Chapter 6 – Siegfried
“Come in.”
An old man with his white hair tossed back opened the door and entered.
Sebastian.
A loyal butler who has served the Dmitri family since their ancestors.
Maurice was the only person he could rely on in this world.
“How have you been while I was gone?”
“No.”
Sebastian’s gaze turned to the CCTV magic I had turned on.
“While I was away, the master’s castle seems to have changed.”
“It’s a gift from the emperor.”
“Ah.”
Sebastian saw Seria gasping in the CCTV.
“The rumors are true.”
“Have you reached your hometown already?”
“I heard it as I entered the capital. Rumor has it that the emperor bestowed a great gift on the count.”
“What a gift. And a bomb.”
“I’ll have to handle it with care.”
He watched the CCTV without speaking.
“Are you an advisor?”
“If I had to argue, it’s more like sexual torture.”
“Even the count has to think about his heir now, but don’t overdo it. Even the ancestors…”
“I know. Let’s stop talking about it here.”
He bowed his head without speaking.
“You came early anyway.”
“I feel better sooner than I thought.”
Sebastian raised his arms, showing off his muscles.
“You look healthy.”
I snapped my finger and turned off the CCTV magic.
“I hope to educate you well in the future.”
“Should I teach the maids?”
“Okay.”
“All right. If so, leave it to me to clean up tomorrow.”
“Okay.”
“And let me ask you one more thing.”
Sebastian raised his finger.
“Don’t treat it too harshly. How broken are the people whom the Master put his heart into…”
“Stop nagging. I know you well.”
“Then I will withdraw.”
Sebastian hung his head and went outside.
It seemed like an hour had passed by now.
I will teach you housework and future work well.
***
The next morning.
“Sorry. Master. I think it’s up to the owner to wash things.”
A bright red vertical line was etched across Sebastian’s face.
“I’ve tried, but I’m not going to wash myself.”
“Ha.”
The stubbornness was almost at the level of an auger tendon.
“I will take it.”
As I entered the room, Seria lowered her eyes.
“Why, why are you here?”
There is a reward for suffering
“You did something embarrassing to Sebastian.”
“That, that!”
“Sebastian is higher in the ranking in this house. You should know that Siegfried doesn’t work.”
She couldn’t resist
“I hope you understand what I mean.”
I caught her biting her lip.
Soft skin touched his body.
“Then let’s start taking a bath.”
“What, what?”
“You know. On the first day.”
“That, as much as that…”
Seria’s eyes trembled.
“I’m sorry, but that won’t work.”
It is essential for proper education.
A blue light flashed in my hand.
***
As soon as I arrived at the Ministry of Magic, I looked for Sadrick.
“What are you doing?”
“Summon Duke Siegfried.”
“You mean Duke? Can you tell me what’s going on?”
The boy’s eyes shone brightly.
His eyes seemed to interrogate my intentions.
After the Prince’s Rebellion, Siegfried became the leader of the aristocratic faction.
In other words, the current Emperor’s most powerful enemy.
To meet such a person, one must be wary.
‘The Emperor’s cousin.’
It was an annoying opponent.
“Simple. It is because of the issue of reparations for the previous civil war.”
“I understand that the Minister of Finance is in charge.”
“There are quite a few magic items among the reparations, so I, the Minister, will have to figure it out.”
“I will take over.”
It’s annoying.
She hated seeing him constantly grabbing the horse’s tail.
“Sadric.”
“Yes, Minister.”
“Are you throwing up at my words now?”
Sadrick met my eyes and averted my gaze.
“Sorry.”
“Stop talking and call me.”
“Yes, I understand.”
After bowing, Sadrick left his office.
Then, Jane, who was watching this from the side, approached with quick steps.
“Why is it Sadric? There are many other people. Whether it’s a deputy minister or a chief mage, if you don’t have a heart, then I have one too?”
She was looking at me with a curious face.
“Why did you do that?”
I only threw one word at her vigorously nodding her head.
“Listen to the emperor.”
When Jane heard me, her eyes lit up like a viewer on a morning drama who saw the secret of her birth.
***
Duke Siegfried arrived at the office.
“Nice to meet you, Minister Dmitry.”
“Long time no see. Duke.”
I smiled leisurely and greeted Duke Siegfried.
He had his platinum blonde hair, the same as Seria’s, neatly swept back.
Deep wrinkles were engraved on his neat face without a beard.
