Episode 39. Duke Mayer. (3)
I was a little embarrassed.
This pendant that Maya gave me seemed so expensive that it was difficult to calculate its value.
“Can you give me something this precious?”
“I’m giving this as an apology on behalf of my father, so don’t be too burdened.”
“But….”
“Shh, just take it. Nico.”
“Thank you. Maya.”
At a glance, there is an incredibly large diamond embedded in the center of the pendant. No matter how small it is, it is a pendant that would cost 10,000 gold.
It looks precious enough to be called an heirloom of a decent family…. Even if you are a duke, can you give something like this as an apology?
Of course, I don’t know if she really thought of me as her marriage partner.
This pendant will also go back to her family anyway.
But it can’t be.
Because this mansion is already centered around me.
At least I wasn’t stupid enough to think this was a real favor.
The purpose is…. My body itself
To be precise, I think my life is in danger.
It’s been a few days since I’ve been here, but it must have something to do with the invisible Duchess.
Now I’m starting to understand a little bit.
The reason why Emma left Maya.
The reason why her Maya was described as the person who ‘did’ follow her when attacking her.
It has to do with what will happen now.
Yes.
The favors the people here give me are just surveillance.
Not everyone knows that.
“Nico? Where are you bad?”
“Ha ha ha. No way I just choked up a bit.”
Now is the time to just be fooled.
If even Emma was my enemy, I could never do anything alone.
We have no choice but to pretend we don’t know and wait until the Schlageter children and the mercenaries arrive.
At least, if they arrive at the manor and make an accident on their way to the mansion, the surveillance will be directed in that direction to some degree.
Emma might go there too.
Only then will the opportunity arise.
What happened to this mansion? Whether you can solve it or just escape will be decided at that time.
“hehehe. I love you. Nico.”
“I love you too. Maya.”
Until then, I can do any number of plays like this.
Until then.
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“Patriarch,”
“I would have told you not to look for it unless it was urgent?”
The duke, who was looking at the documents in the study, was on edge at the sudden visit of the butler.
“Suspicious people have entered the territory.”
“Take care of the arrangement. I can’t pay attention to anything else now.”
Only two days until the deadline they said.
The head butler must have known what was going to happen in two days, but to report that some suspicious people had appeared.
“I know you are nervous too….”
“It is said that there are people with demonic powers.”
Surely, I thought the Duke himself was overreacting.
It’s something the butler should come to.
If Magi was there, he could have been the person he had been waiting for.
“… How many people?”
“There are about 10 people who have demonic energy, and about 30 people who don’t.”
Something was strange.
Among them, only two possessed demonic energy.
Besides, I wasn’t in a position to crowd around that much.
“Soldiers…. No, send the knights to catch them all.”
If it’s a Demon, it’s impossible to use only soldiers.
Their physical abilities far exceed humans.
At least the knights should be able to capture it without much damage.
“Okay.”
If I were with them, I would speak properly to the Knights and come to him.
If not, the knights will catch it.
Even if they are demons, they will have a hard time dealing with the duke’s knights.
“What is Maya doing now?”
“Your lady went out with Baron Nico.”
“What about Emma? Did she go with you?”
“Yes, I am in the shadow of the lady.”
I knew Maya was in a bad mood.
I’m sure you want to relieve your guilt even a little bit now.
I thought it would be better to leave it alone for a day or so.
“Okay. Go out and work.”
“Okay.”
After the butler left, the duke started looking at the papers again.
The preparation is perfect.
If only they could arrive, my wife would be able to wake up and be with her like she used to be.
The Duke had no choice but to believe that.
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The Schlageter children were in a good mood.
It’s good to go see the master, but until you see the master, unlimited killing is allowed.
Well, the words are unlimited, but the general public didn’t think about it.
An order came down that it was okay to slaughter all those who attacked them.
An order that has never been issued even to the northern savages, just to hold a feast.
“Lenya! Lenya! All wrinkled? Really?”
Lena answered Zwelf’s question with a broad smile.
“Yes!! The little master said it was okay to kill them all!”
