The Military Doctor Excels at Being a Contracted Duchess - Chapter 53

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【Chapter 53】

No.

He hadn’t considered it.

But that didn’t mean Victor’s plan had been disrupted.

“It’s out.”

“Fortunately, that’s all, Your Grace.”

As expected, the fire was extinguished before long and Genevieve was safely rescued.

Though part of the 2nd floor was a mess, the fire-resistant materials did their job well and prevented it from spreading throughout the entire manor.

However, if there was a problem… it was that Genevieve’s condition was far from normal.

“Hah, haah… how are you… how are you here…”

Genevieve clutched her chest and gasped for breath, repeating only those words.

Even though it was her wedding day, her hair was disheveled and she reeked strongly of alcohol.

Genevieve, who was muttering with wide eyes as if she had received a great shock, was clearly not in her right mind to anyone who saw her.

Of course, Victor wasn’t gentle enough to offer comfort.

Leaving his aunt alone, he carefully examined the surroundings.

Whether there were any remaining embers, whether the twins might be hiding somewhere.

Meanwhile, Matthias approached and quietly reported.

“Your Grace, I’ve returned.”

“The study.”

“It’s been done as you instructed.”

“Then that’s settled.”

After exchanging brief words like a Zen dialogue, Victor glanced at the charred floor and wallpaper.

Gaspard prefers flashy things despite being from the intelligence department.

I expected he’d make a big move on the wedding day, but to think he’d actually follow through.

“Your Grace. All the guests have been evacuated. However, the young masters are nowhere to be seen.”

Shortly after, when the guest evacuation was complete, the butler came to report. Victor quickly gave orders without hesitation.

“Divide the personnel into three groups. Team 1 heads to the forest, Team 2 searches inside the manor. Team 3 does as previously ordered.”

“Yes.”

Victor’s plan was as follows.

After luring Gaspard in, deliberately show an opening to make him cause trouble.

That man would surely wait for a day when the study would definitely be empty, and that would certainly be the wedding day.

No matter how work-obsessed the man was, he wouldn’t go that far on his actual wedding day.

In other words, it also meant there were no days when the study was empty except for the wedding.

Matthias had prepared and placed documents that the man couldn’t help but be interested in, and by now they would be in Gaspard’s hands.

The arson was also within expected parameters.

The calculation that asbestos walls would buy time if he set fires was already complete.

Knowing that causing casualties would make House of Bayern chase him to the ends of hell, he would set fires at a moderate level.

This opportunity would allow him to completely renovate the manor without revealing that Bayern family members had been sick due to asbestos.

A game where everyone deceives each other, considering all these factors.

Someone like Gaspard wasn’t the type to open his mouth under torture, so there was nothing to gain from capturing him.

‘It’s much more effective to plant disinformation instead.’

His subordinates would soon come to report how well it worked.

If there was one thing Victor hadn’t considered, it was the twins.

Where could those kids have gone, who had been quietly near the snack table until just before the polka?

“Victor! I heard the fire is out? Are there any injured people?”

Just then, Ebel returned.

After calming the ladies who were about to faint from shock, she had been confirming that the twins really weren’t among those who had fled.

“Have you found the twins?”

When Ebel immediately checked on Genevieve’s condition after discovering her sprawled like a rag and asked this, Victor shook his head.

“This situation was intentional, but the two kids disappearing was not intended.”

“Oh my goodness.”

Ebel’s face turned pale upon hearing those words.

“I’ll go check that tree from last time. Damian might be there.”

“I’ve already sent a search team.”

Though he reassured her for now, Victor already had a premonition.

That the two kids had somehow gotten involved with Gaspard.

Unless he wanted to start a war from today, Gaspard wouldn’t have kidnapped them…

‘Did the two kids follow him?’

With the animal instincts of Bayern blood, that was possible. Whether he looked suspicious or interesting.