“Why did the minister call me?”
Before I could answer, I asked while looking at the knight following the duke.
“There are more escorts than I thought?”
“I must prepare well to meet the best wizard in the empire.”
“It is useless.”
I immediately took my eyes off them.
“The reason I called is simple. Because of the reparations for the civil war.”
“I know everything has already been resolved.”
“One-third of Siegfried’s fiefdom and nearly half of the nobles’ fiefs were returned to the imperial family.”
“There are many more. Minister.”
“Who doesn’t know. The fact that the aristocrats faithfully paid for it.”
I asked with a lowered voice.
“You want to save her daughter?”
“I don’t have a daughter anymore?”
He pretended to be calm, but the duke’s eyebrows twitched.
How would you feel
Even if it wasn’t, my precious daughter passed into my possession.
I would want to kill him right away and get him back.
However, defeat is silent.
I just crouched down and waited for the next opportunity.
“Oh, sorry. I completely forgot Well, anyway, I have an item that the duke valued.”
He mentioned his daughter once again, but now he succeeded in managing his expression.
You will have many thoughts.
Why the hell am I talking about Seria, who was executed for status?
Are you thinking of rebellion?
Do you already know something?
Think.
The more thoughts, the better for me.
“I’m trying to adapt myself, but I’m stubborn.”
“…”
“Would you like some help?”
I leaned back in my chair and asked.
“Don’t you want to save the duke’s life?”
Right!
They snapped their fingers at the same time.
One of the knights, enraged at the arrogant behavior shown in front of the duke of the country, drew his sword from its scabbard.
“What?”
The knight made his bewildered face as he watched the sword slipping helplessly from his hand.
“To dare to wield a sword in the Ministry of Magic requires training. Duke.”
Even though I started to underestimate, the duke did not point out.
Just grit your teeth and look at me.
“You’d better not be fooling around.”
I gestured lightly.
Then, everything from the long swords of the knights to the daggers they had been hiding by memorization flew through the air.
“Unless you really want to die.”
One of the knights whose eyes met mine sat down.
The Duke clicked his tongue as he saw such an article.
“What do you wish for?”
“The complete break between Seria and Siegfried.”
“Is that all?”
“Sure. Send the person Seria trusts the most to her mansion.”
“Is that all right?”
“If you send someone, I will take care of the rest.”
“…”
He shut up.
I passed telepathy to facilitate the choice.
-What the emperor wants is Seria’s pain. If I can’t do it right, I’m prepared to destroy even the duke’s family.
-If you want to save both the duke and Seria, you’d better follow my words.
-I want you to make the right choice.
There is no human who can pierce my telepathy in the Magic Tower.
After thinking for a while, Duke Siegfried nodded his head.
“Okay. Follow my minister’s advice.”
He rose from his seat without hesitation.
The knights rushed outside following him.
Confirming that the door was closed, I let out a sigh.
“It’s hard.”
Living as Maurice Dmitri is inexhaustibly difficult.
Jin is missing.
If I live like this, I will die soon.
As I was sweeping my face, I met eyes with Jane, who was looking at me from the side.
She was looking at me in eager viewer mode.
-If the duke didn’t listen to him, would the emperor have really destroyed the school?
Did you hear everything
I will say one more time.
There is no ‘human’ that can pierce my telepathy in the Magic Tower.
-Don’t care.
As soon as Siegfried left, I felt the eyes disappearing.
It will sound like the work of the Minister of Magic and the Secretary of the Treasury to them.
‘There are still a lot of doubts.’
Even in the Mage Tower, the emperor’s eyes were everywhere.
You must be curious.
Why did I call Siegfried?
‘Curious to your heart’s content.’
The reason for calling Siegfried was simple.
It was because I didn’t want to become a chess piece that only followed the Emperor’s words.
Because of Maurice’s fucking personality.
This personality that doesn’t want to listen to others.
Even if that opponent is the emperor.
‘In the first place, I didn’t like the emperor either.’
There are certain characters that I liked in the novel.
Smart.
“Come in.”
“Minister, did you call?”
The door opened and a woman with striking blue hair entered.
He was once the sub male lead of 「Finding a Happy Ending in Evil」, Evil Happy.
A character who despaired of a love that could not come true and changed his gender.
A great merchant who was called Ymir in the past.
She was the woman she now became Emily.
“There is something I want to ask of you.”
