Episode 6
“Uh…”
“Hmm…”
“That’s right…”
At that time, the number of people nodding their heads in turn at Logan and Riina gradually increased.
‘Damn…’
Logan was struggling to control his expression as he swallowed the profanity that was sticking out of his throat.
Riina was definitely a lively and cute child when she was young.
The two children were clearly close and spent a lot of time together, even during a limited period of time.
But has time changed her?
– Do you really think you are suitable for me? Please get off topic and get out of the way. Why do you wear a knife when you lose to a child?…
This was my past life.
Her whispers made him explode when he was at his emotional peak.
Since the memories of that day, which made him regret for decades, were still vivid in his memory, that was just bullshit.
But for now, I had to endure it for now. It was not yet time to step forward.
As he nodded with a stern expression, the atmosphere in Daejeon took a strange turn.
“But I am tied to my family. I cannot help but follow those instructions, so I thought it would be best to meet the Baron and Prince Logan in person and apologize.”
The tearful face of a beautiful woman was a sure weapon that could shake the hearts of men, regardless of age or age.
“That’s…”
“The princess’s heart…”
“Isn’t this the only way the rumors have been reduced…”
Excluding the maids, there were only two people in Daejeon who were not shaken by that face.
“So what is the Wolves’ reason? Ms. Riina? I want to hear the unavoidable reason.”
Riina paused for a moment at the words of one of the two.
‘Well done!’
I never thought I would be rooting for my stepmother.
As Logan was suppressing the twitching of his eyebrows, his stepmother Marian intervened.
“…I’m sorry. It’s something I don’t know. I don’t have anything to say.”
“Are you saying that even though it is your own marriage, you have no idea why?”
“I am a woman. I will become a monk and become a member of another family. My father does not discuss important family matters with me.”
“Then can I accept that you came to announce the break-up of the engagement without any reason?”
In the midst of the ensuing fight between the two women, Padrick’s face hardened once again at his wife’s words.
“Instead, I would like to clearly state that the cause of this broken engagement lies with me, Leena Wolves, and our family, and apologize for that.”
Riina’s sad voice continued.
but.
“Apology… Are you saying you’re going to end McLane’s injured honor with just one word of apology?”
A voice so cold that it chills the listener. Padrick’s expression also no longer wavered.
Riina, biting her lip, hesitated for a moment and then spoke again with difficulty.
“…The Wolves family is willing to pay compensation of 3 million gold in return for this breakup.”
‘good!’
Logan’s eyes lit up at the words he had been waiting for, and the attention of everyone gathered in Daejeon focused again on the head of the table.
Objectively, it seemed like a story that would have made Riina hesitate, but in reality, it was no different from telling her to take the money and get out of there.
Moreover, since the person who heard those words was Patrick McLane, the head of the McLane family, what would happen next was as clear as day.
“dare!!”
A voice that resonates as if a volcano has erupted.
“Pfft!”
Some of the vassals who were not very strong stumbled, and even those who had trained to a certain extent turned blue from the deadly force that had invaded the hall.
“Ugh…!”
“Lady, behind me!”
The moment Riina’s complexion also turned pale, the guard knight behind her, Rockpern, ran forward and blocked Riina’s frontal view.
That simple movement broke Padric’s momentum and opened up Lina’s breathing.
“Wolves’ knight Lockfern begs Baron McLane. Please calm down and continue the conversation!”
A voice as loud as Padric’s resonated throughout the battle, easing the bloody momentum.
Then, Padric stopped his anger for a moment and glared at the knight.
“A senior knight? At that age? That’s quite a feat.”
He appears to be around 30.
Surprisingly, the knight who gave his name as Rockfern was at the same level as Padric.
A genius like that would definitely be expected to be a future Auror user.
‘But that doesn’t mean you really become an Auror user. Like me…’
Regardless of Padric’s bitter feelings, a high-ranking knight was capable of taking sole responsibility for protecting Riina, the second daughter of the Wolves family.
But that made me even more anxious.
“It’s the life of Wolves’ hopeful. That’s worth trading for McLane’s damaged reputation.”
As Padric’s murderous spirit, which had covered the entire hall, was concentrated in one area, Rockpern’s complexion instantly turned pale.