Victor stared blankly at the darkened sky and whistled briefly three times, as if something would appear.

And shortly after, a hawk really did appear in his field of vision.

“News came that they caught those fleeing in the forest. It seems oil was spread around.”

“…Oil?”

“It would have been to secure an escape route and prevent tracking. If not that… then to divert attention that way.”

Due to the sunset, pitch-black darkness had descended.

Victor lightly tapped the window frame while looking at the torches illuminating the darkness.

Countless escape routes appeared and disappeared in his mind.

Shortly after.

He looked at Ebel.

“I’ve figured out where he’ll flee to. I’ll go and return, so please take care of the guests.”

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‘He would have expected I wouldn’t escape by an obvious route, but he wouldn’t have known about this.’

At that moment.

Gaspard was in the underground waterway.

According to what he learned from Genevieve, there was a large space beneath the Bayern manor.

It was a path made so that these noble people could escape if anything life-threatening occurred.

Though it wasn’t used now, it wasn’t blocked either.

‘So it’s perfect for a bottom-feeder like me to exploit.’

Drip, drip.

Water flowing down the walls pooled on the floor, making a refreshing yet eerie sound.

Outside was probably in chaos, but inside here was only quiet.

Gaspard held out his lamp and looked around the path he had memorized in advance.

‘Let’s see, where’s the fuse.’

At Genevieve’s earnest request, Gaspard had obtained black powder bombs and hidden them in the underground waterway beforehand.

When this exploded, it would cause considerable damage.

Even if they wanted to chase him, they wouldn’t have the capacity to spare attention and would give up.

‘I must hurry and bring this information to His Majesty.’

What do all the powerful people in this world desire?

They have money, beautiful wives, and health.

Then what?

Only one thing.

Lifespan.

Postponing the day of death. Living young forever.

The King of Frantz was a devout believer. On the surface.

But the truth was completely different.

The king, afraid of dying, had spread informants throughout the world and was collecting mysterious stories.

The more credible the information brought, the better the compensation, so everyone in the intelligence department searched for information about immortality.

Of course, Gaspard, as the chief, hadn’t participated in such things.

But lo and behold.

In the Duke’s study, in the safe under the desk with triple security that even he could barely access… Gaspard had found something.

‘Hourglass? Regression? Making it possible to eternally repeat young and happy moments?’

Ha!

Even if the king doesn’t die, the world changes.

There were movements to overthrow the king and establish a republic or something.

But to live for a while frozen in wealthy and powerful times, then return, live and return again.

To think that’s possible.

What person in power would refuse this?

Honestly, it’s absurd nonsense, but then why was this material hidden in the Grand Duke’s study?

‘While knowing I’m here. Perhaps… hmm, for me to see?’

But if that’s the case… why?

What’s the reason?

Gaspard, who had been racking his brain, realized.

‘He hasn’t solved the secret of regression yet!’

After that, Gaspard became excited.

First, he was curious about the king’s reaction when he properly brought these documents, curious about how much he’d pay. And also…

‘Did the Grand Duke regress? Or didn’t he?’

For a moment he almost forgot they were enemies and nearly approached to ask, but Gaspard barely maintained his duty and ran toward the escape route.

This was what happened from the fireworks until now, the moment he was about to light the fuse.

“What’s this?”

But Gaspard, who had been gleeful, stopped and rubbed his eyes.

Blink blink.

Even closing and opening his eyes, huh?

“Why is this here?”

A face lit by lamplight was smiling wickedly.

In small hands, a cut fuse was visible, and at the feet, bombs were thoroughly soaked with water.

Even expensive gunpowder was spilled all over the outside.

“Oh, this is valuable stuff. Are you going to pay for it? Young master.”

Though he spoke pretending to be relaxed, inside he was breaking out in cold sweat.

That thing glowing eyes like a beast in the darkness… was dangerous.

When he grows up later, he would become very dangerous.

‘Should I deal with him now.’

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