The Returned Sword King Decided to Become a Tyrant Episode 10
Find what I need (4)
George was puzzled by the Baron’s call.
The reason was simple.
It was partly because he had never been called before except for training, but the decisive factor was that it was the middle of the night.
Especially since the Baron had been giving him a lot of time recently when he had started investigating under the orders of the First Prince, George was even more suspicious of this situation.
‘What is it? The atmosphere is… … .’
And the moment I got dressed and arrived in front of the First Prince’s office.
The doubt was further amplified.
“Did you call, Baron?”
“… … Ah. Mr. George, are you here?”
“What’s going on?”
The Baron’s expression was as serious as it had ever been before. It was almost as if something had really happened.
But the Baron shook his head slightly and nodded toward the door of the office.
“His Highness the Prince is waiting for you.”
“yes?”
“It would be better to hear the detailed story from His Majesty, not from me.”
“… … .”
……All right.
There was no other way to answer right now.
The emotions shown in that expression were perhaps too complex and painful.
“I will go in.”
Squeak-
Soon, I opened the door and went in, and I saw the first prince turning the pages of a book under the moonlight.
Her silver hair shone brightly in the moonlight, and her bloodshot gaze seemed to be lost in the shadows.
At that moment, George, who was caught up in an inexplicable feeling, was about to open his mouth to say something.
The Prince, who had put down his book on the desk in his office, let out a peculiar, emotionless voice.
“George Hegmes.”
“yes.”
“It’s been quite some time since you came. Does the job of an aide suit your temperament?”
“… … .”
The gaze was not looking at himself.
Was that the only thing he had called me to talk about? And in the middle of the night?
George’s eyebrows twitched, but only for a moment.
“Yes.”
As I heard from someone once, he was a conman.
He always lied to hide his wealth, and his own actions were not truthful either.
It was not against one’s conscience to tell a lie to avoid a situation.
So he was once again acting only for the purpose.
In order to figure out the true meaning of the empty promises he made.
Towards that blind destination of finding out the truth about the cure.
however.
On the contrary, the eyes of the man I faced were seeing the truth even in the moonlight that illuminated the illusion.
“… … I see.”
1The prince stood up from his seat.
It was the first time that gaze was turned towards him.
“Then I guess it’s time to give in to what we promised.”
“If it was a promise.”
“This is the cure that will cure your mother’s illness.”
“… … !”
At that indifferent voice, a new agitation came over George’s face.
“Tch, a cure… … .”
It was a feeling of embarrassment that was even more evident than when the embezzlement was discovered.
But soon, an unconcealed anger flashed across George’s face.
“What are you talking about? Why are you telling me that?”
“That’s exactly what it says. I will fulfill my obligations as stated in the contract.”
“… … Yes, you certainly said that. My mother has an incurable disease.”
At that moment, George’s eyes flashed and he began to glare at the First Prince.
“But Your Majesty, I think you are making a fool of my mother’s illness.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Your Majesty, do you know anything about my mother’s condition… or rather, about the illness she is suffering from?”
It was an extremely sharp tone for someone speaking to the prince of a country before becoming his superior.
But that was to be expected.
“It may be someone else’s problem to you. But that illness is not a cold or anything like that. It is not a simple illness that can be easily treated with a remedy.”
okay.
Wasn’t it the First Prince who promised a cure, saying that his abilities would be needed?
But the first prince was treating his mother’s affairs lightly, as if he was offering her cold medicine.
A cure that not only the healers but even the doctors in the big cities don’t know about…
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Ironically, he said he had found it less than a month later.
I felt so foolish and pathetic for believing in and enduring such a person.
“Next time, show me at least a little effort so I can count on you.”
“… … ”
“… … If that’s all, then I’ll go now.”
George turned around, his face cold.
That was the moment.
“George Hegmes.”
The first prince, who had been quietly listening to the story, approached him.
And then with an expression that was no different from the beginning.
There is no change. And.
“From now on, take this and go to where I tell you and collect the cure.”
… … He answered with that certainty.
“Then heal your mother and come back.”
“… … .”
“This is an order.”
remedy.
Are you really saying that such a thing exists?
George’s eyes began to shake incredulously.
* * *
A common street in the capital city where darkness has fallen.
George’s head was filled with confusion as he moved to the place the prince had instructed.
At first, I thought he was just someone who had heard strange rumors and came looking for me.
To be exact, I was convinced that he was closer to a mindless fool.
Of course, who would be crazy enough to take in a criminal working in a country shop?
At best, they used me for the cheap image of hiring commoners without discrimination.
So I thought I could run away whenever I wanted.
… … Yeah. I ‘thought’ about it.
But the appearance of the first prince giving the order was different from what he had expected.
Even when he said he would entrust me with gathering information, his confidence hadn’t changed much, but his expression and eyes just now were more upright than anything else.
‘I couldn’t read the inside.’
And when the situation arose, he held himself together as if he had been waiting for it.
As if even rebelling was part of the plan.
Maybe I had anticipated something like this.
Kook-
George nodded, biting his dry lips.
‘Let’s wait a little longer.’
The reason for that absurd confidence will be right before your eyes. It is not too late to leave in disappointment.
It was the moment when George, who had thought like that, arrived at his destination.
“… … That is.”
George could see something lying in the corner of the alley. It was a black bundle that gave off an ominous and dangerous smell.
But George, as if possessed, approached it and examined it. To his surprise, the bundle contained something he knew.
“This is.”
