Chapter 373
“Sweet Lord.”
Raon threw a stone in his hand into the air and licked his lips.
“Is this an urgent call?”
“no. I have a little bit of free time.”
Rimer shook his head, saying that it was not enough to run right away.
“Then I’ll just do what I’ve been doing.”
He smiled and held the stone lightly.
“What are you doing?”
Rimer had just arrived, so he didn’t know exactly what training he was doing.
“It’s a simple cliff-climbing drill.”
“simple?”
As he tilted his head, he threw the stone he was holding in his hand towards the bottom.
Aaaaaang!
As soon as the sharp gong sounded, the screams of the Gwangpungdan members burst out from the middle of the cliff.
“Kwaeeeek!”
One of the members of the Gwangpungdan fell to the floor with a scream of pulling a pig.
Thanks to a gentle hold from Mark Goetton, who was waiting below, the gwangpungdan member was able to land without any injuries. Of course, the psychological shock seemed great.
Raon turned around and smiled at Rimer.
“It’s fundamental training, so everyone will benefit.”
“I don’t know where they learn this crazy thing. but… .”
Rimer lowered his eyebrows as he looked at the stormtroopers who had just fallen.
“Looks like fun!”
He grinned and grabbed a stone on the floor.
“Can I try it too?”
Also Limer. He was a man who knew what fun was.
“It’s not just about getting it right. The goal is to develop senses and responsiveness by targeting vital points.”
This training isn’t done simply to make the members of the Gwangpungdan suffer and harass them.
It was a training to throw stones at the weak points of the members to raise their spirits and build experience in response.
“uh… ?”
Dorian opened his mouth as he listened to Raon’s words.
‘Wasn’t it just bullying you?’
I was bored and threw stones and trees at them all the time, but now that I hear that, it all seems to have meaning.
‘Come to think of it… .’
I felt a weakness when dealing with Crane earlier.
When Crane raised his sword to defend himself, he strangely felt a weak spot.
When the training sword was swung down at that place, Crane couldn’t stand it and dedicated his forehead as it was.
‘You must have thought about everything.’
He is also the deputy lord.
‘I’m sorry for doubting you.’
Dorian exclaimed inwardly and bowed his head to Raon.
“Why are you saying hello all of a sudden? did you insult me?”
Raon frowned at Dorian, who had suddenly greeted him.
“Oh no! Absolutely not!”
Dorian shook his head so much that he couldn’t see his eyes, nose and mouth.
“Don’t think strangely, give a stone to Danju.”
“Ah, yes… .”
He sighed and handed the stone to Rimmer.
“I used to be called Sieghart’s flying squirrel.”
Rimer touched a stone and rolled up his mouth.
“why?”
“Good luck running away!”
“Doesn’t that have nothing to do with the current situation?”
“I just wanted to tell you!”
He untied his twisted waist and threw a stone. The stone with the wind aura hit Burren’s forehead and crumbled.
“Keep it!”
Burren, who was hit on the forehead a second time, let out a short scream and fell backwards. He fell as if he had lost his strength.
“Burren Niyyim!”
“Aagh! Burren-sama is leaving now!”
“Raon! You devilish bastard!”
“At this rate, everyone really dies! Everyone dies!”
The third group members who lost their leader screamed.
“how is it?”
Rimmer raised his arm and smiled coolly.
“Not bad.”
Raon nodded and handed over the broken stone to Rimer.
“Let’s get started.”
“OK!”
sobriety and non-soju. Privately, the two priests threw stones together to knock down the members of the Gwangpungdan who were climbing the cliff.
Kwagwagwagwa!
The members of the Gwangpungdan climbed the cliff like a house with their trained bodies, but they lost their balance and fell one by one after being hit by the raining stones.
“Cuck!”
Marta showed fierce concentration and avoided dozens of stones, but was eventually shot down by Raon and Limer’s combined attack.
“You son of a bitch!”
The screams she left echoed across the cold cliffs.
“Now only Runan is left.”
Rimer smiled at Runan, who was attached to the middle of the cliff like a cicada.
“uh? Is he supposed to be sleeping?”
“He fell asleep earlier.”
“Isn’t that why you’re developing a sleeping sword?”
He shrugged and threw a rock at Runaan.
Whoa!
Stones carrying wind auras rushed like lightning, but Runan closed his eyes and twisted his shoulders to avoid it.
“What!”
As if he didn’t know how to avoid it so lightly, Rimmer rolled up his sleeves and threw stones continuously, and Runan still closed his eyes and crawled like a lizard to avoid the stones.
Raon looked up at Rimer, who was throwing rocks, and rolled up his lips.
