I can see the Emperor's stats-Chapter 69
Escape attempt and conclusion
“Tsk tsk, I was envious at first.”
“Is there anything that Keynes hates about His Highness the Prince?”
Seeing Keynes wriggling on the floor like an insect, battered and battered today, fellow knights looked at him with pity.
In fact, looking at the conditions, isn't it very good? Even if you are injured in personal sparring with those ranked 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the Order of the Knights, even precious elixirs are mobilized to treat them generously.
But that's for a day or two.
"Isn't it actually a new type of torture developed by Her Highness?"
Even those who knew Keynes in the meantime were now in a situation where public opinion sympathized with him.
“I want to see Your Highness.”
“You didn’t give permission.”
Keynes failed to meet Julius today as well. The training has already been going on for over a week.
In fact, it was easy to endure his personality. If the person who ordered these things hadn't been someone like the prince, he would have been kicked out without even knowing a mouse or a bird.
Gradually, however, Keynes' patience was running out. As he remembered from his previous life, he was a person who had been lying around in the estate all his life.
'Even if I have my throat cut off, I can't live like this!'
Julius doesn't answer, and those who beat him just silently harass him. In this situation, he has only one choice!
* * *
midnight
Keynes was agonizing in front of the gates of Elles, breaking out in a cold sweat. He finally made up his mind to run away.
However, standing in front of the castle gate, it is natural to be hesitant.
'If I ran away, I could live anywhere, but it would be a disgrace to my family... … .'
And since I had lived comfortably as a nobleman, it was hard to give up on that too. However, he hated being beaten to death like this (?) even more.
'Should I just hold out for a few more days?'
As I was thinking about this and that, I heard a voice from behind.
"What's going on at the city gates in the middle of the night?"
“Hee!”
Looking back, Keynes almost lost his heart. It was Julius who didn't even meet him that made him look back when everyone else was asleep.
"fury… What is His Highness the Prince doing at this hour?”
“I couldn’t sleep, so I tried to take a walk around the castle. Was that too?”
"haha… you're right."
Keynes desperately tries to avoid pretense. If you get caught, it's a problem with your throat, so it was a natural reaction.
“Come to think of it, I heard that Kyung has been looking for me for several days?”
Julius looked at him with an inclining expression. But for Keynes, that wasn't the problem now.
“Nothing. I was going to say thank you to His Highness the Prince for giving me good training!”
Julius just smiled.
“I am also counting on your talent. Please don't disappoint me."
"I'll try my best."
In the end, Keynes couldn't even open his mouth that day, couldn't sleep properly, and suffered beatings the next day under the guise of training.
The problem was that this happened every time he tried to escape.
“Guryeo really likes night walks in Gyeongdo.”
“Well, yes. haha… … .”
He too had an eye for it. Having run into each other three times, I don't know Julius' intentions now, but I can't help but wonder why he bothers me so much.
But what if you openly ask and your own throat is blown off?
He couldn't help but scratch his head every night and think about it.
'Damn it. It's crazy!'
Another month passed like that.
“The talent is really good. I think I know why His Highness the Prince pushes him so hard.”
Haines sighed and posted the month's report.
… … .
31st - Bernard Keynes (3rd squad)
Even though I only trained properly for a month, my ranking jumped 10 places.
Of course, it was partly because he was careless at first, but Haynes also vaguely felt that Keynes' skills were improving very quickly.
“Didn’t you say that your original personality was the problem? No matter how lazy you are, you're bound to do something if you squeeze!”
“But lately I've seen him look so down. I am worried that something will happen.”
“That is also what I have in mind. Don't worry too much.”
If you force someone who doesn't like to do something, they will resist at first. But that's only for a moment.
If all the escape routes are blocked, in the end, you will have to do something with desperation.
And the finish... … .
'Suddenly, it's now the final stage... … .'
* * *
After receiving treatment today, Keynes lay in his dorm as if he were dead, pondering.
“Why is His Highness looking at me like this when I try to run away?”
His situation now was literally a quandary. I didn't want to go through this kind of training anymore. However, Julius was holding back how he knew the last resort of running away.
Thinking about it, Keynes aroused his body.
“Today is the day to decide!”
He attempted to escape for the seventh time today. Of course, as always in front of the castle gate, Julius came out and greeted him warmly.
“Did you come for a walk today?”
“… … .”
Keynes silently shakes his head in a solemn tone. Then he knelt down and politely held something out of him with both hands.
What he handed out was an envelope.
[Written of resignation from the Knights]
“Please fix it.”
He knelt down and didn't get up for a while. There must be a reason why the prince intentionally blocks his escape.
'But I don't want to live like this even if I die!'
His patience had finally reached its limit. Even if Julius cut off his head immediately for deserting the Knights without permission, he would have nothing to say.
"hmm… … .”
Surprisingly, Julius didn't get angry or look at him with a cold expression.
“But I like Sir Keynes quite a bit, don’t I?”
Julius, who seemed to be pondering for a moment, opened his mouth with a grin.
“Then why don’t we make a bet?”
“… … ?”
“It’s Dalian.”
after a while
“Are you really following the terms?”
“Could you break the oath you swore by my name? Don't worry.”
The conditions for repairing the withdrawal that Julius put forward were as follows.
“If you succeed in attacking me even once, the knights will let you go.”
Originally, with Keynes' personality, it would be unimaginable to point a sword at the royal family. However, he was already so tired of training for about a month that he couldn't make a normal decision.
