citing stories from the past.

“I heard that you have been collecting it since before I was born. Some people call it eccentric, but I think it’s very cool. When I was young, my father would sometimes tell me about his experience carving each stone in this room. For example, he said he received that stone from a nomad in the northern part of the kingdom.”

Disguisers cannot be distinguished.

Friends, lovers, and family.

I realized what older sister Melissa meant.

It even stole Karant’s memories.

“I heard that you are the strongest spiritualist.”

“We’re not there yet.”

“Father is not a great man who would casually invite just anyone. My father approved. Fourteen, you became an excellent psychic at the same age as me… To be honest, I’m jealous. And he is respectful. “I have only been barely feeling the power of ‘Youngsu’ for a few months at most.”

I also laughed slyly at the devil’s sly joke.

“Excellent, the strongest. These modifiers don’t suit me. As you may know, all of those prestiges have been monopolized by my older brother.”

“Lord Lanista… … . Certainly, even my dark ears often heard surprising rumors. “Are the rumors about him really true?”

“Rumors are nonsense. He is already the strongest knight commander, and his swordsmanship surpasses even the Solgar family.”

“Those red dogs? “I heard your teeth are sharp!”

“haha. “No matter how much it is under the blue pillar, you are calling for the Duke’s family to be destroyed.”

“sorry. Because of his father’s speaking habits… … .”

“I can’t help it when you make excuses, Count. Well, a dog should be called a dog.”

Damn, common conversation between nobles.

He imitated Karant perfectly. He didn’t even see a moment’s pause. If I didn’t have blind eyes to see the devil, I wouldn’t have known he was the devil even if I woke up from death.

“Your strength is like… … .”

I looked directly into the creepy eyes of the fish head and spoke quietly.

“It’s like the devil.”

At that moment, the fish’s unfocused eyes shook. Suddenly, his eyes grew so big that they were completely covered with yellow pupils. She glared at me with a hideous, terrifying face like a deep-sea fish that took up more than half of her head. I suppressed my nausea and barely managed to hide my expression.

A giant cockroach, a monster with tangled limbs, and that fish head.

The devil was a being of contempt that aroused physiological disgust in humans.

“I wanted to convey the spiritualist’s enlightenment according to Count Schwarzen’s wishes, but it was late at night. “We’ll start training tomorrow afternoon.”

“Yes, it was a nice conversation. Confucius.”

I stood up first. Yellow eyes looked at me until I left the room.

* * *

Returning to my room, I opened the window and looked out at the black night sea.

It was obvious what the Lannistar would say. I don’t even know where my sisters are.

I couldn’t ask for help, but I didn’t want to either.

Practically the best option I can make is to run away and report it to the black priests. It is a reasonable judgment. There will be a falling out with the count, but if the Prince of the Reinberg family is accused, the black priests will also move, and Karant, who was caught by the priests, will eventually be revealed to be a fish-headed devil after several months of surveillance.

But in the meantime, the count will work hard to clear his only son’s name. There will be many conflicts. In the end, if it is revealed that he is a devil, I can protect my safety and Reinberg’s honor, but the Count will no longer be on the Blue Pillar’s side.

This is the path I would have chosen in the past, giving up many things to protect just one thing.

There is no natural way to let people know that Karant is the devil. The disguiser couldn’t even tell Melissa’s sister apart. However, I cannot persuade the Count.

“shit.”

I washed the windows and drew the curtains. I lay down on the bed and touched my eyes with my palms, then pinched my cheeks hard. If it were me up until now, I wouldn’t have worried. But was I really that kind of person? Settling, running away, running away. That was a habit. The person who took on challenges, was not afraid, and was confident was definitely me.

Me as a child who believed in the power of dog eyes and applied to the National Defense Corps, and Nan at age 29, who realized more than anyone else that I was afraid of the power of dog eyes and became a dog with a curled tail.

It was the same, but different.

What I thought was a rational decision was that my survival was the top priority. It was not a breakthrough, but an emergency exit. If you run away from this problem now, running away will definitely become a habit in the future. I will always run away, and when I have to run away, I won’t be able to run away.

“Not an emergency exit, but a breakthrough.”

Dawn has arrived.

As I started to meditate, Dalbi came onto my lap.

Perhaps thanks to the nature keeper, my mind seemed to become clearer.

* * *

The next day, we waited for the count to finish his morning duties and met together alone, using tea time as an excuse. The room where the count lived consisted of a library, bedroom, and drawing room connected to each other. I sat across from the Count at a small round table in a small drawing-room, to which perhaps only the Count and his intimates were invited. Sweet-smelling tea and butter cookies came out. However, unlike the smell, the taste of the tea had a bitter aftertaste.

I said, noticing three stones adorning the living room shelf.

“The Count said the stones he collected were pieces of life. There are three decorative stones in this room as well, but seeing that they are placed nearby instead of on a cabinet, they seem like special pieces.”

The Count smiled, but his smile was somewhat bitter. Like this needlessly sweet-smelling tea.

“Starting from the stones on the far left, in that order, they are Chappie, Liana, and Karant.”

It was said that the stones placed closest to the living area, not in the decoration, were all the first stones picked up from the garden when the Count’s children were born. The Count said that the moonstone I gave him became his most prized treasure, but that these stones were more than just their value, they were the meaning of his existence.

My heart ached. The difference between a stone in the garden and a stone decorated in a room is only ‘meaning’.

The devil took away all meaning from him.

“Yes, Prince Polestar. I heard she’s starting assistant principal training starting today. “Is there anything you can do to support me?”

“This is my first time teaching someone, so I am worried about many things. but… … .”

I skillfully led the conversation.

First of all, before starting training, he said that we should look at the place where he realized the power of spirit beast.

I asked him to tell me everything he knew, including when his son changed and his subsequent actions. The count had no doubts and was happy to explain what had happened a few months ago.

A few months ago, Count Karantwa went on a vacation to a small island not far from the port.

There was a sacred lake there called Lake Terrarin. While Karant is fishing in the lake, his boat capsizes and he falls into the lake. At the time, the count said he saw his son being sucked into the depths of the lake. The lake was deep and wide enough to cover most of the island. The soldiers immediately rushed to rescue Karant, but even though they searched the lakeshore, focusing on the overturned ferry boat, Karant was nowhere to be found.

The Count said there was no reason for the boat to capsize on a calm lake in the first place.

Terrarin Lake was considered sacred, and there were legends that water spirits lived there. An hour later, Karant walked by himself to the count who was in despair. All of the knights who were escorting Karant went missing, but Karant was only wet and was not injured.

“The water spirit protected my son.”

The Count firmly believes.

“The achievements of the lake spirit, the blue wolf Mac, are very famous. Perhaps, like Duke Reinberg’s Blue Wolf, a great hero saved Karant’s life. Haha, relax your expression. “I tried to be a bit cunning.”

It was then.

My expression hardened and I couldn’t even smile.

Terralin Lake.

I glanced at the ceiling.

A fishy smell makes me vibrate.

“Don’t ever tell Lord Karant what I’m saying now.”

“hmm?”

“At Terrarin Lake… … .”

fantasy,