East (3)
“Then, it’s important to know where the Gwangryongje is connected to. Where is it?”
Theo narrowed his eyes.
“Are you the Gardner family?”
Kinkarnon closed his eyes tightly.
I heard that the relics of the Taigo Dragon are full of many mysteries that are completely incomprehensible.
If that’s the case, then it’s not at all strange that there’s an ability to discern truth or falsehood.
As expected.
“That’s enough.”
Theo slowly got up from his seat.
With this, the next target has been determined.
thud!
The place Theo left off. Darkness fell as the prison doors closed again.
Kinkarnon couldn’t move from his spot.
The darkness and silence seemed to represent his life, lost and in ruin.
* * *
An order was given to the entire Baek Gap-yong unit.
– It is judged that the Gardner family actively participated in this coup and is connected to the remnants of Troyvan. They are designated as public enemies and their suppression is ordered.
Suppression.
The weight that word carries in the North is by no means small.
Because it means disposing of all those involved without leaving even a single trace.
Everyone was so busy that it meant that at times the name Gardner could be completely kicked out of the six-story house.
Kyaaaaak!
“let’s go!!”
The armored dragons began to fly up, screaming.
There was nothing more spectacular than the scene where Amore took the lead and the other members followed him in formation and took flight.
-Egg money! What the hell is going on!
-Kinkarnon was the mastermind behind the coup. That suspicion was also found in Gardner.
-What the hell is going on? When on earth did the war with Troyvan end… … .
While looking at the hundreds of dragons that filled the sky, people desperately hoped that nothing would happen again.
Taang! Taang!
Theo was at the Basque workshop without joining the expedition.
“… … What is this?”
Kirshon frowned as he looked at the greatsword that Theo was secretly holding out to him, while he was biting the bear.
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“It is as you see.”
“I worked so hard to make this… …!”
Kirshon had to somehow suppress the boiling anger while clutching the back of his head.
“Is it for the same reason as those guys flying up there?”
It means that this happened because of a coup.
Theo scratched his cheek with an embarrassed face.
“Yes. So, how about taking out your anger on those who are about to be caught?”
“Anyway, Judaeng… …!”
Kirshon took the broken Drake’s blade and fiddled with it, his frown growing wider.
“This crazy guy. It’s going to be harder to touch like this! This is unusable! No matter how much I try to attach it here and there, it’ll never function the same as before!”
Drake’s blade wasn’t just made up of Lesser Drake materials.
Repair was impossible because several valuable materials she had were also taken.
Wouldn’t it be better to melt it down and make something new?
Of course, that would make the belly button bigger than the stomach.
however,
“Even if I have this, will it be difficult to repair?”
“What did you bring again… … Ugh! This, this is!”
Kirshon stopped being angry and instead, his eyes widened and he clung to the material Theo was offering.
As if he was touching a precious treasure, he even carefully stroked the surface with trembling hands, fearing that he might get hurt.
Look at this appearance, this feeling, this firmness!
Ah! Where in the world can you find such perfect ingredients!
“Hehehehehe. Churp!”
Kirshon found himself drooling without even realizing it.
『… … Tell that elf to get off of me, he’s so dirty.』
“Hehehehehe.”
『Right now! Hurry up!!』
As the drool was about to reach Lordbroke, he panicked and tried to somehow push Theo closer to Kirshon.
Kirshon is holding her tightly in his arms and stroking her like a pervert.
It was part of the rib that Lordbroke had pulled out last night while shedding tears like chicken shit.
“I had such a hard time pulling that out!”
‘Honestly, aren’t you just scraping the surface of the ribs?’
『Does that make the pain go away? I was really hurt! And, my companion, have you forgotten that you kept nagging me to make sure to apply the reinforcing magic and the reinforcing water?』
If you just give me a piece of rib, it will only be a high-quality weapon. So, cast all the best magic you know on it and turn it into an artifact.
This was Theo’s order, and Lordbroke was so stressed out that he thought about pulling out the ribs with his own hands and then having to spend days inside the nest fiddling with them.
But every time I resisted and said I couldn’t do it, he would threaten me with things like, “Then I’ll get hurt,” or, “The Lord’s treatment will be delayed by that much.” I was so angry I thought I could die!
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‘Life. No, isn’t that what dragon life is all like?’
“I think it’s become even more so since I met you!”
Apparently it wasn’t like this at first.
As I went on, I felt like I was getting more and more drawn into Theo’s playful demeanor.
“Where on earth did you get this?”
Kirshon hugged Lordbrok’s ribs for a long time, then belatedly came to his senses.
But seeing that both eyes were still rolling in a ‘$_$’ shape, it seemed like he had caught a whiff of new money again.
“It’s difficult to go into detail, but just know that there is a special route that is only available to small businesses.”
“Sheep? How much does this cost?”
“hmm.”
“No more! No more! ”
“Well, how much do you need?”
『This guy!!』
“Ohhhhh!”
“It’s not as much as you might expect. There are other ingredients, though.”
“Huh? This isn’t the end?”
“I think we can probably get all the materials, including fingernails, toenails, scales, hair, and ancient dragons.”
“hey!”
Theo smirked at Lordbroke, who was glaring at him in his spirit form as if to ask if he was crazy.
