The Duke’s Madness

“… I’m sorry. apologize.”

Arthur nodded as if it were natural.

Realizing that he really had no intention of telling the story behind the incident, Leon let out a sigh.

“If I had known it would be like this, I would have gone home earlier, but I was there for no reason. Then I will go.”

“what? Could I ask you a little more?”

“Do I have any pride? see you next time.”

Arthur was about to nod, then paused and shouted.

“Prince! You have to do that group assignment, so don’t forget to fill the quota!”

Leon, who opened the door and left, was startled.

“sh*t!! I forgot! It has to be done by tomorrow!”

With these words, Leon quickly left the room, and Ginny, who was watching him, blinked his eyes and muttered.

“… What the hell is the relationship between the two of you?”

“With the prince?”

“yes.”

“Enemy.”

Ginny shut her mouth.

“Dawn always breaks expectations.”

“what? What?”

“Just everything. From small things to big things. Break all expectations.”

Arthur narrowed his eyes.

Where did my answer from a moment ago break expectations?

Then Ginny stood up and groaned.

“Ugh!”

As if the wound hadn’t healed yet, Arthur supported her as she staggered.

“Lie down a little longer.”

“… I don’t want to bother you anymore.”

“I’ve already caused enough trouble, you can do more here.”

Ginny shut her mouth.

At the same time, her pointed ears turn red.

“Yeah, that’s right, but… … .”

“So please explain. Ginny, why did you suddenly become a slave?”

Her expression and breath stop at Arthur’s question.

“… … .”

After thinking about it for a while, Ginny opened her mouth.

“… How far can I tell you?”

“Everything, as long as it’s okay with Ginny.”

Ginny sighs.

“… I really don’t want to say it, but my life saver is asking me to, so I can’t refuse.”

“I was aiming for that. So what happened?”

Ginny murmured.

“I went looking for a house right after I retired. Also, a new job.”

I went to the real estate and looked for a property.

I went to the bank because I couldn’t find anything in the price range I wanted.

The new job was a flower shop, and the earnings weren’t bad.

Arthur, who had listened to the whole story, tilted his head.

“… Then when did you get hooked up with Hamburg?”

“It’s not hooked up.”

“then?”

“I came. bring people.”

Silent, she bit her lip.

“I already knew everything. After completing my investigation and knowing that Mr. Willett is not your mercenary.”

“… … .”

“I think I’ve been paying close attention before. I also knew that I was an elf, probably because I looked into my ancestors that I didn’t know about.”

Arthur stroked his chin.

‘Is something strange?’

Did you find out that Genie is an elf, a descendant of a very rare heterogeneous race in this vast Arcane?

Common sense didn’t make sense.

Arthur, who was troubled by that, soon found an answer and asked a question.

“Have you ever been involved in the moneylender business?”

“… … !”

“He said he needed money and just went to borrow it.”

Ginny blushed and waved her hand.

“That, it’s not that loan business… … .”

“Isn’t it a loan business?”

“… It was something like that.”

“Then it’s a loan business.”

Ginny closed her mouth and sighed.

“Right, ha. I guess that was the problem… I think the bastard at the moneylender I visited at the time guessed something by looking at my ears.”

Arthur burst into laughter.

“Eh… So why do you go there?”

“Because I didn’t want to go either?”

“Well, aside from that, do you have any memories after being captured?”

Ginny shook her head.

“no… Maybe it’s because I’m drunk on drugs… I don’t remember.”

Arthur, who felt her voice drenched in anxiety somewhere, gave advice.

“are you okay. It didn’t happen like Ginny thought.”

“… Consolation?”

“no? I mean it. If I were a slave trader, I would never lay a hand on a genie.”

Despite these words, Ginny’s heavy expression didn’t seem to ease.

Her anxiety and fear felt in it.

Arthur, feeling that emotion instinctively, shrugged his shoulders.

“High-class slaves must be in very good condition. Especially pretty girls like Ginny.”

“… … .”

“And if you touched it, wouldn’t Ginny be the first to notice?”

Ginny didn’t answer.

Arthur stood up, realizing that she needed some alone time.

“Get some rest. He still doesn’t look well, and he seems to have a fever… When I’m feeling better, I’ll take care of the back work.”

Ginny hesitated a little and asked.

“more… Can I stay?”

Arthur nodded.

“sure. Because Ginny is my guest.”

At these words, Ginny’s eyes widened slightly.

In the meantime, Arthur raised a corner of his mouth and suggested.

“Of course it’s not free. If you feel better, the elf… Tell me a little about your ancestors.”

* * *

Three days have passed since Ginny stayed at Arthur’s house.

During that day, Arthur headed somewhere every morning, and a butler who revealed that he didn’t have that free time waited on him.

From head to bath.

Feeling burdened by Anna’s act of taking care of every little thing, Genie tried to decline, but Anna answered with a firm voice each time.

“The Prince’s guests are also the guests of the Bavarian family.”

“… … .”

“If you treat the guest uncomfortably, it will also damage Bavaria’s reputation. So please don’t refuse.”

Ginny didn’t respond.

Having lived a rough life as a wanderer or mercenary all her life, the moment the word honor came out, she couldn’t move.

At the same time, I was able to realize.

‘That madman… He was the heir to the real Duke of Bavaria?’

To be honest, I still can’t believe it.

That madman is the heir to the oldest family in the Empire?

However, not only the elegant servant in front of him, but also everyone in the family bowed to Arthur Bavaria, so he couldn’t help but believe it again.

Because of that, I was naturally curious.

‘This house… such identity… Why are you doing mercenary work with this?’

fun? interest? Or do you have a purpose?

I thought of several circumstances, but nothing made sense.

‘Heir to the Duke of Bavaria… is a position where you can have all of that.’

