6th Candidate (4)
‘How dare these things!’
It seemed as if sparks would fly from Niel’s eyes at any moment.
There were two things she wished for today.
Daughter, Ray’s flowering ceremony has been completed safely and a happy birthday has been celebrated.
And I was just trying to gauge Theo’s capacity.
Some completely unexpected punks were trying to ruin the celebration.
“I feel sorry for Princess Suseon. However, this is something we cannot tolerate. So please wait until we punish Captain Baek Gap-yong… … Kyaak!”
One of the elders was speaking rudely to Niel when suddenly his right arm flew into the air.
The other elders’ faces hardened.
“What are you doing, Princess Suseon!”
“You are also trying to intimidate our Senate by side with Captain Baek Gap-yong…!”
“shut up!”
But the backlash didn’t last long.
Woof woof!
The entire palace and banquet hall shook as Niel shouted at them.
Passs …
A giant dragon appeared around her, forming a shape, and frost began to fall in all directions.
The temperature was so low that it felt like frost was forming on my skin, and I could even smell my breath.
“Don’t tease that snout any longer. Then I’ll cut off your balls, whether you’re a senior or a swindler.”
“… … !”
“… … !”
“… … !”
The elders hesitated and stepped back.
But now I’m holding back because I’m taking care of my sick daughter.
In her youth, she had a fiery temper that upset Ragnar several times.
Niel’s gaze also turned to Julius.
“Baek Gap Yong-gi Captain… … No. It’s annoying, so I’ll just call you by your name. Julius, you too. If you keep doing useless things, you’ll know that I’ll fight you to the death. Do you understand?”
Instead of answering, Julius just looked at Niel with an indifferent gaze.
“If you’re going to drink and cause trouble, do it outside. Where is this place where you’re drinking? How can you be drunk? Don’t you have any sense of morality?”
Niel’s cold gaze alternated between Julius and the elders.
“Pick up your knives and get out of here right now. I want to cut all your balls off right now.”
Before they knew it, the inspectors of the Suseon Palace had gathered around them, aiming their swords.
All of them are the best who were specially taught the sword by Niel.
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They didn’t care who their opponent was, and were ready to attack at the drop of a hat at Niel’s command.
but,
“You don’t like it?”
Julius answered with a still indifferent face.
One of Niel’s eyebrows went up.
“what?”
“Since you call me by my name, I can just be comfortable like when I was young. I feel sorry for you, Niel, but I can’t leave this place. I have to tear off the arms of those old farts one by one.”
“Captain Baek Gap-yong!”
“You must do it!”
Whether the elders’ faces were distorted with anger or not, Julius did not erase the sneer on his lips.
“And even if it weren’t for me, I don’t think they’d back down easily either?”
“You spoke well.”
Just then, Wolfgang, who had finished stopping all the bleeding, came forward with a distorted face.
“Yes. I can’t just go on like this. How dare you… … make me like this and where are you going to end up… …!”
I lost my right arm.
The right arm, which can be said to be the lifeblood of an inspector.
In my nearly hundred years of life, I have never experienced such humiliation.
Wolfgang was ready to fight a life-or-death battle with Julius right here and now.
‘If it ends like this, my political career will be over. I’ve endured so much to get here! That can never happen… … !’
Wasn’t he already under suspicion because of his affair with Edwa, and it wouldn’t be strange if he were purged at any time?
But I thought that if I used this opportunity well, I would be able to solidify my position even more.
‘If we can frame the Senate as being persecuted by the Demon Dragon despite being innocent… …then if we unite and defeat the Demon Dragon, the Black Dragon will no longer be able to exert political pressure on me.’
Kyle, Black Dragon, Julius, and Plum Princess.
This will create even a small crack in the family power held by these four people.
And it didn’t seem like it would fail right away.
It was true that Julius’s skills were excellent.
Since the Baek Gap-yong Guard was not here, the number of members of the Senate was overwhelmingly greater.
It seemed like it might be possible to pull Niel over here too.
