Episode 270 Episode
87. Brother and sister (1)
each and every one of them…
While the Mila silk was being filled up, Mary had a blank face like a distraught person. He looked like someone who had a broken heart.
In fact, she is experiencing a psychological shock equivalent to a broken heart.
“No… I can’t do this. how long have i been waiting Do you just refuse and go back like that? does this make sense? How should I convince you?”
“What so far?”
Dipus, sitting in front, shrugged, and Mary opened her eyes at once.
“You seem to be thinking too easily that it’s not your brother’s business right now. My body is in shock right now.”
The two of them were drinking in Mary’s room after the jockeys meeting (until the one where only the 1 2 3 4 jockeys were left).
“Is that something that shocks you that much? It’s really shocking that my father announced that he would leave for the Black Sea again as soon as he returned. How aggressive will Hufester’s warriors, who were only looking forward to their father’s return? Jockeys will be very busy for the time being. I will have to appease you.”
As Difus said, Runkandel’s subordinate families, among them small and medium-sized families, had high hopes for Shiron’s return.
It was because of the zip.
After the ‘Seongguk Incident’, the cold war between Runkandel and Zipple is heading towards the pole.
I don’t know about Calon, where the sword garden is located, or those who have some level of strength. Small and medium-sized families are suffering from the oppression of the Cold War.
“It’s just the talk of the Cold War, and it’s not just reported in the media. In fact, battles with the Lutero Magic Federation are taking place everywhere every day… The small and medium family must have thought that their father’s return would give them a breather.”
However, as Shiron said he would return as soon as he arrived, it was literally a thunderstorm for them. So, starting tomorrow, the riders of Runkandel will have to travel all over Hufester to make their feet sweat.
It was the role of the riders to alleviate the worries of the small and medium powers on behalf of Shiron, take necessary measures, and support them both physically and mentally.
“Ah! An ungrateful boy…! How can you do that to me!”
Pajik jinglang!
Mary vented her anger and clenched her fists. The glassware carefully crafted by the artisans of Kurano was broken mercilessly and tumbled to the floor.
“…Are you listening to me?”
Difus held out a handkerchief to Mary and touched her forehead.
“No, my second older brother. Fighting between our subordinate families and the Lutero Magic Federation is not just a day or two, it’s just a normal phenomenon. It’s obvious, is that obvious fact more important than my feelings right now?”
“Okay, let’s just say no.”
slap!
Mary snatches the bottle from Dipus and gulps it down.
She hadn’t been as upset as today in recent days.
“By the way, the youngest of Mary.”
“uh.”
“You came riding Murakan, the black dragon that was the family’s guardian deity. If that’s the case, he’s also a solderlet contractor. It must be related to the Battle of the West Sea between Bigung and Zipple.”
“Huh, that’s right! Because the Battle of the West Sea was a three-way battle between the Queen of Heaven and the Black Dragon.”
“From my point of view, it seems that the Queen Mother protected the youngest in the Battle of the West Sea. The youngest must have been living in the Secret Palace after that.”
“The battle was won by Ziple, so how could the youngest stay in the secret palace?”
“Of course there must have been a deal. here’s my idea The winner of the West Sea battle that day was actually the side of Secret Palace, not Jiple. And instead of announcing his defeat, Bigungju made a deal with Zipple to guarantee Jin’s safety for the past year.”
Mary nodded curiously.
“Oh… that sounds pretty plausible.”
After Jin’s true identity was revealed through the Seongguk incident, Jiple’s prestige was hitting the bottom day by day.
It was only natural that Jin, the reserve jockey, did not engage in an all-out war even though he played with Ziple, and was unable to catch Jin even with a bounty of 100 million gold coins.
“The death of Karl Andrei Muron and the Seongguk incident were not enough, so he fought and defeated the Secret Palace? It shouldn’t be. Zipple must have absolutely wanted to prevent his shaky prestige from falling further. Even if you give up Jin.”
“I’ve been wondering how the youngest has managed to escape being wanted by us and Zipple for the past year. It would be understandable if the lord of the palace guarded him directly. But is there any reason for the queen to take care of the youngest child by going so far?”
“I do not remember? The kiss between the youngest and the lady of the secret palace at the banquet.”
“I remember. But why?”
“Bigung has a very different atmosphere from our family. The mistress values her one and only child more than her life. After the banquet, I did some research and found that the lady of the secret palace had never shown any interest in dating. different from my mother. Jin is the first.”
“…If Jin dies, your daughter will be sad, so you helped?”
“yes.”
“If what you said is true, then the queen is predicting Jin as her son-in-law.”
“okay. And the background must have been influenced by my father’s influence.”
“what?”
“Don’t you get the feeling that your father accepted the youngest as a jockey too easily?”
“It was easy to admit. You hear that even after seeing your father receive that sword.”
“merry. If it was my father, he would have known at a glance as soon as he saw him. That I have enough skills to receive the sword that contains your enlightenment. Even knowing it, you did it on purpose in front of everyone. So that everyone can naturally recognize Jin like you do now.”
Merry’s eyes widened, and Difus continued talking, confident in his reasoning.
“In other words, it means that there is a high possibility that the father, like the queen mother, is positively viewing the marriage of the lady of the palace and Jin. In this situation, there is no reason why it would be bad for Runkandel and the secret palace to form an alliance through marriage.”
