Chapter 20 – Episode 20 the Imperial Family
Jeffrey wanted to rest for today.
So he took out a bottle and two glasses.
“Let’s have a drink after a long time.”
“Yes. Lord.”
“I told you to call me older brother at a drinking party.”
“Yes, brother.”
Geoffrey liked this curvy Demeter.
He made connections with many people, but the stronger he became, the more people tried to take advantage of him.
However, Demeter, whom she could trust and rely on since childhood, has not changed.
He was still an honest and trustworthy friend.
“How is your family?”
Demeter was different from Geoffrey.
Geoffrey had a long-awaited success, so he wanted to spread his seeds a lot.
So he took a lot of wives and saw a lot of children.
But Demeter only cared for one woman and bore only one child.
Besides, the marriage was delayed.
Geoffrey wondered if Demeter liked men, and he had been mistaken for many years.
“It’s just the same. My wife works hard to help me. My daughter is growing up well.”
“Okay. It’s best to have nothing special at home. Look only at me He made so many children to try to make one good. In the end, there is only one thing left.”
“The other children will also earn their living somewhere.”
“Can I just earn a living? How did we make this family crest! A decent guy can’t even protect this family!”
Demeter laughed.
Seeing that he took a drink and talked about his family again, he seemed to be very old, too.
“When I was young, if I asked you to drink. The story of where and what kind of female adventurer I met. Tea story. We stayed up all night just talking about it. I think your brother is old too. Seeing you bring up the story of your child right away.”
“Hehe. Yes. Old I have achieved a lot. Have it All that remains is to pass on my history to future generations. So, you must have said that again.”
“No. Because I am this age too. There was nothing left but the family. Keep talking about your family.”
Geoffrey pours himself a full bottle of wine for Demeter, who understands his feelings.
And again his youngest son had a bunch of pride.
The night was passing as the bottle dwindled.
**
Jason has been busy.
He also tried to push the emperor’s five sons, but there was nothing he could do because his own strength was not enough.
It was the same with thugs. It was not enough to use his head.
He could only gain recognition by moving with his own limbs.
The guy who only used his head was rather ignored.
A gangster in a fantasy world would be no different.
Jason was looking at the notes he had organized. It was a note written in Korean.
It would be difficult for other people to understand what it meant.
There were several jobs and expected skills that could be obtained at the expected level.
And he even wrote down how to become the strongest.
It was possible because it was a world where levels, abilities, and skills existed.
Since Jason is a modern Korean who is familiar with the game system, he was able to come up with his own strategy.
‘If I use this, I think I can raise Prince Oh somehow.’
When modern Koreans saw it, this world had many funny things.
It was like that if you level up first, you can become stronger unconditionally.
And other people didn’t know about the existence of levels, abilities, and skills, but there was something vaguely felt empirically.
What was needed to level up was an adventure.
No matter how much he practiced against the air, his level would not rise unless he succeeded in actual combat.
A warrior who entered a dungeon with a real sword and crossed the crossroads of life and death dozens of times was much stronger than a person who wielded a wooden sword every day in every corner of the house.
This was the exact opposite of modern Korea.
In Korea, amateurs were just amateurs no matter how many times they risked their lives.
I couldn’t win against a pro who formally learned at the gym.
And the superhumans of this world vaguely sensed these laws and succeeded in passing on superhumans to their children.
The secret was simple. In this world, there was a holy law that could even resurrect the dead.
If a superman spends a lot of money and hires a priest to give his child a fierce adventure, he will grow up someday.
Jason decided to investigate that there was even an ancient labyrinth beneath the imperial palace of the Palmo Empire.
And every day, the prince and princess went down the labyrinth accompanied by a party of other adventurers, and achieved a high level just by repeating it.
‘I’m envious.’
The Wolf family didn’t reach that level. The dungeons managed by the imperial palace must have been refined, safe, and had a lot of information.
There you will be able to grow very efficiently.
‘But it can’t be done. Let’s not be obsessive.’
Right now, Jason’s mind was filled with only becoming stronger.
Risking your life can make you stronger.
When you are strong, you can have anything you want.
No matter how strong you are, no matter how hard you try. It was a world I liked much more than Korea, which could eventually fail.
