Swordmaster of the Red Light District

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To Darren, Ray was a reliable older brother and a great teacher.

As usual, Darren regarded Rey as the pillar and leader of the orphanage.

It was only after Rey followed Alesia to the imperial tower that she could feel just how great her influence was.

In the orphanage, children with different personalities and wounds lived in groups, so naturally, conflicts arose.

Adults could not intervene and coordinate all the conflicts.

At such times, it was Ray who always became a will.

Rather than suppressing conflicts between children by force, Ray tried to find a smooth solution.

Even if a child has personality flaws, if he has the will to solve it on his own, he will stand by him and patiently watch over him.

If I wanted to cross the line, I would grab the blade and cut it to death, but there were fewer cases like that than I thought.

Ray always tried to be perfect in front of the kids, and was usually perfect.

On the contrary, he was so perfect that Darren often felt that Ray was apathetic.

And Rei was the most powerful force in the nursery.

Seeing Ray being careful even for adults, Darren and other children felt a sense of awe and a great sense of security.

Such Ray disappeared from the nursery.

The children of the orphanage were left alone by the creek.

For a day or two, I splashed water while enjoying my freedom, but soon I realized that my guardian had disappeared and I was anxious.

Karen was particularly depressed, but Johanna was in bad shape as well.

During Rey’s absence, Johanna’s eyes were always dark and dead.

Yohana wanted to shake off all her thoughts, so after Ray left, she repeated her swordsmanship training terribly for a while.

It wasn’t until Rey’s return that his expressions changed, but when he heard the news that Rey’s return would be delayed, he was stuck in his room and didn’t come out for a day.

As time passed, the date that Rey would return came again.

Darren knew.

Yohana had been fiddling with the small perfume bottle she had received from her maid sister who works in the lord’s castle all morning.

After contemplating for a long time whether to spray perfume or not, I finally put it down because of my pride.

Darren saw it with his own two eyes.

Even after coming out to meet Rei, Yohana did not wave a single hand and tickled.

Darren felt very frustrated with Yohana, who only chooses things to hate.

However, Rei, instead of bruising the outstretched Yohana, presented her with an elegant and beautiful sword.

Seeing Yohana about to die, Darren smiled warmly, but felt a bit of bitterness.

Disappointment that you will not receive a sword as good as Yohana.

Jealousy towards Ray, who is taking the attention of popular girls.

The two emotions mixed and made my heart pound.

Well, although the taste was a little bitter, Darren still admired and respected Rey.

Then Ray called Karen.

Most of the people watching the situation, including Darren, thought that Rey would present Karen with a moderately luxurious sword.

However, the new box that Rey pulled out was only the size of the palm of her hand.

Rey looked at Karen and opened the box.

A necklace with small jewels shining in gold was shining alone in a black box.

“Uh…?”

Karen let out a strange exclamation.

It seemed as if his thoughts had completely stopped at the very unexpected identity of the gift.

It was a beautiful necklace that would be difficult to see for the rest of my life on a rural floor like this.

Everyone’s eyes were focused on the gold glittering jewel embedded in the necklace.

Only Darren hurriedly looked at Johana’s expression.

The corners of Johana’s lips, which had just been shuddering, were hardened like ice cubes.

Tsar!

Rei carefully took the necklace out of the box and unfolded it.

Karen’s two eyes trembled as they faced the beautiful sparkling necklace under the blazing sunlight.

Rey takes a step closer to Karen.

Darren muttered involuntarily.

“Is that bastard right now…?”

The ominous predictions did not go wrong.

Rey trimmed Karen’s messy hair, and put her hands behind Karen’s white nape and hung the necklace instead.

Tok!

The sound of the necklace’s lock being filled was particularly loud.

Karen felt the awkward coldness of the metal running down her neck.

Karen’s skin became hotter than ever.

“Aww…”

Karen, whose ears were dyed red, could not face Rei, and lowered her eyes.

Rey looked at Karen, whose expression almost melted, and smiled contentedly.

Karen’s hair, which looked like it had been removed from the setting sun, and the jewels shining in golden color matched very well.

“It’s pretty.”

At Ray’s words, Karen couldn’t stand it any longer and covered her face with her hands.

My whole body was so hot that smoke seemed to rise above my head.

Darren exclaimed inwardly.

‘Crazy bastard, please…!’

It was definitely a delightful sight.

However, most of the people gathered at the place were watching someone’s eyes.

Although winter was still far away, the air was cold.

Dumpling!

The sound of the belt breaking is heard.

Zeppelin’s sword, which was tied to Johana’s waist, was torn out with its scabbard.

Rey involuntarily turned her head.

Yohana, whose face was dyed red for reasons completely opposite to Karen, approached.

Johanna swung Zeppelin’s sword with her scabbard towards Rey, who blinked without understanding the situation.

wow!!

“Aww!!”

Rey, who had blocked Johana’s blow with her forearm, screamed.

It was a pretty strong hit. The skill of the new Johanna that I had never seen had improved considerably.

Rei felt satisfied for a moment, but she couldn’t help but laugh because of Johana’s attacks.

Whoops!! Whoops!! Whoops!!

“Ahhh!!”

Rei continued to block Yohana’s attack with her body without even knowing the English language.

Yohana, who slapped Rei dozens of times while grinding her teeth, colored her eyes red.

“I don’t need something like this…!!”

wow!!

Johanna threw the sword at Rei.

Yohana turned her back and rubbed her eyes and ran as far as her feet could reach.

