Chapter 570
Raon chewed his lips as he looked in the direction Rektar had left.
‘I don’t know what you’re thinking.’
Rektar seemed to want to convey something, but didn’t want to. It’s crazy that the words themselves don’t make sense, but it really felt like that.
Considering the way he showed the flow of swordsmanship like when he was teaching swordsmanship while fighting Aris, he seemed to have come here to finish a lesson that hadn’t come to an end.
‘Even if I think about it, it sounds crazy.’
Rektar, who revealed that he belonged to the Seonggeomyeon and said he would kidnap me, came here to teach swordsmanship.
However, my reason, which I thought was cool-headed, continued to reach out there.
‘Is this self-justification?’
I didn’t want to believe Rektar’s betrayal, so I felt like my mind was forcing myself to think in the good direction.
“Whoa… .”
After sighing out the confusion that had filled his head, Raon approached Aris.
“Are you okay?”
“That inspiration. I didn’t show my skills.”
Aris frowned as she inserted the sword into the scabbard.
“yes?”
“I mean the swordsman. If I had made up my mind, I could have blown at least one of my arms, but I did it in moderation and then withdrew.”
She, too, knew that Rektar wasn’t giving his all.
“I ignored it a bit, but as expected, the continent is wide.”
Aris looked at the sky, which was regaining its blue color, then turned her gaze toward the collapsed Gajujeon. She tapped her scabbard as she looked at her Merlin, who stood friendly as an ally.
“Thank you for helping me, but after all, you’re after my nephew, aren’t you?”
“however?”
Merlin made eye contact with Aris and nodded proudly.
“Wow, I’ve never seen a kidnapper so confident.”
Aris let out a laugh as if it was absurd.
“Of course not now. Because I know you can’t.”
“Then why did you interrupt the Sword Demon?”
“I get pissed off when someone else takes mine.”
Merlin lightly shook his hand as if asking why he was asking something obvious. The black robes that covered her body shimmered like a mirage.
“I’ll take another chance and come back.”
“Who sent you?”
“for a moment… .”
Before he could even stop, Aris drew his sword like a thunderbolt. Her sword strike reached Merlin before she could reveal all of her blades.
Whoaaaaa!
However, as if Merlin was not his body, only his robes were blurry and he was not even hurt.
“Was it an illusion?”
“Similar.”
Merlin teased Aris with his tongue.
“See you again.”
She waved her hand to Raon, then disappeared in a bubble.
“Tsk. Damn magic.”
Aris muttered that she didn’t like it and put the sword back into the scabbard.
-Don’t be careless!
Lars, who had been hiding since Merlin appeared, jerked his head up.
-There’s no way that crazy person just left! He must be hiding and watching!
‘I heard… .’
As Lars said, Merlin seemed to be pretending to have disappeared, possessing another animal and watching this place.
“What the hell is this?”
Rimer approached with a wrinkled brow.
“I didn’t look like a person to betray… .”
He too sighed as if he couldn’t believe Rektar belonged to the Sacred Sword Training.
“Your arm… .”
Aris finally noticed that Rimer’s right arm had been cut off and widened her eyes.
“You don’t have to see it that way. We are just investing for the future.”
Rimer smiled and waved his left hand.
“future?”
“Dae-lord lost his arm while protecting us.”
Raon looked at Rimer’s shoulder and touched his fingertips.
“Will I protect you?”
Aris rolled her eyes as if to explain what was going on.
“This madman is in a trance on the battlefield.”
“It can’t be helped. It’s not because I want to go into a trance.”
“He is on purpose.”
As Rimer shook her head, Aris widened her eyes.
“I-really?”
“yes.”
Raon scratched his head and nodded.
“We were in a situation where we were going to be annihilated, so we had no choice but to gamble.”
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“under!”
Aris let out a stupid laugh as if it was absurd.
“Then did you wake up after falling into a trance on the battlefield and defeat all the remaining guys?”
“Similar.”
“Big!”
She stretched her arms outstretched as if she had drunk a beer.
“As expected, my nephew! okay. If you have a sword, Sieghart must do crazy things like that!”
Aris held Raon in her arms while repeatedly praising her, whether it was because Raon did it or because the result was good.
“Ugh, now, wait a minute.”
Raon struggled to escape, but Aris didn’t let go and rubbed his cheek against Raon. Her throbbing heart subsided, perhaps because of her cool and clean scent of the sea that only she possessed.