And the first step was to pass his father’s test.
“I did it.”
I had become accustomed to the assault of cutting a piece of bamboo tied with straw.
And with the potion of aging, he rapidly grew his body and did strength training.
The results appeared immediately.
Took.
I swung the dagger once and didn’t feel anything getting caught.
Straw bamboo, which has the same strength as human limbs, was cut in two at the same time.
“Young master! You did it!”
Spear was more delighted.
Perhaps because her first man was Jason, she has been giving him more heart lately.
The two hugged each other and were happy.
It was a result achieved after three months of thief training.
It was the result of stabbing a sharpened dagger between his fingers and generously using healing potions.
No one in this world had ever practiced this type of training.
First of all, the treatment potion was an expensive item that cost a nobleman a week’s living expenses, and the wealthy who could buy the treatment potion did not make basic training so ignorant.
I usually did the education that started with safe training and then moved on to dangerous training.
Even Spear, who watched all of Jason’s training, did not believe that the training method Jason devised worked.
I just thought that Jason’s talent was enormous.
‘As expected, the analysis of this world wasn’t in vain.’
Jason was most happy that he was right.
**
Dark ball.
Greatest thief.
Ruler of the underworld.
When he was in this position, a lot of information gathered behind him naturally came to Jeffrey.
Most basically, there were not one or two aristocrats who spilled confidential information while drinking and having sex at high-class brothels.
And, these days, what Jeffrey was most concerned with was news from the royal family.
The news was that these days, the emperor’s children were entering the labyrinth under the imperial palace every day in order to become superhuman as soon as possible.
Then, I heard that Prince Oh, whom Jason evaluated as the most talented, was growing at a rapid pace.
There is no doubt that these words were spilled by a priest who assisted Prince Oh to a prostitute after drinking alcohol.
Jeffrey smiled.
If, as Jason said, Prince Oh became emperor, he could expect many benefits.
There are many superhumans in this empire, but in the end, the apex was the emperor.
The crusaders were strong, wielding swords as well as warriors and being able to take on some of the roles of priests.
And the royal family has been hiding the secret skills of the crusaders for generations and is stronger than other crusaders.
Because the Palmo family was an exceptional crusader, he was able to dominate the empire.
So many superhumans, noble families, and high-ranking clergy were betting on who the next emperor would be.
Those who succeed would walk the solid road for the next 50 years.
And those who fail will be pushed out of the center of power for the crime of sponsoring other princes and princesses. It is a history that has been repeated for hundreds of years.
‘And Prince Oh, too. They don’t get as much attention as the eldest daughter and three sons.’
It was reported that the number of sponsors was also the lowest.
It was only natural that the grace received at this time felt much more valuable than the money.
‘If Prince Oh becomes emperor.’
Jeffrey couldn’t help but smile at the thought of the next generation of the Wolf family going smoothly.
And a knock came from Jeffrey’s study.
“Come in.”
They were the children Jeffrey called.
Tigris, the eldest son. Second daughter Daphne. Third daughter Thalaia.
Had it not been for Jason’s sudden rise to prominence, these three siblings would have abandoned the competition for succession to the Wolf family.
‘In that sense, I’m different from the emperor.’
Even the emperor had rumors that his youngest daughter was a prodigious genius.
It was said that he quit writing at the age of 5 and started studying magic.
However, the emperor considered his youngest daughter too young and hopeless.
He decided to focus only on his grown children.
And Jeffrey saw the children he called.
Although he shows great talent in each of the different professions, he is also not good in his eyes.
Tigris, the eldest son, spoke first.
He thought there was a reason why his father called only his three siblings this way.
And the biggest issue these days was the royal family.
“Father. It is a story that the competition in the imperial family is not serious. Shouldn’t we do something in our family too?”
Then the cleric, Taleia, spoke.
“I heard that the eldest daughter said that her piety is the most faithful. How about pushing him?”
Daphne, the sorceress, laughed.
“What does belief in God have to do with the possibility of becoming superhuman? If it’s according to what you said, shouldn’t all the priests who have been martyred become superhumans beforehand and occupy one seat?”
Taleia couldn’t give a logical rebuttal to her sister’s words, only staring at her fiercely.
