Swordmaster’s Youngest Son Chapter 823

Chapter 823

Episode 207. Elona’s decision

After leaving the secret palace, Elona Ziple walked on the open sea for a long time.

It was because he didn’t want to go back quickly to those who woke him up. He’s definitely a person who fights for his family, but he’s awakened from a seal after a thousand years.

Elona wasn’t too happy about that fact. As if she was peering into a dark, deep well, it was difficult for her to read her inner self.

‘Cold wind… … cold.’

There’s no way a human who climbed the Changseong felt the cold from the sea breeze. She felt the loneliness of her heart cold.

As Ameris guessed, she was born with strangely strong powers, and the reason was the thought of the sun god.

Of course, Elona doesn’t know what power she possesses. It was the same with Ziple at the time.

Elona’s transparent footprints were being taken on the sea. However, to Elona’s eyes as she turned around and looked at her footprints, it wasn’t transparent and looked red like her blood.

The countless people he killed a thousand years ago, their blood would be all over his body.

I have never heard a plea for help or a request to relieve pain. At that time, most of the enemies who met Elona did not recognize the moment they died.

Those who had the power to survive facing Elona had nothing to ask for mercy. Like Temar and the teenage knights, they either fought back or cursed and retreated.

On the battlefield, Elona never retreated first.

‘At that time, I think I wanted to disappear while fighting. Like Temar, with the help of someone who can kill me… … Why did you think that? Have you ever hated the family name? Didn’t you want to kill more people?’

I don’t know.

My head was pounding the more I thought about it, but I couldn’t stop thinking. So, when the pain deepened, magical powers unexpectedly arose and scattered the sea at random.

When the magical power of the freezing attribute spread, the whole sea in the area froze, and when the flame-type magical power surged, it melted again. The magic power that became wind created a huge storm in an instant, and lightning rushed into it.

All of that wasn’t magic, it was just magic generated by Elona’s mood, but if it was nearby, even the fleet wouldn’t have been able to withstand it and would have become a wreck.

‘Let’s just go like this, go into the deep sea and don’t come out. don’t go back to the It might be better to do that. But the family name… … .’

Zipple, the family you must protect.

The faces of the members that I vaguely remember had only two expressions. A face full of fear or contempt.

The former did not make sense. He had no intention of harming his family members.

The latter made sense. They judged that Elona was only strong and did not properly carry out her mission as a zip.

‘I’m still the same as then. Even though I think I have to fight for my family, I feel confused.’

I hope someone can put an end to this mess.

The moment she thought that far, Elona confirmed that a group of lights were approaching from afar in the dark night sky.

It was Zipple’s 1st Fleet.

“Cozek… … .”

If so, the householder will be riding. Elona looked up at her fleet to organize her scattered magic, and her fleet descended and settled in front of her.

“Chief Ziffle, Beradin Ziffle meets the old hero of the family.”

Veradin landed on the frozen sea and knelt on one knee. Behind him, all of Jiple’s leaders and wizards were saluting.

Elona was shocked.

She had never been treated so respectfully by her family. On the day she graduated from her major, she received formal congratulations, but her mood was completely different from now.

Rather, it was more like a rebuke. You could have killed the teenage knight, so why did you miss it, why didn’t you destroy the entire city of Runkandel, why did you always do that even with that power?

Because of this, Elona was choking and her heart was tight on the days when there was congratulations. It was more painful than anything else for her to meet the eyes of her family watching over her.

“I’m sorry I came to see you now. Because we are not enough, we have neglected Sir Elona until now.”

“… … Can you shake your head a little?”

Elona and Beradin’s eyes met. Elona couldn’t read any hatred, contempt, or lies in his words.

“Is it you who called me?”

“It was not me, but the Tower of Stories unlocked Elona-sama’s seal. Embarrassingly, we didn’t even know of Elona-sama’s existence until the Tower of Stories came forward.”

“The top… … me.”

The Tower of Stories, where Elona spent the most time along with the battlefield a thousand years ago.

As soon as he recalled the tower, his vague memories and emotions quickly came to life.

When interacting with the tower and generating magic, Elona felt more secure than ever. The Tower of Stories was her only resting place and friend.

“Nearly a thousand years have passed, but the Tower of Stories still has not disappeared. That’s why the energy that called me was so friendly.”

