Swordmaster of the Red Light District

Relationship (1)

33

More than ten horses rushed toward the orphanage in line.

The number is astonishing, and most of the riders on horseback were armed knights.

Didier, who ran to the entrance of the orphanage while dealing with the children, was astonished to see the count’s face among the knights.

“What the hell… what’s going on?”

Didier asked, unable to bear the armament that the servant gave him.

The Count briefly explained.

“A warlock has appeared in Dinar, and the Viscount has asked for support.”

Most of the knights present, including Jimmy and Matthew, were bewildered.

They also gathered at the call of the Count, but did not know the details of the situation.

“The Count’s defense is…”

“The wizard and the soldiers will take it.”

Considering the number of wizards staying in the Earl of Phillips, the defense power is sufficient.

However, the fact that only knights were organized to support Dinar meant that this case was very sensitive.

Didier, with the help of a servant, opened her eyes thinly while putting on her armor.

“Sir, may I ask you one thing?”

“Say it.”

“Is Rey involved in this case?”

“…Surprisingly so.”

Didier, with a troubled face, knelt down on one knee.

“Can the disloyal knight say something?”

At Didier’s sudden action, the Count responded with embarrassment but generously.

“Let’s talk.”

“After winning the bet with me, Ray asked me not to cross the nursery fence for a month.”

“Isn’t that the story of asking the children to be well educated?”

“I thought so too, but Rey wanted to limit my range of action to within the orphanage. Rey… I think she wanted to ask me to defend the nursery. I am concerned that it may have something to do with this case. Please consider it. .”

“Lord Didier!!”

One of the Phillips knights, Jenkinson, shouted.

It’s shocking to see a knight come to the nursery to teach swords, but what are you doing in front of the Count’s call?

“Did you even hurt your head? What kind of disloyalty is this?!”

Jenkinson’s point was valid, but the Count interrupted his speech by waving his hand.

“Jimmy, Matthew. Any guesses?”

Jimmy nodded, biting his teeth tight as the stomach juices were about to puncture his esophagus.

“The child from the nursery school I brought from Dinar was born in a circle. Realizing that he was a target of a wizard, Rey went to Dinar himself and started investigating.”

“You hid that fact from me.”

“I have sinned to death.”

“Okay. Sir Didier.”

“Please name it.”

“Recruit 30 elite soldiers to guard the orphanage. Jimmy, help Sir Didier.”

“Count!”

Jenkinson was startled, but the Count shook his hand once more.

“If the story that he was born into a circle is true, then some of the warlocks defeated in Dinar will aim for the orphanage. If you find them, you must kill them.”

“I’ll take your name.”

“Ray, if it wasn’t for that kid.”

The count calmly looked around the knights who did not understand the situation.

“The discovery of the warlock must have been delayed by weeks or months. He has done enough and deserves respect. And Matthew.”

“Yes.”

“I’ll take the place of Sir Didier. Can you do it? I’ll pay for it.”

Matthew’s eyes fluttered for an instant at the Count’s suggestion to stand side by side with the knights.

It was reckless and dangerous.

However, remembering that Ray was infiltrating the Dinar area alone, Matthew answered with a short sigh.

“It’s not enough, but I’ll do my best.”

*

Ray was very nervous while smiling.

When Simone checked the basement and ordered the children to be removed, they had to leave immediately.

It doesn’t matter if only the gang is by Simone’s side, but if you’re accompanied by several skilled warlocks, you can become a rat in a poison.

rattle

The door to the basement opens.

After seeing the three children lying down, including Rei, Simone’s subordinate shouted to the ground.

“Simon, I have found three children! What should I do?”

“…are you alive?”

“I’ll check!”

After searching through Brack’s arms, Suha took the key and opened the cage.

When children place their fingers under their noses, they feel a slight stream of air.

“Alive!”

“wait.”

self!

Deeper darkness overlaps with Simone, who descends into the dark basement.

In the dark, concentrated in the form of a huge sphere, slender limbs flowed out.

The dark sphere found the children and opened its mouth with joy.

Rey clenched his fists momentarily as half of the sphere opened up, revealing sharp teeth.

“Um, no, no.”

Simone shook her head.

“Not now.”

Did the dark spirits only crave blood and flesh?

What they coveted was a mixture of chaos and fear.

If you give it as food in this state, you will only feel the taste of chewing.

“If you’re going to throw it away, it would be better if you throw it when consciousness returns.”

“…what do I do? Wake me up?”

“Move to Youngjuseong. Even if you wake up right away, it will take some time for your mind to fully come back.”

“All right.”

Rey pulled the strength out of her fist.

I wanted to run away like this, grab Simone’s neck and play hostage, but I gave up.

