The Granduke Evil
Chapter 16

Arriving at the Duchess castle immediately welcomed her son who had just returned from the mission. He felt relieved to see his son's face again after two months, because the previous events of the Duchess were always shrouded in anxiety and worry for fear of the same incident repeated again.

In the evening Ethan and the Duchess have dinner together after a long time.

" I'm sorry mom, if I'm gone too long." Ethan said in the middle of dinner while starting the conversation.

" Don't papa Ethan, I'm grateful to see you again." Said his mother with a smile.

Ethan smiled as he looked at his mother's face. " It's a good thing I told them to shut up for what happened back then, I don't want to make you worry." Say it in the heart.

They continued to eat that dinner and ended it when the duchess went to her room.

While Ethan went to his workspace to check the documents that Abel had collected while there. He pulled out a chair and started checking the documents one by one.

" What the fuck is this." Ethan said while examining one of the documents containing Count Wilberg's financial statements.

" How can he use all the budget given by the emperor for his own sake. " Said Ethan who was upset after checking the next document. " He also told the people in that place to work to improve the road but did not give a penny. Many of the villagers also died of starvation. " Ethan's grunts were already shrouded in anger after he finished examining half of the document. " Is this the age of occupation? It could be that he forced the villagers to work, even to the point of starving to death." Ethan again grumbled, After carefully examining and reading all the documents that Abel collected he pensively pensive until the morning, think of what punishment is appropriate for the Leader who eats up his people's money and what he should do to help the people in the south.

" Thinking over and over again, everything that happens is not the same thing as the one in the novel. Because I've already got here I have to finish it. " Think Ethan.

Suddenly someone knocked on the door of his workspace,"Tok_Tok_Tok." The sound of knocking on the door. It turns out that Alex, he was surprised to see Ethan still in his study with documents strewn about.

" Anythea!"

" What's Alex, why are you here in the morning?" Ethan asked with a cold expression.

" I'm here every morning to clean up your study." Reply Alex.

" So yeah."

" You were alone from last night here and haven't slept? " Alex asked back.

" Yes." Yeah." Ethan's reply was brief. " Alex, my patience this time is really over, please take Count Wilberg when we go to the palace the day after tomorrow. I want to give her the punishment she deserves." Reciprocity.

Seeing Ethan like that he realized that his friend was angry at that time and no one could disturb him. " Well I'll send the Knights to go south and bring Count Wilberg today. " Reply Alex.

" Thank you, I'm asking you to clean up this room, I'm going to take a break." Ethan said as he got out of his seat.

" All right, leave it to me." Reply Alex.

Ethan leaves the room, and goes to his room to rest. Alex, who is cleaning up Ethan's workspace, accidentally sees one of the documents on his desk.

" It's only fitting that he's angry, Ethan he's the one who upholds justice if something like this happens he'll be upset and angry." Said Alex.

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Two days later, Dawson's residence is already busy from the morning because Ethan and Also the Duchess will go to the palace to report on her mission yesterday. Then who will be present in the palace is not only the two of them but all the nobles in the empire. The day before his departure to the palace, Ethan had already planned everything from his Knights who brought Count Wilberg from the southern region and his departure directly from the Northern region to the capital.

The night before his departure for the capital, Ethan looks at the blue gemstone that is part of the Dragon's heart. " Will he really come if I shed blood on this stone." Ethan. " What if he doesn't come. " Connect while thinking.

" I can hear you son of man. " A voice arrived coming out of the stone.

Ethan was immediately shocked to hear the sound. " There is a sound!"

" Foolish son of a man." replied the voice from the stone. " I can hear everything you say as long as the stone is near you, If you don't believe me, just try to drop blood on the stone. "

" Where is your body big, you show up?" Ask Ethan.

" Yes right, but you're stupid." Ledk sound from the stone.

" wahh.. sucks as well huh you for the size of the Dragon who is the leader of the monsters." Reply Ethan.

" You're also a son of a man."

" How many times have I told you, call me Ethan." Ethan began to grow angry.