… … The fruit of the Eleira flower?
But this is so toxic and has such strong narcotic properties that at best… … .
“!?”
Suddenly something flashed through George’s mind.
… … The pouch the prince gave me before I left.
George opened it quickly and examined the note inside.
“… … !”
At that moment, the puzzle slowly began to fit together in my head.
Fragmentary information from old books and records that I had read for years to treat my mother’s illness, and various medical knowledge that I had been researching from time to time.
Incredibly, the moment I saw this, it started to fall into place as if I had found the answer.
‘This, this is really… … .’
The first thought that came to mind was possibility.
The method he wrote down was so obvious that I wondered why I hadn’t thought of it before.
The next thing that came to mind was concern.
This fruit is the source of a narcotic hallucinogen. Is it really okay to give this to my mother? It hasn’t even been verified by academics?
And the last thing that came to mind was a question.
Where on earth did the prince get this information?
And how do they obtain this, which is even forbidden to be produced, and give it away so nonchalantly?
… … What is this anxious feeling that has taken over my heart right now?
George’s body was soon running through the dark streets of the slums.
He himself did not realize that he had carefully kept the exposed fruit in his bosom.
But was this also his plan? Fortunately, the destination was not too far away.
Crunch-!
A time when everyone is asleep.
George entered the shabby but familiar interior of the shack.
It was a residence that he had prepared himself, refusing even the places that offered support, so that he could escape from the prince at any time.
Squeak-
Then, I carefully entered the room, and there was my mother lying there with a pale complexion.
George hurriedly took out the fruit he had put in his bosom.
Then he grabbed the fruit with trembling hands and brought it to his mouth.
Soon, in his other hand, he held the pure white leaf that had been in his pocket along with the note.
A single word written on a note.
-If you feed the juice of the fruit through the purifying leaves of the Calthus plant, the symptoms will be alleviated.
His hands were trembling.
‘If this fruit is not the cure… … .’
Countless things that have happened over the years flash through my mind.
Scammers who whispered to me that they could cure my mother’s illness and demanded astronomical amounts of money.
The gangsters who tried to exploit him while he was looking for an elixir.
Even the irresponsible doctors who just took the money and ran away.
If the conviction that digs so deeply into your mind is simply an illusion.
What on earth will happen then?
Prince, what if he’s no different from those guys?
……no.
There was no point in thinking like that.
‘please…….’
George began to desperately press into the hand holding the fruit.
* * *
“……majesty.”
I felt the Baron’s gaze and turned my head.
The Baron had a hardened expression on his face ever since George left.
“what?”
“Your Majesty, do you think George will return?”
“Are you coming back?”
“……yes.”
The Baron said with a small sigh.
“As Your Majesty said, the only reason the child said he would take on the role of aide was because of his family. Even though it was only for a short time, I could sense that he was not sincere.”
“yes.”
“But Your Majesty gave the medicine to the child himself.”
It’s not that I don’t trust George, but I think there had to be a better way.
For example, you can provide treatment in advance, but then talk about it after the relationship is established.
“… … I am afraid that George, who has lost even his immediate purpose, will just leave like this.”
The Baron was so sorry.
But I thought differently.
“That’s why I gave the guy the medicine.”
“yes?”
“Once a relationship is established, it will be difficult to move on.”
It was a very simple task to add color to white cloth.
However, once the paint had already been applied, creating the desired color was a very difficult process.
Also, the colors created in this way will be far from pure.
I don’t want that.
So if there is one moment where you can put on the color you want, it is right now, in this moment.
The red eyes reflected in the window flashed.
“I want someone who can be loyal to me.”
Unlike my previous life, I needed someone who would jump into the fire for me.
I needed someone who could walk the battlefield with me and dedicate himself to me.
Any other emotions are just unnecessary.
That’s why I was sure.
“He’s coming back.”
He volunteered to become a criminal at a young age in order to save Seongsu.
Even in the midst of all this, he read countless books and records to find out the cause of his incurable disease.
In the end, he had to sprinkle the cure he had discovered after decades on his mother’s grave.
“That’s what family means to a person like George.”
From the very beginning. From the moment I brought him in, all the designs were already complete.
That was when.
Squeak-
The door to the office opened, and the figure of a small man came inside.
A man who ran all the way here, drenched in sweat, despite the cool northern spring weather.
It was George Hegmes.
“Okay, you… … .”
“… … .”
The Baron’s surprised voice echoed throughout the office.
But George and I, who actually made eye contact, didn’t say anything.
There was no feeling of loyalty, let alone a word of gratitude.
Just the eyes reflecting the moonlight and rippling were focused on me.
… … That was enough.
“It’s getting late.”
I stood up from my seat and put down the book I was holding.
Soon, I walked past George, who was blocking the door.
“Give me a day to rest.”
“… … .”
“After that, you will have to be faithful to the mission given to you again.”
That moment when I started walking again.
I heard the guy’s voice behind me.
“Don’t expect any politeness from me. Don’t even expect any pretense.”
… … It meant that he would no longer treat me with lies.
Yeah, that was enough.
The guy got his mother’s life as he so desperately wanted, and I got someone who can be loyal to me.
That alone is enough of a start to change the future.
That’s why I said with a smirk.
“Do as you please.”
Even though the way you treat me won’t change.
The conman’s sincerity, which will help me more than anyone else in the future, will not change either.
“Welcome to my people.”
I left the office, leaving George behind with a stream of tears in his eyes.
