The Duke’s Madness

Area A-12.

A top-notch restaurant located on a street accessible only to a select few.

At Natalie, only two customers held utensils and knives.

“I heard you visited once before, Gongja?”

“Last time? ah… yes. I did visit once.”

“I heard you were with a woman?”

“You were a woman, right?”

“Hmm… Are you my girlfriend?”

“I am a girlfriend. It’s a little different from what the mayor thinks.”

At Arthur’s words, Angelina, who was cutting the steak, burst into laughter.

“What direction am I thinking?”

“Isn’t that kind of love?”

“… To be honest, right? I usually go to places like this with people of the opposite s*x who have a crush on me.”

Arthur said as he pierced the medium-rare steak with a fork.

“That’s a bad stereotype, Mayor.”

“… … ?”

“Good restaurants come with good people. That crush may not necessarily be a crush as a reason, but a pure crush.”

Angelina burst into exclamation.

“and… The person giving me advice, I haven’t seen you in a really long time.”

“Oh really? Don’t you have anyone that close to you?”

“… I don’t mean that.”

“sure?”

Angelina shuts her mouth at Arthur’s blinking eyes.

‘Something… It’s getting involved.’

I felt it before, but I always lose my pace when I talk to this boy.

With the thought in mind, Angelina picked up the glass next to her.

“Let’s discuss this matter later, Confucius. There are things that need to be dealt with first.”

Arthur nodded.

“Indeed, it is. We have to deal with this first.”

“In that sense, what happened to this incident?”

The corners of Arthur’s mouth rose slightly.

“I heard that an acquaintance was taken to the slave market. So I had a bit of an accident.”

“hmm… An acquaintance was taken to the slave market?”

“yes. Hamburg, a very bad slave trader was the culprit.”

Angelina clenched her chin.

“The accident hit the mana plant.”

“… … .”

“It was an accidental explosion?”

Arthur nodded.

“Yes, that accident.”

In response, Angelina sighed while resting her chin.

“… I don’t want to believe it, but I’m really serious. It’s not a lie.”

“Mayor Angelina knows how to tell lies, so why would I lie?”

“I don’t know. This ability is not omnipotent, so even ambiguous truths are treated as truth.”

Angelina raised a corner of her mouth.

“Do you have a more detailed story?”

Arthur nodded at the casually asked question.

“There is a detailed inside story. But it is difficult to explain.”

“If you don’t tell me, it’s difficult to help.”

“is it so? Then I can’t help it.”

At the answer, Angelina tilted her head.

“what? Can I leave like this?”

Arthur shrugged.

“You don’t intend to listen, but you have to step back.”

“… … .”

“To be honest, I didn’t think that Angelina-nim would fix the accident. It’s a bit of a big accident… So, I will take care of things in my family.”

Angelina laughed.

At that laugh, Arthur tilted his head.

“hmm… Did I make a mistake, Mayor?”

“no. just… I want Confucius to be a very scary person.”

“Me?”

“yes. That’s what I want to say right now. If you don’t do me a favor, I’ll make it public and finish the case, isn’t this?”

With these words, Angelina’s eyes lit up.

At that sharp gaze, Arthur blinked his eyes and scratched his head.

“hmm… It’s very uncomfortable not being able to lie.”

“and… Were you serious?”

“I didn’t mean it, but I had it in mind.”

Arthur raised an eyebrow.

At that smile, Angelina stuck out her tongue.

‘It’s scary, kid. Are you threatening me?’

A slave market opens in Arcane City.

Meanwhile, a member of the Bavarian family was kidnapped and suffered a great setback.

If this fact is known, not only the Arcane City Council members, but also the entire Empire will take issue with it.

‘I’m guessing it means that we should aim for that point and cooperate with each other. That’s great… This kid.’

I never thought I would make a place where I knew how to do general transactions into a place for negotiations.

While thinking, Angelina tapped the wine glass with her fingernail.

“Make it public.”

“… … .”

“And Confucius will be punished according to the Arcane Law. like this… What are you going to do when you come out?”

Arthur shrugged.

“I haven’t thought about that.”

“… … .”

“I believe that someone with a broad generosity like Mayor Angelina will definitely take advantage of it.”

Angelina raises her eyes.

“… … .”

Angelina, who was looking at Arthur as it was, immediately burst into laughter and lowered her head.

“and… Are you serious about this?”

“… … .”

“ha… I lost Confucius. Please listen to me. This case, as requested by Confucius [Arthur Bayern was not involved], I will end it like this.”

Arthur lowered his head.

“Thank you, Mayor. Please do me a favor.”

“You originally decided to grant one wish, right? of course… I didn’t know it would become such a wish.”

With these words, a smile forms on Angelina’s lips.

“But keep in mind, Confucius. This is the only time I’ve passed.”

“… … .”

“If you break the law of Arcane once again, then I will not stand still. Your role is to spend money, not cause accidents. Just like the other nobles.”

Arthur said with the same smile.

“no way. I can’t do that because I have strong economic ideas.”

“… … ?”

“Money needs to be spent according to plan. It’s money that doesn’t come out of the ground.”

With these words, Arthur rose from his seat.

“Then I will go first, Mayor. I have business to do.”

Bowing, Arthur, who had greeted me, really left and disappeared.

Angelina, who watched with her chin on her back, murmured.

“Isn’t the money coming out by digging the land?”

She burst out laughing and shook her head.

“Why is this a lie again? I really can’t figure it out… … .”

* * *

After exiting Natalie’s restaurant, Arthur stretched.

‘It seems to have been organized surprisingly easily?’

The power of the back street is white beard.

Yangji’s riot police is Angelina.

With the help of two reliable supporters, it seemed that the situation was easier to deal with than expected.

