“Kill… “Did you say that?”
I was lost in thought for a moment about what to say in response to such bold language.
Was Terry Burns like this? You have to have heard something about the Minister of Protocol to know anything.
“okay.”
He closed his mouth as if he had nothing more to say.
The Minister of Protocol was suggesting to me that I should use the Jeffman as much as I could and then throw it away.
If he had known how to change Jeffman’s mind, he would have already put his plan into action.
“You like to be to the point, so I’ll keep it short.”
“You understand the language well.”
I’ve felt people’s attitudes change due to my sky-high fame and achievements, but meeting someone like this for the first time in a while feels new to me.
The Minister of Protocol’s expression seemed to say, ‘What are you going to do?’ ‘If you don’t like it, kill me.’
“There is a way to change Jeffman’s mind.”
“Oh, then do it then. Jeffman is expected to return soon.”
After saying that, Terry Burns nods and walks past me. Then, while holding the doorknob, he stops and looks back at me.
“What are you doing? “Aren’t you going?”
“… … going.”
I couldn’t hide my embarrassment. It’s been a while since I haven’t been able to manage my facial expressions well. He didn’t seem interested in anything.
The Minister of Protocol turned and left. Don’t you usually ask if there is a way? Where on earth does this confidence come from, telling people to do it because there is a way, and then just walking away? Do you trust me that much?
‘Jeffman’s mother said she was sick.’
I headed straight to the place where his mother was taken. From the time Jeffman was arrested, his mother also moved to her residence separately from the royal family for surveillance.
Given Jeffman’s contributions so far, it was not difficult to provide shelter and food for his mother.
A small house located on the outskirts of Brilliant. The maid who manages the place and Jeffman’s mother live inside.
“Are you there?”
“Oh my, Ren. Come on in.”
“Excuse me for a moment.”
I had already been there once. When I caught up with Jeffman and heard her situation, she moved her residence here.
“Are you here to see Joanna?”
“yes. “Where are you?”
“You will be lying in your room. Could you please wait a moment? “I’ll call you.”
“yes.”
I hurriedly went inside, served tea and cookies, and went up to the second floor. When I was taking about three sips of tea, Joanna came down.
Pale face, skinny figure, and physical strength so weak that he was out of breath just by walking down a few stairs.
Anyone can see that Joanna’s condition appears to be serious.
“Are you here?”
“I don’t know if I woke you up for no reason.”
“no. “I was about to wake up around this time too.”
I slowly checked her status and activated the status window.
[Joanna Albert]
– Characteristic: Mana pulse
– Strength: 4
– Agility: 4
– Stamina: 3
– Senses: 7
High senses compared to very low physical abilities. And a trait called Mana Pulse.
[Mana pulse]
This constitution makes it easy to accept mana. The mana that enters the body pulsates easily.
# Accepts mana easily.
# The flow of mana becomes stronger.
Just looking at the description of the status window, it is a very deceptive feature. A trait that every wizard would want to have.
However, for her who was not a wizard but an ordinary person, that characteristic seemed to be poisonous.
‘I wasn’t able to figure out the exact cause before, but now I think I have a rough idea of it.’
I asked Joanna to hold out her hand and then touched her wrist to check her pulse.
Gemma’s yin-yang sculpting skills that I felt while having my body sculpted every day. By feeling it with my whole body, I was able to understand the other person’s internal flow to some extent using energy.
I gently pushed in and checked her situation very slowly and calmly.
A passageway through which mana flows, and intermediate sections that amplify and activate them.
Her body, which did not have good physical abilities, was unable to withstand the influx of mana from outside and was slowly rotting away.
Mana must be circulated internally to activate the body and create magical power through it, but she accepted mana first without laying the foundation, and this is what happened.
‘The body is already so damaged that it would be difficult for even most wizards to repair it.’
Unless you are a master in this field or possess enormous inner strength, you will not be able to change her constitution.
But I know someone who has that kind of skill.
“That’s it.”
“yes.”
She answers calmly. A look that doesn’t look very promising. Many experts have already visited her and talked to her a lot. There would have been no results.
“Please bring some food. “If you take care of your health, shouldn’t you be able to return to your daily life quickly even after your body recovers?”
