Episode 20 At that moment, Logan could feel that he had grown to a higher level.
A new core that centers around the existing core and orbits around it.
It was immediately apparent that the two cores were more closely connected than anything else.
The force that had been supplied directly from the core to the body now passed through the second core and was doubled in an instant.
Ugh.
My whole body was shaking from the sudden increase in strength. In addition, I felt that the force had grown qualitatively.
I was confident that the more sticky and dense feeling would show efficiency beyond simple quantitative growth.
Moreover, achieving 2 stars also means that you have the basics to learn Vision’s next secret technique.
‘Splitting iron, dangeumcham (斷金斬)…’
Just thinking about the power shown by the first type, the power of the second type would easily exceed one’s expectations.
If I could master that secret technique before the war, I wouldn’t be afraid of even a high-ranking knight.
His heightened consciousness naturally brought to mind a vision, and the quest that began from then continued without stopping until the newly bright morning sun stimulated his closed eyes.
“Hmm… it’s not easy either.”
Contrary to his regretful words, Logan’s expression was not that dark.
It took me three months to learn the first method, wave cutting.
If we work calmly, it will be possible until war.
Logan was thinking this and enjoying the new morning sunlight with a proud heart, but before he could fully enjoy the silence, someone knocked on the door.
“come in.”
“Confucius, how were you last night?”
The person who came in with a grin on his face was Rick.
Whenever that face, which I’ve seen countless times, smiles like that, it’s always…
“I guess we’re in trouble again, huh?”
“Oh, this is a problem. There’s no way I would laugh if something like that happened to me.”
“Is that the way you look when you’re in trouble and you’re having fun?”
“Ha ha ha. Confucius joke too…”
“So you’re saying there’s nothing wrong? I’m going to train?”
“The head of the house asked us to eat together! The whole family!”
As Logan immediately stood up and headed toward the door, Rick, who was laughing awkwardly, hurriedly shouted.
Then Logan pulled the guy’s cheek mercilessly.
“You know, this is troublesome! Where did this bastard get his modifications from?”
“Ah! It really hurts! Why is it so difficult to eat together as a family? This is the first time since Confucius ran away from home!”
“Hey, that’s just normal family relationships…”
“Until a few years ago, you always had breakfast together!”
“…uh?”
Now that I think about it, it seems like that.
It was something so distant to him that he had forgotten about it.
‘okay. There was a time like that.’
I was momentarily dazed as several memories flashed through my head, but Rick didn’t even give me a chance to get lost in my thoughts.
“I told you to come quickly. If you are training, leave, or if you are sleeping, wake me up.”
“…Now? Why?”
“What are you talking about? Today is Confucius’ birthday! It’s the 20th!”
“…ah!”
“What do you know? You have to go quickly!”
At Rick’s urging, Logan sighed deeply.
* * * It is said that among the noble families of the empire, there are places that hold grand parties to commemorate the coming of age of their immediate descendants, but even that in the Kingdom of Grandia was far from the McLane family.
It was simply customary for families who had been separated from each other to gather for the first time in a long time and celebrate by having a meal together.
Of course, for Logan, even that was just too much of a hassle.
‘You can ignore such trivial customs.’
It was an absurd thought for the birthday party, who could be said to be the star of the event, but anyone looking at the current atmosphere would understand.
Except for Logan and Ronian’s greetings to their father and stepmother before the ceremony…
“You too are an adult now.”
“yes.”
This was the only conversation that occurred during the meal.
‘Let’s just eat quickly and get up.’
Logan swallowed the dessert on his plate in one gulp.
“It was good. Then I…”
“Sit down.”
“…yes.”
However, even getting out of this uncomfortable position was not possible.
Looking at Logan’s irritated expression, Padric, who had also finished his meal by swallowing his dessert in one go, opened his mouth.
“Logan, you are the eldest son of the McLane family.”
‘What are you talking about?’
Logan’s eyes twitched as he had a bad feeling, and as expected, a really uncomfortable topic came up.
“Actually, since this is the day you become an adult, we should talk about the family succession.”
“honey!”
“…but.”
Padric calmed down his startled wife by raising his hand and continued speaking calmly.
“There are many things you have done so far that are very unbecoming of the heir of the family.”
Marian’s face finally turned bright red at those words, but Padric’s words were not over.
“One! When I listened to the knights’ opinions recently, I heard that your appearance has changed a lot. So, as I promised before, I will give you a one-year grace period. Your status in the family will be determined based on how you appear afterward.”
“Honey! That’s it!”
“Stop it. I’m not saying I won’t give Ronian a chance.”
Although she could not bear to say anything more, Marian’s face continued to turn bright red as if she still had a lot to say.
Next to him, Ronian was just forcefully swallowing his food, not knowing whether he was chewing meat or rubber.
In that breathtaking situation, Logan suddenly threw a bomb.
“Do you really need to wait until a year later?”
“what?”
“Just give the family succession position to Ronian. I’m not interested.”
Although others do not know, the family’s crisis is currently ongoing.
Even if we overcome this crisis immediately, another desperate crisis will occur within 10 years.
‘There is no guarantee that you will survive safely even if you focus only on that, so there is no time to worry about succession.’
Logan spoke again with firm determination.
“Ronian, who has a natural talent for martial arts, is more suitable as the successor to a knightly family.”
