Chapter 571
Raon lifted his slightly trembling eyelids.
‘It wasn’t a dream after all.’
A raccoon with a few leaves stuck to its forehead was standing proudly and looking in this direction as if it were a human.
‘Las. ‘You were right.’
I tapped Lars, who had predicted this situation perfectly.
‘Las?’
-Ouch…
Lars fell to the floor, groaning as if he had been stabbed by a knife. It seemed like he was surprised by Merlin’s appearance and fainted.
‘A human who can stun the Demon King…’
He shook his head and picked up Lars and placed it on his shoulder.
“Come this way first.”
Raon motioned to Merlin and went inside the Gajujeon, where the debris had not yet been removed.
After making a cover so that no one else could hear, I sat down on a chair that looked okay.
“I really like this kind of consideration.”
Merlin sat down on the chair across from him and smiled.
“That’s it. “Have you been here the whole time?”
“huh. “Why would I leave when you’re here?”
She elegantly swept up her hair, asking why she was asking the obvious. It seemed like he had forgotten that he was a raccoon.
“I should first say thank you. “Thank you for stopping Rektar.”
Raon bowed his head to Merlin.
‘It would have been much harder without Merlin.’
Because Merlin appeared, the executives of the Holy Sword Federation were able to talk about returning to Rektar. It was no exaggeration to say that everyone survived thanks to her.
“Why do we greet each other like that?”
Merlin waved his furry hand, telling him not to say anything like thank you.
‘It’s our relationship…’
I wanted to ask what our relationship was like, but there was something I had to say first.
“Is it okay for you to be like this?”
Raon smoothed the armrests of the chair and narrowed his eyes.
“huh? what?”
“When you were in Varene, you interfered with the White Blood Cult, and this time you blocked the Holy Swordsman. “I wonder if there is a problem inside Eden.”
“It’s not.”
She shook her head emphatically, to the dismay of anyone concerned.
“I lived the way I wanted before I met you. “They probably think the crazy bitch did something crazy and won’t say anything.”
“Huh…”
“Ah, this is good. Because you care. “It’s creepy…”
Merlin stroked both arms and a blush appeared on his cheeks. I never thought I would see a raccoon’s cheeks turn red in my lifetime.
“And it doesn’t really matter if problems arise. All you have to do is come out of Eden. “The reason I am in Eden now is to be of help to you.”
She waved her hand and said she was not interested in giving back, which is Eden’s goal.
“That’s not what I’m worried about.”
Raon sighed and pointed to his head with his finger.
“Tacheon or another Eden official may have placed restrictions on you.”
“huh. “I walked.”
Merlin nodded with a slight smile.
“But I solved it.”
“her?”
Raon widened his eyes as he looked at Merlin, who was smiling calmly.
“It was Tatacheon’s bet, right?”
“huh. “It was a limitation that was difficult to recognize, and it was complicated and took a long time, but we eventually solved it.”
Merlin was a woman who made her laugh the more she talked to her.
“Is it like brainwashing?”
“It’s not brainwashing, it’s a restriction that prevents you from lying without realizing it.”
She told me the method, but I didn’t really understand it because it was about magic.
‘It’s amazing that you’ve solved the magic of Fallen Heaven. But…’
Did Tacheon leave just that one thing?
Tacheon is the head of Eden and one of the greatest wizards and shamans on the entire continent. It seemed unlikely that he would only have one restriction.
‘Because he smells like Derus.’
In my past life, I, too, was satisfied that I had lifted the brainwashing, so I made no further preparations and just waited for the day to leave the Robert family.
However, Derus used Rage Worm, which can even read emotions, to read all of my plans and thoughts and attack the player.
Tacheon was not an easy person, so he had to be as careful as possible.
“Because there may have been restrictions other than that magic. Catch me and take a look at the whole thing. Not just places like the head, but even the heart and other organs. “You could have put a lazy worm in there.”
Raon gave Merlin advice he learned from his previous life.
‘Did you talk a little too much?’
I felt like it could be called pointless meddling because I even said unnecessary things.
“huh. okay!”
But Merlin smiled brightly and nodded as if he liked it. He seemed to be in a very good mood.
“You too be careful. “Three of the Ouma are targeting you.”
On the contrary, Merlin patted Raon’s hand and told him to take care of himself.
“I heard that the White Blood Cult, Holy Sword, and Black Tower joined hands. Is that true?”
Raon tapped the armrest with his fingers, naming three of the Omas she mentioned.
“It will be right. “I don’t know exactly about the White Blood Cult, but I heard that the Holy Sword Trainer and the Black Top Master met separately.”
Merlin nodded with a calm face.
“As expected.”
The alliance between the Seonggeomryeon and the Black Tower, which was guessed from the reaction of the Yonghyeongeomju, was true. It seemed that the situation on the continent would be greatly shaken.
