The Duke’s Madness

Chapter 54

Martial Durst tilted his head.

“hmm… . That’s strange. I thought I was completely cheated, but how did you find out?”

Arthur also tilted his head at the question.

“What?”

“Didn’t you see me dead, Mr. Dunn?”

“Ah, you mean the corpse in Yenica’s hands?”

“yes. But why did you come here to find me? No matter how much I think about it, I don’t understand this part.”

Arthur raised an eyebrow.

“When you hypnotized me.”

“… ?”

“Someone overheard your muttering then.”

Martial Durst’s eyes widened.

“… What did I say then?”

“[I found this unexpected…] . It must be fun] I heard you said this?”

“With just that one word, I realized that I faked my death… . Did you notice?”

Arthur raises his sword.

“It’s not something I noticed, it’s just a feeling. A person who is hypnotized and said to have fun is not a normal person… .”

Arthur, speechless, grins.

“Usually these people tend to want to see what they’ve done to the end. That’s why I came here.”

“… .”

“So, is there anything else you want to ask? Will this be your last will?”

At these words, Martial Durst’s expression becomes ambiguous.

“Will?”

“yes. Didn’t I say I’d kill you?”

Arthur disappears with the answer.

Martial Durst muttered startled.

‘Teleport? no… . What is this? Could it be bloodline?’

With the thought, Martial’s body becomes transparent.

At the same time, Arthur’s sword penetrates Martial’s body.

“what?”

With an exclamation, Arthur raises his pistol.

Then, he aimed at the back of Martial’s head and pulled the trigger, but it was pierced like a meteorite sword.

‘Magic? no. This… . It’s lineage.’

Arthur and Martial, who had the same thoughts, widen their distance.

“It’s an interesting ability.”

“It’s common for each other.”

With these words, Martial’s narrowed eyes slipped open.

Arthur, who watched the scene, raised the corner of his mouth.

“Your eyes are unique. It’s crescent-shaped… .”

“There are many abilities that are as interesting as they are unusual.”

The corner of Arthur’s mouth rose even more.

“One more reason to kill you.”

“… The reasons have increased?”

“yes. A very important reason came up.”

Martial puts on a puzzled expression and shuts his mouth.

‘… What am I talking about?’

At that time, Arthur raised his meteorite sword.

Martial, who was watching the situation, raised both hands in agony.

Arthur is puzzled and asks a question.

“what? Are you giving up?”

“no. I’m not giving up, but I have no intention of fighting.”

“… ?”

“My purpose has been accomplished. So if only Dawn-nim pretends not to see me and backs down, I’ll give you a reward appropriate for that.”

Arthur narrowed his eyes.

“A reward?”

“yes. hmm… . A thousand gold, for example. How about giving me the money hanging around my neck?”

Arthur lifted his swollen eyes.

As if to prove that the Martial caught without missing the change is not a lie, he shows a sack of gold coins.

“… .”

As he said, a huge amount of gold was contained in the sack.

As a rule of thumb, it was a huge sum of over 1,000 gold.

“I’ll give it to you if you step back. How are you, Dawn?”

“… .”

“To be honest, don’t Dun-nim lose too much by fighting here? isn’t it?”

Arthur looked at the gold coin and nodded.

“It’s good.”

“that’s right. We can achieve each other’s goals, but there is no need to fight… .”

Arthur laughs.

“Kill you and get your money. Did you call this killing two birds with one stone?”

Martial Dust blinks.

“Sincerity… Are you?”

“yes. If you cut your throat and show it to Arcane City officials, you get another thousand gold.”

“… !”

“What fool would miss such a golden opportunity?”

Martial Durst opens his mouth in embarrassment.

In the meantime, Arthur, who disappeared again, appears behind him.

Whoop!

A meteorite sword pierces through his transparent body.

However, Arthur, who had already predicted, was not taken aback.

‘I won’t be able to become invisible forever.’

If so, I had to aim for the time to return to the original state.

At the same time as I thought, Arthur called the gnome.

The earth spirit responded to the call and aroused its power.

Kwak Kwa Kwa Kwam-!

Martial Dust raises his eyes with the scaffolding of the earth collapsing.

‘Magic? no… . Is this a spirit?’

Martial sincerely admires along with the thought.

How can you handle elementals with such skill while possessing bloodline abilities?

People with this talent were rare.

In the meantime, the land that came alive began to build a huge wall.

It would be enough to pass through the body by turning it invisible, but that time was not too long.

So it was when Martial made only a part of his body invisible.

Arthur, who was aiming for that gap, pulled the trigger of his pistol.

bang-!

At the same time as he fired the bullet, Arthur approached Martial Dust.

Martial, who activated his ability to avoid bullets, is startled.

It was because the duration had run out due to excessively making the body invisible a moment ago.

Martial hurriedly raised his hand and shouted.

“Wait a minute! Let’s talk, let’s talk!”

Arthur didn’t answer.

The extended sword aimed at the materialized Martial’s wrist.