As long as I was treated as a helpless child, I thought that a better opportunity would come.

Rey was loaded onto a carriage with her mouth and limbs tied, and was taken to the Viscount Lord’s Castle.

There was hardly any feeling of popularity in Yeongjuseong.

“Keep it in the basement.”

“All right.”

There was a place where people could be locked up in the basement of Yeongjuseong Fortress, where the cold air flows.

Most of the space was being used as a warehouse, but people’s moans came from deep underground.

Ray and the children were trapped inside a cage of junk.

Suha threw Rey into the cage and kicked Rey as if she wanted to relieve some stress.

“Damn, what the hell is this! I’m dying of anxiety!”

puck! puck!

Rey, who had been kicked, shuddered as if in shock, then collapsed and fainted.

Feeling refreshed, Suha spit on the floor and left the basement.

Rey, who had been lying silent for a moment, gave strength to his wrist.

Fight!!

The string that bound her arm came off.

Ray, who had removed the straps that tied his ankles and even the blindfold, looked at the children who had been captured.

One of them seemed to have come to their senses, but there was no need to untie them now and cause a fuss.

“Someone will come to the rescue soon. Don’t be anxious and wait quietly.”

“Ugh…”

Rey, who calmed the waking child, grabbed the iron fence and shook it lightly.

It had not been maintained for a long time and was rusted everywhere. The material itself was close to cheap junk, so it looked like it would break rather than bend if you applied the wrong force.

‘I have to be prepared in case I come back…’

giggle

The iron spear held in Rey’s hand slowly bent.

Ray, who barely made a gap for one person to pass through, came out of the cage.

Ray looked up the stairs for a moment and turned his head in the direction of the moan.

Being imprisoned in the basement of the lord’s castle in this situation would not be an ordinary criminal.

Rey picked up the iron stick that was rolling around in the warehouse on the other side and moved to the inside of the basement.

In the deepest prison of permanent residence.

A man approaching old age was tied up with his arms bound.

*

The agile son showed talents in various fields.

He learned how to handle mana at a relatively early age and succeeded in communing with the spirits.

He wanted his son to go out into the wider world and let his talents flourish.

However, he longed to succeed in my footsteps.

Where is the father who would be embarrassed by the longing for a child’s parents?

I didn’t want my son to die slowly, bound by an oath with me.

Shortly thereafter, the contract ends.

I could have done it in my generation. If I had lived a little longer, I could have ended without passing this burden on to my son.

I kept away from him because I didn’t want him to admire me. I tried not to show myself wearing a uniform.

Looking back now, it was just my insistence on my dislike of my son.

My unilateral coercion caused misunderstandings and rifts towards each other.

Eventually, my shrewd son fell into hatred and inferiority towards his father and began to get drunk on debauchery.

By the time I realized my mistake, my son had lost even the brilliance of claiming to be my successor.

Who will you resent? everything is my fault

At first I thought so.

However, after the pact from 600 years ago finally possessed my master.

I was left alone here and was exhausted.

With the authority of the lord’s deputy, all reports were submitted in writing, and he simply locked himself in the lord’s castle and read the documents with soulless eyes and stamped them.

That’s why I didn’t notice it until the end.

The documents have been tampered with, the aides have been removed, and most of the real power has already been seized.

TT. Damn Titty.

I feel sorry for you. I am so sorry for you

When he ran away from the blade of his mad son.

I hid in the deepest room of the lord’s castle and strangled you.

Then you… What did you say?

“Inspiration.”

“…?”

“Sir, calm down.”

Pietro barely lifted his blood-dried eyelids.

“…who?”

“I’m just asking, by any chance, are you going to become the Viscount Writer?”

servant chief.

Recalling that glorious and cursed title, Pietro felt his blurry vision slowly clearing up.

Pietro opened his dry lips, seeing a small imprint beyond the dark prison.

“…Yes, I’m Chief Pietro. You… Who are you?”

“Uh, that’s right.”

Ray scratched her head and smiled.

“I came to you from the counties when I heard the news that your son had stopped farming.”

Pietro, who fell into silence again, barely spoke.

“…what are you eating?”

“You said that your child’s farming was too much? Actually, I’m worried that I’ll end up like this too. I’ve been fed, put to sleep, and raised, and then I’m not alone in worrying about what to do if I go back and talk nonsense.”

Pietro decided that the guy in front of him was insane.

“…from the Countess? By whom?”

Rey pondered for a moment at Pietro’s question.

If I explained here, ‘I’m an orphan collector in the Count of Phillips, but I’m here to get rid of the cubs who covet orphans’, it almost made me suspicious.

Ray turned around moderately.

“This is a three-piece from Count Phillips.”

