Stage of Opportunity
The new year has dawned.Read at noblemtl.com
January 1, 1010 in the Imperial Calendar.
Leon’s age has finally turned 10 today.
And today was also the date of the start of the friendly contest of the Marquis of Parostel.
Last night, I was so nervous that I was finally able to fall asleep until late at night.
Thanks to him, Leon, who overslept, made eye contact with Riel, who had already finished cooking and was waiting for Leon to wake up.
“You did wake me up.”
“How are you going to do something like that?”
“Is it not worth it?”
“My son sleeping is so cute, but it’s a waste to wake him up.”
Leon felt a burning sensation in his face at those words.
That’s because I never thought I’d be able to hear people say I’m cute even at this age.
Hagiya Leon’s appearance was different from Wonhyung Lee’s but cute.
Like Riel, her clear, white skin was reminiscent of pure white ceramics, her hair contained a burning sunset, and her eyes were bright and blue like the sky that embraces the setting sun.
However, as Lee Won-hyung had never heard a voice saying he was cute and handsome in 45 years of his life, he hardly developed immunity to words that praised his appearance.
“Chi. That’s Okay. What is this more than that?”
Leon got up from his bed and soon found a full table and tilted his head.
At the center of the banquet, which made full use of the family’s supplies, was a candle made from cut branches of a thickly fried potato pancake.
“Is it your birthday today?”
At those words, Leon widened his eyes and looked at his mother.
“Until now, I couldn’t afford to take care of my birthday, but now it’s different. So from now on, let’s celebrate your life like this every year.”
Tears welled up in Leon’s eyes at those words.
It was a life no one celebrated.
He was born as a waste, turned to garbage, abandoned by his family, cursed the world, and died that way.
Even Leon didn’t ask his mother why he gave birth to him.
I thought maybe even my mother would regret it in her heart.
I wonder if he is rotting away in the attic, a life that can be enjoyed to the fullest by giving birth to a child like himself and being tied to a family that is not even in the market for sale.
So it’s only natural that you don’t get congratulated.
I thought so until the moment I died.
So Leon dreamed of a future life without a mother.
Please do not become unhappy by having an uncongratulatory child like yourself, and I pray that you will be happy in the next life.
But my mother always did.
He did not take care of himself and always thought of his children.
Didn’t her mother always encourage Leon to live, to live?
And didn’t you tell me to congratulate you in the future?
It hurt to say those words, and because I regretted my past life, Han overflowed with tears.
“Leon? Why? Where are you sick?”
“no. I’m happy. I’m so happy that it keeps overflowing with tears.”
Leon smiled slightly and extinguished the candle that danced on the shabby branches.
I sincerely hope that from now on, you can only live a life of celebration.
* * *
The friendly match was held in the gymnasium.
A stage where knights and soldiers belonging to the Farostel family compete in good faith by competing with the wizards of other mage families who are invited as guests as spectators.
The reason that the friendly match was held on the first day of the new year was meant to promote friendship by renewing their relationship this year.
Of course, the intention behind the story was not to promote friendship, but to spy on the capabilities of the children of the opposing family and determine whose family was more prosperous.
That fact was evident by looking only at the faces invited to this friendly match.
The largest armed group in the Philo Kingdom is Matoap.
The magic tower was divided into four groups of fire, water, earth, and wind, and the magic families of the Philo Kingdom belonged to one of these towers.
Among them, there were four mage families that had the most influence in the Philo Kingdom, and those were the Parostel, Rothbane, Tempest, and Marquis Marquis families.
Among them, the Parostel family and the Rothbane family each continued their struggle for power for a long time to seize the real power of the kingdom, each serving as the lord of the fire and water. had reached a point where it could not be improved.
And the blue-haired noble girl I saw in the ghetto not long ago.
Since she was the third daughter of the Marquis Rothbane family, the fact that she invited her to this friendly contest meant that the friendship was good.
Whether the Parostel family wins or the Rosbane family wins at the time she invited her, the pride of the defeated family will disappear without form.
Arya Rossbane is a talented person born with a rare talent even in the long history of the Rothbane magic family.
Therefore, the timing of Leon’s participation in the friendly match had to be important.
Even on this special day when friendly matches were held, the gymnasium, which was open to the knights, soldiers, and wizards belonging to the family, was too open for illegitimate children of the family to wander around.
Even in the midst of a struggle for pride between families, it was absurd to have an illegitimate child who could damage the family’s honor.
So, at the end of the friendly match, the moment when the Parostel family lost in a mess and no longer had any pride to be crushed was Leon’s only chance to participate in the friendly match.
Leon was pacing near the dance hall, and soon he could hear the explosions and loud noises that could not be stopped even with the soundproof barrier installed there, and the cheers were heard.
According to Leon’s memory, the Farostel Magician clan lost this match in a mess.
Even the servants working in the family are defeated so thoroughly that their faces darken and the overall atmosphere becomes harsh.
And maybe now is the moment.
Leon clasped the sweat on his hands and confidently moved to the dance floor.
At that moment, the trauma grabbed Leon’s ankle.