“It’s a marriage… but if you keep Jin alive and weave it with the Secret Palace, Runkandel has nothing to lose. If Jiple is properly held responsible in the future, it can be passed on to the secret palace, and the fact that the family’s legitimacy has been damaged is only a problem if Jin becomes a secret person.”
“Besides, even if we get into a full-scale war with Ziple, Secret Palace will stand by Runkandel’s side.”
“Yes.”
“Hmm, there must be a reason he didn’t accept a duel with me. It would be difficult for the queen to show her life, which she protected for a year while faking defeat. By the way, brother.”
“why?”
“I mean mother. You said you were going to give Jin’s first rider mission to catch the Black Knight spy. According to my older brother’s guess, my father was thinking of handing Jin over to Secret Palace, but my mother seems to be pushing Jin properly from the start.”
“I don’t know what my mother is thinking. Do you just want to get rid of it because it could be a little bit of damage to your big brother? You can’t directly deny your father’s decision.”
Difus shrugged and went on his back.
“My guess may be wrong from the start. Anyway, I guess I’ll have to keep an eye on the situation for the time being.”
“When I said something about my head hurting, it only made me more annoyed. After that, this wasn’t what I had to worry about.”
“worry?”
“It was not the intention of my father and mother, but I had to think about how to compete with him as soon as possible. The story took a different path because of my brother.”
“Again, anyway!”
At this point, even as a diphus, he had no choice but to scream.
“Older brother, now that I’ve been talking about it, you seem to be a bit smart. Please give me your opinion.”
Difus was about to scream again, then let out another sigh.
‘Yes, this is my sister Mary.’
Simple, likes to fight and never tolerates losing.
Mary just firmly believed that fighting the strong was the most valuable thing in life.
She was neither dark inside nor blinded by jealousy, drunk with inferiority or superiority like the other brothers.
That was why Dipus liked her the most and only among his blood relatives.
“Whoa, yes. You are also very disgusting and disgusting. Well, it doesn’t seem very possible. A way for you to play against the youngest.”
“oh! What is it!”
Mary’s eyes sparkled and she grabbed Dipus by the collar. It would not be easy for the act of grabbing the collar to look so friendly.
“First of all, since there are no side dishes for this, cut a piece of fruit and see.”
“Okay, I’ll cut it! Instead, if it’s not a trick, your brother’s head will be cut along with it.”
* * *
Shiron left the Garden of Swords around midnight.
When he came, there was a great parade, but when he left, no one could see him off by his order. Instead, the knights silently bowed to him as he left the Garden of Swords.
Jin also stood by the window and saluted until his father’s back disappeared.
“jin.”
Luna She was scheduled to leave for the Black Sea after traveling around Hufester for a month from tomorrow to encourage her subordinates.
“Yes sister.”
“There were so many things I wanted to do when you came back, but I didn’t know things would turn out like this. I can’t even imagine what other daunting things will happen to you while I’m gone. I can’t even give you a pendant anymore.”
“You seem strangely concerned. Do I still look so weak in your eyes?”
“no. But your mother was openly hostile toward you. The elders aren’t going to give you a decisive battle. But to have to leave me also makes me feel rotten.”
“I don’t know how you will hear it, but since I became a jockey, I think everything is better than I was worried about.”
“okay?”
“Actually, it wouldn’t have been strange if he was immediately arrested and imprisoned in the dungeon upon his return. But my father gave me a chance before he left, and my mother… you’re still caught off guard.”
“Be careless.”
“It seemed like you were trying to fight me too squarely. If it had been me, the moment I returned to my family, I would have insisted that I must kill my father, even if I directly opposed his decision. It’s not like there’s no reason.”
“Shaking the dignity of the family head in front of the family is, in some ways, a bigger blow to the family than betrayal.”
“From my sister’s point of view. A single blemish on my father’s dignity and a step forward in my family. Which of the two seems more dangerous to Joshua’s Runcandel?”
Not the current Runcandel, but Joshua’s Runcandel.
Luna soon came to a conclusion.
“the latter.”
“That’s it. My mother made a mistake from the beginning. You missed the best opportunity. Just like Joshua did.”
For an instant, Luna could feel goosebumps running down her neck.
As always, Jin was not a child to worry about. Rather, it was right that he should be careful not to worry Jin.
“My sister’s trip to the Black Sea is also a good thing for me. I wonder what kind of mission my father and the former Dark Knights were carrying out there, and why my father’s Runcandel is so obsessed with the Black Sea. Please take this opportunity to find out for sure.”
Black Sea.
Even Luna, the first rider, did not know why Shiron was obsessed with the land.
“It must be a half-truth that it is for training.”
“i get it. It’s the first time my father has taken a non-comrade to the Black Sea, so I’ll bring you good news. Instead, you have to drink with me all night and talk about what happened outside.”
“sister.”
“Tell me, brother.”
“It’s probably more disappointing to me than to my sister that we only have one day to talk casually like this.”
“You mean that guy hit the sword so hard at the appointment ceremony earlier?”
“That was kind of a childish boast. Now my sister has to be nervous to deal with me or something like that.”
“Huh, it’s not that I’m wrong. I wonder when the day will come when you will be respected by everyone with a single sword like this sister.”
“It won’t be too far.”
The brother and sister tilted their glasses until the night passed.
