Chapter 413 – Chapter 413 Magic School Shutra (3-24)
The reason Louis and Karin were summoned to Duke Brandtrup was simply to have a little more discussion at the dinner table.
However, the atmosphere was very heavy for talking about unfinished business.
“You got second place?”
“… Yes.”
Lewis began to look at his father with nervous eyes.
Before Louis had a talent for magic, he was just an ordinary aristocrat with no talent.
As a result, he was always compared to Karin Brandtrup, and as her eldest son, he was always scolded by the duke for not showing off his competence.
However, the Duke’s criticism was done as a family head, and Louis was also aware of the fact that he lacked talent and accepted it.
At some point after that, after the talent was developed, the days of being scolded by the duke and duchess began to noticeably disappear.
The problem was that even if he had talent, he was trembling in fear of being scolded in front of the Duke thanks to the scolding he had received in the past.
On the other hand, Karin….
‘That statue-like bitch remains the same.’
Even in front of the majestic duke, he just looked at him like a stone statue.
Louis listened to his father’s words while feeling envy and annoyance at his older sister.
“Okay….”
“….”
“Very well done.”
“Go… Thank you.”
Louis had received numerous criticisms and compliments from the duke.
And when the Duke praised him, he used such a simple expression that he did well, which meant that he really liked it.
If there were any regrets, it was because the duke was the one who spoke about them without hesitation.
“I am satisfied as a duke and proud as a father that you are second.”
“Thank you. Father.”
“However….”
Louis sat down and looked at the duke, and the duke opened his mouth in a low voice.
“I want it to rise to a level that you can be satisfied with.”
“… I’ll try my best.”
Louis was not disappointed by the duke’s regretful words.
‘Next semester… It won’t be like this then.’
While Louis was making that promise, the Duke turned his head and began to look at Karin, who was standing next to him.
“I was worried about the sudden sending of an envoy, did you have a good trip?”
“Yes, I had a good trip.”
Despite the voice of a slender woman, the heaviness that flowed through the room had a power similar to that of a duke.
The Duke nodded his head and continued talking.
“Okay. Did you say hello to the count?”
“… Yes, I met and said hello in person.”
It was only a fleeting moment, but he could sense Karin’s eyebrows twitching finely.
‘I feel the best at this time.’
She was Louise, who had seen Karin’s pretentious smile and expressionless expression all her life, so she could certainly capture her cracked expression.
When a story came up about Jeff and Earl Carindo Potts, which she never expressed, no matter how much she disliked it, she would reveal her perceptible discomfort to Louis.
Lewis judged that to be Karin’s weakness.
‘I want to get married to Count Potts quickly and see her mess up.’
Lewis wanted to see Karin, whom he despised as he looked down on him like a plaster statue from his childhood, crumble.
‘Do you know how to end it when you get married? No matter how much you put yourself into the Potts family, the Potts family is already in my hands. I’ll grind that solid face like dirt and bury it in the ground.’
Whether or not he knew what Louis was thinking, the Duke continued his conversation with Karin.
“Something unpleasant happened, but… The world doesn’t always go the way it wants.”
“….”
The word that things don’t go the way you want has an ambiguous expression.
One was about the incident at Count Potts, and the other was about Karin’s future.
Lewis was sure that Karin, in particular, had heard the latter story.
‘As expected, it seems that the father gradually fell under the breath of the mother. You didn’t even mention it indirectly.’
Originally, Duke Brandtrup didn’t like Karin marrying Countess Potts.
But not the Duchess.
If Brandtrup was neutral, the Duchess was realistic.
Both of them were strict and worked for the sake of the family, but the Duchess had a distinct tendency to pursue practical interests.
The position of the heir had not yet been decided, but the moment it was decided, one had to prepare to leave the family.
As if the Duchess had already decided on a successor, she started to proceed with the matter in an instant.
And his successor….
‘It’s already over. Even my father decided that there would be no point in dragging it on anyway. Besides, once my mother has made a decision, she prefers to act quickly.’
After the Duke finished his speech, he nodded his head at the two of them.
“Both of them suffered. Go and rest.”
“Yes, Father.”
Louis and Karin, who answered at the same time, left the Duke’s room and started walking side by side.
The two of them kept their mouths shut as they walked down the gloomy hallway, not even breathing out.
Another angle, another angle, another angle.
The hallway was just filled with the sound of shoes.
It was at this moment that Karin turned her back, turning her shoes to head for her own room.
“Come to think of it….”
“….”
At Louis’ voice, Karin stopped with her back turned.
Louis smiled viciously as he looked at Karin’s back.
“People around me said that I was busy walking around these days.”
“….”
Lewis was not without ears either.
Karin had heard that she had recently been meeting with other nobles and was busy making friends.
Originally, she was a very sociable woman, but now she looked quite different from how she used to be.
‘It must be urgent…. What woman would want to marry a bastard like Jeff.’
Louis said to Karin, who turned her back, giving her the kind smile she usually puts on.
