The Returned Sword King Decided to Become a Tyrant Chapter 168
Reorganization (3)
A puzzle that seems to fit together but is completely out of alignment.
Brom quickly racked his brain to make sense of the situation.
‘… …Why is Crown Prince Esteban here?’
Normally, it would not be easy to even see the face.
But the other person sent him an invitation, and he immediately declined it.
If you think about it, it would mean that the author came to find himself, but could anything be more absurd than that?
The crown prince came looking for me, a mere famous mercenary?
And what the heck is that movement!
‘Are those the movements of someone who just recently reached the realm?’
It was only for a moment that I tried to gauge the realm through movement.
The closer the opponent gets, and the more steps he takes.
The more I thought about it, the more clearly I felt that it was just an objective feeling that it was not human at all and a vague fear.
‘That can’t be… … ! But that’s… … .’
No matter how hard I try to repeat it, it’s the same.
That was not the kind of momentum that someone who had just reached the top could imitate.
It’s unbelievable, but it’s more than that.
It was certain.
Because he already had actual experience encountering a superhuman being.
Brom’s body froze with tension.
“Your Majesty the Crown Prince of Esteban, I am sure you would not expect courtesy from a stateless mercenary, so I will be brief. Why are you in a place like this?”
“That’s an interesting question. I’m sure you’re not asking because you really don’t know the reason.”
“… … So you’re saying that you really came because I didn’t respond to your invitation?”
“That’s correct.”
“… … .”
If so, then even if I was wrong, I was wrong for a long time.
Brom bit his lip as he realized that his palms were getting sweaty.
‘It’s a mistake.’
The price for not responding to the crown prince’s invitation.
At best, it was thought to be limited to accepting requests from nobles or putting pressure on the mercenary guild.
If that were to happen, the Red Hawks, a free mercenary corps, would be able to continue their activities in other countries, so that is what they did.
But if there was something they hadn’t anticipated, it was the Crown Prince’s personality that was revealed to the world.
‘… … Bold and carefree action.’
That was enough to personally seek out the mercenary who had dared to refuse the invitation.
Then it was meaningless to ask how they found themselves.
“Tell me what the matter is. If you came to see me in person even after sending me an invitation, then it means you have something you absolutely must tell me.”
“This is why I sent the invitation.”
“If you have come to threaten me into becoming a knight of the royal family… … .”
“But I don’t know if it’s okay to say this in a place like this.”
“… … What are you talking about?”
Brom felt an inexplicable sense of unease at the voice of the crown prince that interrupted his words.
Is it okay for me to say this here?
What on earth are you trying to say… … .
“If we’re going to talk about business, I think we should talk about the fallen principality first.”
“… … !”
For a moment, Brom’s eyes, which had been trying to look at the situation calmly, opened wide.
A face distorted with shock and anger at the same time.
The collapsed principality was like a sore spot on his own.
“… …Mercenary group, retreat immediately. I will have a conversation with you two.”
“Wh, step back? But Captain… …!”
“Do not disobey my orders!”
“Huh!”
“hmm!”
The mercenaries flinched at the sound of their voices filled with rage.
But I didn’t add any more.
It was also their first time seeing their leader giving a coercive order.
“… … Be careful, Captain.”
Even after the mercenary group retreated so carefully.
Brom’s eyes scanned his surroundings restlessly, considering just one possibility.
But all his attention was still focused on the crown prince.
“Let me get straight to the point. How did you know?”
“Are you talking about your now-lost homeland, Lespiel?”
“Don’t change the subject.”
I can somehow figure out that I am from the Duchy of Lespiel.
But that’s not all.
“If you’ve come this far, doesn’t that mean you already know the whole story?”
“Wow. As expected, you understand quickly.”
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Yeah, there were no variables.
The opponent already knows everything and came looking for you.
“The fact that you are ‘Braham’, the son of the deceased King Lespiel.”
“Ugh.”
Brom gritted his teeth at the sight of the crown prince shrugging his shoulders leisurely.
If you think about it, the background to the crown prince’s absolute power was not only his bold actions, but also his information power and insight that penetrated a thousand miles.
It was already a rumor spreading among the citizens of the kingdom.
‘I thought it was at best a piece of propaganda… … .’
But when it came to personally exposing itself, it was only then that it became clear that the rumors were not exaggerated at all.
No, rather, it has been reduced.
I became convinced that, just like his abilities, he only revealed a very fragmentary aspect to the outside world.
So Brom asked in an even lower voice than before.
“Yes, I won’t ask you foolishly how you knew that. Now tell me why you came to see me.”
“Display your abilities under me.”
“ability?”
“Follow me.”
“under.”
It was a suggestion that was so obvious that it was already planned.
But Brom laughed and rejected those words.
“As you know, I was the heir to the principality. However, I perished before I could learn anything, and now I am nothing more than an ignorant mercenary.”
As the saying goes, it has been over twenty years since Lespiel was destroyed.
This was the story of Brom when he was only ten years old.
If you want to display such great abilities, you should have received proper education, but at least that wasn’t the case for him.
