Episode 6
“You say Sieghard’s name? Do you know how heavy it is?”
Glenn Sighardt’s eyes showed a little momentum.
“Wow!”
Raon bit his lip until it bled.
‘I feel like my flesh is being squeezed.’
Glenn gave off only a small amount of momentum, enough to scoop up a bucket of seawater from the vast ocean, but it felt like his heart was being squeezed.
I could feel the clothes sticking to my back because of the cold sweat running down my back. If you hadn’t crafted the Ring of Fire, you might have just passed out.
‘Is this an uninhabited man called the King of North Extermination? .’
It’s enough to get tired of just looking at it, it’s more powerful than Derus Robert. I couldn’t raise my head.
“Tell me again. Can you take responsibility for what I said now?”
“Go, my lord. Laon is still young. I didn’t know what I was talking about.”
“That’s right! Raon-sama was only in the annex, so he gave Sieghard’s name… .”
Sylvia and Helen ran to the side and knelt.
“Lord. He’s just a kid who doesn’t know anything yet. Give me the momentum.”
Denier Sieghard stood up and stopped the momentum.
“Denier-sama!”
“You take care of even such a cheeky guy, because you’re Denier-sama.”
“You are a man with a broader heart than helplessness.”
Colleagues praised Denier’s words and deeds.
“Now I am speaking.”
“Ugh!”
“Ouch… .”
Denier and Sylvia retreated at the same time at Glenn’s subversive voice. It wasn’t that they moved, it was Glenn’s voice that pushed the two away.
“Sorry, I’m sorry.”
Denier bowed his head. But Sylvia was different.
“Ah, father… .”
Without even an Auror, he endured Glenn’s momentum and approached him.
“Raon is still in a state of training… .”
There was only concern in Sylvia’s eyes.
My heart was pounding.
‘I don’t know.’
I don’t know if this heartbreaking feeling is sympathy for her, worry, or something else.
I just hope she doesn’t look like that and always smiles happily.
‘I was an assassin.’
Assassins live in the dark. He is familiar with death, not life, and does not reveal himself.
‘But not anymore.’
I will no longer live as an assassin.
As Raon Sieghart, not Raon assassin, he vowed to return Sylvia to her original position.
Kyaang!
At that moment, I heard the sound of a chain hanging from my neck falling.
“I don’t know.”
Raon forced his head up. He didn’t run away from Glenn’s overbearing eyes. He continued, suppressing the urge to close his eyes immediately.
“I grew up not in this main building, but in the annex. I don’t know how tall Sieghard is or how handsome it is.”
“Hey, Raon!”
Sylvia called urgently, but she didn’t look back.
“So, I want to join the training and find out what Sieghard is like.”
When Raon finished speaking, everyone stopped breathing and looked at Glenn.
“… … .”
One of Glenn’s eyebrows lowered slightly.
“Does that mean that you will judge Sieghard’s level by basic training?”
“That’s the only way I know about Sieghard right now.”
“Then you should instruct the instructor to prepare well. so as not to disappoint you.”
The fire burning from Glenn’s red eyes made the audience quiet as if dead.
“Big… .”
Raon couldn’t stand it and finally bowed his head. Now he is only twelve years old. He was still a child who could not afford even a thousandth of Glenn.
But he didn’t give in.
If you consistently train the Ring of Fire and learn the excellent Aura technique, one day you will be able to stand proudly in front of it.
Raon clenched his teeth, vowing to show it through actions, not words.
‘Someday.’
* * *
After everyone had left, only Glenn and his butler, Loen, remained in the audience room where silence fell.
“Did you see it?”
“Yes. I saw it for sure.
At Glenn’s question, Loen nodded her head.
“That guy is a thing.”
Glenn’s lips were slightly raised, unlike before.
“At the age of 12 who can stand up to my pressure and speak proudly, there has never been a guy like that before.”
“I saw it for the first time.”
Loen smiled as she straightened her flowing hair.
“Not only the looks, but the momentum as well, I was very similar to the head of state when I was young.”
“Say something strange.”
Glenn snorted as if to stop being bullshit, but his mouth rose a little higher like a blade of grass in the wind.
“Are you planning to increase the difficulty of basic training?”
“I have many ears to hear, so it must be.”
“Can Raon-sama pass the training?”
“It will be difficult to even participate in basic training.”
Glenn shook his head without hesitation.
“Thanks to the elixir, my physical condition has improved a lot, but my physique and stamina are not good. I don’t know if I recover a bit more. It’s too much now.”
“Then why… .”
“Did you say There is no discrimination against those who receive the name of Sieghard.”
“Well.”
Loen ate up.
‘Because you still can’t be honest.’
We know because we’ve been together for decades. Glenn’s open call to Raon wasn’t to pressure him, but to protect him by showing that he didn’t discriminate against others.
Probably, if Raon fails training, he will give you an elixir just like giving an ugly loaf of bread.
Of course, even Glenn wouldn’t have known that Raon had stepped forward.
“I like Raon-sama’s personality, but there is one thing that worries me.”
“Maybe it’s because of the children of direct and collateral.”
“yes. It won’t be much of a reaction, but it’s going to get noticed like never before. No matter how small the amount, it has withstood the power of the Lord. Take action in advance… .”
“No, just watch. There is no need to provoke.”
“All right.”
Loen nodded immediately at Glenn’s instructions, despite her own thoughts. To him, Glenn was like a god.
“Lord. Can I ask you just one thing?”
