Chapter 237: |
Chapter 237
Sophia’s face became heavy.
Raymond was right.
‘I think Kairn might be about to make his last hurrah at the Grand Council of Nobles. I am trying to prepare for that.’
But Sophia said he was overly worried.
“As my brother knows, you can’t use troops in the noble hall. I’m not going to have to worry about it.”
With all the safeguards in place, it was virtually impossible to cause an armed disturbance at the time of the aristocratic assembly.
But Raymond shook his head.
“That’s why I’m worried. ‘They,’ which I am wary of, are not going to cause an armed disturbance.”
Sophia was stunned.
Raymond told Sophia, who would become the next king, of course about the existence of “them.”
“Instead, I’m sure they’re going to do some kind of horrible trick. You have to be prepared for that.” Raymond said solemnly.
Fortunately, Sophia nodded.
“Yes, I see. If so, I’ll ask my brother to be prepared. But are you okay with that?”
“What?”
“You’ll have to give up the honor of being the protagonist of the Grand Council of Nobles.”
Raymond thought to himself. ‘You can have all that glory.’
“I’m just for the patients and the people.”
At that, even the ice princess Sophia couldn’t help but be shaken.
‘To give up the glory you deserve for the sake of others. After all, my brother is really the light?’
In fact, she had been confused lately.
He knew Raymond was the light, but she still has her doubts.
‘Why do you think he is smiling so deeply?’
That’s where the question started.
Everyone seemed to be being deceived!
But it wasn’t.
Raymond was really the light.
‘…… Still, it looks like a lie.’
Sophia tilted her head as she looked at Raymond, who was still smiling deeply.
‘I couldn’t tell if it felt like it was because he is my brother, or if it was real.’
In any case, Raymond had achieved his intention, and he cried out for joy in his heart.
‘Good. This is how Sophia impresses the nobles and makes her debut as the heir to the throne.’
Then, an unexpected message came to me.
[A quest arises in your thorough preparation!]
‘Huh?’
[Guardian of the Grand Council]
(Personal Quest)
Difficulty: High
Quest Description: It’s time to slay the demon cubs! But don’t let your guard down until the end! Be prepared for any unforeseen situation and reap the beauty of the kindness!
Clearing conditions: Successfully complete the assembly
Reward: Bonus Level Up ×4, 200 Skill Points
Perk: Radiant Glory
“…….”
Raymond was silent.
Something about this quest speaks volumes.
‘Why is the reward so generous?’
That’s a whopping 4 levels up.
‘I’ve done a lot of quests, but I’ve never had a reward of this magnitude.’
Moreover, “radiant glory”?
There was also a difficulty “prize”.
‘…… Why is it different? What’s going to happen?’
It was always extremely difficult when it was this kind of difficulty.
Raymond broke out in a cold sweat.
‘What was going to happen?’
* * *
Then, Kairn.
He was in prison and had cold eyes.
The jailer soon wore a tired face.
‘He still has that look in his eyes. He knows he is about to be executed. Does the devil knows something else?’
In fact, Kairn’s eyes were alive because he hadn’t lost hope.
He thought to himself.
‘They contacted me. I’m going to do it at the time of the noble assembly. I’m worried about Raymond’s preparations.’
Raymond is an extraordinarily genius.
They’ll be preparing for some kind of incident at the time of the noble assembly.
But even that was what they were expecting.
‘I don’t care what preparations Raymond has in place. They’re going to pinpoint Raymond’s weaknesses. No matter what preparations he makes, they’re going to come to naught.’
Weakness.
It was unexpected.
Does Raymond have a weakness?
‘Just wait for it. He will fall into the abyss on the day of the noble assembly.’
Kairn’s eyes sank.
Soon the day of the noble congress came.
* * *
The hall of the noble assembly was located near the capital.
This is where the founding king made a decision with his colleagues.
The colleagues of that time became the ancestors of today’s prestigious aristocratic families, and the tradition of the Grand Council has been passed down in the sense that the cooperation between the nobility and the royal family should not be forgotten, as was the resolution of that time.
Before leaving, Raymond stopped by King Oden.
He wanted to check his condition before going to the convention hall.
‘Why isn’t he waking up?’
Raymond frowned.
His vitals have already improved.
However, there was no remission of consciousness.
“When he was back to this point, his delirium should get better.”
Raymond shook his head.
King Oden was groaning, frowning in pain. It was like a nightmare.
“Anyway, if he doesn’t wake up sooner, he is going to suffer more.’
The more he thought about it, the angrier he felt.
“If you get up quickly, I’ll rip four million penas off from you.” He said bluntly.
“Stop dozing off and wake up. Shouldn’t you get up and apologize to me?” Raymond spoke and laughed.
Even if King Oden wakes up, will he really feel sorry for him? He wondered.
‘You have to look forward to it.’
