Chapter 421 – Chapter 421 Magic School Shutra (3-32)
It was late at night, and Luis was barely able to get home.
‘Ha… I’m just wandering around, and I’m tired.’
Louis, like the duke, was invited by other nobles to stay out all day, and as soon as he arrived home he attended a family meal.
The dining table was occupied only by the duke’s family, with no outsiders present.
Louise’s eyes were on her mother, who was eating in silence.
‘Fuck… I should have stopped it somehow. I made her cuddle with that piece of trash.’
Louise was welling up with her guilt for failing to protect her rather than for her beatings at her Duchess.
‘I made a mistake in the first place. If I had been more flexible, my mother would have been with a guy like that….’
Lewis was putting all the blame on himself.
But it was already too late to regret it.
The important thing for him was not to create a situation that he would regret from now on.
‘It was a banquet anyway…. Even my mother wouldn’t know that I was Sung Soo-ho. Are you okay. By the way….’
As Louis was relieved, he began to think of the most important person to him.
‘I can’t even meet Luna these days…. Looks like I’ll be busy again for a while….’
Louis only thought of Luna. He even heard that Seong Su-ho and Luna were going out together through an attendant sent to the annex.
‘It’s late today, and I must meet Luna tomorrow.’
With that promise to Louis, he began to look around at the family sitting at his table.
‘It’s definitely better to be quiet when eating.’
Lewis, if nothing else, liked his family meal.
The silent duke, the silent duchess, the silent Karin….
Quietness at meals was a characteristic of the Brandrup family.
However, at today’s family dinner, the conversation began to flow differently than usual.
“Come to think of it, I have something to tell you.”
The subject of the story began from the mouth of her mother, who had not been able to see her face for a week.
“I’ll go to Atler for a while.”
At her Duchess’s words, all of her family began to look at her.
‘Atler? Luna’s hometown?’
Atler was the name of the city where Luna’s family took root in the past.
The Duke listened to the Duchess while sitting in the chair of honor and began to ask questions with a worried expression.
“Madam, you said you weren’t feeling well. A long distance… Are you okay?”
“It’s all better now. You can’t be in your room all the time.”
“By the way, why do you want to go to Atler?”
The Duchess went on, carefully wiping her lips with her napkin.
“It is the period of gratitude. I will come and go.”
Atler was now operating as a commercial town owned by the royal family.
And the royal family entrusted the management of the city to the Brandrup family.
The Duke’s family went to audit twice a year to make sure that it was well managed as a commercial city.
The duke opened her mouth, unable to erase her worried expression.
“Although it is the period of gratitude…. It’s not urgent, so I can go later.”
“You are busy right now. It looks good that I come and go during this gap. I also did it to get some wind.”
“Hmm… Okay Please take good care of yourself.”
Duke Brandtrup agreed to Anna’s words and started eating again.
But the woman who hadn’t spoken a single word until now opened her mouth.
“Duke.”
It was Karin Brandrup.
It was the first time she opened her mouth and raised her voice.
Not only the duke, but everyone’s eyes began to focus on Karin.
“Yes? What’s wrong?”
“If it’s not disrespectful, can I participate in the thanksgiving?”
“Hmm….”
The duke closed her eyes and thought for a moment, then she immediately nodded her head and began to show her usual smile.
“Okay, let’s go.”
“Thank you.”
The duke suddenly became suspicious and began to ask the duchess.
“Come to think of it… Why are you suddenly going to thank me?”
“She said the dean was visiting Atler,” She says. It would be nice to see them if we go together.”
The Duke with a slightly surprised expression, Louis with a shocked expression, and Karin with an expressionless expression began to look at the Duchess.
‘Is that guy? Suddenly?’
I couldn’t help but be surprised to hear that the dean, who hadn’t seen his face since the reception, suddenly said that he was leaving the kingdom.
As if representing the feelings of the rest of her family, the duke began to ask.
“Could it be that the dean wants to leave Levin? Already?”
“That’s not it. Since she is on a trip, she said she would like to stop by another city. With the students I accompanied.”
“!?”
When the word “Students” Pierced his ears, Lewis began to wake up from his tired mind.
‘What? Are Seongsuho and Luna going too? Damn, I haven’t heard of her because I haven’t met her in a while.’
As Louis watched her, she cautiously began to open her mouth.
“That… Father, may I go with you?”
Luna and Seongsu did not need the Duke’s permission to go outside. Since he was a guest in the first place and came for the purpose of traveling, he was free to leave the kingdom when he wanted to go out.
But Lewis was different.
He was the eldest son of the Brandtrup family, and since he was the eldest son, he could only go outside with the permission of the head of the family.
The duke shook his head with a questioning expression.
“Yes? Are you going too? I don’t have to go all the way to you. Rest in the mansion for a while.”
“Ha, but… My mother is leaving, I’m worried….”
The Duke and Duchess of Brandrup, who were watching him, opened their mouths.
“I am not leaving for a dangerous place. You don’t have to worry.”