“aunt! stop!”
“uh! nephew!”
It wasn’t until after calling her aunt that Aris let go of her tightly gripped arm.
“okay. call me aunt I made it familiar at best, so why did you go back to Aris-sama again!”
“In my family, it’s hard to call you by that title.”
“Which bastard is stopping you? I’ll cook everything for you!”
“My lord… .”
“… … .”
Aris swallowed dry saliva and shook her head.
“Yeah, that person is fine. Because he is my father.”
She laughed awkwardly, calling Glenn her father only at times like this.
“Meet Aris Sieghard.”
The windmill swordsmen bowed their heads to Aris. Currently, Aris had no position within Sieghart, so he took an example by calling him by name.
“Why do you say such a stiff greeting to your family?”
Aris smiled and shook her hand.
“Feel free to call me Aris. Oh, come to think of it, are there two more of my nephews here?”
“Bur, this is Burren Sieghardt.”
“This is Martha! I respect you!”
Burren cringed forward, and Martha jumped out with sparkling eyes, probably because she saw Aris’ power.
“okay. Nice to meet you nephews!”
Aris gave Burren and Martha a hug and gave a deep smile.
“You guys are not as good as Raon. Both of them are masters at that age! Much faster than me!”
She admired Burren and Martha’s skills and stroked their heads.
“… … .”
Left alone, Runan stood blankly, then approached Aris and hugged him first.
“You, who are you?”
Aris also trembled as if embarrassed by Runan’s actions.
“I’m Runan Slion.”
“Ah, you’re Rokhan’s daughter!”
She grinned, addressing Lokhan by name.
“okay. Come here too! no. Everyone come!”
Aris exchanged greetings with all the Gwangpungdae swordsmen, presumably to relieve the heavy air. Thanks to her unique affinity and cool personality, her atmosphere quickly brightened.
“however… .”
Aris frowned and looked away.
“What was your relationship with the sword demons?”
After greeting everyone, she brought up the most sensitive question.
“hmm… .”
“that is… .”
Everyone in the Gwangpungdae made friends with the Sword Demon and received swordsmanship instruction, so they didn’t say anything and just lowered their heads.
“Lektar-nim has taught us many things.”
Raon sighed and parted his lips.
“When I went to the Aryan family before… .”
He briefly told how he had met the Sword Demon and how he had been with him.
“I see.”
Aris nodded, saying that she understood why the atmosphere was like this.
Surprisingly, she did not offer comfort or encouragement. Perhaps because she hadn’t experienced it herself, she seemed to be reluctant to say anything. She was an adult who knew exactly when to step in and when not to step in.
“You want to talk to me.”
“Eh? why me I am a patient!”
Aris waved her hand at the windmill and took Rimer with her.
“Sword Demon is said to be Seonggeomyeon, what really happened?”
Burren let out a thick breath as he watched Rimer dragged along.
“It’s just mind blowing! They mocked us!”
Martha bit her lip, as if resentful that she had given Rektar affection.
“… … .”
Runan didn’t say anything, and quietly looked up at the sky. She went through what happened in Syria, so this incident seemed to be getting bigger.
“What do you think, Vice-Lord? Is it really a betrayal?”
Dorian anxiously took out a snack from his stomach pocket and chewed it, shaking his chin.
“I do not know either.”
Unlike usual, Raon shook his head weakly. He was more than a maniac. He was embarrassed and had nothing to say.
“However, it is clear that Rektar is the enemy. Make sure to remember that.”
“yes… .”
The windmill nodded slowly. It was a weak answer, but not blunt.
“Let’s start with a report.”
“yes… .”
When Raon reached out, Dorian took out a contact letter for reporting. Seeing that he took out things 5 seconds slower than usual, he seemed to be very tired.
“thanks.”
He patted Dorian on the shoulder and put the pen on the report. I was thinking about what to write, and after writing down everything that happened here, I tore off the part of the sword demon that I wrote at the end.
‘I want to go and say this myself.’
While Glenn competed with Rektar for swordsmanship instruction, he built a friendship of his own.
Later, I often saw the two of them talking, so I didn’t want to convey this in writing.
‘instead… .’
I wrote down the contents I wouldn’t normally write on the back page and returned it to Dorian.
“I’ll send it right away.”