“Throw hard now.”
Danju also has to climb the cliff from tomorrow.
It is true that Rimer has become stronger, but because he is only doing exercises, his stamina and physique are far from lacking.
Tomorrow he will be stuck on that cliff too.
“ah.”
As he thought of Rimer, who would scream tomorrow, he heard Runan’s short scream.
In the end, it seemed that he was hit by Limer’s stone and fell to the floor.
“By the way, who is the uncle who accepts me down there?”
Rimer tilted his head, wondering if he was now curious about Mark Goeten’s identity.
“This is the person who will become my vassal.”
“Go, have you gone? That person is the master!”
“Somehow it happened that way.”
“Has the master gone? What is your true identity?”
Rimer’s mouth trembled slightly as if embarrassed.
“It’s just a coincidence. I will go to the head of the family and explain.”
Raon waved his hand at Rimer and approached the edge of the cliff, looking down.
“Because everything is gone! Come back up!”
With the aura loaded, he shouted downward.
“If you want to quit training, come up at least one person! Either the sun rises!”
“Quaaaaaagh!”
As soon as the words were finished, a squeaking sound came from below.
“You son of a bitch!”
“Wait and see! If you go up, I will kill you!”
“Never leave me alone!”
“let’s go! Kill that one!”
The members of the Gwangpungdan started to climb the cliff screaming, as if they were resentful of being hit by the stone.
“As expected, Gwangpungdan needs you to revitalize.”
Rimer giggled as he watched the fast-moving Gwangpungdan members. Without knowing your fate tomorrow.
Raon looked at Rimmer and grabbed Dorian’s shoulder.
“Dorian.”
“yes? yes!”
Seeing the madness of the two, Dorian’s lips trembled and his head nodded.
“Did you see how he did it?”
“Are you throwing stones?”
“okay. I’m going to go to the lord You throw it this time.”
“I-how can I… .”
“Because Sir Mark is down there anyway. You can throw anything.”
“that’s right. Even if you just throw it, it will all fit anyway.”
Not only Raon, but Rimer also smiled, saying that it would be easy.
“Then please.”
The two waved lightly and went down the cliff through the opposite path.
Dorian gulped down a dry saliva as he watched the members of the Gwangpungdan climb up the cliff in Burinake.
“Can I do it?”
I was afraid of the members of the Gwangpungdan who came up, but I was more afraid of Raon who made them like that.
“I don’t know!”
Shaking his head, he took a long, thick log from his stomach and rolled it over the cliff.
Kwagwagwa!
With a roar that sounded like a cliff being crushed, the log knocked down three Gwangpungdan members.
“Quaaaaaagh!”
“Shit!”
“Damn Raon Sieghart!”
The members of the Gwangpungdan spat out curses at Raon as they fell.
“Jae, is it fun?”
It’s so much more fun than I thought.
Raon was also the one who was cursed at when he fell, so there was no burden.
Dorian smiled and poured out squares, jagged rocks, and round rocks from his stomach pouch.
“Get out of here!”
The way he poured stones and rubbish toward the members of the Gwangpung Troupe somehow resembled Raon.
“Khehehe!”
Lars, who forcibly stretched his body and endured it, shook his head when he saw Dorian.
-Is this human… .
Or do I just go crazy when I meet him?
* * *
Raon went through the door Rimer had opened and entered the audience room.
‘It’s cold.’
I felt it every time I came, but the audience room was the coldest and creepiest place even inside Sieghart.
Stepping on the carpet in the middle, I walked and raised my gaze.
Rowen stood on the left, Cheryl stood on the right, and Glenn was sitting on a throne on the platform. Today, too, he was looking down at the world with dry eyes.
Raon clicked his tongue so he couldn’t hear him and looked at Rimer.
‘Give me a present?’
It was a fortunate atmosphere if a fist didn’t fly, let alone a gift.
-Why does that old man always have the same expression? It’s a face full of heartache.
‘I don’t know either.’
After taking a deep breath, Raon knelt down and bowed his head.
“Meet the head of the household!”
“Wake up.”
Before I could say goodbye properly, I heard a heavy voice telling me to get up.
“thank you.”
Raon straightened his back and lifted his head. Glenn’s eyes were colder than usual.
“Why didn’t you come right after you returned?”
“I thought it would be rude because it was late.”
I was going to go tomorrow because I thought I would give a bad impression if I visited late at night, but that seemed to make it even worse.
“Raon Sieghart.”
Glenn rested his chin on his fist and let out an arrogant look.
“I was looking for you because I had a question.”
“Tell me.”
“They said Sepia Sanghoju would come soon to secure infrastructure and road networks. What did you do at the store?”
