The Regressed Son of a Duke is an Assassin Chapter 52

Episode 52. My People (2)

A sky with a bright full moon and dark night clouds.

It’s time for our little friends to go to dreamland.

Nana is sleeping soundly curled up in bed.

In my dream, I was endlessly sucking on one of my fingers, as if I was eating candy.

Normally, I would have gone out to see things at night like I always did, but I couldn’t do that today.

This is because there is no nanny to take care of this little boy who sleeps without knowing anything about the world.

Yes.

Brian is not in this dormitory right now.

He, whose routine was to go out to buy snacks for Nana at a certain time every day and return around sunset, did not return until the sun set and the moon rose today.

There would be no reason to run away at night now,

Was he ambushed and kidnapped by some strange guys?

[Why are you like this, like an amateur?]

As if reading my thoughts, Kayram appeared next to the sleeping Nana.

[You’ve been dealing with crows around you these days, right? If something happened to that child, wouldn’t it have been their fault?]

Kayram was smiling interestingly, as if he was quite happy with the current situation.

They’re crows… … .

To be more precise, we should call them watchers.

From the day after Brian and I arrived in Luwen and unpacked,

As if they had been waiting in advance, unfamiliar guards gathered around me.

I don’t know if we had waited some time, but the fact that we had arrived immediately after arrival meant that we had already waited in advance.

To put it another way, it is not the Duchess who ordered me to be killed.

Rather, the Duchess has surprisingly shown no reaction so far.

Perhaps because of her personality, the moment she found out that she had done something wrong, she spent her days worrying about when she might be found out.

Well, actually, the culprit was already predictable from the moment he knew there was a watcher.

So, without wasting time on guessing, we caught them and killed them that day.

Although he had quite a strong mental education and his mouth was quite heavy, he could not withstand the cruel temptation of torture.

Feeling the pain of having their fingers cut off one after another, they eventually confessed everything.

‘Ke, Kellin! It’s Kellyn Diego!’

A name that was not only familiar, but also nice to see. Kellyn Diego.

His title may be that of an official knight belonging to Belias, but he will not actually be working for the knighthood.

Right now, I would be snuggling up next to that guy in the mansion and doing all the cleaning up.

However, in this life, I have not even met him in person yet.

That means he didn’t send me a watcher out of his own arbitrary will.

In the end, I never knew that it was an instruction from some dark spirit above me.

So what I would do next was simple.

Stop killing whoever comes your way.

Is no news good news?

For them, every bit of information is precious.

No news from Gamgam only adds to my anxiety.

If information is cut off, eventually someone who is in trouble will come on their own.

So, they hunted down and killed all the additional guards that came every night, and completely blocked the information going to Belias.

Then, in the end, Kelin himself will try to come visit us.

That’s what I want too.

But this is a bit strange.

As someone who is under the influence of suspicion, Kellin is also a person who never gambles without certainty.

I am not the type of person who would commit such a harsh act as ambushing the people around me just because the information that should be sent to me continues to be cut off.

This was especially inevitable at the Academy, where eyes were everywhere.

[You know, right? In addition to the original ones, one more side has joined recently. Anyway, isn’t our owner really great too? How could someone be so popular that they can die in my name?]

Is this because you are literally a Sasaeng fan?

With a burst of laughter, my gaze turned towards the sleeping Nana.

“… … .”

Seeing that he was sleeping soundly, I don’t think he will wake up for a while.

Still, it would be difficult if he woke up without a guardian, so I should get there as soon as possible.

I took Kairam, put him in my arms, and went out right away.

Even though it is not an academy, the area around the Royal Pavilion is crowded with guardian knights from various countries, including empires and kingdoms, so in effect, they are taking on the role of guards.

So, even if Amman is an excellent watchdog, it would be difficult for them to live around here.

First, I went outside the dormitory.

-Purrp.

The sound of birds chirping gloomily in the quiet surroundings.

There is no sense of presence, let alone surveillance.

Usually, by the time we leave the academy, the crows that had been flocking in one by one have followed us today, but there is no news.

For now, I went further as my feet led me.

Ruwen’s shop street in front of the academy we arrived at.

As time passed, there were lights on in some places, but no doors were open.

Unlike usual, the loneliness seems to have doubled.

But it’s really amazing, right?

Why doesn’t it smell human at all… … Why is the smell of blood clearly conveyed?

My body naturally headed towards the place where the familiar smell came from.

Eventually, a dead end alley appeared.

There seemed to be no need to find the source of the smell.

There were thick blood stains scattered right in front of me that looked like they had just been spilled.

“under… … .”

A deep sigh escaped me without my knowledge.

[There’s no need to guess the situation here, right? Didn’t you get the answer right away?]

Kayram’s gaze was not directed at the blood stains, but at something else around the blood stains.

Snacks that your little one might like, such as candy, bread, chocolate, etc.

It was lying in disarray on the rough dirt floor, without its owner.

What is this?

Since the situation is so clear, I can’t see anything that could be considered speculation.

These items, without a doubt, were bought by Brian.

So what about this blood?

What should I ask? It’s definitely Brian’s blood.

The problem is why his blood and the snacks he bought were found in such a remote place.

Brian wasn’t dragged by anyone.

He came here voluntarily.

Maybe that guy felt it too.

Recently, there have been unusual crows around me, including me.

That’s why I lured them in.

I don’t know if he was trying to beat me to death with his own hands, or if he wanted to use his secret tactic to kill Donggui… … ,

It’s so similar.

Are you saying that he felt a sense of crisis, or something like that?

Is there something threatening me?

