Chapter 50 – Coming of Age Ceremony
“I’ve been there…”
“… Are you here?”
“Welcome.”
Leonard and Robin greeted Jun with a gloomy look on his face as he returned to the cabin after rejecting the appeasement.
“… Sweet, aye!”
Squeak click
Feeling bad for some reason, Jun turned back his steps into the cabin and closed the front door.
Leaving Fortuna in the cabin.
“I’ve been there.”
“Come on! Our Juni!”
Side! Side! Side!
When he opened the front door again, this time he was greeted not by the gloomy faces of the men, but by a beautiful angel full of love.
Jun smiled contentedly and enjoyed bombarding her with kisses.
Yes, this is how the reception should be. This is why it’s worth coming home.
“Hmm! “Keuhum!”
“… Tsk.”
“Por, stop now.”
“Jjook. Why~. “I haven’t done enough to love my Junie yet.”
“Will it ever end?”
“No~. Side♡”
Fortuna cutely denies it and starts kissing her face again.
I thought it was good that Jun was alive.
Her heart wanted to leave her alone until she was satisfied, but Jun had no choice but to stop her.
This is because the eyes of the two solo men were unusual.
“Lol. Our Juni. Give me my love.”
Once activated, Fortuna clung to Jun’s face and did not fall away even after returning to her fairy mode.
Jun couldn’t stop this, so she put a metal plate on her face and approached the two solo men who were sitting on the sofa and sharing a drink.
“Why are you both so upset? “He said alcohol was the root of all evil and would never drink it except on special occasions.”
“Hmm. “Do you think we always drink it only on special occasions?”
“No?”
“Yes!”
Leonard proudly takes a drink from his glass.
Well, I don’t really have anything to say about that, so why do I keep looking at this person? Disgusting.
The moment Jun frowned slightly at Leonard, Robin, who was smiling bitterly at Leonard’s attitude, looked back at him and said.
“Are the people waiting for you the first prince’s subordinates?”
“Yes.”
Nodding his head, Jun briefly explained who were waiting for him, what they were waiting for, and what answer he gave.
Since Jun was not Leon’s subordinate, there was no need to explain, but if he did, it could have aroused unnecessary suspicion.
There is only one week left until the coming of age ceremony.
It is clear that the enemy will launch an all-out offensive within that time, so our troops should not be divided, let alone united.
“Whew~. Thank god. “I’m sorry I didn’t believe you, but I was worried that you might have fallen for the cajoling of your enemies.”
“…”
Robin’s complexion suddenly brightens, while Leonard’s complexion darkens.
He cautiously asked Jun while trying to guess why he would react that way to a somewhat unexpected reaction.
“Why did you refuse? Even if you just listen, it seems like really unconventional treatment.”
“What. Boss, are you really doubting our Junie? Huh?”
“Oh, no. That’s not it.”
When Fortuna gets angry and rushes at her, Leonard panics and hurriedly asks for help with his eyes.
Jun sighed and calmed Fortuna, who was about to rush at him, and answered his question.
“If there is something coming, there must be something going as well. And since I didn’t get it through my own efforts, it could be taken away at any time.”
There is nothing free in this world. There is no way the 1st prince would have given such unconventional conditions for free.
Those conditions must have been given in order to somehow tie Jun up and use him.
If Jun gets caught on the web he has spun, he will act like a puppet, regardless of his will.
If you try to escape, they will use every means and method to stop you.
That kind of future was definitely not a possibility.
Even if his life was a little lacking, Jun wanted to live his life comfortably.
“… Whew~. “You’re serious.”
“Yes, I’m serious. So stop giving up now. No matter what conditions are imposed on me, I will never follow Leon.”
Leonard trembles as if he has hit the nail on the head.
Of course it was because of recruitment.
“That’s easy. Will everything be as you wish? “I have clearly watched your activities so far with my own two eyes.”
“Even if it’s hard, you have to do it. In fact, you were doing that until not long ago. Why did you suddenly quit?”
Instead of answering Jun’s question, Leonard smiled bitterly.
The reason is that if he were to be honest, it would make him feel unnecessarily guilty.
‘How can I say this? It’s because the future is so uncertain.’
Not long ago, Leonard was confident.
If he, his old friends, followers of old friends, and loyalists who are worried about the future of the empire all work together, he will be able to place Leon on the throne.
However, when I did not receive a satisfactory response from a secret contact a few days ago, I quickly became anxious.
If things continue like this, we won’t be able to keep Leon’s life safe, let alone put him on the throne.
When I thought about that, I had no choice but to reconsider recruiting Jun, whom I had given up on four years ago.
No, honestly, I felt like clinging to that.
Through four years of actual combat, he has become a talent that even Leonard himself cannot easily see.
A frightening level of growth!
Even now, you can see that the momentum that was on the verge of green level before the battle has risen to a completely green level in just a few hours.
