My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 146

§ 146 – Fury, and… (1)

The incident at the Lord’s Castle.

That incident spread like wildfire throughout Ruben.

And as a result, Ruben was turned upside down.

“The Lord was the target of an assassination attempt…?”

“Good heavens… Good heavens…”

The assassination attempt on Cian.

Of course, this wasn’t the first assassination attempt on Cian.

But back then, one had to wonder, was that even an assassination…?

It was suppressed before the assassination even began.

And because of that, no one was harmed.

Of course, the fact that there was an assassination attempt remained unchanged.

However, thanks to Cian quietly handling the matter, the residents of the territory did not know the details.

But this time it was different.

“I heard that Instructor Kerner is in critical condition.”

This assassination attempt clearly had a ‘victim’.

And the assassin who tried to assassinate Cian.

“But I heard… that Kerner tried to assassinate the Lord…?”

That assassin was none other than Ruben’s assassination instructor, Kerner.

“What? That’s absurd!”

“Then he failed to assassinate the Lord?”

“I don’t know. I just heard it from someone…”

The fact that a resident of Ruben tried to assassinate Cian.

This was shocking to the residents of Ruben.

Because to the residents of Ruben, Cian was more than just a lord.

Betraying such Cian was unthinkable.

But to go beyond betrayal and even attempt assassination?

“Why on earth would Instructor Kerner…?”

“What on earth is going on?”

The residents of the territory couldn’t understand the situation.

But nothing was clearly revealed.

As a result, the residents of the territory began to have different opinions.

“Come to think of it… Kerner was a top-class assassin from the underworld, wasn’t he?”

“Could it be that the reason he came to Ruben was…?”

The residents of the territory began to amplify their doubts about Kerner.

Kerner, a top-class assassin from the underworld.

Although he was now a resident of Ruben, Kerner’s past was not erased.

“Hey, there must be some misunderstanding.”

“There’s no way Instructor Kerner would…”

“The Instructor Kerner I saw would never do that.”

There were also people who believed in Kerner.

Kerner as seen by the residents of Ruben.

The actions he had shown for Ruben so far could not be seen as lies at all.

Just as the residents of the territory thought of and believed in Cian.

The residents of the territory also thought of and believed in each other.

But.

“Still, even so…”

“How could he do that to the Lord…”

The suspicion of Kerner did not subside.

While opinions were divided internally.

“No, it could be a misunderstanding. You said you just heard it, right? How can you be so sure?”

“But it’s true that Kerner tried to kill the Lord.”

“What? Kerner? You’re not even calling him Instructor Kerner anymore?”

It created a slight sign of division in the united Ruben.

The entire Ruben was turned upside down.

So, in the midst of this chaotic Ruben.

‘Divine Healer’s Clinic Lv.5’ located in Ruben.

Hans heard the news and rushed to the Divine Healer’s Clinic Lv.5.

And there were already many people gathered at the clinic.

“What… what happened?”

To Hans’ question, everyone gathered at the clinic shook their heads.

They didn’t seem to know what was going on either.

Because it was an assassination attempt that took place in Cian’s office.

There was no way they could know what happened inside.

Only one person.

-Well, you see…

Only Leia knew the whole story.

Leia, the guardian spirit of Ruben and the butler of the Lord’s Castle.

Leia had a habit of secretly eavesdropping behind the wall whenever guests came to Cian’s office.

Cian knew about it, but he pretended not to know.

-At first… nothing special happened.

Leia calmly explained what had happened in the office.

After that short story ended.

“……”

Hans felt like his head was getting more complicated.

Looking at the situation alone, it was like this.

Kerner handed Cian a dumpling, and Cian ate it.

Then Kerner also ate a dumpling, and Kerner collapsed, vomiting blood.

“Was the dumpling Kerner ate poisoned?”

Leia calmly nodded.

That meant someone had poisoned the dumpling that Cian was going to eat.

The dumpling that Cian ate was made by Dana.

Therefore, the most likely suspect to have put the poison in was Dana.

However, Dana was quickly excluded from the list of suspects.

There was no reason to do so.

In the first place, if she had wanted to, Dana could have done it a long time ago.

Then the only person left was one person.

“Did Kerner… put poison in the dumpling?”

-I think so.

“……”

Hans bit his lip as Leia nodded once again.

In other words, Kerner himself ate the poisoned dumpling that was intended for Cian.

Hans slowly turned his gaze.

And among the bustling crowd.

