Episode 108
About a week has passed since we arrived in the capital.
Contrary to my initial expectations, the length of my stay in the capital was slightly longer, but it was not bad.
“It’s okay here, young master.”
The butler said that and showed the scenery behind him.
The scenery beyond the communication magic tool.
At first glance, nothing seemed to have changed much, but if anything has changed in the meantime… ….
“Did the dream tree grow quite a lot?”
“Yes, they are overflowing with vitality.”
Well, as long as their lifespan is short, their growth is explosive.
“Then, the miasma of the earth will be gradually cleansed. It will probably continue to grow. If you just leave it alone, it will purify the miasma on its own, so you don’t have to worry too much about it.”
“Okay.”
The butler nodded at my words.
“By the way, are you steadily doing the strength training I mentioned? Butler, he would have lived a long time no matter what he did, but to reach a high level, health care is essential.”
「Bocchan.」
“Tell me. butler.”
“This is a fact I realized while training my strength in earnest this time….”
“Uh.”
“Muscular strength is not something that can be developed overnight. Especially for an old man like me.”
The butler put the facts in me in a calm voice.
「You should hope for what you want.
」
“Even if it’s dusk or bubbling, wizards are people too!”
the butler exclaimed bitterly.
“I’ll take care of it, so stop worrying! When I was in the middle of flying, I was among the wizards… ….”
“Oh, let’s say it was great.”
What is true will be true.
‘The Wizard of Twilight’ is a known great mage close to the 8th circle.
The butler in his youth must have been a level of skill that even his father could not carelessly do.
Except for the power obtained by mortgaging the future.
“Well, apart from the butler, what about Lian?”
“Princess Lian, what?”
The butler frowned for a moment.
“Should I say that I fight against myself as always? I’m doing it roughly like that.」
“Hmm.”
“The growth rate is terrifying. At this rate, it’s to the point where I wonder if it’s really possible to reach Master within a year.」
“It could be.”
Even before the return, except for Siegfried, the genius who reached mastery the fastest was Lian.
Now that all conditions are in place… …It’s definitely something that I might become a Master within a year.
‘He must be competing with my future even at this moment.’
Even if he couldn’t rise to Grand Master, he reached the future.
Not all masters are the same.
In general, there are people who liken the master of swordsmanship to the 8th circle of magic, but it is a little different.
The master is a ‘transcendence point’.
Just because they are called masters doesn’t mean they are all the same masters.
Lian was the pinnacle of Master.
“If he needs anything, give him full support. There’s nothing wrong with investing.”
“Yes, I understand.”
The butler nodded obediently at my words.
The story with the butler ends there.
I turned off the communication magic tool and turned my body.
The sun was slowly setting through the window.
It was time to slowly prepare.
‘He should be here by now.’
My father returned to the family yesterday.
In other words, I am the only Walpurgis in the capital.
The Marquis hates his father, but feels burdened at the same time.
Because my father was a great mage himself, close to the pinnacle of magic before he was the owner of a great family.
That’s why I will aim for the present without my father.
‘The reason my father returned to the family just in time was because something happened.’
Is that really a coincidence?
No, if it’s that sloppy guy, he’ll stay like that.
By the time I woke up with those thoughts.
“Hero.”
Heddos suddenly appeared out of thin air.
“The former Marquis just entered the capital.”
“I see.”
“What should I do?”
I laughed at Hados’ question.
“What do you do? Leave it alone.”
Where the Marquis will head right now is decided.
Myrun.
From his standards, what his son is doing now must have clearly crossed the line.
But I can’t honestly explain why. It’s because he’s a shame he’s trying to hide from his son.
“There’s no need to interrupt the happy father-son conversation, right?”
“…ah.”
Myrun needs a reason to understand.
Why can’t we investigate the underworld of the capital and why can’t we dig into the background behind it?
At this point, Myrun is not yet deeply suspicious.
very small question.
We’ll have to see if that little question just fades away or develops into a clear doubt.
“Does the hero think that the second son of Kellibos will do something against the family?”
“If only I was sure.”
“…And he thinks that this conversation between the father and son will be the catalyst for that.”
I nodded my head at Hados’ words.
As for how you can be sure, the answer is simple.
Because I saw it.
I already know what the Marquis of Kelibos thinks of my son and how to convince him.
“Take a good look.”
I said with a grin.
“There will be some pretty interesting results.”
* * *
“Father.”
Myrun hardened his face as he saw his father who had come to the capital.
Could it be that you did this because you didn’t believe in yourself?
“Why is this all of a sudden…“
Because I wanted to make sure you really heard me. Of course, that’s not why I came here.”
‘The purpose of visiting the capital.’
There was nothing to think about for a long time.
If there is a reason to come to the capital, there is only one reason that comes to mind.
Warrior.
He came in quietly, but the news could not have reached his father’s ears.
Then the Marquis opened his mouth.
“Are you so dissatisfied that I blocked your capital investigation?”
“It was to raise the family’s honor.”
“It wasn’t what I wanted. Your honor is achieved by protecting His Majesty.”
The Marquis tapped the table with his index finger and continued.
“If I wanted something different, I wouldn’t have recommended you as an imperial knight, and I wouldn’t have tried to make you go higher in the imperial knight rank. I wanted you to gain honor through His Majesty.”
“Honor is only in that…“
Do you think that honor is only yours? Your honor represents our family.”
“already…Isn’t the family honorable, Father?”
“….”
At those words, the Marquis was silent for a moment.
His eyes at his son narrowed a bit.
‘What should I do?’
If he had quietly devoted himself to working as an imperial knight like a puppet, he wouldn’t have cared so much.
But I can’t reveal it openly.
