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Swordmaster’s Youngest Son
[Translator – Junseo]
[Proofreader – Valirius]
Volume 10 Chapter 394 - Even Concealed, it Cannot be Hidden (4)
Runcandel, which had found itself in a grave situation, was infested with talks of the ‘Declaration of the Magic Swordsman’.
Every time the flag-bearers, the elders, and the knights who followed them had a chance to meet, they talked about Jin.
Will Jin be able to wake up? What was the punishment if he did? How many knights would follow him?
Of these questions, the only one Runcandel had an answer to was the last one.
The fact that about 10% of the knights would support him. That’s why, even though the dynamics of the clan had clearly shifted, they thought it would be difficult for a complete reversal to happen.
“…That’s what the atmosphere in the clan is like. So, Sister. I think it’d be a good idea if you took this opportunity to take more direct action than before.”
Myu and Anne had gone to see Luntia and had been insisting on those sorts of ideas to her.
They had been explaining for over thirty minutes, about how since the youngest showed his fangs, she should give her strength to Joshua so that he won’t be tired.
Joshua hadn’t told them to do it. They were taking this opportunity to once again prove their loyalty to the next head of the clan.
‘If Joshua becomes the next patriarch, the five Eastern regions will be ours.’
‘Even if we don’t find that Hister.’
They’d never dreamed of becoming head of the clan, since they decided to serve Joshua long ago. They only hoped to survive and rule over the five Eastern regions or other such territories through him.
They expected that once Joshua became the head of the clan, he would purge most of the other siblings.
“Luntia?”
Luntia just stared at the milky white ceiling.
Though it would take more time for her to fully recover, the main treatment had already been completed a few days ago because of the strong nature of her body.
“Are you listening to us?”
Luntia didn’t respond even once while the two were talking.
‘Did I lose…?’
After the treatment was over, that was the only thought that lingered in her head.
For the past 12 days, she hadn’t opened her mouth to anyone who had come to see her. She just sat there in a daze, like a patient with aphasia.
“…Sister, I know being seriously injured by the youngest is shocking.”
“But if you continue to be like this, it’ll only make you look worse.”
Myu and Anne avoided saying the word ‘defeat’. Instead they only referred to her being seriously injured.
They didn’t think that Luntia had been defeated by Jin. They assumed that Luntia’s fainting was merely a freak accident, and that if they officially fought again, they were certain the results would be different. Definitely.
It wasn’t just Myu and Anne. Everyone in Runcandel was thinking similar things.
But Luntia herself didn’t.
It wasn’t just because of the shock that Luntia wasn’t leaving her bed.
She was continuously thinking about her fight with Jin. For 12 days, without a single moment of rest.
Even if they fought again, even if she gave it her all from the beginning without letting her guard down…
Luntia still wasn’t sure if she could change the outcome of the fight.
There were many things she hadn’t shown, but equally, there were many aces that Jin still had up his sleeve.
A strange heat was rising in Luntia’s empty eyes. It was a heat that Myu and Anne couldn’t detect at their current stage.
Myu and Anne exchanged glances and shook their heads.
“Well, anyway, think about what we said. You also know that Joshua will become the head of the clan.”
“If you could help at a time like this, it would give us great strength. We’ll be waiting, so please contact us whenever you feel better.”
After Myu and Anne left, an old lady entered the room. It was Luntia’s nanny, ‘Lisham’.
“Young Lady.”
Luntia turned her head slightly to face Lisham.
“It seems that the youngest master just woke up.”
Thump!
Lisham smiled as she watched Luntia quickly get up. It had been nearly 20 years since Lisham had seen Luntia react like this.
“How is he? Can he hold a sword again?”
Runcandel still didn’t know that Jin had used Numeros’s Blood. That’s why Luntia asked that question first.
“They say he’s so healthy that it’s surprising. To the point where he could recreate your fight now.”
“My sword, and my flag-bearer coat…”
“I knew that’s what you would look for.”
Lisham handed over Luntia’s beloved sword, Sharl, and the carefully folded flag-bearer’s uniform that she had prepared in advance.
As she watched Luntia hastily getting dressed, Lisham recalled when Luntia had been young.
When she would constantly say that she would become the strongest in the clan.
‘Looking back, after the 1st flag-bearer gave up everything, the young lady lived as if she had lost meaning in life…’
Lisham’s eyes were red.
She, like all the other nannies in the clan, had a dream. To see her young lady stand tall at the top of the clan, commanding the world.
But Luntia lost sight of her goal too early. Climbing to the top and facing the giant star that was Luna, and proving that she could shine brighter than her, was the only thing that motivated Luntia.
But after that huge star disappeared, boredom set in. A life filled only with silence and meaningless inner peace began.
But Lisham had a gut feeling…
When the sword of the 12th flag-bearer pierced through Luntia’s chest, when her young lady, who was more precious than life, finally fell before that pale blade…
A new star has finally risen in the young lady’s heart.
“Where’s the youngest? Did he go to see Mother?”
“No, I heard they were heading to the mausoleum.”
