Chapter 321 Chapter
98. Not food (2)
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Private house in the central treatment room of the Geomhwangseong.
“Oh my grandson! You haven’t woken up yet! Hello, when will the grandson wake up? It’s not like you can’t wake up like this forever!?”
“Your pulse and body temperature are very stable, Mr. I’m sure he’ll wake up soon, so don’t worry.”
“Dante, Dante! How sick my grandson is…!”
Dante kept pretending to be unconscious, not even dreaming that Ron knew he was faking it and was playing the tune.
“My heart is breaking…! This grandpa will come back soon. When you wake up, let’s go eat the royal family’s favorite dragon king soup. emperor no. I will tell His Majesty to have an executive chef on standby.”
While Ron sniffed, Dante felt a strange pleasure from the thrill and guilt of cheating his grandfather.
Ron could barely hold back his laughter as he saw through his grandson.
Sigh.
About ten minutes after Ron left, Jin entered the treatment room. At the same time, Dante pretended to wake up and let out a pained sound.
“Ugh…”
“Is Soga-lord out of his mind?”
“It’s been a while since I fainted… How long have I been lying down?”
“About 30 minutes.”
“I’m glad it wasn’t long. Ah Paul Gray Mick. You looked bad. you guys go out for a while I have something to talk about with this friend.”
As soon as the doctors left, Dante had a smile on his face.
“Are you fooled too?”
“no.”
“You can’t lie either. jin! how was my performance? Wasn’t it great? Haha At this point, my grandfather must have known how much I care for you, so he must have pledged 300 million gold coins. No, he would have given 500 million!”
Dante is excited and raises his voice.
“I was worried about myself. I wondered if my grandfather would take good care of Hiran and Runkandel being friends. But in the end, my grandfather is on my side. If I want to be for you, then my grandfather is also for you…”
Dante, who had said that, looked at Jin’s expression.
Jin’s face was completely drained of blood, and he had half-spirited blank eyes.
“earthquake? you. What happened?”
“It’s all stolen…”
“What?”
“Told your grandfather that everything was robbed.”
“Really?”
“Really.”
Dante couldn’t believe it even when he heard it himself.
Is this devilish friend robbing someone of everything he owns? No matter how great his grandfather was, he couldn’t imagine what Jin was going through.
“Uh uh uh… Hmm. I’m sorry. I didn’t know it would turn out like this. Even though my grandfather is not like that.”
“No, you have nothing to be sorry about. I was complacent. He said he had a good grandfather.”
“Is there anything I can do to help?”
Then, Jin burst into laughter.
“Actually, I didn’t just lose. In addition to the pottery, I even wrote a memorandum to hand over some of the ancient ironworks… but now I know how much information power Hailan has.”
The black knight assassination mission was the top secret of the top secret.
The fact that Jin knew what kind of reward he received after completing the mission meant that among the riders, there was someone who had a connection with Ron.
‘It’s not like anyone betrayed Runkandel. Perhaps someone who was in debt to Sir Lorne informed him. It is likely to be a one-time provision of information. If he had planted a spy, Sir Ron wouldn’t have been so confident.’
I thought it was better.
He decided that he could find out who the jockey who handed over the information to Ron was and use it.
Also, I learned what kind of person the peerless knight named Lon Hi-Lan was.
An example of a householder who never gives up on Hiran and his own gains without being vigilant under any circumstances.
However, he is a caring and warm grandfather who would give more than his life for his grandson.
‘In that sense, Sir Ron has already caught my biggest weakness.’
Just the fact that he was Dante’s most precious friend made it impossible for Ron to treat Jin carelessly in the future. It was because he saw firsthand that Dante immediately threw himself to save Jin.
‘It is a warning that you took pottery and iron. A warning not to even dream of using Dante to take advantage of him in the future.’
It wasn’t a warning ‘as the strong’, Jin recognized.
Rather, it felt closer to being bluffed in the position of unilaterally mortgaging precious things. That’s why I didn’t think I lost much even after being beaten by Ron.
‘Whatever was stolen from Sir Ron today can be recovered. The problem is that we have lost a line of immediate funding.’
It seemed that I had to sell more feet than expected to save money.
“Jin, first of all, I will try to make as much money as possible without my grandfather’s permission. Instead of helping, I feel like I’ve done harm, so there’s no way to hide my upset feelings.”
“It’s okay, leave the money alone. You can get it elsewhere.”
“Is it possible?”
“It is something that should be made possible. Rather, I met Beradin on a mission.”
“…Are you talking about Bentica, a disputed area in the Mila Kingdom where Runcandel and Ziple fought a while ago?”
Dante’s expression darkened even more. The only thing Jin and Beradin will meet on a mission is to kill each other.
“okay.”
