Chapter 108 – Siegfried’s Circumstances

“It doesn’t make sense.”

I looked down at Duke Siegfried, who was lying on the bed and wheezing.
As if he didn’t recognize that I was nearby, he was staring at the sky with empty eyes.

“How long are you going to stay down?”

There was no answer coming back.

“Has it always been like this?”
“Yes.”

Musk nodded his head.

Did you not get out of the shock of that day?
Foolish.

To think that the cool-headed Duke Siegfried had reached this point.
‘Did he care for his daughter that much?’

Otherwise, I couldn’t understand the current situation.
After the defeat in the civil war, he was a duke who even accepted the emperor’s order to abandon Seria in order to save the family.
But come now?
Was it to the extent that it was impoverished for so long?

“First of all, we need to create a state where we can talk.”

The method is simple.
Entering into Siegfried’s mind and carving out his broken spirit one by one.

If you’re lucky, you might be able to come back as smart as before.
And to do that.

‘I have to go directly into the mind.’
I saw Emir and Seria behind me.

“Please.”
“Don’t worry.”
“Have a safe trip.”

Those two were people I could trust with my back.

After catching my breath, I put my hand on Duke Siegfried’s forehead.

Saaa.

At the same time as the surrounding mana fluctuated.
I fell into Siegfried’s consciousness.

-Seria…
-Sorry… Poor father…
-If the family crest collapses… To the emperor…

Fragmented memories and consciousness were scattered everywhere.
The order of the memories was out of order.
Fragments of consciousness were flying here and there.

Scattered everywhere like broken glass, these were all Siegfried’s memories and consciousness.

I put my hand on one of them.

The surroundings shimmered and illuminated the inside of Siegfried’s mansion.

-Sorry. I am so sorry…

Duke Siegfried caressing Seria’s picture in the drawing room.
Tears welled up in his cold-hearted eyes.

It was the day the emperor declared that if Seria’s identity her was not revoked, her family her would be destroyed.

Family or daughter?
The day you have to choose between them.

– I will definitely grow my strength and bring you back to my family.

Blood flowed from Siegfried’s bitten lips his.

Rattle.

– Duke, you have to make a choice.

When Musk came inside, the duke’s expression changed in an instant.

-I get it.

After that, it was a story everyone knew.
That Seria lost her identity and came to me.

I picked up the fragment of the next memory.

– Is this child mine?
-Right. It’s you and my child How are you, pretty?

Lilith and Siegfried.
It was Lilith, the succubus before falling into a bitch.

– Sleeping with you was a mistake.
– Did you ever think you could escape from the charm of a succubus?
– What do you want?
– It’s nothing. I just want you to raise this child.
– You’re shameless. How dare you deceive me and pretend to be a young lady?
-Then what? Church people will come in droves.

Lilith smiled at her.
Like a succubus, it was beautiful just by itself.
Siegfried closed his eyes tightly.
Because of that smile
I made the mistake of one night.

-What if I refuse?
-Then I’ll have to use my own hands.
– Heh, got it. Because this child is also Siegfried’s bloodline.

Half of them were children born of their own blood.

The scandal that she is the child of an unmarried duke?
I don’t even worry about that.
Because I can solve that much by myself.

– Oh, there’s something to be aware of.
-What?
– Don’t spare this child too much. Because if she does, she might be possessed.
– Possessed?
– She is It’s the child of the succubus. She may be unknowingly and subconsciously enchanting you.
-That sounds funny.

Siegfried saw the baby sleeping soundly in the arms of a cozy blanket.

– What are you going to name her?
-Seria.

It was when she first brought Ceria.
Siegfried’s feelings were conveyed as they were.
Embarrassment and unfamiliarity with a new child.
‘It’s alluring.’

In the midst of that, the word “Fascination” From Lilith stuck in his ears.
Perhaps.
Could be a solution

I continued to read Siegfried’s Memories.

When Seria was one year old.
When I started to walk on my own through infancy.
When a tutor attached and started learning the imperial language.
When she grew up and entered the academy.
When I first debuted at a social party.

Siegfried’s expression softened the further he went.
But only one.

-I want to become an empress! Isn’t the Crown Prince handsome?

Of course, she was not as bright as her expression when she revealed that she wanted to become an empress.
It was the look on her father’s face when he heard that his beloved daughter was getting married to a stern man.
Regret.
Now I feel sad that I will be independent and become an outsider.

Siegfried was surprised that he felt so human.

-Empress, it’s a wonderful story. It is also a place where you can have the highest power.

So she hypnotized herself, saying that it was a position where she could have unlimited power.

Fascination.
I remembered that keyword.

‘It wasn’t a rational meaning.’

Fatherly love.
Siegfried’s fascination with Seria was love as a father.
She has no choice but to spare her.
The amount was so small that neither Seria nor Duke Siegfried were aware of it.
Her subtle enchanting scent of her that started from her was exposed to Duke Siegfried for decades.

A growing injustice.
That was the fascination that Lilith warned about.
In the end, it was because of his strong fatherhood that he ended up like this.

‘The Duke is amazing too.’

Looking at how she controlled her emotions by pretending not to be exposed to her enchanting scent of her until now.
That was probably the reason why Seria couldn’t prevent the execution of her identity.
You must have known that if the family collapsed, it would end the same way.
You wouldn’t have known the emperor’s intentions.

Hiding all this from Seria.
She would have been reluctant to expose her political weakness as a duke.

And that’s it.
It tore the Duke’s heart apart.

I saw the remaining memories and consciousness of Siegfried.

