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About an hour after the crazy bitch left, a group of about 20 to 30 assailants suddenly burst into the mansion.

They entered the room in unison and immediately surrounded me.

I was a bit scared.

“Da, what are you guys…!”

Crazy guys who break into someone’s house in broad daylight. Moreover, they looked like well-trained soldiers, not like local thieves. I couldn’t help but feel scared.

At that time, a knight came out from the group of gangsters and spoke to me in a polite tone.

“Theo? We need you to come with us.”

Of course I refused. Who wants to be dragged around by unknown people?

“Who are you?! no!! Get out now!!”

Then the knight gave instructions to the soldiers.

“Guys, tie them up.”

“Yes!”

“Oh, don’t come!!”

Those who behaved differently from their polite tone were gangsters. I was caught by them in an instant. Even though I came from an academy, I couldn’t even resist. After all, they were not ordinary thieves.

“Let go of this!!! Do you know where this place is?! It’s the villa of the Duke of Carlstein!! If you stop now, I will move on, so put it down and get out of there!! Can’t you hear me?!!”

They tried to threaten them in the name of Karlstein, but they were not at all daunted by the prestige of Duke Karlstein. They weren’t usually crazy people. In the end, I was dragged away by them with my mouth muzzled and my whole body tied tightly.

“eup!! Eup!!”

***

They put me in a carriage and headed somewhere.

There were a million thoughts in my head.

In the rickety carriage, I kept wondering what these crazy people were doing and where they were taking me.

First of all, what is certain is that they were not thieves or bandits. The discipline seemed strict, and the weapons were very neat. Also, he was too strong to be a thief. They must be soldiers somewhere.

Considering that they were not intimidated by the name of Duke Carlstein, I suspected that they were the elite troops of a very prestigious noble family.

okay. I roughly understand the identity.

however.

No matter how much I thought about it, I had no idea why they kidnapped me.

Considering that they only kidnapped me without even touching any of my belongings, it was clear that they were targeting me. He also knew my name exactly. As soon as he saw me, he called me ‘Theo’.

The problem is why are you targeting me? I just don’t know. Of course, it’s not like they’re trying to demand a ransom from my family, and is this the work of someone who found out that I’m the fiancé of a crazy bitch? Are you trying to ask a crazy bitch for money? But how are you going to deal with this crazy bitch’s anger? I have no idea.

Still, I remembered the polite attitude of the driver earlier and tried to calm my anxiety.

‘Still, my life is not the goal… Yeah, you didn’t mean to kill me.’

If they were trying to do something by taking me hostage, I promised myself that I would actively cooperate and survive somehow.

As a result, we arrived at our destination before we knew it.

As soon as I got off the carriage, the kidnappers released my bonds.

“Fuha…!”

Because of the muzzle, I took a deep, uncomfortable breath.

As I took a breath, my surroundings came into view.

And I could see a huge fortress unfolding before my eyes.

Its enormous size is overwhelming just by looking at it. A magnificent fortress that can hold back even a hundred thousand troops.

‘W-this place…!’

As soon as I saw it, I knew where I was.

There was only one fortress of this size in the North.

Northern Fortress.

This was the northern fortress ruled by Duke Carlstein.

gulp!

Only then did I realize. The reason why the kidnappers were not afraid of Duke Karlstein.

In the first place, they were dispatched from the Karlstein duchy, so there was no reason to fear Karlstein.

Fucked. What I was worried about happened. And in the worst way.

I met Duke Carlstein, the human crusher. Someone please help me…

*****

A wide open gate, a mansion littered with footprints.

And Theo disappeared.

You didn’t have to be a fool to know. That someone broke into the mansion and kidnapped Theo.

“······.”

Ilya was standing there in silence, quietly angry.

Unbearable anger bloomed inside her. It was the most intense anger she had ever felt in her life. The thought of finding the culprit and tearing him to death dominated her mind.

At that moment, an ominous thought came to mind.

The sight of Theo being beaten by the assailants…

The sight of Theo desperately searching for himself…

The sight of Theo as a cold corpse…

Have you ever heard that when you get too angry, you actually become calmer? Her head felt incredibly cold.

With a cold head, she pieced together the clues left by the intruders.

