Tail Catcher (4)
That moment.
Naban was meeting his future father-in-law and wife.
“I am Naban Bacchus.”
“My name is Quadlock Ceres. This is my daughter, Lily Ceres. Come say hello.”
“Nice to meet you.”
Naban nodded at Lily.
To anyone who saw it, it was closer to an arrogant attitude than a greeting.
In that moment, the face of the Guardian behind him turned bright red with anger.
If it weren’t for the quadlock, I would have screamed right away.
but,
“Ahem.”
Lily looked Naban up and down, as if evaluating him rather than getting angry.
“… … ?”
Naban tilted his head, wondering why she was like that.
This was because this kind of reaction was a first.
“For an illegitimate child, you look half and half. No, it’s even more so because you’re an illegitimate child. Since you’re nine years older than me, I wondered how much of a pervert you would be, but for now, I’ll say you pass.”
The Guardian Knight clenched his fists.
‘A mere, shallow merchant… …!’
The only one who can discriminate between Naban’s birth and birth is Bacchus himself.
No other place has the right to comment on it.
Moreover, I tried to protest against Lily’s rude attitude because I thought it was a devaluation of this wedding.
“Hahaha!”
The Guardian Knight had no time to say anything at the sudden, frivolous laughter of Naban.
The Guardian Knight and Quadrac turned their gazes toward Naban.
Lily asked with a strange expression.
“Why are you laughing?”
“I no longer have to worry about being treated as a pervert by my bride-to-be.”
“… … You’re not angry, are you?”
“Angry? Why should I be angry?”
“Even though I heard you were an illegitimate child?”
“That’s true, but what.”
Naban snorted lightly.
Lily found that kind of person even more curious.
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“Don’t you have any pride?”
“Aren’t you a body that’s being sold? If you act rashly and get punished, your family will be turned upside down. What do you think? Don’t think about it.”
“You don’t know my subject.”
“You have to know your place to live one more day.”
It was a meaningful statement.
A smile spread across Lily’s lips, while Bacchus’s guardian knight was now shaking with rage.
‘These bastards, in pairs!’
The sight of a merchant’s disabled daughter or a family’s illegitimate child playing drums and janggu together was so unsightly.
It was to the point where it seemed like the two of them were deliberately trying to screw me over.
But the Guardian Knight knew his own situation and that of his family.
If this marriage goes wrong, the name Bacchus will truly be ruined.
So I had to endure it somehow.
‘This humiliation will one day… …!’
If only the family could be normalized again, then no one would say anything even if Ceres was trampled.
Crack!
Quadrock livened up the atmosphere with loud applause.
“Fortunately, the first impressions of the two people who are going to be a couple are good for each other, isn’t that a good thing? They’re going to have to go through ups and downs throughout their lives, so there’s nothing sadder than a bad first impression. Hahaha.”
The Guardian Knight felt a chill run down his spine at the meaningful words thrown by Quadrock.
‘Do you really think that Naban knows that his life is limited…?’
But the lips did not come off easily.
Whatever.
Quadrac turned to his daughter and said.
“Lily, there are many guests from all over the North who have come to celebrate your engagement. They are very kind people.”
“Yes. You are such wonderful people.”
“Before we begin the formal ceremony with those people, is there anything you would like to say to your future groom, Naban? Hey, can I call you son-in-law?”
“Yes. Feel free to call me.”
“If you have anything to say to my daughter, please do so.”
“I don’t have anything in particular. Let me think about it slowly. Anyway, we’re going to get married in five years, right?”
5 years.
The number of years that are left to Naban.
That might have some meaning too.
Lily asked, looking at Naban, who was full of cynicism.
“Will you love me?”
Naban laughed inwardly.
It was quite funny to see a child who was only fifteen years old put on heavy makeup and act so deadly.
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“Well, I’ll try. But it might be hard right now. It’s not easy to have feelings for someone so young.”
“So you’re saying it will be possible in the future?”
“For now?”
“Then I would like to receive proof of that feeling. Is that possible?”
“Proof? How?”
Naban was intrigued by the cynical and calculating bride-to-be, who seemed unusually young for a fifteen-year-old.
It wasn’t easy to find someone more cynical than himself.
In that moment, Lily’s face distorted as she gripped her unsteady right arm with her left hand.
“Please bring me the cut off balls of the bastard who made my arm… … my right arm like this.”
“It’s a mole.”
Naban stroked his chin with his hand.
He had heard it too.
A major incident that occurred at the Kyo-Ryong-Hoe a few months ago.
That’s why the North got quite noisy, right?
And I knew very well that the mastermind had played a big role in this opening ceremony.
‘Thorkel, didn’t you say that guy was interested too?’
Naban thought of the genius of the enlightenment riders like himself and ended up laughing.
“Daughter.”
“… … Those are words that can’t be easily overlooked.”
This time, Quadrac’s eyes turned into a look of surprise that he had not guessed, and the Guardian’s face was now blatantly hardened.
But he didn’t seem to have any intention of taking Lily’s poisonous eyes away.
“I heard that guy is the most promising genius in Ragnar right now. Many of the nine dragons are interested in him too. His life is already short, and you want me to shorten it even further?”
“No way.”
“Or is it a desperate measure to cut off the head of the main family? Something like that?”
“I can’t let my in-laws disappear before I’m even married. I promise you, that won’t happen.”
“I guess that means you have something to believe in.”
Lily smiled without answering.
Naban pretended to think for a moment and then nodded.
“Very well. I will prove it to you. If your future wife wishes, I will take it as a dowry.”