Dorian handed the Sirlen on his back to Crane, put the report in an envelope, and prepared to send it to the family.
Raon let out a low sigh as he looked at Sirlen, who had a hardened expression even in the fainting state.
‘It’s a little bit, but I think I know how hard it is for you.’
* * *
Chad, the non-banquet owner, rushed over and knocked on the door of the audience room.
“My lord!”
Before the sound of knocking could be heard inside, the door opened, and Loen’s face with a faint smile jumped out.
“Come in.”
“thank you.”
Chad bowed his head to Rowen and entered the throne room.
Glenn, who was sitting on the throne, was trembling with his brow furrowed, perhaps in a bad mood. She seemed to vibrate the poles as his legs swayed.
“What’s going on?”
Glenn raised his empty eyes, as if telling him to speak quickly.
“I got a call from the head of the storm troop.”
“what?”
As Chad lifted the envelope from his bosom, Glenn’s eyes lit up with red light. He lifted his back from the throne and gestured lightly.
“Are the children okay?”
“yes. There are serious injuries, but no fatalities. However, there was a problem in the middle… .”
“problem?”
“yes. It is said that Yonghyeon Sword Master, who seems to be in charge of the Seonggeomryeon, and Cloud, the disciple of the Seonggeomryeon, came earlier than expected. A battle immediately ensued between the two… .”
“hmm… .”
Glenn frowned, not liking Chad’s speed at reading his report.
“Can’t you read a little faster?”
“Ah, Dad, I’ll read it quickly!”
Chad was nervous and wiped his forehead, sweat dripping from the report he was holding.
“this!”
Glenn stretched out his hand in surprise, and the report in Chad’s hand was sucked into his grasp.
“Kuhm… .”
After evaporating the sweat on the report, Glenn glared at Chad fiercely.
‘You’re sweating for something so precious!’
It is not uncommon for Raon to write a report rather than Rimer. Anger arose at Chad for daring to drop sweat on something he was supposed to keep for the rest of his life.
However, I couldn’t reveal it as it was, so I read the report with a frown.
Raon’s writing was calm and cool.
He tried to prevent the betrayal of the Rakion family in advance, but because of Juan, who did not back down, a large number of warriors were killed immediately. After that, I wrote down the contents of the disciples of the Seonggeomryeonju and the dragon hyeongeomju who came after that in plain letters.
‘That child cut the rotten shoots I had to pluck out instead.’
Decades have passed since Sieghart’s advance stopped. It is only natural that problems arise from inside and outside. Since he had organized the inside, he tried to check the vassals outside one by one, but Raon took care of it as if it was not necessary. Even the praise he was proud of was not enough.
“It is a great achievement.”
Chad raised his head slightly.
“If the Rakion family had been hiding their ulterior motives, they would have stabbed us in the back at some point. It’s not enough to say that it was great to have stopped it before that.”
“The same goes for the Slion family. If it weren’t for Master Raon, the family would have fallen into the hands of Syria by now.”
Rowen added a word to his words.
“Kuhm… .”
Glenn just nodded his head with an ambiguous look that he couldn’t like unconditionally.
“Anyway, Rimer must be a little more comfortable now.”
More than Raon, he nodded briefly, recalling the end of Rimer’s revenge.
“I guess so.”
Ron also smiled lightly and nodded his head.
“Then is he going to go back to the way he was before?”
“Um, I’m not sure about that. You fell more than expected… .”
“I-over there… .”
Chad raised his hand with a flushed face.
“Did you not see the back page?”
“Back page?”
“yes. There is one more content behind it.”
He nodded his head, saying he had to see it.
“hmm… .”
Glen turned the report back. The moment he saw just one line, his lips trembled.
“Hey, Grand Master? That kid made it to Grand Master?”
Glenn crushed the armrest of the throne and jumped to his feet.
“haha… .”
Loen must have been surprised as well, and his empty laughter stopped dripping.
“Damn it!”
Glenn stamped his foot so hard that the podium collapsed.
“Hee!”
Chad stepped back in embarrassment.
‘Why, why are you like that?’
I thought you would be happy and let me know, but I didn’t expect you to be so angry.
‘Isn’t it because he cared for the lord of the storm troop?’
As he looked at Glenn, thinking it was strange, his lips parted slowly.
“I thought not yet, but already over the wall! I can’t see that!”