It was an excuse, but it was also sincere.
But my father seemed to think a little differently.
His eyebrows furrowed, his lips trembled, and eventually his face turned red and he let out a yell.
“The heir to the McLane family! Does this proud position seem ridiculous? Let’s give and take away whoever we want!”
A loud shout filled the mansion.
His father, Padric McLane, glared at his eldest son fearfully, as if he had received the greatest insult in the world.
And the moment when everyone froze in such an unexpected situation.
Suddenly.
Uddangtangtang!
“My lord! Viscount Tethron has declared war!”
A variable that no one had thought of suddenly shattered the thin ice-like atmosphere.
* * * [I will bury the resentment of my ancestor, Cale Tethron, who died unjustly, on the McLane family!]
A magical communication that came out of nowhere turned the McLane family upside down.
An emergency was immediately declared and a family meeting was convened.
It was two generations ago, a whopping 60 years ago.
From the opinion that an envoy should be sent to investigate the cause of why the old resentment from the time when the McLane family began to fall suddenly came out, to the opinion that preparations for war should come first.
While opinions were divided even within the family, it was decided to decide the direction of response through a general meeting.
While everyone was confused, Logan also couldn’t hide his embarrassment in a different way.
‘Why already?!’
It was almost two months earlier than I remembered from my previous life.
‘I thought there was still room.’
I had no idea what variable had accelerated the territory battle, but there was no time to worry about it.
“Confucius! It’s meeting time!”
“I know.”
If I had had more time and mastered the second form of Shinken’s vision, I would have felt more confident, but even now, I wasn’t too anxious.
‘No matter when, if you win, that’s enough. Force is still enough.’
Although variables suddenly arose, my confidence did not waver as I had prepared diligently.
Of course, others had different thoughts.
“Viscount Tethron’s military force is half that of ours in the Knights alone. Even if the head of the family is there, the odds of victory are…” “
The number of regular troops they can mobilize is over a thousand. They are more than twice as many as our family! “I have to ask for…”
The difference in power between knights and regular troops was about double.
Even considering the presence of Senior Knight Patrick McLane, they were objectively clearly inferior.
As a result, the conference room was bound to become a mess.
“If we follow the custom, we will go to war a week after declaring war. It is a three-day distance from the enemy’s capital city to our capital city…” ”
Since our troops are small, it is better to choose the mercury strategy…”
“First of all, You need to issue a conscription order. Gather as many troops as possible, set up a guard, and patrol…”
“No. First, send an envoy…”
Buzz.
Daejeon was filled with a commotion uncharacteristic of a meeting of an aristocratic family.
Padrick, who was watching this mess with a frown, stamped his foot for a moment.
thud!
“Everyone be quiet!”
A loud voice that overwhelmed everyone forced the noisy hall into silence.
“No matter how much authority the royal family has in the past, they are the ones who declared war without permission from the royal family. It is clear that they did this with deliberate intention, but did those who spoke of reconciliation even think before opening their mouths?”
As cold eyes swept across Daejeon, all those who had uttered words such as envoy and reconciliation closed their mouths.
The monarch who had gathered the opinions of the Ilgalo family into war shouted one after another.
“Everyone prepare for war! And tell us how to win! Any other opinions will not be tolerated!”
Thanks to this, the direction was decided at once and the opinions of the retainers were quickly organized.
“Conscription lasted three days…”
“The soldiers’ weapons and armor…”
“The training of the knights…”
As preparations for war and organization were decided, opinions related to Logan began to emerge. did.
“Are Confucius going to war too?”
It was only natural that the brothers were already force users.
“Now that I think about it, I heard that the Archduke also trains with the Knights.”
“Are you Confucius joining the Knights?”
Although they fell, they were the McLane family, a long-standing knightly family.
From their perspective, it was natural for direct descendants of the family who had reached adulthood to participate in battle.
At those words, Padric nodded without hesitation.
“My sons will also participate. In particular, Logan is now an adult, so he will have to play a role appropriate to him.”
Of course, Logan also did not object, and as a result, Logan’s departure was confirmed.
However, the direction was a bit problematic.
“I heard that the Archduke’s mercenary unit is training on horseback. Is that correct?”
“That’s right.”
“Properly trained cavalry can handle more than three infantry soldiers. Can Confucius’ mercenaries do that?”
“It’s more than enough.”
Logan responded to Dwayne’s words with a confident smile.
But very few people really believed that.
“But it’s still better than nothing.”
“I wonder if the Archduke’s soldier play will still be helpful.”
“no way. At most, they are low-level mercenaries, so it’s a good thing they don’t all run away.”
Logan’s reputation spread to the mercenary corps, and people who had never even seen their training expressed only negative opinions.
Logan stuck to his argument without wavering.
“Father . . My mercenaries will act as more than ten infantrymen rather than three. Since we have been training together for several months, please allow us to operate separately as a separate unit.”
“…Do you mean that you will not receive command from the family?”
“Moving separately will actually help our strength.”
” Well, it wouldn’t be a bad thing. I grant permission.”
Permission was granted too easily.
Probably because mercenaries are not evaluated as actual strength.
Whatever the reason, it was a good thing for Logan.
“Thank you.”
But not everything went as planned.
” However, I will leave the command separately and you will go out with the knights.”
“…Yes?”