“Yes, and most of all you will be going with the dean and your classmates. Thanks for worrying about me, but you don’t have to worry that much.”
“Ha, but….”
Lewis began to grieve.
It is unsettling that Luna is out of her sight and that she is leaving somewhere. And with Seong Soo-ho….
However, Duke Brandtrup misunderstood Louis’ appearance and began to criticize him.
“You are an adult now. The time to play around like a child is over. How much other nobles want to see you right now….”
“That, not that….”
“….”
The duke began to look at Louis with a fierce look he hadn’t shown before.
Luis, stunned by the duke’s gaze, answered by stretching his shoulders.
“I’m sorry. I’m just worried about my mother….”
“I will understand. But refrain from rash actions.”
“Yes….”
Lewis didn’t say a word until the meal was finished, and just gloomily stuffed the food into his mouth.
‘Fuck… It can’t go on like this. At this rate… For a moment?’
Lewis conjured up a figure who was on his side and whom he could easily manipulate.
‘If the dean moves… Jeff, I’m sure that bastard will come too, right? I’ll have to use him.’
Louis thought so and prayed earnestly that the meal would end quickly.
..
..
As soon as Louise finished her meal, she called Jeff over and began to explain her situation.
When Jeff heard Louis’ words, his musty eyes widened and he began cheering.
“Am I really going with Lady Karin?”
“Yes that’s right.”
“Big… You can be so lucky….”
Even in front of Louise, Jeff couldn’t control her joy and started running wildly.
Louis thought as she looked at Jeff with her disgusted eyes.
‘To live the rest of my life in the arms of a bastard like this…. It’s only for a moment, but I feel a little sorry for that bitch.’
It was only now that Louis could realize that even though Karin might have a crush on her, her sympathy hadn’t fallen.
When Jeff stopped running around, Lewis got back to the point.
“Please take good care of my sister. Sir Jeff. And this….”
Louise handed Jeff a small bottle of powder, and Jeff immediately looked at the contents of the bottle when he received it.
“I hope this….?”
“Would you like to find out?”
“Mo, isn’t it Moramine?”
“You know me well.”
Lewis didn’t find it strange that Jeff recognized Moramine.
In the first place, Moramine was a flower that only grew near Potts County, so what he didn’t know was even more strange.
“With that… I hope you will capture my sister at once.”
“This… This… To Lady Karin?”
Louis just smiled broadly at Jeff’s question and remained silent.
‘Jeff, I can’t believe this bastard’s mouth. Moramine is originally circulated in the County of Potts, so if there’s a problem, just blame it on it….’
Jeff saw Louis’ smile, nodded at him, and began to smile.
“Okay, I’ll put it to good use.”
“And I have one more request.”
“Just say anything!”
“Please keep an eye on that Seong Soo-ho.”
“Surveillance?”
While gossiping about Seongsuho, Lewis began to give orders to Jeff to keep an eye on Luna so he wouldn’t do anything strange.
Jeff listened to Lewis, nodded like a minion, and smiled faintly.
“I thought I was that kind of guy too. Garbage guy….”
“….”
Louis thought to himself as he sneered down at Jeff.
‘It’s trash… Isn’t that what you’re talking about?’
But as he finished his inner thoughts with his inner thoughts, he began to talk about his last business.
“And the powder I gave you… Please use it on him too.”
***
I wondered as I overheard Louis and Jeff’s conversation.
‘… What is Moramine?’
[There is no information on our side. We will contact the Zodiac side regarding the matter.]
‘Do it. Well, I know it’s a strange drug, but….’
If Louis had told Karin and me to use it, he couldn’t have been any good.
It could be assumed that it was something like a drug.
‘The dean said he wanted to go with me, so I came here to warn Jeff about things, but I’m lucky.’
Without much thought, I went looking for Jeff to nag him, and accidentally found him being called to Louis.
Nothing will benefit his life more than accidentally discovering his enemy’s plans.
Because preventing a possible crime and confirming and preventing a crime in advance are two different things.
But even in such a good situation, I let out a sigh without realizing it.
‘Why are there so many people who want to come like this….’
The original plan was to go to Atler alone with Luna.
However, the dean, who happened to hear the story, said he wanted to go first, and when the dean went, Sonya and his wife came along.
I went further and found out that the duchess and Karin were accompanying me only now.
If Karin accompanies her, she is me. Thank you, but….
‘It looks like a human being. However….’
The opportunity has come.
The highlight of this trip was the fact that Lewis did not accompany them.
‘It’s annoying having Jeff here, but… If I leave the duke’s house, it’ll be easier because the line of sight will drastically decrease.’
If you leave the duke’s house outside of Louise’s gaze, it will be easier to approach the Duchess and Karin.
Even though the Duchess was almost over, she had never had a single conversation with Karin.
I smiled as I sneaked a peek at Louis talking to Jeff.
‘I’ll come back from a trip, so take good care of the house. I’ll introduce you to my changed mother and older sister when I return.’
While humming to myself, I quietly returned to the annex without breaking my hiding state.