He shook my head and walked out.
He had to go to the convention hall.
Then, right after Raymond left.
A surprise happened.
Tears flowed from Oden’s closed eyes.
The unbelievable didn’t stop there.
Is it a monologue in a dream? These words flowed out.
“…… Raymond…… I’m sorry.”
* * *
Just as he was about to get on the griffin, an unexpected figure caught him.
“Wait.”
It was the Duke Raif!
“Ah, Master.” Raymond looked at him awkwardly.
He had been avoiding him all along, but he had just gotten caught.
“When are you going to study under me?”
“That is…. I’m busy…….”
Duke Raif’s gaze sharpened.
Raymond broke a sweat.
‘Well, I don’t. I was a little harsh. I have never been taught since I became a disciple.’
He kept avoiding it with the excuse that I was busy.
It made sense for Duke Raif to do that.
‘It’s great that he had waited so far without rushing.’
Unexpectedly, the Duke Raif waited for Raymond like a gentleman.
But even that seems to be the limit.
“I’ll be sure to get taught after the conference.”
It was time for the Great Assembly to begin. If they were going to go and be prepared for any eventuality, they had to leave now.
But the Duke Raif told an unexpected story.
“No, you have to get it now.”
“What?”
“I heard from Her Highness the Princess. There might be some problems at the time of the assembly. Shouldn’t you have the strength to defend yourself?”
Raymond looked surprised.
Now the Duke Raif was worried about his apprentice, so he came to him urgently!
“Thank you. But now…….”
“Just a moment. You are a heavenly limb. You won’t need a long lesson anyway.”
Raymond nodded helplessly.
He did it out of concern for his apprentice, so it was hard for him to refuse. He had been avoiding him, Raymond was a little pricked in his conscience.
“But what are you going to teach me?”
“It’s about using mana to enhance your body’s abilities.”
“……!”
Raymond looked surprised.
Usage of Mana to Strengthen Your Body!
It was the criterion that separated the knight from the mana user.
If you can put mana on your body, you can use it to strengthen or protect yourself.
If you can make mana in the form of a sword (Mana Blade), you can be called a Sword Expert.
If you could make a sword cavity (aura) beyond mana, you would be called a sword master.
‘Even within the Sword Master realm, depending on how you can handle the auras, you can divide them into one sword, two swords, and three swords. By that standard, I’m not even a mana user yet.’
By the way, Duke Raif and King Oden were single-sword-level sword masters.
Not only them, but most of the Sword Masters on the continent were of the same sword level.
“There are only about 200 Sword Masters in the entire continent. Did they say that there were more than 50 of them in the two-sword class and less than 20 in the three-sword class? There are eight Grand Masters, Sword Owners, who have surpassed the Sword Masters.’
You might think 200 is a lot, but it certainly wasn’t across the vast continent.
Considering that there are about 40 countries on the continent, a weak country usually has 1~3 people, and a certain amount of national strength can have only about 5 people.
‘Of course, the great powers have a much larger number of Masters. Each of the three major nations has more than 10 Sword Masters. The Iron Empire has more than fifty men in total.’
Raymond thought.
‘Anyway, it wouldn’t hurt to learn how to load mana. You never know what’s going to happen at the time of the assembly.’
It will help him in self-defense.
“I’ll listen.”
“Before that, do you know how to handle mana?”
“Mmmm…….”
Raymond pondered.
It was ambiguous to answer.
“I can use magic and hes, but I don’t know how to put them on my body.”
Healing, magic, and putting mana on your body were all different methods.
The heal is manifested by the origin of the heart, the ‘wind’, moving the upper front.
Magic manifests by arranging mana according to a prescribed spell.
On the other hand, putting mana on your body…….
‘I don’t know. What should I do?’
Then the Duke Raif told him.
“You can move mana, right?”
“Yes, that’s it…….”
“You just need to focus your mana on your movements.”
At the end of the day, Raif fell silent.
Raymond waited for the Duke of Raif’s next words.
“Master?”
“That’s it.”
“…… What?”
“That way, you can put mana in your body.”
Raymond was taken aback.
‘No, that is the end of the explanation?’
It seemed so.
This should be enough for the Duke of Raif, right? He sent a look at him.
‘He needs to be a little more specific!’
But Raif said as if he was proud of Raymond.
“Of course, there are some tips and tricks to it, but you are a genius. I don’t need to go into too much detail. Oops, the Great Council of Nobles is about to begin. It’s getting late, so I’m going to go.”
The Duke Raif disappeared, and Raymond had a devastated face.
“I’m not a genius.”
Raymond realized at that moment.
The Duke Raif has no knack for teaching!
‘Anyway, I’m going.’
According to the quest, he doesn’t know what problems he will encounter. He had to go and be prepared.
With that in mind, it was the moment when he got onto the griffin.