Chapter 64 – Durak Elandur (1)
Isabel’s office located in the Ellandur Mansion.
“I just went into the head of the house.”
Isabel fell silent for a moment at the report of the commander-in-chief, Lelith.
Seeing Isabel like that, Lelith paused for a bit before opening her mouth again.
“And about what you said last time.”
Isabel looked at Lelith without saying a word.
Before long, Lelith continued with a puzzled expression that did not respond.
“For some reason, the shadow moon is not accepting requests related to Xian.”
“Aren’t you accepting requests?”
Lelith nodded and continued.
“We’re trying to figure out the details… but it seems like someone put in the request first.”
“what?”
Isabel opened her eyes wide involuntarily.
“But it seems like a failure. We are still in the process of figuring out the details of this, but…”
I guess so.
If it weren’t for that, Xian wouldn’t be in this mansion right now.
“I don’t know if it’s because of that, but the shadow moon expressed doubts about whether Ellandur puts in a request related to Xian-nim.”
“·······”
Isabel was forced to remain silent once again at Lelith’s report.
The best information guild in the empire.
The Shadow Moon Guild that rules the underworld.
Isabel put a request related to Xian directly to Diana, the head of the shadow moon guild.
However, Lerit’s reply was that he refused.
You refused even though it was a request from Ellandur?
It was probably not the reason for the lack of commissioned money.
Because I attached a lot of gold that I couldn’t refuse.
Above all, even if it wasn’t gold, there was no way he could refuse Elandur’s request.
That’s why I was quite surprised.
Someone put Xian’s request in here first?
who the hell
“·······”
Isabelle couldn’t understand how things were going.
Isabelle was silent for a while.
How much time had passed like that?
Isabelle opened her mouth slowly.
“What about the lord?”
Lelith did not open her mouth hastily.
As if organizing his thoughts once, he took a little pause before slowly opening his mouth.
“It looks like he’s trying to call Xian back into the family.”
Isabella’s expression darkened.
After the National Foundation Day event.
He knew at least that Durak was interested in Xian.
But I thought it would stop at the level of interest.
I never thought that I would be called by my family name again.
Things that get twisted here and there.
The situation was not good.
Quite a bit too.
Once in a twisted situation, the most urgent task was to prevent Xi’an from returning to the family.
When Xian returned to the family, Isabel couldn’t help it.
Calling Durak back to the family means that he will pay that much attention.
Then, he couldn’t help Xian receiving Durak’s attention any longer.
Isabel has to be in Ruben at least to be able to do something.
That’s why you have to stop Xi’an from returning to the family no matter what.
But… there was no way.
A way to expel Xian back to Ruben.
No matter how much Isabel is the hostess of Ellandur.
In Elandur, the family lord, Durak’s orders are absolute.
If Durac would do that.
Isabelle had no way to stop it.
Truly an outlier.
Kwap.
Isabel’s fists clenched roughly.
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An eerie stillness fell.
Silence as if the concept of sound had disappeared in the space.
Durak’s eyebrows were slightly twisted.
A small crack formed on a face that had not changed in any way.
The emotion reflected was… anger.
That would be the case, because Xian had ‘disobeyed’ Durak’s order.
Xian lowered his gaze slightly.
Eventually, Durak’s gaze turned to Xi’an.
Momentum in sharp eyes.
“Does it look like I am suggesting?”
right at that moment.
‘Keuhuk…!’
Xian could feel the terrible energy constricting his whole body.
Aura that blooms from Durak’s body.
An overwhelming presence weighs on me.
A powerful deterrent has bound Xian’s whole body.
A terrible murderous intent that can’t even breathe out comes over me.
In the dark forest, only the top predators could have the power, Fear.
Now, this pressure resembled that peer, but there was an essential difference.
Peers terrorize their prey.
By doing so, I focus on preventing them from fully demonstrating their abilities.
But now this energy was not.
only with momentum.
crush the existence to death.
‘Kkeuh…!’
The suppressing power grew stronger and stronger.
Xian really thought he could die.
Xian raised the demon with all his might.
The blooming darkness resisted Durak’s aura.
A unique existence in the history of the continent, Kyle.
Exceed, the realm beyond that.
The magic spirit recipe was Kyle’s aura practice method.
A power that even the Great Mage Elodie could not match.
No matter how much Durak was, he couldn’t dare to touch this.
Although Xian does not completely deal with the hemp method.
At least energy alone couldn’t help Xian.
Sian struggled to open his mouth.
“what’s the reason···!”
Still out of breath
Even uttering a simple word was difficult.
But Xian finally finished his words.
So, the second emotion that Durak showed.
“…!”
It was nothing short of a surprise.
Durak’s eyes lit up.
gaze.
For an instant, Durak’s momentum faded.
It was only then that Xian was able to exhale properly.
“Since when did you need a reason to invite a member of the family into the family?”
Durak spoke softly.
And since when did you treat Xian as a member of the family?
It wasn’t that important to Durak.
“Please tell me why you are summoning me so suddenly.”
Durak had no answer.
