The Lazy Genius of the Duke - Chapter 219



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The Lazy Genius of the Duke’s Family (219)

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“What’s next on the agenda?”

A meeting of the Tobias family was held at the mansion of Lady Josephine in the ducal castle, presided over by Lady Josephine. Lady Josephine sat at the head of the table and personally presided over the meeting.

“This is a flood control project for the Tobias County.”

“Dimensions?”

“Yes. The prolonged drought is worsening the shortage of water needed for copper mining.”

Copper is an important mineral. It is used as one of the important magical materials, and is the second most important mineral after iron ore for artifacts and various casting techniques.

The Tobias County had a copper mine that provided 30% of the Tobias family’s annual budget. Copper mining was one of the Tobias family’s main businesses.

The problem is that mining copper requires a lot of water. When miners extract copper from the mine, they need a technique called watering to separate the copper, which requires a lot of water.

The problem was that the Viscounty of Tobia had the lowest rainfall in the Duchy of Kepler, and was prone to droughts. Most of the ground was made up of porous basalt, which meant there was always a shortage of water.

“It’s a water project. Are you going to bring in water?”

“Yes. Master Rooster has expressed his opinion that bringing water by horse or manpower is too wasteful.”

Then Lady Josephine looked up. Then she looked at her nephew, Rooster, who was sitting at the end of the table.

“Rooster. Your opinion?”

“Yes, Aunt.”

Rooster bowed his head politely. Rooster was the son of Manic Tobia, Lady Josephine’s younger brother. Manic Tobia was the head of the Tobia family, but he had been seriously ill and unable to take care of affairs for many years.

After graduating from the Jupiter Academy’s Faculty of Administration, Rooster returned to the Duchy of Kepler and worked as a junior administrator in the Department of Strategy.

“Wasn’t the water supply business a long-standing wish of our family? This is an opportunity to solve the chronic water shortage problem….”

“You’re trying to spend a useless budget while the head of the household is away.”

Mrs. Josephine cut off Rooster. Rooster’s face hardened slightly. He was the heir in name, but his words were being unilaterally ignored.

Strictly speaking, Madame Josephine is an outsider.

However, she was acting as regent by asserting her status as a member of the ducal family. Normally, Rooster should have spoken as the head of the household, but Lady Josephine’s influence within the family was so great that the issue of the head of the household could not even be properly brought up.

“But, aunt.”

“I will consider your opinion. However, the water management business is something that involves the family’s long-term plans. With Manic in a hospital bed, it may be difficult to undertake a large-scale business. I cannot go to the site myself.”

The dimensional business is a task that requires the full capacity of the family. Therefore, the head of the household must personally look after it. However, that is the task that should be done by Rooster, not Lady Josephine.

But Lady Josephine acted as if she were the head of the household.

“I think it would be better to hire the wizard of the Jell-O Tower.”

The Gelu Tower is a place with magicians of the ice and water attribute series. If you mobilize magicians of the water attribute series, you can solve the water shortage problem to some extent.

But it is only temporary.

“Auntie. Rather than solving temporary problems, we need to look to the future with a long-term perspective. Don’t you know that every time a drought comes to the territory, many of the people in the territory complain of suffering?”

Moreover, the cost of hiring a wizard is not cheap. If you proceed with the water management project, the problems of the next hundred years will be solved, but the wizard will only solve the problems of this year. The money that must be paid to the wizard is about 20% of the money spent on the water management project.

“If there is a problem in the territory, it is something that the lord and the people of the territory must all work together to resolve. Rooster. As a small-scale lord, I think I need to study a little more about what is necessary to run the territory.”

Rooster hung his head. Not once since Lady Josephine began hosting family councils had his opinion passed.

Rooster became keenly aware that his aunt, Lady Josephine, was keeping him in check.

After a while, the meeting was called off. Rooster stumbled out of Lady Josephine’s mansion. The vassals of the Tobias family looked at Rooster with pity, but no one spoke to him.

“What kind of waste is this?”

Rooster clenched his fist. With Lady Josephine taking over as regent, all meetings were held at Casa Kepler rather than at the Tobias House.

Because of this, all the vassals had to come to Casa Kepler whenever a meeting was held, and then return to the Tobias household afterward. It took a whole day just to make the round trip.

Rooster sighed.

“The wizard of the Jell-up Tower. I heard from my aunt that the Jell-up Tower sends gifts and letters every year.”

The reason why Rooster’s dimensional business was not adopted is because there was some kind of relationship between Madame Josephine and Gelu Matap.

When the head of the family was still alive, Lady Josephine did not dare to directly interfere with the estate. However, the moment the head of the family fell, Lady Josephine began to exert influence over the family as if she had been waiting for it.

“It’s frustrating. There’s nothing I can do.”

All the vassals looked at Lady Josephine more than themselves, because she was the legitimate wife of the Kepler family. Although the former Archduke Crito, a cousin of Rooster, had died, the fact that she was a part of the family did not disappear.

Rooster looked at the mansion with displeasure.

“What on earth are you thinking? Why do you think we need to keep Prince Benio in check?”

Madame Josephine had called Rooster in advance before the meeting. In the private meeting, Rooster was suspicious of her unexpected words.

That we must keep Grand Duke Benio in check.

Rooster was saddened by the death of his cousin and Lady Josephine’s son, Crito. But that was the extent of it. Although they were cousins, they were not close friends because Crito always looked down on Rooster and the Tobias family.

This is because Crito thought that the Tobias family was trying to benefit the Kepler family just because they were his mother’s family.

Then Crito died. And Benio became the new Grand Duke. But Lady Josephine asked Rooster for cooperation, saying that Benio should be kept in check.

