That Man’s 101st Bad Ending

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[Baron I’ve watched so far, I couldn’t find anything special. So is the investigation into the Violet family. It is true that Theresia Violet was away for a while, but further investigation is still needed to find out if she was in contact with anyone-]

“Whoa.”

With one hand on the ground, slowly lower yourself down like that.

Sweat dripped from his body and dripped down.

The muscles that support the weight of the body swell, and heading to the ground and climbing like that fills one number of repetitions.

It had already been three days since the bandages were removed.

My body balance and stamina have come back, and now it’s not too much to do these kinds of exercises.

The letter was from Leonald yesterday.

It was something he kept in his head without seeing it, but he felt like he had to think about how Theresia was away.

If it was Theresia who told me where Miragen was… I had no intention of letting her go clean like before.

Ending the relationship by talking to Theresia, not Violet, could be said to be my own consideration.

I didn’t think too much about Violet’s family,

Didn’t Theresia think that she could ruin it well by herself?

However, this case is different.

As long as he touched the princess, he couldn’t avoid the responsibility, and it was as if he had aroused my own personal feelings as well.

Every time your arm bends, your head gets cold. There was not much time left in the north.

There was also something to tell Adele in it.

Treason, only I know that the time when her life will be in danger is gradually approaching.

As the sweat dripping down to the floor increased, my thoughts were scattered by the sudden voice I heard.

“Wow…”

However, Mirajen’s blank stare at me was quite burdensome.

I kept saying don’t worry about it, but didn’t you stare at me from earlier?

I just couldn’t ignore it.

I knew that he would probably return to the imperial palace soon. How long are you planning to stay in the North?

As I relaxed and came down, Mirazen came over and held out a towel to me.

I wiped the sweat and ran it through my hair. I thought about it while wiping my body, but I don’t know if it’s okay for Mirazen to be here.

I’m not wearing anything on top of me. Are you okay?

“You seem to be exercising like that normally. Because the movement is familiar.”

“I haven’t fully recovered yet. You have to swing the sword to know.”

“This is what didn’t come back.”

Mirazen, who nodded with a rather serious expression, thought of something and lightly bumped her palms.

“Come to think of it, the Grand Duke called. I came to tell you about it, but I forgot about it for a while.”

“…he speaks very quickly.”

She came 30 minutes ago, probably at a time when it wouldn’t be strange if Adele was angry and came right away.

What do you mean by saying that now?

If Adele gets angry, she’ll take it out on me, but when she stared at Mirazen, she smiled shyly and muttered an excuse.

“This is what I saw as soon as I entered, so I forgot. Shouldn’t we go now?”

“No, you don’t have to. He will probably come here.”

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As he said that, the door opened.

Adele stared at Mirajen with a grim expression, and for a moment, Adele’s eyes narrowed when she saw me wearing nothing.

There was a moment of silence as they were embarrassed by each other, followed by a blunt voice as if they didn’t like it.

“Sometimes it was called, but it still hasn’t come.

“I just heard you called. Your Highness has been forgetting for a while.”

“…is that so?”

As Adele’s gaze turned to Mirajen, her shoulders shook for a moment, then nodded with difficulty.

Adele sighed and rubbed her forehead.

If there was one thing Adele had overlooked, it was Mirazen’s memory.

Surprisingly, I tend to forget things, so it was better to write them down.

“It’s my fault. Her Highness, the princess, asked me to go, but I guess I would go myself.”

“Mi, are you sorry?”

“If so, would you please stay away from Robert? If you’re so attached to a man who isn’t even dressed properly, it might be scandalous.”

At those words, Mirajen widened the distance, and Adele strode forward, grabbing my wrist and dragging me.

I was still wearing nothing, but Adele threw the cloak on me and tried to head outside.

It was then that the hesitant Mirazen opened her mouth.

“Now, wait a minute. Shouldn’t the Archduke be careful too?”

I didn’t think it was wrong.

After all, Adele is also a grand duke, so when I looked at her with an expression asking if she was right, she smiled and tapped the medal hanging on my chest.

“This is the North. Your Highness, am I not the grand duke who rules here?”

“Yes…?”

“I’m fine with this.”

If the rumor spreads, you just have to find that person. Adding that, Adele headed forward again.

Grabbing my wrist, with the attitude of not accepting any further objections.

When Mirajen didn’t say anything, Adele moved on without hesitation.

In the meantime, did my doctor not even ask?

I let out a sigh and removed my wrist, and Adele, who was walking away, turned her head towards me.

In the middle of the hallway, Mirazen was already far away.

“Why?”

“Shouldn’t I be wearing clothes too? Besides, I didn’t wash it, but it stinks.”

“ah…”

It was a very obvious fact, but Adele bit her lip as if she had just remembered it.

It was a habit she showed when she was embarrassed. What the hell did I get so distracted by that I forgot that I hadn’t even washed?

Sensing my gaze, Adele let out a small cough.

I was ashamed to even think about it myself, but I heard a small voice from the lips that had been swollen.

“If you don’t mind, wash up and come. Because I have something to tell you.”

“Are you uncomfortable being with Her Highness the Princess?”

Adele seemed to care about that side.

