Episode 547
“Huh…”
Karun let out an exasperated breath as he left the throne room. When he frowned deeply, his already harsh eyes seemed cold, as if frozen.
“You look like you’re going to kill someone.”
Balder walked up to Karun’s side and raised his eyebrows.
“Do you hate Raon that much?”
“hate? “Such trivial feelings are not important.”
Karun pursed his lips without turning his gaze to Balder.
“Have you ever seen your father praising someone like he did today?”
“Hmm…”
Balder stroked his chin, pondered, and then shook his head.
“No. “He’s not the kind of person who is stingy with praise, but he’s never been so blatant about it.”
“okay. Let alone the children, we have never received praise like that before. “When I became Jeonju, he just said ‘good job’.”
Karun lifted his eyes slightly upward as if recalling an old memory.
“My father back then was different from my father now, and this was a great event no matter who looked at it. “The Eden bastards have destroyed decades of planning!”
Balder, being a simple person, waved his hand and said that we should praise him for doing well.
“I hope you feel comfortable. “Do you remember what I said before?”
“Hmm…”
He tilted his head as if he didn’t remember what Karun said.
“I said that it seemed like my father was trying to make Raon Sieghart his successor.”
“ah!”
“What happened today made it clear. “My father plans to make Raon our competitor.”
Karun spoke with confidence unlike before.
“He’s a kid who just passed the terms and conditions! “How can you be our competitor!”
“It doesn’t matter how young you are. Can you do it? The only important thing is whether it exists or not. Raon Sieghardt has accumulated sufficient performance and military power.”
“But still Master…”
“His hand is already beyond the wall. “It wouldn’t be surprising if I got promoted to Grand Master tomorrow.”
He turned his gaze to Balder for the first time and spoke.
“If you remain so careless and foolish, you will be caught first. “Just like your son was chewed up and eaten by Raon.”
Karun narrowed his eyes as he brought up the story of Raiden, whom Raon defeated during his trainee days.
“Are you comparing me and Raiden?”
Balder frowned fiercely as if he was remembering the ruined Raiden.
“Besides, he’s not even a direct descendant yet!”
“It’s just a matter of time. “Right now, you and I can suppress him even if we oppose him, but if he accomplishes the feat of defeating his father next year, no matter what we do, we can’t stop him.”
“Vice King…”
“This time, by chance, you were given some power. “If you don’t want to be caught by that colt, it would be better to keep it in check in advance.”
With those last words, Karun walked in the direction of the heavy radio station without even looking back.
“Haa…”
Balder put his hands on his hips and let out an irritated sigh.
“I was always handsome.”
As he glanced at Karun, Denier quietly approached him from behind.
“My brother has been like that since he was young. “Why are you doing this again?”
Denier stood to Balder’s right and smiled.
“Did you really hear that? “You pulled off a surprise?”
Balder frowned at Denier.
“I was curious about what they were saying, so I overheard a bit. “My brother must have known.”
Denier waved at Karun as he walked away.
“I don’t think you need to worry too much.”
“what?”
“Just like you said, Raon did a great job, so my father just praised him more than usual.”
Denier leaned back against the wall and crossed his arms.
“You’ve been paying a lot of attention to small things since long ago. If it were your sister, you wouldn’t know. “It makes no sense for our nephew Raon to become the successor.”
“Hmm…”
“Of course, there is no one who doesn’t get dust by shaking it off, but isn’t it a bit much to keep that child in check?”
He left, saying he could search Hyunmujeon as much as he wanted instead of Raon.
“Dust…”
Balder licked his lips while looking at Denier’s back. Denier’s calm words, more than Karun’s warning, created a sense of crisis for Raon.
“Let me touch it just a little bit.”
* * *
Raon headed to the small conference room inside Gajujeon at the request of Lorcan Slion.
“Lord of the Gwangpung Unit.”
As soon as I opened the door to the conference room and entered, Lorcan bent his waist at a right angle.
“Thank you. All I can say is thank you and thank you.”
“Matriarch?”
Raon blinked rapidly and grabbed Rokan’s shoulder.
I knew I would hear a thank you, but I had no idea that I would be greeted with such an over-the-top greeting as I did with Glenn.
“Thank you for saving Runaan.”
Lorcan continued speaking with his back and head bowed.
