Evidence, refutation, and alibi are all prepared. If you just point out that the person behind it is you, you can hit it all back.
But this bastard only hints and doesn’t talk!
– Oh my God, I can’t believe this happened…
– No matter how different the brothers are…
-Shh! Don’t talk nonsense!
A vein formed on Michael’s forehead when he heard the whispers of the servants around him. Aren’t you completely sure now?
I wondered if I should just shout out loud and argue against it, but it was obvious that doing so would only lead to more suspicion.
“Cheup! In fact, behind the scenes…!”
‘Damn it, say something quick! please!’
“Behind the scenes… Mi, Mi… Mi Ha…!”
Michael grabbed both of his knees. Yeah, we’re almost there, so hurry up!
“The mastermind behind Michael…!”
“father!”
Right before Michael’s name came out and finished, Luke jumped up. People’s eyes were focused on Luke again at the shout that was close to shouting.
Luke looked at Max once and then said something with a determined face.
“It doesn’t matter who is behind the assassin. Just move on.”
“What!? Are you talking sanely?”
The Count, in a fit of nonsense, tapped the handle of the simple chair. Servants and knights all murmured.
Are you trying to bury the most important person behind it?
However, Luke nodded with a firm face.
“yes. I don’t want to know.”
“It’s not a matter of whether you want to know or not!”
“No, that’s the problem. Aren’t they family?”
It was a significant sound. Is he asking because he is the son of a count, or is it because he is a family member of the assassination case?
Or is it not possible because the person behind the instigation is a family member?
“please. Please stop digging into the background here!”
“Keuuugh!”
The count shook his shoulders and gripped the edge of his chair. He gripped so hard that the handle of the divan shattered with a crackling sound.
After thinking for a while, the Count sighed.
“Yes, family. Even if you do this, you are family.”
“…!?”
Michael opened his eyes wide. crazy! I prepared all the evidence, but why are you accused of being the criminal without saying a word!?
“Ah, father.”
“noisy!”
The moment he opened his mouth to object somehow, the Count glared at Michael with bewildered eyes.
Michael stumbled involuntarily and stepped back.
The Count glared at Michael for a moment and buried himself in the chair with a tired face.
“Luke, tell me. What do you want me to do?”
“What do you mean?”
“All these things.”
Again, it was a significant sound. What is the scope of all things? Until Max’s disposition?
Or even including the ones behind the instigation of this?
It was up to the listener to interpret. And Luke’s interpretation was the former.
“I will take Max.”
“her! This is the guy who tried to take your life!”
The count laughed with a look of exasperation. No matter how detailed the story is, he is not an assassin.
But would you reap the assassin who wanted to kill you?
“He is a man who wanted to become a new man. He was no longer an assassin. I was just pushed on my back from a precipice.”
“No matter how much!”
“please.”
The Count trembled at the sight of Luke kneeling down and begging. I looked to the side and saw Max covered in tears and runny nose.
The Count looked at Max with a mixture of anger and pity.
“Max. Is there anything you want to say?”
“Sigh! What would a sinner say? but…”
“but?”
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“When you execute me, please remove my head and burn it. Since I broke my oath and took up the sword again, I have no face seeing my friends even in death. hehehehe!”
It is a severe punishment to remove only the neck from a corpse and burn it until there is no bone meal left. If you do that, even if you die, your relatives won’t recognize you, and you won’t be able to see each other forever.
In the church, it is denied that it is just a superstition, but it was a fairly widespread rumor in the countryside or remote villages.
In other words, it was as if he had asked himself to inflict the greatest punishment among the superstitions he believed in.
“ha.”
The Count sighed again. If he had asked for his life, he would have cut his throat without hesitation!
“I’ll leave Max’s disposal to Luke.”
“dismissal!”
“It’s not possible!”
The knights around him tried to dissuade him, but the count looked around the knights without saying a word. The knights stopped at the master’s dejected gaze.
It was harder to see her half-dead soul than the frenzied look from before.
“Don’t talk about it any more. It’s a little tiring with so much going on.”
“…”
The protesting knights all shut their mouths and bowed their heads. When the lord spoke with such a face, I couldn’t help but follow him.
After taking a look around the quiet area, the Count stood up from his chair.
“I will end the interrogation here. Let everyone go back to their jobs.”
After speaking, the Count turned his back and passed Michael, leaving a message.
“Thank you, Luke. If you can understand the concept of grace, you should.”
“Ah, father…!”
Although belatedly, he tried to open his mouth and argue, but the count walked away without listening to Michael.
Luke got up slowly and patted Michael on the shoulder.
“I thought it would be nice if we could have a real family. It’s a pity, brother.”
“…!?”
Michael, who was so stunned that he lost his words, only opened his mouth. In the meantime, Luke wakes up Max and disappears into the distance.
After that, the knights dismissed the servants, and they themselves went back to their duties.
All that was left was Michael, who had hardened against the cold wind.
****
Luke, Bruno, and Max were walking through the hallways of the mansion. The servants, who had just returned to work, cast their gazes with a series of glances.
And when they eventually arrived at the secluded garden, Bruno asked in an angry voice.
