The Duke’s Madness - The Duke’s Madness chapter 125

Arthur accepted Willett’s offer.

If I had to leave Arcane this time, I would have to leave for quite a long time.

If I didn’t meet Julie this time, I couldn’t promise when the next meeting would be.

‘Considering that the children of Angel’s House are also watching… This is a golden opportunity.’

Having made up his mind, Arthur climbed into the wagon held by Willett.

Willett did not accompany him, and remained in ＜Manners Make a Man＞.

“I have some more work left, so I’ll join you later.”

As soon as the carriage started, a familiar alleyway appeared.

After passing through that alley, I saw a secluded mansion located on the outskirts of District B.

Arthur smiled and murmured.

“I mean, it’s always a friendly place… .”

In the future, the house of the angel who saved himself from dying.

Arthur looked at the scene of the mansion for a while and then got off the carriage.

The lady-in-waiting who was sweeping the yard raised her head.

“who… uh? hello!”

Arthur bowed his head.

“hello? Old Willett… .”

“I got a call! Come in quickly!”

Arthur’s eyes widened slightly at the unexpected hospitality of the maid.

The reason soon became apparent.

The lady-in-waiting escorted Arthur to the mansion and talked nonstop about Julie.

“Julie is feeling very depressed these days… . At the same time, my everyday words were so many times that I mentioned someone who didn’t keep my promise… .”

The corners of Arthur’s lips rose slightly.

“Is that someone me?”

“hmm… Didn’t you say no?”

The maid shrugged and pointed to the garden.

Arthur, who turned his gaze, burst into exclamation.

‘Julie… You’ve grown so tall that I can’t recognize you?’

The last time I saw him, the child who was only on my lap had grown to his waist.

Arthur, who watched Julie’s changed appearance for a while, hid his presence.

“Julie?”

“… … !”

Julie, who had been staring blankly at the garden, turned her head in surprise.

“More, Mr. Dunn?”

“this. Julie also calls me Uncle. I’m sorry, but I’m not old enough to be called a man.”

“… … .”

Julie couldn’t hide her surprise, and her shoulders trembled.

After that, he raised his eyebrows and turned his head away.

Arthur scratched his head at her appearance.

‘hmm… Are you really mad?’

Arthur pondered for a moment and sat down next to her.

Julie glanced at Arthur, then turned to the other side.

Arthur got up again and sat across from her.

Julie pursed her lips and muttered.

“… go away. I don’t want to talk to you.”

“I’m not an old man, so are you okay?”

“… I don’t want to talk to you.”

“I want to talk to Julie, but I’m having trouble. hmm… Then shall we do this?”

Arthur pointed over the fence of the angel’s house.

“I’m going out to play now to apologize for breaking my promise to Julie.”

Julie looked away and asked.

“… Do you want to play?”

“yes. How about going out to the nearby general store and playing around?”

Julie’s expression brightened for an instant.

But he soon became depressed and murmured.

“… No. If you leave the angel’s house, old man Willett will be angry.”

Arthur grinned.

“aha. That would be no problem.”

“… why?”

“It’s fine if you don’t get caught.”

“… ?”

“If you don’t get caught, there’s nothing wrong with it, right? And old Willett will understand this much.”

Julie narrowed her eyes.

In the meantime, Arthur got up from his seat and said.

“I’m going out with someone I trust, but Mr. Willett isn’t narrow-minded enough to make it an issue.”

* * *

While Julie was preparing to go out, Arthur honestly confessed to the lady-in-waiting that he wanted to go out with Julie.

The maid thought for a moment and then nodded.

“It shouldn’t have been originally, but since he’s someone you can trust, please come back by evening.”

Arthur, who smiled softly at her words, leaned against the gate and waited for Julie.

Soon after, Julie, wearing a yellow dress, poked her head out the door.

Arthur looked at Julie like that and burst out laughing.

“Is it pretty, Julie? It looks like a chick.”

“… Is that a compliment, mister? that is?”

“It’s a compliment. How cute are the chicks.”

Julie pursed her lips and looked around hurriedly.

Arthur hugged her without warning.

“Wow!”

“Hold on tight. I will fly away.”

Arthur jumped up with these words.

Surprised, Julie grabbed Arthur by the throat.

‘I flew!’

In the meantime, Arthur, who had jumped over the fence with just one leap, spotted the coachman of Tagoon a moment ago and waved his hand.

“Please go to Area A, Mr. Coach.”

The coachman’s eyes widened at Arthur’s words.

“… .”

He blinked for a moment at Arthur carrying the girl in the yellow dress, then shrugged.

“Five silver, sir.”

“Here you go.”

After receiving the money, he got into the driver’s seat without a word.

Arthur also put Julie down in the carriage and got on.

Sweet-!