So Wolfgang has done all the political calculations and is now ready to go.
‘Are you laughing?’
Julius, however, was smiling even more deeply as he looked this way.
As if he knew it would happen.
For a moment, a feeling of uneasiness ran down my spine, but I tried to ignore it.
“Yeah. Are you going to see it through to the end?”
Ss …
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On the other hand, Niel, who felt that he was being ignored, started causing a blizzard.
“Okay, let’s do this. If I rip all those mouths off, there won’t be anyone left to ruin my daughter’s birthday party.”
Niel raised his sword high.
Then the blizzard quickly compressed into place, forming a huge beam of light.
The moment I was about to bring it down,
“Before you explode with anger, could you please listen to my opinion?”
Stop.
A sound penetrated Niel’s ears.
It was a familiar voice.
Niel’s gaze turned towards it.
Theo was walking here with Thorkel and Naban.
-Theo Ragnar?
-What? Why did Princess Suseon suddenly stop attacking?
-I think Theo Ragnar said something… … ?
-But why are you with the Black Iron Captain?
-The one left, isn’t he Bacchus’ illegitimate child? He’s supposed to be the new head of the household this time?
While people were buzzing about a combination that didn’t seem to go together at all.
“I say this not as a member of the Baek Gap Yong Gi Squad, but as Ray’s sibling and friend who does not want this birthday party to be ruined.”
Niel’s heart was slightly shaken by Theo’s words.
My daughter’s friend.
Words she thought she would never hear in her life moved her.
“… … Okay. Go ahead and say something. But if you’re just trying to waste my time with useless talk, I won’t forgive you.”
“thank you.”
Theo nodded slightly towards Julius and Evelyn, who had been relieved of their tension, and opened his mouth again.
Wolfgang’s gaze was simply ignored.
“How about using this conflict as entertainment to liven up the banquet?”
“sideshow?”
Niel frowned, having no idea what the content was about.
The crowd also all tilted their heads.
Theo’s smile grew deeper.
“In the ancient traditions of the North, banquets often ended with a contest of strength to show off the participants’ skills. This was also the case in Ragnar’s tradition.”
The North, with its harsh environment, has long had a strong reverence for the strong.
It soon remained intact in Ragnar and blossomed splendidly as the law of the strong.
Only then did Niel understand what Theo meant.
“Should we end this conflict as a pastime?”
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“Yes, that’s right. The Baek Gap Yong Gi-dae and the Senate will each select 3 people to compete against each other, or 5 to 5, to determine the winner.”
“The prize is what the winner wants. It’s going to be a winner-take-all situation.”
“That is Ragnar’s law.”
Phew!
Niel laughed lightly.
It looks like you’re covering your eyes and pretending not to see anything.
Certainly, there was no way to resolve the conflict between the two forces that were so unpleasant to see, while also taking care of his own pride and that of his daughter.
‘So that’s why Ray was able to get over Hola Dang.’
At that very moment, out of place, Ray was seen waving to Theo from the second floor terrace.
Theo also greeted him blandly.
Despite all the attention being paid to it.
‘They look alike.’
Like someone from my younger days.
“I still don’t like the idea of having more attention focused on things other than celebrating my birthday, but I guess it’s for the best right now.”
Niel pushed aside his brief excitement and growled again, looking back and forth between Julius and Wolfgang with fierce eyes.
“This is as far as I can accept. If you don’t like it, tell me right now. I’ll stick a sword in your mouth.”
Julius shrugged his head.
“There’s no reason to refuse. It was my child who made the offer.”
“We like it too.”
Wolfgang and the elders seemed unhappy with the situation being dragged along the way they wanted, but soon nodded as if there was nothing they could do.
Niel shouted as he put his sword back into its scabbard.
Crunch!
“Good. The entertainment will continue in 30 minutes, right here. The Baek Gap-yong Corps and the Senate will each choose three inspectors.”
* * *
‘Whew! Fortunately, it worked.’
Theo finally let out a sigh of relief.