Leonard thought that if he continued to grow like this, he would definitely surpass his skills before he was even 20.
If things go as he thinks…
‘There will be very few people in the empire who can deal with Jun.’
Amazing movement, fast and accurate weapon skills, output generated by a top-class triple core, amazingly trained body, and powerful traits.
And the amazing thinking ability that firmly supports it all.
I can assure you that even if you are an orange-level player, it will be difficult to deal with a yellow-level Jun.
‘Ha~. It’s a shame. Furthermore, it’s really a shame.’
If I could recruit him, I wouldn’t be envious of Cheongunmanma.
He alone can take on the role of a thousand soldiers and move the distance that ten thousand war horses would move in the blink of an eye.
But no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t find a way to recruit him.
Gulp! Gulp!
“Phew~.”
Leonard soothed his frustrated stomach with alcohol.
Perhaps because he was drunk, he thought about getting down on his knees and begging, but he immediately shook his head.
He was a very affectionate child, but there were clear boundaries.
If Leon gives up the throne and runs away, he will help even though he is in trouble, but in the opposite case, he will never help.
“It looks like you’re having a hard time telling me. Then you don’t have to tell me. Is there anything else you want to say?”
Jun, who sensed Leonard’s complicated feelings from his repeated drinking, decided to leave this uncomfortable situation.
He didn’t think anything good would happen if he stayed in this position.
“… No, there is none. I’m sorry for holding you back. “You must have been very tired.”
“No. “Then I’ll just go to sleep.”
“Okay. Oh, they say they will be practicing the song they will sing at the coming-of-age ceremony starting tomorrow, so come to the church tomorrow morning.”
“Do I really have to do that too?”
“Isn’t it a once-in-a-lifetime event? “Participate if you can.”
The sight of Leonard saying that reminded Jun of his father from a previous life who had told him to attend his college graduation, and he nodded without realizing it.
And then he hurried to his room.
He suddenly felt weak, and if he stayed there any longer, he would probably ask why he didn’t ask again.
If I were to hear the reason in my current state… I didn’t have the confidence to turn away and say it had nothing to do with me.
Slam!
“Whew~. “What are you aiming for?”
“The boss? No way.”
“I guess so. “I just tried it once.”
Jun smiled and answered Fortuna’s words, opened the subspace, took out a sprout, and placed it on the window next to the bed.
Upright! Upright!
A sprout begging to be let back into subspace.
Fortuna took out a watering can fill with holy water and sprinkled it to soothe the sprout.
“Baby, enough for today. “I can’t use it if I complain.”
Chuuk.
“You can’t do anything even if you’re sullen. Later, when your baby is able to produce mana, we will give you as much as you want, so for now, just enjoy it and grow up.”
Upright! Upright!
At Fortuna’s words, the sprout gathered its ears and pretended to drink holy water.
Although they didn’t actually drink it, it was quite cute and brought happy smiles to Jun and Fortuna’s faces.
“For, but how long are you going to call her baby?”
“Now that I think about it, I see. Um… Then let’s call it sprout as a nickname. “It’s a bit awkward to give it a name when you don’t know what kind of tree it is.”
“Good idea. “Our Por, you’re smart.”
“Hmph! Of course. You’re an angel. Right, sprout?”
Heung~ Sprout (bright!) Hung~ sprout (bright!)
Fortuna shakes her body while singing and Sprout twitches his ears to her rhythm.
I felt strongly that this scene should be left for a long time.
Jun hurriedly opened the subspace to take out the video recording device.
Then, I noticed the shrinking of the subspace that I hadn’t noticed before and smiled bitterly.
There was a reason why Sprout tried to enter the subspace and the subspace she stayed in shrank.
According to Fortuna’s explanation, the world was born when God planted the seed of a divine tree in a space in the universe,
It is said that when the divine tree sprouts and grows, the empty and unstable world will gain the land, the sky, and the universe.
The reason why we are suddenly talking about this is because the previous two phenomena were caused by a series of processes.
Perhaps due to space specialization, Jun’s subspace was surprisingly similar to the space where God plants the seeds of the divine tree.
So Sprout instinctively tried to transform Jun’s subspace into the world.
That act was the very meaning of existence for a divine beast like Sprout, so he hated being sent out of subspace.
But it couldn’t continue because that action required a lot of energy, and so Sprout kept drawing on the mana that made up the subspace.
If Sprouts were left in the subspace, the subspace could be broken or become unusable before it transforms into the world.
It would be nice to go into the space like a god and provide energy, but unfortunately that wasn’t possible.
Although it is similar to God’s space, his space was very delicate.
I couldn’t endure beings that were still alive.
‘How long will it take to restore it to its original state?’
It will probably take a few days.
No, it will take longer because Sprout can draw mana from subspace again in the meantime.
It was daunting, but I had to feel good about it.
The owner of the world is God.
In other words, having the world means becoming a god.