It’s so absurd that it doesn’t even make sense.

[You got really good seeds, right? You literally give your all. Isn’t it easy to find such seeds somewhere?]

Although it may sound sarcastic at first, Kayram was quite impressed.

I asked her quietly.

“You know what, Kayram?”

[hmm?]

“In my past life and in my current life, I have never had a seed. That means I’ve never watched anyone live for me.”

Because the only one I thought I had to protect was him.

“So I thought about that too. The life I decided to live for myself. Then wouldn’t it be nice to create people for me too? To have a servant by my side who can sacrifice everything for me, just like I did in my past life. “I thought it was pretty cool.”

[Why are you suddenly confessing?]

Perhaps unexpectedly, Kayram’s eyebrows tilted downward.

“Even though he is incompetent and has weak qualifications, Brian is definitely my first squire and my person. But it seems like he is now in crisis due to some random guys? “How do you feel now that I don’t do that?”

Kayram answered my question with a smile.

[If you ask me with those eyes, I think there’s only one answer I can give, right?]

my eyes? Honestly, I’m not sure what kind of eyes I have right now.

Actually, this is my first time feeling this way.

The moment when someone, not me, but someone who said they would give everything for me, fell into crisis.

This is so hard to explain in words… … Very shitty.

[Are you going to kill me? And it’s very painful… … ?]

The spirit of the vicious demon sword smiles coldly at me.

Even if you touch me, it won’t be any good, so how dare you touch my people, whom I have harvested with my own hands?

Uncontrollable anger wells up from within.

* * *

-puck!

The sounds of their cries echoed throughout the space along with the strong sound of the blow.

“You crazy idiot! Did they hide the vocal cords under a cave somewhere? … ?”

Despite the merciless beatings, Brian just swayed back and forth like a helpless paper doll.

In fact, I wanted to say something, but since I had been beaten randomly a little while ago and even hit my vocal cords, I couldn’t say anything until now.

The guys didn’t even know that and kept threatening and assaulting him, telling him to confess quickly, so Brian was going crazy inside.

As a result of the repeated beatings, the bones in my entire body have already been torn apart for a long time.

It was the worst feeling, not knowing if I would be able to speak because of the pain even if my vocal cords came back.

‘Don’t just be arrogant, you should let the master know… … .’

I think I thought about this hundreds of times while I was getting hit.

To be honest, at this level, it’s almost like baiting someone outright, but wouldn’t it have been possible to have some conversation?

He said he told them to come out, but who would have thought that they would rush in in droves without any room for discussion?

“I can’t do this! “I don’t even think about fire!”

Finally, the torturer declared giving up.

At this, the man who had been sitting on a chair and watching silently approached Brian.

“Whoa… … Phew… … .”

Brian was barely able to let out a sound of labored breathing.

“I thought he was something great since he was the only guardian knight, but now you’re bringing along someone who can’t even be talked about?”

It was not the deep voice of an adult, but the thin, light voice of a young man.

Brian slowly raised his head and looked at the owner of the voice.

Dark purple hair and delicate skin without blemishes.

It was a young boy who appeared to be around Xian’s age.

He asked with a creepy smile at Brian.

“Do you know why you are in this situation now?”

What kind of friction could there have been between you and yourself when you had never met each other before?

Naturally, I realized that there was a problem with Xian.

“They say that when you have an incompetent owner, the people under him have a hard time. Isn’t that really true? Oh, now that I think about it, I guess you don’t even know what your master has done?”

The boy continued speaking with a bright smile.

“I am. I absolutely hate being lectured to or treated poorly by someone. Every time I feel that kind of emotion, I feel so full of life that I want to kill everything around me! Once the screw comes loose, no one can stop it. Even my father… … ”

The boy’s tone was gradually becoming more frantic.

“But your master touched me? Sian Berth That bastard looked at Barrett Louismil with a look of contempt! Together with the 5th princess of that insignificant empire! It was truly an overwhelming sense of humiliation that I had never felt before! Do you think you can get away safely after doing something like that to me? “No way!”

His eyes, stained with madness, cooled down.

Soon, he made a face that I couldn’t tell if he was smiling or crying and whispered quietly.

“Do you want me to tell you what to do with you? First, we will cut off your entire body from head to toe and wrap it carefully, like a surprise gift! Then I’ll send it straight to your owner! So what kind of expression will they make when they receive my gift? You must be worried because you don’t know where something like this was sent? I will live each day trembling, consumed by fear and dread! Then I will enjoy watching it! And when the moment comes when that fear reaches its peak, you kill him and the princess!”

Brian suddenly remembered what Sian had said from time to time.

It’s really the same.

It’s so sad that it’s not the same.

To be honest, I didn’t know what kind of humiliation I had suffered from Sian, but I knew best what would happen if I touched him wrongly.

Who does what to whom?

What is certain is that even if you die here today, they will probably enjoy a moment of more pain than you.

As if in resignation, Brian closed his eyes.

Perhaps his life had already ended near Belias,

I was able to accept death more courageously than I thought.

It’s just a little disappointing.

Wouldn’t it have been nice to have given him a little more help, whom I thought was the lord I would serve for the rest of my life?

That was just very unfortunate.

But, well, what can you do?

Anyway, they will soon be knocking on the door of the underworld with me… … .

“Kwaaaak!”

A cruel moan of pain ringing in my ears.

The moans did not stop, but came out one after another.

“Hey!”

It was a somehow familiar situation.

The moment Brian opened his eyes again and slowly raised his head, a familiar man in front of him asked him softly.

“What are you doing?”

(Continued in the next part)

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