Trash of the Count's Family

Click.

Violan put down her teacup as she spoke.

Oooooo– oooooo–

The area was still shaking slightly from the vibrations of the magic circle, but Violan seemed calm.

“Between 7pm to 9pm last night… Nobody saw Vice Captain Hilsman for two hours.”

Hilsman looked extremely anxious, as if he didn’t know what to do.

“What is going on right now?! I was just having a late dinner, madam! I was at my place! You know that I live alone, madam!”

She quietly observed the anxious looking Vice Captain Hilsman.

Violan started to smile.

“I really must seem like a fool to you.”

Inside this area that was surrounded by a circle…

Although the people inside couldn’t tell what kind of spell was in it, the roaring mana made it possible to tell that it was extremely strong.

“At seven in the evening yesterday… Sir Hilsman left, saying that he would go home for a bit. And… At exactly 9 pm… You walked into the Lord’s Castle.”

“I am that Hilsman!”

He sounded as if he truly felt wronged. He also sounded as if he had no idea as to what was going on. His expression seemed real.

“Madam, you are suspecting me because nobody saw me for two hours?! How can you be so sure? Seeing me going into the house or lighting a fire to cook… I’m sure that someone must have seen me. How can you be so sure that nobody saw me during that time? This is not like your usual rational self, Violan-nim.”

“Then let me ask you a question.”

Violan picked up her teacup as she asked.

“Sir Hilsman. What did I promise to do for you if you became Captain? Do you remember our deal?”

Her eyes were slowly starting to glow blue.

“You better remember it. Otherwise, you will be suppressed by mana until you explode to death.”

All emotion disappeared from Hilsman’s face.

“Haaaa.”

He let out a short sigh. He then shook his head side to side.

His body leaned back into the chair as if he was slumping over.

Finally, he looked toward Duchess Violan.

“There is nothing.”

“…What?”

The Duchess’s pupils started shaking.

On the other hand, Hilsman’s eyes were very still.

“There was no deal whatsoever.”

His voice was full of confidence, as if he was telling the truth.

“Madam, someone like you, who cares so much about the Henituse territory and the family, someone who values elegance so much, making a deal with me?”

He shook his head as if it made no sense.

“The Duchess, no, the Deputy Territory Lord would never make a deal with someone over something like the territory’s Knight Captain position. It’s not like you wish for young master Basen or young lady Lily to become the territory lord. You wish for the Henituse territory’s administration and troops to be maintained in a clean manner more than anybody else.”

Violan’s mouth opened.

“Yes…I do wish for that.”

Hilsman did not say anything else.

He just shook his head, as if he found all of this to be unbelievable.

“However, Sir Hilsman did make a deal with me.”

‘Mm!’

Hilsman eyes opened wide.

“Violan-nim! I am not greedy for power! Why do you keep testing me-”

“If I, Hilsman, rise up to the Captain position, if I become skilled enough to reach that level, please give me the opportunity to choose my own liege.”

Violan’s stoic voiced echoed through the room.

“I wish to follow young master Cale Henituse.”

She recalled the conversation she had with Vice Captain Hilsman about one and a half years ago.

He had spent a few months after coming back from Harris Village with Cale to swing his sword day and night. After that, he came to look for Deruth and Violan saying that the Knight Captain would not give him permission.

‘If young master Cale becomes the territory lord, I wish to wholeheartedly serve him as my liege as the Knight Captain. Of course, I will give my everything to serve the territory even if someone else became the territory lord, but I wish to serve a different liege in my heart in that case.’

She didn’t remember everything about it, but she remembered some parts very clearly as it had been quite a unique situation.

for someone like Vice

would never say

“But he proved it.”

changed

of the Henituse territory, doing

numerous battles that had taken place in the Henituse territory… Cale and his friends

life not for Cale, but for the

Deruth, who had heard that with her, had told Hilsman that he had become a

he finally understood his mission and to please come look for him if we need a sword or a shield

Click.

Violan lowered her teacup.

Sir Hilsman to be

it no matter how much tea she

calm her anger at

to be the person who is the sword and shield of our

many people in the world who wished to be the sword

was the responsibility of the Henituse family to protect such knights of the Henituse

“Where is Sir Hilsman?”

mean? I

Baaaaang!

shook

stretched forward. His body was quickly lunging toward

seemed as vicious as an eagle’s claw was headed for

Baaaaang!

another loud

bat an eye. She leisurely raised her

should be cold oddly felt soft and

“Thank you very much.”

human’s mommy! This much

itself. Raon was smiling brightly, as if he was enjoying Violan caressing his

heard a relaxed voice at

“How disappointing.”

gaze turned sharp

care of

Ooooo–

flailed around, as if to pressure Hilsman. Violan felt suffocated,

with an

catch him! Hey, who are

“Haaaaa.”

sigh echoed

down

“Sir Hilsman is alive.”

“What?”

head side to side with a dejected smile on his

He seemed quiet devoted to the Henituse household,

“…Who are you?”

“Duchess Violan.”

this guy was disguised as Hilsman and had a faint smile on his face, he gave

experience coming from the way this guy

have a

“What are you saying…”

be

disguised as Hilsman

the video communication device dangling on

smirk on this Hilsman’s face was oddly

on quietly observing before leaving. I thought I should see the birth of

He shrugged his shoulders.

person who cannot be revealed. I

The human told me to

Raon’s comment. He didn’t seem to

voice flowed out of the black video

the hell are

“My, my.”

his head side to

you cannot speak to me that way.

side of the video communication device, had the

the hell is this crazy

had the same expression on her face

She couldn’t believe it.

Escape?

like that was impossible for

“But you see…”

Hilsman

a damn rat

gaze turned toward

was curled up in a smile but his gaze

is that bastard,

Violan both jumped out of their seats

recalled a moment with

something was

following to Alberu when Alberu told him about how he was going to pretend to

do not like meaningless

do not like meaningful sacrifices that much

both you and Cale will take what I just said to heart… I will give this

meeting today… Duke Deruth had

is worth doing for the sake of the

had told Choi Han and Raon after

‘Why is he lying?’

was also talking about his father,

that short

Cale started to frown.

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