-Ah, Seria…

A duke saddened by Seria’s abandonment of her.
He drank every day.
Duke Siegfried, who was famous for being cool-headed, was not there.
There is only a weak father abandoned by his daughter.

I put together the Duke’s intricately intertwined memories and consciousness.

“I collected them all.”

Like a perfectly matched puzzle without a single error.

“Let’s start now.”

I put mana into the memories and consciousness of the broken duke.

The space of consciousness centered on me was filled with light.

***

I had a nightmare.
It was a dream I dreamed every day.
Seria abandons herself and leaves.
She didn’t do anything herself.
The man next to her is Maurice Dmitri.

The culprit who earned the Emperor’s trust and made his own daughter a mess.

Fast!
Grinding teeth

“Uh?”

The duke realized it belatedly.
My body is lighter than usual.
That consciousness is clear.

After Seria left, she was herself who had never properly greeted the morning.
But how is it that the body is so light?

“Are you awake?”

The Duke turned his head at the familiar voice from beside him.

“Count… Leah?”

Seria was watching the duke at her bedside her.

“How do you… ? You must be with Maurice…”
“Did you call me?”

That’s the voice
Make yourself like this
I left with Seria.
The guy who used her daughter to hold him and shake him.
Maurice Dmitry.

“Dmitry! Why are you here!”
“I came here for treatment because of rumors that Duke Siegfried was confined to a collapsed state.”
“Tooth… Ryo?”

Seeing that, my body felt light.
A refreshing sensation that I have never felt before.

“Duke, you’re awake!”

Musk, who was standing on one side, shouted in a voice full of emotion.

“Musk, explain what this is.”
“That is…”

At that time.

“I needed help, so I treated the duke myself.”

Maurice interjected.

“Help? I didn’t know that you, with the emperor on your back, would say you needed my help.”
“It’s more complicated than I thought.”

Maurice continued her words as he looked at Duke Siegfried, who was examining her situation her.

“The emperor is currently in prison. Sayu tried to kill the empress and was only planning a war without looking at her people’s livelihood of her… For very political reasons.”
“… What?”

I couldn’t believe it.
Emperor imprisoned?
Why is the emperor with such great power?
The Empire’s greatest war hero is on his side his, thousands of knights and tens of thousands of soldiers…

The duke’s head turned quickly.

“Is it yours? It seems to have absorbed the nobles of the new aristocracy and caused a rebellion.”
“You are a ghost.”
“My help means that you want the aristocratic aristocrats who didn’t listen to you to be on your side, right?”
“Right.”

Be impertinent.
Taking advantage of the lack of confidence and absorbing the aristocrats is not enough, treason.
It was a plan that he would never do if he was a duke.

“What are you thinking?”
“It was for living, and for a peaceful life.”
“Do you think that will be an excuse?”
“Sure. The duke would have known. That Seria was brought into my possession by the emperor.”
“Everyone knows.”

Hard!
How can I forget that humiliating day?
I made a plan for revenge, but it was all in vain.
A wizard with absolute strength was truly invincible.

“That wasn’t enough, so I tried to commit Seria by force.”
“What?”
“In the end, it was made to make her his concubine her, no, her sexual slave her.”
“Did you guys try to protect it?”

Maurice nodded her head.

“It started with trying to imprison aristocratic aristocrats on charges of bribery.”
“I guess that means you’ve gone as far as you’ve already gone.”
“Okay.”
“You mean you have to deal with hundreds of thousands of Imperial regular troops coming from outside the castle?”
“Right.”
“I feel like my head is going to break.”
“At least with the solid support of the nobility, there is a possibility.”

Siegfried looked up at Maurice.

“What do I gain by helping you?”
“Simple. Seria I will restore her status to her.”
“Is that Danga? I hope that’s just me…”
“Isn’t that why you secretly raised your power and gathered soldiers even after you were defeated in the civil war?”

All read
‘Since I said I woke you up fine…’

Maurice must have read all of her own thoughts of her.
She was useless for this archmage.

The duke looked at Seria.
She was looking at herself without speaking.
At least the eyes that looked down at him in contempt disappeared.
A bit kind
She was wearing that bright smile that she had only occasionally seen in the past.
Beautiful seria.
His daughter His, Siegfried’s flower.
Although half of her was not human, she was her own daughter and whom she nurtured.

How hard she tried to get her back to who she was.
‘Can it be done in one room?’
In order to aim for that one shot, you will have to cross a high mountain.
The Imperial Army led by Solarion.

“Do you know what it means to revoke the emperor’s order?”
“Can you care about that when you’ve already rebelled?”
“I had no choice in the first place.”

If Solarion wins the war, the aristocrats will lose their place.
Most of them will be purged because of this.
Probably including himself.
Even if he was unconscious.

“I get it. I’ll persuade the Marquis of Mangreb and send me a private soldier.”
“A good choice.”

Maurice smiled leisurely for the first time.

***

Her hands her trembled
He was dizzy because he used most of his mana to restore the duke’s consciousness.
‘It’s fortunate.’

Somehow, I brought Seria with me in case he refuses.
I feel sorry for the duke.
If he refuses, he intends to use Seria’s enchanting scent of her.

‘I’m glad I didn’t use it.’

It’s a win-win for each other.

“Then I will return. Internal stability is left to the Duke. And…”

I saw Ceria.
She didn’t want to be there at first, but after she showed me the memory of the duke I saw, her expression her relaxed.

‘I’m not completely forgiving.’

I grumbled, but it was definitely a different reaction than when I first came to her mansion with her with her.

“It’s been a while since I talked to my father. Let’s clear up the accumulated misunderstandings.”

I left the mansion, leaving Seria behind.