Just as Luntia was about to leave the room, Lisham opened her mouth.
“Young Lady.”
“Yeah.”
“I wish you good luck. As has always been the case, and as always will be.”
Luntia turned around and looked at Lisham’s back for a while.
Then she started her brisk walk again. Like a general going out to war.
There was no longer any heavy weariness in her eyes. The aspiration that Myu and Anne hadn’t noticed was shining brighter and brighter.
Many flag-bearers, elders, and the knights following them had already come to the mausoleum to confirm that Jin had woken.
It was the first time in years that so many people had visited the mausoleum at once.
But among the people filling the mausoleum, Luntia could only see Jin. When she saw the youngest standing tall while surrounded, she couldn’t help but smile.
“You look fine. As if you being in a coma till yesterday was a lie.”
“How on earth did you wake up?”
“If you woke up, you should’ve gone to see the acting head of the clan first. Why is it that you sought the mausoleum first, 12th Flag-Bearer?”
At the voices of the elders, Jin looked around without answering.
Then, when he met Joshua’s eyes, he locked eyes with him.
“I heard you worked hard dealing with the aftermath, 2nd Flag-Bearer. It looked like you’d gathered your knights in advance. Very impressive.”
Joshua quickly stabilized the Garden of Swords after the ‘Declaration of the Magic Swordsman’ by using the knights he had gathered in advance after Jin had his arms cut off. Showing a side of him that was like that of the next head of the clan.
If Joshua hadn’t anticipated the situation and hadn’t mobilized the knights, the situation would’ve been chaotic for at least a few more days. In the worst-case scenario, there could’ve been an invasion by an outside force that had figured out the situation.
With Rosa and Luntia seriously injured, as well as most of the combatants suffering minor and major injuries, the situation was ideal for the enemy to invade Runcandel.
Even though the 12th flag-bearer was talking as if he were evaluating the 2nd flag-bearer’s actions, no one dared to scold Jin. Joshua didn’t show any sign of displeasure either.
“A flag-bearer exists not to cause chaos in the clan, but to organize and lead it. I only did what was expected.”
Although he spoke as if he were humble, the meaning behind his words were simple and easy to understand by anyone. ‘I did what was expected, while you put the clan at risk.’
“I only formed a new path through this rotting, stagnant water. Is that not why the acting head of the clan hasn’t punished me?”
“The reason Mother doesn’t punish you is because she thinks you are useful. It also has to do with the reason why you looked for the mausoleum as soon as you woke up.”
The inheritance of Temar and the olden Runcandel.
Everyone watched that power closely. The power of Jin, who was only the 12th flag-bearer, overturning the Garden of Swords alone.
Eyes soaked in greed were glaring at Jin. With the hope that if the knights of the Runcandel of old were returned to the mausoleum, then it wouldn’t be just Jin who wielded that power.
That’s why the elders wanted to hear only one thing from Jin right now.
If he had a way to make them ‘magic swordsmen’ right at this moment.
For Jin, this was the turning point. ‘I will share the secret with those who follow me.’ The moment he said that, a considerable number of the elders would show favor toward Jin.
“You must have a plan as to how you’ll bring the first patriarch and the ancestors to the mausoleum.”
“It seems like there are only fools here.”
Suddenly, Jin’s expression turned sour.
“If you wish to know, run out of here. Challenge me, fight against me, and win. Do what I did that day. Otherwise, you will disappear from history without your name being engraved on a single line until you die.”
“Don’t be fooled into thinking that only you can use that power, 12th Flag-Bearer.”
“Don’t think of me as the same as you who commits all kinds of evil through the Prophet.”
The Prophet. Joshua didn’t seem surprised even though Jin mentioned it directly.
The same went for the few elders who already knew of the existence of the Prophet.
From that reaction, Jin could guess that Joshua was also planning to reveal the Prophet to the public sooner or later.
‘He’ll try to say that he has the inheritance of the Runcandel of old, the power to counter Zipfel, as well. Kinzelo and Vermont would soon begin to weaponize their golems in earnest. Joshua is likely to know that much information as well.’
Even in his previous life, when Zipfel began to possess a large number of ‘mass-produced mages’, the balance of world power was completely tilted.
But the demons and the ‘master’ that Vermont and Kinzelo were producing had power that couldn’t even be compared to something like the mass-produced mages.
It wouldn’t be easy for Runcandel to deal with them in a ‘normal’ way once they revealed it.
Phwoosh—
After lighting an ember in the center of the mausoleum with mana, Jin walked past Joshua. Just as he was about to leave the mausoleum, Luntia blocked his path.
Jin and Luntia looked at each other in silence for a few seconds.
“I, too, will become the head of the clan.”
The moment Luntia uttered those words, everyone gathered in the mausoleum couldn’t believe their ears. Even Joshua’s eyes widened, as if he was having a hard time hiding his emotions this time.
Pffft.
Jin burst into laughter.
“I thought there were only fools here, but I guess I was wrong. Let’s do our best, Sister.”
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Translator – Junseo
Proofreader – Valirius
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