Although it was already more than 50 years in the past, Leon was only beaten to the point where he could not die for sneaking out of the gym at the age of 10.
The memories of that time were imprinted on his soul, and Leon’s body, remembering death, refused to enter the gymnasium.
His fingertips trembled, but he clenched his fist tightly.
‘I am already different from then.’
This friendly match was the stage to prove it.
The first stage where a bastard born of low blood in the Farostel family is celebrated for his life.
In order to change the terrible past, Leon himself had to change first.
He took a heavy step and moved forward.
Because I didn’t want to live a life of regrets hiding in a dark attic anymore.
The scene that unfolded before Leon’s eyes was tragic.
“Silen?”
A blood-soaked Sylen Farostel was lying on the floor, and a familiar boy smiling sadly in front of it was looking down at her.
According to information purchased from the Information Guild, one of the prospects invited to this friendly match.
Eren Freers.
“The Marquise of Parostel is not a big deal.”
“Wow!”
Silen’s whole body was covered in frost.
It seemed that he had caused hypothermia by stealing body temperature with freezing magic.
The amount of oxygen going to the brain decreased, so the mental power to cast magic was lacking.
Silen bit her lip in anger, but her eyes were already blurred.
Eventually she collapsed as if falling asleep, and the soldiers who had been waiting in advance took her to the hospital bed.
It wasn’t until the time came when he couldn’t see Silen like that, the boy declared victory.
“The result of this friendly match was decided by the victory of our Water magic tower!”
wow!
He could see the countless wizards invited as guests cheering and embracing each other.
The only thing that Leon bought from the information guild was the personalities of the prospects participating in the friendly match, so he couldn’t know who they were, but looking at this, he gave a rough guess.
‘It’s a water tower.’
In this friendly match, since Arya and other mage families belonging to the Magic Tower of Water were invited, the confrontation between the family and the family seemed to have expanded to the realm of the Magic Tower versus the Magic Tower.
‘It’s good to see you happy.’
This friendly match cannot end in defeat.
“for a moment!”
As Leon’s voice resounded in the heated atmosphere, people’s eyes gathered together.
“That’s…”
Among them, it was Nvidia Farostel, who was in the top 10, to send a particularly hot gaze.
He had already lost the match, and he was in a state of disrepair, creating a ferocious momentum.
Leon opened his mouth, raising his voice even more, trying to shut his mouth, as if he was about to run away and chase him away at any moment.
“I!”
Look around.
Not only the wizards who came from the Water Tower, but also the soldiers of the family who had been ignoring Leon could not ignore him for this moment.
“I am Leon Farostel, the 11th in the Farostel family.”
A total of 67 years of life before the return, in the past, and in the present.
This was the first time Leon introduced himself as a child of the Farostel family.
At that declaration, not only the soldiers of the family, but also the guests who came from the Water Tower began to murmur in confusion.
He declared the voice to be silenced.
“I, Leon Farostel, apply for a match in the Water Tower.”
Close!
At those words, the crowd became quiet, and the only thing they could hear was the grinding of the teeth of the 10th rank.
But in the end, he didn’t kick Leon out.
Leon had already introduced himself as a child of the Farostel family, so it was too late to settle the situation.
As he had already lost the match, he had no qualifications to stop Leon, nor was he in the mood to do so, so he had no choice but to swallow his anger.
Eren Freers opened his mouth.
“You’re 11th in the Farostel family? I just heard that the eleventh in the Farostel family is Silen Farostel.”
“Two years ago, I competed against Silen and won. Therefore, I am the 11th in the Farostel family.”
At those words, the crowd began to roar once more.
“Weren’t all 11 children of the Parostel Magic Family?”
“Who the hell is Leon Farostel?”
Looking at the reactions of those around him, Leon also twisted his lips and smiled.
Now the situation can no longer bite.
Leon and his mother Riel have been confined to the family attic until now.
A life in which no one affirms existence.
The reason for this is that Leon’s birth would be a blemish on the honor of the Farostel magic family.
If so, what should be done to affirm its existence?
Even if it is revealed to the world that Leon is the illegitimate son of the Parostel family, he has to prove his superior ability so that his family name will not be tarnished.
For example, what if Leon possesses more magical talent than the genius of Rothbane, a rival of Farostel?
Far from denying Leon’s existence, the family will welcome it with open arms.
There is no longer any reason for Leon and Riel to hide in the attic.
Of course, that was all in the case where Leon won the friendly match.
If Leon loses this match, all his glory will be lost, and Leon and Riel will be forced to avoid the reproach of the family.
Leon couldn’t hide his excitement at that dizzying imagination.
Eren Freers looked at the reaction of those around him, and replied with a grin.
“Heh, that’s fine. If you’re really number 11, I’ll defeat you once again. Even if we lose again this time, please don’t just say nonsense that the real 11th place was different.”
Ha ha ha ha ha!
At the boy’s rant, the faces of the soldiers belonging to the Farostel family darkened, and the morale of the guests who came from the Water Tower increased without end.
But for Leon, it doesn’t really matter.
Leon did not stand on this stage to raise the family’s honor.
This was just a stage of opportunity to end the terrible life of the past and open up the possibility of a new life.