Madness
Chapter 41's

"What are you thinking, Nathanael?"

The rebuke from Johan made Nate turn to the old man. He only realized that from earlier he did not listen to the conversation of the two people in front of him.

Since then, he has been busy fiddling with his cell phone. Several times he chatted to someone and waited for him to no avail. Without results from yesterday.

Right now, the three of them were in Johan's room. The old man seemed to be sitting on his bed.

Looking at the youngster in front of him, in his heart Johan cheered happily. Just this time since he had known Nathanael, he had seen the young man look upset and upset. Secretly, he felt proud of his daughter.

"If you're not interested in this conversation, you better get out of here."

Ketus, Johan kicked Nate out. Right now, the old man did indeed want to focus on the cold man sitting in front of him.

Nate began to step out of the bedroom lethargic. This was the umpteenth time he had been rebuked by those closest to him. This made the man lose his confidence a little.

Being in the hallway, Nate leaned his back against the wall and let out a heavy sigh.

He closed his eyes with his hands still free. His mood these few days was completely chaotic. He's really fucked up right now.

Nate looked back at his phone, and had just typed in a few numbers when he heard his name being called.

"Nathanael."

Felix's voice suddenly sounded from the end of the room.

Hearing the call, Nate turned his head and saw Felix standing at the end of the hall. Seemed waiting for him.

"Do you have a minute? I have something to talk to you about. Personally."

Seeing Felix's pretty serious look, the gray-eyed man nodded and walked over. Nate kept his phone back in his pocket to his pants.

When he was in front of the blond man, Felix directed him to one of the rooms there.

"There's someone I want to meet with you. Let's go in."

The two men went into the room that Felix was in and inside the room, Nate saw a strong man looking back at them. His position was facing a large window in the room. He had never seen the stranger.

"Master Laurent's. Meet Nathanael Axelle."

Nate's eyes glared at Felix's words. This guy in front of him is one of The Masters?

The man in front of him turned around, revealing a perfectly sculpted face like a statue of a Greek god. His hair was dark brown, and his body was extremely fit. He looks like he's only in his early 40s.

The thing that might be his disability is his two white eyes. The man turned out to be blind, which slightly affected his physical perfection.

"Nathanael Axelle."

The man's voice sounded deep and very authoritative. He seemed to stretch out his hand.

"Master Laurent's. It's an honor for me." Successfully overcoming his shock, Nate greeted the stranger back.

The two men shook hands.

After the three men sat on the sofa and felt comfortable with each other, Felix finally opened his voice.

"Nathanael. Master Laurent is my creator."

Nate's head turned to Felix. He did not expect that the creator of Felix has a very young stature.

The man's face made Felix smile.

"Don't be fooled by his looks. He is over 2000 years old."

Looking back at the man sitting in front of her, Nate looked at her without blinking.

There really had not been any meaningful wrinkles on his extremely handsome and perfect face. He showed no signs of having lived a very long life.

"If you're wondering, my age with Alexander is only 100. I am older than Alexander. But, I will never be able to defeat his wisdom."

This made Nate again surprised.

"You know that my creator is Master Johan?"

Laurent looks smiling wryly.

"I'm sorry if I was rude. But Felix has explained a little bit about your background."

Nate straightened her body on the sofa. What exactly did Felix bring him up with this guy for? He glanced at Felix sitting next to him.

"I mean I want to meet you actually related to Dominic Allard."

Hearing the name of the bastard, Nate turned to Laurent again.

"The creator of Dominic Allard was Master Laurent as well."

Felix who was sitting next to him explained slowly. The man did not look at Nate.

"Frankly, I don't understand why you'd want to see me related to this."

Nate's voice sounded stiff. This topic made his anger reappear.

"There's something you should know about the boy. Do you want to be a little patient and listen to my story?"

Laurent leaned his body against the sofa. One of his legs he put on the other leg. The man looked graceful and had a classic innate disposition.

Trying to control his emotions, Nate finally nodded. After all, he had been raised and educated to be polite throughout his life, especially in the older ones.

"alright. I'll listen to your story."

Laurent's head looked up a little. The man closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"thank you. I try not to take much of your time and will only tell you what happened after he committed a crime in your house, Nathanael. Because that was the beginning of my meeting with him."

Both of his hands were on his lap. The handsome man started his story.

Flashback more than 400 years ago.

After taking out the entire Axelle family, Dominic escapes from the Nathanael family estate.

The man's footsteps were erratic, finally he steered his horse to one of the forest areas that had a huge lake lying in the middle of it.

