Episode 198
Chapter 1
About 10 minutes passed.
I could feel countless footsteps coming from the main gate.
When I turned my head slightly, the four guys kneeling in front of me also turned their heads.
And then.
That anxious expression began to turn completely despairing.
Because.
Just now, our little ones were leading more than twenty kids through the main gate.
“Please… please save me!!”
“Please!! Please!!”
“Ah… … Aaaah!!”
There is no need to make a fuss.
When I briefly lift my index finger and put it in front of my mouth, it becomes as quiet as a bamboo shoot.
I turned my head again.
Then I was dazed for a moment.
Because our Thanos suddenly knelt down on one knee in front of me.
And with a very anxious expression.
Hey, why are you like this?
“My lord… … .”
“why?”
“Didn’t you say that to me before?”
If you say transfer, then when are you talking about?
It’s scary to tilt your head.
“You said that you are now a member of the Inspectorate and that it is okay to kill those who cause trouble… … .”
“Yes, that was definitely the case.”
Maybe it’s because I’ve forgotten, but Thanos and I are part of the same ‘Inspectorate’.
I plugged it in.
That’s what Thanos said.
“I think I had an accident.”
If that were the case, Thanos would probably have figured it out too.
But there is only one way to say this.
I counted the number of men being dragged in from behind.
Exactly 21 people.
According to the four people who reported, there were a total of 28 people, so if you subtract the four people who reported, there are 24 people.
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There should be 24 people in total, but there are only 21.
hmm.
Accident… … .
“Did you kill him?”
“……yes.”
Thanos must have killed the three people who weren’t here.
“so?”
“yes?”
“You killed him because he deserved it, didn’t you?”
“… … .”
“What are their intentions? They must have breathed life into you or attacked you in some way, and you were just protecting them. Isn’t that enough?”
Thanos said nothing.
Now that I think about it, the guy’s expression looks really complicated.
I stared blankly at that face and realized.
Our Thanos, although he looks so manly now, was just an extra student 1 who got beaten up by kids until recently.
How much has piled up over time?
There are more than twenty noble children.
Wasn’t there anyone among them who harassed Thanos?
There’s no way that’s true.
Of the four people kneeling before my eyes, two are the ones who beat up Thanos, so there’s no way they weren’t there.
I think maybe all the anger I’ve been feeling has just burst out all at once.
Certainly, it was more of a ‘self-satisfaction’ than an appearance of the inspectors or following my orders, so it is understandable that he had a complicated expression on his face.
So that’s what’s going on.
“So what would you like me to do?”
“I think I should be punished too.”
I was a little curious.
It’s punishment.
“What punishment?”
“I heard the whole story on my way here. But I killed those three before I heard about it, and they were not so much trying to kill us as trying to ‘subdue’ us.”
I listened in silence.
“I am your subordinate. I wanted to be your swordsman, and I volunteered, but killing those three was clearly an act of my personal feelings rather than your orders. I hid behind your name to handle my personal affairs. I believe that I deserve to be punished for my actions that are below the level of your swordsman. If you order me to be expelled, I will be expelled. I will gladly accept any punishment.”
ah.
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I tried not to show it.
That’s funny.
It was only recently that I felt that Thanos had grown, and has he grown again in the meantime?
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Why is he so manly?
“I understand what you mean. I conveyed my feelings well. But I’m not expelled.”
I was going to be hired as an assistant instructor, but I got expelled.
There’s nothing this kid can’t do.
“The ones you had to kill deserved to die, but at the time you didn’t know that and only killed them out of personal feelings. That’s the problem. If it had been a normal academy, that is, if I wasn’t there, you would have been expelled or disappeared without a sound.”
I slowly squatted down in my seat.
“But as you know, this academy does not belong to the president or the king. It belongs to our master. And it is also mine. So please punish me. Very well.”
Thanos straightened his posture.
A willingness to listen.
I really like it.
“I killed the guy who was going to die anyway, I dealt with it based on personal feelings, but the result was good, it’s simple. Expulsion doesn’t seem too harsh, so let’s just give him a clean suspension.”
Thanos looks up and looks at me.
“How long would be a good length of time? Two weeks? Three weeks? A month?”
“… … I will accept whatever you give me.”
I burst out laughing.
okay.
“Then let’s do it for a month.”
This month may seem like a punishment, but strictly speaking, it is a reward.
Our Thanos.
He’s already grown so well that teaching him at the academy is pointless.
I was trying to expand my bloodline and increase my limits as a mana user, and the timing is perfect.
In a month, you can make rice cakes and still have some leftover.
Okay, then.
Let me take care of some remaining work.
When I turned my head, I saw exactly ’25’ students with expressions on their faces as if to say, ‘What kind of farce is this?’
Oh, really.
Don’t they know better?
I’m a real thug, different from Thanos.
