Bruno doesn’t know much about Luke. He had only come to the Bernsteins a few months ago, and he hadn’t been particularly interested.
However, I heard that it shows genius achievements in various fields. I now feel that the rumors are true.
Luke also showed a genius talent for grating.
“Put down. Aren’t you standing upright?”
“…!”
Bruno’s body trembled as he raised one leg and hit his forehead on the ground. My whole body felt numb and I felt as if I would fall at any moment.
Of course, if that happened, something more painful than now would be added. No matter how hard it was, I had no choice but to endure.
‘No, why the hell are you so tired?’
Bruno had once wielded a sword all day on the battlefield. He had the stamina to not even budge on anything.
However, Luke’s thirst quickly drained all of his stamina.
“Hey, Bruno.”
“Yes, lord!”
“It looks like it’s going to be very difficult. Shall we stop at this point?”
A very kind voice. But this is a trap. Bruno, who had already realized through several experiences, shouted.
“it’s okay!”
“Oops, you’re going to keep going even though it must be hard?”
“That’s right! My rudeness is hard to forgive for anything, but didn’t you end it like this? Please punish me to your heart’s content!”
A voice full of remorse and remorse. It was an appeal that would weaken even the evil slave owner for a moment.
Luke grabbed his chest with wet eyes.
“Your loyalty moves me.”
“This is an undeserved word, lord!”
“As a master, you cannot ignore the feelings of a vassal! Do as you please!”
“yes?”
“Come on, let’s roll until that guilt goes away! First of all, it’s an extra 30 minutes!”
‘f*ck…’
Bruno’s eyes trembled at Luke’s refreshing voice. It was two hours later that the galgu was over.
****
“Hey! Whoops!”
Exhausted, Bruno lay down on the floor. I didn’t even have the strength to lift a finger anymore.
Seeing this, Luke smiled.
“I know it’s fortunate that it ended like this. I thought I was going to roll more.”
“Huh! Master, Heo Eok! Xavier, thank you!”
It was an ironic sound, but Bruno desperately answered. I already had my nose pierced, what should I do? I have no choice but to wait.
After breathing calmed down, Luke looked down at Bruno’s face and said.
“Let’s get back to the point. Instead of telling you how to do it, you swear allegiance to me. how is it?”
“By the way, lord, when I think about it, there seems to be a little problem.”
“You want to roll again?”
“no! It’s not that, it’s a real problem!”
Bruno waved his hand and explained step by step.
“Think about it. Aren’t I serving the Count right now?”
“yes.”
“If you swear allegiance to the lord, of course you will have to terminate the contract with His Excellency.”
“That’s because there are no knights who serve two lords.”
“But can your lord pay me a salary? I’m not saying you’re going to take a lot. At the very least.”
“hmm.”
Luke rubbed his chin at a valid point. Certainly that was a blind spot.
“Well, my circumstances are a bit lacking to fulfill my lord’s duty.”
A lifetime contract is not a slave contract to commit one-sidedly until death. A monarch has an obligation to pay a fair price to a knight who dedicates his allegiance.
Why would knights dream of a lifetime contract with a great family? I swear an oath of allegiance because I have so much to receive.
If you can’t treat even the bare minimum of a knight who has signed a lifetime contract, that in itself is a huge shame.
Even if that state continued for several years, even if the knights unilaterally withdrew their allegiance, it would not be regarded as a fault.
“Well, it doesn’t matter because it will be resolved soon.”
“yes? Really?”
“okay. At least there won’t be any reduction in the amount of gold you receive.”
Bruno blinked. What kind of magic do you have to do to make that possible?
The salary of a knight who signed a lifelong contract was no more than the aristocrat’s pocket money.
But to be able to give the same amount without deducting any of it.
“Anyway, don’t worry, I’ll take care of the salary issue.”
“If your lord is so…”
“Then take an oath of allegiance soon. If you want to get the solution quickly.”
“All right.”
