The Northern Grand Duke’s Crazy Son-in-Law Chapter 48

48. I’m scared

‘You finally made it.’

Galahad squinted his eyes at the man sitting next to Pumpkin.

He was the one who had been bothering Galahad since the academy.

The bastard’s father was a director who was parachuted into the intelligence agency.

As the son of such a director, he should have been arrogant or done something behind the scenes, but he didn’t give up and kept challenging, surprisingly conceding the match cleanly.

Instead, he refused the director’s help.

It was for a ‘fair fight’ with Galahad.

Even though he judged that he could not win against Galahad because he did not know magic, he ended up learning magic anyway.

A knight learns magic-.

It was a ridiculous feat, but the bastard did a great job with his magic.

In fact, it was difficult even for Galahad in the end.

‘You followed me here anyway.’

I knew he was obsessed with Galahad, but I didn’t know he would follow him all the way north.

The eyes of the man looking at Galahad were quite hot.

If it were normal, I would have cleaned it up appropriately.

‘This isn’t bad.’

It was a situation where manpower was needed.

Originally, I was planning to go to the information agency and bring in a suitable guy, but the guy came first.

He was a useful wizard and a useful agent, though not as good as Galahad.

It was a much better hire than bringing one from the intelligence agency.

It turned out that the best pattern was drawn unexpectedly.

however-.

‘……What was the agent’s name?’

Galahad looked the man up and down and muttered.

He opened his mouth first.

“Stop joking.”

“Sorry, I’m good at joking. If I was joking, you’d know it.”

Pumpkin coughed softly. First! First!

“Oh, it was Hearst. He looked so different that I couldn’t recognize him. Have you grown taller?”

“It’s not Hurst, it’s First.”

“Oh, yeah. That was the name.”

“Stop pretending not to remember? You have a better memory than anyone else.”

“My memory is quite good, but it is not infinite. I remember things by ranking them in order of importance.”

“Oh, that would certainly be effective.”

Pumpkin nodded. First’s face crumpled again.

“So you’re saying my agent’s name isn’t important? Ha, what a pitiful checkmate.”

“Ah, it’s like this originally.”

Galahad nodded at Pumpkin’s explanation. Yes, that’s the kind of guy he was originally.

“Haha, you’re suddenly marrying the daughter of the Northern Grand Duke? I’m surprised to hear the news.”

Pumpkin changed the subject, perhaps to lighten the mood.

“Isn’t that how it is with people? Just like you two became lovers.”

“We are not lovers.”

“Pumpkin!”

“Oh, it’s a lover. Please don’t put your hand on my shoulder. Seriously-.”

“Haha, Pumpkin is still very shy.”

“I think it’s closer to disgust than shame.”

Soon Pumpkin pretended to cough and slapped First’s arm away.

Then, First asked another question nonchalantly.

“What if he finds out? That’ll be a problem.”

“Him?”

Galahad scratched his neck for no reason at the mention of him. Did that really get known? It couldn’t have been-.

“Your Majesty.”

‘Oh, there was that.’

Galahad was relieved by Pumpkin’s subsequent explanation.

However, it wasn’t a very welcome story for the princess either.

“The princess is just someone we’re entangled with through work.”

“Weren’t you the one who brought that person, who was on the verge of death, up as a strong candidate, let alone mentioning him as a candidate for succession? That’s why it’s already well known that he cherishes you so much, so don’t evade your words.”

Galahad frowned at First’s questioning.

It wasn’t a very good memory.

Galahad made various efforts to stop the king of the demons.

The Princess was one of those efforts.

It actually worked quite well.

[You are in danger. This is our best.]

Until she made a stupid choice-.

It ended because of her choice.

“That’s because I’m competent, nothing else. And isn’t she going to be married soon? Don’t be so rude.”

Galahad spoke firmly.

I had quite a few affairs with her, but that was a thing of the past.

[So you dare to leave me?]

The ending was a bit messy, but that’s how endings are supposed to be.

“ah.”

An embarrassed look appeared on Pumpkin’s face. First laughed mischievously.

Galahad squinted his eyes at the strange atmosphere.

“You didn’t hear.”

“What are you talking about?”

“hmm-.”

First put a cigar in his mouth. The smell of wet wood filled the air.

“The prince who was her fiancé.”

The corners of the cigar-smoking man’s mouth went up.

There was silence for a moment.

and.

“He’s dead.”

First said with the corners of his lips raised.

“He died? He was a healthy guy?”

Galahad frowned and asked again.

Galahad knew best how healthy the foreign prince she was to marry was, for he was the one who had provided the marriage list.

But the prince died?

“They say he died suddenly. Even the royal family is keeping quiet.”

“sudden death?”

“Yes, I am well aware of it, as it was a recent mission we undertook.”

Pumpkin added. If it was a mission they had been assigned, then it was a certain fact. For a moment, Galahad’s head became complicated.

At that moment, First moved his lips as if he wanted to speak quickly.

“……But there is a very interesting rumor.”

“If it’s an interesting rumor-.”

“It’s poison.”

