episode_0061

Blake Gilberte, three things you must remember before negotiating with Baron Gilberte.

one. Jake Gilbert is a half-brother with Blake Gilbert.

Unlike the cases of other illegitimate half-brothers, the two half-brothers are known to have a fairly good relationship, at least externally.

two. When Blake Gilbert dies, the baronetcy passes to his son.

Although it is the law of the kingdom, his son is a child who has not even reached adulthood.

Of course, according to kingdom law, the guardian acts as the lord’s representative, but if the lord is too young, the lord’s representative actually acts as the lord.

three. Jake Gilbert is ambitious.

When I was a porter, I had no intention of being particularly interested.

I just assumed that the bastard son of a noble noble who was not good at the party was just an adventurer.

But now that the information has been gathered, it is different.

Jake Gilbert.

A man who would definitely like someone to die.

“I studied a lot more about human society this time. And then I found out. Jake Gilbert, how politically dangerous an illegitimate child is to you.”

“…….”

The Baron says nothing.

The baron’s guard knight standing behind him looks at the baron, but the baron just blinks without saying anything.

“In the first place, it is strange that an illegitimate child has grown up and is in the estate. Even how many years have passed since the previous Baron Gilberte passed away?”

“It’s already been 7 years since I ascended to the baronetcy.”

“For seven years, the so-called illegitimate son lost the baronetcy to his half-brother.”

The Baron’s eyes twitched momentarily.

I knew it.

” That’s what I thought.”

“…….”

The eyes that seemed to be filled with anger slowly relax.

There is nuance in words, so even if I haven’t said it clearly yet, this person must be feeling it to some extent.

“Maybe that’s why they tried to steal it. As an adventurer, he pretended not to be interested in the title and did not leave the castle, but he collected capital and built connections outside of the castle. At the same time, he pretended to be active in the knights’ order and built a fairly good relationship with the knights.”

“Did you say that?”

“It’s just a guess. We know the illegitimate child’s past, but we had no intention of understanding the intention behind that past.”

Lightly tap your hand on the table to get their attention.

“Million Gold.”

A ridiculous amount of money.

As soon as that story comes out, the eyes of the driver behind him widen.

“Wouldn’t that be a bad amount for freeing Gilberte’s illegitimate child?”

“…….”

Although we said it was the price of one person’s life, even when we say it, it is quite an excessive amount.

“Do you want your illegitimate child to be liberated?”

“…….”

“Then, of course, you have prepared a million gold, right?”

“…….”

“If you don’t have 1 million gold ready, you have no choice but to kill the hostage. Do you want to kill the hostage?”

“Tell me what you want.”

The Baron said in a slightly annoyed voice.

“I think we’ll just keep answering Zen questions with each other, so let’s get to the point. Talking to demons for a long time isn’t a good idea.”

“Okay. In that case, I will tell you the story one-sidedly.”

I snapped my fingers.

“I want to do business with you. Jake Gilbert will kill you.”

“…….”

“You are a half-brother and an illegitimate son by vicious demons, but you will become a compassionate baron who lost his family.”

“What does that person gain from that?”

“I hope that they will announce this to the outside world and close this place so that it can be used as a transit point for regular transactions with us.”

The driver’s eyes widen at my words.

“Lord!!”

“Stop. Calm down.”

The Baron glares at the knight.

“They haven’t killed Jake yet.”

I killed him, but if necessary, I can say he’s alive even though he’s dead.

Even though the Baron knew that ‘Jake is dead’ was to his advantage, he suppressed the article by saying that Jake was alive.

‘As expected, making a deal with a demon while abandoning an illegitimate child seems a bit problematic.’

A deal with demons.

It wouldn’t be strange if the lord’s hair fell off immediately after making a deal, but the lord makes a deal by requesting that he kill an illegitimate son who poses a political threat?

“You seem worried. External reputation.”

“…….”

“What. I don’t want to kill him, but if he is a ‘good man to my family and my territory’ who can’t pay a million gold for Youngjimin, I won’t kill him for now.”

“You don’t kill Jake?”

“Okay. Instead, they won’t even release it.”

He smiles and laughs underneath the mask on purpose.

Did the Baron notice that the corners of his mouth were turning up and his eyes were wide?

“……It’s a threat. What are you trying to get from us with threats?”

“It’s good that the conversation goes well. We want people. Not a specific person, but an absolute number of people. In other words, it can be said to be a sacrifice.”

“Sacrifice….”

“It’s nice to see adventurers coming into the dungeon, but unfortunately, it’s a bit annoying for us to see too many of them. Sometimes there is an oversupply and sometimes there is a shortage, so I came forward in this way in the hope that offerings would be supplied on a regular basis.

“…….”

The Baron looks at me with cold, sunken eyes.

“You want to sacrifice someone here?”

“That’s true, but you can handle it ‘unofficially’.”

