102 – Unexplained disgust
A few minutes passed. It was only then that Shael released my eyes.
“Since when have you been following me?”
“I can’t tell you that.”
I don’t know how Sael came along. Shael had the means to track me down, and even if she didn’t, she could easily have followed me.
The important thing was something else. What if Sael had been following me for a long time?
You might know what I did to the owner of the tower and the crown prince.
‘Doesn’t it matter if I know?’
Aside from that, Sael might like it. Because Sael hated the magic tower master and the crown prince.
“That…”
Clié let out a few words. Clie, who was looking at me and Sael, remained silent as if he couldn’t find a way out of the situation.
The silence continued, then I broke the silence.
I pulled out the rope I had prepared in advance. It was a rope that could not be easily cut because it was so strong.
Of course, Clie, whose body is weakened, will not be able to solve it.
After tying Clie’s wrists to a rope, he tied the other end of the rope to a sturdy-looking pole. In case of an unexpected situation, she also removed the magic tools and scrolls in her hospital room.
It was to keep Clie from moving while I was away.
“⋯What, what are you doing!”
Ignoring Clie’s words, he took Sael’s hand and led him.
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Kikiiik.
I opened the door to the hospital room and came out. It was necessary to achieve the purpose I had in mind in advance.
Now, due to the aftermath of the Imperial Festival, there were only a few imperial knights left in the hospital room.
Of course, it doesn’t make sense that there were only a few knights in the hospital room of the imperial palace.
‘It must be because of the crown prince.’
The crazy obsessive male lead would have hated the fact that there were other men in the building where Clie was.
That’s why we put Clie in a quiet place as much as possible. In fact, it was more correct to call this a hospital room in a building near the imperial family rather than the imperial family’s hospital room.
That’s why there were no knights except for the entrance. Placing the knights at the entrance would have been for a minimal escort.
“Where are you going?”
“At a glance, there must be a magnificent door.”
It was as expected. Not far from the hospital room, I saw a rare-looking door. At first glance, it looked like it would be used by a high-ranking person.
Of course, only the crown prince can use this room. I opened the door, easily dispelling the protection magic.
I was able to achieve my purpose as soon as I entered the room. A book that seemed to have been written by the prince was lying on the desk.
In that book, there should have been names of people close to Clie. Because it was like that in the original novel.
‘As expected.’
You see a list full of some familiar names. There were also names that were drawn straight up.
The owners of that name were people who disappeared for unknown reasons. As expected of the idiot male lead, he was killing men who had a close relationship with Clie one after another.
ㅡ Eran Baslett.
Me too. Seeing that the names drawn on a date were close, it must have been dangerous to deal with the crown prince even if it was a little late.
I couldn’t take the book with me, so I wrote the names of people close to Clie on paper and brought them with me.
I was quite satisfied with how strong my relationship with Clie was written in the book.
Shael is…
He was doing something suspicious, so he might ask what I was doing, but he stood next to me in silence.
It was a little touching. It meant that Sael gave me unconditional trust.
“Enough. Let’s go back to the hospital room.”
“Yes.”
Unsurprisingly, Clie was still confined to the hospital bed. Now was the time to stun Clie and take him to the Baslet family.
“Uh, ugh!”
When I was about to put my hand on the scabbard while ridiculing Clie, who was struggling to cut the rope, I had no choice but to stop because an intruder came.
Smart smart.
There was no one to come, but someone came. Before long, a voice came from outside.
“Clee, are you feeling well? I brought some good food for the fever.”
It was a voice I knew. It was Kaeson, the leader of the Imperial Knights, one of the most outstanding knights in the Empire.
From what I saw in the prince’s book, he was a man who was quite close to Clie. He had a place to use his force, and he was a man the prince hadn’t killed ‘yet’.
“Ka, Kaeson-sama!”
“You can’t hear the voices in the hospital room anyway, so wake up.”
“Who should be nervous? If the captain of the knights had no sign of anything, he would open the door and come in.”
As if to prove that statement to be true, Kaeson’s knocking on the door intensified.
‘As expected, there were not just one or two people who seduced me.’
Anyway, the situation was dangerous. I won’t lose to that person, but if there’s a target to protect, the situation will change.
So I decided to put the plan into action right away.
“As long as you are, Mr. Kaeson is…”
“You better keep your mouth shut.”
That was my own advice.
Cliè’s eyes widened as if he was embarrassed. It deserves it. Because I was raising the scabbard toward Clie.
