How the bastard of the Return Sword Family
lives
Episode 232
Laurel Inspection (2)
Theo immediately stormed into the headquarters of the Baek Gap Yonggi Unit.
At that moment, Julius was not the only one there. The three sworn brothers, Princess Plum and Black Dragon, were also enjoying playing cards.
Julius raised his hand and greeted me happily.
“Open!”
“What kind of opener is this!”
“Our lord has grown strong horns.”
“What on earth is this!”
“Oh my! You already heard about the promotion test? I wanted to give you a surprise, but you found out too early.”
“The surprise has already been a success! What the heck happened?”
“What the heck. Just like you see… Aah! Stop moving! This guy is trying to play with his hands again!”
Julius took advantage of the conversation to grab the black dragon’s wrist as he tried to secretly swap the card with the one on his sleeve.
The black dragon pretended to be calm while coughing in vain.
“Hmm! I don’t know what you’re talking about! Why are you suddenly pointing an arrow at me while you were chatting with Theo?”
“You keep pretending it didn’t happen! Don’t you know that if you get caught stealing, you’ll lose your hand?”
“I told you, I wasn’t removing the bottom!”
“Then can I have your hand?”
“No, I’m asking why the story is going so extreme!”
Theo looked at Julius and the black dragon who were bickering with pity.
“You have to understand. How can we still be childish even at our age?”
Princess Plum shook her head and then grabbed the plate and overturned it.
Wow!
“Ahh! My defeat! My defeat! I had already won this game…!”
“Youngest, you’re doing this because you lost the game…!”
“I have no idea what you’re talking about. I’m just doing this because I think I should only show Theo the good side of myself as an adult. Theo, let’s go inside and talk.”
Princess Plum Blossom got up from her seat, winking slightly at Theo.
“… … .”
Theo thought as he looked at Julius and the black dragon screaming while clutching at their temples.
I felt that no matter what I did, I would never be able to defeat the Plum Princess.
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Torrr-
“It’s a precious tea from the East. It has a completely different charm from coffee, so I recently started enjoying it, but I’m not sure if it will suit my taste.”
“The fragrance is deep.”
“yes?”
The Plum Princess smiled brightly.
At the changed table sat Julius and the black dragon with glum expressions.
When Princess Plum stepped forward to talk alone, the two men said they could not do so and forced them to follow her.
You don’t know what kind of medicine they’ll prescribe next?
“Did you come here because of the promotion test for the Laurel Inspector?”
“I was just saying hello and doing something else. I heard from the head butler that the three of you were together. What on earth is going on?”
“It was a surprise.”
“Since you have succeeded, would you like to change it?”
“no.”
“… … After dealing with those nine people one after another, I really feel like my body is going to ache.”
“Surely we’re going to give it our all? It’s just a show. It’s just an event to show the northerners how much you’ve grown and how great Ragnar’s power has become.”
“You say that, but I think you’ll do your best in the actual exam.”
Julius and the black dragon looked at each other and said.
“You got caught?”
“I got caught.”
“… … Look at that.”
“Hohohoho!”
Princess Plum also no longer made excuses.
She’s probably no different from those two.
Even though both eyes were smiling, there was a different emotion hidden in the gaze looking at Theo.
Victory spirit.
It contains the desire to share the sword with Theo.
In fact, the three of them had only introduced the strange rule of the Nine Dragons War to tease Theo, and in reality, they had only planned to have one or two people come out to test their skills and then end it.
The most important thing about this event was to make Theo’s growth known to the northern people.
No, it wasn’t just the northerners.
The entire empire.
Isn’t Theo’s fame currently shaking the entire empire and continent beyond the North?
There are many new masters like Samgun and Paljae, but all I had to do was clearly show that they were no match for Theo.
But when I actually saw Theo, my thoughts changed.
‘You’ve become much stronger since we last met?’
‘Now, you will never fall behind us in comparison.’
‘I want to share the sword.’
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It was not the elders of the family who took care of Sogaju, but the competitive spirit of a prosecutor who stood shoulder to shoulder with him.
purple.
Just making eye contact with Theo makes my skin tingle.
Sometimes my fingertips would twitch.
In fact, it was amazing that he was holding back from drawing his sword and saying let’s have a blast right now.
“All three of your eyes are burning brightly.”
Roadbroke spoke to me with a smile, as if he had been intuitively observing the situation through the pairing.
“You too.”
‘… Well, I can’t say no.’
Of course, the three dragons weren’t the only ones with a competitive spirit.
Theo, too, had a strong desire to see if he could now match these three.
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Theo Ragnar (18 years old/male)
· Level: 83
· Ability (▼)
Strength: 251 Agility: 243
Stamina: 266 Horsepower: 316
Intelligence: 267 Luck: 255
· Skill (△)
· [Not accessible]
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Theo’s level is now 83.
Although the level increase over the two years was only 8, the increase in ability was much greater than at any other time.
This was the result of focusing on increasing skill proficiency and mastering techniques rather than accumulating experience.
So it was only natural that Theo would become confident in the abilities he had built up himself and would want to test them.
The gap between me and the nine dragons was a wall that I could never overcome in my previous life.
My heart raced at the thought that I would now be able to see the difference for myself.
