6th Candidate (2)
Theo asked Cecilia and her friends to wait a moment, then moved with Naban.
“I didn’t know you were already here.”
At Theo’s words, Naban crossed his arms and snorted cynically.
“You didn’t forget, did you?”
“Surely that can’t be?”
Theo flinched for a moment, but tried his best to keep his expression low and answered calmly.
Telling him that I was busy collecting the two relics and the sword beads would only annoy Naban.
“It seems like you still don’t know what’s going on behind the scenes. Of course, it hasn’t been properly announced to the public yet.”
Naban seemed to have noticed it to some extent, but didn’t bother to pursue it.
“The Bacchus family is broken. The head of the family and all of its major vassals have been brought to Winterer on suspicion of rebellion. Thanks to that, the other families have been nagging at me for the past few days, which has been annoying.”
“You seem happy, despite the expression ‘annoying’?”
Naban briefly touched the corner of his mouth with his index finger and snickered.
“Did you get the tea?”
“A lot.”
“Well, I don’t really want to hide the fact that my family is made of soybeans.”
Naban continued, snorting lightly.
“Anyway, I’ve been held hostage for the most part, and I’ve been cleared of most of the charges. I’ll probably be installed as the new head of Bacchus soon, with only a few restrictions.”
Naban’s gaze turned directly to Theo.
“I hope everything went the way you wanted?”
Theo smiled silently.
A furrow appeared between Naban’s eyebrows.
“No matter how much I showed my willingness to turn to you in the middle, Ragnar’s suspicions about the rebellion were known to be so strong that they would drain a person’s blood. Black Snow’s persistence was especially needless to say. And yet I was released so easily. It was as if someone had given separate orders from above.”
“… … .”
“It seemed like your hand was touching there?”
“If that’s what it looked like, then maybe it was true.”
“You’re saying you won’t show your true feelings easily?”
Naban continued speaking, clicking his tongue as if he was amazed.
“Well, I guess it’s okay. Thanks to this, I was able to get rid of my damn father and the old men. There’s no better revenge than a bastard taking control of a family. But.”
Theo somehow seemed to know what Naban was going to say.
“That kind of thing won’t be necessary if it’s short-lived. What about your promise? When are you going to keep it?”
promise.
He said he would cure Naban’s incurable disease.
Theo’s eyes sank deeply.
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A man named Naban Bacchus is a natural rebel.
From now on, it was most important to truly win this person’s heart.
Whoosh!
Theo took something out of his bosom and threw it at Naban.
Naban took it by surprise.
It was a potion.
“This is… … ?”
“It’s a cure. I’ve also written down the recipe, so check it out. But be careful, it doesn’t taste bad.”
“… … !”
Naban looked at the paper surrounding the potion and opened his eyes wide.
It contained a recipe for a combination of herbs that were easily available on the market.
‘The special celery juice of the Blood Sword Master. If it’s that elixir that boosts stamina, it should be enough to steadily alleviate even my incurable disease.’
Naban’s disease had the characteristic of slowly eating away at a person’s energy and eventually even his life force.
So, if you can improve your constitution while strengthening your energy, you can overcome it.
The reason Theo, no, Black Snow from his previous life, learned of this fact was because there was a time gap between Naban’s death and the appearance of the Blood Sword Emperor.
one side,
‘You’re giving it away so easily… … ?’
Naban was in great mental shock.
I was prepared to assume that he would exploit me by giving me little by little the medicine under the pretext of curing my illness.
It was kicked nicely.
“… … What do you want? I don’t think a smart guy like you would naively think you could win my favor just by saying something like this.”
“If you say it the other way around, doesn’t that mean that even if you have a cure and use it, you won’t do it with sincerity?”
“… … .”
“Maybe he’s just ready to hit me in the back of the head with a cure or something.”
‘This guy knows me too well.’
It must have been first seen from the top of Ceres.
‘Have you been watching me for a long time? Or did you see right through me what kind of person I am?’
Whichever it was, it didn’t change the fact that Theo was a scary person.
“So I won’t force myself to do anything to pressure you. I just thought it would be better to show you first that I am worthy of following you.”
