Episode 120
“Sole, sule!”
“Hey! I, I’m the one who’s drunk!”
Soleil became a drunkard in an instant. Dina laughed and pulled Syang’s horn, and Syang ran while crying ‘maeaeaea’. Syang’s speed was so fast that he disappeared from Soleil’s sight in an instant.
Then Syang came back. Dina’s cheeks were swollen as she climbed on top of him.
“Sole, sule!”
Dina’s figure was smaller than Syang’s. Adult men who had never seen children her age running around had no idea how to deal with it.
Soleil moved first. If she didn’t chase after him this time, Dina’s scolding might come down. Before she was a child, she was the lord’s most beloved younger sister in the world.
As Soleil disappeared, the others also dispersed one by one. They did not actively participate in the game of tag, but simply hovered around Soleil and Dina, creating a certain atmosphere.
‘Found it!’
At some point, Soleil became serious. The speed of the Syang was fast, and Dina was good at hiding her presence like a former assassin.
Soleil lit up her eyes and ran to the alley where Dina and Syang were hiding. As she was about to approach the large box, Soleil stopped in her tracks.
“omg!”
Soleil gasped and struggled. He looked down at his body, his limbs flailing. His body was raised about an inch off the ground.
Dina and Syang popped out from behind the box.
Dina cheered and clapped, saying that it was so good.
“Wow!”
A moment later, Soleil fell to the ground. His face looked as if he had been possessed by a ghost.
Soleil looked around hurriedly. He suspected that there might be a magician or spirit master guarding Dina. However, Soleil could not find anyone suspicious other than the men who were chasing him.
‘A great wizard must be protecting the lord’s younger brother!’
The Count of Hebron was not the kind of person who would let a two-year-old child wander around alone. Soley felt he had no choice but to do everything he could to play with the child.
“Wow, that’s great!”
“Sole, sule!”
“Then I’ll catch it this time too!”
“Wow!”
The sled raced along, and Dina waved her arms above him, rejoicing.
Soleil was trying his best. He had to use all his strength to pretend to play with Dina. That way, he could at least step on Syang’s shadow.
“omg!”
Just when he was sure he had caught Dina, Soleil stopped every time. As expected, his body floated up a little, and his entire body’s muscles were stiff and wouldn’t listen to him. When he raised his aura, his body listened, but he didn’t think it was worth resisting like this, so he saved his strength.
The tag game between Syang, Dina, and Soleil continued for nearly an hour. Soleil stopped eight times in total, feeling like her heart was going to burst out of her mouth. Even when she was training under Iredem, it wasn’t this hard.
“GASP! GASP! GASP! GASP! No more, no more… … .”
Soleil sat on the floor, gasping for breath. Then Dina appeared and placed her hand on Soleil’s forehead.
“Come on, come on, Yashon. Yashon.”
Dina imitated the song of healing hands that her brother had sung to her.
‘Huh? Something just now… … .’
Oddly enough, Soleil felt a sense of relief. Where before she had felt like she was going to burst out, she now felt confident that she could run again.
Soleil did not know that Dina had sneaked out of the castle and that the soldiers guarding her had become disoriented. Naturally, there were no magicians or shamans secretly escorting Dina.
Dina raised her right hand and shouted.
“I’m drunk! I’m drunk!”
Baaaaaaaaa!
Syang started to run. He leapt up with a momentum that would break the ground, and in the blink of an eye, he closed the gap with Soleil. Soleil barely managed to dodge by deploying a tactic.
Kwaaaaang!
Syang broke the wall of the building that Soleil was leaning against. Soleil became lost in thought when he saw this.
“Run away!”
Dina happily chased after the assassins and thugs in the back alleys, including Soleil. They wanted to run away, but eventually they were caught one by one and beaten by Syang. It was because their bodies froze at a crucial moment.
“miss!”
Only when the soldiers’ cries were heard did peace come to the back streets of Hebron.
Dina returned to the castle in the soldier’s arms. She had fallen asleep due to fatigue.
“Well, what on earth happened? The Count of Hebron’s younger brother… … .”
“Shhh! Keep your mouth shut. There’s a wizard watching us somewhere.”
“Ah! He put a spell on us? You knew that and didn’t resist!”
Soleil was sparing with words.
Later on, I tried to actively resist, but I couldn’t answer that it was useless.
From then on, until the Count of Hebron returned from the battlefield, Dina visited the back alley once every other day and had fun.
* * *
The 10,000 Hebron troops moved on foot. The number of cavalry including knights reached 1,000, but the remaining 9,000 were infantry. It was a task to lead them to the border of the Kingdom of Kayle.
It snowed on the way. Fortunately, we were prepared, and Inferno raised the body temperature of our troops.
The Hebron army’s advance was even slower because of the wagons. Unlike Hebron, the roads in the western region were poor, so the wagons often had to stop and not advance.
“You’ve worked hard. Let’s rest for today and move on tomorrow.”
“Yes, Commander-in-Chief.”
When I met the Duke of Breyo again, I felt breathless.
I have lived my life cursing the Duke of Breyot ever since I came to live the life of Louis de Hebron. I had sworn to make an example of my father who had cast me out.
The Braio I met on the battlefield was not the father I had known as a child. He was larger than before, but he was old beyond recognition.