Time passes again with thoughts.

During that time, Ginny recovered her body, and she was able to enjoy a walk in the yard of the Bavarian mansion she was used to.

‘… No matter how much I’m a foodie, can I be this comfortable?’

Ginny tried to do something with her thoughts, but every time Anna tried to dissuade her.

Rather, it is more inconvenient.

Because of that, even on the sixth day of my stay at the Bavarian mansion, I was sitting in the rocking chair in the yard.

Well-groomed flowers and trees suddenly caught my eye.

“… … .”

Unknown flower clusters.

Old trees with a fresh green color.

Watching them, Ginny thought.

‘Something makes me feel better… … .’

Actually, Ginny didn’t like flowers and plants very much.

It was because the place where he grew up as a child was covered with those flowers and plants.

‘That’s where I lost my parents… So I hoped to buy a house in a city like Arcane.’

However, when I saw the Bavarian mansion, I changed my mind a little.

If I were to buy a house, a place like this wouldn’t be bad either.

‘Of course, I’m talking about when I can live… How much do you want to do in a place like this?’

It was the moment Genie, who burst out laughing with her thoughts, gently touched the flowers in the garden.

“what?”

The flower buds were in full bloom.

Ginny’s eyes widened at the sight and she was taken aback.

“What is this?”

With a murmur, Ginny touched the flower again.

At that moment, the flower that was in full bloom grows even bigger.

When Ginny opened her mouth in surprise at that certain incident, Arthur muttered.

“and… Genie. Did you have this ability?”

“… … !”

Surprised, Ginny backs away.

Arthur, who was standing with his hands behind Ginny’s back, tilted his head.

“What are you so surprised about?”

“… He, if he is coming, please make a noise!”

“Sound? You’ve never hidden your presence, isn’t Genie dull?”

Ginny sighed in response.

“It’s not like that… I just wanted to say hello when you come. You were surprised.”

Arthur exclaimed.

“Ah, if that’s the case, then I was wrong. I apologize, Ginny.”

Ginny, who had been watching, narrowed her gaze.

Why do you sincerely apologize?

If it was like usual, here again, nonsensical sophistry is added.

‘Coming to think of it, I think I apologized at the right time… … ?’

Then Arthur came to the side.

And beyond the full bloom, he touched a grown flower and broke it off.

“… Why did you break that, Dunnim!!”

Ginny screamed in astonishment, and Arthur said as if it were natural.

“If there is a flower that has grown like this, all other flowers will die.”

“… … ?”

“This flower absorbs all the nutrients that need to be absorbed. that… You know the providence of nature? The weak meat.”

Ginny narrowed her eyes.

Arthur, who was fixing the flowers he had picked, suddenly put a flower in her ear.

“… … !”

Surprised, Ginny backs away.

While she opened her mouth and didn’t know what to do, Arthur let out an exclamation.

“oh… Does it look pretty like this?”

“… yes?”

“I’ve been thinking that Genie is pretty for a long time, but looking at it this way, she’s really pretty.”

Ginny shuts up.

She said without hiding her trembling eyes.

“More, Dunn… … ?”

“yes?”

“Do you like me?”

Arthur narrowed his eyes.

“no?”

“… … .”

“But I think it’s a good relationship.”

Ginny’s eyes widened.

“A good relationship?”

“yes. uh… Am I the only one who thinks so?”

Ginny shuts up.

good relationship?

Can you say that you and Arthur Bayern have a good relationship?

I didn’t like it from the first meeting, and since then we’ve only run into each other twice.

And even those two times couldn’t be said to be actually good things.

However, Ginny, who was pondering, soon realized.

That each other needed each other in those two encounters.

And that they didn’t turn away from each other in that situation.

Thinking this far, Ginny unknowingly exclaimed.

‘I tried not to get involved like that, but since when did it become like this?’

Ginny unknowingly burst into laughter along with a murmur.

Arthur, who was watching, tilted his head.

“… What’s wrong, Ginny?”

“no. just… something like that.”

“What?”

“There is, something like that.”

With these words, Genie touched the flower in her ear.

“thank you.”

“yes?”

“Thank you very much, Yo Dunn. for saving me.”

At her greeting, Arthur smiled and nodded.

“Isn’t it too late to say hello?”

It was time for Ginny to burst into laughter once again.

The sylph, who had been secretly hiding and watching the warm flow of the two, opened her eyes wide.

[what?]

Sylph’s body changes along with elasticity.

from boy to young man.

from youth to adulthood.

With that sudden change, a strong gust of wind rages.

“uh?”

Sensing the change, Ginny looks away.

Then, at some point, he looked at Sylph, who had grown up, in amazement.

“Poem, Sylph? what? suddenly… why?”

[I don’t know… The genie’s power suddenly increased?]

The sylph, whose voice had grown thicker, looked at the genie with low eyes.

I felt it instinctively in that appearance.

‘It has evolved into a higher level spirit. but… why?’

In order to make a contract with a higher spirit, you need to have excellent spirit affinity.

However, the spirit affinity could not be increased like mana or magical power.

‘Innate talent… Something that cannot be achieved through effort. That’s the spirit affinity.’

So, it was the spirit sorcerer who was evaluated as more valuable than the wizard.

The level of contract with the spirit is determined only by innate talent.

But now, breaking that common sense, the sylph suddenly evolved into a higher level spirit.

‘… why the hell Could it be that I am still in a dream?’

Meanwhile, Arthur, who was across from him, twitched his lips and muttered.

“uh… la? What is this?”

With these words, Arthur looks at my hand.

“… … .”

blood burning hot.

Something started to ooze out of the blood.

‘Genie’s blood. The blood is running rampant.’

With that sense, Arthur was able to realize.

What Whitebeard said was the true power of this blood.