<h4>Chapter 32</h4>


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    To him, these humans seemed to be just bugs. A greedy, ignorant flying bug.


    A beautiful dirty object which he’d like to burn.


    The young man’s lips twisted with disgust.


    At that moment, the body of Braman Duff, who was crawling on the floor, sprang up. The folding knife, which was hidden in the sleeve, straightened and immediately poked straight into Nocton’s neck.


    However, it was a knife he noticed even when he was sleeping, so it was absurd to get caught when he waspletely awake.


    When Nocton’s eyes shone brightly, a dark fog formed.


    The fog went into Brahman Duff’s mouth as he ran toward Nocton and squeezed him inside.


    Braman missed the knife and fell to the floor. The man’s body was distorted by a fit of seizures.


    ‘Never kill anything. Understand? It’s a promise!‘


    “That’s a good thing. I drank holy water that day. I almost killed him.”


    “Ahhhh! Please spare my life, please! Please! I’m sorry, Your Grace, Duke Edgar!”


    “Yes, I shouldn’t kill people, Valrose.”


    Braman Duff’s pleas were not heard, and Nocton recalled an imaginary face.


    He bent his mouth tough, but he did notugh.


    “But, as long as I don’t kill.”


    Morality beyond that was already an area that Nocton abandoned, so he had no choice but to rationalize it.


    ***


    The weather has turned cold quickly.


    The leaves stained with autumn colors crumbled with the chill, and when it was hot, the sky that had poured out rain stalks became quite dry. The sole became even thicker, and the outer garment was covered with rich fur.


    I was quite fond of this season’s attire.


    If they were buried in a bundle of rich, fluffy fur, I might find even the lousy aristocrats cute.


    Nevertheless, today is not all that sweet.


    “Mydy, why don’t you change your ne, too? The ne looks modestpared to the De Les.”


    “I can’t do it because it’s matched up with Aaron.”


    I shrugged my shoulders at the white crystal ne decorated around my chest.


    This kind of ne certainly goes well with a clear and clean image. Like Alice or Aaron.


    Sadly, however, today’s Alice will note with the white crystal around her neck.


    Well, there’s no need to overturn the crazy rumors of a love triangle.


    I’m just going to dress appropriately.


    She was so afraid of Nocton that she wouldn’t leave the crystal behind to go to a ce where she might meet him.


    “It’s a pity because more colorful looks suit mydy better. Oh, I’m sorry for the careless words.”


    “No, I thought so, too.”


    It was a ne with a purpose, but I couldn’t tell her, so the ne became a couple items with Aaron. Though it seemed unworthy in Sadie’s eyes.


    It would have been a little unpleasant if other maids were interfering in my outfits, but Sadie has my heart because of the years she had umted in my side.


    “I’ll refer to your opinion when I get married, Sadie. “


    Of course, the match for the marriage won’t be Aaron. As of today, the probability will be 0%.


    Nevertheless, Sadie smiled dly as if she wasforted by the remark.


    “Thank you,dy. I’ll be up when Sir ymorees.”


    “Yes, thank you.”


    Sadie left the dressing room and I looked in the mirror again.


    I’ve been a little thin since I’ve been involved in a lot of other things, the power of makeup didn’t make me show much.


    Rather, I think it’s gotten prettier.


    Today, I wore a green satin dress with my shoulders exposed. As the frills andce patterns were colorful, the upper part of the chest looked a little empty.


    Usually, when this happens, I put a ne to distract the eyes, but the ne of white crystal looked rather in.


    I even thought of wearing clothes that matched the ne, but I can’t because it doesn’t suit me.


    It doesn’t matter if the ne is simple or fancy.


    It’s my face that’s really gorgeous.


    I thought I’dugh if someone else heard it, but I was serious.


    Anyway, what matters was not how beautiful I looked at the ballroom. Some time has passed since the bizarre meeting, in which two of the three vomited blood, and it has be a peaceful winter.


    At that time, I knew a lot of things so suddenly, it seemed like something would happen right away.


    The day after Alice returned from Ernhardt, I greeted Alice with a thank you letter from Aaron.


    And I heard a lot of stories from her. The story of Nocton and the ck magic itself that Alice saw in her foresight.


    This time I listened steadily without interrupting her.


    Nocton Edgar is a ck wizard. For him, holy water is like poison, and the divine power that gives blessing to others is like a de.


    It sounded like a monster story, but an innate wizard said that it was because of the different mana traits from others.


    It was said that the white crystal ne would protect the body to some extent from Nocton’s brainwashing, hypnosis, and any possible curse magic.


    Even Alice didn’t know exactly how far his power was, but at least he wouldn’t be using the power to break the crystal with the eye to see.


    ‘So please don’t provoke him. If you’re not confident, you can avoid him.’


    ‘I thought that was only applicable on the terrace.’