‘If you look at the number of footprints, the number of intruders is approximately 20 to 30…’

She followed the footsteps. The footprints were towards the sofa.

‘They opened the front door, came in, and surrounded Theo, who was sitting on the sofa… And… he was kidnapped right away before he could resist… These aren’t some idiots…’

They seemed like fairly well-trained gunmen.

The strides were at regular intervals, and there were footprints that appeared to be those of the commander.

I assumed they were soldiers or knights somewhere.

I thought of families that could invade Kalstein’s territory.

“······.”

It doesn’t come to mind. Although there were several families throughout the entire empire, there were no families near the northern part that could invade Kalstein’s territory.

Moreover, attacking a villa in a mountain valley like this? And to kidnap a servant? It didn’t make sense. It doesn’t make sense.

‘Then again…’

After erasing several candidates using the method of elimination, there remains one prime suspect for this inefficient act.

It was her mother, Duke Carlstein.

*****

After being dragged by the soldiers, I entered the castle and was led by a group of maids.

The maids dragged me to the bathroom and washed me. The reason was that before attending an audience with the Duke, one had to clean one’s body.

Although I pride myself on keeping myself clean, the maids were persistent in washing every inch of my body. I wondered if I should go this far, so I talked to them.

“Hey… teachers…? You can stop now…”

But the maids ignored my words and just quietly carried out their work.

It was like a machine. At first glance, she resembled the head maid of the mansion where she lived with the crazy bitch. However, the head maids had their own human side, but they were frighteningly cold. I thought this was the North.

After washing me thoroughly, the maids took me to a fitting room full of mirrors and tried on me from one outfit to another to find one that suited me.

After an hour passed, I decided on what to wear. It was a neat outfit. I didn’t like that it looked a little boyish, but what’s wrong with women’s clothes? The maids dressed me in women’s clothes a few times, but I was scared each time because I was afraid I would be chosen based on that.

“I will inform you of precautions when having an audience with the Duke.”

The maids guided me to where the Duke was and told me what to watch out for.

But the maids’ words did not reach my ears.

This was because scary rumors about Duke Carlstein kept coming to mind. There are bloody rumors about him beheading 10,000 barbarians in one day or cutting off the arm of a nobleman who was being rude.

I was also worried that my arm would be cut off because I was the one who lured my daughter away.

I was dragged around by the maids like a pig to the slaughter, and eventually arrived at the hall where the Duke was.

“Duke. I brought your fiancé.”

I was pushed by the maids and fell to the floor.

“Aya!”

They were bitches. Why are the northerners always like this…? I suddenly regretted coming to the North.

At that time, a deep female voice was heard above my prone head.

“Thank you for your hard work. You guys go back now.”

It was a voice somewhat similar to that of a crazy bitch. However, it was a voice that felt a bit older than that of a crazy bitch.

The maids bowed their heads and left.

With a trembling heart, I raised my head and saw Duke Carlstein.

And I was surprised.

This was because Duke Carlstein was much younger than expected.

A middle-aged woman who looked to be in her 30s was sitting on a chair and looking at me with interest.

I guessed that he was in his 30s based on his atmosphere, but in fact, just by looking at his face, I could believe he was in his teens.

Besides, the peacock was very beautiful. He looked exactly like a crazy bitch. I thought this is what the crazy bitch would look like if she aged just 10 years.

However, the only thing that was slightly different from the crazy bitch was that the Duke had a sexiness that couldn’t be hidden.

A mature and seductive atmosphere.

I felt like my dick was going to explode just looking at it. The source of this crazy bitch’s sexy body was here.

“······.”

The duke looked down at me without saying a word.

A deadpan expression that resembles a crazy bitch. I couldn’t guess what he was thinking.

‘Why aren’t you saying hello?’, ‘How should I kill you?’, ‘Are you the one who stole my daughter?’, candidates for what the duke was thinking ran through my mind, but none of them fit. .

And the silent exchange of glances continues.

In the end, I couldn’t bear the pressure and greeted the duke first. It was a bit of a stupid greeting.

“Go, Duke…! Oh, hello? Hehe!”

The duke smiled slightly and answered.

“Welcome, son-in-law.”

She had a scary smile that looked just like a crazy bitch.