Not many people know the location of this lake, and Dominic will usually come there with his best friend, Nathanael.

The two of them were close friends since childhood and together, they also entered into the same unity despite different leaders.

Nathanael's union was led by Alexander Johan, while Dominic's union was led by Otto Wolfee.

Wolfee's family was actually German refugees and eventually after being born and raised in France, Otto was accepted and built his war career.

The only one that the man considered as his barrier to reaching a higher position was Nathanael Axelle. Although he was young, but the man had a brilliant brain and made him able to reach the top position very quickly.

The man also had an extremely outstanding battle prowess, making it not easy to be torn down by just anyone.

Otto was well aware that if he had the physical and brain potential, he would not have been able to defeat Nathanael honestly. This makes the man who is greedy trying to find another way to be able to satisfy his obsession.

Utilizing his position, Otto also tried to find out Nathanael's weaknesses and found, if it turns out the man trusted his best friend, Dominic Allard.

Several times their unity collaborated to make a war strategy, all of which were led directly by Nathanael. And all of the man's plans had near-perfect success, making Otto even more furious with his rival.

One night, Otto calls Dominic to come to his room.

"Mr Otto." Dominic slightly lowered his head when greeting his superior.

Trying to forget his past, Otto asked everyone to call him by using his first name rather than his last name.

"Allard. Do you know why I called you?"

Closing his eyes, the red-haired man shook his head slowly. "No sir."

Glancing around the room that looked quiet and there was no one, Otto got up from his seat and approached Dominic who was still standing in the middle of the room.

He stopped right next to Dominic. Shaking his head slightly, Otto whispered to the subordinate.

"I have a secret mission for you."

Dominic's head turned slightly at his superior. During this time, Otto often entrusted several secret missions to Dominic, and all of them involved the murder of several important figures who were considered to be dangerous to the country.

During this time, Dominic always obeyed the orders of his superiors because everything was written and official. Direct orders from the king. Normally, he would also be formally summoned, and the order was witnessed by the entire army chief.

The existence of a secret mission that was also delivered personally like this, making Dominic frown.

"Secret mission?"

"Yes. Do you want to hear?" A smile was seen on Otto's lips.

Looking at the sneaky smile on his boss' lips, Dominic was unwilling to take any further risks. He decided to choose to withdraw.

"Sorry, but it looks like I'm going to miss this mission, sir. Excuse me."

"Related to hear? Even though your family's betting?"

Otto's words about his little family made Dominic's legs immediately stop. Slowly, the man turned his body, facing back to his superior.

"What do you mean about my family?"

His heart started to beat hard. Dominic understands that his boss is a sadist and does not hesitate to take dirty steps to achieve his wishes.

The man had planned to retire in a few days. He was still waiting, due to a request from his wife who wanted her husband to rethink his decision to end his war career.

One of Otto's hands tapped Dominic's shoulder hard and squeezed him tight enough.

"If you still don't understand, then I'll make you understand quickly, Allard. I'll wait for your answer in 2 days."

After that, Otto immediately left Dominic frozen in the middle of the room. Cold sweat started popping up on the man's brows.

In a panic, he immediately ran and immediately directed his horse towards his family's estate located on the edge of the city.

Arriving at his family estate, the man headed straight to the family room and opened the bedrooms that were there, one after another. He did not find his family at all.

Confused to find the whereabouts of his family, he asked the servants who were there and found no answer at all.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of an approaching horse carriage, making the panicked man immediately head to the front yard to see who was coming.

His wife and daughter got off the car. Both clothes look messy and the collar part of his wife's shirt looks torn.

"The line! Dominique!"

The man immediately hugged his family tightly and kissed the two of them on the forehead.

He immediately examined the condition of both. "What's going on?"

Celine, his wife seemed to be shaking her head slowly. While her daughter still hugged her father's waist tight.

"I don't know, Dom. While we were on our way, suddenly there was a drunken person who forced his way into the carriage. Philip bled from being hit by that crazy man."

Philip, their horse-driver, was seen approaching his master. His condition is quite sad.

"Philip, hurry up and get some rest."

The poor coachman nodded his head and immediately retreated. "Thank you, sir."

Gripping his wife and daughter's shoulders firmly, the man directed his family into the house.

The man asked that his family not leave the house first for a few days. Dominic is well aware that this was planned by Otto.

He immediately planned to evacuate his small family to safety, but still he still needed time to prepare for their escape.

And before he could escape his family, the same incident happened again the next day while he was on duty.

