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.

odd for someone like Vice Captain Hilsman who

knew would never say something like

“But he proved it.”

had changed

of the Henituse territory, doing more than any other knights

taken place in the Henituse territory… Cale and his friends had played the major roles, but many others had

give his life not for Cale, but

who had heard that with her, had told

was important. He said that he finally understood his

Click.

Violan lowered her teacup.

to be the

could not get rid of it

could not calm

the person who is the sword and

was called Young Master Silver Shield, but there were many people in the world who wished to

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

“Where is Sir Hilsman?”

mean? I am right here. I

Baaaaang!

shook

forward. His body was quickly lunging toward

as vicious as an eagle’s claw

Baaaaang!

was another loud

bat an eye. She leisurely raised her hand. She then slowly caressed the thing her

that should be cold

“Thank you very much.”

our human’s mommy!

smiling brightly, as if he was

heard a relaxed voice

“How disappointing.”

gaze turned sharp

care of this

Ooooo–

with the magic circle before it flailed around, as if to pressure Hilsman. Violan felt suffocated, despite being inside Raon’s

spoke with an innocent smile on

will catch him! Hey, who are

“Haaaaa.”

sigh echoed inside

down on

“Sir Hilsman is alive.”

“What?”

head side to side with

Henituse household, so I knocked him unconscious with as little damage as possible.

“…Who are you?”

“Duchess Violan.”

as Hilsman and had a faint smile on his face, he gave off a completely different demeanor

of experience coming from the way this guy was acting. He

Deruth seems to have a lot of

“What are you saying…”

must be watching all of this. Is Cale Henituse watching

disguised as Hilsman turned

at the video communication device dangling

that the smirk on this Hilsman’s face

and the baby Dragon-nim as well. I was really just planning on quietly observing before leaving. I thought I should see the birth of a new

He shrugged his shoulders.

be revealed. I guess it is

you can go?! The human told me to capture

even after hearing Raon’s comment. He didn’t seem to care that he couldn’t see the person on the

out of the black video

the

“My, my.”

head side to side

Henituse, you cannot speak to me that

other side of the video communication device, had the following

the hell is this crazy

had the same expression on her

She couldn’t believe it.

Escape?

like that was impossible for

“But you see…”

Hilsman

a damn

turned

in a smile but his

hell is that

Violan both jumped out of their seats as soon

a moment with

knew something was

Alberu when Alberu told him

not

like meaningful

what I just said to

Duke Deruth

for the sake of the

Han and Raon after

‘Why is he lying?’

was talking about Hilsman. But he was also talking about his father,

that short period of

Cale started to frown.

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