“I am a vessel worthy of following… … How are you going to prove it?”
“Please continue to watch over me.”
“… … .”
“And then decide. Whether you will continue to follow me or not. In the meantime, I will.”
Theo’s eyes sank deeply.
“Please restore the fallen Bacchus to its original state on the rock. You must make it a place where I can harvest it with my own hands.”
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“… … !”
Thump thump thump!
Naban’s heart began to pound violently.
At some point, my heart started to grow cold, like that of a dying person.
He was running as if he was trying to stretch again, energizing every part of his body.
It was like my mind suddenly opened.
‘You want me to prove… … my usefulness? Or else I’ll kick you out.’
Arrogance that comes from the confidence that one is sufficiently confident.
Naban really liked Theo’s attitude.
“Good. Hold Bacchus properly in this hand. So that the lord cannot learn without it.”
“great.”
Theo and Naban laughed together.
The smiles of the two people in the master-servant relationship looked somehow similar.
* * *
“Your Excellency, you have had too much to drink. Let’s stop here for today… …!”
“What? Are you making fun of me too?”
The head of the council, ‘Wonryong’ Wolfgang, stopped pouring his drink with a slightly flushed face and glared at the other council members who were trying to stop him.
“T, T, how could that be possible! How could I dare… …!”
“Then stop acting crazy and go away!”
“Oh, I see… … .”
The elder took a step back with a very timid look on his face.
Wolfgang snorted lightly as he looked at it.
“Huh! This guy or that guy, they’re all thinking of biting my nape like a lynx! But just wait and see. I wouldn’t give up my nape so easily.”
Since when did the people who used to always bustle around Wolfgang disappear?
As the Troyban incident broke out recently, suspicious eyes began to pour in on Wolfgang, who had been close to Ed.
Although there has not been a separate summons issued or an announcement made by Heukseol yet.
Considering that Wolfgang was usually at odds with the Black Dragon, it wouldn’t have been strange if they had fallen apart at any time.
For Wolfgang, that situation was extremely frustrating.
Wasn’t it me who brought down Emperor Gwangryong, my older brother, with my own hands?
It was very unpleasant for him, who had lived his entire life only for the glory of Ragnar, to be suspected like this.
but,
Even if I pour out my heart, it’s useless if no one listens.
‘It’s all because of that bastard Theo Ragnar… …!’
That’s why Wolfgang hated Theo for causing such a stir in the family rather than resenting Ed.
So, I really wanted to just twist the ball off right away.
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The guy already has the protection of Julius, Princess Plum, and now even the protection of the Black Dragon.
The reality that I couldn’t just take action was just more frustrating.
‘You bastard. Try to make even a little mistake. That day will be your memorial day.’
It was at that time that a sinister murderous look appeared in Wolfgang’s eyes.
“That girl… … ?”
Something familiar caught my eye near the entrance.
Even though she wore heavy makeup and a dress that didn’t suit her.
A face that cannot hide its superficiality.
‘It’s better now. I can relieve some of this frustration.’
A thought suddenly occurred to me,
Wolfgang gave a cold sneer.
* * *
‘Is it okay to go on like this?’
In front of the banquet hall entrance.
Evelyn couldn’t leave the full-length mirror that had been provided for her to adjust her appearance before entering.
She was wearing a dress.
A dress that shines pitch black as if it were the night sky at dawn.
The neatly falling clothes were beautiful.
It was also a gift that Cecilia had given him, saying that it would suit her very well.
But to Evelyn’s eyes, it was also something too unfamiliar.
It was bound to be awkward for her, having spent her entire life wearing only training uniforms and armor.
Moreover, with all the accessories and makeup on, I started to wonder if I had gone too far.
In particular, there was something that caught her eye the most.
‘I tried to muster up the courage because you said it wouldn’t be weird at all to reveal it… … .’
Evelyn ran her hand through the prosthetic arm that was visible through the sleeve that only reached halfway down her forearm.
After several checks, I now felt like my real arm was feeling completely fine, but
Still, the feel of the iron, which gave off no warmth at all, was unfamiliar.