He calmed his eyes coldly, as if he still didn’t know what had happened at Sepia Co.
‘I can see why you’re angry.’
He seemed irritated by the decision to expand the infrastructure without reporting.
‘I should have asked first.’
Even if it’s good for the family, it’s Glenn. It was the right thing to report first.
“It may take a little longer, is that okay?”
“Tell me.”
Glenn nodded slowly, as if he was okay.
“When I went back to Sepia, I heard that Addis Sepia, the owner of the company, was holding a successor selection test… .”
Raon told Glenn and his people all about the succession race at Sepia.
He talked about the battle with the Black Tower, but he didn’t mention the story of the shadows, only the assassins and poisoners.
“… So it seems that the owner of the store is coming to Sieghart to check the condition of the infrastructure and road network.”
The throne room fell silent when Sepia Co. said that it would stand for Sieghart and that its first request was to expand Sieghart’s infrastructure and road network.
“Um, did Sepia Co. really say they would stand behind Sieghart?”
Cheryl opened her mouth.
‘Sepia has been neutral until now… .’
Numerous organizations have tried to maintain close ties with Sepia Corporation, but none have succeeded.
It was hard to believe that a place that had only maintained a relationship between customers and merchants had reached out to Sieghart first.
“… That’s great.”
Loen laughed as if he didn’t know that he would come back with the support of Sepia.
“In addition, Nakhwado is a vassal, so you came back with a master!”
“Iknow, right. I am a different person.”
It was surprising that they had obtained the Nakhwado, and the two of them exclaimed in admiration.
“As expected, he is my money back!”
Rimer gave Raon a thumbs up and nodded. Looking at his dignified expression, he seemed to have done something big.
Raon bowed his head to Glenn as he listened to the compliments of the three.
“I’m sorry for not letting you know beforehand.”
“Raon Sieghart.”
As I was looking at the red carpet, I heard Glenn’s call. She looked up. Unlike the three of them, his face was cool.
“Why did you ask Sepia Sanghoi to develop Sieghart?”
Glenn’s eyes shone sharply, as if he could see right through them.
“It wasn’t Sieghart that he fell in love with, it was you. You could have taken care of yourself, so why did you want Sieghart to develop?”
It’s not a very long question, but it wasn’t easy to answer. I tried to roll my head, but it seemed to be the best to be honest.
“To be honest, I didn’t like Sieghard that much. He gave affection to Gwangpungdan, but he had no feelings for the family itself. But one incident changed my mind.”
Raon closed his eyes, recalling the miracle of that day.
“Something inside me changed when I saw people risking their lives wielding swords to save me from being kidnapped. I think I know a little bit about what family is and what power is.”
He continued talking while watching the red moonlight pouring through the window.
“From then on, things about my family, not myself, came to my mind little by little. When the family was ignored, I got angry, and when the family lost, I wanted to step up and win.”
“Hmm… .”
Glenn rubbed his chin down with an uninspired look, but he didn’t stop talking.
“This request was also an extension of that. Currently, Sieghart is among the Six Emperors. No, it is built on the most barren land among the famous powers. It is cold all year round, there are storms, and there are full of monsters, so it is very closed.”
Raon pointed at the floor of the throne room with his finger.
“The word “closed” is used not only externally, but also internally. The swordsmen and servants of the family have no place to rest or enjoy, so they are confined to the inn even on weekends. There is an entertainment area, but since it is there, I am bored and do not move, and the money accumulates.”
“that’s right! that’s right! All the bars are there!”
Rimmer suddenly intervened and waved his hand.
“Even when looking for our sophomore, there is no place to go so that we only need to go to a bar or a gambling house.”
Rimer always went to old taverns and robbery gambling dens, so finding him was like eating rice cake while lying down.
“uh? That’s why you found it so well? I thought you planted a tracking artifact in me… .”
He shook his head, saying that he was surprised that Rimer came to him like a ghost.
“If the infrastructure around the family expands, prosecutors will go out and spend money every holiday, and the surrounding commercial district will develop more and more. Prosecutors will relieve stress, merchants will make money. People call people, and money calls money, so I thought it would eventually lead to the expansion of the family.”
After that, the audience room became quiet, as if no one was there.
“To think that way, you have changed a lot.”
Cheryl smiled softly. She clapped her hands up.
“If this is true, many prosecutors and servants will be delighted.”
Loendo let out his signature laugh and clapped next to Cheryl.
“… … .”
Rimer didn’t say anything and just stared at Raon.
“hey! What are you doing! Aren’t you clapping?”
Cheryl hit Rimmer’s side with her elbow.
