155 Duchess Rufet, the hostage taker.

“Grand Duke. It's been a long time.”

Duke Rupert opened his eyes to my greetings.

“Do you know me? ”

“Yes. I met him a few times as a child. ”

Soon the soldiers and knights who were chasing me around us were overlapping. Duke Rupert reaches out and restrains his henchmen from rushing forward. My illiteracy was already aiming for the Grand Duke's neck, and they were far away from me.

If someone tries to jeopardize loyalty, the Grand Duke's own neck will fly away.

“Do you know me? Did Emperor Yosrahim send you? ”

“No, I'm not.”

I was greatly relieved to hear of my injustice.

“Then why are you aiming a sword at my neck? ”

“Since the Grand Duke tried to hurt me first, I'm just trying to kill the Grand Duke. ”

“Me? ”

“Didn't you send someone to me a moment ago? So this is what happens now. Grand Duke, why do you want to harm me, who lives and breathes in the world? that I did something wrong to the Grand Duke. ”

Duke Rupert barely shakes his head.

“I never meant to hurt you. I don't even know who you are, to be honest. ”

“I see you're struggling, but you still want to live. So what do we do with this? I need a companion on the road. ”

Duke Rupert said urgently.

“Stop. I would never do you any harm. ”

“Hmph. By this time we'll all be dead together. So don't try to live, come with me. Even if it's too much to live on, it's a trend. ”

Duke Rupert closes his eyes. It wasn't enough of a narcissist, but it seemed awkward for me to treat it too painfully.

“Hey, why do you keep doing this? Even if I never wanted to hurt you. ”

“But my death hasn't changed. ”

“I don't want to hurt you, but there's someone here who hurts you? Now bite the sword. I'll make it up to you not to make all my mistakes. ”

I let out a smile.

“Too late. Even if you don't kill me, the world will try to kill me." Why did you do that? If you had ignored me, I wouldn't have to do this either. ”

“Look, I have no reason to pretend I don't know you. I have no reason to pretend I do. ”

“Then why did you put me in the crossroads? ”

The Grand Duke tapped his chest because it was unfair and frustrating. It would be unfair. Now that the kingdom is being rebuilt, we'll be strangled in this courtyard without even knowing it.

“I've never done that. ”

“But didn't you send someone? ”

“I never sent you. ”

“Then what are the ruffians and knights that came to me? ”

“I don't know what happened, but I never sent you. ”

At that time, a woman standing behind the Grand Duke walked carefully forward to see if she recognized me. It's Erisa. I don't know why she's here, a woman who should be on her way to salvation by now.

But I finally understood shh.

Soon there will be a civil war between the Grand Duchess of Lupeth and the Empire. If he continued his path of persecution, he could be secretly abducted by the Empire or killed. For his own safety, he had to stop and come back.

The road to persecution can take place next year or next year.

“Ho, do you know Jan? ”

I marked the question. I should not know Erisa. I didn't even know it when I first saw it.

“You know me? ”

“Three years behind Imperial Noble School. It's Erisa.”

Duke Rupert urgently looks at his granddaughter.

“Erisa, do you know her? ”

“Yes, you probably know that. The Grand Duke of Karl. ”

Everyone around you immediately breathes life into her. I, the Duke of Karl, was the worst traitor this world has ever seen, and breathing like this was an unacceptable enemy to all.

Nothing happened because I was known to be dead, but as long as I am known to be alive, many people will come after me to harm me.

Again, a religious knight was furious and shouted.

“Duke of Duck! You're alive and well! In the name of my God, I will surely kill you! ”

At the same time, a shout erupted from the mouth of Grand Duchess Rupert.

“Put up with that knight right now! ”

“Great, Grand Duke? ”

“What are you doing? Join me now!" ”

Soon, a faithful knight's sword escaped his neck. It was an unfortunate loss of self-sufficiency. No matter how important faith is and how hostile I may seem, it must never happen in this situation.

I snapped my fingers at Duc Rufett's neck.

“You know, why do you have to die? Because the Grand Duke made it known that I was alive, the Grand Duke killed me. ”

“Absolutely not. Grand Duke Jan, you will never die, so please calm down and put down your sword. ”

I laughed bloody.

“You expect me to believe that? ”

“I'll save you. ”

“The Grand Duke is capable of something. ”

“Hey. Hey. So trust me on this. ”

I knew this would come out. There's a way out of this death crisis, and no one's ever going to stop living it.

But I tilted my head.

“If I try to spread cancer, I think I'm lying. · · · · · · · · ·? ”

“I really am. ”

“Then prove it. ”

Duke Rupert yells at everyone.

“Everyone leave this place! No one should eavesdrop on the conversation between me and Duke Jan. ”

“But Your Majesty? ”

“Come on!"

In Duchess Rupert's old age, knights and soldiers and everyone else left. Duke Rufet opens his mouth as his son-in-law calms down like a rat.

“The trust will come down soon. ”

“What trust? ”

“A revelation from heaven that forgives your sins. ”

I laughed loudly.

“Hahaha. You lie too much. And you shouldn't have lied to me like that. You should have shot me in the ear to make me a great saint. What the hell is that supposed to mean? ”

“I will if I want to. ”

“Yes?”

“I'll do as I please. ”

“No, what are you capable of? ”

Duke Rufet barely smiles.

“I've carried the sky on my back. It's an honor that will never happen again. ”

I glanced up at the sky.

“Then I'm holding the sky to my head. ”

“Not your sky, the other sky. ”

I had a heavy face.