“I, I see? Th, th, then, hey, could I, could I see that?”
Lordbroke’s hands and feet were trembling as if he had tremors.
“You need to start by repairing it.”
“That, that’s right!”
“When can I come?”
“A week! Come back in a week!”
“Can’t you go a little faster?”
“This guy! He wants me to stay up all night working and suffering… …!”
Kirshon was about to scream, but when he saw Theo’s smiling face, he forced a smile.
“-But we have to do it even if it means that! Right! Our Lord Soga is very busy with construction work, so I have to help him somehow! Right! I have to help him!”
“How many days will it take?”
“Five days!”
“Please do it within three days.”
“… Ha, hahaha! Of course!”
“Oh, and the Yong Hwal Geom too.”
“… … The work has doubled! Hahahahaha!”
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Theo laughed.
‘As expected, Kirshon is good at talking.’
“It’s not a threat?”
But I could hear Lordbroke grumbling next to me.
It was obvious, but I just ignored it.
* * *
It was exactly three days later that the Dragon Sword and Drake’s Blade returned intact.
It was around the time when the Baek Gap Yong-gi Unit returned after completing the Gardner expedition.
The head of the Gardner family, Argon, was hung on a long pole at the entrance to Winterer.
As if to warn Ragnar’s enemies.
And new announcements followed one after another.
– For his treason, he executed the Gardner family vassals, including Algon.
– Appoint Shelford Gardner as new head of the household.
-The benefits promised to Gardner are reduced by half as a punishment.
– As another punishment, Gardner’s rank is designated as 6th out of 6. And a battle for rank is allowed for about a month.
Battle for the top spot.
The position of the 6th Sulgar did not simply mean the families that ‘served Ragnar closest’.
As a designated monarch recognized by Ragnar, it meant a representative bannerman family that was granted some of the northern interests and could collect taxes.
Naturally, there were quite a few places that coveted that spot.
If they were pushed out of the battle, the position of the 6th Seolga would be taken by someone else.
In other words, the content of the announcement that just dropped was very simple.
-Your father’s mess is yours to clean up, you son, Shelford.
Shelford, who had never thought of Argon as his father in his entire life, wanted to throw him away right away.
“Take this.”
“What is this?”
“What is it? A letter from the person who will be your master in the future.”
Shelford clenched his fist as he took the letter Amore handed him.
-It may be difficult right now, but please hold on as long as you can.
If it is an order, it will be the first directive.
It means that you want to somehow become my strength.
“It would be difficult to expect help from the Baek Gap-yong Unit, right?”
“The battle for rank cannot be resolved without the intervention of the great families. Why did you do that when you knew that?”
“That’s right… … . I asked because I was frustrated.”
Currently, Gardner’s key personnel have all had their balls cut off.
Since nearly 40% of the mid-level executives were gone, the unrest among the lower-level executives was considerable.
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If it weren’t for the good impression that Shelford had left on the family members and the rumor that he was Theo’s right-hand man, the family would have fallen apart long ago.
But how long can this power last?
Thanks to Theo’s consideration, the period of the battle was shortened to ‘one month’ instead of ‘one year’, but thinking about the families of the knights who would challenge one after another made my heart ache.
“But don’t worry, the one who will become your master has left a gift for you.”
“… … ?”
Shelford tilted his head, not understanding what Theo’s ‘gift’ was, but Amore left with a faint smile and the Baek Gap-yonggi-dae.
Fortunately, I found out what the gift was the next day.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve visited here in person. Ten years, perhaps?”
Suddenly, hundreds of inspectors appear and set up camp in front of Gardner’s manor.
As the soldiers stood tense, wondering if a fight had already begun, a few screamed when they saw the flag fluttering over the barracks.
-Rankeda!
-The head of the Ranke family has come to seek revenge!
How many people would be sympathetic to the appearance of Bracken Ranke, who had been the enemy of Algon Gardner for so long?
But the bigger problem was that another family appeared right after, as if they had been waiting for it.
-Bacchus! Bacchus has appeared too!
-Navan Bacchus is going on an expedition… …!
-I heard that Bacchus also lost a lot of his power because of the previous incident. Is he trying to take over the rights of his family?
As expected, the Bacchus family is one of the 6 families.
Ranke and Bacchus. The two heads of the household greeted each other warmly even though it was their first time meeting.
Squeak!
Soon after, Shelford also opened the gate of the manor and went out to greet them.
-Uh, what should I do?
Gardner’s men stamped their feet, fearing that Bracken and Naban might be doing harm to their lord.
On the one hand, I was surprised by Shelford’s confident attitude as he greeted them without any sign of intimidation.
and.
Everyone was shocked by the sight that followed.
“This was Theo’s gift. Thank you for finding Gardner.”
“Haha. It’s nice to see you here again. Let me introduce myself formally. This is Bracken of Ranke.”
“Nice to meet you. I am Bacchus’s navvie. We have come a long way in a hurry on the orders of our damned master, and we are all exhausted. Would you like to take a rest?”
“Of course.”
Shelford shook hands with them.
This was the first official meeting of what would later be called the ‘Theo Alliance’.
How the bastard of the Return Sword Family lives