“Informal…?”

“For example, this dungeon is closed because the raid has been completed. Externally, they say that all the dangerous things in this dungeon have been resolved.”

The Baron remains alert, but his body slowly leans towards me.

“And this dungeon is controlled in a way such as ‘no entry except for authorized personnel’. Inside the dungeon, passages connecting to our side will occasionally open. But that moment is only when we do business with you.”

I put my hand into my inside pocket.

The knight pointed his sword at me, but I leisurely took out a glass bottle from my pocket and held it out in front of me.

“What is this?”

“It is weak. It’s a medicine containing the sexual power of a succubus that humans love so much.”

“…….”

“Of course it’s not poison or anything like that. Well, it’s not unreasonable to not believe it.”

In the first place, I never thought that Miyak would be recognized as such in this place.

“One bottle per person.”

“This weak medicine is worth it?”

“I tested it on Jake Gilbert and he could easily shoot ten rounds.”

“……!!”

Although there have been no such experiments, it is a drug powerful enough to actually have such an effect.

“People don’t discriminate. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a prisoner or a slave, a heretic or a political enemy. Ah, but I wish it were a young man and woman. Because old people are trash even from our perspective.”

“…….”

If I hadn’t said this, would this person have sacrificed the old man, saying, ‘The old man is also a human being, so isn’t the number of heads appropriate?’

“This is the price of Jake Gilbert’s life. You can call it prepayment.”

I deliberately pushed more medicine across the table.

“Sex, one bottle at a time. You can apply it to someone else, or you can apply it to yourself. Either way, if you bite and suck in the end, you will both enjoy the effect.”

“…….”

“If this deal goes through, you don’t have to pay a million gold.”

I spoke in a benevolent way, as if I had entrusted it to him, but the Baron didn’t say a word despite my words.

“Let me summarize.”

First, how will it look externally?

“Blake Baron Gilberte begins negotiations to rescue his half-brother Jake, but is perplexed by the exorbitant price of one million gold. Originally, I would have been in such agony and made a deal due to the demon’s threats… but it seems like that’s not what they wanted.”

thus.

“After much deliberation, the Baron decides to raise one million gold, but also holds a meeting with the administrators and executives of the territory. After a sharp conflict, opinions come together one way or the other, but when we come back to the negotiation table, the door to the dungeon has disappeared.”

I gently swept my hand across the gray fog-like portal.

“The Baron, who learned that he was deceived by the demons, expresses his condolences. It is unknown why the demons suddenly cut off negotiations, but the Baron, who still expected Jake Gilberte to be alive, placed a knight in the dungeon and kept an eye on it for over a week. But…”

“The door won’t open.”

When I paused on purpose, the Baron picked up what I was saying.

“People’s interest will be forgotten, and after Jake Gilberte’s funeral is held, entry to this dungeon will be prohibited as it is a dangerous place.”

It’s not a tone like, “I’ll do it.”

” Even if adventurers look inside the dungeon, they will not be able to see anything, and the knights who manage this dungeon will guard it with their eyes wide open so that there will never be a victim like Jake Gilbert again. ”

He continues the story as if he was going to do it himself.

“And one day, if I come to this dungeon…”

“The gray fog will spread like today, and I will appear like this.”

“…….”

“You are the executioner, and whether you bring someone in or buy a slave and send them here is up to you. ah. If possible, it would be better if they were heretics.”

“One, let me ask. What are you trying to do using humans?”

“Well. First of all, food?”

“…….”

The Baron’s expression distorts at the mention of food.

“Please do not misunderstand. It means to catch and eat it, but it doesn’t mean to actually bite and tear it.”

“Then…?”

“You will be made into a sex slave.”

“…….?”

Baron Gilberte tilted his head for a moment.

He seemed perplexed as to whether the word he heard matched the word he knew.

“Sex slave. Sex slave.”

“…….”

“Don’t think too complicatedly. Think only about what you need.”

I slowly got up.

“Is one day enough to come to a conclusion? Huh?”

“……Let’s discuss it with the officials at the Lord’s Castle. About a million gold.”

Baron Gilberte also stood up.

“Until we meet here again, Jake Gilberte will have to stay alive. Mine Dandelion.”

Although my name is Azazel, I turn my back and just wave my hand and come across the fog-

“…….”

I returned to the vampire army’s dungeon.

‘young.’

last.

‘I can’t stand the weak medicine. Even if you think about what you will use it for, and even if you think about its value even if you don’t use it.’

When I looked back slightly out of the corner of my eye, the Baron’s eyes were clearly focused on the medicine.

‘I still can’t rashly agree to a deal because of the deal with the demons. But you’ll end up making a deal.’

Not humans and demons.

A transaction between Baron Gilberte and a ‘force’ called the Vampire Legion.

‘If both parties close one eye, it’s a win-win for both parties.’

That link will be none other than a weak one.