“Yes, I will take good care of it.”
She smiled brightly and answered. But I guess I’ll just answer like that and skip a meal.
His physical condition doesn’t look that good. I wouldn’t feel better mentally because I was worried about my son.
‘I need to get treatment quickly.’
After talking to her for a bit, I got up. I didn’t tell her there was a way to restore her body.
It won’t be too late to talk to Gemma when things become clearer. If you only give expectations, you may be disappointed.
* * *
Brilliant normalized faster than expected. It was important to use this opportunity to cut out the rotten roots in the royal family and appoint only those who were loyal to Brilliant regardless of their abilities.
“Let go! Don’t you let go of this? Me! “When I return to Rosaria, please be quiet.”
“To Rosaria? Do you think there will be a place for you there?”
Cohen had to deal one by one with the nobles who were forcibly kicked out of the royal family. This was because although he was one of the most powerful men in the kingdom, he also held the rank of royal administrator.
Originally, this was not the responsibility of the administrator, but since there was no one more qualified than Cohen, he had no choice but to step forward.
“Is your position within Rosaria large? “Will Ren Argen’s position be significant?”
“that… case… … . Ha, just take a look! “I’m going to spit out everything I’ve eaten so far!”
“That’s natural, and it’s just about to start rolling properly, so you can’t just put rusty and broken gears in there, right?”
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Cohen scoffed.
“Take it away.”
“yes!”
It wasn’t like they were being dealt with carelessly without justification. Their irresponsible management of internal affairs, the kickbacks they took without thinking, and the resulting outside influence all came together to corrupt the royal family and caused this incident.
There were also people who staged armed protests against their decision.
“Tsk, this is reality.”
Private soldiers stationed at the mansion. That number is quite large. The level is also quite high.
“Because the power of the royal family is worthless, these guys are doing this behind the scenes.”
“We will handle it. Mr. Cohen. Our Golden Lion Knights are enough for those guys! Mr. Cohen, there is no need to step forward! “Just sit there and watch comfortably!”
Andrew stepped forward confidently. Dominic shook his head, saying he couldn’t stop him. With a slight nod from Cohen, his permission has already been granted, so now all we have to do is drive out those private soldiers.
“Just that number?”
“Ha, isn’t it surprising that Cohen doesn’t come forward?”
“Even if we say that it is at the level of the Knights of the Golden Lion, isn’t it at most a gathering of mid- to low-level knights?”
The knights commanding the private soldiers sneered. This was because he clearly knew the capabilities of the Golden Lion Knights.
“Then why not try it?”
Dominic was confident. The Golden Lion Knights before and after meeting Leader Ren had developed to the point where they could be said to be a completely different knighthood.
“Stop it!”
“Get them!”
The fight has begun. The Golden Lion Knights gathered together and gave off an unknown force.
And the soldiers were quickly overwhelmed by the intense spirit of life and fighting spirit they were experiencing for the first time.
“They are traitors to the royal family! Catch them all!”
It was not the Golden Lion Knights of the past. After achieving tremendous growth through fighting in the north, private soldiers of this level do not feel like opponents.
The fight ended more smoothly than expected. This was because the Knights of the Golden Lion, who had invaded the private army at once, grabbed the nobleman by the neck.
“This is the best knighthood of Brilliant! Hey guys .. hey guys!”
Andrew stuck out his chest and shouted proudly.
“Search the mansion. “You will have to pay the price for gathering private soldiers without reporting.”
That’s how Brilliant began to change day by day.
* * *
Time disappeared as quickly as melting snow. King Maurice still had not regained consciousness, but his children were trying to normalize the government as much as possible.
“Your Majesty the 2nd Prince and your 3rd Prince are both great.”
“That’s right. “I don’t know if it’s because they were overshadowed by Prince Lev, but it looks like they are both qualified to inherit the next throne.”
“yes. In particular, Prince Allan has already gathered the nobles and is focusing his efforts on rebuilding the royal family.”
“Oh my, Prince Louise is already establishing a system with the royal family’s military formation.”
“It’s a shame that the two of you are in competition.”
“When one person becomes king, the other naturally… … .”
