The Duke’s Madness - The Duke’s Madness chapter 139

Arthur narrowed his eyes.

‘hmm… Seeing that her ears are pointy, I think it’s Ginny. Why is her outfit like that?’

A white shirt with black leather pants.

If you look at the clothes you’re wearing, there’s nothing unusual about it, but the accessories were a problem.

He had gold rings on his fingers, and even a gold necklace around his neck.

Looking at him now, it’s safe to say he’s the leader of a gangster organization.

Because of that, just as Arthur tilted his head, the woman in front of him muttered while taking off her sunglasses.

“Finally found. my madman.”

Arthur’s eyes widened.

I took off my sunglasses, because now I could see for sure.

The woman in front of me is Ginny Daven.

She was a backstreet mercenary with elven blood and a maid in my family.

Because of that, just as Arthur was about to say hello, Ginny grabbed Arthur by the collar.

“oh?”

Arthur exclaimed and lowered his head.

I saw Ginny with a grim smile.

“Can I start off with a slap on the cheek?”

“Cheeks?”

“okay. If I don’t do that, I don’t think my anger will go away.”

At her words, Arthur scratched his head and stuck his head out.

Ginny’s gaze narrowed at that action.

“I don’t know what it is, but if that calms you down, hit me, Ginny.”

Ginny let out a dejected laugh.

It was because Arthur Bayern, who disappeared 7 years ago, did the same thing after hitting me in the back of the head at a mysterious laboratory.

‘Looking at this, it’s Arthur Bayern.’

After thinking for a while, Ginny let go of Arthur’s collar.

Arthur asked as he straightened his crumpled clothes.

“Aren’t you hitting me?”

“… I’ll hit you later.”

“hmm… Then can I just ask you a question?”

“What?”

“Ginny, why have you changed so much?”

Ginny replied bluntly.

“What have I turned into?”

“The thug boss.”

“… I’m not a gang leader, I’m a mafia.”

“aha. These days, they don’t call them gangster bosses, they call them mafia, right?”

At Arthur’s words, the mafia next to him did not hide their discomfort.

Apart from looking at the mafia and calling it a gangster, being so rude to the boss, Ginny Daven?

Meanwhile, Ginny explained.

“A thug is right, but a gentlemanly thug. It’s the Arcane Search Police that we’re ripping off, not the citizens.”

“oh? Then you are a thug of justice.”

“That’s how it is.”

Arthur raised an eyebrow.

And without warning, he hugged Ginny tightly.

The mafia employees were shocked by the sudden hug, and Ginny opened her mouth in surprise.

In the midst of it, Arthur whispered into Ginny’s ear.

“I missed you a lot, Mr. Genie.”

“… … .”

“It is really nice to see you like this. I’ve been thinking about you a lot. I must have thought of it hundreds of times.”

At Arthur’s words, Ginny opened her mouth and muttered involuntarily.

“… Why did the person who remembered my face come here only now?”

“There was a situation.”

“Is that something that should have gone silently for seven years?”

After Arthur broke the hug, he replied.

“yes. Shall I explain now?”

Ginny bowed her head on Arthur’s shoulder.

“no. Please explain later. There are a lot of eyes now.”

Her words trembled slightly.

Arthur answered, pretending not to know the sobs.

“sure. The head of the thugs has to keep their cool.”

* * *

Members of the [Ghosts] faction, the mafia rolled their eyes.

They couldn’t hide their surprise as they looked at Arthur and Ginny who suddenly embraced.

‘Bo, is the boss crying?”

‘why… What is that man crying for?’

‘Could it be a hidden lover?’

The boss of the goblin faction.

Who is Ginny Daven?

In a few years, he was the boss of the underworld organization that had grown the most in this back street alley, and now he was a huge tycoon who had become the actual king of the back street.

How could such a woman burst into tears in the arms of an alien man?

Because of that, when the Mafia employees couldn’t hide their embarrassment, gunshots rang out.

“catch-!”

“There’s a goblin par boss, Ginny Daven!”

Along with gunfire, there was also the sound of busy footsteps.

Arthur said after easing his embrace with Ginny.

“Wouldn’t it be better to solve the meeting issue later?”

Ginny stroked her reddened eyes and replied.

“You have to let go. How did I meet you?”

“Did you miss me that much?”

“Then you don’t want to see it?”

Arthur smacked his lips.

It was when Ginny burst into laughter without realizing it.

The mafia employees blocking the front door shouted.

“boss-! The search cops are coming up!”

Ginny stiffened her expression and shouted.