The moment he got down on one knee to swear allegiance, Bruno’s eyes flashed open.
‘wait for a sec. If I tell you how to do this right away, won’t I be able to eat and pop?’
If it’s a lifelong contract in front of a lot of people, you can never get out of it. His name, family, and face are all known, so how could he escape?
But what if it’s a secret contract in a place like this right now? Of course, there is no binding force other than your own conscience.
However, the momentary hope that emerged was quickly dashed.
“really. When you swear an oath of allegiance, you do not have to swear to the goddess.”
“yes? Then who do you swear to?”
“To whom? You must swear by your great ancestors and by the lineage of giants.”
“…”
Bruno kept his mouth shut. Then the story is different. The oath of lineage is related to one’s power.
I don’t know why, but I heard that some of my ancestors in the past lost all their powers because they broke an oath by mentioning their lineage.
So, my father also asked for trust. Don’t break the oath you swore to your lineage.
‘sh*t. It’s just an outside water hole.’
He is a young master who knows how to do it. I should have known that right away. cried the desperate Bruno.
“I swear by my great ancestors and lineage. If the young master teaches me the correct way to heal and regains my strength, I will do my best for the rest of my life.”
It was the last remaining minor resistance that set the condition. Luke smiled and nodded in satisfaction.
“good. let me tell you now You said you were curious about how to cure the curse, right?”
“Yes, yes.”
“Your way of doing it…”
****
After Luke left, Bruno stood in the middle of his room. The more I thought about it, the more I was amazed.
‘Damn it, is that really the way to do it?’
When I first heard it, I thought Luke was making fun of him. I forgot how much my outfit was turned upside down and that I had a weakness and went on a rampage.
– Bocchan, are you kidding me?
-I’m very serious. And you should call me lord.
-You have to tell me exactly how to do it, so I can give you allegiance!
-That’s right.
– Does it make sense to drink warm beer to break the curse!
It is a curse that has not been lifted even after visiting all the people who have knowledge of witchcraft. There’s no way that you can get rid of it just by drinking warm beer.
I was tearing my hair out thinking that I had been teased all this time. Seeing that, Luke clicked his tongue and explained.
-Do you know what a curse is? Do you understand how it works?
-Yeah… I don’t know. I’m a knight, not a juggler.
– Then listen. Curses are easier to forcibly lift if the conditions for removing them are strict.
For example, suppose there is a curse that can only be lifted by eating a flower that only grows on the top of the highest mountain in the world.
Of course, there is a high possibility that the cursed person will not be able to solve it even if they try their whole life.
However, as the conditions become more difficult, the ‘thickness’ of the curse weakens. If someone who knows the structure hits it with a hammer, it will break.
In general, removing the curse by force is close to this method.
-That’s why those who cast curses don’t set hard-to-achieve conditions. Rather, it’s easy to do it, twisting the conditions.
-Are you twisting around?
– Suppose someone is cursed. But Haeju law is kicking a child. It’s a very easy condition.
– I guess so. Kids are everywhere.
Regardless of an individual’s personality, a curse that can be easily lifted if one perseveres in one’s heart. If the condition is simple like this, on the contrary, the thickness of the curse becomes stronger.
Even if you hit it with a hammer from the outside, it will never break. The only way to get rid of this curse is to do it yourself.
-But what if the cursed person is a priest who likes children? Is there any possibility of breaking the curse without even knowing it?
-…..
Bruno drank honey and became dumb. Certainly, in such a case, unless you know the conditions, you will not be able to solve it for the rest of your life.
Looking at Bruno who was speechless, Luke calmly explained.
-Are you from the South?
-Yes.
-Which is better, beer or wine?
-Northern bastards, even beer is horse urine. Southern wine is the real drink.
– Would you like some hot beer?
– Beer doesn’t taste good even when it’s cold, so why the f*ck?
Bruno covered his face with both hands. Come to think of it, if it was his personality, it was a curse that would not be lifted even if he died.
