Episode 69. Pioneer
Why do these guys welcome me so much? I didn’t know the reason until I finished eating with the three brothers whom I hadn’t seen in a long time.
“Verdin, do you know why I called you?”
Tony continued speaking, leaning back in his chair with a meaningful smile.
“My father is in critical condition. ”
“… … ?!”
“You are suffering from an unknown disease. “He said he probably wouldn’t be able to survive this year.”
This is my first time hearing this story.
No one has ever told me that. Even DeBerry, who is with him at Strange Mansion.
And it was very different from the time my father passed away in my previous life, and the reason was also because of Hysteria.
‘It is certainly.’
Because I personally saw Hysteria’s sword blade pierce my father’s chest.
“Is it Glazer’s doing?”
“No, they said it happened in the tower. “The problem is that they haven’t found the medicine he needs yet.”
“In the tower?”
“I heard it from my mother, so I’m not sure. “But suddenly Saji stopped listening to her and she was unable to regain her strength.”
That can’t be possible.
On the floor my father is currently on, there are no people with disease-related abilities, and no one uses similar curse-type spells.
‘What happened?’
I can’t believe that my father, who is currently considered the strongest living being on earth, would die in such a ridiculous way.
‘Can not be done.’
No matter what happens, I will take his head. I greatly regretted not being able to do this at the time.
“Then why did you call me to this academy? “Is this to prevent the story from getting out?”
Tony nodded to my question.
“That’s right, because the conversation we have here won’t leak out.”
“Are you sure your father is in critical condition?”
“I guess so. “Because my mother said she heard it through the guards who climbed the tower with her father.”
“It’s my father’s bodyguard… .”
Anyway, it’s a big deal.
Now that Gunther and Hysteria are gone, Glazer and his father are both in critical condition, and if they realize that they are in critical condition, they won’t be able to stay silent.
“Verdin.”
“yes.”
“I’ve heard a lot of rumors about you lately. Well, some of them are overrated and some are underrated. “Most of the stories are hard to believe.”
Tony is now ten years old.
Since I had left home and lived at the academy, it was natural that I could not understand the rumors coming from outside.
‘Because these are things you can never do yourself.’
Johnny, who was standing behind Tony and listening to his story, joined the conversation.
“Verdin, we can’t leave the academy now. Until then, you must keep Glazer in check at all costs.”
Say something that makes sense.
It’s not like I’m attacking a few wizards, I’m keeping the Glazer family in check all by myself.
I wanted to ask, ‘Why don’t you just tell me to die?’ but I didn’t bother to continue the conversation.
Just by looking at Johnny’s grumpy expression, I knew that I wouldn’t be able to communicate with him.
“Bebebe Verdin, your mother told you to stay for two days when you get here and then leave.”
Ronnie looked at me with trembling eyes. Why is the guy who chased me like a rat in the castle suddenly acting like this here?
Of the three brothers, this one is definitely the one who will grow the most at the academy.
I slowly glanced at his movements and then answered.
“Two days?”
“Yes, I guess it’s because you haven’t experienced life at the academy. “I think you should see how it works.”
Well, I’ve never lived at an academy in this life.
‘but.’
There is no need to experience it.
Right now, I have nothing to learn here, and I don’t really want to spend time with these guys.
‘wait for a sec?’
My father is in critical condition.
The three brothers cannot leave the academy. Katharina had me visit her academy to inform me of this fact.
Why does she want to tell me this now?
If my father was truly in critical condition and I felt that his life was in danger, I would have definitely tried to find a way to overcome the crisis by returning home.
‘and.’
Even if my father had accepted death due to his illness, he would have tried to prepare for it.
‘but.’
This incident was carried out so secretly that I didn’t even know about it.
Although it is understandable that Glazer does not want to find out about this.
‘The father I know would never choose this method.’
No matter what crisis comes, he does not avoid it and chooses to tackle it head on.
“older brother.”
I looked at Tony.
He answered, sitting close to his chair and leaning his body towards the table.
“say.”
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“It seems like there is someone behind this incident.”
“back?”
“Yes, think about it. What if my father is really in critical condition? And if you wanted to tell me about it.”
“… … .”
“Would you have sent me here before death? Or are you going to call your brothers back home and try to find a solution to this?”
Tony slowly rolled his eyes, then nodded and answered.
“That’s what I heard.”
“It seems like someone is trying to put us in danger.”
“Who is that?”
Can you answer?
The person I expect is your mother.
“I do not know. But I think it will take some time to find out about this.”
I looked back and forth between Johnny and Ronnie before speaking.
“I think I’ll need some help from my brothers.”
“… “Can we help you?”
* * *
There are so many things about this incident that are hard to believe.
My father’s behavior of not coming down from the tower even though he was in critical condition. Even Katarina, the mother of the three brothers, sent me to the academy to tell this to me.