He is just looking at Xi’an again with a grave expression.
Seeing Durak like that, Xian opened his mouth.
“Is it because I was chosen by the Zodiac Sword?”
“I won’t deny it.”
sh*t.
Xian murmured inwardly.
Xian was able to enter the Arnaise Hall by being chosen by the Zodiac Sword.
Thanks to that, Kyle’s legacy and Charlotte’s legacy.
And I was able to do it with Leah.
But with that, people’s interest in Xi’an soared.
Eventually, in this way, Durak’s attention was also received.
Dunjae of the world was chosen by the Zodiac Sword.
There’s even growth that I haven’t seen before.
Even though it doesn’t reach Kai.
It was a matter of interest to Durak.
Of course, I always thought that this day would come.
I thought it might come.
But to think it would come this soon…
After that, Durak did not open his mouth any more.
I didn’t have to open my mouth.
If Durac would do that.
because it had to be
Returning to the family was a de facto notification, and it was no different from an order.
And Xian now.
“I will refuse.”
It was to disobey Durak’s order.
Durak’s eyebrows twitched once more.
At the same time, a terrible murderous intent erupts once again.
“Have you forgotten what your name is?”
Durak opened his mouth.
“As long as you wear the name of Ellandur, you must also have the right obligations for the family. Leave such a bland territory behind, and stay with the family and do the family business from now on.”
I saved my words like that, but in the end, this was the purpose.
And Durak was originally such a person.
A person who would do anything for the benefit of the family.
Even if it’s your own bloodline.
To Durak, it was nothing more than a tool for family revival.
Incompetence is consistent with indifference.
I don’t tolerate futility.
That was the existence of Durak.
“Above all, you are Ruben as the lord. He seems to have forgotten that it is also my jurisdiction.”
“Now… are you threatening me…!”
“Did I look like I was threatening you?”
The two pillars that hold up the empire, Elandur.
It was no exaggeration to say that it actually refers to Durak.
Elandur was Durak.
Durak was Elandur.
It wasn’t like a threat.
Ruben was eventually a fiefdom under the jurisdiction of Ellandur,
So, with just one word from Durak, the lord of Ruben had no choice but to change.
In Elandur, the family lord, Durak’s orders are absolute.
“Sooner or later, I will appoint someone else as Lord of Ruben. You will stay in the family from today.”
It was truly an outing.
“Just go out.”
As if he had nothing more to say, Durak issued a congratulatory order.
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Xian left Durak’s office.
It was an offer I could never accept.
Even if I continued talking there, nothing would change.
In the first place, there was no one who could break Durak’s will.
Is there anyone on the continent who can break his will?
I don’t know if it’s possible if it’s the emperor.
But now, this was happening within the Elandur family.
In a word, family quarrels.
Even the emperor could not interfere in this matter.
Therefore, it was an established fact that he had to leave Ruben and return to his family.
And to be honest.
From Xi’an’s point of view, returning to the family wasn’t all that bad.
He would, too, because receiving Durak’s attention was the same as receiving the family’s full support.
I was able to focus only on Xian and himself without worrying about anything.
In a word, the gold he earned could be spent on Xian, not Ruben.
So it wasn’t such a bad proposition if you only looked at the reimbursement.
However, Xian had no intention of returning to the family.
That would be too.
‘How much money did you spend on Ruben?’
Because the sunk costs have already exceeded the level!
of course.
That’s what I thought, but it wasn’t really a problem.
None other than the people of Leuven.
After abandoning them, Xian did not want to leave.
It would be nice if you were supported by your family, grew up well, and lived well.
But if you grow well alone and live well, what on earth does that mean?
To be alone in the world?
childhood.
Xian had climbed a beautiful mountain after leaving the family for a while with his mother, Cecil.
A momentary escape from the stuffy family.
Little Xian didn’t know, but it probably meant that to Cecile.
And at that time.
These were the words Cecile had told Xian.
‘draft. What do you think is the reason Xian climbs the mountain like this?’
Young Xian didn’t answer, but only complained.
At that time, it was just hard and exhausting, so the reason didn’t matter.
Cecil gave a small smile to Xian and said,
‘There could be a lot of reasons, but mom just doesn’t want Xian to plant a flag at the top.’
‘Accept the process and challenge of climbing the mountain. To enjoy such clear air and good scenery.’
‘That’s why I want to climb the mountain so that Xian can look at the world, not so that the world can look at Xian.’
Xian, who was young at the time, did not understand what he meant.
But now, come on, what is the reason that I vaguely understand that word?
He was indeed a wise man. Cecil.
And now I’ll never see you again.
Xian paused for a moment as the old memory came to mind.
anyway.
Xian had no intention of returning to the family.
However, there was no way to break Durak’s will.
but only one being.
There was someone who could ‘convince’ Durak.
The reason Durak wanted to call Xian was simple.
Xian’s name value has risen.
The intention is to leave the family business to Xian.
I couldn’t figure out what it was.
I wasn’t very interested.
Anyway, Durak was the one who would do anything for the benefit of his family.
Even if it’s your own bloodline.