“What about your Eden?”
“It doesn’t seem like we have any intention of forming an alliance with another place.”
Merlin shook his head slowly.
“Tacheon and other executives’ goal is only to give back. The same goes for the Heavenly Demon, so there seems to be no reason to ally with other forces. Just…”
She raised her hand and tapped his cheek.
“It would be possible to have a hand in incidents caused by others.”
“In the end, Eden also needs to be careful.”
“that’s right. Tacheon is waiting for the Holy Swordsman and the Black Tower of the White Blood Cult to properly confront the Six Emperors. In order to achieve my own plan during that gap.”
“What is the plan?”
“I don’t know either.”
Merlin shrugged, saying that only he knew of Tacheon’s plan.
“Oh right! Congratulations are late. Congratulations Grand Master!”
Merlin suddenly clapped his hands and shouted congratulations on becoming Grand Master. She was truly an unpredictable woman.
“Thank you.”
Raon laughed. It just so happened that I was the first person to congratulate Merlin on becoming Grand Master.
“You will definitely be able to reach transcendence.”
Merlin’s eyes twinkled as if he was truly thinking that. However, he could not overcome his animal instinct and scratched his stomach.
“Oh, I don’t know why the good times pass so quickly. “I have to go now.”
Raon looked at Merlin’s mouth and swallowed dry saliva.
‘Is it food? Or picking hair?’
Because I didn’t know what the raccoon would ask for, the tension rose as if I was going into battle.
“This kid wants to go into the hot springs.”
“Oh hot springs…?”
A word I hadn’t even thought of came out and my head went blank.
“Give him a bath!”
“for a moment!”
Raon tried to stop, but Merlin had already disappeared, and unlike her, only the raccoon that moved on all fours remained.
“Kkuu.”
The raccoon patted his ankle with his chubby hand, telling him to quickly build a hot spring.
‘Should I dig the ground and heat the water this night…’
Raon closed his eyes tightly once again.
* * *
As the matter was serious, Gwangpungdae returned to the family immediately after the fierce battle without even getting a proper rest.
Raon narrowed his eyes as he looked at Sieghart’s wide open front door.
‘Why is the door open?’
It is not often that Sieghardt’s front door is open.
Even though he was a member of the family, he opened the door only after confirming his identity, so it seemed like something had happened.
As I approached the front door, predicting what kind of incident would happen, Illiun, the Foreign Minister, came out like a thunderbolt. Because of what had happened, his left eyelid was black and bruised.
“Are you here!”
Iliun lowered his head towards Aris so that his waist was at a right angle.
“uh. Foreign Minister. thanks for your effort.”
Aris smiled and lightly patted Iliun on the shoulder.
“yep!”
Iliun only trembled on the shoulder that Aris touched, but did not straighten his back.
“Huh…”
Raon let out a sigh as he looked at that scene.
‘what?’
I had no idea that I would see Iliun, the foreign commander who never lost his proud stance even when an external force came, shrinking like a beanworm.
“don’t mind. “It’s because we argued a bit in the past.”
Aris read Raon’s embarrassed eyes and laughed.
“It wasn’t just a bit of a fight, it was a one-sided defeat, wasn’t it?”
Rimmer scratched his head with his left hand and shook his head.
“I remember that the Foreign Minister had all his limbs broken and was confined to the hospital for over two months. I see that Noontaengi has become Bamtaengi. “You hit me again.”
He clicked his tongue briefly as he revealed the details of the past.
“Close your mouth… huh?”
Iliun frowned at Rimmer and then widened his eyes.
“Your arm!”
His lips trembled as he looked at Rimmer, whose right sleeve was empty.
“Well, that’s what happened.”
Rimmer smiled slightly, saying it was better than losing his life.
“You crazy guy! “That makes sense!”
“are you okay. Because all the guys with bright futures are alive. “One guy even jumped over the wall.”
He closed his eyes, saying that it was enough that Raon and Gwangpungdae survived.
“hmm.”
When Iliun saw Raon standing behind Rimmer, his eyes trembled just like when he faced Aris.
“Have you really become a Grand Master?”
He couldn’t speak for a moment, as if he was dumbfounded.
“It seems like only yesterday that I walked out this door as a trainee, but I’m already a grand master. “Even the word monster is not enough.”
“I was lucky.”
“Even if you can become a master with luck. “You can’t become a grand master.”
Iliun straightened his back and pulled his chin in.
“Thank you for your hard work taking care of the idiot. Welcome back.”
He took Sieghardt’s sword bow with his hand on his chest.
Raon swallowed his dry saliva as he received Iliun’s polite greeting.
“Minister of Foreign Affairs?”
