11 – Village Trip with the Grand Duchess (After)

A night full of darkness.

There was a group of people secretly and quietly leaving Balenciaga’s estate.

All right, all right.

Loading a lot of luggage into the wagon, they urged their horses while looking around to see if anyone would find out.

“Wow! This is it!”

The coachman of the carriage was whipping frantically, and the person in the carriage was frowning and exhaling deeply.

“…… Father.”

Two figures were sitting in the carriage.

Both of them were very overweight people, and in this world, flesh means wealth, so it showed how rich they were.

Of course, there were more cases in which nobles who were really rich did not gain weight because they had to take care of their bodies.

Among the commoners, they probably had the wealth that could not be pushed back.

That was until now, though.

“… Daniel.”

With a sigh, Michael Fallen, the head of the top of Fallen, frowned and stared at his son, Daniel Fallen, who looked at him in terror.

Daniel was taken aback by that gaze and only shrank even more.

Daniel should have run away for the crime of touching Illencia and Cain, but he was alive.

It was all thanks to Michael’s arrangement.

He tricked the duke’s eyes with the so-called ‘transformation potion’ that transforms a coachman who was a useful escort and an unknown person into Daniel.

“The damn duke….”

Mikael muttered as if spitting out.

Since he wasn’t born in the north, he didn’t know the power of the grand duke’s family, so he didn’t like being treated so harshly this time.

No matter how many sons he had, they were all children that would not hurt even if he put them in his eyes.

The reason he took care of his image in the world but supported his son who was corrupt was because of his fatherly love.

Naturally, he did his best to protect Daniel, and because of that, he had no choice but to run away from the village like this at night.

It was because he had to run away before the duke found out that Daniel was alive.

“For sure… Be sure to take revenge.”

The Fallen Merchant Merchant has finally secured a foothold to jump on by supplying exclusively to Balenciaga’s estate.

Michael stared at the dark sky, growing a vengeful spirit against the grand duchess who crushed it in an instant.

Sigh.

As my father gnashed his teeth to quell his anger, Daniel crouched down even more, trembling with fear.

The reason why he was so afraid was not because of his father’s anger, but because Illencia’s cool eyes looking at him were deeply embedded in his brain.

In this way, the head of the Fallen Merchant and its successor completely escaped Balenciaga’s domain without any trouble.

“You can rest assured now, sir.”

Daniel let out a sigh of relief when the coachman announced that he had left Balenciaga’s territory.

Michael didn’t like his son like that, but he took this opportunity to look out the window, hoping he’d learned something.

It was then.

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Knock Knock.

Someone knocked on the carriage door.

That was also the door of the wagon that was running at full speed.

Michael realized that and frowned. Could it be a ghost? Just when she thought about it, the man who knocked on the door opened her mouth.

“Did you say you wanted to make a request?”

“… Could it be a ‘black wolf?’”

“They call me that.”

Hearing the man’s voice from outside, Michael spontaneously smiled sinisterly.

“As expected, it’s fast, just as rumors say.”

“I can’t keep the client waiting.”

Commonly known as the black wolf.

They were a black group that seized the back alleys of the Empire.

Because they are the most famous in the back alley and at the same time no one knows their identity.

Even the name of the organization is only called wolves because they bite the enemy to the end, but they have never revealed their names.

Shadows, black wolves, wolves… They were called by many names, but the most famous name was ‘Black Wolf’.

As soon as Michael heard the news of Daniel, he prepared to steal Daniel with a transformation potion, while requesting a request from the black wolf.

Receiving requests in person rather than in writing was also their characteristic.

“Let’s get straight to the point. What is the request?”

The man’s voice was very smooth, as if he were sitting and talking.

Michael nodded his head in admiration at the way he caught up with the running carriage, not even breathing.

“Illencia Khan Derdamius.”

“…… Are you talking about the Grand Duchess of the North?”

“Yes. Kill that b*tch If that’s difficult, I don’t mind crippling it.”

The moment I heard the name of the client, I heard the man’s answer a little slow.

However, Michael did not notice the man’s hesitation.

Black wolves weren’t famous just for being mysterious. There was no request to refuse, and there was a story that even the success rate of the request was approaching 90% or more.

Once you set a target, you never back down.

Black wolves were like wolves who never let go once bitten.

So Michael naturally believed that they would accept the request. It was an easy mission to kill at least one girl.

Michael took a bag full of gold coins from his pocket and threw it out the window.

Hearing someone grab it, a chin, raised the corners of his mouth.

“It’s an advance payment. If you succeed, I will give you half more.”

Michael pictured Illencia in his head, who was going to die miserably with a sinister smile.

‘Rumor has it that the Grand Duchess can only have one child in her lifetime? Let’s taste the cost of touching our Fallen Merchant.’

However, it was only a matter of seconds for his sinister expression to break.

It was because the money bag came back inside from outside the window.

Limp!

The gold coins in the money bag hit the floor, creating a deafening noise.