“great.”
It was at that moment that a twisted smile spread across Lily’s lips.
“Your Majesty! This is a big problem!”
bang!
Suddenly, the door they were in flew open and the butler came running in urgently.
“There are guests here, so what kind of reckless thing is this!”
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“That, that… … !”
When the butler urgently relayed the situation outside, Quadrac’s face hardened for a moment.
But on the contrary, Lily’s smile spread wider.
“Oh! I unexpectedly got to see my future husband’s love?”
* * *
Quadrac, Lily, Naban and the others quickly walked out of the building.
Quadrac’s face hardened.
‘Dragon’s Flag… …!’
Ragnar’s banner, to which any northerner would bow his head, was fluttering in the wind.
Theo and his group standing below had arrogant eyes.
An arrogant attitude, as if they were an occupying force.
The soldiers guarding the main dais at the top, the mercenaries, and the Bacchus family’s inspectors surrounded them, but they seemed overly cautious.
A group of over 100 people is being outpaced by these 4 people.
Naban watched the confrontation with a curious expression, and Lily’s expression hardened as she noticed an unforgettable face among the four intruders.
Quadrac spoke in a serious voice, forcing himself to suppress the feeling of his stomach turning.
“From the great family… … What brings you to such a shabby place? Oh, if by any chance you have come to celebrate the good fortune of our family and the Bacchus family, I will take you to a better place.”
“A shabby place? Well, there’s no reason for us to come all the way to a shabby place.”
The faces of the Quadrac and the upper ranks hardened at Cleve’s ridicule.
But Cleve paid no attention and took something out of his bosom.
“I won’t go into detail. We have discovered evidence related to your Ceres group from a group that attempted to assassinate you in your hometown. We will be investigating your treason charges, so please cooperate actively.”
“… … !”
“… … !”
“… … !”
The faces of the servants turned pale.
Even the inspectors of the Bacchus family.
Treason!
Ragnar was like a king in the north.
There was nowhere to go against them and survive.
Naturally, everyone turned to Quadrock and Lily, thinking that it was dangerous.
‘no way……!’
Quadrac clenched his teeth as he realized that the Season of the Serpent had already fallen into Ragnar’s hands without his knowledge.
Lily’s pupils also shook greatly.
‘Is that why you kept bragging that even if you cut off Theo Ragnar’s head, nothing much will happen in Ragnar? It was a fun place. My future wife’s family.’
The two women quickly started to manage their expressions, but Naban was able to quickly grasp the situation without missing that moment.
It seems that Ceres and Ed Troyvan were secretly cracking pumpkin seeds behind the scenes and got caught by Ragnar.
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“If you know, then open the way.”
As Cleve took a step forward with a sharp gaze, the soldiers above hesitated and took two steps back.
but,
“… … Don’t back down.”
Quadrock’s soft voice stopped my backsteps.
Cleve narrowed his eyes.
“Are you saying you won’t cooperate with the investigation?”
“I am deeply sorry about this incident. However, no matter how great the family is, it is an outrage to drive a vassal like this without any proper evidence. Bring me proper evidence first.”
“Even though there is circumstantial evidence of your involvement here?”
“Isn’t that piece of paper easily manipulated? Perhaps there was some kind of conspiracy to frame us.”
“So the upper part of Ceres is innocent?”
“No, there is none. Where can you find more loyal subordinates than us? After thoroughly investigating the matters related to this, we will report to the great clan.”
Quadlock smiled coldly, clutching his back.
“But since you came a long way, I will serve you properly so that you don’t come in vain. What are you doing? Why don’t you serve me quickly?”
A few soldiers stepped forward and bowed their heads politely.
Unlike the other immature soldiers, he appears to have received proper training.
But Theo didn’t miss the reddish glow in their eyes.
‘youth.’
A similar type of blood glow to that seen in the Blood Priest.
Their temperaments were so well-groomed that they would not have been detected if Theodosius had not come face to face with the <Nameless Lord>.
“Cleve, these are blood priests.”
In that moment, Cleve’s eyes sank deeply.
“What’s the evidence?”
“I feel like he has a similar temperament to the guy I ran into in Snake Season.”
“What are the chances that I’m wrong?”
“doesn’t exist.”
A firm answer.
In fact, it was known that the priests and believers of the Holy Demon Church were excellent at hiding their true nature and lived hidden in their ordinary daily lives.
I wondered how Theo found that out.
Cleve had no particular suspicions.
I had faith that Theo would figure out a way to do it.
“Then I’ll hit you right away.”
The fact that they blocked the path of the flag-bearing enforcer alone would not prevent the Ceres upper echelon from being disciplined.
But if it is revealed that there was a blood priest inside, the story will be over.
Cleve relayed his intentions to three other people by voice,
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Crunch!
Wedge-
In an instant, the sword detached from her scabbard and a flash of light threatened to blow away the head of the blood priest before her eyes.
A sword technique with a speed that only those who have reached the upper level can display.
Even the aura was so strong that it felt like looking at the teeth of a vicious dragon.
“… … !”
It was at that moment that the Blood Priest was urgently trying to draw out his magic power to respond.
Suddenly, a sword fell from the sky in front of Cleve.
Chaeaaaaaang!
The trajectory of Cleve’s sword, which was imbued with black energy, was greatly deviated.
Cleve glared at the intruder, trying to regain his balance as his body tried to bounce away.
“What are you doing?”
“What are you doing?”
On the other hand, the intruder had an excited smile on his face.
“I’ll save my wife.”
It was me.
How the bastard of the Return Sword Family lives
