Episode 37
Episode 20. Jecca Dean (4)
Returning to the Puang Merchant, Yuma was lost in thought.
When I remembered who Zecca was, I remembered what had happened before the return, like putting a puzzle together.
The Hale Massacre.
It was one of the most horrific incidents in the history of the Kyle Empire.
Shortly after Yuma became a eunuch, bad news flew to the imperial castle. An unidentified man is running amok in the middle of the capital.
The sad news also included the fact that all of the garrison’s sword master experts died within an hour of the suppression. At that time, Empress Asuka Rose called an emergency meeting.
The man swept countless civilians like killing flies. Before the arrival of the Knights, the number of civilians who had died exceeded three digits.
The number of injured was at a level where an accurate count was impossible.
A woman running with a child with her finger cut off A young man holding up a weapon to protect her family The screams of people running away struggling to survive.
The devastation was indescribable.
The man possessed by the demons had become a berserker. His whole body, which had turned black, moved to slaughter people even after being hit by hundreds of arrows.
The empress ordered to be captured and brought back if possible. However, it was unreasonable for the knights of the Capital Knights who were waiting to subdue the man even after they were dispatched.
Even the knights were the first to deal with a monster that would grow back even if its arm was cut off and move intact even if it pierced through its heart.
It was not expected to happen in the middle of the capital city of one of the most livable countries in the world.
It was Damian Zach, Duran’s second son and commander of the 3rd Knight, who finally killed the man and stopped the massacre.
He was the master of Ascalon before Yuma returned.
Not only Yangmin, but also countless knights lost their lives.
For three days, the empress held a state funeral for the fallen knights and people.
After that incident, no one in Kyle used the name ‘Jecca’.
At that time, Yuma was able to see the supply and demand of Damian brought to the imperial castle.
It was natural that he couldn’t easily think of the current Zecca, seeing only the head that had changed in a dark way. Taboo names were also unheard of for decades.
‘That’s right…. Now I remember everything clearly. At that time, the Rollmandy family denied that Zecca was Heize’s bastard. Because there was nothing to prove.’
At the order of the Empress, the Hwangseong Wizards investigated the demon possessed by Zeka and the cause, but the identity was not revealed even after several years.
And after a few more years, the Dragon Horse War broke out.
Jeka was so forgotten.
Yuma put her chin on her chin and looked at the scenery outside the window.
I didn’t see a single person wearing sloppy clothes, let alone Miryak.
There was a difference in splendor, but both commoners and nobles walked the streets in clean and tidy clothes. Even the stray dogs wandering the streets were plump.
A truly peaceful everyday landscape.
Yuma imagined Zecca as a monster who terribly disrupted that daily life.
“Are you worried about anything?”
Shupin approached Yuma and asked.
Perhaps, on the memorial stone before the return, people like Shupin and Cog were also written on it.
“no.”
The power of Zecca that I felt earlier. Even though there was no Ascalon, I had no idea they would engage in such a fierce battle.
Otherwise, it could have ended my life.
‘It’s still this much, but how much will it be if the demons are completely possessed? I can understand why so many knights just killed him. Why the hell did that happen?’
The cause of the Demon Possession that even the Hwangseong Wizards could not find out. It wasn’t easy to shake off that nasty feeling.
The elbows and palms where the black aura had touched were still tingling.
‘The reason Lord Hayes, who has no blood or tears, takes care of Jeka, the bastard, is probably because of his talent. Even if he isn’t Magi, Zecca has a natural martial artist’s temperament. Even if Master had seen it, he would have drooled. The three tables are wide enough.’
Yuma decided to meet Zecca again.
Judging from the appearance of the Jeka Merchant, I didn’t think Haseo’s import of magic stones was going smoothly.
Yuma was convinced that the importation of magic crystals was being done by the Rolmandi family, borrowing the name of the Jeka Merchant.
It was the same method he used to smuggle magic crystals to the Conedin Merchant.
As long as the opponent was the Rollmandy family, it was impossible to extort money.
There were no big problems though. Was it just to add some dividends to Natalie?
Anyway, in about two years, based on the magic stones Kahel sent, the Puang Merchant Company would become the best merchant company in the empire.
However, I couldn’t just leave the bomb that was about to explode.
Most of all, I didn’t feel good.
The intuition that Zecca might be involved in some kind of scandal gripped Yuma intensely.
A few days later, Yuma visited Zach’s mansion to meet Duran.
The nobles of the Jacques family were displeased that a commoner came to visit the head of the family like a next door neighbor, but they couldn’t argue.
It was because he was the only disciple of Duran Zach and an unofficial senior sword master.
“I don’t know who is a commoner and who is an aristocrat.”
An aristocrat from the Zach family talked to himself and turned away from Yuma.
He was an insignificant man with no powers and only a name of Jacques.
On the other hand, the girls of the Jacques family each looked at Yuma with their eyes shining.
They were just amazed that such a handsome man who had just taken off his boyish clothes was a disciple of the family head.
