To Deprive a Deprived Person-Chapter 250: Accept

TDADP chapter 250: Accept

The Papal family is a prestigious aristocrat family who has supported Udon Kingdom for a long time. Its history and contribution are comparable to those of Finance Minister, Nox Family and the current head of the Papal family, William Bona Papal, has been given the title of Duke. Except for the king, the royal system of Udon Kingdom continues from the top in order from Grand Duke, Duke, Marquis, Count, Viscount and Baron. The Grand Duke is related to the king and is a title given to the royal family. In other words, William Bona Papal is a so-called great noble, the Duke, the highest rank of the aristocrats.

「I didn't want to do anything that would stimulate Lord Balue, but I can't even say that」

Yuu observes William asking for a handshake. He wears a justaucorps with reddish brown and gold embroidery and a vest called gilet. Below is a typical culotte worn by nobles. The two servants behind him had the same appearance, but there was one difference from William. It was a sword hanging from the waist. After confirming the status of the servants through 『Devil Eye of the Underworld』, Yuu judges that the two of them are not decorations, but messengers to be wary of. From the air worn by the two people and one casual action, it was confirmed that they were not ordinary people. Above all, the swords worn by the two are not swords with an emphasis of a decorative appearance. It was created on the assumption that it would be used in actual battles――no, it was a work that has been used.

「Do you not know how to shake hands?」

With his right hand held out, William asks while wondering.

「Why do I have to shake hands with you?」

William's eyelids react slightly as if they attack an enemy in his unguarded moment. In response to his life as an aristocrat, he had refused the wishes of the common people until now, but no one had ever refused his own request or act. Looking at what William was doing, the knights of the escorts who had served the Papal family for many years, one was laughing and one was hiding his laughing by hand.

「They are in trouble」

At this point, Yuu's alertness to William´s group was raised by one level. A normal aristocrat, no matter how high-ranked he is, has a arrogant attitude that he can't hide when dealing with a commoner like Yuu. The only exception to the aristocrats Yuu has met so far are Muss and Daddan from Morbel Kingdom. However, William doesn't seem to be overlooking Yuu. As mentioned earlier, William was surprised, but not particularly offended, even though Yuu used angry language. Even the escort knights, who would otherwise be ridiculed and frightened of their own lord, had an even more pleasant atmosphere. To be honest, Yuu thinks it's difficult. Yuu wants to leave this place as soon as possible, so he ignores William and starts walking.

「Lawrence on the first day, Berne Company on the second day, Sazatears today, and tomorrow......I think it's around the Adventurer's Guild, but what about it?」

Yuu's steps naturally slow down to William's words, who seem to see through his inner feelings.

「Isn't it a lot of shame to be known to Lord Balue that you visited Sazatears?」

Yuu's words stopped William´s words.

「It seems that I´m a little more interested in you. After a while, no one is here. Let's sit down and have a good time talking. Even though it looks like this, I'm older than I look」

Is he really saying that? William sits down on the bench with a small voice, 「Nn......」. A little away, Yuu also sits down on the bench. Even during the daytime, despite the surrounding area of ​​the Sazatears auction hall, which is famous as one of the tourist attractions of the royal capital, no tourists can be found even when looking around. All you could hear was the singing of birds.

「I was thinking about what to talk about, but I decided that it was best to convey it honestly. I want you to hand over some of the things you got」

「Isn't it contradictory to say honestly? I don't know what you mean by just telling me things」

「I see. You should know. Then you'll know what Peter Molderon Pasle was looking into」

Without eye contacting each other, William speaks with confidence, facing the front.

「Are you surprised? I wonder why the aristocrats you hate aren't good enough. I don't want you to misunderstand, but the Papal family is neither a royal family nor an anti-royal family. It's a so-called neutral group and some call it opportunistic」

「Unreasonable」

Neither concessions nor negotiations were sandwiched between them.

「I'm not asking you to send everything. Let's pay a reward corresponding to it. There are at most a few people who have sneak into Lord Balue's faction and belong to me. That wouldn't interfere with your plan」

「Unreasonable」

I have lost my daughter to get credit from Lord Balue」

「What happened? Do I have anything to do with your daughter's death?」

To William's compassion, Yuu returns with a stir.