The hem of Johana’s sleeves, who was moving away, quickly got wet.

Even then, Karen was engrossed in her own world, covering her face with her hands, not knowing what was going on outside.

Rey pressed her buttocks to the ground and patted her trembling wrists.

“Why is he suddenly doing that to me…?”

Ray looked around.

Everyone who came out to meet them was shooting Rei with their eyes full of trouble.

In particular, Darren’s eyes were intense, almost to the level of swearing with his eyes.

“?”

Rei was in confusion and closed her mouth for once.

I was thinking about what I was doing wrong when someone tapped me on the side.

It was Luna.

Luna looked at Rey with her hands outstretched.

“…Give me a present too.”

“…”

I have to give it because it’s different.

Rey began to rummage through the luggage again.

As she rummaged through the luggage, Rey felt a strong uneasiness run up her throat.

In Rei’s hand, the spell book that he had received from the Imperial Majesty Tower was caught.

When he was attacked in the canyon, the spell book rolled over the ground, so his condition was pretty messed up.

Rey pulled out the spell book and muttered ugly while brushing the outside of the book.

“Hey, why is there dirt here…”

“…”

Luna accepted the twisted spell book and looked at Rey without saying a word.

Rey looked at him and raised his arms to take a defensive posture.

Luna without hesitation smashed Rey with a magic book.

puck! puck!

Luna’s hand, wielding the spellbook, had no power at all.

Rey didn’t feel any pain in the arm that raised the guard, but it hurts a lot.

Who was it that elicited such a violent reaction to our good Luna?

It was Ray himself.

Luna, who had been sufficiently angered, put down the book and picked up the sword that Johana had left behind.

“…I’ll bring you this, Yohana.”

“Uh, yeah… Thanks.”

Luna whimpered, picked up the sword and left.

Karen still covered her face with both hands, dyeing her body red.

Ray sat in her place with a bewildered face, then met the eyes of the other orphanage children who had come to meet her.

“…I’ll give you your presents later.”

“Yeah, what…”

Everyone looked at Rey with the eyes of a pathetic person in the world and turned around.

Jimmy, who was watching all the scenes from the side, said a word.

“Are you sick?”

“…I’m kind of reflecting.”

Ray had to admit his mistake.

When I bought a present this time, it was probably a little bit… I chose the item with the sensibility of matching the equipment to the character who loves the character.

Yohana was usually passionate about swordsmanship training, and Luna also liked books so much, so I thought there would be no problem, but somehow it seemed that the score was correct.

“Okay…”

Ray stood up from his seat holding Jimmy’s hand and shook off his clothes.

Seeing Didier naked and out in the courtyard made it seem like he had to return to Count Phillips quickly.

“Jimmy, please take care of Karen.”

“okay.”

Jimmy turned to Karen.

Karen still seemed out of her mind.

“Well… don’t worry.”

To be honest, I didn’t really like Rey’s gift of expensive jewelry to Karen.

It’s a pain in the butt if I just lose it.

Still, knowing that Karen had been devoted to the orphanage, Jimmy didn’t have to complain.

*

Ray and Didier entered the office of the permanent residence.

The Count was a little perplexed when he saw Rey’s mourning.

It was because there was a bruise on his face from a bird he hadn’t seen for a while.

“Rei…? Who did you fight with?”

“Oh, it’s not a big deal. Because the welcome was a bit harsh…”

The Count nodded once and took out the main object.

To be honest, it didn’t matter if Rey’s face was bruised or not.

“In the canyon… what the hell happened?”

“Well…”

Having gathered his thoughts, Rey passed on most of the information he knew except for the Royal Guard and the battle process to the Count.

After hearing all of Rey’s story, the Count pressed his forehead with one hand.

It meant that it was quite shocking to the extent that the count, who valued dignity, reacted like that.

“Unlucky… bad.”

Bad luck. The count stopped there.

As an aristocrat of the empire, it was difficult to criticize the imperial family recklessly, and the judgment of the imperial family was not incomprehensible from the point of view of the ecology of power.

Ray added a word just in case.

“The involvement of the Crown Prince and this raid is close to speculation.”

“It will take time to get an accurate answer.”

The Count sighed.

“Your decision to return immediately to the territory was correct. It is best for the nobles on the outskirts not to get involved in the central business at all. But… how did they survive?”

Jenkinson also testified that the Royal Guard, or two Royal Guard-class unmanned personnel, were mobilized in the raid.

If it is a Royal Guard, it is almost the strongest in the category of knights, except for the master level.

Rey sighed and opened her mouth.

“While I was holding on to one, my aunt took care of the other. It was really close, but… I managed to get it done.”

“…”

The count looked at the thirteen-year-old boy without a word.

It was not easy to deny that he was talking bullshit about standing up front against the Royal Guard.

Eventually, the Count burst into laughter.

“I’ve talked many times, but if there’s anything you want, tell me. I’ll support you as much as possible.”

“All right.”

“You should keep your neck down until the center is stable. What are you going to do? Do you have anything else to do?”

“No. Well, I’ve also brought a wizard…”

Rey shrugged her shoulders as she looked at Lopilen who was beside her.

“I’ll have to focus on teaching my kids for a while. But before that, we’ll have to reconcile…”

The places beaten by Johana throb.

Rey washed her face dry and asked the Count.

“There is something I would like to ask for cooperation from Alesia… are you okay?”

“Do whatever you want.”

The count coolly allowed it .