“Get out at once! Everyone get out of the way!”

With these words, the genie summoned a senior spirit, the sylph.

“Sylph, open the front!”

[Okay Genie!]

At that moment, a violent gust of wind hit the search police who were climbing the stairs on the first floor.

“Queagh-!”

“Gu, it’s the magic of the goblin!”

“Everyone be careful!! That b*tch is a high-level elementalist!”

In the meantime, mafia employees hurled themselves at the windows.

After confirming this, Ginny grabbed Arthur’s hand tightly.

“Hold on tight because it will fly away!”

With these words, Ginny grabbed Arthur’s hand and jumped out the window.

“There!!!”

“The boss of the goblin faction!”

The search police screamed loudly, but they couldn’t catch Ginny and Arthur who flew into the sky.

In the end, it was time for the search police to stomp on their feet, staring blankly at Ginny and Arthur as they flew up.

Arthur thought as he looked at Ginny who was holding his hand.

‘hmm… Genie’s lineage is the same?’

Because of that, Arthur tilted his head.

‘Then why did the contract between the gnomes and the Undine break?’

I thought the reason the contract with the spirit was broken was because of the genie, but wasn’t it?

Because of that, when Arthur fell into trouble, Ginny slowly lowered the altitude of the flight.

Arthur, who regained consciousness, turned his head and saw the back alley of Area C, not Area B.

Ginny said without letting go of Arthur’s hand.

“This way.”

At her words, Arthur asked a question.

“Is this where Ginny is?”

“that’s right.”

“hmm… But can I leave the former subordinates behind?”

“You’ll get out of there on your own.”

Arthur was about to nod, then paused.

“By the way, Mr. Ginny.”

“why?”

“Why are you doing that when you’ve been using honorifics and alternating between repulsive words?”

“… … .”

At Arthur’s point, Ginny pricked up her ears.

“… It’s because I’m confused.”

“What are you confused about?”

“My relationship with you.”

Arthur burst into laughter.

“Isn’t the relationship between the maid and the master?”

“When are you talking?”

“Then what has changed?”

“… ?”

“Just because 7 years have passed, there is no reason for our relationship to change.”

At Arthur’s answer, Ginny burst into laughter.

“That’s right, but give me some time to think… I still can’t believe what’s going on.”

At her words, Arthur shrugged.

In the meantime, Ginny, who had been walking, entered an abandoned building.

It was a building that could be commonly seen in Area C, an undeveloped area.

Entering the abandoned building, the genie turned around and went down to the basement.

At that moment, Arthur burst into exclamation.

“Ohh… ?”

big square.

Dozens of men were sharpening knives or servicing guns there.

Beyond the plaza were several rooms, like anthills.

‘It’s a den of gangster organizations, something systematic?’

Because of that, when Arthur was watching the scene in front of his eyes with interest, dozens of men who discovered the genie belatedly shouted harshly.

“Are you here Boss-!!”

At their greeting, Ginny frowned and replied.

“Say hello! Did everyone get angry… .”

“We greeted each other gently, but didn’t the boss hear it loudly?”

“… You wanna die? I told you not to play with my ears!”

“Oops! why are you kidding me with this? I was just telling the truth!”

Ginny pulled out a gun, aimed it at the joker’s feet, and fired.

bang-!

The startled man fell backwards, and the rest of the men whistled.

“My boss must be in a good mood today!”

“Other times, I’d have to break an arm!”

Arthur murmured at the sight.

‘hmm… Just because he’s a mafia, I thought he was just a gangster, but I don’t think he’s really like that.’

There was something unique to a criminal.

That contemplation was not something that could easily be erased.

However, the contemplation of the men who joked with Genie right in front of them was far from criminal.

‘Moreover, Mr. Genie himself is not a person capable of committing a crime… Then who are these mafia?’

In the meantime, Ginny stopped walking and entered a room.

It was an office, well-arranged with achromatic furniture.

“sit down… yo. this. first.”

At Genie’s invitation, Arthur obediently sat on the prosthesis placed in front of him.

Ginny, who was watching him, muttered with a frown.

“under… I still can’t believe this. Are you really Arthur Bayern?”

At her words, Arthur shrugged.

“Could you confirm that?”

“… how?”

“hmm… How about cutting off the neck and putting it back together?”

“… … .”

“Ginny, you’ve seen a lot of scenes like that, haven’t you? But isn’t it a good way since other people can’t do this kind of thing?”

Ginny’s expression darkened.

“Looking at you talking crazy, you must be Arthur Bayern.”

“Why is this crazy?”

