Translator: Wan ED/PR: Fan
“You often go out these days.”
Just when he opened the door to his room, he heard Carson’s voice.
Lucion was instinctively startled, and Hyum snickered, but shut this mouth at Lucion’s gaze.
“Ah, I didn’t say that to scold you, don’t misunderstand.”
Carson immediately showed an apologetic face and handed Lucion the letter he held in his hand.
“Shaella sent a letter. This time, it’s only to you, so if Father learns of it, he will be really sad. Keep it a secret.”
Shaella left home as if running away, and for the last few years, she was staying at the magic tower in the Eastern region of the empire, which could be called the home and safe haven of mages.
Usually she would send a one-line letter ‘I’m doing well, don’t worry’, reporting that she was alive.
“Is it already time for nunim to send Her report letter?”
“No. It’s a bit early.”
Carson shook his head and then pointed to the room.
“I have something to say, so let’s go in.”
“Yes. Please come in.”
“Then I’ll bring tea.”
Hyum bowed and disappeared into the corridor.
“Lucion.”
“Yes, Hyung-nim.”
“Did you have any small or big problems while you were out?”
“Are you worried if I went out and got hit?”
“Looks like there weren’t any big problems.”
At Lucion’s joke, Carson smiled and sat down.
“Lucion, there are several things that I have to tell you.”
Lucion also sat down, and Latta climbed onto his lap.
Lucion stroked Latta, appearing to be preoccupied by some thought, and then spoke.
“I haven’t had any incidents recently. Haven’t I been obedient?”
“I know.”
“Are You curious where I’m wandering?”
“I believe Father is more curious than I.”
“I just wander around Cronia. The only places I’ve gone to are the city close to the mansion and the walls built around the border.”
“Well done.”
Unlike his words, Carson’s smile looked bitter.
[His expression is a bit different from usual? He looks like someone who has something significant to say.]
Russell tilted his head.
“… Lucion.”
Carson hesitated for a few moments, as if he really had something important to say as Russell said, and then spoke up.
“Please speak.”
“I came to you because it will probably be hard for Father to speak about.”
‘Is it related to me going out?’
Lucion expected this day to come someday.
Did Heint discover something while turning Luminos’ base upside down?
He thought there were probably documents related to him.
“We were informed that the Luminos organization, who attacked you before, disappeared a little while ago. Those bastards’ base was completely destroyed, but the bastards who escaped from the base are still out there, so I don’t think we can say it was completely annihilated yet.”
Carson brought up what he heard from Heint.
However, when Carson didn’t smile, even though Luminos was destroyed, Lucion also didn’t say anything.
“But in the process of destroying the base, Heint found another organization that is targeting you.”
“… Another organization?”
Lucion thought it must be the ‘Hand of Void’.
“Crow symbol. We don’t know precisely what group it is, but with another organization out there, you can’t act careless like today, Lucion.”
Russell frowned hearing those words.
[Ouch.]
Bethel also sighed.
“You mean I should refrain from going out for the time being?”
Unlike their expectations, Lucion was calm.
“Yeah.”
Carson replied with a bitter smile.
There was a time when he and Novio wished that Lucion would leave his room.
His heart ached that the courage Lucion gathered was thwarted after just a month because of an unknown enemy.
“… Sorry.”
Carson ended up apologizing to Lucion.
His mouth felt prickly like it sprouted needles.
“No. There is no need to apologize, Hyung-nim.”
Lucion shook his head and said.
He clearly conveyed the directions for the organization to Krone, so he would do well on his own. He had to find people, but it wasn’t urgent.
Lucion stroked Latta’s head because of her wriggling movement on his lap.
“After we properly figure out what kind of organization it is and how dangerous it is, we will talk about going out again. Right now, I hope that you won’t leave the mansion.”
Carson continued to speak even more cautiously.
“There’s another reason we can’t help but limit your movements.”
“Another… one?”
There was something besides the Hand of Void?
Lucion was suddenly nervous.
“The Neveara Kingdom, which was hanging around the border walls and showing off, has become quiet these days.”
Carson’s words were something he couldn’t ignore.
Because the goal of the Neveara Kingdom was Lucion.
“Father is currently figuring out why they stopped showing off or if they are scheming something, so we can make no guarantees.”
Carson kept clenching his thigh in anxiety.
It was similar to the Neveara Kingdom ten years ago.
There was a custom that anyone with a name of Cronia would go to the walls at the border at a young age to learn what Cronia has to protect.
At the emperor’s call, Novio was unavoidably absent for a moment, and Carson took his place instead.
At the time, the Neveara Kingdom didn’t seem to be making any particular movements, so Carson thought it was safe.
So, he, instead of Novio, decided to take Lucion and show him what Cronia has to protect.
It was stupid.
Was it the price for being drunk on being called the youngest knight and being watched by others?
“Hyung-nim.”
Lucion called out to Carson.
Carson belatedly reacted, and took a deep breath.
“Yeah.”
“Nothing will happen this time.”
“It must not.”
Carson quietly repeated ‘it must not’ again.
“It looks like me and Father will have to leave the mansion until the problem with the Neveara Kingdom is resolved.”
“Yes, don’t worry and go in peace. I’m going to stay at home.”
At the information that Novio and Carson are going to be absent, Lucion quickly hid his expression.
If things go well, he could overthrow the ban on leaving in one swoop.
When Lucion readily answered, Carson couldn’t hide his anxiety.
“Lucion. As this situation is different, don’t take Syandra and leave behind the knights to go out, or try to shake Anthony’s heart.”
