Madman in a Fantasy World

136. coin box

“Whoa… yes. I admit it. I didn’t know that this wouldn’t work. So what are we going to do?”

As if the only thing that surprised me was that I was able to move, Gerald returned to his dignified attitude.

“Whatever. It’s time for a generational change.”

“That’s an arrogant statement. While only an A-class adventurer.”

Gerald was still sitting. I sat down with my legs crossed to get into a more comfortable position, but the butler who was standing behind me pulled out a dagger from his bosom.

I wondered why the person who prepared the paralysis poison didn’t bring any escort, but that butler must have been the escort.

Not only that, but the knights who broke through the parlor door surrounded us. However, the appearance of the knights… was a bit far from that of a knight.

If it is common for knights to wear long swords in iron armor, the knights who surrounded us now were carrying various weapons, including hammers, maces, swords, and crossbows.

“Is this an article? Where are you not bullies?”

“It’s a bully. To be precise, I’m a bully.”

what to hide Gerald calmly admitted.

“Because I like to gather talented people. If I wanted to be skilled here and there, I hired them with money. The butler behind me is an assassin who used to kill people in the back alleys.

To think that even such idiots could become such decent butlers with just a penny. I realize again the greatness of money.

“Why did you prepare so hard? Because of the hex?”

“…I don’t know how much you know. It’s just preparation. If your ancestors did something like that in the past and didn’t prepare for it, wouldn’t there be anything as stupid as that?”

“That’s right.”

Gathering attention with a clearing of his throat, Gerald said as if the small talk was over.

“Then, all of the people here are all from B to A, but you, an A, can defeat all of these people by yourself?”

I don’t fight a fight I can’t win. Gerald in front of me seems to be the same. When you think both sides can win, who has done more preparation and research will decide the winner. Actually, I haven’t prepared much.

Gerald’s failure to investigate was all exposed here. Even though I’m now A-class, it’s only a matter of time before I go to S-class once I actually meet the Alchemist.

In other words, in order to deal with me now, the Empire’s army must move, or S-class adventurers or S-class monsters must come.

They didn’t know that and tried to deal with me with bullies who used knives in back alleys.

One hundred words are not enough. It is better to see with your own eyes than to hear a hundred times. I turned on a real man and made all the knights incapacitated.

There was a rustling sound from all directions. That included the butler behind Gerald.

“······!”

yes. Of course you will be upset. Everyone who saw this skill told me it was black magic.

Even me who uses skills sometimes feels like black magic. It’s because I’m alone in a world of magic and I’m using technology like superpowers.

Anyway, that’s it. What matters now is something else.

“Sure. Do you have anything else prepared?”

“Do you think you will be safe even if you kill me, the head of the duchy?”

“Ah. You mean that?”

In fact, yesterday when I asked the Emperor if it was okay to get rid of a family, he said that it was possible or impossible depending on the family.

Seeing that he said that, even when the emperor saw it, he must be saying that it wouldn’t be a problem even if some families disappeared.

“Unfortunately, the Winchester family said that it is not possible to destroy it.”

At my words, Gerald raised an eyebrow. It was a laugh as if he was mocking what you, a mere adventurer, could do.

“So we agreed to leave the family and only change the family head.”

“what···?”

It would be a problem if the family disappeared overnight. But what if the family name remains and only the family head changes?

there won’t be any problem After all, the head of the duke’s family is dying. Still, wouldn’t the next head of household take care of the aftermath?

“What are you so surprised about? All people die anyway.”

Eventually people die. No matter how much this person revived the family or sent Hell, the family head will change after he dies.

“Besides, there’s no problem with the head of household, right? It’s because I’ve been training my son diligently.”

I don’t remember the name, but Richie has an older brother. Since Richie is 20 years old and has an older sister, even if she is 21 years old as an example, her brother is at least 22 years old.

But that’s an example of a real minimum, and the age difference between siblings in this era is huge, so at most they’d be over 30 years old, and at least they’d be close to 30.

Since such a man grew up receiving the education of a family head, isn’t it not enough to become a head of household?

“How do you do that…”

“I saw it as a novel.”

“·······?”

For the reader, this much information is basic knowledge. If you become possessed by a novel you read, but you don’t know any information about it, it’s not like you’re possessed, it’s different from being reincarnated.

“The reason you die is simple. It’s too persistent and annoying.”

There was an episode that was blown out of the original novel. It was just an easy event, because Gerald interrupted Arthur. So from now on, as long as I’m with Richie, there will be interruptions from time to time.

If so, killing the culprit is the most amicable way to end everything, rather than expelling the liche that is trying to forcefully follow.

