Episode 4
Raon left the annex for the first time in Sylvia’s arms and headed for Sieghard’s main building.
‘Is that the main building?’
The main building is visible in the distance. Its height was about eye-level with the sky, and the width was so far that it was impossible to capture it all at a glance.
It would not be strange to call it a castle rather than a house.
‘You are the ruler of the north.’
Although Sieghard was a single family, he possessed more territory and power than the kingdom. It was not for nothing that it was one of the axes of the six kings.
‘Does everyone live there?’
Helen told me that Sylvia and all of her other immediate family members lived near the main building, Gajujeon.
There must be a reason why Sylvia is the only one living in the annex, but she didn’t tell me that.
‘It’s a discernment ceremony… .’
Raon looked at the Gajujeon Hall in the center of the main building and thought about the discriminatory ceremony to be held today.
‘Because they do everything.’
A child’s skull that opens toward the sky begins to close at the age of 4, and from that moment on, the child’s mana talent does not change.
Today’s Discriminant Ceremony is an event to gather children with closed skulls and find out how talented they are for mana.
‘I don’t care what it is.’
Even if the current talent is low, the ‘Ring of Fire’ will raise the body and mana sensitivity to the highest state. It was a story that had nothing to do with her innate talent.
“Laon.”
Sylvia lifted herself slightly as she slowly rotated the ring of fire. When I looked to the side, I had already arrived in front of the main building.
“Mom doesn’t care what Raon does. You just need to grow up healthy.”
“yes. Okay.”
He smiled softly like a child who knew nothing.
“After all, my son is the cutest!”
She started rubbing her face against her cheek again. If this happens, you can’t move for 5 minutes.
“Ugh, Sylvia-sama.”
“Oh sorry!”
Sylvia woke up to Helen’s cough. It was really nice to come together.
“Let’s go in. It must be a little late.”
“yes.”
She entered Gajujeon while holding herself.
‘Well.’
Raon narrowed her eyes as she looked at the people inside Gajujeon.
‘The level is high.’
Main building It was Gajujeon, so there were no ordinary people inside the building. Not only the uninhabited, but also the eyes of the servants and maids had little focus.
“I’m arriving soon. Be patient.”
“yes.”
Raon and Sylvia walked down the central hallway on the first floor. At the end of it stood an iron gate large enough for a giant to enter and exit. It was the entrance to the audience where the discriminant ceremony was held today.
“Sylvia Sieghardt, Raon Sieghardt, Helen Carbine. Has confirmed.”
Mu-in, who was guarding the audience, crossed his legs and opened the door.
Good profit!
A different world opened up with a heavy sound like a piece of iron being twisted.
Brilliant lights of five colors were pouring down from the ceiling, and invaluable ornaments were lined up on the golden walls.
This place, where you can hear billions of dollars just looking at it, was the audience room where you could meet Glenn, the head of Sieghart.
Koo!
With the sound of the door closing, the eyes of the people in the room were focused on Raon like arrows.
“Sylvia? So that kid is Sylvia’s?”
“What a child’s face… .”
“Blonde eyes.”
“I am small in stature. I heard you had a disease, was it true?”
“It must be because he inherited the blood of the loser.”
“I should say I am a loser, not a loser.”
People who saw him for the first time showed interest in Raon. Of course, it wasn’t a good look.
young body. No, because he was young, Raon could feel the fishy feelings they were shooting.
“How could such a guy even come into the audience?”
“Do we need to proceed with the discriminant to the children of the underdogs?”
“Iknow, right. It’s downgrading.”
I don’t know what a failure was or what a failure they were, but they were blatantly blaming Sylvia and herself.
‘Well… .’
Raon clenched his fists. It was okay to say that I was small, but hearing Sylvia’s cursing made my heart ache.
“it’s okay. Laon. I’m just looking at my mom.”
Even though she was told that she was a loser and a fugitive, she smiled at herself.
‘After all, this person is strong.’
Sylvia was a strong-minded person. Her heart was pounding at the sound of her sweet voice.
‘Are they direct?’
Raon’s eyes, who had regained his composure and scanned the inside of the audience, stopped on the podium.
Seven people sitting on red chairs.
They were looking down, wearing a different kind of energy from those below.
‘Different levels.’
If the descendants below were foxes and wolves, the direct descendants above the podium exuded a tremendous presence like a dragon that had already ascended to the sky.
