The Mad Dog of the Dukes House - Chapter 135



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Episode 135 42. Have you forgotten my personality? (2)

3.

Leon’s room.

Leon was lying on his bed, staring at the ceiling.

The ceiling was stuffy to begin with, but today it was so stuffy that it made me suffocate.

“Miss, how about eating something?”

The maid’s cautious voice could be heard from outside the door. Leon let out a small sigh and answered in a low voice.

“……are you okay.”

“I’m worried, Tails. If you keep skipping meals… … .”

“If you were really worried about me, you wouldn’t have done something like that. I’m really okay, so I can go back now. I want to be alone… … . Just leave me alone.”

“Okay, if you need anything, please call me anytime.”

Ttukbuk.

The maid’s footsteps gradually grew distant, and silence fell upon the room once again.

“ha.”

Leon remembered what his father had said last night.

『It is good for you too. With our power, we will put the 6th prince on the throne, and you will become the empress. So, just follow what I say without complaint.』

My father was always like that.

Those dry, indifferent eyes that look at children as tools rather than children.

A man who lived his whole life to become a head of a household.

It was not that I did not understand my father’s ambition. After all, he had lived as the eldest son of the Duke of Reston.

But this was a separate matter.

Marrying into the royal family would mean giving up her dreams.

“… … I’ve been working so hard.”

It is not uncommon for a daughter to be born into a prestigious family and end up in a political marriage.

This was something that was done not only by the Duke of Reston, but also by other noble families as a matter of course.

The price paid for the privileges we have enjoyed since birth.

It was a fate that had to be accepted for the sake of the future of the family.

“hate.”

She muttered softly and looked at her sword, Dius, which was lying on the bedside table.

Bogum, who has been with us ever since the opening ceremony.

If she were to go to the royal family, she would have to return the sword according to the family law and have all the magical power she had accumulated sealed.

It’s been a long-standing tradition.

‘I wanted to be like Sabina.’

My great-aunt, Sabina, lived alone and pursued the perfection of the sword.

Sabina’s life was exactly the direction that Leon wanted to follow.

The life of a knight who pursues only the perfection of the sword.

Was it just greed that I wanted to live that kind of life?

Her father was not someone she could persuade.

Because in the first place, he was a person who didn’t even listen to his child.

That’s why I envied Caron.

Caron’s parents were always the ones who listened to their children.

smart.

As she was staring at the ceiling in frustration, someone knocked on the door.

“I said I wanted to be alone.”

I was starting to feel a little annoyed.

But the voice coming from beyond the door was not that of the maid.

“Sister, open the door quickly before someone sees us. We came in without them knowing.”

A light voice mixed with a lot of playfulness.

It was unmistakably Caron’s voice.

Leon sighed and got up from the bed. He slowly walked to the door and opened it halfway.

And at that moment.

“what?”

Three men quickly entered the room through the door.

“Why are you all here so early… … .”

“I think this is the first time I’ve been in your room since I was little. How have you been, Leon?”

“Sister. Did you sleep well?”

The men who entered the room following Caron were none other than Hugo and Leo.

Leon couldn’t hide his bewilderment at their sudden appearance.

But Charon closed the door with a smirk, then waved his hand slightly to move Pluto.

Myaaaah-!

The darkness flowing from Pluto’s body seeped into the door.

“Okay. At this level, no sound will leak out.”

Caron turned his head slightly and took out a bottle containing golden liquid from his bosom.

“I thought you might be bored alone, Sister. I came to give you some company to talk to. This is the 23rd year of Kiloan that I snuck from Lord Jeras’s room four years ago. It’s a pearl, a pearl. I saved it to have on a nice day later, but I’m going to have a drink with you all today.”

Caron put the bottle of wine down on the table and looked around the room furtively.

A room without any fancy decorations.

It was a room without any furniture, except for a bookshelf filled with swordsmanship books.

It seemed to succinctly show how Leon had lived up to now.

“Isn’t today a good day?”

“… … What day is it?”

“It’s a day when all the cousins ​​who were scattered around gather together like this. So of course it’s a good day. Come on, everyone, please sit down without hesitation.”

My heart feels a little better when Caron cracks a joke.

Leon smiled faintly and then slowly sat down on the chair.

Then Leo and Hugo followed her and pulled out chairs and sat down.

“Brother… … looks okay.”

She muttered, looking at Hugo furtively.

I heard that there were serious side effects from the process of forcibly reaching 7 stars.

But in reality, Hugo’s face looked more flushed than ever.

It seemed too good to be true for someone suffering from the aftereffects.

“Caron, really?”

“That’s right. I gave my brother the dew of the World Tree. He drank it all in one go. I almost lost every last drop.”

“Ahhh. It wasn’t to that extent, Caron.”

“Brother, you have to pay for it.”

“You said it was a gift earlier.”

“Every gift from nobles comes with a price. What can you do at your age if you don’t know such basic things?”

“How old are you?”

“Brother, you’re in your thirties now, so you smell a lot like an old fart… … . Ugh.”

“I have to go see my uncle.”

“Then, I guess Father will encourage you. Do you think Father will be able to stop me?”

Hugo, who always pretended to be noble, was unable to move in front of Caron.

At that sight, Leon couldn’t help but laugh.

“Phew.”

I felt like my stuffy heart was being comforted a little.

At her laughter, the other three brothers looked at each other and smiled faintly.

“Okay, let’s all have a drink.”

Caron gently uncorked the bottle and poured some liquor into the empty glass.