There were two drunk men who broke into his estate and tried to attack his family. Fortunately, the servants still did not go to the plantation and immediately helped the master to put up a fight.

What makes Dominic so furious is that one of the men went into his daughter's room and had to harass her. Although not to hurt his son, but still this has been considered outrageous.

Angrily, the man entered Otto's room without permission and immediately pointed to his superior who was sitting with another leader.

"You! What do you really want! Don't you ever bother my family!"

Seeing this commotion, some soldiers immediately tried to secure the man who looked out of control.

Some of them were surprised, because Dominic had never done troublemaking before. The man is usually obedient and will always carry out the orders given to him, whatever the risk.

Otto finally got up from his seat and asked his men to release the man. He also flicked his hands, telling everyone to get out of the room, leaving him alone with the man who was being emotional.

Convinced that they were alone, Otto approached the man in front of him who seemed still trying to control his emotions.

Dominic's face flushed red and his nose bloomed, trying to refrain from attacking this man in front of him. Both of his hands were clenched tightly on both sides of his body.

Otto's head turned to him slightly and his lips revealed a sinister smile.

"So, what's your answer, Allard?"

Dominic squinted his eyes at Otto.

"What do you really want?" He finally asked with a sigh.

Otto's eyes sharpened and a smile disappeared from his face.

"I want you to finish off Nathanael Axelle's family. To the roots."

Otto's words slowly began to enter Dominic's mind, making the man's face slowly paled and his legs unconsciously took a step back.

"You're crazy." He said slowly.

His head shook his head many times, not believing at all that he would ever listen to this kind of request from his own superior.

"I'll never do it."

Turning around, he intended to leave Otto when his boss resumed his words.

"I'll never kill your family. But I promise to make your wife and daughter suffer for life, until they choose to end their own lives. But you know what? I'll never let it be that easy."

The man's cold words brought Dominic's steps to a standstill halfway through. He was well aware that Otto's threat was not nonsense. That guy's really gonna do it.

Still not turning around and also unable to leave, Dominic heard the clattering of sharp objects friction from behind him.

In front of his eyes, there was a long knife covered in a sheath. The handle is decorated with small stones that indicate that it is a special artificial knife.

"I want you to kill that guy using this."

It was a knife from one of the noble families. The knife was specially ordered by the Allard family for their last son, Dominic Allard.

Otto loved the sentimental value of doing things. Ironically, sentimental men can do this sadistic thing.

Impatiently, Otto shook the knife in front of Dominic's eyes. Tell the man to take it.

Forced, Dominic took the knife and looked at it with nanar.

"I'm waiting for the best news from you tomorrow at the maximum. After that, I'll never bother you and your family."

Otto looked at the man in front of him with a satisfied smile. He is content to be able to complete his revenge, using the hands of people who are very trusted by the man he hated.

"You don't worry. I've prepared some men to help you. They're ready on site."

After saying that, Otto left the man in the middle of the room. Who looked still dumbstruck and looked down at the object in his hand.

A single tear appeared on one of his cheeks.

"I'm sorry, Nathanael."

Dominic then goes straight outside and drives his horse towards his goal. He had to do it tonight, knowing that his best friend was not home.

He also has to do it tonight, before his courage shrinks later.

Today, he prefers his family over his best friend. He loved his wife and daughter very much. He cannot afford to lose both.

Dominic is well aware that as a soldier, he has become a traitor. But what he can do now is carry out his role as a husband and also a father. It was his job to protect his family.

Heart hurts. His heart was really feeling sick and was crying at this moment.

That night's mission, which he had successfully carried out, made Dominic finally escape and choose a place that only known to him and his best friend.

Arriving there, he immediately dropped his body into the expanse of land around the lake.

Drooping in, the man banged hard on the ground below.

The man was crying and screaming loudly. He shouted very loudly, trying to let out the frustration he felt at this time.

He betrayed his own friend, and his army.

He had also become a very despicable human being, leaving him with no face to return to his family again.

Taking out a small knife from his pants pocket, he clasped the knife trembling in his hand.

Slowly, the man placed a very sharp part on his own neck.

Tears flowed from both eyes. The man was crying.

"I'm sorry, Nathanael."

Those were his last words before he finally slashed his own neck very tightly, making his body slightly rotate before finally falling to the ground.

Blood seemed to flow profusely from his wide gaping wound. The liquid began to wet the surface of the ground below, creating a red-colored puddle.

He still had time to stare at the pair of legs that approached him, before finally closing his eyes that still drain water nonstop.

I'm sorry, Nate... Ii'm sorry...