They didn’t open their mouths like a colleague, but they looked down at themselves and Sylvia with eyes that looked like garbage.
‘Are they all just enemies?’
When you think of the soybean flour family, Sylvia is below the podium, not above. It also went to the end.
‘Strange.’
I have many doubts about it.
In general, there is an insurmountable wall between the direct line and the collateral line of a family. Even if it is a direct line, it is strange for a colleague to openly argue.
In addition, Sylvia lived alone and could not climb the podium. It was clear that they were being discriminated against for some reason, even though they were direct descendants.
‘Why?’
Speaking of fugitives or stragglers, they may have lost in a battle or a battle.
Koo!
As Sylvia was thinking about why she was being discriminated against, she slammed the floor with the spear held by the soldiers standing in front of the door of the audience.
“The righteous master of Sieghart who reigns in the north. Glenn Sieghardt enters!”
With those words, the huge iron door of the audience opened wide.
oh oh oh!
Glenn Sighardt appeared with an overbearing wave that seemed to quiver in the air.
Just by appearing, the gravity becomes heavy, and the heart tightens. A suffocating tension ran through my spine.
“I see you, Lord!”
The dragons who looked down from the top of the podium and the wolves that revealed their teeth from below knelt at the same time.
thump.
that footstep.
Glenn Sighardt entered with the hard footsteps he heard five years ago. He sat on the golden throne erected in the center of the podium, unfolding his absolute presence that crushed the entire audience.
“Start.”
As he snapped his fingers, the sword rose from the center of the audience. It was a huge stone sword that even a giant could lift.
‘Is that the sword of discrimination?’
It is said that if you raise your hand with that sword 1000 years ago, you can determine the mana talent that that person has.
The identity of today’s discriminant was to use the ability of the stone sword to judge the talents of children.
“The first Berren Sieghard.”
At the host’s words, a blue-haired boy about six years old who was sitting in the second row of the podium stood up.
“Put your hand on the sword.”
As he went down to the podium, the host pointed to the stone sword. Burren nodded and placed his hand on the stone sword.
Whoa!
A green light from Beren’s fingertips covered the entire stone sword, and a strong wind blew near the swordsman’s tip.
“Oh oh!”
“It is the wind! It’s wind!”
“Seeing that the entire sword shines, the quality of mana is also top-notch!”
“As expected, Karun-sama’s self-disciplined talent!”
“Congratulations!”
The collaborators standing under the podium applauded and cheered the middle-aged man sitting in front of Beren.
“It’s a good attribute that suits a prosecutor well. From now on, focus on feeling the wind.”
“All right!”
Glenn nodded, and Burren returned to her seat, smiling broadly like a sunflower facing the sun.
“Lunan Sleon of the next vassal family Sleon.”
“yes.”
The silver-haired girl sitting at the right end of the podium stood up quietly.
‘Is it the vassal Sleon?’
Like the nobles who followed the king, the vassal families were the noble families of the north who followed Sieghard.
Since Sleon was the representative of the vassal family, it seems that he was on the pedestal like his direct line.
woo woo.
A girl named Runan approached the stone sword with sullen eyes and raised her hand.
Chewy!
As her hand touched the stone sword, a silver light that seemed to melt the moon rose from the tip of the blunt blade.
The rising light was not enough to fill the blade, and even the swordsman climbed, creating a silvery frost all over the sword.
“Frost? It’s a whole sword!”
“Is it the same level of talent as Berren-sama? .”
“I’m not Sleon for nothing.”
“Another genius has appeared in the Sleon family.”
However, the cheers and applause were not as loud as in Burren. There seemed to be a rivalry between the vassal family and the collateral.
“You have good qualities. If you sharpen it like a knife, you will be able to pierce any energy.”
Glenn Sighardt nodded to Runan as well.
“thank you.”
Runan nodded his head without a major change in expression and ran back to his seat like a cat.
After that, two direct descendants, numerous collaterals, and children of the vassal family put their hands on the stone sword, but no one had the same talents as Beren and Runan.
‘Now I see.’
Raon snapped his fingers. Looking at other people’s discriminants, I was able to figure out what was good and what was bad.
‘The purity of mana is how far the light of the blade goes, and the attribute of mana appears at the end of the swordsman.’
If the quality of mana was excellent, the entire sword flashed like Runan or Burren, and the mana of special attributes seemed to be known through the swordsman.
