Chapter5. Intentionally arouse anger. (9)
After speaking, his eyes turned to my wrist. A place where you can’t even move because you’re wrapped in bandages.
“…….”
His eyes slowly turning, he thought, ‘Well, that doesn’t make sense. How can you… … .’ he was saying.
I swallowed a sneer at the clear look of relief there.
“Anyway, did you say Pierre?”
“yes.”
“It’ll take half a year for him to get back to normal. Just cut him off.”
Philip opened his eyes wide.
“Huh? Cutting it?”
“Or tell him to stop himself.”
“…….”
“Was our fief’s financial condition sufficient to allow a guy like that to take paid leave?”
I picked up Pierre’s sick leave application form.
“Think carefully. Which is the better choice.”
He crumpled it right in front of Philip.
“…….”
Philip, who was conflicted with his eyes twinkling, soon lowered his head. His worries were short-lived as he did not know that Pierre was Diego’s third son.
Above all, in his opinion, Pierre’s condition must have been hopeless.
“……All right.”
Finally, a resigned answer flowed from Philip’s mouth.
“Good idea.”
As soon as Philip finished speaking, I threw the crumpled document into the fireplace far away.
Cracking.
The document that caught fire soon turned to ashes and disappeared. Just like Pierre now.
“Hehe.”
It was difficult to suppress the smile that spread across my face.
I gave him a night he would never forget, and effectively ruined his future.
Moreover, I was able to enjoy a leisurely meal that day.
‘Those thugs were really delicious.’
Perhaps because they were usually very active, their bodies were full of vitality.
‘It also killed the feeling of cutting.’
It was extremely exciting to kill two guys with one blow. Their necks especially had a lot of fat, so the feel of cutting them was extremely soft.
I grinned and twitched the tip of my right finger.
‘I feel myself getting stronger.’
In particular, after the match with Diego, I felt that my skills had improved dramatically. It was thanks to the training I did that day alone in my room, drawing pictures of him and blocking them.
‘It will probably be difficult to meet a strong person like him again.’
Somehow I felt regretful.
‘Shall I try touching it again?’
The desire to have the opportunity to become stronger fueled me. Then my gaze fell on the bandage on my wrist.
‘… … No, no. But not like this.’
I tried hard to erase Diego’s afterimage from my head. This is because there is no guarantee that next time it will end with just one wrist.
“hmm.”
I licked my lips with my tongue.
I want to become stronger. More than now, even more. So much so that I can’t lose to anyone.
I did not want to lose this body and the new life I had worked so hard to gain. I didn’t want to get caught up in the flow of the original and die.
Only by becoming a truly strong person can you survive.
“how will we do it…….”
I tapped the edge of the desk and got lost in thought. Thinking about which to choose among so many options.
Then, suddenly, I saw Philip sorting out his letters with his back turned to me. It was a bundle of letters that had already been reviewed.
“for a moment.”
I reached out my hand and stopped him. He snapped his finger and called me.
“Give me that bundle of letters.”
“Yes?”
Philip stuttered in embarrassment.
“This is all sorted out…”
“Shut up and give it to me.”
In the end, Philip reluctantly put down the envelope in front of me.
“Spread everything out.”
He hesitated at my coercive tone and spread the letter out in the shape of a fan. His pupils were shaking unsteadily, like a child caught doing something bad.
I slowly exhaled while resting my chin on one side.
“The number has increased.”
“…….”
“The ones I checked were definitely 11, but now there are 12.”
A cold smile appeared on my lips.
“this.”
I chose exactly one envelope among the unfolded envelopes and picked it up.
“It looks like an envelope I haven’t seen before?”
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“……!”
Philip’s face turned pale. I waved the envelope in front of Philip.
“Isn’t it from the border?”
The source of the envelope with a blue border on a white background is the border, or Diego Kindreal. The red label there meant ’emergency’.
And, the envelope was already torn. Even though I didn’t check.
“Well, master….”
Philip bit his lip and averted his gaze.
I just stared at him without saying a word. So that he can admit his mistakes.
“……I’m sorry, Master.”
Soon, Philip’s dying voice came out through his teeth. I pretended not to hear what he said and took out the letter from the envelope.
“ah…….”
Philip let out a pitiful sigh, but did not stop and looked at the letter.
The letter contained handwriting scrawled in Diego’s characteristically stern and weighty handwriting.
[The agent who will go to the capital is decided to be knight Jonas Klein. Provide him with a night’s sleep and a comfortable rest. Also, prepare horses capable of long distance running and food so that you can move to the capital as quickly as possible.]
A different yet similar flow from the original.
Attendance at the meeting, which was impossible in the original, was possible this time, but as expected, the participant was not Abel.
‘I knew it.’
I didn’t hide my bitter smile.
When things went as expected, I couldn’t help but feel bitter. Of course, this was also because of Philip, who acted exactly as expected.
“young master…….”
Philip’s face now turned blue after seeing my expression. I threw a letter down in front of him.
“Why don’t you listen to excuses?”
A ray of hope momentarily flashed across Philip’s face. Rather than being slapped right away, I was given a chance to talk.
