ALL NOVEL chapter 27
27 – 6-My Son, My Son
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Before the sun rose in the middle of the sky, the wagon reached the village of Lothric.
I stopped the carriage.
It’s because you have to find Mion, the main character of Esteria Electric, and take him with you.
It was only three months ago that I met Jin here and told Mion that I would accept her as a starter, but it already felt like a distant past.
“But why are you so noisy?”
The small mining town, with only one inn for travelers, was busier than it had been before.
Both children and adults were running around with pickaxes, while men wearing cloaks they had never seen before were standing all over the village like security guards with lights on.
“The Knights of the Holy Cross. They say they are investigating a dungeon found in a mining town.”
Amber’s words brought back memories I had forgotten.
Obviously, Helga said that when she was taking the entrance exam in Lighthouse Village.
[Are they the Knights of the Holy Cross? But what exactly are they doing?]
Jin, who was busy looking around, showed her face after a long time.
‘The Knights of the Holy Cross are administratively located under the direct control of the Holy See.’
[Administrative? Then what is it actually?]
‘The Emperor’s bodyguard.’
Should we say that they were the half-brothers of the Lighthouse of Humanity, or the victims of the cheap feces of the first emperor? Anyway, the Knights of the Holy Cross had a delicate relationship with the Lighthouse of Humanity.
The Knights of the Holy Cross were an organization that was hired from the Vatican as a temporary measure when the Humanity Lighthouse became the property of the de Yewitz family after the death of the first emperor, and the knights to protect the imperial family disappeared.
It is an irony of history that the Vatican, which almost disappeared due to the Reformation at the time, was able to survive by handing over the Knights of the Holy Cross.
[In a nutshell, is it a joke of the Humanity Lighthouse?]
‘It’s not wrong.’
I wouldn’t have done such a stupid thing if the first emperor hadn’t spat out useless words, ‘Only the Human Lighthouse is the Emperor’s Knights’.
Anyway, when the ancestors shovel, the later generations suffer.
[No matter how hard it is, they are the best guards who protect the emperor.
‘What are you talking about? Why are the Knights of the Holy Cross the best?’
After pondering Jin’s question for a long time, I realized where I had gone wrong.
‘Ah, you were sealed in the Age of Swords, right? The elite who protect the emperor are not stupid muscle knights, but an elite group called the Magic Brigade.’
Welcome to the age of magic.
Just as a scholar is more important than a knight in the modern era of Earth’s history, sorcerers were much more treated than idiots who could cut knives in the central region where steam engines had already started to operate.
This is also the reason why the northern part of the country, which still treats knights preferentially, is teased as a rural area.
Among them, the magic brigade was a paramilitary organization under the direct control of the emperor, to which about 20,000 wizards from 6th circle or higher were obliged to belong.
It is also the most powerful weapon to support the emperor.
So even if the knights were involved in administrative problems, there was no need to touch them.
‘Still, this emperor is giving a lot of strength to the Knights of the Holy Cross.’
Let’s finish the detailed setting play of Esteria’s biography, which is complicated and unnecessary to know, at this point.
The corrective action was too long.
The important thing now is that the Knights of the Holy Cross came to Lothric Village to investigate the dungeon I found, and I can demand a bounty from them.
I got off the carriage and approached the Knight of the Holy Cross.
“Hey, who’s in charge here?”
“What is it, kid. Can’t you see I’m working now?”
Oh, I forgot to mention that the de Yewitz family clock was burned down.
I don’t know who I am because I have nothing to identify with.
Since it is a situation that can be misunderstood, I will skip this rudeness.
I calmly explained who I was and what my business was.
“I am Bjorn de Yeevitz, the eldest son of the De Yeevitz family and the one who discovered the dungeon here. So I’d like to speak with the person in charge.”
“f*ck it. If you are Bjorn de Jejeitz, then I am Drich von Oxburg. Don’t f*ck it up, you country boy.”
My head naturally turned to the sky as my blood pressure soared.
I was convinced with the second attitude.
This knight of the Holy Cross clearly knows that I am Bjorn de Jejeitz.
There is no doubt that the child who came down from the procession of the Lighthouse of Humanity cannot have a low status, but the fact that he came out like this is only a regional feeling that he wants to f*ck a northern idiot.
Haa, even though it’s on the way down to Stemwind, I’m already excited about what kind of adventure will unfold in Stemwind.
Since you got ahead, I’ll deal with you with politics, the pride of the middle-aged guys.
Let me tell you clearly that the north also has a strand.
I stepped away from the Knight of the Holy Cross and called Amber and Barton.
“Barton, go right now to the villager who was mobilized to investigate the dungeon and ask how much he was paid.”