“I don’t care if I die. No, he deserved to die. However, I wanted to save that child at all costs, and the unit owner made that happen. Thank you so much.”
He trembled his shoulders as if he was relieved that Runaan survived safely rather than the lives of himself and his wife.
“Me too.”
Clara came next to Lorcan and bowed her head.
“Thank you for saving my child.”
“She is your daughter, but she is also my subordinate. “You don’t have to say hello like this.”
Raon looked at Lorcan and Clara and shook his head.
“As expected…”
Lorcan lifted his gaze and nodded.
“Runan told me that the unit commander would say something like that, and it’s just like that.”
He laughed and slapped himself on the cheek.
“I don’t know what I was seeing all this time. I was properly blinded.”
Lorcan chewed his lip and then got down on one knee as if he had made a decision.
“Matriarch?”
“Starting today, I will serve as the benefactor of the Slyon family. “No matter what request you make, I will risk everything in my family to follow you.”
He placed his hand on his chest and showed the oath that Sieghard prosecutors take.
Raon’s lips trembled as he looked at Rokhan’s sunken eyes.
‘Are you serious?’
When I said that I would follow whatever request I received, it meant that I would listen to my instructions as if I were Sieghardt’s vassal. As the head of the family, this was not an easy thing to say.
“Matriarch. It’s a bit hard for me to tell you, but think about it carefully…”
“As of yesterday, me, Clara, and Runan are no different from being born again. “It is a natural thing to do since the unit owner inherited that life.”
Lorcan shook his head, saying he wanted to do more.
“This is something that not only the two of us thought about, but the rest of Slion. “Please don’t feel burdened.”
Instead of trying to stop Clara, she held Lorcan’s arm and smiled.
-Okay! It’s boring! Just ask for some good food!
Lars gritted his teeth as if he were hungry and complained that he was hungry.
“All right.”
Raon bowed his head to Lorcan and Clara.
“The head of the family. No, I will honor the will of the Slyon family.”
Since it would be rude to refuse too much, I accepted the two people’s thanks.
“Thank you.”
“thank you.”
Only then did Lorcan and Clara raise their heads.
The two people seemed to have lost their strength and slumped down on the chair behind them.
His face looked like he had aged 10 years, perhaps because he had brought up the painful experience again.
“Then I will go.”
I thought Lorcan and Clara needed some time as well, so I quietly closed the door and went out.
As I was about to turn to go back to the annex, I made eye contact with the person who was leaning against the wall.
“Runan?”
Runaan lifted his back from the wall and came forward.
“What I said in there….”
“I knew because my dad told me.”
She nodded as if she knew everything.
“Hmm…”
Raon awkwardly scratched his cheek and looked up.
“Is your family’s affairs okay? “Do you want me to help you?”
Since only one day has passed since the incident occurred, both Runaan and her parents must be having a hard time. I wanted to help if I could.
“are you okay.”
Runaan shook his head calmly.
“Raon did everything he could.”
Her eyes were still bright, but her personality seemed different than before.
I was fully aware that it was my job to do, not anyone else’s.
“Okay…”
Raon smiled slightly and took out a gray box from his subspace pocket. This was the ice cream I was forced to buy this morning because Lars was making a fuss.
“This is…”
“We still have plans for the company dinner. “Please bear with me for now.”
“huh.”
Runaan answered energetically and nodded.
“then.”
Raon patted Runaan on the shoulder and went to the head of the family battle.
-Ugh…
Ras looked back at Runaan and touched his red nose.
-You’ve grown. Ice cream girl!
‘I thought it was a waste of ice cream so I cried, but that wasn’t the case.’
Raon chuckled as he looked at Ras, who was sobbing.
-What do you think of this king? Do you think I would be picky about food in a situation like this?
The guy shook his head and told me not to laugh.
‘Well, that’s true. sorry. I made a mistake…
-But you didn’t give me that with mint chocolate, right? I think that would be a bit of a waste….
‘….’
* * *
A week later.
“Haa…”
Burren sighed as he placed the crumpled documents on the desk.
“Does this have any meaning? “I think they’re going to start a fight somehow.”
He frowned, thinking that Balder, who became the special inspector, would definitely find fault with him.
“But I still have to do it.”
Raon shook his head as he checked the documents Buren brought.
“If you force a problem, it ends up being annoying, but if you start a fight over a real problem, it will be a lot of trouble.”