The reason Bruno lifted the curse before returning was because a hostile family gave him hot beer to insult him.
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-Sir Bruno must be thirsty from being locked up! Serve me some warm beer!
– These motherf*ckers! If you can’t give me wine, give me water! Warm beer, even a dog won’t lick it!
– Heh, isn’t it the perfect horse urine for you? Clear the water! I’ll drink that when I’m thirsty.
– These bastards to rip and kill! Be good at keeping keys! The day I’m freed from my chains is the day of your ancestral rites!
As a result, because of his insult, the curse was lifted and Bruno’s massacre began.
As a bonus, Luke also learned how to do it at this time as the story spread widely.
‘sh*t. It’s no use talking to that dwarf about drinking.’
At the time, there were many exceptionally good quality wines among the loot obtained from fighting the dwarves. On the other hand, there was no beer I disliked at all.
So, he said that he had an eye for alcohol, and once provoked him by saying that he would scrape it off and drink it well.
I never thought I would listen to that and use it as a curse.
“Eh. I’m glad you know now.”
It wasn’t a lie when he told Luke that he felt like his wings were cut off. How lucky I am to be able to go back to that time.
Even though I signed a contract for life that I couldn’t even sell, I wouldn’t starve under a young master who was as resourceful as that.
At that time, several other knights came to the inn.
“Sir Bruno!”
“No, what are you doing? Are you coming to my dorm where you don’t usually come?”
This is Bruno, who was half bullied in the Knights. I had never been visited by so many knights except on the day of the accident.
A knight suddenly shouted at Bruno, who thought he might have had an accident without even knowing it.
“Sir Bruno, really?”
“How am I supposed to know if it’s all true?”
“I heard that you made an oath in front of the young master to reflect on your actions and become a true knight. That’s what I mean.”
Bruno wrinkled his face slightly. I remembered what Luke asked me to do before I left after telling him how to do it.
-As lord, I give you the first order. Drop your pout.
-What do you mean?
– Even if you don’t have to completely change your behavior, at least it looks like you’ve fixed it. Did you say that you changed your mind to become a noble knight?
I reluctantly nodded. To be honest, I wondered what the point would be if I did that now.
However, since it was the master’s order, he had to try.
“exactly. Seeing what I did in the past, I had a lot to reflect on, so I swore to become a true knight at this point.”
The knights who heard Bruno’s words blinked their eyes. Seeing that, Bruno laughed.
‘Well, even if it’s like me, I wouldn’t believe it…’
“How amazing. To think that Sir Bruno would make such a grand resolution!”
“The boy has truly changed you!”
“…!?”
Bruno was taken aback by the intense reaction. Contrary to expectations, the articles generously praised the remarks of Gaegwacheonseon.
‘No, why are these nobles doing this?’
Unaware of the circumstances, Bruno tilted his head. Where is the factor to trust yourself, so you can trust me so well?
Bruno’s prediction was correct. Because what they believed was Luke, not Bruno.
‘I knew Master Luke wasn’t an ordinary person, but…’
‘I never thought he’d make even that Sir Bruno reform himself!’
‘It’s no exaggeration to say that the seed of a hero.’
This is Luke, who has caused trouble ever since he arrived at Count Bernstein’s house. Such Luke made the ‘declaration of rehabilitation of Sir Bruno’ this time.
Of course, from the point of view of the knights, they had no choice but to think that the young master had accomplished another feat.
Unaware of this, Bruno coughed and made up words.
“exactly. The young master gave me light when I was wandering in darkness.”
“What happened? I want to know how you changed your mind!”
“That was this morning. Awakened by the stern rebuke, I had a premonition of a fateful meeting. When I opened the door, he was standing with his back to the sun…”
“Oh oh!”
Pretending not to see the admiring knights, Bruno put on a sad expression.
My lips tickled as I was moved every time I uttered a plausible line that set the mood.
‘This is more fun than I thought.’
It was the moment when the vassal understood the master perfectly.