‘The Grand Duke Selection Competition was clearly a victory for Prince Benio. An overwhelming victory in an unfavorable situation. And if you just listen to the rumors about Prince Benio that have been circulating in social circles recently, it’s the same.’

Rooster had no prejudice against Benio. Rather, as a vassal of the duchy, he felt proud and proud that Benio had shaken off the scandal and grown into an archduke.

‘Is it because of the Euper family?’

Whatever the reason, Madame Josephine hated and loathed Benio. Rooster made a dark expression.

‘A large amount of family funds were withdrawn. They used the family seal. It wasn’t my father, it was my aunt. I wonder where my aunt needed that much money.’

Lady Josephine’s tyranny was increasingly going beyond the line. As the legitimate successor to the Tobias family, Rooster wanted to stop Lady Josephine’s tyranny, but he was powerless.

This is because most of the family’s vassals were within Lady Josephine’s sphere of influence.

There were only two or three people that Rooster could trust and rely on. That was not enough to change the flow. He felt a sense of crisis that if things continued this way, the family would be destroyed by Lady Josephine, but Rooster’s sighs grew louder because there was nothing he could do.

At that moment, someone appeared in front of Rooster. Rooster’s eyes widened. This was because a person had suddenly appeared in a place where there had been no one. And in the dukedom, there was only one type of person who could do this.

“net?”

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“Sent by Grand Duke Benio.”

Rooster’s eyes widened slightly. This was because the Duke had given Benio the agent of the net. But Rooster came to his senses.

“Are you saying that the Grand Duke sent you?”

“Yes. Here.”

Bernanke was out of luck last night. Rooster had been up all night in the strategy room. And he had been following him since the morning wind had started to move, and now he has shown up.

Rustle.

Rooster opened the envelope. Inside was a letter written by Benio. Rooster nodded after reading the letter to the end.

“Where should I go?”

“You may come to the Grand Duke’s mansion. Then.”

Swish.

Bernanke disappeared before his eyes. It was a stealth technique that was hard to believe even when you saw it with your own eyes. Rooster took a quick look around and then moved on.

* * *

“Diato. Where are the wounds?”

“I am all better, my lord.”

Diato swung his arms. The assassin’s surprise attack came last night, but thanks to Haley, he was able to prepare in advance.

However, while subduing the assassin, Diato was injured. This was because Diato’s specialty, spearmanship, could not be used in the narrow indoor space.

“Spend a little more time practicing each method. How can you stand next to me if you get hurt by a murderer?”

“I will keep that in mind, my lord.”

Diato’s development was dazzling. However, it was limited to spearmanship. The techniques needed to use spearmanship and the techniques useful in close combat were not achieved.

“Changsoo must use his legs well. Do not forget that he can conquer the world with just one technique.”

“Yes, my lord.”

Benio, who had been nagging Diato, found Tony. Tony approached him and bowed down.

“Your Majesty, there is a guest outside.”

“Is that Rooster Tobias?”

“Yes, your highness.”

Benio smiled slightly. I sent Bernanke last night, but there must have been some kind of accident along the way. But since he came, it’s okay.

“To the basement.”

“Yes, your highness.”

Tony bowed and disappeared. Benio went down to the basement with Diato, who had his arm bandaged. There, Luten was acting as a guard, and when he saw Benio, he got up from his seat.

“My lord.”

“What is the condition of the killers?”

“They are not obedient, but they are not making a fuss because they have no way of escaping.”

“okay.”

After a while, footsteps were heard and Rooster appeared. He looked perplexed, probably because he had been told to come to the basement.

“It’s Rooster, Your Highness.”

“This is Benio.”

In the basement, there was a place that had been used as a wine cellar for a long time. Benio had locked up the murderers there. Benio pointed to the cellar with his hand to Rooster.

“The assassins who tried to assassinate me last night are locked inside there.”

“Oh, assassination?”

Rooster’s eyes widened. Rooster was confused. Not only was he taken to the basement instead of the living room, but he was also shown the water gun.

But then Rooster’s expression changed.

‘A large amount of money was withdrawn. And Prince Benio. Could it be your aunt?’

The puzzle was put together in my head. That’s why I brought up the idea of ​​calling Rooster and talking about keeping Benio in check.

I knew the assassination had failed.

“I heard you’re a low-ranking administrative officer in the Strategy Department. Or should I say a strategy officer?”

“Your Highness.”

“I believe you recognize Bernanke. Rooster Tobias. May I take this as the will of the Tobias family?”

Benio’s words dug into Rooster like an awl. Rooster was flustered. He instinctively felt that if he answered wrongly here, the Tobias family could be destroyed.

“I haven’t told Your Majesty yet. I wanted to give you a chance. The Palshin family is an indispensable noble family to the Duke.”

Benio reached out to the Tobias family. Rooster chewed on Benio’s words. But there was only one way from the beginning.

“I have only one choice.”

“Take my hand. Brother Crito is dead. Can’t we create a new relationship with the Tobias family?”

“What do you want from me?”

It is a well-known fact that Manic Tobias will not recover. Rooster will be the next head of the household. Benio told him.

“Get rid of Lady Josephine’s shadow. And let Prince Rooster rule the house. Then take my hand.”

“…I have no strength.”

“no.”

Benio pointed to the assassin.

“They will become Confucius’ strength.”

“Are you a murderer?”

“Trade with Grandmother and them.”

Rooster’s eyes turned to the assassins. Benio put his hand on Rooster’s shoulder and said.

“It’s about seizing Grandmother’s weakness. Little by little, you can push Grandmother away. I’ll help you.”

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