Martial, who had been staring blankly at the blow, opened his mouth without realizing it.

visor-!

crossed swords.

At the same time, Arthur opened his eyes.

“what?”

Arthur, who widened his distance with exclamation, tilted his head.

“this… What happened?”

Arthur, speechless, asks a question.

“Why are there two Martials?”

* * *

Looking at the two men with the same appearance and appearance, Arthur tilted his head.

“… Are you twins?”

Martial Durst, who appeared anew at the question, turned his head.

‘Are you okay?’

The existing Martial nodded at the words conveyed only by the shape of his mouth.

“after… . I’m sorry. It’s been a while since I was stubborn.”

‘it’s okay.’

“It’s okay… . I need to sort out the situation first.”

With these words, the old Martial Dust raised his eyes.

“… !”

At the same time, Arthur could feel the white beard’s artifact magic disappearing.

“what?”

The existing Martial Dust raises the corner of his mouth on the face revealed in it.

“Arthur Bavaria?”

“… .”

“To think that the son of a family called the pillars of the empire would become a mercenary for Arcane… .”

Arthur is taken aback by this statement.

“Have you seen me?”

“I’ve never seen it. A long time ago.”

With a changed tone, the old Martial Dust smiles.

Arthur, who was watching, scratched his head and murmured.

‘What the hell are those eyes? Dissolving magic just by looking at it?’

What’s more problematic is that he accurately recognized my revealed face.

Arthur, who had no intention of revealing his identity in this way, hardened his expression.

‘Now that it’s like this, I’ll have to kill it somehow.’

Originally, I had intended to kill him, but the reasons to kill him even more definitely increased.

‘The thing to be careful about is hypnosis. But it will be useless now.’

At first glance, the same wizard could not hypnotize the same subject twice.

I heard that it was because of the reaction of a certain special mental world, but it seemed that I had also heard that the human mental world was so mysterious.

‘then… . Should I just be careful with that lineage?’

It was the moment Arthur was about to move along with his thoughts.

The face of one of the two Martial Dust melted.

The moment Arthur, startled, stopped, Martial Durst, who had a completely new face, muttered.

“This is another completely unexpected situation… . Isn’t that right, Arthur Bayern?”

Arthur’s mouth slowly opened at these words.

“you are… .”

“Oh, do you know me?”

“Aren’t you the prince of the empire?”

At these words, the handsome blond man burst into a hearty laugh.

“right! I am Leon Madrid, the 7th Prince of the Empire!”

* * *

Arthur shuts up at the words of Leon, who revealed his identity without hesitation.

‘Martial Dust… . That this was Leon Madrid?’

Countless countries on the continent.

Among those countries, the only country that could use the title of prince was the Empire.

And the emperor who ruled the empire had seven children, and Leon Madrid was the youngest of the seven children.

‘He was a very peculiar person. One amount out of one amount… . If I was called the dumb Confucius, that person was called the foolish prince.’

Thanks to that, he was also the only surviving prince in the future.

Khan Madrid carried out a bloody purge as soon as he ascended the throne, and in the process, the first to be killed was the ill-fated Emperor.

And the rest of the emperor’s children followed in the footsteps of the emperor, and their heads fell one after another.

The only survivor among them is the 7th Prince of the Empire.

It was Leon Madrid.

‘With him like that, people… . He lived with alcohol and women every day, so unlike the other children, he didn’t even feel worthy of being checked, he whispered like that.’

Arthur was no different.

Seeing as the thoroughgoing Khan Madrid kept only Leon Madrid alive, he must have been a man really not worth killing.

‘however… . That Leon Madrid was involved with Martial Durst?’

A completely unexpected situation.

Because of that, while Arthur hesitated, Leon raised the corner of his mouth.

“hmm… . Feel free to tell me my identity. Be polite, Arthur Bayern!!”

“… .”

“Putting a knife at me, a member of the imperial family, is plotting treason. Hurry up and put down the knife you are holding!”

At this, Arthur is silent.

Seeing that, Leon shouted once more.

“Oh, what are you hesitating about! It’s treason, treason! Pointing a knife at me! It is treason that could result in the entire family being purged!”

Surprised, Arthur unwittingly lowered the tip of the knife.

Leon, who was watching him, brightened his eyes.

“okay… . So put down the sword and get down on your knees.”

“…”

“After that, let’s try to solve the situation with a conversation. It seems to me… . The misunderstandings between the two of us seem to be able to be resolved.”

It was when Leon, who had been watching the quiet Arthur, raised the corner of his mouth.

Martial Durst, who was next to him, jumped out in surprise.

At the same time, a sharp gunshot rang out.

bang-!

Leon Madrid blinks.

Then I turned my gaze and looked at my torn top.

It was a position where even if it had been hit slightly, the shoulder might have been blown off.

Leon Madrid, whose complexion turned pale because of that, shouted harshly.

“… Are you crazy, Arthur Bayern!!!”

“… .”

“How dare you shoot a member of the imperial family! You’re insane!”

Arthur sighed.