“Suddenly? I’ll get it soon.”
“Amber, find a little boy named Mion who lives in the mountains over there and bring him back.”
“Okay.”
The two left at the same time, following my order, and Barton arrived first in less than 10 minutes.
“The villagers say that the Knights of the Holy Cross didn’t give me a single penny while threatening to do it for the country.”
“What?”
It was so absurd that I squeezed between my lips and the sound of air escaping came out.
“Is that true?”
“I’m sure I heard the same thing from the three men who just came out of the mine.”
“Wow, did these f*cking things go round?”
I couldn’t help but smack my forehead at the foolish behavior of the Knights of the Holy Cross.
I wanted to argue with the fairness of the conservatives, but something bigger than I thought was happening.
I immediately returned to the procession and ordered the Humanity Lighthouse.
“Besiege the Knights of the Holy Cross in this town right now!”
Hearing the sudden order, the Humanity Lighthouse Company hesitated for a moment, but that was only for a moment, and soon moved to surround the Knights of the Holy Cross in the village and drive them into one place.
In this respect, it was definitely like the knights representing the north.
“This is an order from the Dejewitz family! Do not rebel!”
“What, what are these guys doing all of a sudden?!”
The Knights of the Holy Cross drew their swords and fought against the sudden threat of the Lighthouse of Humanity.
However, the Knights of the Holy Cross here must be at the bottom of the organization, especially compared to the Humanity Lighthouse.
And decisively, they did not have the courage to strike a knife against the Humanity Lighthouse in the afterlife of De Yeevitz.
As the Humanity Lighthouse began to press the difference in numbers, the Knights of the Holy Cross slowly moved to the center of the village.
I rode to the center of the village on horseback and roared.
“I, the eldest son of the de Jejeitz family, Bjorn de Jejeitz, will arrest you for violating the Golden Edict! Everyone lay down your weapons!”
“The Golden Edict! What do you mean by that!”
One of the knights who were being driven into the village raised his voice.
This was the guy I had a fight with earlier.
“Are you saying that the Knight of the Holy Cross doesn’t know what the Golden Edict of the First Emperor is?”
“If it’s an edict that guarantees the autonomy of the Dejejets territory, I know. I mean, why is it suddenly appearing!”
“You conscripted the people of the north without permission and then say such words well.”
“Conscription! Misunderstanding! We are just…”
“If it is not conscription that the residents of Djevits Territory were mobilized for compulsory collateral work and not paid a penny for it, then what is it? Tell me! Did the emperor order you to do this? If so, I will personally appeal to the emperor. !”
I drew my sword and wrapped it in mana.
The mana that flowed along the cool tip of the sword clung to the blade without wasting a single point.
For a knight to put mana on his sword means that this simple act, like cocking a revolver, is no longer a threat or intimidation.
Starting with the Sword Aura riding on my sword, blue flames bloomed one by one on the swords of the Knights of the Lighthouse of Humanity.
“Stop it at that point, kid. If you don’t want to see real blood.”
From the other side, beyond the encirclement, a woman’s voice was heard as if it were reeling.
The sound of flowing mana shook the sword aura.
At the entrance of the village, I got chills from the sound coming from the vocal chords of a person who seemed to have just arrived here.
Her appearance was incomparable to the lower ranks of the beleaguered Knights of the Holy Cross.
A silver-toned armor decorated with gold and a clock as red as red wine revealed its identity.
Anyone who grew up in the Oxburg Empire would not know what that armor meant.
It was the imperial guard who assisted the emperor near the emperor.
“Are you Bjorn de Yewitz? Should I say it’s like fame or more than fame?”
Her horse, carrying her, slowly came towards me.
I felt like I was in my 30s now.
Her reddish-brown hair, plaited in a plait so as not to get in the way of her helmet, her immaculate skin with a hint of red, and her thin neckline remind us of her glazed country girl.
But her stare at me was cruel and heartless, like a tiger looking down at her deer that had already snapped her neck.
It was the first time I met her face, but I knew her better than anyone else.
Commonly, a sword master is expressed as one person but many people.
It was a word that meant a being stronger than anyone except the swordsman, Landoros.
But, of course, there is a water supply among sword masters.
Among her current living sword masters, she was the one in the front row when it came to that rank.
One of the three sword masters who were trained by Archduke Landeros, the Sword Saint, leader of the Holy Cross Knights, and the one who inherited the Sword Saint surname.
“The Vice-Captain of the Knights of the Holy Cross, Sir Lunea Hoth.”
The big man of the Oxburg Empire, who appears as the teacher of the warrior Mion in the Esteria biography, has appeared in a corner of the northern village.