Chapter 89. Between time and space and trust (1)
“Is the news all true?”
“yes.”
“Is it really not an illusion or misunderstanding, but real?”
“Yes that’s right.”
“So you’re saying that you stopped the Giga Titans from landing on Cremo and that you ended them all, right?”
“yes. of course.”
“….”
Julien swallowed his saliva.
And looked across the table.
On the other side of the table, a handsome man with silver hair, who would have made even the most luxurious royal quarters here, sit face to face.
It was Haviel.
“Whoa. Sir Asrahan, who is no one else, I can’t believe it because you are like that.”
“Then you didn’t believe me before?”
“You have to be able to believe it.”
Now it’s ridiculous, so I’m going to go to the middle of the day.
Julien shook his head and said.
“Actually, I first heard about it through the news of someone from the royal family. For the time being, I was the only one who knew. I guess the details haven’t been announced in the capital yet.”
“Is it so?”
“huh. He also said that sooner or later, His Highness will invite you and your brother to award you an award, and spread the news to the outside world. But that was all.”
“Are you done?”
“Stories about how my brother caught Giga Titan and things like that.”
A crease formed on Julien’s round nose.
Suddenly, he remembered the time when someone from the royal family came to visit him.
‘You really have a great brother. envious.’
I still couldn’t forget the last words the royal person said as they left.
Are you proud and proud?
Absolutely not.
“It was really ridiculous. lets think. What a great brother Can you believe it?”
“Hmm, didn’t you suspect that the person from the royal family was an impostor?”
“Of course I did.”
“also.”
“Isn’t it obvious? He came to me out of nowhere and gave me unbelievable compliments about what kind of achievement he had made. Of course I doubted it. But it turned out to be a real royal person.”
“You must have been confused.”
“huh.”
Julien shook his head.
“So I thought there was something wrong or misunderstood. Because it’s Lloyd Frontier. Because that person was the one who got drunk and had accidents every day.”
It was true.
It was definitely like that for Lloyd that Julien remembered.
It was the same on the day he left the Frontera estate to enter the academy three years ago.
I wanted to say goodbye before leaving.
still brothers
Even if I hate you, I’m your brother
I went to Lloyd’s room.
And I couldn’t even stay for 10 seconds and was kicked out.
As soon as I opened the door, a strong smell of alcohol wafted in.
He yelled at me to turn off while he was sleeping, asking what he was doing.
Even a bottle of alcohol that flew in and crashed into the door right next to my face.
Smell of alcohol and harsh shouts A broken bottle.
That was the last encounter with Lloyd Frontera that Julien had had three years ago after leaving home.
“So it was.”
Julien’s white hand habitually touched the ice at the corner of my left eye.
There was a small, indented scar like a very light dot.
It was a scar caused by a fragment of a bottle Lloyd threw that day three years ago.
“The fact that the feat was established by an unknown real hero. He said that he was only nearby and caught the eye of others. So I thought people misunderstood.”
“Are you saying that Lloyd-sama stole the achievements of a real hero or picked them up for free?”
“huh. That’s it.”
Julien nodded vigorously and added.
“No matter how much I thought about it, there was no other way to understand it. But to think that it was all true….”
I really didn’t know.
Suddenly, a long breath came out.
A faint smile appeared on Xaviel’s lips.
“but. I understand how you feel, Julien. Because I did too.”
“Azrahhan longitude?”
“yes.”
Xaviel nodded.
“It was from one day. It was an ordinary day with no signs or signs of it. It was the kind of morning when I was drunk the night before and ran amok in the tavern.”
“What happened that day?”
“yes. Lloyd-sama has changed.”
“Are you changing?”
“It has literally changed. It’s as if someone else’s soul has entered it.”
Fireplace warm interior.
Cozy accommodation with no drafts.
Xaviel’s low voice filled the space.
“I have been sincere. I did something called caring. I quit drinking.”
“…what is it Nonsense.”
“But it is true. Not only did I stop drinking, but I also started doing various construction projects that I never thought of.”
“Like the artificial ground that was made at the request of Count Cremo?”
“yes.”
Xaviel’s answer followed.
“I’ve done a lot of things besides that. A mixture of sincerity and cleverness, pettiness and cleverness.”
“Are you being clever and evil?”
“There’s a side of me that didn’t exist before.”