Officials who were loyal to the royal family sighed in disappointment. The loser of the throne race always had a bad ending. Like Lev Hertia.
“The support fund was sent from the top called Full Gather in Red Pill.”
“what? Subsidy? I have to go now! hehehehe.”
At the deacon’s words, an official from the Ministry of Finance jumped up and ran outside upon hearing the news.
Three large wagons were loaded with luggage from Full Gather. The general manager there was the bald Acro.
“I received so much help from Ren Argen. “I hope this helps a little.”
“oh my! This is a huge help. “Acro General Manager.”
The more money and wealth the better, and what Brilliant needed most right now were resources and manpower.
Acro and an official from the Ministry of Finance exchanged light conversation.
“But we need a sculptor. Does anyone know? “Your skills need to be a lot better.”
“A sculptor? Hmm, there aren’t many people in Brilliant who are particularly good at art. “I’ll let you know when I think of it.”
“please. But I’d like you to do it a little secretly.”
“Oh, that’s easy. Is there anything else you would like to ask?”
“hmm… … , This isn’t that important, but these days, there’s a lot of instrumental sound in Brilliant, right? Did any famous musicians come? “We were already looking for musicians at the top.”
The official laughed lightly at Acro’s question, brought his face closer, and muttered softly.
“Do you know that?”
“yes?”
“We have amazing musicians at Brilliant. “It also works for the royal family.”
“Yeah? Is that so? Huh… … . “I’d like to take a look.”
“You will see it soon.”
The official who said that stands up with a meaningful smile on his face. Acro heard that Ren was in Decane and headed there.
* * *
[The decree is released.]
– It’s finally over.
Gemma looks at me with a satisfied smile.
[You have cleared “Sub-Quest – Gemma’s Sculpting”.]
[「Reward – Magical Engraving」 is obtained.]
[A passage of magic power is created in the body.]
[Magic power increases by 1.]
A foreign energy felt throughout the body. This, which was significantly different from energy, was clearly the magic power used by wizards.
“They say that happiness comes after hardships… … . “That’s exactly right.”
With this, we prepared the conditions to learn Gemma’s sculpting skills. Now, if I gather more magical power, I will be able to cure Joanna’s illness and learn Grace’s astrology.
‘The unfortunate thing is that King Maurice cannot be recovered even with Gemma’s sculpting. ‘I can’t help it.’
Maybe it was fate that Maurice died and a new king emerged.
– Now I just need to gather some magic power. I need to have enough magical power to use it for carving.
“Shall we try sculpting?”
– okay. hmm… , excuse me. Let’s carve that big rock. Because I already have all the tools ready. I will tell you what to do, so follow it carefully.
“yes.”
It was said that in order to obtain Gemma’s sculpting skill, you had to use energy and magic to sculpt a masterpiece.
It would be easy to use the code, but things are not so easy every day, so it would be good for me to learn it too.
[Code – Gemma]
Gemma, who came into my body, stood in front of a large rock. Almost twice as large as the body. Holding a carving knife, she moved her energy and infused it into the carving knife.
The sculptor’s intentions gradually begin to become clear, along with the rock being ground without hesitation and the dazzling movements of his hands.
As I was concentrating on sculpting for a while, I also became absorbed in her sculpting skills and lost track of time.
“complete.”
She put down the carving knife.
“The name of the work is ‘Len Argen.’”
I blankly looked at her work. It was my face. It’s almost similar to the real thing.
This is my first time seeing a sculpture of this quality. I don’t think even the statues modeled after the emperor’s face in the empire were like this.
[The decree is released.]
I feel like I’ve lost a lot of spiritual power after being in the dark for quite some time.
“wren… sir?”
At that time, someone’s voice is heard from behind.
The person who looked at me blankly and muttered was Acro at the top of Full Gather.
“Acro, why did you come here?”
“Huh… … , I never thought Ren would be a master of sculpting… … .”
Have you ever seen carving? Somehow, that blank expression was very similar to the faces people around me showed whenever I spoke.
“Ren!”
Acro lunges at me and grabs my hand.
“yes? “Why are you doing this?”
“Make me just one statue! please!”
“… … yes?”