◈ Episode 353 The Sinister Goat (2)
“I have a guest here, but they don’t even serve tea?”
“Do you have any tea you would like to have?”
“no. The tea was never to my taste.”
“Then would you like coffee?”
“coffee? Why do you drink that bitter thing? Besides, drinking makes it hard to sleep well.”
“I’m glad. Because there are neither of them here.”
At those words, Duke Hayback laughed as if he had just eaten a punch.
“As expected, the teacher is a very interesting person.”
“Please call me Director of Planning for now.”
“A teacher is a teacher, so why do we have to call him the head of the planning department?”
“Because right now here is the planning office. If you want to call me teacher, why don’t you come to my office?”
“That’s unfortunate. She should have come to visit me when she was in the office.”
“So, what is the reason?”
“Hmm?”
Heyback tilted his head as if he had heard wrongly.
The action was like a grandfather sitting on a park bench feeding pigeons.
As if he was a person who had nothing to do with the busy world.
“It doesn’t matter if you pretend you don’t know. It’s not like someone as busy as the Duke came to see me for light reasons.”
“this. It’s a little silly. Yeah. I am a person who has already taken his hands off work. Why do you so overestimate the old man in the back alley who gave up his seat to his son and withdrew?”
“Did someone like that secretly use a hand behind the scenes to collapse the Ranpaltz?”
This time, Duke Hayback narrowed his eyes as if he was really surprised.
“Hoo. How did you know?”
He had no intention of hiding anything.
“We are not standing still. Who do you think is attracting money in the first place?”
“Even so, you, the head of the planning department, are only good at internal affairs, so you don’t know much about news from the outside, right?”
“I have a friend who brings me news from the outside.”
“ah. Is that friend Oliver, who is said to be hot these days?”
“… … .”
This time, Ludgar stared hard at Duke Hayback.
Duke Hayback smiled mischievously, as if enjoying the fact that it was now a 1v1.
“By the way, is it okay for Seorn?”
“What are you talking about?”
“It means being a teacher.”
also.
This person knew everything.
Rudger seemed to know why people had a hard time with Duke Hayback.
He acts like a detached person, as if he has no interest in worldly affairs.
In fact, he was more sensitive to the flow of the situation than anyone else.
Same with that insensitive act of prodding someone else’s secret with a smile on your face.
It was truly a specimen of a sinister person.
“Hey, did you think I was a sneaky person just now?”
“yes.”
“… … Isn’t it polite to say no at times like this?”
“When have we been polite to each other?”
That’s it too.
Duke Hayback chuckled.
“So, did you get permission from the president to hold a concurrent position?”
“Bondi Seorn’s teachers do not touch anything outside of their class time.”
“Huh. The salary is good, but the position is not touched. It is truly a dream job.”
“I got permission from the president, so it doesn’t matter. Is that why you came to see me just to confirm this fact?”
“huh? No, no. This is just a secondary purpose. I came to see you for a different reason.”
“Then what is the original reason?”
“I want to say thank you.”
Rudger frowned as if he didn’t understand.
“I don’t understand why you say thank you.”
“Didn’t you break the high nose of Caden Lumos, that arrogant and arrogant Chi?”
“Is it just for that reason?”
Heyback was a little taken aback when Rudgar asked incredulously.
“what? Why aren’t you surprised?”
“Why should I be surprised?”
“Didn’t the name Cayden Lumos come up? Isn’t it a shocking secret that it was the Lumos family that breathed in this case, and also the Ranpaltz? Shouldn’t it be natural to be surprised?”
ah. Was it because of that
Rudger replied calmly.
“I have already heard of it.”
That was 10 minutes ago.
However, he didn’t bother to tell Heyback that much.
“Okay. I really wanted to surprise you this time, but as expected, Sensei goes far ahead of me.”
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If someone from the Lumos family came and tipped you off just now, what would your face look like?
Rudger said, stopping such silly thoughts.
“So you said thank you? For giving someone from the same ducal family a shot?”