" No way, I'd rather call it." she replied.

"Opename.... So the dragon is stubborn." Ethan grumbled inwardly, "then I will call you as I please." Ethan.

" I don't mind."

" Bima, I'll call you Bima."

" What a Weird Name." Reply to the dragon from the gemstone.

" Heh, don't be underestimated huh... That name has a good meaning."

" Huh. I don't care, if you're done talking I'm going to sleep." Her speech.

" Any, wait a minute, I have something to ask you."

" What?"

" Are you able to create a magic circle for teleportation?" Ask Ethan seriously.

" It's not difficult, actually with your strength alone you can make such a circle even though it takes a long time, but I can directly make it with the blink of an eye hahaha.." The Dragon said as he bragged.

" it's very arrogant." Ethan thought spontaneously, "That would help me create a magic circle for teleportation tomorrow." Ethan.

" Alright, you just prepare a large area of land, then put your magical power in this stone and say what you want to make. Later the magic circle for teleportation will be created." Obviously the Dragon.

" All right, thanks." Reply Ethan.

" This way I don't need to stay in the capital like that time, Kira guess how Grace is doing now whether she'll come to the palace tomorrow." Ethan thought that night.

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" Take the train to the castle's backyard." Ethan said to the knight who was carrying his chariot.

Since Ethan had already opened the magic circle in the early hours of the morning, so they only needed to cross.

" Good Your Majesty." Reply to the knight.

The horse-drawn carriage made its way to the backyard, then began to cross the magic-circle it made.

" When was there a magic-circle here, Ethan? " Task the Duchess who is sitting in front of Ethan.

" I made it this morning mom, it's too time consuming if we have to go to the magic tower territory. " Say Ethan explained.

" You made it ? Since when can you do this kind of thing." The Duchess asked confusedly.

" Mom." Since then." Reply Ethan with a smile. " Later we will go out on the lake near the capital, not near the magic tower. I made this because I wanted to get straight to the capital without having to stay at the mansion first." Connect Ethan.

The Duchess stared fixedly, Then slowly grasped Ethan's hand. " I'm sorry, Ethan, you've always been in dangerous places even now." Say it while rubbing his son's face.

Ethan was so full of his mother's words that he clasped the hand that rubbed his face. " Mommy doesn't have to worry that I'm not papa, it's just my job to keep praying for me wherever I am and stay healthy and long. " Say Ethan softly.

" Mommy is so grateful son, having a handsome son is also gentle like you. I'm grateful you're more open with the people around you now, because you've always shut yourself down so you're worried about getting further away from you, son." Duchess.

" Mom take it easy, I'm not going to shut myself down like I used to, especially to mom. " Reply Ethan then hugged his mother.

" Ethan who in the novel did close himself because he did not know how to socialize with the people around him, Plus the gaze of people who hate him makes it even colder and close himself." Ethan said in his heart to remember the storyline of his novel.

After coming out of the magic circle, Ethan's horse-drawn carriage and the Duchess made their way to the capital to the palace. Ethan deliberately separates himself from his army, Because he does not want to be the center of attention when passing through the capital, If according to the rules of the kingdom Ethan must pass through the capital with the army of knights. So he preferred to turn the road, When the troops had reached the gates of the Palace, Not long ago the horse-drawn carriage that Ethan rode arrived. They entered the palace gate, all eyes in the palace looked directly at the entourage from the Northern region.

Dashing Ethan down from the horse-drawn carriage with his mother, he walked in following his troops to face the emperor. Because the meeting this time was held in the spacious palace courtyard, so there was quite a lot of room for the crowd. " Thank God the meeting this time was held in an open space, so there was still room to call Bima." Ethan mutants in his heart while watching his surroundings. Until the emperor Ethan saluted.

" Greetings to the sun and moon of the Verhant Empire." Ethan said while bowing his head in his army.

" Thank you for your greetings Ethan, how did the extermination in the southern region go smoothly?" Ask Emperor.