“Finally, Raon Sieghard. Please come forward.”
“let’s go. Laon.”
“yes.”
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Nodding her head, Sylvia smiled sweetly and lifted herself up.
“Did you see what the other guys did? You can do the same.”
Sylvia put herself in front of the stone sword and reached out her hand as if to demonstrate.
“yes.”
After a short answer, he looked at the stone sword.
‘It won’t turn out well.’
The ring of fire became 2 stars, but the coldness of the mana circuit remained so much that it made me cringe.
Considering the current state of his body, he will not be able to shine as brilliantly as other children.
“Whoa.”
He exhaled slowly and reached out towards the stone sword.
Doo Woong.
When my hand touched the stone sword, my heart felt like a pond from which pebbles fell. A small throb passed through his chest and echoed throughout his body.
‘what?’
As I tried to pull my hand out of that strange sensation, it flashed brightly in front of me.
I see a blonde man wearing silver armor.
Countless monsters were rushing in front of him as waves.
what is this… .
Although the illusion was clear, the sensation was so vivid that a cold sweat ran down his forehead.
As he was unable to breathe properly and his hands were shaking, the man raised his sword.
A golden flame burned over the beautiful blade of the sword.
He lowered his sword engulfed in flames like lightning.
That moment.
The golden flames that soared above the earth covered the world.
When I closed and opened my eyes to avoid the golden flames that filled my entire field of vision, the world changed again and a message appeared in front of my eyes.
[I am learning the Ring of Fire (2 stars).]
[Failed to acquire ???]
[The achievement is insufficient.]
When I tilted my head when I saw the message I didn’t know what it was, the light began to shoot out from the stone sword.
woo woo.
The light that had been rising vigorously lost its power and stopped at the center of the sword.
There was no special ability or high purity like the others. It was a talent that fell far short of a branch, let alone a direct line.
“Is it over already?”
“You can’t even go halfway?”
“Kah ha ha! Is this your first time writing something like that?”
“The quality of mana is also poor, and it is white with no abilities.”
“There is nothing to see but looks.”
“After all, even the god of a fugitive doesn’t seem to care for the children of the fugitives.”
The immediate family members who watched the discriminant frowned as if they were pathetic, and the collaborators laughed openly.
“… … .”
Glenn, who gave short advice to direct and collateral, did not open his mouth.
“it’s okay. Laon. Well done.”
Sylvia hugged her with her always showing smile, and Helen, who was approaching her, bit her lip and covered her ears.
“after… .”
Raon let out a low breath.
Ignoring was accustomed to. He was bred as a dog, not a human, and has been brainwashed, so it has been a long time since he abandoned his emotions. He could accept any criticism and insults.
A body to leave with only what you will get anyway. I didn’t want to worry about anything going on here.
Sylvia and her maids treated her like a real family, but her feelings did not change.
But now, strangely enough, the feeling has subsided.
Seeing those who laughed at not only myself, but Sylvia and Helen, my heart pounded as if I was electrocuted.
‘good night.’
Raon bit his molar teeth. Sylvia and her maids were the first to treat her as human beings.
I vowed to let my direct and collateral who ridiculed them know just how trivial it is to have a natural talent.
“I have participated in the identification ceremony every time, but this is the first time I have seen that level.”
“Is that the real Sieghard?”
“All the talent Sylvia had was gone. I don’t see anything other than blonde and red eyes like the headmaster.”
I remembered all the faces of those who said their mouths were open.
“stop.”
At Glenn’s cold words, the entire audience froze.
“The screening ceremony is over. Let them all go out.”
“Lord?”
“Should I say it again?”
“Disband everyone.”
When Glenn’s second son, Karun Sieghard, stood up, the others glanced and left the auditorium. Of course, while muttering the curses of Raon and Sylvia inaudible.
Before five minutes had elapsed, the only people left in the audience were Glenn Sieghardt, the owner of the room, and Loen, his chief butler.
“It will be unavoidable.”
Glenn nodded calmly as he looked at the sword of determination placed in the center.
“Lord… .”
It was time for Loen to approach him.
Break up!
The light that soared from the lower part of the sword of discrimination passed over the blade and rose to the tip of the swordsman.
Whoa!
The light was golden like the sun, and a scorching flame burned at the tip of the swordsman.
“Golden flames?”
The first storm hit Glenn’s eyes.