“You mean the heavenly city of Kronos? ”

“You speak well. Yes, I was fortunate enough to serve my people. ”

“But you know what? ”

“What do you mean? ”

“You're the one who made me Duke of Duck. ”

Duke Rupert bends his hand.

“Don't worry. I'll take care of everything. ”

I pretended to look into Duke Rupert's face.

“Quite a joke. ”

“I'm not kidding. Trust me. No, you have to. That's how I live. That's how you live. ”

“Hmmm. Then show me proof that you have a connection to the heavenly city of Kronos. ”

“I see.”

Duke Rupert pulls out a huge chunk of essence in his arms. It was an essence other than the grade that humans could not make.

“You've got something very valuable. But there's no such thing in the world, is there? ”

“If you say so, I have nothing to say, but if you want another token, just give me some time. I will soon show you the true power I possess. ”

“What kind of power? ”

“Non-Engineering.”

“Non-engineering?”

“I built it with their power in secret. By the way, it's an enormous amount of power that's not in the same dimension as Kara's. How's it going? I'm going to show you that troop very soon. Will you believe me? ”

I squirmed one eye.

I'm surprised that Grand Duke Rufet has such a huge arsenal of weapons that Kara's support is on a different level. If what the Grand Duke is proud of is true, this civil war was a victory for the Manu Rupert Air Force.

I sent you a hollow smile.

“Oops, oops. I can't believe it, I can't believe it, and I'm not worried about it. ”

“Trust me. If you trust me, you can survive, you can have everything you want, and you can have everything you want. ”

I made a somewhat harsh face. A hundred percent uncertain proof, but I saw the essence with my own eyes beyond the grade, so it didn't matter if I showed this much faith.

“Really?"

“Yes. Tell me if you have any wishes. You're welcome to listen to me. ”

“Revenge for those who took my place and my place. ”

“You want to go back to Karl's Grand Duke days? ”

“Yes, it was mine. ”

“It was originally yours. You are now the Duke of Karl, or Karl. Hahaha.”

Perhaps he was in a hurry. Duke Rufet was feeding Kim Chi Sook indefinitely. At this point, I put the illiterate back into the sword.

“Then I'll trust you, Grand Duchess Rupert. ”

The relieved Duke Rupert tapped me on the shoulder.

“Good thinking. You'll never be disappointed. ”

“Thank you."

This led me to join hands with Grand Duke Rufet. A change in plans led to a face-to-face encounter with Grand Duchess Rufet, but we have achieved our objective.

However, I was thinking about screwing around for a long time because of the sudden appearance of Erisa, and the hostage incident ended early.

But this was also not bad. You don't have to touch the Grand Duke's machinery.

* * *

Soon after, the trust in me descended greatly, as Duke Rupert promised. No, it was more than a promise. In addition to calling me the great saint God possessed, the incident that occurred before Divinum was also a manifestation of God's will to strike down corrupt churches and erased my transgressions completely.

C.

Then I took the deed to Duke of Duck and put the deed to Duke of Holy once again. It's fascinating for someone who knows the innards, but what should I do? The trust of the heavenly city of Chronos is a perfect and absolute law that cannot be reached by any justice in the world.

Holy gangsters. The gangster's words will soon become law.

And I have gained infinite trust from Duke Rupert.

After all, I was the only one who received help from the Grand Duke and confirmed the Grand Duke's power. From the universal wisdom of this world, I could never betray the Grand Duke. I betrayed the Grand Duke in conjunction with betraying the heavens.

But there was one thing the Grand Duke didn't know about me. I was a creature of adversity, seeking survival, even against the heavens.

‘By the way, it's not technically.' ’

I lay in a cozy bed and fell into a trance. It was because of what Duke Rufet mentioned, that he was troubled by the non-combat. From the meaning of the word, it appeared as a base using flying weapons, but it was hard to think of anything specific.

In a certain sense, it seemed like a floating-like weapon, and in the words of the Grand Duke it was a powerful weapon that could not even be compared, it seemed like another weapon system.

It was clear that this war, regardless of my will, was likely to end with a unilateral victory by Duke Rupert. A weapon flying that high was a powerful weapon of absolute hostility to today's humanity.

There's no way to deal with it first.

Anyway, I'm glad you made it to Duc Rufett. If I had stood by the Emperor's army instead of this way, I wouldn't have even dreamt that there was a secret army called the Grand Duke.

Then no matter how sharp I am, I can't be. Right behind the back of the head, smashing through the skull. I know Kara has been releasing numerous new weapons recently, but strategies with gods are meaningless in front of powerful weapons.

Weapons are gangsters. With a powerful weapon, even a foolish commander can easily defeat a strategist like King Bastein.

‘Anyway, this civil war can't go unnoticed. This war is not just a civil war. Duke Rupert must be on to something else. ’

I did not view this war as a simple civil war because I felt strongly when I spoke with Duke Rufet.

The Grand Duke seems reluctant to end this war on an Independent level. At that time, the ambition of the Grand Duke was clearly stretched across the entire continent.

So he promised me everything, and when I said that I wanted to return the car to the Duke, I promised my father's car to the Duke as if it were Dum.

Without ambition to advance the entire continent, such a promise cannot be easily made.

Honestly, would you give it to me if my father asked me to come to his seat? That's why Duke Rupert had to lead the army to the territory in order to give me the Grand Duke's car, which was the way across the entire Yosrahim Empire.

I have to climb up to heaven with ambition behind my back, but I don't think I can dream of the dreams of world conquest. It's even weirder not to be honest.

< Duchess Rufet the hostage. > End