“Heh heh, you’re using all sorts of tricks to open my mouth.”

It’s a dark prison.

Pietro couldn’t see Rey’s face, but he could tell that his opponent was a child just by looking at the faint image.

Are you talking about three pieces with that stupidity?

Pietro smirked at the obvious trick.

“Did Simone make you come here? You must have said that you didn’t know anything.”

“…A force that was harmful to ‘Titty’.”

Pietro’s body trembled.

“Phillips, I request the dispatch of troops immediately as a substitute for the lord. I hope that the territory can be restored to normal. Please fulfill your obligations under the oath.”

“I wonder if the letter was delivered? It could be. Bridge must be…”

“The Georgia family has it. I didn’t come here knowing exactly what was going on in the estate. It was dispatched because an abnormality was found within the dinar estate, and I found a letter while investigating the Georgia family.”

“Then why don’t you go back and tell me right now!”

“The letter was delivered to the Count through my bridge. I’m here to get a more detailed picture.”

“…!”

“I don’t have time to chat.”

You never knew when someone would come back to prison.

“I don’t think you have completely dispelled your doubts, but what I want is the initiators and collaborators of this work, their identity and purpose. You can answer this regardless of who I am.”

“…I see.”

“What motivated Simone to do this?”

“…I made a contract with the Dark Spirit.”

“I’m asking because I’m ignorant of spirits, but what does signing a contract with a dark spirit have to do with motives?”

“The magician and the spirit resemble each other’s colors through communion. If a magician who does not have sufficient skills and mental strength makes a contract with a spirit, he is unilaterally absorbed in the color of the spirit…”

Dark spirits, who are corrupted by feelings of injustice, easily induce and amplify the impulses and desires inherent in the depths of the magician.

Ray looked back on the situation while recalling what he had picked up somewhere.

‘Shimone must have already been insane when she tried to make a contract with the Dark Spirit…’

It must have been due to the influence of the dark spirits that he acted so daringly, imprisoned and even tortured his own father.

However, since the dark spirit is not a rolling stone, it was reasonable to assume that someone induced Simone’s contract.

“Who is the real instigator?”

“…Locust. A high-ranking warlock and notorious dark elemental.”

“Mr….”

Rey’s forehead was wrinkled like a piece of paper.

Because I’ve heard of the nickname Locust.

This was a very big problem.

When Rey, ignorant of wizards, heard the nickname, it meant that the opponent was a villain with a name throughout the empire.

“Possibility of being an impersonator?”

“little.”

“Is there any other information I should report to the Count?”

“The Locust was following the trail of Genesis. You’ll get it.”

Pietro, who spit out a cloudy cough, probably because of the constant torture, urged Rey.

“Escape from here. Before Simone comes.”

“…Is Simone strong?”

“The dark spirits Simone dealt with are not easy beings. Not one, but two.”

“If they get hit with a knife, they die too, right?”

“A spirit is an immortal being. It temporarily loses its appearance, but it resurrects. Above all, you need to be able to use swordsmanship to cut even an illusion.”

“What is Simone’s own power?”

“…a kid like you is no match for me. Come on out!”

Ray nodded.

Since he succeeded in identifying the identity of the wizard who was aiming for Luna, the minimum goal was achieved.

If a true Locust tycoon had intervened in this, there was nothing Ray Holler could do.

It was wise to get out of the dinar quickly, tell the Count the truth, watch the situation develop, and figure out how to protect the orphanage.

“Write…”

The children in prison came to mind for a moment, but they shook their heads.

If Rey escapes like this, they will surely be eaten by dark spirits, but they could not save everyone.

The moment Rey made a decision and turned around.

jerk

“…!”

footstep.

Pietro whispered.

“It’s Simone. Hide in the prison on the other side. I’ll make a fuss and get your attention, so run away secretly in the meantime.”

Ray thought for a moment.

Even if you run away, you’ll find out within a few minutes that one child is gone.

One of the three is gone, so there’s no way you can’t recognize it.

Rather than that…

“Inspiration.”

Rey looked at the weapon someone had brought in for torture and intimidation.

Most were in poor condition, but there were an ax and a sword that looked useful.

“There is good news and good news and bad news.”

“…?”

“The good news is that I am stronger than my son.”

Rey’s eyes glowed blue in the darkness.

Only then did Pietro realize that the opponent in front of him was a monster in the form of a child.

“The good or bad news is that if you cooperate, I can cut off the head of my son.”

“…”

“Would you like to cooperate?”

Pietro, who had closed his eyes, felt the sound of footsteps approaching and nodded.

“Let my son pay for his sins before he builds more karma.”

Rey hid in the dark.

all work is done

After finishing Simone, I had to return .