" It's all going well for you." Reply Ethan.

" Then did you bring the Dragon's heart that was Ethan's monster leader?"

" I brought him your Majesty, but before that I want to report on everything I saw while in the south." Ethan said without hesitation.

" Well, what report do you want Ethan to report?" The emperor asked with a smile.

" Different from the West, East, North and capital, where every resident of the region can live a decent life and get enough food, conditions in the southern region are quite alarming.Outside the settlements of the people damaged by the monsters, the conditions in the region are very arid and barren land and absolutely no food, food, starve the people of that place to death." Ethan said in front of the emperor who was also heard by other nobles.

" How could such a thing happen? I always send the same budget in every region, it should be enough to meet the needs of the population." The Emperor asked.

" You can see the documents I collected while there if you are willing to Sire." Ethan.

" Alright, I want to see it."

The Emperor looked at the Document Ethan gave him, and read it carefully. The emperor's expression instantly changed upon seeing the document. " How can something like this happen, I'll take care of it later." The emperor said after reading the document, the Emperor only smiled as he looked at Ethan for what the emperor was thinking at the time.

" And apologize in advance, Sire, I need a large enough land to summon the Dragon that I captured during the extermination of the monsters yesterday." Ethan.

" Alright do what you want Ethan to do." Reply to the Emperor with his ease.

As the emperor said that, there arrived a noble who refuted their conversation. " Hold on, my lord! Supposedly Grand Duke Dawson was carrying the heart of the Dragon who was the leader of the monsters in the southern region, What does it mean that he will summon that Dragon Sire?!" Said the Noble loudly until all eyes noticed him. The Emperor immediately looked at him sharply, as he did not like anyone interrupting his conversation. " Duke Axton Ainsley, since when are you allowed to talk?"

" It.u I don't mean to refute His Majesty's conversation, but it would be dangerous if the dragon was summoned here." Reply with confidence.

" Is that so? I'm wondering why you're so brave to answer that you know what's going to happen?, quite the opposite because Ethan's already talking I'm sure he won't harm anyone here." Emperor's reply.

Ethan looked straight at the nobleman, "Oh so he sent me to the south, then planned to kill me as if it was an accident." Guman Ethan was annoyed as he stared at her sharply.

" Then Banginda, I beg your permission to call him." Ethan said politely.

The Emperor just nodded, meaning he allowed Ethan.

Ethan walked to a large place, but it can still be seen by people in that place. "well, like this place is wide enough to call Bima, I don't know what his body looks like but I think it's enough. " Guman Ethan while looking around. The nobles at the place immediately noticed Ethan at the corner where they were standing, They were curious about what he was doing.

" You want to call me a human child?" The dragon asked from the stone in his hand.

" Yes, you're ready, right?" Back asking.

" Don't underestimate me, I'm always ready at any time."

" When have I underestimated you?" Ask Ethan.

" Have it, you're quite noisy. Quickly put the stone down and drop your blood, I'll teleport." Say the Dragon.

" who's been blabbering on him, why am I being said to be noisy." Ethan mutter in his heart while shaking his head.

Ethan immediately put the stone on the ground and cut his hand and dripped blood on the stone. Not long after that a bright shining blue light emerged from the stone. The increasingly bright light was like exploding and blinding the gaze of everyone in the place, "Pats_" The sound of that light. "wush!" Something big came out of the stone. A huge black dragon with big blue eyes like a flying jewel circled the place before approaching Ethan. All the eyes in that place immediately looked up at the dragon, they were astonished as well as shocked when they could see the Dragon. After flapping his wings freely he flew up and landed slowly approaching Ethan. Until in front of Ethan the Dragon immediately lowered his head, Ethan approached him and stroked the Dragon's head.

Ethan graciously held the Dragon's head and said, "I'm Ethan Clark Dawson, the leader of the Northern region of the Verhant Empire declared that the Monster Massacre Mission in the southern region has been successfully carried out, And I brought the Dragon who is the leader of the monsters from the southern region as proof of the completion of his mission. "