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    Chapter 133

    Episode 133

    ‘What the hell am I doing here? This evil Christian devil. I want this to be over soon and I can be free from that devil.’

    No, will I be liberated once this is over?

    From what I’ve heard, that Christian devil guy is in the middle of a succession test.

    If he could successfully resolve this matter, he would be closer to becoming the next successor to the Dark Maga than anyone else, and Count Roy might be left to fend for himself forever.

    ‘Ugh. This evil devil.’

    Then Roy met eyes with someone in a similar situation to himself.

    It was Alos.

    “…….”

    “…….”

    Both of them are being forcibly dragged around by that Christian devil.

    Even Alos cannot escape from the side of Dark Maga, as he is of his bloodline.

    It’s already so hard, how much harder will it be if Christian becomes the Archduke of Dark Magic?

    It was so pitiful.

    “…Cheer up, Lord Alos.”

    “…Roy Sir.”

    A sense of kinship blossomed between the two.

    “Ah, ahem, good night, Sir Alos.”

    “Ro, Sir Roy, sleep well too.”

    The two turned their backs with embarrassed faces.

    Meanwhile, there were others who were having awkward conversations.

    “hey.”

    “…hey?”

    It was Jupienne and Olivia.

    For reference, due to the nature of the sleeping arrangements, the group was lying down in a huddle around a campfire.

    Outside, knights are standing guard.

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    “You’re our enemy anyway, so why call me princess?”

    “…No, that’s fine. I don’t need it.”

    Olivia turned away as if she didn’t want to deal with him.

    however.

    “Are you in love with my little brother?”

    “…What, what did you say?”

    “You kept stealing glances at Christian the whole time you were coming here.”

    Olivia’s face turned bright red.

    Now that I think about it, that’s what happened.

    Strangely enough, it kept catching my eye and my gaze went there.

    Behavior that even I cannot understand.

    “Oh, no! What nonsense! It’s annoying, so please stop talking about rude things.”

    “Really? Are you sure?”

    “Yes, absolutely!”

    Jupienne tilted her doll-like face as she did push-ups in her sleeping bag.

    “So you want to challenge Christian?”

    “…….”

    “If you’re going to challenge Christian, you’d better get over me first. I’m the one who’s going to get over him first.”

    Olivia ignored him and didn’t answer.

    ‘Minds are strange.’

    Apart from the timid mine named Alos, both Christian and Jupienne were strange.

    This was the highlight.

    [Ohhoho. Prince, Princess, and even Saint Olivia. Everyone, have a happy night. If anyone wants virgin blood juice, please let me know. Oh, and with a special recipe, bachelor blood juice is also possible, heho.]

    A ghostly voice that makes your hair stand on end.

    ‘… He keeps a ghost as his maid. Prince Christian is really crazy.’

    Olivia closed her eyes in her sleeping bag and clutched the splinter tightly in her hand.

    A treasure that her brother gave her, one that she treasures more than her life.

    ‘Chris, I’ll do my best, so protect me.’

    Fortunately, it worked, and I felt a little bit more at ease.

    ‘I miss you, oppa.’

    It was a moment when my heart ached for no reason and I tightly closed my eyes.

    There was a loud noise outside.

    “@#@#$!!!”

    Everyone was so surprised that they all stood up from their seats.

    The knight on guard approached the group.

    “Is this a raid?”

    “No. A strange-looking vagrant woman came and caused a commotion.”

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    “A hobo causing a ruckus?”

    “That’s… Mine, that is, he’s looking for Prince Christian and swearing at him.”

    Everyone looked at Christian with puzzled eyes.

    Jupien said in a blaming voice.

    “What bad thing have you done again?”

    “I’ve never really done that. Oh, now that you mention it.”

    Christian struck his palm with his fist.

    “Someone was looking for me. I’ll be in a quiet place. Could you show me the way?”

    Chris disappeared into the forest, and everyone tilted their heads.

    After some time had passed.

    “Kyaaah, you fu*king X @#$! You bastard! If I don’t kill you, you’re not human!!”

    When he turned his gaze, a completely beggarly, homeless woman appeared, glaring at Chris as if she were looking at an enemy.

    Although it was so dirty that it was difficult to see the outline of the face, Chris managed to identify the other person.

    “How have you been?”

    Chris smiled faintly, as if he was glad to see me.

    “Ruina.”

    * * *

    It was an unbelievable story.

    Is that beggar-looking woman Ruina?

    “Why did you come to me?”

    “Just now… why did you come to me? Ugh.”

    Ruina looked so angry and resentful that she thought she was going to have a heart attack.

    “You’re the reason the top got screwed!! You fu*king bastard [email protected]$!!!”

    “Hmm?”

    “What the heck?!!!! I followed your words and this is what happened!!!”

    “I just asked you to get some medicine to treat the Black Death patients in advance?”

    “Kyaaaaah!! Thanks to you, our top has been named as the culprit of this situation!!! You damn bastard!!”

    therefore.

    Chris warned Ruina in advance that the Black Death would spread.

    Based on that information, Ruina prepared a lot of medicine.

    At that time, Ruina was very happy.

    It was a chance to not only make a lot of money by selling medicine, but also become a benefactor of Gold Cross.

    But what is this?

    The merchants were in an uproar because they suspected that they had purchased medicine in advance before the Black Death began to spread, and they were thought to be behind this Black Death.