Thump thump thump-
“You too… have truly become a Ragnar. I don’t know whether to call this a good thing or a pity.”
The plum blossom princess shook her head with a bitter smile, and the black dragon opened his mouth with a smirk.
“In fact, regardless of the results of this promotion test, your promotion is already confirmed. However, we also wanted to confirm whether the mission we are about to assign to you is suitable for you.”
“What is that?”
“First, look at this.”
The black dragon held out a document in front of Theo.
In an instant, Theo’s expression hardened.
-Evelyn Report.
The name of the first sword, which had been missing for the past two years, was attached.
Top Secret.
And the stamp on top of it.
Sharak.
Theo turned the first page of the document.
-Summary: Target, the previous head of the family, ‘Hilda Ragnar’, has been found to be alive. ‘Pharrell Ragnar’ and ‘Wellington Narsio’ have confirmed their participation. Encountering the Naga Nest.
-Hilda Ragnar has been staying in the Naga’s lair for some reason and has succeeded in enslaving them. It has been confirmed that she is restoring an ancient mystery that was said to have been lost, and this has caused friction with the surrounding tribes… …
… … As the mystery is gradually revealed, rumors about the revealed treasure spread… …
… … The movements of the Holy Demon Church were confirmed, and the movements of the Elector Counts, including the Magic Tower, Mulligan, and the Gentlemen’s Guild, were also unusual… …
… … Those who are presumed to be the Imperial Knights also appear, raising tension… …
‘Hilda’s Ascension Ceremony!’
In her previous life, Hilda sought to find Naga’s nest and awaken its mystery. In order to enter the Pantheon, which was her long-held wish.
Because of that, I remember that Ragnar and the Empire were quite noisy.
Because he was trying to accomplish something that no one had been able to do since the time of Sigurd.
But the result was a failure.
Hilda was destroyed just like that.
I don’t know the reason for that.
Theo had only heard about it through rumors.
At that time, the fact that the previous head of the family was still alive was a huge shock.
However, in the present life, the time when Hilda searches for Naga’s nest was greatly delayed, and Black Snow even figured this out and chased after it.
Even Wellington seems to be involved, so things are very different from what Theo knew.
Even if the Holy Demon Church is like that, the electors are starting to get involved in this as well?
And the royal family too?
“You probably know that we have been monitoring Hilda Ragnar through Evelynn all this time.”
The Black Dragon was now not hiding his blatant hostility towards Hilda.
Theo nodded heavily.
“Do you know what Hilda’s purpose is?”
“… I don’t know.”
“It’s sublimation. It’s a struggle to escape from this world.”
“Is it a bad thing if sublimation occurs?”
“Sublimation is taboo.”
“taboo?”
Theo opened his eyes wide, and the Plum Princess nodded beside him and added her explanation.
“You could say that sublimation is a kind of transaction. It doesn’t really matter if you simply awaken the mystery and enter the Pantheon or not, as long as it doesn’t cause any trouble for us. However, the problem is that there is a considerable price to pay.”
“Is any sacrifice necessary?”
Theo was immediately reminded of the resurrection ceremony of the Holy Demon Church.
Human sacrifice, where numerous believers offered their hearts.
“Similar. In that they take countless lives as their own.”
“… … ?”
“The sublimation ritual costs the life force of the surrounding area. And it does not artificially raise the spirit level.”
“ah.”
“Above all, it’s not particularly good in that it opens the door leading to the Pantheon.”
“… … The laws of the lower realm will be broken.”
“That’s right. That’s it.”
Even though the <Nameless Lord> was running wild, why did the Pantheon not intervene and instead rely on Lordbroke and the Guardians?
It was because of the law of causality.
I had no idea what kind of chaos would occur when a being like them descended to the lower realm.
Although it was a level that a god had, the problem was the divine status.
“For example, let’s say the god of magic reveals his will through an open ‘door’ due to necessity. What would happen then?”
“The power of the Magic Tower will increase abnormally.”
“Similarly, if the god of death appears, it wouldn’t be strange if the boundary between the afterlife and the living world disappeared.”
The divine position is the law that runs the world. It is a kind of gear.
It’s been working fine in its current location, but what if it were replaced with a larger piece? Would the device even work properly?
It was difficult.
“The gods we have known so far are not all that friendly to us. Some hold a grudge against Ragnar, and some favor a certain race. Each of them has their own desires and foolishness, and if they were to do it on their own… Ugh, just thinking about it is terrifying.”
Julius scratched the back of his head.
Theo has finally sorted it all out.
In the grand scheme of things, the Pantheon is good for humanity.
But on a micro level, that’s not the case at all.
Monsters who are no different from foreign media if they are not bound by the control of causality.
“It’s the Pantheon. I’m getting a headache from a strange place again.”
Lordbroke sighed.
“That must be why the imperial family and the electors are trying to get involved in the ascension ceremony. To contact the god who protects them… … .”
“That’s right. The problem is that Hilda is not hiding it, but is secretly fanning the flames by turning a blind eye to it.”
The greater the confusion, the greater the amount of energy you will receive from the sublimation ritual.
Theo let out a sigh.
It seemed like the board was much bigger than I had thought.
“Theo, I think you need to step up and stop it. We’ll see if you can stop it at this event.”