‘If I had gone mad, wouldn’t I have been able to settle things this neatly?’

Rather than dealing with it, it would have been more and more of an incident.

Recalling those old days, Arthur stuck out his tongue.

‘I don’t know how he survived then. In fact, in the past I… Could it have been luck?’

With thoughts, Arthur gets on the limousine waiting for him.

“I will serve you, Gongja.”

The limousine roared down the road with the soft sound of the engine.

Arthur, who was sitting in the back seat, opened the window and looked at the scene of Arcane bathed in bright sunlight.

‘People don’t know. There was an explosion that destroyed an entire district just a few hours ago.’

And I will live my whole life not knowing that fact.

‘That would be me too. A lot of events happening in that city. Half of it I won’t even notice.’

So it was interesting.

Living in the same living space in one city, living such a different life.

It was when Arthur felt the cool wind sweeping through his hair along with his thoughts.

Someday, the limousine stops when it arrives at the Bavarian mansion.

Arthur got out of the car and opened the door to the mansion and came inside.

Familiar smells, familiar temperatures.

familiar landscape.

I don’t know if it’s because of it, but my body and mind are at ease.

Arthur did not hesitate to resist the sense of drowsiness and greeted Anna, who was standing in the distance.

“Anna! I’m here!”

In greeting, Anna turns her head.

“Gongja-nim… … .”

She was speechless, sobbing and muttering.

“how… What is this?”

* * *

The five dogs that were bred by the dog trainer were clinging to Anna.

Kkong-!

The cause is dog chewing gum in her hand.

Anna was crying, not knowing what to do at the strong strength of the dogs who couldn’t hide their excitement.

“Wait, where the hell did you get all these friends from!”

At her cry, Arthur laughed and said.

“These are the kids I met on the road, and they followed me well. I brought it because it looked like there was no owner. What is it?”

“I-I met these big guys on the roadside? Like military dogs?”

Arthur subtly ignored Anna’s sharply poked question and clapped his hands.

“now. Hey guys. Stop bothering Anna and come here.”

The dogs who were excited by these words stopped all at once.

Kkong-!

The dogs that had moved away from Anna cautiously approached Arthur.

Anna, who had been watching the scene, muttered, dumbfounded.

‘what? You say you become so gentle in front of Confucius?’

Thanks to those dogs, I had suffered all day, but Anna, feeling unfair for no reason, pouted her lips.

In the meantime, Arthur, who was petting the dogs, stood up and said,

“I’m going to follow Anna’s words now.”

“… What do you mean?”

“huh. Sit down.”

Anna tilted her head, but obediently followed Arthur’s words.

“sit down.”

Then, to my surprise, the dogs that had only been running at me followed Anna’s words and sat down all at once.

Anna muttered, opening her mouth.

“oh my god… Are you a dog trainer, Gongja?”

“huh? no?”

“But how… Is this possible?”

Arthur shrugged.

“It goes through the heart. By the way, where are the first guests?”

“I put it in Gongja-nim’s room. that… The other attendants didn’t seem to like anything good.”

Arthur raised an eyebrow at her explanation.

“Neither do I. thank you.”

At these words, Anna pursed her lips, but in the end she did not open her mouth.

‘How did you get involved with the prince of the empire, and who is that beautiful woman? I want to ask everything, but should I hold back?’

What a surprise he was when Leon and Ginny first came.

The prince of the empire came to the mansion with serious injuries.

And next to him was a mysterious woman who was as injured as the prince.

It was clear that there was a huge story behind it without even asking.

So Anna avoided the seat without asking.

If Arthur had suffered the same wound, he would have figured out the reason no matter what, but the owner of the mansion was fine, only his clothes slightly worn.

‘It’s a story I shouldn’t have heard. I shouldn’t be paying attention.’

With the thought, Anna started doing housework.

In the meantime, Arthur went up to the second floor and opened the door.

I saw Ginny lying on the bed and Leon dozing in a chair.

“Everyone, I’m here.”

At these words, Leon looked away, and Ginny stood up.

“Arthur!”

“Dawn!”

With different shouts, the two look at each other in amazement.

Seeing that, Arthur waved his hand and said.

“It’s okay, Leon. I have no intention of hiding my identity in the yard that I have already brought here.”

“… I guess so. I’ve already been caught.”

With these words, Leon moderately bowed his waist.

“The master of the forest and the embodiment of beauty. It is an honor to meet and meet their descendants.”

“… … .”

“My name is Leon Madrid, the Seventh Prince of the Empire. I will formally greet you.”

Ginny replied, taken aback.

“Uh, uh… yes. I am Ginny Daven.”

“okay. Can I call you Miss Ginny?”

“yes… Please do as you please.”

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

‘Is Genie so flustered?’

Well, it would be strange that the prince of the empire was not taken aback when he bowed down and greeted him.

In the meantime, Leon raised his lower back and asked Arthur a question.

“Shall we talk about work later?”

“Are you talking about work?”

“okay. Shouldn’t we hear how things turned out?”

At this, Arthur stroked his chin.

“hmm… That’s right, but what did the prince do?”

“… what?”

“No, in order to share information, you have to do something. Leon, what did you do with this job?”

Leon narrowed his eyes.

And belatedly, he frowned and tried to shout, but then stopped.

‘… Didn’t you really do nothing?’

It was Arthur who killed Hamburg, it was Arthur who defeated the Death Knight, and according to Martial, it was Arthur who gave them time to evacuate.

Surprisingly, nothing he did in the process.

Leon, who had gone so far, murmured as he licked his lips.

“But you helped me get out of the auction house, right?”

Arthur burst into laughter.

“Don’t you have a conscience, Prince?”