「Do you hate aristocrats so much? It was a long time before the Holy Calendar was enacted and mankind was just overrun. Every day, beasts and demon beasts gained power from a strange unknown thing that doesn't have substance. Everyone was frightened and scared of death in the world where dragons, demons and monsters wield god-like power. Individually, they became a collection, and from a flock to a village, a village became a town, and eventually a country. Humans were able to gain peace for the first time by being under the patronage of a nation and the nation is run by――yes, nobles, who anyone would admit. The generations of aristocrats and their descendants run the nation for peace now and sometimes the tyranny of aristocrats causes unfortunate accidents. Those who don't have the appropriate abilities to be called nobles are likely to behave arrogantly, but they are all small compared to the tragedy of demons. In fact, the common people are accepting the rule system by the aristocrats」

「Unfortunately」, William added.

「Don't misunderstand me」

The singing of the birds suddenly disappears. At the same time, the two knights, who serve as William's escorts, suddenly pull out their swords because of Yuu's killing intent.

「I'm not accepting it. I just put up with you because you are stronger」

「Either way, I think it's the same, but what about it?」

As the killing intent released by Yuu increases, the escort knights lose their leeway.

「Then accept that I'm stronger than you. No matter I play with you or not, I'll have to endure with it」

「I'm afraid. I can't say it while I'm sitting, but I'm sure you´re giving off killing intent that I couldn't withstand」

Contrary to the words, William's expression is calm. That attitude irritates Yuu.

「There are twenty-three aristocrats that I have raised now and seven of them are in Udon Kingdom. It's surprisingly small, isn't it?」

「You look like a devil. Do you think you are a nobleman?」

「Devil? I'll be a devil. When it comes to aristocrats, there are always trash that can't be saved」

「I don't think it's a good idea to lump them together with nobles. What you are doing is the same as those you hate the most」

The two escort knights are compelled to attack Yuu in order to protect William, who is still their Lord. Yuu's irritation increases that he still can't even feel even a slight fluctuation of emotion from William, even though he continues to receive Yuu´s intense killing intent like a flame.

「Don't do it together. At first, I was in such pain that I regretted being born. But then I realized it was a waste. Clinical trial? That's what I'm going to say. I use it for a new potion and a magic experiment stand. It's used effectively」

Individual human experimentation is prohibited in every country. The payed people who can create a barrier around and the knights who are responsible for saving William in the event of an emergency are frightened though they are trained to fear to Yuu.

「You seem to be good at holding your pace by deliberately angering or terrorizing others, but it's useless. Unfortunately, it doesn't work for me」

William took a small blue bottle out of his pocket and placed it on the bench.

「It is a secret medicine that has been passed down to the Papal family for a long time. It takes a material cost of 100 gold coins to fly with this small bottle. The effect is tremendous. There is no extra uplifting feeling, no dependence and only fear is removed. You can do it once, but it only works for about two hours」

After discovering why William's condition was 「Fearless」, Yuu stared at the blue bottle convincingly.

「You may be going to negotiate with Udon Kingdom based on evidence of corruption that Lord Balue and other anti-royalists have done so far, but they will all end in vain. Even if I only know, half of the charges from the subversion of the state to the murder are fabricated to you now――was half true? No matter how much you appeal for tyranny of the aristocracy, there will be no one to believe what you say. Even if you borrow the power of Count Muss, it affirms that they will not be overturned. It's not too late now. Join hands with me. If you and I cooperate――」

「At first, hand over, next is threatening, this time it's cooperation. The aristocrats and the mafia do the same」

「I'm not sure about Lord Balue, but he's no good. He's no good....... I'll ask again. Are you willing to work with me?」

「You're a persistent guy. However I'm saying it's impossible」

From the beginning to the end, Yuu's ideas did not change. 「It's a shame. I'm really disappointed」, William said.