He could find a man standing alone.

Cian was sitting alone in the corner of the clinic.

Cian’s entire body was covered in blood.

Could he still be alive after shedding that much blood?

He was so covered in blood that one had to wonder.

It was hard to believe that it was the amount of blood that came from one person.

It was as if he had just returned from the battlefield.

Cian was just sitting there without saying anything, without any expression.

Perhaps because of that, Cian’s atmosphere was quite different from usual.

The slightly dazed and spaced-out feeling was gone.

He looked somehow heavy and… angry about something.

Because of that, not only the people gathered at the clinic.

Even Leia couldn’t easily approach Cian.

Cian’s appearance had never been seen in Ruben before.

However, Hans, who had been with Cian for his entire life, had seen it once.

Not many times… just once.

He had seen Cian’s appearance like that in the family.

“Young Master…”

That’s why Hans was very worried about Cian.

Just then.

Click.

The door inside the clinic opened and a woman with simple beauty appeared.

Grayson’s daughter and Ruben’s excellent healer, Ellie.

Hans turned his gaze away from Cian and immediately asked Ellie.

“How is he, how is he?”

Ellie shook her head slightly with a haggard face.

“Fortunately, all the poison absorbed into his body has been removed. Actually, I didn’t do much. The poison was already being neutralized. He’ll probably wake up after resting for about a day.”

“Heo…”

“Hmm…”

People, including Hans, exclaimed at Ellie’s words.

They hadn’t seen Kerner’s condition.

But they could tell just by looking at Cian’s body covered in blood.

The poison Kerner ate was the most deadly poison in the world.

But he was not only alive after eating such poison.

The poison was being neutralized even without Ellie’s treatment?

So, he could wake up after only resting for a day?

Then wasn’t poisoning meaningless in the first place?

“Hmm…”

“Heo…”

People didn’t know how to understand this.

“Nevertheless, it was a very vicious poison. It was a type I’ve never seen before, but where on earth did he get such poison…”

No matter how outstanding Ellie’s medical knowledge was.

She didn’t know about all the herbs and poisons in the world.

But there was almost no one who knew as much as Ellie.

It was impossible unless someone delved deeply into poison and studied it.

And there was only one such person in Ruben.

“Could it be… that Kerner was deliberately trying to assassinate the Lord?”

It was only Kerner, a top-class assassin from the underworld.

“I don’t know about that…”

Ellie only shook her head slightly and didn’t say anything else.

And the other people also didn’t open their mouths.

However, even though they didn’t speak.

A common thought was emerging in people’s minds.

The poison that even Ellie had never seen before.

What that meant was…

Just then.

“No.”

A low voice was heard from one corner.

People’s gazes all turned to the direction of the sound.

Looking there.

“Kerner wasn’t trying to assassinate me.”

Cian was slowly getting up from his seat.

Cian calmly looked around.

At the same time, complex thoughts flooded his mind.

Assassination attempt on Cian.

In fact, Kerner had once tried to assassinate Cian.

That’s why Cian knew.

Kerner had no intention of assassinating Cian from the beginning.

It didn’t make sense in the first place.

The fact that Kerner ate the poisoned dumpling didn’t make sense.

He tried to feed it to Cian but accidentally ate it himself?

Would a top-class assassin make such a mistake?

Well, it was possible.

To be precise, even a top-class assassin could make a ‘mistake’.

But there was a range that could be understood as a mistake.

And Kerner’s actions were not within the range that could be understood as a mistake.

Because Kerner had hidden the poisoned dumpling separately.

Deep under the lunch box.

He had hidden the poisoned dumpling separately there.

That’s why Cian didn’t know.

Until Kerner revealed it, Cian didn’t know that there was such a space.

He didn’t know that there was a dumpling there at all.

It seemed that Leia hadn’t seen this scene.

She seemed to have not seen it properly because she was secretly eavesdropping on Cian.

That’s why she didn’t know this fact.

Only Cian knew.

And Kerner’s last words of request.

‘For the sake of a pathetic me, for the sake of a mere bastard.’

From the beginning, Kerner.

‘Please… do not be angry.’

Had no intention of feeding Cian the poisoned dumpling.

Cian calmly raised his gaze and looked at the tightly closed room of the clinic.

Kerner, who is currently resting.

Originally, it could be said that it was an impossible poison to detoxify.

If Cian hadn’t upgraded to ‘Divine Healer’s Clinic Lv.5’.