First, who had finished speaking, raised the corners of his lips as if he was savoring the words.

‘…..Poisoning?’

Galahad squinted his eyes at the ominous words.

‘no way-.’

Galahad shook his head.

Her marriage partner was the heir to the largest kingdom in the confederation of kingdoms.

She was crazy, but she was still a clear-headed woman. There was no way she wouldn’t know what would happen if she killed it.

[I’ll correct my mistake. Just wait a moment.]

Her whispers came to mind.

Galahad’s mouth was dry.

‘It probably won’t be.’

That wasn’t correcting the mistake, it was tearing it apart and sprinkling salt on it.

I know she’s crazy, but-.

‘No matter how crazy he is, he wouldn’t do something like that.’

Galahad shook his head.

But the more it happened, the more anxious I became.

What if she did something so stupid and crazy?

Knock, knock, Galahad snapped his fingers.

I quickly ran the calculation again. The result was the same.

From the moment she shook hands, there was no chance of her becoming emperor.

It was a choice that didn’t need to be considered.

“What does that have to do with me?”

Galahad asked, pushing back his bangs.

Pumpkin’s eyes widened at that, and First chuckled.

“That’s how it is, Galahad. Ah, then she-”

“Just stop there. She’s taboo in the intelligence agency. I don’t want to kill you.”

Galahad warned, cracking his fingers.

The first smile disappeared from his face.

Pumpkin muttered quietly as he looked at the hardened first.

I was scared.

****

‘You’ve gotten stronger.’

First instinctively felt that Galahad’s level had risen.

Galahad was originally a monster.

But you got stronger there?

‘This is how I should act as my competitor.’

First raised the corners of his lips in satisfaction.

First, respecting his competitors, changed the subject.

“So why did you come north?”

“Why? I told you to do it, so you did it.”

At Galahad’s calm answer, First laughed loudly. Smoke billowed out from the corner of his mouth.

If Zammit’s words are true, it was an imperial decree that sent Galahad north.

However, it would not be the Emperor. There was no story of the Emperor waking up from his sleep.

It must have been an order from someone of that caliber. It was packaged as an imperial edict.

Even so, an imperial decree was an imperial decree.

It was inevitable.

But Galahad was not one to bow down to the imperial command.

Galahad was not the kind of man who could be forced to do something. If he didn’t like the option, he would have faked his death to avoid it.

There was a reason why Galahad came to the North.

The most likely one is -.

“Are you still looking for the King of the Demons?”

Galahad’s fingers, which were shaking off the tobacco, suddenly stopped.

‘That’s correct.’

It was the ‘King of the Demons’ that Galahad used to refer to as a habitual phrase.

In fact, the Demons were not a big threat to the Empire at the moment.

To begin with, the demons did not appear in the center, and even when they did, they were not that threatening.

It was to the point where they called it ‘honey’ when the target of the mission was the demons.

Currently, the Empire is more annoyed by the Alliance of Kingdoms than by the Demons.

In that situation, there was no way they would listen to a warning that the Demon King would appear.

The information agency was fundamentally an organization that ran according to the interests and calculations of the empire.

“I say this again, the Demon King is inevitable. If we do not prepare for him, the Demon King will one day turn the entire continent into ashes.”

Galahad’s voice was full of conviction.

It was as confident as when he first spoke, no, even more so than when he first spoke.

The situation was such that everyone in the information agency denied the king of the demon tribe.

But how can we be more certain?

When First was about to open his mouth, Galahad raised his hand. Galahad didn’t like being interrupted. First closed his mouth. Pumpkin clicked his tongue slightly as he watched First like that.

“Have you received any information about the North?”

First’s face hardened at Galahad’s question.

The First received information from the North before coming to Galahad. Obtaining information about the mission was a basic requirement for an agent.

“I got it.”

“Whatever?”

“It’s trash.”

First answered honestly.

“I agree. Even if the influence of the intelligence agency in the North is small, this is too much. I was surprised when I first saw it. There is no common information about the North.”

“Common information?”

Galahad’s sunken eyes stared at First.

“The power of the Demon changes depending on the concentration of mana. Like magic-.”

At the next words, First let out a sigh.

I don’t know exactly, but the mana concentration in the north was several times higher than in the capital.

In other words, the story is that the Demon Race is affected by mana concentration.

“Are the demons in the capital several times weaker than those here?”

“And the strong demons don’t leave their territory.”

The story is that all the demons we encountered in the center were just rascals.

In fact, even if that were true, it wouldn’t pose a big threat unless the capital’s mana concentration changed.

“Recently, the black magicians here have opened something called the Demon Realm. It’s the territory of the demon race.”

Galahad added, as if he had read the First’s thoughts.

“……Magic Mirror?”

Just then, the door opened roughly.

A man who looked like a knight came in.

“Captain, I heard some strange guys came! What kind of guys are they?”

In an instant, Galahad’s expression changed. It was very subtle, but he seemed relaxed.

“You came at a good time. Sir Gilbert, these are the new recruits I hired temporarily. Take them with you and show them around the Demon Realm.”