“Well?”
“What would you do if Raon passed the basic training?”
“Pass?”
Glenn shrugged and remembered the discriminant seven years ago.
‘Golden flame.’
I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or an abnormality, but Raon lit a golden flame that only the first head of the household used.
“It’s not going to happen. But if that’s a ten-thousandth thing… .”
He smiled and stood up from the throne.
“You should be rewarded for that.”
* * *
As soon as Raon returned to the annex, she was taken to Sylvia’s room.
“Laon.”
Sylvia grabbed Raon’s shoulders tightly.
“Why are you like that?”
“Well… .”
“Sighardt’s training is not considered a child. You can’t stand it with your current stamina. It will only hurt you.”
Sylvia’s voice softened. His hands were trembling with concern for himself.
“I couldn’t stand it.”
“What?”
“I don’t know exactly how I moved.”
Leon closed his eyes. It really is. Although she lived with Sylvia and Helen for 12 years, her feelings are still as soft as the pastel sky.
“But every time I go to the main building and my mother is ignored, my heart aches. So I just wanted to say something.”
As much as I did not want to lie to Sylvia and Helen, I spit out my honest thoughts.
“ah… .”
“Master Raon.”
Sylvia’s mouth opened, and Helen’s eyes trembled.
“Whoa.”
Sylvia let go of the hand on her shoulder, and slowly closed her eyes and opened them.
“Laon. Thank you for thinking of me, but you are still young. You don’t have to think about your mom already at an age when you have to pamper yourself.”
“However.”
“You don’t know, Mom is pretty strong. I can bear it.”
Sylvia bit her tongue to hold back tears.
‘This child… .’
Raon was such a kind child that he was overly good to him. Perhaps he understood the atmosphere of the family, he was not foolish like other children, and he endured pain alone.
He was such a kind and sweet child, he couldn’t let himself walk to a difficult place.
“Mom will visit Grandpa. If you ask me to postpone training for just one year, even he… .”
“I’ll try. No, I can.”
Raon shook his head. It’s true that you went out for Sylvia, but there are other reasons as well.
Basic training was an opportunity to openly practice physical training without noticing Sylvia and Helen. I couldn’t blow away the luck that had come to me.
“Really. I can do it, believe me.”
“It’s not that you can do it or you can’t, it’s that your body might get worse.”
“Well… .”
Raon looked at Sylvia’s swaying eyes and narrowed them.
‘That was the sound.’
each other’s eyes were different.
She said she could hold on to training, and Sylvia was worried about her condition.
As an assassin, I couldn’t understand her heart because of that time when I was only looking for achievements.
“Then I’ll give up right away when my health gets worse.”
To ease Sylvia’s worries, she gave a new answer.
“You don’t even say it hurts, how can I trust you!”
“I’ll promise”
“ha… .”
Sylvia sighed, clutching her head.
“Sylvia. How about trusting Master Raon once?”
“Helen knew what kind of Ann Raon was… .”
“It is true that the training intensity is high, but this head instructor has the best eyes on Sieghard. Since you are aware of your condition, I will stop you before it gets worse.”
“ha… .”
After hearing Helen’s words, Sylvia sighed and looked down at herself.
“Laon. Can you really promise me? Should I tell you right away if there is something wrong with my body? got it?”
“yes.”
Raon nodded his head timidly.
“I’ll trust you just once.”
“thank you.”
“I still can’t stand still.”
“yes?”
“I’ll go to the 5th gym. You have to say something.”
After saying that, she immediately ran out of the room.
“Master Raon.”
As soon as Sylvia left, Helen knelt down and made eye contact.
“never. Never overdo it! If it’s hard, you have to give up right away. Do you know?”
“Okay. How many times are you talking about?”
“It’s not enough to say a few dozen times, not even a few dozen times. Remember that Bocchan is weaker than other children, and you have to let go of Ogi.”
“okay.”
Helen, too, was worried as much as Sylvia, so she just nodded.
‘I’m sorry, but I don’t have to give up first.’
I didn’t want to stop when my lungs burst and I died. The more difficult it is, the higher the level of the ring of fire will be, and it will make your body and mind stronger.
* * *
Raon headed to the small garden behind the annex.
“Coming to the main building, it feels empty.”
In the main building, there are many facilities, including a large gymnasium and a stylish garden, but in the annex, there was only a small garden and a lake.
It was too small to avoid Sylvia’s eyes and could not be trained, but it had its own charm.
Raon sat down on a chair in the garden.
‘The training must be quite difficult.’
As Sylviana and Helen worry, their body is not yet perfect. The cold air remains in the mana passage, the growth is slow, and the stamina is insufficient.
Sieghard’s training is notorious, so even basic training for children would be difficult.
However, he has the experience of walking through hell more than that in his previous life. If you have that memory, it will never fall.
‘Now is the real start.’
If learning the Ring of Fire was the foundation after birth, the training that will start next month was the foundation for building a house.
You can build tall buildings in the future only if you do the work well.
“I have to show you.”
We will show you an achievement superior to any other direct line, and we will shut the mouths of those who ridiculed us.
‘And that guy. Derus Robert.’
Although his revenge may be delayed a bit due to the events here, his real goal is the Celestial Swordsman, Derus Robert.
He never stops until the day he takes off the mask of Derus and beheads him.
“after… .”
Raon closed his eyes as he watched the golden sun sinking beneath Seosan Mountain and accepted Mana.
The ring of fire circling his heart began to spin violently.