LUCIA

Chapter 77 People to Meet

The middle-aged man did not see the people around him shrinking away. The likes of a knight insulting him made the heat rise to his head.

"Bastard? Did you just call me bastard? I see you like to run your mouth. How many necks do you have? Hm?" (Roy)

"Wha...Wha...Wha- this trash-like bastard-! How dare you! Do you know who I am! Do you think you'll be safe after this?!"

"Who are you? And so what?"

Come on, hurry and challenge me. Roy was hoping that someone would pick a fight with him. The middle-aged man was unluckily caught. When he smiled like a delinquent and took a sudden step forward, the middle-aged noble backed away.

"Oh dear." (Random A)

"Tsk Tsk. Of all people." (Random B)

People's attention were drawn towards the commotion. It was terrible to encounter the Mad Dog Krotin but as long as the misfortune was theirs, it was a great spectacle. While people were clicking their tongue at the Mad Dog, they secret wanted him to cause trouble. In the high society that was all about keeping face, there was nobody that provided a spectacle without reserve like the Mad Dog. People felt sympathy for scapegoat of today but at the same time they were excited to watch the spectacle.

Kwiz felt people's gazes fall on him and cleared his throat. It was the celebration party for his accession to the throne. If he let the incident play out like this, it would harm the dignity of the King. He couldn't leave it like this but the question was whether Roy would listen to him if he stopped him. In the past, he pretended not to hear when those that asked him to mediate so his interference now would seem ridiculous.

"Ahem. Taran Gong."

Why don't you stop him? He's your subordinate. Kwiz handed the problem solving over to Hugo and silently washed his hands off the matter. Truthfully, Hugo didn't really care whether Roy made a mess in this place. His interest was only on his wife who was currently absent. He felt like she had been gone for too long so he sent a handmaid after her. He had just sent the handmaid but he was already grumbling that the maid was slow. Hugo briefly clicked his tongue and began to move. Everyone's gazes turned to the moving Duke of Taran.

"Can he really stop the Mad Dog?"

"It's his subordinate so isn't that obvious?"

"But it is the Mad Dog."

The Mad Dog was impossible to predict. People's opinions were divided. People expected the Duke to immediately go to stop Roy but he turned and went to a nearby table. He picked up a knife from the table. It was a blunt knife for cutting salad.

Why that? The crowd questioned in their hearts and for some reason, they watched the Duke with anticipation. Hugo lightly threw and catch the knife a few times with one hand. Then he threw it at Roy's back.

It happened in an instant.

"Hak!!" (Gasp)

"Kyaaa!"

Short screams broke out from here and there.

Roy was playing with the middle-aged nobleman like a cat playing with a mouse. The middle-aged man could not win against the threat from Roy's stature and had hesitantly retreated till his back was against the pillar. He could not believe that nobody would help him. Roy pressed his arm against the pillar and threatened the middle-aged man like a scoundrel. The fact that the man was too scared to even think of issuing a challenge was Roy's miscalculation.

The knife Hugo threw grazed Roy's cheek and embedded itself in the pillar. Coincidentally, the place where the knife landed was next to the eye of the middle-aged man who was trembling against the pillar. The man foamed at the mouth and fainted.