As the carriage departed, Julie let out the breath she was holding.

“Ji, did you really escape?”

“Then we really escape. Are you going to fake escape?”

“… When I see you sometimes, you are too reckless.”

“I hear that often. But it’s better than being stuffy, right?”

At Arthur’s words, Julie burst into laughter.

Seeing her smile for the first time today, Arthur smiled as well.

Whiing-!

In the meantime, the carriage that had arrived at Area A stopped.

Arthur got off first, followed by Julie.

“and… .”

After exclaiming, she couldn’t hide her admiration at the scene in Area A.

“Hey, isn’t this A, Area A, mister?”

After Arthur nodded, he approached a nearby street vendor.

Then he picked up a yellow cotton candy that matched the color of Julie’s clothes and handed it to her.

“… What’s this?”

“It’s cotton candy, it’s sugar lump food.”

“Sugar lump food?”

“yes. It’s a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of It’s worth trying at least once.

Julie’s eyes lit up, and she picked up the cotton candy Arthur gave her and ate it.

“… it is delicious!”

Arthur burst into exclamation at Julie’s words.

“oh… Looks like Julie is on the Ho side. I don’t like it at all.”

“Isn’t this delicious, Mr. Dunn?”

“I don’t have the hobby of eating lumps of sugar. Shall we walk for a while?”

Julie nodded.

Arthur took the lead, and Julie stood beside him.

The streets of Area A, which is called the most expensive street in Arcane, became more crowded in the evening.

Julie observed the scenery of the street as if it were strange, and Arthur looked at Julie like that.

As we looked around the streets for a long time, Julie muttered.

“Uncle Dunn.”

“yes?”

“I want to eat that.”

At Julie’s words, Arthur turned his head.

It was a steakhouse turned into an outdoor cafe.

“hmm… Are you good? I had to eat dinner anyway.”

At Arthur’s words, Julie hurriedly took a seat at one of the tables on the terrace.

Arthur also sat across from him and raised his hand.

“Here is your order.”

A waiter came over and handed me the menu.

Arthur ordered a decent-looking steak, apple juice, and coffee.

The food was served shortly after, and Julie whimpered and began cutting the steak.

Arthur, who was watching her, gently pulled out the knife and fork from Julie’s hand and asked a question.

“By the way, Julie.”

“yes?”

“Are you saying you’re a teenager?”

At Arthur’s question, Julie’s expression darkened slightly.

“It’s your puberty.”

“oh… Is puberty right?”

“yes.”

“hmm… If you say puberty with your own mouth, it is not puberty.”

“… What do you mean?”

Arthur shrugged.

“Puberty is puberty when you don’t know you are puberty. But Julie says she is an adolescent, right?”

Julie pursed her lips in embarrassment.

“… No, I am a teenager.”

“Then it’s a cute puberty.”

“Where is that kind of puberty?”

“Iknow, right. But what… There are many people in the world, right? There can also be cute puberty.”

“… Chit.”

“hmm? I can’t believe it.”

Julie’s eyes twinkled.

“Then, what kind of puberty did Mr. Dunn go through?”

Arthur stroked his chin at Julie’s question.

“Me? hmm… I came a little late. Are you in your late twenties? Puberty came around that time.”

Julie’s eyes widened.

“S, late twenties? Isn’t that puberty then?”

“no way. Where is your age in puberty? If you’re just feeling down, you’re in puberty.”

“… So what was Uncle Dunn’s puberty like?”

Arthur raised an eyebrow.

“For me, the world has turned into a flower garden.”

“… A flower garden?”

“yes. So I realized. ah… puberty has come Without that, there’s no way the world would suddenly look like a flower garden, right?”

Julie’s mouth opened slightly.

‘flower garden? Puberty has arrived, so why has the world become a field of flowers?’

And for the first time, Dawn revealed her age.

‘If puberty came in the late 20’s… How old is Mr. Dawn now?’

She couldn’t help but ask questions.

Arthur groaned.

“oh? Are you sharp? But didn’t I tell you? He said he came from the future.”

“… the future?”

“yes. You said it when we first met that day. I am from the future.”

Julie narrowed her eyes.

And involuntarily, he burst into laughter.

‘aha… It’s Uncle Dunn’s joke.’

But why are you joking like that?

After thinking about it for a while, Julie decided to match Arthur’s joke.

“Uncle Dunn’s words are sometimes too difficult.”

Arthur shrugged.

“is it so? hmm… but. It may be difficult for Julie, who is still young, to understand. But don’t you eat more steak?”

“I ate them all.”

“Okay, then shall we get up again?”

Julie nodded.

The two left the restaurant and wandered the streets for a while.

In the process, Julie received a penguin-shaped doll as a gift from Arthur.

“Thank you so much, Mr. Dunn.”

“Only in words?”