Then he was the first to raise his glass and speak.

“Come to think of it, this is probably the first time the four of us have had a drink together like this. Okay, if I give a toast… … .”

“Cheers.”

Boom-!

Before Caron could say anything, Leon clinked her glasses together and said a toast. Then she immediately downed the whiskey in her glass.

A hot sensation ran down my esophagus.

“Kyaaaaah.”

Leon let out a small breath and smiled. Then he slowly looked at Charon.

“One more drink?”

“Wow, sis. You really drink well.”

Without saying a word, Caron refilled Leon’s glass.

Hugo and Leo, who saw that sight, also laughed and poured their glasses.

The four cousins ​​joked around for a while and emptied their bottles of alcohol.

How much time has passed like that?

“You all came because of my wedding?”

Leon, who had intentionally avoided getting drunk, said with a slightly red face.

“But I didn’t live in vain. There are people who take care of me like this.”

“Lion. You can be honest with me. Marriage, if you don’t want it… … .”

“Of course I don’t want to do it.”

Leon frowned and continued speaking, pouring his glass again.

“Why should I put down my sword and enter the palace? And Prince Rebellio, he’s not my style. He can’t even take care of himself properly, and he just acts like a fool… … .”

“Wow, my big sister. Look at how sharp your eyes are.”

“… … Above all, once I enter the palace, I won’t be able to swing my sword as much as I want. I don’t want to live as an ornamental flower. I’d rather die after being hit by a sword.”

Words that are full of sincerity.

Was it because the sadness had piled up?

Leon’s face turned even redder.

“So, Sister, you don’t want to get married, is that what you’re saying?”

“Of course. But… … Father probably won’t change his mind. That’s just how he is. Hugo, you know that too.”

“……yes.”

Hugo smiled bitterly and tilted his glass.

His face was red because he also hadn’t gotten rid of the alcohol.

“Caron, you may not know, but Leon and I know. Father is not a man who changes his mind.”

But Charon just smiled faintly as he listened to the two.

“I don’t know. I just happen to have some good plans.”

“plan?”

“Okay, okay, before I hear the plan… … I’ll get some more alcohol. Just a sec.”

After a while.

widely.

Caron took three more bottles of whiskey out of his pocket and placed them on the table.

“Drinking during the day is good for your health, so let’s each have a bottle.”

“Who likes it?”

Caron answered Leo’s question with a smile.

“This is my experience.”

“… … That damn trust tool.”

“Anyway, let’s all have a drink.”

Caron had a plan.

That’s a really great plan too.

4.

Four hours have passed since we started drinking in Leon’s room.

They drank alcohol long past lunchtime, and under Caron’s guidance, they arrived at a completely unexpected place.

At the appearance of the four people who smelled strongly of alcohol, everyone working at the main office was taken aback and stepped back.

Charon led the drunken men to a stop in front of a door, and Leo, upon confirming the identity of the door, began to hiccup.

“Hiccup.”

The nameplate hanging on the door read:

This is none other than the office of the First Prince, Tales Reston.

Caron looked at Leon with a pleased expression.

“Okay, Sister. This is a chance to let go of what’s been building up. I came back after confirming that your uncle is inside.”

Then Leon answered with his eyes half open.

“If you go in like this, you’ll get in trouble?”

“It’s okay. That’s what I came for. Do whatever you want with your sister. Your uncle is also in the process of arranging your sister’s marriage as he pleases, so you should do whatever you want too.”

An eye for an eye.

This is this.

Leon nodded and chuckled at the very simple logic.

Then, Hugo, who had been blankly staring at the nameplate, looked down at Caron and spoke.

“… … Is this your plan?”

“In technical terms, they call it ‘a slap in the face’.”

“No, there’s no way this plan will work… …!”

That was when.

Boom bang bang bang bang-!

Leon started pounding on Tails’ office door.

“Father! Father! It’s me. Your daughter, Leon. Yes?”

Then I felt a presence beyond the door.

The sound of someone walking briskly toward the door.

Just by the way he walked, you could tell he was really angry.

Bam.

In an instant, the door opened, revealing Tails, blushing for a different reason.

A neat suit and a well-groomed beard.

The glasses he wore for paperwork seemed to further reveal his fastidious personality.

“… … What the hell is this crazy stuff!”

A roar burst out of Tails’ mouth.

Tails gritted his teeth as he looked around at the drunks who had come to find him.

Hugo, Leon, and Leo.

finally.

‘Caron!’

Even the youngest, Caron, whose mere presence offends him.

A strong smell of alcohol was emanating from the four of them.

“You’re walking around drunk like this since the daytime! Can you really call yourself a direct descendant of the Duke’s family after doing that? What on earth do the lower-ranking people think when they see you-!”

Just as Tails was about to vent his anger, Leon shouted loudly.

“It’s better than someone selling his daughter to become the successor!”

At those words, the expressions of Hugo and Leo, who were standing quietly nearby, hardened coldly.

Naturally, the intoxication went away.

But Caron was different.

Clap clap clap.

Caron smiled happily and even clapped his hands. Then he spoke in a tongue-twisting tone.

“Ah, look at that old man’s expression. He really got beat up by his daughter. That was good, sis! Wow, this is so good. This is so good. Haha.”

Leo could instinctively tell when he heard those words.

‘It’s done.’

After a while.

“Yes, inoooooooooooo-!”

Tails’ anger echoed throughout Cheonghae Castle.

There’s a mad dog living in the duke’s house