Infinite Reincarnation – Arthur Hurt - Chapter 126



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Episode 126

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When the awkward situation was resolved, Cho-reng approached Arthur with a smile and hugged him.

“As expected of Arthur!”

“Don’t you care about security?”

“I’m saying it’s not usually like this.”

“Did something like this suddenly happen today?”

“Yeah. I guess it’s because it’s a solo concert.”

In the past, I was in charge of opening other singers’ stages or part of their set lists, so I could indirectly receive protection from other singers’ security, but today, since it was a solo concert, I didn’t receive that kind of protection, so I couldn’t block those vendors from visiting from the beginning.

Arthur said.

“I guess I’ll have to ask Samuel.”

“Why Samuel?”

“You’re preparing the Ridis Theater, right? You must have prepared a plan for security, so wouldn’t it be possible to get help from there?”

While Arthur and Cho-Reng were discussing Amelia’s security, the waiting room door opened slightly and a pretty face appeared.

Viana approached with a welcoming expression.

“Amelia!”

“Sister!”

When the girl found a familiar face, she quickly erased her anxious expression and ran towards Viana with a bright expression, hugging her.

“You sing so well.”

“Hehehe!”

Amelia stuck out her tongue and smiled cutely at Viana’s compliment.

Arthur and Viana went back to the waiting room to congratulate Amelia on her first solo performance, and Amelia was excited and smiled brightly.

A few days later, Arthur received a letter of protest from the Baron of Kshan, apologizing for the violence he had inflicted on his hired servant and demanding compensation.

Arthur wrote a polite apology and enclosed a promissory note from the Mato Company as a token of his apology. Arthur had no idea whether the promissory note would reach the intended party. It was impossible for Arthur to take into consideration every single detail of the owner’s personality. He simply did not want to cause any more trouble with the Kshan Baron.

But things didn’t go as planned.

“Huh? Mr. Cho-reng was taken away? Why?”

“It was assault.”

“Who did you hit?”

Arthur asked in bewilderment at the absurd news, and Samuel sighed and answered.

“Baron Kshan.”

Arthur was really puzzled by the familiar name.

“why?”

“Amelia seems to be involved, but we don’t know the details yet. Even Cho-reng is keeping his mouth shut.”

“Let me meet you sometime.”

So Arthur went to see Cho-reng, who was in prison.

It was a little cold in prison, but the beds were clean, the blankets were thick, and the food was good. Even if it had been a time of complete ruin, Cho-reng had become a noble who had amassed considerable wealth and fame since working with Arthur, so he was treated appropriately in prison.

“Open. Arthur.”

“What on earth is going on, Cho-reng?”

“Ah… um… … it’s a bit hard to say.”

“Is it related to Amelia?”

“……okay.”

Cho-reng nodded, looked at Arthur’s face, and explained the whole story.

Arthur stuck out his tongue when he heard the story of how Cho-Reng was trapped.

“Wow~ sir.”

To summarize Cho-Reng’s story briefly, isn’t it that Baron Kshan is trying to approach Amelia with impure thoughts?

Even though he was young, Baron Kshan was old enough to be Cho-reng’s older brother. If he had married as was customary, he would have had a daughter the age of Amelia, so Cho-reng’s punching was not for nothing.

He took Arthur’s hand and urged him.

“You are the only one who can protect Amelia now.”

“All right.”

What could he do, even though his opponent was a noble? Here, Arthur could not possibly choose the option of throwing Amelia away and ending it.

Arthur asked Samuel and Zarran for help. First, he started by investigating the Baron Kshan.

“Hmm. This is a headache.”

The Baron Kshan family was a loyalist noble family, closer to the capitalist aristocracy than the landed aristocracy.

They are not like the nobles of the Tsuraz who directly manage industries, but rather urban nobles who secure shares and generate profits through investments. They are a family that is in an unusual position for a traditional family.

“Once you become famous, all kinds of people appear.”

“He’s a typical nouveau riche aristocrat with a lot of money, no real political ambitions, and an obsession with pleasure.”

Samuel muttered as if he was troubled by the difficulty he had experienced.

Baron Kshan was a nobleman who had been lucky enough to ride the wave of industrialization and amassed his wealth. And there was a common tendency among these nouveau riche nobles to place great importance on their own pursuit of pleasure.

The same was true for Baron Kshan. According to Samuel’s investigation, Baron Kshan’s behavior of lusting after young girls had long been famous among the noble families.

She was married twice, but both marriages were political marriages to young girls. And both marriages ended in death. It is said that she became pregnant and gave birth at a very young age, and she remained single after that.

Arthur sighed and ruffled his hair.

It was difficult to negotiate or threaten Baron Kshan. Was it hard to figure out what his opponent’s weaknesses were? A noble who had also put down his reputation as a noble was really difficult to deal with.

It seemed like I wanted to prescribe the famous medicine of a club to that pervert, but it was difficult to do so.

“Originally, a mad dog should be killed by beating it before it bites a person… … .”

Arthur tilted his head back and looked at the ceiling, muttered and sighed, and Zarran and Samuel blinked at him. Arthur had told many amazing stories so far, but what he had just said sounded like the craziest thing ever.

