Chapter 35 – 035 – Hyde Poisons the Count’s Eldest Son! #3

035 – Hyde poisons the Count’s eldest son! # 3

Dihon’s body began to be enveloped in something like a red mist.

It looked as if a red border had formed on the body.

“My body is overflowing with energy… !”

Finally, Dihon raised his hands high and shouted.
Looking at him, he couldn’t believe that he was really a boy suffering from heart disease.

“Hyde, how did this happen! My son Dihon really became healthy after eating witch grass! “I knew witch grass was a poisonous plant!”

Count Dovan did not seem to understand this situation.

I decided to briefly explain this situation.

“The body of an Auror user is healthier than you think. The same goes for Prince Dihon, who endured pseudo-like treatment from Selim until now.”

For Auror users, poisons have less effect and medicines sometimes have strong effects.

Although he was not an Auror user, I looked at Loras, who survived after chewing the poison from castor seeds for several days, and I thought that Dihon, who was likely to be an Auror user, would be able to overcome the poison and absorb the medicine ingredients more quickly, but it was true. 〈 Br〉

“I feel better!”

Pot, Pot-.

It was Dihon thrusting his fist here and there.

“I can’t believe my son Dihon is getting better! Is that really true! Dihon!”

“Dihon, are you really okay? Let’s give this mother a hug!”

A situation where everyone is happy to see that healthy appearance.

Only Selim was astonished.

“This can’t be happening.”

“Now Selim, hit your head against the wall and die.”

“… !”

Selim was greatly embarrassed.

And looking at the guy’s expression, I had a premonition that I would hear him say, “I was just kidding!” Again. Both Oscar and Loras were like that.

But this time, there was something Selim couldn’t escape.

“Selim, when I looked at the ledger, I noticed that the origin of the 20 gold coins you received every month was unclear. You always sent 10 gold coins to Florence every month? “There is no other information.”

“Well, that is!”

Selim’s expression did not look very good at my question.

10 gold coins every month.

120 in one year.

It has been five years since Selim began treatment, and as much as 600 gold coins had disappeared through Selim’s unknown remittance.

“That’s the money I sent to Lord Parmas…” !  I was always getting advice from Lord Parmas about treatments, how to use herbs, etc… !”

“Okay? In that case, you can contact Lord Parmas and ask him how much money he receives each month.”

I thought Selim must have embezzled some money from this amount.

Because, except for the money sent to Parmas, the ledgers were faithfully entered in many places.

But I didn’t trust people.

People are beings who betray, lie, and easily fall into sinful nature.

Selim must have been one of those guys, and I thought that if he was taking money, he was saving it from this remittance.
Then Selim said.

“Woah, it’s confirmation bias! You think I’m a criminal, and you’re just saying whatever you want! Hyde, and you are even insulting my teacher, Lord Parmas!”

Confirmation bias-.

He was a guy who spoke more knowledgeable words than expected.

“Hyde, demand a trial!”

A trial.

Do I have to do that annoying thing again because of a petty person like Selim?

Why do people not easily admit their sins?

Soon Selim shouted.

“Lady Milione! Please be an impartial witness in this trial! Lord Parmas will be my defense attorney in this trial!”

Milione looked displeased when his name was called by Selim.

The guy looked at his fingernails with a bored expression on his face and then opened his mouth indifferently.

“I can’t be a witness. That’s because she will be Hyde’s second wife from now on. The Archibald family will be excluded from this trial to ensure a fair review.”

“Two, your second wife?”

Selim seemed greatly embarrassed.

The story of me taking Lady Milione as her second wife was like a secret that only those in the know knew.
So it seems Selim was a bit late in getting the news.

“Nonsense. Lady Psyche allowed that? It is a lie. Hyde, why are you… ! Why only you… ! I’m smarter than you… ! Why doesn’t everyone know my true value?”

“You’re smarter than I?”

This was a story that could not be easily ignored.

It would be pointless to fight over memorization with someone who memorizes the entire book.

I decided to compete with Selim’s major, ‘Rhetoric’.

“Selim, ask me anything. Even if it’s a math problem you like, it’s okay.”

“Okay! “Tell me 3275 times 3214!”

Is it multiplication of 4-digit numbers?

It might take some time.

Fortunately, I had learned mental arithmetic well from an abacus teacher who volunteered at an orphanage when I was young.

Multiplication of 4-digit numbers is easy.