* * *
That’s when I was about to say something.
“wait a minute.”
Some guy raises his hand.
The appearance is strangely familiar, and the eyes that move in all directions like a snake are also strangely familiar.
Who was this guy?
“I am Ben, the third son of the Count Maurice family.”
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Count Maurice?
I turned my head slightly and looked at one of the four people, trying to push them away.
Isn’t this guy, who is the friend of our second son, Peylon, who has now gone to heaven, also from the Count Maurice family?
Ben Morris noticed my gaze and said,
“… … That’s the younger brother of Peren Morris over there.”
“Wow, this is amazing.”
I’m serious.
“Were your two brothers a pair of gangsters? Are you from a family of bean curds?”
But Ben Morris’s gaze at me is unusual.
what.
“Isn’t that a pretty good family too… …What’s with that expression on your face?”
“……no.”
I guess it was real because I reacted a beat late.
But if you think about it, it’s not wrong.
The youngest son who killed his father and older brother.
Yeah, this is the level of a real gangster.
“So what the hell is our Ben Morris talking about?”
“… … I would like to propose a deal.”
As soon as I heard it, a shiver went down my spine. It felt like tomorrow the sun would rise in the east, west, south, and north at the same time.
This is just nonsense, what kind of nonsense is this?
“Keep going.”
“If I inherit the family, I will support you no matter what.”
Oh my.
“The background to General Rommel’s current political influence is that the heads of the current family had dealings with General Rommel during his time at the Academy or later. Just like now.”
“Why? Was your father a thug like you?”
“… … That’s not it. We’ve established a relationship that can help us commercially or politically. There are the second son among us, and the third and fourth sons who are lower in the power hierarchy, but I will definitely become the eldest son. I will kill or eliminate all those above me. In that way, I will become the head of the family and help you. No matter what it is, I will unconditionally support you.”
That sounds really funny.
“What we did when we were young. If you want me to repent, I will. If you want me to apologize to the victims, I will go and apologize. It was just one mistake… .”
Stop for a moment.
“once?”
“I’m sorry. I misspoke. This wasn’t a one-time mistake, it was a mistake I made when I was younger, so please give me a chance.”
It’s quite a polite attitude.
The guy who originally planned it, the Marquis of Derit, who is either a urinary stone or a Jornen, and this Ben Morris in front of me.
No matter how I look at it, these two guys seem to be the core of the group.
If I hadn’t been there and the Tulcan Empire hadn’t existed, it would have been these two who would have had a firm grip on the Teslan Kingdom in the future.
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He speaks quite well.
If someone heard me, they’d think I was a bad guy like X and these guys were really nice guys.
Hehe.
“before.”
“Before… … this?”
“When I killed the instructors, there was a bundle of letters that came.”
“… … .”
“Most of them just said ‘thank you’, but there were some that didn’t. Do you know what they were?”
“I don’t know.”
Yeah, it’s an expression that definitely looks like he doesn’t know.
So I’m going to tell you.
“The victim’s family sent a letter.”
“… … .”
“They were either murdered or committed suicide. I have received over two hundred letters, and about 10 percent of them, maybe 20 or 21? They say that their ‘dead daughters’ would be so grateful. I wonder if there are more people who sent letters or if there are more people who ‘couldn’t’ send them.”
He crossed his arms and burst into laughter.
“Anyway, among those who sent letters, there were some noble families. You know that. Families that are ‘neutral’ and don’t get involved in political fights, and focus only on managing their territory’s people. They are subject to political pressure from outside, but they ignore it and carry out their duties as nobles according to their own convictions. As far as I know, there are about ten such families, and the heads of all of them sent me letters.”
“… … .”
“If Mr. Jack Valanti has any difficulties, I will help you unconditionally… … People may call me a crazy psycho, but that doesn’t matter. But that doesn’t mean your actions will disappear, at least our family supports you… … . Ask for anything without hesitation. If you ask for supplies, I will give them, and if you ask for money, I will give them. If you want, you can send it anonymously… … I don’t expect any profit from it either… … And so on, isn’t it fun?”
I find it funny even when I think about it.
“So I looked into it with Gray and my ‘informant’. I was really curious about what kind of families these ten were. But I found one interesting fact. There was an incident involving the four families of the Marquis of Malone, the Marquis of Derit, the Count of Morris, and the Marquis of Hermann. You should know since you were involved. Do you remember that two years ago, the ‘Viscountess’ and the ‘Countess’ were raped and murdered at the same time?”
“… … .”
“They couldn’t bring it to trial because there was no physical evidence, and the Viscount and Count families were powerless, so they couldn’t refute it, but I did some research. The two girls who died at that time, you two comrades of Count Maurice, that punk Faylon, and Delroy, Jornen, and Dietrich, who are now dead and gone to heaven? That’s how they were connected. A few of the instructors who were killed were also connected.”