「Collet Meisl. She's a wonderful girl who doesn't discriminate against races and treats everyone equally. Norche Bonnefeld. It's not an ordinary struggle for a Sister to run an orphanage in a slum. Come to think of it, the number of children in the orphanage has increased by ninety-eight――no, five more yesterday and the day before yesterday. They were thrown away by their parents, left and there is a child who doesn't have parents from the beginning, too. I don't want any more misfortunes to happen」

William implicites that if Yuu doesn't cooperate, Yuu's acquaintances will be unhappy. But Yuu was looking at the sky and the clouds in the blue sky.

「I'm troubled to say my disobedience」

Neither William nor the escorts could understand what Yuu was saying.

「Look, you specially called for a teacher from another country. I suppose you grew up spoiling. I think it's normal for my disobedience to pass through」

Taking out the pocket watch from his pocket, William confirms the time. It was a time when his grandchildren were studying with their teacher.

「Let me arrange the heads of your grandchildren here within thirty minutes from now?」

「You」

A knight, one of the escorts, suddenly uttered a voice. He couldn't keep silent.

「You trash always use the same hand to make it laughable. If you don't get the right idea, what happens to your parents, your lover, your friends, and your acquaintances? What is a threat? It's not your monopoly patent. I use it as much as I want」

「Since when?」

Don't listen. Still, William could not help asking.

「Since when? I think it's decided from the beginning. I think I'm not the only one looking into the other person. I'm trying to turn the country into an enemy. I'm going to examine the affiliation of a powerful aristocrat and the weaknesses. Oh, you were talking about unhappiness a while ago. If you can do it, try it. Before that, I'll kill all the people you care about」

Yuu looks at William's reaction sideways, but Yuu didn't know what he was thinking.

「Breakdown of negotiations」

Standing up from the bench, Yuu left the place. And as if waiting for it, people began to appear around Sazatears auction hall.

「What do you think?」

「Even if you ask me, I don't know」

While sitting on the bench, William asks the two escort knights behind him.

「You guys have received the sword instruction from 『Soaring Sky Sword』 Griflet」

「Yes. Fortunately, we've had a few instructions」

「If I had put out a signal, would you have been able to erase Yuu Satou here?」

「Lord, don't joke」

Both respond immediately that they cannot do it.

「Then, what if it's the two of you?」

「The results are the same. Lord will not be able to escape and will die」

「What if you succeed?」

「There's no doubt that retaliation against the Papal family will happen on an unimaginable scale」

William thinks of Yuu´s faction. It is impossible for William to predict how the high-ranking undead Russ and Kuro will behave when their Lord Yuu disappears. Some people have powerful powers, contrary to their appearances such as Namari and Momo. There is no doubt that turning Nina, a high-level scout, into an enemy will be a nuisance. On the other hand, the maids will be like Lena and Marifa. The same is true for others like Agafon and Flavia. Count Muss wouldn't change his neutral stance as long as if you didn't touch his territory.

「The most dangerous is the dark elf named Marifa」

「Is it Marifa Nagutsu? I don't think she's that dangerous」

William denies the words of the escort.

「Because she uses insects」

「Even if you say she is going to use it, I think she was a low-ranking 『Insect Tamer』」

「About 300 years ago, there was a record that a severe damage had been caused by the use of insects from the fallen people」

A bang sound is heard in William's ears. This is the sound of one of the escort knights clapping his hands together.

「This is」

「What is this......is it a mosquito?」

William looks at the crushed and dead mosquito.

「I don't know how, but it seems that the fallen people used mosquitoes to spread the plague. It was recorded that there were hundreds of thousands of victims. It is no exaggeration to say that Marifa Nagutsu is fanatical and believes in Yuu Satou and there must have been a woman of the fallen people among the maids that Marifa is taking care of. Then, if they know that the Lord Yuu Satou was killed by the Papal family, they can use it without hesitation or even if they don't know, they can use it against Udon Kingdom」

「I know there are maids of the fallen people, but that doesn't mean they can use the same mosquito-borne plague as their ancestors on the record」

「It's a possibility. The fallen people is a race that is hated even by fellow dwarfs and the number is surprisingly small, so it's difficult to find it as a research examiner」

「It's hard to judge by the possibilities」

「Isn't it necessary to cross a dangerous bridge?」

William sighed a little at the words of the knights who were faithful to the Papal family.

「It's something you can never do」