“How many people do we have to hire temporarily?”

“Just go and come back.”

“Yes, hey! What are you standing there for? Come quickly!”

At the shout of the man named Gilbert, First and Pumpkin stood up from their seats.

The two of them were suddenly making blank expressions like newbies.

For them, as agents of the intelligence agency, camouflage was the most basic thing.

Galahad watched the two for a moment as they were dragged away by Gilverton.

At that moment, a familiar face appeared through the open door.

“ah-.”

It was Adrianna, her eyebrows slightly lowered.

“If you were here, why don’t you knock?”

Adrianna opened her mouth wide at Galahad’s blow, then closed it again.

****

‘……f*ck, what kind of training is this difficult!’

Pumpkin desperately held back the urge to burst out in rage.

I didn’t like the devil’s view and the strange environment. But I could tolerate it to that extent.

Although not as good as Galahad or First, Pumpkin was also a capable agent.

However, Gilbert’s ignorant training was the problem.

Pumpkin had a hard time holding on to the ignorant training combined with the breathlessness that made it hard to stay still. But he couldn’t fall.

“You can’t even endure this level of training?!”

Because I saw a guy named Gilbert kick a fallen soldier while foaming at the mouth.

“It was real.”

First spoke in a low voice. His face was full of agony, but Pumpkin knew it was an act.

If it was really hard, you wouldn’t be able to produce such an even voice.

“What…what..”

“The concentration of mana is so high that it’s hard to compare, and the demons become stronger in proportion to the concentration of mana.”

First said, holding the swaying Pumpkin. Pumpkin leaned on his hand and caught her breath.

“The Intelligence Service’s main targets are the Alliance of Kingdoms, high-ranking officials, and anti-imperialists. The Intelligence Service has no interest in the North in the first place.”

“That’s true. However, even though An Ga was a little lacking, there was a fair amount of information. However, the Information Agency headquarters lacked information about the North.”

“Are you saying there’s someone at headquarters shaking up the northern information?”

“I don’t know yet.”

“Don’t do it right there!”

At Gilbert’s shout, First let go. Pumpkin gritted his teeth and braced himself.

“One of the missions that Galahad was assigned was Operation Sejak. It was to shake the growing alliance of kingdoms. Do you know what Galahad did?”

Pumpkin rolled his eyes at First’s question. Why are you memorizing other people’s useless tasks? He couldn’t bring himself to say it out loud because he was out of breath.

“Usually, you enter the strongest kingdom as a subordinate. If you shake the strongest one, the rest will also shake.”

First, who didn’t know what Pumpkin was thinking, started to chatter excitedly. Pumpkin tried to swear, but ended up spitting.

“But Galahad chose the weakest kingdom and began to grow it. It was the opposite of what others did.”

Not interested-. Pumpkin let out an excited breath.

“As a result, the size of the smallest kingdom grew to a size that could not be ignored. The balance of power was disturbed, and the union of kingdoms was shaken. I asked him, why did you choose such a difficult path? Do you know what he answered?”

I don’t know, shit-. Pumpkin couldn’t help but moan.

“That’s how you get a big reward,” he replied. Isn’t that funny? While everyone else was thinking about the success of the mission, he was thinking about the size of the reward that would come after success.”

What do you want me to do! Pumpkin let out a gasp. His breath caught in his throat. First patted him on the back. Only then did he find relief.

“I think his actions this time are similar to that time.”

“……What.”

“he is-.”

First’s eyes were wide. Now the sound of a piercing head is coming out. Pumpkin spat.

“This time I chose the North.”

‘You chose the North? Then your opponent is the Empire?’

Pumpkin squinted at the truly outrageous sentence.

Pumpkin also knew that Galahad was the best among the agents.

but.

“Even so, it’s only one person.”

Pumpkin answered tremblingly. Even though Galahad was great, he was alone.

What does it matter if he chooses the North?

“That’s true. He’s alone.”

First’s nose twitched.

It was time for something to come out.

Pumpkin muttered a curse beforehand.

“Not yet-.”

The first one even brought in the pain.

First, who had been opening his mouth for a moment, continued speaking.

“But what if I, the First, Galahad’s eternal rival and rival, joins us? Phew-.”

First exhaled hot breath.

“I’m scared.”

Pumpkin was also genuinely scared.

****

“So you’re saying Galahad sent you?”

The crow squinted at the thing looking up at him.

The bulging eyes and bowing back were typical of an incompetent opportunist.

It was the human form that crows hated the most.

Why on earth did he get involved with this guy?

“Yes. Are you Corton?”

“Yay! That’s right! Oh no! The executive is here, but I wasn’t prepared!! I’m sorry!”

The crow tried hard to suppress the urge to vomit at the sight of him crouching.

“Put the letter above. I brought you the Demon Tamer’s magic circle.”

“You mean upstairs? Yes! I understand!”

The crow clicked its tongue at the startled man who asked again.

The crow hated him.

However, it was clear that the president of the academy would believe a report like that.

Because the president of the academy liked incompetent people the most.

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