“… it’s okay. Rather than that, explain now.”

Ginny slumped down across from Arthur.

“Why did you disappear without a word for seven years?”

Arthur pondered over Genie’s question.

‘How far should I explain?’

After thinking about it, Arthur decided to omit the meeting with his father.

I have to tell you, because it’s an unbelievable fact anyway and there was no reason to say it.

In the explanation that started like that, Ginny’s eyes widened.

“… white beard? That warlock took you?”

“yes. So for a while, I was imprisoned in a curse. What is it?”

“curse?”

“hmm… It’s hard to explain in words, but you can just see it as a space with nothing.”

“… … .”

“In a place like that… 7 years in this world. In terms of that space, I have been confined alone for about 50 years.”

Ginny’s mouth fell open.

“5, 50 years?”

“yes. I’m not sure because I didn’t count it exactly, but I think it’s probably about that.”

A heavy silence fell upon Arthur’s answer.

“… … .”

Ginny pursed her lips, and Arthur looked at Ginny.

After hesitating for a long time, Ginny muttered quietly.

“Then a little while ago… What you thought of me when you met me… .”

“yes that’s right. In that space, I endured while thinking of Ginny.”

“… … .”

“It’s a space where there really is nothing. I’ve returned to my senses at best, but I had to do something to not go crazy again.”

Arthur smiled softly.

“At that time, I thought of what happened in Arcane. That’s why Genie’s face comes to mind the most.”

“… … .”

“Anyway, since we were talking and working together, it was natural… huh?”

Arthur narrowed his eyes.

Because Ginny was bursting into tears.

Arthur asked, scratching his head.

“No, Ginny? Did you get bipolar disorder while not seeing it? Why do you cry so often?”

Ginny sniffed and screamed.

“I-I heard that, but how can you not cry!”

“… Did I do something wrong?”

“I don’t know! Just shut up… .”

Ginny muttered, wiping away the tears that flowed along with these words.

“Then are you being chased by Whitebeard?”

“no? He is already dead.”

“… dead?”

“yes.”

“… to whom?”

“It’s in my hand.”

“… … .”

Ginny’s mouth fell open.

After the tears stopped flowing, she murmured in bewilderment.

“You said you killed the warlock who lived for a thousand years?”

“Yes? It wasn’t easy, but I did kill him once.”

At Arthur’s words, Ginny swallowed dry saliva.

‘Should I believe this… ?’

who is the white beard?

Isn’t he a black magician who has lived for a thousand years and the main character in a ghost story told only in legend?

Because of that, Ginny couldn’t believe it easily, and Arthur asked a question while her eyes were widening.

“Now Ginny, please explain.”

“… … .”

“Why did you suddenly become a mafia? The Ginny I know is not someone who extorts money, even if she reveals some money.”

Ginny, who came to her senses, pursed her lips.

“… What were you looking at me for?”

“hmm… Are you a money-grubber?”

“… … .”

“just joke. I was thinking of you as a swearing elf.”

Ginny sighed heavily.

Then he rummaged through my drawer and handed me something.

At that moment when Arthur tilted his head at that figure, something familiar appeared.

“oh!”

Arthur exclaimed and his eyes lit up.

“oh my god… Isn’t this a beast?”

Ginny burst out laughing at Arthur’s appearance.

“I was looking for you, and I found it by accident.”

“… Where were you?”

“It seems that a merchant picked it up and sold it after it fell on the plain near Arcane. He said he was cursed?”

“A curse?”

“As soon as I picked up the gun, they said I met a robber and got pickpocketed or something… .”

Arthur’s eyebrows went up.

“Oh, that’s right. This pistol is cursed.”

“… … .”

“They say that the previous owners of this gun all died for unknown reasons. Is that why they called you the cursed magic bullet?”

Ginny’s expression darkened.

“… Why are you using a pistol like that?”

“Because it works well. I’ve never seen a guy who kills as well as this guy.”

Ginny exclaimed.

“Arthur… That’s why it’s down.”

“By the way, who picked this up? Are you Ginny?”

“no. Elder Willett.”

“… ?”

Ginny handed me some papers lying on my desk.

Arthur’s eyes widened as he read through the papers.

“uh? This… .”

“that’s right.”

Ginny smiled with her chin on her chin.

“The people here are rebels, not gangsters. To recapture Arcane. and… .”

Arthur raised his head.

Ginny’s eyes met, and her eyes lit up.

“The leader of the rebels is Elder Willett. The rebels are Arcane mercenaries who follow Elder Willet.”

Arthur’s mouth fell open.