Moreover, it seemed out of place in such a fancy banquet hall.
‘Should I just go back?’
Yeah. What’s wrong with me?
I was about to turn around, thinking that I should go to the training ground and do some training.
-I’ve said it many times, but Evelyn needs to realize how beautiful she is. Do you understand? Be confident. If you are confident in yourself, others will see you that way.
Suddenly, I remembered what Cecilia had said.
A word that tells you to be confident in yourself.
Those words somehow made Evelyn’s steps turn back to where they were.
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‘Okay. Since we’ve come this far, let’s at least see Theo and the captain’s faces before we leave.’
Ttukbuk-
The moment I entered the entrance with a slightly relaxed gait,
“This is the 5th squad leader of the Baek Gap Yonggi Unit, Senior Inspector Evelyn Nereville!”
As the name was called, everyone’s eyes turned in this direction.
-Evelyn?
-Where have I heard that name before?
-Why, there is. The swordsmanship master who taught Theo Ragnar.
-Ah… …! You said you clashed with the Chief of Staff and Captain Baek Gap-yong before?
Even though she heard things she didn’t want to hear, Evelyn walked confidently.
“Oh my, Evelyn! You are so beautiful.”
Cecilia ran over and grabbed Evelyn’s hands.
“You’re wearing the dress I gave you. I told you clearly, didn’t I? It would look great on Evelyn. My eyes were not wrong.”
“Thank you. Thanks to you, I got to wear something like this.”
“Wear it often. Dress it up as you wish. Whenever you want, Cecilia will help you.”
Siblings Wellington and Erica also chimed in.
“Honestly, I almost didn’t recognize you, Captain. Holkus, right?”
“Uh, huh?”
“Aren’t you doing it right?”
When Erica poked Holkus in the side with her elbow, Holkus finally came to his senses and barely managed to fight back.
“Oh, that’s right! I think I should take a picture of this! I think my crew members will like it if they see it!”
“Smile, smile.”
“T, like this… … ?”
Holkus was concerned that Naban had been the one who had naturally(?) been the number one inspector and had been the one to call Theo the lord first, but he tried his best not to show it and forced a smile.
Buzzing-
The corners of his mouth twitched.
“Hey, should I bring a camera?”
“Erika, Holkus. Don’t do anything useless. Especially don’t say a word to Shelford and Arin.”
Evelyn warned Erica and Holkus from doing something useless.
The mischievous Shelford would surely be a constant source of teasing, and Arin was… …a little dangerous. No, very dangerous.
‘Oh, should I take a picture secretly? I think I can sell it to Senior Arin for a really high price.’
Erica thought seriously about the fact that Arin, with whom she had recently become close, had a hobby of ‘collecting Evelyn collections’.
“But where did Theo go?”
“Ah! My son… … !”
Just as Cecilia was about to answer,
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“I guess I’ll have to say something to the butler. This kind of prestigious social party is just a waste of time with that idiot. Hey, tsk tsk!”
Evelyn turned her head to the other side, then her body froze.
Something I thought was buried long ago.
Traumas I thought I had forgotten flashed through my mind.
-Hey, girl. Do you really think your boss will protect you?
-Don’t make me laugh. In the end, what the world will believe is not your words, but mine.
-Okay. If you want to live your whole life as a cripple, then do it.
-It seems that in the end, shallow blood cannot be hidden.
The image of Wolfgang laughing coldly in the darkness now overlapped Wolfgang’s face.
“If you’re a cripple, you should stay at home like a cripple. Where is this place that you can go out and do whatever you want? And what’s with those arms?”
The moment Wolfgang was about to reach out to the prosthetic arm while laughing out loud.
Suddenly, a hand grabbed Wolfgang’s wrist.
“I guess getting hit that time wasn’t enough for you. Don’t you remember me warning you that I wouldn’t let you off easy if you ever touched my child again? Do you have dementia or something?”
Wolfgang and Evelyn’s gaze quickly turned in that direction.
Julius’s eyes were glaring coldly.
“Do you really want to get beaten up like that, Senator?”
How the bastard of the Return Sword Family lives