“Really? Really?”
“Yes! Really!”
A smile did not leave Zwelf’s lips.
She said it’s really nice to see her master and killing is really nice too.
A simple calculation was made that good X good is extremely good.
“Lenya! Ape! f*ckers!!!”
“Power off!”
In front of the party, people riding horses and wearing armor began to appear.
“Is it the duke’s knights? So quickly?”
“How do I do it? Captain?”
“…”
Leader Ricard knew a little about the relationship between Maya and Niko, so this expedition itself was a bit incomprehensible.
Obviously I heard they were dating, but it felt a little odd that we had to go after them now.
However, Elias and Nico’s orders are absolute.
I have no choice but to protect it.
“Schlageter waits. We’ll take care of this.”
“I hate it.”
“Listen, Lena.”
“You don’t like it?”
“…Then can you kill as little as possible?”
“I will try carefully.”
Richard has already been in trouble.
Also, he couldn’t control them unless it was Niko.
“That…. Captain Ricard? Now those knights… ?”
I didn’t understand the foul either.
This is the domain of Duke Mayer.
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Then they must be the duke’s knights, but why did I have to fight them?
“This is an order from Nico-sama.”
“But aren’t they the duke’s knights?”
“If you do, you can get out of it.”
Foul was rather confused by Ricard’s resoluteness.
The Duke of Mayer is the only two great aristocrats in the empire.
I’ve never seen it myself, but the current Duke Mayer was by no means a villain.
Rather, he knew the soldiers as men close to true soldiers to the extent that rumors spread among them.
“Well, I will.”
Lucas didn’t mind.
No matter where he goes, everyone is saying that he is Nico’s person anyway.
Nico thought he was a person who would choose good over evil.
“…”
“I’m out for a while. You can decide after seeing Nico.”
“… Sorry.”
Foul couldn’t bear to aim for the Knights.
Certainly, not only Paul, but also Paul’s family could be damaged.
Before he knew the circumstances clearly, he couldn’t blindly take Niko’s side.
“Okay, I’ll start first!”
Lucas took out the grenade launcher on his back, loaded the grenade, and aimed it at the knights.
“Three, two, one! Launch!”
Pong.
The grenades start flying.
It only took 2 seconds to reach the knights.
Of course, the knights were not easily beaten.
The captain who was commanding at the head of the knights drew his sword in an instant and swung it at the flying grenade.
However, it was not a good choice.
Boom!!!
“Quaaagh!”
As soon as the grenade touched the leader’s sword, it exploded and covered the captain’s entire body with an explosion.
“Captain!!!”
It wasn’t an instant death, but the Knights gnashed their teeth as they saw the leader, who was seriously injured and could die without immediate treatment.
“Only one person remains, heal the captain with a potion! The rest of us just rush!”
The knights start charging.
The square was so ferocious that he might have been terrified if he had encountered it on the battlefield, but Lucas was simply ecstatic.
Then, he started pouring grenades at the knights using the best method he knew.
Pong-Pong-Pong-Pong
“Everyone spread!! Don’t block, avoid!”
Boom!! Bang!! Bang!! Bang!!
However, the knights were different from the targets.
It avoids all of Lucas’s grenades without difficulty and continues to charge.
“Forward Schlageter. The rest conduct covering fire.”
“Let’s go! Hey guys!!!”
Schlageter starts running.
Excluding a few mercenaries, only a few who are confident in shooting stand by, holding rifles and holding posture.
Lena, who ran the most, ran into the knights in less than a second, and threw her body at the neck of the horse the vice-captain was riding.
Thung.
“Keuk….”
Lena bounces off.
She’s cheap for being hit with her bare body by a horse galloping almost at full gallop.
Her deputy leader’s words were as they were, and her neck was broken, and she died instantly, and the vice-captain fell off her horse in shock.
“Zugeo!!”
I stuck my fingernails into the neck of the vice-captain who couldn’t come to his senses properly from the shock.
“Yup.”
The vice-captain collapsed with a shriek and blood spewing from his throat.
And so, the battle began.