Episode 13

He concentrated and put the numbers on the document in his eyes.

After reading it twice, he was able to memorize all the numbers in the numerous items without missing a single decimal point.

‘Secure one piece of evidence.’

But this alone was still not enough.

A final blow was needed.

‘It’s almost time to get caught in the trap.’

At that time, the butler came back in a hurry.

“Here is the wine you mentioned.”

"thank you. “You’re not disappointed with me, are you?”

"no! “How could I feel that way!!”

“Yes, even though he acts towards me like this, he actually likes the butler a lot.”

“Thank you! “I am also loyal to you, Master!”

After sharing such a ridiculous story.

The butler rolled his eyes and opened his mouth.

"excuse me… young master. Actually, even if that wasn’t the case, I still had something to tell you.”

"huh?"

“There are friends who are looking for you, Master. that… These are people I was originally close with. They want to meet you secretly. that… “In the place you see it every day.”

Chris stared at the butler.

Although he was smiling and pretending to be friendly, Chris could feel the emotions hidden in the butler's eyes.

It was ‘hostile’.

“Ah, I hope you stay away from those friends as much as possible. I guess… “Because the rumors aren’t very good.”

Chris laughed.

If you were really worried, you wouldn't have said this.

“I’ll meet you.”

"young master?"

“Didn’t you hear me? I said I would meet you. “Tell it like that.”

The deacon opened his eyes wide and lowered his head.

“I will follow your orders.”

Chris chuckled.

‘You got caught.’

Chris had a hunch.

The rat was caught in a trap he had set.

It was time for him to catch the rat.

* ? ?* ? ?*

What kind of friends are the idiot's friends?

Of course, they were similar types.

Children from moderately powerful families.

Those were Christian's friends, the original owner of this body.

“It’s been a while, friend!”

“I heard a rumor that you have changed. How funny.”

Chris just nodded his head as he looked at the guys who were approaching him and pretending to be friendly.

‘Did you say he was the child of the Earl’s retainers?’

The Magic Empire, the world of demons, had a social system similar to the outside world.

There was a fiefdom, and there were fiefdom residents.

However, the difference was that instead of knights and nobles, the people were ruled by demonic people who had mastered magical energy.

As a collateral branch of the Dark Maga, the Count Kajar family had a large estate, and they were the children of low-ranking officials who managed the estate on behalf of the Count family.

“By the way, you are insulting the daughter of Mark Mark. Indeed, Christian is the most asshole among us!”

"that's right. “Christian is the closest to a dog among us.”

Chris chuckled as he watched the guys talking about something like this as if it was a joke.

The friends tilted their heads at Chris's unusual reaction.

Something was different from usual.

“It’s been a while since we last met, but I’m speechless. “Are you not happy with us?”

“Ah, just.”

Chris smiled quietly.

“Should we go in quickly?”

The place where they met now was the downtown area of ​​the largest city in the Khazar County.

As I entered one of the buildings in the alley, a panoramic view unfolded that I could not have imagined from outside.

A bar with a dark atmosphere.

It was a place that handled not only alcohol, but also various illegal things.

“It’s been a while since I’ve served you, Master!”

The manager with a stern look came out and bowed.

“How shall we serve you?”

“As I said before.”

“Yes, I will! Please come inside!”

One of the friends said, and the manager answered quickly.

As I entered the spacious room, I was immediately greeted with gorgeously prepared snacks and strong drinks.

‘Isn’t this whiskey from the Karn Empire outside? ‘I can’t believe I can see whiskey here, which is hard to find even for the nobles of the Karn Empire.’

Chris clicked his tongue.

That wasn't the only surprising thing.

“Here is a child specially prepared to serve you, Master.”

Late teens?

A girl with a delicate appearance came inside, trembling.

She came to serve drinks.

‘It’s a sight to behold.’

Chris frowned.

For reference, this body is only fifteen years old.

But it wasn't enough to pour the alcohol, he even served it to them.

Looking at it, it seems like a familiar thing.

Wow, that was a huge piece of shit.

‘It’s the same with these guys.’

Chris looked at his ‘friends’ with narrowed eyes.

“Why is that? My face continues to look bad. “Have you been scolded by the Count that much?”

“Or, you don’t like that kid?”

Chris shook his head.

“No, just drink.”

“Okay, I’ll pour you a drink. Take it!”

One of his friends poured a drink.

Chris brought the glass to his lips.

I didn't intend to drink it. He's trying to smell it.

Indeed, there was a ‘smell’ from the alcohol.

It was a smell that others would not have noticed.

However, Chris had been doing illegal work in the back alleys for a long time, so he knew right away what the alcohol smelled like now.

It was ‘medicine’.

‘It was something like this.’

I knew right away that today's meeting was a plot by the rat, Butler Cox.

I was curious what kind of conspiracy it was, and it was to make him addicted to ‘medicine’.

‘He didn’t just get me drunk, he probably planned it so that I, who was drunk, would make a big mistake.’

There was something to guess about that too.

Chris glanced at the trembling girl.

“What are you doing? “Don’t drink it anymore.”

The friend who poured the drink offered it again in a somewhat uneasy voice.

Chris handed the glass back to his friend.

“I don’t feel like it. “You drink this.”

"what? Well, that’s… .”

