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Swordmaster’s Youngest Son
[Translator – Junseo]
[Proofreader – Valirius]
Volume 10 Chapter 350 - Kinzelo’s Visit (2)
Jin couldn’t help but doubt his own eyes for a moment.
‘This crazy— She’s really going to mouth her words right now?’
He was so shocked he was speechless, but after a while, Jin came to realize something even more shocking.
No one in the reception room saw Margiela’s lips moving.
A 5-star knight… No, even normal civilians with good eyes could clearly see something like that, so to think warriors who had reached the peak would miss it…
It was a strange phenomenon.
‘This girl’s also strange.’
Was it just a coincidence?
There were too many warriors in the reception room for that to be true. Since even Rosa was here, the odds of them all ‘coincidently’ not seeing Margiela’s actions were lower than winning a jackpot lottery.
“Are you sure you want to hear it here?”
Since no one saw Margiela mouth her words, no one found it strange when Berakt responded.
However, the Enforcement Knights couldn’t help but become on edge again at Berakt’s words.
Berakt continued to speak as if he wanted to talk to Jin privately, even though Rosa was still in front of him.
“There’s no information that can’t be said here.”
As the ‘12th flag-bearer, Jin Runcandel’, there was no other answer he could give.
“That’s a relief, then.”
Berakt paused for a moment before continuing.
“This will be valuable information to you that even money cannot buy. First of all, I want you to know that our leader thinks highly of you.”
“I’ve felt this way for a while now, but it seems like Kinzelo really is lacking in talent.”
“This world doesn’t have many useful people, after all. This is the information I have for you… You’re not the only one looking for the tombs.”
Jin almost flinched and opened his eyes wide.
There was only one thing he could mean by tombs Jin was looking for.
‘Temar’s tomb… There’s someone else looking for it other than me?’
Although he barely managed to keep his composure, Berakt smiled faintly as if he could clearly see that Jin was flustered.
“You should know what I mean from that.”
“That’s interesting.”
Though Jin answered in an indifferent voice, his mind was suddenly in disarray.
‘Is it Kinzelo themselves? Zipfel? Either way, what could they possibly accomplish by finding Temar’s tomb? How did Kinzelo even know I was looking? I can’t think of anything that could’ve given it away.’
It was most likely something that happened recently.
The day when Berakt and Margiela came to the cave of the little beastmen to help Jin.
‘Maybe in the process of breaking the Cat Tribe’s barrier, the Wraith Corps discovered information about Temar’s tomb, and Berakt interrogated them before killing them and found out…?’
He didn’t think that was it.
No matter how strong Berakt was, it was unlikely that a top-class combat force like the Wraith Corps would’ve given information out of fear of death.
‘Kinzelo already knew about it before. Their leader is someone who was present during Temar’s era, so he may have personally witnessed Zipfel’s pursuit of the tomb.’
Jin, who had reached that conclusion, locked eyes with Berakt.
“Then, finally… Please tell me what you will receive from me.”
Jin had obviously expected something along the lines of demanding the return of the compass, but Berakt said something different.
“Cosmetics.”
“…Pardon?”
“I’d like to take a sample of the cosmetics that the beastmen under you are selling. What was it called… Something snow, right?”
“Jade Snow, Sir Berakt.”
“Ahah, right. Jade Snow. Can you give me that, Jin Runcandel?”
He didn’t even need to ask why Kinzelo was making such a stupid request.
‘Bouvard, it seems that lunatic got jealous. Looks like he’s been out of work lately, huh?’
The business report that Jin received from the Gold Snow Tribe every week included information about sales as well as the customers who used the secret product, Jade Snow.
The number of people using Jade Snow was increasing rapidly. As far as Jin knew, Bouvard was the only one in the world who had been running a ‘disguise business’, so it was bound to be a blow to him.
Jin nodded without hesitation.
“If you give me your address, I will send it to you.”
“Okay, I think that just about wraps everything up. Right, then… Rosa.”
“Speak.”
“How about having a cup of tea together after a long time? Without all the small fry, of course. I would drink alcohol, but I don’t think it’ll taste like it did back then.”
Rosa agreed without making a fuss.
“Everyone, leave.”
The Enforcement Knights left the reception room with a disciplined gait. No one asked if it was okay to be left alone with Berakt.
“You guys go out and wait as well. The warriors can go wait outside the Garden of Swords.”
Thanks to Rosa’s approval, Jin was able to naturally talk separately with Vishukel and Margiela.
‘Mother must’ve also wanted me to get more information from them, so she made space for me.’
With Berakt’s words to Jin about the tomb, Rosa had gained new information as well. About what her son was up to.
“Let’s have some tea as well!”
Margiela said as they left the reception room.
“Let’s do that.”
Poof—!
Suddenly, Murakan transformed into a human with furrowed brows. At that sight, Margiela exclaimed ‘wow’ in an exaggerated voice.
“Kiddo.”
“Yeah.”
“I need to hear what they have to say.”
Murakan had a somewhat angry expression on his face.