Adele’s eyebrows wrinkled when I deliberately asked directly, as she seemed to be in a bad mood when I was with Mirajen.

Even for a moment of silence, I looked at her without hesitation.

Waiting for an answer, such a long time.

After a few more moments, Adele shook her head and replied.

“…not uncomfortable.”

“then-“

“It just annoys me.”

Adele, who looked quite complicated, sighed.

Uncharacteristically for her, her breath was heavy and thick, so she didn’t answer any more, just waiting for the next words to come.

The answer to being annoyed was quite odd.

It wasn’t just about Mirajen and me, it sounded like an annoyance to myself.

“The rest of the questions will be answered when you come back. I will go first.”

As if she didn’t want to say more, Adele turned her back and moved on.

However, the steps were not as light as before.

I don’t know if she’s worried about something, but it’s probably certain that she’s worried.

And I wasn’t stupid enough to not know that the concern was about me.

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This is not the first time Adele and I have met.

To be precise, they had met in previous episodes.

It wasn’t like this time that they met with Taylor’s name, but it was the same that they probably went through a similar meeting process.

From coming to the north to meeting Adele, becoming her lieutenant, and subduing the alien race.

Since then, we’ve been together until Adele’s death, so maybe it’s a little deeper than our current relationship.

A woman named Adele Ygritte is free.

I always moved as my heart went, and like the wind, I moved only towards the place where my will was right.

Perhaps that is why I particularly like the North.

The north of Adele was special, so being here was a special freedom apart from the family.

Even if they made a mistake, they laughed it off, were considerate of each other, and respected each other.

Those who remember me as Robert, not Taylor.

That’s why a woman named Adele was special despite my few encounters.

He made me forget the name Taylor and he was the first person to think of me as just Robert.

If Mirajen’s death was my first regret, Adele became the second.

“treason.”

The fate that strangles me, but it is not limited to me alone.

I was not the only one who died for treason.

An unknown minister died for treason, and Adele also died for treason.

He already knew that she was not interested in treason.

Adele’s home was in the north, so isn’t this snowfield the only land she cherishes?

Even if she became the emperor of the center, she would have stayed here.

That was Adele, and that was the meaning of the name Ygritte.

Ygritte, the highest mountain range in the north and the name of a god called the guardian of the north.

How could she think of treason like that? I could deny that I had kept it for a long time.

However, I couldn’t.

He puts on a shirt and puts Adele’s cape on top of it.

Adele always wore it, and her warmth seemed to permeate me.

It was a warmth that did not go well with this cold snowy field. I close my eyes for a moment, then open them and move on.

The main purpose of my trip to the north was to solidify my support and to warn Adele about the crown prince.

The first one was obtained to some extent through the subjugation of the foreign people, but it was not warned about the crown prince.

It was necessary to think about the time to bring out such words.

I think I can say it right before I leave, but I don’t know if she will believe it.

smart-

“Come in.”

He knocked on the door and heard Adele’s voice.

Unlike the low voice from before, it was as usual, so I was able to go inside with a little peace of mind.

Adele was alone in the room. I thought there would be other lieutenants, but I was quite surprised that there were none.

As I looked around, Adele looked at me and opened her mouth.

“Didn’t I say I had something to talk to you about? I don’t even plan to do subjugation again, so what am I going to do by summoning all the lieutenants?”

“If I had to say…”

“Sit down for now. It’s not like we’re going to stand and talk.”

I walk up to Adele and take a seat.

I tried to guess what she was talking about by looking at Adele’s expression, but it wasn’t something I could easily come up with to say just the two of us at this time.

As I was thinking about what I was talking about for a long time, Adele, who was examining my complexion, slowly opened her mouth.

“With your help, the originally planned subjugation was completed quickly. Thanks to that, the schedule itself has moved forward quite a bit, so I can start doing things a little faster.”

“Is that so?”

“After the subjugation, I was able to find something on my own because there was something I was still thinking about. As for the name Theresia, which you told me last time.”

Her eyes narrow at the name Theresia.

Adele, as if expecting my reaction, put something on the table and continued. What was placed on the table was a familiar sign.

“It’s the pattern of the Violet family.”

“Yes, the woman who was your fiancé had it. If the woman you mentioned, Theresia, was really involved in this. Probably.”

“Did the aliens have it?”

“It was given to me by the guy who led the aliens during the subjugation.”

It was the moment when the thoughts I had only guessed became certain.

Theresia Violet, the moment when two separate names come together.

As I stared at the pattern with a cold, hard face, Adele pursed her lips again.

“The woman who gave me this pattern told me to go south and find her. And I think you’ll probably head south. Am I wrong?”

“…you’re right.”

Along with going with Adrian, I thought it was a task to be solved.

How did Theresia know the location of the princess,

How he got out of the capital and came into contact with Temuchin. To solve that question, we had to head south.

Adele nodded, saying she knew that, and then continued with a rather serious face.

“I knew that you and a woman named Theresia were engaged. And the fact that the relationship broke up because of the breakup, this is my guess, but that this incident has nothing to do with you. I was kind of guessing. So now I need to know.”

As she said that, her gaze turned to me.

A faint heat rose between the cold gazes, and a face seemed to be seeking an answer from me.

“…Can you tell me what happened between you and Theresia?”