“… hmm. Shall I give you a gift too?”

Arthur stroked his chin for a moment and then his eyes lit up.

“The lineage practice I taught you… Are you doing well?”

Julie also followed Arthur with her eyes shining.

“yes. Now I can strike lightning freely!”

“oh… ? Are you good? Then next time we meet, show Julie becoming the thunderbolt itself.”

Julie’s eyes widened.

“Rice, to become the thunderbolt itself?”

“Yes, Julie can do it.”

At Arthur’s assertion, Julie rolled her eyes.

‘… No matter how much lightning bloodline I have, I can become a thunderbolt?’

Julie’s eyebrows gathered slightly.

I don’t think such a thing is possible, but I couldn’t answer that I couldn’t bear it.

‘I don’t want to disappoint Uncle Dawn.’

Because of that, Julie struggled to nod her head in response.

“I know, Mr. Dunn. Next time we meet, I’ll be a thunderbolt.”

Arthur smiled and stroked Julie’s hair.

“Don’t push yourself too hard. It’s something Julie can do when the time comes.”

“yes.”

Julie flicked her hands on the penguin doll Arthur bought for her.

At Julie’s appearance, Arthur involuntarily burst into laughter.

After that, when I started walking down the streets of Area A of Arcane again, Julie let out a long yawn.

“Can I pick you up, Julie?”

“… no. I want to play more.”

Arthur no longer recommended.

After looking around the street for about 10 more minutes, Julie eventually began to nod and bow her head.

Arthur naturally asked.

“Can I pick you up now, Julie?”

Julie climbed onto Arthur’s back, waddling with the penguin doll.

“Play more… Uncle Dunn.”

“sure. play more.”

At Arthur’s answer, Julie smiled softly.

And soon after, I fell asleep.

Arthur climbed into a nearby wagon, listening to Julie’s gasping breath.

“Please go to Area B.”

The carriage ran and soon arrived at the angel’s house.

Willett stood up from the rocking chair in the yard of Angel’s House.

“You are late.”

“I didn’t notice the time passing because I was with Julie.”

At that time, the maid who came out of the angel’s house whispered in surprise.

“oh! You are finally here!”

Arthur nodded and was about to hand Julie, who was on his back, to her.

Julie held Arthur’s collar tightly and talked in his sleep.

“… Don’t go, Uncle Dunn.”

The maid was surprised, and Willet slightly raised her eyes.

Only Arthur laughed and patted Julie on the butt.

“I’ll see you next time, Julie. We’re not saying goodbye forever, are we?”

At these words, Julie let go of Arthur’s collar, which she was holding on to.

Arthur, who gave Julie to the lady-in-waiting, also handed over a penguin doll.

The maid whispered to Arthur while thinking about it.

“Can you wait a minute?”

“of course.”

The maid nodded and entered the angel’s house.

Then, instead of Julie, she showed up with a large sketchbook.

“It’s Julie’s sketchbook. I drew pictures here every day.”

Arthur’s eyes widened at the maid’s words.

Willet, who was watching the scene from the side, moved away for a moment.

In the meantime, Arthur smiled as he held up his sketchbook.

“hahahaha… I don’t have any talent for drawing Julie. Didn’t I draw too much?”

Big house, two trees. dozens of children.

In the middle, the man who looks like Willet and the lady-in-waiting in front of him.

Lastly, he was holding hands with a child who appeared to be Julie.

However, no matter how good the picture looked, it was too twisted.

The lady-in-waiting laughed as well, wondering if it was Arthur’s misunderstanding.

“It is. But if you look at the back page, you will be surprised.”

“oh? It seems there is a twist.”

Arthur nodded and followed her words and turned the back page of his sketchbook.

“… … .”

Arthur’s mouth closed naturally.

The lady-in-waiting who was watching Arthur gave advice with a smile.

“Would you like to continue reading?”

Following her advice, Arthur turned the next page again.

‘It’s the same. Pictures are everything.’

The same picture as the first was drawn on the first page and on the pages after that.

But what was even more surprising was that the same picture was drawn on the next page.

Arthur, who was slightly surprised by that, opened his mouth and saw small letters on the picture drawn on the last page.

[I hope my hero, Mr. Dawn, lives with us.]

Pretty handwriting that doesn’t suit the clumsy picture.

Arthur’s eyes widened at the words containing Julie’s small wish.

‘I… Julie’s hero?’

Arthur pondered, and involuntarily burst into exclamations.

‘I see… For Julie, I have old Willett.’

the saved and the savior.

Arthur involuntarily turned his gaze to look at Willet.

Willett, who was smoking a cigar, tilted his head.

“… What do you see?”

At that, Arthur burst into laughter.

‘Ahh… It warms my heart.’

A bond received from someone.

That bond was connected to someone else without even knowing it.