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Servi held Durin in her arms with a sad face and comforted him with a warm voice.
"My son. Your mom is always on your side. So there is no need to be afraid. Now that we know what the problem is, all we have to do is fix it. And it will end when you tear away the kites who made you like this."
"*Sob*. Ugh. All right. Mom. Ugh."
Servi asked the agent a question with a face seething with anger.
"Where do Zeon and Jenny live?"
The agent answers, wiping the sweat from his forehead out of nervousness.
"According to rumors, Zeon won second place in the Magic Tower Lotto twice. With that money, he bought a house 10 minutes away from the main gate of Hero Academy and lives with Jenny."
"These idiots are having fun making my son an asshole?! I will kill them all!!!"
"Here is the address."
The agent said, holding out a piece of paper.
Servi received the address and asked a question.
"Does Black Clay also receive assassination requests?"
"Yes. We receive unofficial requests from VIPs for assassinations, kidnappings, etc. Servi is the wife of a count and the daughter of Marquis Kerwin, so she is fully qualified to be a VIP."
Marquis Kerwin is the mayor of Rafal City, a large city next to Brisen City, and has considerable power.
"Then kidnap three people, Aris, Zeon, and Jenny, alive and well. If necessary, I will attach my father's surname. And keep it a secret from my husband."
"Isn't Aris your daughter?"
"Aris is not my daughter. She must be held accountable as she is the root cause of things happening like this. Is it because she's afraid of me that she plans to disobey me?"
"Countess Servi is truly our VIP. There is no need for knights. If it's two first-year Hero Academy students and a strong maid, we can send our assassins to kidnap them."
"Although Aris is good with a sword, she has arachnophobia. Please keep it in mind."
"All right. Then what should we do with the payment?"
"I'll give you as much as you want. I'll give you the down payment right away."
Servi and the agent then signed a kidnapping contract. The agent's face as he left the mansion looked very satisfied, as if he had made a satisfactory transaction.
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[Night Time]
Durin was in his own room, covered in his blanket, muttering to himself with a half-mad look on his face.
"Zeon. Jenny. Aris. I'm going to kill them all. No, killing isn't enough. Zeon will cut off his dick and will have a vaginoplasty. And I will order thugs to gangr*pe him. Hehe. Then he will be soold to slave traders and made to live in pain for the rest of his lives. Giggling." [T/N: Hehe, leave a review guys.]
At that time, something sticky and slimy was coming into the room through a crack in the window, but Durin was so absorbed in his own thoughts that he didn't notice.
A huge amount of slime flew down the wall and spread across the floor.
Afterward, the slime gathered in one place and took the form of a human wearing a black hood.
A human approached Durin and spoke, in the voice of a very attractive woman.
"Durin. Do you want power?"
Durin stopped his muttering and shouted from inside his blanket.
"Who are you!"
"Why don't you roll up the blanket?"
As Durin was about to pull up the blanket and shout at her, he froze when he saw the woman. Her hood was pulled down so deep that her face was not visible, but something extremely dangerous and deathly aura was flowing from the woman. Instinctive goosebumps appeared all over Durin's body, as if he had encountered a predator.
When Durin was scared of her, he asked politely.
"Who are you?"
"It doesn't matter. Do you want power?"
"How can you give me strength? And there are knights in this mansion. If I scream, the knights will come running."
At that time, the woman raised her arm toward Durin.
The woman's arm turned into slime and quickly grew longer, covering Durin's face.
"Town! Eup! Turn it off! Down! Ugh!"
Durin being stuffed by nose and mouth, left him struggling in pain, unable to breathe. he tried to hit and scratch the slime with his hand, but the slime was unmoving.
Just before Durin passed out from lack of oxygen, mucous dripped from his face.
"Kek! Cough! Cough! Hehe!"
Durin coughed and exhaled, feeling as if he had come back to life.
A woman's voice was heard from inside the hood.
"The knights of this mansion cannot kill me. If you don't accept my offer, I will eat you and disappear."
The woman's voice was so captivating, but it seemed to contain no human emotion.
Trembling, Durin asked.
"So, how do you give me this strength?"
Durin flinched when the woman held out her hand, but this time it didn't turn slimy. A black bead was placed in the woman's hand, and a dark black energy emanated from the bead. Just by looking at it, it felt like the beads had tremendous power.
"This is the seed of corruption. The moment you eat this, you will gain tremendous power that surpasses that of humans. The power to easily get the revenge you want."
"My mother commissioned an assassination cell. I can take revenge with that."
"Giggle. You can't catch those guys with that."
Durin asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"Do you also hate Aris, Zeon, and Jenny? What on earth did those guys do? And why are you helping me instead of doing it yourself?"