The mad dog is clearly Baron Kshan, but why should he be beaten to death?

The idea of ​​beating to death a baron from a proper and powerful family, neither a semi-noble nor a fallen noble, was surprising, but the fact that he said such things was even more surprising. Even if it was a metaphor… … .

But Arthur was lost in thought, not realizing that his unconscious monologue had startled the two of them. Then he woke up.

Samuel asked.

“Huh? Did you get a good idea?”

“no.”

“But why?”

“I have to meet you in person.”

“Who?”

“Baron Kshan.”

When you can’t make a decision based on what’s on paper, you have to take action. Sometimes that can tell you much more than what’s on paper, and that’s what Arthur needed right now.

Perhaps because of his reputation as a genius craftsman and the developer of music boxes, it wasn’t that difficult for Arthur to face Baron Kshan, but when he actually met Baron Kshan, he was a middle-aged man who was hard to see as a pervert who felt sexual desire for young girls.

There was a faint bruise under his chin where he had been hit by Cho-reng, but it was hard to tell unless you looked closely.

“Nice to meet you, Your Majesty the Hurt.”

“Thank you for allowing us to meet like this, Baron Kshan.”

First, Arthur greeted him politely. He felt that he had to check whether Baron Kshan’s impression was true or not.

“Did that gentleman send you, Cho-reng?”

“You could say that.”

“Are you asking for the lawsuit to be dropped?”

“Is there really a need for that? I don’t think Baron Kshan would want the lawsuit to go ahead.”

At Arthur’s words, Baron Kshan looked at him with a calm smile. If it were a woman, it was a gaze so attractive that it would make her heart flutter.

Tsk tsk, how can you call that a pedophile with that face? It’s a shame about that face.

As Arthur clicked his tongue inwardly, Baron Kshan opened his mouth.

“I know you are Amelia’s actual guardian.”

“It seems like a story unrelated to the present.”

“Oh? Really? Didn’t you tell me why Cho-reng threw the punch?”

Did I say that both sides would rather the case not get escalated into a lawsuit? Arthur had hoped that Baron Kshan would feel ashamed that it was revealed why he had been beaten by Cho-Leng, but he didn’t seem to feel ashamed about it.

“What do you want?”

“Our lovely Amelia.”

“… …What specifically do you want to do?”

Arthur tried hard to keep himself from being prejudiced, turning the circuit of hope in his head. Could it be that the tastes of Baron Kshan that are circulating in the world are just malicious rumors?

In response to Arthur’s question, Baron Kshan smiled happily and said,

“I want to be a sponsor.”

“That’s a welcome offer.”

“Oh! Really?”

“But you didn’t say specifically how you would like to support.”

“There are things that always happen when you sponsor something, right?”

“What’s going on?”

Arthur shrugged as if he didn’t know. He tried to push aside negative thoughts such as the desire of the powerful for cute and attractive celebrities and have positive hopes.

But Baron Kshan was as the rumors said.

“You know… … there’s that? A famous singer becoming the lover of a nobleman… … .”

The face of Baron Kshan, who answered with an awkward smile, would have made the hearts of many noblewomen flutter, saying that it was the expression of a middle-aged boy, if not for the content of his words, but Arthur’s expression instead grew cold.

“Amelia is still a child.”

“At that age, you know everything.”

Arthur was troubled by the nuance that seemed to be known from experience.

Young women giving their bodies to older men has been a practice since the beginning of class division among humans.

In order to enjoy the luxury of women’s youth and beauty, one had to have power. And as the social structure developed, such power was often held by older men rather than younger men. This is because it is natural for young people to have achieved nothing.

Therefore, from a market perspective, the relationship between a young woman and an older man could be considered a reasonable transaction. The woman wanted the man’s power and wealth, and the man wanted the woman’s young and beautiful body. In other words, it is a supply and demand perspective.

The problem was not the transaction itself, but whether Amelia was old enough to judge for herself whether it was fair.

Arthur recalled his conversation with a girl named Amelia. Amelia wanted to become a singer and sing in front of many people, but she didn’t seem to want to sell herself for personal wealth and fame. She wasn’t the kind of girl who was thirsty for a high position or overflowing with ambition.

So, Baron Kshan’s proposal now was no different from offering her an unfair deal.

There was no chance of her getting what she wanted from this deal. For her, who had to build her reputation as a singer, the title of the old baron’s young mistress was a fatal scandal.

Arthur looked into Baron Kshan’s eyes and asked.

“Do you love Amelia?”

“How can one not love that lovely child?”

Arthur said as Baron Kshan spoke with admiration.

“If you really love that child, wait until he or she turns 18.”

“No! Amelia, are you going to miss out on the most beautiful time of your life?!”

Baron Kshan jumped up. It meant that he really didn’t like Arthur’s proposal.

Arthur’s eyes narrowed.

“Are you saying you will never love Amelia again for the rest of your life?”

To those words, Baron Kshan responded with a regretful expression.

“There is no such thing as eternal love. Because it is fleeting, we must love more passionately.”

“… … Honestly, I don’t know what the difference is between your love and lust.”

“Then it’s okay to dismiss it as lust.”

Baron Kshan’s gentle smile seemed like a mockery or a sorrow.