“How was Lord Beradin?”
Dante hadn’t seen Veradin even once since Jin fled from the West Sea.
“It wasn’t normal. Beyond the memory manipulation, now my mind wasn’t intact at all. It didn’t seem to recognize me and even attacked me.”
Jin explained the events of the day to Dante for a while. Throughout the story, Dante could not hide his bitter expression.
“…I can’t even imagine how heartbroken Lord Veradin will feel when he comes to his senses.”
“Probably not in such a warmongering state every day. It was often described in the newsletter that he normally held banquets and other external activities.”
“I want to save you.”
“I agree. but you have to wait Until a clearer moment comes.”
“jin.”
“why?”
As if trying to say something difficult, Dante hesitantly looked at Jin and the ground.
“If it is a situation that cannot be reversed by Lord Beradin. If you can never return to that person again and live only as a doll for Ziffle… what will you do?”
I did ask
I wasn’t expecting the answer I was looking for. If it’s Jin, then I’ll have to give up or kill him is the way for Beradin… I thought he would answer that.
Still, the reason I asked was because I wanted to confirm. Maybe Jin might have the same heart as him.
“Find a way.”
Dante raised his head at Jin’s answer.
“Really!?”
“Then is it really fake? Even if I give up on him, I won’t gain anything. He is also a friend.”
“jin! This body is very moving!”
“So I’ll tell Sir Ron I’m not as clever as you think.”
“Anyway, today’s event has made my grandfather know about my relationship with you, so now I’m going to talk about you a little more comfortably.”
“Yes, yes. I will have to go back soon.”
“already? How about going out for dinner and a drink?”
“With the person who just collapsed from anemia?”
“It was all acting.”
“Okay, call me when the banquet is held later. Just in case, send an invitation to Beradin.”
“Okay!”
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Upon returning to Tican that night.
Jean could once again realize how much Lon Hylan cares for his ‘one and only’ grandson (but Dante has a brother too).
“Confucius Jin Confucius! What kind of magic did you use?”
Tikan, which had been in a mourning house atmosphere until this morning, had a festive atmosphere on the contrary.
“Sir Casimir?”
“Confucius is also the blessing of our Tikan. Except for the Hwang family, almost all the shamans of Bement are scrambling to bring money and goods.”
Jin, who was listening in bewilderment, smiled.
‘Dante, you lucky guy.’
Ron was evaluating Jin that way.
A brawler kid who’s sure to take two or more if he loses one.
Without a doubt, the one Ron loves and appreciates most in the world is his grandson, but apart from that.
Among the grandson’s peers, Jin was by far the best. Force Insight Games Guts and even magic.
Therefore, he decided that it would not be good for his grandson if he would rather break his wings completely.
It was really a calculation only for the grandson to the bone.
“It’s a thunderbolt! Rather, it was like a water change with more solid customers than before!”
Casimir was ready to dance at least.
‘Sir Ron indeed made the best of decisions. Instead of giving money, he solved a more fundamental problem.’
That almost all shamans in Bement, except for the Hwang family, want to do business with Tikan.
It wasn’t a good thing that only ended with Tikan’s economy reviving. It meant that Jin and Casimir would not have to pay attention to Runcandel like this time when running Tikan from now on.
Instead, there was a point where autonomy was damaged to some extent because you had to care about Ron and Hyran, not Runkandel.
However, from Jin’s point of view, if you have to fight one of the two forces, Runkandel and Highran, for the complete independence of Tikan in the future.
Of course, the latter was less burdensome. Runkandel is obviously a stronger family than Hiran.
“If only the shamans who came today are confirmed to be our business partners, we don’t have to ask for money any more.”
At that, Jin shook his head.
“But wouldn’t the more money be better?”
“Of course! I got a message anyway. Soon the guests of Confucius will arrive. ah! It looks like Jet over there is bringing it.”
Looking out the window, I saw a giant following Jet.
He was approaching the mansion with a gait that seemed strangely out of place, wearing a robe and a hood.
“Good! I brought you!”
Jet vigorously opened the door.
Looking closer, the giant figure in the robe looked much larger. Its skeleton was strange, and it seemed that it was not human.
Jin shrugged as he looked at the golden eyes shining in the hood.
“You guys are telling others to wear disguises. Was this really for the best?”
“Why isn’t this pretty good!?”
Whoops!
The robe came off, revealing hairballs barely reaching Jin’s waist. The identity of the giant was a Geumseoljok, ‘four people united as if they were one human’.
“Oh, not great. Long time no see, top.”
“Oh yeah. Are you going to lose shape like this? We are no longer poor people in that cave. If it’s possible, call me the gold top, first row leader top of the guild, Runcandel 12th rider, Sir Gene Runcandel.”