Although Iliun had been polite to some extent since becoming the unit commander, this was the first time he had shown such politeness.
“There is no need to be surprised.”
Rimmer smiled slightly and held Raon’s shoulder tightly.
“Because this is where you are standing right now.”
He muttered that there would be a lot of fun things to come and to look forward to it.
“But who are you talking about, idiot?”
At Rimmer’s question, Raon and Iliun looked at him at the same time.
“You damn bastards! “Why am I such an idiot!”
As he was about to convulse, Aris stamped his foot loudly.
“Why don’t you come quickly? “The matriarch is waiting!”
Aris raised his fist and said that if he didn’t run right away, he would drag him away himself.
“Let’s go.”
“Turn off ….”
Raon walked the central street to California with a red -faced Limer.
“It’s Aris….”
“As expected, the momentum itself is different.”
“lender. No, Jeonju aren’t that bad either…”
Sieghart’s swordsmen passing by on the main road looked at Aris and only shed admiration. However, she was not the only one who had prosecutors sighing.
“Is that Raon Sieghardt?”
“The atmosphere has completely changed.”
“It’s true that you became a Grand Master….”
“Then it’s also true that you captured the Yonghyeon Sword Master!”
“Grandmaster at 21? “It’s unprecedented.”
“I’m glad you came from my family. “If it had been any other family or kingdom, I would have died of stomachache.”
Raon narrowed his eyebrows as he listened to the prosecutors’ intense reactions.
‘The reaction is different from before.’
There have been many instances in the past when prosecutors responded with surprise or admiration when returning from a mission.
However, the prosecutors who were in the immediate line or following the lineage always shot gazes full of jealousy and disgust, but now there was none at all.
All the swordsmen standing on this road only looked at me with awe in their eyes.
-It’s natural.
Lars looked down at the prosecutors and nodded.
-I don’t even feel jealous of the overwhelming power and talent that rivals that of a human demon; I’m just filled with awe. Now they can’t see you as a being on the same level.
The guy shook his hands, saying that in the future the number of people will be drastically reduced.
‘Right.’
Raon headed to Gajujeon, realizing that a lot had changed not only in the world within him but also in the world outside of him.
“You’re here.”
Roen was in front of Gajujeon. He bowed his head to Aris, then looked at Rimmer and fell silent for a moment.
“…Thank you for your hard work.”
Roen greeted Limer and Raon in turn and guided them to the throne room.
The door to the throne room was wide open, just like Sieghardt’s front door, and executives from within the family were standing on both sides of the red carpet spread in the center.
On the platform in the center, as always, Glenn Sieghardt was resting his chin with empty eyes.
“I returned after completing my Gwangpungdae mission.”
Raon, as temporary leader because Rimmer was injured, went to the front of the podium and knelt.
Following him, everyone in the Gwangpungdae knelt down and bowed their heads.
“Raise your head.”
Glenn nodded calmly, then frowned when he looked at Rimmer’s right sleeve.
“Great Lord Gwangpung. “What about that arm?”
“My skills were not good enough.”
Rimmer made no excuses in front of Glenn and lowered his head, saying that his abilities were lacking.
“Lord of the Gwangpung Unit.”
“yes.”
Raon raised his gaze at Glenn’s call.
“There are some things that are not written in the report.”
“I tried to tell you the bad things in person.”
Raon recited exactly the thoughts that came to mind when writing the report.
“Aris.”
“yes.”
“You came forward as if you would solve everything, but you couldn’t stop something like that?”
Glenn frowned at Aris this time.
“That…”
“It’s not your fault.”
Raon came forward to cut off the scolding directed at Aris.
“aunt?”
Karun strongly attracted to the word aunt.
“Hmm…”
Raon chewed his lip while looking at Karun.
‘I can’t believe I made such a mistake…’
On the way back, Aris kept threatening me to call me aunt, so I came out without realizing it.
“Did you just call me aunt?”
Karun curled up the corner of his mouth as if he was satisfied.
“Where is your aunt here! “You idiot who doesn’t even know the topic!”
“hey.”
Just as he was about to use the opportunity to put pressure on Karun, Aris stepped in front of Karun and lifted his chin.
“If you don’t want to roll over, close your mouth.”
Aris seemed genuinely annoyed and glared at Karun with the fierce eyes of a wild beast.
“I said I would listen to my aunt, but why are you so damned!”
“Hmm…”
Karun’s chin trembled, unable to close his mouth from the eerie energy wave coming from Aris.
“That sister.”
Denier lowered his voice as he looked at the quiet Gajujeon.
“It’s in front of the head of the family. That kind of vulgar sound…”
“That’s why you said snout instead of mouth! If you twist it, you’ll get into a fight!”
“….”
Gajujeon became quieter.
