The Iudex's day off

Chapter 72 - Talk to me

Guy... Guys!

 Why did I wake up to over 80k reads?!

 We reached 70k like three days ago!

 Three!

 I'm speechless! (In a good way)

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Contrary to the spectators's expectations Neuvillette killed neither himself nor the witnesses.

 Instead, he let out a sigh of defeat and reached out to-

 Pet.

 The.

 Duke.

 On.

 His.

 Head.

 If that wasn't enough, he actually smiled right after.

 "Alright, alright. Your win it is." He said indulgingly.

 Silence fell.

 The crowd was shocked.

 Duke Wriothesely was shocked.

 Everyone wanted to say something, anything, but they just couldn't open their mouths.

 Well, aside from one person.

 "Congratulations, Your Grace! You've managed to charm Fonatine's number-one bachelor back home!" Amalie shouted.

 Next to her, Claude burst out laughing before following up.

 "Pfft! Hahahaha! Congratulations, Your Grace! You've charmed the Iudex all the way to the depths of Meropide!"

 One had to say, that laughter was indeed infectious.

 It spread like wildfire and a few spectators even dared to throw out teasing congratulations following Amalie and Claude's lead.

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Wriothesely's POV

 Hey, hey!

 You guy!

 Please shut up!

 If you tease this dragon too much, I'm going to be the one to suffer!

 Look, he probably already-

 Huh?

 Surprisingly, Neuvillette had yet to turn as red as a tomato.

 Wait...

 He wouldn't have developed a resistance to teasing, right?

 That wouldn't be good!

 "Wriothesely, I can't help but think that this is what you wanted to achieve in the end."

 It was not!

 It's not!

 "Neuv, listen-"

 "You have the advantage of home ground, but I can probably do better singlehandedly." He continued.

 "What?"

 What is he planning?

 What's with this ominous feeling?

 I took a step back cautiously, but...

 Nothing happened.

 He just turned around and put his coat back on.