    “I see. But why are you angry at me?”

    Ruina looked like she was going crazy and jumping for joy at the shameless answer that showed no remorse at all.

    “Hey!! It’s because of you! You damn bastard!! If only you hadn’t tricked me and said you’d make me a lot of money!”

    “Hmm, I didn’t cheat on you. Everything seems to be going well, so I don’t know why you’re getting all worked up. Why don’t you calm down a bit?”

    “Kyaaah! Until the end! Just let you die and I die!!”

    Ruina was about to rush in with her head turned, but then stopped.

    “…What do you mean everything is going well?”

    Chris continued, still looking unlucky.

    “I think you’re mistaken. I said you could make money, I never said it would come from selling herbs.”

    “…What is that.”

    “So, the herbs were bait to catch other guys. From what I’ve heard, it seems like they caught them just as intended.”

    “…….”

    Ruina opened her mouth.

    An expression that makes it seem like he wants to chop Chris’ head off with an axe at any moment.

    But rather than getting angry, I managed to calm myself down and asked.

    “…What do you mean? Please explain in detail.”

    “Let me ask you one thing. Who pointed the finger at your superiors as the culprit?”

    “I don’t know. It’s just that, all of a sudden, knights barged in and all the businesses within Gold Cross closed down.”

    “Then let me ask the question differently. Why would an unknown opponent do this to your superiors?”

    “…….”

    “Think about it carefully. Are you trying to bring down a large guild just because you bought medicine in advance? And a large guild like yours? Why would your opponent do something so reckless?”

    Ruina was silent.

    There is a reason for every human action.

    In particular, such a big thing wouldn’t have been done without a reason.

    When I changed my thinking, the answer came to me.

    An answer so simple that you wonder why you never thought of it before.

    “…They’re blaming our superiors.”

    “bingo.”

    “Then, surely not?”

    Chris nodded.

    “Yes, the guy who hacked your company is probably behind this Black Plague incident. Then I have another question. Who in the Gold Cross would be capable of causing the downfall of the Dear Company?”

    Ruina swallowed hard.

    Someone who makes such a thing possible.

    Almost none.

    The monarchs of each country in the Gold Cross can only exert power within their own domains.

    Meanwhile, her top branch has branches spread across several Gold Cross locations.

    Only someone who could exert influence beyond the level of a monarch of each country and the entire Gold Cross could bring about the downfall of Ruina’s upper class.

    A name came to mind for Ruina, but she tried hard to deny it.

    Because it was something that could not have happened.

    “Ha, but… that’s ridiculous? Why would someone so great do such a terrible thing?”

    More than a thousand people have already died from this Black Death.

    If we leave this alone, tens of thousands of people will die.

    but.

    “Human greed is endless. I guess there must have been something they desired more intensely than the lives of so many people.”

    Chris answered strangely.

    Chris, who had lived through the age of destruction, knew better than anyone how terrible humans were.

    “Isn’t that just a guess?”

    “Yeah, it’s just a guess. Now we have to catch the tail.”

    Chris laughed devilishly.

    “It shouldn’t be difficult, since you’ve probably left plenty of traces of your schemes to bring down your superiors.”

    Ruina felt goosebumps.

    It was an amazing experience.

    “This… This… Still, you’re ruining our company.”

    “Let’s get this straight. It’s not like it actually failed, is it? Only the Gold Cross side was hit, and the other side’s foundation is probably intact.”

    “…Still, it’s a huge blow. The business collapsed.”

    “You must have already stolen all the relics and important artifacts?”

    “…….”

    Although there was a lot of noise, the actual damage she suffered was minimal.

    The reason it ended up like this is because we had a hard time cleaning up the mess to reduce the damage at the top.

    “Still, I’m sorry I didn’t tell you in advance. If you had known, it wouldn’t have been a proper trap. I apologize.”

    “…joy.”

    Ruina turned her head away from Chris’s apology and folded her arms.

    Chris chuckled.

    ‘You were the one who taught me how to hit the back of the head.’

    Ruina was truly a master of the back of the head.

    In my previous life, when I was still young, I was scammed by Ruina several times.

    ‘What did you say to me then? Did you say that the guy who got hurt was stupid?’

    Of course, Ruina wouldn’t have known at that time.

    Who did you mess with?

    After that, Chris robbed her of all her money in revenge that wasn’t revenge.

    Previous life, until the world was destroyed.

    And in this life too.

    ‘But Ruina will still be needed in the future.’

    He offered her a bait to appease her.

    “If this matter is resolved, the four Deer Groups will gain enormous profits. Not only will they be compensated several times over, but they will also be able to demand all sorts of special privileges from Gold Cross, since they were wrongly accused of doing a good deed to solve the Black Death. No, I will take responsibility and make it happen.”

    “…The Master is taking responsibility?”

    “Okay, I’ll take responsibility.”

    Ruina laughed and pretended not to win.

    “Well, if you say so. But if you use me as bait again, I will never forgive you.”

    “It seems like you plan on continuing to do business with me in the future.”

    “Profit! Could you please stop smiling so sinisterly? I’m still not completely happy about it.”

    “They tried to extort compensation five times the amount of damage incurred.”

    “Oh ho ho. I think I went crazy for a moment. The person who got hurt was stupid. I have gained even more trust after seeing Confucius’ wisdom.”

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