“Still, even if you look like it, your body is solid. You won’t believe that you beat Randall’s brother.”
“You always say that you lost with a one-handed sword rather than a double sword.”
Only one of the ladies, Catherine Jacques, looked Yuma up and down disapprovingly. She was the fourth daughter of Duran Jacques.
Yuma met her eyes for a moment. It was a striking woman with long red hair.
Yuma bowed lightly to the nobles and moved to Duran’s room.
“What did you come for?”
It was a solemn question, but Duran was very happy to see the disciple’s visit.
It was because he believed that Yuma had come to apply for the upcoming war of conquest.
“I’m here to get some drinks.”
“what? alcohol?”
“Yes, they are very toxic.”
It was a crazy story.
It’s been a long time since I’ve come and said I’m only doing it, not to drink, but to get a drink.
“Oh who is this? Isn’t that Yuma!”
“Nice to meet you, Sir Randall.”
Randell was walking around the mansion with only a towel on.
When he saw Yuma, he expressed his delight and greeted her first.
“Didn’t I tell you to wear straight clothes? How many grown girls are in this mansion!”
“Oh, what’s going on with your family?”
“This bastard is talking again. Aren’t maids women? If you are a noble, act like a noble. You are the standard bearer of the Zach family.”
“You use your fork or knife properly when you eat with your uncle!”
“That’s right, brother. Come to your senses. And my father also uses forks and knives correctly. If you put on only dirty clothes, both of you will look like commoners.”
It was Catherine. Duran and Randel cleared their throats and turned their heads.
“You came here to get a drink?”
Catherine asked Yuma. She was following Yuma and overhearing the conversation.
“yes.”
“Is Zach Gaga a wine cellar?”
“It’s not like that.”
“But why did you come here and ask your father for a drink? My father asks me if I’m coming, so I can’t see you, right? This is where I go to Zach. It’s not a place you can come to easily like commoners come to play.”
“Catherine, it’s not like that.”
Duran intervened, but to no avail.
“My father is the head of the Zach family.
Randall’s brother is the horseman of the Zach family. It means that both of you shouldn’t be embarrassed by a single commoner. How many eyes do you see and how many ears do you hear in this mansion? Everyone behaves right.”
Katherine gave a sharp shot and then turned the nuclear back and left the room.
Randel followed her, watching her.
“Ha… If I had known it would suck like that, I would have only had a third child. So why did you come all the way here to get a drink?”
“We need wine from Shallah that is over 40 years old. I can’t find anything other than the great aristocratic family or the imperial castle.”
The wine from Shallah was one of the best wines and strong liquors in the empire that Yuma drank at the banquet.
Among them, the 40-year-old in particular was so poisonous that it was generally impossible to drink without diluting it.
“Why is that drink all of a sudden?”
“I need some for top sales.
Because one of the customers was a big drinker…
Yuma took out a small box from her chest and held it out to Duran.
“What is this?”
“When did I get anything with my bare mouth other than Ascalon, Master?
Please take a look.”
The ancient nameplate White Dragon and Ou were practically just receiving the blood, but Duran didn’t say much.
“Isn’t this the shell of a shelob?”
Duran opened the box and asked Yuma in shock.
“That’s right, Master.”
It was the item he had brought with him to pay for a drink to give to Duran. The cellove’s skin was a very precious material.
“Where did you get this? The monster skin is a prohibited item.”
“I was born in a demon cave.”
“what? hell? Did you enter the demon cave?”
“yes. I went in to pick up some magic stones and ran into Sellove.”
“So you mean you caught it alone?”
“I caught it alone. My only friend is rolling with the Black Wolf.”
Yuma nodded and smiled.
Duran looked at Yuma with his eyes wide open.
He knew that his disciple was somewhat fearless, but going into the demon cave alone was literally an act of suicide.
It was a proud thing to catch Sellove alone, but Duran felt that the disciple was enjoying an excessively precarious life.
However, Duran also knew very well that Yuma was not the type to be stopped.
“You don’t know when, where, how, or why something will pop out of a demon’s cave.
I will never do anything like that in the future. At least until the death of the master, shouldn’t he be in the realm of Jin?”
“Ah, from now on, several people are going to enter. I came up with an interesting idea. I’m going to ask Master for some advice at that time too, so please help me.”
“I live like an old man with no regrets even when the crazy young man dies.”
“Master, would you like to be young?
Anyway, please give me one or three casks of 40-year-old Shallah wine. Please make one of Catherine’s arm guards for the cello robe.”
Duran nodded and asked for a pipe.
It seemed that if I made an arm guard out of cellove skin, I would be able to appease Catherine a little.
“And did you use the magic stone I sent you the other day?”
“I sold it to the Phobian kids.
You can stop sending it.”
“I will continue sending. Did you see it earlier? The whole Zach family can’t like me. I need to get into debt so that when I’m in trouble, I’ll move on. Just like the Amgaard that I will give to Miss Catherine, I will stand up for Master.”
Duran waved his hand as if he was tired just hearing it.
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