“Rice. Can I kill your father?”

“Ah… ugh…”

If you use some kind of paralysis poison, will the child not be able to speak? But you don’t like this person dying anyway, do you? I turned my head and faced Gerald again.

“Then do you have any last words before you die?”

“·······.”

“Are you crazy? Why did you just become dumb after being good at talking? Say something before you die. Giving me the opportunity to leave a will is a great mercy?”

Have I ever granted a will to the people I’ve killed? No, on the contrary, I killed him before he even said that listening was a waste of time. So now, giving Gerald the opportunity to make a will is itself a great mercy.

Still, he had something to say, Gerald’s lips moved quietly.

“…you too will be cursed and die someday if you go along.”

“The will is very funny.”

What do you say before you die? You seem to be a clown by nature, but why don’t you become a streamer in your next life?

“But can I tell you something interesting?”

Looking at the liberated Gerald, he continued.

“I am not cursed because I am resistant to abnormal conditions.”

“·······.”

You know, Gerald, don’t you wonder how you’ll die?

“Gerald. Do you know what it means to be beaten with money?”

“·······?”

On Earth, it is not uncommon to see that people are beaten with money. Finally, in my inventory, the fairy tales I had picked up for slot machines during competitions remained intact.

“Because you tried to manipulate people with money, you will be beaten to death with money.”

I picked up the fairy tale with my fingers and took a posture.

Full Charge Meso Explosion with Gerald as a target. The hit rate was greater than I thought. I threw it at random and it got stuck in my eye.

“Keuk?!”

“Nice shot, boss!”

Before long, I held a fairy tale between my five fingers, as magicians do. After fidgeting with my fingers a few times, I grabbed them all with my hands and tossed them as if I was scattering red beans.

Some of the fairy tales flew like a shotgun and bounced off Gerald’s face, and some were stuck in Gerald’s face.

“Quaaagh…!”

Streamers who get hit with money are having a hard time, but don’t you like them? Gerald is also giving money, but he can’t be happy. Why are you so sad? can not understand.

I’m confident that if someone throws money at me, I’ll say thank you and pick it up. This is why rich people don’t know the value of money. You have to be a petit bourgeois like me to know.

I continued to throw fairy tales in Gerald’s face. It didn’t stick well because I was wearing clothes on my body, and it’s better to look at it on the face side.

“Mission. Ugly.”

I saw Gerald’s face.

“Since you’ve succeeded, I’ll give you money.”

Kindly put a fairy tale in the center of the forehead. After that, I stepped back a bit and looked at Gerald’s face, and he seemed pretty good.

The human version of a cactus. coin cabinet.

Seeing this, Lee’s eyes widened. An earthquake was taking place in his pupil, and the trembling of his limbs made him want to run away right away.

However, due to the paralysis poison, he did not fall away from Gerald, whose head was a coin-operated coin. In the end, she chose to close her eyes and run away from reality.

***

After everything is done. I realized that people can really be beaten to death with money.

The knights who were besieging us surrendered after deciding that they couldn’t defeat me. No matter how much money you have in a relationship, money is never more important than your life.

The paralyzed three lay on the sofa in the drawing room until the paralysis went away, and I left the mansion to get some fresh air and strolled through the garden.

Gerald’s funeral could not be held right now. There were things I had to prepare for, and first of all, I had to stop the rumors and put a fuss to rest.

When I was looking around the garden like that.

“Isn’t it pretty?”

A male voice came from behind. When I turned my head, there was a tall, handsome man standing behind me.

“I’m late to introduce myself. My name is Duke Winchester. He’s Richie’s older brother.”

“Are you surprised?”

“What are you talking about?”

“You don’t mind seeing your father’s enemy right in front of you?”

“Ah… that’s what you’re saying.”

Duke let out a self-deprecating laugh.

“Someone had to do it.”

That’s very fortunate. If I rushed at him while talking about my father’s enemy, I would have been bothered by one more thing to kill.

“You couldn’t have done it sooner.”

“hahahaha···.”

He turned his gaze back to the garden.

“This garden was originally taken care of by my mother, but after my mother passed away, someone else took care of it, and only this flower always bloomed in the garden.”

A thin, elongated stem with small white flowers at the end. Unlike ordinary gardens, strangely, only the same kind of flowers were planted in this garden.

“Stork’s horseradish flower. The flower language has meanings such as piercing longing and dedication to you.”

One more magazine. I don’t know how much I’ll remember.

“But you must have just heard a commotion in the drawing room, why didn’t you come to check?”

