Chapter 154 – The Last Supper
Receiving an embarrassing question, my choice was avoidance.
Of course.
The woman you love the most?
I can’t say I consider all of them the same, but it just wasn’t my style to put them in that order.
It is also difficult to take care of the back.
“There are two things more important than these little things, Mother.”
“I think the conversation we’re having right now is more important… But then, tell me.”
“First of all, would you like to give me your hand?”
“You don’t understand English. Here it is.”
The mother held out her hand with a bewildered expression.
It seems to be an action rather than a word-for-word explanation.
I put miasma in her mother’s hand and cast a strengthening spell.
The number 5 appeared on the mother’s wrist.
‘I can also use it for my mother.’
It is a magic that strengthens those who have a deep connection with me.
It was expected that if it was a mother who had the same blood, it would be activated without any special conditions.
“What is this? I can feel some unknown power… A mighty power.”
“This is my magic. The effect is to strengthen the target by the number of tattoos. There are individual differences in what is strengthened. Mother will have to find out for herself.”
“I see. Is this the odds you were thinking of?”
“At least my women… It will help my companions fight the Emperor’s troops. It will also have the effect of dispelling the Emperor’s miasma from spreading throughout the Empire. But I will fight the Emperor alone.”
As a result of testing before leaving, this magic was the most focused on combat ability among the magic I had acquired so far.
Depending on the individual’s inclination and desire, something else is strengthened, but in common, the increase was enormous.
For example, in the case of Eunseo, her qualities as a strategic wizard were strengthened.
To the extent that it was possible to temporarily handle more than 10,000 troops with one line of tattoos.
Perhaps Eunseo’s will to help me had that effect, and thanks to that, I was able to leave the main university with more peace of mind.
“Yes. It is a power that must be known. Then what is the second?”
“The second… Is what my mother needs to do in order to leave this place and go to the ecliptic. Has the beast problem here advanced?”
“Hmph! They’ve been doing the same thing for over a hundred years. You can bet those cowards will never change.”
Her mother snorted at her.
This is a really important issue.
Irregularly, but she constantly fights the beasts that invade the estate, and her mother cannot escape from her estate.
It was such a serious problem that even when war broke out, they did not have to go to the front.
But if her mother is to divert the Emperor’s attention and poke her open, she must head to the ecliptic herself.
Because of her mother’s personality, she would not abandon the people, so she definitely needed measures to protect her territory.
“You wouldn’t have come without an alternative given your careful personality. In fact, I have an alternative, so I’ll listen and choose the better one.”
“Hmm.”
My mother said as if she read my thoughts.
What is true
I called the lute and made it come this way.
A blue-haired knight walked up to me and knelt down to bow to my mother.
“Who are you?”
“My name is Lute Crystal, a knight of the Ratel kingdom. The princess… That is to say, I am a servant who has sworn allegiance to my master, Siberia. While the Grand Duke was away from the territory, I was ordered to perform the duty and came all the way here.”
“Hmm…”
Her mother looked at the lute as if evaluating it.
In fact, as soon as I saw her in her barracks in her barracks, I felt that I was the right person to ask her for this job.
A strategy wizard who uses fire like her mother.
Besides, as he is a direct servant of the King of Parryn, his skill is guaranteed as a warrior, so it would be difficult to find another talented person like Lute.
His mother, who had been examining the magic power of the lute and also testing strategic magic techniques, nodded his head.
“It’s okay. The amount of magic power is excellent and the skill is good. How much does the corps deal with?”
“It’s between seven and eight thousand depending on the condition.”
“You’re very good at such a young age. But… It will be impossible for you to defend the estate alone.”
A mother who puts her ticket on her as if she didn’t have to think otherwise.
But Lute did not object.
Could it be because of her mother’s fame that even spread to the Ratel Kingdom?
Expertise that has protected the western part of the Empire for over thirty years, and the scale of strategic magic that handles up to 15,000 soldiers.
Her mother was one of the strongest in the entire empire and had a track record of that.
The reason why the lute was rejected may simply be the difference in power, but that is not the only reason.
As Eunseo did, it is difficult for Lute, an outsider, to exert her full strength here.
Since the beasts do not know where they will land on the coastline, her mother does not create her own stratagem of magic.
Every time something happens, the trained residents form a militia and borrow their magical power.
No matter how much it is, it is impossible to carry hypnotic voices all over the territory of Siberia.
‘Lute alone is a rejection after all. Well, if I cast plenty of strengthening magic, I think it’ll be fine for a few days…’
But I don’t know if her mother will understand that.
She was thinking about what to say to persuade her mother when she unexpectedly said something.
“But this is fine. You’re a much better talent than I thought. Talent is talent, but you spared no effort beyond that. Why did you push yourself so hard?”
“…I tried to inherit the will of my once-dead comrades.”