To Durak, it is nothing more than a tool for family revival.
That’s why Xi’an returns to the family.
The benefits Xian brought to the family by doing so.
if you pay the price for it.
He was able to ‘convince’ the current Durak.
And there is only one being that can do that.
smart.
“This is Xian. I came here suddenly because I have something to tell you.”
Xian quietly waited for an answer to come.
And for quite some time, no answer was heard.
He probably didn’t know that Xi’an would come.
Xi’an could understand that too, so he waited without saying anything.
How much time had passed like that?
– Come in.
An answer came from inside the door.
Xian opened the door, and with a clicking sound, the scenery inside the door was reflected.
A spacious room decorated in an old fashioned way.
And a being sitting in that room.
Undisturbed posture and expression.
The elegance felt through this is soft yet elegant sophistication.
Isabelle Ellandour.
She was the hostess of the Marquis of Ellandur.
Isabelle looked at Xian quietly.
Again, there was no change in facial expression.
However, Xian could read the emotion of bewilderment in those eyes.
“What happened to you all of a sudden?”
“The head of the household told me to return to my family.”
Isabelle asked.
Xian immediately brought up the story without an introduction.
It wasn’t because we weren’t meant to say good-bye to each other.
Isabelle looked at Xian and opened her mouth.
“Congratulations.”
And that was it.
Isabelle said nothing else.
And Xian could be sure of that appearance.
Sian immediately opened his mouth.
“I will tell you directly. You don’t like me coming back to my family.”
Isabelle had no answer.
However, there was no answer, but Xian was not aware of the positivity contained in the silence.
So Xian.
“One million gold.”
I was going to offer Isabel a deal.
“If you give me 1 million gold, I will not return to my family.”
“what?”
Isabelle said, raising her eyes.
Isabel’s face, which hadn’t changed, showed a distinct expression of bewilderment.
“It is as you say. If you give me 1 million gold, I will not return to your family.”
Silent Isabelle.
Isabelle opened her mouth slowly.
“······ This is a matter decided by the head of household. But what are you going to do?”
Xian nodded.
As Isabel said, it was a decision made by Durak.
So unless Durak changes his mind.
something that can never be undone.
As long as Durak doesn’t change his mind.
“If it’s your mother, won’t you be able to convince the head of the household? Just like the last time you appointed me lord of Leuven.”
Although Durak is the head of Elandur.
Isabel was also the hostess of Elandur.
Although Durak’s opinion is the first priority.
Isabel’s opinion was not entirely dismissed either.
If he was going to ignore it like that, Durak wouldn’t have given Isabelle full power in the first place.
So, in the past, when Xi’an was appointed Lord of Leuven.
At that time, Xian was actually sentenced to death.
To put it simply, it was as if Isabel had killed Xian.
Even though it was Isabel’s name.
There was no change in Xian’s lineage of Ellandur.
Therefore, in the process, there had to be ‘permission’ from Durak.
To put it simply, Isabelle persuaded Durak at the time.
Isabel persuaded Durak in exchange for something.
Isabel is the hostess of Ellandur.
The eldest daughter of the prestigious Avene family.
Although not as much as the Ellandur family, the Avene family was also a fairly high-ranking family.
So at the time, Durak weighed the death of Xian and something Isabel said.
In the end, he allowed Xian’s death.
Even if it’s your own bloodline.
For Durak, it was just a tool for family revival.
You can’t force Durak.
However, he was able to convince Durak.
“If I come back to my family, won’t my mother be in trouble? You can’t commit such unfilial acts as a child’s duty.”
Sian looked at Isabel quietly.
Isabelle looked at the proposal without a word.
Xian turned around a bit, but Isabel didn’t know.
This is what Xian was saying.
I know for sure that it will be a headache if I return to my family.
So like back then.
Take care and convince Durak.
Then, despite the pressure of the family head.
I will refuse Durak’s offer.
Xian was saying that now.
Of course, convincing Durak wasn’t easy.
I don’t even know what price to pay.
However, the story was different if Xian, the party involved, also refused.
Then the process of persuasion becomes quite easy.
And you see…
Xian also seemed reluctant to return to the family.
“If we both have the same purpose, wouldn’t we be able to hold hands for a while?”
Their interests coincide for a moment.
Isabel is to persuade Durak at a great price.
By rejecting Durak’s proposal, Xian accepts the resentment that comes with it.
By risking bleeding one by one, they achieve the same goal.
Isabelle laughed involuntarily.
And I repeated the scale in my head.
“He sparred with Nathan again.”
“Your brother taught me a lesson.”
Isabelle slowly rose from her seat.
Then he went to one side of the desk and took out something and started writing it down.
Eventually, he stamped a seal with a white wolf on it and handed it to Xian.
“It is a slip in the name of Ellandur. Check it out.”
Xian checked the slip Isabel handed over.
The amount written on the slip was exactly 1.5 million gold.
It seemed that he had included the 500,000 gold he gained from sparring with Nathan.
“Then I will wait.”
Xian took the slip and slowly got up from his seat.