“I dare say, it seems that the tower has been waiting for Elona-sama all this time. As I just said, we didn’t even know of Elona-sama’s existence, but the Tower opened the seal on Elona-sama on its own as soon as the conditions were met. Even if my life could have been in danger.”

At those words, Elona felt the solitude accumulated inside her melt away like snow. It was as if her forgotten friend was hugging her.

“You, the owner of the house, were in danger because of me.”

“The tower has judged Elona-sama to be more important to the family than me, and that is absolute. So never mind.”

“But you said you knew nothing about me until recently. I am not of much value.”

“I peeked into Lady Elona’s life when the tower opened the seal through me. I would have judged the same as TOP.”

“May I go to the Tower of Stories?”

“In the family, Elona-sama can do whatever she wants. There is no place in the family’s land that Elona-sama cannot go to, there is nothing in the family’s property that Elona-sama cannot possess, and there is no family member that Elona-sama cannot control. Even me, the head of the household.”

It was difficult for Elona to choose an answer, so she just stared at Beradin and his followers for a while.

“Then what do you and your family want from me?”

“Please protect the family.”

“It’s the only thing I can and know how to do.”

“If you want to help the family because it’s your duty, Elona-sama already fulfilled her responsibility a thousand years ago. It’s just that the incompetent and arrogant ancestors at the time did not acknowledge that fact. If you want to help the family with compassion or affection, the current Ziffle is not the family that Elona-sama used to know. If you want to help just because it’s my request, the head of the family, I won’t resent you if you just refuse.”

The more she talked with Beradin, the more Elona felt her inner self calm like a lake.

Soon, Elona was able to understand the reason. It was because everything he said was a warm comfort he had never experienced.

And the more Beradin read Elona’s heart, the more he became angry with the arrogant and foolish ancestors of those days.

‘Those who don’t deserve to be called ancestors, like garbage. Even on the day the demon stone is completed, your history will not come out again.’

When he assimilated with the tower and unlocked Elona’s seal, it wasn’t just Elona’s life that Beradin looked at. Even though she had perfect conditions, she couldn’t achieve her long-cherished wish, and she also saw the incompetence of her zip at that time.

“The words you say are a great comfort to me, Veradin.”

“It is just devastating that the hero who protected the family was so lonely.”

“Thanks to you, I now know what I want to do.”

“Tell me, I will help with anything.”

“I am… … I want to live a better life than before. I want to avoid unwanted killing, and I don’t want to feel lonely when I look back on my day before going to bed.”

“Can I understand you by saying that you want a life of giving in retirement?”

“It is not. Since Top called me by risking the life of the family head, it must mean that Top still loves the family. The same goes for me. It meant that I wanted to do things for my family and achieve what I just said.”

“Then, it is understood that you want to leave out meaningless killing and go to the battlefield full of glory, not loneliness and chaos.”

“I think so. I only know how to fight enemies and kill them.”

“I can’t say there are no nasty fights. However, if one day, when Elona-sama goes to the battlefield, she feels distressed. You are welcome to leave the family at any time.”

“I don’t want to leave. Under no circumstances will I leave unless the tower abandons the family. Instead, since I said that there is no one I cannot work with in my family, if that day comes again, like a thousand years ago, then I want to change my family as I wish.”

“All of these things do not require my permission, Lady Elona.”

“But you are the head of the household. Until that day comes, I will be a faithful follower of the family head. Also, somehow I feel like that day will never come. I have never felt so comfortable in my life as I do now.”

“It is overrated. But it’s true that it makes me feel better when you say that.”

“So get up now. I feel embarrassed and apologetic to see you keep looking up at me, Gaju.”

Beradin slowly raised himself. Elona smiled broadly. It was a look she had never made a thousand years ago.

“Then, I will escort you to the Tower of Stories.”

Kojek started flying to the Tower of Stories. Elona looked at the city under the window and captured the scenery different from a thousand years ago. Unlike back then, the heart that sincerely wanted to protect those cities welled up.

“house owner.”

“Tell me, Miss Elona.”

“Since a thousand years have passed, there must be a mountain of new things I need to know. There is one thing I am most curious about.”

“What is?”

“Among Zipple’s enemies right now, is there someone stronger than me?”

Veradin immediately thought of Shiron and Ban, and Jin and Murakan.

“… … Miss Elona. Temar Runcandel. How was it in the era when Runcandel’s first head of household was there?”

Elona thought for a while and then replied.

“I don’t think it was there at the time.”

“If so, it probably won’t be any different now.”