“Hmm-”
I lay down in the bed provided by the academy and tried to organize my thoughts.
Originally, I wasn’t going to stay here because I didn’t want to grant what Katarina wanted.
‘I guess I’ll have to use those three as shields in this case.’
I have no choice but to bury those guys deeply into this incident for two days.
“Hey you stupid bastard, what are you thinking so deeply about? Just by looking at this, you can see the size!”
Siegfried spoke, swinging his sword in the air.
“What size?”
“Who did this?”
“… “Master, who do you think did what?”
“It’s simple. Your mother is doing shit behind her back to kill her father. “I’m just trying to get you caught up in this!”
I thought I was stupid, but I guess I was thinking to some extent.
“Why?”
“That’s obvious too! You’ve been active these days. “I guess they want to use this opportunity to kill your father and you and install one of those three idiot brothers as the head of the family.”
“… … .”
“If you keep going like this, you will get that position.”
Accurate.
That guy and I were the same as I thought, so I felt humiliated for some reason.
“Nyaaaang!”
Brunhild climbed onto my abdomen and rubbed my face.
“Dean, then why did Katarina send you here?”
Brunhild’s question was not simply curiosity. An expression filled with laughter, as if trying to tell me something.
‘The reason you sent me here.’
It was so simple.
“It’s probably to keep me away from the Legion.”
“Oh, then why did you try to drop it?”
I haven’t found out about it yet. If I were to stay here for two days, what would she be able to do?
And what would you expect me to do when I find out about this?
‘no way.’
I turned my gaze and saw the armor I had come with. Strange’s cross deeply engraved on his back.
“Damn it!”
“Yes? “Why are you acting like this all of a sudden?”
“Right. I did. “So you were trying to get me out of the Legion.”
“Did you figure it out?”
“Yes, the reason why I must not be in the Legion right now. And if my father is really sick, what kind of illness does he have?”
An evil deed that only Katarina could commit, something you would never know if you had not experienced it in a past life.
I immediately took out a palm-sized caterpillar that I had hidden under my clothes and stroked its head.
At the same time, the caterpillar, which was in a deep sleep, signaled to me by shaking its head from side to side.
“Rox, find Devery right now and contact Strange’s headquarters. Request that as many troops as possible be gathered in the Legion.”
The caterpillar nodded.
“If you ask me why, just say it was my order. And, when they arrive, tell Beth to head straight to the tower and stay with her father until I arrive.”
Clearly, this is not a plan concocted by Katarina alone; the imperial family or a force I don’t know is working with her.
And now the only one who can stop them is me.
“Master.”
“huh?”
“I’m sorry, but I think you’ll have to fight.”
“fight? I? Well, it’s not a problem to come down if you want, ahem!”
Siegfried swaggered and swung his sword in the air. I answered him by shaking my head left and right.
“No, I’m not saying to come down. “I think the time has come for you to fight yourself.”
“… “What does that mean?”
“There is no one in our family stronger than Master Bae Hu-ryeong, right?”
“yes.”
“Then, Master, is it true that you can defeat all of my older brothers, Bae Hu-ryeong?”
“That’s not even a thing!”
While he was answering my question, he looked at me blankly as if he realized something.
“No way.”
“Not everything. “I think you just need to deal with one person.”
* * *
What Verdin asked the three brothers was very simple.
The idea is to be wary of every single person approaching.
Even if it’s called Strange.
‘Now you have to be careful because you don’t know who is friend or foe.’
The three brothers also agreed to this.
‘If my father is really in critical condition. Strange is what we protect, not me. Okay? ‘Brothers.’
They became wary of everyone as the seeds of doubt that Verdin had given as a ‘favor’ and planted deep in their minds grew.
They even don’t get close to their colleagues at the academy who have taken classes with them so far.
Until this time, the three brothers did not know.
How painful it is to be wary of an unknown enemy and to be suspicious of someone.
“Instructor Philip is looking for me?”
Tony, who was practicing swordsmanship alone at the parade ground, tilted his head.
Instructor Philip was not the one in charge of his class, so I couldn’t figure out why he bothered to look for him.
‘no way.’
Is this the movement of forces we don’t know about that Verdin was talking about? I never thought they’d already reached out to the academy.
Second Johnny nodded.
“Yes, it was my first time hearing this name, so I asked the gatekeeper and he said he was an alchemy instructor.”
“Why did you ask to see me?”
“I do not know either. But I heard before that there is someone here who learned alchemy from her mother.”
“okay?”
“Yes, I think it’s probably Instructor Philip. “There is only one alchemy instructor here.”
Tony thought for a moment, then returned his sword to its sheath.
Crash.
“… Bring Ronnie. “Let’s go together just in case.”
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