—The youngest is in a position where he needs to keep achieving extraordinary results. Since, otherwise, he won’t be recognized within Runcandel. Even if he did become a flag-bearer. Is that enough of an explanation?
—Okay, then let me ask you one last question.
—Please, go on.
—Where is Temar’s tomb?
—I don’t know. May I leave now?
It was because of the conversation Rosa had with him, right after Jin became a flag-bearer.
Although he was now the guardian dragon of Jin, Murakan was originally a being that protected the entire Runcandel Clan.
Murakan felt that if they were to talk about Temar’s tomb, then it would be Rosa who had to bring up discussing it with him first, without him having to find her.
“Mother and Sir Berakt?”
“Yeah. Even if I go back in, your mother will have no reason to kick me out, right?”
“Well, give it a shot. Instead, if she tells you to leave, don’t lose your temper and just go back to the room.”
“Fine.”
Murakan headed back to the reception room. Jin, Vishukel, and Margiela headed to Jin’s room.
“Can I get some tea, Gilly?”
Margiela was someone who was impressively sociable. She continuously gave praise until her mouth went dry while drinking the tea, but it didn’t seem like empty words at all, so Gilly couldn’t help but smile.
But she continued to keep a close eye on Margiela. Since Kinzelo had been Jin’s enemy ever since his days as a cadet.
“What’s your rank within Kinzelo? Sir Vishukel.”
“I’m the vice leader.”
As if there was no need to hide it, Vishukel revealed his rank.
“I feel cheated. When I first heard that you were in Kinzelo, I thought that you were trying to use their strength to revive your clan. But it seems you have a completely different objective.”
“Sir Jin, you may feel that you were cheated, but I was actually the one cheated. That day when you visited the Curano Dukedom when you were a provisional flag-bearer. I don’t know what you did that day, but you obtained information about the compass.”
There was no need for Jin to acknowledge it since there was no evidence.
“I don’t think I made any mistakes that day, except for trying to kill Bouvard. Do you want your compass back?”
“No, it’s ridiculous to ask for something back that was taken as a result of a fight. It’s yours now.”
“It doesn’t seem like you have any regrets. I guess it’s because as long as Bouvard exists, it can be recreated at any time.”
“Not necessarily. However, I have faith that you won’t do anything that will benefit Zipfel when you use the compass.”
As Jin shrugged, Margiela opened her mouth.
“You probably don’t know how hard it was to appease Bouvard because of that compass.”
“It seems that you need Bouvard Gaston quite a bit to make your leader the king of the world. Could it be that even Sir Berakt, who eats up even the Wraith Corps, is mindful of Bouvard?”
Even though Jin made direct reference to Kinzelo’s ‘great cause’, Visuhukel’s expression didn’t change.
He, too, was suppressing his emotions like Jin and was secretly surprised.
‘How does he know about our great cause when it hasn’t yet been publicized to the outside world? Did the information leak?’
There was never a leak of information about the great cause.
It was something Jin learned before his regression, but Vishukel had no way of knowing that.
“Think as you wish.”
“It seems that the energy of chaos is truly amazing. Both Bouvard Gaston and Lady Margiela.”
It was a guess that Margiela had the energy of chaos.
Vishukel’s eyes narrowed.
“…It’s not good to speak carelessly about something you aren’t sure of, Sir Jin.”
“It’s not any worse than Kinzelo coming to Runcandel today and talking about the tomb.”
Jin had been really unhappy with that fact since a while ago.
If they really wanted to recruit him or offer an alliance. That was something they could’ve said when no ears were present.
“The reason he brought up the topic of the tomb in front of Mother and the Enforcement Knights was probably because it would benefit Kinzelo. Because, other than me, Runcandel didn’t seem to know anything about the tomb.”
Jin was certain that from today onward, Runcandel would devote all their energy to finding Temar’s tomb.
Of course, it was obvious that it would restrict Jin in finding the tomb alone.
‘Even if I move in secret, I’ll end up bumping into members of the clan while searching for the tomb.’
Since he was the only one who was Solderet’s contractor, he wouldn’t have to share the Tomb’s contents, but it was still awkward.
‘I have to make it so that the clan’s search for the tomb benefits me as well.’
Temar’s tomb.
Runcandel would now be involved in finding it, and someone else was already searching for it.
If that was the case, the benefits Jin could gain were clear.
‘I’ll use the clan as a shield. To prevent other forces from finding the tomb, or to prevent them from accessing it once they have found it.’
Kinzelo too had brought up that information in the hopes that Jin would use Runcandel in that manner.
“Who is it? The other party that’s looking for Temar’s tomb.”
Jin asked, looking at Margiela.
That was the real information Kinzelo had to tell Jin.
“Who do you think it is?”
“Zipfel.”
“Correct! But that’s not all.”
Clack
Margiela put down her teacup.
“The royal family of Vermont is also looking for the tomb of the first patriarch of the Runcandel Clan. There was also a time when your path was exposed to them.”
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Translator – Junseo
Proofreader – Valirius
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