He was embarrassed.

“Well, Christian, this is the cup I poured for you, so of course you should drink…” .”

“Aren’t you afraid of the medicine inside so you can’t drink it?”

“!!”

The friends' expressions hardened.

Chris snapped his fingers.

As the 1-star black magic, ‘Descent of Sleep’ unfolded, the trembling girl quickly fell asleep.

The friends' eyes widened at the natural manifestation of magic.

“Christian? “When did you use black magic like that?”

"shut up."

“What, what?”

“You two, shut up. “It’s disgusting.”

Chris held the heads of his two friends with different hands.

Quang! I hit it on the table.

“Gagging!!”

“Kwaaaa!!”

Chris didn't stop at just one.

Hitting their faces repeatedly on the table.

In an instant, my face turned into a blood clot.

What was surprising was that although there was a huge commotion going on inside, there was no sign of anyone coming in from the outside.

It was because of the ‘Silence’ magic performed by Chris.

“S-stop… .”

“Why, why are you doing this… ?”

Chris shrugged his shoulders.

“You don’t know why I’m doing this? “Then I guess I’ll have to get more beaten.”

Kwaang!!

Their heads hit the table again.

They tried to resist in their own way, but they were powerless.

After briefly suppressing him, his hands and feet were tied with another 1-star black magic, ‘Rope of Darkness’.

“S-stop!! Well, I was wrong... !! Taking drugs... just… “Christian, to please you more.”

"dog sound."

Kwaang!!

It was repeated over and over again.

Until they cry out in pain and confess their sins.

“Please…” Okay, stop. This and this… die… .”

“It’s short?”

Quang!

“Aaaah! Sorry! Ooh, we... I just followed what I was told. Christian, you… “Oh, no, give me some medicine.”

“What were you going to do by giving me medicine?”

They hesitated.

Chris slammed their faces into the table again.

Quang! bang!

“Aaaah!! that… that… “I tried to frame her for killing that girl.”

Chris let out a laugh.

Even in the Demon Empire, murder is a serious sin.

‘Accidental killings’ resulting from fights between demons are often overlooked, but killing such civilians without reason is strictly prohibited.

In other words, the opponent has laid a trap that will completely destroy him.

“Who instigated you?”

"that… that… .”

“Are you Cox the butler?”

The two opened their eyes wide.

They lowered their heads when they realized that Chris already knew everything.

“Yes, that’s right. That half-vampire took advantage of our weakness and threatened us. “I had no choice.”

As expected, it was.

Chris, who clearly knew the identity of the rat, was lost in her thoughts.

‘Why?’

Why did Deacon Cox try to destroy Christian?

I don't think I have any personal grudges.

‘Well, I’ll find out soon after I catch it.’

Chris thought briefly.

He took out a dagger and pointed it at their necks.

“I did something worth dying for, so even if I die, I won’t have anything to say.”

“Please…” Save me... !!”

“Why should I save you?”

Chris asked back indifferently.

The two trembled when they realized it was sincere.

“Please just save me! “I will do anything if you let me live!”

“You can ask me to become Master Christian’s slave!”

It was something I said out loud because I wanted to live.

But Chris surprisingly responded to those words.

“Can you really swear that you can do anything?”

“Yes, that’s right! Anything!! “You can tell me to be a dog!”

“You can really swear that, right?”

"yes yes!! “I swear!!”

Chris lifted the corner of his mouth.

“I will accept your ‘oath’ well.”

Crackling.

A seal appeared on their foreheads and disappeared with a terrible sound, as if a soldering iron was being used.

In other words, the ‘Seal of Bondage’, a terrible black magic that can treat others like slaves under certain conditions, was manifested by Chris.

“From now on, listen carefully to what I say and follow it.”

The eyes of the two people who heard the ‘order’ grew as big as a flower lantern.

Now, it is time to hit the head of Butler Cox, the rat caught in the trap.

* ? ?* ? ?*

The count's office.

Count Khazar was looking out his window with a sunken face.

“Christian went into the castle?”

“… Yes, it is."

Deacon Cox bowed his head.

"sorry. “I should have stopped him somehow.”

“No, how could it be your fault?”

Count Kazar let out a long sigh.

Deacon Cox reported that Chris had gone to an illegal bar with some crazy friends.

As for what you're doing... I didn't want to imagine it.

‘If I hadn’t had such high expectations, I wouldn’t have been so disappointed.’

I thought it would be different this time, but it was.

It was when Count Kazar made a bitter face.

Suddenly, it became noisy outside the office.

“What’s going on?!”

The moment Count Kazar frowned, the door to the office opened with a bang.

One of the demons raised her voice with a thoughtful look on her face.

“This is a big deal!!”

“… “What’s going on?”

Count Kazar's heart pounded uneasily.

“It is said that the master committed a murder within the castle!”

* ? ?* ? ?*

The count family is in an uproar!

"that is… What do you mean? “You mean murder?”

Count Kazar's hands trembled.

“Your friends quickly came to the castle and informed you!”

“Ask them to come in here!”

Then the friends who were with Chris earlier appeared.

Count Kazar twitched his eyebrows at the faces that looked frightened and messed up.

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TL: hamza ch

Finished: I Became a Genius of the Dark House - Episode 13