Looking blankly at it, Michael forgot that the man outside the window was a master, and his face blushed with anger.

“What are you doing?!”

“I refuse the request.”

The man’s voice was cold and indifferent.

As if he had heard something he shouldn’t have heard, Michael poked his head out the window and shouted.

“Why? I heard you guys don’t refuse requests!”

But Michael couldn’t see anything.

Because the wagon was running so fast, the wind blew a lot, and the surroundings were dark, so it was impossible to check the presence of the surroundings.

The man’s voice came from here and there as if it were echoing in all directions.

“Fallen Sangju, Michael. They say you’re not a northerner.”

“…… What does that have to do with this now?”

Michael, who did not feel fear even when he thought he was a ghost, shivered with chills that he did not know why.

Because the night wind is cold?

No, it was because he felt his eyes staring at him from somewhere.

The man who had been talking in an emotionless voice from beginning to end laughed at Michael’s words.

“In the land of the north ruled by the Grand Duke of the North, they made absurd statements asking to kill the Grand Duchess… What does that matter?”

“…… What kind of god is the Grand Duke?”

Even the Grand Duke was human.

People inevitably have gaps, and no matter how strong the Grand Duchess’ escort skills are, they cannot be protected at all times and under all circumstances.

That’s why Michael couldn’t understand the man’s words at all.

“The Archduke is not God.”

“But how….”

Doesn’t that mean he’s a god?

The words I said couldn’t come out of Michael’s throat. It was because the man’s cold warning came before that.

“At least in the northern lands, he is the sky, the earth, and the god.”

“….”

“Take care, Sangjuju. His ears, his eyes, are everywhere.”

“….”

“It must have been too late.”

After that, the man completely disappeared from her.

Michael didn’t see the man anyway, but he could tell by the fact that his voice and his eyes had disappeared.

Gulp.

Michael collapsed into his seat without saying anything.

It was an absurd sound, but for some reason he couldn’t shake it off easily, so he just swallowed dry saliva.

Hee-in!

“Heo-eok… !”

Swallowing dry saliva and looking anxiously out the window, Michael soon felt the horse neighing and his body leaning forward.

Bang!!

At the same time as the carriage tilted and crashed into the ground, Michael and Daniel rolled inside the carriage.

Normally, Michael would have yelled at the coachman over how he was driving, but he couldn’t.

He clutched at the shoulders that had hit the carriage and just looked ahead with fearful eyes.

“No, how do I drive… !!”

“Joe, be quiet!”

Daniel, who was about to shout in place of Michael, saying that the father is the son, stopped at the sound of his father’s screams.

Stupid and clumsy Daniel didn’t notice, but Michael could instinctively notice.

I can’t hear the coachman’s voice.

The coachman’s voice, which normally should have been bending over and begging for forgiveness to those who couldn’t be seen, could not be heard at all now.

Outside, it was strangely quiet.

Michael moved slowly to the window, trembling involuntarily.

Moving inside the tilted wagon was not an easy task for his large size, but he hurriedly headed for the wagon’s window.

And finally, the moment he reached the window, a cool voice rang in his ears.

“Mikael Fallen, top of the Fallen. Daniel Fallen, his son.”

It was a voice that both Michael and Daniel knew very well.

“… The Grand Duchess’ escort knight!!”

Berman raised his sword with a cold gaze invisible to them.

At that moment, Michael, who was born as a merchant and has risen to this position alone, began to spin in an extraordinary way.

“… I see.”

Fluff.

He thought as he sat down weakly on the floor of the carriage.

They knew that Daniel had been swapped, but pretended not to know.

The grand duchess had no intention of letting them live from the beginning.

And… They were waiting for them to leave Balenciaga’s territory.

As he thought about it, Michael couldn’t help but feel goosebumps all over his body.

Did they wait, knowing how to get out of this territory?

“Did you think you could survive by touching the sole heir of the Grand Duchess?”

Berman’s words seemed to mock their ignorance, but there was no emotion in his voice.

And the moment he heard that voice, Michael realized.

“… To you, it didn’t matter how we escaped.”

“Sa, save me!! Please save me!!”

Michael laughed as he watched Daniel crying like a child and begging for help.

“Of course not. There is no way to escape from us in the northern lands.”

Michael couldn’t say anything even as he listened to what could have been arrogant.

His and Daniel’s necks were already rolling on the floor.

Fuhak!

Blood spilled out belatedly and was splattered inside the empty carriage.

Michael looked at his strangely separated body and thought for a moment.

What was the worst thing in Michael’s life?

You set foot in the north.

Chew!

Berman turned around as he brushed off the blood on his sword.

“Let’s go back.”

“Chung.”

Those who briefly bowed their heads at Berman’s words burned the wagon as if they were used to it and began to take care of their surroundings.

Grace with all wealth, enemies with life.

That was Derdamius’ iron rule.

In the end, the Fallen Merchant Corps who touched the Grand Duchess just because they touched the Grand Duchess… No, for raising the wrong heir.

Disappeared from the world.

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