It was the same for Shael standing next to him. He didn’t want to show violence to Shael, but unfortunately it happened.
“⋯⋯!”
Clie let out an inaudible sigh. I didn’t pay attention to this and swung the scabbard down vigorously.
Turning up!
Stunned moderately, and felt immobilized. After swinging the scabbard with moderate strength, he closed the scabbard.
It was only then that Shael, who had maintained her silence, opened her mouth.
“What, what are you doing?”
“If you don’t pass out, you’re sure to scream as soon as you open the door.”
“Yes, but.”
“A merciless slap on the cheek is similar, so don’t look at it that way.”
After a short conversation with Shael, she opened the door to the hospital room. The knight commander was still standing.
“Everyone, why are you guys coming out here?”
“The herbs of the Baslett family have been said to be helpful in treating illnesses. The treatment process is not over yet.”
Before I could stop talking, the captain of the knights, who had been giving me a long thank you, withdrew.
Unlike the tower lord and the crown prince, it was fortunate through words.
Shael looked at me with her mouth wide open.
“You hit me on the head with a scabbard and said you came here to heal…”
“There is a saying that the hawk is the medicine. So, isn’t that also medicine?”
He took care of the fainted Clie while giving a wrong answer to Sael’s words.
In preparation for Clie’s disappearance being discovered, the hospital room was decorated as if Clie had left alone.
Even if a few articles saw me, it would be fine because the rumors about me spread so well.
Actually, it didn’t matter if it was revealed that I had kidnapped Clie.
‘Ever since then, he’s descended from a high-ranking ducal family.’
As before, unless the opponent was the owner of the mage tower and the crown prince, there would be no one who could be my opponent.
So, I was able to come to the Baslet family without worrying about meeting other people using the teleportation device that the prince had made.
* * *
Things moved quickly. First of all, Clie, who fainted, was imprisoned in the Baslet family’s prison while using magic tools to prevent anything from happening.
Of course, the revenge wasn’t over yet, but first I wanted to relieve the fatigue from the festival.
Since Duke Ezran said he’s coming today, you might need to prepare.
So me and Shael spent time eating dessert, and we spent time making love as usual.
He also worked for the Baslet family.
“So the gamble was successful?”
“Yes, as you said, I bet a lot of money, so I made a lot of money.”
It was thanks to me and Shael’s victory at the Empire Festival. This made it possible for the people of Baslett’s estate to live a slightly more affluent life.
As soon as the word gambling came out, I felt Shael glaring at me, but she couldn’t help it. She tried not to look at Shael and listen more to her butler.
“The head of the family said that he would come today.”
“Yeah, I know that too.”
Today, you will have a serious talk with Duke Ezran. I was a little nervous.
Of course, I thought this would be the end of the butler’s words. But he hesitated, as if he had something more to say.
“Why is that?”
“Actually, I just got a strange transaction request.”
“What is the deal?”
“It was a request to buy a sword from the Baslet family.”
It was a business that was of great help to the Baslet family’s finances. It was a business that sold the secrets of swordsmanship at high prices.
“Why is this a strange transaction? Did you ask for an important swordsmanship by any chance?”
“No. Rather the opposite. Actually…”
The butler held out a book containing the contents of swordsmanship. It was a book that detailed the swordsmanship of the Baslett family.
However, it was not an important swordsmanship, nor was it a very necessary swordsmanship, so I had doubts.
‘Why is it a strange transaction?’
The butler answered the reason.
“There is someone who will at least buy this swordsmanship for 10 million gold.”
“⋯⋯What?”
I thought I heard it wrong, but I didn’t. The butler was nodding his head as if he were sure.
“No, why do you want to buy a swordsmanship that cleanly cuts off body parts?”
“I don’t know⋯. Since it will be used by people with a lot of magical power, it is said that a swordsmanship that can amputate parts of the body without loss of magical power or pain is needed.”
I didn’t understand it at all, but it was an advantage for me.
Swordsmanship for cutting body parts. Of course, it was a completely unpopular swordsmanship. I would be very happy if I could sell it for 10 million gold.
I’m sure it will. Laughter was not built.
‘Something feels really fucked up.’
At the same time, I felt refreshed. I kept feeling the feeling of getting revenge on Clie and the male protagonists.
It’s probably because of my mood. After making the butler sell swordsmanship right away, he spent time with Shael.