“Didn’t I say that I was going to stay at home…?”
Lucion made a confused face.
“If Father and I are absent, you’re the lord of the mansion. Don’t thoughtlessly use this power. For example, ordering knights to leave the mansion, or…”
As Carson’s nagging prolonged, Russell burst out laughing.
Even though Lucion no longer saw ghosts thanks to him, he usually had no habit of leaving his room.
However, he couldn’t hide his longing for the outside world.
When Lucion sometimes went out, he would shake off the escort and flee, and as his methods grew more diverse, Carson’s nagging was naturally prolonged.
— Wow! Latta is seeing Carson talk so much for the first time! Woooo!
Latta hung on the edge of the table and stared at Carson with amazement.
When the nagging grew longer, Lucion’s expression started to twist, and Bethel quickly pushed down her visor to hide her laughter.
At that time, they heard knocking on the door.
‘Good timing, Hyum.’
Lucion at last could breathe.
“Hyung-nim. Nothing like that will happen, please rest assured.”
“Yeah. I’m worrying too much.”
Carson said with a face that said he still had a few more things to say, even though Lucion, who listened so obediently, was perhaps feeling embarrassed.
“Excuse me.”
Hyum entered the room and placed down the tea while he observed Carson make a regretful face, and Lucion sending him a gaze to stop it right now.
“Lucion.”
“Yes. What else do You have to say? It seems You’ve already talked a whole day’s worth.”
Carson smirked at the slightly sharp tone.
“How about you slowly start running again? You can release the suffocation by running.”
“I planned to do so even without You saying it. I have to build muscles, correct?”
Lucion blew on the hot tea.
“… Yeah, how about we do rehabilitation training together after I come back?”
Lucion froze for a moment at Carson’s suggestion.
“Didn’t you say you want to learn swordsmanship?”
Unable to continue, Carson’s words faded out.
Lucion’s body was greatly damaged.
He didn’t have big problems in everyday life, but anything beyond that was impossible.
The muscle training until now was a process of precisely checking all of what was wrong with his body.
‘… It’s already a miracle that Lucion can live normally, what more can I want?’
Even while Carson spoke up, he worried over and over.
Some said that Lucion would spend the rest of his life in bed.
Some said that Lucion would never walk again.
Some said it would be a miracle if he walked with crutches.
They were all wrong.
Didn’t Lucion relentlessly persevere, and naturally faced him?
“Yes. I will. Because I can’t just be protected forever?”
At Lucion’s eyes, that shined so dazzlingly, Carson spoke up with a choked up voice.
“… Thank you, Lucion.”
***
“Speak if you’re curious, Hyum.”
Lucion sent out Carson and spoke, while he strolled over to a desk.
“Rehabilitation training? Is there something wrong?”
“To speak precisely, everything.”
Lucion sat down.
It always felt like his whole body was in shackles.
Especially when it rained, he felt like dying.
[I will also certainly help so Lord Lucion can hold a sword.]
Bethel pointed to herself.
After body-sharing a few times, she knew better than anyone else what problems Lucion had.
“Yeah. Thank you, Bethel.”
There was nothing better for Lucion than Bethel saying she will help him.
Bethel smiled brightly at those words.
Looking at Lucion, the happiness seemed to cover the memories of her suffering at warlocks’ hands.
It was a bit clumsy, but she felt how deeply Lucion cherished them.
Bethel wanted to help Lucion with everything.
— Latta will help, too.
Latta rubbed her face against Lucion’s leg.
“Alright.”
Lucion petted Latta.
[Lord Lucion.]
Lucion, who took out the materials about the six branches given to him by Pete, looked at Bethel.
[I’ll go around the border looking for assassins worthy of being used by Lord Lucion.]
Lucion’s eyes turned round.
[Before I died, I was just one of numerous knights, but after becoming a Death Knight, I obtained an incredible power. My eyesight is good, so you can trust me just this once.]
Bethel looked at Lucion filled with confidence.
As a result of Bethel’s observation, she became certain that Russell can’t leave Lucion outside a certain range.
She was the only one free to move.
So she had to do what she could.
“Th… ank you, Bethel.”
When Lucion hesitated and replied, Russell made a face filled with laughter and turned his head away.
He wondered if it was still awkward for Lucion to have someone step out for him.
[I’ll return tomorrow morning.]
Bethel hit her chest with her fist, and then left.
[Lucion. How about you stop losing your soul and move your hands?]
Russell continued to try to hold back his laughter.
“… Yes. I should.”
Lucion was about to turn his gaze to the documents, but belatedly looked at Russell.
“How about You just laugh?”
[No. I’ll continue to try to endure.]
Russell urged Lucion with a snickering face.
When Lucion’s face twisted, Hyum spoke up.
“Is there something You’d like to drink, perhaps?”
“No. Bring me what I drank a moment ago.”
At Lucion’s command, Hyum brought tea and some snacks to the table.
Lucion took a sip of his tea and put a few jam cookies in his mouth.
Latta climbed the desk and ate cookies like she was sucking them in.
Crunch.
He had no idea how many documents he sorted for a while.
After checking that there was a question mark in the place emptied by Count Roberio, he turned the page.
Garetio Men.
‘Garetio Men?’
Lucion hesitated for a moment.
‘… Where did I see that name?’
[That name was on the letter.]
At Russell’s words, Lucion quickly turned over the pile of letters.
— Hello. I’m the Imperial Knight Garetio Men.
‘Yeah. This letter.’
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