Besides, he had reasons for not following the crown prince of a foreign country.
‘… … I can’t get caught in a place like this.’
okay.
It has nothing to do with what the crown prince wants for himself.
That’s why.
“I think you’ve found the wrong person to hire.”
“… … .”
“I tell you that I have none of the abilities you desire.”
It was a rejection without any euphemism.
Then, as if he had nothing more to say, he turned his head and tried to leave.
“That’s funny.”
“… … What?”
But that was then.
The soft, beautiful voice taunted, and Brom turned his head away without realizing it.
And the crown prince’s face was tugging at the corners of his mouth as if he found it extremely funny.
Brom asked coldly.
“What do you mean, ‘funny?’”
“Isn’t there a contradiction in your actions that makes you call yourself a mercenary?”
“… … You’re saying that my situation is ridiculous, daring to act so arrogantly as a mercenary.”
Brom’s voice became even lower at the sight of the crown prince mocking him.
but.
“no.”
The crown prince moved his crooked lips and muttered.
“It’s ridiculous to be pessimistic about yourself and call yourself a mercenary when you’re trying to rebuild a fallen principality more than anyone else.”
“… … !”
Brom’s eyes narrowed slightly.
Reconstruction of the fallen principality.
It was a wish that only he had, and one that he had never told anyone about since he had abandoned the name ‘Brahm’.
But how could the author do something like that… …!
“How, how about that… … .”
“Even though you call yourself a mercenary and belittle yourself, you refuse to comply. You probably knew that too.”
“I asked how you knew that!”
Finally, the emotions I couldn’t control burst out.
But despite that shout, the crown prince’s bloodshot eyes flashed.
“Considering yourself as a mercenary is a defense mechanism to prepare for a future of failure.”
“… … .”
Blood oozed from Brom’s bitten lower lip.
That’s right.
If it is a future where you will inevitably fail even if you hit it with all your might, you can just console yourself by saying that you didn’t have the strength, even if you have hope.
I was just a mercenary scoundrel.
… … It was impossible from the beginning for mercenaries to rebuild a fallen principality.
It was true that I thought that way deep down.
He felt as if he had been stripped naked. His face turned bright red.
But the crown prince’s words did not stop there, but went even deeper into my heart.
“A puppy cannot be born under a wolf. If you follow me, I will give you the opportunity to achieve your wish.”
“opportunity…….”
“It means that I am giving you the opportunity to destroy the Federal Empire with those hands.”
“… … What, what did you say?”
A federal empire?
The Carrot Federal Empire, which was the supreme state of the Duchy of Lespiel.
Where on earth does that name come from here… …
“Th, what does that mean… … .”
“Let’s talk about the details after we get rid of the uninvited guests.”
“… … .”
“I guess there are some assholes eavesdropping on our conversation.”
“… … !”
Sling-
What emerged from the scabbard was a beautiful turquoise blade that was almost too elegant to be described as graceful.
It was at that time that I did not understand the situation.
“Five. It looks like they followed me from the mercenary guild.”
“Wh, what… … .”
“It means that those who noticed your true identity are following you.”
The crown prince looked beyond the thick trees and made a bitter sneer.
Then Brom realized that he was feeling the same gaze from the Mercenary Guild.
So clearly, yet so secretly hidden that it could never be detected… … .
‘Are you saying that the Crown Prince didn’t plant those eyes?!’
It was life.
But it was strange. Why did that life feel so familiar?
‘As if I had experienced it myself… … .’
Brom suddenly remembered why it felt familiar.
I was able to recall a fragmentary memory from the depths of my subconscious.
“… … !”
A story from more than twenty years ago.
It was a similar aura to the assassin whose eyes he had met in the library where his father had been found dead.
… … The puzzle that I thought was out of place was starting to fit together.
It felt like a part of something that had been missing was finally revealed.
And in my confused mind, a soft but infinitely cold beauty voice is imprinted.
“Go and see for yourself what they are.”
“… … .”
“And then, witness it for yourself.”
Whoosh whoosh!
The blood-red aura flowing through the turquoise sword blazed.
As if engulfed in flames.
It was filled with nothing but murderous intent, radiating its murderous aura around it like a flame, making it touch the skin.
A power that is superhuman, yet already surpasses it.
Awe and fear that wells up from the depths of my heart.
It began to explode as the wind blew in like a typhoon.
“This is the power of the human who will become your master.”
“… … !”
Kwakwakwakwakwang!
The rampant vegetation slowly disappears into a blood-red haze, as if engulfed in flames.
Grass. Trees. Soil.
And the things inside did not leave even a handful of ashes.
As if it were disappearing, it disappeared without a trace in the midst of that magnificent destructive power.
“iced coffee…….”
dump-
Brom, who witnessed that horrific scene, fell to his knees with his legs losing strength.
It had to be that way.
Because he made it possible for a spectacle that could not be created by the hands of a mere human being with only his own strength.
Heaven and earth.
As they say, there is a heaven above the heaven, and man already holds the greatness of nature in his hands.
“Okay, then let’s finish talking.”