A wrinkle formed between Xaviel’s forehead.
“This is another aspect that has changed from the past, where we only had accidents without thinking. it became sluggish. We are not willing to take any small losses. The moment I realized that the money I received for the construction work that day was not enough, it was like throwing away the meal I was eating and running to collect even a single coin.”
“…Whoa.”
“Even clever. If you catch even the slightest weakness, it will harass people to the end. Hold it in your hand and shake it. But there is no way to rebel. In addition, they openly appreciate and even enjoy the suffering of their opponents. It must be a really nasty mentality.”
“Isn’t that worse than before?”
“of course. Oh, there is another one.”
“What?”
“It seems that he has come to feel proud of his appearance.”
“what? brother?”
“yes.”
“Nonsense.”
“It is true. Sometimes they look at me and burn a sense of competition.”
“Tsk tsk. I lost my senses.”
“Isn’t it?”
“huh. You have to rub where you rub.”
“you’re right. Still, in the past, at least I knew exactly the level of my face, but how did it end up like that? Even sometimes, they openly envy or get annoyed at the number of confession letters I receive.”
“It’s unfortunate. be pitiful.”
“I agree.”
Julien Frontera, the second son of the Baroness.
The baron’s faithful knight, Xaviel Asrahan.
Two people of the same age who were reunited after 3 years sympathized with a strange (?) theme and blossomed the story.
Thanks to this, Lloyd, who was engrossed in designing in the next room, had to lament.
“…I can hear you guys.”
Why did you let these guys be your little brother and escort knights?
Lloyd let out a deep sigh as he carefully filled the cochlea in his ear with the gossip he heard from the living room across the wall.
However, unlike that sigh, a smile appeared on Lloyd’s lips.
It was thanks to the message that came to my eyes.
Ding dong.
[Julien Frontera’s affinity for you has increased by +2.]
[Current relationship with Julien Frontera: -59]
[28 RP obtained by slightly improving the relationship with the main character]
[Currently owned RP: 2164 ]
[Intimacy level with Julien Frontera has been increased from < Disgust > to < Disgust >.] [
Acquired an additional 5 RP as a bonus for the increase in intimacy level.]
[Currently owned RP: 2169]
‘Whoa whoops. good.’
A satisfactory message that the RP has risen.
Every time I see it, I see it every day, I see it again and again, it’s new and fresh.
Moreover, the message this time felt more meaningful to him.
‘It’s because there’s a new RP supplier.’
It was true.
Looking back, it was.
Julien was a person who gave RPs that he hadn’t discovered in a long time.
‘If you look at the cases so far, it’s definitely like that. No one gave me RP just to get close.’
At first, I thought I could get RP if I just became friends with others.
but it wasn’t
A representative figure was the Earl of Cremor.
‘No matter how close I got to him and how much I gave him grace, I didn’t get a message saying that my affinity level increased.’
However, it was not that the Count of Cremo did not have a crush on this side. In fact, he showed a great liking for this side. Later, it was to the extent that he even directly proposed to become a son-in-law.
However, there was no message between him and the count.
There is also a message that the likeability has risen.
The same was true of the message that the RP had been obtained.
So it was.
‘The people who give me RP have something in common. It seems that certain conditions must be met to activate the affinity system in the relationship with that person.’
I had such a conjecture in my heart.
And at this moment, I got the answer to that guess.
‘It was meant to be a member of my faction. That’s the answer.’
While carefully reading the message with Julien.
While recalling the example with the Orcs in the past.
I was almost certain.
‘So far, most of the people who have provided me with RP have been from the Baron. In addition to the baron couple and Sir Xaviel Bavaria residents, even the Orc tribe members who have formal blood alliances.’
or a member of a faction.
or an official alliance.
The RP system must be activated only between people who have such a relationship.
Lloyd was almost certain.
Seeing him like that made Julien feel new again.
‘Come on. Is it your first time going to Hogu?’
shit.
When I thought about rolling him and eating him, I thought about taking out the RP as well, and a hearty smile naturally made my gums full.
At the same time, he thought about the future.
‘First of all, since I brought him here, I should take responsibility now.’
Julien took a leave of absence.
So he was brought to the royal residence.
However, that cannot be a fundamental solution to the bullying Julien suffered.
‘He has to become stronger and stronger himself.’
If you become strong, you won’t be bullied.