“It’s great. As I said before, you won’t be able to defend the territory alone. However, I think it’s possible if you join forces with the helpers I’ll leave behind.”
“A helper? Mother, no way…”
I couldn’t stand it and intervened.
Do you have an assistant that you can trust and entrust to your mother?
If there is such a person, it makes no sense unless he becomes a successor.
“Yes. As you guessed. Whether you return or not, it was necessary to train an heir to succeed the territory.”
“Who is it? Have you ever remarried? Did you make a sister?”
“What about remarriage? My husband has only one father before and in the future. Actually, he was your cousin, but now that he is my adopted daughter, it’s like your sister.”
“A cousin… I had no idea he had a relative because he was training every day when he was here.”
“You should get to know her from now on. Carol is a good kid. She has a good aptitude for strategic magic. I’ll introduce her to you at dinner.”
Right.
Carol.
Cousin and now my sister…
Well, if he was formally accumulating experience as his mother’s successor, he would be able to provide enough help to Lute.
Two Strategic Wizards should be enough to defend the territory.
In this way, a countermeasure for the absence of the mother was also established.
The lute also seemed to agree, and just as I was about to nod and move on, my mother grabbed my shoulders tightly.
“What if I just want to move on?
“Ugh.”
Oh, this doesn’t work
My mother seemed unusually excited.
It was like a mother greeting her son who brought home her girlfriend.
In fact, this may be a normal reaction.
The problem is that I brought six women with me.
She tried to get over it, but it seemed like she couldn’t.
I brought her face to her mother and whispered in her ear.
“Who do you think would be good for your mother?”
“Hmm… To me, they all seem to be decent people. I don’t care about trivial things such as differences in social status, so I like the person you care about the most. But if I have to argue, I like Earl Greypoint. He’s talented. And I think it suits me personally.”
Haha.”
“But no matter how much she is, she’s not the king of immorality, son? Her appearance is as bad as rumors say, but she seems like a woman you can’t handle. Then she was caught later and lived.”
You don’t have to worry about that.
The King of Fair Wheels is still my exclusive female.
It was rather good because it had a strong desire for monopoly and a taste of training.
But I can’t say that straight away.
As I was slowly changing my words, my mother seemed to have noticed something.
“Wait a minute, son. You’ve been talking strangely since before.”
“What do you mean? I never did.”
“To deceive someone. I am your mother. Look me straight in the eyes.”
I couldn’t help but meet her eyes, and her mother’s dark eyes glowed like they were on fire.
After staring straight at me for a moment, my mother said.
“Hmm… You’re hiding something after all.”
“Ah. Don’t you believe me?”
“Stay still. Okay, I’ll figure it out…”
“What are you talking about?”
“With so many beauties, it’s no wonder. You haven’t made a decision yet. Don’t worry. I’m on your side. Don’t tell anyone…”
My mother seemed to have started some strange misunderstanding.
She nodded her head as if she had been convinced by herself and said in a small voice that only I could hear.
He thought I was wandering around with several women.
From my point of view, this is a convenient misunderstanding.
What could be better than telling my mother, ‘They’re all my girls, and there are actually a few more’.
“Yeah… Well that happened.”
“Nothing to be ashamed of. Humans are not perfectly made creatures. There is no law that a person’s heart goes to only one person. What matters is the choice you make, isn’t it?”
“Yes. It is.”
I answered, determined to take the choice I made to the grave without fail.
Feeling a rare remorse, I was quite stabbed, so my mother said it was a joke.
“There’s nothing to worry about. Wouldn’t everything be resolved naturally? In the worst case, what… Isn’t there a saying that an imperial aristocrat has four concubines?”
“Haha. My mother is too.”
“Whoops. Just kidding.”
My mother and I burst into laughter with different meanings.
The mother, who had been laughing for a long time, cleared her expression after a while and turned her body around.
She told the women her mother was waiting behind her.
“It’s been a while since I’ve had guests in my house. Not to mention my son’s colleagues whom I trust enough to defy my words. I’ll prepare dinner. I want to have a meal and have a deep conversation. What about it?”
It’s a dinner, so it will be the last dinner before the decisive battle.
My mother seemed to want more information about my company.
With two meanings: as a ruler, to make sure that these women are really trustworthy, and as a mother, to check the women that her son brings.
Of course, no one objected.
When her mother said a few words to the servant, the whole house was in an uproar.
Suddenly, they are told to prepare dinner, so they will have to run very busy.
“And Jun, let me introduce you to your brother. I told the servant to call Carol.”
“Yes. I look forward to it.”
What was expected was true.
I’ve never had a younger sister… That’s why I’ve never had a younger sister who shouldn’t be eaten.
How does it feel to have siblings?
As I was waiting with my heart pounding, someone knocked on the parlor door.