Even though they were at the same level on the surface, it had already been over 20 years since Padric became a senior knight.
Since then, he had not neglected his training, so the level of strength he had accumulated was different.
Rockpern felt this more clearly than anyone else.
“I trust you won’t.”
“It’s a shame. If you had any idea of how I feel right now, you would know that my belief was in vain.”
“Our matriarch assured me that the baron is a man of honor. He also said that he is not the kind of person who would persecute a young princess or a junior. I believe that.”
When Lockfern mentioned Count Wolves and spoke of honor, Padric’s eyes wavered.
“I am not trying to buy fame with money. Please just accept it as a sign of my sincerity to preserve the friendship between the two families in the face of the controversy that arises due to unavoidable circumstances.”
When Liina’s words were added to that, Padric gritted his teeth.
‘Chiron Wolves….’
If you pressure your opponent any more than this, you will only become a person who does not know honor.
Even if it was the other party who insulted him and his family in the first place, the only target was a knight over 30 and a woman who had not yet reached adulthood.
‘Did they just send these people aiming for this?’
Padric remembered his old friend and classmate, the silver-haired man, and quietly swallowed his anger inside.
Then, the suffocating energy that had invaded the hall began to fade away like a lie.
“…The bold kid came back as a bold lady. Bringing a sturdy shield with her.”
After seeing that Riina’s dull complexion had returned to its original state, Padric declared with a stern expression.
“Although the visit is not meant to be beautiful, a guest is a guest. McLane does not persecute a guest.”
Riina and Rockpern breathe a sigh of relief.
“But I will not accept Wolves’ one-sided offer either.”
Padric’s subsequent resolute declaration made their complexions harden again.
“The McLane family asks for only one thing in return for breaking off the engagement.”
Riina and Rockfern waited for Padric’s words with tense expressions.
“The envoy, Riina Wolves, should apologize politely to my son, the person involved. I will decline any other compensation.”
The calm voice of someone who knew honor filled the hall.
“…as expected, matriarch.”
“That is true nobility.”
“Indeed…”
That was when most of the retainers nodded.
“My lord! As a party to the break-up of the engagement, I would like to propose something.”
Logan, who had been silently observing the situation, stepped forward to turn the situation around.
‘You must accept it.’
money.
That was the goal he desperately wanted to achieve in this case and something he must take care of for the future.
‘Are you going to accept a verbal apology? ‘That’s crazy.’
3 million gold was equivalent to a year’s worth of MacLine’s budget.
That also includes support from the Kairos family.
In his view, both his father who refused the compensation and the vassals who sympathized with him seemed crazy.
He had a rotten complexion, as if only a few administrators thought as normal as he did.
‘What kind of guts does the family where you live in refuse money now? If support is cut off right away, we will go bankrupt.’
So, no matter what happens, you have to get that money to build a foundation to overcome future crises.
“What is it, Logan? Tell me.”
“I hope the Wolves family will accept the terms of their apology.”
“what?!”
But of course, this common sense response aroused my father’s anger.
“Are you saying you’re going to overturn what I said now, Logan?”
His father’s expression hardened and his anger poured out on him.
Although the tone was calm, a sharp force covered Logan’s entire body and drove him to death.
‘Pfft! Indeed…’
A high-ranking knight is a high-ranking knight. It was clear that his current momentum alone was beyond his ability to handle.
The problem is that this kind of father only farts in this area, but when looking at the entire kingdom, he is not one of the strong ones.
In front of Auror users who were classified as top-class knights or superhumans, he was nothing more than a lowly person who could not even show his business card.
Moreover, in the Empire, there were not only Auror users but also legendary Auror Masters.
‘If I can’t endure this much… I won’t be able to do anything from now on.’
Logan gritted his teeth and withstood the pouring force.
Although it was only a small amount of success, the core located in his heart was helping Logan.
“As the party to the breakup of the engagement, I think I have the right to express my opinion. And I think my opinion will be more helpful to the family.”
Logan looked into his father’s gaze with determined eyes.
“…Help? Wrong, Logan. McLane is not in need enough to save money by throwing away his reputation.”
‘No, I’m in trouble. If we don’t have Kairos’ support, we’ll go bankrupt right away.’