This was because a major conflict almost broke out.
Meanwhile, Naban and Thorkel, who had been watching Theo from the side, were expressing admiration.
‘Just like last time, you really are a master at opening your mouth. The tongue is sharper than the sword.’
‘It wasn’t a joke when Naban called this kid his master.’
Thorkel was recalibrating his assessment of Theo in real time.
As a dangerous person.
If it’s guts, then guts; if it’s words, then words; if it’s talent, then talent.
What will this child be like when he grows up?
“Theo!”
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At that moment, something jumped down from the second floor terrace of the Suseon Palace and ran towards us in a hurry.
“Ray. Long time no see.”
“Where are you hurt?”
Ray clung to Theo and looked around carefully.
“It’s okay. I’m not hurt.”
“I hate you, Mom.”
“why?”
“You were mad at Theo.”
“Your Majesty, you were just doing what you had to do. Rather, you were doing it to protect Ray?”
“Still, it’s too much.”
Theo burst into a small laugh as he watched Ray grumbling.
This child’s relationship didn’t seem much different from that of a normal mother and daughter.
“Ray, how long has it been? I heard that you finished your closed-door training well, but it’s nice to see you again after such a long time.”
On the way, Thorkel waved his hand with a smile, but Ray looked at him and raised a question mark above his head before asking Theo again.
“What are you going to do now, Senator? I’m scared.”
Thorkel, who was suddenly and cleanly ignored(?), made a dumbfounded face, and Naban snickered next to him.
“Even the greatest Thorkel in the world is sometimes ignored.”
“… … Ha, haha. Our Ray is actually a bit shy.”
“Is that so? Even though his personality seems a bit strange, he doesn’t seem to be an introvert.”
“Hahahaha. I’m Ray’s older brother, so how could I not know that? Oh my! It’s already this late. I was supposed to meet Aiyan. It was nice meeting you, Naban. Let’s have a drink together next time.”
Naban waved lightly as he watched Thorkel leave.
I think there are people who are difficult for him to deal with.
Meanwhile.
Next to Theo and Ray, the siblings Julius, Evelyn, Cecilia, Wellington, and Erica approached.
Evelyn still looked uncomfortable at the thought that things had gotten so bad because of her.
“Captain, Theo. You don’t have to make things this big… …!”
“This isn’t just about you and that old man. It’s about me and the Baek Gap-yong unit. If you hadn’t ignored us, would you have thought of doing something like this again?”
“I agree with what you said, Captain. You are not at fault. This is something we must do together.”
Julius’s gaze turned to Theo.
The corners of his mouth were smiling, but his eyes were deeply sunken.
“I think you have some kind of plan since you suggested we spar. Right?”
“Yes. My first goal was to make sure they couldn’t overwhelm us with numbers.”
“Why? I thought I wouldn’t be able to do it if I was pushed back by the numbers.”
“How could that be? It’s just that I didn’t want to see blood on my friend’s birthday, when I should be celebrating it.”
Julius burst out laughing again.
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I wanted to say this with the utmost consideration for the other person, without hurting their pride as much as possible.
In fact, Julius knew it well too.
He knew that it would be very difficult for him to confront the Senate head-on.
And whether they win or lose, the political fallout that will follow will be much more severe.
Theo prevented it all with just a few words.
‘The subordinates suffer because of the incompetent leader.’
While he was secretly grateful to Theo, he was also curious about how the child would turn the situation around, or rather, how he would turn it to his advantage.
Because Theo always had a knack for turning crises into opportunities.
“Then how do you plan on drawing the matchups?”
“The last one to come out from that side will definitely be the Chief Senator. He will have to restore his fallen honor.”
“Is there such a thing as honor?”
“Because we have to create honor even if it doesn’t exist.”
“That’s right. Then, I guess I should step forward. What about the first two seats?”
“I will stand.”
Words I never thought of.
Julius’s eyes widened on their own.
Theo nodded blandly.
“Both the first two seats.”
How the bastard of the Return Sword Family lives