“The answer is 10,525,850.”

“What? How on earth─.”

“Why are you surprised that I answered so quickly? So now it’s my turn to ask, right? “Can I ask you something too?”

I walked up to Selim and grabbed his head with my teeth.

Selim seemed very surprised by my sudden attack.

“Aaaaah! What are you doing!”

“I told you I would ask you anything.”

“You crazy guy! Lady Psyche! Take a look! The man you have chosen as your husband is such a rude man! Miss! Please believe my innocence!”

Selim found Psyche.

Is this a plan to use the kind-hearted Psyche to get out of this situation?

But unfortunately, Psyche was not here.

“Hyde!”

At that moment, Psyche appeared from afar.

In Psyche’s hands, there was a fairly large chest, and every time Psyche took a step, a loud clanging sound was heard.

“Hyde! Just as you said, there was a box full of money on the floor of Selim’s house! There are tons of gold coins! “I haven’t counted them all, but I think there are at least 300!”

It’s done.

Psyche found it well.

“Selim, little people like you hide money at home. Do you know why? “If I hide money outside the house, I can’t sleep because I’m worried that someone will notice and take it.”

“…”

“That’s an incredibly large amount of money for a doctor of theology to have. Even if you add up all the salaries you have received so far, I would say it would be 100 gold coins. What is this money?”

“This shivaaaaal!”

Selim seemed to have finally lost her senses.
All the evidence was clear, and the scene was witnessed by countless people, but Selim was not the type of person who could maintain his sanity in such a situation.

“Dihon! If only you had listened to me! “I told you not to drink medicine!”

Selim now shouted at Dihon.

Of these, did little Dihon, who was only 10 years old, seem the most formidable?

“I thought it might be a little fun, but it’s so childish that I can’t watch it.”

At that moment, Lady Milione moved.

Creep-.

Then Milione grabbed Selim’s arm and threw him to the ground in an instant, causing Selim’s shoulder to break with a terrible sound.

“Aaaaah! Argh! Hehe! You crazy bitch! My arm! Do you think you’ll be okay after doing this? I am a disciple of Lord Parmas! Even Archbishop Archibald cannot ignore Lord Parmas—.”

Squeak-.

Milione lifted her foot and stepped firmly on Selim’s chest.
With a crunching sound, Selim’s ribs were shattered.

“Ugh—.”

“Selim, this man threatened me and insulted the Archibald family. Count Dovan. “I want to take care of this person’s personal affairs. Is that okay?”

Who threatened whom, you crazy bitch!

Even though Selim did something bad, he made a fool of himself in front of everyone! With an injury like that, even if all the bones heal, you will have to live as a disabled person for the rest of your life.

My whole body hurts!

However, Count Dovan shook his head.

“Even though Selim looks like this, he is from our family of Count Agarpe. It would be right to handle matters within Count Agarpe. Selim, we will hold a trial. Would you like to request a lawyer?”

Selim’s condition was not one in which he could defend himself.

He barely opened his mouth and said, “Su, sus, sus-.” From what I heard, he probably meant to say “Master.”

This probably means asking Lord Parmas to defend you.

“I have a hen that is headed to Florence. Count Dovan. Please leave it to me to send Jeon Seo-gu. You will probably receive a reply within half a day.”

Milione sent the entire team to Florence.

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Doban said while reading the reply that arrived half a day later.

“Selim, it seems that Lord Parmas is excommunicating you. And since he has nothing to do with this embezzlement, he seems to want you to believe that he is innocent.”

“… Ah…”

Selim looked like he had lost everything after being excommunicated by his trusted teacher. This must be exactly what a man looks like when everything he has built up until now has been completely taken away.

“Selim, you probably know better about the law. It’s clear that he won’t be able to avoid the death penalty, but shouldn’t people still have a chance? What do you think, would you defend it?”

“Ah, ah-.”

How can you defend yourself with that ugly face?

I said that to Selim.

“Selim, if you ask me for help, I will gladly defend you as a sincere believer and monk. “It can be reduced from the death penalty to life imprisonment.”

“Agaaa-!”

It was Selim shaking his head.

Finally, Selim was dragged away by the people, making a terrible noise.

A simply prepared execution site.

Originally, the priest of the local church should have prayed for the death row inmate, but since Manaan and Oscar Archibald, the priests in charge of the church, were not present, such a process was omitted.