“Cuck! I am moved by the growth of my disciple!”
Rimer frowned as he rubbed his side.
“What is a disciple? Isn’t that your master?”
“Yeah, I hear that a lot.”
He smiled lightly at Raon.
“I’ve been keeping my heart shut except for that guy’s annex and Gwangpungdan, but I think he’s starting to really think about his family when he keeps saying Sieghart.”
From the first time I saw Raon, he had excellent mental strength and talent, but he kept his heart hidden.
He managed to narrow the distance with Gwangpungdan over a long period of time, but it seems that his thoughts changed significantly after the kidnapping.
“Raon. Make one more gambling house!”
Rimmer smiled broadly and applauded Cheryl Loen.
Receiving applause from the three, Raon looked up at Glenn.
“after… .”
Glenn raised his gaze upward as if he was worried and let out a short breath. She felt his chin tremble slightly.
“I want people in my family to live a more comfortable and enjoyable life, and I want my family’s reputation to spread wider and higher. The best thing to do for that was to expand the infrastructure. Please accept it.”
A man named Glenn is still an unknown person. That’s why he revealed his sincerity, but I don’t know if he worked well.
Glenn closed his eyes, covering his mouth with his hand. Seeing her voice shake slightly, she seemed troubled.
He lowered his head with his mouth shut to allow him to think.
“Hmm. I didn’t know that your thoughts reached that far. Certainly, the family cannot stand still forever.”
Glenn cleared his throat as if he was forcing something and nodded.
“thank you.”
Raon put his hand on his chest and bowed his head respectfully.
“Curm!”
Rimer laughed at Glenn, who was coughing and suppressing his mouth in succession.
‘That man is starting again.’
He used all his muscles and auras to restrain his facial expressions and gestures, but in the end, his strength gave way and the corners of his mouth went up to the sky.
It was clear that if he just removed his hand that covered half of his face, he would be smiling like a puppy.
‘Well, it’s better not to faint.’
What kind of grandfather couldn’t turn a blind eye to his grandson’s request for one of the five major corporations on the continent and his family’s consideration?
Looking now, Glenn’s eyes were half open. It was the first time I had ever seen that man like that.
‘I can’t miss this opportunity.’
Rimmer jumped up and climbed onto the podium. Looking from her side, I could see Glenn forcing her mouth down.
The corners of his mouth were moving like a squirrel chewing an acorn.
“greatness! Why did you come up?”
“The head of the household should know better how great this incident is, right?”
Rimmer raised his hand slightly and continued.
“We can’t just send Raon, who has asked for such an enormous benefit for the family, so why don’t you drop something?”
He looked at Cheryl and Rowen as if seeking help.
“He said the right thing after a long time. I also think that this case should be adequately compensated.”
Cheryl smiled and looked at Raon.
“I am of the same opinion.”
Rowen also nodded with a hollow smile.
“Kuh hum! It can’t be helped if three people say that.”
As if Glenn had been waiting, he straightened his back and lifted his chin.
“I will give a golden plaque to Raon Sieghart, who accomplished trade with the Sepia Company for the sake of my family.”
As soon as the order was given, Loen went up to the podium. In his hand, he was holding a board with a gold plate on it.
“Raon. Go up.”
“Dude lord. Please come this way.”
Cheryl and Loen motioned for Raon to go up to the podium.
Unable to adapt to the fast-paced situation, Raon tilted his head and headed towards the podium.
‘what… .’
Why is it progressing so fast?
Originally, when such a mission or achievement is achieved, a reward is received after sufficient discussion about it, but this time, things were flowing like beans roasted and eaten by lightning.
‘Well, it doesn’t matter.’
Glenn is thorough when it comes to his work, and when he holds out his gold plate, it means he’s done enough.
Now that we are one step closer to making Sylvia our direct descendant, we decided to rejoice.
Glenn’s eyes were still cold, but he held out his gold plate as if he had no intention of reaping the reward.
“I know what you think of the family. I hope that will remain the same in the future.”
“thank you.”
Raon raised both hands and received the gold plate. He almost dropped the gold plate, whether his hand was shaking or Glenn’s hand was shaking.
“Thank you to the three of you.”
“Where are you going?”
I heard Glenn’s voice as I was about to go down after saying hello to Cheryl, Loen, and Limer who helped me get the gold plate.
“yes?”
As I turned around in bewilderment, Glenn was looking at me with slightly heated eyes.
“I don’t want to give it too much, but I’ll be cursed at by those guys if I just finish it with one gold plate. Say what you want.”
He wiggled his fingers as if he didn’t care what he said.
“I am… .”
“Tell me two.”
what keeps coming out?