“It’s not like this has happened once or twice.”

no wonder. Even though there was such a commotion, it was calm.

“By any chance… How far did you hear from Richie?”

“What?”

“It’s about our family.”

I haven’t heard a word from Richie. I know from reading the novel.

“I know everything.”

“is that so······.”

There is nothing to explain at length. It’s just a story that seems to be everywhere, where Richie secretly went to the forest alone to play when she was young, met bandits, and her mother, who noticed the incident later, saved Richie and died instead.

However, the story that Gerald, who was a pathetic woman, put all the blame on his daughter and has been crooked ever since, can be understood by looking at the situation so far.

“Mr. Luke, can I ask you a favor despite the rudeness?”

“Listen.”

“I’d like to take care of Riche…”

“It’s up to you to lychee.”

“I’ll take care of everything after today’s events.”

“Well, I’ll try to be nice.”

***

After some time, when I heard that the paralyzed Richie had gone to his room, I also headed for Richie’s room. But where is Richie’s room?

“Is it here?”

– Knocked up.

“Kyaaagh?!”

When I opened the door, there was an unknown woman in the room changing clothes.

“I saw you.”

closed the door again No, how can I find it if you just tell me that it’s Richie’s room in this spacious mansion. If people here are going to tell you, they will tell you until the end, but leave out the essential parts.

Richie’s room I found so messily. Upon opening the door and entering, Riche’s room was plain and simple, unlike the other rooms he had seen so far. One bed that is not flashy, and a wardrobe and a desk side table. That was it.

Richie was not lying on the bed, but was squatting in front of the bed and lying face down on the corner.

“It’s fine?”

“… it’s not okay.”

yes it looks I was just asking politely. Richie’s voice was locked as if she had been crying.

“If you’re resentful, why don’t you at least take revenge? There’s a target of revenge right in front of you.”

“… It’s okay. I told you to take revenge anyway, but I didn’t say I’d just respond, so it’s obvious that I’ll respond.”

Oh. that you know me too well

“Why did you come here…?”

“We will stay overnight here today and depart for the Empire tomorrow.”

“···okay.”

“·······.”

“·······.”

And a moment of silence.

“You know what? Our whole party are orphans?”

Overall, Luke is an orphan, Luna’s entire family is dead, and Yui is not sure, but seeing as he hasn’t talked about anything so far, it’s clear he’s an orphan.

And Richie just became an orphan today. It wasn’t really what I was aiming for, but somehow it happened.

“Are you saying that’s comforting now?”

“Ah, no way.”

It just came to my mind and I said it. I vowed not to comfort myself in my life. Were you in elementary school in your previous life? It was because I told a friend whose parents had died in an accident that it was nice because there was no one to nag at, and then it rang.

‘Comfort is the realm of talent.’

I’m good at provocation, but I’m a stranger to consolation.

Now that I’m done talking, I’m about to go back to the guest room where Luna and Yui are.

“You know… Why did my father have to die?”

she caught me with her words

“Is your father also a demon? Is that why you had no choice but to kill him…?”

“No? Just a normal human?”

“Then why…”

“It’s trash.”

If you leave it alone, you don’t know when it will come out and interfere with everything, so why do you need to save it?

“If that’s the case, Luke, don’t you have to die too…?”

“I’m still alive because no one can kill me yet, right?”

I don’t deny that I’m trash. To be honest, if I die, I’ll stop, or I’ll just live. But the reason I’m alive is because no one who can kill me has yet appeared.

If Lucia, the dean, or Gideon, the weapon master, had asked me to kill her, I would have been able to kill her long ago, but those two aren’t the type to commit killings other than necessary.

“Do you regret it? Then you don’t have to follow me.”

so i said If you’re looking for justice, follow the toilet. If he had followed the toilet, Gerald would have been alive and well even if he had been disturbed.

I dropped out of the academy, and now the source of the trauma is gone. It would be better to just play and eat in the family.

“… No. I don’t regret it very much. My father wasn’t a good person even with empty words…”

“I know.”

“But what can I say… I have to say that I’m not ready yet.”

I don’t know what will change if I prepare my mind.

“Luke. Can you come over to my room tonight?”

“Why?”

“Hug me when I sleep…”

Asking the man who killed your father to sleep with you. Are you insane?

“Actually, you want to hug me and try to assassinate me while I’m asleep?!”

“Because it’s not like that.”

Well, how are you going to assassinate me? Even if stabbed with a knife, I wouldn’t die in one shot, and even if I burned it with magic, I wouldn’t die in one shot.

I shrugged and replied.

“okay.”

That evening I ate the lychee very well.