“If possible, deal with me too. Because we haven’t seen each other for a long time. Let’s have a meal together soon.”
“… As you please.”
Karin replied and headed to her room without showing a single expression.
After seeing Karin disappear completely, Louis started humming.
“Heh… I never thought the day would come when that bitch would answer me calmly.”
Louis hummed and headed to her own room.
***
“If you need anything, please ring the call bell right away.”
After the maid said that, I carefully closed my door and left.
I hummed as I looked around the room.
‘This is good enough.’
It was small and simple compared to the rooms in the Earl Potts Castle, but I liked that too.
‘Because everything is there.’
Apart from liking the room, one problem arose.
‘Are there six people?’
[You’re right. I don’t have any special martial arts or magical talents… It doesn’t seem easy to walk around the annex at will.]
There would be no problem walking around the outbuilding itself, but if the servants currently guarding the outbuilding see me, they will immediately report it to Louise.
I thought it would be fun to have sex with Lunahahaif I came here….
I shook my head from side to side and began to concentrate.
‘For now, Luna thinks later, and she should pay attention to Jeff. How will she fall asleep?’
[There are two ways.]
One is to summon Beatrice and have a dream, and the other is to put all the servants in the annex to sleep and go to sleep myself.
Originally, I was reluctant to enter a boy’s dream, so I tried to ask Beatrice….
‘This time I’ll have to go in myself as I need clear information.’
[In case you don’t know, I’ll put the two of you on standby in the warp room.]
‘Great… Let’s go!’
After using the sleep skill while looking at the place where the temperament window was open outside the room, I quietly opened the door and stared at it.
The maid sitting in her chair was asleep and nodding her head.
‘Most of them don’t walk around, they sit and stand guard, so it’s easy.’
While going to Jeff’s room, he put the servants he saw to sleep.
Everyone was sitting and standing guard anyway, and it was judged that there would be no problem if everyone slept.
‘I hope no idiot confesses that he fell asleep because his feet were numb.’
After sleeping like that, I was able to get to Jeff’s room without much disturbance.
I sighed as I looked at Jeff sleeping.
‘Ha… I really don’t want to go in.’
I was disgusted enough to think that it would have been better if Louis had grabbed my sleeve.
I took a deep sigh, then closed my eyes and made up my mind.
‘I’ll go in and find out what I need as quickly as possible!’
[I’ll wait.]
So I started diving into Jeff’s dreams.
..
..
Result….
‘Oh, a baby like a god… Don’t you know anything?’
[Was that enough?]
‘I really don’t know anything.’
It was a big disappointment.
This guy’s usual life was just a repetition of drinking and women.
She even knew that Karin Brandtrup was the reason she fell deeply for that drink and woman, but she wasn’t much different before that.
Before getting to know Karin, she was somewhat conscious even when she was into alcohol and women, but she started acting crazy when she got involved with Karin.
Typically extortion.
‘Are you crazy? Rather, it’s a board to be careful when it’s related to Karin, but why do you become more stupid….’
[Did you find out anything about Count Potts?]
‘Ha… Not at all….’
The biggest reason I got into Jeff’s dream was Karin and Count Potts.
By the way…..
I tried to find information about Count Potts and the territory, but it was completely meaningless.
He had no interest in the estate at all, and he was just spending his life enjoying entertainment and pleasure with the money Earl Potts earned.
If there’s anything you’ve found out….
‘They hate Karin so much.’
Even though Jeff was her own dream, she instinctively knew that Karin hated her and expressed it as a nightmare.
Contempt and contempt, loathing and hatred.
In particular, those feelings began to stand out as the relationship with the duchy deepened.
And one more thing I found out….
‘I was able to figure out some of the conversation on the day of the banquet. I’m drunk, so it’s not accurate.’
The riot scene itself was remembered by Jeff, the culprit.
But the problem was the scene of drinking wine with Karin before that.
I had only had a few drinks, but suddenly the flow of the conversation was messed up, and it was cut like a film.
If there’s a catchy line….
(I… I hate insignificant men. I like courageous and daring men.)
(Me, me too… Hig yo… Have courage!)
Up until this point, it was just a normal conversation.
But what happened after that was important.
(I mean… A man with that level of skill. Like… Someone who can stand up in front of the dean.)
She was a really wicked woman.
The dialogue itself was not a problem.
It is difficult to raise a problem with the expression itself of standing up proudly in front of the dean.
The problem was that Jeff, accepting it, was not in a sane state.
‘It’s really amazing.’
[Even if that word spreads outside, it doesn’t seem to be a problem at all for Karin Brandrup.]
‘Even if it’s the words of a drunk, it won’t be difficult to cleverly change them….’
If I hadn’t been with the dean, there was a high chance that things would have worked out just as Karin had intended.
Karin… I wondered what they thought of me.
As I was pondering, Armonia asked me via communication.
[What do you plan to do now?]
I shouted as I slapped the sleepy Jeff on the cheek.
Match!
‘… Let’s go!’
To the mansion of Duke Brandtrup!