Glenn said that it was unfair that he did not see the moment Raon crossed the wall, and even made the armrest of the one remaining throne into powder.
Don’t fall!
A red thunderstorm rose spontaneously and surrounded the podium. It seemed that a red-hot storm would come soon.
“Aris. If it wasn’t for that damn thing, I would have seen him climb over the wall!”
“ah… .”
Chad’s mouth fell open.
‘Was that it?’
Glenn wasn’t happy that Raon had risen to Grand Master, but he was deeply regretful that he hadn’t been able to see him in person.
‘Let’s not think.’
It just needs to look good to Raon Sieghart.
Chad clenched his fists, vowing to welcome Raon and Gwangpungdae more grandly than ever.
* * *
When Raon heard that Sirlen was awake, he headed to her room.
“Ra, Raon!”
Even as Sirlen rolled off the bed, she got up right away and came running. The bruises on her thighs and forearms, which had turned bluer, filled her eyes.
“What about your dad and brothers?”
Even though the child was tortured by her family, as soon as she woke up, she looked for her father and older brothers.
“after… .”
Raon let out a low sigh and got down on one knee to meet Sirlen’s eyes.
“sorry. I did my best, but I couldn’t keep my promise.”
“… … .”
Sirlen swallowed a gulp and sat back down.
“Well, then… .”
“The demonic energy of the sword had reached the bone marrow, so there was no other way.”
Juan Rachion was mad enough to suck the lives of not only his subordinates, but also his own son and daughter. Even if he could turn back time, there was no other way than to kill him.
“in fact… .”
Sirlen clenched the carpet in her small fists while her eyelids trembled.
“I knew as soon as I woke up. That my wishes and results have changed.”
“… … .”
“Still, I had high hopes, but a bad feeling is not wrong.”
“sorry.”
“no. You said you did your best.”
The child forced a laugh and shook his head.
“What about me now?”
Sirlen raised her trembling eyes. It seemed that the sadness was more deeply embedded than the fear.
“Since you are the daughter of the traitorous family, will you be imprisoned in Sieghart’s prison?”
“Nothing like that.”
Raon shook his head. Today’s Glenn would never do such a thing, and even if he did, he would stop it.
“What do you want to do?”
“I am… .”
Sirlen lowered her head, gathered her thoughts for a moment, then raised her head.
“I want to keep this house.”
“A house?”
“yes. It’s where I lived with my dad, mom and older brothers.”
The child chewed her lips, saying that she wanted to protect the memories she had left with her family.
“hmm… .”
Raon let out a short sigh.
‘Can I do it?’
About half of the warriors of the Rakion family survived, but there was no guarantee that they would follow Sirlen. Even if you follow, it will be a difficult road for a child.
“It will be difficult.”
“are you okay.”
Sirlen raised her head confidently as if she had already made up her mind. In this brief moment, she must have made up her mind. Her child’s eyes were straight and clear.
‘Actually, he’s just a kid who wanted to let people know about the family’s depravity.’
In order to save the family, this child went directly to the Sieghart branch and revealed the family’s innocence. The difficulty of reviving the family should be enough to overcome.
“Then let’s go to Sieghart with me.”
“Sieghart?”
“okay. You will have to meet the head of the household.”
“hmm… .”
“don’t worry. Because the head of the household is a wise person.”
“Ah, I get it.”
Sirlen clenched her small fists and nodded.
“Because I am leaving tomorrow. rest.”
Raon told Sirlen to rest and left her room.
– The young guy is admirable!
Lars sniffed.
-There are crazy people like you in this town, but I can’t hate you because there are so many proud children!
The guy didn’t just praise me, but he also brought tears to my eyes while criticizing me.
‘I know. At that time, I should be a little more immature.’
I finally understood why Sylvia wished me to grow up a bit later.
Raon looked at the dark night sky and let out a short sigh.
‘I’m tired.’
The injuries weren’t severe, but I felt very drained mentally because of Rektar’s betrayal. I missed my home, and I missed Sylvia and her family in the annex.
‘And that person too.’
Strangely, I even missed Glenn’s face. She wanted to hear that he had done a good job in a calm voice.
“I miss you all.”
When Raon laughed awkwardly, the bushes on the right side of the inn rustled, and a raccoon jumped out and pointed at itself.
“me?”
“… … .”
Leon closed his eyes.