“Well, that’s how it is. Of course, I know you didn’t mean to do that.”
“We just did our best to respond to the situation. Having Duke Lumos there is nothing more than an accidental stumbling block.”
“okay. Still, isn’t it true that he gave me a shot even if he didn’t mean to? Even if he pretends not to be that child, he is narrow-minded, so he must be keeping this in mind. So, how can I not be relieved?”
Heyback smiled as if he was happy just imagining it.
“But this isn’t the real reason I came to you either.”
“Something keeps coming out like a box within a box.”
“Call it like an onion. The charm of this old man is that no matter how hard he tries, there is no end to it.”
“That’s so spicy that it makes me cry.”
Rudgar was trying to be sarcastic, but Hayback laughed.
“Aren’t you curious? Why is this old man, who has grown old, still meticulously aware of the situation?”
“A seat is a seat, so isn’t that a habit?”
“That is half correct. Are you still happy? I didn’t tell you it was an old man’s nasty hobby.”
“You mean you’re half wrong.”
“Yes. And the other half of the truth has to do with my coming to you like this.”
Saying that, Heyback’s expression changed from an immature old man to a cold-hearted leader in an instant.
Heyback’s attitude changed as if he had put on a mask or turned on a switch, and Ludger was also nervous.
“You know, it’s a habit for me to check multiple cases like this, but it’s not the underlying reason. Because this is not a hobby, it is also my duty.”
“Duty, you mean?”
“Yes, it is my duty. Sensei, do you know what our Kadatushan family is doing?”
“That it is one of the three major ducal families of the empire.”
“and?”
“It’s just that the family’s symbol is a mountain goat, and that it has ties to various media and information organizations.”
“Hoo. That’s enough to know more than the average person. That’s right. We, Kadatushan, have a clearer eye on the state of the empire than anyone else.”
Heyback let out a smile in those endless eyes.
It was a light that only those who had lived for a long time could possess.
“People say It is said that the eagle that flies high knows the situation best because it overlooks the empire. But that is wrong.”
Rudgar saw the shape of a beast behind Heyback’s back for an instant.
A goat with long horns.
“What is happening on the ground is what you know best. For example, it is like a mountain goat that can easily climb any precipice there is.”
“… … .”
“And as the head of that place, I, of course, am fluent in various information about the empire. For example, the news that the new teacher in Seorn is the same as the owner of a backstreet who quickly became rich in Ledervelk.”
A rather stern and heavy atmosphere pressed on Ludger’s shoulders.
Hayback is neither a wizard nor a knight.
Literally, he was an ordinary person who had not learned the art.
But he had a huge presence.
It is as far away as a great mountain created by the accumulation of things that have been accumulated for a long time.
It was an authority that only those who survived the storms of a long time and firmly kept their position could have.
“… … Why didn’t he know what happened in the capital?”
“Heh heh heh. This stings where it hurts.”
Hayback shrugged.
“The capital is the only one in the empire that is not under our jurisdiction. The imperial family is there, and we shouldn’t care where the imperial family’s eyes reach.”
“Why?”
“Because we are so capable.”
“… … .”
“I am not kidding. If we put our minds to it, we’ll catch every move of the imperial family. However, no matter how brilliant they were, they were only a ducal family, so there was no way they could challenge the emperor’s authority. So there is a treaty that was made. By not touching the capital.”
“Just,” continued Heyback.
“Anywhere other than the capital, if we find someone who might be a danger to the empire, we will go out without hesitation. That’s the Kadatushan family.”
“So you came to see me? To this seorn?”
“Because I need to check. Ceorn is a separate place, but it is also in the territory of the Empire. So, let me introduce myself again.”
Heyback spoke of his position, which he hadn’t said in the banquet hall that day.
“Ex-Chief of Intelligence, former Chief of Nightcrawler, and an eye that overlooks the Empire. It is called Heyback Kadatushan.”
Rudger stared at Hayback silently.
It is difficult to read the intentions in his gaze that is directed in this direction.
‘Although I thought he wasn’t an ordinary old man.’