“Even in order to maintain prestige as a great family, the help of the imperial family is absolutely necessary.”
“However, this is an imperial knight that even His Majesty allowed…”
“He only gave permission.”
The Marquis said firmly.
“But you didn’t even say that it was directly related to honor.”
Even the Marquis knows.
The fact that what he is saying now is not even funny sophistry and deception.
But it doesn’t matter.
Sophistry or whatever seems like a plausible excuse.
my son is naive
Truly, it is foolish enough to mistakenly think that this family was built solely on honor.
So, this is enough for this time.
“father.”
one.
“I don’t see honor as such. It’s not about questioning the honor of the family. just.”
“You guys.”
“With Your Majesty’s permission, I just believe that helping others and pursuing justice as an Imperial Knight is also an honor. This is my way.”
“Myrun!”
bang!
Hitting the table, the Marquis stood up.
“I said. Stop digging into the afterlife of the capital! It was the name of the family head!”
It was a very intentional action.
Myrun was embarrassed when he came out so strong, and he accepted it.
but.
“Why?”
“…!”
It was different this time.
Myrun was sitting there, looking straight at him.
The son, who had always been in a position to follow his words with his head down, is now looking straight at him.
“you…”
How to stop my son.
Damn, there’s no plausible reason to stop him right now.
I also got permission from the emperor.
Even when I saw it through the eyes of a third person, the act was not wrong.
He still held the position of an imperial knight.
said Myrun.
“Because of my father’s order, I didn’t go into the underworld more than necessary after that. Instead, I spent the rest of my time thinking about it.”
His face contorted.
“Why do you stop me from investigating the underworld? Is there some kind of weakness caught in the dark side in the family… …”
Bitter feelings lingered on his lips.
“But I thought that my great family would not be vulnerable to mere ruffians.”
“Are you trying to say that our family is so weak?”
“that…”
Myrun’s mouth trembled.
but within
“…no.”
He bowed his head.
“I want to know one thing. Why is my father blocking my underworld investigation? If there are any other reasons besides honor… …”
“There is no other reason.”
The Marquis answered firmly.
Myrun hesitated for a moment at his father’s answer.
Because it felt like there really was no other reason for his father’s assertion.
“Ha, but.”
“but?”
“While searching through the underworld, I saw a handkerchief with the family symbol on it. Just in case… …”
that moment.
“…what?”
Myrun’s gaze passed over the paused father.
He is naive to the point of being stupid, but he’s not oblivious.
No, it was rather fast.
In that moment, Myrun instinctively understood the meaning of his father’s reaction.
Unknowingly, his fist was clenched.
Little by little, the doubts that I had been trying to sink to the surface surfaced.
“Dad, that is.”
“It must be their trick.”
The Marquis quickly arranged his expression.
Then, frowning, I rather bruised my son.
“It’s their shallow craft. A conspiracy to fill my stomach that is not even funny by tying it up with the great family. Trivial things are the way I like it.”
“…Is that so.”
“I thought you would fall into such doubts. At least you’re not ready to do that yet. Even if it does, after you’re ready… …”
“Then it is fine.”
Myrun interrupted the Marquis.
There was a hint of displeasure on the Marquis’ expression for a moment, but it quickly disappeared.
“…What did you mean?”
“I am aware of my shortcomings. That’s why I asked for help from someone I trust… …”
“Cooperation?”
“Yes, I asked the warrior.”
It was as it was said.
After listening to the Marquis a few days ago, he asked the hero, Mikhail, to investigate the underworld.
According to the order of the emperor, he asked for the duty of an ‘Imperial Knight’.
Myrun’s eyes looked at his father.
So secretly that the Marquis himself would not notice.
However, the Marquis’ expression did not change.
As if nothing had happened, the Marquis calmly opened his mouth.
“…If you’re a warrior, you mean Mikhail Walpurgis. Why did you extend your hand to Walpurgis?”
The Marquis said in a low voice.
There is no sign of embarrassment at all.
Just a reaction to the extent of hearing such news.
But Myrun knew.
Even my father can’t hide his eyes.
For a while, the eyes of his father, who had maintained his composure, shook.
very fleeting
But that was enough.
While sighing a little at that fact, Myrun nodded.
“That’s right.”
“I did it on my own, knowing that my family doesn’t get along very well with the Walpurgis… …“
I asked the hero, not Walpurgis, for this task.”
“You speak as if the two are different. It will never be different.”
“It is different. Even if you don’t know about Walpurgis, you can trust the hero.”
Uncomfortable.
At the same time, I was a little impatient.
When the Marquis heard that Mikhail was investigating the underworld, he couldn’t help but be shaken.
though not revealed.
In any case, it is clear that this is something that needs to be dealt with urgently.
I don’t know anything else, but I can’t let that Walpurgis look for clues to the family.
‘I hope he… …’
Michael knows something.
The guy is up to something.
Perhaps he had walked into the trap he had set up with his own feet.
‘…Mikhail Walpurgis.’
Power went into the hands of the invisible Marquis.
‘It’s too intrusive. Really.’
around then
Lost in thought, he couldn’t look his son in the eye.
If I had seen it, I might have acted more plausibly.
“…really.”
Myrun muttered in a small voice that only he could hear.
Looking at my father with suspicious eyes, his eyes darkened.
* * *
And that time.
“It’s fun.”
Having heard about the whole situation from Hedos, Mikhail laughed.
“Well, no matter how marquis you are, you can’t completely control your son.”
Well, what can I do?
As if it wasn’t even funny, Mikhail chuckled.
He murmured and slowly got up.
“Is it time to move slowly?”
okay.
The time has come to add salt to the deepening chasm between father and son.
Great mage who transcends by regression