No matter how obsessed Durin was with revenge, he wasn't stupid enough to trust someone just because they gave him strength.
The woman answered.
"I am following the will of the Great One, and they are an obstacle to that will. I have a lot of things to do, so I need someone like you to do the work for me. This seed of corruption is extremely precious, containing a fragment of the power of a great being. It's an honor for a coward like you."
Durin asked one more question.
"Can't you force-feed me?"
"The Seed of Corruption is only meaningful if you eat it voluntarily. So are you going to eat it or not?"
Durin thought for a moment.
'You showed me something so important, so if I refuse, you will definitely kill me, right? It's a very evil-looking power, but it does nothing to kill me. I also have to take revenge.'
Durin's worries did not last long.
"If I have this power, I can really take revenge, right?"
"It depends on what you do. If you have this power, revenge will be much easier and more fun."
"Then I will eat it."
"Swallow this."
Durin grabbed the black bead and put it in his mouth and swallowed it.
"Tsk! What is this… Arghh...."
The moment he swallowed her black orb, her immense pain hit Durin. It was the pain of the essence of Durin's entire body and soul being shattered.
"Giggle. You are being born again."
After saying this, the woman turned into a mucus and went out through the crack of window.
Durin couldn't hear the woman because he was writhing in pain as it was breaking apart. Eventually, Durin fainted.
A few minutes later, the knights burst open Durin's door and came in, only to find Durin passed out on the bed. The knights thought that Durin had fainted after having a nightmare, so they laid him down properly and left the room.
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Durin woke up in bed in the morning.
His body felt very refreshed and good.
Durin said it instinctively realized what he had to do.
"Giggle. I am born again. Zeon, Jenny, Aris. I will prepare hell for you."
Durin left his room with an evil smile on his face. Durin's eyes did not seem human.
[Jazlyn's Royal Guard Room, Hero Academy.]
Since yesterday, Monday, Zeon received silver badge training in the royal guard room, ate, washed, and slept.
And today, as soon as the class on mental magic and understanding the world of images was over, 'I am studying.'
Zeon sat at the desk and read the genealogy guide to royalty and nobility created by predecessors.
'Count Drales' estate specializes in fruit and wine, Count Drales married Servi, the second daughter of Marquis Kerwin, Marquis Kerwin is the mayor of Rafal City, and Marquis Kerwin's father is…'
Royal families and nobles were intertwined through arranged marriages, so there was no end to tracing the family tree.
I had a headache, so I opened another genealogy book.
'List of Kingdom History. The first warrior who defeated the Demon King established the Adrian Empire, and he promulgated laws and improved roads… The third king loved art and invested a lot, so art developed at this time…'
There really is so much to memorize.
In this room, there is only me, but also a senior with a silver badge to educate and monitor me. The silver badges take turns watching over me, and the current guard is Gopi. Gopi is sitting on a soft sofa against one wall and reading a novel.
I said to Gopi while stretching.
"Hwaaaaam~~ Gopi. My head hurts just reading the text. Can I practice my practical skills?"
"What practical skills?"
"I'll give you a tea."
"Let's see then."
I got up and heated the water appropriately and set it to 70-80℃. I poured warm water into the empty teapot and teacup, rinsed them, and warmed them up. Next, I put my carefully selected herb mix into the heated teapot. This herbal mix is a collection of herbs that relax the mind, promote blood flow, and have a sedative effect. Drinking it will help you sleep well. It's not really a sleeping pill, it's really just ordinary tea.
Afterward, pour 70-80℃ water into the teapot and steep the tea for approximately 3 minutes. Cover the teapot with a cloth to keep the temperature constant while brewing the tea. The time to brew tea is very important. If you brew it too short, you will not be able to enjoy the taste of the tea properly, and if you brew it too long, it will taste bitter and astringent. We need know-how because the time varies from car to car.
Once the tea is fully steeped, pass it through a strainer and pour it into a teacup. The strainer serves to filter out the herb mix residue.
I held the teacup and saucer safely with both hands and approached Gopi.
"I brought the tea here."
"Let's take a look."
When Gopi received the teacup and saucer, he first brought it to his nose and smelled the scent.
"The scent is very nice. I also like that the teacup isn't too hot. Now shall we taste it?"
Gopi picked up the tea cup in a very old-fashioned way, brought it to his mouth, and took a sip without making any sound.
"Hmm. It's a taste that puts your mind at ease. It has a moderate taste that is neither overly bitter nor bland. Now you've mastered tea making. Congratulations."
"Thank you! It's thanks to the education of our silver badge seniors!"
"It's a really decent team. I will drink all this tea."
"Yes!"
I went to a corner and stretched, then sat down at the desk again and started reading genealogy.
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