“Lord! Why!”
“What do you mean?”
“Haven’t we already heard from Max! The culprit is Master Michael…!”
“Ugh!”
Luke hurriedly shouted and stopped Bruno from speaking. However, the ears of the servants were already standing up here.
“Don’t talk. Michael is my brother.”
“Then calmly tell me the reason. Why?”
As if frustrated, Bruno pounded his chest. Luke looked at the distant clouds with lonely eyes and said.
“Doesn’t revealing the brother’s sins and asking him to punish them all make the father suffer. As a child, I cannot commit such disobedience.”
“But if it goes on like this, you never know what else will happen!”
“Does not matter!”
Luke shouted firmly and turned his back to stare at Bruno.
“I would rather bear all the karma than make my father suffer in order to keep my body safe. Isn’t that the way to become a child?”
“Do, Bocchan…!”
“Hee hee!”
Bruno looked at Luke with eyes wide with emotion, and Max, who had calmed down for a moment, burst into tears again.
The servants pretended not to hear, but they felt something welling up inside them.
The three of them passed through the corridor again and headed somewhere. This time it was near the flower garden. In a place where servants were sparse, Bruno opened his mouth.
“Lord! Why!”
“What do you mean?”
“Haven’t we already heard from Max!”
And the same thing was repeated. Then we headed to the nearby stables.
“As a child, I cannot commit such unfilial acts.”
“But if it goes on like this, you never know what else will happen!”
“Does not matter!”
repeated again. After that, I went to the back of the knights’ quarters.
“Isn’t that the way to become a child?”
“Do, Bocchan…!”
“Hee hee!”
repeated again. After that, I headed to an empty lot where there were no people. As usual, it’s time for Luke to practice his swordsmanship.
But because of the assassination, no one was there now, including Sir Werner.
The faces of Luke, Bruno, and Max changed as they checked their surroundings.
“how is it? Is there anyone who hasn’t heard?”
“Looking at the reaction, I think I heard it right.”
“Don’t worry, rumors will spread by tomorrow. Cheers!”
Luke nodded his head in satisfaction at the two people’s answers. Subdued the assassin with his own power, prevented the accusation against his brother, and finished with the great filial piety of the zodiac storm.
It was a perfect plan.
“By the way, how does it feel to be dead and alive?”
“Huh! The world is beautiful. I just wish it was this good to be alive. Ugh!”
“Don’t forget that I saved you. You know the moment you run away, right?”
“I know you don’t have to emphasize it. I will work like a dog in the future. hehehe!”
Luke’s attempt to block Michael’s accusation was barely successful as the Count remained in debt of his heart.
It is also a virtue supported by the beautiful story of forgiving the person who came to assassinate as a victim.
If you run away from here, the count, who is furious before Luke, will come after you and tear you apart without leaving any fragments of your body.
“I wish I knew. I have a lot of work to do in the future, so I am preparing.”
No matter how honorable a hero cosplay is, there is a limit. How long can you not pass it by yourself alone?
It was a car that needed an undercover agent to stand up to the tricks behind the scenes. Max, a former Black Moon native, is a great talent.
Besides, didn’t he become tied to Luke? Since you are holding the leash, you do not have to worry about betrayal even if you use it to your heart’s content. Especially since you feel the grace.
“Anyway, I know you’re happy, but stop crying.”
“Cheup! It’s not that, the horseradish the Bocchan brought earlier doesn’t come out of my nose. Cuckoo!”
“…”
****
Michael seemed about to turn around. Only three days had passed since his ‘assassination’.
However, the atmosphere of the whole house changed as if the heavens and the earth were turned upside down.
The servants looked at Michael fearfully and pitifully, and the knights showed subtle contempt.
If you listened, you could always hear whispers around you.
– How come the lineage seems to have been reversed?
-Be careful with your words. If you get caught, you won’t die gracefully.
-Did I say something wrong? A pure-blooded aristocrat wants to kill his brother, but a half bastard has no adult.
-I don’t know if the concentration of the blood is different. Master Michael’s mother’s blood must be too thick.
“How dare they! How dare you say that!”
Near the hunting ground, Michael sharpened his teeth. It’s unfair to be framed, but to hear that you’re worse than that bastard!
Not from talent or skill, but from nobility!
I wanted to cut and kill them all on the spot, but if I did, my father, who was uncomfortable with the ‘assassination case’, would not stand still.
“Aagh! That son of a b*tch, I’ll kill you!”
grasp
Unable to hold back his anger, Michael frantically swung his sword against the tree. It was closer to wielding a blunt weapon than a sword because he didn’t even properly stance.
Eventually, the hard part was struck from the side, and the entire blade came out.
“That guy! those guys! Those bastards to rip!”
clink
It was when Michael, still angry, threw down his sword and stepped on it with his foot. A clicking sound came from behind.
“Tsk tsk. Have you gone mad in the meantime? It’s stupid. It used to be like that, but now it seems like it’s gone completely crazy.”
“…!”
Michael, who flinched, turned around and wrinkled his face. All in all, there was someone I didn’t want to meet the most right now.
“older brother!”
It was Michael’s older brother, Julich Bernstein.