    ‘Yeah, I guess I said that in a way. I’ll be clear this time. Absolutely, no matter what happens, do not provoke that person, it’s a lifetime request.’


    Umh ….until I knew the true identity of Nocton, I had said a lot worse than that, so I didn’t really understand it. But Alice looked so desperate that I had to promise to avoid Nocton.


    Although he may not be someone who can be avoided.


    Back to the point.


    The types of ck magic were as diverse as any other magic, perhaps more than that, and I didn’t know how far Nocton’s powers could reach. He did not seem to be able to use only ck magic, and his physical abilities were also excellent.


    This was a story that I knew.


    I saw the table copsed. Unfortunately, Aaron was med for the table and had to pay for it. Although I reimbursed him with my own money.


    The ballroom’s railing wasn’t magic either.


    Unfortunately, though, despite the fact that Nocton Edgar was so active, there was not much action to be done on my side. The days of punishing people just because they were learning ck magic under the Imperial Law has passed. It is said to have been abolished due to the movement of schrs who advocated magical freedom.


    In order to borrow the power of the empire, we had to look at otherws, and even among them, to touch something in position like Duke Edgar, the sin had to be a genocide or treason.


    When I think about the reason why Nocton approached Alice in the original, it was close to treason, but the existence of the original story was meaningless because I was the only one who knew and could not prove it.


    It was also unreasonable to punish him with genocide.


    It sounds crazy, but Alice said that Nocton never killed anyone.


    ‘I can’t be sure, but I think so. The disagreeable employees, his brothers, and the former Duke couple are all alive. All of the immediate blood rtives were sent to the Duchy.’


    ‘So they can be on his palm without having to kill them? Or can he use them somehow?’


    ‘Oh, I’ve heard that in my dream. He said that can’t kill anyone and cursed.’


    ‘I think I’m right. I doubt if he really didn’t. You said you and Aaron were killed in your dreams.‘


    ‘That’s … I don’t know.‘


    When she said so, Alice’s face was nk, perhaps because she was agonizing over it.


    I didn’t tell her, but I think it’s a mistake that he doesn’t kill people either.


    However, if Nocton’s murder is so rare or absent that he can’t be caught even in a foresight, it would be unreasonable for him to be caught by genocide anyway.


    After such talk, we gathered our opinions.


    It was the worst conclusion that Nocton could not be dragged down in an official way until he hadmitted a crime, nor could he be killed in an impotent way.


    Well, Alice glowed her eyes to see if there’s another one.


    I was not going to speak again, but when I asked, she answered.


    ‘Then we can set a trap.’


    It seemed so absurd that I ignored it.


    I also thought about why Nocton Edgar did such a thing.


    If he were obsessed with Alice, I would ept it as his way to try brainwash Duke Limorand and get his hands on the Emperor, but unlike the original, it’s me that Nocton was obsessed with.


    Did Nocton be obsessed with me because of the test he gave me?


    Would he be angry at the momentary bacsh against my resistance?


    To be honest, neither side touches.


    It was a poor conjecture, entirely unfounded.


    The most inextricable of all was the one-sided love theory raised by Alice. Even now I still canugh when I think of the story.


    I’ve heard a lot about Alice’s precognitive dreams, about why he does it, how far his abilities are and what’s different from the original, but I’m not sure of either.


    And now, instead of being frustrated, I’ve be exhausted.


    Alice will keep dreaming, so maybe one day she’ll know.


    However, if we waited until the moment when Noctonmitted the crime, we thought we would be the victims of the crime, so we prepared some additional countermeasures.


    Of course, the best way to do this is not to meet Nocton.


    Maybe that’s possible.


    Nocton said he had no intention of getting engaged to Alice from the start and indeed, the engagement between Limorand and Edgar was broken.


    Aaron, who learned the truth, looked at me as if I had betrayed him when he couldn’t even tell the truth about Alice.


    He’s such a naive person.


    And Nocton Edgar, the other party, remained silent throughout.


    He invited me to a tea party, visited me the day after I woke up, and gave me the holy water. The holy water that he consumed himself to prove there’s no poison.


    After that , he tried to kill Aaron, vomited blood, and….


    After hearing what was going to happen at the tea party from Alice, I got even more goosebumps, but Nocton was strangely quiet.


    I wonder if the aftereffects of the holy waterst a long time, or if he is trying to find another excuse.


    It is said that no news is good news, but in this case, the caln before the storm seemed rather fitting.


    It would be nice if the time passed like this without anything happening.


    Unfortunately, there was quite a big event today.


    It was none other than the third birthday party of a direct descendant of the imperial family.


    Thanks to the current Emperor’s age at 78, the child turning three today was the Emperor’s great-granddaughter.


    It was a bit of a delicate position as the emperor upied the throne until his old age, but if his dysnaty continues, he was the child who would be the ruler of the Empire after the third generation.


    That’s why, I had to attend the party.