Logan wanted to shout that out right away, but it was something he couldn’t say in an official setting.
Therefore, Logan cited another reason why he had no choice but to fall prey to the knight family.
“It’s for the honor!”
“Is it actually because of honor that you overturn what I said?”
“I’m sorry, but the Wolves Count family is a family with a higher title than ours. And they are also the Margrave of the East.”
“so?”
“Although the Wolves family is the leader of the East, they are not the family we serve as Lord. So, if you just accept an apology and end it, I am afraid that there will be rumors that our family has surrendered to the Wolves.”
Murmur.
The quiet hall became noisy due to the excuse I had constantly thought of.
Fortunately, it seemed to work to some extent.
In particular, officials who were always tight on budgets even got angry at Logan’s words.
Riina, who was intimidated, took advantage of that opportunity and came forward.
“Wolves are by no means a family that does not know such things. “We respect McLane’s honor as much as possible…”
But.
“Isn’t it funny to talk about the right thing to do when you unilaterally asked to break off the engagement, Princess?”
Before she could get to the point, Logan cut her off.
Fairy . Logan’s eyes were cynical as he looked at his equally beautiful ex-fiancé. The beautiful
woman’s face ‘acting’ with a pitiful expression was abominable. Even though it was a flashback,
the memories that flashed at the moment of seeing her were extremely unpleasant.
In the past life , Because she was a party to a marriage engagement, she was dragged out from probation to attend Daejeon and received an apology in front of her father’s face. The
girl who was pretty and lively as a child turned into a breathtaking beauty and bowed her head to herself in tears. The
reason for this was the breakup of the engagement. My heart ached at this, and my situation was even more miserable, so I cried along with him.
I thought that my beautiful fiancée was also truly saddened by that ‘inevitable’ fate.
“I want to make one last memory with you. Could you please come to my room tonight?”
And as he looked at her beautiful eyes whispering to him, he decided to at least run away from love.
As a prince of the McLane family, he thought he would risk everything for the woman he loved, even though his life was ruined.
And That night.
When we met her in the hiding place, she gave a strangely cold smile and tore off her own clothes with a dagger.
“Kaaaaaa!”
The young lady’s scream echoed through the mansion, and she threw the dagger at herself. She
pulled it out without realizing it. The moment he struck out the dagger with his long sword,
Lokfern ran into the room and overpowered him.
And all the servants in the mansion saw the scene.
The archduke was wielding a long sword and was overpowered by a knight, and a beautiful princess gave him torn clothes. The sight of her crying while holding her hand.
That was in her room in the middle of the night.
“Oh no! Lina. Why are you doing this! You called me!”
Logan’s desperate cries only became an excuse.
His family, who was already full of sins, did not believe him.
And,
“Do you really think you are worthy of me? Please get off topic and get out of the way. Why do you wear a knife when you lose to a child? Thanks to you, things have become easier. “Thank you.”
A small whisper was heard the moment he was dragged away.
Logan, losing his sense of reason at that voice, rebelled as if in a fit of rage, and with that, the lie became completely truth.
As a result, the McLane family had to apologize to the Wolves and even pay a huge amount of compensation.
The process . The fact that a problem child from a family that was originally a bastard was kicked out was just treated as a bonus.
The incident that Logan experienced before he even became an adult had a huge impact on his life afterwards.
In a very bad way.
‘It’s because of you that I became a woman . I can’t believe it, you damn bitch.’
Logan internally gritted his teeth and outwardly calmly opened his mouth again.
The grudge from his past life was just that of his past life. That wasn’t what was important right now.
“If you truly want to apologize, isn’t it normal to recommend that you accept compensation? Now, it seems like the princess wants us to refuse the reward.”
With those words, the atmosphere in Daejeon changed again.
“That’s right?”
“It’s definitely…”
“It looks like she’s trying to persuade us not to accept it. “But
Riina, who was embarrassed for a moment as if she heard the crowd’s voice, bit her lip.
“As the representative of Wolves and a party to the marriage contract, I will apologize once again with a sincere heart. No matter what the lord chooses, I will do what I promised. I will pay the amount.”
The beautiful woman’s sad-looking eyes turned back to the head of the table.
Baron McLane’s face stiffened horribly as he looked at her.