“It only takes one time… Once I am free... … .”
He repeated the words in his mind as if he was hypnotized, and faced Julius.
Whoops!
At this moment, Keynes was swinging his sword with the greatest concentration of his life. But the opponent was too bad.
sreuk
Julius doesn't even collide with his swords very much and dodges all of his swords with simple movements.
But Keynes was not hasty in pursuing. What he needs now is not victory, but a chance to hit the prince even once.
'It only takes once!'
Right now at this moment! His concentration and talent, honed like a blade through harsh training for a month, instantly created miraculous things.
shit
Unlike the first time, Keynes's sword flew so slowly that it felt like he was swinging it roughly.
“… … !”
However, Julius felt the sword approaching right in front of him. Surprisingly, Keynes' sword penetrated his superhuman senses and approached him.
Seruk!
In a matter of seconds, Keynes' sword grazed his throat.
'As I've heard, it's a really tricky swordsmanship. I almost couldn't have avoided it without prior knowledge.'
Seeing him relieved, Keynes continued to swing his sword in a trance.
'I got what I wanted, so that's it for today!'
visor!
Only then did Julius swing his sword with sincerity and knock Keynes back.
"majesty?"
As if he had come to his senses from a trance, Keynes' face turned blue before he knew it. He had just thrust his sword into the prince's neck.
However, Julius only asked with a calm expression.
“The previous attack was very good. Maybe it’s like your family’s secret secret?”
"no."
His family was not a warrior. Even just now, I had no idea how he moved his sword.
“This time it was a waste. But if you hone that skill well, I don't think it's unreasonable to point a sword at me, right?”
“I apologize.”
Keynes was trembling, pitifully. He thinks that Julius is sarcastic. But the result was completely different.
“Even though it failed, it was a waste, so I'll cut your special training time down to a third from now on. The intensity will also go down a lot.”
'Eh?'
“And the promise to repair the withdrawal is valid. If you want to leave the Knights, you can go out for a night walk anytime.”
For a moment, Keynes couldn't understand what the prince was talking about. So does he really mean that when he hits, he releases himself?
“I know that you are not very sincere.”
“… … .”
Julius continued his words with a feeling of pity.
"But I didn't want someone with good talent to rot it, so I deliberately made you do that kind of training."
“I am truly sorry.”
Keynes bowed his head. He himself had been dancing on this prince's palm from the beginning.
“But I understand your feelings to some extent. It is never a bad thing to want to live in peace.”
Julius smiled and gave him the last words.
“So, if you want freedom, train hard and give me a shot.”
“I have committed a mortal sin.”
“No, this is not a joke, I mean it. If there is a servant who wants to leave, it is also a virtue of a monarch to let go.”
He puts on a solemn expression this time.
“But your talent is too much to waste, and it hasn’t been long since the Knights Order was created, so think about it.”
“… … !”
Before long, Julius disappeared like a ghost in front of him with his head bowed.
'I didn't know he would realize the martial arts so quickly. It can't be helped by his natural nature, but either I must grow up before he grows up, or he must win his heart.'
The blow that Keynes had just delivered was the unique swordsmanship of Viscount Keynes, the blunt sword from his previous life.
It is a swordsmanship that is extremely difficult to defend, although it is wielded slowly and has no formality.
[Bernard Keynes]
Occupation: Mid-level knight
Muscular B+ Agility B Intellect B+ Mental B+ Force Aptitude A+ Force B
Alignment: sloth, insincere, good
[characteristic]
Swordsmanship (A)
Martial Sword: Free formless swordsmanship. A swordsmanship with characteristics that make it difficult to determine the point of attack and confuse the opponent.
In some cases, unmanned enlightenment can be solved by time, but there was a high probability that it would manifest when the mental state was pushed to the limit.
In his previous life, he was known to have realized this swordsmanship while exercising in the morning as usual. If he thought of his laziness, if he had trained to death, that realization could have been much faster.
'But if he runs away before that, I'll be in trouble.'
That's why Julius tried to keep him on the condition of sparring. But Keynes's talent far surpassed his expectations, and he seemed to have a sense of the sword already.
"Then it's his choice."
In fact, he thought he knew Keynes' personality better than anyone else. In his previous life, he is a lord who did not participate in the civil war even though the power of the Grand Duke was so strong.
Just because it's annoying.
Even if he was coerced into continuing to stay with the Knights, nothing good would come of it.
* * *
Keynes was also deep in thought. In fact, his laziness was a natural thing, and it was so old that it was not easy to break it.
However, the distribution of Julius shown this time had no choice but to worry.
'Originally, it's a felony that has nothing to say even if the head is cut 10 more times.'
He tried to escape from the knights several times, and finally thrust his sword into the prince.
In fact, he was just lazy, but he was basically a good-natured and shameless person. No matter how much he thought about it, the favor Julius bestowed on him this time was too great.
next day.
Keynes, who visited Julius' office early in the morning, bowed his head deeply. His business was simple.
“I will stay with the Knights.”
Julius smiled and patted him on the shoulder.
“A good choice!”
Of course, even after that, Keynes was basically lazy, and Julius trained him rigorously, if not as much as before.
But the important thing is that Keynes volunteered to remain as his knight.
'That's enough for now.'
In the future, he will have to do many activities with this order. Then you will have a chance to build trust with him.
Julius was so lazy, but he got a good knight.
Comments