“Do you have a moment? I’d like to resolve some regrets that I couldn’t resolve before.”
Adolphe de Braiot, in full body armor, looked like a tiger cub. He looked like the Duke of Braiot in his younger days.
Only then could I face the fact that quite a lot of time had passed.
I also realized that I had grown remarkably over the years. No matter how much a tiger cub imitates its father, it is still just a cub.
He laid his hand on Serenade. He had already tasted the royal sword Stormtail, so Serenade was not enough. His eyes were drawn to the sword hanging from Adolf’s waist.
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‘This is Uruzu’s collection.’
The knights of the House of Braio received the longsword of Uruz. The eldest son of the House of Braio took one of the seven swords that Uruz had numbered, saying that it was the masterpiece of his life.
‘I must get that as a reward for the showdown.’
In sparring, there was always a bet involved. Especially in places as exciting as battlefields, it was customary to allow a little gambling to boost the morale of the soldiers.
The letters ‘#6’ were visible on the scabbard of Adolf’s longsword.
‘If it’s number 6, then it must be the Sword of Light, Lura. If he were to unleash the Sword of Illusion with that sword, even Duke Braio would have a hard time stopping him.’
It was when I had made up my mind to accept Adolf’s offer.
“Arthur. He is not a man you can handle.”
Adolf, who had approached me with a smile, looked back at me in surprise at Duke Breiot’s words. He looked as if his pride had been hurt.
However, Breyo was not the type of person to carefully observe his son’s emotional changes. Rather, he was the type of person to reprimand his son for openly expressing his emotions.
The Duke of Breyo asked me, his back turned to his son.
“Was your name Louis de Hebron?”
“Yes, Commander-in-Chief.”
“I heard that there was a genius of unparalleled caliber who caught Your Majesty’s eye, but I didn’t know it was this great. If I had known that he was this talented, I would have gone and met him a long time ago.”
The Duke of Braio never personally came forward to invite talented people. He always let his subordinates do the work, and put the name of the Braio Dukes first. Even without him, the Dukes were always full of the best talent.
My heart raced. I remembered my past life, which had been abandoned without ever receiving proper recognition. I felt like I was being compensated for that life, but on the other hand, I felt annoyed.
‘Isn’t there any other way to get into your eyes than through skill? So you cast out your son? Were you the one who sent the assassin?’
The Duke’s words that ordinary humans were not part of Braio came back to my mind vividly. I lowered my head to hide the tears that were starting to turn red.
For a moment, I wondered what was happening. The current me was not Breyo’s son. There was no reason for me to be acknowledged by him.
“You are too kind.”
Srrrrrrrr.
Before I could even straighten my back, a chilling sound scratched my ears. Without realizing it, I straightened my back and lowered my posture. Before I knew it, I had a serenade in my hand.
The corners of Duke Breyo’s mouth went up when he saw me. I swear I’ve never seen the Duke smile so sincerely.
I acted like a scared cat.
While my eyes searched for a way out, my mind imagined Breyo’s attack.
“You studied Breo’s swordsmanship.”
He didn’t answer. He had heard it over and over again from the Duke of Braio that knights only speak with their swords. Despite such teachings, the Duke of Braio was unusually talkative at the moment.
Serenade was injected with aura. Instead of covering her entire body with armor, she was only protected up to her wrists. Anything more was meaningless. If she were to receive Braio’s sword head-on, the armor and all would break anyway.
“You come first.”
The Duke of Breyo laughed. That laughter shocked me. It stirred up hidden desires and anger within me.
I advanced to the Sardia maneuver. Duke Breyot twisted his upper body to greet me like a matador facing an excited bull.
In an instant, my sword soared.
Louis Fencing 1 second vertical slash.
It was a sword technique that seemed to flash a light for a moment. It was a sword technique that I performed, but if the sword was to rise at this angle, I would have to give up at least one arm.
Kaaaaah!
Swords clashed. I was the one who struck, but instead, I was the one who was struck back. After hunting the horde of branded trolls and absorbing power from Barzai’s Divine, I was confident that my total magical power would be second to none.
But that wasn’t the case.
Duke Breyo looked down at me. He enjoyed this situation. He allowed me another chance to attack, even though I had the chance to counterattack.
‘It’s a monster.’
Monsters have their own hunting methods. Duke Breyo seemed to think the same way as I did.
“I heard you’re a spirit magician.”
I fought Braio countless times in the illusions I created. Considering his growth, I had imagined him to be stronger than the Braio I saw when I was young. However, the Duke of Braio before my eyes was even stronger than the Braio in the illusion. He had become a being that even the title of Sword Master was burdensome.
“Inferno, inhabit my sword!”
Whoosh whoosh!
I wanted to give it my all, but there were too many eyes watching. I trusted in my healing powers and planned my attack to land a single blow instead of getting seriously injured.
“… …Can only one spirit be summoned at a time?”
Duke Breyo had seen through my abilities. It seemed that someone of that level could see through his opponents in a similar way, even without the Magic Eye.
Hwaaaaak!
The space changed. Only Duke Breyo and I remained, and those who had been watching us disappeared without a trace.
“It’s an illusion.”
Duke Breyo looked around in admiration like a child. Suddenly, he raised his sword.
The letters ‘#1’ engraved on the blade caught my eye. It was a famous sword that Uruz called his life’s masterpiece.