If you become poisoned, the icing on the cake.
That is the most fundamental solution.
It’s really dirty and unfair.
It seems really unreasonable and wrong.
In the end, it was an uncomfortable truth that I couldn’t deny even if I wanted to deny it.
‘Of course, there are rules and systems to prevent such misfortune. However, such numerous systems can only reduce irrationality and injustice somewhat. It can’t be an absolute shield.’
He remembered the headmaster of the academy dormitory.
I also remembered the people who worked there.
Everyone was silent and stood by.
He turned away from Julien, who was being bullied.
Sometimes, it could be said to be a good example of how powerless rules and systems are.
‘That’s why I’m going to have to train it by rolling it a bit.’
Of course, Julien is not his own brother.
Even in Korea, I had never had a younger brother.
Besides, it hadn’t even been half a day since I’d seen that guy’s face.
But the message and RP system were telling me.
The conditions of the system finally convinced were telling.
‘That guy became mine too.’
I take care of the person next to me.
You have to make sure that the principle is clear so that others can feel the fact.
Only then will my people continue to grow and stay by my side.
‘That’s how I get more RP.’
Lloyd kept that fact in mind and made plans for the future.
More attention was paid to the design and simulation of the suspension bridge.
In the meantime, from the living room across the wall, Julien and Xaviel’s soft voices continued to flow.
Among them, Julien’s voice was especially full of joy.
A sense of security and coziness surrounded by friendly people, escaping from bullying and discrimination that plagued oneself every day.
Those warm emotions felt in every nook and cranny of his voice.
Hearing that, Lloyd suddenly thought.
Good job getting him out of the dorm.
Let’s take better care of it in the future.
A night of fierce design and warm conversations passed.
♣
The next day was bright.
Lloyd has been busy.
As soon as he woke up, he left the house.
Heading to the royal forge, he had dozens of blueprints in his arms.
It was a design drawing of various types extracted through the ‘print drawing’ option of the design skill last morning.
“I want to meet the person in charge of this place.”
He went to the royal forge and revealed his business.
Hearing that he was the contractor of the project entrusted by His Highness the King, the head of the forge came out.
“What brought you here?”
Is it about 120 cm tall?
drum-like body.
great shoulder width.
There, an old man with a beard like Santa Claus appeared.
He looked up at me with wrinkled eyes full of stubbornness.
‘That’s a dwarf.’
It was the first time I saw a dwarf that I had only encountered in novels.
But he quickly withdrew his curious gaze.
Instead, he quickly put on a friendly business smile.
“hello. My name is Lloyd Frontera. I’ve come to make a few production requests to complete the construction that Her Highness entrusted.”
“A production request?”
“That’s right.”
“What grandiose are you making? This is not a place to make anything. Not even weapons or armor, but things to be used for construction. Are you leaving those things to other smithies?”
“If it was something that could be made at another forge, I wouldn’t have bothered to come here.”
“Hmm, is it only possible to make it here?”
“That’s right.”
“You’re a flatterer.”
“I would like to say that you have an honest personality.”
Lloyd grinned.
Suddenly, the contents of the novel Iron Blooded Knight came to mind.
The dwarven artisan in front of you.
The general manager of the royal forge here.
He said that he had the best skills in the kingdom.
He said that there was nothing that could not be made of metal.
So this time, he definitely needed the help of that dwarf.
‘No other dwarves.’
It is a material to make a suspension bridge that can withstand a huge load.
It cannot be trusted unless it is of the highest rigidity and quality.
So, I had to entrust the work to that craftsman unconditionally.
However, the problem was that the dwarf rarely picked up a hammer and handed over the work to the artisans under his command if it was not to his liking.
‘Even the king’s spell was famous for not moving directly unless he was interested in it.’
So, you need to get that craftsman interested.
It should make you feel like you want to make it yourself.
Lloyd looked around as if reminiscing about that fact.
Just then, I saw an empty work table.
approached it
I opened the blueprint.
Chow!
“Take a look at this.”
The blueprint that Lloyd proudly unfolded.
The Dwarf Craftsman’s eyes turned to the blueprint.
‘This….’
Wells Cogidus, the head of the royal forge and the best craftsman.
His eyebrows twitched greatly.
Lloyd’s meaningful words struck his ear.
“Have you ever heard of a bridge that walks in the sky?”