“That person will continue to hold on to the problems he has forced upon himself until the end.”
Buren knocked on the desk, asking if he didn’t know Balder’s personality.
“I know. “I know it very well.”
Now Balder had gained omnipotent power as a special inspector and was literally wreaking havoc on the entire family.
Even if they didn’t like it even just a little, they kept complaining all day long, and armed groups such as Dae and Dan and intelligence groups like Biyeonhoe were complaining every day.
‘It’s even more of a problem because you’re ignorant about the subject and you’re diligent about it.’
Balder was the worst type of boss who worked hard while being stupid, so Sieghardt was currently sounding the alarm about him.
“Besides, Jinmujeonju hates you.”
“I guess so. “Because I made my son a wreck.”
Raon put down his pen after signing the document.
These days, Balder is keeping quiet in the family battle and sometimes takes sides, but that’s because of his simple personality.
I will never forget the resentment that ruined my son.
“But if you think about it, Raiden was the one who started the fight first.”
When Buren thought about it, he frowned, saying it was absurd.
“Such trivial things are not important to him.”
“I guess so.”
“Just do your work. “Because Marta and Runaan aren’t here, so you and I have to do it all together.”
Raon let out a shaky breath as he looked at the documents piled up on his desk.
-hmm?
Lars looked down at the dirty desk and tilted his head.
-You haven’t been home for a while, and you took vacation as soon as you came back.
‘It did.’
-But why are the documents piled up like this?
‘It’s because the owner of this place doesn’t work.’
Raon twisted his mouth, pointing to the nameplate of the Great Lord of Gwangpung on the desk.
-As expected…
Lars shook his head, saying he was truly impressed.
“Ah-oh! “You obnoxious human being!”
Buren also seemed to be so angry at Rimmer that he hit the desk.
“Because you say it out loud. “I’m even more upset!”
As he gritted his teeth, remembering Rimmer, who had announced yesterday that he was running away, the door opened and Dorian came in.
“We’re in big trouble! That human. No, the special inspector is coming this way!”
Dorian’s lips trembled, his forehead bandaged.
“already?”
Raon widened his eyes. The sun was just rising, but I didn’t expect it to come already. I don’t know anything else, but the diligence was real.
“How to! “I haven’t finished organizing it yet!”
“Just shove it in and come out.”
Raon shook his hands and came out of the office.
“Aren’t you coming too fast?”
“I heard that Cheoljungdan was completely destroyed yesterday.”
“Stop ironing out? “There are a lot of direct relatives there.”
“We will be robbed even more than that…”
The Gwangpungdae prosecutors sighed deeply as if they were worried about what would happen in the future.
“….”
The only person standing with a calm complexion was Mark Gotten.
Quaang!
When Raon stood in front of the Gwangpungdae, the door to the dance hall opened as if it was about to break, accompanied by the sound of rough steps.
Balder can be seen behind the creaking door.
He was wearing a newly tailored dark red uniform, but it was so small that his shoulders and legs looked like they were going to burst.
The words “Special Inspector” flashed in golden light on the armband worn on his left arm. It was like watching a child who was anxious to show off his status.
“Kuhum!”
Balder approached the windshield with heavy steps and lifted his chin.
The very large person raised his head and looked like an ogre.
Raon took a quick bite, then went forward and bowed his head to Balder.
“Meeting the Special Inspector General.”
When I deliberately put emphasis on the word special inspector, the corners of Balder’s mouth went up.
An expression that says you won. He was a simpler person than I thought. If I did well, I thought I could get through it without any problems.
“Where is the Great Lord of Gwangpung?”
Balder rolled his bear-like gaze and looked for Rimmer.
“I’m in the process of personal training.”
I couldn’t bear to say that I didn’t know where he had gone, so I said I was doing personal training.
“Personal training?”
Balder’s gaze narrowed.
“All the members are here, so you’re training alone? “Is that also Daeju?”
“From dawn to morning is personal maintenance time, so it doesn’t matter what you do…”
“No matter how much personal maintenance you do, the leader must keep the crew in mind!”
He raised his voice as if he was successful.
“Hmm!”
An old man with a goatee who appeared to belong to the Inspection Department began writing something in the booklet he was carrying. It seemed clear that points would be deducted.
“It’s very suspicious that Daeju leaves his crew and moves alone.”