“Then, in the name of Count Dovan Agarpe, I will decapitate the condemned man.”

Agarpe’s executioner appeared with a sharp knife, and Selim’s head finally rolled on the floor along with the shining blade.

Degurrrrt!

Death penalty.

I thought the death penalty was too great a punishment for stealing money, but that was the law in this dark age where there were no human rights.

“Get out of the way!”

“They say things belonging to death row inmates bring good luck!”

“Maybe it’s because I eat well and live well with my own money, but my blood is pumping a lot!”

Look-.

People are clamoring to dip their bread in the blood gushing from Selim’s severed neck.

It was a dizzying sight in many ways.

“Selim, there was a time when he called me uncle and followed me like a son. I can’t believe a guy like that would kick me and betray me. There is no one in the world I can trust. Really─.”

Count Dovan staggered as if he was overcome with fatigue.

Countess Wilhemina and Psyche helped him along, and now I was the only one left.

“Devil. “I will defend you.”

I sympathized with Selim.

No matter how you look at it, it doesn’t seem like it was a crime worthy of death.

Since he was maimed after being trampled by Lady Milione, the right punishment for him would have been to spend the rest of his life in prison and repent.

While I was sympathizing with Selim, Milione approached me.

And then he clicked his tongue at me.

“What’s so pitiful? This guy is worth dying for. Because you are so hypocritical, you are called a boring and boring man. Still, I guess Oscar had a hard time.”

Milione seemed to take human life lightly.

That’s because her true identity is Lass of Anger, who calls herself the Great Sin Seat.

But I was different.

I am Hyde, a priest who knows that human life is more precious than the world.

“Hyde, you. Are you going to Florence? “Not only because of my marriage problems, but because you’re asking your father to send troops from the Knights Templar, right?”

“Yes.”

“It would be better to give up on military history. I’m just happy with my wedding and getting it over with. Well, I don’t know if that will work out or not.”

Saying that, Milione exhaled.

It seemed like there was something slightly uncomfortable.

I held out a wooden potion bottle to Milione.

“You have a bad heart too, right?”

“…”

Milione glared at me with narrow eyes.

She had an expression like, “How did she know that her heart was bad?”

In fact, I didn’t know anything about Milione suffering from heart disease.
However, I knew that my cult partner, Lars, had heart disease and was taking medication.

Because Lars’ explosive ‘super strength’ put a strain on her heart.

━This drug? I got it by killing the Walpurgis witches! They say it’s called foxglove or witch’s plant, and it’s good for the heart! Of course, if you eat it without knowing what it is, it will only be poisonous!

Yeah-.

It was because of this experience that I saved Dihon.

So this medicine was a small compensation for that experience.

Of course, Milione snorted with laughter.

“If you think that I will view you favorably just because of this, you are mistaken.”

That night-.

I went up to the spire of Agarpe wearing a mask.

There was already a preceptor on top of the high tower, and she was also wearing a whirlpool mask.

“Rust, did you hear? I guess Milione, the girl you raped, is planning to marry Hyde!”

“I heard.”

“But Milione would really hate Hyde. Even if they get married, will their relationship be successful? Milione was probably brainwashed by you, Rust, and killed Hyde!”

You crazy bitch!

Of course, she decided not to say that.

“Miglione, she will have to love Hyde.”

“What if Milione’s favorite thing isn’t actually Hyde, but the devil’s Rust? Are you saying she has to have sex with a guy like Hyde? “I will strangle her to death on the first night!”

I think you’ll strangle me too.

Being forced to marry a man you don’t like and have children… Lars is definitely not that type of personality, right?

I would have rather torn the groom to death.

I spoke solemnly.

“Hyde, he is the most faithful man in the world. “I would never lay my hands on a vulgar and rude girl like Milione.”

“Hyde, that guy is like that? I don’t think so. Okay, Rust! “Why don’t you make a bet?”

“Bet?”

“If Hyde can’t hold back and attacks Milione—. “Show me the face behind your mask.”

“Good night! Instead, Lars, you should never interfere with that man named Hyde. I also will not intervene with Milione. “Try not to show yourself for the time being.”

“Good. Keep your promise.”

It was good.

Now there will be no such thing as Lars suddenly appearing and killing me or Hyde. Of course, I can’t guarantee it.

Swish-.

I have now taken a step back.

Tomorrow is the day the carriages and processions leave for Florence.

In order to go a long way, you had to go to bed early.