If there wasn’t an excellent healer named Ellie in Ruben.

Above all, if there wasn’t the World Tree’s blessing ‘All harmful effects -80% reduction’.

If even one of these had gone wrong.

Kerner couldn’t be alive right now.

Clench!

Cian clenched his fist without realizing it.

People were just looking at Cian’s expression as Cian’s trembling fist shook.

Kerner had no intention of harming Cian from the beginning.

Nevertheless, Kerner came to Cian.

Even though there was no reason to do so at all.

What this implies is just one thing.

There is someone behind Kerner who instigated him.

And Kerner couldn’t refuse the request.

There must have been a reason why he couldn’t do that.

He didn’t know why Kerner couldn’t refuse.

He also couldn’t know why he had to make such an extreme choice.

But someone who instigated Kerner.

That wasn’t too difficult.

First of all, the 2 million gold bill in Kerner’s possession.

And.

“Lord. It’s Grayson.”

In an instant, Grayson’s voice was heard from outside the clinic.

Grayson, an excellent hunter and master of tracking who has lived in the Dark Forest for decades.

“A few days ago, I found traces of Kerner heading to the Elantur Marquisate. It seems… Kerner visited the Elantur mansion.”

“……!”

“……!”

“……!”

Everyone showed surprised expressions at Grayson’s words.

Only Cian didn’t show any change in expression.

“And this…”

Then Grayson handed Cian a letter.

The letter was stamped with the white wolf seal symbolizing the Elantur family.

And Durak’s seal was additionally stamped below it.

Cian took the letter from Grayson and examined its contents.

[The cold wind recedes, and the warm energy rises. From the Elantur Marquisate…]

A phrase that begins with useless rhetoric.

Cian calmly read through the contents.

Immediately after reading the last content of the letter.

“It seems like the time is approaching.”

Crack!

Cian tore the letter as it was.

#

“Failed…”

Isabel put down the teacup she was holding at the report from the chief manager, Lerrit.

A report that the assassination of Cian had failed.

But there was something unsettling about believing it as it was.

It was the appearance he showed at the time of the request.

That wasn’t the appearance a hunting dog would show.

“Is there a possibility of false acting?”

“I need to investigate a little more, but… according to the results of the investigation so far, circumstances have been captured that the hunting dog died due to the assassination failure.”

Isabel nodded only then at Lerrit’s continued report.

If it was false acting, the situation where the hunting dog dies would not happen.

She just had to deceive the eyes of the outside.

Nevertheless, the hunting dog died.

This meant that Cian was really angry and killed him.

And that meant.

The hunting dog sincerely carried out the assassination of Cian.

“A top-class assassin.”

Isabel snorted once.

Then Isabel took a sip of the teacup she was holding.

“What should I do?”

Isabel lightly put down the teacup and paused for a moment.

The assassination failed… it was quite disappointing.

But that was all.

Just disappointing.

It was neither more nor less than that.

Isabel didn’t care about the death of a mere dog at all.

She just had to prepare for the next one.

There were plenty of hunting dogs in the underworld.

There were many guys who would wag their tails and bark if she gave them money.

However.

“Leave it for now.”

Now was not the time.

Not only had the security been strengthened because the assassination had failed.

I heard… there were signs of division in Ruben itself.

A resident of the territory tried to assassinate the lord.

This fact planted the seeds of discord in the residents of the territory.

A situation was happening where they couldn’t trust each other.

As the saying goes, an internal enemy is more terrifying than an external enemy.

Although the assassination itself failed, it was a small achievement.

So, there was no need for Isabel to take action right now.

She just had to let Ruben and Cian destroy themselves.

She just had to let them fall apart one by one.

“Just leave it for now.”

Isabel smiled contentedly.

Crash!

Suddenly, a loud noise was heard from outside the door.

At the same time, there was a loud commotion.

-Get out of the way.

And a low voice was heard.

-I, if you do this, it’s not, it’s not allowed…!

-No matter how much of a young master you are…!

After that, voices of embarrassment followed.

“I’ll go check.”

Lerrit moved his steps at the commotion.

But Lerrit had no choice but to stop his steps quickly.

-I clearly told you to get out of the way.

A voice heard from just beyond the door.

-Hiek…!

And.

Bang!

With a loud roar, the door to Isabel’s office was smashed.

Soon, someone walked through the smashed door.

“It’s been a while, Mother.”

And a familiar voice was heard.

Isabel’s eyebrows twitched.