He licked his dry lips and opened his mouth.
“First of all, I’m sorry. Even if I have two mouths, I don’t have anything to say.”
“Before you consider even that one pointless point, get to the point.”
Philip swallowed his saliva at my scolding words.
“You were already hurt physically and mentally because of what happened last time… I didn’t want to upset you even more.”
“…….”
“So, I tried to handle things quietly on my own terms. That’s all. I didn’t dare to deceive you, Master.”
Although he was saying it in a twisted way, Philip’s intention was like that.
I see an article where Abel, who had already suffered violence from Diego under the pretense of discipline, is acting as his representative, overtaking me, his son?
‘They’ll be going on a rampage, asking why that guy who doesn’t have even a drop of blood in them is leaving.’
But the opponent is a trained knight. It would be impossible to snatch the lord’s seal in his hand.
This would have been the case even if he were in a normal physical condition, but since even one arm was not free, the results were obvious.
‘I would have expected him to take out his anger on the poor employee.’
These days, I’ve been acting more viciously because my arm hurts. The level of complaints from employees must have skyrocketed.
‘As the butler in charge of the castle’s household affairs, he must have had a lot of worries.’
Philip probably wanted to welcome the knight Jonas, treat him well, and then send him off without making a fuss. In order to do this, he had to prevent Abel from meeting him as much as possible.
‘Well, that was when I didn’t know this letter was coming.’
Part of me would have thought that the letter announcing the regular noble meeting would have been well hidden.
It was of no use to me, who knew everything. In other words, no matter how Philip flew or crawled, he was still on the palm of my hand.
Tap, tap.
I began to gently tap my chin with my fingers.
This was the behavior I displayed when I concentrated, especially when I concentrated in a direction that would cause trouble for Philip.
“…….”
Philip’s face began to turn dark.
I was lost in thought, leaving Philip to have some time to reflect on his own.
‘Jonas Klein.’
As far as I know, he was not the knight whom Diego sent to the capital on his behalf.
‘Why did they change it?’
The answer came quickly.
‘The situation on the western border has not been good lately.’
The damage caused by the last 20 trolls was great. It would have taken a long time just to restore the walls and collect the injured.
We can’t send important personnel to that situation.
‘Jonasra… … . I think he was a principled person with a stubborn personality.’
It seemed that he was selected based on personality and political ability rather than ability.
If so, he would probably express his opinion without hesitation even in a room full of high-ranking nobles. There was a high possibility that he would have volunteered for this position as well.
‘Of course, it will be difficult to attend smoothly.’
He stopped twitching his fingers and stared at Philip.
“Philip.”
“Yes, master.”
“So you’re saying you only did it for me?”
“……Yes, of course.”
Philip answered in a very desperate voice. I grinned at him.
“I was once again impressed by your loyalty.”
“…….”
“Not only did he understand my feelings, but he also tried to do what my father asked me to do. It’s really touching.”
Philip’s complexion became increasingly worse due to my elegant tone of voice. Because I knew that I was not saying this out of genuine admiration.
“Well, master….”
“Okay, so are the food and horses prepared?”
Philip rolled his eyes and answered.
“……yes.”
“I guess you chose the right one with plenty of sheep and a strong horse, right?”
As my questions continued, Philip’s expression became more confused. Although he was embarrassed, he continued to answer faithfully.
“……Yes, yes.”
“Okay. Where is Jonas staying? Did you take a good look?”
“……Yes. The maids are cleaning the room and making up the bedding right now.”
“Hoo.”
I raised my hands and clapped loudly. As my applause continued, Philip’s face became more and more distorted.
“Very, well done. Very good.”
“…….”
“Then I guess I can do this for you.”
“yes?”
I motioned for Philip to come closer. However, Philip was not willing to come closer and just wiggled his hand.
“Well, don’t be scared and come here.”
“…….”
“hurry.”
As my tone of voice lowered slightly, Philip stopped wiggling his hands. And he began to approach me at a slow pace.
“That’s right.”
He finally stood next to me and leaned in thoughtfully.
“Why are you scared?”
I muttered as I took his hand.
“Are you afraid I’m going to hit you?”
Phillip’s body flinched for a moment.
“I don’t plan on doing that, so don’t worry. Instead….”
I whispered into his ear. About what he should do next.
“……that!”
Philip stepped back, his eyes wide. An unbearable shock was etched in his eyes.
“why,”
I covered one corner of my mouth and smiled devilishly.
“Can’t you?”
It was an irresistible temptation and command that Philip could not resist.
“……no.”
Philip dropped his head. His tightly clenched fists contained extreme helplessness.
“I will do as you command.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
I answered like a song and stood up.
“I’m going out now.”
“Oh, yes.”
Philip finally came to his senses and straightened up.
“Are you going out without a carriage again today?”
“uh.”
Philip asked impatiently at my answer.
“Master, by any chance… did the coachman make some mistake?”
“why not?”
“You haven’t been riding the carriage lately, so I was wondering if something was wrong.”
“There is no such thing, so don’t catch someone for no reason.”
I waved my hand carelessly.
“If you understand, get ready to go out.”
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