It is one of the pillars of the three major dukes.
Surely such a person is not an ordinary person?
But hearing it with my own mouth, this is more than I imagined.
“Seeing that such a noble person came to see me, I must have been quite suspicious.”
Heyback shrugged lightly at Ludger’s words.
“Where is the doubt? It even surprised me with unbelievable results over and over again, but of course it’s not an ordinary issue. It’s the first time I’ve been so surprised since I found traces of the Black Dawn.”
“Thank you for looking at me so highly.”
“What is gratitude? I’m just giving a raw assessment.”
Rudger put both hands on the desk with his hands clenched together.
As long as the other person is serious enough to introduce themselves once again, the moment you lose your guard even for a moment, your neck will be bitten.
“So you came to catch me? For the stability of the empire?”
“then?”
Heyback sharpened his gaze for an instant and stared at Ludger.
It was a very brief moment, but it felt like a blade had been flying into my chest.
It was to the extent that Ludger, who was immune to all kinds of momentum from Grander, felt that way.
However, Ludger was also second to none in terms of experience.
Although the years he has lived are certainly not enough compared to the opponent in front of him.
He had a different density of life.
“You are lying.”
“Why do you think so?”
“If that were the case, they would have brought the people of my family and captured me alive. Or call the Knights of the Nightcrawler.”
“Am I the only one who thought that wasn’t the case?”
“If Duke Heyback is going to step forward, it means that this issue is usually not important. Nevertheless, he came to me, revealed his identity, and asked questions.”
Rudger picked up a strange disparity in Hayback’s demeanor.
“Don’t you want to check it out? Because I still can’t tell if I’m an enemy of the Empire or not.”
Heyback’s expressionless face distorted at those words.
Before long, deep wrinkles formed on his face, and a big smile broke out.
“Ha ha ha ha ha! this is true Sensei is not vigilant until the end!”
“So, is the verification process over?”
“procedure? The procedure was over a long time ago.”
Rudger’s eyebrows twitched at Heyback’s words.
Did you say it was over?
“You look like you don’t know. Look at this teacher. Look at what you have done so far.”
“What did I do?”
“Huh.”
It was Heyback who was rather taken aback when Rudger asked because he didn’t know.
“Have you been so unaware? Whether I should be relieved of this or not.”
“Are there any problems?”
“no. there is no Quite the contrary. Even though Sensei possesses such incredible abilities, she has never done anything to pose a threat to the Empire.”
“That is an undeserved compliment.”
“Of course, I do weird things in the back world as a side job, but isn’t that common?”
“I don’t usually say things like that are common.”
What kind of teacher in the world hides his identity and works in the underworld?
Rudger tried to argue, but realized that it was like smearing himself and shut up.
“The teacher saved the dying streets and organized the gangs, but he did not use the money and power in vain. He would rather be useful to the Empire.”
“Is that so.”
“I heard that you played a big part in the events that happened in the capital. In addition, he presented a new magic theory in the Arcane Chamber and taught students magic that was not existing. And most importantly… … It means that the imperial family believes in you.”
“That’s what… … .”
It’s because I made a bad deal with the 1st princess.
However, Heyback wouldn’t be unaware of that, so he must have judged that there was no reason to view it badly, even considering all of that.
“What if all of this I’ve done is actually faking it?”
“Isn’t it that I came here myself to confirm that? But after talking and seeing the teacher, I can put aside my worries.”
“Are you concluding with just that?”
“That is my role, that is my job. If I’m still wrong, isn’t it because I’m lacking in ability? Then what can I do?”
It was a truly carefree answer to a person who might become a danger to the empire in the future.
“Still, I want to ask you one favor, knowing that you are not a threat to the empire, but rather helpful.”
“… … Are you asking?”
“okay.”
Heyback said, erasing the smile from his face.
“I know that you are participating in an upcoming [Mystic Night].”
Rudger nodded.
That’s it, at the point where the invitation has already come, there are few people who don’t know.
“I want you to kill one person on that [Mysterious Night].”