“During the day, the Great Lord also practices together. Some other universities don’t have early morning training…”
“What does that matter! “Isn’t the problem that there is no headmaster now?”
Just as he had heard, Balder started making excuses from the beginning.
“Early morning training is just a light warm-up, so even if you don’t have a master, there’s no big problem.”
“That doesn’t matter! “The problem is that it doesn’t meet the standards I set!”
He waved his hand as if he didn’t want to argue and looked at the sand in the training ground.
“hmm? Why are there so many pebbles in the sand? “Are they not maintaining it properly?”
“The soil laid here is the highest quality sand brought from the south. There can’t be that many pebbles…”
“Isn’t it here!”
Balder furrowed his brows as he pointed to a small piece of stone that was no different from a grain of sand.
“Whew…”
Raon sighed as he looked at Balder, who was screaming like he was breathing fire.
‘As expected.’
As Buren said, Balder was making excuses from the beginning. It seemed like he was going to properly repay the humiliation he had suffered.
“I don’t know why they don’t properly maintain the training ground if the prosecutors are injured! Aren’t Daeju and Daewon distracted by some strange place?”
Balder frowned and looked down at the Gwangpungdae swordsmen one by one.
“Ugh…”
The swordsmen stepped back, shaking their shoulders as if they were tired of Balder’s momentum.
“you!”
Balder approached Dorian, who was shaking a lot, and rolled his eyes.
“Why are you shaking? “I haven’t done anything yet, but I’m sweating strangely.”
“No, I usually sweat a lot…”
Dorian answered, swallowing dry saliva.
“It’s a way for thieves to lose their feet. Interrogating this guy…”
“Special inspector.”
Raon blocked Dorian’s path and shook his head.
“He was injured while protecting the Slion family head and matriarch during this attack on the Slion family. “I was just sweating because the wound wasn’t fully healed yet.”
“Is that so?”
Perhaps because Balder thought this was a great thing, he looked at Dorian and scratched the bridge of his nose before lifting his chin.
“But even so, we can’t leave something strange behind! “Submit to special interrogation!”
He shook his head and said there were no exceptions.
‘It won’t be easy.’
Raon frowned. It was not easy to deal with the other party because they ignored logic and pushed things in ignorantly.
It was truly pure ignorance.
‘I think I know how the comedian feels.’
I was amazed at her patience as she endured my antics to the end.
“hmm!”
Balder passed Dorian and approached the battle dolls set up on the outskirts of the training ground.
“Why is this equipment so dirty? “It’s full of dust because we haven’t taken care of it!”
He was looking at the floor earlier, touching the dolls with sand-covered hands, and complaining that they were full of dust.
“You’re treating the sacred training ground so harshly! He must have been distracted somewhere else! Who is in charge of this place? “What kind of bastard treats the training ground like that!”
Balder threw away the dolls and stamped his feet roughly.
‘There’s nothing I can do about it.’
When Raon clicked his tongue and tried to approach Balder, a large old man rushed forward from behind him and struck Balder in the back of the head.
Bahah!
Balder was struck as if he had never thought that someone would hit him in the back of the head. A sound like a watermelon exploding echoed through the gym.
“What the hell!”
“I got hit in the back of the head…”
“What the hell is this…”
A dark silence fell over the entire training hall. Not only the Gwangpungdae but also the inspectors opened their mouths.
“Master Dodogae?”
Raon realized that the person who hit Balder in the back of the head was Dogae, and his eyes twitched. Suddenly, I couldn’t understand why that person was doing that.
“What kind of bastard!”
When Balder turned around, exploding a deadly energy wave, the swordsman standing in front of him furrowed his brows.
“grow. “You bastard.”
“Instructor. “No, Harrian!”
Everyone thought Balder was going to explode, but when he saw the collapse, his eyes trembled as if he was embarrassed.
“How can we get here…”
“I came because you told me to come out in charge. “What have you got to say?”
Do-gae waved his hand as if asking him to speak.
“Hmm….”
Balder stepped back. He barely opened his mouth, looking blatantly uncomfortable.
“I am now a special inspector general. Please treat him accordingly.”
“Oh, I see. The inspector has arrived. “Then I guess I’ll have to say it again.”
The thief nodded his head as if he was rude and hit Balder on the forehead again.
“It’s me, you bastard.”
